Then there's Horus as the Chosen One of the powers of Chaos, reminding us that this trope isn't always a good thing.

When the fleet battle begins, Loren Lannister's plan to overwhelm the Boltons with missiles goes awry when they easily stop the missiles, to then counter with an overwhelming strike against Lannister's only starfighter carrier and killing its fighters without suffering casualties. Lannister sends two cruisers to alert his command while he has the rest of his fleet come closer for what he increasingly realizes is a battle he will lose. Senior Captain Lady Brienne Tarth, 04.09.300AAC, Summerhall SystemSenior Captain Brienne Tarth dramatically announces she and her men are tourists while they carry out the take over of the strategic planet, as part of their long-planned rebellion against the Targaryens, Jon Connington and their constant insults and betrayals ever since the end of the Usurper's Rebellion. As she says, though, it is not about winning, but about being free.In the thirtieth millennium, replacing lost or damaged body parts is a fairly common procedure, and is often done voluntarily by factions such as the Iron Hands and the Adeptus Mechanicus. Space Marines in general tend to acquire a lot of artificial parts, due to the nature of their job. Color-Coded Armies: Each of the legions are distinguishable by the color of the armour they wear. For instance, Ultramarines have blue armour while the White Scars have white armour. Moreover, each legion's elite units also tend to wear a distinctive colour scheme.

Sons of the Emperor, a limited-edition compilation of short stories originally distributed during the 2018 Horus Heresy Weekender convention. All Just a Dream: Corvus rescuing Vulkan in Vulkan Lives turns out to be a dream/illusion inflicted on the latter by Curze's psykers as part of the torture. Part A: The Siege of King’s Landing Lord Jacaerys Velaryon, 03.10.300AAC, King’s Landing SystemJacaerys Velaryon observes as the infrastructure and defenses around King's Landing become destroyed during the fighting, as preparations begin on the bombardment of the planet itself. Theon Greyjoy comes to him and points out that the aftermath of the space battle has left the fleet in critical condition, which might require a retreat: Jacaerys agrees, but knows that doing so will both arise Aegon's anger (which will be very unhealthy for them and will only cause further problems for Aegon) and allow Viserys to return later and use a now fanatically loyal population to destroy Aegon. Theon proposes the possibility of trying to get rid of Aegon's Kingsguards and the Red Woman so they can bring some sanity to their faction. Victarion Greyjoy, 27.08.300AAC, Somewhere in the Summer VoidVictarion gives one of his men four thousand dragons for a strange ring that, supposedly, was found in a crippled tree orbiting a dead planet. Victarion decides to put on the ring.Macragges Honour, A comic book by Dan Abnett and Niel Roberts, which follows the crew of the Ultramarines' flagship as they give chase to Kor Phaeron during the Battle of Calth. In a Foregone Conclusion sort of way, the entire series is this — Horus is slain, the Heresy is ultimately thwarted as his forces retreat, and the Imperium lives to fight another day, but the Emperor has been placed on life support, the galaxy is doomed to face a gauntlet of conflicts over the next several thousand years that will lead to untold trillions of deaths, and the forces of Chaos gain a lot of new supporters as the Chaos Gods become more powerful. Wyman brings with him two children: the eldest, Joanna Snow, Eddard's bastard daughter with Ashara Dayne - now deceased in mysterious circumstances - and Baela, one of the twin daughters conceived when Rhaegar raped Lyanna Stark, twins legitimized as Targaryen because Rhaegar has falsely claimed Lyanna married him. Call-Forward: Tons of them, particularly in the early books. It's like the authors had a standing challenge to include as many Continuity Nods and hints to the Foregone Conclusion per book as they possibly could.

Blatant Lies: "There are no wolves on Fenris". Fenrisian wolves are actually normal humans who succumbed to the same genetic engineering flaw that creates Wulfen from Space Wolf Marines when the planet was being colonized. There are no wolves, just mutant humans. Samwell Tarly, 09.07.300AAC, Horn Hill SystemThe Lord of Horn Hill, a shy fat young man whose interests are far from the norm in Westeros, learns to his dismay that (at the behest of the Queen of Thorns) he is to marry Asha Greyjoy, who has a reputation of killing the men she is to marry before the bedding happens. However, his mother, Melessa Tarly, tells him that not marrying Asha will bring unpleasant consequences for House Tarly, and that the wedding must take place in a month. Flame of the Pyre, 07.09.300AAC, Fawnton SystemThe Flame of the Pyre curses when Lonmouth's ship rams the planet, knowing that this will prevent the Lord of Light from gaining a foothold in the Seven Sectors. Just before the planet is destroyed, she manages to open a portal that takes her to a safe place. Cultural Posturing: There's a certain amount of this among several of the Legions, especially those who recruit primarily from one world. This tends to come from one of two points: the more sophisticated cultures such as Chemos and Macragge, and the less advanced and harder worlds such as Medusa, Fenris and Chogoris. Some Primarchs were this way before they were rediscovered by the Imperium, due to just how different they were from vanilla humans. Some of those who would turn traitor were still suffering from this because of how they were radically different to the ideal that the Emperor had in mind for them, (e.g., the Night Haunter being a psychopathic terror tactician and Lorgar setting up churches to the Emperor).

Part C: Eastern Cataclysm

In Nemesis Siress Callidus wants to deploy a new Callidus assassin to kill Horus. The assassin's name? M'shen, the woman who assassinated Konrad Curze. The story takes place in the Seven Sectors, one of the galaxy's main polities, united ever since Aegon Targaryen "the Conqueror" used his kilometer-long dragons to force the then disparate kingdoms to submit. Only Dorne resisted successfully, and even they ended up joining the Seven Sectors thanks to the diplomatic efforts of several Targaryen kings.