Just imagine the legion of the damned popping up somewhere and a guardsman on fire with charred black flak armor being among their ranks that kills daemons with a lasgun
@@gio-gioarmani2268 I have a similar idea. I call it *The Legion of Light* A daemon legion comprised of EVERYONE who fought and died for The Emperor and The Imperium of Man.
LoTD marine: *sees Guardman* "whats that puny little flashlight going to do?" LoTD Guardsman: *blows Nurglite Daemons' head off in single shot* LoTD Marine: "oh. I Like You."
Not brass, man. That's Khorne's whole shtick, and our man Ollie spent his last moments giving the Blood God-b**** and his champion-of-tantrums-and-failure the bird. Edit: the Aquila*. Last moments flipping the Aquila. My bad
@@Lomhowi think you missed the joke so if you did; him being the weakest guardsman says, imagine everyone else. if this is the strongest traitor primarch, imagine those who are weaker.
Why would it be unexpected for a Guardsman to stand and fight until death? Space Marines get many implants but not one of those upgraded organs gives a man courage nor faith. The Guard are the bravest of humanity in 40k.
I’m totally with you on that, but I think, after weeks of fighting the horrors of the galaxy, and exhausted beyond measure, getting charged by Angron might just make rethink my choices in life 😂
Well space marines have their "they shall know no fear" - great training, best equipment, genetically enhanced and probably some brain altering so they actually know no fear. The small guardsman on the other hand standing strong in the face of horror is something special because he has fear as all normal humans.
technically that's still canon since it's been specified that there's various versions depending on the faction the guards believe it was ollanius pious, the space marines believe it was sanguinius, the inquisition and custodes believe it was a custodes far as I remember anyway
@@Peter_Turbo4Ollanius is older than the emperor and probably knows his true name, but Ollanius never lusted for power, he understood he was part of humanity and to allow humanity to make their choices governing themselves because ultimately they'll do the right thing themselves, he lived since mesopotamia and the destruction of the tower of Babel, he saw civilizations rise and fall time and again, he had the utmost faith in humanity
@@the98themperoroftheholybri33 That all came well after the fact. In original canon, Olly was just a run-of-the-mill guardsman with big brass balls, who stepped up to defend his wounded emperor.
@@bradsimpson8724initially it was a unnamed terminator which is still favorite and Ollanus getting on the vengeful spirit is a plothole since, The Emperor, Sanguinius and Dorn and a squad of Custodes teleported
I picture Khorne, looking as Olly is ripped to shreds, taking an instant from the war against Big E, and taking hold of Olly's spirit, and pointing over at the light where Big E sits... leaning down and whispering to the guardsman. "You didn't hear this from me, and I'd totally deny it if ever asked... but that was glorious. You want to go toward that light. You earned this one."
Since Khorne is heavy on the "honor" aspect, and given that Olly died in one of the most honorable ways, in defiance of the literal Apocalypse and on his own terms, he'd probably give Olly the afterlife deserved to him. Khorne may be a lot of bad, but he isn't ALL bad.
Guardsman describing scene: “it was horrible, that creature. I’ve never seen anything like it! It charged right through him! I am lucky I’m alive!” Grey knight, loading bolter pistol: “uh huh…”
I don't think the custodian would stop the grey knight like he got better things to worry about than a guardsmen about to be killed by a grey night. But had it been a space wolf then you can bet that they grey knight would have gotten an power axe in him before he even manged to aim his bolter.
@@bruh8545 "until he served his purpose" does that imply that the custodes just willingly let the guardsmen die or does it mean he left the guardsmen to go his own path. There are custodes that do protect imperials and guardsmen if they were to become important in the future but an lonly guardsmen about to be executed by a grey knight wouldn't bother the custodes much i would inmagine.
@@MNM-lq9te well, a commissar was going to execute him, but instead got executed by the custodes, so after a dozen years the custodes stopped protected the guardsmen and left him, then that same guardsmen died for surviving his initial execution date
Can imagine that Khorne Daemon's jaw closed when he sees the Guard's chaotic grin. It ain't the chaotic "crazy for battle "smile that would be desired by Khorne nor chaotic "Masochist-ic" Smile of Slaneesh. It's a pure, chaotic smile that could only carved in the face of humans. Followed by a single line that came out from the Guard's lips "Wanna bet?"
