Ollanius Pius is the perfect example of a guardsman. The balls of that dude to stand between the emperor and a massive concentration of pure malevolent destruction. At that point, Horus was not just a Primarch (A demi-god in their own right) but he was also AMPED on the blessings of ALL the chaos gods (who hate each other) and really on his one-punch man shit. What does Ollanius do? Stands in front of him and basically tells him "if you want to get to him, you got to go through me" wearing nothing but the finest body armor you can make out of leaves you found on a tree and a laser pointer that's got a bit too much juice in it. Obviously, he died instantly but he is basically the Patron Saint of guardsmen for trying to stop an asteroid by swinging his balls at it.
He was also 45000 years old and born in Nineveh which are important aspects of that story. Was literally an argonaut too, and fought at the Siege of Verdun, the Battle of Austerlitz, and the Battle of 73 Easting.
@@Souledex Eugh, there is a reason why Ollanius Pius is skubstatic, this is due to GW feeling the need to overdo themselves with each version of that story. No, the original Ollanius was NOT what you just said, he was literally just a dude. Then they made him into a perpetual and all that bs, or did he get replaced by a terminator? Or was that the custodes? Either way end result is even GW themselves have just given up and said, ok Ollanius is whoever you think it is, since 40k operates by law of subjective truths and myth distorting fiction so yeah, now Ollanius is whatever the hell you want him to be. So if you like perpetual Ollanius, good, but to me and others he will never be a 45 000 year old ex argonaut and all that because frankly I've never cared for the entire perpetual plotline (the starchild and sensei stuff at least had merit in that it both provided a good explanation for why there immortal humans that ain't the emperor running around and also gives them a clear endgame) and it really does ruin the imagery of Ollanius standing up to horus if he isn't just some unpowered normie. And no, being 45k years old and being born in nineveh and everything else are not important to his story, the whole thing that made Ollanius's stand so impactful to begin with is he was just a guy, not the highlander.
A quote attributed to Ollanius Oius, the dude who stepped in front of Horus. "Somewhere in the universe a coin flip lands on its side. Somewhere in the universe a drop of water saves a life. Somewhere in the universe a pebble stops a landslide. Maybe it is because someone believed hard enough. Maybe it is because everything is secretly fair. Maybe it is because the universe is a vast place. Yesterday, I was very cold. Yesterday, I was very hungry. Yesterday, I wanted to run away. Today, I am going to believe hard enough. Today, a pebble will stop a landslide. Today, I am not going anywhere." And a less-than-eloquent summary of the balls of that man. No clue who originally wrote it: LOOK AT THIS FUCKING GUARDSMAN. He's spent months fighting a grueling war in which his enemies are demigods allied with daemons, and now he's found himself in the closest thing to Hell he's ever known. He probably wasn't even supposed to get teleported up to the arch-traitor's battle barge in the first place, and just ended up in the wrong place at the worst possible time. Somehow he's survived horrors beyond comprehension to make his way to the very bridge of Horus' flagship. He saw a veritable angel call upon Horus to answer for his crimes, and he saw that angel die as messily as any guardsman. His Emperor - who he fervently believes is a god incarnate, even if he's not supposed to - lies mortally wounded, and Horus, perhaps, has taken a moment to gloat before he strikes the killing blow. And yet there he is, standing, all alone, between the Warmaster of everything humanity have ever fought against and the greatest beings among all humanity, if even not godhood. His armor is slightly more effective than tissue paper, his weapon slightly more powerful than a flashlight. A single electrified claw from Horus' weapon is bigger than his entire body. He stands before a being infused by the dark gods with incalculable power, that can and will obliterate his soul with no more effort than it would take him to swat a gnat. Nothing he can do could possibly make a difference. He could run. He could turn his weapon on himself. He could give in to the insidious whispers that echo from the ship's corridors into his mind. Ollanius Pius does the duty his Emperor requires of him. He dies standing and holds the FUCKING line.
And his sacrifice showed the Emperor that Horus was truly lost to him and finally struck with his full might and smote Horus, blasting even his soul apart so the Gods of Chaos could not bring him back
He is the embodiment of what it means to be an Imperial Guardsman. They are the first and last line of defense between the Emperor and the things that would take him, and by extension, our last hope of survival, from us.
"To each of us falls a task. And all the Emperor requires of us Guardsmen is that we stand in line, and we die fighting. It is what we do best : we die standing." - General Sturnn of the Cadian 412th Imperial Guard My favorite faction !
@@GhostBear3067 *meanwhile the krieg commissar* "no you suicidal idiots don't charge into that minefield, theres a perfectly good path this way to the enemy" (I don't know how a commissar would sound)
On the corps of krieg: A commisar's job is usually to keep guardsmen from running away. They keep soldiers there to do their job. For the kriegers, a commisar is there to ensure they are kept on the leash instead of jumping into the meat grinder, to ensure they dont run into the fight and get themselves killed when they could be more useful alive.
I would like to add.... it is also said that commisars in the Krieg corps has a higher chance of death then commisar in any other regiment....and that's because the soldiers of krieg will fucking murder him if they think he is TOO cowardly....
Murder is the wrong word in this case I would think. Since one would never say, "He murdered that cockroach" or "The rat was murdered by the gardener", better word would be 'killed' or 'put out of ... misery'. Even that may be a stretch since the life of a traitor, a coward or a heretic is less than that of a cockroach or rat to a loyal imperial soldier.
Oh... the Imperial Guard is a lifelong assignment. All 10 seconds of it once a guardsman is in his or her first battle. A hardened veteran is a Guardsman who survives a battle
@@HighmageDerin No there are veteran officers and NCO's of The Guard who teach at oodles of Scholae Progenium throughout the Galaxy. Statistically they don't exist due to the sheer size of The Guard but...
If you want to feel some real pride for the Guard, check out the fall of Cadia. The battle that spawned the phrase: "The planet broke before the Guard did." Cadia stands!
There's no real definitive lore on what happened between Horus and Ollanius Pius, but by all accounts it's supposed to be a very one-sided affair. Horus killed him so brutally and with such malice (probably flayed him alive type of stuff) that the Emperor, appalled by what his son had become, summoned all his power to completely destroy Horus' body and soul.
The comment about being a veteran after a week is true. In some war zones troops aren't given names only numbers as there's so many guardsmen there. One of the leaders of Cadia wouldn't learn the name of a troop under his command until after they survived a month of service. There's a story of one warzone that if a trooper lasted 7 hours he was promoted to lieutenant. Also the thing about the numbers in 40k is that Games Workshop always under sells the numbers. If something says there was a hundred thousand orcs in a battle you can safely add a zero to the end of it to be close to the actual number.
A week is being generous. For a Krieg, surviving even just an hour or two in battle automatically makes you 95% more experienced than most of your brethren.
Tanna, Sir? The Cain novels are well worth looking in to. They provide a,..... different, perspective of the life in the guard and into the Valhallan ice warriors. Might i also suggest the Gaunt's Ghost's series by Dan Abnett. The Tanith First and Only are a fearsome lot if you're on the wrong side of their longknives.
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Ciaphas Cain, HERO OF THE IMPERIUM? The only man officially kept on the active roster in the Administratum's records despite being publicly buried with full military honours? The man who would have gladly faced any enemy if he had known how not doing so would turn out? Never heard of him. Tell me more.
@ In one novella, a planet that Cain is on suddenly experiences a literal zombie apocalypse. The general reaction of the Guard regiments stationed there(including Cain himself)? 'well that sucks, we have enough shit to do as it is'.
@@peachbutt2330 i reccomend staying away from arch. While I personally find his beliefs heinous, from a strict business perspective he's generally considered a divisive figure in the community.
Not entirely untrue though. The book "Fifteen hours" on the planet it takes place on, the average life expectancy of new deployments is fifteen hours, so surviving longer than that, you are officially a veteran.
In a certain meaning of truth, sure. Catachan is a Death World, and the local people select and sell their strongest to the Guard, in exchange for food, vaccines and weapons to fight 100 meter tall reptiles and ants. And while the strongest Catachans enjoy their vacation among the stars, the women and children fight tides of toxic plants, fungi and overpowered fauna back home.
The Death Korps is well... As grim dark as it gets, people on krieg are raised in the cult of sacrifice, this means that they believe that they can never sacrifice too much or even just enough, the favourite tactic of the Death Korps is slowly marching long lines of infantry into machine gun fire, and they love artillery, since the fall of Cadia Krieg has the largest output of infantry, Krieg doesen't raise regiments, it raises entire armies (sorry if I have some grammatical errors I'm not english)
@@Souledex Wasnt it said they are vat-grown ? I've read somewhere that krieg is one of the few worlds that is allowed to use the technology to raise vat-grown soldiers.
@@MultiVulture Cool, honestly in the churn of Warhammer lore I’m reticent to declare anything that definitively. Haven’t read that book but great to know. Also weird for them to frame it that way as like every single forge world uses vat grown people for servitors, human brains, and well even some citizens.
The Death Korp of Krieg had a multi-hundred year war on their planet. The surface is so radioactive that leaving the underground cities to fight was a death sentence. So basically it is die in combat quickly/slowly or die to the radiation slowly. In a nutshell at least. It is a pretty interesting regiment with a solid lore behind it.
