The quote "The innocence proves nothing" actually has a point in the lore sense. You could be unknowingly working for the forces of hell or aliens without knowing it. Also there is the quote "There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt."
This works in the real world as well. People who unknowingly do business with moneylaundering operations, pyramid schemes, and your average simp are liable without knowing it.
"There is no such thing as a plea of innocence in my court, a plea of innocence is guilty of wasting my time. Guilty." -Inquisitor Lord Fyodor Karamazov
@@florianfrueh3282 The Exorcist is my favourite tank in 40K because IT IS 40K. The essence of the setting in vehicle form: Exquisite, extravagant and absurd in equal measure, but also JUST. SO. FLIPPING. COOL!
I'm with Bricky on the Astra Militarium. There's something absolutely inspiring about a normal, every day people facing down the most horrible things imaginable, standing directly in the face of death against impossible odds. That concept echoes throughout history, going all the way back to the Spartans at Thermopylae.
I agree but actually Spartans were the opposite of normal, everyday people. Those were professional soldiers from the age of 6, while most armies in the world were conscripts, as in they had other day jobs that they left to go fight. The Spartans had the profession of soldier, and did nothing else but fight.
@@Ajaxlancer I'm mean, the Imperium have soldiers that are conscripted at the age of six if not before it. So it's still a fair comparison. Krieg comes to mind, Cadia, and there are more.
I love how everybody is just cutting out the salamanders black joke and you just went and burst out laughing :D It reminds me the times when i am working with blind people, as I do quite a lot. There is not a human being in this world that will laugh harder at your joke about blindness then blind people.
It is funny, but it's also kinda out there for what has become the absolute must watch video to introduce people to the subject lol. I'm sure he didn't know it would become that when he made it.
Exactly. I remember a standup and there was someone in a wheel chair and the comedian made a hard joke and the man in the wheel chair was pissing himself laughing. Miss the days when people had a sense of humour and were not sensitive morons only for the sake of earning virtue morality points.
19:53 also, they aren’t just encouraged to interact with civilians on a regular basis… BUT ALSO THEIR BIRTH FAMILY!!! They’re genuinely required to continue to live with, help, and spend time with their family at home on their off duty days to strengthen their resolve to protect the innocent and keep their planets culture alive through them…. Which JUST thinking about it, is wild to think about, cause there’s a very damn good chance that the space marines that live hundreds of years may often end up living long enough to see another of their own family lineage chosen to be a space marine. So families might have multiple children over multiple generations being chosen for space marine status… which just sounds so much more wholesome with them LITERALLY referring to each other as brothers or uncles or great uncles.
I like how literally every faction on the screen was met with "This is so cool", good luck picking your favourite😂. Especially the Sisters, they're so over the top but I love them for it lmao.
He didn't mention Titans. If you thought Imperial Knights were massive... Let's put it this way: one of the Titans is so large it carries a full blown cathedral on its back. Some lore says they are 100s of meters tall, some say "only" 30 to 50 meters. All major races have their own types of Titans, too.
@@thedragon133 Eh, they're just parasitic pirates, pursuing purloined plunder from passive people. Sorry, my alliteration quota had to be fulfilled. I honestly did not know the Drukhari didn't have Titans, thank you for teaching me something I had not known!
There are different types of Titans. The Emperor class is 100 meters tall, while Warlord class is around 60, there are of course differences inside of said classes, so one Warlord can be bigger that another
Yeah, but until they bring back Epic (which they are for Horus Heresy but not for 40k proper... yet), only the smallest of them will show up on the tabletop.
You have such a likeable chill personality. Definitely got a little crush going on. 40k has so much to explore, every time I click on someone's video I learn something new. Will check out more your reactions to learn up on the lore!
Some of my favorite quotes for them: "Burn, heretic, and as you burn know that I do not cleanse you out of any desire to save your soul or shrive you of your mortal sins. I put you to the torch because I hate you, because all that you are and all you have done revolts me and because those who stray from the light of the emperor deserve only annihilation." "There are those who believe we should pardon the ignorant, the fearful and the misdirected for their heresies. Such weak-willed evocators of mercy and understanding are as bad as those they seek to excuse. Burn them all upon the same pyre!" "These heretics refute the Emperor's holy right to rule. Let them argue with the barrel of a gun."
Especially their artillery system that fires missiles out of pipe organ pipes. Essentially, when it comes to long range fire the Battle Sisters pull out all the stops.
Slight correction on the exterminatis bit inquisitors aren’t the only ones who can make that call space marine chapter masters, and high commanders in the military (think 5 stars or more) can also declare the “ultimate sanction of exterminatis” and in rare cases lower ranking officers might be able to call for it but this is more of a “we can’t hold or evacuate blow the planet before this gets any worse” scenario where they are probably on the planet about to get cracked
Ahh, yet another reactor falling into the warhammer rabbit hole. Whilst normally I prefer to watch reactions with extra input (like reacts to ), this is giving me homey chill vibes, it's quite nice! Cheers!
My favourite bits of Inquisition lore, is the Ordo Originatus and the Ordo Redactus, who, in a brilliant display of bureaucratic redundancy, have their entire point of being as trying to undo each other.
really enjoying the way you gradually pick up on the lore to the point where you're almost finishing bricky's sentences and yeah, as a collector of Tyranids I know all about Inquisitor Kryptman, consigning dozens of worlds to Exterminatus to create a barrier to slow the expansion of the Tyranid swarm, pretty awesome of the guy ngl
Cadia, the planet broke before the guard did. Here's a fun Fact, the Actor Henry Cavil is a massive fan of Games Workshop, and actually collects Custodians.
Inquisitor Kryptman was the one who first noticed an ongoing Tyranid invasion somewhere at the edges of the Imperium. To stop it he devised a "tactic" to let the Tyranids on the planet and he declared exterminatus to that planet. But since it was a big invasion there were a lot of planets that were exterminated. It did the job but the cost was so high that the other inquisitors deemed him a traitor.
As someone who’s been in the community for a few years now…one of the nicest parts of 40K is that it’s filled with people genuinely eager to explain paragraphs about things you wanna know. Sooooo, it’s very likely I’ll reply to this comment as I watch this video answering any questions you have that I know well enough (or just feel like commenting on if you’re eager to learn more about a topic).
3:18 it’s hard to pick a favorite faction. Since 40K has so many points you can explore…it’s hard to narrow in on one. Besides the tabletop, there are games, and lore dumps…books! I can say that the AdMech are my favorite faction on a lore perspective…I love technophile monks as a concept. However, my first army on tabletop was Custodes because the concept of genetically perfect honor guards (with sisters of silence flanking their massive frames) appeals to me. However, the Necron have such fantastic lore and history that they’re amazing too. It’s tough. There are so many great factions.
9:00 something to note…the Horus Heresy happened in 30K. In the tabletop lore of 40K the civil war happened 10,000 years ago. To explain why half of the emperor’s sons turns traitor is…a lot. Honestly way too big for me to explain. Bricky co-hosts a podcast called Adeptus Rediculous and he and his buddy DK Diamonte (and Shy of course) spend three entire episodes discussing just the broadest strokes of how the heresy started. It’s a lot.
10:35 Bricky kinda glosses over the religious extremism, but the Emperor wiped out all religion when he rose to power tens of thousands of years ago. He saw humanity’s purpose was to conquer the stars with rationalism, not faith. The concept that people took him as a martyr and began to worship him is one of the most ironic and tragic parts of the Emperor’s story, and no…at the time of commenting, the Emperor (Big E as some of the community calls him) is still alive and is still being fed 1000 psykers per day to stay alive.
24:45 interesting note…though they get overshadowed in a lot of stories, you’ll find an AdMech on all major ships and in many battles specifically to bless technology and “calm the machine spirit.” Technology, especially ships and some tanks, have even been said to have aggressive, angry machine spirits that will fire the guns of the vehicle on their own when their crew dies in defiance of the enemy. Tech Priests perform such a pivotal role in Imperium society that they’re able to get away with some pretty heretical things for the sake of technology and progress.
As mentioned below the Titans from the Mechanicus (The tech people) was not mentioned, these can be as tall as 150 meters which is about the size of a 40 floor office building, however most Titans stand between 15 and 60 meters
"we are not alone. the Guard is with us! and militia forces!" "HUMANS?" *waves in dismissal ..... "The Legio Invigilata has landed to the east of the city... TITANS my brother!.... I don't see you sneering at THAT.^^"
wow he really shat on those space marines chapters , even worse on the most loyal of them all, the Blood Angel Chapter. Gee Sanguinius was the Angel, with his gift he could see the future. He had the chance to save himself , instead he was the only one who stood by the emporer on horus ship and gave his life for him. When he says the angels are super - gay for Sanguinius, they worship his loyalty. Do to the horrible way he died and the fact he was one of the mightiest psykers in the Emperium of man , his deathcry echos through the warp , and every Blood Angel can hear it. They HEAR their Primarch , their Idol, dying for the Emporer. "My faith shields me" "For the Emporer" And the Space Wolfs ? he just about forgot to mention , that they are the Elite of the Elite of the Elite. Each single one of the is a champion. Space Wolfs do not need to move in Squads , each of them is a champion (i did mention that before ....), for the price of 20 Space marines of other chapters you get maybe 8-10 Space wolfs. They also do not need to stand next to each other in Formation , because their Leadership is that supreme. Uhhhhgggghhh ..... he really sucks at describing them. The Dark Angel Chapter. Inbred Loyalty. Fanatical Loyalists ,which of course is due to their history. The Only legion if i am not mistaken , that got split in the great heresy. They did not fall to chaps, but half of their chapter did. The only chapter that survived the downfall of their brothers, because you either never fell or you fell completly. "The Thief can be forgiven - through death!" "The Murderer can be forgiven - through death!" "The Traitor cannot be forgiven!" It would also have been cool if he would have mentioned, that the Sororitas are no normal Women but amazonian sect who worshiped the emporer. They were tricked into the service of the church by believing , their technolocigal wargear was holy magic, blessed by the emporer himself. Goge Vandire , the one who tricked them, betrayed Terra in the Reign of Blood and the ecesiarchy was besieged. This is when the personal guard , the pretorians of the emporer himself , lead The leader of the Brides of the Emporer Alicia Dominica, first of the sisters (which is what they called themselfs) and her bodyguards to the emporer himself , knowing their faith would stop them from harming him. Though not known what words were spoken, enraged by the enlightenment she perceived from the emporer , she returned to the eclesiarchy chanting curses all the way from the imperial palace up to the holy cathedral , charging into the high halls beheading Goge Vandire herself , thus ending the Reign of Blood. Goge is supposed to have said:"I have no time to die - i'm to busy." Gosh THAT is what tell about the fucking sisters , THEY ARE AWESOME ! Does this guy really know his Lore ? Cause i kind of doubt it.