It's the smile of a man pushed to his brink, challenging impossible odds. A way to laugh instead of cry, the smile of one who may be weak of body, but is corageous and strong of heart.
Angron, who was your most skilled foe? My brother the angel of baal. Is that one of the sources of your rage besides the nails? No that would be the guardsman
Not since the cadians have i seen a guardsman have the balls to stand up to such impossible odds. But if Sly Marbo was around- *Takes a bolter to the head*
This dude was absolutely hilarious! Such a great character. C’mon Bessie dont let me down now! Shooting his nades and didnt take one step back against Angron.
This is why you never underestimate the Guard. These Brave Man and Woman have nothing what could give a sense of security in this universe except one another. And still, they carry out their duty, for their homes, the emperor and everything the imperium should have been.
@@_Plutonyan old lore, apparently Olanius Pius was a “Catharic” and wasn’t a big fan of the imperial truth. His newest rendition is a fairly decent bit different than the old version so I’m not sure how they’ll handle his iconic sacrifice on the Vengeful Spirit.
Genetically engineered warlord General that’s been infused with the power of rage itself and this man holds his ground. The Astartes can talk all the shit they like of mere mortals but I’ll be damned if that doesn’t deserve the utmost respect
There is greater courage to be found in the normal man fighting a war he's unlikely to survive despite his fear, than in the genetically modified human that doesnt feek fear to begin with.
Ollianus Pius stood with the emperor, I'll have none of these new fangled inquisitorial redactions to the records. We cannot treat our favourite Roman Catholic guardsman this way.
I believe, if Angron wasn't a mindless blood starved barbarian at that point, he probably would have admired the tenacity of a lone human fighter standing his ground, not only against a space marine, but a demon primearc. Angron actually comforted one of his dying emperor loyal sons after he fought so damn hard
Dan Annett modified the lore in the recent Siege of Terra books to say that Pius’ myth is a conflation of Olly Piers (the Guardsman in this video), and Ollanius Persson (the perpetual). Olly spends a lot of time with a remembrancer in the book, and they joke that the remembrancer should say he personally fought beside the Emperor. It’s a fun way to show how the myth was born from ordinary conversations.
Kind of, we haven't seen the end yet but the actual Oll Pious is on Terra during the siege and likely will be on the Vengful Spirit. This story is kind of what starts the Oll Pious myth, Piers even remarks that "no hero was ever named Ollanius, change it to Olympos or something."
@@maxdickings6874Ollie Piers is actually implied to be the grandson or relative of the real Ollanius Pius who was the world’s oldest perpetual and the Emperor’s original Warmaster and best bro before Malcador. After the Siege of Terra the two different Ollies actions got confused and merged together by the Remembrancers due to both of them having been fighting alongside the Emperor’s forces during the Siege and the facts that they both looked alike and had similar names.
Ollie Piers, Olly Persson... Is this the latest fucking retcon of Ollanius Pius? Angron nothing, Ollanius saw Horus lay a beatdown on the Emperor himself, and before Horus could land the killing blow, Ollanius Pius stood to his Emperor's defense. He got obliterated, of course, but it gave the Emperor the time and clarity of mind to finally Delete Horus. And ever since, he's been held up as a shining example, which is why GW hates him, and keeps trying to ruin him, retcon him, or make us all forget him. The Order of Ollanius Pius, however, does not forget.
Guardsmen are some of the most overlooked and underated group in the imperium. It was a Guardsman who stood between Horus & The Emperor aboard the vengeful spirit. A normal human ,not a demi god ,not a custodes but a mortal man.
@@mugenokami2201 "Truth that's oddly topical" Cadia and terra both got invaded by chaos, both times the Guard put a fight till the very end, this is the parallel
My favorite observation - according to Saul Tarvitz, when Angron charged, even Astartes fled. This was said on Isstvan, while Angron was still a normal Primarch. With Emperor's Children loyalists close to hand. Olly faced the Daemon Primarch version of Angron bearing down on him, functionally solo, and stood against that even more terrifying juggernaut, spitting defiance and aiming for center of mass until the last second.
