Szeras is renowed to be one of the biggest "up his arse" asshole amongst the Necrons, and that's by Necron standard. The guy is convinced that he's a god and is constantly searching for a way to "ascend" out of his physical body, and become a being of pure energy like the Ch'tans and the Old ones. He's such an arse, that the only way other Necron lords accept to work with him is by getting paid to do so, with pieces of technology and customised weapons (he may be an atrocious Boss, but he's an exceptional craftsman, unmatched amongst his peers). They absolutely nailed how much of a bastard the guy is in this show
"You're a zealot, Danika. And like all zealots, you're fucking insane. Let's be real, you're literally talking to a figment of your guilty imagination right now."
That feel when you are trying to work and your boss just looming there breathing down your neck, then his horde of zombies tackled you to the ground because he doesn't give enough shit to clean up his mess. "If you can't handle a bunch of mind controlled meatbags while the enemies are shooting you, don't bother coming home."
@@ivansolodyankin6820 Nah. That was Lost Legion Studios (who have since rebranded and are working on their own independent project) who did the Exodite. I believe there was a project labelled Astartes 2 which is probably Syama's next work.
@@yoomazir He didn't take part in this show, but you can feel his hand in the style they used. The animators that worked on this definitely watched his work
@@consolescrub4031 The sad thing about Exodite is that GW forced them to rewrite the entire thing several times and then to rush the project out before they were done with it. I wonder what we would have gotten had they been left alone to make what they had wanted in the beginning.
The sister has probably spent the last few days slaughtering Necron thrall's that look like normal civilian's. She's watched all of her friends and sisters get killed while she alone remains. The lady has been through a lot while people cower in fear.
@@ivansolodyankin6820well, getting a model made of you, tend to increase one's chances of survival. Not always but characters that have models, tend to survive more.
I've seen a decent analogy of why Szeras' use of the deathmark is stupid. It's like getting a world-class surgeon to cut down an oak tree. Sure, surgeons are good at cutting things, and one might be able to manage it given enough time, but why would you even bother when you have a whole bunch of enthusiastic lumberjacks armed with Treecapitator 5000s ready and raring to go?
I think the name “Hollow” refers to a condition I heard that can happen to those who spend too much time around a necron pylon, in which their souls are slowly drained and they are left former shells of their former selves. Don’t take my word for it though, this is just what I heard.
Yeah there will be a second season. Which i hope for more episodes. Thats been my biggest gripe with the animations on war+ theres to few and they are short. They need to do what other companies do, a full season split into 2, Ala Transformers Prime, Star trek Prodigy. Get 5 or 10 episodes done and shown then spend the time while it airs getting the others done and have a few months gap between the split to give more time to get the rest done. The ending is perfect for the 40k universe, grim dark. This really made me love the Salamanders and while being kind they are just as deadly.
Like they shouldn't have even fucking bothered until they had at least a TV show and multiple movies. Or just have it be free otherwise wth is the point
I kind of hope that we do get a scene with Sakan finding out what happened to the girl, and he just goes apeshit on the IG commander. Put the fear of the Emperor into them, ya know?
Which one? Also yes, the zombies ripping up necron metal by hand is a little exaggerated. Maybe if you account the scarabs, the possible removal of human psychophysical limiters by said scarabs and their numbers you'll get a plausible scenario. Anyway they needed the sniper to bugger off for a while for character development
@@matteocdt5214 the second one. They could have illuminor call this one back because of damaged engrams caused by the long sleep and not being happy that the death mark takes this long to kill what is not even a threat to the deathmark, if we are real here. Then there would have been time. Illuminor could wake up a second one and make good on his threats, this would also have been some nice foreshadowing. But they needed the "main characters" to win so they killed a skorpek that behaved like a moron with 2 people.
I mean the thing is they WERE Necron made zombies so them having far more strength especially putting stress on the metal over time makes it at least vaguely possible. I do still think it was bullshit but Necron forged zombies being able to injure Necrons is at least less embarrassing. It wasn't humies it was humies we made stronger.
