@@danthelowblood2653 It's amazing how people will still pay decent money for one with 30 years of rust and abuse on them. Ignoring inflation I think they cost more now than they did new.
@@danthelowblood2653you’re telling me you bought a 7.3 for 3500??? Bro that thing either didn’t run and was barley able to roll or the person was a friend and gave you an insane deal lol finding one in decent shape and running with 100k+ miles for 10k is hard enough
I bet you weren't ready for "The TAMRIELL Space Program" either, WERE YA!? Yeah, that's right, The Empire from 'The Elder Scrolls' had a F**ING *SPACE EXPLORATION PROGRAM* *IN A MEDIEVAL-FANTASY SETTING WHERE THE SUN ISN'T A CELESTIAL BODY OF PLASMA, AND IS JUST A PORTAL TO THE REALM OF MAJIC*
Brother, did you know that all Abrahamic religions come from the same root and same albite differently interpreted sources - Islam, Christianity and even Judaism???
@@ComedicLetternah we need the commonwealth. ANZAC/Maori/Aborigne and Canadian/First Nation/Inuit mercenary factions created by the scattering of the British fleet serving as religiously unreliable shock troops for the forces of humanity
@@jimelliot4904 what better way to beat the armies of hell, but with those who would show blatant and unrepentant cruelty towards them. Specifically, those who would stand against hell primarily out of spite, and not religious fervour Heretic troops would awaken with their bootlaces tied together, uniform buttons missing, and a single pair of wire snips within reach, while the ground is watered by the blood of their formerly sleeping (now deceased) comrades.
Just don't talk about the religions (especially Abrahamic religions) unless it's to say they're also the bad guys in a setting where their the ones fighting the demons as they pour forth to slaughter humanity. This game's community is kind of weird.
@@SSD_Penumbra Trench Crusaders is not Warhammer. The only comparison would be that the combined Imperium is the only faction with an objective to ensure the survival of humanity.
@@claymore1555 It has heavy parallels though. Both games are a tabletop wargame with themes of religion in it. The Demonic forces parallel the Chaos forces in WH, even down to the designs of some of them, eg Khornite Demons etc. Trench Pilgrims and the Church forces draw HEAVILY from the Ecclisarchy in WH40K, complete with soldiers with religions icons on their backs, religious artefacts being used, literal angels walking around, Prussians having a similar demeanour to the Krieg etc. Shit, even the Paladins being clones of Jesus is a reference to 40K with some space marine chapters being clones of their primarch, who in themselves are clones from Big E himself.
@@SSD_Penumbra You've misunderstood the meaning of my original statement.. Apologies, as it is my own fault. The statement is not made in reference to the in-world themes and religious symbology directly. It is a reference to the hostility of Trench Crusader's online community should the religious factions be spoken of positively as a moral "good" with relation to the evil of the demonic factions. Saying as much tends to result in chastising or an outright ban from official servers.
Bro the Choristers are NOT a unit type I expected, that shit is absolutely metal as hell and honestly super creative. (For people who don't want to look it up they're people who combined the two most atrocious sins in catholicism, worshiping another god and self un-aliving. They do it in a brutal fashion with ritual self-mutilation in worship to Satan (which is judged by its severity and horror) and then the final act of worship is to 🔪 their own necks for him. If they went hard enough they return back to their bodies days later where they saw through the rest of the way and proceed to carry their heads around the battlefield chanting and singing the greatest blasphemies and curses to serve as a moral unit) I fucking love them so much
@@Squig96but there’s only 9 and one is a Judas. Also the paladins of charlemagne, as a story at least, is predated by them. I understand you mean they are inspired by the tales, but if we look at it in universe, the actual 12 paladins would have been long dead by the time these 12 come about, and the story about them would come long after they came into being. And, just because I did look into it, I think I can confidently say both ideas of inspiration are right, as the paladin shown in this video is named after one of the 12, albeit that one is noted to be dead
A couple hundred human sacrifices every year seems more tame than opening a literal gate to hell, and considering all the other evil shit there is idk. @@danielc-s8056
For me it was the Stigmatic Nuns. "MA'AM WHERE ARE YOUR CLOTHES? I OWN CHAIN PANTIES? THEY'RE NOT COMFORTABLE? AND THEY'RE QUITE HEAVY? HOW ARE YOU DOING A WAR IN THOSE? WHERE DO YOU PUT YOUR GEAR?"
@@Daniel_Lancelin They could add a third, pagan faction that would be fighting both the legions of hell and of the church. Neither servants of hell nor heaven. Bowing to none.
I’ve been following Mike Francina for years, and I always assumed his Trench Crusade art series was just for an art book, or his own enjoyment. I had no idea it was all going into one big project. I really hope this franchise takes off. As a game developer It’d be a dream come true to eventually work on a video game adaptation of this universe.
I feel it's far more organized and streamlined to x happens because of Y resulting in Z, while WH40K just goes in every possible direction sporadically creating overlapping confusion, which results in them having to make new chapters to de-canonize others in order to retcon plot holes they develop as they keep going. meanwhile TC is just very simple this happened these guys did this those guys did that, now everything sucks everyone's fucked and both sides are just trying to gain absolute control over the world even at the cost of mass damnation and genocide.
@@mysticlegion8088 I'm hoping it holds up for the forever winter too, I want grimdark alive and well and not tarnished with the political correctness bullshit seeping in, no peace only war famine chaos and desperation thanks
@@cyanyde4950 Political correctness, lol. 40k was always a criticism of fascism and militarism. Nothing has changed about always war, literally nothing.