As the others said, different guy- But that's the point! And in fact it's the point of the entire Olly Piers arc in Saturnine! The stories soldiers tell each other afterwards, to make some sense and give some kind of reason to the most insane incomprehensible madness. Stories blend together, details change, but the core of it stays the same. And it's stories like that, Horatius at the Bridge, Davy Crockett at the Alamo, "Fuck you, Russian Warship" that keep people moving forwards and fighting and trying. That's how faith works, too. And that was the point.
I'm surprised the guardsman shown is this one and not the one that dived in front of Horus's weapon and saved the Emperor's life, now that guy was a fucking legend.
GODs reaction to this would be like: Nurgle: Such a loss, such a shame. Tzneech: what an idiot. Slaneesh: What a MAN, SUCH BALLS. Gork and Mork: WAAAAHHH! The God Emperor: Well fought my son, such a brave soul. Khorne: *LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO*
They were all brave, sanguinius himself was speechless how they stood against the hordes of daemons for months and were still ready to continue fighting. Ollie was just one of billions of soldiers during the siege. And you're confusing this Ollie with the real saint ollanius
Angron: I sense a gravitic disturbance. Something of unusually dense mass is centred at the gate. It appears to be coming from between that guardsman's legs. He must not be permitted to live...
At first I was like Guardsman? You mean Imperial Army right but for the Imperial propaganda it fits. There was never a Imperial army it has always been the guard *wink*
Brave guardsman: shoots demon with a fleshlight Coward guardsman: runs away, gets his name cursed by his comrades who fall one by one. Returns back 5 minutes later with a sacred psychopower sword that can do actual damage to the demon. Still fails because the sword isn't charged and the guardsman is not a psycker. Conclusions: no matter how brave you are, in case GW didn't give you plot armor, you're screwed.
Standing up to Angron is pretty badass, but I heard he jumped in between Horus and the Emperor when Horus was beating the Emperor upside the head with that giant f%cking mace he carried around.
I thought it was gonna be the guardsmen that supposedly threw himself in betwinn the Emperor and Horus during there battle. Maybe that is just a legend within a guardsmen regiment but i remember someone bringing up that scenario in a 40k video a long time ago.
The fact that there are like bazillion different contradicting versions of Ol P makes it even better. At this point he has a whole Legion of personalities and backstories. The first one i stumbled my way into was the perpetual-catholic one and I have to admit, its my favorite. It might not be the best or the most based, but it is the one I choose and hey, guess thats the whole point of it
Absolutely - it's a great way to keep the mythology while delving into different interpretations of the legend. We might see a few others before the series is finished. :)
Thanks to your post I have a new head canon: when pious was killed by Horus his soul his very being shattered. How ever that shattering allowed another eternal something to take his: the legion of the damned
this guardman gained angron gaze, for the few second it last, it will resonate for eons, even khorne must have been impressed for such ammount of courage.
I like it that they found a way to not retcon the myth of Ollanius Pius, but to transform it and present as another example of distorted lost knowledge without deleting the act itself.
Space marines talking about bravery in front of Guardsmen is laughable, you charge into batte because you were engineered to unable to feel fear, they charge in despite having fear.
Olly - *stands his ground* Angron - *pissed beyond belief* Khorne - YES YES YES YES YES THAT ONE I WANT THAT ONE AS MY NEW CHAMPION!!!!! Big E - *yoinks Olly* haha get wrecked blood boy
And he was praying some random war god that he thought was helping him, when it was actually a sister if silence killing demons and he just couldn't quite make her out.
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Angron came for him because his adamantium balls clanged too loud
*CLANG* OI ANGRON! FIGHT ME BITCH! *CLANG* *CLANG*
*ANGRON HATES CLANG OF ADAMANTIUM BALLS!!!!*
too funny but true 👍
Bro had to be nerfed somehow😔
And because bro balls were bigger than him😂😂😂
If Angron wasn’t corrupted, he would have liked to know Olly
even while hes not a daemon he might accidently kill him while having a polite conversation
everyone always forgets that without nails Angron would be second kindest primarch after Vulcan
@@tomashamacek4384 Or more.
Doesn't this mean olly is in the khorn realm
@@tomashamacek4384 A true tragedy.
