THE RETURN OF VALDOR? IS IT TIED TO THE WOLF KING?

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  • Hi all Rho here! Today we discuss the possible return of Constantin Valdor! Why it could be later rather than sooner...
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  • @roblilley76
    @roblilley76 2 роки тому +178

    I think Russ' title of "The Emperor's executioner" actually has an intended double meaning. For the Emperor to be reborn Russ actually has to slay what's left of him. Gotta dash, the Inquisition are at the door....

    • @adamplentl5588
      @adamplentl5588 2 роки тому +38

      You really think GW is that narratively sophisticated?

    • @roblilley76
      @roblilley76 2 роки тому +22

      @@adamplentl5588lol you're right probably no chance

    • @____________838
      @____________838 2 роки тому +4

      I’ve wondered about that one for awhile…

    • @ronaldowens5025
      @ronaldowens5025 2 роки тому +11

      I was just talking about that with my son the other day. He thought I was crazy ,but it really is the only logical end to the emp. He has supposedly planed all this out or at least seen the future and put things in motion. Russ is the only primark that has the loyalty and balls to do what needs done. He fights his way out of the web way rip in the throne room and fulfills his father's last request.

    • @KonnyKhaos
      @KonnyKhaos 2 роки тому +20

      @@adamplentl5588 Dan Abnett is absolutely that narratively sophisticated.
      Maybe not GW. But I’ve been reading Abnett books since 9th grade.
      I am now 30. The man can WRITE.

  • @alexandercarter1228
    @alexandercarter1228 2 роки тому +1

    Well here is a thought I have had before. What if the tree of life is the Eldar god trapped in Nurgles garden. That would be interesting, a pack of wolves tearing through the garden looking for the ‘tree’

  • @lovebus00
    @lovebus00 Рік тому

    I think Constantine is a being similar to Malcador and maybe the Emporer. I could imagine him becoming a new host for the Star Child.

  • @RyDog905
    @RyDog905 2 роки тому +1

    I'm not a huge lore buff, but I think perhaps the king in yellow could perhaps be Dorn.

    • @RyDog905
      @RyDog905 2 роки тому

      I know it's a little on the nose, but someone working within the warp to combat chaos, seeking the Emperor's name, associated with yellow... Well, Dorn could certainly fit that.

  • @UncleMikeDrop
    @UncleMikeDrop 2 роки тому +89

    It wouldn't be the first time GW abandoned a storyline long in the making.. After all, we haven't been hearing much about thee Ynari lately.

    • @el33ment
      @el33ment 2 роки тому +5

      Well, I think we are not in the place right now to comment on that - Aeldari Codex is probably close down the pipeline after golden boyz and worshippers of four-hand emperor. Rumors are that Harlequins will be rolled into that one as well instead of having the separate one, so (if that will be the case) might suggest some developments surrounding Ynnari as well.

    • @docvaliant721
      @docvaliant721 2 роки тому +3

      Pariah and penitent are 10 years apart. The sequel for me felt he was asked to write a strong female lead and add some toys to sell in the future so Dan went back to this trilogy in the making. I say that bc it's clear in the 2nd book this new girl is a better inquistor than Ravanor or Eisenhorn. Which she did come from a super soldier program but in the end after being jane wick and seeing all kinds of crazy she sees clones and has a mental breakdown. I didn't get that. She knows she's a clone. She going from Mary sue to weak was the worst part for me. It really is a contrast if you listen to the audio book.

    • @joshuamccarty9161
      @joshuamccarty9161 2 роки тому

      Didn’t the ynari story arch kinda finish and turn into the Gulliman story?

    • @UncleMikeDrop
      @UncleMikeDrop 2 роки тому +3

      @@joshuamccarty9161 Not really since their overarching plot was their quest to find all the Crone Swords one of which is in Slaanesh's palace. Reviving Roboute' Guilliman was a stopgap measure to buy time so the Ynari could find all the Crone Swords so they could hopefully awaken Ynead without killing all the Eldar.
      Their hope was that Ynead could kill Slaanesh thus returning the Eldar to their former glory. GW can't let that happen for the same reason they are dragging their heels regarding the Wolf Time. There is too much money in keeping the grimdark going as long as possible.

    • @UncleMikeDrop
      @UncleMikeDrop 2 роки тому +1

      @Diego Mejia The key is to weave the Ynari plot threads into other stories. Sure, relations between Guilliman and the Ynari are not in a good place, but the shared gosl/benefit of damaging Chaos could win out.

  • @bobbyrabii2402
    @bobbyrabii2402 2 роки тому +116

    Valdor and Russ were pretty tight what with going to Prospero together and then when Russ was on Terra for a bit, I could see them both trying to free Isha from Nurgle in the Warp. Plus as mentioned before their spears combined make a deadly combo of weapons. Also agree if the Lion returns, Russ will be back quick or vice versa.