It just occurred to me: since Columbus started the colonization of the New World in 1490s, and Marco Polo traveled the Silk Road to China in 1270s, does that mean that the Americas & Far East are just chilling during all this? 😅
the australian diggers were awesome fighters during WWI... i'd love to see how this world handles them for they are from a land so far away from the frontline that they may not even think the holy war to be truly between heaven and hell... that and they may even have their own beleifs towards the war... it'd be nice to see what the world has made of them and asia...
Stranded survivors of the shattered British fleet looking for a new home and merging with Māori warriors harnessing the Haka and Australian Aboriginal dream time rituals to become an unmatched mercenary force for the forces of humanity. They need this setting’s equivalent of the Gallipoli landing so bad
@haydenrobbie7368 Britain as a political entity doesn't exist either. The lore is very clear about the fact that the Union of the crowns never occurs. There are still De Nomadies or at most Plantagenats on the english and Dunkelds on the Albic throne. Have you not watched the video?
I’m just gonna ignore all drama and look at the neat lore and minis cause it looks awesome dude I would love these and some Warhammer minis on a shelf together
The drama isn’t that serious the people that are the source of it usually keep to themselves and bitch and moan in their echo chambers about wokeness all day and everyone else just hangs out.
@@Koifin3correct, the reality was just a misunderstanding and the people behind the project having to make a stance with a lot of weird people coming in.
@@a_rat_named_mouse making a long story short: the discord server that the trench crusade crew is using got flooded by a good number of the people that got mad at the whole female custodes thing in 40K, these guys started to feel a bit to "at home" and started posting their weird stuff. Since the server is a small thing the mods got scared about the whole situation, since it was a loot of new people and went panic mode banning them left, right and center, and then the usual suspects of RUclips vultures decided to make videos about the whole debacle.
Wait, if New Antioch is a Principality wouldn't it be ruled by a Prince? If it were ruled by a Duke it would be a Duchy. I picture the Metachrist like Lilith from Evangelion, this massive, tortured creature nailed to a cross, forced to endure its flesh and blood being harvested to feed the war machine.
@@LAHFaust The title of "Principality" is a reference to Ephesians 6-12, definitely not a mistake. "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
Still think it woulda been cooler and worked better if the setting started in World War One going centuries forward (especially since some things like the templars didn’t exist yet) but the lore they do have is really cool
I wish the Christian faction(s) would have more esoteric aspects to it. Hermeticism was a Catholic invention, after all. And now that I'm thinking about it, the heretic forces should realistically be more like Chaos from 40k, with more temptation and less "you will actually just have a miserable life and guarantee a permanent residence in the least savory afterlife possible." I suppose it isn't about religious accuracy, though.
All of the lore is stated to be propaganda made by the Church. That doesn't mean it's all false. But I imagine there are reasons that people join the heretics. They must think it's possible for them to get something for it.
The heretic forces seem to play into the arrogance of their followers, especially stuff like the hell knights and plague knights, promises of power n stuff, but certainly could use a bit more spice especially like Tzeentch or Slaanesh of warhammer
I concede it would be neat if there were very small groups of gnostics, hermeticists, Kabbalah mystics etc. In the same way it would be neat to see small groups that broke off because they still wanted to believe in their old gods. Those would be rare but they could like, have some cool weapons that are super effective, but the Church looks down on people using them because they're made by the sinning pagans. You could do more with the mystic sects of Christianity and Judaism because they probably wouldn't be as loved if they really fought a whole war about 4 nails vs 3. But they could be the equivalent of how people view fortune tellers today. Not favorably, not respected as a "true prohet" but people still seek out their mystic knowledge and sigils and its *kinda* tolerated, especially if they also have some mercenaries representing might be a similar situation in that one to the Irish faction that they let some of the old Druid superstitions fly because they're such good fighters.
"That’s the reality; angry men in combat fatigues talking to God on a two-way radio and muttering incoherent slogans about freedom are eventually going to provide us with a great deal of entertainment" -The Prophet, George Carlin
Didnt expect such a good video with this little views, awesome content regarding tc, thanks man, if you did more tc content youd become one of my fav grimdark youtubers as tc isnt usually covered
@@LunarBulletDev this is the first grimdark universe that's peaked my interest. I cover all content and media subjects I find interesting. As more TC things come out I experience inspiration from, I'll undoubtedly address them. Thank you for the kind comment ☺️
Idea for a Asian faction: The Brotherhood of Hong, inspired off of the Taiping rebellion where the leader of the group believed he was the younger brother of Jesus Christ. This faction works very similar to Adeptus Mechanicus, with a heavy emphasis on repairing vehicles and architects, along with fielding experimential weapons.
@AldoMattiaSchiavone another idea I had was one for Japan, I know some Samurai clans were Christian or Catholic due to outsider influence and wanting a access to guns, so what if the entire nation just became Catholic or Christian? Being an alternative history and all that
@starguy1o163 honestly would be a waist of the potential in a budist faction. As we can see from the sultanate, the catholic god isn't the only god out there, if it is even the catholic god at all
@starguy1o163 absolutely. I just love the sultanate and apreatiate how fresh using other religions in a grim dark setting is and want to see more. The faction i really want is one for the church of the metamorphosis tho
@@Humansarebetter1 You mean the faith that has people mutilate themselves in order to gain a higher sense of self? Notice how both the Pilgrims and the Demonic Forces do that. Its not anti-religion. I don't care if you're religious. I'm pointing out that, as the game states, there's no "good guys". To act as if there is is stupid.
