Henry Cavill busted up his leg actual good earlier this month whereas coaching for the Highlander reboot no one requested for, and in wonderful style he is utilizing his restoration time to remind us all that he actually, actually loves Warhammer 40,000.
As is the way in which in our social media obsessed world, Henry posted an image of himself, his canine, and his busted-up leg on Instagram over the weekend. As a substitute of writing, “Wow, have a look at my busted-up leg,” nonetheless, he shared a poem:
Out of the night time that covers me,Black because the pit from pole to pole,I thank no matter gods might beFor my unconquerable soul.
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Within the fell clutch of circumstanceI haven’t winced nor cried aloud.Underneath the bludgeonings of chanceMy head is bloody, however unbowed.
Past this place of wrath and tearsLooms however the Horror of the shade,And but the menace of the yearsFinds and shall discover me unafraid.
It issues not how strait the gate,How charged with punishments the scroll,I’m the grasp of my destiny,I’m the captain of my soul.
He didn’t write that himself: That is Invictus, written in 1875 by English poet William Ernest Henley. Extra on that later, although, as a result of first, clearly seen on the espresso desk upon which Henry is resting his leg is a Warhammer: The Horus Heresy rulebook—Liber Hereticus, I am fairly positive—laid atop a number of different, presumably additionally Warhammer books.
It is a lot much less distinct however within the different photograph you may also see, simply above Henry’s head on a shelf within the different room, a replica of the Warhammer 40,000: Leviathan field set.
Now, Henry might be the world’s most well-known WH40K nerd, and so it should not be all that shocking that he is received plenty of WH40K stuff in his home. However IGN sees one thing presumably deeper: That perhaps he is teasing the backdrop for the Warhammer 40,000 cinematic universe he is heading up, the setting for which hasn’t been formally revealed but. (It has been 40,000 years, there’s rather a lot to kind by way of and determine.)
The Horus Heresy rulebook may presumably level towards a retelling of the foundational historic occasion of the Warhammer 40,000 setting: The civil battle that came about 10,000 years previous to the sport’s present period, which primarily set the stage for occasions as they at present stand.
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However that is difficult and deep, nice for dedicated followers however presumably too dense and arcane for the remainder of us. A less complicated method may be hinted at by the Leviathan field set, which options the Ultramarines chapter of the House Marines, who additionally occur to be the celebrities of the very profitable (and extra mainstream) House Marine videogame collection.
And that brings us again to the poem, which you will recall is entitled Invictus. Saul Invictus was the captain of the elite 1st Firm of the Ultramarines, till he was killed within the Battle of Macragge throughout the First Tyranic Warfare. A very good function for Henry to play, maybe?
Maybe. However now we swerve over to the Poetry Basis to throw some chilly water on the entire thing. Henley, the writer of Invictus, had considered one of his legs amputated slightly below the knee when he was younger, the results of tubercular arthritis; some years later, the opposite leg was solely saved by way of radical surgical intervention. Henley started writing poems, together with Invictus, whereas recovering from that surgical procedure—principally, the Nineteenth-century equal of “Wow, have a look at my busted-up leg.”
So the place does this depart us? Utilizing strategically-placed stuff within the background of pictures or livestreams to trace at future goings-on is not new—Phil Spencer has a repute for doing it—however on this case, I do not suppose it is a tease a lot as a reminder that Henry actually, actually loves Warhammer 40,000. He talked about it throughout Covid-19 lockdowns, he talked about it on The Witcher, he talked about it when he was speculated to be hyping extraordinarily costly watches in Switzerland: The person’s only a fan—a fan who simply occurs to have an enormous WH40K factor cooking. Cannot actually blame him for being enthusiastic about that.
Additionally, he busted up his leg. However he’ll be okay.