    • @ZiGGi03
      @ZiGGi03 2 роки тому +8

      Totally agree Russ basically beat Horus on his flagship in a hellish mission his spear gave Horus a massive wound made by the spear rounded into a blinding light . Was crazy I agree Russ will prob free isha and the yellow king is prob valdor in the pocket dimension .

    • @darkinnovator2479
      @darkinnovator2479 2 роки тому +6

      If the Lion returns, the heads of Russ and Dorn will snap around wherever they are.

    • @FoxHound-ut1hu
      @FoxHound-ut1hu 2 роки тому +6

      @@darkinnovator2479 I just picture Russ standing over the Lion as he's sleeping deep in the rock for centuries ready to deck him as soon as he wakes up, then just peaceing out.

    • @darkinnovator2479
      @darkinnovator2479 2 роки тому +2

      @@FoxHound-ut1hu It would be funny, I admit.
      Although, Russ and the Lion don't have bad blood between them anymore. After the Heresy Russ let the Lion impaled him through the heart and then, allegedly, cried on Russ shoulder.

    • @FoxHound-ut1hu
      @FoxHound-ut1hu 2 роки тому +1

      @@darkinnovator2479 big brother to the rescue 💪 though I bet he wishes they would stop going after his hearts 😂

  • @rankcolour8780
    @rankcolour8780 2 роки тому +29

    The story of the 10,000 year long road trip of Valdor and Russ is the Warhammer adventure none of us know we need, but we do!

  • @otiswhitt1129
    @otiswhitt1129 2 роки тому +55

    Wonder if him & the wolf king are being spear bros in the warp slaying demons, learning more and more ? The yellow king trying to learn the big Es real
    Name, if he kills the right demon he might be able to absorb that knowledge through his very special spear

    • @bloodangel19
      @bloodangel19 2 роки тому +2

      Imagine if that daemon is Drach'nyen. Maybe he is hunting Abbadon, waiting for the right moment to ambush him, slaughter him, then release the daemon for a huge fight between it, Valdor, Russ, Guilliman and whatever other primarchs you think could help out. It would be awsome

    • @adamplentl5588
      @adamplentl5588 2 роки тому +1

      @@bloodangel19 while that would be cool I think the obvious narrative set up for Abby is a confrontation with Dante.
      But this is GW we're talking about so who knows?

    • @bloodangel19
      @bloodangel19 2 роки тому +1

      @@adamplentl5588 he can kill Abbadon, dosen't matter, the daemon sword is the backbone of my theory

    • @otiswhitt1129
      @otiswhitt1129 2 роки тому

      @Daniel Madrid is that not exactly who they are ? Hahaha

    • @HammarPwnsYourFace
      @HammarPwnsYourFace 2 роки тому

      @@bloodangel19 poor ra... I wonder how how far he wandered w the deamon.....How would take Constantine take that Ra was holding a demon the entire time.... and E threw him away....Such a twist!

  • @jaegerbomb269
    @jaegerbomb269 2 роки тому +33

    I want Corvus Corax back. One can dream.

    • @Scott90314
      @Scott90314 2 роки тому +6

      I feel you there. I know it's not the common opinion, but I think the Raven Lord will be back into the fold before any of the others possibly even the Lion. Corvus has been diddling the word bearers, and curb stomping lorgar, and having embraced his psychic powers he is coming back in a whole new class. Maybe even with the biggest hitters like Russ, or maybe even The Lion.

    • @michaeltamke8542
      @michaeltamke8542 2 роки тому +5

      At least we know where Corax is aaand he makes live difficult for Lorgar. I would like to see Corax having a... "talk" with Erebus though

    • @Wolfbroa
      @Wolfbroa 2 роки тому

      I got into Corvus so that would be great but my guess he would be awhile till returns

    • @____________838
      @____________838 2 роки тому

      Can you imagine Corvus embracing these “new Raptors”…

    • @wchamp170
      @wchamp170 2 роки тому

      I want him back as well, but no real need as everyone knows he's active. He's back without having to be

  • @trajanfidelis1532
    @trajanfidelis1532 2 роки тому +15

    Nah. I think Valdor is looking for a sign from Big E before he makes his return but i could be wrong. Thanks for the video!

  • @giocrypt5148
    @giocrypt5148 2 роки тому +37

    King in yellow seems rather obvious to me, if there anything about the siege of terra books have shown me is that there is a strong connection between Valdor and Dorn. Though I think you are right that everything is pointing towards the Lion returning, if or rather when he does, I think you can expect Russ to follow closely behind.

