The anchorite vowed to never again raise his guns to kill. But when his traitor brothers came for him. He was seen fighting alongside the imperial fists.
Took some convincing and a regular human willing to risk his life for him that he decided to fight seeing how much he was willing to do to save a Redeemed traitor
It took a lot more convincing than that, he asked to be let go into their custody, killed so they couldn’t take him and would hopefully leave. Then finally when being told everyone else would die to protect him he acted
@@philritter9042 i think chaos put more focus and power onto the primarchs vs dreadnoughts, so he was a particularly willful dreadnought but if he'd faced the powers chaos threw at any primarch, he'd fold
Did you know this Word Bearer in particular was a traitor initially, but he realized how Chaos had tricked them and gave up the cause, and was luckily imprisoned alive instead of being killed by Roboute Guilliman himself.
At least he can pass his knowledge on. If he's lucky, they may still let him fight on the Imperium's behalf, though this guy seems pretty disillusioned with war as a whole.
@@ForticusKrorkenstein He did fight. The word bearers came for him and after much convincing and a human risking their life for him, he fought alongside the Imperial Fists against his traitor brothers
Love how Calder was fully expecting the Dreadnought to go on a rant about how either the Chaos Gods were the true masters of the universe or something like that, a rant he had heard many times, and interrupted with lethal force many times as well. And it mentally threw him through a loop to hear the Anchorite say his god sits on the Golden Throne. I just find that really funny.
Next few minutes? Are the dreadnoughts that strong? I'm pretty new to warhammer lore. Like, there was no way for the marine to actually win?@@philritter9042
@@MrFredstt I've been seeing a lot about some dreadnought wanting to fight a primarch. I think it's from the new game. From what I've heard about primarchs, Idk if that would be a great idea, tho.
@@kevinvieira2834 there was ONE dreadnought who fought a Primarch and did a pretty good job of it. But he's the Old Wolf, the Legend Himself, The Grumpy Uncle Bjorn. "Magnus had been hurt. he'd been hurt more profoundly than any mortal had hurt him before. His shock at that had been translated into his movements, which had become strangely halting and erratic. All his easy grace had left him, he fought like a bar-room brawler, clubbing at the heavy armour of the Dreadnought even as Bjorn thundered back. "You were on Prospero" hissed the primarch, his voice a horrific echo of what it had once been. "I recognise your soul-pattern." Bjorn tried to reply, but his vox-generators had been destroyed.he could feel his systems failing all over his artificial body. At last, the hellish existence he'd been forced to endure for so long looked like it was coming to an end. He couldn't be too sorry about that. "Did you really think you could kill me?" Magnus rasped, sounding both incredulous and furious. His free hand kindled with fresh witchfire. "If my brother could not, what hope have you?" It was then that Bjorn saw the shape careering down the slope above. A huge, armour-clad warrior, loping down the sheer ice-face toward them. Far above that was the profile of a drop-pod embedded near the summit of Valgard. Within his cracked shell, what remained of Bjorn's ancient mouth smiled."
When traitor Word Bearers showed up to reclaim this boi, you know what he did? He manifested LIVING SAINT POWERS and proceeded to deliver a faith-infused fisting to every word bearer he could find. He got about as close to legitimately pissed off as a dreadnought can be without going Khornate. Now remember that Dreadnoughts are armored boxes with legs and lots of guns. Also remember this Dreadnought has such faith he does things Living Saints do. Every round of ammo he has is probably empowered/holy.
@Raleyg imagine seeing a DREADNOUGHT. One of your own, who has rejected you and fights against you. Now imagine he's somehow gotten ANGEL WINGS and is FLYING towards you, bellowing verses of the Lectitio Divinatus, and hellbent on using your entire force as his punching bag to settle his vendetta with Lorgar. The last thing you ever see is a power claw coming at you at speeds faster than you though possible, seconds before the flying dreadnought turns your upper half into a cloud of mist and a puddle of gore.
He was also uttering forgotten words of power causing all the daemons to be instantly yanked back into the warp. Without their daemons Word Bearers are sitting ducks. It is more than half their power!
@@LordNecron Nah. Rylanor knew Fulgrim knew that it was him. That beacon was essentially him flipping off Fulgrim to provoke him into crossing the road so Rylanor could fight him. The Thousands Sons squadron was simply unintended collateral damage on Rylanor's part.
Ya know, kinda true. There's been a few dreadnoughts over the years that keep being found and are like, "What? Traitor? Me?! Go fuck yourself, the God-Emporer is my one and only, motherfucker." Rylanor will always be my favorite traitor legion loyalist dreadnought. What a badass, waiting millenia for Fulgrim to come back just so he can give him a suicidal painful middle finger.
This guy is the Paul of the Imperial Creed. He was hunting imperials until he came to a realization and wrote some of the most influential and important books for the Creed.
When I read the first HH collector book, there was this EC dreadnought reading a book, when Tarvitz walked in. I imagined him with his giant hand slowly turning the page of a small book. I would like to see how drradnoughts write books.
In the novel the protagonist notices how the entire shrine where the Anchorite lives is filled to the brim with lines (Colchisian) and the dreadnought is writing them using his claws
Many were worried about being blamed or discriminated about being from a traitor legion so a lot of them were put under other legions. Mostly fist and ultramarines.
@@awendigowithinternetaccess4400 It's perfectly congruent to believe in something you don't understand. Climate change is an example of this as is any faith. We listen to our preachers and priests yo guide our faith so they can ponder the message further than we have either time or capacity to. Theology is the study of faith, something few have much time to do among their other responsibilities.
