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  • @Uploaded1995
    @Uploaded1995 4 года назад +57

    I love the image of Corvus Corax chasing his brothers through both the material and immaterial planes, such a spectre of vengeance and purpose that the Chaos Gods and their minions cannot corrupt him.

  • @matthewstrakna1537
    @matthewstrakna1537 4 года назад +298

    The novel "Deliverance Lost" is a novel about Alpha Legion vs. Raven Guard, and is very good.

    • @LMKlees
      @LMKlees 4 года назад

      I thought that was the tyranid one

    • @ThisOneNerdGal
      @ThisOneNerdGal 4 года назад +17

      "Red Tithe" is Carcharodons vs Night Lords, which is... Technically Raven Guard vs Night Lords, maybe.

    • @christopherclayton5500
      @christopherclayton5500 4 года назад +19

      @@ThisOneNerdGal Or Night Lords vs Night Lords, lol.

    • @anaximander_4473
      @anaximander_4473 3 года назад +6

      @@christopherclayton5500 I think maybe the Carcharodons are the exiled old terran elements(Xeric tribes) of the Raven Guard rather than the Night Lords.

    • @christopherclayton5500
      @christopherclayton5500 3 года назад +5

      @@anaximander_4473 Possible, though that would make them a fourth, unrecorded Second Founding Successor. Also possible they are an experimental 21st Founding Successor that has fallen to the Sable Brand and no longer have any fucks left to give.

  • @BreakerofHorses
    @BreakerofHorses 4 года назад +901

    If there were a battle between Alpha Legion and Raven Guard, nobody would even know it happened.

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад +106

      Druzhina lol. A discerning point. :).

    • @Sarindanvelor
      @Sarindanvelor 4 года назад +186

      but if you had alpha legion and raven guard working together you could have a whole segmentum conquered with nobody knowing a war had started in the first place only thing that would be known is that a surprising number of people are named alpharius

    • @MrTolgarion
      @MrTolgarion 4 года назад +60

      there needs to be a novel about that and what has kept corax busy all this time.

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад +40

      MrTolgarion there will be. There will be. :).

    • @MrTolgarion
      @MrTolgarion 4 года назад +11

      @@baldermort Anticipation lvl over 9000!!!!!

  • @trajanfidelis1532
    @trajanfidelis1532 4 года назад +89

    Love the beaky boys, I’m also glad that Corax has been sighted kicking Lorgar’s ass...AGAIN

    • @CyberDagger003
      @CyberDagger003 4 года назад +22

      We check under the bed for monsters. Lorgar checks under his bed for Corax.

    • @riissanen93
      @riissanen93 4 года назад +2

      What, rly? Source please, you got me hyped.

    • @CyberDagger003
      @CyberDagger003 4 года назад +7

      @Lord Admiral Spire Fortunately for him, Marbo only exists in realspace, so he's safe from him in the Warp. But now he has to worry about Corax. They cover their bases, those two.

    • @SonofSethoitae
      @SonofSethoitae 4 года назад +5

      @@CyberDagger003 bold of you to assume that the rage of Sly Marbo doesn't reach the Warp

    • @hammer1349
      @hammer1349 4 года назад +5

      @@riissanen93 Sons of the Emperor book, Shadow of the Past story

  • @Lordradost
    @Lordradost 4 года назад +390

    Last time I was this early, the Eldar were still discussing consent and foreplay!

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад +45

      LOL!!!!

    • @scottlidstone1902
      @scottlidstone1902 4 года назад +20

      (In George Takei voice) Ohhhh my!

    • @Lordradost
      @Lordradost 4 года назад +12

      @@scottlidstone1902 lol. Thanks. *wipes tear

    • @T-74
      @T-74 4 года назад +17

      Dark Eldar wych: Whats...Consent?

    • @vctrsone
      @vctrsone 4 года назад +4

      "honey which tentacle demon do you want in you tonight? Pink or the orange?"

  • @WizardJim
    @WizardJim 4 года назад +309

    We all know what the greatest asset of the Raven Guard really is, not stealth, not cunning tactics nor a ruthless pragmatism that escapes even the most formidable of other Astartes legions... no, nooooo...
    it is this... an abundance of beakies, magnificent BEAKIES.

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад +32

      WizardJim I know! I LOVE beakies. I still have 20+ of the original first box. Good times. Tiny buggers now. I had to put a raiser in their base to make them look taller. Lol.

    • @popamonkey190
      @popamonkey190 4 года назад +9

      @@baldermort 20+! Your numbers are legion!

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад +16

      popamonkey190 lol. I wish. English breakdown. I meant 20+ FROM the original boxes. Lol. I think I have about about 28 but am not sure. If I ever get time i’ll check.
      Jesus. 20 boxes would be 600 men!
      £10 thirty marines in one box. Good times. lol. :).

    • @irreligiousmonkey
      @irreligiousmonkey 4 года назад +5

      Beakies are Sneakies!

    • @timandshannon03
      @timandshannon03 4 года назад +5

      I love Beakies!!!!!! I always make sure I get one or two in each squad I put together. I also make a majority of my Sergeants Beakies, as in my head canon, they're obviously Veterans, and have served on the lines longer, using older equipment, and why change what has worked for this long. LoL

  • @humblecustodian4228
    @humblecustodian4228 2 года назад +11

    The raven guard could be of the most annoying chapters to fight because when you find one there’s probably 10 behind you.

    • @mattrosencranse9575
      @mattrosencranse9575 4 месяца назад

      Except you didn’t find one… you see that one lured you to that spot so his ten brothers could get the jump on you.