Re: Service length. It varies, like everything else, between regiments and with each planet. For some, it's similar to what you are familiar with a contracted term of service for however many years after which you can retire, reenlist, or whatever. For others, it's a lifetime service where "lifetime" may not be as long as some people would think. And everything in between. Recruitment is much the same. On some planets, you get people who volunteer to join the Planetary Defense Force, some where joining is mandatory, some where it's a caste based thing, and some where the PDF takes occasional trips to the seedier parts of the Hive and pressgangs anyone that doesn't get out of their way fast enough. Re: "Illegally modified" Yep. The Adeptus Mechanicus is complicated and a lot to go into. Broadly speaking, they are responsible for the creation and maintenance of technology within the Imperium. They regard machines as sacred and to stray from accepted designs or modifications is known as Tech Heresy. They take it very personally and the punishment is usually death. Creative death, time and circumstances allowing. Re: Joint operations. It depends on the situation. Multiple regiments may get called in to deal with large scale problems like an Ork WAAAAAGH or because bureaucracy tossed them together for arcane reasons(misfiled paper work). Space Marines will work with the Imperial Guard often in an Hammer and Anvil style or by going for critical components of the enemy and giving the Guard the opportunity to win or vice versa where the Guard pounds the enemy enough to open a hole for the Space Marines to get in and do what they do best. And sometimes they'll trip all over each other due to lack of communication or pride and get everyone killed. Either or.
I do believe that Ollanius Pius is a perpetual from the 15000 BC who has served in every major war he was able to get to in time. That man is the saint of guardsmen for more reasons than guardsmen know. He is the embodiment of the words Veteran and Duty.
As far as rebellions in the Imperium it's not really a faction it's just that, rebellion*s*. All over the Imperium worlds rebel all the time. This is usually because the imperium is a serious authoritarian regime(Out of necessity). This leads to a lot of worlds being discontent with the treatment, heavy requirements or lack of care from the imperium so they give them the finger and keeps their quota of resources or tithes for themselves. Usually, this ends badly for the planet in question as they have no idea of the beast they just fucked with because the imperium usually responds with the sledgehammer of the Imperium or with an assassination. Other times, however, the worlds get away scot-free as the Imperium is doing other things and don't have the resources to deal with it. Sometimes they just don't know as it's a big galaxy. The world might escape for a few centuries or even a thousand years or so. Then the imperium goes, "Oh wait a minute, where are these worlds tithes...and it hasn't been in communication for a long time. HMMMMM, it's gone rouge?! Well, I guess I have time over this century to take care of it.
Most Warhammer 40 000 novels are about the Imperial Guard. And when reading them, it becomes very apparent that the strategy used, the organization of regiments and ways of war is very outdated for the most part. More WW1 and WW2 than more modern warfare. Still, they are humans at heart, and flawed in almost every way. But then that is what makes them great. A novel with Space Marine is more likely to be akin to an opera or grand drama in scale, but a novel with the Imperial Guard can be a drama, a comedy, a mystery or anything in between. Only always with a wartime setting (And then there are a very few Arbites novels and Inquisitor novels, for those that don't want the wartime setting).
To me, the two most interesting imperial guard heroes are Ibram Gaunt and Caiphas Cain together with their respective regiments, the Tanith First and Only and the Valhallan Ice Warriors.
That man who stood before horus lasted less than a second, but he took a blow for the Emperor himself, and when the emperor saw what his son was willing to do, how callously he discarded a human life, The Emperor was so moved, he rallied the strength of will to completely erase Horus from existance
The last battle between Horus and the Emperor has not yet been written yet, Siege of Terra series hasn't been finished. As for Astartes the rebellion was just a rebellion, there is no backstory, its one of thousands of rebellions that crop up throughout the Imperium of Man. I'll throw you back to Luetin09 again, he has lore videos on the weapons of the Imperium (including a few vids on the truly insane ones), Astartes Terminator Armour, the Astartes Bolter, and video's about The Titans of the Collegia Titanica. As for understanding the key individuals, the best source are the books of Games Workshop's publishing arm The Black Library. Anthologies such as Astra Militarum, Glory Imperialis, Honour Imperialis, and Hammer of the Emperor. For Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt and his Tanith First and Only the Gaunts Ghosts series, Commissar Ciaphas Cain has a series named simply Ciaphas Cain. Sebastian Yarrick and Ursarkar E. Creed are both covered in the Anthologies mentioned. The Horus Heresy is a long thing to read, best find a video that easily summarises that collossal event.
On tabletop there is the "look out, Sir!" rule. Your officers are always going to stand near and behind regular troops so they don't get shot. Only sniper fire can sometimes ignore that, so in a way it works out like you said.
If you wanna start getting into Xenos once you're done with the Imperials, check out the Tyranids by the Templin Institute, they got a pretty nice video! Luetin also covered them (I mean... the guy basically covered every topics in minute details) but Templin Institute got more ''Visuals'' video ;P
I think life expectancy of a guardsmen depends on the kind of enemy they are fighting. But in terms of casualties. There's always some "stalingrad-level" battles happening all the time. But some veterans have been fighting for like decades. In my mind most of the time guardsmen are actually usually fighting chaos rebels which would just be poorly armed insurgents and since the imperium has no qualms about crushing local populations guerilla strategies will not have the same efficacy as it does in our world. Even orks wouldn't be that bad really, they just have such vast numbers and really good moral. The really heavy death tolls come when the guard has to face chaos marines, demons, tyranids, tau and probably a few lesser known xeno's.
While not mentioned often in lore, there is the "Indentured Guardsmen" where they go to war, not only because they are loyal to the Imperium, but also to they can pay back the living fees from their planet. When you mentioned contracts I immediately went, "Well that's a loaded statement for these Guardsmen"
The planet broke before the Guard! Been enjoying your discovering of the Lore of Warhammer 40k,have a look at Sebastien Yarrick and the Wars of Armageddon(if you're interested!) Stay safe and happy buddy!
If you want a longer-form video on the Death Korps of Krieg, then the one made by Arch is my favorite - although I'm not sure if it would be a good reaction, it's more of an hour long "audio book" history and description of the current forces.
A lot of people always point to the Death Korps of Krieg and the Catachan regiments to check out since they really stand out, but outside of the Cadian regiments, the Tanith First-and-Only have to be the one regiment that's been given a deepest lore in all of 40k.
"They're more throw everything you've got at the enemy"... not quite. Almost all regiments hold to that. Where the Death Korps excel is in the horrible grinding battle in the trenches. While most guardsmen would baulk at the idea of charging the enemy to engage them in close quarters combat in a battlefield sprayed with bio and chemical weapons that make Agent Orange, sarin gas and anthrax seem like a smelly fart by comparison; any unnamed guardsman of the Death Korps doesn't give it a second thought.
What came to my mind is imperial guards tactics sound like time of musket to WW 1 and theyre numbers/size make them like ants; one ant is nothing but millions as moving like tidalwawe.
To highlight the battles of attribution the death Corp of Krieg go through, here’s a preferred tactic. A lockstep march toward enemy defensive lines. Granted these lines would’ve been prepped by repeated battering by artillery, but there’s guaranteed to be a few left who will fire back. The problem is that they simply won’t have enough bullets to kill the Kriegers before they reach and overrun the line.
Guys there's new Death Korps of Krieg Fanfilm by SODAZ... Edit: there's also another Death Korps of Kriegs Fanfilm coming soon, its "Siege of Vraks".. Teaser trailer already out
If u wanna find out about the death core of kreig I suggest the first video in the siege of vracks by arch Warhammer very detailed vid has loads on what you been asking questions about lol
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They have worked together before- there's dozens of desert worlds providing desert troops, for example, it's just Tallarn is the most famous. I know of a few "famous" instances, I'll list them below. The Taros Campaign (Desert, taken from imperium by the Tau- "Greater good" blue skinned anime mecha socialists) After a Space Marine company (Avenging Son's 2nd company) failed to retake the world, the Imperium deployed 2 Corps: X Corps- 17th, 89th, 331st Tallarn Desert regiments and the 3rd and 12th Tallarn Desert Armored Regiments, along with 2 Storm Trooper companies (Think SEAL Teams mixed with Rangers) XI Corps- 23rd Elysian Drop Troops, 114th Cadian Shock Troops, 19th Krieg Armored, and the 8th Brimlock Dragoons, with support from the 11th Sarennian Assault Engineers along with Naval, air and Spec ops support, a few small Titans, and 2 Companies of the Raptors Space Marine chapter. X corps handled the bare desert and XI handled populated areas. you can see how they brought what they needed, and also what extras they had available. The 3rd war for Armageddon (A planet) featured massive amounts of Armageddon Steel legion regiments, but also the 6 Regs of Salvar Chem Dogs, 2 Regs of Asgardian Rangers, 3 Minervan Tank Legions, 11 Regs of Ocanon Phalanx Troopers, 5 Regs of the Death Korps of Krieg and many more besides (long list, big battle) You can see in this situation it was less "get what we need" and more "bring everything you've got." The difference between these two examples gives a glimpse into what managing constantly shifting war fronts is like and it remindes me of some instances in WW2 (for instance there was a moment when the Germans deployed a demonstration regiment in Italy just because they needed the men to break the 45th Infantry at Anzio, and this regiment was in the area- and yet we know of course there are other times when the exact forces an army general wanted were deployed- like Africa and Norway, or Patton's advance in Europe)
*_Medal of Honor = Order of Ollanius Pius_* The winged medal has the face of the young Ollanius Pius, the Imperial Guardsman who stood between the Traitor Horus, and the already severely injured Emperor. He was killed in an instant and brushed aside as an adult would to a child - yet he stood in front without fear nor hesitation.
In terms of Galactic conquest, the Necron and Tyranids are the 2 front-runners. Necrons because of how old and advanced they are. They nearly brought down the Eldar and the Old Ones (first intelligent race of the galaxy) and caged their own gods, the C'tan. The Tyranids because of how many there are. No single Huve Fleet has entered the Milky Way from the same direction which leads some to believe that they have already stripped the rest of the universe down to bed rock. They are also insanely versatile and can adapt their strategies over the course of a single battle.