Notably the Anchorite wasnt always a Dreadnought - he was considered very holy and highly revered but his depression led him to multiple suicide attempts, and he eventually succeeded well enough he had to be interred. Also, when the Word Bearers attacked to get at him and he was finally roused to action, one of the cooler things he did was look upon the teeming hordes of Daemons, speak lost words of power from Colchis, and banish every single one. Still not even the coolest Dreadnought, Cassian Dracos and Rylanor my beloveds
@@firestarthndrclan1261 The Anchorite wasn’t possessed by a demon though, the Anchorite realized that Lorgar was wrong and so he laid down his arms. Tal was the most human of a group of monsters, never forget that.
@teadrinker3290 Both were incredible loyalists in a legion of traitors. If Argel Tal had survived, there would've been a good chance that between Kharn and himself, they might've become a renegade force. Neither loyalist nor traitors, but something akin to hounds fighting whoever seemed to be the wrong side of the battle. That'd be an interesting story for sure.
@@tonitapola7811after a millennia or more in a coffin tank, I think the humor of 1001 soundboard noises would be lost on the dreadnaught. Though it would be a hilarious way to stop an invasion: *fart noises over loudspeakers* “Nurgal is that you?!”
Watched a video about this guy awhile ago, apparently he's practically responsible for how the imperial cult is. Sure, Logar wrote their "Bible", but this guy formed the religion. Warhammer terms always get away from me but this word bearer was hidden by some higher up religious people. He wasn't originally a dreadnought, I mean, of course not, but apparently he tried to off himself and when they found him they quickly tossed him in the dreadnought to save him. Pretty interesting story. He also kicks the asses of the word bearers that try reclaiming him.
I have a funny image in my head about the Anchorite trying to form the sign of the aquila as a demonstration to his would be apostles, but he gives up halfway because his arms are too short to reach his "chest".
Lorgar started the idea of Worshipping the Emperor. The ACTUAL Cult was started by Remembrancers that survived the Flight of the Eisenstein. The Anchorite's Edition of the book is what the Cult uses. The Cult was then reformed later by Sébastien Thor. Lorgar may have had a hand in the Cult's beginning, but he does *not* deserve credit for starting it or it's state as it is today. He's a Traitor to his cause, his faith and his Emperor and may the Warp take his God-Emperorforsaken soul.
@@Fordo007 Not really. Sure, Paul had a pretty big impact on the New Testament, but the Old Testament is much larger. Moses and his scribes were the ones with the biggest impact.
That is the meaning of a test of faith though. To think you are abandoned by the divine that you suffer without protection from who you pray to. You should see the test of faith in the bible which is far harsher than what the word bearers suffered.
@@UGNAvalon Job lived on for roughly a hundred years after he lost everything. With God giving him twice as much wealth than before with the same amount of children he lost. He died peacefully surrounded by his children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. I don't think he counts.
Funnily enough on the same novel a Word Bearer reaches the same conclusion during the novel's climax where he finally realised that they are all tools in a game between gods (the Emperor included)
Well, it still requires the tone. Just using a voice changer doesn't cut it. If you do not act with the tone of the dreadnought talking. His contempt and sadness. You fail. After all. Many voice actors had their own voices changed. All to fit a character. Yet their raw emotion filter through just right. And you feel the impact of their words. Remember that.
Honestly the best and healthiest way to look at the whole "The Emperor is a God" thing, even if the Emperor simply did what he did to shit on Lorgar and the Word Bearers.
He pretty much controlled the imperial faith all this time, I believe he was trying to limit the amount of harm it can do while never revealing himself. Most likely was one of the major reasons goge vandire was stopped. He generally knows the faith is trash, but he did his best to limit it's harm. He is pretty much one of the main reasons the imperium is not completely fucked. As bad as the imperium is, without him it will be a lot worse. At least the imperium has a basic idea on things.
@@Fourtytwo4242 "The faith is trash?" The Anchorite helped create it before his interment in the Dreadnought, and his writings were used to help guide the Ecclesiarchy in its infancy.
There's a secret piece of lore regarding the Anchorite's entombment in the dreanought shell. Apparently, Erebrus had him sealed in the shell to avoid him preventing the Legion from falling to Chaos because he was too based.
Anchorites irl were the most metal monks and nuns in existence. They would volunteer to be walled up alive inside a church or monastery and vow to never again leave that spot, spending every waking moment they had praying and studying theology.
The Anchorite is also responsible for the doctrines of the ecclesiarchy through the spread of his teachings. Guilliman placed him there so in a bitter twist of Irony Rowboat Girlyman is technically responsible for the mess of an Imperium he now has to fix
Actually the imperial faith would always have existed, Anchorite kinda made it a tiny bit better (which is shocking to hear). The imperial faith could have been even more sexist, racist, controlling and all around ten times worse. Anchorite while not the best, was able to keep most of humanity together and could be a key reason goge vandire was stopped.
@@Fourtytwo4242 I read it fairly recently, I recall the Anchorite admits that the teachings have taken on a life of their own in the last few centuries and have deviated from his intended vision. But they do make it quite clear throughout the book that it's still in large his vision and by extension Lorgars self penned bible (pre corruption) that the Anchorite considers to be his duty to teach the imperium. Hence why they keep saying it's too dangerous to let this secret out as the entire imperial faith comes from a traitor legion and by extension a Primarch that the ecclesiarchy don't even believe ever existed.
Actually, I'd say the Ecclesiarchy has been vital to keeping the Imperium together for so long. With the things out there looking to "fulfill" humanity's spiritual needs and the need for a unifying belief system, religious or not, to maintain their common foundation built upon Terra's cultural hegemony.
"What is a man to do when he has lost his faith? I felt as if I were in the desert, with no one to guide me out. The gods spat in my face, and whispered false promises. They showed me oases, but there was no water in them, only blood."
