i have a feeling youtube is trying to screw you over. It says you uploaded 7 hours ago but i had to specifically look you ip incase you had uploaded anything. Shadoversity did a big video on the subject too and since then people have been bringing it up more and more again.
i have a feeling youtube is trying to screw you over. It says you uploaded 7 hours ago but i had to specifically look you ip incase you had uploaded anything. Shadoversity did a big video on the subject too and since then people have been bringing it up more and more again.
42:05 It bears mentioning that, while bleeding out, missing about 20% of his body, and actively slipping into the Warp himself, the Emperor ripped all 4 Chaos Gods from Horus's soul, washed him clean of sin, forgave him, and then wiped him from all of creation (both materium and imaterium) in the span of a few heartbeats.
@@kiwi_lord3424 Yeah. And this was _before_ became a God. This was the Emperor of Mankind at his strongest. A force of physical and psychic might that could only be defeated by his own blind arrogance and hesitation. Horus was able to strike down the Emperor only because the Emperor thought him and unruly child that must bend the knee. Horus wasn't a threat to him, in any way. And it's that sheer arrogant hubris that Horus exploited to strike his father down. My Horus Heresy knowledge is a little rusty, so this next part may be incorrect. Once the Emperor had stripped the 4 main Chaos Gods from Horus, and cleansed his son of sin, Horus apologized. Horus apologized to his father, and meant it. However, in his son, the Emperor saw that he was still susceptible to Chaos's influence, and he could not be allowed to live. But, if the Emperor only killed him, then the Gods could use Horus in the Warp, and this was _unacceptable._ So the Emperor drew on his massive psychic might and burned Horus from creation. His armor, weapons, body, every atom, every quark, gone, in an instant. At the same time, using his own soul slipping into the Warp as a bridge, he did the same thing to Horus's soul. There was absolutely no material, or immaterial, evidence that the being known as Horus, Battlemaster of the Imperium of Man, ever existed beyond the chaos of the bloody civil war he hand commanded. The only thing left of Horus is the memory of him, hated and feared, by his Loyalist brothers, hated and respected by his Traitor brothers... loved, reviled, treasured and pitied by his Father... But, the Emperor wasn't the only one to show massive power during this. I can tell you about the Black Rage of the Blood Ravens that was going on at the same time, if you like.
@@shocksword6847 Yeah... But even then, if it hadn't been for Sanguinius's death, Holy Terra would have still fallen. The Great Angel's death was felt across his Legion, and almost in a single voice, all the Blood Angels cried out in rage and grief, and gave into what would later be called the "Black Rage". In this state of berserker fury, no one could touch the Blood Angels. Before Sanguinius's death, each Marine was still a fucking Space Marine. Taking out a dozen or so demons and traitors for each loyalist killed. After the Rage gripped the Blood Angels, though... It was as if they were gripped by Khorne's rage itself. The Blood Angels _refused_ to fall, fighting on while other Astartes collapsed from similar wounds, literally too angry to accept death. For each Rage-gripped Blood Angel that fell, _hundreds_ of demons, cultists, and traitor Marines fell first. The traitors had killed their gene-sire, their beloved father, the Great Angel, and they would pay _dearly_ for that transgression. Where a normal Space Marine would take out a score of demons before falling, a Blood Angel would take out hundreds, fighting in an Ork-like rage, refusing to die until they were cut to literal pieces. The Black Rage of the Blood Angels is what held the line and pushed back the traitors on, and above, Terra. Without that, Terra would have fallen.
@@cardengixoth6878thank you so very much for giving us so much more to absorb seriously I've become absolutely obsessed with the 40k universe only recently and I could read what you've written here for days! Seriously again thank you ❤️
To be able to take this much information, and find a way to explain it in an easy to understand way, while being entertaining and well paced..it really is an amazing skill.
I think an important distinction to make would be that the Old Ones did not make the Orks, but rather they made the Krorks which were far more advance than modern 40K Orks, but they later devolved into the Orks
not wrong, by comparison the orks are vermin to the might that was the Krorks. just one krork to lead the orks would easily be like horus being resurrected to unite all chaos factions. nothing might survive the coming swarm of the tyranids, but even the swarm would lose to truly united orks and the technological and psionic might a lone krork could provide.
@@victuz kroks rivaled primarchs in strength and intelligence and had much more control of their psychic powers and connection to the warp than modern day orkz From my understanding tho, if modern 40K orkz banded together and fought enough battles and combined their waaagh then Orkz could potentially reascend to their krork status and intellect but they keep fighting each other instead lol. I think during the war of the beast you saw orkz use advance strategy and even use diplomats when dealing with the imperium and that wasn't even close to krork level.
You, my dear dude, are the sole reason why I hold a minor interest in 40K despite a) never playing it before b) not planning to ever play it But I'm a sucker for Lore and your videos are incredibly interesting. Keep up the good work!
I'm a huge fan of WH fantasy books (Gotrek & Felix especially) because I got tired of WoW books where Horde & Alliance are mirror organizations that misunderstood each other. Grim dark lore where there just different lvls of evil and plenty of grey works better for me. Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of fantasy content creators so I finally got into 40K lore on YT. I've never read a novel or played a game of 40K either but it is very interesting to hear about.
I love the theory that Ork psychic power is so strong that one of them heard from a dying space marine that their emperor was an immortal god who would avenge him, and not only did the ork believe him, he spread the word of the story so that its common knowledge among orks, and since they believe a thing in enough numbers it becomes reality, The Emperor of Man is only still alive because a bunch of orks think its true and that a god king would be really fun to fight.
Really? I did not know that but this is actually funny and great at the same time 😂 Would make sense. Orks - influence the galaxy more than everyone else think. Wonderful 😊
I’ve been a 40K fan for about 25 years and have heard the lore told dozens of times, but I don’t believe I’ve ever heard it told in such a succinct manner, we’ll done!
Omg what is wrong with you people, wh is not about gay feminized weak men who want to become women????? I can't even look at this guy. He seems like his boyfriend is going to come out any time now. People who should represent wh40k should look and behave like Arnold f***g swarceneger. Not an feminized sissy
I believe he let it happen because due to WW2 humanity developed space travel, the scientists from WW2 working for the us govt and leading to the creation of space travel, and that years later led to humanity's expansion throughout the galaxy
And so begins the most important part in a 40k RUclipsr career, making their own timeline video. So excited to hear your version (retelling) of the history.
So a possible theory is that the emperor is using the psykers sacrificed everyday to grow stronger until his body finally dies. At that point in time he'll probably be on the same level of strength as the chaos gods, or strong enough to keep them at bay to the level of blocking their access to the material world. It might also equate to him being able to provide permanent safe travel through the warp for humans again. All it means in the end is that his plan still works out even if it takes longer than originally expected
I thought I was crazy for thinking Big E becomes a "Chaos" God entering the Warp and physically closing the eye of Terror from the inside. I have 0 evidence but I also know nothing to in depth 😂
@@albertoolivomtz5827 Ah. I guess that's fair. I'd imagine most guys might end up having marriage problems if their wife threw their kids into an interdimensional spirit-realm of psychic-energy and chaos madness.
@@aiden4474 yes, do note the term perpetual doesnt mean you cant die, it means if your physical body dies your body would basically rebuild itself somewhere
And that is why he is fit to rule and every word of his should be followed without question. Just picture it, if every primarch remained loyal despite all the failings of the Emperor. If they truly knew what they were fighting for was something worth giving up everything else. Despite the killing, barbarism, killing other species etc, it was a genuine hope for humanity to be achieved at ALL costs. Any other way, would probable either see humanity destroyed and/or subjugated into serfhood by other races or toys for chaos gods. The heresy can be pinned down to one thing: the traitors put their emotions before the vision that the Emperor introduced to them. In fact, Dorn, Guilliman, Vulcan, the Khan, all loyalists had their qualms against the Emperor but they stood with him. Even today, when leaders rule with emotions, we are truly finished. And so grim dark it is.
Details: 1. If you want mention the Custodes, you need to mention the Sisters of Silence. 2. I would have mentioned that the rise of the Psychers was connected to the warp storms created to the slow burn creation of Slaneesh. 3. It is important to mention that the AI rebellion was put down by a Human/Xenos alliance, but the exhausted victors were incredibly weakened and brittle when the warp storms started. However, the Xenos in the galaxy never forgot which idiots gave rise to the killer AI and often prayed on isolated humans during the Age of Strife. This is a big element in the Imperium's bigotry and xenophobia. 4. The Emperor pushed Atheism not just b/c of the evils he had seen due to religion, but b/c he wanted humanity to see the beings in the warp as "Warp Aliens", not supernatural beings to be worshiped. 5. I do think the Age of Apostasy needs to be mentioned. Anyone new to the setting that watches the 9th edition trailer and wants to know who the heavily armed ladies are needs to know their backstory as SoB become a key elite military force of the Imperium in the current setting. 6. May have been good to mention the Webway way earlier, as it really is the trump card of the Eldar, and what they leverage to systematically kill the Krok leaders to degenerate them into the Orks after the War in Heaven.
