EPIK Voice Acting: Only In Death Does Duty End

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  • Опубліковано 21 лис 2024
  • Hail, Epikus Warriors! Here is another voice acting demo! This time, it is of a fan-written exchange between the soul of the Emperor of Mankind and Roboute Guilliman after the latter was resurrected. I quite like this version better than the one that is found in the official books!
    In this scene, Guilliman is speaking with the Emperor, who reveals his true nature and intent to Guilliman - that the Primarchs were tools, and his (Emperor's) guidance was to eventually allow humanity to take off on their own...which he failed to accomplish.
    I do hope all who hear this interpretation enjoy it!
    If you DID, indeed, enjoy this, then please like, comment your reaction below, and subscribe for more videos, and as always:
    STAY EPIK!
    Link to "Dark Depression," the royalty-free piece of music by Ashot Danielyan Composer:
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    I used some of my own cinematic music sound libraries to supplement, as well.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 77

  • @irateastartes1206
    @irateastartes1206 Рік тому +123

    I think Big E knew how to motivate G-man in the best way possible, being kind would not have snapped him out of his ultradepression but pissing him off and reminding him of the ultimate truth? Oh yeah that would get the avenging son moving again.

    • @EPÏKUS.MUSÏC
      @EPÏKUS.MUSÏC  2 місяці тому +5

      It's 9 months late, but I have to wonder if "ultradepression" was a play on words. 🤔 Very clever, if so. 😁

    • @irateastartes1206
      @irateastartes1206 2 місяці тому +3

      @@EPÏKUS.MUSÏC Yes but I can't take credit for it "If the emperor had a text to speech device" made that joke in the Marneus Calgar episode.

  • @chrisperez4272
    @chrisperez4272 Рік тому +84

    The 6 word phrase that ensured humanity's continued existence "only in death does duty end"

  • @Rhysman30
    @Rhysman30 9 місяців тому +79

    "Across Millennia and through billions of mouths he spoke, 'Only in death does duty end'".

  • @Victard
    @Victard Рік тому +144

    I hope you continue to make 40k voice acting, your Sanguinius, Grimaldus and Emperor / Guilliman speeches are fantastic

  • @theplayerofus319
    @theplayerofus319 Рік тому +98

    hearing from the emporer "only in death does duty end" is both increadible motivating but also devastating. to think he suffers even more than all the humans do is unbearable

  • @gorvarhadgarson5227
    @gorvarhadgarson5227 Рік тому +197

    The Lion won't be as kind when he speaks to the Emperor.

    • @jknoclue607
      @jknoclue607 Рік тому +19

      Lmmfao big E shattered would shit on him like nothing. His sons fucked up not him if the web way could have been completed humanity would have extinguished the warp gods

    • @theplayerofus319
      @theplayerofus319 Рік тому +1

      he can be blaimed too "lmfao". HE created them, HE didnt tell them about the dark gods, HE abonded the crusade and didnt explain why. HE....EVEN HE is in the end also..just human who makes errors. @@jknoclue607

    • @Gaz4113
      @Gaz4113 Рік тому +12

      Guilliman came ready to rumble and demand answers, he wasnt prepared for what he faced.

    • @ITheOneEyedKing
      @ITheOneEyedKing 11 місяців тому +1

      @@jknoclue607Jeeza Louisiana, Big E might have a hard time with all the different fan boys riding his dick like you do

    • @Grombrindal
      @Grombrindal 5 місяців тому +3

      I'm going to ask him a few questions. Dwarfs are immune to whatever mind tricks he does.

  • @joseonwalking8666
    @joseonwalking8666 Рік тому +64

    I would say this.
    1. You need to put together a voice acting team to do more of this.
    2. I think Big E understands his position and you get a tinge of a feeling he is on brink of Godhood. Maybe after so long on Golden Throne he understood the need of faith.

  • @warhound1161
    @warhound1161 4 місяці тому +3

    😮 This explains alot of why guilimen is depressed not only does he see his dad decayed and he's cruel and cold but he's told him the best of them are all dead ooohh damn but again further he's more or less done caring for humans I can think of a few primarch who might consider not killing him but slap him around a bit lol

  • @grimreminder5038
    @grimreminder5038 3 місяці тому +6

    "Only in death, does duty end"
    To hear that phrase from the war cries, shouts of victory, the zealous, the scared, the dying, for ten thousand years? Knowing the Emperor never wanted this but being forced to weather it seconds, for hours, days, years, so on and so on for that long until he's practically been forced to act on it? Talk about being crushed by one's destiny, he got what he wanted but for the sake of a unified imperium? The man's broken, yet the shards are being used to maintain his dream from shattering entirely. Irony made strength

  • @gh0st1408
    @gh0st1408 Рік тому +51

    Its quite an interesting philosophical piece of conversation really. Whether the Big E intended on motivating the G man or not, both sides have their own point of view, and its both correct in my opinion.