    • @commissaryarrick9670
      @commissaryarrick9670 2 роки тому +4

      Gulliman is already back . I would love to see dorn , russ , the lion and valdor all come back

    • @Instar_nine
      @Instar_nine 2 роки тому +1

      Plus Alpha Legion 3rd path they take in Mortis with the perpetuals
      Alpha Legion in Bequin book with Eisenhorn

  • @theemperorofmankind7706
    @theemperorofmankind7706 2 роки тому +8

    *Rho using various images and smoothly transitioning them to reflect what he refers to in the video*
    Me: They grow up so fast

  • @walterTbaggins
    @walterTbaggins 2 роки тому +21

    I was going to mention the timeline - the Abnett Inquisitor novels are set about midway through M41, before the events of Gaunt's Ghosts and the first Armageddon War (Gaunt references a book that Gideon Ravenor wrote and Zael Efferneti ends up becoming the Grey Knight Hyperion who was instrumental in banishing Angron).
    Long story short, it seems reasonable to suggest that if someone as prominent and powerful as Valdor had reappeared around 500 years before the Rift it would've at least been mentioned.
    Although tell that to Cawl I guess...

    • @bloodangel19
      @bloodangel19 2 роки тому +9

      Well he is somewhere in a pocket dimension in the warp, no? Time in the warp isn't quite as balanced as one would wish,is it not?

    • @hendrik1769
      @hendrik1769 2 роки тому +7

      @@bloodangel19 I might be wrong, but iirc, when Beta at one point in the books enters the pocket dimension (City of dust iirc) there was some time dilation.

    • @walterTbaggins
      @walterTbaggins 2 роки тому +2

      @@bloodangel19 That is true and I suppose from a lore perspective there's nothing stopping that from being the answer, I just personally think it would be a bit lazy from a literary perspective.
      Abnett does play a little fast and loose with the lore at times, but he's a legitimately talented author and I think (unless he's under instruction from GW) he'd come up with something better than "lol warp did it".

    • @olliebombard9892
      @olliebombard9892 2 роки тому +1

      The latest Eisenhorn trilogy is set a lot later in the timeline to the first trilogy and the Ravenor series.
      Could be closer to the current timeline.
      The King in Yellow has an entire pocket dimension, with what looks to be a recreated Emperors palace on a planet below the Eye of Terror.
      He’s got armies and a fleet of ships attacking the eye, a bunch of winged blood angels, custodians and his daemon powered cloned untouchables.
      That takes some serious time and planning and power…..Valdor would be a serious contender for the few who could do that in 40K.

  • @wchamp170
    @wchamp170 2 роки тому +30

    King in Yellow is Dorn.... with that being said, Valdor is with him

    • @shanewilson7435
      @shanewilson7435 2 роки тому +3

      I thought a book (Pariah?) pretty much came out and said Valdor is the king in yellow. Basically, they found the book about the king (book was named the king in yellow, IIRC) and it was filled with names and nothing else- the names of Constantin Valdor

    • @dylbobaggins8394
      @dylbobaggins8394 2 роки тому +1

      Hit the nail on the head there Shane

  • @michaelhynum4700
    @michaelhynum4700 2 роки тому +6

    Could be the king in yellow could be Dorn. An just wanted to say love listening to you. Keep them coming

  • @KrullMaestaren
    @KrullMaestaren 2 роки тому +12

    A lot of different rumors that mention different primarches. They are just setting up for them all to return so that they can make profit and it makes sense. Would make sense if we get one traitor and one loyal primarch at the same time, probably around the launch of 10th edition is when the next one comes.

  • @jakemyers2923
    @jakemyers2923 2 роки тому +16

    I honestly think we are going to get a big drop two years from now of one or even two loyalists dropping back in. Considering they are outnumbered now and Angron is heavily rumoured to be coming back this coming summer

    • @KrullMaestaren
      @KrullMaestaren 2 роки тому +4

      They have mentioned a lot of people, would say the Lion is easiest to intoduce again but I bet that GW will just ask the sales department;
      "money, money, in our shares. Who will earn us the most profit, this next year?"

    • @____________838
      @____________838 2 роки тому +3

      If the Lion shows back up, I sure hope it’s with a release of new Fallen models, including Luther…

  • @richardvaldes3959
    @richardvaldes3959 2 роки тому +19

    He makes some pretty wild decisions in " warhawk"

    • @bobbyrabii2402
      @bobbyrabii2402 2 роки тому +3

      Your right, cant wait to see the results of those in the next Siege books

  • @smokejaguar986
    @smokejaguar986 2 роки тому +3

    The King in Yellow is Rogal Dorne, no I will not explain why.

  • @markevans8834
    @markevans8834 2 роки тому +14

    I’ve always wondered why the emperor is so adamant about being kept just barely alive when they could let him die and he would be reborn anew, maybe his closest allies are keeping him at his weakest for the powers of chaos?

    • @Max-zr7hr
      @Max-zr7hr 2 роки тому +14

      I've heard some ideas that while he would likely be reborn, it could take so long the imperium collapses without him. As the warp demons would flood into terra without him keeping them out. I guess thinking for example he dies> his soul leaves body> floats around in warp > warp time dilation makes it take like ten thousand terran years>everyone dies before he gets back. But I think that is the "break in case of emergency option" with Vulcan having the key to the golden throne that makes it self destruct potentially. With big e telling him to basically pull the plug if shit really hits the fan. All speculation though!

