The Emperor is also holding back the tide of Chaos, all the while in constant pain. Aware of his body as it rots and his soul as it splinters. He occasionally intervenes with miracles in important situations where the fate of the Imperium is concerned. The mechanicus believe he is their machine god
The Emperor's current situation is sort of like you holding a flashlight to guide your kids around a playground so they avoid landmines, while at the same time kicking away aggressive animals. You don't really have much time to care about any naughty words your children might say when you're only able to focus on their safety.
@@El_Morgwll Not to mention Cadians, who are actively encouraged to be massively promiscuous and pop out babies on their barracks cots so they can make new Whiteshield Regiments.
Everything in the universe is terrible, might as well have sex. If there's anything lockdowns and pandemics have taught us it's that people jump into bed in times of hardship! 😂😂
Luetin's "The Emperor of Man 1+2" and "40k: The Rise and Fall of Mankind/STC" are must-watchs! After watching these, you'll probably know every important info about mankind in 40k.
Travelling through the warp is like driving on the high way while blindfolded, the emperor's astronomicon is basically a super accurate GPS that gets projected directly into the driver's brain.
And sometimes the road itself curls back around and swallows you whole for like a century before spitting you back out on a different road on the other side of the world.
"... does he arrange fights?" Emperor: "And in the BLUE CORNER, 1500 pound champion of Ultramaaaaaaar. ROWBOAT! GIRLYMAAAAAAAAN! And in the red corner his adversary. Veteran of 10.000 years of war, inheritor of the claw of Horus and destroyer of Cadia! ABADDON, THEEEEEE DEEEEESPOILEEEEEEEEEEER!" *WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO*
@@ODDnanref it's not explicitly said so any where I can remember, but through the way they both act and how close they seem to be its not an unlikely guess. And plus it's a damn meme that the community has for the most part agreed with, much like the meme of the T'au being either weeabos or communists.
The Emperor is also psychically holding a warp gate closed within the imperial palace. If he stops a demon army will flood terra and kill everyone. This gate was created when his son, Magnus the Red, tried to warn him of Horus's betrayal at the start of the heresy and accidentally opened the gate while doing so.
21:25 they're actually, a few years ago GW brought back one of the loyalist primarch, and since then the imperium is more or less back online, new tech are being researched, a brand new improved version of the space marins have appeared and he purged most of the corruption in the highest strat of the imperium, he rolled back the treaty that prevented the custodes from intervening in mass in the imperium, etc.
The Emperor doesn't often open gateways to the Warp in 40k, he only guides those within' it. He's like a light at an end of a tunnel, or a breeze inside a dark cave. Without following him, you'll be lost within The Warp forever, unless you're really lucky.
@@malcolmlaprairie5115 , actually you can travel through the Warp without navigators by using ship's cogitators to calculate a course, however this metod can be used only for short jumps on distance about 1-2 parsecs. But maybe with faster computers and greater scanning equipment you can fly longer. Humanity during the Dark Age of Technology had both.
I can't wait for Lion El Johnson to wake the fuck up, so the ultra marines would have competition on power. Or the Primarch of the Salamanders come back and put Guilleman in his place.
Please watch "If the Emperor had a Text to speech device" even if it's just on your own time. It starts out as a comedic info dump about the Warhammer universe, but slowly turns into a brilliantly well written story with amazing dialog.
On the Emperor and his role he doesn’t communicate with people directly, but is known to sometimes intervene in events through supernatural means. Essentially whenever something or someone start glowing gold and demons begin running away from it. That’s the Emperor at work
@@owenparris7490 despite the diatribes and in character presentation he manages to present info in a much cleaner fashion. Also important to note he very often has much better and deeper information than Leutin on some subjects.
@@Souledex What do you mean "despite the diatribes and in universe presentation?" That's the reason I subbed to him 😆! I get that it's not for everyone, and that's ok, but there's a lot of people who like that style of video.
@@owenparris7490 mine is Baldemort to be honest, his voice is just too smooth and stories too captivating. But that's more for an audiophile as there's little visual presentation.
@@owenparris7490 oh I like it, or well most of it. Sometimes the moralizing early on was a bit tired but his stylistic representation of the character and their beliefs has far improved. Just for reaction or direct lore purposes it may be a bit much. But it also is still better than many of Leutin’s tangents, that can manage to take a long time without conveying anything , which is why I was comparing it.
The Astronomican is basically a lighthouse for warp travel. The Emperor is a literal guiding light for humans traveling through the warp. Traveling through a warp storm is like trying to sail through a hurricane...it there were countless daemons trying to break into your ship and kill everyone.
Bricky gives huge overview. Luetin drills down into horrific detail. Definitely react to Luetin. If you want to start with a bang then begin with the 'Ten worst jobs in the Imperium' video and go from there.
Well actually Harry the Hammer the Anti-Undead Chaos Warrior was before Ghal Maraz but it did quickly get associated with the Name Warhammer. "Harald Hammerstorm was one of the very first characters ever created by Games Workshop for the Warhammer Fantasy universe, being featured in its first edition. He was considered the original holder of the Warhammer name before the creation of Sigmar Heldenhammer." -from Warhammer Fantasy Fandom Wiki
@@ndig01988 because Magnus screwed up. Short version is that when Magnus tried to warn the Emperor about Horus' betrayal he broke the Imperial webway project. That allowed armies of daemons into the webway, which had a direct route into the throne room. The Golden Throne was originally a device the Emperor could use to open the door to the webway, and so when it broke he had to stay on the throne to keep the door shut. The only times the Emperor left the throne was to battle Drak'niyen in the webway and later to battle Horus. Each time required a major sacrifice (first time 1000 psykers were drained by the throne to allow the Emperor a few hours, the second Malcador was turned to dust). So if big E dies the webway door opens and it's suddenly daemons all over Terra.