  • @Kristian.B.Kristiansen
    @Kristian.B.Kristiansen 4 года назад +335

    "The First Axiom of Victory is to be other than where the enemy desire you to be. The First Axiom of Stealth is to be other than where the enemy believes you to be. The First Axiom of Freedom is that justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyranny." Corvus Corax, Ravenlord and Saviour of Deliverance.

    • @Kristian.B.Kristiansen
      @Kristian.B.Kristiansen 4 года назад +10

      @Cian Abroad He was fighting to make the imperium an enlightened monarchy with a benevolent dictator at it's head.

    • @jackmyers8687
      @jackmyers8687 3 года назад +8

      Corax was definitely a poetic fellow.

    • @CHRF-55457
      @CHRF-55457 2 года назад +4

      For some reason those quotes reminds me a little bit of Sun Tzu's quotes.

    • @Scufflegrit
      @Scufflegrit 10 месяцев назад +1

      I’d vote for him.

  • @WallyBDO
    @WallyBDO 4 года назад +45

    "It's not just a PHASE Father! You wouldn't understand!"

  • @constantin3886
    @constantin3886 4 года назад +354

    „The Box does not judge It just HATES“
    -Corvus Corax
    Year 999 Millennia 41

  • @arkroyalslegalteam4911
    @arkroyalslegalteam4911 4 года назад +310

    Best legion by best loretuber. This quarantine is looking slightly better by the day!

    • @thomasc.5219
      @thomasc.5219 4 года назад +4

      @Corvus Morve man. I don't think I ever heard anyone say that the Iron Hands are the best. But everyone has their own opinion. That's what so great about 40k. Their is a Primarch/legion, or faction for anyone's personal interest.
      My personal favorites in no particular order are
      Rogal Dorn- no bullshit with Dorn. He tells it like it is. Think he is only second to Robute in running the imperium as a whole. His legion isn't flashy(minus templars)but they get it done. He held off Horus mostly on his own for a long time. Even though the odds were so amazingly against him. Plus who doesn't love TTS Dorn. Fortify your positions brother.
      Vulkan - the most loving and caring of the primarchs and his legion follows. They actually care about humans casualties. Sad to see so many astartes look down on humans when they are supposed to be fighting for humanity. Plus I love how Vulkan has been underrated as a fighter cause he never wanted to hurt his brothers during sparing so never used his full strength. He is by far the biggest and strongest and yet just a big teddy bear. A teddy bear with a heavy flamer.
      Sanguinious- I don't think there isn't a top 5 without the Angel on it. Unless it's a edgelord chaos worshipper. Then they put wannabe Hawkboy Fulgrim on it. The best fighter of the primarchs and the most pure of heart. He walked to his death with all courage and honor. How many would have done that.
      Leman Russ- badass space viking. I dont think there isn't anyone who doesn't consider Russ a top 3 Primarch. Even traitor dick riders think so. Think those who don't must play 1k sons. Plus his legion is awesome. Love how they hate the Inquisition and Bjorin the Fell handed says worshipping the Emperor is what got us into this mess. Just a real fun Legion
      Robute Guillium(unfairly gets a bad rap just simply cause of memes and one man's writing. But GW have done a great job on showing you his personality and struggles since awakening. No one can run a imperium like Bobby G can.)
      Sanguinious
      I guess Leman Russ would be my overall favorite just cause how awesome the space wolves are and I have always loved vikings in history.

    • @jackmyers8687
      @jackmyers8687 3 года назад +3

      @@thomasc.5219 Personally, I love the Lion and the Dark Angels. Lion El'Jonson was regarded as the most pragmatic and ruthlessly efficient commander of the Great Crusade. His was the task of rooting out those threats which the Imperium most feared, and he undertook it with peerless valour. During the Great Crusade, under his command, the remorseless Dark Angels acted not for glory and honours but only for victory, to vanquish their foes and to leave the enemies of Mankind in quiet and forgotten ruin.
      Malcador himself said "Of all the Primarchs, save perhaps Mortarion, Lion El'Jonson stands apart. Partially this is due to his taciturn nature - a brooding silence hangs over him at all times. Yet there is something more... something buried beneath his noble exterior. Perhaps this is a result of his upbringing, growing to maturity along in the monster-ridden forests of Caliban. Even at a council of war, the Lion moves like an apex predator. He is always watching, always planning, always hunting. He unnerves even his brothers."

    • @coltonjad4825
      @coltonjad4825 3 года назад

      You all probably dont give a damn but does any of you know of a way to get back into an instagram account..?
      I was dumb forgot my password. I would appreciate any assistance you can give me

    • @coltencoleman5513
      @coltencoleman5513 3 года назад

      @Colton Jad Instablaster =)

    • @jackmyers8687
      @jackmyers8687 3 года назад

      @@shadows.82 Good choices.

  • @jeova0sanctus0unus
    @jeova0sanctus0unus 4 года назад +47

    What. You thought Corax was gone? just because you didnt see him?
    Do you know nothing of the man you speak about?
    ;)

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад +8

      Testify. :)

    • @jackmyers8687
      @jackmyers8687 3 года назад

      Last I heard he was hunting Lorgar in the Warp.

  • @killermooseflie
    @killermooseflie 4 года назад +61

    pardon the neck beardiness but: "If you turn from the emperor's light you will find me in the dark"

  • @joaogrrr
    @joaogrrr 4 года назад +38

    If you think about it, Corax is probably the angriest, most savage and avenging of all the remaining loyalist Primarchs. And for good reason.

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад +16

      Johnny G Holy throne yes. I am always more worried about cold rage than hot. His veins run ice cold rage eternally for good reason!!! :).

    • @joaogrrr
      @joaogrrr 4 года назад +13

      @@baldermort Legend says Lorgar checks under his bed every night to make sure he's not there :D

    • @huntergallatin6758
      @huntergallatin6758 21 день назад

      @@baldermort do you have a video about Lord Corvus Corax yet?