    • @mando686
      @mando686 2 роки тому +1

      The astronomicon would fail and chaos would have a direct road straight to Terra. You would need at lest 3 Primarchs to keep the Imperium from falling apart after his death. The Lion, The Wolf and Dorn could do it.

  • @chrisangus7078
    @chrisangus7078 2 роки тому +3

    What I would love to see is an old russ a wise old odin. arive on the rock and go wake his brother up with a change of pradime with russ wise and lion rampant lol would make a great story

  • @JordanAndTrazyn
    @JordanAndTrazyn 2 роки тому +15

    Throwing my vote in for the King in Yellow being Dorn, because of that comment about even dust obeying the will of the king. Dorn can do more than just quiet the warp - he can impose reality upon the warp. That's the perfect way to create a safe, stable pocket dimension -- and the perfect reason for the lore to have changed from having Dorn's amber-encased body on the Phalanx to just his hand. (He doesn't want that hand back, obviously.) That said, Valdor is definitely involved -- and so is Russ, even if Russ tried to have his sons help rid him of his spear.

    • @CloningIsTooGoodForSheep
      @CloningIsTooGoodForSheep 2 роки тому +2

      If you were in the warp or a pocket dimention having something to tie you to the material realm might be very helpful.

  • @whowhatwhenwatch
    @whowhatwhenwatch 2 роки тому +7

    before the next primarch release i really really hope omegon comes to guiliman. imagine if you will the chaos primarch omegon letting guiliman know that he is working for the benifit of the imperium, after 10k years ago the very same legion tried to kill him with a kill team. whether or not he does anything with the knowledge wouldn't matter because the shadow of doubt would always be there but it would be a hell of a "talk" with the head of the hydra.

  • @dothackoblivion
    @dothackoblivion 2 роки тому +3

    What if, now hear me out, what if Russ returned, and he went and woke up the Lion with a punch?

  • @SChen-ei8gx
    @SChen-ei8gx 2 роки тому +17

    He's actually Alpharius, replaced him after convincing Dorn he had killed Alpharius. He is now placed inside Chaos and the highlords after Omegan hypno-blocked the plan.

  • @drakewoodlock9127
    @drakewoodlock9127 2 роки тому +5

    Could Sanguinius's writings about the golden figure who stands in the throne room defending the Emperor from the darkness be Valdor?
    I don't, but it would be an interesting story to read. The Captain General who let the Emperor be mortaly wounded returning home to uphold his oath against the encroaching darkness and defend is master once more. That would be a thrill.

  • @darkinnovator2479
    @darkinnovator2479 2 роки тому +5

    I personally think it is Valdor, and it matches the timeline. Because remember, Guilliman died and then Russ and Valdor vanished. Valdor, at the very least, has to return before Guilliman as "everything returns to as it once was".

  • @jackfrost2978
    @jackfrost2978 2 роки тому +12

    I somewhat remember an interview with Dan. Where he talked about the emperor and his relationship to the golden throne. He said that it's possible the emperor expends enough energy on a daily basis to wither his body. But that he regenerates his body each day, in time to do the process again. The golden thrown is not really a life support system. Even though that's how it's presented. Dan said a number of interesting things in that interview.

    • @Max-zr7hr
      @Max-zr7hr 2 роки тому +2

      I've heard the golden throne might be a big bomb strong enough to blow terra/potentially send a sort of nuke into the warp too and kill the emperor so he can be reborn. interesting possibilites I think

    • @HammarPwnsYourFace
      @HammarPwnsYourFace 2 роки тому

      @@Max-zr7hr Why do you think Vulkan made that seal in the first place?????.... I was going to have a plan B, C and D in this era. That’s what I would have done...

    • @allways28
      @allways28 2 роки тому

      @Max yes if the emperors psychic will fails and chaos is allowed to pour through the hold in the web way Magnus created then a series of pre programmed bombs will detonate destroying the entire planet

  • @Happyface714
    @Happyface714 2 роки тому +3

    The alpha legion and valor are working on the ferrus beacon to replace the astronamican to free emps

  • @jackfrost2978
    @jackfrost2978 2 роки тому +6

    It seems to me. The Lion would be the best primarch to come back next. His ability to wage prolonged campaigns. Against all sorts of nasty opponents. Would be a great counter point to Guilliman. Jonson is not likely to be happy at the state of the emperium. But he's also not likely to waste time sulking around. He would show up frown, a lot. Gather forces and jump straight into battle. The only other 2 I would also consider are Russ and maybe Dorn. All the rest of the primarchs are to niche. And would work better if they came in later.

    • @WarleaderCoplann
      @WarleaderCoplann 2 роки тому

      first he would slap Guilliman: dude wtf did you to my legion!