Definitely react to Luetin09 and his series, you'll get an incredible understanding of just who the Emperor of Man is, how he became the Emperor of Man and what lead up to the Horus Heresy
The Imperium is so big not only for GW to be able to expand on it but the fanbase too! You don't need to conform to a pre-existing faction's colour palette when painting miniatures, you can make your own!
It's my favourite part of this hobby, for example, I always loved the aesthetic of the Imperium but I wanted to make my own aesthetic mixing late-roman empire uniforms and modern weaponry, so instead of regular IG my imperial guard regiments are from the rebellious Greynax sector, which after being pretty much left to fend to itself by the Imperium in face of a gigantic Tyranid invasion, not only has survived, but it has also discovered the truth about the Emperor and the Imperial Truth and have entered into open rebellion against the Imperium. Due to the small size of their domain, they are much more centralized and they are quickly modernizing their forces, while also liberalizing (they have for example abolished the ecclesiarchy) and granting freedoms unheard of to the citizens of the imperium (this has however led to many problems in particular regarding psychers and daemons). The chapter of the Emperor's Scorpions, which decided to stay behind to face the Tyranids and defend their home planet, have decided that their loyalty to their homes is greater than to the Imperium and they too help the rebellious sector. Finally, the forge world of Grynax has been "bribed" with promises of vast research and exploitation rights, and they provide the weaponry for the new Greynax army. Overall, however, this is just a small sector, and the Imperium could easily squash it if it weren't fighting literally everybody else. Thus, for the moment, the Greynax sector and it's treacherous forces remain independent, albeit constantly on the defensive. Overall, despite the different paint schemes, miniature names (limitanei instead of conscripts or comitatenses instead of guardsmen, for example) and models, they are exactly the same as standard IG, and all the other things that I roleplay with I just work in the army list (a *heavy* emphasis on elite infantry and artillery, no psychers and no mutants, small space marine support)
"He's pretty much Dead" those are mighty strong words for a man in range of extermiantus Earth is called Terra and if you compare space wolves to grey knights read about fate of grand master Joros of the Grey Knights 21:20 oh boy :) no spoilers here son
The Emperor acts like a massive beacon of light in endless darkness, the navigators use that psychic signal to determine their position and the route they have to take through the warp.
the T'au Empre grows through "spheres of expansion"... Every so many years fleets fly out in all directions and claim the next set of closest worlds... Secure, colonize, rebuild, repeat... Remember that the Epire will try to get other races to join them so sometimes they gain forces rather than lose them, especially humans.
Wait didnt he turn up to mars and basically proclaim that he and the omnisier are one in the same and to back up his claim healed the machine spirt of a titan that was there at the time or am i total mis remembering that. Its been a while
@@Orion-wp2fi it's described in the prolog of the book mechanicum. He healed a knight of house Taranis and the fabricator general of mars decided to side with the emperor. He didn't trick them. It was their decision to call him the Omnissiah to make the allience work.
I definitely think you should react to luetin, he goes soooo deep with the lore, although the videos and series are super long, they are incredibly informative and educational.
21:19 This has already happened in recent lore, the primarch Roboute Guilliman of the Ultramarines has awakened from stasis after being mortally wounded in the aftermath of the Horus Heresy and launched the Indomitus Crusade, intending to reinforce the wavering Imperium and expand its borders once again. He is now the Imperial Regent and speaks with the voice of his father the Emperor of Mankind.
Bro love your vids, here's a few bits that might help with some of your questions? The attrition rate in the Imperium is maintained because there are agri-worlds, pleasure-worlds, etc, that are never even touched by the galactic conflict (as you said, vast). Also I think generally the elder, Imperium, and maybe also Tau are 'losing' declining in population. Emperor also holds back the warp gate incursion on Terra (caused by Magnus) and communicates with individuals (Primarchs, saints, etc) occasionally. The council of Terra ain't the emperor's boys as far as I can tell, though some are, just bureaucracy swept in, most live long due to rejuv-treatments but not immortal. Broadly speaking the Mechanicus consider the Emperor to be the Omissiah (machine god) as he came with many grand technological marvels, so basically they just have a different name for him but worship his tech-savvy aspect hard-out above all else. The Imperium use psykers to communicate, it's not perfect but it 'warp-leaps' faster than light so is much more practical. The ships, yeah not practical but then the 40k setting trump card, belief in something literally makes it more powerful due to warp manipulation (e.g. orks paint something red and it actually goes faster 'cause they think it should) so the cathedral ships might just have a point/reason/advantage? SPACE WOLVES & GRAY KNIGHTS! Best factions, good taste! Earth is around, it's called 'Holy Terra' the 'sol system' (planets orbiting our sun) still holds so much of the Imperiums potency. Not sure how much any of this helps, I'm not a wargamer at all, in fact I follow you 'cause I competed in MMA and appreciated a marine's take, but hope it does shed from light, it's a great lore, loving learning it myself!
I suggest watching the Leutin09 series. It's incredibly detailed and well done. You will learn so much from his 'Emperor of Man' series! I also suggest watching his video about the Dark Eldar!
The emperor doesn’t necessarily open the warp, but guide through it, if you just enter it and dont know where to exit, you will end up in who knows where
Let him learn a bit more first, because as of now he'll probably enjoy it and find it funny... but in a little bit he'll be able to actually understand the references and and find the series SO MUCH funnier.