If I had a nickel for every dreadnought I have heard of *so far* that was a loyalist in a traitor legion and was freaking awesome, I would have two nickels. Which isn’t much but it’s weird that it happened twice
@mastercoolguy2809 OH, i thought you were refering to those still living, I simply remember diomedes as a loyal dreadnought with a... depressing fate, to quote bile "heroism is crushed by the weight of eternity"
Its refreshing to hear a reformed chaos marine come to his senses. I get why it has to be this way, but its frustrating thinking of how petty some of their grudges were when they decided to throw everything away.
Under his influence i could picture a whole squadron of Black Templars being asked who their God is and all responding in perfect unison. "He who sits upon the throne of gold.....boi!"
Makes me think on the one that is caged and chained with the emperor's children, he tried to reduce now he just weeps for his pain to end as he opposed the traitors, if raylenlor was cornered probably would have ended like that one.
The Anchorite's plan was unironically to fly to the Eye of Terror & debate the whole legion into becoming loyalist again. Worst part is, knowing The Word Bearers, this could work.
The remembrancer has a great video on him and the whole interaction really makes you empathize his remorse and guilt but that he has lived on to be better as penance
Irony that traitor Dreadnaught then taught humans who survived of the “Glory” of the God Emperor thus creating the foundation for the Ecclesiarchy. In the end the last of Logars faithful sons buried the Imperial Truth
There’s a surprising amount of talk in 40k about the futility of war. Not everyone wants to just keep fighting all the time and those who do are typically shown to be stupid, psychotic, or just plain evil
The NOVEL this Dreadnaught from is: APOCALYPSE - a Space Marine Conquests novel. Where the Imperial Fist, White Scars & Raven Guard come together to defend a world from the Wordy Boys.
Given Guilliman's distaste for the Ecclsiarchy and religion in general both must have a very intersting conversation given that the Anchorite was also there were it all began and is one of the founders of the Ecclesiarchy. Personally headcanon the Anchorite as the defacto Chapter Master of the newly reformed Imperial Heralds(using Lorgar's geneseed because Cawl though would not be surprised if their is a bit of Black Templar mixed in) after speaking with Guilliman.
I gotta say apocalypse is personally one of my top favorite books. (Primarily because it was one of the first books I read when I first started getting into the series backing during quarantine) I just feel like each of the characters, especially the space marine characters (both loyalist and traitor) really make it so interesting. From having a strike force of primaris imperial fists, first born white scars, and a primarily first born tho there were primaris raven guard. A scene that always made me smile was early in the book when the strike force arrived to the planet they were tasked to defend by RG they are ofc invited to a luxurious ball/banquet and each of the 3 respective chapter leaders embody their chapter. Suboden Kahn, the leader of the white scar detachment is naturally rather glad to mingle with the mortals even if it is just to flaunt his own glory. He appears more “relaxed” of the 3 compared to Karros of the raven guard who of course is sticking to the shadows observing, and then there’s Calder of the imperial fists who was rather indifferent to the whole affair. Then there is Amatnim and Lakmhu of the word bearers who follow Kor Phaeron and Erebus respectively in the dark council. I ain’t gonna lie most of the scenes kinda remind me of G1 megatron and starscream with Amatnim berating Lakmhu for following Erebus and basically telling him he knows nothing of the gods and their plans but I still find it amusing. Plus Amatnim grills Lakmhu for following Erebus especially considering the Bald fucker killed the big homie argel tal (which if I remember correctly from the book Amatnim actually described Argel Tal as one of the best in the legion). So uhhhhh tl/dr: 10/10 good book would read again, fuck Erebus.
Traitor but Loyal..... That is some Alpharius bulshit there . I am Alpharius Why are you still looking? I am clearly Alpharius Or I could be Omegon? SIKE! I AM ALPHARIUS! Why am i even doing this? YALL GOT FOOLED! I AM TRURELY ALPHARIUS!
I'm always fascinated by old dreadnaughts, just imagine the philosophy and the wisdom these dudes must be able to imagine or use ... when they are not mauling you to death I mean incredible
“Theology was never your legion’s strong suit.” Says a Word Bearer to an Imperial Fist (you know the legion that gave rise to the Black Templars). I find that amusing.
He is right, the Black Templars chapter was made to contain the younger, more religiously inclined members of the Imperial Fists legion, who were the exception.
So fucking cool. I know very little about 40k. I havent played a game, i dont have figurines. But your shorts are a huge way through whicj i just ABSORB the worlds lore. Every time i hear a term or name that i dont know i look it up; Slowly i get more and more familiar with the universe and i just like what i hear every dang time. I think ill try to do a 40k Rimworld playthrough, that should be good fun.
Imagine the Emperor's face if instead of falling to choas after Monarchia.. The Word bearers become 3x more pious for the Emperor! "IT WAS A TEST YOU ARE THE MESSIAH!!!"
The anchorite vowed to never again raise his guns to kill. But when his traitor brothers came for him. He was seen fighting alongside the imperial fists.
"I swear I shall never kill again."
"The word bearers are here."
"We never shook on it!"
Took some convincing and a regular human willing to risk his life for him that he decided to fight seeing how much he was willing to do to save a Redeemed traitor
Swore apathy but found redemption
So is it really killing than ?
It took a lot more convincing than that, he asked to be let go into their custody, killed so they couldn’t take him and would hopefully leave. Then finally when being told everyone else would die to protect him he acted
"Who is your god? The GOD-Emperor boy, its in the title"
Honestly hard to argue with that logic ngl
If John Warhammer wasn't a vegetable in a chair, he'd quite literally be the first to argue against his divine status
@@endlessnoodle3056only the Messiah would say he isn't the Messiah!