Kryptman was an Inquisitor that got kicked out of the Imperium because he overdid his job. Exterminatus is meant to be a last resort option, when they have no other choice on the table. Kryptman did not use it as a last option, in fact he did it as his first.
Since people can't seem to be helpful: Cadia was at a stable passage to the Eye of Terror, where a bunch of Chaos armies are holding up, so they were at the center of every major attack from there (and still pumping out regiments to fight all over the galaxy). During the last big attack, the bad guys bombarded the planet and crashed a special ship on it, which was enough to break the planet into pieces. The Cadian troops kept on fighting, either in an ordered retreat to ensure they can go on fighting even if that specific battle was ultimately lost or providing cover for the retreating troops, when there wasn't enough room on the landers to get everyone off the planet. This is the origin of the quotes "Cadia stands" and "The planet broke before the guard did" people are throwing around. Among the other videos people have recommended, I'd like to add the (extended) intro to Battlefleet Gothic 2 (Battlefleet Gothic 2 Fall of Cadia), that actually shows lot of the important events of that conflict. Bricky glances of this, but the original 18 legions (actually 20, but two, alongside their primarchs, have no official material apart from the fact that they must have existed for the numbering to work) are broken up into smaller chapters that all have their own colors and leaders and are only loosely connected to their direct brother-chapters of the same gene-line (some more than others). All this plays into the freedom of making up your own background and colors for the army that the tabletop game runs on. Space Marines have a special implant that can change their skin to be more resistant to radiation, and the specific radiation of their planet and it's interaction with their gene-seed is what causes their skin to turn coal-black. Next to the Salamanders, the Blood Angels (and many chapters of their gene-line) are among the nicest Space Marines and my personal favourites. They usually take up art as a means to learn to control their thirst for blood, but they still loose some of their number to the Res Thirst. Even when they get a hang of that, they have a second flaw, the Black Rage, which completely changes how they perceive the world. They start to believe they are among the defenders of Terra during the end of the Horus Heresy or even Sanguinius himself during that time, including his duel with Horus where he died (which he knew beforehand, by the way). I like this struggle to keep up their nobility against these overwhelming flaws. On the other hand, some of these chapters embrace their flaws and are among the most savage loyalist chapters. The Adeptus Mechanicus has a trinity theme going on, with the Machine God, his manifestation and physical avatar in the Omnissiah (the Emperor) and the Motive Force. The Motive force is the most abstract and manifests in technology as machine spirits, which actually is a thing even for things too small and simple to actually have any form of AI (never bring up the idea a sophisticated Machine Spirit might even be remotely related to AI, by the way). There are instances in the lore where well cared for tanks or weapons that are broken, have no ammunition or fuel or shouldn't be able to work for any number of reasons suddenly spring to life and save their crew with absolutely no explanation. Sisters of Battle: I feel it's worth noting than many of the Cherubs (the Angel-Servitors) are vat-grown for this purpose, so usually, no parents have to give up their children. Inquisition: I think Bricky is wrong on the Exterminatus thing. Most Space Marine Chapter Masters and even some Fleet Admirals have both the capability and authority to perform an Exterminatus, though usually with more restrictions and political backlash than an Inquisitor. Which makes the whole thing arguably worse. Kryptman is an Inquisitor that specializes in fighting the Tyranids, an extra-galactic alien species that could best be described as alien super locust. The Tyranids consume the biomass of whole planets and add it to their forces (alongside the remains of their own losses). As such, they come out of any fight they win stronger than before, no matter how close it was. Kryptman decided it was best to influence the path their fleets take by strategically removing planets they might target otherwise, by means of Exterminatus. The logic is a bit spotty, as the biomass might actually still be usable afterwards, I personally think it only worked at all because the Tyranids navigate with psychik senses, so they couldn't sense the planets anymore once everything on them was dead.
I was about 13 when the first fully dedicated Chaos-related expanded game rules came out for 40K in the form of Realms of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness, in 1988. That book's astonishing art, rules and vision blew my mind and messed with my sleep for weeks. The way you rolled a 1000-sided dice (well, three 10-sided dice to give a 1-1000 result) to consult a table of random mutations ("gifts of the gods"!) gives some sense of how thorough it was. It was followed-up by the equally freaky and stuffed-with-goodness The Lost And The Damned. Incredible times. I loved how each book was stuffed with different interpretations via a mishmash of different artists' work, which added to how warped (chaos reference!) it all felt.
Something he didn't mention about blanks with the sisters and the culexis is that any psyker cannot use their abilities within a certain amount of distance from the blank. So a gray knight would still win because he's still a badass space marine, but he would have to do so without his psyker abilities
*Could still win. In theory, a well trained Culexis against a Grey Knight is just a Dex v Strength build. Not saying a Grey Knight isn't fast, but a Culexis could think on their feet
@vanderin I'm gonna say, is more likely to win, but I 100 percent get your point. Tho I'm not sure I'd call a space marine JUST a strength build, especially a Grey knight. The culexis have some pretty cool tricks up their sleeve and I am curious what that null blast thing they do from their helmet would do in a fight like that. But when specifically talking about a Grey knight and how just awesome they are even without psyker abilities, I don't think it would be much of a fight 1v1
@@whitlocktherevanchist5236 I have to say that in a one-on-one I'd put my money on the culexis because of their training in stalking and targeting a single individual and the fact that a bill blast is supposed to work based on the target's physic ability.
@RoBo11235 the culexis would have to be able to achieve it in a single shot without the gray knight knowing they were there. I think the moment it turns into an actual 1v1 fight, it would be over. Recall that the gray knight even without his psyker abilities is armed with weapons that assassins aren't strong or fast enough to carry, armor that makes them a walking tank without slowing them down even a step, and genius level IQs. Not to mention, gray knights are the best of the best. I don't think it would be much of a contest once the gray knight knew the culexis was there
@@whitlocktherevanchist5236 I get what you're saying, but their armor doesn't really matter when it comes to psyker effects and culexis are trained for stealth and predation. I don't think a grey knight would work alone is hand a squad of them could definitely defend against even an assault by an equal amount or culexis, but when it gets down to a 1v1 it's tough to defend against an assassin trained to negate the one thing that really sets you apart.
There was a GWTabletop game about Inquisition. But as it was set up in another scale (54mm?) No one culd use its Terrain or Models and so it was close to never payed anywhere
19:43 their skin is like coal… like not just color, but also texture… it’s like rocky and tough…. Which makes some of their rituals of burning themselves seem EVEN MORE unhinged if normal fire barely affects them.
watched about 4 of your 40k reactions, and I just have to say, you are dope. Love your sense of humour and your engagement with 40k just found your channel, for sure subbing
If you found the Black Templars interesting, then I suggest you put The Templin Institute's Black Templars lore video in your que. After Bricky's other two videos, of course.
You know the thing thats important to understand is that the whole praying thing it works. Your mind influences the warp, the warp influences reality, a normal person doesn't do much, but now imagine literal trillions of people praying to the Emperor. He's genuinely never been more powerful than he is now, a rotting corose with shattered consciousness that can't even reason for most of the time. And it creates this sort of feedback loop. The Mechanicus pray to their machines, and the machines work better, so they pray more and they work even betterer. If a guardsman prays to his lasgun it will probably work better than one maintained equally, but unprayed. If a guardsman is from a primitive world and believes that guns have recoil, that laser rifle, same model as any other, will have recoil. And oh boy the machine spirits. See the more complex the tech, the more powerful the machine spirit. There are canon lore events where a tank's crew was killed, but the machine spirit of the tank was so stoked up it kept fighting for a bit. And both ships and titans are basically sentient and can be convinced or can misbehave. I dunno how Bricky forgot titans, but basically imagine knights, but they're an order of magnitude larger, and operated by the Mechanicus exclusively who consider them effigies of the machine god, literally call them the "god engines", yeah, those are titans.
48:45 "Innocence proves nothing" sounds over the top but it is actually a genius motto. Because yes, you can be 100% innocent but that doesn't mean you have not being used. without knowing, as a cog in a 200 year plan to summon a demon army near Terra. Your innocence proves nothing, you have to be eliminated for the sake of the the Imperium of Man.
Who would win between a culexus assassin and a Grey Knight? A Grey Knight...hands down, not even a contest. Yes, culexus are super anti-psyker but part of the training GKs go through is having psykers probe their mind and torture them. They'd lose their ability to use their psyker powers with the pariah field amplified but they'd still be extremely capable marines. Pretty sure it's even stated lore wise that no loyal servant of the Emperor can beat them (aside from Custodes) period. Culexus assassin would be rofl stomped.