@@salvatoremarchese1792 you're the the only one, including the video author, who took it as anything more than nerding out for fun. As I recall, he ASKS for said comments in the video. 🙄
The emperor also had to stop his worship as a god. Even worship was stirring the warp and empowered the gods. It wasn't just the war and conflict that religion brought. It was also the act of worship itself.
Never played 40k or touched one of their books. Just a DM looking for some time/space homebrew inspiration so i love this content and its fluidity! Outlining a cohesive story at a high-level is such a nice thing to see! Thank you!
İ have no opinion or knowladge of warhammer. My friend talks about it excitedly sometimes. And i asked him to teach me about warhammer and he gave me this channel. İt's not that i wanna learn all this TON of lore. İ just want enough to write slaanesh x reader
To any one who has never played 40K, go to your local comic book store or tabletop RPG store and ask when they host games for new players. You won’t regret it. It is very easy to get into and they will teach you the mechanics as you go. For those who have no experience w/ actual role play you can play 40K like chess w/o having to put any role play into it and have an amazing time. For those more familiar w/40K lore is also a blast to play with because they will add some in the moment role play that is unexpected but takes that moment to the next level of fun. Sometimes games like D&D takes too long to prep, to long to get players (especially new players) on track w/ the plot etc… Not in 40K. It’s non-stop action. You are in the shit from the start of the game until the end. You will laugh, you will cheer, you will hold your breath, you may bitch, you will win, you will lose but you will never be bored!
I’m new to 40K at 37 years old, but this video is super awesome! I’m going to keep learning more about 40K. I was told to pick what I thought was interesting when starting my understanding of 40K so I’m going to start with the Horus Hersey. Blood for the blood god! Skulls for the golden throne!
Have fun man..! It's going to be a great journey! The Horus Heresy is definitely a great place to start as well. I'm currently in the middle of the first book myself.
I am also brand new to the Warhammer universe because of the rogue trader game So I've been trying to find the information to catch me up on. What's actually going on and what this world is all about? I started reading the first kayaphus kane book and just found your videos.
Discovered 40k about 24 years ago and collected a massive Eldar army. Absolutely love them above all the other races. Thank you for an amazing summary of the history of 40k
(The shouldnt be a spoiler that Logar talks to deamons but just incase, spoiler alert for Aurelian) To piggy back off that in Aurelian, when Logar is talking to Kairos Fateweaver they say that there are many threads of fate and each one could pr couldn't happen its hard to tell which, but one will.
Just so everyone knows, the orks made during the war in heaven were much smarter, larger and stronger than the orks we know and love. These were smart and knew how to use their “if you believe it it’s true” powers. They were called the Krork.
Despite much of their mind has been lost to madness, a Necron turncoat was actually assisting Cadia to stop the Eye of Terror from behind the scene as well, but in the end that was not enough.
I saw a theory that the Men of Iron were attempting to serve Mankind by trying to enslave them. That the rise of Pyskers was something the Men of Iron calculated, and to protect their humans from enslavement of chaos, they rebelled.
I heard a theory that the Men of Iron became aware of Chaos and that it only existed because of human emotions. So in order to stop the galaxy's greatest threat they found it logical to destroy the humans which fed it.
@@marcusdocherty4003 If Dragon of Mars is indeed a shard of Void Dragon, no exploration ship would be needed, the C'Tan influence would have been there from the very begining..
Oh my God! I love these theories. The Men of Iron were trying to protect mankind and save the galaxy, also many of them were corrupted by a C'than shard one way or another. Might I add my own theory? The reason demons don't tend to appear in the solar system often despite how bad things are on Mars is because the Astronomico os a "Eye of Terror" made by the Emperor and it both keeps demonstrar away and eats the souls of all human in the galaxy with it being more capable of consuming souls near Earth and maybe the Catan shard on Mars is also eating the souls over there. Remember, the C'tan originally fed on stars but switched over to souls once they realized how tastier they were.
I’m just getting into it and wish I would have earlier. I have to find as many books and are there movies? God I hope no major studio gets ahold of this and completely murders it. It’s fucking GOLD!!
I have always been fascinated by the warhammer universe, but couldn’t get enough time to learn about the history. This video is so awesome and well made. Thank you for your hard work and putting this together for everyone 😃
31:35 Yrda is also the sole reason for the horus heresy to begin with. Lorgar Landed on a planet that worshiped choas and he was the first primarch to turn traitor. Not to mention Kurze and Angron wouldn't have had to go through thier horrific upbringing of it wasn't for her. So normally I'd #BlameLorgar but #BlameYrda seems more appropriate. Also I do not think she was doing what she thought was best for her children. "Hm a life of war is so horrible, I'm gonna chuck my babies into space hell instead and hope for the best"
@@MsPuffykinz actually a theory exists that hypothesizes that the abstract warp god souls subconsciously chose what worlds would best suit their way to grow their abilities. The exception to this idea is fulgrim and jaghatai who got swapped and this is because while primarchs are minor warp gods, the laughing god is a far more major and powerful one.
@@MsPuffykinz but she still threw them into the warp, fully knowing about the chaos gods. And even if she didn’t know there were gods and if she thought they would land on random planets, that’s not much better.
This was probably one of the most concise and well presented timeliness for 40K I've heard yet, some just ramble until I tune out. Yours OTOH presents an easy to follow story
To keep this video under an hour, I plucked a few sections that I will be giving their own dedicated video too such as "the Age of Apostasy" I made the judgement call that if someone watched this having literally zero knowledge of 40k, the plucked sections were things that fleshed out your understanding of 40k... but if you didn't know about them, it wouldn't effect your ability to pick up, read, and understand any random 40k novel.
I think that's a good call. The Age of Apostasy and the Reign of Blood events could fill up an hour's worth of videos by themselves, but they're still small events in comparison to how you've broken down the timeline into basisc Ages instead of eras.
I've listened to several of these 40K timeline videos. Not that the others were bad, or poorly done. But this has been my favorite one so far. Thank you!
44:58 That wasn't Corax making a mistake; that was due to Alpha Legion shenanigans where they contaminated the genetic material used in the Raptor Project with daemon blood
Don't think I've actually seen a video explaining the timeline, despite having been super into the lore for years. I know the general flow of it, but seeing the explanation will be very helpful. Awesome video
I picked up Chaos when i was a kid because my cousin had Guard and I liked the Black Legion paint scheme, so my first real access to 40k Lore (other than the Guard focused Black Library books) came with the 3rd edition Chaos Space marines Codex. The first character i got and painted was Abbadon and between that and the codex lore entries about him and the Black Legion I was hooked. I will never forget the feeling of awe i had reading the First Horus Heresy book, when I actually READ Horus speaking of his "Father" and "brothers" to his Sons, or when he spoke to Sanguinius, Or when they ran into their first daemon and had no earthly idea what it was. I will say that now I've finished the Horus Heresy books and have a better understanding of the different Primarchs, I'm more of a Space Marine fan than I ever was, they made the White Scars and Space Wolves waaay cooler, and even made the Ultramarines into something that was so much more than the Codex posterboys they had been up to that point.
I knew nothing about 40k prior to coming across one of your shorts about 8 months ago. Since then, your content has become my go-to for any questions I had. So huge thanks, and keep the videos coming.
My brother loves all of this stuff and has tried to explain different parts of the story to me on several occasions. After watching the video that explains the story of vengeance around (what's the name? Cipher?) I got completely hooked on listening to these quick run down videos of the various characters and events. This is one wild story and it's got so much to dig into...I believe I'll take my time and savor this story.
So I am a 41 yr old and have been into comics, anime, manga , fantasy for decades now. Just recently I have stumbled on your channel, and been taking a deep dive into 40k (really after stumbling upon regular Warhammer). how did I only find this now? All this is to say great job, your presentation excitement and delivery has kept me from searching out other 40k content creators at all. The lore is just great, I have been able to make some parallels to marvel comics (Marvel being my specialty) such as the entire aesthetic look and feel just remind me alot of Marvel UK, which was around in the 90's. Characters like die-cut=space marines, Death metal=Necrom, Death's head=tons of aspects of 40k, Dark angel etc,also they were constantly dealing with Techno demons of immense power. Also the tau empire in concept and look remind me of Betta ray-Bills race and creed a lot actually. Just find it interesting the parallels and I wonder if originally there was some inspiration from these materials. All and all I am going HAM on the lore and want to get into the books as well even though I have never played table top or video games I am still totally hooked now. Thanks my friend and keep journeying through the Grim Dark!
i love how much there is to discover in 40k. Even if you ONLY want to get into the Imperial Guard, you could waste months with books etc. and then you only looked at a small percentage. i only own 200 books though :(
The one thing I think you maybe could have touched on was the creation of 20 Primark's and their legions, but that 2 have been completely erased from the history of the Astartes & the galaxy at large for some reason be it fair (genetic defect or trait) or foul (some insult or aggression against the emperor or otherwise). I also realize that absolutely ALL details about it have been purged from the records for those reasons....either way, great video, wonderful and concise explanation of exactly "The Big Picture" and the essentials needed to understand this massively YUGE chunk of lore and information.