The lore keeps impressing me, obviously like 40k but mixed with some history and a more known version of religion, honestly makes a really good combo, the fact that Jesus's blood and flesh is cloned and used to enhance human is cool af kinda like the primarch gene in 40k, im not a table top guy but i hope more version of media come out from this
16:20 3 mi = 4.8 km For reference, the longest confirmed shot in history (In combat), was 2.36 mi or 3.8 km in 2023 by a Ukrainian by the name Vyacheslav Kovalsky. By contrast, the longest shot ever was 4.4 mi or 7.08 km by Scott Austin and Shepard Humphries on a range.
@@VindicAlpha my guess is there was a time skip I glossed over. I wasn't aware of this fact, so it's not clear in the video. Should've researched more. Sincerest apologies
The knights Templar was actually founded in 1099 on July 15 after the siege of Jerusalem. The placed their encampments on the temple mound hence the name Templar. 1118AD was the date it was recognized as an official order heraldic knighthood by the Pope
Warhammer has a very specific image and flavor to its world. Inspired by bunches of stuff? Sure. But no one inspi made them build a religiously psychotic grimdark space sims but the creators. This game is absolutely taking direct inspo from Warhammer, which practically invented the genre of "Religious space war Simulator". And that's ok. This game doesn't seem similar. It is. And very likely on purpose. @@tennesseedogpack
Its obviously completely different. Theres super soldiers created from cloning of a religious icon, different legions who specialize in types of warfare and weapons, giant super soldiers in power armor, machines that require an absurd amount of "just hang the pilot from hooks", some people go into a different dimension and get warped into super soldiers for the demons. I mean, what similarities do you even see?
If you get a hold of some existing crusader models from any number of model peddlers, you could do a full game of this set in The Triclavian Wars, which I find rather fun. It could be this community's very own Horus Heresy.
I hope that after this universe gets officially established, we get more factions. I would love to see the armies of the Holy Roman Empire, the Papacy, etc.
Grimdark setting that completely disregards human populations. "Millions died in the fighting, and then a plague was released where tens of millions more died, and then millions more died fighting that!" Good god, how did the medieval population keep up?
Keep in mind its millions dying over the course of 800 years of largely static and siege based warfare. With much of the fighting being confined to an expanse of land stretching only from Egypt to the Levant. Most of the rest of the World is fine and most of the church factions are foreign soldiers come to due battle with Hells legions.
... and The Lord looked upon the grim'n'dark suffering of the people and The Lord said, "AYO Y'ALL NEED TO GET FUCKIN." ... thus, the people fucked and were fruitful.
Holy shit, they made what weird online dudes 15,000 layers deep into CK3 and HOI4 total conversion mods think the catholic church is going to be like into a game.
Played a couple of games, it's honestly too much fun, we almost pulled an all nighter playing 3v3, Demons/ heretics vs the Human factions. I played the Court and had so much fun. I can't wait to get the faction and paint it, and see how this whole thing transpires. I need books, games, and all other media set on this amazingly tasteful world
Love your video! As a small constructive nitpick: If you have to deal with german sources and encounter the weird letter "ß" the transliteration "ss" - _"Stoßtruppen"_ expressed as _"Stosstruppen"_ rather than "StoBtruppen" - would be preferable because that's precisely what the increasingly obsolete pseudo-letter ß or originally "sz" is meant to express, a sharper "s" -sound. It's similar with umlauts - they are also indicating two merged letters, _a+e=ä, u+e=ü and o+e=ö_ so just omitting the dots amounts to leaving out a full letter. Here you can simply replace the umlaut dots with a following letter "e" instead and it would be perfectly correct, even required in banking or crosswords and the like. 😅
@@KateriYTIt's not about pronounciation - hell, you are certainly doing a better job than I ever could in that regard. I was referring to an instance of written language including a perculiarity of written german I would stumble over if it wasn't coincidentally my first language, that's why I explicitly framed it as a minor nitpick. I thought the hint that you could just type "ss" rather think about how the hell to transscribe "ß" could get appreciated by somebody dabbling into such things, and I certainly would because replacing a combination of letters with another random letter because it bears some superficial similarity just isn't a matter of pronounciation.. I still appreciate the work you put in and still subscribed because it really wasn't meant that personally as it appearently came across.
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30:27 "powered by diesel and faith" OMG they got Fords 6.4 F250 in trench crusade?!
*7.3 powerstroke (1997 only)
@@danthelowblood2653 It's amazing how people will still pay decent money for one with 30 years of rust and abuse on them. Ignoring inflation I think they cost more now than they did new.
@evanfreshman2450 bought one for 3500 was told they go for 5000 in the 90s
Nah they’d be running Cummins turbo dioceses 😁
@@danthelowblood2653you’re telling me you bought a 7.3 for 3500??? Bro that thing either didn’t run and was barley able to roll or the person was a friend and gave you an insane deal lol finding one in decent shape and running with 100k+ miles for 10k is hard enough
I was not ready to hear the words “the church space program”
Lol I can't wait to see the setting in say 40,000 years in the future
I bet you weren't ready for "The TAMRIELL Space Program" either, WERE YA!?