Bricky actually does quite a disservice because he's very much "Funny/In-Joke > Accuracy". To his credit, he's gotten a LOT of new people interested in the W04K lore, but he gets a LOT of stuff wrong, or stuff that goes UNSAID in this video is SUPER IMPORTANT due to context. Example No.1; The Astronomicon, it's not a navigating "beam" the Emperor puts out for each ship in Warp Transit... It's more of a "beacon" that acts as a static point of reference to triangulate your own position against the roiling gaseous/fluidity of The Warp/Immaterium that - as a separate dimension - does not adhere to the physics of material space or even the same flow of time. Example No. 2; About the Religious Zealotry and Xenophobia, The Emperor tried, and basically succeeded, to stamp out all forms of religion in humanity as a whole. It has always held humanity back from progress, and serves in nothing but fuel for in-fighting. The Galaxy, and every other species in it, is HOSTILE. Everything that is not human, be it Daemons from the Warp, or Xenos (alien) Races wants to either just purely eat, or genocide (absolute extinction), or torture/"rhymes with grape" every last man, woman, and child of humanity. So the way theses non-religious humans over the centuries and millennia started to see him as a True, Living God, without the Immortal, powerful Emperor (that brought them out of the "Age of Strife" and tried to uplift humanity to a renewed "Golden Age") being able to guide them, is kind of fitting. It also - IRONICALLY - is probably LITERALLY THE REASON that Humanity endured - and as the single most powerful faction on a galactic scale no less... The reason that humanity as a whole, in it's entirety, and as a species did not go extinct. The Xenophobia ensures humanity is galvanised as one against the sheer HORROR that is the W40K version of our Milky Way Galaxy. Because of this coupled with Humanity's sheer willpower, and prowess in survival at all costs - for 10,000 years humanity endures after the Emperor is broken and linked into the Golden throne on Terra.
While Bricky does not really go over ALL factions and the selection of some of the minor ones he did while he left out some other bigger ones, I still think it is a great entry to the entire topic.
Evil is a strong word for some of the factions and phobia implies an irrational fear and in 40k all those bad things you think the aliens are trying to do, they are.
yeah, alot of people hit the whole, IMPERIUM IS EVIL THEY ARE ALL EVIL train and never question it. Aside from the stupid shit that the writers of recent years have put in purely for grimdarks' sake, most of what the imperium does seems kind of reasonable when literally almost every alien theyve ever met has tried to kill them lol
So fun fact about the Custodes Astartes. They will have war games with each other one group will attempt to breech the throne room and make an actual effort to bring his blade within inches of the God Emporor. And it’s not going easy. They are so equally determined that it usually boils down to a wrestling match. But in the entire time they’ve been training like that I believe only one actually made it in. And he immediately got head butted backwards out the door. They are also more likely to beat 19 space Marines. Due to them being so much tougher and literally bred for what they do.
Right? Me too - that would be a fight for the ages. Depends on the setup but i'd say they'd be evenly matched - the Culexus would seriously impede and slow down the Grey Knight but in the end he's "just" a top trained human, maybe a bit enhanced with surgeries and drugs but on the other side we have an insanely strong willed and physically powerful Space Marine with top of the line gear and combat training.
Cadia got blown TF up by a continent-sized space station with a planet-busting gun, only they couldn't get the gun to work in time and they were about to lose so they just crashed the thing into the planet
I've been a W40K fan since I was 12. Since my brother first walked through the door with Black Templars! I was instantly hooked. This was over 2 decades ago and I still remember the fascination at these Darth Vader looking armored scary boys with machine guns and chainsaw swords! It makes me so happy to see how vast the fanbase has grown and how accessible it is to anyone and everyone willing to learn about it! Whether you play on the table top or in video games, whether you like to read the novels or simply paint the figures, it puts a smile on my face to see this IP grow to the popularity it deserves!
I feel Bricky didn't quite do the Emperor justice on two occasions. The first one being that the Big E didn't just show up and die and then have people worship him just because. At the time the Emperor stepped in, humanity had fallen from grace heavily as before 40k (10-25k ish) we were one of the most advanced races in the galaxy due to our super A.I. And as you can guess, this A.I turned against us terminator style and we fought the biggest galactic civil war our species had ever experienced. We won, but we were so screwed that we just fell apart right after as worlds turned back to caveman style fights for survival. The Emperor took all this in and he said no. He decided that he was going to once again unite our species and launched the Great Crusade which was a success. This is why he was so loved and people everywhere mourned his permanent enthronement. The man basically took the dying embers of our shattered race and breathed hope into it, kindling a fire so strong it's been burning for the past 10k years. He took us up when we had no other. Now sure he never wanted to be worshipped as a god but when someone as powerful as him brings light to an all but finished species, it's inevitable. The other thing is that the Omnissiah is NOT the machine god idk why Bricky said that. The machine god is by itself and the Omnissiah is the person that's thought to have the voice of the machine god permeating through him. And that person is the Emperor, that is why the Mechanicus and the Imperium can get along. They worship the Emepror but in a weird way and that has everyone looking at them funny and suspiciously, but it's ultimately Emperor worship so they get along.
The Adeptus Mechanicus faith has pretty much the same trinity as Christianity. The Machine God, The Omnissiah and The Motive Force = The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit
@@Staccet Yea Warhammer borrows alot from Christianity and makes it different. I'm Christian and find the similarities super interesting when I notice them.
@@terrencenoran3233 He should've known already tbh. He's the lore expert the newbies look to and made the video knowing that. He should fact check at least especially since it's not the only thing he doesn't try to meme and just straight up gets wrong.
@@ironduke5058 The Adeptus Mechanicus episode in the Adeptus Ridiculous podcast came out a year AFTER the video. Contrary to what you said, he's not a lore expert. He knows enough of the other factions but not everything (if you want your lore accuracy and memes, that would be Majorkill). His expertise only comes when the topic of Guard, Sisters, and Night Lords comes up.
As you can see, the Imperium is jam packed with absolutely crazy factions. Being the human faction, they are sort of the "protagonists" since they're a future version of us (hopefully not literally lol). Of all the imperium factions I think I like the Adeptus Mechanicus the best. Their cybernetic augmentations are bizarre and awesome, the fact that they're basically the only ones who can *sort of but not quite* get away with heresy given their religious differences and worshiping the Machine God alongside the Emperor. I also really enjoyed the video game they made with them, Warhammer 40,000 Mechanicus, where they are fighting against Necrons in turn based strategy battles. That game also has an amazing soundtrack, give it a listen if you want, it's on youtube. Well time to watch part two!
At around 46:00 you asked a who would win in a fight between a Grey Knight and a Calexus Assassin. Depends on who detects who first. But also, Grey Knights fight in squads and are the troops of a branch of the Inquisition and the Assasinorium have very close ties to the Inquisition as well, if it were to happen, that would be some mad shit. But if that were to actually happen, the Grey Knight is *still* an astartes. If it comes to a shoot out/melee fight, it could go either way.
My personal favorite legion is the Space Wolves. Werewolves have always been at the top of my favorite monster list, so naturally I choose the wolf vikings
13:14 "Congratulations Guardsman! That model of Lasgun in your arms has killed 99% of Xenos and Heretic troops across the universe for millenia! Unfortunately you're fighting the surviving 1%. Good luck and don't stop shooting."
46:30 I think the Callexus temple would win but it would be a matter of nubers the Grey Knights don't have particurly much in the way of numbers. Even a space Marine chapter is only 1000 men strong, the grey knights less than a thousand.
This was a great video, I learned alott. Just finished listening to the horus heresy. And this is the first reaction video i’ve seen from you. So sweet and charming, made the video so much better :)
There's honestly nothing funnier than imagining churches dropping from orbit directly into battle and being overwhelmed by religious hymns from space. Who the actual fuck came up with that.
This is also how I got introduced to 40K. Bricky does an amazing job summarizing the most important factions and stories for new people. I came out loving the Sisters of Battle that I got myself a few of the mini collections to build myself just to display. It’s a really deep and crazy universe. I really like it but I’m also barely scratching the surface!
Technically. The Chaos Gods are not evil. The warp is affected and changed by emotions. Emotional energy if you will. Every emotion in the material dimension directly influences the warp and the Gods.
I've been heavily into Warhammer 40.000 for 15+ years, and i still learn new things about the lore and universe on a regular basis because it's such a *_massive_* setting 💯🔥
Starting today off with this one. So delightful to watch here. I never watched Brickey, just Weshammer and Majorkill so its still "newish". And its fun to see your reaction to the lore, its alot! Keep up the good content!
I know I’m late to comment on this vid but a couple major changes happened since Bricky’s vids. First is the unaligned Daemon Vashtorr the Arkifane aka the Master of the Forge of Souls, went and helped Abbadon out by using his tech powers to give him the super ships known as the Arks of Omen. Secondly Primarch Lion El’ Johnson of the Dark Angels woke the hell up finally and is on the scene kicking ass in Imperium Nihilus, the part of the Imperium on the bad side of the galaxy after the Great Rift formed. Thirdly Vashtorr kinda rebuilt the Dark Angels home world of Caliban into a teleporting Daemon World called Wyrmwood and is trying to use it to acquire some super weapons hidden in the Webway dimension by the aliens called the Old Ones. Fourthly some older races: the Zoats, Beastmen, and Squats (Space Dwarfs) were reintroduced to the modern lore. While the first two are still minor factions the Squats, who are now known as the Kin, are now a major faction called the Leagues of Votann. The Kin are a genetically modified human descended race who live in Leagues, which are a bunch of independent nations in the galactic core who worship a bunch of super AIs called the Votann that are made of the digitized minds of their dead ancestors. Lastly as shown in your first Warhammer vid the Tyranids have invaded the galaxy yet again thus kicking off the Fourth Tyrannic War.