Get enough people together with no regard for their own body's limit and it's only logical that they can pull shit apart. Have you ever seen what a single ordinary human can do with adrenaline? Now imagine that times 30 or whatever all swarming you at the same time. The testament to it's strength is that it even survived and presumably killed all the zombies off screen. By you guys idea of Warhammer physics, Necrons would essentially be indestructible, and almost all warhammer guns would have no effect on them. Also none of them were being stupid for plot reasons, they were being too arrogant and underestimating their enemies, which makes perfect sense for a Necron to do. And this "they needed the main characters to win" bullshit, so fucking retarded considering how first of it's A LITERAL SPACE MARINE they fuck shit up, and the even dumber part of this idea is that one of these "main characters" literally died, and the other is very very badly wounded in the end. Warhammer purists are so fucking cringe, Grimdark doesn't mean the "Good guys" or the outgunned force can't ever win.
I gotta say, "The Last Church" is way, waaaay over-rated. The God-Emperor has many available options for explaining why he needed to wipe out all religion, but the edgy Reddit atheist-tier argument that was presented in "The Last Church" was a pretty shallow and amateur philosophy. For a being that is probably a hundred thousand years old and has seen the high water mark of humanity before it crumpled into apocalypse and knows of the existence of Chaos, he should have had a much better argument against faith than "It's stupid and anti-science", which as a concept are both wrong. I think a better author could have made a much better story than what we got.
I'm still a baby when it comes to Warhammer 40k, Darktide was my first real exposure to the universe and that lead me to the fanmade Astartes. I hope WH40k blows up and goes more mainstream, would love movies and more shows of this universe. These episodes were great but short and too few. Need more
Lets be honest, the ending was probably the best ending the kid could have gotten. True its terrible, but if they actually believed that she wasn't mind undead or whatever the inquisition is going to have some questions. They are not gentile when asking questions, especially if its for the good of the Imperium. I'm not saying its not grimdark, because it is, I'm just saying it could have been a lot worse.
The on thing that was annoying in this ep is the fact that just mere humans were able to RIP OFF Necrodermis with bare hands! Its like riping space marine armor. Should not happen. Also... Single guardsman stopping running Deathamrk...even warriors are as strong as armored space marines, he shouldnt even make necron flinch. But atleast they accurately show how big of a dick Illuminor is. Literally, not a single other necron like him.
I mean, humans are limited by their body's own self-preservation. When you get rid of that limit humans can do a lot. Heard of parents lifting cars by themselves to free their trapped children?
@@toddoverholt4556 even with all of that, you think its enough to be as strong as space marines? Add to that, he just... Stop him without anything to hold to, humans are just to light to do that, he would just run with guardsmen holding his arm like he was some mind of doll. I know i shouldnt use physics in 40k... But that one was painfull when you know how ridiculously strong and tough necron bodies are xD
@@Mastercio In fairness, we don't know exactly how the damage was caused. It's implied that the Deathmark was on a time crunch and would probably get disintegrated or disassembled if the goals weren't met. While it could have eventually extricated itself from the pile once the humans got tired, that could possibly have taken hours it couldn't afford. In the interest of getting itself out faster it might have deliberately damaged itself trusting on it's survivability and repair abilities to remain combat capable. I could see it perhaps having to damage it's arm by severing and reattaching it or by setting off an explosive device at point blank (perhaps part of it's hyperphase oubliette hence why it's damaged). The stopping the Deathmark was a bit weird considering how heavy they are but I suppose it wasn't exactly a full sprint of momentum and it's possible Deathmarks are designed lighter to avoid triggering any pressure based infiltration alarms/reduce noise while moving. There's a reason Vindicare armour is less bulky than Arbites carapace armour after all.
@@consolescrub4031we already see him getting damage from being grabed by horde of guardsmen, so he is getting damage from just that, that's should be impossible. Even if they lighter than regular necrons, its shouldnt be by much, they dont need it as they cant be defeated, they travel through their pocket dimension, so it doesnt really matter for them.
@@Mastercio Fair point on the guardsman damage but I'm willing to say they were augmented Pariah style for laughs and they caused superficial damage before he caused a whole bunch more breaking himself free rapidly. Lighter is still not a terrible thing as Necrons have technowizardry where if they wanted to they could probably make two identical looking Necron bodies with one able to float away if pushed and the other dense enough to crack a mountain if dropped from head height. It's iffy I'll admit but they do need to be able to remain in precarious sniping positions and it's going to be real awkward if the ledge gives out under the Deathmark even if they can teleport up to it. Deathmarks that are getting hit in melee are doing it wrong anyway and I kind of blame the Deathmark for not running sooner (I feel like Szeras has a command code to force his subjects to focus their entire attention on him when he's talking to them because he's that kind of jerk boss lol).