  • @tronus571
    @tronus571 4 года назад +19

    Ah, the Raven Guard. My favorite of the loyalist First Founding Chapters. Sneaky Beakies make everything better.

  • @temmy9
    @temmy9 4 года назад +3

    Its telling that Corax was one of the few primarchs who disliked Horus and saw what he truly was.

  • @zakleclaire1858
    @zakleclaire1858 4 года назад +60

    An HOUR LONG video?!? By the Emperor, let me get some snacks and get comfortable!

  • @TheSemajshadow
    @TheSemajshadow 4 года назад +148

    Raven guard = most sexy space marines.
    Baldamort = sexy voice.
    I enjoy this a lot xx

  • @daltonbalusek
    @daltonbalusek 4 года назад +9

    One day our Raven Lord will return and when he does it will be the opening of the gate to allow the Raven Guard to unless our full fury upon the traitors that tried to destroy us. And there will be no quarter give. We will eliminate all, and Corax will have Lorgar's head.

  • @FixedGearFox
    @FixedGearFox 4 года назад +57

    You and Oculus Imperia should do a collaboration together. You both have incredible voices, but whereas you read in an informative way, yet still reference things in our time now, he reads as the Chronicler, an adept tasked by Guilliman himself to inform us in the 42nd millennium. Id pay actual money (I actually support him on Patreon when I can) to hear you two have a discussion on the myriad elements of Warhammer. And in these trying times of isolation and sickness and despair, when Nurgles Rot waxes strong and the other Gods vie for our destruction, it is good to have the glory of our Imperium of Man extolled upon us. Ave Imperator, brother. Truly, you are doing the Emperors work.

    • @JoshuaKevinPerry
      @JoshuaKevinPerry 3 года назад +2

      I hope you still exist. They've done some, Krieg, Space Wolves, Imperial Fists

    • @FixedGearFox
      @FixedGearFox 3 года назад +2

      @@JoshuaKevinPerry I do still exist, thank you very much for that! Also, three weeks after I posted this was when the Krieger vijayo went up. Its neat to see things you appreciate and want to exist manifest. As an aside, what army do you run?

  • @jimminey-fooking-cricket4903
    @jimminey-fooking-cricket4903 4 года назад +19

    I miss the story of the wulfen/death company the Raven Guard once had made up of marines who's bodies mutated and who had gone insane from contaminated gene seed. There was a story where the Raven Guard where ushering these marines into a forlorn hope and the Space Wolves witnessed this and just sort of nodded knowing that the curse could fall upon them any time.
    I want confirmation that the Black Dragons are a Raven Guard successor you don't have to be a chapter of the Salamanders just because you have a Dragon in you chapter name.

  • @nolan7295
    @nolan7295 4 года назад +50

    Last time I was this early Magnus still had faith in the Imperium.

  • @LMR041082
    @LMR041082 4 года назад +49

    I’m so glad to see how your channel is growing, you really deserve it. your enthusiasm is infectious, your humility encouraging and welcoming and modesty very very obvious. Thanks Baldermort for more lore especially while we are in lockdown as it were.

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад +5

      Well my modesty and humility aren;t going to remain intact if you keep that up, brother Rocky. LOL (Joke)
      But its nice to be growing. We've been on this road for a while eh, Posh? Damn some of those earlier videos were..... less than brilliant. Heh. Thank you for always being so supportive and a good friend, sir. Thank you. :)

  • @Tommiart
    @Tommiart 3 года назад +16

    Interesting that the Lion, the Khan and Corax were never allowed to grow too close, yet they were ever the most similar in temperament.

  • @ratchet6969
    @ratchet6969 4 года назад +8

    Space Marine SAS/SBS double hard bastards. Now i have a second Legion/Chapter to get behind, the 1st and 19th. Very well told sir!

  • @darko-man8549
    @darko-man8549 4 года назад +6

    The book Deathwatch made me take a closer look at the Raven Guard
    Death Spectres for the win!!!

  • @Kristian.B.Kristiansen
    @Kristian.B.Kristiansen 4 года назад +30

    There is an absolutely fantastic novel called "Wergeld" about Corax in the Horus Heresy. It is the end of his heresy story arc so fare, and it also ties in with Leman Russ after his confrontation with Horus in "Wolfsbane" I highly recommend it!

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад +2

      Thank you brother. I shall definitely give those a go. I wish I had more time. lol. :)

    • @Kristian.B.Kristiansen
      @Kristian.B.Kristiansen 4 года назад +5

      @@baldermort Gav Thorpe wrote most of the Ravnguard narrative in The Horus Heresy, and most of it is a bit lackluster, but he is really good at melding all his smaller less-good stories into a great overall story, and Wergeld is a great payoff. And Russ and Bjorns story also advance well in it.

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад +2

      @@Kristian.B.Kristiansen I will definitely have to move them up the list then! Thank you brother Kristiansen. :)

  • @tunguskalumberjack9987
    @tunguskalumberjack9987 4 года назад +4

    Where has RUclips been hiding you from me? I am a devoted Raven Guard collector, builder, painter- specifically and strictly from the Heresy Era- (my army, anyway- I still read and enjoy 40K alongside my 30K). Thank you for this focus on the Sons of Corax- your voice is amazing for lore videos- I’m sure other things as well!- but right now, this is scratching an itch that I always have, because the XIXTH don’t get much attention from writers. Thank you, thank you, thank you! This is fantastic. You definitely got a new subscriber today! Edit: I am not even halfway through this video yet- and this one specifically is being entered into my Raven Guard library- which consists of a few videos that I can (and do) rewatch whenever I feel the pull- videos focused on the XIXTH made by such luminaries as Oculus Imperia, the sadly no longer extant Vaults Of Terra, and others. You have really given me, and others, I’m sure, quite a gift, here. I am so grateful.

