Erebus is such a great character, and this short story from his POV is the ultimate ‘haters gonna hate.’ I love how completely uninterested he is in justifying or explaining himself, and he does it all with a smug grin on his face. He’s all like, “Oh, you wanted to know my real name and secret tragic backstory that explains and justifies everything I’ve done? F*** you, that’s what.” And no matter how much you hate him, Erebus is right about at least one thing: he’s been 100% committed to his cause from the start, and he doesn't give a single flying f*** about what anybody thinks of him-while having no illusions about any of it.
Relistening to this, and have just realised what an advantage it is to Erebus that his true name is not known (or even suspected). True names have enormous significance in sorcery and daemonology... No doubt many attempts to curse him have failed for this reason over the millenia!
As someone who recently read The Sublime Object of Ideology, I find his conversion fascinating. Erebus becomes a believer by pretending to be a believer. It’s an essentially Faustian operation.
Third listen, and I'm greatly tickled by his attitude to Kor Phaeron. Knowing how Erebus actually feels about him would surely drive the humourless old monster apoplectic with rage... so Erebus will certainly have ensured that Kor Phaeron finds out. :)
Nah, fukum. I never liked Argel Tal, no such thing as a likeable traitor. He had a bit of honor in him and knew right from wrong but betrayed anyway. So burn in the warp, traitor.
A truly awesome origin story of a fellow Dark Apostle! Very well read, worthy of Dark Apotheosis, Daemon Border Prince; a narration deserving of such scheming eloquence (all the better to truly illuminate those unfortunate enough to believe they know the truth; foolish corpse-god-botherers). :D Hail the Ruinous Powers!!
But seriously, the feeling I got was the "I simply am the way I am, never betrayed myself and thus I'm above everyone I've double-crossed" The ol' bully's "lmao I disturbed your sense of self, your fault haha".
All of this can be summed up as... "Erebus...was kinda a Dick". Great job in making him such a devilish mastermind, with the preening arrogant tone ABP, hats of.
Erebus is probably my favorite character in the whole 40K universe. He's just.. the worst! He has no redeeming qualities, besides his own self interest. Great work!
“Blessed is the mind too small to doubt.” Oh, such delicious irony to weave this quote into the tale here. And Erebus (or whatever his name is) is written as a psychopath... chilling but believable. Thank you for this excellent reading ;)
@@licensed_beheader That would be just bad writing. The fact that he was so removed from the common man makes his undoing by a common man rather poetic.
I love listening to your audiobooks sir, and this one, I always listen to again and again; the way you bring the character alive is a true talent. Please carry on delivering wonderful narration to the masses!
This guy can write. And you got the character SOO right. I loved the way you made a lot of what he was transcribing as a matter of fact. Brilliant job APB.
Tragic, isn't it? The greatest endevour of humanity brought low by a psychopathic little boy playing with scorpions... The greatest human evil truly is banal...
Ahh Erebus the only person who can turn even the most strigent, and milk toat ultra marine into a raging berserker just by the meer mention of his name.
”so its not done yet erebus, not yet. just watch.” I wonder if he is referring to himself or the erebus the pious child? almost as if ”erebus” is trying to upstage an old rival
GW MUST CAST YOU AS THE VOICE FOR EREBUS!!!! OR TTS! I dunno! Somebody must!!! THis was AWESOME!! I love it!! What else do you have of the Word Bearers?
The creepiest shit in this entire book is his life on Colchid before even becoming Astartes, caused it indicates he committed all these psycho murders before he was even a teen.
Really enjoyed the audio, excellent job. Interesting story too, the origin of the heresy, I'm a big word bearers fan! If you take requests children of Sicarus would be great
One does wonder how such a powerful psykker like Emps did not see the evil in people like erebus.. how they could be allowed to remain around a primarch. Then again, perhaps he did know and wished Lorgar to choose for himself.
You are assuming he didn't plan the whole thing out . Erebus is a master of schemes but in the domain of manipulating fates he is nothing compared to the Emperor. Infact only tzeentch can square up to him in this sector . The whole thing was planned and executed well in my opinion.
On peril of repeating myself, but you are Jared Harris. I know you are from the Midlands and Harris is a Londoner, tomato tomato, I am from the mainland, what do I know. No, really, mate - great voice atcing. May the Emperor protect you. Edit: btw, Word Bearers for the win. such tragedy, such zealotry. true champions of the Imperium.
