Line #17 Literature/WarhammerAdventures


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Grimdark, but with a nightlight on"'']]
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4	''Warhammer Adventures'' is a series of [[MiddleGradeLiterature middle grade]] books released by Creator/GamesWorkshop. Each of Games Workshop's two primary settings has its own series of ''Warhammer Adventures'' books, with those set in the ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' universe known as ''Warped Galaxies'' while those set in the Mortal Realms of ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar'' are called ''Realm Quest''.
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6	The ''Warhammer Adventures'' series consists of the following books:
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8	* ''Warped Galaxies'' by Cavan Scott
9	** ''Attack of the Necron''
10	** ''Claws of the Genestealer''
11	** ''Secrets of the Tau''
12	** ''War of the Orks''
13	** ''Plague of the Nurglings''
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15	* ''Realm Quest'' by Tom Huddleston
16	** ''City of Lifestone ''
17	** ''Lair of the Skaven''
18	** ''Forest of the Ancients''
19	** ''Flight of the Kharadon''
20	** ''Fortress of Ghosts''
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22	The first books were released in February 2019. The audio books for ''Attack of the Necron'' and ''The City of Lifestone'' are narrated by Creator/DavidTennant and Creator/BilliePiper respectively.
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26	!!Tropes featured in the ''Warped Galaxies'' books include:
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28	* AssholeVictim: Rizz, who tried to kill both Zelia and Talen and attempted to leave the latter for dead during a Necron invasion (after the latter tried to save his life!). He meets his end by being atomized by a Necron gauss flayer.
29	* CurbStompBattle: The Necron invasion in the first book overwhelms the planet's defenses, systematically slaughters its people in the streets, and ultimately blows the whole planet up in a matter of ''hours''.
30	* EmbarrassingNickname: Flea Pit's name is actually Flegan Pala, but decides that it's best that the kids use the name given to him by Talen because it's easier to pronounce.
31	* LighterAndSofter: Compared to the base setting, anyway. The Imperium is a bit less of an overt dystopia, its people are bit less genocidal-religious-fanatic-y, pacifists are both a thing and actually taken seriously, interstellar travel is a lot more [[CasualInterstellarTravel casual]], and so on. It still has a much darker tone and significantly higher body count than your average children's book.
32	* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: The series is set several years after the events of the ''Gathering Storm''. As such, Primaris Marines make an appearance.
33	* TechnicalPacifist: Zelia is perfectly fine with destroying their enemies with improvised or unconventional methods, but will come down with all the righteousness she can muster whenever her companions try to defend themselves from the various aliens trying to kill them [[DoesNotLikeGuns with an actual gun]]. This is explicitly based on the InsaneTrollLogic that a lot of the archeological sites she visited are battlefields, and being armed didn't save the dead soldiers, therefore weapons are worthless. None of her companions take this entirely seriously. By the third book she still won't use a gun herself, but their adventures have finally beaten it into her head that her initial stance was unreasonable in a galaxy full of people trying to kill them.
34	* TrailersAlwaysLie: The animated character trailers make the series look a ''lot'' LighterAndSofter than it actually is. For instance [[https://youtu.be/QOEE_jLFIJU this one]] shows Zelia awakening a bunch of Necrons and them just letting her leave when she puts back what she stole, when in the book they're in full Terminator mode at all times.
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36	!!Tropes featured in the ''Realm Quest'' books include:
37	* BratsWithSlingshots: Kiri's preferred weapon. One of the animated trailers shows her practicing with it.
38	* CoolAirship: A dirigible galleon.
39	* GadgeteerGenius: Alish has an instictive understanding of mechanisms, and can repair or create nearly anything.

Context Literature / WarhammerAdventures