Chapters that honor the bravery and courage of the normal humans of the imperium are the best chapters. Crimson Fists, Salamanders, Space Wolves, Ultramarines.
You ask if he was right to save the family. We, sons of Dorn, do our duty. No matter the cost, no matter the difficulties. There really never was a choice to begin with.
We must never, even for a second, forget that our duty, the duty of the Adeptus Astartes, is to protect the imperium. The imperium is not the world-spanning manufactora or the towering hive spires. It is not the mighty ships that we use to traverse the galaxy, or even the planets we cling to so tightly. Those are artifice; those are the products of the real imperium. Those are the products of the mortal man, be he the architect to plan it, the layman to build it, or the noble to use it. They are the imperium, and they the ones we were created to serve. Let us never forget that.
The Imperium stands for all of humanities survival. That mother, those children, they are for whom we toil, for whom we suffer, for whom we gladly die to spare from any of the horrors we shoulder so they need not bear them. It is the small acts we make in defiance of overwhelming odds that furnish us with true strength. Humanity is strong by its loyalty to its own, to protect its weak that they too may grow strong in service and duty to that very same perennial dedication to each other. The Imperium is strong; not for its armaments, not for its million worlds, but by its indelible spirit. Sacrifice is necessary, and at times may turn a warmhearted man cold to think of what we must do to survive, but no man can long serve humanity if he has no connection to his own.
Emperor See, that makes sense. But, I can’t tag the Imperium like this because almost everyone in it is too asinine to appreciate the weight of sacrifice.
This was great, really great. I would like to personally imagine that, if any of the children were boys and they survived the ordeal, this would inspire them to try and become initiates of the Crimson Fists. Then, after years of gruelling training, they would become full battle-brothers of the Chapter and serve under the man who saved them so long ago. That is just my wish anyway, one I really wish to be true. Another great video Wolf Lord.
I’m not ashamed to admit that I’ve done exactly this in a 40k tabletop game. We were playing a Deathwatch kill team and my character was the team’s Aggressor from the Crimson Fists. Later revealed that he was one of the boys saved here, now grown and a full Battle Brother.
Dude I literally cried when you read the line where Pedro picks up the woman and says "It is time for someone to carry you" The song Ave Imperator just crossed my mind and now he's a legend in my books aswell.
Saving that mother, and the other civilians as they made their trek across the wilds, were the things that saved their souls from dropping to despair, and falling to Chaos. Chaos Marines would have not stopped, would not have saved them, but the protectors of man, the Adeptus Astardies did. The measure of man is not what they have, but what they will attempt to save.
I remember that after they had traveled for a while the mother they saved had collapsed from exhaustion while carrying her two youngest children. What does Kantor do? He commends her for carrying them as far as he can and says ‘It is time, time that someone carried you now’. That one book made Kantor one of my favorite 40k space marines.
This is why I love the Crimson Fists, and if I started an army it'd either be them or the Salamanders the most "good guy" of all Astartes. And if Cortez himself wasn't badass enough, there's also the bit where he goes "I haven't lost my arm, brother. It's right over there."
@@wolflordrho Can't wait! You have some of the most engaging videos on 40K on YT. It makes me really consider passages and overall themes better than any other 40k channel
A large part of me enjoys these moments of humanity in the grim darkness of the future, for how else do they shine their brightest, but when the dark threatens to subsume them? But the other part of me knows that the Astartes, speaking very generally, do not think of baseline humanity as anything more than helpless charges. They are their Emperor-given burden, and so a lighter burden would not effect them overmuch, as long as the burden remains. This is what Horus wanted from the Luna Wolves, before their collective fall to Chaos. He wanted the superhuman to experience humanity, and to understand what they were fighting for.