The mechanicus are sort of like Catholic and Protestant when it comes to the imperium's religion. Some believe the emperor is their god in human form whilst others don't.
3:47 - On a chessboard, put down one grain of rice on the first square, two on the second, four on the third, eight on the fourth, doubling each time. By the 64th square, there are over 18 quintillion grains on the board in total. The power of exponential growth is that losing a staggering number can be a easy iteration away from being completely absorbed.
8:43 Yes and no its a bit complicated. The Imperium has the Imperial Cult which is simple The Emperor is the master, defender and Father to all Mankind and to say anything less is heresy. The Adeptus Mechanics has the Cult Mechanicus which is primarily the worship of knowledge and technology as well as a worship to a divine trinity (think Father, Son and Holy Spirit in Christianity). The first is the Machine God which is an immanent and omnipotent spirit that governs all technology. It isn't a person rather a force immanent in the universe which for unspecified reasons has appointed humans as its chosen people. It is prophesied that the Machine God will create a physical Avatar call the Ominssiah (the second divine) to interact with the physical world and share its knowledge. The final is the Motive Force which is an ineffable and invisible divine power or spirit said to exist throughout the universe that was responsible for the ability of all life, whether it was mechanical or flesh, to move of its own accord. The Omissiah part is where the Imperial Cult and the Cult Mechanicus can co exist as many among the Adeptus Mechanicus believe The Emperor is the Omissiah. In the early days of the Great Crusade The Emperor visited Mars to create an alliance. The most common story is that The Emperor 'healed' a Knight damaged knee joint simply with a touch. This miracle mixed with The Emperor's Physic abilities and vast knowledge on many different technology's convinced most of the Cult Mechanicus that The Emperor was indeed the Omissiah. I say most as there where those who were unconvinced especially when the Treaty of Mars was signed which outlawed the manufacturing of AIs and most warp related things. These non believers would go on to side with Horus during the Horus Heresy and form the Dark Mechanicus. As the Adeptus Mechanicus is so vital to the survival of the Imperium any conflict of faith is often avoided by the Mechanicus's wellness to accept that The Emperor is The Omnissiah.
From what i understand some worlds are dedicated to food production, some are dedicated to breeding, etc. That's how the imperium can maintain it's number.
Pre-Heresy era the Astartes were originally legions modeled after Imperial Rome's legions. They were called Legiones Astartes back then. When the Heresy ended the Primarch Roboute Gulliman restructured the entire military, essentially shattering the legions into fragments. So essentially the structure shifted from Roman Legions to Medieval Knights that had their own Chapter organizations.
In regards to you asking what exactly is the emperor needed for with warp travel as i understand it: Imagine you are in a boat crossing the ocean with paddles but want to go faster so you pull out your engine and start it but the engine only works if you enter a severe storm with a shark feeding frenzy going on while there are also several Sharknados chasing you, now not only are you going super fast but everything is just a blur of waves and teeth leaving you disoriented and your compass doesn't work because weather reasons. So now your only chance of knowing where you are going is to look for the only lighthouse in all of existence that shines so brightly it can be seen from anywhere in the ocean regardless of weather and it is your only point of reference to where you are. Now if that lighthouse were to go out you could end up anywhere in the world (middle of dry land or in someones house included) or nowhere by going in circles perpetually stuck in the storm but in 40k with the warp you also have to add time into the factor of when you enter or exit the warp because it's technically possible to arrive at your destination the day before you even entered the warp or maybe not even come out for a few hundred years while from your point of view you were in there in the time it takes to make and drink a coffee
1:48 If you can remember when Bricky in his videos mentions the planet Cadia and starts crying? This is what destroyed Cadia. Abbadon the Despoiler crashed a huge ship called a Blackstone Fortress into the planet.
Yes please do react to Leutin09, he is arguably the best 40k lore youtuber. He has almost every 40k book out there and fact checks everything. He puts out quality lore videos and they are very in depth. I recommend Leutin09 to anyone who’s curious about the 40k lore.
15:15 That is Gabriel Angelos, Chapter Master of the Blood Ravens in his Terminator armor, and that hammer is Daemonhammer called "God-Splitter" (which was gifted to him by an Inquisitor in the first Dawn of War game). 19:15 Those are Heresy-era Luna Wolves (not Thunder Warriors), the 16th Legion, before they became Sons of Horus and later after the heresy - Black Legion. 21:20 They already have - Primarch of the Ultramarines Roboute Guilliman has been resurected with the help of the Eldars (and some other shady characters) and he is now Lord Commander of Terra and whole Imperium. Basicaly he is the Emperor in all but the name.
If I remember correctly, the mechanicus believe the Emperor was the physical form of the Omnissiah, the god they worship. After that, they signed the treaty of mars where as long as the mechanicus built and maintained all of the imperium’s stuff, they could keep worshipping the Omnissiah (and by extension the Emperor) despite it going against the imperial truth. Also I don’t remember all the details but long distance communication is also done though the warp, that’s why when the shadow in the warp (the thing the tyranids or the bug boys make because of their hive mind) comes around communication is also cut off.
The new warriors that were mentioned at the end are the primaris spacemarines pretty much improved spacemarines with 3 additonal organs and improved wargear. And the part where they mentioned legend long thought lost are back. They are talking about the return of one of the sons of the emperor. The primarch gulliman
The a team the tau can we join for the greater good Emperor no your guys empires like a billionth the size of ours and you tech is ok I guess but not crazy like ours
When it comes to travelling through the Warp the Emperor is more like a beacon than a gps, it just points where Holy Terra (Earth) is, so people can make maps using it as a reference point and use it to trace the distance between systems, since there's no real north in space. They could travel through The Warp before but it was extremely dangerous since they didn`t know where they were going.