Chaos is so much bigger than anyone even realizes. If they just stopped fighting each and actually tried to take over the galaxy, they would.. And every other galaxy in the entire universe. But alas, it's not in nature of chaos to cooperate in such a way.
There is not a "Rebellion" as a faction sense like as in Starwars but is more of an near unlimited number of small rebellions across the whole of imperial space for thousands of different reasons from simply sick and tired of the brutal rule of the Imperuim to falling under the sway of false self serving prophets or the Chaos Gods themselves but the Imperuim has to waste resources putting each one down as a show of force and to make an example of what happens when you try to disobey the will of the God-Emperor.
Well, Necrons can survive to be last ones too... And to my understanding, chaos can survive as long orcs exists. It only comes down to few unanswered questions. What are true numbers of Tyranids? How advanced are full awakened Necrons? Can Tyranids just evolve to sweep planet clean of orc spores? (making end of the orcs)
Your both wrong Tyranids, and ONLY Tyranids would be the only thing left alive. You forget that Orcs are Fungus, a Biomass, they would be absorbed along with all other Biomass on the Planet, including the fungal particles usually too hard for other races to find, the Tyranids would be able to find and collect it, condering each planet loses ALL Biomass. Not some, not most, not all but some hidden deep in caves or near the core. No they can find ALL Biomass across the ENTIRE planet. Secondly, the Necrons would also be wiped out, cause the Tyranids don't wipe out JUST Biomass. They wipe out ALL Resources. Atmosphere, Water, Metal, Ores, EVERYTHING is gone except a depleted Wasteland that can never be used for anything ever again. They would wipe clear all Necrons technology machines, as they are, when broken down, metal and resources. The same to Necrons themselves. The Tyranids would wipe out all Biomass and strip all Resources. They would remove all evidence of the Necrons existing, removing all their tombs and machines. None would survive.
@@Jirodyne That is if Necron tech is as it is now as not fully awakened. Tyranids are at weakest in space and Necrons are absolutely absurd when it comes to space tech. Who knows if Necrons comes up with large scale pocket dimension entrapment and swallows whole fleets to abyss, they already has tech to send stuff to pocket dimensions. Not to mention, time travel and star destruction with snap of a finger. As I said, it only comes down to how advanced truly awakened Necrons are and what's the true numbers of Tyranids. Not trying to defend orcs tho, those bite dust at some point.
@@R0ZARD Well it's been hinted that... well... Tyranids are pretty much everything else. Think of our universe. Not a Galaxy, our ENTIRE universe. Not even our Known seeable Universe, but the ENTIRE thing... All wiped out and filled with Tyranids. Here, think on this. There are Old Ones, there are Star Gods, there are Emperors of Man, there are Cosmic Dieties of Chaos. We should be able to assume, there would be over beings, just as powerful, successful, if not more so, across the entire Galaxy... And the Tyranids have wiped out and eaten ALL of them, across uncalculable worlds. And remember 2 very important facts. The first being that they've attacked from multiple different sides/locations. So we are literally surrounded on all sides. Seconds... Every Major Invasion, which has destroyed countless hundreds of worlds, and nearly wiped out all the Races combined multiple times... Are lightly armed, lightly manned, inferior advance SCOUTS, and not even an actual main fleet or Soldier. To put that into Perspective... It would be as if all of Africa, were constantly invaded on all sides and nearly being wiped out, by normal citizens using basic pistols. And then finding out there is the entire USA Military Force with well trained Troops, Armor, Weapons, Machines, other Tech, and in a magnitude more numbered. The only reason 40k still exists, is cause if they wiped out everything, that would be the end and nothing else to it. There is also the Hive Mind, which can LITERALLY Remove your connection to the Warp forcefully. And that is it's powers, when super far distance, across the entire universe, using a fraction of it's power, through a small time scout unit. That tiny fraction, used through a weak inferior being, and it can already Dominate all 4 Chaos Gods and the Emperor Himself, shutting down the Warp and revoking all their powers and abilities at their full strength with the snap of it's fingers... And it's only a tiny, tiny 0.000000000001% of it's power, transfered through it's weakest scouts. Imagine if the Hive Mind itself, were to step into Known space with it's full 100% abilities. If it can Deny access to the Warp, it can be assumed it can gain access as well. It can most likely open portals to other Dimensions, it can probably go into the warp at will. It can probably shut down all Necron Star Tech just with a blink by the sheer power of it. We're talking a being, that has wiped out EVERYTHING else except Known 40k Space, and has now decided to come here, as it is the last none Tyranid thing in existence. It has killed all other Gods and Beings in all other parts of the infinitely growing Universe. And now comes for us.
The contract of the guardsmen depends on their world but one thing is similar your contract ends if u died in a glorious death or become a veteran of at minimum 500 battles
The templin institutes video on cadia is great, i know the lost is getting long, but that vid should be on it! As for what happened with the guy who stepped infront of Horus, we don't know 100%. They are finishing up the Horus heresy books right now, and it will be one of the last things that happen. But the current understanding of what happened is that the emperor couldn't get himself to kill his favorite son. Horus didn't have any such problems and delivered the wound that put the emperor on the golden throne. But as Horus was about to kill the emperor, this ordinary soldier stepped in between them. Horus mocked him before flaying him with his psychic powers. This was what convinced the emperor his son was truly home and fully corrupted by chaos. Finally allowing himself to not only kill Horus but remove his soul from existance
On the topic of whether the regiments have ever worked together- The war of the Armageddon is probably the most well known instance of many different regiments working side by side against a HUGE army of orks. The most famous of it being the Armageddon steel legion and the Cathachan jungle fighters working side by side after starting off not liking each other at all and blaming one another from getting in each other's ways. It was a very interesting show of unity.
Terminator refers to tactical dreadnought armour. A souped up and much much rarer version of the space marine combat armour suit. Usually worn at most by a couple dozen of the top Astartes of a chapter/legion, a primarch's lifeguard detachment, etc. unbelievable badasses. Luetin and Arch(Archwarhammer) had videos on it.
Recruitment process of the imperial guard. 1. Someone sends a letter to say you are being drafted into the imperial guard. 2. Congratulations. You are now in the imperial guard. All joking aside, there is a book, 15 hours, which will give you a little basic information about someone being drafted, trained, deployed and fighting as an imperial guardsman.
There's so much information but nobody can ever know it all because technically at its core, WH40K is a game series which gives you free rein to create your own stories, and these can be considered canon, even if your own narrative may never be released for public consumption. There are certain parameters in the rule sets with existing lore, but doing your own thing within them is encouraged.
A significant thing to note about the guard is that their equipment is only underpowered in the context of 40k. If you read through some of the Black Library books there are examples of lasguns blasting the limbs off of human sized targets with a single shot, or carapace armor stopping said rounds. That is not to say that some soldiers are not equipped with relatively current weapons(called Autoguns in universe).
One thing to keep in mind is that a lot of Guard Regiments are heavily inspired by real world armies, often taken to extremes. The Death Korps of Kreig, WWI soldiers (specifically Germans) with the bleakness and horror of that war taken to the extreme. Catachan Jungle Fighters: US soldiers during the Vietnam War but from a jungle world where everything is hostile and lethal. Valhallan Ice Warriors: Red Army of WWII Etc etc. As for Ollanius, well the truth behind him is rather complex and hasn't been fully revealed yet. However he is split between two characters. One of which was an ordinary soldier who during the Siege of Terra, the final battle of the Horus Heresy, died defending a banner depicting the Emperor from the World Eaters Traitor Space Marines and their Primarch, whom are the most vicious and violent of all the Space Marine Legions. Such that during the Great Crusade the World Eaters were considered a lesser form of Exterminatus. His death was witnessed by a member of the Imperium's organization of historians and propagandists who decided to turn it into the story of a lone guardsman standing between the Emperor and Horus. The other is... well much more complicated and who's story is still currently being told so we don't know where that's going to end. He too is a soldier but he's also Perpetual, a rare, rare form of immortal human that can be kill but regenerate and come back to life. Though there are ways by which a Perpetual can die for good, getting stuck by a Chaos-Supercharged Horus would be one of them.
One thing they didn't mention is that, aside from the Kriegers, no planet is allowed to produce more than one type of regiment, so one planet can only export tank regiments, one can do infantry, etc. This is to reduce the effectiveness of a regiment that goes rogue or is corrupted by Chaos.
@32:10 checking out operations and also prior: regiments: Arch: Krieg (siege of vraks playlist) Steel Legion ( battle for Armageddon playlist) Imperial guard regiments playlist for the rest. Also he has a lot of wargear vids though older they do still explain the topic at hand to vivid detail...like the high explosive self guided fully automatic armor piercing grenade launcher...aka the humble bolt gun.
Lasguns are basically 'the gun that man took to the stars' probably originally for settler militias and law enforcement, the fact that it is so versatile, and tough (it's energy clips can, in emergencies, be recharged by exposure to fire, but this can only be done once) it became the gun used by every one from scavenger gangs to the elite storm troopers of the Astra Militarum, they may look different, they may have been made on opposite sides of the galaxy on worlds that have never heard of each other, but they all carry the Lasgun, as their ancestors did, for tens of thousands of years.