  • @duplicitouscanadian3073
    @duplicitouscanadian3073 11 місяців тому +33

    I like the line, "When my body lay shattered amongst the best of you". I feel like that would have been the ultimate acknowledgement of Horus and Sanguinius by Big E.
    I personally think the Emperor being kinda schizo is a good way to present him but, that line should really have been in there.

  • @aliceofspades
    @aliceofspades Рік тому +23

    Gloriously acted and performed, as always! ❤

  • @Jonnyboy77712
    @Jonnyboy77712 8 місяців тому +5

    One day I love the emperor then the next I hate him lol. Dude got billions killed reuniting his sons and the galaxy then really f’d a couple of his sons over but then saved everyone from chaos and is talking about not intervening and letting humanity choose their fates alone

  • @alitahir4147
    @alitahir4147 Рік тому +5

    Only In Death Does Duty End!

  • @dicerson9976
    @dicerson9976 Рік тому +23

    Absolutely amazing! The *tone* gives an entirely different feel than just the way the written text comes off. Lends further meaning behind every word to hear how it is said.

  • @Rellikan
    @Rellikan 9 місяців тому

    I was tearing up. And felt the deepest chills.
    I wasn't expecting that last line to be so deep.

  • @wrathofkorven
    @wrathofkorven Рік тому +20

    A bitter man who now knows his own hubris has set the galaxy aflame...
    Fantastic voice work on this one!

    • @klaykid117
      @klaykid117 7 місяців тому +4

      I love this speech because the emperor finally realizes he was a really arrogant piece of shit and him being on the Golden throne is him trying to atone for how he so badly mishandled, Horus and logar.
      When he echoes "only in death does due to the end" he no longer views himself as some Superior godlike being, he views himself as a human finally

  • @EvilCat69
    @EvilCat69 Рік тому +16

    The last 15 seconds....omg...chills

  • @vasilvidenov476
    @vasilvidenov476 Рік тому +14

    It took me a second listening to figure out that Guilliman is talking with the Emperor. Amazing work. Thank you I felt it.

  • @gzs7483
    @gzs7483 Рік тому +3

    Gulliman truly is the one and only TOP G

  • @thomascuzin2647
    @thomascuzin2647 Рік тому +8

    This really is great voice acting. Hope you do more !

  • @baron-chan6484
    @baron-chan6484 2 місяці тому

    The holy words of Astartes
    'What is my life? My honor is my life
    'What is my fate? My duty is my fate
    'What is my fear? My fear is to fail
    'What is my reward? My salvation is my reward
    'What is my craft? My craft is death
    'What is my pledge? My pledge is Eternal Service
    'Reason begets doubts, doubts begets heresy.
    'Blessed is the mind too small for doubts.
    'Success is Commemorated, failure merely remembered.
    'And only in death, does duty END.

  • @Kain8719
    @Kain8719 Рік тому +8

    I would love to see a collab between you and and Luetin.
    If that is not possible, keep doing what you are doing, these are..... powerful.

  • @juleskonst7406
    @juleskonst7406 Рік тому +8

    Keep doing more of these. SANGUINIS MAN. MOREEEEEE

    • @EPÏKUS.MUSÏC
      @EPÏKUS.MUSÏC  Рік тому +2

      MOAR VOICES!
      Seriously, I didn't think this particular set of skills would blow up like this! I'm primarily a musician (composer and opera singer, as well as metal screamer), though have always enjoyed acting/voice acting, too!
      Thanks for the support, more to come (and not limited to Warhammer 40,000, either)!

    • @michaelhanks4398
      @michaelhanks4398 9 місяців тому

      Please

    • @EPÏKUS.MUSÏC
      @EPÏKUS.MUSÏC  2 місяці тому

      September 21, 2024:
      MOAR SANGUINIUS! CHECK MY LATEST VIDEO!

  • @grayfox7108
    @grayfox7108 Рік тому +1

    Nuevamente lo hiciste, lo hiciste en grande

  • @okairo
    @okairo Рік тому +29

    As much as Big E made the hole he currently sits in and technically deserves it... Given this speech, you get the feeling that he understands just how much he has fucked up and is now resigned to suffer his fate and what he considers his punishment until the very moment he dies.
    ...As much as I think the Emperor is a major asshole... after that speech I can't help but feel at little sorry for him. He's also technically correct about the Primarchs in my opinion. Their own petty desires added onto the Emperor's own failures only made things worse.
    Guilleman though needs reality to slap him a few more times. He's been giving me the feeling of Emperor 2.0, but oh so much worse in the decision-making.

    • @EPÏKUS.MUSÏC
      @EPÏKUS.MUSÏC  Рік тому +3

      That is a pretty great take, if you ask me. It'll be interesting indeed to see where this all goes.

  • @captainenizzle2024
    @captainenizzle2024 3 місяці тому

    Whoever does this stuff, including that pants shittingly amazing Sanguinius speech better end up in an Amber King video soon.

  • @A_better_alternative
    @A_better_alternative Рік тому +5

    I love this. Incredible work!