@@madara4447 There are some badass Sons of Dorn in the lore and Sigismund is absolutely at the top, but the list i mentioned is all about the lore of character models with rules for the 40k tabletop ( meaning Helbrecht, Lysander, Kantor, Grimaldus, Garadon) seeing as i still have a lot to go regarding reading 30k lore and books
@@jeffaubuchon8405 I played my Crimson Fists vs. a Space Wolf army a few weeks back. Turn 3 he conceded, I had shot off 40+ of his models, he had killed 4 of mine....Now who should be fighting Orks?
When that one space marine wonders if the children ACTUALLY think they would kill them… the feels. Also that moment of pause when Cantor says it’s time, dude my heart can’t take this kind of stuff anymore I’m old now. Top notch content good sir. 👍
Its easy to be brave and endure when you are a superhuman with the best weapons. But the woman gave everything when she had almost nothing. When the marines abandon their humanity, they no longer become worthy to be its champions. Recognizing and honoring that is Kantor's true strength.
Now i'm just wondering if that Woman survived, and remembering it's 40k , and grim dark. I think i prefer not know the full story of her. Good story telling, thanks for the vid.
YES! I'm old enough to have seen rogue trader on the shelves the first time I walked in to a GW store as an impressionable young lad! The artwork on the cover showed Crimson Fists, the first image of space marines people ever saw, and it had a lasting effect. Love 'em. If I remember rightly there was even a scenario in Rogue Trader about the battle at the farm!
This had me tearing up. I'm man enough to admit it. This was really well written and superbly narrated, you really expressed the tension and sadness of the whole piece, up until he picked the woman up. Then it just welled my heart full of hope and a lot of pride in the Crimson Fists. Dorn's successors might be epic superhuman shit kickers and killers but like all Loyal Astartes they are Human.
Ryan’s world was one of my favorite ( none space wolf!!!!) Astartes novels and that was my favorite part. To see a chapter master be human is a reminder that they’re here to protect those that can’t protect themselves and so often it’s shown that Astartes are above and beyond the average human .. just righteous Pedro !!!!
What sold me on the space marines and fully understood what they were all about was Uriel Ventris of the ultrasmurfs. When he saved some kid from fire I think during the novel Nightbringer. That was 15 years ago and this story reeks of that same kind of meaning.
Damn....., as a Salamander, this one almost brought me to tears. Personally for me my creed is simply this.. "The strong exist to protect the weak and champion the innocent" Good stuff Wolf Lord Rho..., keep up the good work.
The Emperor was proud of his sons that day, i'm sure of it. That's what the space marines are made for, the Emperor said it so multiple times, to protect and safeguard humanity, Pedro and Cortez were right to do as they did.
I didn't know much about the Crimson Fists but this bumps them up to one of my favorite chapters and Pedro Cantore to one of my favorite chapter Masters
Man i LOVE Pedro, he is one of the best chapter masters in my opinion. And Alessio Cortez is another beast of his own, the amount of crazy shit he pulled in that novel is insane.
Pedro you beautiful bastard. This made me cry from the bottom of my soul for the first time in a long while. He is a man I will follow unto death and beyond the grave if need be.
I’m not ashamed to admit that this hit me in the feels way more than I expected, and I might have cried just a little too. It’s usually pretty hard to subvert my expectations but this story did it. I’m glad it did too because that was the most wholesome thing I’ve ever heard a marine do before.
Not every chapter abandons there humanity. Almost every chapter has the possibility of doing this. Even in the black templars there are some who show more humanity. Than kill kill kill...
@@Tacoguy1000 still there will be some in that chapter like grimaldus who cares for humanity in its own way. I mean the guy berated a titan princep to life so she could fight just a little bit longer. buying the hive just a bit more time. But then again he did tell his tech priest to use an ordinatus at near point blank range to the hive sooo.....
Of all the sections to choose, I'm so glad you chose this one out of the book. I'm really feeling you at the end there. Exactly how I felt. In all the grimdark, these guys demonstrate real nobility.
Great stuff as usual! Theres a number of great warhammer lore channels but I think you've found a niche that lets you stand out. You do an excellent job of curating the best stories amidst the ocean of 40k lore and you have a way of breathing life into the telling. Almost 40k subscribers and you deserve every one!