Ibrahim Gaunt is from the Gaunts ghost novels and audiobooks. Which I highly recommend. Ciaphus Cain is one of the biggest heroes and fraud in the Imperiums history. He did many great things while desperately trying to run away or stay in the safest possible location. He is from the ciaphas Cain novels which are also very good but a bit more funny and lighthearted. Both these series are partly on audible and get a "new" release on it every few months. Edit: spelling
14:33 Tanith IG regiment is called the "First and Only" cause Tanith was a brand new colonized world (iirc). And they just had their First IG regiment conscripted and equiped and about to depart for duty. When the planet got attacked by Chaos forces (once again iirc) and their Homeworld was destroyed, making the First regiment the planet produced the Only that this planet has ever and will ever produce. Even then the Tanith Regiment is well knowed for its Combat Prowess and has an outstanding battle record. And the fact that they are the Only survivors of their Home world, has made them a tigth knit group, who has gone through thick and thin togheter. The Novels about them is really darn good.
The Kriegsmen follow the mindset that if the enemy's will to wage war is less then the Krieg's willingness to die, then the battle is already won and it's only a matter of time and munition until victory.
At first blush, the Death Korps of Kreig may seem like a "throw the kitchen sink" regiment, but they don't spend lives wastefully, though they do spend lives at a terrifying rate. For more on this, check out the Seige of Vraks. It'll give you a taste of what the Death Korps are all about.
I agree with you regarding the Orks. They are by far the most numerous based on the number of planets they exist on. In fact, the Orks in their current form are devolved from their original more powerful true form of the Krork due the lack of any 'real' challenge in fights and battles by existing factions/races. Orks gain strength the more they fight, that's also why they never truly lose in any battle. They just come back bigger and badder. The only way to put an end to the Orks is for everyone (even the orks themselves) to stop fighting them. In which case they'd devolve, shrivel and eventually die. Also, although it's not canon, the incorruptible ever-evolving Tyranids could potentially be just as devastating - if the theory that the ones that have turned up in the galaxy so far is their initial forward scouting swarm.
32:40 the battle lasted long enough for Horus to understand that this mortal was, indeed, oposing him after he killed Sanguinius (superman) and layed the Emperor, armless, flat into the ground... but that sacrifice was what snapped the Emperor out of daddy mode, and made him stop holding back against Horus.
Last races/factions standing in current in current lore in my opinion. 4. Khorne: after most of the sentient life in the galaxy wipes itself or each other out, there will still be war. So while much weaker due to what races would probably be left not having emotions or presence that feeds into the warp. Khorne would probably be the last chaos god standing 3. Orks: once they get a big enough warboss to gather them most of the other races are pretty much screwed 2. Nids: with so much food in the orks they would be able to match them in numbers and use them to keep their biomass needs full 1: Necrons: they can pretty much just sleep until all other life is gone and nids eat everything and move on. They also dont provide biomass to nids. Also if they ever combine the ctan into more than just fragments and can control it they will be unstoppable.
Watch the Templin Institute video about the Emperor. It's really well done and explains the whole faith angle and why it's important. Baldemort has really good videos as well - for example his video on the Alpha Legion and Sisters of Battle. Baldemort is great - at the start he tells a story as he is part of the scene and tells it from the eyes of a participant, then he explains the faction. It's pretty good.
Experience from fighting as and playing against in the DOW series of games is Imperial Guard win with numbers and entrenchment once they're dug it you'll need a big ass flame to get em' out.
Leading from the 'front' or 'rear' is romantic political language from pre combined arms warfare when units had singular capabilities. Today you train with people for a while 'in the front' so the future leader understands capabilities and what is expected at the front and can communicate clearly when they eventually move to the center. The job shifts focus from individual fighting to fighting the unit as a whole and gathering additional enablers (comms, fires, medical) to directed to where needed. It's a complex team effort. The NCO focuses on the way of 'How' to do things. The Officer focus is on reviewing 'What' mission is getting done.
You can recharge a las guns ammunition by throwing it in a fire. In 40k rpgs this permanently halves the number of shots in the clip but hey so long as you have a match and some kindling you will have amunition.
Macharius is the Warhammer 40k's version of Alexander 'The Great'. Absolute unit of a man. With his death his generals fighting over the teratories he won for the Emperium and then they had a successor war over his claims kind of like Alexander's Diadoce (which was Macedonia/Greece, Modern day Turkey, Egypt, the entire Middle Eastern block, all the way to the Hindo Kush). That time is history is insane. The Kings and Generals channel goes into 'easy-to-digest' detail on how events took place (IRL) and if you want to see these events in proper order, just search 'Kings and Generals in order' to get access to the Playlist. In the first 3rd of the fist half they start with that history.
Often the imperium is calculate in generations not in numbers of soldiers. When a planets population is not big enogh to defend a waagh or a tyranid fleet, they start zu recruit soldiers from more planets and send them to the greatest battle zone. So the imperium sacrifices over and over again millions of people to hold their position. Thats how the astar militarum is work.
With quotes like a Week and books like 15 hours, what really it comes down is the War/Battle, Some battles will be like that where the person who survives a Week or even 15 hours is Veteran because they are just that intense other ones won't be as bad.
I agree entirely on there being pros and cons to leadership styles. In this verse, it is considered folly to be on the front lines as high ranking officers are often "captured" for interrogation and sacrifice, both of these severely compromise the fight, however when facing eldcrich horrors there is a LOT of *&^*^ THAT and running, one of the biggest problems with "using" an imperial guard army is the morale failures (or at least it used to be) the work around for this is leading from the front lines and shooting those who flee though again that's more the Commisar's role instead of the Regimental Commander.
She wasn’t talking about junior officers like a lieutenant but senior officers like generals. Some lead from the front others from neighbouring planets and everywhere in between.
"Catachan" You nailed it, nice! Also check out the Ciaphus Cain novels they will give you an in-depth look at how the military works from a few interesting perspectives.
Check out Baldermort's Guide to Warhammer. The piece he did on The Death Korp of Krieg, was beautiful. Joined by other Warhammer content creators, I love every second of it. From the very opening, the music sets the tone of the setting. It is somber, tragic and humbling, as few words can describe the heartretching tale of the 500 year war and the death of Krieg-as well as the never-ending march for redemption of that world and its people. I highly recommend Baldermort. His voice alone provides a consistently immersive experience. Especially Thadeaus and Tarquinus(BOY)!!! MY FAVORITE!!!😋👍
Commissar Sebastian Yarrick 'Hero of Hades Hive' the only human to make orkz do the one thing they never really do.....retreat. Also has a personal Baneblade - The Fortress of Arrogance
Ollanius Pius is the perfect example of a guardsman. The balls of that dude to stand between the emperor and a massive concentration of pure malevolent destruction. At that point, Horus was not just a Primarch (A demi-god in their own right) but he was also AMPED on the blessings of ALL the chaos gods (who hate each other) and really on his one-punch man shit. What does Ollanius do? Stands in front of him and basically tells him "if you want to get to him, you got to go through me" wearing nothing but the finest body armor you can make out of leaves you found on a tree and a laser pointer that's got a bit too much juice in it. Obviously, he died instantly but he is basically the Patron Saint of guardsmen for trying to stop an asteroid by swinging his balls at it.
He was also 45000 years old and born in Nineveh which are important aspects of that story.
Was literally an argonaut too, and fought at the Siege of Verdun, the Battle of Austerlitz, and the Battle of 73 Easting.
@@Souledex Eugh, there is a reason why Ollanius Pius is skubstatic, this is due to GW feeling the need to overdo themselves with each version of that story. No, the original Ollanius was NOT what you just said, he was literally just a dude. Then they made him into a perpetual and all that bs, or did he get replaced by a terminator? Or was that the custodes? Either way end result is even GW themselves have just given up and said, ok Ollanius is whoever you think it is, since 40k operates by law of subjective truths and myth distorting fiction so yeah, now Ollanius is whatever the hell you want him to be.
So if you like perpetual Ollanius, good, but to me and others he will never be a 45 000 year old ex argonaut and all that because frankly I've never cared for the entire perpetual plotline (the starchild and sensei stuff at least had merit in that it both provided a good explanation for why there immortal humans that ain't the emperor running around and also gives them a clear endgame) and it really does ruin the imagery of Ollanius standing up to horus if he isn't just some unpowered normie. And no, being 45k years old and being born in nineveh and everything else are not important to his story, the whole thing that made Ollanius's stand so impactful to begin with is he was just a guy, not the highlander.
Also he's not canon anymore, because it makes no sense to take a regular soldier to Horus's flagship. Good story tho
@@libertinarey maybe the true Ollanious was the friends we made along the way.
@@libertinarey not sure but I think terminator was at some point Blood Angel one.
Cadia stands. The planet broke before the Guard did
Well, Cadian Shock Troops are tough as nails fighting even planet is falling apart! How about Death Korps Of Krieg then?w
Their deaths brought a smile to my face
Ahem.
The planet broke before the guard.
CADIA STANDS
A quote attributed to Ollanius Oius, the dude who stepped in front of Horus.
"Somewhere in the universe a coin flip lands on its side.
Somewhere in the universe a drop of water saves a life.
Somewhere in the universe a pebble stops a landslide.
Maybe it is because someone believed hard enough.
Maybe it is because everything is secretly fair.
Maybe it is because the universe is a vast place.
Yesterday, I was very cold.
Yesterday, I was very hungry.
Yesterday, I wanted to run away.
Today, I am going to believe hard enough.
Today, a pebble will stop a landslide.
Today, I am not going anywhere."
And a less-than-eloquent summary of the balls of that man. No clue who originally wrote it:
LOOK AT THIS FUCKING GUARDSMAN.
