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Грэм Макнилл, автор прорвы романов и рассказов по вселенной Warhammer 40.000\FB, переходит работать в Riot Games. Удачи Маку на новом месте работы

Originally Posted by Graham McNeill
If you don’t want to read to the end, the short version is this: I’ve been offered – and have accepted – a job with Riot Games, the producer of the phenomenally successful League of Legends. Clan McNeill is moving to Los Angeles.

I’ve been chatting with Riot for a little while and now they’ve offered me the position of Senior Narrative Writer in their Los Angeles offices. So, yeah, in the summer we’re leaving Nottingham and the UK and relocating to sunny California in the US of A.

This wasn’t a decision we took lightly. I enjoyed the work I was doing, where I was doing it and the way life revolved around our kids, friends, family, work, school and all the usual happenings that make up the everyday. We had Evan and Amber to think of, our own jobs and our house, our friends and families. We liked having all that close, and the idea of making such a life-changing upheaval was very scary. Far easier just to maintain the status quo, eh? In short, we were comfortable, but sometimes you need to change things up, to step out of your comfort zone, and I think we were all at that stage.

I first spoke with Riot back in December. I went over for an informal chat, not really knowing what to expect, but going in with an open mind. The people I met there were fantastic; full of passion and enthusiasm for what they were doing, and I came away feeling I’d had a real meeting of minds with the spirit of Riot’s creative heart. These were people who thrived on the sheer joy of creativity, where every avenue could be explored to see where it went. I came away tremendously excited at the possibility of working within those teams.

We went back over to California as a family in February so everyone could see LA and Santa Monica, to find out if it was a place we could see ourselves living and working. It most definitely was. And my second meeting with the creative types in Riot more than confirmed my desire to work with them. Their attitude to the work and the potential for all it offers in the future is incredible, which makes me tremendously excited about being part of it.

After some long, serious, grown-up talks about making the move, Anita and I came to the conclusion that the opportunities for our family were too incredible to pass up. It’s a life-changing adventure that’s going to be exciting and challenging all at the same time. It’s the kind of chance we had to snatch with both hands, as it’s the kind that doesn’t come around more than once. And I’d hate to look back in years to come with any kind of regret for the chances we didn’t take. So with a mixture of giggling excitement and trepidation at the thought of stepping into this brave new world, we’re getting packed up and looking west to this fresh phase of our future.

Ah, but what does this mean for all things Warhammer…?

Well, first and foremost, I’m a writer, so I’m not going to stop writing books any more than I’m going to choose to stop breathing. I’m still working on my current Horus Heresy novel, The Crimson King (I’ve just handed in the first half…) and will continue to write for the Black Library. Clearly my output will diminish, what with having a full time, salaried day job, but I’ll still be keeping my hand in. I have stories of Uriel Ventris yet to tell and the Battle for Macragge isn’t going to write itself. And, having been involved with the Horus Heresy series since its very opening act, I’ll be damned if I’m not going to show up for its final dramas and its curtain calls. Expect the odd quick read or audio to pop up here and there too. In short, I’m still going to keep you entertained with grim tales from the 41st Millennium, the Horus Heresy and beyond.

So, there you have it. As the summer dawns, Clan McNeill will be living it in California. Wish us well, and I’ll continue to talk to you all on Twitter, Facebook and e-mail.

Cheers,

Graham

The seeds for the battle were sewn when the Eldar Farseer of Ulthwe, Eldrad Ulthran, developed an ambitious plan to awaken Ynnead and bring about the destruction of Slaanesh. Allying with Harlequins, Eldrad planned to use the remains of Farseers known as Crystal Seers to channel a summoning ritual through every Infinity Circuit in the Galaxy. Though Ynnead would be summoned at last, every Craftworld would be left derelict and the Astronomicon would be thrown into disarray, but Eldrad felt that these were acceptable losses given the outcome. Eldrad's greatest problem was that the ritual required a psychic medium of great power, something which could only be accomplished on the crystal moon of Coheria, which was in Imperial hands.


Keeping the truth of the ritual from allied Autarchs, Eldrad was able to get forces from Ulthwe and Saim-Hann to launch a diversionary attack on an Imperial Navy base near Coheria. This left the crystal moon largely undefended, and Eldrad and his Harlequin allies were able to begin the ritual undisturbed. However a Deathwatch Kill-Team led by Artemis quickly arrived. After a vicious battle, Artemis and his Battle-Brothers are able to destabilize the ritual and force Eldrad to flee as Coheria exploded.


Семена битвы были брошены, когда Ультвийский ясновидец Эльдрад Ультран разработал амбициозный план по пробуждению Иннеада и уничтожению Слаанеш. Объединившись с арлекинами, Эльдрад намеревался использовать останки ясновидцев, известных как Кристаллические Провидцы, чтобы запустить ритуал пробуждения через каждый Бесконечный Цикл в Галактике. Когда Иннеад наконец-то был бы призван, каждый рукотворный мир опустел бы, а работа Астрономикона была бы нарушена, но Эльдраду казалось, что это приемлемые потери ради такого результата. Главной проблемой Эльдрада было то, что ритуал требует проводника [1] пси-энергии огромной мощности, это могло быть исполнено только на кристаллической луне Кохерии, которая была в руках Империума.

Сокрыв полную правду о ритуале от союзников-аутархов, Эльдраду удалось заручиться силами Ультве и Сейм-Ханна для деверсионной атаки на базу Имперского Флота рядом с Кохерией. Это оставило кристаллическую луну практически без защиты, и Эльдрад с союзными арлекинами смогли начать ритуал, не на что не отвлекаясь. Однако вскоре прибыла зондер ликвидационная команда Караула Смерти во главе с Артемисом. После жестокой битвы Артемису со своими боевыми братьями удалось нарушить ход ритуала и обратить в бегство силы эльдар, когда Кохерия взорвалась.

[1] Medium - the intervening substance through which impressions are conveyed to the senses or a force acts on objects at a distance.
Example: radio communication needs no physical medium between the two stations