On the topic of motherhood, and what it can enable, I have a story about my wife and oldest daughter. Now, it was no orks or chaos marines, but a snake in the forest. My wife took my daughter (she was 10 at the time) up to where I had buried our first dog a year prior. This was a good half-mile walk up into the forest. While there a snake bit my daughter. My wife is 5’0 and 105 pounds soaking wet. She is a tiny woman. Yet she picked up my daughter and sprinted a half mile with her in her arms back to the house. I kid you not; I was outside with our son and I saw her running with Miri in her arms at a dead sprint. I’m not even sure I could have done that. Naturally, my stomach dropped at the sight, and thankfully, the snake was not venomous and my daughter was fine. But just that motherly instinct, man… pretty powerful stuff.
I bought that book years ago. I'll have to read it again. I remember that scene where the orks hold the man over the fire. Terrible stuff. Very grim and very dark.
This is the only story I’ve run across that actually elicited an emotional response. I’ve been in a similar situation iRL; it was traumatic. There is only one way we can act with our own and it’s that way that makes us human. It may be strategically unsound and operationally, but it was the right thing to do. I don’t care what anyone says. And now I’ll finish my cigar and go inside and quietly cry.
I read this book several times, Kantor has an admirable human side that most other space marines unfortunately lose in their struggles. He even takes his helmet off when talking to humans to put them at ease. It is quite a good book I recommend everyone read it.
Amazing buddy as always love your work will you do one on shrike from raven guard he’s spent 3 years behind enemy lines take out key targets and he was amazing aganst the Tau in the domicles golf battle
Pedro Kantor and the Crimson Fists have always been my favorite loyalist chapter since i started the hobby a decade ago. Absolute badasses the lot of them.
Pedro is a hero in every sense. I think he realised that Protecting Mankind supersedes even the preservation of his Chapter. It is what a leader must do in dilemmas. Put things in there proper perspective and priority. Hard choices but, he made the proper call.
Saving the family was a good idea with the kids being potential recruits for the crimson fists or the Astra militarum and I'd love for a new model for Kantor and aleesio cortez too
Love this! I am a Dark Angels player but man i can't help respect how much the Crimson Fist Chapter Master respects her duty and sacrifice to her children and that is why he carries her because of this and sometimes you feelthat space marines distant themselves from humans (espically being a DA fan) but this omg makes me want to collect CFs. Great story telling as well! Whilst I love 40k battles when something like this grips me more than a crazy battle you know its been written well.
I have been reading tidbits of lore through the chapters traitor and loyalist alike. Watched multiple videos from liuten to The Steadfast Wolf Lord Rho. It was at the moment for the first time in my experience in 40k Lore when Kantor said. "It's time that someone Carried you now" I shed a tear. I'm man enough to admit it.
U do select paragraphs that bring words to life an the lore gets me so hooked. When painting or creating my next project the lore seems to always hold sway on me decisions as oppose to stats etc... keep up the good work for the glory of the holy emperor 👍
Arguably the greatest display of humanity in the Black Library, even as a Salamanders fan I'm envious of how noble the Crimson Fists are described in this fantastic book. Kantor has to pass the Rubicon Primaris soon! Such a righteous soul deserving of praise and a rare account of a Chapter with Latinx overtones, they deserve better!
"As always guys, what do you think? Are you a fan of Pedro Kantor?"
Well I bloody well am now
Me too.
Crimson fist 4life......Kantor and Cortez for life......
How can you not be a fan of his after that
“It is time.. Time someone carried you.” I haven’t gotten choked up from a book before, but that line did it.
Right it's amazing to see the human side of space marines
Rho, BL needs to hire you for their audiobooks.
Rynn’s World is an amazing book if you haven’t read it yet. Has turned me into a massive Crimson Fists fanboy
Same here
WOW!!!!
Chapters that honor the bravery and courage of the normal humans of the imperium are the best chapters. Crimson Fists, Salamanders, Space Wolves, Ultramarines.