He's spent months fighting a grueling war in which his enemies are demigods allied with daemons, and now he's found himself in the closest thing to Hell he's ever known. He probably wasn't even supposed to get teleported up to the arch-traitor's battle barge in the first place, and just ended up in the wrong place at the worst possible time.
Somehow he's survived horrors beyond comprehension to make his way to the very bridge of Horus' flagship. He saw a veritable angel call upon Horus to answer for his crimes, and he saw that angel die as messily as any guardsman. His Emperor - who he fervently believes is a god incarnate, even if he's not supposed to - lies mortally wounded, and Horus, perhaps, has taken a moment to gloat before he strikes the killing blow.
And yet there he is, standing, all alone, between the Warmaster of everything humanity have ever fought against and the greatest beings among all humanity, if even not godhood.
His armor is slightly more effective than tissue paper, his weapon slightly more powerful than a flashlight. A single electrified claw from Horus' weapon is bigger than his entire body. He stands before a being infused by the dark gods with incalculable power, that can and will obliterate his soul with no more effort than it would take him to swat a gnat. Nothing he can do could possibly make a difference.
He could run. He could turn his weapon on himself. He could give in to the insidious whispers that echo from the ship's corridors into his mind.
Ollanius Pius does the duty his Emperor requires of him. He dies standing and holds the FUCKING line.
And his sacrifice showed the Emperor that Horus was truly lost to him and finally struck with his full might and smote Horus, blasting even his soul apart so the Gods of Chaos could not bring him back
Space Marines don't feel fear but the guardsmen do and thats why to me they are infinitely more impressive than any of the astartes. For the Emperor!
THE PLANET BROKE BEFORE THE GUARD!
He is the embodiment of what it means to be an Imperial Guardsman. They are the first and last line of defense between the Emperor and the things that would take him, and by extension, our last hope of survival, from us.
"To each of us falls a task. And all the Emperor requires of us Guardsmen is that we stand in line, and we die fighting. It is what we do best : we die standing."
- General Sturnn of the Cadian 412th Imperial Guard
My favorite faction !
Sturn is best
“Throw everything they have at the enemy.”
*mild* understatement.
They start using the human cannon things in carnivals😂
Penal Legion Time.
@Tsgt Voorhees
Krieg Troopers: (Happy gas mask noises)
@@GhostBear3067 *meanwhile the krieg commissar* "no you suicidal idiots don't charge into that minefield, theres a perfectly good path this way to the enemy" (I don't know how a commissar would sound)
@@jacthing1 that one, to the Kriegers, shot dead for cowardice.
On the corps of krieg:
A commisar's job is usually to keep guardsmen from running away. They keep soldiers there to do their job.
For the kriegers, a commisar is there to ensure they are kept on the leash instead of jumping into the meat grinder, to ensure they dont run into the fight and get themselves killed when they could be more useful alive.
I would like to add.... it is also said that commisars in the Krieg corps has a higher chance of death then commisar in any other regiment....and that's because the soldiers of krieg will fucking murder him if they think he is TOO cowardly....
Murder is the wrong word in this case I would think. Since one would never say, "He murdered that cockroach" or "The rat was murdered by the gardener", better word would be 'killed' or 'put out of ... misery'.
Even that may be a stretch since the life of a traitor, a coward or a heretic is less than that of a cockroach or rat to a loyal imperial soldier.
*Commisar falls dead*
Krieg soldier holding a smoking lasgun:"He was improperly motivated to die for the Emperor."
*Gasmask noises of agreement*
Whats more useful than dying for the Emperor?
@@JohnSmith-bo1uu making the other fucker die for the emperor?
Oh... the Imperial Guard is a lifelong assignment. All 10 seconds of it once a guardsman is in his or her first battle. A hardened veteran is a Guardsman who survives a battle
A veteran that survives the battle? Hell, i thought a veteran is someone who survives the first scurmish!
Please stop teaching this man memes. That’s just a meme their lifespan is not that short many guardsman survive til retirement.
@@djcuevas1057 Retirement being death
@@HighmageDerin o genuine retirement.
@@HighmageDerin No there are veteran officers and NCO's of The Guard who teach at oodles of Scholae Progenium throughout the Galaxy.
Statistically they don't exist due to the sheer size of The Guard but...
If you want to feel some real pride for the Guard, check out the fall of Cadia. The battle that spawned the phrase: "The planet broke before the Guard did."
Cadia stands!
That video will becoming in the next few days :)
There's no real definitive lore on what happened between Horus and Ollanius Pius, but by all accounts it's supposed to be a very one-sided affair. Horus killed him so brutally and with such malice (probably flayed him alive type of stuff) that the Emperor, appalled by what his son had become, summoned all his power to completely destroy Horus' body and soul.
Statement from Sly Marbo: AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Gaunt ghosts series are good reads about Astra Militarum.
15 hours as well is a great read.
Those books make me cringe I'm not gonna lie
@@GuiltyFaT Agreed!
@Jindrich I've been hearing good things about this book , I'm excited to start reading it :)
@@peachbutt2330 Books. Up to 20 now I believe. You may want to start out with some short stories.
The comment about being a veteran after a week is true. In some war zones troops aren't given names only numbers as there's so many guardsmen there. One of the leaders of Cadia wouldn't learn the name of a troop under his command until after they survived a month of service. There's a story of one warzone that if a trooper lasted 7 hours he was promoted to lieutenant. Also the thing about the numbers in 40k is that Games Workshop always under sells the numbers. If something says there was a hundred thousand orcs in a battle you can safely add a zero to the end of it to be close to the actual number.
A week is being generous. For a Krieg, surviving even just an hour or two in battle automatically makes you 95% more experienced than most of your brethren.
@@Codex_0613 a Kriegsman being alive after a week sounds like he isn't doing his job.
if you are into books (or audio books) check out the Ciaphas Cain novels, they give a good look at the Astra Militarum, with a good sense of humor
Tanna, Sir?
The Cain novels are well worth looking in to. They provide a,..... different, perspective of the life in the guard and into the Valhallan ice warriors.
Might i also suggest the Gaunt's Ghost's series by Dan Abnett. The Tanith First and Only are a fearsome lot if you're on the wrong side of their longknives.
Ciaphas Cain, HERO OF THE IMPERIUM? The only man officially kept on the active roster in the Administratum's records despite being publicly buried with full military honours? The man who would have gladly faced any enemy if he had known how not doing so would turn out?
Never heard of him. Tell me more.
@ In one novella, a planet that Cain is on suddenly experiences a literal zombie apocalypse. The general reaction of the Guard regiments stationed there(including Cain himself)? 'well that sucks, we have enough shit to do as it is'.
@Ehan, Thanks, I've been looking for some good audio books :)
If you love the guardsmen, maybe watch the short SFM film "Pity the Guardsman."
And for Krieg, try Arch Warhammer's series on the Siege of Vraks.
Both already on my list :)
@@peachbutt2330 i reccomend staying away from arch. While I personally find his beliefs heinous, from a strict business perspective he's generally considered a divisive figure in the community.
@@alejandrorivas4585 generally his lore vids are good. I wouldn't recommend his other stuff though
The "Veteran after a week" statement was a meme.
Not entirely untrue though. The book "Fifteen hours" on the planet it takes place on, the average life expectancy of new deployments is fifteen hours, so surviving longer than that, you are officially a veteran.
The guard has an entire planet full of Rambos, which produced a Rambo that makes the other Rambos look like civilians.
In a certain meaning of truth, sure. Catachan is a Death World, and the local people select and sell their strongest to the Guard, in exchange for food, vaccines and weapons to fight 100 meter tall reptiles and ants. And while the strongest Catachans enjoy their vacation among the stars, the women and children fight tides of toxic plants, fungi and overpowered fauna back home.
@@andrew3203 Yeah and then there's Sly Marbo who makes them all look like pussies.
The Death Korps is well... As grim dark as it gets, people on krieg are raised in the cult of sacrifice, this means that they believe that they can never sacrifice too much or even just enough, the favourite tactic of the Death Korps is slowly marching long lines of infantry into machine gun fire, and they love artillery, since the fall of Cadia Krieg has the largest output of infantry, Krieg doesen't raise regiments, it raises entire armies (sorry if I have some grammatical errors I'm not english)
Also it’s suspected they are vat-grown
@@Souledex Wasnt it said they are vat-grown ? I've read somewhere that krieg is one of the few worlds that is allowed to use the technology to raise vat-grown soldiers.
@@MultiVulture
Yes
@@MultiVulture Cool, honestly in the churn of Warhammer lore I’m reticent to declare anything that definitively. Haven’t read that book but great to know. Also weird for them to frame it that way as like every single forge world uses vat grown people for servitors, human brains, and well even some citizens.
But you know it's one hell of a force when the Commissars have to slow the troops down, thats the Korp of Krieg.
Ah, the Imperial Guard.
The speed bump of the Empire!
May His enemys forever trip over them.
The Death Korp of Krieg had a multi-hundred year war on their planet. The surface is so radioactive that leaving the underground cities to fight was a death sentence. So basically it is die in combat quickly/slowly or die to the radiation slowly.
In a nutshell at least. It is a pretty interesting regiment with a solid lore behind it.
Re: Service length.
It varies, like everything else, between regiments and with each planet. For some, it's similar to what you are familiar with a contracted term of service for however many years after which you can retire, reenlist, or whatever. For others, it's a lifetime service where "lifetime" may not be as long as some people would think. And everything in between. Recruitment is much the same. On some planets, you get people who volunteer to join the Planetary Defense Force, some where joining is mandatory, some where it's a caste based thing, and some where the PDF takes occasional trips to the seedier parts of the Hive and pressgangs anyone that doesn't get out of their way fast enough.