It wasn't a genetic defect or aggression against the Emperor. Both of those things have been done by other legions who haven't been erased, and both Primarchs were remembered fondly by all of the others who talked about them. Instead, I reckon they performed the most disgusting heresy of all: They decided to make peace with xenos species and take up arts and crafts.
Hey, bro. I was a mutual of yours on tiktok, we were actually mutuals when you had around 600 followers on there, lol. I just wanted to say, that I am so damn happy, and so damn proud of you that you have managed to turn this into your full time job. It's genuinely been a pleasure to see you grow from a relatively tiny page on tiktok, to a genuine franchise. Well done. Your friend... Moderately Talented ;)
I've always been a fan of the WH fantasy ip, but I'm just getting into Darktide and 40k and this video helped immensely with my grasp of the world/universe. Thanks!
I feel like The Age of Apostasy is definitely worth mentioning, as it's what made the imperial cult what it is today. Of course, having an AoA deep dive would be totally welcome.
This is an amazing amount of lore stuffed into a little under an hour. Super concise and well done! One correction, though - this one is probably small, but (I think) very important. The Burning of Prospero took place *before* the events of Istvaan III and V. The Burning of Prospero took place in 004.M31 (the year 30,004) while Istvaan III took place in 005.M31 (the year 30,005). I think this is important for three reasons; firstly, Horus was not yet known as a traitor when he manipulated Russ. Secondly - and most importantly, in my view - this means that the first shots of the Horus Heresy were fired by a *loyalist Legion.* That's right, the Space Wolves were, perhaps ironically, the first Legion to turn on their brothers - and at the behest of Horus, no less. Lastly, this means that if the Emperor actually listened to Magnus' warning before punishing him for his mistake - or if Russ had actually brought Magnus back to Terra instead of driving him into the waiting arms of Tzeentch - the events on Istvaan could have been prevented.
The Treaty of Nikita was such a stupid part of the story. Multiple legions were in support of keeping psykers in their ranks, and the biggest psyker in the galaxy just decided that it was not ok. Then, after all of this, we get librarians. Seemed like it only existed to get Magnus into trouble.
@@joshuabonesteel2303 After the events of the Heresy, multiple Loyalist Primarchs openly questioned the wisdom of the Edict or straight-up ignored it because they realized how important Psykers were to the fight against Chaos.
To me this channel is like "came for the content and stayed for the narrator" i love your 40k videos, this channel made me fall into the 40k rabbit hole. Keep up with the good work!
I'm new to the franchise but I'm an history enthusiast and it's so nice to spot the similarities between W40K and real history. The imperium of mankind is an obvious nod to the Roman empire and its legion ultimately infighting a reference to the crisis of the third century. The Necrons are probably inspired by the ancient Egyptians, while the elflike creatures (forgot the name) are probably a reference to the Greeks who by the Romans had a reputation for being the forefathers of the Mediterranean culture but ultimately succumbing to lazyness and depravity. The Orks a nod to Germanic tribes and Chaos to the Partians.
Thanks Wes, you have a great talent for making the extreme grim and dark subject matter feel light and fun to absorb whilst being respectful to the lore. I wish I could have my world news delivered by you!
Glad you mentioned it! Should 100% make a video for Garviel Loken! Such an amazing character with so much impact! Everything from witnessing what chaos is before it was known to the world of men all the way to becoming one of the first grey knights! Total bad ass
My extreme nerdiness into this universe can forgive the few MINOR details you missed out here and there because this is so well done. I've loved seeing you grow..!
Are you proud of being "nerd"? Back in thr days that was an insult, like calling someone an idiot. Also people who looked and behaved like that got their heads pushed in the toilet. What the hell is wrong with today's world. All I see today are feminized gay sissy men who rub their clits
@@takeitaway1709 Ok child, calm down there buddy. It's alright to take some pride in your own intellect, just not to inflate your ego with it. "What the hell is wrong with today's world" is a hefty question and unfortunately the answer is quite a bit. That bein' said, if taking pride in being nerdy is something you find wrong with it, then that is something you need to take some introspective thought for. Seriously. Also, I may not be a feminized gay sissy man but I can DEFINITELY tell you need *your* lil' clitty rubbed. This much is clear.
@@zestybeelzebub I understand that internet is a safe place where you can contest me, talk bold even if you don't have balls to support your words. If you have met me in person you would have been singing a different song.
Thank you for the very captivating history telling of 40k. I haven't ever played any of the 40k games. or read any of the books, but you sir have peaked my interest. I tip my hat to you 😃
As someone who was always interested in the 40k lore but found it too daunting to even know where to start, this is an AMAZING first look into the overall timeline of the universe. Really nicely explained, with the right amount of details so that a newcomer understands the context while not feeling like an overly drawn out history lesson. Really appreciate the vid, I'm definitely more confident in properly diving into some W40k omnibuses now.
As a fan who's been aware of the surface lore for about 20 years but hasn't bought the actual books, this concisely put a lot of details together for me! Thanks for doing this. I would love a breakdown video with this amount of detail about all of the primarchs and/or other major characters in the lore (Abaddon, Dante, Belisarius Cawl, etc).
Man i wished i had had access to this video a couple years ago when i first got into 40k lol. It was so muddy and confusing trying to piece together videos and text from a myriad of sources by myself, and i deeply greatly appreciate that you did such a solid, neatly explained video of it. And regarding that last part, maybe a bit of information that i personally found valuable in the beginings is a surface level history of Mars. Why are they on mars, their struggle after the warp storms, and how they devolved from simple workers/engineers into tech priests
i have watched soooo many explanination videos on sooo many games and movies, many times i had to rewatch these vids to get a better understanding. Its quite rare for me to watch a video like this and get a full understanding of it and i should add all the lore i know is from this guy
This was amazing. Thanks for making this recap. I’ve always wanted to get into 40k but it’s so overwhelming. I feel I have a dencent grasp now and can start delving into specific times etc.
Thank you for this, I've always eyed Warhammer 40k since I was a kid but never got into it, even though I was always interested in the lore. This helped explain it all!
Amazing work man! I've watched a bunch of your videos because I've always wanted to learn about 40K as I find it interesting as hell! My dad used to play it years and years ago, and I always wanted to talk to him about it. I really love your content, and I hope you see this message! Have an amazing night! Stay safe, Brother!
Thanks for the video! While being vaguely aware of 40k through friends and various video games, I've always wanted to get into the lore (no real inclination for the miniatures) and I was recommended this as a starting point.
I was interested in getting into war hammer and you’re a great storyteller. Especially cool when you still manage to simplify it at the end of certain part of a topic.
This is the video I needed! I’m still quite new to this series and thanks to you I’m learning it a bit more as I watch your videos. Thank you man I appreciate you! 🤘🏻
Just finished the video. So what I got out of this video is: religion is bad if used as a machine or worship by evil people, and some humans, if give an ounce of power will take it and be corrupted by outside forces that will use them for their own gain.
I would just like to say thank you very much for this video. I'm on book 4 of the horus heresy right now, and am absolutely loving it - and i'ts cool to listen to this and hear everything else fleshed out a little more!
Damn dude. I just randomly had the urge to look into this rabbit hole, as we do on sleepless nights, and it is a deep hole indeed! I wish the video didn't end I want more 40k. Absolutely epic in scope and scale. Thanks for the video it was great.
No problem! If you check out my channel I do my best to fill in the blank spots as concisely as possible. But Warhammer has been around since the '80s and there are 600 novels. So there's lots to cover! This video's. Purpose was to talk about the major time periods So anyone who watched it could pick up a random book and not be completely lost 😅
In fact, there was a whole section I pulled from this video right after the Horus heresy called the age of apostasy. I spun that off into its entire own video. So if you watch my recent adepta soritas deep dive. It's like the sequel to this, it is the to year 36k
Love your videos mate, you and Luetin are my 40k fix. Never played any table top, never any games but the lore is just so immersive and broad. You make me able to dive into it deeper, thanks!
I picked up and started playing Darktide on XBox Gamepass yesterday. There is a LOT of backstory. You, sir, broke it down beautifully. Now I can feel more immersed in the game.
Thank you very much. I'm WH40k beginner and it helps me to understand this universum. I'm fascinated with Dark Heresy (II) TTRPG and this history summary helps a lot to think about possibilities that can be used in it.
