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INTERVIEW·WHITE DWARF 443

Of Heroes and Villains

June 2019·pp. 132–135

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Aaron Dembski-Bowden discusses writing Space Marines through human viewpoints and giving successor Chapters identities beyond their gene-seed. The Emperor’s Spears gain cultural strengths and corresponding weaknesses rather than simply exceptional abilities, while isolation and scarce resources shape both the novel’s setting and its moral choices.

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