Yeah, that's right, The Empire from 'The Elder Scrolls' had a F**ING *SPACE EXPLORATION PROGRAM*
*IN A MEDIEVAL-FANTASY SETTING WHERE THE SUN ISN'T A CELESTIAL BODY OF PLASMA, AND IS JUST A PORTAL TO THE REALM OF MAJIC*
@@hammerheadtheseawing3263 "The Church Space Program" was probably the working title of 40K during development 😂
@@mechamahou8467I know it’s a joke but the emperor was very anti-religion sooo not really
@@user-cr9of2tn5q The Emperor was, but the Imperium he spawned is _hyper-religious_ in the primary setting and timeline. Soooo yes really lol.
In the grim darkness of the past, there is only Catholicism.
And Islam apparently
@@vanderwallstronghold8905well. They have the same God. So why not I guess.
Brother, did you know that all Abrahamic religions come from the same root and same albite differently interpreted sources - Islam, Christianity and even Judaism???
@@diamondhamster4320 We all serve the same Lord in Heaven, yes.
@@Helman114 True, Based and Meta-Christ-pilled.
I desperately need novels set in this world
You and me both friend
Personally I want a well made manga like Berserk or Kingdom
@@BarbershopBytes-ox3dr why not both
Same. Miniatures wargames is a genre I always bounce off of but other media in this setting? Sign. Me. Up.
@@tonysladky8925 I hope they get the eurasia right this time. Most of the time they just slam "haha mongols" to whole central asia and move on.
Even hell fears the sight of an army Of Scots marching to bagpipe music
It’s the closest I’ll get to Canadians, so I’ll take it
@@ComedicLetternah we need the commonwealth. ANZAC/Maori/Aborigne and Canadian/First Nation/Inuit mercenary factions created by the scattering of the British fleet serving as religiously unreliable shock troops for the forces of humanity
@@jimelliot4904 what better way to beat the armies of hell, but with those who would show blatant and unrepentant cruelty towards them. Specifically, those who would stand against hell primarily out of spite, and not religious fervour
Heretic troops would awaken with their bootlaces tied together, uniform buttons missing, and a single pair of wire snips within reach, while the ground is watered by the blood of their formerly sleeping (now deceased) comrades.
@@ComedicLetterno Geneva convention with the forces of lucifer. Game on lads
@@jimelliot4904 OH GOD! Don't let the Canadians hear that. 'the sorrys suddenly stop'.
I was curious about the Iron Sultanate. Creating homunculi and automatons to fight such forces only makes sense.
Seljuk Turks.
With BIO LABS
@@sarubet8725 also the OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN himself still leading the assasins.
@@housewilma4904Hassan-i Sabbah still leads!
I wish they called their plane "Ababil"
As a catholic, There is so much crazy gruesome lore in church history that I can’t wait to see this universe use.
could add a bunch of cool occult, gnostic, suffi, etc kinda stuff too
Brings a new meaning to the phrase "this is now canon"
Same here man, can't wait to dive into this
"So much crazy gruesome lore in church history" and still a catholic
Make it make sense
@@scolack123it makes plenty of sense.
Idk how i found this video but I'm now obsessed with this world, thanks for the fantastic intro!
@@ssjabelincoln420 you are exactly who this video was for. Deus Vult my friend!!!
Templars: man that battle was difficult, but we killed all the relevant heretics
the nefarious artillery witch: THINK FAST CHUCKLENUTS
So if I'm hearing this right, it's WW1, but religion is off the rails.
This should be a fun table top game.
Just don't talk about the religions (especially Abrahamic religions) unless it's to say they're also the bad guys in a setting where their the ones fighting the demons as they pour forth to slaughter humanity.
This game's community is kind of weird.
@@claymore1555 You've never played Warhammer then.
@@SSD_Penumbra Trench Crusaders is not Warhammer.
The only comparison would be that the combined Imperium is the only faction with an objective to ensure the survival of humanity.
@@claymore1555 It has heavy parallels though. Both games are a tabletop wargame with themes of religion in it.
The Demonic forces parallel the Chaos forces in WH, even down to the designs of some of them, eg Khornite Demons etc.
Trench Pilgrims and the Church forces draw HEAVILY from the Ecclisarchy in WH40K, complete with soldiers with religions icons on their backs, religious artefacts being used, literal angels walking around, Prussians having a similar demeanour to the Krieg etc. Shit, even the Paladins being clones of Jesus is a reference to 40K with some space marine chapters being clones of their primarch, who in themselves are clones from Big E himself.
@@SSD_Penumbra You've misunderstood the meaning of my original statement..
Apologies, as it is my own fault. The statement is not made in reference to the in-world themes and religious symbology directly.
It is a reference to the hostility of Trench Crusader's online community should the religious factions be spoken of positively as a moral "good" with relation to the evil of the demonic factions. Saying as much tends to result in chastising or an outright ban from official servers.
Idk why I like to imagine the demons just giggling after spouting whatever hertical shit into that artefact like it was a prank call
"is your pope running?"
"Duuuuude! He totally thought I was the Metatron!"
"Here, here- lemme try! *ahem* BE NOT AFRAID..."
@@a_rat_named_mouse That's funny and i'll forever carry it as my head canon
Cause you’d be a heretic my guy
Bro the Choristers are NOT a unit type I expected, that shit is absolutely metal as hell and honestly super creative.