@@endlessnoodle3056 Considering how badly he failed at getting that one across last time, he'll just fail at it again.
@@samwraiFine I'm the Messiah.
He is the Messiah!
@@JJumper8888The Emperor is not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!
Basically went "I think this whole treason business is a bit silly".
"obviously, only the true messiah denies his divinity"
"It was a test bro!" - A Wordbearer trying to explain Monarchia barbacue
"Hans are we the baddies?"
based
"it's a bit cringe innit bruv"
“And who’s your god??” *preparing his last stand*
“He who sits upon the golden throne.”
“…. WAT.”
Dreadnought: the GOD-Emperor you little shit
“BOY.”
The GOD-EMPEROR BOY. It’s in the TITLE
I like how the dreadnought didn’t realize the Fist was shouting “what” because he was surprised
@@Ded-Nside3825 That gets me the most. Really threw him for a loop with that one!
"Good at building, but not at thinking" big OOF. Also, Anchorite saying "Boy" reminds me of Kratos, lol.
Well, he is older than these Marines.
Mfker was there during the Burning of Monarchia.
He’s well over 10k years old so everyone is a boy to him
@@austinrooks1787
Except Bjorn the Fell-Handed.
@@austinrooks1787expect for those fallen that served longer than any primarchs.
isnt rogal dorn illiterate
Least poetic Word Bearer:
They really do be good at bearing words
They are indeed Word Bearers. Even an ancient as him has such brilliance with words.
They bear words, it's in the title.
*least pathetic word bearer
Boy.... @@Dragonlover553
He burned the Imperial Fists so well that the Salamanders would be impressed
So it's a traitor turned loyalist dreadnought speaking to a loyalist space marine about why the dreadnought chose to come back to the loyalist?
Or jealous
what
As in roasted, with his words. @@mediumsurmoon6283
@@JoseTheKrakenThe Salamanders wouldn't get jealous. They'd become his hype men
That dude actually knows wtf happened
@DoomStroller Says a lot about his character and strong will that he is able to see through chaos when almost no one not even primarchs could
bro wtf is history pls explain
@@philritter9042 i think chaos put more focus and power onto the primarchs vs dreadnoughts, so he was a particularly willful dreadnought but if he'd faced the powers chaos threw at any primarch, he'd fold
@@osvelit are there even any creatures who are completely uncorruptible in the empire apart from maybe Big E and guilliman?
@@philritter9042grey knights might as well be. Besides a chaos god directly they have in lore been the most resistant
Did you know this Word Bearer in particular was a traitor initially, but he realized how Chaos had tricked them and gave up the cause, and was luckily imprisoned alive instead of being killed by Roboute Guilliman himself.
At least he can pass his knowledge on. If he's lucky, they may still let him fight on the Imperium's behalf, though this guy seems pretty disillusioned with war as a whole.
He was put in a dreadnought by the eclisiarchy, becues he started hurting himself
@@ForticusKrorkenstein i feel like he could easily be talked into defending civillians or something important like a saint
@@ForticusKrorkenstein He did fight. The word bearers came for him and after much convincing and a human risking their life for him, he fought alongside the Imperial Fists against his traitor brothers
@@Apophis.004 He even recited a lost word of Colchis, causing the summoned daemons to be banished back to the warp.
Love how Calder was fully expecting the Dreadnought to go on a rant about how either the Chaos Gods were the true masters of the universe or something like that, a rant he had heard many times, and interrupted with lethal force many times as well. And it mentally threw him through a loop to hear the Anchorite say his god sits on the Golden Throne. I just find that really funny.
Especially in a position where you know you will probably die in the next few minutes only to realise you made an unexpected very powerful ally
Next few minutes? Are the dreadnoughts that strong? I'm pretty new to warhammer lore.
Like, there was no way for the marine to actually win?@@philritter9042
@@kevinvieira2834I mean a squad can take one out but 1v1 a dreadnought would be pretty hard to take down
@@MrFredstt I've been seeing a lot about some dreadnought wanting to fight a primarch.
I think it's from the new game.
From what I've heard about primarchs, Idk if that would be a great idea, tho.
@@kevinvieira2834 there was ONE dreadnought who fought a Primarch and did a pretty good job of it. But he's the Old Wolf, the Legend Himself, The Grumpy Uncle Bjorn.
"Magnus had been hurt. he'd been hurt more profoundly than any mortal had hurt him before. His shock at that had been translated into his movements, which had become strangely halting and erratic. All his easy grace had left him, he fought like a bar-room brawler, clubbing at the heavy armour of the Dreadnought even as Bjorn thundered back.
"You were on Prospero" hissed the primarch, his voice a horrific echo of what it had once been. "I recognise your soul-pattern." Bjorn tried to reply, but his vox-generators had been destroyed.he could feel his systems failing all over his artificial body. At last, the hellish existence he'd been forced to endure for so long looked like it was coming to an end. He couldn't be too sorry about that.
"Did you really think you could kill me?" Magnus rasped, sounding both incredulous and furious. His free hand kindled with fresh witchfire. "If my brother could not, what hope have you?" It was then that Bjorn saw the shape careering down the slope above. A huge, armour-clad warrior, loping down the sheer ice-face toward them. Far above that was the profile of a drop-pod embedded near the summit of Valgard. Within his cracked shell, what remained of Bjorn's ancient mouth smiled."
When traitor Word Bearers showed up to reclaim this boi, you know what he did?
He manifested LIVING SAINT POWERS and proceeded to deliver a faith-infused fisting to every word bearer he could find.
He got about as close to legitimately pissed off as a dreadnought can be without going Khornate.
Now remember that Dreadnoughts are armored boxes with legs and lots of guns.
Also remember this Dreadnought has such faith he does things Living Saints do.