Re: "Illegally modified"
Yep. The Adeptus Mechanicus is complicated and a lot to go into. Broadly speaking, they are responsible for the creation and maintenance of technology within the Imperium. They regard machines as sacred and to stray from accepted designs or modifications is known as Tech Heresy. They take it very personally and the punishment is usually death. Creative death, time and circumstances allowing.
Re: Joint operations.
It depends on the situation. Multiple regiments may get called in to deal with large scale problems like an Ork WAAAAAGH or because bureaucracy tossed them together for arcane reasons(misfiled paper work). Space Marines will work with the Imperial Guard often in an Hammer and Anvil style or by going for critical components of the enemy and giving the Guard the opportunity to win or vice versa where the Guard pounds the enemy enough to open a hole for the Space Marines to get in and do what they do best.
And sometimes they'll trip all over each other due to lack of communication or pride and get everyone killed. Either or.
I do believe that Ollanius Pius is a perpetual from the 15000 BC who has served in every major war he was able to get to in time. That man is the saint of guardsmen for more reasons than guardsmen know. He is the embodiment of the words Veteran and Duty.
As far as rebellions in the Imperium it's not really a faction it's just that, rebellion*s*. All over the Imperium worlds rebel all the time. This is usually because the imperium is a serious authoritarian regime(Out of necessity). This leads to a lot of worlds being discontent with the treatment, heavy requirements or lack of care from the imperium so they give them the finger and keeps their quota of resources or tithes for themselves. Usually, this ends badly for the planet in question as they have no idea of the beast they just fucked with because the imperium usually responds with the sledgehammer of the Imperium or with an assassination. Other times, however, the worlds get away scot-free as the Imperium is doing other things and don't have the resources to deal with it. Sometimes they just don't know as it's a big galaxy. The world might escape for a few centuries or even a thousand years or so. Then the imperium goes, "Oh wait a minute, where are these worlds tithes...and it hasn't been in communication for a long time. HMMMMM, it's gone rouge?! Well, I guess I have time over this century to take care of it.
Most Warhammer 40 000 novels are about the Imperial Guard. And when reading them, it becomes very apparent that the strategy used, the organization of regiments and ways of war is very outdated for the most part. More WW1 and WW2 than more modern warfare. Still, they are humans at heart, and flawed in almost every way. But then that is what makes them great. A novel with Space Marine is more likely to be akin to an opera or grand drama in scale, but a novel with the Imperial Guard can be a drama, a comedy, a mystery or anything in between. Only always with a wartime setting (And then there are a very few Arbites novels and Inquisitor novels, for those that don't want the wartime setting).
To me, the two most interesting imperial guard heroes are Ibram Gaunt and Caiphas Cain together with their respective regiments, the Tanith First and Only and the Valhallan Ice Warriors.
That man who stood before horus lasted less than a second, but he took a blow for the Emperor himself, and when the emperor saw what his son was willing to do, how callously he discarded a human life, The Emperor was so moved, he rallied the strength of will to completely erase Horus from existance
Templin instituition had some god like commentaries back in the day! When you finish watching this and cadia you just feel inspired !!
The last battle between Horus and the Emperor has not yet been written yet, Siege of Terra series hasn't been finished. As for Astartes the rebellion was just a rebellion, there is no backstory, its one of thousands of rebellions that crop up throughout the Imperium of Man. I'll throw you back to Luetin09 again, he has lore videos on the weapons of the Imperium (including a few vids on the truly insane ones), Astartes Terminator Armour, the Astartes Bolter, and video's about The Titans of the Collegia Titanica. As for understanding the key individuals, the best source are the books of Games Workshop's publishing arm The Black Library. Anthologies such as Astra Militarum, Glory Imperialis, Honour Imperialis, and Hammer of the Emperor. For Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt and his Tanith First and Only the Gaunts Ghosts series, Commissar Ciaphas Cain has a series named simply Ciaphas Cain. Sebastian Yarrick and Ursarkar E. Creed are both covered in the Anthologies mentioned. The Horus Heresy is a long thing to read, best find a video that easily summarises that collossal event.
On tabletop there is the "look out, Sir!" rule. Your officers are always going to stand near and behind regular troops so they don't get shot. Only sniper fire can sometimes ignore that, so in a way it works out like you said.
If you wanna start getting into Xenos once you're done with the Imperials, check out the Tyranids by the Templin Institute, they got a pretty nice video! Luetin also covered them (I mean... the guy basically covered every topics in minute details) but Templin Institute got more ''Visuals'' video ;P
I agree.
@Bublito Tyranids by The Templin Institute will be on the next top 5 :)
@@peachbutt2330 Wooohooo!
I highly recommend Boldermort's video on Krieg (After Bricky's videos) very long but he (and others) does so much justice.
Already on my list :)
I think life expectancy of a guardsmen depends on the kind of enemy they are fighting. But in terms of casualties. There's always some "stalingrad-level" battles happening all the time. But some veterans have been fighting for like decades. In my mind most of the time guardsmen are actually usually fighting chaos rebels which would just be poorly armed insurgents and since the imperium has no qualms about crushing local populations guerilla strategies will not have the same efficacy as it does in our world. Even orks wouldn't be that bad really, they just have such vast numbers and really good moral. The really heavy death tolls come when the guard has to face chaos marines, demons, tyranids, tau and probably a few lesser known xeno's.
While not mentioned often in lore, there is the "Indentured Guardsmen" where they go to war, not only because they are loyal to the Imperium, but also to they can pay back the living fees from their planet.
When you mentioned contracts I immediately went, "Well that's a loaded statement for these Guardsmen"
Aren't those the guys from Jopall?
The planet broke before the Guard! Been enjoying your discovering of the Lore of Warhammer 40k,have a look at Sebastien Yarrick and the Wars of Armageddon(if you're interested!) Stay safe and happy buddy!
Ill check it out :)
Terminators are Space Marines trained in the use of tactical dreadnought armor.
If you want a longer-form video on the Death Korps of Krieg, then the one made by Arch is my favorite - although I'm not sure if it would be a good reaction, it's more of an hour long "audio book" history and description of the current forces.
already on my list :)
A lot of people always point to the Death Korps of Krieg and the Catachan regiments to check out since they really stand out, but outside of the Cadian regiments, the Tanith First-and-Only have to be the one regiment that's been given a deepest lore in all of 40k.
"They're more throw everything you've got at the enemy"... not quite. Almost all regiments hold to that. Where the Death Korps excel is in the horrible grinding battle in the trenches. While most guardsmen would baulk at the idea of charging the enemy to engage them in close quarters combat in a battlefield sprayed with bio and chemical weapons that make Agent Orange, sarin gas and anthrax seem like a smelly fart by comparison; any unnamed guardsman of the Death Korps doesn't give it a second thought.
What came to my mind is imperial guards tactics sound like time of musket to WW 1 and theyre numbers/size make them like ants; one ant is nothing but millions as moving like tidalwawe.
The guard pushed the emperor aside and took a soul killing psychic sword hit for him.
To highlight the battles of attribution the death Corp of Krieg go through, here’s a preferred tactic.
A lockstep march toward enemy defensive lines. Granted these lines would’ve been prepped by repeated battering by artillery, but there’s guaranteed to be a few left who will fire back. The problem is that they simply won’t have enough bullets to kill the Kriegers before they reach and overrun the line.
Guys there's new Death Korps of Krieg Fanfilm by SODAZ...
Edit: there's also another Death Korps of Kriegs Fanfilm coming soon, its "Siege of Vraks".. Teaser trailer already out
thanks!
It's so good!!
@@nawnomadnan9874 yeah wow!
I'm so looking forward to Vraks.
Looks so good.
All the imperium forces have a great and tasty lore, full of traitors, heros, and everything un between
Glad to see you do this and lovve your input and commentary on things from experience
Thanks :)
Oh horus killed him quick and dirty, but he made the stand knowing he had no chance, for to lose the emperor is to lose all.
The Death Korp of Krieg are the type of regiment to march toward an enemy pillbox over no man's land with little more than their rifle.
If u wanna find out about the death core of kreig I suggest the first video in the siege of vracks by arch Warhammer very detailed vid has loads on what you been asking questions about lol
already on my list :)
This quote by Sly Marbo always keeps me going and inspired "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
-Sly Marbo
They have worked together before- there's dozens of desert worlds providing desert troops, for example, it's just Tallarn is the most famous. I know of a few "famous" instances, I'll list them below.
The Taros Campaign (Desert, taken from imperium by the Tau- "Greater good" blue skinned anime mecha socialists)
After a Space Marine company (Avenging Son's 2nd company) failed to retake the world, the Imperium deployed 2 Corps:
X Corps- 17th, 89th, 331st Tallarn Desert regiments and the 3rd and 12th Tallarn Desert Armored Regiments, along with 2 Storm Trooper companies (Think SEAL Teams mixed with Rangers)
XI Corps- 23rd Elysian Drop Troops, 114th Cadian Shock Troops, 19th Krieg Armored, and the 8th Brimlock Dragoons, with support from the 11th Sarennian Assault Engineers
along with Naval, air and Spec ops support, a few small Titans, and 2 Companies of the Raptors Space Marine chapter.
X corps handled the bare desert and XI handled populated areas. you can see how they brought what they needed, and also what extras they had available.