Regarding that question at the end about someone trying to reunite the Imperium, we kind of have that happening. But a big part of 40k is that the apocalypse is always right around the corner so we'll see how much success he has.
The Emperor's Astronomicon is basically a lighthouse in function. It's a bright shinning beacon of psychic energy in the warp that can be used to navigate using it's location as a reference like the north star used to be used for navigation on the sea.
At the moment in the Lore, Roboutte Gilliman, one of the Emperors Primarch sons, has been brought back from near death after 10,000 years in stasis. After returning to Holy Terra (Earth), he spoke with the Emperor, took his sword, and then launched the Indomitus Crusade across much of the Imperium.
15:22 That is a thunder hammer, a weapon a bit like the power sword ("lightsaber") you've seen in other animations. The difference is that the sword uses the power field to cut while the hammer uses it to enhance its impact; they hit like a truck on impact and ring like thunder, hence the name.
"The emperor is a sat nav" is the best, simplified description I've heard. You go to the Warp, dial up Emperor Garmin, and theres a good chance you'll make it through to your destination. Theres also the chance you'll end up in lost in the Warp - persecuted for all eternity by demons and creatures unknown, or just thrown out of the Warp somewhere you didn't plan to be, like Milton Keynes. Not sure which is worse, to be honest.
I cant wait until you learn about Bjorn the Fell handed and Commander Dante. Bjorn is a Space Wolf that has been alive for 10,000 years and is currently entombed in a dreadnought. He's one of the only people to ever fight alongside the Primarchs and the Emperor that currently lives. Commander Dante has been alive for over 1600 years and is the Chapter Master of the Blood Angels. This badass has done so many deeds that even a Primarch has acknowledged him as an equal.
When talking about the Astronomicon, the Emperor is like a light house in a dark sea guiding ships away from rocks or dangerous route. Without him those ships will be lost and will be destroyed.
22:39 Like you said Luke, the warp is always there, but you have to Think of the warp as this chaotic and absolutely mind breaking place, normal people and machines can go through it, but they can't navigate. It's like going full on the blind, and you could end everywhere except the place you were actually going in the first place, if you even manage to get out of there. That's why humans have this thing called the "Astronomicon", wich is the navigation system of ALL space ships of the Imperium, but this is powered only by the psychic power of the Emperor.
Long range space communication done through the Astropaths. There is an actual Warhammer in game which is the namesake of the Warhammer franchise, but it actually appears in Warhammer fantasy, belongs to Karl Franz and is named Ghal Maraz meaning Skull Splitter.
The High Lords of Terra have ruled the Imperium since the Emperor was wounded by Horus at the high point of the Horus Hersey. Before that they were his advisors, now they rule the Imperium on his behalf.
The Emperor does a lot of things; He doesn't open or strictly guide warp travel, he powers a massive psychic beacon that lets other far less powerful psychers guide ships through the warp by using that beacon as a point of refference. He also holds the warp at bay because daemons and other warp creatures are constantly trying to invade Terra (Earth) because of that beacon as the giant warp barrier he previously put around a big chunk of the Solar System to free him up from needing to do that was broken at the onset of the Horus Heresy by one of the Primarchs (though not to his full fault, he was sort of tricked into doing it). He does occasionally communicate with a few people here and there to nudge things along, and he has a personal Titan Legion that doesn't operate under the banner of the Collegia Titanica that he occasionally sends to turn the tide of a vital battle or sends his guard to protect a specific person of importance for a time. He's also sort of fragmented himself a bit, both from being constantly grated by the Golden Throne and back when he fought Horus, so he is nowhere near full strength. With his current level of power he probably could revive himself as he's done before BUT would require him to completely focus on doing that which would not only shut down the Astronomican (the giant beacon) causing the rest of the Imperium to fall like humanity previously did but also cause the Solar system to be invaded by the massive Daemon army waiting at the gates. This would also technically screw over the Eldar as the Emperor figured out how to construct his own Webway portal that allowed access into the Eldar Webway, and the Daemons (especially the Slaneshi ones) desperately want it to finally get at the Eldar that have been out of their reach. And I wouldn't say the Imperium is ending, it's just a bit fractured again. Some of the Primarchs that stayed loyal are even popping out of the woodworks after being missing from the Imperium at large for thousands of years (or similarly entombed like the Emperor, as with Rowboat Girlyman) to start trying to put things back together again. And the 'New Space Marines' (Primaris) have been a bit controversial because of what their introduction entails. On the one hand they bring up the tabletop Space Marines up to more like how they were portrayed in the lore, but on the other they bring a lot of technology (vehicles, weapons, equipment, etc) with them that was supposed to be lost and forgotten long ago and is writen to have the benefits of uncorrupted geneseed (genetic and bioengineering enhancements) which means a lot of the downsides of some Space Marine chapters (like Space Wolves turning into Werewolves or Blood Angles becoming insane vampires) can be written away by replacing their numbers over time with Primaris Marines while also implying that the geneseed of a lot of the traitor 'chapters' (they never devolved into chapters from the old Legions, but have otherwise splintered similarly anyways) is available as well and that potentially some of the new dedicated Pimaris chapters have been made with those geneseeds. While that seems cool to a lot of 40k fans, others sort of dislike it because it writes away a lot of the "Grimdark" setting of the universe.