Every round of ammo he has is probably empowered/holy.
A LIVING SAINT DREADNOUGHT? That is both incredibly awesome and incredibly terrifying!
You forgot to mention he did that bunch of @sswhooping while reciting a homily.
@Raleyg imagine seeing a DREADNOUGHT. One of your own, who has rejected you and fights against you.
Now imagine he's somehow gotten ANGEL WINGS and is FLYING towards you, bellowing verses of the Lectitio Divinatus, and hellbent on using your entire force as his punching bag to settle his vendetta with Lorgar.
The last thing you ever see is a power claw coming at you at speeds faster than you though possible, seconds before the flying dreadnought turns your upper half into a cloud of mist and a puddle of gore.
Holy Powered Fisting lmao
He was also uttering forgotten words of power causing all the daemons to be instantly yanked back into the warp. Without their daemons Word Bearers are sitting ducks. It is more than half their power!
Then his Word Bearer gene-bros tried to rescue him from discount house arrest. Imagine getting whalloped by the guy you thought you were rescuing.
And getting called boy while getting beat up for lack of faith.
"Congratulations! You are being rescued. Please do not resist."
*FANATICAL HOLY SCREAMING*
@@christopherjohansson9935 Proceeds to resist, *very effectively*
"This is not a cry for help! This is a lure I've laid to invite something in need of slaying!"
You are doing Rylanor dirty, I think.
@@LordNecron Nah. Rylanor knew Fulgrim knew that it was him. That beacon was essentially him flipping off Fulgrim to provoke him into crossing the road so Rylanor could fight him.
The Thousands Sons squadron was simply unintended collateral damage on Rylanor's part.
"A dreadnought from a traitor legion that remained loyalist"
DO YOU KNOW HOW LITTLE THAT NARROWS IT DOWN
Ya know, kinda true. There's been a few dreadnoughts over the years that keep being found and are like, "What? Traitor? Me?! Go fuck yourself, the God-Emporer is my one and only, motherfucker." Rylanor will always be my favorite traitor legion loyalist dreadnought. What a badass, waiting millenia for Fulgrim to come back just so he can give him a suicidal painful middle finger.
He is the only living loyalist wordbearer
Yes but that forgot the (badass) death of Rylanor, dreadnought of the Emperor's children.
And some other...
@@raoulmdj6683 Did someone say I AM ONE OF THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN! I AM RYLANOR AND I AM THE ANCIENT OF RITES! SO I REJECT YOU NOW AND ALWAYS!
@@tonitapola7811TO STRIKE YOU DOWN I HAVE WAITED FOR A MILLION NIGHTS
This Dreadnought is the speaker of DEEP lore right here. Man's been around the block and then turned around realized:" We're going in circles......"
This guy is the Paul of the Imperial Creed. He was hunting imperials until he came to a realization and wrote some of the most influential and important books for the Creed.
When I read the first HH collector book, there was this EC dreadnought reading a book, when Tarvitz walked in. I imagined him with his giant hand slowly turning the page of a small book. I would like to see how drradnoughts write books.
@edandischke183 very carefully I imagine.
@@centric3125Or maybe he just has a tech priest plug him up to a conjugator
@@centric3125Or maybe he just has a tech priest plug him up to a conjugator and begins typing with his mind
In the novel the protagonist notices how the entire shrine where the Anchorite lives is filled to the brim with lines (Colchisian) and the dreadnought is writing them using his claws
I find this a really interesting thing how many are loyal even though they are traitor
There were many who were loyal, most did not survive the istvann 3 atrocities. Most of the ones who did survive were not there.
Fabius Bile is like the last adherant to the Imperial Truth and I find that fascinating.
There are some, some at the end of the heresy joined other loyal chapters or founded their own.
Some were even used to make the gray knights.
Many were worried about being blamed or discriminated about being from a traitor legion so a lot of them were put under other legions. Mostly fist and ultramarines.
a lot actually, most of them dont have a choice or didnt, if they surrender they either die and not get accepted and most probably think its too late
"theology was never you're legion's strong suit."
Its funny how the imperial fists founded the most zealous chapters of space marines ever.
Well, to be fair. Zealotry and actual theology have extremely little in common.
@@awendigowithinternetaccess4400
It's perfectly congruent to believe in something you don't understand. Climate change is an example of this as is any faith. We listen to our preachers and priests yo guide our faith so they can ponder the message further than we have either time or capacity to. Theology is the study of faith, something few have much time to do among their other responsibilities.
Notably the Anchorite wasnt always a Dreadnought - he was considered very holy and highly revered but his depression led him to multiple suicide attempts, and he eventually succeeded well enough he had to be interred.
Also, when the Word Bearers attacked to get at him and he was finally roused to action, one of the cooler things he did was look upon the teeming hordes of Daemons, speak lost words of power from Colchis, and banish every single one.
Still not even the coolest Dreadnought, Cassian Dracos and Rylanor my beloveds
I'd shout out Cassor, but I don't want to wake him up...
None beat cassor the mad ! "Come to cassor come and die! But come all the same ! Impaled? INCOMPREHENSIBLE!!! Witchcraft!?! yOU DARE!?!?"
Ahh yes the Anchorite the chaddest word bearer there is.
I'd say Argel Tal was equally Chad before Erebus murdered him.
FUCK EREBUS!
@@firestarthndrclan1261 The Anchorite wasn’t possessed by a demon though, the Anchorite realized that Lorgar was wrong and so he laid down his arms. Tal was the most human of a group of monsters, never forget that.
@teadrinker3290 Both were incredible loyalists in a legion of traitors.
If Argel Tal had survived, there would've been a good chance that between Kharn and himself, they might've become a renegade force.