  • @Bradeze
    @Bradeze Рік тому +16

    Amazing job, I do think the emperor sounds dark. Too dark. I Think the Emperor would have a voice more like V from V for Vedetta. Calm yet forgiven.

    • @EPÏKUS.MUSÏC
      @EPÏKUS.MUSÏC  Рік тому +2

      I can see V (Hugo Weaving), certainly.

    • @fmbm2948
      @fmbm2948 Рік тому +9

      I think the tone he chose to use actually works well for how the Big E is in the current setting. All humanity gone, the empire in ruin, unimaginable pain nonstop for 10,000 years. If we could see the two of them talking to each other (and if the Emperor still had a face), I’d imagine the Emperor almost looking through Guilliman with a thousand yard stare. The Emperor is just a shell and machine of great power keeping the darkness at bay

    • @codyschwarz5155
      @codyschwarz5155 Рік тому +1

      You also have to remembers this is big E inside Gullimans head since the emperors body is probably incapable of speech

  • @E-Lykos
    @E-Lykos Рік тому +4

    Very nice! Good work on setting the tone with both

  • @blore
    @blore Рік тому +4

    Awesome. That last part gave me goosebumps.

  • @MegaTotalcarnage
    @MegaTotalcarnage Рік тому +4

    I do not think this is how the emperor would’ve reacted to Guiliman or else he wouldn’t have rifted space to aid him he would’ve let the empire fall knowing it was no longer his will
    I think he believes in Guiliman

    • @shadowlord1418
      @shadowlord1418 10 місяців тому

      i think hes going through the motions of fighting a losing war. big G has the ball now

  • @joshuabrown4838
    @joshuabrown4838 Рік тому

    Hope you keep doing these

  • @drectanbns266
    @drectanbns266 11 місяців тому +6

    I love how spite filled the emperor voice is when he finally tells gilliman the truth that he never saw them as sons he had one job for them he gave them god hood to do it and they failed. Even more so when he reveals the price to save gilliman

  • @onemanstudio5643
    @onemanstudio5643 Рік тому +1

    Good job

  • @isaakhyde8327
    @isaakhyde8327 10 місяців тому +2

    While a fun exchange, the writing definitely reveals the author's bias.
    Sure, there was a lot of history between Guilliman's departure from the narrative and his return, but The Emperor wasn't directing The Empirium during that time.
    If anything, the exchange would have likely began in pleading for guidance, to a much greater desperate extent. The Emperor was the grand architect. He had all the answers. He had the divine plan. And now, at long last, amid all the madness of the Empirium's current workings, the goodest living boy of the primarchs reaches him, and the conversation flows more like him realizing he was an adopted child? Just doesn't fit.
    The Emperor also wouldn't have uttered nonsense about sins. He was supposedly around since before judeo-christian religions were even a thing. He wouldn't to default to such thinking- even in that state, his mind would have, if anything, likely dwelled on "the humans" coming up with the different religions and maybe reflecting on it.
    I do like some aspects of this, like how the primarchs were implied to be gifts to humanity- in that it would have at least made them a lasting part of the Empirium, rather than just a version 2 of the Thunder Warriors in his eyes.
    When finally given the chance to speak to one who could act as his avatar of sorts, The Emperor would much more likely be making decrees to destroy the imperial faith, how to resurrect him, or so on- ways to reestablish control in some way, now that he could actually act upon the world again.
    That said, some interesting bits, and excellent delivery.

  • @Steezyjo510
    @Steezyjo510 Рік тому +11

    Imagine just chillin in your house one second then the next your with The Emperor and he’s just like “had to keep G man in the game you know how it is”😂

  • @Toombs71
    @Toombs71 Рік тому +1

    Brilliant, Amazing!

  • @silver4265
    @silver4265 Рік тому +2

    I was legit going to ask you do this! Beat me to it!

  • @stuartperry3761
    @stuartperry3761 Рік тому

    Please continue your wonderful work.

  • @lloron6
    @lloron6 10 місяців тому +1

    who is "the best of them"?

  • @Opuliskii
    @Opuliskii Рік тому +4

    Damn... This is way better than what we had in the books

  • @Greenmutt
    @Greenmutt Рік тому

    What book is this from

    • @sovereigneverblight5825
      @sovereigneverblight5825 Рік тому

      Fan creation.

    • @shadowlord1418
      @shadowlord1418 10 місяців тому

      @@sovereigneverblight5825 no its canon

    • @sovereigneverblight5825
      @sovereigneverblight5825 10 місяців тому

      @@shadowlord1418 read the video description.
      Fain Creation.

    • @shadowlord1418
      @shadowlord1418 10 місяців тому

      @@sovereigneverblight5825 its from godblight

    • @EPÏKUS.MUSÏC
      @EPÏKUS.MUSÏC  10 місяців тому +2

      ​@@shadowlord1418I think the original exchange is from Godblight, but this is more like a "fan-expounding" of what amounted to a very brief exchange in the original. 😅
      Do correct me if wrong, those who know better.

  • @zacharykells3342
    @zacharykells3342 10 місяців тому

    :(