High Lords represents the twelve branch of the imperium, they live few centuries( 2 or 3) when they die( from age or assassination, war etc..) they are replaced by a high ranking member of that organisation .
Traveling into the warp is like setting sail into a stormy ocean with nothing to navigate by. The emperor powers the Astronomicon, which basically serves as a North Star to navigate by. Without that point of reference to navigate by, you wouldn't know which direction to travel or how far and you'd be lost to wander aimlessly forever.
The warp is always there and technically anyone can enter it either via technological means or sorcery. However entering the warp without the protection of a ships gellar field or immense psychic barriers is just straight up suicide, the warp is an endless sea of litteral madness and impossibility. Just looking at it without these defenses will shred a normal mind within moments. Not to mention the effects it has on the physical body. There are multiple accounts of this happening in the books, but if you want to see some hint of what the warp can do to an unprotected person, watch Death of Hope by Mark Sparks.
Imagine travelling through the warp as trying to sail across a storm driven sea at night, with no stars in the sky whatsoever just darkness, and your ship has no compass or navigation equipment. The Astronomican (The Emperor) is the North Star. Specially trained Psykers called Navigators, can use the "North Star" to guide their ship to its destination. Even so, ships don't always arrive where they intended, because just like stormy seas, the currents can push you off course.
The imperiums motto for the past 10,000 years has basically been we won’t go silently into the night and you can have this galaxy when you pry it from our cold dead hands
100% go for whichever tickles your fancy more, but I think the Space Wolves are some of the coolest space marines and are a good starting point for building an army. They also have a lot more model options than grey knights.
The Astronomicon. The light of the Emperor serves more as a North Star. Allowing the Navigators aboard ships to chart courses through the warp. It's less about entering and exiting and more making sure you end up where you want to be, not where the warp wants you to be.
-the mechanicus sees the emperor as a manifestation of the omnissiah. -other point, the empirium uses psykers for long communications, it's pretty cool tho 'cause they communicate with "choirs" of astropaths (the psykers with the ability to send and recive messages) and every message can be lost in the warp, also this communication relies on the interpretation of each astropath just because the message itself can be in the form of sounds, images, codes, etc etc (depending on the psyker's ability) -earth is still around, its holy terra and the imperial palace (where the emperor is resting in the golden throne) it's in the himalayan mountains -anny ship with the correct engine can go through the warp, what the emperor does is to "put a light" in the path of the navigator (a hominid race that has 3 eyes and can...navigate...through the warp), so he can guide the ship from point A to point B (there's stories where a navigator fucks up and they ended trapped in the warp or going out in different locations, and even different time lines (as the roleplaying games are also canon, you can travel back in time, i was a navigator in a party, fucked up my dices and ended up severals months before we even started our journey)
@OriginalHuman at 15:18 that's the chapter master of the Blood Ravens Gabriel Angelos with his trusty hammer God Splitter and some of the chapters marines. This chapter is the chapter that appears in most games like the Dawn of War series
The primarch of the ultramarines has recently been revived and is currently taking charge of the imperium to bring it back to glory. The emperor is needed for warp travel because in the warp navigators would be dealing with essentially vertigo as they have no point of reference. The light of the astronomicon acts as a like a north star. Its light helps guide them where to go like sailors using the north star to guide their ships
Touching on what you said about the emperor’s opinion on his empire now, there is a fan, comedy, series called “if the emperor had text-to-speech” i would strongly give that a look as it also gives a layman’s over view of the universe
"Is Earth still around ?"
Well yes, it's just called Terra now. Holy Terra to be precise.
People make pilgrimages to holy terra
well Terra is literally a word for earth
"Earth is Terra, Terra is Earth"
It's been Terra since before it got called Earth. :b
I dint change names Terra means earth in Latin so the question if earth is still around is a bit stupid
“Will they reintroduce a character to reunite the Imperium?”
Camera pans to a fuck ass angry blue Rowboat.
Fucking Papa Smurf!!!! RAGE INTENSIFIES!!!!
It's the fearsome *ROWBOAT GIRLYMAN* !
(Magnus takes the Throne.)
The Emperor is also holding back the tide of Chaos, all the while in constant pain. Aware of his body as it rots and his soul as it splinters. He occasionally intervenes with miracles in important situations where the fate of the Imperium is concerned. The mechanicus believe he is their machine god
No the mechanicus believe's that emperor is a prophet from the machine god.
Like Jesus
@@kaldordraigo56 Robo-Jesus
@@Mediocre_Chairman Toaster-Jesus
Praise the Omnissiah!
The Emperor's current situation is sort of like you holding a flashlight to guide your kids around a playground so they avoid landmines, while at the same time kicking away aggressive animals. You don't really have much time to care about any naughty words your children might say when you're only able to focus on their safety.
The Emperor is a wee bit busy right now holding back the legions of demons which are about 1 inch from the throne room on Terra .
yeah hes been keeping the gateway to the warp on terra closed for 10k years
Also making people saints mid battle to ensure that his will is carried out
Well, Terra means Earth in portuguese and probably it's come from latin which language they use to name most of the things on 40k.
@@henriquegalvao6791 Yup Terra just means ' land ' or ' earth ' .
@@Brains4BizBody4Sin Not only that but it's the oficial name on portuguese countries, as you guys say "Planet Earth" us call "Planeta Terra".
“It seems like the death rate outnumbers the birth rate”
Krieg: *laughs in cloning*
Or how in catachan they have entire platoons made of brothers and sisters. They must be shagging all day long.