(For people who don't want to look it up they're people who combined the two most atrocious sins in catholicism, worshiping another god and self un-aliving. They do it in a brutal fashion with ritual self-mutilation in worship to Satan (which is judged by its severity and horror) and then the final act of worship is to 🔪 their own necks for him. If they went hard enough they return back to their bodies days later where they saw through the rest of the way and proceed to carry their heads around the battlefield chanting and singing the greatest blasphemies and curses to serve as a moral unit)
I fucking love them so much
I think the 12 paladins bit is a play on the last supper and the amount of people that were there. Which is a super interesting detail.
I thought it was based on the primarchs
Its based off of Jesus disciples
and there's the piece about how supposedly one of them had turned traitor, which could be somewhat based offa Judas.
Its based on the 12 paladins of charlemagne.
@@Squig96but there’s only 9 and one is a Judas. Also the paladins of charlemagne, as a story at least, is predated by them. I understand you mean they are inspired by the tales, but if we look at it in universe, the actual 12 paladins would have been long dead by the time these 12 come about, and the story about them would come long after they came into being. And, just because I did look into it, I think I can confidently say both ideas of inspiration are right, as the paladin shown in this video is named after one of the 12, albeit that one is noted to be dead
Huh, I dont remember this from catholic school
@@michaelsilver253 the liberal world order doesn't want you to know the truth #wakeup
The current pontif, a saracen-loving excuser of degeneracy, would fit right in with the heretical forces.
It's a bit more cheerful than what I recall
They have a tendency to leave out the best bits.
it would be funny if this was entirely localized to europe and the levant and the rest of the world is completely normal
Wait for the Aztec techoshamans to arrive on their air barges. It's gets 50 miles to the blood sacrifice.
Indian tribes over in the Americas: “da faq dey doin over there?”
@@TheCorrodedManapparently there are mesoamerican mercenaries
@TheCorrodedMan the Americas had tribes sacrificing humans by the thousands... pretty sure they aren't in the side of Heaven in this setting
A couple hundred human sacrifices every year seems more tame than opening a literal gate to hell, and considering all the other evil shit there is idk. @@danielc-s8056
The Court of the Seven Headed Serpent smiles on this chronicle.
The rules for The Court of the Seven Headed Serpent just released an hour ago!
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Think of the over saturation of WH 40K channels. You could solely focus on TC and this channel will blow up along with the game. DEUS VULT!
@@thatsTylerDurden not my fortay but I hope this vid can serve people well. DEUS VULT!
The sniper priests made me laugh so hard
Definitely needs a new name, "Guided hands" would work or something like that.
Sniper Monkey
”I am The end!” Ahh grampa
For me it was the Stigmatic Nuns. "MA'AM WHERE ARE YOUR CLOTHES? I OWN CHAIN PANTIES? THEY'RE NOT COMFORTABLE? AND THEY'RE QUITE HEAVY? HOW ARE YOU DOING A WAR IN THOSE? WHERE DO YOU PUT YOUR GEAR?"
They could add a new faction of greeks which would be a good way to show the navy vs demon navy's
i think england or sweden would be good too
Imagine giant ironclad dromons but instead of Greek fire they spew the holy flame of the archangel Uriel.
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They could add a third, pagan faction that would be fighting both the legions of hell and of the church. Neither servants of hell nor heaven. Bowing to none.
@@_maverick_50 At this time most of europe and the middle east wasnt pagan. But Indian pagan kingdoms would be a good addition.
Byzantine Empire
I’ve been following Mike Francina for years, and I always assumed his Trench Crusade art series was just for an art book, or his own enjoyment. I had no idea it was all going into one big project. I really hope this franchise takes off. As a game developer It’d be a dream come true to eventually work on a video game adaptation of this universe.
Is it just me, or is the iron sultanate the coolest faction with the best-looking units
Agreed
Iron Driptunate more like
As a Fan of Saint Olga IRL, i have already made my choice when it comes to my favourite in this universe.
Eww.
Im legitimately liking those lore more than 40k, its exactly what I didnt know I wanted
I like the smaller scale and timelines. Less noise to focus on.
I feel it's far more organized and streamlined to x happens because of Y resulting in Z, while WH40K just goes in every possible direction sporadically creating overlapping confusion, which results in them having to make new chapters to de-canonize others in order to retcon plot holes they develop as they keep going. meanwhile TC is just very simple this happened these guys did this those guys did that, now everything sucks everyone's fucked and both sides are just trying to gain absolute control over the world even at the cost of mass damnation and genocide.
I left 40k after GW allowed their lore to be destroyed. Wonder how the fandom in this one holds up.
@@mysticlegion8088 I'm hoping it holds up for the forever winter too, I want grimdark alive and well and not tarnished with the political correctness bullshit seeping in, no peace only war famine chaos and desperation thanks
@@cyanyde4950 Political correctness, lol. 40k was always a criticism of fascism and militarism.
Nothing has changed about always war, literally nothing.
We need a hoi4 mod about this!
5000 IQ, absolutely
Get to work, soldier!
Really though, that would be excellent
There actually is one in the works😊
@@BenjaminBoslet-rm6jr wait, really? By who?
Such a cool setting and cheers for an eloquent video sorting the lore out, just what i was after
It just occurred to me: since Columbus started the colonization of the New World in 1490s, and Marco Polo traveled the Silk Road to China in 1270s, does that mean that the Americas & Far East are just chilling during all this? 😅
No trans Atlantic slave trade either.
@sparklingwater925 might just be ran by the heretics to show how evil they can be
Judging by how powerful the fleet of Hell is, probably not. I would imagine there are Hell enclaves all over the world.