3:17 Imperial guard gigachads: in a universe where humanity is surrounded by hostile high tech aliens, ancient robot people, daemons, so on and so forth, and despite having the likes of the astartes and all the other fun stuff, humanity continues to owe its existence to the Imperial guard, all of which are basically average humans.
The best descripton of the Warhammer 40k Universe i ever heard was this: Hey you heard of Star Wars? U wanna live there? "Oh u believe that, yes." U know Star Trrek? Wanna live there? "Absolutly, would love that." How about Warhammer 40.000? "HELL NO!!!"
My 2 fav factions are Eldar, for their awesome aesthetic, the harrowing lore and the tech. And Tyranids, I just love space monsters, man. EZ pick. A close 3rd would be Necrons!
About the Inquisition being technically above the Space Marines, I'm not so sure about that. Because if that was the case, the Space Wolves would be in deep trouble. There's this Space Wolf called Lukas the Trickster. He is quite a legend amongst the chapter, for being such an uncontrollable prank storm that he never rose beyond the rank of Blood Claw, which basically is the newbie rank for Space Wolves. He once thought it was a brilliant idea to "accidentally" lock up an Inquisitorial delegation into the grox pen a whole night. Now that might seem like a nice little joke that woulod have pissed the inquisitor off until you learn that groxes are massive and aggressive reptiles domesticated to produce meat. And it was breeding season.
he undersold the custodes so much, like he said they could only take on 3 space marines and maybe win... but in reality 1 custodes could probably take on a few dozen normal space marines or a squad of grey knights with low to medium effort
welcome to the most amazing and crazy universe!!! ALL HAIL THE EMPEROR!!!! also the imperium is slowly getting consume by the heretics and xenos army in the current setting so when he said that "everyone is so powerful that it ends up cancelling each other out" is not happening right now the imperium is in a lot of trouble.....
Thank you for the video twenty. Was good sitting here in Norway watching your reaction to it. He leaves out so much, quite understandably because of time constraints.. I just want to add on to what he tells that the "Grey Knights" he mentions comes from the Emperors own Gene Seed, just like his Custodes. Thats one of the reasons they are able to overcome deamons so effectively, because the emperor is anathema to Chaos. The other Legions/chapters come from the Gene Seeds of their primarch. Edit: Also Custodes are not really a space marine versions afaik. This is a bit more shaky, but i don't think these guys are made quite the same way as a space marine. Their biggest difference besides their fighting prowess and a big oversimplification is to say that Space Marines fight together as a unit, depending on comradery and unit tactics. While the Custodes are the unit. They are an island. They can fight together with each other, but their strenght lies in their individuality. They are each their own powerful island.
Question about Grey Knighrs vs Assassins is actually very interesting, they are in the same fraction, so i don't think they ever going to fight each other, but i woud like to know who would win too.
Picking a Warhammer faction is like eating a potato chip, can’t have just one. I have Black Templars, Sisters of Battle, Orks, Death Guard & Blood Angels. Templars, Sisters, Orks & Death Guard are my top favorites though. I also have a box of Grey Knights that I’ll eventually open & paint.
@@TwentyTwoHya painting the minis is half the fun of the game itself. My Sisters army for example I didn’t want to go with the standard black & red that you see a lot with them, looked through their codex & the different orders of Sisters & the color schemes, was going to go with Order of the Bloody Rose which is red & white but went with my own scheme of gold & red. Death Guard are my favorite to paint because you have slime details, different mutations & such & can have a lot of fun with color pallets
As much as I love this guy's explanation, he left out one of the core factions of the Imperium. They're just as much the backbone as the Imperial Guard, and just as crucial: The Imperial Navy. Yes, I know most people are more focused on the army game, but the Imperial Navy are the ones who move the troops, provide air support, and, when needed, end worlds. An Inquisitor may give the order, but it's the guns of the navy that end worlds.
Yeah, but then Terra would instantly be lost to daemons due to Emp’s no longer occupying the Golden Throne to seal his broken webway project. You would need a captured Magnus, living Sanguinius, or other ridiculously powerful psyker or psychic being to occupy the throne to pull this off.
Warhammer 40K is a bit wonky on the numbers side so I recommend adding a couple zeroes to every number stated in 40K. For example, they'll sometimes mention that 10 million guardsmen died in a specific battle, which is kind of unrealistic for the Imperium's vast numbers so people like to make it billions instead. The same goes for the number of planets the Imperium has, which is definitely more than millions. It's more likely that the Imperium houses trillions of humans under it since hive cities contain upwards of 10 billion on hive worlds (yes, multiple hive cities in a world), and there are many hive worlds in the Imperium, not to mention the Forgeworlds, Agri-worlds, Death-worlds, and more. The Emperor's "1000" people a day is quite small when you consider how vast the Imperium is, the problem is that it's not people they're rounding up but psykers (extremely rare and dangerous). The Imperium gathers psykers from all around its domain and goes to Terra (Earth) to keep the Emperor powerful enough to not die and power the Astronomican, they're just batteries really. The Imperium uses psykers for everything, communications, navigation through the Warp, combat, and more but they're looked down upon since they're not the standard "human" per se. 40K lore is so inconsistent sometimes that it's hard to draw feats from one book then compare it to another. Some say that Space Marines die every time they fight and others glorify them so much it's unbelievable.
Ah, you're learning from Bricky. A good choice, but as you can see... he's just a little guy. One little guy. How's he gonna educate the masses when he's one little guy? Also think it's obvious what faction I like. - my reason is the fact I already have partially metal bones. My shoulders and left hip are made of titanium. Survived Leukemia, but had to get some rotten parts of my body sawed out and replaced. You can probably see why I'm partial to the Adeptus Mechanicus.
33:21 the problem is…. Genuinely seeing demons, not just knowing they exist, means you’ve probably been mentally infected… You may feel fine after that battle with a demon, heck you may feel better than fine… maybe a bit too fine…. And it may be tomorrow, it may be a year, or even decades and you may not fall to chaos at all…. But there’s a chance you could… And that can cause even more ruin if your let go and spread that chaos taint amongst others in the future. This is a genuine actual tangible threat…. So the grey knights tend to not take the chance….. the shit they fight is high level enemies too so… yeah…. If you see a grey knight, just run away.
The quote "The innocence proves nothing" actually has a point in the lore sense. You could be unknowingly working for the forces of hell or aliens without knowing it.
Also there is the quote "There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt."
Thank you! That actually makes so much more sense
This works in the real world as well. People who unknowingly do business with moneylaundering operations, pyramid schemes, and your average simp are liable without knowing it.
@@TwentyTwoHyawhen you watched astartes near the end of the video when the priest got possessed! He was innocent sadly until proven guilty
"There is no such thing as a plea of innocence in my court, a plea of innocence is guilty of wasting my time. Guilty."
-Inquisitor Lord Fyodor Karamazov
The Librarian hero caracter for DoW2 says that alot.
Your reaction to the Sisters Of Battle is why they're my favourite faction. THEY'RE CHEESY TO THE POINT OF BEING FONDUE AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY GLORIOUS!
Best faction.
They are literally warhammer to the warhammer.
If you love warhammer, they are that times that.
nuns+flamethrower. thats why i love them.
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The Exorcist is my favourite tank in 40K because IT IS 40K. The essence of the setting in vehicle form: Exquisite, extravagant and absurd in equal measure, but also JUST. SO. FLIPPING. COOL!
Nuns with guns!!!
I just like the fact they drop church's onto battle fields and blast choir music from their giant arse ships.
I'm with Bricky on the Astra Militarium. There's something absolutely inspiring about a normal, every day people facing down the most horrible things imaginable, standing directly in the face of death against impossible odds. That concept echoes throughout history, going all the way back to the Spartans at Thermopylae.
Humanity first 🤘
I'm just sad, because I feel they make us dirty for 10th edition
That's why I love their novels so much.
I agree but actually Spartans were the opposite of normal, everyday people. Those were professional soldiers from the age of 6, while most armies in the world were conscripts, as in they had other day jobs that they left to go fight. The Spartans had the profession of soldier, and did nothing else but fight.
@@Ajaxlancer I'm mean, the Imperium have soldiers that are conscripted at the age of six if not before it. So it's still a fair comparison. Krieg comes to mind, Cadia, and there are more.
The Emperor: They shall be untouched by disease or sickness!
Nurgle, about to turn the Death Guard: Observe...
To be fair his diseases still couldn't kill them
@@derrickmeade4891 that's because nurgle didn't want them to die he was torturing them
The Grandfather loves his children
Yeah no Space Wolves are also touched by sickness on the regular, same with Blood Angels
They are immune to any natural sickness, it takes literally warp/ demon and living disease to infect and possibly kill them .
I love how everybody is just cutting out the salamanders black joke and you just went and burst out laughing :D
It reminds me the times when i am working with blind people, as I do quite a lot. There is not a human being in this world that will laugh harder at your joke about blindness then blind people.
It is funny, but it's also kinda out there for what has become the absolute must watch video to introduce people to the subject lol. I'm sure he didn't know it would become that when he made it.
Exactly. I remember a standup and there was someone in a wheel chair and the comedian made a hard joke and the man in the wheel chair was pissing himself laughing. Miss the days when people had a sense of humour and were not sensitive morons only for the sake of earning virtue morality points.
Exactly. It's just people finding humour in jokes without being constantly offended.
Like the best jokes about Jews come from Jews themselves.
You: what happened to Cadia?
Me: (breaks down crying) 😭😭😭
If you know Henry Cavill the actor, 36:46 those golden boys are his favorite army. Even uploaded pics of himself painting them.
I knew he loved Warhammer, but I didn't know he favored the Custodes. I shouldn't be surprised, though, honestly. He could probably play one.