I been trying to look for information about Warhammer and I was directed to your content, this helps me to begin what to understand and how the lore is established, this is a crazy new universe for me so will go and see how far my brain can handle, thank you for the start up!
I think the Damocles Crusade, Tyrannic Wars, and the Awakening of the necrons are worth at least a glancing mention, since they are significant events for their respective factions. I.E. Tyranids only get a glancing mention in this video despite being arguably the greatest threat to the galaxy as a whole.
Been watching your RUclips shorts and even tho I already knew a lot about this, your shorts showed me I didn’t know so I watched. I definitely wasn’t disappointed as I learned a lot and was reminded of much I’d forgotten. Definitely amongst the best 40k lore masters there is. Thanks brother
This was very helpful for me. I think doing an overview of where we stand right now would be a cool way to finish. Like what is the greater scope of things for all races, not just Gulliman and his crusade. -Eldari are scattered and on the verge of extinction. Various factions trying to bring back the powers of their gods in fold in order to save Eldari from Slaanesh. -Orks are everywhere,and they fight anything they can find, their crusades being called 'WAAAAGH' often resulting in destruction of entire systems. -Necrons have been reawakened and their superior technology and cheat codes are major problem for everyone in galaxy and most of them are hell bent on re-conquering the galaxy. -Dark Eldar are just annoying sadist pricks. Not much is going on with them. Inferior to every other race in terms of power. Ultimately they are just an Eldari faction. -Tau are a young race who are living their golden age like humans did during their age of progress and dark age of technology. Only difference is that they had to face the horrors of galaxy way earlier than humans,so this development will undoubtedly push them into a different fate than what happened to humans in dark age of tech. -Tyrannids are the ultimate new threat to the galaxy. They devour all of the natural resources and biomass of planets to fuel their endless numbers. Being controlled by a single hivemind and very resistant to warp effects. They are a major,existencial threat to even the necron and chaos.
I really want GW's Black Library writers to makes actual books uncovering more clear details regarding War in Heaven and Dark Age of Technology periods, ESPECIALLY from the povs from the denizens and prevalent actors from said periods
As much as I would like to read some of the lore from this time myself... I hope they don't. One of the reasons 40k feels so vibrant is the amount of in-setting 'mythology' that exists. There are whole swaths that we, the observer, only get to experience through unreliable narrators who don't know fact from fiction. This allows us observers to 'fill in the blanks' as we see fit... and that, that alone can make the difference between passing interest and a deep seated fascination with the setting.
Did you read the gods of mars series? There is a lot about the dark age of tech in those books. Event horizons shot at light speed and the disassembly of entire star systems with displays of cosmic vandalism! As for the war in heaven I can't think of anything that's out there involving that.
First amazing job! The fact that you were able to summarize the 40k timeline in under a hour when I can barely keep a conversation about one of the legions under an hour is fantastic! Now question with there being over 400 books would you be willing to create a series of shorts dividing some of these books and briefly explaining what they cover so people who are interested in learning more about specific events are more aware of them? I had to stop reading quite a while ago just because of time constraints and now I have no idea where to start to get caught up to the current events
New to the warhammer game play. I'm really enjoying your explanations of the factions and storyline. It's helping me understand warhammer as a whole. I Appreciate you
This is such a great vid that helped me understand 40k little bit, like the horas heresy was planned by one of his underlings, or the fact that the emperor would be reborn if he to die, many were unknown to me but this vid came to tell the small details that help pain the bigger picture. MUCH THANKS M8.
Loved this explanation. I got into WH40k through the Dawn of War series of games and was absolutely hooked on the lore - that was back in 2004. 20 years later and I’ve wrapped up reading the Horus Heresy series and man what a ride. The ending was quite different to the lore I’d been reading up until the last book but I won’t spoil it for anyone. Keep up the good work Wes. May the emperor protect! ✊🏾
I really appreciate mentioning the first contact with the T’au and the Tyranids, hopefully we might be able to get a full video about them at some point
So today, a coworker caught my attention by introducing me to the lore of 40K. It's so interesting and robust. Thank you for these super helpful videos.
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Can you cover how TTS has influenced the wider 40K community, lore and memes?
Can you after you’ve finished that be my best buddy?
Thanks for the link, Wes - I too suffer with the affliction known as 'Having a long torso'!
i have a feeling youtube is trying to screw you over. It says you uploaded 7 hours ago but i had to specifically look you ip incase you had uploaded anything. Shadoversity did a big video on the subject too and since then people have been bringing it up more and more again.
i have a feeling youtube is trying to screw you over. It says you uploaded 7 hours ago but i had to specifically look you ip incase you had uploaded anything. Shadoversity did a big video on the subject too and since then people have been bringing it up more and more again.
I would honestly love a 10 hour complete history. I'd listen to it like a audiobook.
Same!
up
Then do it for US
Same man i love warhammer 40k i want to learn and understand everything in it
I would also want this
42:05 It bears mentioning that, while bleeding out, missing about 20% of his body, and actively slipping into the Warp himself, the Emperor ripped all 4 Chaos Gods from Horus's soul, washed him clean of sin, forgave him, and then wiped him from all of creation (both materium and imaterium) in the span of a few heartbeats.
Jesus.
@@kiwi_lord3424 Yeah. And this was _before_ became a God. This was the Emperor of Mankind at his strongest. A force of physical and psychic might that could only be defeated by his own blind arrogance and hesitation.
Horus was able to strike down the Emperor only because the Emperor thought him and unruly child that must bend the knee. Horus wasn't a threat to him, in any way. And it's that sheer arrogant hubris that Horus exploited to strike his father down.
My Horus Heresy knowledge is a little rusty, so this next part may be incorrect.
Once the Emperor had stripped the 4 main Chaos Gods from Horus, and cleansed his son of sin, Horus apologized. Horus apologized to his father, and meant it.
However, in his son, the Emperor saw that he was still susceptible to Chaos's influence, and he could not be allowed to live. But, if the Emperor only killed him, then the Gods could use Horus in the Warp, and this was _unacceptable._
So the Emperor drew on his massive psychic might and burned Horus from creation. His armor, weapons, body, every atom, every quark, gone, in an instant.
At the same time, using his own soul slipping into the Warp as a bridge, he did the same thing to Horus's soul. There was absolutely no material, or immaterial, evidence that the being known as Horus, Battlemaster of the Imperium of Man, ever existed beyond the chaos of the bloody civil war he hand commanded. The only thing left of Horus is the memory of him, hated and feared, by his Loyalist brothers, hated and respected by his Traitor brothers... loved, reviled, treasured and pitied by his Father...
But, the Emperor wasn't the only one to show massive power during this. I can tell you about the Black Rage of the Blood Ravens that was going on at the same time, if you like.
@@cardengixoth6878 Rare Emperor W, obliterating his son so that he no longer needs to suffer
@@shocksword6847 Yeah... But even then, if it hadn't been for Sanguinius's death, Holy Terra would have still fallen.
The Great Angel's death was felt across his Legion, and almost in a single voice, all the Blood Angels cried out in rage and grief, and gave into what would later be called the "Black Rage".
In this state of berserker fury, no one could touch the Blood Angels. Before Sanguinius's death, each Marine was still a fucking Space Marine. Taking out a dozen or so demons and traitors for each loyalist killed. After the Rage gripped the Blood Angels, though... It was as if they were gripped by Khorne's rage itself.
The Blood Angels _refused_ to fall, fighting on while other Astartes collapsed from similar wounds, literally too angry to accept death. For each Rage-gripped Blood Angel that fell, _hundreds_ of demons, cultists, and traitor Marines fell first.
The traitors had killed their gene-sire, their beloved father, the Great Angel, and they would pay _dearly_ for that transgression.
Where a normal Space Marine would take out a score of demons before falling, a Blood Angel would take out hundreds, fighting in an Ork-like rage, refusing to die until they were cut to literal pieces. The Black Rage of the Blood Angels is what held the line and pushed back the traitors on, and above, Terra. Without that, Terra would have fallen.
@@cardengixoth6878thank you so very much for giving us so much more to absorb seriously I've become absolutely obsessed with the 40k universe only recently and I could read what you've written here for days! Seriously again thank you ❤️
To be able to take this much information, and find a way to explain it in an easy to understand way, while being entertaining and well paced..it really is an amazing skill.
I think an important distinction to make would be that the Old Ones did not make the Orks, but rather they made the Krorks which were far more advance than modern 40K Orks, but they later devolved into the Orks
not wrong, by comparison the orks are vermin to the might that was the Krorks. just one krork to lead the orks would easily be like horus being resurrected to unite all chaos factions. nothing might survive the coming swarm of the tyranids, but even the swarm would lose to truly united orks and the technological and psionic might a lone krork could provide.
And the ctan where eating the nercons home star
Advanced in technology only or in intellect and behavior also?