  • @jasonulysess3652
    @jasonulysess3652 4 года назад +36

    Hello RUclips algorithm. How many people here agree with me it would be cool if Corvus Corax had secretly spent the last 9,000 years as a series of Inquisitors? Not a Grand Inquisitor, not a Lord Inquisitor just a normal Inquisitor running a small army of field agents.

    • @tunguskalumberjack9987
      @tunguskalumberjack9987 4 года назад +2

      Kind of like an Inquisitor “Connor MacLeod”. I like it. And there can be only one.

    • @piotrd.4850
      @piotrd.4850 3 года назад

      Like, running Ordo Sinister?

    • @jasonulysess3652
      @jasonulysess3652 3 года назад

      @@piotrd.4850 I like the energy but no. I am more focused on the idea that when asked about the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle listed 5 stores 2 of which were written by Edgar Allen Poe. Add in that one of the stores involved an Orangutan murdering 2 women in a locked room. Add in the fact the most famous story on the planet involving the Inquisition was written by Poe. Add in the most famous story in the world about a Raven was written by Poe. Add in the most famous story in the world about nobles falling to the corruption of disease as an anthroponomic man was by Poe. Add in how Corvus freed his home world. An I am picturing Corvus Corax being "the guy in the chair" for a couple hundred Inquisitorial Retinues at the same time. They collect the evidence an do all the physical stuff while he with the aid of Astropaths tells them what too do.

    • @jasonulysess3652
      @jasonulysess3652 3 года назад

      @@iloveplayingpr I believe it would be super easy to take the last story ever written by Edgar Allen Poe (the inspiration for Corax) an convert that into the failed hunt for Lorgar in the Eye of Terror. An instead of the characters walking into a swirling doorway of energy out of the nightmare realm into possible heaven after quitting the vengeance quest instead returning to the Imperium 1,000 or more years after he left.

  • @thepiratepenguin4465
    @thepiratepenguin4465 4 года назад +33

    I have custom chapter called the Shinobi Ravens, They are a Raven guard successor chapter based on moon of Shinobi & have a Ninja-ish look. A tactical squad is called a shuriken & a scout squad is referred to as " the hidden blade" & an assault squad is referred to as a " Spear tip" for example.

  • @meanestgreen3320
    @meanestgreen3320 4 года назад +27

    Kurze has said that he is jealous of Corax because of how in touch of the darkness he is. I think it is in the Vulkan Lives novel

    • @ravenstrategist1325
      @ravenstrategist1325 4 года назад +11

      No it is in Kurze Primarch book. He mentions with regret that while he haunts the shadows, Corax owns them. He continues by pondering how much he could have achieved if the two of them fought as one.

  • @Duppyman695
    @Duppyman695 4 года назад +7

    The Beaky Blinders! .....Invisible warriors! ......Shadow soldiers! ......The Raven Guard!

  • @gabrielakui7998
    @gabrielakui7998 4 года назад +19

    This one definitely made the ravengauard more badass, i love that sort of rouge/assassin character it's sorta hard to imagine a space marine as one but you illustrated it perfectly

  • @ASNS117Zero
    @ASNS117Zero 4 года назад +5

    You know what, this has forced my hand. For over a year I've languished over what should be my first model to get and paint. I've always been a big fan of knights, but their cost is just too much for my first model, you know? But I never really gave the Raven Guard much thought before... but this reading. I like it. Now I just got to decide what to get...

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад

      Glad I could help you make the final decision. Now get out there and fix, paint and play brother!!! :)

    • @irreligiousmonkey
      @irreligiousmonkey 4 года назад

      Excellent!
      You waited, studied, learnt and listened to awesome Ravenguard lore.
      You then went and made the right, the only choice...
      ..starting a Black Templar army.
      :p
      (/jk Raven Guard are awesome)

  • @MrImperatorRoma
    @MrImperatorRoma 4 года назад +27

    /tg/ - So anyway here's a joke chapter: Reasonable Marines
    Raven Guard: Am I a joke to you?

    • @lt.branwulfram4794
      @lt.branwulfram4794 3 года назад +2

      Difference is, the Reasonable Marines are more than willing to establish connections with both the Tau Empire and Craftworld Eldar whilst the Tau are the favoured enemy of the Raven Guard.

    • @Aredel
      @Aredel 3 года назад +6

      @@lt.branwulfram4794 Obviously. What greater targets are there for disruption and chaos than the dumbass weeabo space communists?

  • @halorules4458
    @halorules4458 2 года назад +4

    Wish I found you earlier this is amazing I’m only half way through and I love it your voice the lore everything

  • @somberdude1778
    @somberdude1778 4 года назад +4

    I needed this Baldermort, thank you.

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад +2

      Hope your night/day improves brother. Do try to make some time for fun if you can. :)

  • @yeahno6053
    @yeahno6053 4 года назад +14

    When I started reading the warhammer books .... I started with the horus heresy . I never knew about the other parts . Like table top and games . Out of all the legions I read about . It was Corvus Corax who caught my mind . His legion especially . Growing up in the dark yet . Within that shadow was a powerful light . Corvus Corax was someone I wanted to know better . WHen I read that he was hunting traitors still in the eye . I grew with hope knowing the shadow was there .

  • @connorcmsmith4302
    @connorcmsmith4302 4 года назад +4

    that would be so cool a book on a war between the raven guard and the night lords perhaps instigated by the alpha legion.

  • @caseyhamilton1530
    @caseyhamilton1530 4 года назад +11

    Ok...I will start by graciously thanking you as the Raven Guard are my 1st and all time favorite chapter and believe you have done the most honor to them by your masterful lore telling. I have for years thought that G.W. has shafted the Raven Guard until here recently they only got "honorable" mentions and then it seemed only reluctantly,so I thank you for doing an awesome job of it!

