Targutai Yesugei making the Malcador the Hero style sacrifice before it was cool. He was incredibly humble and wise, and when the time came, he did not hesitate to do what was necessary to bring the Khan back to Terra 😭
The ending of Helsreach makes me cry every time. Just the raw human emotion of that one answer to Grimaldus's question. The repressed pain of it. Those who know know.
Mm, if I had to pick a scene that never fails to get me crying, that would be that one very short story at the very end of the Corax anthology, I can't recall the name of it at the moment, where Corax mercy-kills Navar Hef of the Raptors. That gets me every single time, no matter how much I brace myself for it before diving in.
Their actions remind me of worker bees who will throw themselves at any intruder who threatens their queen or their hive. They will surely die, but they do it anyway, without fear or hesitation
Actually, can that be said of every legion but a handful, that they literally love their Primarch and vice versa. Even an Iceberg like Rogal Dorn seems to love his sons, as seen in Saturnine or Warhawk.
I’m glad I found this channel. For me I love Dark Angels and their lore. The ending of Angels of Darkness was where I got tears in my eyes. I honestly had to put the book down and walk away for a bit. Knowing that they can save the planet and prevent the virus release by sacrificing themselves was intense. Like the sheer weight of that responsibility and to even have to kill a brother to prevent him leaving. Heavy, very heavy. But god I love the lore, I am glad more people are coming to the community. What I also think is great about the lore is how accessible it is. Anyway had to subscribe and like great channel!
I have to thank you for this video, and several of your lore videos. A lot of lore channels are great and a lot of them focus a lot of the grimdark and all of those wonderful pieces of 40k books. But something that I think gets glossed over some is the emotional literary value of the relationships between different characters and their unyielding devotion and love for eachother in the face of certain failure. Some of the authors capture this in such incredible ways that I personally think give 40k the depth that makes it feel real in your minds eye and makes you care deeply for characters who quite frankly aren't always the best of people. They do a great job of getting an emotional reaction out of readers using hardened and callused characters and I thoroughly enjoy it. It's just nice to hear a channel analyze it that way and I genuinely hope you start to do more lore videos. The ones you have done so far are truly fantastic to watch and I really like the insights you give and the attention to detail in terms of the mental makeup of each character you talk about. 40k characters require a little bit of context to get why their actions matter the way they do and I think you lay that out well
@@SandmanofTerra I'm reading the heresy in order for the first time rather than in chunks and I find myself doing the same. I find myself looking forward to the next book about the legions of my favorite characters and it's made it interesting to have to wait several books for it. I love thiel from the ultramarines and I actually am a huge dark angels fan. Nemiel and zahariel break my heart. It would have been really easy I think for a franchise like this to have not gone to the effort they have to really invest in these characters and these authors really bring them to life. Know no fear wasn't my favorite book necessarily but valentanus and his fight on calth was incredible. The ultramarines haven't ever been my favorite Legion but even still I love reading about their characters. I mean they even made me love villains like argal tal
First Heretic is filled with great stuff. Kind of the opposite but Lorgar charging Corax who's carving apart the Gal Vorbak, knowing he has no way to beat him but doing so anyway to save his favourite sons. :'(
I have red some emotional parts over the years and some that really hit me was when Magnus knew that he destroyed the Emperor's webway and was totally broken and killed his scarab companions, other when he was about to die and bargain with Tzeentch to save his sons. Other that was very suprising for me was, i believe was on the end of burning of prospero, the historian that was turned into what i believe into a feral wolf of fenris, those final moments with Russ and his goodbye was great. The books has some very emotional scenes. hell even when the sons of horus try to save him from the infection, rushing him to the vengeful spirit...
These are good, but they do not even compare to another short story. I forget what it’s called; but it’s about a dreadnought who is slowly degrading and losing his memory, but at the end, as he’s wounded and dying, all his happy thoughts were of him on a swing as a child, while his father pushed him on that swing.
That must've been 'The Glorious Tomb'. I'll be quoting from memory, plus, English is not my first language, so forgive me if I adlib unintentionally. 'My father pushes the swing. He laughs: - Be brave, Kellon! Be brave! I scream. It is a child's squeal, a mixture of fear and excitement... ... - I have been brave! I knew no fear! ... The pain is gone. The pain is gone!' Audiodrama version was great, too. Me and my nephew listened to it as we were on our way to our family's summer house, back in '21. Honestly, it feels like it was ages ago. Those were some good, simpler times...