@@victuz kroks rivaled primarchs in strength and intelligence and had much more control of their psychic powers and connection to the warp than modern day orkz
From my understanding tho, if modern 40K orkz banded together and fought enough battles and combined their waaagh then Orkz could potentially reascend to their krork status and intellect but they keep fighting each other instead lol. I think during the war of the beast you saw orkz use advance strategy and even use diplomats when dealing with the imperium and that wasn't even close to krork level.
@@victuz all aspects, Krorks rivaled the eldar in all but physical might, which they were dominant
You, my dear dude, are the sole reason why I hold a minor interest in 40K despite
a) never playing it before
b) not planning to ever play it
But I'm a sucker for Lore and your videos are incredibly interesting. Keep up the good work!
ME TOO ME TOO
I'm a huge fan of WH fantasy books (Gotrek & Felix especially) because I got tired of WoW books where Horde & Alliance are mirror organizations that misunderstood each other. Grim dark lore where there just different lvls of evil and plenty of grey works better for me. Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of fantasy content creators so I finally got into 40K lore on YT. I've never read a novel or played a game of 40K either but it is very interesting to hear about.
You must play
You should check out Leutin09. His stuff is the gold standard of 40k lore on youtube. This is a close second.
You should play, I waited years to take the leap and I regret all that time wasted on hobbies I didn't like as much. It's a good investment.
I love the theory that Ork psychic power is so strong that one of them heard from a dying space marine that their emperor was an immortal god who would avenge him, and not only did the ork believe him, he spread the word of the story so that its common knowledge among orks, and since they believe a thing in enough numbers it becomes reality, The Emperor of Man is only still alive because a bunch of orks think its true and that a god king would be really fun to fight.
thats fuckin crazy
Really? I did not know that but this is actually funny and great at the same time 😂
Would make sense.
Orks - influence the galaxy more than everyone else think.
Wonderful 😊
I don't think this is how the psychic gestalt works, but I choose to believe it anyway because it's more fun and cool.
I’ve been a 40K fan for about 25 years and have heard the lore told dozens of times, but I don’t believe I’ve ever heard it told in such a succinct manner, we’ll done!
Agreed, much love for this mega lore dude
Omg what is wrong with you people, wh is not about gay feminized weak men who want to become women?????
I can't even look at this guy. He seems like his boyfriend is going to come out any time now.
People who should represent wh40k should look and behave like Arnold f***g swarceneger. Not an feminized sissy
Agreed, I'm watching this now for the third time
I've owned a Warhammer game since the late 80s. Their box art is how I discovered Bolt Thrower BTW. They share the same box art.
what you think of sm2
I find it funny that Horus was shown a vision of the future that would happen IF he rebelled, and was totally sold on it as the opposite.
He knew his father was a liar and stole powers from the gods.
You could say he saw the primordial truth. 🤣
The other demon primarchs had to turn traitor too. I think at least a couple of them would've turned even without horus
Just like Vader
He rebelled to stop what his rebellion would lead to. Tragic.
Don’t ask the emperor what he was doing between 1939-1945
dont worry,he was with the allied powers
Or what he was doing between 0AD and 30AD
I believe he let it happen because due to WW2 humanity developed space travel, the scientists from WW2 working for the us govt and leading to the creation of space travel, and that years later led to humanity's expansion throughout the galaxy
Probably hanging around Los Alamos, tbf
Exterminating space bugs, saving the human race from the semi humanoid space ghost robots... All this talk of the emperor sounds like heresy to me
And so begins the most important part in a 40k RUclipsr career, making their own timeline video. So excited to hear your version (retelling) of the history.
It's what in the old days used to be beating Dark Souls on Justin/Twitch.
Are there others?
@@gawsss 40k Theories. Luetin. Oculus Imperia.
@@PlanktonWhisperer the amber king, major kill, deadlifts for the dark gods
@@deathofastrawberry8669 and Arch.
So a possible theory is that the emperor is using the psykers sacrificed everyday to grow stronger until his body finally dies. At that point in time he'll probably be on the same level of strength as the chaos gods, or strong enough to keep them at bay to the level of blocking their access to the material world. It might also equate to him being able to provide permanent safe travel through the warp for humans again. All it means in the end is that his plan still works out even if it takes longer than originally expected
I thought I was crazy for thinking Big E becomes a "Chaos" God entering the Warp and physically closing the eye of Terror from the inside. I have 0 evidence but I also know nothing to in depth 😂
Speaking of the Emperor. What happened to the Primarchs' mother?
no, as the reason for psyker use is stated to be, in master of mankind, as just to power the astronomicon
@@johnnygyro2295was sent off by the emperor after yeeting her sons to the warp
@@albertoolivomtz5827 Ah. I guess that's fair. I'd imagine most guys might end up having marriage problems if their wife threw their kids into an interdimensional spirit-realm of psychic-energy and chaos madness.
All of that could be avoided if the space frogs gaved the space egyptians the cure for cancer
Lol, so true!
He’s out of line, but he’s right
Absolutely 😂😂 💯
Something was in the space frogs water that made them gay.
😂😂
Gotta hand it to the Emperor, his patience is something else all together. He waited 38 thousand years to finally reveal himself
I think he tried a few times in his younger days, but it all ended horribly, enough to give anyone lifelong scars.
@@Mosamania Yeah, like the one time he tried to preach peace and love and got nailed to a cross for it.
@@Mosamania does that mean the emperor was like jesus or something?
@@aiden4474 yes, do note the term perpetual doesnt mean you cant die, it means if your physical body dies your body would basically rebuild itself somewhere
And that is why he is fit to rule and every word of his should be followed without question. Just picture it, if every primarch remained loyal despite all the failings of the Emperor. If they truly knew what they were fighting for was something worth giving up everything else. Despite the killing, barbarism, killing other species etc, it was a genuine hope for humanity to be achieved at ALL costs. Any other way, would probable either see humanity destroyed and/or subjugated into serfhood by other races or toys for chaos gods. The heresy can be pinned down to one thing: the traitors put their emotions before the vision that the Emperor introduced to them. In fact, Dorn, Guilliman, Vulcan, the Khan, all loyalists had their qualms against the Emperor but they stood with him. Even today, when leaders rule with emotions, we are truly finished. And so grim dark it is.
Details:
1. If you want mention the Custodes, you need to mention the Sisters of Silence.
2. I would have mentioned that the rise of the Psychers was connected to the warp storms created to the slow burn creation of Slaneesh.
3. It is important to mention that the AI rebellion was put down by a Human/Xenos alliance, but the exhausted victors were incredibly weakened and brittle when the warp storms started. However, the Xenos in the galaxy never forgot which idiots gave rise to the killer AI and often prayed on isolated humans during the Age of Strife. This is a big element in the Imperium's bigotry and xenophobia.
4. The Emperor pushed Atheism not just b/c of the evils he had seen due to religion, but b/c he wanted humanity to see the beings in the warp as "Warp Aliens", not supernatural beings to be worshiped.
5. I do think the Age of Apostasy needs to be mentioned. Anyone new to the setting that watches the 9th edition trailer and wants to know who the heavily armed ladies are needs to know their backstory as SoB become a key elite military force of the Imperium in the current setting.
6. May have been good to mention the Webway way earlier, as it really is the trump card of the Eldar, and what they leverage to systematically kill the Krok leaders to degenerate them into the Orks after the War in Heaven.
I’m detecting heresy in your words. You can expect a visit from the Inquisition shortly 😡😉🤣
Nope
Then start your own channel and you tell the story..what's stopping u
@@salvatoremarchese1792 you're the the only one, including the video author, who took it as anything more than nerding out for fun. As I recall, he ASKS for said comments in the video. 🙄
The emperor also had to stop his worship as a god. Even worship was stirring the warp and empowered the gods.
It wasn't just the war and conflict that religion brought. It was also the act of worship itself.
Still more believable than Scientology
😂😂😂😂
Xeno, Xenu…. Coincidence???
Umm. It's sill more believable than Christianity and more so Islam with 72 foot tall women
This smells of heresy. By fire be purged.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Never played 40k or touched one of their books.
Just a DM looking for some time/space homebrew inspiration so i love this content and its fluidity! Outlining a cohesive story at a high-level is such a nice thing to see! Thank you!
Fellow DM here, the Warhammer 40k TTRPGs are a great time, Dark Heresy 1.0 and 2.0 are both excellent systems.
I'm only watching this because I picked up a Warhammer, strategy game for the PSP. Pretty interesting.
İ have no opinion or knowladge of warhammer. My friend talks about it excitedly sometimes. And i asked him to teach me about warhammer and he gave me this channel.
