Angrons tale is Greek tragedy in it's purest form. The guy never had a chance. You can fault him for what he does and is now but not for the circumstances that made him that way. He should have died with his Gladiators.

“What have we done to dishonor or displease you?”

“You displease me by your very nature Kharn”

“We are made in your image!”

“Perhaps that displeases me as well!”

“That we are in your image, or do you resent your own reflection?”

“Both”

The tragedy of the World Eaters, a broken father begets broken sons

Khorne cares not where the abuse comes from so long as it flows

Angron is the abused fighting dog of the Primarchs. He could have been a loyal warhound but a beaten dog will only know hate.

More than anything, I feel, Angron desperately wanted Kharn to say "No".

From the day he was born, Angron was a slave. From the day he was born, Angron has raged against his chains. From the High riders, to the Emperor, to the Dark Gods themselves. Perhaps one day Angron's rage will become so great, that the chains will finally break.

I wish Games Workshop explored this side of Angron more, the side of Angron that wants to be human rather than just this broken monster. The fact that he tries to will himself to express grief shows there is a side of Angron that is human but is unable to break out due to the Emperor's design.

I've always loved Angron, and know that too many don't realize the reality of the miserable, self hating, lonely, depressed, hopeless, joyless, friendless, pain filled existence he's forced to live, for the rest of his immortal life.  EXCELLENT work.

looking forward to the day we get an official wh40k audiobook read by the Vox himself. it just HAS to happen. you know it, i know it, everybody knows it.

Wow Angron is probably the most tragic primarch out of all of them

I wish someone would elaborate on Angron's advanced empathy, and what he might of been. This is the best portrayal of the Primarch yet. You've outdone yourself, fantastic writing.

I've been on an Angron binge recently and this is phenominal!

"You merely adopted the blood and the rage. I was born in the blood, molded by it. Tempered by the fires of battle and the heat of my own unquenchable hatred. Come brothers..... let me show you true RAAAGE!!!"

Angorn saw his Father the Emperor as the worst tyrant and worst abuser, but I believe he realized that the Blood God is worst compared to him and there is no doubt that he was going to be forever hated to fated to kill with no end.

I remember, a few years back, one of the first moments that really clicked for me about Angron was the description of headaches so bad they turned into nosebleeds.

And now, hearing this story describe him trying to make himself cry but being unable to, I get that click again.

Thanks to you and the author both. A very cool story, well told.

What makes the World Eaters and Angron so tragic is that for all their proclamations of rage they are not really enraged. They are terrified. They run from the nails, they run from the pain. They turn to anger because it's the only way to avoid more suffering. They will never know true anger, only the terrified desperation of avoidance.

Really makes you feel for Angron.  Even with all that rage and power, still impotent and sad in the end.  A rage so thirsty yet futile, it drinks up any other emotion.  Not allowed true rest or even the ability to grieve naturally.

Angron is my favorite primarch hands down

This is genuinely heartbreaking. I don't think I ever really understood Angron until now.

He was a tortured man who ached for camaraderie as an escape from his suffering but all he was granted was the mindless glorification granted to him by his legion. That glorification only deepened his isolation and guaranteed  his immersion in inescapable suffering.

He could bear the suffering of the nails but he couldn't bear the loneliness of being revered as a god by his "sons".

Damn...

I love the reference to Marcus Aurelius and his line about not being like your enemy. It really cements the theme and culture as an advanced Roman Empire.