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Worlds of Warhammer: Are There Any Good Guys?

September 2022·pp. 10–13

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A tour of the setting’s principal factions examines why their own justifications do not make them moral heroes. Imperial oppression, Necron entitlement, T’au certainty and Aeldari self-preservation sit alongside more openly destructive forces, distinguishing sympathetic individuals and understandable motives from the terrible institutions and choices that define the wider galaxy.

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