Don't forget the blood angel's😀 They made blood angels out of every citizen who fought and survived the devastation of ba'al.. no questions asked.
Jo how can you forget the Blood Angels ?
Come here bruva for a big hug
COURAGE AND HONOR
Don't forget the Celestial Lions, they stopped the inquisition from slaughtering an entire innocent population of humans.
Vulcans's blessing upon this son of Dorn
Yeah I can see Vulkan embracing kantor and telling him what a credit he is to the legacy of rogal dorn
You ask if he was right to save the family. We, sons of Dorn, do our duty. No matter the cost, no matter the difficulties. There really never was a choice to begin with.
We must never, even for a second, forget that our duty, the duty of the Adeptus Astartes, is to protect the imperium. The imperium is not the world-spanning manufactora or the towering hive spires. It is not the mighty ships that we use to traverse the galaxy, or even the planets we cling to so tightly. Those are artifice; those are the products of the real imperium. Those are the products of the mortal man, be he the architect to plan it, the layman to build it, or the noble to use it. They are the imperium, and they the ones we were created to serve. Let us never forget that.
Well said Fist. I pray I don't have to siege your walls one day
Your father would be proud of you, scion of Dorn. Sanguinius himself would be honored to call you family
The best Imperial Fist successor chapter and I will die standing on this hill
Second only to black templars
Macabre edgy fists suck compare to these guys
You will not die alone brother. WE WILL REINFORCE THIS HILL TOGETHER, THEY WILL BREAK THEMSELVES ON OUR HILL.
I will fortify this hill alongside you brother.
I stand back to back to ya with my loaded bolter brother.
"In da grim darkness a da far future...someone iz choppin' some seriouz onions"
I'm not crying! There's just allergies
WHO BROUGHT ONIONS?!?!
Come here Brothers.
Glad I'm not the only one!
I am not crying I am just sweating out of my eye sockets
Oh my God I'm just crying here
The Imperium stands for all of humanities survival. That mother, those children, they are for whom we toil, for whom we suffer, for whom we gladly die to spare from any of the horrors we shoulder so they need not bear them. It is the small acts we make in defiance of overwhelming odds that furnish us with true strength. Humanity is strong by its loyalty to its own, to protect its weak that they too may grow strong in service and duty to that very same perennial dedication to each other. The Imperium is strong; not for its armaments, not for its million worlds, but by its indelible spirit. Sacrifice is necessary, and at times may turn a warmhearted man cold to think of what we must do to survive, but no man can long serve humanity if he has no connection to his own.
By your word.
For the Imperium of Mankind!
The Emperor protects
Your will be done father
Emperor See, that makes sense. But, I can’t tag the Imperium like this because almost everyone in it is too asinine to appreciate the weight of sacrifice.
This was great, really great. I would like to personally imagine that, if any of the children were boys and they survived the ordeal, this would inspire them to try and become initiates of the Crimson Fists. Then, after years of gruelling training, they would become full battle-brothers of the Chapter and serve under the man who saved them so long ago. That is just my wish anyway, one I really wish to be true.
Another great video Wolf Lord.
Thanks!
Count me in !
To keep it grimdark only 1 or 2 would survive the trials and implants.
I’m not ashamed to admit that I’ve done exactly this in a 40k tabletop game. We were playing a Deathwatch kill team and my character was the team’s Aggressor from the Crimson Fists. Later revealed that he was one of the boys saved here, now grown and a full Battle Brother.
Dude I literally cried when you read the line where Pedro picks up the woman and says "It is time for someone to carry you"
The song Ave Imperator just crossed my mind and now he's a legend in my books aswell.
Saving that mother, and the other civilians as they made their trek across the wilds, were the things that saved their souls from dropping to despair, and falling to Chaos. Chaos Marines would have not stopped, would not have saved them, but the protectors of man, the Adeptus Astardies did.
The measure of man is not what they have, but what they will attempt to save.