I love that they made St Olga the patron saint of incendiary warfare
"Hoping to earn the privilege of dying on the Wheel" is such a fantastic line, it says a lot truly about the Pilgrims in general.
Good video! I hope this setting becomes more popular.
25:10 if you wanna know, they commit ritualistic suicide and self-decapitation.
Thanks for sacrificing your search history o7
You will be remembered.
Everyone wants to hear the voice of God, until it's just God blowing a trench whistle.
Solid breakdown trencher👍
the australian diggers were awesome fighters during WWI... i'd love to see how this world handles them for they are from a land so far away from the frontline that they may not even think the holy war to be truly between heaven and hell... that and they may even have their own beleifs towards the war... it'd be nice to see what the world has made of them and asia...
Stranded survivors of the shattered British fleet looking for a new home and merging with Māori warriors harnessing the Haka and Australian Aboriginal dream time rituals to become an unmatched mercenary force for the forces of humanity. They need this setting’s equivalent of the Gallipoli landing so bad
Not, because there was no colonization.
@@ravenknight4876 as if britian would ever let that happen...
@haydenrobbie7368 Britain as a political entity doesn't exist either. The lore is very clear about the fact that the Union of the crowns never occurs. There are still De Nomadies or at most Plantagenats on the english and Dunkelds on the Albic throne. Have you not watched the video?
@@ravenknight4876 so you're saying their tea is unguarded and ripe for the taking...
This is a history nerds wet dream, and i agree, this is so cool, cqnt wait for what the future will bring.❤
Can't have a grimdark without a heresy!
I’m just gonna ignore all drama and look at the neat lore and minis cause it looks awesome dude I would love these and some Warhammer minis on a shelf together
The drama isn’t that serious the people that are the source of it usually keep to themselves and bitch and moan in their echo chambers about wokeness all day and everyone else just hangs out.
@@Koifin3correct, the reality was just a misunderstanding and the people behind the project having to make a stance with a lot of weird people coming in.
Drama? What's going on? Did something bad happen?
@@a_rat_named_mouse making a long story short: the discord server that the trench crusade crew is using got flooded by a good number of the people that got mad at the whole female custodes thing in 40K, these guys started to feel a bit to "at home" and started posting their weird stuff.
Since the server is a small thing the mods got scared about the whole situation, since it was a loot of new people and went panic mode banning them left, right and center, and then the usual suspects of RUclips vultures decided to make videos about the whole debacle.
@@Nightmare704RY what was being posted do ya know? Just found this game this week only hearing bout the drama now 😅
This is an amazing setting(s). I don’t care for war games, but an rpg set in this world, in any point in the timeline, would be incredible.
Hurrah more trench crusade content
Wait, if New Antioch is a Principality wouldn't it be ruled by a Prince? If it were ruled by a Duke it would be a Duchy.
I picture the Metachrist like Lilith from Evangelion, this massive, tortured creature nailed to a cross, forced to endure its flesh and blood being harvested to feed the war machine.
Yeah by a prince, he probably just made a mistake
@@LAHFaust The title of "Principality" is a reference to Ephesians 6-12, definitely not a mistake.
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
Still think it woulda been cooler and worked better if the setting started in World War One going centuries forward (especially since some things like the templars didn’t exist yet) but the lore they do have is really cool
Just started the video but I already appreciate the explanation of "what this video is/isnt". I feel more videos should do something similar
I wish the Christian faction(s) would have more esoteric aspects to it. Hermeticism was a Catholic invention, after all.
And now that I'm thinking about it, the heretic forces should realistically be more like Chaos from 40k, with more temptation and less "you will actually just have a miserable life and guarantee a permanent residence in the least savory afterlife possible." I suppose it isn't about religious accuracy, though.
The Knights of Avarice would be a great minor faction for you I think
Honestly both the heretics and the Christians could use more occult and esoteric stuff in their lore imo
All of the lore is stated to be propaganda made by the Church. That doesn't mean it's all false. But I imagine there are reasons that people join the heretics. They must think it's possible for them to get something for it.
The heretic forces seem to play into the arrogance of their followers, especially stuff like the hell knights and plague knights, promises of power n stuff, but certainly could use a bit more spice especially like Tzeentch or Slaanesh of warhammer
I concede it would be neat if there were very small groups of gnostics, hermeticists, Kabbalah mystics etc. In the same way it would be neat to see small groups that broke off because they still wanted to believe in their old gods. Those would be rare but they could like, have some cool weapons that are super effective, but the Church looks down on people using them because they're made by the sinning pagans. You could do more with the mystic sects of Christianity and Judaism because they probably wouldn't be as loved if they really fought a whole war about 4 nails vs 3. But they could be the equivalent of how people view fortune tellers today. Not favorably, not respected as a "true prohet" but people still seek out their mystic knowledge and sigils and its *kinda* tolerated, especially if they also have some mercenaries representing might be a similar situation in that one to the Irish faction that they let some of the old Druid superstitions fly because they're such good fighters.
The Sultanate is the real Fortress of the Believers.
@@Mo-ik1fo as an irl devout Catholic, even I have to admit the Sultanate is the best faction
@@KateriYT 👍
@@KateriYT How well does this setting hold up from the Catholic perspective?
I see no way it makes any sense. Especially within Orthodoxy.
@@PSNSMANIACALMIND1st what do you mean
aye. they compel me and speak to me with strength only matched by the black grail.