19:53 also, they aren’t just encouraged to interact with civilians on a regular basis… BUT ALSO THEIR BIRTH FAMILY!!! They’re genuinely required to continue to live with, help, and spend time with their family at home on their off duty days to strengthen their resolve to protect the innocent and keep their planets culture alive through them….
Which JUST thinking about it, is wild to think about, cause there’s a very damn good chance that the space marines that live hundreds of years may often end up living long enough to see another of their own family lineage chosen to be a space marine.
So families might have multiple children over multiple generations being chosen for space marine status… which just sounds so much more wholesome with them LITERALLY referring to each other as brothers or uncles or great uncles.
I like how literally every faction on the screen was met with "This is so cool", good luck picking your favourite😂. Especially the Sisters, they're so over the top but I love them for it lmao.
I really cant choose one 😭
@@TwentyTwoHya So Pick 3 like me. Space Marines, Imperial Guard, and Tyranids.
@@dariusfafoutakis8021 Hell yeah, that's the best three imo ^_^
I just went with the "I want all the cool stuff" mindset, and a year later find myself sitting in a room completely surrounded by plastic & resin.
He didn't mention Titans. If you thought Imperial Knights were massive...
Let's put it this way: one of the Titans is so large it carries a full blown cathedral on its back. Some lore says they are 100s of meters tall, some say "only" 30 to 50 meters. All major races have their own types of Titans, too.
Most. Some still choose to just get out of the way, like the drukhari (dark eldar) 😉
@@thedragon133 Eh, they're just parasitic pirates, pursuing purloined plunder from passive people.
Sorry, my alliteration quota had to be fulfilled. I honestly did not know the Drukhari didn't have Titans, thank you for teaching me something I had not known!
To quote Reclusiarch Grimaldus, "Everyone gangsta til the church starts walkin."
There are different types of Titans. The Emperor class is 100 meters tall, while Warlord class is around 60, there are of course differences inside of said classes, so one Warlord can be bigger that another
Yeah, but until they bring back Epic (which they are for Horus Heresy but not for 40k proper... yet), only the smallest of them will show up on the tabletop.
You have such a likeable chill personality. Definitely got a little crush going on.
40k has so much to explore, every time I click on someone's video I learn something new.
Will check out more your reactions to learn up on the lore!
"What happened to Cadia?" The planet broke before the guard did.
Obligatory "Cadia Stands!" comment.
Cadia Stands!
I love when reactors get to the Sisters of Battle part. Everything about them screams excessive in the best possible way.
They are my favorites 😭🤍
xcept the part where they don't care about lives if they aren't religious enough and don't care about civilian death.
Some of my favorite quotes for them:
"Burn, heretic, and as you burn know that I do not cleanse you out of any desire to save your soul or shrive you of your mortal sins. I put you to the torch because I hate you, because all that you are and all you have done revolts me and because those who stray from the light of the emperor deserve only annihilation."
"There are those who believe we should pardon the ignorant, the fearful and the misdirected for their heresies. Such weak-willed evocators of mercy and understanding are as bad as those they seek to excuse. Burn them all upon the same pyre!"
"These heretics refute the Emperor's holy right to rule. Let them argue with the barrel of a gun."
Sounds pretty slaneshy to me.
Especially their artillery system that fires missiles out of pipe organ pipes. Essentially, when it comes to long range fire the Battle Sisters pull out all the stops.
Slight correction on the exterminatis bit inquisitors aren’t the only ones who can make that call space marine chapter masters, and high commanders in the military (think 5 stars or more) can also declare the “ultimate sanction of exterminatis” and in rare cases lower ranking officers might be able to call for it but this is more of a “we can’t hold or evacuate blow the planet before this gets any worse” scenario where they are probably on the planet about to get cracked
Ahh, yet another reactor falling into the warhammer rabbit hole. Whilst normally I prefer to watch reactions with extra input (like reacts to ), this is giving me homey chill vibes, it's quite nice! Cheers!
My favourite bits of Inquisition lore, is the Ordo Originatus and the Ordo Redactus, who, in a brilliant display of bureaucratic redundancy, have their entire point of being as trying to undo each other.
really enjoying the way you gradually pick up on the lore to the point where you're almost finishing bricky's sentences
and yeah, as a collector of Tyranids I know all about Inquisitor Kryptman, consigning dozens of worlds to Exterminatus to create a barrier to slow the expansion of the Tyranid swarm, pretty awesome of the guy ngl
Cadia, the planet broke before the guard did.
Here's a fun Fact, the Actor Henry Cavil is a massive fan of Games Workshop, and actually collects Custodians.
Inquisitor Kryptman was the one who first noticed an ongoing Tyranid invasion somewhere at the edges of the Imperium. To stop it he devised a "tactic" to let the Tyranids on the planet and he declared exterminatus to that planet. But since it was a big invasion there were a lot of planets that were exterminated. It did the job but the cost was so high that the other inquisitors deemed him a traitor.
Really brings a whole new meaning to, "Scorched Earth."
As someone who’s been in the community for a few years now…one of the nicest parts of 40K is that it’s filled with people genuinely eager to explain paragraphs about things you wanna know. Sooooo, it’s very likely I’ll reply to this comment as I watch this video answering any questions you have that I know well enough (or just feel like commenting on if you’re eager to learn more about a topic).
3:18 it’s hard to pick a favorite faction. Since 40K has so many points you can explore…it’s hard to narrow in on one. Besides the tabletop, there are games, and lore dumps…books! I can say that the AdMech are my favorite faction on a lore perspective…I love technophile monks as a concept. However, my first army on tabletop was Custodes because the concept of genetically perfect honor guards (with sisters of silence flanking their massive frames) appeals to me. However, the Necron have such fantastic lore and history that they’re amazing too. It’s tough. There are so many great factions.
9:00 something to note…the Horus Heresy happened in 30K. In the tabletop lore of 40K the civil war happened 10,000 years ago. To explain why half of the emperor’s sons turns traitor is…a lot. Honestly way too big for me to explain. Bricky co-hosts a podcast called Adeptus Rediculous and he and his buddy DK Diamonte (and Shy of course) spend three entire episodes discussing just the broadest strokes of how the heresy started. It’s a lot.
10:35 Bricky kinda glosses over the religious extremism, but the Emperor wiped out all religion when he rose to power tens of thousands of years ago. He saw humanity’s purpose was to conquer the stars with rationalism, not faith. The concept that people took him as a martyr and began to worship him is one of the most ironic and tragic parts of the Emperor’s story, and no…at the time of commenting, the Emperor (Big E as some of the community calls him) is still alive and is still being fed 1000 psykers per day to stay alive.
15:13 …uh…ahem…it uh…it’s gone. N-Next question 😢
24:45 interesting note…though they get overshadowed in a lot of stories, you’ll find an AdMech on all major ships and in many battles specifically to bless technology and “calm the machine spirit.” Technology, especially ships and some tanks, have even been said to have aggressive, angry machine spirits that will fire the guns of the vehicle on their own when their crew dies in defiance of the enemy. Tech Priests perform such a pivotal role in Imperium society that they’re able to get away with some pretty heretical things for the sake of technology and progress.
As mentioned below the Titans from the Mechanicus (The tech people) was not mentioned, these can be as tall as 150 meters which is about the size of a 40 floor office building, however most Titans stand between 15 and 60 meters
"we are not alone. the Guard is with us! and militia forces!"
"HUMANS?" *waves in dismissal
.....
"The Legio Invigilata has landed to the east of the city... TITANS my brother!.... I don't see you sneering at THAT.^^"
@@tyrionlannister4920 "If you don't go to Church, THE CHURCH SHALL COME TO YOU!"
*cracks neck* - "So there's this guy called the Emperor..."
Not to spoil anything about Cadia and the Cadian Imperial Guard, but I’ll just say this: The planet broke before the guard.
Cadia stands😭
Cadia Stands.
😢 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Cadia stands.
@@doomincarnate 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
wow he really shat on those space marines chapters , even worse on the most loyal of them all, the Blood Angel Chapter.
Gee Sanguinius was the Angel, with his gift he could see the future. He had the chance to save himself , instead he was the only one who stood by the emporer on horus ship and gave his life for him. When he says the angels are super - gay for Sanguinius, they worship his loyalty. Do to the horrible way he died and the fact he was one of the mightiest psykers in the Emperium of man , his deathcry echos through the warp , and every Blood Angel can hear it. They HEAR their Primarch , their Idol, dying for the Emporer.
"My faith shields me"
"For the Emporer"
And the Space Wolfs ? he just about forgot to mention , that they are the Elite of the Elite of the Elite. Each single one of the is a champion. Space Wolfs do not need to move in Squads , each of them is a champion (i did mention that before ....), for the price of 20 Space marines of other chapters you get maybe 8-10 Space wolfs. They also do not need to stand next to each other in Formation , because their Leadership is that supreme.
Uhhhhgggghhh ..... he really sucks at describing them.
The Dark Angel Chapter. Inbred Loyalty. Fanatical Loyalists ,which of course is due to their history. The Only legion if i am not mistaken , that got split in the great heresy. They did not fall to chaps, but half of their chapter did. The only chapter that survived the downfall of their brothers, because you either never fell or you fell completly.
"The Thief can be forgiven - through death!"
"The Murderer can be forgiven - through death!"
"The Traitor cannot be forgiven!"