Yeah they end up having a bit of an entourage, right? And IIRC some of them end up taking on orks, too
I remember that after they had traveled for a while the mother they saved had collapsed from exhaustion while carrying her two youngest children. What does Kantor do? He commends her for carrying them as far as he can and says ‘It is time, time that someone carried you now’.
That one book made Kantor one of my favorite 40k space marines.
This is why I love the Crimson Fists, and if I started an army it'd either be them or the Salamanders the most "good guy" of all Astartes.
And if Cortez himself wasn't badass enough, there's also the bit where he goes "I haven't lost my arm, brother. It's right over there."
It’s actually spelled “CHADro Kantor”
Would be a nice epilogue to this story is that the boys eventually become Space Marines of the Crimson Fists
Well I like to think that they eventually did, keeping especially in mind that the chapter numbers are pretty much... low
It would be nice if the young two became space marine (if) they are boys. Then the two elder became father of future space marine. Hahah
The sons of Dorn do their gene-father proud. Reflecting his might, fury, duty, and humility- they shine.
Random imperial man: ragnar blackmane is tha best ork slayer
Pedro kantor: hold my paella...
Oh my!
Yarrick: Hold my amasec...
@@hutchy1k94 ahhahahahahahaha
You win comments today.
I bet all of the normal marines are called José...
800 subs until 40k. You've come far, my guy. Well deserved success
Thank you 😊 time to start thinking about the next week special!
@@wolflordrho Can't wait! You have some of the most engaging videos on 40K on YT. It makes me really consider passages and overall themes better than any other 40k channel
@@wolflordrho Blackmane and Ghazzy fight perhaps?
Jesus Rho, right in the feels! I'm tearing up over here. Your voice plus the epic writing 10/10 again man. Guess I'm starting Crimson Fist now.
I know right! 😢
A large part of me enjoys these moments of humanity in the grim darkness of the future, for how else do they shine their brightest, but when the dark threatens to subsume them? But the other part of me knows that the Astartes, speaking very generally, do not think of baseline humanity as anything more than helpless charges. They are their Emperor-given burden, and so a lighter burden would not effect them overmuch, as long as the burden remains.
This is what Horus wanted from the Luna Wolves, before their collective fall to Chaos. He wanted the superhuman to experience humanity, and to understand what they were fighting for.
You know that explains why he was the choice for warmaster way more than otherwise
Last time I was this early the Emperor still had his right eye
Kind of a "I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you" kind of feel
Pedro Kantor, second on my list of most badass Sons of Dorn Character models (sry but nothing tops Grimaldus)
Sword Brethren Tycho what about Sigusmund
@@madara4447 There are some badass Sons of Dorn in the lore and Sigismund is absolutely at the top, but the list i mentioned is all about the lore of character models with rules for the 40k tabletop ( meaning Helbrecht, Lysander, Kantor, Grimaldus, Garadon) seeing as i still have a lot to go regarding reading 30k lore and books
Can't help but wish it was Kantor and the Crimson Fists facing Ghaz right now.
Well GW peobably decided the Space Wolves would be better because they wanted Ghaz and the Orks to have a fighting chance ;)
@@jeffaubuchon8405 I played my Crimson Fists vs. a Space Wolf army a few weeks back. Turn 3 he conceded, I had shot off 40+ of his models, he had killed 4 of mine....Now who should be fighting Orks?
@@charleswatson2605 not anymore in 9th, Fist chapters are weakest Chapter right now and it sucks
@@quangnguyentrung647 agreed, in the rematch he rolled down my lines after 1 charge and chopped everything up lol
When that one space marine wonders if the children ACTUALLY think they would kill them… the feels. Also that moment of pause when Cantor says it’s time, dude my heart can’t take this kind of stuff anymore I’m old now.
Top notch content good sir. 👍
That last part made me think twice, his humanity is restored.
Its easy to be brave and endure when you are a superhuman with the best weapons. But the woman gave everything when she had almost nothing. When the marines abandon their humanity, they no longer become worthy to be its champions. Recognizing and honoring that is Kantor's true strength.