The glowing white bloodstain coupled with the halo over his head goes fucking HARD
Just imagine the legion of the damned popping up somewhere and a guardsman on fire with charred black flak armor being among their ranks that kills daemons with a lasgun
An army of Damned guardsman... that would be something... the Cadians that fell in this war, or hells, Kriegsman!
@@gio-gioarmani2268bofum, one breaks lines while the other holds
@@gio-gioarmani2268the legion of the damned would definitely be 50% Kriegsmen
@@gio-gioarmani2268
I have a similar idea.
I call it *The Legion of Light*
A daemon legion comprised of EVERYONE who fought and died for The Emperor and The Imperium of Man.
LoTD marine: *sees Guardman* "whats that puny little flashlight going to do?"
LoTD Guardsman: *blows Nurglite Daemons' head off in single shot*
LoTD Marine: "oh. I Like You."
*Angron appears *
Olly- "Finally a worthy opponent"
Our battle would be legendary
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@@curlyfries8388and it was!
He tried dodging his attacker but his massive balls of brass slowed him down
Love it! 🤣
@@TabletopTom i imagine his wife did to
Not brass, man. That's Khorne's whole shtick, and our man Ollie spent his last moments giving the Blood God-b**** and his champion-of-tantrums-and-failure the bird.
Edit: the Aquila*. Last moments flipping the Aquila. My bad
I'd have expected him to put up his middle finger to Horus right ebforte the blow landed.
Negatory, Ollanius Pius had adamantium power balls.
It would be like a hamster wielding a toothpick, standing its ground against a charging T-Rex.
That Hamster gained the T-rexs respect.
Honestly you gotta give it to the Hamster, that takes nuts.
That toothpick would hurt in the toenail.
Redwall Terra? :v
Or Mumen Rider against Deep Sea King.
The weakest Terra's guardsman VS The strongest traitor Primarch.
No... Terra's Strongest Guardsmen VS The Weakest Traitor Primarch
@Lomhow the weakest will always be Lorgar
@@LomhowHe made a slander about the two opposite sides
@@Lomhowi think you missed the joke so if you did;
him being the weakest guardsman says, imagine everyone else.
if this is the strongest traitor primarch, imagine those who are weaker.
The indomable human spirit screams in this one
Why would it be unexpected for a Guardsman to stand and fight until death? Space Marines get many implants but not one of those upgraded organs gives a man courage nor faith. The Guard are the bravest of humanity in 40k.
I’m totally with you on that, but I think, after weeks of fighting the horrors of the galaxy, and exhausted beyond measure, getting charged by Angron might just make rethink my choices in life 😂
Nice sentiment but space marines do get a ton of combat stims and adrenaline boosts
Space Marines also get mental conditioning while they are aspirants. This is that whole they shall know no fear.
@@JesusTorres-ue3yr Neither stimulants nor adrenaline give you faith in the Emperor of Mankind my brother. You either have it or you don't.
Well space marines have their "they shall know no fear" - great training, best equipment, genetically enhanced and probably some brain altering so they actually know no fear.
The small guardsman on the other hand standing strong in the face of horror is something special because he has fear as all normal humans.
I much preferred the original story of Ollanius Pius where he stood in front of Horus when the Emperor was wounded.
technically that's still canon since it's been specified that there's various versions depending on the faction
the guards believe it was ollanius pious, the space marines believe it was sanguinius, the inquisition and custodes believe it was a custodes
far as I remember anyway
The Emperor knows Him as “One of the OGs”
@@Peter_Turbo4Ollanius is older than the emperor and probably knows his true name, but Ollanius never lusted for power, he understood he was part of humanity and to allow humanity to make their choices governing themselves because ultimately they'll do the right thing themselves, he lived since mesopotamia and the destruction of the tower of Babel, he saw civilizations rise and fall time and again, he had the utmost faith in humanity
@@the98themperoroftheholybri33 That all came well after the fact. In original canon, Olly was just a run-of-the-mill guardsman with big brass balls, who stepped up to defend his wounded emperor.
@@bradsimpson8724initially it was a unnamed terminator which is still favorite and Ollanus getting on the vengeful spirit is a plothole since, The Emperor, Sanguinius and Dorn and a squad of Custodes teleported
That is why the gurdsman are my favorite faction in the 40k
Same here and the Krieg
THE PLANET BROKE BEFORE THE GUARD DID!!!!