It would also have been cool if he would have mentioned, that the Sororitas are no normal Women but amazonian sect who worshiped the emporer. They were tricked into the service of the church by believing , their technolocigal wargear was holy magic, blessed by the emporer himself. Goge Vandire , the one who tricked them, betrayed Terra in the Reign of Blood and the ecesiarchy was besieged. This is when the personal guard , the pretorians of the emporer himself , lead The leader of the Brides of the Emporer Alicia Dominica, first of the sisters (which is what they called themselfs) and her bodyguards to the emporer himself , knowing their faith would stop them from harming him. Though not known what words were spoken, enraged by the enlightenment she perceived from the emporer , she returned to the eclesiarchy chanting curses all the way from the imperial palace up to the holy cathedral , charging into the high halls beheading Goge Vandire herself , thus ending the Reign of Blood. Goge is supposed to have said:"I have no time to die - i'm to busy."
Gosh THAT is what tell about the fucking sisters , THEY ARE AWESOME !
Does this guy really know his Lore ? Cause i kind of doubt it.
3:35 While he is not technically wrong, its actually over 10,000 years lol.
Nice reaction 😊
I was really surprised about your question about who would win a Culexus or a Grey Night. I never thought about it 😂
Kryptman was an Inquisitor that got kicked out of the Imperium because he overdid his job.
Exterminatus is meant to be a last resort option, when they have no other choice on the table. Kryptman did not use it as a last option, in fact he did it as his first.
Hey, if its the best option, why waste time 😂
I have over 180 Wh40k books from the black library and there's still a ton of lore to explore.
I love the Wh40k universe.
Grandfather Nurgle loves you and accepts you for who you are. Free your mind from the shackles of the false emperor...
The guy who drinks blood is named Sanguinius? Apt!
"My patience is not unlimited...unlike my power."
Inquisitor Eisenhorn.
Since people can't seem to be helpful: Cadia was at a stable passage to the Eye of Terror, where a bunch of Chaos armies are holding up, so they were at the center of every major attack from there (and still pumping out regiments to fight all over the galaxy).
During the last big attack, the bad guys bombarded the planet and crashed a special ship on it, which was enough to break the planet into pieces.
The Cadian troops kept on fighting, either in an ordered retreat to ensure they can go on fighting even if that specific battle was ultimately lost or providing cover for the retreating troops, when there wasn't enough room on the landers to get everyone off the planet.
This is the origin of the quotes "Cadia stands" and "The planet broke before the guard did" people are throwing around.
Among the other videos people have recommended, I'd like to add the (extended) intro to Battlefleet Gothic 2 (Battlefleet Gothic 2 Fall of Cadia), that actually shows lot of the important events of that conflict.
Bricky glances of this, but the original 18 legions (actually 20, but two, alongside their primarchs, have no official material apart from the fact that they must have existed for the numbering to work) are broken up into smaller chapters that all have their own colors and leaders and are only loosely connected to their direct brother-chapters of the same gene-line (some more than others). All this plays into the freedom of making up your own background and colors for the army that the tabletop game runs on.
Space Marines have a special implant that can change their skin to be more resistant to radiation, and the specific radiation of their planet and it's interaction with their gene-seed is what causes their skin to turn coal-black.
Next to the Salamanders, the Blood Angels (and many chapters of their gene-line) are among the nicest Space Marines and my personal favourites. They usually take up art as a means to learn to control their thirst for blood, but they still loose some of their number to the Res Thirst. Even when they get a hang of that, they have a second flaw, the Black Rage, which completely changes how they perceive the world. They start to believe they are among the defenders of Terra during the end of the Horus Heresy or even Sanguinius himself during that time, including his duel with Horus where he died (which he knew beforehand, by the way). I like this struggle to keep up their nobility against these overwhelming flaws. On the other hand, some of these chapters embrace their flaws and are among the most savage loyalist chapters.
The Adeptus Mechanicus has a trinity theme going on, with the Machine God, his manifestation and physical avatar in the Omnissiah (the Emperor) and the Motive Force.
The Motive force is the most abstract and manifests in technology as machine spirits, which actually is a thing even for things too small and simple to actually have any form of AI (never bring up the idea a sophisticated Machine Spirit might even be remotely related to AI, by the way). There are instances in the lore where well cared for tanks or weapons that are broken, have no ammunition or fuel or shouldn't be able to work for any number of reasons suddenly spring to life and save their crew with absolutely no explanation.
Sisters of Battle: I feel it's worth noting than many of the Cherubs (the Angel-Servitors) are vat-grown for this purpose, so usually, no parents have to give up their children.
Inquisition: I think Bricky is wrong on the Exterminatus thing. Most Space Marine Chapter Masters and even some Fleet Admirals have both the capability and authority to perform an Exterminatus, though usually with more restrictions and political backlash than an Inquisitor. Which makes the whole thing arguably worse.
Kryptman is an Inquisitor that specializes in fighting the Tyranids, an extra-galactic alien species that could best be described as alien super locust. The Tyranids consume the biomass of whole planets and add it to their forces (alongside the remains of their own losses). As such, they come out of any fight they win stronger than before, no matter how close it was. Kryptman decided it was best to influence the path their fleets take by strategically removing planets they might target otherwise, by means of Exterminatus. The logic is a bit spotty, as the biomass might actually still be usable afterwards, I personally think it only worked at all because the Tyranids navigate with psychik senses, so they couldn't sense the planets anymore once everything on them was dead.
28:47 I mean he answered... lmao first video of yours and I loved it, will be watching part 2 next! :)
You know the best part, "If every faction is a villain, it's okay if all of them die fighting each other :D" Good excuse to smash toys together.
Hail Cadians !
The planet broke before the Guard did.
I was about 13 when the first fully dedicated Chaos-related expanded game rules came out for 40K in the form of Realms of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness, in 1988. That book's astonishing art, rules and vision blew my mind and messed with my sleep for weeks. The way you rolled a 1000-sided dice (well, three 10-sided dice to give a 1-1000 result) to consult a table of random mutations ("gifts of the gods"!) gives some sense of how thorough it was. It was followed-up by the equally freaky and stuffed-with-goodness The Lost And The Damned. Incredible times. I loved how each book was stuffed with different interpretations via a mishmash of different artists' work, which added to how warped (chaos reference!) it all felt.
Something he didn't mention about blanks with the sisters and the culexis is that any psyker cannot use their abilities within a certain amount of distance from the blank. So a gray knight would still win because he's still a badass space marine, but he would have to do so without his psyker abilities
*Could still win. In theory, a well trained Culexis against a Grey Knight is just a Dex v Strength build. Not saying a Grey Knight isn't fast, but a Culexis could think on their feet
@vanderin I'm gonna say, is more likely to win, but I 100 percent get your point. Tho I'm not sure I'd call a space marine JUST a strength build, especially a Grey knight. The culexis have some pretty cool tricks up their sleeve and I am curious what that null blast thing they do from their helmet would do in a fight like that. But when specifically talking about a Grey knight and how just awesome they are even without psyker abilities, I don't think it would be much of a fight 1v1
@@whitlocktherevanchist5236 I have to say that in a one-on-one I'd put my money on the culexis because of their training in stalking and targeting a single individual and the fact that a bill blast is supposed to work based on the target's physic ability.
@RoBo11235 the culexis would have to be able to achieve it in a single shot without the gray knight knowing they were there. I think the moment it turns into an actual 1v1 fight, it would be over. Recall that the gray knight even without his psyker abilities is armed with weapons that assassins aren't strong or fast enough to carry, armor that makes them a walking tank without slowing them down even a step, and genius level IQs. Not to mention, gray knights are the best of the best. I don't think it would be much of a contest once the gray knight knew the culexis was there
@@whitlocktherevanchist5236 I get what you're saying, but their armor doesn't really matter when it comes to psyker effects and culexis are trained for stealth and predation. I don't think a grey knight would work alone is hand a squad of them could definitely defend against even an assault by an equal amount or culexis, but when it gets down to a 1v1 it's tough to defend against an assassin trained to negate the one thing that really sets you apart.
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There was a GWTabletop game about Inquisition. But as it was set up in another scale (54mm?) No one culd use its Terrain or Models and so it was close to never payed anywhere
I am just going to point out, he is still really underselling just how horrific and awful living in the 40k universe is.
As a Tyranid player.... "Every 40k faction explained" boils down to .... THEY ARE ALL JUST FOOD!
19:43 their skin is like coal… like not just color, but also texture… it’s like rocky and tough…. Which makes some of their rituals of burning themselves seem EVEN MORE unhinged if normal fire barely affects them.
"I my god." That is an acceptable reaction when seeing your first Great Unclean One.
average life expectancy of a guard ---- .10 seconds -- veterans at day 1 of survival
watched about 4 of your 40k reactions, and I just have to say, you are dope. Love your sense of humour and your engagement with 40k just found your channel, for sure subbing
Thank you so much 🤗
If you found the Black Templars interesting, then I suggest you put The Templin Institute's Black Templars lore video in your que. After Bricky's other two videos, of course.
Please yes, such a great underrated video
Oh yeah!
But not the newer templin institute videos, that channel fell off after the female narrator left.
No. If you want a good Black Templars video you go with Baldemort.
Two Horses in a Man Costume ...Embrace the healing power of "AND" my friend.
You know the thing thats important to understand is that the whole praying thing it works. Your mind influences the warp, the warp influences reality, a normal person doesn't do much, but now imagine literal trillions of people praying to the Emperor. He's genuinely never been more powerful than he is now, a rotting corose with shattered consciousness that can't even reason for most of the time.
And it creates this sort of feedback loop. The Mechanicus pray to their machines, and the machines work better, so they pray more and they work even betterer. If a guardsman prays to his lasgun it will probably work better than one maintained equally, but unprayed. If a guardsman is from a primitive world and believes that guns have recoil, that laser rifle, same model as any other, will have recoil.
