Warhammer 40K: Arks of Omen – The Supercut
With the arrival of Arks of Omen: Farsight it seems that the final card portent has been laid. What could it all mean?
Games Workshop appears to have put the capstone on the Arks of Omen event with Arks of Omen: Farsight. They’ve confirmed that the Emperor’s Tarot cards are done being teased as well. They have released a supercut video of all the cards, but without the audio.
I do find it a little ironic they titled the video “The Full Reading” without including any dialogue from the reading. So we’re going to add the text transcriptions of all the cards below in order.
Arks of Omen Supercut
(I – Galaxy )
The Galaxy burns in the fire of ambition.
Another round of the great game begins.
Venom in his hearts and blood on his blades.
What new darkness does he bring?
The Arks of Omen
Monuments of iron and stone
And hate and time
(IV- The Silver Key)
Ahh…The Silver Key
New doorways
New paths
New possibilities
(V- The Great Hoste)
A blood red tide of singing blades
Led by…
A Great Beast
Unliving, but undying
It claws at reality’s gate
Devastation
Annihilation
The future reeks of cataclysm
(VIII- God-Emperor (Inversed) )
The Imperium’s End
The Fall of Humanity’s Empire
The veil grows thin
Malignancy bleeds through
From one world into the next
And here stand the Angels of Death
Bloodied
But unbroken
A great war
Fire and wrath unleash on sacred rock
And yet chaos is fickle
Forever turning upon itself
A horde descends
Scarlet and crimson souls
Blood drunk, blood maddened
Flooding the galaxy
And a light gutters in the endless black
It may scourge the red tide
It may drown beneath its waves
Yet here a change in spirit
From fury to serenity?
I cannot say
I cannot yet see
But hope blooms
In the garden of lost souls
And burning stars
And here
A fatherless son
Alone in the endless night
As wars rage
Beneath the gaze
Of a newborn star
He stands defiant
His blade reflecting the light
Of a poison sky
But everything will change
Reality bleeds
Destiny sickens
The galaxy grows dark
And darker still
We’ve got notes and some theories on this reading and what it could be referencing. While Arks of Omen: Farsight isn’t technically out until this weekend, we’re also going to take a guess that some of the references in this prophecy are related to whatever announcements are going to happen tonight at Adepticon. Specifically the last and final verse. There’s also some speculation on if the The Knight could be referencing someone else’s arrival, too.
Dante was probably slated for a reveal at Adepticon but that got spoiled earlier. And there’s also the Tyranid/Terminator teasers. Personally, I’m really looking forward to just getting on with the announcements and reveals at this point. This has been quite the build-up and I hope whatever GW has planned really delivers.
The Arks of Omen teasers are over…for now.