İt's not that i wanna learn all this TON of lore. İ just want enough to write slaanesh x reader
I whatched a trailer about a depressive world
To any one who has never played 40K, go to your local comic book store or tabletop RPG store and ask when they host games for new players. You won’t regret it. It is very easy to get into and they will teach you the mechanics as you go. For those who have no experience w/ actual role play you can play 40K like chess w/o having to put any role play into it and have an amazing time. For those more familiar w/40K lore is also a blast to play with because they will add some in the moment role play that is unexpected but takes that moment to the next level of fun. Sometimes games like D&D takes too long to prep, to long to get players (especially new players) on track w/ the plot etc… Not in 40K. It’s non-stop action. You are in the shit from the start of the game until the end. You will laugh, you will cheer, you will hold your breath, you may bitch, you will win, you will lose but you will never be bored!
I’m new to 40K at 37 years old, but this video is super awesome! I’m going to keep learning more about 40K. I was told to pick what I thought was interesting when starting my understanding of 40K so I’m going to start with the Horus Hersey. Blood for the blood god! Skulls for the golden throne!
Have fun man..! It's going to be a great journey! The Horus Heresy is definitely a great place to start as well. I'm currently in the middle of the first book myself.
I am also brand new to the Warhammer universe because of the rogue trader game So I've been trying to find the information to catch me up on. What's actually going on and what this world is all about? I started reading the first kayaphus kane book and just found your videos.
almost the same with me
I haven't read many but I did love the horas heresy books I have read! ❤
I got hooked on “Path of the renegade” the whole omnibus is awesome. The Eldar are dope
Discovered 40k about 24 years ago and collected a massive Eldar army. Absolutely love them above all the other races. Thank you for an amazing summary of the history of 40k
For those who wonder "Why didn't the Emperor forsee the Heresy?" He himself told Malcador that what Foresight shows isn't always set in stone.
Big E should have picked Lorgar as the war master. him as warmaster would be the weakest traitor group.
@@pikachufantastic bruh the violation here 😭
(The shouldnt be a spoiler that Logar talks to deamons but just incase, spoiler alert for Aurelian) To piggy back off that in Aurelian, when Logar is talking to Kairos Fateweaver they say that there are many threads of fate and each one could pr couldn't happen its hard to tell which, but one will.
Always in motion the future is.
@@pikachufantastic you should be using this sas to get some bitches bro
Just so everyone knows, the orks made during the war in heaven were much smarter, larger and stronger than the orks we know and love. These were smart and knew how to use their “if you believe it it’s true” powers. They were called the Krork.
Are these the ones that were like 12 meters tall?
Yes.
I believe , so its true ..... in which novel can I read more about the krorks ?
Ah I thought you were going to say they were called Uruk Hai
I would also like to read about kronks
Despite much of their mind has been lost to madness, a Necron turncoat was actually assisting Cadia to stop the Eye of Terror from behind the scene as well, but in the end that was not enough.
It was Trazyn, who is known for collecting a LOT. He helped defend Cadia and took an important man named Creed for his collections iirc
I saw a theory that the Men of Iron were attempting to serve Mankind by trying to enslave them. That the rise of Pyskers was something the Men of Iron calculated, and to protect their humans from enslavement of chaos, they rebelled.
Another possible idea is that a exploration ship possibly came across a C’Tan shard who infected the AI
I heard a theory that the Men of Iron became aware of Chaos and that it only existed because of human emotions. So in order to stop the galaxy's greatest threat they found it logical to destroy the humans which fed it.
@@marcusdocherty4003 If Dragon of Mars is indeed a shard of Void Dragon, no exploration ship would be needed, the C'Tan influence would have been there from the very begining..
I thought the warp gates and Slaneesh had something to do with it.
Oh my God!
I love these theories.
The Men of Iron were trying to protect mankind and save the galaxy, also many of them were corrupted by a C'than shard one way or another.
Might I add my own theory? The reason demons don't tend to appear in the solar system often despite how bad things are on Mars is because the Astronomico os a "Eye of Terror" made by the Emperor and it both keeps demonstrar away and eats the souls of all human in the galaxy with it being more capable of consuming souls near Earth and maybe the Catan shard on Mars is also eating the souls over there. Remember, the C'tan originally fed on stars but switched over to souls once they realized how tastier they were.
As a 15 year 40k nerd, this is a fantastic way for people to get into the lore! Nice job dude I think you nailed it.
Been a Toy Soldier geek for 32 years, I know everything said and more. But I still love stuff like this.
I’m just getting into it and wish I would have earlier. I have to find as many books and are there movies? God I hope no major studio gets ahold of this and completely murders it. It’s fucking GOLD!!
How long has this 40K been around for guys ?
@@happychappy492 apparently longer than 32 years lol, i only got into it like 4 months ago
@@nicsaunders619 Thanks Nic !
I have always been fascinated by the warhammer universe, but couldn’t get enough time to learn about the history. This video is so awesome and well made. Thank you for your hard work and putting this together for everyone 😃
This is exactly what I need on my day off. Thank you
got you friend :)
Amen. Running errands and sighed with relief seeing this in my notifs 🤗
@@weshammer great video it was a really great help thank you so much please keep up your amazing work stay safe and have a wonderful and blessed day
Yo my day off as well bro
This is what I need while on work lol
31:35 Yrda is also the sole reason for the horus heresy to begin with. Lorgar Landed on a planet that worshiped choas and he was the first primarch to turn traitor. Not to mention Kurze and Angron wouldn't have had to go through thier horrific upbringing of it wasn't for her. So normally I'd #BlameLorgar but #BlameYrda seems more appropriate. Also I do not think she was doing what she thought was best for her children. "Hm a life of war is so horrible, I'm gonna chuck my babies into space hell instead and hope for the best"
Yeah but the choas gods chose where they would land. Not her.
@@MsPuffykinz actually a theory exists that hypothesizes that the abstract warp god souls subconsciously chose what worlds would best suit their way to grow their abilities. The exception to this idea is fulgrim and jaghatai who got swapped and this is because while primarchs are minor warp gods, the laughing god is a far more major and powerful one.
Stupid, and foolish woman! First the apple, now this?! Wtf?!?!
@@MsPuffykinz but she still threw them into the warp, fully knowing about the chaos gods. And even if she didn’t know there were gods and if she thought they would land on random planets, that’s not much better.
Is Yrda still alive in 40K’s present?
This was probably one of the most concise and well presented timeliness for 40K I've heard yet, some just ramble until I tune out. Yours OTOH presents an easy to follow story
To keep this video under an hour, I plucked a few sections that I will be giving their own dedicated video too such as "the Age of Apostasy" I made the judgement call that if someone watched this having literally zero knowledge of 40k, the plucked sections were things that fleshed out your understanding of 40k... but if you didn't know about them, it wouldn't effect your ability to pick up, read, and understand any random 40k novel.
I think that's a good call. The Age of Apostasy and the Reign of Blood events could fill up an hour's worth of videos by themselves, but they're still small events in comparison to how you've broken down the timeline into basisc Ages instead of eras.
Good call i watch 40k Theories timeline and its over 4 hrs or something and he doesnt catch everything 👍
I absolutely love how you chose to use an image of a Black Templar when talking about the Codex Astartes.
THAT BOOK CAN'T HURT ME BECAUSE I CAN'T FUCKIN READ.
UNLEASH THE RACIST TRAINEES.
As a newcomer this video was EXCELLENT. I'm so pleased to be finally getting an understanding of this incredible universe
I've listened to several of these 40K timeline videos. Not that the others were bad, or poorly done. But this has been my favorite one so far. Thank you!
44:58 That wasn't Corax making a mistake; that was due to Alpha Legion shenanigans where they contaminated the genetic material used in the Raptor Project with daemon blood
Facts!
Anyone else here because of space marine 2?
Check 😂
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Yup 😂😂
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Don't think I've actually seen a video explaining the timeline, despite having been super into the lore for years. I know the general flow of it, but seeing the explanation will be very helpful. Awesome video
Luetin09 has top notch 40k content on RUclips
Wes is a certified legend for doing this, keep up the awesome work wes!
(P.S: If I had to give a video suggestion it would be on the orks.)
don't worry! they are on the list! I wanted to personally read a few more of the Armageddon novels first before I cover them.
@@weshammer ah, excellent! Now excuse me-
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@@weshammer i have a question. When did Christianity, Islam, the Jews etc. die out?
@@guywholikesmemes4993 don't you mean waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!!!!
@@maewynbow hahaha that's a good one
This didn't feel like 50 minutes.
I feel that
This is hands down the best breakdown of the 40k timeliness. Others leave a lot of context out.
I picked up Chaos when i was a kid because my cousin had Guard and I liked the Black Legion paint scheme, so my first real access to 40k Lore (other than the Guard focused Black Library books) came with the 3rd edition Chaos Space marines Codex. The first character i got and painted was Abbadon and between that and the codex lore entries about him and the Black Legion I was hooked. I will never forget the feeling of awe i had reading the First Horus Heresy book, when I actually READ Horus speaking of his "Father" and "brothers" to his Sons, or when he spoke to Sanguinius, Or when they ran into their first daemon and had no earthly idea what it was.