  • @ryleyrainsbury3435
    @ryleyrainsbury3435 4 года назад +35

    this was uploaded 58 seconds ago . i'm 57 seconds late.

    • @RobGcraft
      @RobGcraft 4 года назад

      Ryley Rainsbury you were 59 seconds too late

  • @brandonnaylor2735
    @brandonnaylor2735 4 года назад +10

    Your voice is so EPIC! It's like part British, part Optimus Prime!

  • @grandthearch5317
    @grandthearch5317 4 года назад +29

    Deliverance hath come Brothers!

  • @MrCal12345678
    @MrCal12345678 4 года назад +26

    Thank you baldermort really needed this :)

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад +4

      Sorry it was so late, brother. :( Apologies.

    • @hunterskidmore1672
      @hunterskidmore1672 4 года назад +4

      @@baldermort better late and perfect than early or on time and imperfect because of it

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад +2

      Hunter Skidmore well, I had to cut this one short on story and waffle as it was threatening to go over two hours. Which hardcore fans of warhammer may like, but few actually watch anything that large. :(. Ah well. :).
      Thanks for listening brother Iron. :).

  • @tyrantsquirrel575
    @tyrantsquirrel575 4 года назад +5

    I feel like the Horus Heresy series made so many traits of the legions predestined, whereas the old Index Astartes volumes had intriguing reasons for how they became what they are now. The Raven Guard according to the Index Astartes were always tactically co-ordinated, but their reliance on covert and surgical strikes came from the legion having no other choice following their decimation from the Istvaan conflict and Coraxs desperate measures to accelerate the creation of gen seed, and from there they found they now preferred to work in this manner.
    Likewise the Iron Hands were always a legion that valued strength above all else, but their preoccupation with machines and becoming cyborgs was something which they began to obsess with as their flaw of despising weakness only accelerating with the death of Ferrus and the loss of their veterans.
    I just think it seems too convenient how every legion was predetermined, but that's my opinion

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад +2

      Tyrant Squirrel oh I know what you mean. I really do. I have to tow the line a lot, as it’s a starter site. I do wish they’d have made it a little less ‘obviously bad, obviously good’ as it just makes it all seem like the emperor made a direct deal with the dark gods and is no enemy of theirs at all. Which sort of takes away from the passion to fight a bit?
      But hey, let’s see what they do with it. :).

    • @tyrantsquirrel575
      @tyrantsquirrel575 4 года назад +1

      @@baldermort Great videos btw, superb narration 👌

  • @awesomehpt8938
    @awesomehpt8938 4 года назад +18

    Nevermore!

    • @trajanfidelis1532
      @trajanfidelis1532 4 года назад +1

      Harry Tinsley real subtle GW

    • @Green-lk5nt
      @Green-lk5nt 4 года назад

      Ooooo..... I see a fellow brother of culture. ;)

  • @AlexisVolk97
    @AlexisVolk97 4 года назад +11

    Well this is just weird, last night I was thinking "man, Baldermort should totally do the Raven Guard next" after reading some banter between Kor'sarro Khan and Kayvaan Shrike...I'm really happy now!

  • @hammer1349
    @hammer1349 4 года назад +11

    I think the raven guard are almost the epitomy of the art of war. Knowing their enemy, planning in vast detail, choosing their battles.
    As the sabaton song goes:
    "I will run - they will hunt me in vain
    I will hide - they'll be searching
    I'll regroup - feign retreat they'll pursue
    Coup de grâce I will win but never fight"
    "They will find me no more
    I'll be gone
    I will have them surrounded
    They will yield without fight overrun"

  • @darthimperius2865
    @darthimperius2865 4 года назад +6

    Oh, you think darkness is your ally. But you merely adopted the dark; I was born in it, moulded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but BLINDING! The shadows betray you, because they belong to me!

    • @DeHerg
      @DeHerg 4 года назад +1

      I wonder what will break first, your spirit or your body?

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад +1

      Nice insight Primarch. Thank you for sharing. :) :)

    • @darthimperius2865
      @darthimperius2865 4 года назад +1

      @@baldermort Bane stole this from me!!!

  • @carloskl78
    @carloskl78 4 года назад +13

    Your voice was made for the Warhammer narration, to a level unattainable by others. The Allfather protects!

  • @fenriders7008
    @fenriders7008 4 года назад +15

    Perfect accompaniment for painting my newly arrived Scions. Thank you for making this troubling time of seclusion not tolerable but enjoyable.
    Your work against the machinations of Grandfather Nurgle is commendable, Brother Baldermort. Hopefully the Emperor sees it fit to bless you with more gentle listeners as compensation for your services.
    Excellent work as always.

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад +3

      Thanks brother Fen. Its all it is, light entertainment to assist painting and building, or to make the time pass easier without worry. :)

  • @logangilstrap3475
    @logangilstrap3475 4 года назад +1

    That voice so freaking amazing!!! This is now my favorite warhammer 40k lore channel!! Keep uploading please.. can you do the assaings guild with all the different types?? Thanks

  • @cristianturbian2513
    @cristianturbian2513 4 года назад +7

    Thank you brother Boldemort! One of my favourite chapters!

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад +2

      Thank you for listening brother Turbian. :)

  • @waxiboi331
    @waxiboi331 4 года назад +13

    I have said it before but your voice acting is amazing

  • @Riku006
    @Riku006 3 года назад +1

    I’ve been very slowly rebuilding from scratch my spaces marines force after getting back into the hobby following a decade or so out of it. I was tossing up whether or not to return to my previous custom chapter or try my hand at a more established army.
    Then, this Christmas, my cousin gifted me a vanguard strike force. This has made me rethink the strategy I’d play with and, thinking it over and rewatching this video, have helped me make up my mind.
    So, despite being more a fan of Rogal Dorn or the Lion, my marines shall now be sons of Corvus.