Dunno if you need this but all guardsman party, look it up. Is the single best shit you will ever read.
Ollie: COME TO DADDY YOU SPIKE HEADED MONGREL!!!!
Ten thousand years later, the guard still holds the line...
I picture Khorne, looking as Olly is ripped to shreds, taking an instant from the war against Big E, and taking hold of Olly's spirit, and pointing over at the light where Big E sits... leaning down and whispering to the guardsman. "You didn't hear this from me, and I'd totally deny it if ever asked... but that was glorious. You want to go toward that light. You earned this one."
I think Khorne would respect Olly.
Since Khorne is heavy on the "honor" aspect, and given that Olly died in one of the most honorable ways, in defiance of the literal Apocalypse and on his own terms, he'd probably give Olly the afterlife deserved to him. Khorne may be a lot of bad, but he isn't ALL bad.
@@able34bravo37 A-, because he used a ranged weapon instead of a melee weapon or his bare fists.
@@alfonszitterbacke318You think bro didn't have his beyonet afixed by then?
I'm pretty sure he didn't move because of his heaviest balls
ROFL
Guardsman describing scene: “it was horrible, that creature. I’ve never seen anything like it! It charged right through him! I am lucky I’m alive!”
Grey knight, loading bolter pistol: “uh huh…”
The Adeptus Custodes behind him: "Don't think about it"
I don't think the custodian would stop the grey knight like he got better things to worry about than a guardsmen about to be killed by a grey night. But had it been a space wolf then you can bet that they grey knight would have gotten an power axe in him before he even manged to aim his bolter.
@@MNM-lq9te there was actually an instance of a guardsmen being protected by a custodes until he served his purpose
@@bruh8545 "until he served his purpose" does that imply that the custodes just willingly let the guardsmen die or does it mean he left the guardsmen to go his own path.
There are custodes that do protect imperials and guardsmen if they were to become important in the future but an lonly guardsmen about to be executed by a grey knight wouldn't bother the custodes much i would inmagine.
@@MNM-lq9te well, a commissar was going to execute him, but instead got executed by the custodes, so after a dozen years the custodes stopped protected the guardsmen and left him, then that same guardsmen died for surviving his initial execution date
Angrons ego broke before the Guard!
If Angron wasnt a corrupted daemon he would have looooved the guardsman and promoted him on the spot
Ollie: "Hey Horus"
Horus: *Looks*
Ollie: "B*tch"
“IM NOT A BITCH! IM NOT!”
@@crystallxix1493
Ollie coughing up blood after being completely bisected by Angron:
"is what a bitch says"
😂😂😂😂😂
🤣
:O
Ollie was too manly for Angron to allow to live. He could not stand how awesome Ollie was.
Can imagine that Khorne Daemon's jaw closed when he sees the Guard's chaotic grin.
It ain't the chaotic "crazy for battle "smile that would be desired by Khorne nor chaotic "Masochist-ic" Smile of Slaneesh.
It's a pure, chaotic smile that could only carved in the face of humans. Followed by a single line that came out from the Guard's lips
"Wanna bet?"
It's the smile of a man pushed to his brink, challenging impossible odds.
A way to laugh instead of cry, the smile of one who may be weak of body, but is corageous and strong of heart.
@@tiagobelo4965 Reminds me the point, at which Angron was, before Emperor took him
Overwhelming odds. You die running or you die fighting. Either way you die. The choice is clear.
Angron, who was your most skilled foe?
My brother the angel of baal.
Is that one of the sources of your rage besides the nails?
No that would be the guardsman
Not since the cadians have i seen a guardsman have the balls to stand up to such impossible odds. But if Sly Marbo was around-
*Takes a bolter to the head*
"Right! WHO DID THAT?! Come on! Who did?"
Sly Marbo: "AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"
God, I love the Sly Marbo memes even though I don't fully understand them.
This dude was absolutely hilarious! Such a great character.
C’mon Bessie dont let me down now! Shooting his nades and didnt take one step back against Angron.