@@El_Morgwll Not to mention Cadians, who are actively encouraged to be massively promiscuous and pop out babies on their barracks cots so they can make new Whiteshield Regiments.
Everything in the universe is terrible, might as well have sex. If there's anything lockdowns and pandemics have taught us it's that people jump into bed in times of hardship! 😂😂
@@vacuumssuck26 *Can confirm*
Bold to assume they laugh
Yes, Earth is still around, and now it's called Holy Terra. The Emperor sits there and from there Adeptus Custodes marches for war
Terra means earth.
Actually... Earth's real name is Terra, our moon is called Luna, and our sun is called Sol. The true latin names are used to avoid confusion.
@@FireHawkISA only muslims hate warhammer universe, because they hate latin.
@@dismas8884 Doesn't matter. The Emperor stamped out all of Earth's old religions and replaced them with the Imperial Truth.
@@dismas8884 ??? That's extremely racist man, and just not true? Like I don't know if that was supposed to be a joke or not, but like... No
So it seems like I’ll be reacting to LUITIN09 next!
After a while check out “if the emperor had a text to speech device” it’s fantastic but not now so you can get the jokes
Luetin's "The Emperor of Man 1+2" and "40k: The Rise and Fall of Mankind/STC" are must-watchs!
After watching these, you'll probably know every important info about mankind in 40k.
Holy terra is earth
Watch the bolter and space marine episode. Must show you space marines are badass
Space wolves!!!!! Months of Shame
1:50
**Cries** CADIA STANDS!!!
Edit: Btw. I recommend seeing the "Cadia" by Templin Institute (the same Channel were this video is currently from)
the planet broke before the guard did
*Holding Tears*,
CADIA STANDS!
Yes
CADIA STANDS
Cadia Stands!
Travelling through the warp is like driving on the high way while blindfolded, the emperor's astronomicon is basically a super accurate GPS that gets projected directly into the driver's brain.
And sometimes the road itself curls back around and swallows you whole for like a century before spitting you back out on a different road on the other side of the world.
You REALLY wanna see the Templin Institute's dossier on The Emperor, if you haven't already.
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So devo they had changed that voice actor (narrator)!! Her voice is pure goosebumps. Templin Institute is not the same afterwards :(
Were
"... does he arrange fights?"
Emperor: "And in the BLUE CORNER, 1500 pound champion of Ultramaaaaaaar. ROWBOAT! GIRLYMAAAAAAAAN! And in the red corner his adversary. Veteran of 10.000 years of war, inheritor of the claw of Horus and destroyer of Cadia! ABADDON, THEEEEEE DEEEEESPOILEEEEEEEEEEER!"
*WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO*
Guilliman (one of the emperor's son) got resurrected and is currently very pissed at the imperium and is trying his best to reunite the imperium
Don't forget him fucking the current leader of the Eldar.
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Are they literally performing intercourse? Not just simple cooperation?
@@ODDnanref it's not explicitly said so any where I can remember, but through the way they both act and how close they seem to be its not an unlikely guess. And plus it's a damn meme that the community has for the most part agreed with, much like the meme of the T'au being either weeabos or communists.
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I know it is meme, just had to confirm if they were actually doing the deed
Rowboat man is fucking pissed
"The names are so cool"
Me: It's just Latin.
Latin is cool
Tru
Latin + butchered Latin. In lore is called "High Gothic".
Pidgin Latin.
eh also plenty of Norman French, German, Greek and not-latin Latin. Edit: and Hebrew, Syriac and general bible nonsense
18:23
"Is earth around in Warhammer 40k?"
Me: Yeah.....we're The Terra
22:39 the Presence of the Emporer is like a Lighthouse in the Warp. You use it to navigate because he is your fixed point.
The Emperor is also psychically holding a warp gate closed within the imperial palace. If he stops a demon army will flood terra and kill everyone. This gate was created when his son, Magnus the Red, tried to warn him of Horus's betrayal at the start of the heresy and accidentally opened the gate while doing so.
Good ol' Tzeentch told him a shortcut... and he took it.
21:25 they're actually, a few years ago GW brought back one of the loyalist primarch, and since then the imperium is more or less back online, new tech are being researched, a brand new improved version of the space marins have appeared and he purged most of the corruption in the highest strat of the imperium, he rolled back the treaty that prevented the custodes from intervening in mass in the imperium, etc.
In layman’s terms he’s getting shit done
And now the lion returns
The Emperor doesn't often open gateways to the Warp in 40k, he only guides those within' it. He's like a light at an end of a tunnel, or a breeze inside a dark cave. Without following him, you'll be lost within The Warp forever, unless you're really lucky.
Maybe - humanity navigated the warp without the Astronomicon during the Dark Age of Technology, and if they could recover that ability there is hope
The gods weren’t as bad back then she who thirsts wasn’t murder fucked into existence yet
@@malcolmlaprairie5115 , actually you can travel through the Warp without navigators by using ship's cogitators to calculate a course, however this metod can be used only for short jumps on distance about 1-2 parsecs. But maybe with faster computers and greater scanning equipment you can fly longer.
Humanity during the Dark Age of Technology had both.
19:17 No, you can’t, unfortunately The Emperor and his Custodes killed them all when they made The Space Marines, he deemed them to unstable
About the one returning to lead the Imperium there is Guilliman, one of the primarch have return from his static sleep
I can't wait for Lion El Johnson to wake the fuck up, so the ultra marines would have competition on power. Or the Primarch of the Salamanders come back and put Guilleman in his place.