  • @jerrywhoomst1116
    @jerrywhoomst1116 4 года назад +4

    Raven guard have always amused me, it makes so little sense for space Marines to be stealthy. Great video though

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад +3

      I know, I know. I found it odd when they came out, as Rogue Trader era ghouls like me always think of the Emperor's line.
      ' I wish the enemy to see my Astartes coming and to know that they will die'.
      But they grow on you after a while. :)
      Thank you for listening brother Whoomst. :)

    • @Eli-Green
      @Eli-Green 4 года назад

      given the setting you can probably make anything up to and including imperial knights stealthy if you tried

    • @jerrywhoomst1116
      @jerrywhoomst1116 4 года назад

      @@Eli-Green that is true, with a little creativity this setting can really do anything you want.

    • @DeHerg
      @DeHerg 4 года назад

      " it makes so little sense for space Marines to be stealthy"
      Why? There are enough things in that universe that can pierce a Space Marines armor. Even modern tank forces rely on armor only as a last resort i.pinimg.com/originals/08/3f/7f/083f7fb31d4bc4d602e94dee4fb13b7e.jpg

    • @AzrealMaximus
      @AzrealMaximus 4 года назад

      10th company scouts eternal.

  • @WASDLeftClick
    @WASDLeftClick 3 года назад +4

    I love the Raven Guard because they’re an entire chapter composed of Batmen with Astartes augmentations and a willingness to kill.

  • @ClydeC
    @ClydeC 4 года назад +12

    The lore has more gravitas when its narrated by you.. Thanks for the content

  • @mostlyjovial6177
    @mostlyjovial6177 4 года назад +8

    YES! YOU FINALLY DID IT!
    RavenGuard are hands down my favorite legion. I love everything about them. From their roll as effectively grimdark navyseals to their strategies.
    From the theming of their legion to the look.
    Though on another note. You plan on explaining the difference between primaris and regular troops? Cause quite frankly I'd love to hear your take on that topic.

  • @cierendavis8606
    @cierendavis8606 4 года назад +11

    The sneaky birb bois of the imperium are the best

  • @malin1140
    @malin1140 4 года назад +5

    I ordered pizza before I sat down to enjoy this video, hehehe! Good Sir, you are quickly joining the ranks of the (intelligentsia) and (influencers) of the 40k community. Enjoy a well earned pat on the back my friend, and for the love of 40k, keep us thinking and the good work! TTFN!

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад +1

      I hope the pizza was divine. :)
      Thanks for listening, as always, brother Ma Lin. :)

  • @Kristian.B.Kristiansen
    @Kristian.B.Kristiansen 4 года назад +8

    Although not a war directly, there is a great confrontation and comparison between the Ravenguard of Corax and the Nightlords of Curze in Curze’s Primarch book. To move in the shadows vs to be one with them! Curze and Sevatar are in the middle of a bombed out building, when a squad of shadowmaster ravenguard and Corax materializes out of the darkness, to confront them about Konrads latest murders.
    Curze later thinks to himself, that he did not hate Corax for being a pure, noble and honorable version of himself, but for having a stealth-power, that the Emperor should have given to Konrad also. Just think of how much better a monster he could have been, if he could turn invisible!

    • @codysing1223
      @codysing1223 4 года назад +2

      Oh yes, Thanks for that.
      More Raven guard fanservice.

    • @georgestauber2636
      @georgestauber2636 4 года назад +2

      @@codysing1223 Kurze can "step into shadows" and mae himself unseen if he wants. He did so in the unremembered empire book.

    • @codysing1223
      @codysing1223 4 года назад

      You know your right, forgot all about that.
      He became a shadow, visible but not vulnerable.
      Corax has true Invisibility.

  • @TheBF3kyle
    @TheBF3kyle 4 года назад +1

    would love to hear more lore on the word beaers legion I think a choas dark apostle video would be amazing :D thanks for all the videos Bal :D

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад

      Noted. I;ll put it on the list. :) Thanks for listening, brother Order. :)

  • @jamescarden8693
    @jamescarden8693 4 года назад +4

    Dude GW needs to hire you soooooo bad. You we're truly blessed to do this. I almost have no need to buy the real audio books. Thankyou sir I now have an hour of complete bliss.

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад

      James Carden they didn’t want me. I did send in for a vocal part and was rejected. Lol. :). Just a little RUclipsr. It’s enough I guess. :).

    • @jamescarden8693
      @jamescarden8693 4 года назад

      If you ever need an assistant voice Actor I'm good at doing ork voices.

  • @davosazizora4611
    @davosazizora4611 4 года назад +2

    Absolutely brilliant!! You sir are outstanding!! Thank you!!

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад

      Thank you for listening brother Azizora. :)

  • @stuartlaws9977
    @stuartlaws9977 4 года назад +2

    I will never ever again hear the term "end quote" without doing it in your voice.
    END. QUOTE.
    So fucking metal

  • @derkrischa3720
    @derkrischa3720 2 года назад +7

    That ending was exquisit! Corax the thing in the shadows that even the dark gods fear!

  • @GT-legendary
    @GT-legendary 4 года назад +14

    my brothers perhaps someone can explain to me why Guilliman openly hated the alpha legion and their shady tactics but seems to be okay with the raven guard?
    i know they are totally different and the raven guard seemed the most "noble of the two" but to me they both seem to be about that cloak and dagger lifestyle.