@@aligaterr5137Look at our history when it came to war. The rise of the Soviets during the russian revolution, when they murdered the Romanov family brutally. Genghis Khan murdering millions, The Taiping war, WW2 etc.. All of these reflect war very well and it was a grim dark setting during those times. Warhammer 40k connects them very well
Szeras is renowed to be one of the biggest "up his arse" asshole amongst the Necrons, and that's by Necron standard.
The guy is convinced that he's a god and is constantly searching for a way to "ascend" out of his physical body, and become a being of pure energy like the Ch'tans and the Old ones.
He's such an arse, that the only way other Necron lords accept to work with him is by getting paid to do so, with pieces of technology and customised weapons (he may be an atrocious Boss, but he's an exceptional craftsman, unmatched amongst his peers).
They absolutely nailed how much of a bastard the guy is in this show
Jack : Not the Ending I was expecting
Me: Innocence Proves Nothing
That ending...whoa, didn't expect them to have the balls, sheesh
"You're a zealot, Danika. And like all zealots, you're fucking insane. Let's be real, you're literally talking to a figment of your guilty imagination right now."
Yes there is going to be more GW recently announced Sakan will return. And that ending is peak grimdark.
That feel when you are trying to work and your boss just looming there breathing down your neck, then his horde of zombies tackled you to the ground because he doesn't give enough shit to clean up his mess.
"If you can't handle a bunch of mind controlled meatbags while the enemies are shooting you, don't bother coming home."
That scream from the Deathmark was way too relatable.
23:33 YES, there is an article on Warhammer Community - season 2 is on it's way.
I love how man behind th Astartes found his place in GW and making his dreams a reality.
That wasn't made by the Astartes guy
@@yoomazir it wasn't? But i thought that this and this tau animated series was done by him, i forgot what it's called.
@@ivansolodyankin6820 Nah. That was Lost Legion Studios (who have since rebranded and are working on their own independent project) who did the Exodite. I believe there was a project labelled Astartes 2 which is probably Syama's next work.
@@yoomazir He didn't take part in this show, but you can feel his hand in the style they used.
The animators that worked on this definitely watched his work
@@consolescrub4031 The sad thing about Exodite is that GW forced them to rewrite the entire thing several times and then to rush the project out before they were done with it. I wonder what we would have gotten had they been left alone to make what they had wanted in the beginning.
The sister has probably spent the last few days slaughtering Necron thrall's that look like normal civilian's. She's watched all of her friends and sisters get killed while she alone remains. The lady has been through a lot while people cower in fear.
And yet the Imperium killed the exact same children she died defending.
I hope second season will get more episodes or longer ones and that Sa'kan will get a model.
I just hope he will survive at least.
@@ivansolodyankin6820well, getting a model made of you, tend to increase one's chances of survival. Not always but characters that have models, tend to survive more.
I've seen a decent analogy of why Szeras' use of the deathmark is stupid.
It's like getting a world-class surgeon to cut down an oak tree.
Sure, surgeons are good at cutting things, and one might be able to manage it given enough time, but why would you even bother when you have a whole bunch of enthusiastic lumberjacks armed with Treecapitator 5000s ready and raring to go?
Tbf Szeras is so up his own ass that i doubt he cares.
I think the name “Hollow” refers to a condition I heard that can happen to those who spend too much time around a necron pylon, in which their souls are slowly drained and they are left former shells of their former selves. Don’t take my word for it though, this is just what I heard.
The phrase is just "shell of there former selves" reading this gave me a god damn aneurysm
Preacher really trying to Any% speedrun at the hands of a Sister for real
This ending got me I thought it was a good ending but nah it's Warhammer 40k
Yeah there will be a second season. Which i hope for more episodes. Thats been my biggest gripe with the animations on war+ theres to few and they are short. They need to do what other companies do, a full season split into 2, Ala Transformers Prime, Star trek Prodigy. Get 5 or 10 episodes done and shown then spend the time while it airs getting the others done and have a few months gap between the split to give more time to get the rest done.
The ending is perfect for the 40k universe, grim dark. This really made me love the Salamanders and while being kind they are just as deadly.