And oh boy the machine spirits. See the more complex the tech, the more powerful the machine spirit. There are canon lore events where a tank's crew was killed, but the machine spirit of the tank was so stoked up it kept fighting for a bit. And both ships and titans are basically sentient and can be convinced or can misbehave. I dunno how Bricky forgot titans, but basically imagine knights, but they're an order of magnitude larger, and operated by the Mechanicus exclusively who consider them effigies of the machine god, literally call them the "god engines", yeah, those are titans.
48:45 "Innocence proves nothing" sounds over the top but it is actually a genius motto. Because yes, you can be 100% innocent but that doesn't mean you have not being used. without knowing, as a cog in a 200 year plan to summon a demon army near Terra.
Your innocence proves nothing, you have to be eliminated for the sake of the the Imperium of Man.
Who would win between a culexus assassin and a Grey Knight? A Grey Knight...hands down, not even a contest. Yes, culexus are super anti-psyker but part of the training GKs go through is having psykers probe their mind and torture them. They'd lose their ability to use their psyker powers with the pariah field amplified but they'd still be extremely capable marines. Pretty sure it's even stated lore wise that no loyal servant of the Emperor can beat them (aside from Custodes) period. Culexus assassin would be rofl stomped.
This is barely scratching the surface of the lore of wathammer 40k
Bricky actually does quite a disservice because he's very much "Funny/In-Joke > Accuracy". To his credit, he's gotten a LOT of new people interested in the W04K lore, but he gets a LOT of stuff wrong, or stuff that goes UNSAID in this video is SUPER IMPORTANT due to context.
Example No.1; The Astronomicon, it's not a navigating "beam" the Emperor puts out for each ship in Warp Transit... It's more of a "beacon" that acts as a static point of reference to triangulate your own position against the roiling gaseous/fluidity of The Warp/Immaterium that - as a separate dimension - does not adhere to the physics of material space or even the same flow of time.
Example No. 2; About the Religious Zealotry and Xenophobia, The Emperor tried, and basically succeeded, to stamp out all forms of religion in humanity as a whole. It has always held humanity back from progress, and serves in nothing but fuel for in-fighting. The Galaxy, and every other species in it, is HOSTILE. Everything that is not human, be it Daemons from the Warp, or Xenos (alien) Races wants to either just purely eat, or genocide (absolute extinction), or torture/"rhymes with grape" every last man, woman, and child of humanity. So the way theses non-religious humans over the centuries and millennia started to see him as a True, Living God, without the Immortal, powerful Emperor (that brought them out of the "Age of Strife" and tried to uplift humanity to a renewed "Golden Age") being able to guide them, is kind of fitting. It also - IRONICALLY - is probably LITERALLY THE REASON that Humanity endured - and as the single most powerful faction on a galactic scale no less... The reason that humanity as a whole, in it's entirety, and as a species did not go extinct. The Xenophobia ensures humanity is galvanised as one against the sheer HORROR that is the W40K version of our Milky Way Galaxy. Because of this coupled with Humanity's sheer willpower, and prowess in survival at all costs - for 10,000 years humanity endures after the Emperor is broken and linked into the Golden throne on Terra.
TOP FIVE
1.Dark Angels
2.Blood Angels
3.Orks (GOFFS)
4.Imperial Guard
5.Traitor Marines
While Bricky does not really go over ALL factions and the selection of some of the minor ones he did while he left out some other bigger ones, I still think it is a great entry to the entire topic.
Evil is a strong word for some of the factions and phobia implies an irrational fear and in 40k all those bad things you think the aliens are trying to do, they are.
yeah, alot of people hit the whole, IMPERIUM IS EVIL THEY ARE ALL EVIL train and never question it. Aside from the stupid shit that the writers of recent years have put in purely for grimdarks' sake, most of what the imperium does seems kind of reasonable when literally almost every alien theyve ever met has tried to kill them lol
So fun fact about the Custodes Astartes. They will have war games with each other one group will attempt to breech the throne room and make an actual effort to bring his blade within inches of the God Emporor. And it’s not going easy. They are so equally determined that it usually boils down to a wrestling match. But in the entire time they’ve been training like that I believe only one actually made it in. And he immediately got head butted backwards out the door. They are also more likely to beat 19 space Marines. Due to them being so much tougher and literally bred for what they do.
45:55 holy shit I've never thought about that, I honestly have no clue who would win
Right? Me too - that would be a fight for the ages. Depends on the setup but i'd say they'd be evenly matched - the Culexus would seriously impede and slow down the Grey Knight but in the end he's "just" a top trained human, maybe a bit enhanced with surgeries and drugs but on the other side we have an insanely strong willed and physically powerful Space Marine with top of the line gear and combat training.
Cadia got blown TF up by a continent-sized space station with a planet-busting gun, only they couldn't get the gun to work in time and they were about to lose so they just crashed the thing into the planet
I've been a W40K fan since I was 12. Since my brother first walked through the door with Black Templars! I was instantly hooked. This was over 2 decades ago and I still remember the fascination at these Darth Vader looking armored scary boys with machine guns and chainsaw swords! It makes me so happy to see how vast the fanbase has grown and how accessible it is to anyone and everyone willing to learn about it! Whether you play on the table top or in video games, whether you like to read the novels or simply paint the figures, it puts a smile on my face to see this IP grow to the popularity it deserves!
I feel Bricky didn't quite do the Emperor justice on two occasions.
The first one being that the Big E didn't just show up and die and then have people worship him just because. At the time the Emperor stepped in, humanity had fallen from grace heavily as before 40k (10-25k ish) we were one of the most advanced races in the galaxy due to our super A.I. And as you can guess, this A.I turned against us terminator style and we fought the biggest galactic civil war our species had ever experienced. We won, but we were so screwed that we just fell apart right after as worlds turned back to caveman style fights for survival.
The Emperor took all this in and he said no. He decided that he was going to once again unite our species and launched the Great Crusade which was a success. This is why he was so loved and people everywhere mourned his permanent enthronement. The man basically took the dying embers of our shattered race and breathed hope into it, kindling a fire so strong it's been burning for the past 10k years. He took us up when we had no other. Now sure he never wanted to be worshipped as a god but when someone as powerful as him brings light to an all but finished species, it's inevitable.
The other thing is that the Omnissiah is NOT the machine god idk why Bricky said that. The machine god is by itself and the Omnissiah is the person that's thought to have the voice of the machine god permeating through him. And that person is the Emperor, that is why the Mechanicus and the Imperium can get along. They worship the Emepror but in a weird way and that has everyone looking at them funny and suspiciously, but it's ultimately Emperor worship so they get along.
The Adeptus Mechanicus faith has pretty much the same trinity as Christianity.
The Machine God, The Omnissiah and The Motive Force = The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit
@@Staccet Yea Warhammer borrows alot from Christianity and makes it different. I'm Christian and find the similarities super interesting when I notice them.
The video is outdated by a lot.
He even clarified in his Adeptus Ridiculous podcast that the Machine God and Omnissiah are different.
@@terrencenoran3233 He should've known already tbh. He's the lore expert the newbies look to and made the video knowing that. He should fact check at least especially since it's not the only thing he doesn't try to meme and just straight up gets wrong.
@@ironduke5058 The Adeptus Mechanicus episode in the Adeptus Ridiculous podcast came out a year AFTER the video.
Contrary to what you said, he's not a lore expert. He knows enough of the other factions but not everything (if you want your lore accuracy and memes, that would be Majorkill). His expertise only comes when the topic of Guard, Sisters, and Night Lords comes up.
"what happened to cadia?"
me: shit will hurt you.
I have to find out 😭
The planet broke before the Guard!
@@TwentyTwoHya Abbadon the harmless happened(not his actual name just a meme)
As you can see, the Imperium is jam packed with absolutely crazy factions. Being the human faction, they are sort of the "protagonists" since they're a future version of us (hopefully not literally lol). Of all the imperium factions I think I like the Adeptus Mechanicus the best. Their cybernetic augmentations are bizarre and awesome, the fact that they're basically the only ones who can *sort of but not quite* get away with heresy given their religious differences and worshiping the Machine God alongside the Emperor. I also really enjoyed the video game they made with them, Warhammer 40,000 Mechanicus, where they are fighting against Necrons in turn based strategy battles. That game also has an amazing soundtrack, give it a listen if you want, it's on youtube. Well time to watch part two!
At around 46:00 you asked a who would win in a fight between a Grey Knight and a Calexus Assassin.
Depends on who detects who first. But also, Grey Knights fight in squads and are the troops of a branch of the Inquisition and the Assasinorium have very close ties to the Inquisition as well, if it were to happen, that would be some mad shit. But if that were to actually happen, the Grey Knight is *still* an astartes. If it comes to a shoot out/melee fight, it could go either way.
I'd guess grey knights would use long range weaponry to dispose of the calexus, they won't go near him
My personal favorite legion is the Space Wolves. Werewolves have always been at the top of my favorite monster list, so naturally I choose the wolf vikings
13:14 "Congratulations Guardsman! That model of Lasgun in your arms has killed 99% of Xenos and Heretic troops across the universe for millenia! Unfortunately you're fighting the surviving 1%. Good luck and don't stop shooting."
46:30 I think the Callexus temple would win but it would be a matter of nubers the Grey Knights don't have particurly much in the way of numbers. Even a space Marine chapter is only 1000 men strong, the grey knights less than a thousand.
This was a great video, I learned alott. Just finished listening to the horus heresy. And this is the first reaction video i’ve seen from you. So sweet and charming, made the video so much better :)
The Cadians are worth looking into, i believe there is a great Video by The Templin Institute
The Planet broke before the Guard!
Cadia video coming soon 😎
There's honestly nothing funnier than imagining churches dropping from orbit directly into battle and being overwhelmed by religious hymns from space.
Who the actual fuck came up with that.