Does anyone know who the little girl in the story is? The one Erebus meets in the ancient temple. Is she mentioned anywhere else in the lore? I feel like she is important somehow.
Someone did a great audiobook of the Kharn vs Erebus fight, but I can't find it anymore, It seems the channel has gone, anyone got any idea's? The guy in the channel was American and last time I saw his channel he was working on a 40k fan fiction.
Fantastic tale. I myself am agnostic as I can not fully dismiss religion since science can not prove a higher being exist as the faithful cant prove one exists. I personally think the simulation theory is the most likley to be true rather than any ideology.
This story is basicly Erebus going full Richard the third: What do I fear? Myself? There’s none else by. Richard loves Richard; that is, I am I. Is there a murderer here? No. Yes, I am. Then fly! What, from myself? Great reason. Why: Lest I revenge. Myself upon myself? Alack, I love myself. Wherefore? For any good That I myself have done unto myself? O no, alas, I rather hate myself For hateful deeds committed by myself. I am a villain.
This IS a good one, very good indeed. A Fedora tipping Atheist aye? I've not heard that one before, but you learn something new every day it's said, LoL... I myself don't actually care all that much what amount of adherence to reality & reason, or of which of the myriad fantastical faiths one may instead choose to feel a fondness for... All that really matters to me is what the individual is like as a person, and if I happen to like those defining traits, or not. This seems a logical process by which to base one's opinions, seeing as that is what a person's true opinion is by simple definition; ie. does a person find enjoyment in any given subject that happens to be under their current consideration, or do they instead find that it's abhorrent to their own minds eye. A bit of an abstract & emotionally driven decision making process admittedly, yet at it's core this consists completely of logical reasoning being used when regarding the entirety of the matter... Does it feel right & proper to your way of thinking; or would you rather a thing weren't how it currently was, because how it is just "rubs you the wrong way" so to say? Simple enough really.
o thats all good on an individual basis and i would say i broadly agree. But history is not written by individuals only nudged in certain directions by them. group dynamics come into play with this sort of thing. and too the victor the spoils
So the memes are TRUE! EREBUS DID NOTHING WRONG because Erebus isnt Erebus! Also why the hell arnt you reading for BL audible books?? Your voice is great for it imo.
2:55 : just imagine Erebus in full power armor sitting next to a rock pulling legs off bugs like, "Hehe ,yes, for the dark gods." in his free time.
lol
Nurgle demon flys be like:" I thought we were going to have fun together"
>"I didn't want to work hard"
>proceeds to systematically dismantle the entire galaxy over decades
>whoops
we get the heros we deserve
“If you enjoy the task you won’t work a day in your life”
Black Templar: Says his battle prayers
Demon Lorger: Yeah, I wrote that
@Anzu Wyliei still would be cool to see black templar reaction.
@Anzu Wyliei Sister Carilla No Comment *starts sweating*
shhhhh!
Awesome
Erebus is such a great character, and this short story from his POV is the ultimate ‘haters gonna hate.’ I love how completely uninterested he is in justifying or explaining himself, and he does it all with a smug grin on his face. He’s all like, “Oh, you wanted to know my real name and secret tragic backstory that explains and justifies everything I’ve done? F*** you, that’s what.”
And no matter how much you hate him, Erebus is right about at least one thing: he’s been 100% committed to his cause from the start, and he doesn't give a single flying f*** about what anybody thinks of him-while having no illusions about any of it.
this is all true at first i didnt like him but now he one of my favourites lol
Yeah but still, f*ck Erebus!
Relistening to this, and have just realised what an advantage it is to Erebus that his true name is not known (or even suspected). True names have enormous significance in sorcery and daemonology... No doubt many attempts to curse him have failed for this reason over the millenia!
o god yeah agreed
It's Bill
Erebus be like "I regret nothing at all."
What a lad.
lmao i do like him a lot, zero regrets going all in
I never really thought about Erebus might sound like, but now you ARE the voice of Erebus. Well done.
haha cheers
@@ABorderPrince No problem! I listened to this one a few times. Your voice work + the awesome writing is hard to beat.
Erebus kinda a badass in his own unique way
defo
As someone who recently read The Sublime Object of Ideology, I find his conversion fascinating. Erebus becomes a believer by pretending to be a believer. It’s an essentially Faustian operation.