The 3rd war for Armageddon (A planet) featured massive amounts of Armageddon Steel legion regiments, but also the 6 Regs of Salvar Chem Dogs, 2 Regs of Asgardian Rangers, 3 Minervan Tank Legions, 11 Regs of Ocanon Phalanx Troopers, 5 Regs of the Death Korps of Krieg and many more besides (long list, big battle)
You can see in this situation it was less "get what we need" and more "bring everything you've got." The difference between these two examples gives a glimpse into what managing constantly shifting war fronts is like and it remindes me of some instances in WW2 (for instance there was a moment when the Germans deployed a demonstration regiment in Italy just because they needed the men to break the 45th Infantry at Anzio, and this regiment was in the area- and yet we know of course there are other times when the exact forces an army general wanted were deployed- like Africa and Norway, or Patton's advance in Europe)
*_Medal of Honor = Order of Ollanius Pius_*
The winged medal has the face of the young Ollanius Pius, the Imperial Guardsman who stood between the Traitor Horus, and the already severely injured Emperor. He was killed in an instant and brushed aside as an adult would to a child - yet he stood in front without fear nor hesitation.
The melee weapon and pistol is fairly common for Guard officers and some NCOs.
In terms of Galactic conquest, the Necron and Tyranids are the 2 front-runners.
Necrons because of how old and advanced they are. They nearly brought down the Eldar and the Old Ones (first intelligent race of the galaxy) and caged their own gods, the C'tan.
The Tyranids because of how many there are. No single Huve Fleet has entered the Milky Way from the same direction which leads some to believe that they have already stripped the rest of the universe down to bed rock. They are also insanely versatile and can adapt their strategies over the course of a single battle.
Chaos is so much bigger than anyone even realizes.
If they just stopped fighting each and actually tried to take over the galaxy, they would.. And every other galaxy in the entire universe.
But alas, it's not in nature of chaos to cooperate in such a way.
There is not a "Rebellion" as a faction sense like as in Starwars but is more of an near unlimited number of small rebellions across the whole of imperial space for thousands of different reasons from simply sick and tired of the brutal rule of the Imperuim to falling under the sway of false self serving prophets or the Chaos Gods themselves but the Imperuim has to waste resources putting each one down as a show of force and to make an example of what happens when you try to disobey the will of the God-Emperor.
You should watch the two death korps of krieg animations from sodaz and absolutelynothing
Already on my list :)
Tyranids and Orcs would be the last ones standing, if this wasn't a fictional universe with writers trying to tell stories.
Well, Necrons can survive to be last ones too... And to my understanding, chaos can survive as long orcs exists.
It only comes down to few unanswered questions.
What are true numbers of Tyranids?
How advanced are full awakened Necrons?
Can Tyranids just evolve to sweep planet clean of orc spores? (making end of the orcs)
Your both wrong Tyranids, and ONLY Tyranids would be the only thing left alive. You forget that Orcs are Fungus, a Biomass, they would be absorbed along with all other Biomass on the Planet, including the fungal particles usually too hard for other races to find, the Tyranids would be able to find and collect it, condering each planet loses ALL Biomass. Not some, not most, not all but some hidden deep in caves or near the core. No they can find ALL Biomass across the ENTIRE planet.
Secondly, the Necrons would also be wiped out, cause the Tyranids don't wipe out JUST Biomass. They wipe out ALL Resources. Atmosphere, Water, Metal, Ores, EVERYTHING is gone except a depleted Wasteland that can never be used for anything ever again. They would wipe clear all Necrons technology machines, as they are, when broken down, metal and resources. The same to Necrons themselves. The Tyranids would wipe out all Biomass and strip all Resources. They would remove all evidence of the Necrons existing, removing all their tombs and machines.
None would survive.
HERETIC!!! Bring here a Commissar!
@@Jirodyne That is if Necron tech is as it is now as not fully awakened.
Tyranids are at weakest in space and Necrons are absolutely absurd when it comes to space tech.
Who knows if Necrons comes up with large scale pocket dimension entrapment and swallows whole fleets to abyss, they already has tech to send stuff to pocket dimensions. Not to mention, time travel and star destruction with snap of a finger.
As I said, it only comes down to how advanced truly awakened Necrons are and what's the true numbers of Tyranids.
Not trying to defend orcs tho, those bite dust at some point.
@@R0ZARD Well it's been hinted that... well... Tyranids are pretty much everything else.
Think of our universe. Not a Galaxy, our ENTIRE universe. Not even our Known seeable Universe, but the ENTIRE thing... All wiped out and filled with Tyranids.
Here, think on this. There are Old Ones, there are Star Gods, there are Emperors of Man, there are Cosmic Dieties of Chaos.
We should be able to assume, there would be over beings, just as powerful, successful, if not more so, across the entire Galaxy... And the Tyranids have wiped out and eaten ALL of them, across uncalculable worlds.
And remember 2 very important facts. The first being that they've attacked from multiple different sides/locations. So we are literally surrounded on all sides. Seconds... Every Major Invasion, which has destroyed countless hundreds of worlds, and nearly wiped out all the Races combined multiple times... Are lightly armed, lightly manned, inferior advance SCOUTS, and not even an actual main fleet or Soldier.
To put that into Perspective... It would be as if all of Africa, were constantly invaded on all sides and nearly being wiped out, by normal citizens using basic pistols. And then finding out there is the entire USA Military Force with well trained Troops, Armor, Weapons, Machines, other Tech, and in a magnitude more numbered.
The only reason 40k still exists, is cause if they wiped out everything, that would be the end and nothing else to it.
There is also the Hive Mind, which can LITERALLY Remove your connection to the Warp forcefully. And that is it's powers, when super far distance, across the entire universe, using a fraction of it's power, through a small time scout unit. That tiny fraction, used through a weak inferior being, and it can already Dominate all 4 Chaos Gods and the Emperor Himself, shutting down the Warp and revoking all their powers and abilities at their full strength with the snap of it's fingers... And it's only a tiny, tiny 0.000000000001% of it's power, transfered through it's weakest scouts. Imagine if the Hive Mind itself, were to step into Known space with it's full 100% abilities.
If it can Deny access to the Warp, it can be assumed it can gain access as well. It can most likely open portals to other Dimensions, it can probably go into the warp at will. It can probably shut down all Necron Star Tech just with a blink by the sheer power of it.
We're talking a being, that has wiped out EVERYTHING else except Known 40k Space, and has now decided to come here, as it is the last none Tyranid thing in existence. It has killed all other Gods and Beings in all other parts of the infinitely growing Universe. And now comes for us.
The contract of the guardsmen depends on their world but one thing is similar your contract ends if u died in a glorious death or become a veteran of at minimum 500 battles
They remembered the shovel boys!
The Astra Militarum also uses some specialized units of what are called ab-humans. They're basically mutants that are tolerated by the Imperium.
The templin institutes video on cadia is great, i know the lost is getting long, but that vid should be on it!
As for what happened with the guy who stepped infront of Horus, we don't know 100%. They are finishing up the Horus heresy books right now, and it will be one of the last things that happen.
But the current understanding of what happened is that the emperor couldn't get himself to kill his favorite son. Horus didn't have any such problems and delivered the wound that put the emperor on the golden throne.
But as Horus was about to kill the emperor, this ordinary soldier stepped in between them. Horus mocked him before flaying him with his psychic powers. This was what convinced the emperor his son was truly home and fully corrupted by chaos. Finally allowing himself to not only kill Horus but remove his soul from existance
That one will be coming in the next few days, and I always love recommendations :)
On the topic of whether the regiments have ever worked together- The war of the Armageddon is probably the most well known instance of many different regiments working side by side against a HUGE army of orks. The most famous of it being the Armageddon steel legion and the Cathachan jungle fighters working side by side after starting off not liking each other at all and blaming one another from getting in each other's ways. It was a very interesting show of unity.
Terminator refers to tactical dreadnought armour. A souped up and much much rarer version of the space marine combat armour suit. Usually worn at most by a couple dozen of the top Astartes of a chapter/legion, a primarch's lifeguard detachment, etc. unbelievable badasses.
Luetin and Arch(Archwarhammer) had videos on it.
Recruitment process of the imperial guard.
1. Someone sends a letter to say you are being drafted into the imperial guard.
2. Congratulations. You are now in the imperial guard.
All joking aside, there is a book, 15 hours, which will give you a little basic information about someone being drafted, trained, deployed and fighting as an imperial guardsman.
There's so much information but nobody can ever know it all because technically at its core, WH40K is a game series which gives you free rein to create your own stories, and these can be considered canon, even if your own narrative may never be released for public consumption. There are certain parameters in the rule sets with existing lore, but doing your own thing within them is encouraged.
A significant thing to note about the guard is that their equipment is only underpowered in the context of 40k. If you read through some of the Black Library books there are examples of lasguns blasting the limbs off of human sized targets with a single shot, or carapace armor stopping said rounds. That is not to say that some soldiers are not equipped with relatively current weapons(called Autoguns in universe).
One thing to keep in mind is that a lot of Guard Regiments are heavily inspired by real world armies, often taken to extremes.
The Death Korps of Kreig, WWI soldiers (specifically Germans) with the bleakness and horror of that war taken to the extreme.
Catachan Jungle Fighters: US soldiers during the Vietnam War but from a jungle world where everything is hostile and lethal.
Valhallan Ice Warriors: Red Army of WWII
Etc etc.
As for Ollanius, well the truth behind him is rather complex and hasn't been fully revealed yet. However he is split between two characters. One of which was an ordinary soldier who during the Siege of Terra, the final battle of the Horus Heresy, died defending a banner depicting the Emperor from the World Eaters Traitor Space Marines and their Primarch, whom are the most vicious and violent of all the Space Marine Legions. Such that during the Great Crusade the World Eaters were considered a lesser form of Exterminatus.
