Death's Mercy

Heirs of the Laughing God: Warhammer 40,000

De: Gav Thorpe

Narrado por: Grace Andrews, John Banks, Steve Conlin, Emma Gregory, Matthew Hunt

An Aeldari audio drama

The Harlequins of the Masque of the Fading Dawn bring their deadly artistry to bear on a force of humans - but their Death Jester has another agenda that puts their performance into question.

Listen to It Because:

Gav Thorpe continues his exploration of the Harlequins and their myths and legends in an audio drama that focuses on the sinister Death Jester.

The Story:

Following the whim of the Laughing God, the Masque of the Fading Dawn conduct an audacious attack against mon-keigh invaders. Battling to secure their legacy, the troupe put on a performance worthy of remembrance against a backdrop of acerbic remarks from their Death Jester, Adroniel. Intent on a spectacular finale, Adroniel becomes hell-bent on obliterating their unremarkable human foe with deadly artistry, until a strange encounter challenges her role in the final act....

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A fascinating play in more ways than one

Harlequins aren't often the focus of 40k stories. Rarely is it known how they act or think or talk. But this audiobook does a great job at conveying these things. Great job by the actors especially. They really portray the deadly yet whacky way these xenos would act!

Our Motley clad trio does it again!

Another fantastic story revolving around the Masque of the Fading Dawn. I cant really say anything bad about it, the performance was fantastic and the sound design on point. Echo, the Shadowseer is more prominent this time, which is great because he had such little dialogue last time around.

The story seems to have less narration this time around. Im still deciding if i prefer the narration style of A Deadly Wit or the limited style found in this story. Both worked very well.

The only downside I have is we still dont know the Masque colors for their standard troupe players, but that is not going to ruin my fun for the story, only the tabletop game.

I recommend this book whole heartily for any Harlequin fan.

Such an excellent faction

Loved the performance since the Harlequins are all about performance this was so fitting. It’s such an excellent break from traditional 40K. I really wish GW would consider giving some more focus to this faction.

It was short but I think that was a good call to make as the dialogue can be a little to follow since it’s unusual - almost like old English. The story itself was pretty straightforward but again, since the dialogue is little more requiring, it was smart to keep the story pretty straightforward. Overall an excellent purchase. The Laughing God laughs for us all!

The Best One Yet

A change of pace from the first chapter as it is less narrated, letting the voice actors carry the story. Getting an insight into Harlequin philosophy is one of the strong points, for me at least.

Refreshing Funny

The voice actors do some great work bringing these ridiculous characters to life in an aggressively over-the-top 40k script, and it is a joy to listen to them. Adroniel's actress does fantastic work as the focus of this drama, and her interactions with the Troupe Master and Shadowseer are so fun. The way the trio narrates their way through battle is refreshingly different in the way it often abandons typical narrator-focus.

masterful. dialog is classic. acting superb

fabulous!
dialog is deep. acting above average. close your eyes and enjoy this story. the harlequins are truly having more to them then any of the other groups of Eldar

great but short

I really enjoyed this story, but I spent an audible credit to get a one hour long short story. it was incredibly well acted, had nice sound effects, and was a fun story but it wasn't the full book that I expected.

Skip this one

Performance is way too over the top. Dialogue spins in circles. Get Jain Zar instead if your a Craftworlds fan.