Third listen, and I'm greatly tickled by his attitude to Kor Phaeron. Knowing how Erebus actually feels about him would surely drive the humourless old monster apoplectic with rage... so Erebus will certainly have ensured that Kor Phaeron finds out. :)
lol nice
"Perhaps you're going to loathe me less"
"I pulled legs of scorpion off"
Already failed
"Get up"
- Kharn
lol
"I'll fuckin' do it again!"
-Erebus
"This Erebus fellow seems trustworthy enough." - Many dead people
I've always identified with the wordbearers shameless dedication to the path. But RIP ArgelTal
Why be ashamed if u have literal gods giving you a thumbs up for your bullshit?
F
Man why do you have to bring argel up...
Nah, fukum. I never liked Argel Tal, no such thing as a likeable traitor. He had a bit of honor in him and knew right from wrong but betrayed anyway. So burn in the warp, traitor.
A truly awesome origin story of a fellow Dark Apostle!
Very well read, worthy of Dark Apotheosis, Daemon Border Prince; a narration deserving of such scheming eloquence (all the better to truly illuminate those unfortunate enough to believe they know the truth; foolish corpse-god-botherers). :D
Hail the Ruinous Powers!!
HAIL!
THE READING IS GOOD! AND YOU SHOULD FEEL GOOD!
i do!!!!
Again, but with MORE ENTHUSIASM!
😉
@@garysuarez9614 FLORIDA MAN!
MR. TORGUE FLEXINGON APPROVES THIS MESSAGE
Really really great
"lol", said Erebus, "lmao"
This has got to be one of the best 40K stories I have ever heard. You REALLY made this live.
Thanks.
thanks
lol "Blessed is the mind too small for doubt" was Erebus...wow!
Erebus is the Griffith of 40k with a little bit of fatalism thrown in there.
What do you mean by Griffith?
Just read Breserk and you'll get the reference. You won't be disappointed
Erebus is more like void
@@Dogue83 yeah you may be right.
But seriously, the feeling I got was the "I simply am the way I am, never betrayed myself and thus I'm above everyone I've double-crossed"
The ol' bully's "lmao I disturbed your sense of self, your fault haha".
I'm Erebus, First Chaplain of the Word Bearers
*And this is Jackass*
- *Erebus, Home of the Interex, Circa M31*
All of this can be summed up as...
"Erebus...was kinda a Dick".
Great job in making him such a devilish mastermind, with the preening arrogant tone ABP, hats of.
your welcome
The only time we can’t Blame Erebus.
Really though...
Fuck Erebus.
When a snake is truly a snake. Erebus is strutting, preening, & preaching much like his gene father Logar.
he true to himself
Erebus is probably my favorite character in the whole 40K universe.
He's just.. the worst! He has no redeeming qualities, besides his own self interest.
Great work!
Erebus is an extremely underrated character.
i know right we wil get some more of him soon word bearers are coming back big
Erebus/Word Bearers never intrigued me but this was utterly fascinating, thanks for the upload.
yeah this is the best thing on erebus we have adds a whole other layer to him and his actions
18:31 : I find it rather interesting that Erebus invokes a line commonly attributed to Martin Luther…
I don't like sand. It's coarse, and rough, and irritating, and it gets everywhere.
its like poetry it rymns
Don't we all brother, don't we all...
I have the high ground.
My favorite 40k short yet
“Blessed is the mind too small to doubt.”
Oh, such delicious irony to weave this quote into the tale here. And Erebus (or whatever his name is) is written as a psychopath... chilling but believable.
Thank you for this excellent reading ;)
Honoured sir thanks glad you enjoyed it. Yeah was an instant classic for me Erebus is one of my favourite now
Who would win
An ascended god man with thousands of years of planning and an empire that spans across a million worlds or one mischievous chaplain?
lol
The god man could have planned this all out and the captain was a pawn that would unwillingly and unknowingly aid its machinations.
@@licensed_beheader That would be just bad writing. The fact that he was so removed from the common man makes his undoing by a common man rather poetic.
He did explain that the Emp brought it on himself basically by all the death and suffering he caused made the Chaos gods grow stronger
I love listening to your audiobooks sir, and this one, I always listen to again and again; the way you bring the character alive is a true talent. Please carry on delivering wonderful narration to the masses!