This is also how I got introduced to 40K. Bricky does an amazing job summarizing the most important factions and stories for new people. I came out loving the Sisters of Battle that I got myself a few of the mini collections to build myself just to display. It’s a really deep and crazy universe. I really like it but I’m also barely scratching the surface!
Technically. The Chaos Gods are not evil. The warp is affected and changed by emotions. Emotional energy if you will. Every emotion in the material dimension directly influences the warp and the Gods.
I've been heavily into Warhammer 40.000 for 15+ years, and i still learn new things about the lore and universe on a regular basis because it's such a *_massive_* setting 💯🔥
Three armies..... is a lot of money and time to paint unless if Bricky decided to commission someone to paint 'em.
Aeldari, Drukhari, and Ynnari are my favorites.
Zoggin knife eared git
Orkz... That is all : )
KNIFE EAR SCUM!!! (jk)
Starting today off with this one. So delightful to watch here. I never watched Brickey, just Weshammer and Majorkill so its still "newish". And its fun to see your reaction to the lore, its alot! Keep up the good content!
Thank you so so much!🤍 I’m really happy you enjoy my content🤍
I know I’m late to comment on this vid but a couple major changes happened since Bricky’s vids. First is the unaligned Daemon Vashtorr the Arkifane aka the Master of the Forge of Souls, went and helped Abbadon out by using his tech powers to give him the super ships known as the Arks of Omen. Secondly Primarch Lion El’ Johnson of the Dark Angels woke the hell up finally and is on the scene kicking ass in Imperium Nihilus, the part of the Imperium on the bad side of the galaxy after the Great Rift formed. Thirdly Vashtorr kinda rebuilt the Dark Angels home world of Caliban into a teleporting Daemon World called Wyrmwood and is trying to use it to acquire some super weapons hidden in the Webway dimension by the aliens called the Old Ones. Fourthly some older races: the Zoats, Beastmen, and Squats (Space Dwarfs) were reintroduced to the modern lore. While the first two are still minor factions the Squats, who are now known as the Kin, are now a major faction called the Leagues of Votann. The Kin are a genetically modified human descended race who live in Leagues, which are a bunch of independent nations in the galactic core who worship a bunch of super AIs called the Votann that are made of the digitized minds of their dead ancestors. Lastly as shown in your first Warhammer vid the Tyranids have invaded the galaxy yet again thus kicking off the Fourth Tyrannic War.
3:17 Imperial guard gigachads: in a universe where humanity is surrounded by hostile high tech aliens, ancient robot people, daemons, so on and so forth, and despite having the likes of the astartes and all the other fun stuff, humanity continues to owe its existence to the Imperial guard, all of which are basically average humans.
Dark Angels! First legion, best legion
The best descripton of the Warhammer 40k Universe i ever heard was this: Hey you heard of Star Wars? U wanna live there? "Oh u believe that, yes." U know Star Trrek? Wanna live there? "Absolutly, would love that." How about Warhammer 40.000? "HELL NO!!!"
My 2 fav factions are Eldar, for their awesome aesthetic, the harrowing lore and the tech. And Tyranids, I just love space monsters, man. EZ pick. A close 3rd would be Necrons!
Those are some amazing choices!🤍
Haha, many thanks! I'm glad you're enjoy REALLY digging into the lore of Warhammer 40k! Great videos you've done so far! =D
The emperor is SSS class as a psycher, when he was born a billion suns flickered in the darkness of space.
About the Inquisition being technically above the Space Marines, I'm not so sure about that. Because if that was the case, the Space Wolves would be in deep trouble. There's this Space Wolf called Lukas the Trickster. He is quite a legend amongst the chapter, for being such an uncontrollable prank storm that he never rose beyond the rank of Blood Claw, which basically is the newbie rank for Space Wolves. He once thought it was a brilliant idea to "accidentally" lock up an Inquisitorial delegation into the grox pen a whole night.
Now that might seem like a nice little joke that woulod have pissed the inquisitor off until you learn that groxes are massive and aggressive reptiles domesticated to produce meat. And it was breeding season.
he undersold the custodes so much, like he said they could only take on 3 space marines and maybe win... but in reality 1 custodes could probably take on a few dozen normal space marines or a squad of grey knights with low to medium effort
For reference, just the Horus Heresy, which is sort-of prequal to the main timeline, has over 50 novels, so far.
welcome to the most amazing and crazy universe!!! ALL HAIL THE EMPEROR!!!!
also the imperium is slowly getting consume by the heretics and xenos army in the current setting so when he said that "everyone is so powerful that it ends up cancelling each other out" is not happening right now the imperium is in a lot of trouble.....
This actually convinced me to check out WH40K lol
Thank you for the video twenty. Was good sitting here in Norway watching your reaction to it. He leaves out so much, quite understandably because of time constraints.. I just want to add on to what he tells that the "Grey Knights" he mentions comes from the Emperors own Gene Seed, just like his Custodes. Thats one of the reasons they are able to overcome deamons so effectively, because the emperor is anathema to Chaos. The other Legions/chapters come from the Gene Seeds of their primarch.
Edit: Also Custodes are not really a space marine versions afaik. This is a bit more shaky, but i don't think these guys are made quite the same way as a space marine. Their biggest difference besides their fighting prowess and a big oversimplification is to say that Space Marines fight together as a unit, depending on comradery and unit tactics. While the Custodes are the unit. They are an island. They can fight together with each other, but their strenght lies in their individuality. They are each their own powerful island.
Question about Grey Knighrs vs Assassins is actually very interesting, they are in the same fraction, so i don't think they ever going to fight each other, but i woud like to know who would win too.
I absolutely love the death guard, I find Nurgle to be an absolutely fascinating character
People saying a Culexus assassin would lose to a Grey Knight need to brush up on their lore lmao. A Grey Knight wouldn't even be able to move.
Picking a Warhammer faction is like eating a potato chip, can’t have just one. I have Black Templars, Sisters of Battle, Orks, Death Guard & Blood Angels. Templars, Sisters, Orks & Death Guard are my top favorites though. I also have a box of Grey Knights that I’ll eventually open & paint.
This comment resonates with me so much 😭It truly is hard to pick just one favorite. Also do you paint the figurines often like a hobby?
@@TwentyTwoHya painting the minis is half the fun of the game itself. My Sisters army for example I didn’t want to go with the standard black & red that you see a lot with them, looked through their codex & the different orders of Sisters & the color schemes, was going to go with Order of the Bloody Rose which is red & white but went with my own scheme of gold & red. Death Guard are my favorite to paint because you have slime details, different mutations & such & can have a lot of fun with color pallets
Custodes are smaller then Grey Knights, thats what makes them so incredible !
As much as I love this guy's explanation, he left out one of the core factions of the Imperium. They're just as much the backbone as the Imperial Guard, and just as crucial: The Imperial Navy. Yes, I know most people are more focused on the army game, but the Imperial Navy are the ones who move the troops, provide air support, and, when needed, end worlds. An Inquisitor may give the order, but it's the guns of the navy that end worlds.
Messed up part is the emperor is a perpetual so if they actually let him just "die" he'd be reborn 😂
😂😭😭😭
Yeah, but then Terra would instantly be lost to daemons due to Emp’s no longer occupying the Golden Throne to seal his broken webway project.
You would need a captured Magnus, living Sanguinius, or other ridiculously powerful psyker or psychic being to occupy the throne to pull this off.
Warhammer 40K is a bit wonky on the numbers side so I recommend adding a couple zeroes to every number stated in 40K. For example, they'll sometimes mention that 10 million guardsmen died in a specific battle, which is kind of unrealistic for the Imperium's vast numbers so people like to make it billions instead. The same goes for the number of planets the Imperium has, which is definitely more than millions. It's more likely that the Imperium houses trillions of humans under it since hive cities contain upwards of 10 billion on hive worlds (yes, multiple hive cities in a world), and there are many hive worlds in the Imperium, not to mention the Forgeworlds, Agri-worlds, Death-worlds, and more.
The Emperor's "1000" people a day is quite small when you consider how vast the Imperium is, the problem is that it's not people they're rounding up but psykers (extremely rare and dangerous). The Imperium gathers psykers from all around its domain and goes to Terra (Earth) to keep the Emperor powerful enough to not die and power the Astronomican, they're just batteries really. The Imperium uses psykers for everything, communications, navigation through the Warp, combat, and more but they're looked down upon since they're not the standard "human" per se.
40K lore is so inconsistent sometimes that it's hard to draw feats from one book then compare it to another. Some say that Space Marines die every time they fight and others glorify them so much it's unbelievable.
"For over 100 years the Emperor has sat on the golden throne"
Ah... back in Ediddys freshman butt surfing days
Ah, you're learning from Bricky. A good choice, but as you can see... he's just a little guy. One little guy. How's he gonna educate the masses when he's one little guy?
Also think it's obvious what faction I like. - my reason is the fact I already have partially metal bones. My shoulders and left hip are made of titanium. Survived Leukemia, but had to get some rotten parts of my body sawed out and replaced. You can probably see why I'm partial to the Adeptus Mechanicus.
Inquisitor Kryptmann did the right thing. He saved many worlds and led to the Tyranid defeat. He was the man the Imperium needed
My favorite faction is probably either the Necrons or Orks!
33:21 the problem is…. Genuinely seeing demons, not just knowing they exist, means you’ve probably been mentally infected…
You may feel fine after that battle with a demon, heck you may feel better than fine… maybe a bit too fine…. And it may be tomorrow, it may be a year, or even decades and you may not fall to chaos at all…. But there’s a chance you could…
And that can cause even more ruin if your let go and spread that chaos taint amongst others in the future. This is a genuine actual tangible threat…. So the grey knights tend to not take the chance….. the shit they fight is high level enemies too so… yeah…. If you see a grey knight, just run away.