His death was witnessed by a member of the Imperium's organization of historians and propagandists who decided to turn it into the story of a lone guardsman standing between the Emperor and Horus.
The other is... well much more complicated and who's story is still currently being told so we don't know where that's going to end. He too is a soldier but he's also Perpetual, a rare, rare form of immortal human that can be kill but regenerate and come back to life. Though there are ways by which a Perpetual can die for good, getting stuck by a Chaos-Supercharged Horus would be one of them.
Imperial guard are usually equiped with a flashlight, a shirt, and a pair of titanium balls.
One thing they didn't mention is that, aside from the Kriegers, no planet is allowed to produce more than one type of regiment, so one planet can only export tank regiments, one can do infantry, etc. This is to reduce the effectiveness of a regiment that goes rogue or is corrupted by Chaos.
@32:10 checking out operations and also prior: regiments:
Arch:
Krieg (siege of vraks playlist)
Steel Legion ( battle for Armageddon playlist)
Imperial guard regiments playlist for the rest.
Also he has a lot of wargear vids though older they do still explain the topic at hand to vivid detail...like the high explosive self guided fully automatic armor piercing grenade launcher...aka the humble bolt gun.
Basically your dealing with a titan the size of the Empire States building and poses weapons far far more powerful than even a nuke
Lasguns are basically 'the gun that man took to the stars' probably originally for settler militias and law enforcement, the fact that it is so versatile, and tough (it's energy clips can, in emergencies, be recharged by exposure to fire, but this can only be done once) it became the gun used by every one from scavenger gangs to the elite storm troopers of the Astra Militarum, they may look different, they may have been made on opposite sides of the galaxy on worlds that have never heard of each other, but they all carry the Lasgun, as their ancestors did, for tens of thousands of years.
They just released a short that shows the deathcore krige working in concert with the Canadian shock troopers
By Sodaz
Great video
@William already on my list :)
Ibrahim Gaunt is from the Gaunts ghost novels and audiobooks. Which I highly recommend.
Ciaphus Cain is one of the biggest heroes and fraud in the Imperiums history. He did many great things while desperately trying to run away or stay in the safest possible location. He is from the ciaphas Cain novels which are also very good but a bit more funny and lighthearted.
Both these series are partly on audible and get a "new" release on it every few months.
Edit: spelling
Ive been hearing great things about the book, I'm excited to get started on it :)
14:33 Tanith IG regiment is called the "First and Only" cause Tanith was a brand new colonized world (iirc).
And they just had their First IG regiment conscripted and equiped and about to depart for duty.
When the planet got attacked by Chaos forces (once again iirc) and their Homeworld was destroyed, making the First regiment the planet produced the Only that this planet has ever and will ever produce.
Even then the Tanith Regiment is well knowed for its Combat Prowess and has an outstanding battle record.
And the fact that they are the Only survivors of their Home world, has made them a tigth knit group, who has gone through thick and thin togheter.
The Novels about them is really darn good.
Conscripts I call them the best cannon father their services is in 2 years like they would live that long
The Kriegsmen follow the mindset that if the enemy's will to wage war is less then the Krieg's willingness to die, then the battle is already won and it's only a matter of time and munition until victory.
Faith can turn the galaxy upside down... overturning the sepulcure of the current reality to inform us of things that can be or shall be to come.
At first blush, the Death Korps of Kreig may seem like a "throw the kitchen sink" regiment, but they don't spend lives wastefully, though they do spend lives at a terrifying rate. For more on this, check out the Seige of Vraks. It'll give you a taste of what the Death Korps are all about.
I agree with you regarding the Orks. They are by far the most numerous based on the number of planets they exist on. In fact, the Orks in their current form are devolved from their original more powerful true form of the Krork due the lack of any 'real' challenge in fights and battles by existing factions/races. Orks gain strength the more they fight, that's also why they never truly lose in any battle. They just come back bigger and badder. The only way to put an end to the Orks is for everyone (even the orks themselves) to stop fighting them. In which case they'd devolve, shrivel and eventually die.
Also, although it's not canon, the incorruptible ever-evolving Tyranids could potentially be just as devastating - if the theory that the ones that have turned up in the galaxy so far is their initial forward scouting swarm.
32:40 the battle lasted long enough for Horus to understand that this mortal was, indeed, oposing him after he killed Sanguinius (superman) and layed the Emperor, armless, flat into the ground... but that sacrifice was what snapped the Emperor out of daddy mode, and made him stop holding back against Horus.
rebellions happen quite often in the imperium, the one in astartes is just another one
ahh the lazgun. gotta love your imperium issued flashlight
Last races/factions standing in current in current lore in my opinion.
4. Khorne: after most of the sentient life in the galaxy wipes itself or each other out, there will still be war. So while much weaker due to what races would probably be left not having emotions or presence that feeds into the warp. Khorne would probably be the last chaos god standing
3. Orks: once they get a big enough warboss to gather them most of the other races are pretty much screwed
2. Nids: with so much food in the orks they would be able to match them in numbers and use them to keep their biomass needs full
1: Necrons: they can pretty much just sleep until all other life is gone and nids eat everything and move on. They also dont provide biomass to nids. Also if they ever combine the ctan into more than just fragments and can control it they will be unstoppable.
Watch the Templin Institute video about the Emperor. It's really well done and explains the whole faith angle and why it's important. Baldemort has really good videos as well - for example his video on the Alpha Legion and Sisters of Battle. Baldemort is great - at the start he tells a story as he is part of the scene and tells it from the eyes of a participant, then he explains the faction.
It's pretty good.
The average Imperial Guard leader has the mentality of "Get me closer so I can hit them with my sword!"
Experience from fighting as and playing against in the DOW series of games is Imperial Guard win with numbers and entrenchment once they're dug it you'll need a big ass flame to get em' out.
Ciaphas Cain is one of my fav characters in 40k. You should look him up. There are some great videos on yt about him as well.
already on my list :)
Leading from the 'front' or 'rear' is romantic political language from pre combined arms warfare when units had singular capabilities. Today you train with people for a while 'in the front' so the future leader understands capabilities and what is expected at the front and can communicate clearly when they eventually move to the center. The job shifts focus from individual fighting to fighting the unit as a whole and gathering additional enablers (comms, fires, medical) to directed to where needed. It's a complex team effort. The NCO focuses on the way of 'How' to do things. The Officer focus is on reviewing 'What' mission is getting done.
You can recharge a las guns ammunition by throwing it in a fire. In 40k rpgs this permanently halves the number of shots in the clip but hey so long as you have a match and some kindling you will have amunition.
Macharius is the Warhammer 40k's version of Alexander 'The Great'. Absolute unit of a man.
With his death his generals fighting over the teratories he won for the Emperium and then they had a successor war over his claims kind of like Alexander's Diadoce (which was Macedonia/Greece, Modern day Turkey, Egypt, the entire Middle Eastern block, all the way to the Hindo Kush).
That time is history is insane.
The Kings and Generals channel goes into 'easy-to-digest' detail on how events took place (IRL) and if you want to see these events in proper order, just search 'Kings and Generals in order' to get access to the Playlist.
In the first 3rd of the fist half they start with that history.
Theres a new video animation from SODAZ portraying the Death Korp of Krieg just today. They are the WW1 gas mask and depressing teenage soldiers.
already on my list :)
Often the imperium is calculate in generations not in numbers of soldiers. When a planets population is not big enogh to defend a waagh or a tyranid fleet, they start zu recruit soldiers from more planets and send them to the greatest battle zone. So the imperium sacrifices over and over again millions of people to hold their position. Thats how the astar militarum is work.
With quotes like a Week and books like 15 hours, what really it comes down is the War/Battle, Some battles will be like that where the person who survives a Week or even 15 hours is Veteran because they are just that intense other ones won't be as bad.
I agree entirely on there being pros and cons to leadership styles. In this verse, it is considered folly to be on the front lines as high ranking officers are often "captured" for interrogation and sacrifice, both of these severely compromise the fight, however when facing eldcrich horrors there is a LOT of *&^*^ THAT and running, one of the biggest problems with "using" an imperial guard army is the morale failures
(or at least it used to be) the work around for this is leading from the front lines and shooting those who flee though again that's more the Commisar's role instead of the Regimental Commander.
Another great video. Keep up the great job.
She wasn’t talking about junior officers like a lieutenant but senior officers like generals. Some lead from the front others from neighbouring planets and everywhere in between.
M41
A hive city declaring independence from the Emperium
Kriegsman: so u have chose DEATH..
1:20 Gaunts Ghosts - They are the Warriors of Hell
Edit: The Tanith One and Only
Edit Edit: 25:58 Ibrahim Gaunt
"Catachan" You nailed it, nice! Also check out the Ciaphus Cain novels they will give you an in-depth look at how the military works from a few interesting perspectives.
Check out Baldermort's Guide to Warhammer.
The piece he did on The Death Korp of Krieg, was beautiful. Joined by other Warhammer content creators, I love every second of it.
From the very opening, the music sets the tone of the setting. It is somber, tragic and humbling, as few words can describe the heartretching tale of the 500 year war and the death of Krieg-as well as the never-ending march for redemption of that world and its people.
I highly recommend Baldermort. His voice alone provides a consistently immersive experience.
Especially Thadeaus and Tarquinus(BOY)!!! MY FAVORITE!!!😋👍
The Imperial Guard, "if you survive a week of battle, you're considered a veteran!"
Me; * hides inside a Baneblade for a week *
LOL
Commissar Sebastian Yarrick 'Hero of Hades Hive' the only human to make orkz do the one thing they never really do.....retreat. Also has a personal Baneblade - The Fortress of Arrogance