Best story so far mate.
thanks man
Thankyou, this is absolutely fantastic and truly does justice to the character.
cheers man
This guy can write. And you got the character SOO right. I loved the way you made a lot of what he was transcribing as a matter of fact. Brilliant job APB.
Excellent job, mate!
Thanks for the opportunity of listening to Your great voice.
Keep up the good work!
cheers
#FuckErebus The villain, we all love to hate :D
Such great job, I actually start to feel evil while listening to it! :D
haha
Fuck Erebus is probably a purity seal thingie in 40k.
I love this story. This is the best channel on UA-cam
o cheers man glad you liked it
Wow! This might be my favorite narration so far.
nice
This was great, always wanted to hear about his origin. Thanks!
I don’t suppose, four years later, anyone can tell me what music is playing in the background?
No idea now sorry it was some free dramatic cinematic music from the UA-cam free library I think
I picture Erebus as just constantly making the trollface when he reads this.. "Problem?"
Goddamnit. Now I associate Trollface with BorderPrince's voice. Problem indeed, damn you!
Tragic, isn't it? The greatest endevour of humanity brought low by a psychopathic little boy playing with scorpions...
The greatest human evil truly is banal...
Ahh Erebus the only person who can turn even the most strigent, and milk toat ultra marine into a raging berserker just by the meer mention of his name.
you knows it
You’re a fantastic reader, hope you keep it up!
o yeah i will be
Thank you.. great work. I have been enjoying your story telling alot lately
cheers!
This story really sums up what I love about 40k.
yeah its an awesome tale
That was amazing , it was just beautiful!!! I could sense every tought of Erebus, you made a great story a masterpiece!!!
o nice cheers!
”so its not done yet erebus, not yet. just watch.”
I wonder if he is referring to himself or the erebus the pious child? almost as if ”erebus” is trying to upstage an old rival
Nothing else to do in the dessert but ponder the misery. :)
Loved your read but loved your thoughts even more afterward. Felt like a behind the scenes look into the story & author. Look forward to more.
yeah people asked so ill do that soirt of thing whe i have somthing to add
GW MUST CAST YOU AS THE VOICE FOR EREBUS!!!! OR TTS! I dunno! Somebody must!!! THis was AWESOME!! I love it!! What else do you have of the Word Bearers?
The creepiest shit in this entire book is his life on Colchid before even becoming Astartes, caused it indicates he committed all these psycho murders before he was even a teen.
Another awesome book, Another awesome reading, !
Final monologue at 40:43 - 46:30
We love to hear you on limor app man ! Social audio is the future
Awsome man,just awsome,never knew when Erebus lost the bus ,now i know :)
and knowing is half the battle.....and also heresy
Because he never lost it... he drove his own metaphorical car
Really enjoyed the audio, excellent job. Interesting story too, the origin of the heresy, I'm a big word bearers fan! If you take requests children of Sicarus would be great
Really liked this, was different to what I've listened to before.
1:35 Is this Erebus saying "I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere." ?
lol you know i legit thought the same
I greatly enjoyed this, keep up the great work!
Wow, well done! Love your telling!
cheers!
This is the fourth time I have listened to this.
LOL! really? nice!
Couldn’t help it, just had to comeback and re-listen 🔥🤘😎👍🔥
always like your stuff, keep it up
cheers
This is fucking brilliant... not a bright light but a brilliant one none the less.
cheers
Amazing story!!! Amazing channel!!! Many many thanks!!!
thanks!
This story made me love Erebus...
Daaamn, I just read Warhawk by Chris Wraight so daaamn, I loved listening to this tale!
Thank you so much!
Nice
first
has anyone else seen primal? i was hyped and after watching it the hype is still there.
I loved it
nah man ill take a look though
One does wonder how such a powerful psykker like Emps did not see the evil in people like erebus.. how they could be allowed to remain around a primarch.
Then again, perhaps he did know and wished Lorgar to choose for himself.
Nope, emps is just a dumbass
Dagonbro cC tired of drawing breath ain’t ya? Ordo operatives have access to this archive you know?
plot-armor honestly.
@@t.schramm1045 Makes sense. This is the same guy that kidnapped a heartbroken Angron instead of just Thanos-snapping the slavers out of existence.
You are assuming he didn't plan the whole thing out . Erebus is a master of schemes but in the domain of manipulating fates he is nothing compared to the Emperor.