I will say that now I've finished the Horus Heresy books and have a better understanding of the different Primarchs, I'm more of a Space Marine fan than I ever was, they made the White Scars and Space Wolves waaay cooler, and even made the Ultramarines into something that was so much more than the Codex posterboys they had been up to that point.
"finished" the horus heresy books
I knew nothing about 40k prior to coming across one of your shorts about 8 months ago. Since then, your content has become my go-to for any questions I had. So huge thanks, and keep the videos coming.
49:53 you forgot my birthday
My brother loves all of this stuff and has tried to explain different parts of the story to me on several occasions. After watching the video that explains the story of vengeance around (what's the name? Cipher?) I got completely hooked on listening to these quick run down videos of the various characters and events. This is one wild story and it's got so much to dig into...I believe I'll take my time and savor this story.
So I am a 41 yr old and have been into comics, anime, manga , fantasy for decades now. Just recently I have stumbled on your channel, and been taking a deep dive into 40k (really after stumbling upon regular Warhammer). how did I only find this now? All this is to say great job, your presentation excitement and delivery has kept me from searching out other 40k content creators at all. The lore is just great, I have been able to make some parallels to marvel comics (Marvel being my specialty) such as the entire aesthetic look and feel just remind me alot of Marvel UK, which was around in the 90's. Characters like die-cut=space marines, Death metal=Necrom, Death's head=tons of aspects of 40k, Dark angel etc,also they were constantly dealing with Techno demons of immense power. Also the tau empire in concept and look remind me of Betta ray-Bills race and creed a lot actually. Just find it interesting the parallels and I wonder if originally there was some inspiration from these materials. All and all I am going HAM on the lore and want to get into the books as well even though I have never played table top or video games I am still totally hooked now. Thanks my friend and keep journeying through the Grim Dark!
i love how much there is to discover in 40k.
Even if you ONLY want to get into the Imperial Guard, you could waste months with books etc. and then you only looked at a small percentage.
i only own 200 books though :(
Wait. ONLY 200 books!?
10 is already a lot for me… 😅
The one thing I think you maybe could have touched on was the creation of 20 Primark's and their legions, but that 2 have been completely erased from the history of the Astartes & the galaxy at large for some reason be it fair (genetic defect or trait) or foul (some insult or aggression against the emperor or otherwise). I also realize that absolutely ALL details about it have been purged from the records for those reasons....either way, great video, wonderful and concise explanation of exactly "The Big Picture" and the essentials needed to understand this massively YUGE chunk of lore and information.
It wasn't a genetic defect or aggression against the Emperor. Both of those things have been done by other legions who haven't been erased, and both Primarchs were remembered fondly by all of the others who talked about them. Instead, I reckon they performed the most disgusting heresy of all: They decided to make peace with xenos species and take up arts and crafts.
They're the people who formed the tau 🤣
Hey, bro. I was a mutual of yours on tiktok, we were actually mutuals when you had around 600 followers on there, lol. I just wanted to say, that I am so damn happy, and so damn proud of you that you have managed to turn this into your full time job. It's genuinely been a pleasure to see you grow from a relatively tiny page on tiktok, to a genuine franchise.
Well done.
Your friend...
Moderately Talented ;)
This was an insanely good video, your shorts were what got me into 40k and these longer videos are giving so many of the shorts more context
I've always been a fan of the WH fantasy ip, but I'm just getting into Darktide and 40k and this video helped immensely with my grasp of the world/universe. Thanks!
This is both well presented and the most coherent walkthrough I have seen. Thank you.
I feel like The Age of Apostasy is definitely worth mentioning, as it's what made the imperial cult what it is today. Of course, having an AoA deep dive would be totally welcome.
This is an amazing amount of lore stuffed into a little under an hour. Super concise and well done!
One correction, though - this one is probably small, but (I think) very important. The Burning of Prospero took place *before* the events of Istvaan III and V. The Burning of Prospero took place in 004.M31 (the year 30,004) while Istvaan III took place in 005.M31 (the year 30,005). I think this is important for three reasons; firstly, Horus was not yet known as a traitor when he manipulated Russ. Secondly - and most importantly, in my view - this means that the first shots of the Horus Heresy were fired by a *loyalist Legion.*
That's right, the Space Wolves were, perhaps ironically, the first Legion to turn on their brothers - and at the behest of Horus, no less.
Lastly, this means that if the Emperor actually listened to Magnus' warning before punishing him for his mistake - or if Russ had actually brought Magnus back to Terra instead of driving him into the waiting arms of Tzeentch - the events on Istvaan could have been prevented.
That is super interesting! I genuinely did not know that.
The Treaty of Nikita was such a stupid part of the story. Multiple legions were in support of keeping psykers in their ranks, and the biggest psyker in the galaxy just decided that it was not ok. Then, after all of this, we get librarians. Seemed like it only existed to get Magnus into trouble.
@@joshuabonesteel2303 After the events of the Heresy, multiple Loyalist Primarchs openly questioned the wisdom of the Edict or straight-up ignored it because they realized how important Psykers were to the fight against Chaos.
Anyone new to warhammer and feeling a little overwhelmed (raises hand)
Damn bro,i envy you, dont search up deamonculaba
Really just shows how detailed 40K is that a 50 minute long video is just the basics
To me this channel is like "came for the content and stayed for the narrator" i love your 40k videos, this channel made me fall into the 40k rabbit hole. Keep up with the good work!
I'm new to the franchise but I'm an history enthusiast and it's so nice to spot the similarities between W40K and real history.
The imperium of mankind is an obvious nod to the Roman empire and its legion ultimately infighting a reference to the crisis of the third century.
The Necrons are probably inspired by the ancient Egyptians, while the elflike creatures (forgot the name) are probably a reference to the Greeks who by the Romans had a reputation for being the forefathers of the Mediterranean culture but ultimately succumbing to lazyness and depravity.
The Orks a nod to Germanic tribes and Chaos to the Partians.
Thanks Wes, you have a great talent for making the extreme grim and dark subject matter feel light and fun to absorb whilst being respectful to the lore. I wish I could have my world news delivered by you!
Glad you mentioned it! Should 100% make a video for Garviel Loken! Such an amazing character with so much impact! Everything from witnessing what chaos is before it was known to the world of men all the way to becoming one of the first grey knights! Total bad ass
I’m new to Warhammer. And this was an absolute lighthouse in the overwhelming storm of this massive universe. Thank you!
My extreme nerdiness into this universe can forgive the few MINOR details you missed out here and there because this is so well done. I've loved seeing you grow..!
Are you proud of being "nerd"? Back in thr days that was an insult, like calling someone an idiot. Also people who looked and behaved like that got their heads pushed in the toilet. What the hell is wrong with today's world.
All I see today are feminized gay sissy men who rub their clits
Omg "nerdiness". If I were in your class, you would be eating from trash can with no shoes on
@@takeitaway1709 Ok child, calm down there buddy. It's alright to take some pride in your own intellect, just not to inflate your ego with it. "What the hell is wrong with today's world" is a hefty question and unfortunately the answer is quite a bit. That bein' said, if taking pride in being nerdy is something you find wrong with it, then that is something you need to take some introspective thought for. Seriously.
Also, I may not be a feminized gay sissy man but I can DEFINITELY tell you need *your* lil' clitty rubbed. This much is clear.
@@takeitaway1709 Is that it..? I hoped to hear more from you. Maybe catch me up on some progress you've made on that introspective thought.
@@zestybeelzebub I understand that internet is a safe place where you can contest me, talk bold even if you don't have balls to support your words. If you have met me in person you would have been singing a different song.
Thank you for the very captivating history telling of 40k. I haven't ever played any of the 40k games. or read any of the books, but you sir have peaked my interest. I tip my hat to you
😃
Piqued
As someone who was always interested in the 40k lore but found it too daunting to even know where to start, this is an AMAZING first look into the overall timeline of the universe. Really nicely explained, with the right amount of details so that a newcomer understands the context while not feeling like an overly drawn out history lesson.
Really appreciate the vid, I'm definitely more confident in properly diving into some W40k omnibuses now.
never really listened to any 40K lore before but I couldn't stop listening to this, you are great at presenting it.
As a fan who's been aware of the surface lore for about 20 years but hasn't bought the actual books, this concisely put a lot of details together for me! Thanks for doing this. I would love a breakdown video with this amount of detail about all of the primarchs and/or other major characters in the lore (Abaddon, Dante, Belisarius Cawl, etc).
Warhammer noob here this vid helped a lot I plan on playing 40k 2 soon with no knowledge at all this cleared a lot of things up.