Like they shouldn't have even fucking bothered until they had at least a TV show and multiple movies. Or just have it be free otherwise wth is the point
I kind of hope that we do get a scene with Sakan finding out what happened to the girl, and he just goes apeshit on the IG commander. Put the fear of the Emperor into them, ya know?
I'd LOVE them to do a sequel...maybe Skitarii fighting alongside the Iron Hands? Whatever they make...they've proven themselves. More please.
24:52 Welcome to the grimdark lol
Good ending, quite fitting. Still salty about the skorpek and bs op zombies.
Which one? Also yes, the zombies ripping up necron metal by hand is a little exaggerated. Maybe if you account the scarabs, the possible removal of human psychophysical limiters by said scarabs and their numbers you'll get a plausible scenario. Anyway they needed the sniper to bugger off for a while for character development
@@matteocdt5214 the second one.
They could have illuminor call this one back because of damaged engrams caused by the long sleep and not being happy that the death mark takes this long to kill what is not even a threat to the deathmark, if we are real here.
Then there would have been time. Illuminor could wake up a second one and make good on his threats, this would also have been some nice foreshadowing.
But they needed the "main characters" to win so they killed a skorpek that behaved like a moron with 2 people.
I mean the thing is they WERE Necron made zombies so them having far more strength especially putting stress on the metal over time makes it at least vaguely possible.
I do still think it was bullshit but Necron forged zombies being able to injure Necrons is at least less embarrassing. It wasn't humies it was humies we made stronger.
@@Pragabondthe material humans are made out of isn’t strong enough to sustain the strength required
Get enough people together with no regard for their own body's limit and it's only logical that they can pull shit apart. Have you ever seen what a single ordinary human can do with adrenaline? Now imagine that times 30 or whatever all swarming you at the same time. The testament to it's strength is that it even survived and presumably killed all the zombies off screen. By you guys idea of Warhammer physics, Necrons would essentially be indestructible, and almost all warhammer guns would have no effect on them. Also none of them were being stupid for plot reasons, they were being too arrogant and underestimating their enemies, which makes perfect sense for a Necron to do.
And this "they needed the main characters to win" bullshit, so fucking retarded considering how first of it's A LITERAL SPACE MARINE they fuck shit up, and the even dumber part of this idea is that one of these "main characters" literally died, and the other is very very badly wounded in the end. Warhammer purists are so fucking cringe, Grimdark doesn't mean the "Good guys" or the outgunned force can't ever win.
I gotta say, "The Last Church" is way, waaaay over-rated. The God-Emperor has many available options for explaining why he needed to wipe out all religion, but the edgy Reddit atheist-tier argument that was presented in "The Last Church" was a pretty shallow and amateur philosophy.
For a being that is probably a hundred thousand years old and has seen the high water mark of humanity before it crumpled into apocalypse and knows of the existence of Chaos, he should have had a much better argument against faith than "It's stupid and anti-science", which as a concept are both wrong. I think a better author could have made a much better story than what we got.
I'm still a baby when it comes to Warhammer 40k, Darktide was my first real exposure to the universe and that lead me to the fanmade Astartes. I hope WH40k blows up and goes more mainstream, would love movies and more shows of this universe. These episodes were great but short and too few. Need more
Welcome to the grim darkness of the far future
5:33 "steps angrily"
welcome to the grimdark, that ending was perfect. No single life matters in the vastness of space.
You're the best! Love your videos!
6:57 What a nice shot
Lets be honest, the ending was probably the best ending the kid could have gotten. True its terrible, but if they actually believed that she wasn't mind undead or whatever the inquisition is going to have some questions. They are not gentile when asking questions, especially if its for the good of the Imperium. I'm not saying its not grimdark, because it is, I'm just saying it could have been a lot worse.
it's a bit mean they do the aquila salute to a guy with one hand
Hey, at least it's less dangerous than asking for a hug.
"Don't worry Sakan! We'll be alright! We've still got something many others lack!"
"Hope?"
"Two hands!"
*Bolter fire*
Woah, screwing over your allies because of your big ego at the worst possible time? That necron would make a great inquisitor.
I thought you were referring to the Sister of Battle at first. lol
@@the_furry_inside_your_walls639 I guess it’s also applicable to her as well.
That IXION music in the meantime tho. Nice.
The on thing that was annoying in this ep is the fact that just mere humans were able to RIP OFF Necrodermis with bare hands! Its like riping space marine armor. Should not happen. Also... Single guardsman stopping running Deathamrk...even warriors are as strong as armored space marines, he shouldnt even make necron flinch.