Infact only tzeentch can square up to him in this sector . The whole thing was planned and executed well in my opinion.
one of your best ty and ty to the author
Got to love that Erebus was never a traitor as he never served the emperor.
On peril of repeating myself, but you are Jared Harris. I know you are from the Midlands and Harris is a Londoner, tomato tomato, I am from the mainland, what do I know. No, really, mate - great voice atcing. May the Emperor protect you.
Edit: btw, Word Bearers for the win. such tragedy, such zealotry. true champions of the Imperium.
lol ill take it
Thank you so much for the brilliant reading!
no worries
Does anyone know who the little girl in the story is? The one Erebus meets in the ancient temple. Is she mentioned anywhere else in the lore? I feel like she is important somehow.
yeah i think she runs the temple when horus is brought there wounded.
The music worked so well in the background to this. What the the name of it?
Someone did a great audiobook of the Kharn vs Erebus fight, but I can't find it anymore, It seems the channel has gone, anyone got any idea's? The guy in the channel was American and last time I saw his channel he was working on a 40k fan fiction.
my man Erebus
he the man
That he is
Erebus never saw Kharn coming. How about a helping hand!? Lol
lolol
"Get up.."
Chris Wraight is quickly rising to the status of the best BL writer next to ADB and Abnett. Great job on that reading boomer!
gen2 is superior in my opinion
cheers and yes i agree
@@skywatcheradept None could match William King who came before or after.
Hey, just a question, do you have any merchandise for purchase yet? Love to get a shirt or somesuch.
err maybe in the future not right now but thanks for the offer. we shall see im not super comfortable with that myself but maybe
Great reading bro. Truly.
Awesome video!
I kinda like Erebus because he's so unrepentantly *evil*
The Frank Fountain of Warhammer 40k
Would you kindly betray the emperor and his holy cause
Thank you
no worries
As everyone says:
Goddamn it, Erebus.
just awesome
A great read ! Thanks.
Hi man . It would be great to hear your voice on limor - join the conspiracy
I'll take a story like this over a space marine pew pew dakka dakka any day. What other series are like this and Sandy's stuff?
Fantastic.
Fantastic tale. I myself am agnostic as I can not fully dismiss religion since science can not prove a higher being exist as the faithful cant prove one exists. I personally think the simulation theory is the most likley to be true rather than any ideology.
This story is basicly Erebus going full Richard the third:
What do I fear? Myself? There’s none else by.
Richard loves Richard; that is, I am I.
Is there a murderer here? No. Yes, I am.
Then fly! What, from myself? Great reason. Why:
Lest I revenge. Myself upon myself?
Alack, I love myself. Wherefore? For any good
That I myself have done unto myself?
O no, alas, I rather hate myself
For hateful deeds committed by myself.
I am a villain.
After listening to the first three Horus Heresy books a despise Erabus. Let's see if this can change my mind
Amazing the 1000 sons That handed himself in Love that guy FUCKIN Gold Talk soon bro. M.
This IS a good one, very good indeed.
A Fedora tipping Atheist aye? I've not heard that one before, but you learn something new every day it's said, LoL...
I myself don't actually care all that much what amount of adherence to reality & reason, or of which of the myriad fantastical faiths one may instead choose to feel a fondness for... All that really matters to me is what the individual is like as a person, and if I happen to like those defining traits, or not.
This seems a logical process by which to base one's opinions, seeing as that is what a person's true opinion is by simple definition; ie. does a person find enjoyment in any given subject that happens to be under their current consideration, or do they instead find that it's abhorrent to their own minds eye.
A bit of an abstract & emotionally driven decision making process admittedly, yet at it's core this consists completely of logical reasoning being used when regarding the entirety of the matter... Does it feel right & proper to your way of thinking; or would you rather a thing weren't how it currently was, because how it is just "rubs you the wrong way" so to say?
Simple enough really.
o thats all good on an individual basis and i would say i broadly agree. But history is not written by individuals only nudged in certain directions by them. group dynamics come into play with this sort of thing. and too the victor the spoils
The Emperor has the best golden fedora, that is why he has the silent and sororitas m'ladies.
So the memes are TRUE! EREBUS DID NOTHING WRONG because Erebus isnt Erebus! Also why the hell arnt you reading for BL audible books?? Your voice is great for it imo.
lol cheers