    • @CyberDagger003
      @CyberDagger003 4 года назад +32

      It was never the stealthy approach to waging war that Guilliman took issue with. He is above all a pragmatist, and is on record saying that best strategy to win a battle with is whatever one works. But besides a conqueror, Guilliman was also a builder, and he liked to leave each planet his legion passed through functional and capable or running and defending itself. As such, he had no problem with Corax's ways of assassination and surgical strikes, as those still left him with something to work with, sometimes even more than more conventional forms of warfare. Alpharius' approach to the Great Crusade, with mass sabotage and the stoking of numerous internal rebellions, left a planet with its population decimated and demoralized, and its infrastructure in shambles, requiring it almost to be rebuilt from the ground up. It's easy to see why this would be a major pain in the ass for Guilliman.

    • @GT-legendary
      @GT-legendary 4 года назад +3

      @@CyberDagger003 thank you!

    • @matthewbrasel2737
      @matthewbrasel2737 4 года назад +6

      @@CyberDagger003 it may also be that Guilliman and Corax actually spent a decent amount of time together. They got to be brothers at least for a bit.

  • @sietse-janhollander7585
    @sietse-janhollander7585 3 года назад +6

    What a great story! Just incredible the amount of passion and time is spent an each of your videos! The only criticism i have, is that the failure of the raptor project was by no small part due the sabotage of the Alpha Legion.

  • @Diarmuhnd
    @Diarmuhnd 4 года назад +5

    I think i drew the very first pencil drawing of Corax decades ago long before he made it officially into 40K. *flex*
    edit: I don't remember what i may have forgotten. So your lore is gospel to me now. :) jk. Nice work.
    This lore vid sure hits all my memberberries. Thanks Baldermort. You're making me want to call an old friend to see if he's still alive. lol

    • @lolwtfbbq111
      @lolwtfbbq111 4 года назад

      So you were an artist for gw, or am i misunderstanding? That's pretty cool either way.

  • @primarisgainssbbg3038
    @primarisgainssbbg3038 4 года назад +6

    I love that you did one of my armies. Raven Guard are the very aspect of relentless resolve in the face of despair.

  • @magnusdallas4447
    @magnusdallas4447 4 года назад +3

    🤞 Can us blueberrys hope for an Ultramarines episode? I know everyone hates us but I think my favourite chapter by my favourite loretuber might just be the killing blow that makes me a patron. Not bribery I swear
    🤞

  • @Anwyn58
    @Anwyn58 3 года назад +5

    Raven guard, the precision of a scalpel and the force of a hammer. They will strike fast and with perfect precision and hit like a sledgehammer where you least expect

    • @PerfectCircle91
      @PerfectCircle91 17 дней назад

      My FAVORITE legion. They are the Special Forces of the legions. As Baldermort has said they bleed and bleed their enemies, until they are almost BLED OUT. Only then do they reveal themselves to perform the Coup de Grace. Misdirection, sabotage, espionage, assassination and disruption of supply lines and then after all that full frontal assault and hammer their foes into oblivion.

  • @TotallyToonsTV
    @TotallyToonsTV 8 месяцев назад +3

    The Raven Guard and Alpha Legion both share the same origin story: It all started with a game of Hide 'n' Seek and the game never ended.

  • @brianhill8046
    @brianhill8046 4 года назад +6

    My week year old infant was throwing a fit. The second you started talking she went quiet and then stayed quiet throughout.
    After it was over she started up screaming again until I played another video of yours
    And no she wasn’t hungry (I had just fed and changed her)

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад +2

      Brian hill phew. I know the knife through the brain that is your child screaming. I am soooo glad I could help on that one. No mater how fleetingly. :).

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад +3

      Brian hill and thank you for your service, if that is your picture.

    • @brianhill8046
      @brianhill8046 4 года назад +2

      Thank you (on both accounts) It is, albeit old; that was back in ‘07 to lazy to update it. Served in the Marines from ‘07 - ‘13 before I wisened up and transferred to the army (still in)
      My first taste of WH40K was actually in Afghanistan. A guy taught me how to play using poker chips, cardboard, and Yahtzee dice. He had codexes for blood angels, necrons and dark angels.
      Bought My first army afterwards, dark angels later refined into the deathwing.

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад +2

      Brian hill ouch. Rough gigs. Hope you are ok brother.
      Glad you had an introduction. When playing warhammer the world just drifts away. :).
      Thank you again. :).

    • @brianhill8046
      @brianhill8046 4 года назад

      Armadio just goes to show, even in a war zone you can still make time for some fun.

  • @derrabbit7289
    @derrabbit7289 4 года назад +6

    Ah yes! One of my favorite loyalists Legions!:) the Emperor’s sad boys!

  • @beaverrow9272
    @beaverrow9272 4 года назад +1

    damn it Baldamort ... now I *have* to have a Raven Guard chapter :p

  • @septimus64
    @septimus64 4 года назад +7

    The Beaky Dark future is in the claws of the Raven Guard. Caw!

  • @sofaking1627
    @sofaking1627 11 дней назад

    As a big ol' crow loving edgelord, it was very easy to find my favorite chapter.
    My unkindness of ravens

  • @feralprocessor9853
    @feralprocessor9853 8 месяцев назад

    Another Thursday of a Raven guard Marine hunting a Heretical Head honcho.

  • @daxair644
    @daxair644 2 года назад +4

    So Corvus Corax is now the only primarch that can change from being a solid to a fancy ghost cloud. That’s pretty badass.

  • @fumarc4501
    @fumarc4501 4 года назад +1

    Corvus succeeded! It was the Alpha Legion’s sabotage that lead it’s failure. All Corvus failed to do was notice the snakes among his nest.