    • @jackfrost2978
      @jackfrost2978 2 роки тому

      The Dark Angels fell apart while Jonson was in charge. That whole civil war that caused Caliban to get blasted down from a planet to a big rock. As a primarch and the leader. He has to take full responsibility for it having a civil war to begin with. Jonson also has to deal with the Emperor being on the golden throne. Where he wasn't around to fight for the Emperor. When he he most needed it. What would happen. Is Guilliman would ask Jonson. "Where have you been?" Then Jonson would say something like "I'm here now. Lets stay focused on the problems in front of us."

    • @BM-wf9uf
      @BM-wf9uf 2 роки тому

      The Lion would likely come into conflict with Guilliman. The Lion is fanatically loyal to Big E, and never trusted Guillimans ambition, I mean he did initially view Imperium Secundus as a betrayal. Without Sanguinius to cool relations between them I doubt they would at all want anything to do with the other.
      I think this would be a great story to go with, two primarchs that hate each other yet both are totally loyal to the Imperium. Plus, The Lion does not know what happened to Big E or that his legion was broken up by none other than Guilliman.

  • @ParianKnight
    @ParianKnight 2 роки тому +2

    You assume that Valdor in the current timeline has been successful at whatever he was planning to do. Eisenhorn and Ravenor could have ruined his plans or even killed him, or maybe the eldar exterminatused his little demi plane, or any of the chaos factions opposing him, or all of the above together. The book being a red herring seems too far fetched since the king threw serious resources at it, and it really would be a dick move from Abnett to pull such a swicheroo.

  • @UncleMikeDrop
    @UncleMikeDrop 2 роки тому +13

    I have a few theories. 1 Maybe Constantin Valdor and the King In Yellow share a name with the former earning the name upon besting the latter.
    2 Maybe a duality of character is at play with the King In Yellow being a manifestation of something suppressed within Valdor himself resulting in a split petsonality.
    3 Maybe, Valdor and the King In Yellow have become to the Emperor and the Custodes a more pronounced version of what The Sanguinor and Mephiston are to Sanguinius and the Blood Angels.

  • @tomdolan9761
    @tomdolan9761 2 роки тому +4

    I'm thinking Corax and the Khan are also in play

  • @edsherwood2173
    @edsherwood2173 2 роки тому +5

    Valdor’s definitely one of my favorite characters

  • @LysimedVenteel
    @LysimedVenteel 2 роки тому +1

    My predicted roadmap of primarch returns will look like:
    •Angron (later this year)
    •Fulgrim
    •The Lion
    •Possibly Rogal Dorn, possibly Vulkan, possibly Corvus Corax
    •Leman Russ (with Constantin Valdor close by)
    •Other traitor primarchs

  • @Bardghost_Isu
    @Bardghost_Isu 2 роки тому +4

    It wouldn’t shock me if they revealed it to be valdor but held back on using him for a little while, then bring him in to save the day at some point. (Maybe the genestealer cult from the new box set on Terra get too powerful, start to beat back the custodes and then in comes valdor to save the day with his army)

  • @Blackshadow99100
    @Blackshadow99100 2 роки тому +2

    So I'm just gonna throw this out there, as much as I love it to be Valdor there is another that wore Yellow as their primary color in battle and who has so far disappeared except for a fragment of them. Could the King in Yellow be Rogal Dorn, wandering the warp and slaying chaos where it lies trying to return to his chapter and the Imperium?

  • @Verity98765
    @Verity98765 2 роки тому +1

    If it's not Valdor then who? Whoever it is has resulted in the Aeldari perceiving their actions to be enough of a threat that they are sending the forces of multiple craftworlds to destroy an Imperial planet which is a pretty extreme reaction. Personally I think the idea that it's Valdor continuing the Emperor's plan to bypass the warp (or what he thinks is the plan) makes a lot of sense. The "King in Yellow" has built a pocket dimension in the City of Dust with hidden entrances and that sounds an awful lot like an effort to rebuild the Imperial Webway to me. Out of anyone Valdor is one of the few people who may have access to the sort of resources (blood angel geneseed) and secret technology (clones of psykers) required for such an effort. I just can't think who else in the lore could achieve what the KIY has achieved.
    Abnett has said these books are setting up something really significant that he was surprised GW allowed him to do so I don't think it's going to be an inconsequential third book.

  • @The_Blood_Wraith
    @The_Blood_Wraith 2 роки тому +1

    Could actually be Dorn, and the last thing he is told by the Emperor is to find my true name, Also Valdor's name could be in the book as a reference of one of Dorn's agents.....just a thought.

  • @sardonicspartan9343
    @sardonicspartan9343 2 роки тому +1

    I think we will all be dead by the time GW gets on with it already.