Man i wished i had had access to this video a couple years ago when i first got into 40k lol. It was so muddy and confusing trying to piece together videos and text from a myriad of sources by myself, and i deeply greatly appreciate that you did such a solid, neatly explained video of it. And regarding that last part, maybe a bit of information that i personally found valuable in the beginings is a surface level history of Mars. Why are they on mars, their struggle after the warp storms, and how they devolved from simple workers/engineers into tech priests
Me: “I’m new to 40k, can u pls breakdown and summarise” Wes: “YES”
i have watched soooo many explanination videos on sooo many games and movies, many times i had to rewatch these vids to get a better understanding. Its quite rare for me to watch a video like this and get a full understanding of it and i should add all the lore i know is from this guy
This is my first exposure to this universe and I think I picked the right video. Thanks a lot men…
You really good at telling stories…
This was amazing. Thanks for making this recap. I’ve always wanted to get into 40k but it’s so overwhelming. I feel I have a dencent grasp now and can start delving into specific times etc.
So much freaking LORE, thanks for condensing 30 years worth of info into under an hour. Looking forward to more.
Thank you for this, I've always eyed Warhammer 40k since I was a kid but never got into it, even though I was always interested in the lore. This helped explain it all!
I am so glad I found you. I was so lost, but I absolutely love hearing about this series. I am hooked now.
Amazing work man! I've watched a bunch of your videos because I've always wanted to learn about 40K as I find it interesting as hell! My dad used to play it years and years ago, and I always wanted to talk to him about it. I really love your content, and I hope you see this message! Have an amazing night! Stay safe, Brother!
Thanks for the video! While being vaguely aware of 40k through friends and various video games, I've always wanted to get into the lore (no real inclination for the miniatures) and I was recommended this as a starting point.
I was interested in getting into war hammer and you’re a great storyteller. Especially cool when you still manage to simplify it at the end of certain part of a topic.
This is the video I needed! I’m still quite new to this series and thanks to you I’m learning it a bit more as I watch your videos. Thank you man I appreciate you! 🤘🏻
Just finished the video. So what I got out of this video is: religion is bad if used as a machine or worship by evil people, and some humans, if give an ounce of power will take it and be corrupted by outside forces that will use them for their own gain.
I would just like to say thank you very much for this video. I'm on book 4 of the horus heresy right now, and am absolutely loving it - and i'ts cool to listen to this and hear everything else fleshed out a little more!
Damn dude. I just randomly had the urge to look into this rabbit hole, as we do on sleepless nights, and it is a deep hole indeed! I wish the video didn't end I want more 40k. Absolutely epic in scope and scale. Thanks for the video it was great.
No problem! If you check out my channel I do my best to fill in the blank spots as concisely as possible. But Warhammer has been around since the '80s and there are 600 novels. So there's lots to cover! This video's. Purpose was to talk about the major time periods So anyone who watched it could pick up a random book and not be completely lost 😅
In fact, there was a whole section I pulled from this video right after the Horus heresy called the age of apostasy. I spun that off into its entire own video. So if you watch my recent adepta soritas deep dive. It's like the sequel to this, it is the to year 36k
Love your videos mate, you and Luetin are my 40k fix.
Never played any table top, never any games but the lore is just so immersive and broad. You make me able to dive into it deeper, thanks!
I just read the books. Never played table top either ....... But the books are amazing. Some of the best sci Fi books out there.
I picked up and started playing Darktide on XBox Gamepass yesterday. There is a LOT of backstory. You, sir, broke it down beautifully. Now I can feel more immersed in the game.
Warhammer Fantasy and 30-40K are both my favorite lore-based series ever. They are amazing
Thank you very much. I'm WH40k beginner and it helps me to understand this universum. I'm fascinated with Dark Heresy (II) TTRPG and this history summary helps a lot to think about possibilities that can be used in it.
I been trying to look for information about Warhammer and I was directed to your content, this helps me to begin what to understand and how the lore is established, this is a crazy new universe for me so will go and see how far my brain can handle, thank you for the start up!
Baldermort, Luetin09 & Aboarder Prince were my top lore channels of 40K. I'm glad I'm able to add another. Thank you Weshammer. Well done
I think the Damocles Crusade, Tyrannic Wars, and the Awakening of the necrons are worth at least a glancing mention, since they are significant events for their respective factions.
I.E. Tyranids only get a glancing mention in this video despite being arguably the greatest threat to the galaxy as a whole.
Been watching your RUclips shorts and even tho I already knew a lot about this, your shorts showed me I didn’t know so I watched. I definitely wasn’t disappointed as I learned a lot and was reminded of much I’d forgotten. Definitely amongst the best 40k lore masters there is. Thanks brother
This was very helpful for me. I think doing an overview of where we stand right now would be a cool way to finish. Like what is the greater scope of things for all races, not just Gulliman and his crusade.
-Eldari are scattered and on the verge of extinction. Various factions trying to bring back the powers of their gods in fold in order to save Eldari from Slaanesh.
-Orks are everywhere,and they fight anything they can find, their crusades being called 'WAAAAGH' often resulting in destruction of entire systems.
-Necrons have been reawakened and their superior technology and cheat codes are major problem for everyone in galaxy and most of them are hell bent on re-conquering the galaxy.
-Dark Eldar are just annoying sadist pricks. Not much is going on with them. Inferior to every other race in terms of power. Ultimately they are just an Eldari faction.
-Tau are a young race who are living their golden age like humans did during their age of progress and dark age of technology. Only difference is that they had to face the horrors of galaxy way earlier than humans,so this development will undoubtedly push them into a different fate than what happened to humans in dark age of tech.
-Tyrannids are the ultimate new threat to the galaxy. They devour all of the natural resources and biomass of planets to fuel their endless numbers. Being controlled by a single hivemind and very resistant to warp effects. They are a major,existencial threat to even the necron and chaos.
Thank you man this is exactly what he was talking about in the end 🎉
I really want GW's Black Library writers to makes actual books uncovering more clear details regarding War in Heaven and Dark Age of Technology periods, ESPECIALLY from the povs from the denizens and prevalent actors from said periods
As much as I would like to read some of the lore from this time myself... I hope they don't.
One of the reasons 40k feels so vibrant is the amount of in-setting 'mythology' that exists. There are whole swaths that we, the observer, only get to experience through unreliable narrators who don't know fact from fiction. This allows us observers to 'fill in the blanks' as we see fit... and that, that alone can make the difference between passing interest and a deep seated fascination with the setting.
@@lostbutfreesoul agreed
Did you read the gods of mars series? There is a lot about the dark age of tech in those books.
Event horizons shot at light speed and the disassembly of entire star systems with displays of cosmic vandalism!
As for the war in heaven I can't think of anything that's out there involving that.
Thank you for this post - I’ve always been daunted by dipping into the lore of 40l after a long lay off from the hobby - this was amazing!
First amazing job! The fact that you were able to summarize the 40k timeline in under a hour when I can barely keep a conversation about one of the legions under an hour is fantastic! Now question with there being over 400 books would you be willing to create a series of shorts dividing some of these books and briefly explaining what they cover so people who are interested in learning more about specific events are more aware of them? I had to stop reading quite a while ago just because of time constraints and now I have no idea where to start to get caught up to the current events
New to the warhammer game play. I'm really enjoying your explanations of the factions and storyline. It's helping me understand warhammer as a whole. I Appreciate you
I would actually love a 10 hour full and complete explanation of everything cuz im trying to learn it all
Thank you for the information, very well organized. Happy to join the Warhammer universe.
This is such a great vid that helped me understand 40k little bit, like the horas heresy was planned by one of his underlings, or the fact that the emperor would be reborn if he to die, many were unknown to me but this vid came to tell the small details that help pain the bigger picture. MUCH THANKS M8.
I knew nothing about 40K before this video, and I can say with utmost confidence that now I would listen to the 10 hour version of this video gladly
Want to say I've really been enjoying the content. Love the deep dive and lore you go into.
This video is about to get a ton of views from the new Space Marine game. Great video!
Loved this explanation. I got into WH40k through the Dawn of War series of games and was absolutely hooked on the lore - that was back in 2004. 20 years later and I’ve wrapped up reading the Horus Heresy series and man what a ride. The ending was quite different to the lore I’d been reading up until the last book but I won’t spoil it for anyone.
Keep up the good work Wes. May the emperor protect! ✊🏾
I really appreciate mentioning the first contact with the T’au and the Tyranids, hopefully we might be able to get a full video about them at some point
I think he has a video on the tau.
@@jakesilva1640 yeah I know, I meant one about the Tyranids
So today, a coworker caught my attention by introducing me to the lore of 40K. It's so interesting and robust. Thank you for these super helpful videos.
No problem! I'm glad you are enjoying them! 40k is a fantastic franchise to get into, the lore is so good!
Aaaand subscribed. Well done. I've just recently gotten into warhammer and I'm really enjoying your content.