Native Americans and the far east looking at Europe in this setting: da fuck they doin ova der
"That’s the reality; angry men in combat fatigues talking to God on a two-way radio and muttering incoherent slogans about freedom are eventually going to provide us with a great deal of entertainment"
-The Prophet, George Carlin
I'm certainly entertained
Didnt expect such a good video with this little views, awesome content regarding tc, thanks man, if you did more tc content youd become one of my fav grimdark youtubers as tc isnt usually covered
@@LunarBulletDev this is the first grimdark universe that's peaked my interest. I cover all content and media subjects I find interesting.
As more TC things come out I experience inspiration from, I'll undoubtedly address them.
Thank you for the kind comment ☺️
Idea for a Asian faction:
The Brotherhood of Hong, inspired off of the Taiping rebellion where the leader of the group believed he was the younger brother of Jesus Christ.
This faction works very similar to Adeptus Mechanicus, with a heavy emphasis on repairing vehicles and architects, along with fielding experimential weapons.
Oh my gos that would be so cool
@AldoMattiaSchiavone another idea I had was one for Japan, I know some Samurai clans were Christian or Catholic due to outsider influence and wanting a access to guns, so what if the entire nation just became Catholic or Christian? Being an alternative history and all that
@starguy1o163 honestly would be a waist of the potential in a budist faction. As we can see from the sultanate, the catholic god isn't the only god out there, if it is even the catholic god at all
@@nathanaelwaters2509 I mean sure totally, I'm just tossing around potential ideas, War Monks though would be rad as hell
@starguy1o163 absolutely. I just love the sultanate and apreatiate how fresh using other religions in a grim dark setting is and want to see more. The faction i really want is one for the church of the metamorphosis tho
Awesome keep doing these faction breakdowns great stuff👍
As a Catholic and serious Warhammer 40k fan (especially with their Catholic inspiration) I absolutely love this
cool setting very interesting , the pilgrims and the heretic legions look like different sides of the same coin
If that isn't a commentary of religion, I dunno what is.
And the Iron Sultanate forces just look like actual ones in history, besides the humonculi.
@@SSD_PenumbraIn a setting where faith is the only thing between mankind and burning for all time, people will still try to talk shit about it
@@Humansarebetter1 You mean the faith that has people mutilate themselves in order to gain a higher sense of self?
Notice how both the Pilgrims and the Demonic Forces do that.
Its not anti-religion. I don't care if you're religious. I'm pointing out that, as the game states, there's no "good guys". To act as if there is is stupid.
@@Humansarebetter1the same setting where the faithful literally unleashed hell onto earth?
I’m sorry but creating super soldiers by using Jesus’s cloned flesh is the most badass and metal as fuck thing I’ve ever heard
Interesting universe. Sounds like terra at some point before the reunification of Terra by the Emperor of Mankind
wow... It feels great to be over here on Turtle Island right now XD
14:15 “They kneel on the mosaic of the militant Christ the Lion” I need art of this cuz it sounds hard asf
The fact Antioch was destroyed by an unknown and incredibly strong power just shows the Demons are having fun and in more control than they seem
the most literal version of we have Warhammer at home
that was a joke this looks cool lol
THE PALADINS EAT WHAT
Sounds like a soild IP so far.
Something a little different than 40k.
You just earned a sub. 🎉🎉
This shiz is fire and I am excited for it. Thank you for such a great video!!!
Boy lets be frank. Dark fantasy ww1 is underated
The lore keeps impressing me, obviously like 40k but mixed with some history and a more known version of religion, honestly makes a really good combo, the fact that Jesus's blood and flesh is cloned and used to enhance human is cool af kinda like the primarch gene in 40k, im not a table top guy but i hope more version of media come out from this
16:20
3 mi = 4.8 km
For reference, the longest confirmed shot in history (In combat), was 2.36 mi or 3.8 km in 2023 by a Ukrainian by the name Vyacheslav Kovalsky.
By contrast, the longest shot ever was 4.4 mi or 7.08 km by Scott Austin and Shepard Humphries on a range.
Just a reminder, in any universe, the Irish are metal/extra as fuck!!!
As in real life.......ish 😅
When I first saw this I thought it was a video game, holy cow this concept is hella cool!!
You walk through hell and your rewarded with a suit of armor and a sword how badass
Thing is... The Knights Templar were only created in 1118AD. So who the hell opened the Gate, they weren't actually Templars.
@@VindicAlpha my guess is there was a time skip I glossed over. I wasn't aware of this fact, so it's not clear in the video. Should've researched more. Sincerest apologies
@@KateriYT Don’t blame yourself for the developers’ poor research.
Alternate time that’s the exercise I’d use. 😂
timeliness different, maybe in tc universe templars were founded in 420 ad we don't know yet seeing as the lore is still incomplete
The knights Templar was actually founded in 1099 on July 15 after the siege of Jerusalem. The placed their encampments on the temple mound hence the name Templar. 1118AD was the date it was recognized as an official order heraldic knighthood by the Pope
I was apart of the Facebook group and this started as a idea and it just took off
I remember it as well
Fear and hunger in a 40k year crusade
This Lore is insane I love it.
bro the cloned body and blood of christ is wild
This is what my seething ex-renegades and heretics 40k player needed. No heretic space marines, just madmen with guns and faith in blasphemous demons
Well done video my friend, keep the good job.
Tuomas Pirinen designed mordheim and whfb 6th edition, he's more than a random "finnish game designer" lol
I couldn't find any info on him besides his country of origin. I looked for it
We got warhammer at home ?!