  • @Teyl1
    @Teyl1 2 роки тому +2

    Because if Valdor was in the warp doing anything, it literally could have been yesterday, when he went in. The Warp doesn't obey time, and that means that if GW wants to pull anything that doesn't make sense out of the bag, the warp did it is a viable excuse.

  • @ArchArturo
    @ArchArturo 2 роки тому +2

    Wait... The King in Yellow is a Lovecraft thing...

  • @herveblanche226
    @herveblanche226 2 роки тому +1

    Long past time they brought back Russ and The Lion. It's time we get some balance against the Chaos Lords.

  • @evilmelez
    @evilmelez 2 роки тому +2

    *No, its not before the great rift. we know there are passages in the books that says clearly that the Firstborns are close to extinction. so they clearly foreshadowed the Primaris Marines years before we knew them. I think they are far ahead of the game and that Primaris Marines finally took over the Firstborns*

    • @jalleonothing5946
      @jalleonothing5946 2 роки тому

      Which page number?

    • @evilmelez
      @evilmelez 2 роки тому

      @@jalleonothing5946 I listen to audiobooks sorry forgot even the time. but they are there.

  • @MrUrthor
    @MrUrthor 2 роки тому +2

    I'd lean toward it being Dorn with King in Yellow. Although I think the Lion will be the next loyalist to return to the setting.

  • @Max-zr7hr
    @Max-zr7hr 2 роки тому +1

    It's like you go through my audible account and make videos about whatever I'm listening to haha.just getting into a valdor deep dive now. Love it

  • @spr33f
    @spr33f 2 роки тому +1

    We know that the Emperor's soul is shattered. Maybe he has forgotten his true name and needs it to (partially) reform his soul back?
    Seeing as that a true name of a demon gives you power over it, maybe he intends to use that logic on himself?

  • @grantfirthbernard2297
    @grantfirthbernard2297 2 роки тому +2

    Maybe it's Dorn, Russ and Valdor
    Gold is gold, yellow is very imperial fist

  • @limitlessnrg1818
    @limitlessnrg1818 2 роки тому +1

    The King in Yellow is defo Rogal Dorn

  • @alexpricefield6969
    @alexpricefield6969 2 роки тому +1

    Wonder if Russ has become a big ass wolf like corax when he embrace his warp power

  • @madginger3634
    @madginger3634 2 роки тому +1

    I'm sorry, Valdor is missing?

  • @hendrik1769
    @hendrik1769 2 роки тому +3

    I can't wait for the next Bequin novel!

  • @fambofambo7940
    @fambofambo7940 2 роки тому

    First Chosen of The GOLDEN MEN, TRUE Sons of the Emperor!!!
    His name is Kaine as in the Biblical Caine!

  • @sultansuleman1046
    @sultansuleman1046 2 роки тому

    To answer your question you beautiful voiced bastard, Valdor and Russ are like 2 Metaphysical blades....

  • @JamieZero7
    @JamieZero7 6 місяців тому

    I think valdor is traitor. It's possible that emperor doesn't know everything after all it's possible to blind him.

  • @jasonusborne8629
    @jasonusborne8629 2 роки тому

    There may be something here between Primarch Russ and Valdor with their spears, the Dionysian and Apollonian spears, as in the lore "Two Metaphysical Blades." Chapter Master Valrak nailed it I think. Exciting times.
    ua-cam.com/video/aFZc1GRMlWI/v-deo.html

  • @saltedllama2759
    @saltedllama2759 2 роки тому

    Ah Valdor...the Primarch in all but name (and definitely one of the 25 test tube babies, birthed before the Primarchs were made). Similar size and ability as the Primarchs, but without the gene flaws, but also without the battle tactic acumen. No shard of the Emperor's personality, only devout loyalty. Sadly one of the worst models FW has ever made. Looks horrifically cluttered and busy and absolutely nothing like any description or artwork depicted.

  • @РоманСоловьёв-к9и
    @РоманСоловьёв-к9и 2 роки тому

    I think that the name of King jn Yellow is either John Grammaticus or Oll Person. Everyone forgets about Enuncia story line, the major problem in Ravenor/Eisenhorn series. And as for Valdor and Russ....Valdor still plays Blood Game in Webway, tries to wipe out the hordes of demons in it, also he is looking for someone who disappeared in Webway. And there are more candidates than one :)

  • @allanjackson9370
    @allanjackson9370 Рік тому

    As much as I want the Wolf King back now, I think he and Valdor will be the last of the missing loyalists to return and help save the day in the final battle for the Imperium, as well as resurrecting the Emperor.