This is why you never underestimate the Guard. These Brave Man and Woman have nothing what could give a sense of security in this universe except one another. And still, they carry out their duty, for their homes, the emperor and everything the imperium should have been.
I like the idea that he was also the last Catholic in the galaxy and that his sacrifice made him a saint.
Why would he be the last Catholic?
@@_Plutonyan old lore, apparently Olanius Pius was a “Catharic” and wasn’t a big fan of the imperial truth. His newest rendition is a fairly decent bit different than the old version so I’m not sure how they’ll handle his iconic sacrifice on the Vengeful Spirit.
He isn't catholic, his wife was catholic
By techinality it also made him the pope
lmao now he is St Olly?
Genetically engineered warlord General that’s been infused with the power of rage itself and this man holds his ground. The Astartes can talk all the shit they like of mere mortals but I’ll be damned if that doesn’t deserve the utmost respect
There is greater courage to be found in the normal man fighting a war he's unlikely to survive despite his fear, than in the genetically modified human that doesnt feek fear to begin with.
Angron: I'm here to take your head.
Olly: *unzips pants*
Angron: ....wut
Ollianus Pius stood with the emperor, I'll have none of these new fangled inquisitorial redactions to the records. We cannot treat our favourite Roman Catholic guardsman this way.
Man really said “I’m ready, how bout you?!”
"SQUARE UP THOT"
'your on your own, noble team. Carter out.'
Key missing point to is at that point he’s alone standing there as he could not find anyone left alive to stand next to him
Angron: AHHHHH
Ollie: *AAAAAAAAAAA*
Angron: OH FINALLY A FIGHT
100% how it went down 😂
So he is the guy from the artwork with Horus Heresy in reverse.
This guy story go everywhere, despite those clanky balls bigger than Baals.
I believe, if Angron wasn't a mindless blood starved barbarian at that point, he probably would have admired the tenacity of a lone human fighter standing his ground, not only against a space marine, but a demon primearc. Angron actually comforted one of his dying emperor loyal sons after he fought so damn hard
'Upland Tercio, hooo!’ he screamed. ‘Throne of Terra! Throne of Terra!’
mad lad
He died blocking the Eternity Gate with his balls.
Interesting - is this new retconned lore for Ollianus the guardsmen standing up to Horus?
Dan Annett modified the lore in the recent Siege of Terra books to say that Pius’ myth is a conflation of Olly Piers (the Guardsman in this video), and Ollanius Persson (the perpetual).
Olly spends a lot of time with a remembrancer in the book, and they joke that the remembrancer should say he personally fought beside the Emperor. It’s a fun way to show how the myth was born from ordinary conversations.
@@TabletopTom Well I’m glad they did that as opposed to removing that regular guardsmen completely! Thank you for bringing this to my attention!
Kind of, we haven't seen the end yet but the actual Oll Pious is on Terra during the siege and likely will be on the Vengful Spirit. This story is kind of what starts the Oll Pious myth, Piers even remarks that "no hero was ever named Ollanius, change it to Olympos or something."
It’s already out, turns out it wasn’t olly but I won’t say who it was for spoilers sake.
@@maxdickings6874Ollie Piers is actually implied to be the grandson or relative of the real Ollanius Pius who was the world’s oldest perpetual and the Emperor’s original Warmaster and best bro before Malcador. After the Siege of Terra the two different Ollies actions got confused and merged together by the Remembrancers due to both of them having been fighting alongside the Emperor’s forces during the Siege and the facts that they both looked alike and had similar names.
"If I can buy just one second for everyone else, then imagine the time a mere million of us can buy humanity"
Ollanius Pius. The Emperor’s truest son.
Ollie Piers, Olly Persson... Is this the latest fucking retcon of Ollanius Pius? Angron nothing, Ollanius saw Horus lay a beatdown on the Emperor himself, and before Horus could land the killing blow, Ollanius Pius stood to his Emperor's defense. He got obliterated, of course, but it gave the Emperor the time and clarity of mind to finally Delete Horus. And ever since, he's been held up as a shining example, which is why GW hates him, and keeps trying to ruin him, retcon him, or make us all forget him. The Order of Ollanius Pius, however, does not forget.
You dropped this 👑
Ollanius Pius may be hated by GW, but we will never let his name go forgotten.