Warning: Spoilers Ahead. If you have not read the story “Weregeld”, part of the anthology book “Corax”, then stop here. Anyone who doesn’t mind, just skip down a few more lines and I’ll write it there. The story that I find to be the saddest is Post-Isstvan, and after Corax’s meeting with the Emperor where He implanted the knowledge of how to create new Marine reinforcements in Corax’s mind. Unbeknownst to Corax, Alpha Legion operatives had infiltrated the Raven Guard and contaminated the gene seed that Corax and his apothecary Sixx were using to fast track the new Marine replacements. This resulted in many of them having horrific mutations, which worsened over time and reduced some to little more than animals. A lot of them whose mutations had not yet become totally debilitating continued to fight alongside their Legion brothers until they no longer could. One of them, Navar Hef, was just a boy when the story began, and we follow his progress throughout his training, gene seed and organ implantation, and his final transformation into a Marine. He and his fellow new Legionaries were jubilant during this time, and they proved themselves to be brave, loyal, and superb combatants. But their mutations continued to progress, to the point where they needed to be kept locked up for their own safety and that of their fellows, as many of their minds had deteriorated and it became difficult to suppress their violence. It was decided that they needed to be euthanized, for many reasons, not the least of which was giving them relief from their painful and torturous existence. Corax took this responsibility on himself, because he loved all of his sons and he felt that he would be the honorable choice, seeing as how much they loved and respected him also. Seeing the heartbreak of his mutated sons, and Corax’s despair at what he saw as his fault, is one of the saddest pieces of Heresy-era lore that I can think of. We really become attached to Navar Hef, as we’ve been with him from boyhood to Legionary to eventually, his death. I’ve read the book at least 5 times, and I still have to dry my eyes when it gets to that part. On that happy note, enjoy your weekend, everyone! Edit: I know that there were also other reasons that Corax had to end their lives, such as his promise to destroy all Warp-tainted beings, but I felt like my comment was already way too long to include everything, and the reasons I chose were enough to make my point.
The Raptors were such a truly soul crushing point for the Primarch. That ripping point when Lieutenant Hef was staring at his genefather, before the Primarch gives his son the Emperor's peace. This point truly hit me in the feels.
That scene in siege of Terra where their holding the banner and about to get torn apart by the World eaters.
There is no greater joy, than to lay one’s life down for one’s friends,
Beautifully demonstrated in that first story with the ultramarines
Me crying when Erebus isn't still dead
Targutai Yesugei making the Malcador the Hero style sacrifice before it was cool. He was incredibly humble and wise, and when the time came, he did not hesitate to do what was necessary to bring the Khan back to Terra 😭
What a guy!
I cried in Vigilus when once again Abaddon fails to kill Calgar - you've had so many opportunities not to be Failbaddon what happened...
The ending of Helsreach makes me cry every time. Just the raw human emotion of that one answer to Grimaldus's question. The repressed pain of it.
Those who know know.
Mm, if I had to pick a scene that never fails to get me crying, that would be that one very short story at the very end of the Corax anthology, I can't recall the name of it at the moment, where Corax mercy-kills Navar Hef of the Raptors. That gets me every single time, no matter how much I brace myself for it before diving in.
Their actions remind me of worker bees who will throw themselves at any intruder who threatens their queen or their hive. They will surely die, but they do it anyway, without fear or hesitation
Actually, can that be said of every legion but a handful, that they literally love their Primarch and vice versa. Even an Iceberg like Rogal Dorn seems to love his sons, as seen in Saturnine or Warhawk.
Sure, except a couple of the chaos Primarchs maybe 😂
Fulgrims final showdown with Ferus Manus does it for me. I find all the early Astartes vs Astartes stuff is so tragic.
Definitely!
I’m glad I found this channel. For me I love Dark Angels and their lore. The ending of Angels of Darkness was where I got tears in my eyes. I honestly had to put the book down and walk away for a bit. Knowing that they can save the planet and prevent the virus release by sacrificing themselves was intense. Like the sheer weight of that responsibility and to even have to kill a brother to prevent him leaving. Heavy, very heavy. But god I love the lore, I am glad more people are coming to the community. What I also think is great about the lore is how accessible it is.
Anyway had to subscribe and like great channel!
Thanks so much!
I have to thank you for this video, and several of your lore videos. A lot of lore channels are great and a lot of them focus a lot of the grimdark and all of those wonderful pieces of 40k books. But something that I think gets glossed over some is the emotional literary value of the relationships between different characters and their unyielding devotion and love for eachother in the face of certain failure. Some of the authors capture this in such incredible ways that I personally think give 40k the depth that makes it feel real in your minds eye and makes you care deeply for characters who quite frankly aren't always the best of people. They do a great job of getting an emotional reaction out of readers using hardened and callused characters and I thoroughly enjoy it. It's just nice to hear a channel analyze it that way and I genuinely hope you start to do more lore videos. The ones you have done so far are truly fantastic to watch and I really like the insights you give and the attention to detail in terms of the mental makeup of each character you talk about. 40k characters require a little bit of context to get why their actions matter the way they do and I think you lay that out well
Thanks man! That's very kind to say. I find myself getting very emotionally attached to done characters
@@SandmanofTerra I'm reading the heresy in order for the first time rather than in chunks and I find myself doing the same. I find myself looking forward to the next book about the legions of my favorite characters and it's made it interesting to have to wait several books for it. I love thiel from the ultramarines and I actually am a huge dark angels fan. Nemiel and zahariel break my heart. It would have been really easy I think for a franchise like this to have not gone to the effort they have to really invest in these characters and these authors really bring them to life. Know no fear wasn't my favorite book necessarily but valentanus and his fight on calth was incredible. The ultramarines haven't ever been my favorite Legion but even still I love reading about their characters. I mean they even made me love villains like argal tal
First Heretic is filled with great stuff. Kind of the opposite but Lorgar charging Corax who's carving apart the Gal Vorbak, knowing he has no way to beat him but doing so anyway to save his favourite sons. :'(
I was surprised at how sympathetic I was to lorgar afterwards!