The defense missile was an inside job! Cyclonic torpedoes can't melt void shields!
I'm a die hard Ultramarine, but I think my allegiance has just changed to the crimson fists
Welcome to the better shade of blue, brother.
My favorite chapter is the salamanders second favorite blood angels but I'm debating whether or not to bump a blood angels down to third favorite
Now i'm just wondering if that Woman survived, and remembering it's 40k , and grim dark. I think i prefer not know the full story of her.
Good story telling, thanks for the vid.
Glad you enjoyed!
I believe she makes it to New rynn city where her story ends.
@@robskovira5626 good, thank you .
She survived.
YES! I'm old enough to have seen rogue trader on the shelves the first time I walked in to a GW store as an impressionable young lad! The artwork on the cover showed Crimson Fists, the first image of space marines people ever saw, and it had a lasting effect. Love 'em.
If I remember rightly there was even a scenario in Rogue Trader about the battle at the farm!
Yep, I remember it all very well, too. They were GWs signature chapter until the Ultramarines overtook them.
@@Stewrats they're still far better than the current poster boys :) Imperial Fists and their successors Get Things Done. Dorn would be proud.
This had me tearing up. I'm man enough to admit it. This was really well written and superbly narrated, you really expressed the tension and sadness of the whole piece, up until he picked the woman up. Then it just welled my heart full of hope and a lot of pride in the Crimson Fists. Dorn's successors might be epic superhuman shit kickers and killers but like all Loyal Astartes they are Human.
Ryan’s world was one of my favorite ( none space wolf!!!!) Astartes novels and that was my favorite part. To see a chapter master be human is a reminder that they’re here to protect those that can’t protect themselves and so often it’s shown that Astartes are above and beyond the average human .. just righteous Pedro !!!!
What sold me on the space marines and fully understood what they were all about was Uriel Ventris of the ultrasmurfs. When he saved some kid from fire I think during the novel Nightbringer. That was 15 years ago and this story reeks of that same kind of meaning.
I love these more human parts of 40k.
Am i the only one proud of Captain Cortez???
May the God-Emperor bless him and his* remaining brothers...
Damn....., as a Salamander, this one almost brought me to tears. Personally for me my creed is simply this..
"The strong exist to protect the weak and champion the innocent"
Good stuff Wolf Lord Rho..., keep up the good work.
The Emperor was proud of his sons that day, i'm sure of it.
That's what the space marines are made for, the Emperor said it so multiple times, to protect and safeguard humanity, Pedro and Cortez were right to do as they did.
I'm not crying. You're crying. God damn someone's cutting onions in my room right now.
I didn't know much about the Crimson Fists but this bumps them up to one of my favorite chapters and Pedro Cantore to one of my favorite chapter Masters
This entire book was amazing, a truly wonderful read.
Tears.... cant hold back... tears!
Other people named matt:
"Gasp he said my name!"
Matt Pando Other Matt reporting for duty.
Out of all Sons of Dorn, Crimson Fists, and especially their Chapter Master, are my absolute favourites.
Man i LOVE Pedro, he is one of the best chapter masters in my opinion. And Alessio Cortez is another beast of his own, the amount of crazy shit he pulled in that novel is insane.
This gave me goosebumps...this is one of the reasons I fell in love with 40k
He needs to cross the Rubicon. Kantor needs to be given his due. They need more characters in the crunch.
Pedro you beautiful bastard. This made me cry from the bottom of my soul for the first time in a long while. He is a man I will follow unto death and beyond the grave if need be.
This was definitely one of my favorite Space Marine Battle Novels, right up there with Helsreach, thank you for reading part of it.
that woman is amazing. a true mother. Keeping up with space marines in march, while injured, burned and acid weakening her.
I’m not ashamed to admit that this hit me in the feels way more than I expected, and I might have cried just a little too. It’s usually pretty hard to subvert my expectations but this story did it. I’m glad it did too because that was the most wholesome thing I’ve ever heard a marine do before.