His bravery shall be remembered so long as the imperium stands!
I mean ollanius persson did stand by the emperor as you said. Oli peirs was a different character
Guardsmen are some of the most overlooked and underated group in the imperium.
It was a Guardsman who stood between Horus & The Emperor aboard the vengeful spirit. A normal human ,not a demi god ,not a custodes but a mortal man.
Olly's Corpse starch must have been sought after.
the planet broke before the guard did!
You implying holy terra broke?
@@mugenokami2201
He just citing truth that's oddly topical, Cadia stands!
@@CaptainGrief66 this was not on cadia though
@@mugenokami2201
"Truth that's oddly topical"
Cadia and terra both got invaded by chaos, both times the Guard put a fight till the very end, this is the parallel
@@CaptainGrief66 I’m talking bout the statement they made
The last art work goes HARDDDDD 🔥🔥🔥
I think that art is from the fanfic lionel heresy
Ollanius: Not to men like you
Horus: there are no men like me
Ollanius: There are always men like you
That last artwork looks so good.
My favorite observation - according to Saul Tarvitz, when Angron charged, even Astartes fled. This was said on Isstvan, while Angron was still a normal Primarch. With Emperor's Children loyalists close to hand.
Olly faced the Daemon Primarch version of Angron bearing down on him, functionally solo, and stood against that even more terrifying juggernaut, spitting defiance and aiming for center of mass until the last second.
So this is the retcon...they took him as from bing the man who saved the emperor to a guy who got splattered
His name isn't Olly piers.... It's Ollanius Pius, so put some respect on his name. He aint no John Grammaticus, he earned that much.
Different character my guy
ollanius pius was in the throne room
They are 2 different characters, Ollie states his name is an old family name suggesting he is a dependent of Pious.
Different guy.
Piers died before Angron.
Pius died facing down Horus.
Much to the eternal shame of the Adeptus Astartes and the Adeptus Custodes.
As the others said, different guy- But that's the point! And in fact it's the point of the entire Olly Piers arc in Saturnine! The stories soldiers tell each other afterwards, to make some sense and give some kind of reason to the most insane incomprehensible madness. Stories blend together, details change, but the core of it stays the same. And it's stories like that, Horatius at the Bridge, Davy Crockett at the Alamo, "Fuck you, Russian Warship" that keep people moving forwards and fighting and trying. That's how faith works, too. And that was the point.
I'm surprised the guardsman shown is this one and not the one that dived in front of Horus's weapon and saved the Emperor's life, now that guy was a fucking legend.
Because this was the origin of his story being morphed into him standing against horus
This is such a devastating retcon.... absolutely unforgivable just as bad as the angel dying by just being beaten to death...
GODs reaction to this would be like:
Nurgle: Such a loss, such a shame.
Tzneech: what an idiot.
Slaneesh: What a MAN, SUCH BALLS.
Gork and Mork: WAAAAHHH!
The God Emperor: Well fought my son, such a brave soul.
Khorne: *LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO*
They were all brave, sanguinius himself was speechless how they stood against the hordes of daemons for months and were still ready to continue fighting. Ollie was just one of billions of soldiers during the siege. And you're confusing this Ollie with the real saint ollanius
"Bet" said Olly.
If he wasn't so thoroughly devoted to the Emperor that level of bravery would likely earn him some degree of favor from Khorne
Not even close Ollie's died stepping between Horus and the emperor to buy him ONE more moment.
There are 40K likes on this short. You did it, Olly. You can rest now.
Angron: are you afraid?
Olly: *no are you?*
Definitely an "if I'm going down, I'm going down swinging" moment.
He wouldve ran away but the weight of his adimantium balls weighed him down so much he had no choice.
Olly watching Angron coming down the street:" Well then...come because I only leave in victory or death."
Marines are so boring. Guardsmen is where the fun lies.
„For terra and the emperor ! Highland GrenadIERS WOOOOOOOO !“ the banner fell with olli as the grotesque form of angron reached them.
Angron: I sense a gravitic disturbance. Something of unusually dense mass is centred at the gate. It appears to be coming from between that guardsman's legs. He must not be permitted to live...