Neither loyalist nor traitors, but something akin to hounds fighting whoever seemed to be the wrong side of the battle.
That'd be an interesting story for sure.
The chaddest Word Beared is my boy the Hand Of Destiny
Ever hear of Barthusa Narak?
That “it’s in the tittle” delivery had me thinking he would follow up with a “fucking dumbass” lol
And I imagined that being in Butthead's voice. I wonder if it would be possible to instal different voice boxes to a Dreadnoughts...
@@tonitapola7811after a millennia or more in a coffin tank, I think the humor of 1001 soundboard noises would be lost on the dreadnaught.
Though it would be a hilarious way to stop an invasion: *fart noises over loudspeakers* “Nurgal is that you?!”
Watched a video about this guy awhile ago, apparently he's practically responsible for how the imperial cult is. Sure, Logar wrote their "Bible", but this guy formed the religion. Warhammer terms always get away from me but this word bearer was hidden by some higher up religious people. He wasn't originally a dreadnought, I mean, of course not, but apparently he tried to off himself and when they found him they quickly tossed him in the dreadnought to save him. Pretty interesting story. He also kicks the asses of the word bearers that try reclaiming him.
I have a funny image in my head about the Anchorite trying to form the sign of the aquila as a demonstration to his would be apostles, but he gives up halfway because his arms are too short to reach his "chest".
He tried to do it 3 times, even Roboute couldn't talk him out of it, until by becoming a Dreadnaught made it impossible to do so.
Kind of an Apostle Paul, once an enemy of the faith and then ends up being the one used to write out most of its theology.
Lorgar started the idea of Worshipping the Emperor.
The ACTUAL Cult was started by Remembrancers that survived the Flight of the Eisenstein.
The Anchorite's Edition of the book is what the Cult uses.
The Cult was then reformed later by Sébastien Thor.
Lorgar may have had a hand in the Cult's beginning, but he does *not* deserve credit for starting it or it's state as it is today.
He's a Traitor to his cause, his faith and his Emperor and may the Warp take his God-Emperorforsaken soul.
@@Fordo007 Not really. Sure, Paul had a pretty big impact on the New Testament, but the Old Testament is much larger. Moses and his scribes were the ones with the biggest impact.
Taking everyone sh*t possible in the face by his god:
"It IS a test of our faith. I still think of as my one and only god"
That is the meaning of a test of faith though.
To think you are abandoned by the divine that you suffer without protection from who you pray to.
You should see the test of faith in the bible which is far harsher than what the word bearers suffered.
I’m not so sure. If pay close attention, a major theme throughout the Bible is man abandoning God rather than the other way around.
Job: :,(
@@UGNAvalon Job lived on for roughly a hundred years after he lost everything. With God giving him twice as much wealth than before with the same amount of children he lost. He died peacefully surrounded by his children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. I don't think he counts.
@@jamescawl6904the bible and warhammer aint the same bruh
“It took time, but i eventually saw through all the bullshit and just decided that i wont do shit anymore.”
*Calter:* _"Throne. And I thought the Black Templars were weird at the family gatherings"._
It’s… honestly disturbing that in this grimdark univers, there is one character that understand that vengeance is a cycle of destruction
Funnily enough on the same novel a Word Bearer reaches the same conclusion during the novel's climax where he finally realised that they are all tools in a game between gods (the Emperor included)
Know it. Don't care. Praise Khorne.
@@Sigismund697at that point God Emperor is the pawn in the game
Theology isn't the stronger suit of the Imperial Fists, that's why these fanatics Black Templars were founded with them 🤣
But then, what's common between the IF and the BT? The BT are notoriously more pious than the IF, even though the latters founded the formers.
@@Briselancestubbornness
@@Briselance Sigismund is the link.
AHA! I KNEW THE EMPRAH WAS AN ORK! He is the God-Emprah-Boyz !!😂
I swear he would found nice companies among Sigismunds sons.
"what?" Is the most human reaction I have ever heard come from a space marine
You guys have been nailing the Dreadnought VAs.
It's just the one guy with a voice mod.
Well, it still requires the tone. Just using a voice changer doesn't cut it. If you do not act with the tone of the dreadnought talking. His contempt and sadness. You fail. After all. Many voice actors had their own voices changed. All to fit a character. Yet their raw emotion filter through just right. And you feel the impact of their words.
Remember that.
By you word, @Qardo
Calder's little "WHAT?!" was honestly hilarious and adornable.
Imperial Fist: “Who is your God?”
Dreadnought: *Takes a deep breath.* “Boi.”
Honestly the best and healthiest way to look at the whole "The Emperor is a God" thing, even if the Emperor simply did what he did to shit on Lorgar and the Word Bearers.
Hell must be frozen, cause I just found a based Word Bearer
There are two loyalist Word Bearers, though the Anchorite was the one who became loyalist on his own.
"Lorgar used to say that you guys are good ate building, but terrible at thinking"
-Good description of the sons of Dorne
He also defended his territory against demons with a strong yet simple spell. A spell that the demons hate and fear.
ANATHEMA
he said the N word but for demons.
POWER WORD: REAL NAME
@@alephniguroth7105calling Demons slurs until they explode is a hilarious concept
@@antthefool7637picture them on old Xbox 360 cod lobbies.
"The Last Son of Colchis shall go to war one final time" - The Anchorite marching to fight his brothers despite vowing to never kill again.
A word bearer... making sense? Now THAT's heresy, and I love it!!!
I haven't read anything about him yet, but seeing this impression I like him already.
He pretty much controlled the imperial faith all this time, I believe he was trying to limit the amount of harm it can do while never revealing himself. Most likely was one of the major reasons goge vandire was stopped. He generally knows the faith is trash, but he did his best to limit it's harm. He is pretty much one of the main reasons the imperium is not completely fucked.