But atleast they accurately show how big of a dick Illuminor is. Literally, not a single other necron like him.
I mean, humans are limited by their body's own self-preservation. When you get rid of that limit humans can do a lot. Heard of parents lifting cars by themselves to free their trapped children?
@@toddoverholt4556 even with all of that, you think its enough to be as strong as space marines? Add to that, he just... Stop him without anything to hold to, humans are just to light to do that, he would just run with guardsmen holding his arm like he was some mind of doll.
I know i shouldnt use physics in 40k... But that one was painfull when you know how ridiculously strong and tough necron bodies are xD
@@Mastercio In fairness, we don't know exactly how the damage was caused. It's implied that the Deathmark was on a time crunch and would probably get disintegrated or disassembled if the goals weren't met. While it could have eventually extricated itself from the pile once the humans got tired, that could possibly have taken hours it couldn't afford. In the interest of getting itself out faster it might have deliberately damaged itself trusting on it's survivability and repair abilities to remain combat capable. I could see it perhaps having to damage it's arm by severing and reattaching it or by setting off an explosive device at point blank (perhaps part of it's hyperphase oubliette hence why it's damaged). The stopping the Deathmark was a bit weird considering how heavy they are but I suppose it wasn't exactly a full sprint of momentum and it's possible Deathmarks are designed lighter to avoid triggering any pressure based infiltration alarms/reduce noise while moving. There's a reason Vindicare armour is less bulky than Arbites carapace armour after all.
@@consolescrub4031we already see him getting damage from being grabed by horde of guardsmen, so he is getting damage from just that, that's should be impossible.
Even if they lighter than regular necrons, its shouldnt be by much, they dont need it as they cant be defeated, they travel through their pocket dimension, so it doesnt really matter for them.
@@Mastercio Fair point on the guardsman damage but I'm willing to say they were augmented Pariah style for laughs and they caused superficial damage before he caused a whole bunch more breaking himself free rapidly.
Lighter is still not a terrible thing as Necrons have technowizardry where if they wanted to they could probably make two identical looking Necron bodies with one able to float away if pushed and the other dense enough to crack a mountain if dropped from head height. It's iffy I'll admit but they do need to be able to remain in precarious sniping positions and it's going to be real awkward if the ledge gives out under the Deathmark even if they can teleport up to it. Deathmarks that are getting hit in melee are doing it wrong anyway and I kind of blame the Deathmark for not running sooner (I feel like Szeras has a command code to force his subjects to focus their entire attention on him when he's talking to them because he's that kind of jerk boss lol).
that is the warhammer ending right there
there is no happy ending in this franchise, if there is, its not warhammer
Day 2 of waiting for the Tithes reaction😢
I am surprised that the guard lady didn't get shot after all this heresy
That's only because she wasn't real in the first place. She's the sister's conscience trying to speak to her.
Realy huh I didn't watch it I only watched clips of it
@ChadTalos Bruh
M'en that last fire was more chocking that any Block butter or triple A I ever watch or play...
There are no happy endings in Warhammer
A weird feeling to feel about for the deathmark. Dude got screwed over in every way.
Now whe can say to humans are not that helpless against a necron.
If you thought you were getting a happy ending you thought wrong
"IF you think this has a happy ending, you havn't been paying attention" - Ramsey Bolton
@@northernsupernova1 as he wiggles a sausage on a fork
Hope they do away with the chapter transition screens or make them more than just black screens with words on them in future projects.
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Somewhere in 70k a necron will tell a Space Marine that their Empire had it's chance...
This is why we can't have nice things
I hated this story. I really wanted the family to survive. God what the f
Welcome to 40k lore, it's JUST LIKE THIS, the universe doesn't called "grim dark" for nothing (just like real life and history).
@@Ddarth_sidious since when is real life and history grim dark
@@aligaterr5137you are obviously too young to understand child.
@@aligaterr5137Look at our history when it came to war. The rise of the Soviets during the russian revolution, when they murdered the Romanov family brutally. Genghis Khan murdering millions, The Taiping war, WW2 etc.. All of these reflect war very well and it was a grim dark setting during those times. Warhammer 40k connects them very well
@@Grim_Kherac bruh
Fantasy > 40K