Machine Spirit brought me here.
i'm getting some strong salamanders vibes from these crimson fists. gg
Not every chapter abandons there humanity. Almost every chapter has the possibility of doing this. Even in the black templars there are some who show more humanity. Than kill kill kill...
Pedro Kantor We are talking about a chapter that’s up there with the Minotaurs as some of the most violent and collateral-happy, right?
@@Tacoguy1000 still there will be some in that chapter like grimaldus who cares for humanity in its own way. I mean the guy berated a titan princep to life so she could fight just a little bit longer. buying the hive just a bit more time. But then again he did tell his tech priest to use an ordinatus at near point blank range to the hive sooo.....
Of all the sections to choose, I'm so glad you chose this one out of the book. I'm really feeling you at the end there. Exactly how I felt. In all the grimdark, these guys demonstrate real nobility.
I'm not crying, I have something in my eye.
Really surprised this hasn’t been made into a hardcover. Aside from Helsreach it’s one of the best novels in the Space Marine Battle series
Rynn's World not being an audiobook is a crime against Humanity
Skywatcher Adept truley! I’d put money in the pot for Wolf Lord Rho to read it!
@@skywatcheradept Jonathan Keeble would be my top pick for narrator. He voiced Grimaldus, it would be only suiting that he voiced another son of Dorn.
And just like that, I officially love these guys. Now I know how I'm painting my Marines
This is why I play Crimson Fists!
@@charleswatson2605 heck yeah! I just got my paints ordered!! I'm excited to be an official crimson fist
Well well,I was skeptical at first,but now I'm putting this picture of the Crimson Fists as my wallpaper.
God, this one really gets to yeh. Always great to see the Astartes human side. Transhuman they may be, but you can't spell Transhuman without 'human.'
@Deathcoldan I second that opinion.
@Deathcoldan lol
Great stuff as usual! Theres a number of great warhammer lore channels but I think you've found a niche that lets you stand out. You do an excellent job of curating the best stories amidst the ocean of 40k lore and you have a way of breathing life into the telling. Almost 40k subscribers and you deserve every one!
Thank you I appreciate that
Oh goodness, right in the feels!
On the topic of motherhood, and what it can enable, I have a story about my wife and oldest daughter. Now, it was no orks or chaos marines, but a snake in the forest. My wife took my daughter (she was 10 at the time) up to where I had buried our first dog a year prior. This was a good half-mile walk up into the forest. While there a snake bit my daughter. My wife is 5’0 and 105 pounds soaking wet. She is a tiny woman. Yet she picked up my daughter and sprinted a half mile with her in her arms back to the house. I kid you not; I was outside with our son and I saw her running with Miri in her arms at a dead sprint. I’m not even sure I could have done that. Naturally, my stomach dropped at the sight, and thankfully, the snake was not venomous and my daughter was fine. But just that motherly instinct, man… pretty powerful stuff.
"now we are on combat protocols" this is how authors with no military experience imagine soldiers speak to each other.
I bought that book years ago. I'll have to read it again. I remember that scene where the orks hold the man over the fire. Terrible stuff. Very grim and very dark.
This is the only story I’ve run across that actually elicited an emotional response. I’ve been in a similar situation iRL; it was traumatic. There is only one way we can act with our own and it’s that way that makes us human. It may be strategically unsound and operationally, but it was the right thing to do. I don’t care what anyone says. And now I’ll finish my cigar and go inside and quietly cry.
I read this book several times, Kantor has an admirable human side that most other space marines unfortunately lose in their struggles. He even takes his helmet off when talking to humans to put them at ease. It is quite a good book I recommend everyone read it.
just chills, incredible writing and your delivery was flawless awesome video
Amazing buddy as always love your work will you do one on shrike from raven guard he’s spent 3 years behind enemy lines take out key targets and he was amazing aganst the Tau in the domicles golf battle
Sure!