You are going to eat your Trench Crusade and you are going to like it
@@KateriYT tbh mom it looks fucking tasty 🤤
Since warhammer is an amalgamation of a ton of other peoples IP I could see how other games would seem similar to it
Warhammer has a very specific image and flavor to its world. Inspired by bunches of stuff? Sure. But no one inspi made them build a religiously psychotic grimdark space sims but the creators. This game is absolutely taking direct inspo from Warhammer, which practically invented the genre of "Religious space war Simulator". And that's ok. This game doesn't seem similar. It is. And very likely on purpose. @@tennesseedogpack
Its obviously completely different.
Theres super soldiers created from cloning of a religious icon, different legions who specialize in types of warfare and weapons, giant super soldiers in power armor, machines that require an absurd amount of "just hang the pilot from hooks", some people go into a different dimension and get warped into super soldiers for the demons.
I mean, what similarities do you even see?
If you get a hold of some existing crusader models from any number of model peddlers, you could do a full game of this set in The Triclavian Wars, which I find rather fun. It could be this community's very own Horus Heresy.
Will you do any more videos on trench crusade? I like the style of yer videos 👍
If video games and novels come out, absolutely on those
@KateriYT sound job so I think a book is coming out with their Kickstarter anyway
Thank´s for your work Sir.
Now i want more Lore/Stories to listen to.
Trench pilgrims are definitely my favorite faction!
This is some of the most metal shit I have ever heard about in my entire life.
a mix of berserk and a bit for 40k, i love this
I hope that after this universe gets officially established, we get more factions. I would love to see the armies of the Holy Roman Empire, the Papacy, etc.
Grimdark setting that completely disregards human populations. "Millions died in the fighting, and then a plague was released where tens of millions more died, and then millions more died fighting that!" Good god, how did the medieval population keep up?
*millions and millions of bodies*
Keep in mind its millions dying over the course of 800 years of largely static and siege based warfare. With much of the fighting being confined to an expanse of land stretching only from Egypt to the Levant. Most of the rest of the World is fine and most of the church factions are foreign soldiers come to due battle with Hells legions.
You underestimate peope's love of fucking.
... and The Lord looked upon the grim'n'dark suffering of the people and The Lord said,
"AYO Y'ALL NEED TO GET FUCKIN."
... thus, the people fucked and were fruitful.
Holy shit, they made what weird online dudes 15,000 layers deep into CK3 and HOI4 total conversion mods think the catholic church is going to be like into a game.
This is a low key GOAT comment
Yuzbasi Captain A.K.A. legally distinct Custodian.
Paladin's are also legally distinct Custodians
@@MD.Akib_Al_AzadPaladins feel more like legally distinct Grey Knights to me
Fun fact you dont have to say yüzbaşı captian the name "Yüzbaşı" litteraly translates to captian
@@ardaozar6855i mean... Yucatan means "I don't understand", River Avon is just river river and so on. Makes sense linguistically.
@@justmyluck624paladins are more like primarchs, because they’re absolutely massive and basically all reincarnated Christ
Great video dude!!
Great video! please keep it going I can definitely see you with the big subscriber numbers good luck!!!
Having the leader of New Antioch be named after the last Roman emperor certainly isn’t auspicious
Im ready for the books to come out!
That's the movie for Friday night
Played a couple of games, it's honestly too much fun, we almost pulled an all nighter playing 3v3, Demons/ heretics vs the Human factions. I played the Court and had so much fun. I can't wait to get the faction and paint it, and see how this whole thing transpires. I need books, games, and all other media set on this amazingly tasteful world
Yo this is sick
oh, i am a new sub. I look forward to seeing more my dude =)
The Paladins of the church better have the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch in their load outs.😂
Love your video! As a small constructive nitpick: If you have to deal with german sources and encounter the weird letter "ß" the transliteration "ss" - _"Stoßtruppen"_ expressed as _"Stosstruppen"_ rather than "StoBtruppen" - would be preferable because that's precisely what the increasingly obsolete pseudo-letter ß or originally "sz" is meant to express, a sharper "s" -sound.
It's similar with umlauts - they are also indicating two merged letters, _a+e=ä, u+e=ü and o+e=ö_ so just omitting the dots amounts to leaving out a full letter. Here you can simply replace the umlaut dots with a following letter "e" instead and it would be perfectly correct, even required in banking or crosswords and the like. 😅
If I had a dollar for every mispronunciation comment 💀
@@KateriYTIt's not about pronounciation - hell, you are certainly doing a better job than I ever could in that regard.
I was referring to an instance of written language including a perculiarity of written german I would stumble over if it wasn't coincidentally my first language, that's why I explicitly framed it as a minor nitpick. I thought the hint that you could just type "ss" rather think about how the hell to transscribe "ß" could get appreciated by somebody dabbling into such things, and I certainly would because replacing a combination of letters with another random letter because it bears some superficial similarity just isn't a matter of pronounciation..
I still appreciate the work you put in and still subscribed because it really wasn't meant that personally as it appearently came across.
@@kai_plays_khomusok lol
this is amazing
I hope we get King Baldwin the Leper fighting as a divine Dreadnought 😎
Bro I need a movie a videogame a book basically I want a whole franchise of this
The artillery witches have got to be a reference to the night witches bombing regiment
I wanna see this as an RPG.
Abnett, Dembski-Bowden et al do your thing. I want to read books about this!!
WH40K feels too much of an absolute clusterfuck to me, this one is more palatable.