  • @derrabbit7289
    @derrabbit7289 4 года назад +4

    A Raven Guard/Night Lords War? I love the idea! Hilariously, I used Shrike’s early 2000’s model to make my Night Lords Captain

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад +1

      OMG the Irony! Bwahahahahah. Good one brother Rabbit. :)

  • @toddthompson2782
    @toddthompson2782 4 года назад +7

    I think it would be pretty cool if he shows back up with wings, like the angel only black and not white

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад +2

      Todd Thompson he’s a living shadow now. :). Thanks for listening brother. :).

    • @toddthompson2782
      @toddthompson2782 4 года назад +1

      @@baldermort Yeah, ive listened to the audio drama and i think it was great that lorgar knew right off what it was, lol, and i think its cool how you include a bit of audio drama with your vids, keep up the good work

    • @hammer1349
      @hammer1349 4 года назад

      I don't know why but for a while I've been thinking that he will return with a legion of his own. He has become the shadow but has also succumbed to its vices. He has sworn to destroy everything remotely chaos related, now that he knows the truth, it means he himself must perish.
      He has become an avatar of vengeance. And what legion to best serve under this avatar? None other than vengeance made manifest: the legion of the damned.
      In recent lore they have become absent, normally present when fate hangs in the balance yet the Imperium faces its darkest hours and they are nowhere to be found.
      I believe when the time is right, when the forces of the dispoiler make ready to crash into the gates of the Imperial Palace will he return to claim his vengeance

  • @a.h.1358
    @a.h.1358 Год назад +2

    The Spec Ops Space Marines, they alone know and keep alive the ancient Terran tradition of concealing themselves with CARDBOARD BOXES

  • @solidsentinel1285
    @solidsentinel1285 3 года назад +3

    Those that shine the brightest cast the darkest shadows, always a good idea to have someone on your side who lives within them.

  • @joselitobertulfo8080
    @joselitobertulfo8080 4 года назад +2

    Raven Guards are similar to the USMC's force recon. Swift, silent, and deadly.

  • @Madjo-qj2ge
    @Madjo-qj2ge 3 года назад +1

    The Sneeki Beeki and my third Favorite Chapter

  • @juliangonzales3490
    @juliangonzales3490 4 года назад +8

    If it's too much to ask are you planning to do the death korps of krieg? Also great video like always.

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад +5

      How could I not do Kreig? But that one will take some time, so its not yet. But soon. :) :)

    • @brendameistar
      @brendameistar 4 года назад +2

      @@baldermort please do a different regiment of renown. Archwarhammer has a 10 hour long siege of vraks series

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад +4

      brendameistar our more like 40 hours from Arch. But do bear I mind if I only did that which had not been done before by other RUclipsrs I would literally have nothing to put out. Nothing. Everyone had covered everything at some point.

    • @brendameistar
      @brendameistar 4 года назад +1

      @@baldermort please do anything other than vraks stuffs. With that said. I'd love to hear a lot more from you, and thank you for doing this

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад

      brendameistar yeah I’m not touching Vraks. Krieg, yes. Vraks no.

  • @joesteinberg4426
    @joesteinberg4426 4 года назад +2

    Stealth? Sabatoge? Subterfuge? Are these the terms we choose to define the Raven Guard? No. They are none of these things. In the darkness they dwell, so in the light we may live. The Raven Guard are Sentinels.

  • @markmueller-rougier3098
    @markmueller-rougier3098 4 года назад +2

    There are probably hundreds of battles versus the Night Lord's, and the Alpha legion, it's just no one knows about them which is how they like it.

  • @gunnmsech
    @gunnmsech 4 года назад +2

    Well the Carcharodons chapter *space shark* are the terran exiles of the raven guard and they fought against the night lords in their book named the Red Tide. They claimed to be from terra itself, got black eyes, white skin, sharp teeth and use the ancient ways of obtaining slaves to replenish their numbers. Mostly a nomadic fleet fighting against the threats of the imperium and running away from the eyes of the inquisition before they arrive later after they exterminated all foes to humanity.

  • @roybal1975
    @roybal1975 2 года назад +2

    Okay why Isn't there a freaking movie on WARHAMMER 40K???? I NEED A MOVIE!!!!! LOL

  • @roymcroberts8683
    @roymcroberts8683 3 года назад +2

    Sir you make warhammer 40k even better than I thought it could be you deserve 1000000 subscribers. This channel is what RUclips was made for. Thank you for your passion.

  • @OEFarredondo
    @OEFarredondo 4 года назад +2

    Thank you blood. You really are the homie putting so much effort in all these videos. I support you carnal.

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад

      Thanks brother Arrendondo. :)

    • @mduckernz
      @mduckernz 4 года назад

      ... carnal? heh.

  • @coltonberry985
    @coltonberry985 4 года назад +3

    SQUAWK! Space Emos are here!!!!

  • @bluebuda8170
    @bluebuda8170 4 года назад +2

    Hey you made my video for me thank you buddy. I've got like the last five or six videos that you wolf Lord arch and Oculus imperialis has made n a playlist just waiting for a rainy day that's why you haven't heard from me lately. I saw you collaborated with a border Prince the other day congratulations looks like you're growing fast

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  4 года назад +1

      I hope you do like it when you come to it Brother BB. And thank you for all of your patience. I hope life is good and you are taking care of yourself out there. Be lucky, be well. :)

  • @randlebrowne2048
    @randlebrowne2048 4 года назад +2

    "De Oppressor Liber" = To Liberate the Oppressed, the motto of the US Special Forces aka: the Green Berets.

  • @Kyser666
    @Kyser666 2 года назад +1

    For Corax, the Emperor and the algorithm!

  • @jkbscopes1233
    @jkbscopes1233 4 года назад

    Ahh our best birdboy
    My third favourite legion
    Right behind alpharius and the wolfbois