  • @the_astrokhan
    @the_astrokhan 2 роки тому

    Two metaphysical blades outright spells it out. Their destinies are linked. As to the King in Yellow. There's the golden ships in a fantastically large and impressive city of high technology staffed by pariahs. A fight against chaos with legions of winged astartes. This clearly isn't some kind of rinky dinky operation. It's got bottomless resources, or nearly so. It's veiled in secrecy, as much as possible at least. The parallels with Titan are obvious, the only difference is the scale. That, however, is easy to explain when you take into account the few years it took for Titan and you extrapolate what could have taken place over 10 millennia.
    Does that mean that Valdor and Russ are next? Not necessarily, the time between pariah and penitent was what? 8 years? In that time span, the lion and a few others could return.
    And why doesn't it have any bearing on the post-cicateix timeline? Maybe it's still veiled in secrecy.

  • @saltedllama2759
    @saltedllama2759 2 роки тому

    I am going to take the unpopular opinion and say that I DON'T want a bunch of Primarch. Outnumbered or not, the Imperium survived all this time against traitor Primarchs without any of their own loyalist ones, let alone now that they have Guilliman and a batch of new marines. Still though, being outnumbered helps the situation feel dark and dire, with little hope for success. Bringing more back doesn't do the game more good. Going bigger sets an awful precedent that you can't turn back from, and then it will just feel like we are in the Horus Heresy again, but with new xenos factions and a few less of the brothers. No thank you; we have the HH already.

  • @chucknorrisbeard4091
    @chucknorrisbeard4091 Рік тому

    How do you get around “These men are my bodyguards, their lives forfeit to the guarantee of my physical safety. Of their loyalty to me there shall be no question nor doubt. I, and I alone, shall have the authority to stand in judgement over them. No other commander shall they have in battle nor in service. None shall bar them from me and none shall hamper or stall their mission. So it is decreed!”

  • @Latrech
    @Latrech 2 роки тому

    I would like to see russ them the Lion and have russ leading a defense of the Lion's body. Putting the rivalry to bed.....which fits as it seems like Papa Smurf wanting to end the rivalries.

  • @sebastianrubio928
    @sebastianrubio928 2 роки тому

    I get your skeptisism, but I don't agree with it, the reveal is way too big to ignore. I'm sure you've also by now read the lastest retconned godblight and the major final reveal. As for the timeline, I'm not really sure when Pariah & Penitent happened, sure it's a bit before the present timeline, but I'm not really sure how big of a jump they made, it's clear there's a time jump however.

  • @sivartevafal
    @sivartevafal 2 роки тому

    I’m betting this is just one big Blood Game, Valdor is looking for the Emperor’s name because it’s a weakness. He doesn’t want to to resurrect Big E, he wants to destroy it so no one will ever have power over the Emperor. In my opinion anyway.

  • @paulclifton9488
    @paulclifton9488 2 роки тому

    If all Valdor needs to heal/resurrect the Emperor is his true name, then why didn't the Emperor just tell him it instead of sending him off on an Errand to find it? Or just tell Guilliman his true name when communicating with him? Or the Daughters of the Emperor when he communicated with them during the Age of Strife? Or basically anyone at any point that he has communicated with since he was placed on the Golden Throne?
    That's why this theory makes no sense at all.

  • @goliathsteinbeisser3547
    @goliathsteinbeisser3547 2 роки тому

    Here's a grimdark twist: The Emperor comes back to some semblance of life and has Russ execute Roboute for treason, because there is no hope in this galaxy, only despair.

  • @Codoxnz
    @Codoxnz 2 роки тому

    The King in Yellow is also a reference to The King in Yellow, book of short stories by the American writer Robert W. Chambers.

  • @innokentiybredun6660
    @innokentiybredun6660 2 роки тому

    May be Valdor being king in yellow means not his return, but disappearance of the inquisitors and the author?

  • @davidr3146
    @davidr3146 2 роки тому

    For the love of god, I hope the emperor's real name is Jimmy Space. Like that hilarious video.

  • @christopherbush8334
    @christopherbush8334 2 роки тому

    What if....hear me out....what if Constantine Valdor is a puppet for the emperor, like the emperor intends to use him as a shell for the emperors consciousness.

  • @mordecai0815
    @mordecai0815 2 роки тому

    It is impossible to listen to your videos on normal speed. 1.25 sounds like a normal human being talking.

  • @sazaria80
    @sazaria80 2 роки тому

    lemme give u a curve ball..... valdor is the vessel of which the emperor would be reborn, hence the reason why big e would move an entire continent of army to search for him during terra unification wars....

  • @wyoguy9720
    @wyoguy9720 2 роки тому

    This Army of blanks… think they could be used to repair the web way project?

  • @BeardedLearza
    @BeardedLearza 2 роки тому

    What if Johnson returns first but knows he can't go against the fallen with his brother the wolf king, but has to deal with rowboat first they come to blows and Valdor turns up on the middle of a massive fight saying he needs help to rescue the wolf king....long stretch kinda little idealistic and probably a little fanboy ish but how good would it be to see the two primarchs and valdor tear chaos and the fallen a new one just for the wolf king.

  • @scragglybeard9322
    @scragglybeard9322 2 роки тому

    Remember, the original king in yellow is not just a powerful being but a really evil being...