I have red some emotional parts over the years and some that really hit me was when Magnus knew that he destroyed the Emperor's webway and was totally broken and killed his scarab companions, other when he was about to die and bargain with Tzeentch to save his sons.
Other that was very suprising for me was, i believe was on the end of burning of prospero, the historian that was turned into what i believe into a feral wolf of fenris, those final moments with Russ and his goodbye was great.
The books has some very emotional scenes. hell even when the sons of horus try to save him from the infection, rushing him to the vengeful spirit...
I thought Russ almost was ready to kill Horus, but pulled back when the arch trader showed his human side?
It's been a while since I read Wolfsbane but I think its something like that
For me, Argel Tal losing Cyrene, and then when Cyrene comes back....Argel Tal dying before I can get a satisfying conclusion to their story.....
😭😭
😭
These are good, but they do not even compare to another short story. I forget what it’s called; but it’s about a dreadnought who is slowly degrading and losing his memory, but at the end, as he’s wounded and dying, all his happy thoughts were of him on a swing as a child, while his father pushed him on that swing.
That must've been 'The Glorious Tomb'.
I'll be quoting from memory, plus, English is not my first language, so forgive me if I adlib unintentionally.
'My father pushes the swing. He laughs:
- Be brave, Kellon! Be brave!
I scream. It is a child's squeal, a mixture of fear and excitement...
...
- I have been brave! I knew no fear!
...
The pain is gone. The pain is gone!'
Audiodrama version was great, too. Me and my nephew listened to it as we were on our way to our family's summer house, back in '21. Honestly, it feels like it was ages ago. Those were some good, simpler times...
@@HTWW yes that’s the one!
@@yoannleclerc-desjardins3487 one of my favourites!
Warning: Spoilers Ahead. If you have not read the story “Weregeld”, part of the anthology book “Corax”, then stop here. Anyone who doesn’t mind, just skip down a few more lines and I’ll write it there.
The story that I find to be the saddest is Post-Isstvan, and after Corax’s meeting with the Emperor where He implanted the knowledge of how to create new Marine reinforcements in Corax’s mind. Unbeknownst to Corax, Alpha Legion operatives had infiltrated the Raven Guard and contaminated the gene seed that Corax and his apothecary Sixx were using to fast track the new Marine replacements. This resulted in many of them having horrific mutations, which worsened over time and reduced some to little more than animals. A lot of them whose mutations had not yet become totally debilitating continued to fight alongside their Legion brothers until they no longer could. One of them, Navar Hef, was just a boy when the story began, and we follow his progress throughout his training, gene seed and organ implantation, and his final transformation into a Marine. He and his fellow new Legionaries were jubilant during this time, and they proved themselves to be brave, loyal, and superb combatants. But their mutations continued to progress, to the point where they needed to be kept locked up for their own safety and that of their fellows, as many of their minds had deteriorated and it became difficult to suppress their violence. It was decided that they needed to be euthanized, for many reasons, not the least of which was giving them relief from their painful and torturous existence. Corax took this responsibility on himself, because he loved all of his sons and he felt that he would be the honorable choice, seeing as how much they loved and respected him also. Seeing the heartbreak of his mutated sons, and Corax’s despair at what he saw as his fault, is one of the saddest pieces of Heresy-era lore that I can think of. We really become attached to Navar Hef, as we’ve been with him from boyhood to Legionary to eventually, his death. I’ve read the book at least 5 times, and I still have to dry my eyes when it gets to that part. On that happy note, enjoy your weekend, everyone!
Edit: I know that there were also other reasons that Corax had to end their lives, such as his promise to destroy all Warp-tainted beings, but I felt like my comment was already way too long to include everything, and the reasons I chose were enough to make my point.
Certainly a brutal scene to read
The Raptors were such a truly soul crushing point for the Primarch. That ripping point when Lieutenant Hef was staring at his genefather, before the Primarch gives his son the Emperor's peace. This point truly hit me in the feels.
@@user-yq3fz9ch5q Yeah, totally- same here.