I’ve listened to this at least 5 times and chokes me up every time. When you doing audio books ?
Loved this book ! One of the best I read. Thanks for sharing !!!
Pedro Kantor and the Crimson Fists have always been my favorite loyalist chapter since i started the hobby a decade ago. Absolute badasses the lot of them.
The first 40k book I purchased and it has the best son of Dorn and arguably THE best chapter master out of them all
Pedro is a hero in every sense. I think he realised that Protecting Mankind supersedes even the preservation of his Chapter. It is what a leader must do in dilemmas. Put things in there proper perspective and priority. Hard choices but, he made the proper call.
I've been absolutely hanging for this! Good shit Wolf man!
Glad you enjoyed!
Saving the family was a good idea with the kids being potential recruits for the crimson fists or the Astra militarum and I'd love for a new model for Kantor and aleesio cortez too
I was pretty mad when the Codex supplement only had Tor Garadon.
@@charleswatson2605 It's got lysander and Kantor in it too but yeah they could have redone some extra characters for all of the chapters
@@robindowse7893 I meant a new model.
I come back to this story for the family
When a space marine has 2 hearts and uses them differently. Love these parts of 40k lore.
This is definitely on my list of favorite short stories. The sons of Dorn are the pride of the Golden Throne and true champions of humanity!
Love this! I am a Dark Angels player but man i can't help respect how much the Crimson Fist Chapter Master respects her duty and sacrifice to her children and that is why he carries her because of this and sometimes you feelthat space marines distant themselves from humans (espically being a DA fan) but this omg makes me want to collect CFs. Great story telling as well! Whilst I love 40k battles when something like this grips me more than a crazy battle you know its been written well.
I love this short story. Thank you for sharing it
I have been reading tidbits of lore through the chapters traitor and loyalist alike. Watched multiple videos from liuten to The Steadfast Wolf Lord Rho.
It was at the moment for the first time in my experience in 40k Lore when Kantor said. "It's time that someone Carried you now" I shed a tear. I'm man enough to admit it.
Fun fact : This whole scene put me up on the work to do a homebrew chapter based of the DA with this kind of thinking.
Mate you have started this one very strong indeed. This story put a lump in my throat you nailed the delivery!
Thanks!
U do select paragraphs that bring words to life an the lore gets me so hooked. When painting or creating my next project the lore seems to always hold sway on me decisions as oppose to stats etc... keep up the good work for the glory of the holy emperor 👍
This was heart-wrenching to listen to, beginning to end. Good story, good read.
i actually expected kantor to be one of the first to get a primaris upgrade. one of the most iconic second founding chapters.
Fantastic story telling, Wolf Lord! I loved that story! It's really refreshing to see a glimmer of light in the grim darkness.
It’s moments like these that made me choose these guys as my first 40k army
Giving them the final mercy is the pragmatic thing to do
Saving them is the HUMAN thing to do
When angels of death become angels of humanity one's heart cannot help by fly! A legend indeed!
Put a tear in my eye! Legend both of them.
I wept when I read this. There is a reason Rogue Trader featured the Crimson Fists on the cover. Vote for Pedro as best chapter master.
Arguably the greatest display of humanity in the Black Library, even as a Salamanders fan I'm envious of how noble the Crimson Fists are described in this fantastic book. Kantor has to pass the Rubicon Primaris soon! Such a righteous soul deserving of praise and a rare account of a Chapter with Latinx overtones, they deserve better!
CRIMSON FIIIIIIIIIIIISTS
NGL, the best part of the book is how the planetary governess repeatedly fangirls over the thought of Pedro Kantor.
I just got paid today and now I know what book to treat myself to. Thanks Wolf!
You’re welcome. Hope you enjoy!
Goosebumps. Absolute goosebumps. What a hero
This has got to be one of your best vids yet great job!
Thank you!
Long live Rogal Dorn and his sons, the Praetorian of the emperor!
Ooooooooh, my heart! I love this chapter. Please give us more stories of this chapter.