  • @matthewgibbons9975
    @matthewgibbons9975 Рік тому

    Great predictions for the future on the lore so far, very accurate indeed, so be interesting to see where the Valdor / Russ lore develops 👌

  • @joshp3720
    @joshp3720 Рік тому

    Love how you talk about lore and not making sense hahaha more chance it not making sense and our wolf King return

  • @IronBrotherV
    @IronBrotherV 2 роки тому

    Rumour has it wolf lord rho got stuck between portals on prospero during the purging and now occupies his time making lore videos whilst stuck there

  • @Instar_nine
    @Instar_nine 2 роки тому

    Irrespective 5 eldar craft worlds are going to invade the planet so it's some major stuff going on

  • @flaviomonteiro1414
    @flaviomonteiro1414 2 роки тому

    Plot Twist... Big E true name is Sigmar Heldenhammer

  • @alexbrown1930
    @alexbrown1930 2 роки тому

    What if: We get Fulgrim, Russ, and Lion'el Johnson all at the same time?

  • @andrewjones4568
    @andrewjones4568 2 роки тому

    I have a feeling it is Valdor but I also think that we won’t be getting the next book in that series from Dan for a few years yet.

  • @7047-v7s
    @7047-v7s 2 роки тому

    m.ua-cam.com/video/Ze6ZyfsWK5c/v-deo.html - Warmaster the secrets of dead from the Horus Heresy series

  • @insanemang9983
    @insanemang9983 2 роки тому +1

    If they make a model of valdor for 40k I'll play custodes

    • @claydud271
      @claydud271 2 роки тому

      I mean just use the 30k one

  • @cardboardcutter3415
    @cardboardcutter3415 2 роки тому

    Possible return of Valdor? Think a certain book has pointed to the fact that he has.

  • @jasonusborne8629
    @jasonusborne8629 2 роки тому

    How many think the King in Yellow is Primarch Dorn?

  • @Never_Raines
    @Never_Raines 2 роки тому

    Why would the emporer call the lion lol, a loyal son Would be better.....

  • @PretenderCS
    @PretenderCS 2 роки тому +6

    The part where you mention Russ searching for the tree of life I instantly remembered the story The Crimson King and what Ahriman said after he had a vision of some sorts. It was like "Arvida, the tree if life?"
    I try to find the passage, but since we know Revuel Arvida is Janus and that his old name has a connection to the tree of life gives me hope that Janus and Russ will meet at some point. I know, Janus is supposed to be dead, but can you imagine Russ meeting the best shard of Magnus and what they could accomplish?
    What do you think about that guys?

    • @squirrelking4174
      @squirrelking4174 2 роки тому +2

      Would be pretty cool. Werent Russ and magnus close?

    • @PretenderCS
      @PretenderCS 2 роки тому +1

      @@squirrelking4174 They pretty much despised each other to a degree, but it would be a poetic and badass reunion. They had no rivalry like Perturabo and Dorn, I think there´d be some hope of getting along, especially because Janus is not just Magnus, but the noble part of him.

    • @squirrelking4174
      @squirrelking4174 2 роки тому +2

      @@PretenderCS despised? From what I can recall, Russ was REALLY hesitant to attack prospero and tried desperately to contact magnus to get him to surrender peacefully. Russ did not want to kill his brother. Says a lot about the “Emperors executioner”

  • @tomdolan9761
    @tomdolan9761 2 роки тому +1

    What if the King in Yellow is Rogal Dorn?

  • @UncleMikeDrop
    @UncleMikeDrop 2 роки тому +1

    What if the true names of Valdor and the Primarchs combined or possibly permitted in a very particular way, form the Emperor's true name hence Constantin Valdor being at the beginning?

  • @AnthonyConstable
    @AnthonyConstable 2 роки тому

    The 'Bros before... Legion Crusade'?

  • @PauloAlexoliveira
    @PauloAlexoliveira 2 роки тому

    9:48 That's Victor Creed Aka Sabretooth

  • @cheeseburger12
    @cheeseburger12 2 роки тому

    Cough cough. Um....Bequin trilogy?

  • @anthonymavromatis260
    @anthonymavromatis260 2 роки тому

    Alpharius pretending to be valdor

  • @stephencordell5314
    @stephencordell5314 2 роки тому +1

    king in yellow could be a reference to dorn as well.

  • @DaddyCabby
    @DaddyCabby 2 роки тому

    Come on we all know that Kitten sent Valdor on a secret mission lolz

  • @andresperedo1275
    @andresperedo1275 2 роки тому

    I did not knew that it was even a "King in Yellow" in 40k xD

  • @PrimordialAnnihilator
    @PrimordialAnnihilator 2 роки тому

    Just pre ordered Wolf 🐺 time on Audible

  • @seabert2070
    @seabert2070 2 роки тому

    In what year do you think Russ will return?