"Upland hooaa"
At first I was like Guardsman? You mean Imperial Army right but for the Imperial propaganda it fits. There was never a Imperial army it has always been the guard *wink*
Our battle will be legendary!
Brave guardsman: shoots demon with a fleshlight
Coward guardsman: runs away, gets his name cursed by his comrades who fall one by one. Returns back 5 minutes later with a sacred psychopower sword that can do actual damage to the demon. Still fails because the sword isn't charged and the guardsman is not a psycker.
Conclusions: no matter how brave you are, in case GW didn't give you plot armor, you're screwed.
Angron would never come to appreciate that he was doing what he hated his father most for
Olly's balls gave the Emperor's golden hair, a run for its money, when it came to which is more glorious.
Friendly reminder that it used to be a simple guardsman who stood between the Emprah' and Horus, before they changed the lore.
In previous lore, that was imperial guard propaganda. It still is.
“Know no fear” my ass, this unit knew fear and conquered it
Standing up to Angron is pretty badass, but I heard he jumped in between Horus and the Emperor when Horus was beating the Emperor upside the head with that giant f%cking mace he carried around.
He serves by the Emperor's Side like that Guardsman who stood up against Horus
My death was a certainty this day. The fact that they had to send you? That’s just gravy.
Seriously what is that name of that weapon he keeps holding in the images?
Looks like volkite to me
Look like a boomshot from gears
Looks like a Volkite or Graviton weapon.
I love the ghost version of the guardiansmen with the glowing light through the middle of him.
Guess who got to him and how.
I thought it was gonna be the guardsmen that supposedly threw himself in betwinn the Emperor and Horus during there battle. Maybe that is just a legend within a guardsmen regiment but i remember someone bringing up that scenario in a 40k video a long time ago.
The fact that there are like bazillion different contradicting versions of Ol P makes it even better. At this point he has a whole Legion of personalities and backstories. The first one i stumbled my way into was the perpetual-catholic one and I have to admit, its my favorite. It might not be the best or the most based, but it is the one I choose and hey, guess thats the whole point of it
Absolutely - it's a great way to keep the mythology while delving into different interpretations of the legend. We might see a few others before the series is finished. :)
Thanks to your post I have a new head canon: when pious was killed by Horus his soul his very being shattered. How ever that shattering allowed another eternal something to take his: the legion of the damned
this guardman gained angron gaze, for the few second it last, it will resonate for eons, even khorne must have been impressed for such ammount of courage.
Ollanius Pius died so Caiphus Cane, Sly Marbo, and the rest of the Imperium would live on
That’s not a guardsman, that’s a whole ass ultramarine
Among the Space Marines of the Damned Legion- there stands a single Guardsman.
I like it that they found a way to not retcon the myth of Ollanius Pius, but to transform it and present as another example of distorted lost knowledge without deleting the act itself.
Space marines talking about bravery in front of Guardsmen is laughable, you charge into batte because you were engineered to unable to feel fear, they charge in despite having fear.
The bravest Guardsman was also the Emperor's best and oldest friend, who died defending the Emperor with a lasrifle against Ascended Horus.
*Titan appears
"Look a Titan!"
"A Titan Carl ! FIX Bayonets !"
K but that art piece fucking slaps
The balls of bloody steel there. The emperor would be proud of you my friend
=][= The Emperor Protects =][=
Olly - *stands his ground*
Angron - *pissed beyond belief*
Khorne - YES YES YES YES YES THAT ONE I WANT THAT ONE AS MY NEW CHAMPION!!!!!
Big E - *yoinks Olly* haha get wrecked blood boy
Imagine a small group of Those in The Dark were to appear out of nowhere and stand in front of that Grenadier Imperial Guardsman.
Anyone with that level of courage is a worthy foe for the primarch of the red sands.
If Perturabo had stayed loyal, Chaos would have gotten clapped.
And he was praying some random war god that he thought was helping him, when it was actually a sister if silence killing demons and he just couldn't quite make her out.
Make him a saint!
Guardsman 1: there's a titan!!!
Guardsman 2: Fix the bayonet!!!😂❤
Pius being a perpetual is kinda stupid in my opinion. Takes away how cool it is.
When you give a cannon fodder main character plot armor
Read siege of terra novels. Dude went through a lot before that