As bad as the imperium is, without him it will be a lot worse. At least the imperium has a basic idea on things.
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"The faith is trash?" The Anchorite helped create it before his interment in the Dreadnought, and his writings were used to help guide the Ecclesiarchy in its infancy.
The Virgin Word Bearers Vs. The Chad Anchorite
Anchorite: Let me tell you something Imperial Fist Boy!
There's a secret piece of lore regarding the Anchorite's entombment in the dreanought shell.
Apparently, Erebrus had him sealed in the shell to avoid him preventing the Legion from falling to Chaos because he was too based.
In reality, he tried to kill himself and failed three times.
Damn, every loyalist dreads from traitor legions are such badasses.
Him and Rylanor being loyal despite their legion are so badass
out-lorgaring lorgar by thinking monarchia was a test of their faith is pretty funny
Anchorites irl were the most metal monks and nuns in existence. They would volunteer to be walled up alive inside a church or monastery and vow to never again leave that spot, spending every waking moment they had praying and studying theology.
More like the ultimate self-cucks.
The Anchorite is also responsible for the doctrines of the ecclesiarchy through the spread of his teachings. Guilliman placed him there so in a bitter twist of Irony Rowboat Girlyman is technically responsible for the mess of an Imperium he now has to fix
Actually the imperial faith would always have existed, Anchorite kinda made it a tiny bit better (which is shocking to hear). The imperial faith could have been even more sexist, racist, controlling and all around ten times worse. Anchorite while not the best, was able to keep most of humanity together and could be a key reason goge vandire was stopped.
@@Fourtytwo4242 I read it fairly recently, I recall the Anchorite admits that the teachings have taken on a life of their own in the last few centuries and have deviated from his intended vision.
But they do make it quite clear throughout the book that it's still in large his vision and by extension Lorgars self penned bible (pre corruption) that the Anchorite considers to be his duty to teach the imperium.
Hence why they keep saying it's too dangerous to let this secret out as the entire imperial faith comes from a traitor legion and by extension a Primarch that the ecclesiarchy don't even believe ever existed.
Actually, I'd say the Ecclesiarchy has been vital to keeping the Imperium together for so long. With the things out there looking to "fulfill" humanity's spiritual needs and the need for a unifying belief system, religious or not, to maintain their common foundation built upon Terra's cultural hegemony.
@@Fourtytwo4242 His greatest contribution was making the Imperium more racist! -D
AHEM! Yes I do know a traitor legion dreadnought who remained loyal. His name is *RYLANOR!*
I thought it was gonna be Rylanor at first but then he called Big E the God Emperor
"What is a man to do when he has lost his faith? I felt as if I were in the desert, with no one to guide me out. The gods spat in my face, and whispered false promises. They showed me oases, but there was no water in them, only blood."
If I had a nickel for every dreadnought I have heard of *so far* that was a loyalist in a traitor legion and was freaking awesome, I would have two nickels. Which isn’t much but it’s weird that it happened twice
Who is the second? Brother diomedies?
@@rachnussouldrinkerlibraria5640 so far I only know of this dude and Rylanor.
Of course hearing about more is always welcome
@mastercoolguy2809 OH, i thought you were refering to those still living, I simply remember diomedes as a loyal dreadnought with a... depressing fate, to quote bile "heroism is crushed by the weight of eternity"
@@mastercoolguy2809 Rylanors a real one ain't he
Also got huron fal a deathguard dreadnought although he died with the virus bombing of isstvan III
That " *What?!* " is the cherry on top
That "What!?!" Was delivered perfectly 😂
The Anchorite: How dare he deny us! His truest sons!
The Custodes elsewhere: Well this is awkward.
The loyal astartes from traitor legions are always awesome
The way he states *”BOY”* and the the utter confusion of when Caldar going “wat?” is just amazing to witness
"Good at building, but not thinking"
Perfect description of the imperial fists
The "what" killed me for some reason
Its refreshing to hear a reformed chaos marine come to his senses. I get why it has to be this way, but its frustrating thinking of how petty some of their grudges were when they decided to throw everything away.
Funnily enough the black templars would probably happily adopt this guy
He'd be Chapter Master within the week.
@@jonathanhirst6997He'd probably prefer to be the head chaplain instead.
@@starhammer5247 Fair point!
He won't like crusading, so no.
Under his influence i could picture a whole squadron of Black Templars being asked who their God is and all responding in perfect unison. "He who sits upon the throne of gold.....boi!"
The anchorite tried the sue-slide that's why he in a dreadnought
He who sits upon the golden throne
Imperial Fist: WAT?
All Dreadnoughts are loyal deep down.
If they still had their legs they’d have simply walked away.
Makes me think on the one that is caged and chained with the emperor's children, he tried to reduce now he just weeps for his pain to end as he opposed the traitors, if raylenlor was cornered probably would have ended like that one.
One of the rare few to look at the 40k universe and arrive at pacifism.
Torfin approves.
I felt that what 😂 and you should do longer excerpts aswell, for example this conversation the before and after
Virgin Lorgar Vs Chad Anchorite
Ps. There's most be something about the Contemptor pattern that only allow baddasses to become entombed.
Considering how rare those things are, it´s practically a requirement.
I prefer the Leviathan pattern myself.
Guy entombed in a walking nuclear tank has the sad realization that war isn't good, how ironic
Not war. Civil war and false religion.
The Anchorite's plan was unironically to fly to the Eye of Terror & debate the whole legion into becoming loyalist again.
Worst part is, knowing The Word Bearers, this could work.
“I say, boy, the God-Emperor is what I’m talkin’ about, boy”
- Anchorite Leghorn
Every named Dreadnought in 40K is a gigachad it's crazy
Dreadnought...