@@singularleaf3895 Guilleman smacks Eldar Xeno cheeks. He can't be the one to lead the Empire to greatness, never
@@srebnywilczek7723 let's not also forget Guileman was designed to be a Secretary pretty much not a leader or a warrior like most of his brothers.
@@singularleaf3895 I give no damn about his designed position. The treason he commits by doing stuff with Eldar chick is a far greater problem here!
@@srebnywilczek7723 Noooo!! 1!1!1!1!!1!1!!!11! He shows human and xenos can work together! 1!1!1!1!1!1!!!!1!1!111!1!
Please watch "If the Emperor had a Text to speech device" even if it's just on your own time. It starts out as a comedic info dump about the Warhammer universe, but slowly turns into a brilliantly well written story with amazing dialog.
I think He already has (or will do soon), in one of his previous videos he had TTS on his browser tabs.
TTS isn't a good place to start off honestly. Most of the jokes require background lore knowledge.
Earth or Holy Terra is still around. The Imperial Palace where the Emperor lives and rules is actually built on the Himalayan mountain range.
On the Emperor and his role he doesn’t communicate with people directly, but is known to sometimes intervene in events through supernatural means. Essentially whenever something or someone start glowing gold and demons begin running away from it. That’s the Emperor at work
LUETIN09 is definitely a top tier place for lore and presentation
Oculus is my personal fav.
@@owenparris7490 despite the diatribes and in character presentation he manages to present info in a much cleaner fashion. Also important to note he very often has much better and deeper information than Leutin on some subjects.
@@Souledex What do you mean "despite the diatribes and in universe presentation?" That's the reason I subbed to him 😆! I get that it's not for everyone, and that's ok, but there's a lot of people who like that style of video.
@@owenparris7490 mine is Baldemort to be honest, his voice is just too smooth and stories too captivating.
But that's more for an audiophile as there's little visual presentation.
@@owenparris7490 oh I like it, or well most of it. Sometimes the moralizing early on was a bit tired but his stylistic representation of the character and their beliefs has far improved.
Just for reaction or direct lore purposes it may be a bit much. But it also is still better than many of Leutin’s tangents, that can manage to take a long time without conveying anything , which is why I was comparing it.
The Astronomican is basically a lighthouse for warp travel. The Emperor is a literal guiding light for humans traveling through the warp. Traveling through a warp storm is like trying to sail through a hurricane...it there were countless daemons trying to break into your ship and kill everyone.
Bricky gives huge overview. Luetin drills down into horrific detail. Definitely react to Luetin. If you want to start with a bang then begin with the 'Ten worst jobs in the Imperium' video and go from there.
15:18 the warhammer the franchise is named after is ghal maraz from warhammer fantasy. It’s the hammer of the warrior god sigmar.
Well actually Harry the Hammer the Anti-Undead Chaos Warrior was before Ghal Maraz but it did quickly get associated with the Name Warhammer.
"Harald Hammerstorm was one of the very first characters ever created by Games Workshop for the Warhammer Fantasy universe, being featured in its first edition. He was considered the original holder of the Warhammer name before the creation of Sigmar Heldenhammer."
-from Warhammer Fantasy Fandom Wiki
The emperor is constantly holding back countless legions of daemons behind a portal in the imperial palace. Once he dies terra is pretty much fucked
Well if he dies terra goes boom
Technically, if he dies, he gets reborn in full. He might be weaker but he'll gain a hell of a lot of power back. It's too bad though.
@@satsunada yea but terra still explodes
@@FDboto why does Terra goes boom? forgive my ignorance
@@ndig01988 because Magnus screwed up. Short version is that when Magnus tried to warn the Emperor about Horus' betrayal he broke the Imperial webway project. That allowed armies of daemons into the webway, which had a direct route into the throne room. The Golden Throne was originally a device the Emperor could use to open the door to the webway, and so when it broke he had to stay on the throne to keep the door shut.
The only times the Emperor left the throne was to battle Drak'niyen in the webway and later to battle Horus. Each time required a major sacrifice (first time 1000 psykers were drained by the throne to allow the Emperor a few hours, the second Malcador was turned to dust).
So if big E dies the webway door opens and it's suddenly daemons all over Terra.
Her voice is pure goosebumps. I miss her so much!!
Definitely react to Luetin09 and his series, you'll get an incredible understanding of just who the Emperor of Man is, how he became the Emperor of Man and what lead up to the Horus Heresy
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Yeah! Luetin's Grey Knights video is super cool as well.
@@davidm5646 I'm about to start the Grey Knights Video and I can't wait to learn more about them
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One of my favourite lore videos. I watched it when I first started getting into 40k.
The Imperium is so big not only for GW to be able to expand on it but the fanbase too! You don't need to conform to a pre-existing faction's colour palette when painting miniatures, you can make your own!
It's my favourite part of this hobby, for example, I always loved the aesthetic of the Imperium but I wanted to make my own aesthetic mixing late-roman empire uniforms and modern weaponry, so instead of regular IG my imperial guard regiments are from the rebellious Greynax sector, which after being pretty much left to fend to itself by the Imperium in face of a gigantic Tyranid invasion, not only has survived, but it has also discovered the truth about the Emperor and the Imperial Truth and have entered into open rebellion against the Imperium. Due to the small size of their domain, they are much more centralized and they are quickly modernizing their forces, while also liberalizing (they have for example abolished the ecclesiarchy) and granting freedoms unheard of to the citizens of the imperium (this has however led to many problems in particular regarding psychers and daemons). The chapter of the Emperor's Scorpions, which decided to stay behind to face the Tyranids and defend their home planet, have decided that their loyalty to their homes is greater than to the Imperium and they too help the rebellious sector. Finally, the forge world of Grynax has been "bribed" with promises of vast research and exploitation rights, and they provide the weaponry for the new Greynax army. Overall, however, this is just a small sector, and the Imperium could easily squash it if it weren't fighting literally everybody else. Thus, for the moment, the Greynax sector and it's treacherous forces remain independent, albeit constantly on the defensive.