*'Ohhhh you poor, sweet deluded child!'*
I can only imagine the dramatic poses and attemps at inflection a word bearers loyalist dreadnaught would try. He doesn't even have robes to tear...
First Rylanor, then Anchorite. Damn these Old guard had some BALLS
I feel like a dreadnought are the only kind of space marines that could get away with calling another one "boy"
The remembrancer has a great video on him and the whole interaction really makes you empathize his remorse and guilt but that he has lived on to be better as penance
Ever live so long as a villain, you see yourself in the moral grey again?
That "What?" Cracked me op 😂
And then later that day he casually summoned the Emperor's light to delete an entire horde of demons
I fucking love Dreadnoughts, they re walking relics, some of them old as hell, like the Anchorite or Bjorn
Least hateable word bearer:
"Good at building but not thinking." 😂
I didn't expect that.
He didn’t “remain” loyal, he joined the fallen primarchs, but realized that it was the wrong choice
Irony that traitor Dreadnaught then taught humans who survived of the “Glory” of the God Emperor thus creating the foundation for the Ecclesiarchy. In the end the last of Logars faithful sons buried the Imperial Truth
If a dreadnought perceived the treacherous nature of chaos, it's a mystery how demigods like Lorgar failed to see the folly in his rebellion.
A dreadnought is just a handicapped accessible armor. It's for transhumans with severe disabilities - often service related.
There’s a surprising amount of talk in 40k about the futility of war. Not everyone wants to just keep fighting all the time and those who do are typically shown to be stupid, psychotic, or just plain evil
“He told us he wasnt god and forced us to kneel and submit to his will with godlike powers. It was a test of faith” 😂
The NOVEL this Dreadnaught from is:
APOCALYPSE - a Space Marine Conquests novel. Where the Imperial Fist, White Scars & Raven Guard come together to defend a world from the Wordy Boys.
loyalist members of traitor legions continue to be the most interesting people in the setting
Given Guilliman's distaste for the Ecclsiarchy and religion in general both must have a very intersting conversation given that the Anchorite was also there were it all began and is one of the founders of the Ecclesiarchy.
Personally headcanon the Anchorite as the defacto Chapter Master of the newly reformed Imperial Heralds(using Lorgar's geneseed because Cawl though would not be surprised if their is a bit of Black Templar mixed in) after speaking with Guilliman.
I gotta say apocalypse is personally one of my top favorite books. (Primarily because it was one of the first books I read when I first started getting into the series backing during quarantine) I just feel like each of the characters, especially the space marine characters (both loyalist and traitor) really make it so interesting. From having a strike force of primaris imperial fists, first born white scars, and a primarily first born tho there were primaris raven guard. A scene that always made me smile was early in the book when the strike force arrived to the planet they were tasked to defend by RG they are ofc invited to a luxurious ball/banquet and each of the 3 respective chapter leaders embody their chapter. Suboden Kahn, the leader of the white scar detachment is naturally rather glad to mingle with the mortals even if it is just to flaunt his own glory. He appears more “relaxed” of the 3 compared to Karros of the raven guard who of course is sticking to the shadows observing, and then there’s Calder of the imperial fists who was rather indifferent to the whole affair. Then there is Amatnim and Lakmhu of the word bearers who follow Kor Phaeron and Erebus respectively in the dark council. I ain’t gonna lie most of the scenes kinda remind me of G1 megatron and starscream with Amatnim berating Lakmhu for following Erebus and basically telling him he knows nothing of the gods and their plans but I still find it amusing. Plus Amatnim grills Lakmhu for following Erebus especially considering the Bald fucker killed the big homie argel tal (which if I remember correctly from the book Amatnim actually described Argel Tal as one of the best in the legion).
So uhhhhh tl/dr: 10/10 good book would read again, fuck Erebus.
Ahhh yes, the obligatory "fuck erebus" lightens the soul
Traitor but Loyal.....
That is some Alpharius bulshit there
.
I am Alpharius
Why are you still looking? I am clearly Alpharius
Or I could be Omegon?
SIKE! I AM ALPHARIUS!
Why am i even doing this?
YALL GOT FOOLED! I AM TRURELY ALPHARIUS!
Traitor Legion....?
*Sandvich.*
That moment when a dreadnought turn into Kratos trough faith and calls you Boooiii 😂
I'm always fascinated by old dreadnaughts, just imagine the philosophy and the wisdom these dudes must be able to imagine or use ... when they are not mauling you to death I mean
incredible
the "WHAT" had no business being this funny!
“Theology was never your legion’s strong suit.” Says a Word Bearer to an Imperial Fist (you know the legion that gave rise to the Black Templars). I find that amusing.
He is right, the Black Templars chapter was made to contain the younger, more religiously inclined members of the Imperial Fists legion, who were the exception.
The "WHAT?" always sends me
Your voice overs are getting better all the time
That "WHAT" GOT ME DYING 😂😂
tapestry! one of the most sacred words to perfectly describe the vast yet interconnected nature of the cosmos, the loom, the muses
So fucking cool. I know very little about 40k. I havent played a game, i dont have figurines. But your shorts are a huge way through whicj i just ABSORB the worlds lore. Every time i hear a term or name that i dont know i look it up; Slowly i get more and more familiar with the universe and i just like what i hear every dang time.
I think ill try to do a 40k Rimworld playthrough, that should be good fun.
"It's literally in the name God-Emperor, god you are denser than the bricks you love so much..." - Absolute comedian, that guy...
Imagine the Emperor's face if instead of falling to choas after Monarchia.. The Word bearers become 3x more pious for the Emperor!
"IT WAS A TEST YOU ARE THE MESSIAH!!!"