Overall, despite the different paint schemes, miniature names (limitanei instead of conscripts or comitatenses instead of guardsmen, for example) and models, they are exactly the same as standard IG, and all the other things that I roleplay with I just work in the army list (a *heavy* emphasis on elite infantry and artillery, no psychers and no mutants, small space marine support)
"Is Earth still around ?" KNOCK KNOCK OPEN UP. iS THE EMPEROR´S MOST HOLLY INQUISITION!!!
rowboat girlyman has returned and he is leading the imperium at the moment, hes one of the emperors sons. papa smurf
How dare you insult us smurfs like that!!!! It's grandpa smurf, papa smurf is calgar.
@@keaganhainsworth1245 pfft we dont talk about that loser lol
@@keaganhainsworth1245 calgar is like the step dad that raised you when your mum goes back to your original dad.
Luetin09 is like the defacto RUclips Warhammer 40k lore guy, his videos may be long but they are detailed.
"He's pretty much Dead" those are mighty strong words for a man in range of extermiantus
Earth is called Terra
and if you compare space wolves to grey knights read about fate of grand master Joros of the Grey Knights
21:20 oh boy :) no spoilers here son
Also Bjorne the fell handed
The Emperor acts like a massive beacon of light in endless darkness, the navigators use that psychic signal to determine their position and the route they have to take through the warp.
18:21 - Is Earth actually around in 40k?
Answer: Yes, its just called "Holy Terra" in 40k.
Leutin is great at giving you the feeling of the lore. He presents it in a fashion that feels very befitting the 40k verse
"Is Earth around?"
Earth = Terra. Its literally the most important and holiest world in the whole Impreium. Its where the Emperor's Throne is.
the T'au Empre grows through "spheres of expansion"... Every so many years fleets fly out in all directions and claim the next set of closest worlds... Secure, colonize, rebuild, repeat... Remember that the Epire will try to get other races to join them so sometimes they gain forces rather than lose them, especially humans.
The Emperor tricked the Macanicus into thinking that he was the Omnisier, the omnisier is actually the void Dragon (one of the star God C'tan)
That’s probably for the best.
Wait didnt he turn up to mars and basically proclaim that he and the omnisier are one in the same and to back up his claim healed the machine spirt of a titan that was there at the time or am i total mis remembering that. Its been a while
@@Orion-wp2fi it's described in the prolog of the book mechanicum. He healed a knight of house Taranis and the fabricator general of mars decided to side with the emperor. He didn't trick them. It was their decision to call him the Omnissiah to make the allience work.
I hope you see the others, I suggest them on previous videos. I’m glad you’re seeing this great lore and the incredible warhammer art.
I definitely think you should react to luetin, he goes soooo deep with the lore, although the videos and series are super long, they are incredibly informative and educational.
21:19 This has already happened in recent lore, the primarch Roboute Guilliman of the Ultramarines has awakened from stasis after being mortally wounded in the aftermath of the Horus Heresy and launched the Indomitus Crusade, intending to reinforce the wavering Imperium and expand its borders once again. He is now the Imperial Regent and speaks with the voice of his father the Emperor of Mankind.
The luetin09 videos are long for a reason they need to be, definitely worth the watch
Bro love your vids, here's a few bits that might help with some of your questions?
The attrition rate in the Imperium is maintained because there are agri-worlds, pleasure-worlds, etc, that are never even touched by the galactic conflict (as you said, vast). Also I think generally the elder, Imperium, and maybe also Tau are 'losing' declining in population.
Emperor also holds back the warp gate incursion on Terra (caused by Magnus) and communicates with individuals (Primarchs, saints, etc) occasionally.
The council of Terra ain't the emperor's boys as far as I can tell, though some are, just bureaucracy swept in, most live long due to rejuv-treatments but not immortal.
Broadly speaking the Mechanicus consider the Emperor to be the Omissiah (machine god) as he came with many grand technological marvels, so basically they just have a different name for him but worship his tech-savvy aspect hard-out above all else.
The Imperium use psykers to communicate, it's not perfect but it 'warp-leaps' faster than light so is much more practical.
The ships, yeah not practical but then the 40k setting trump card, belief in something literally makes it more powerful due to warp manipulation (e.g. orks paint something red and it actually goes faster 'cause they think it should) so the cathedral ships might just have a point/reason/advantage?
SPACE WOLVES & GRAY KNIGHTS! Best factions, good taste!
Earth is around, it's called 'Holy Terra' the 'sol system' (planets orbiting our sun) still holds so much of the Imperiums potency.
Not sure how much any of this helps, I'm not a wargamer at all, in fact I follow you 'cause I competed in MMA and appreciated a marine's take, but hope it does shed from light, it's a great lore, loving learning it myself!
I suggest watching the Leutin09 series. It's incredibly detailed and well done. You will learn so much from his 'Emperor of Man' series! I also suggest watching his video about the Dark Eldar!
The emperor doesn’t necessarily open the warp, but guide through it, if you just enter it and dont know where to exit, you will end up in who knows where
Definitely should react to Alfabusa's Text-to-speech series next
Wait a little bit more
Better to wait on this one to get the most out of it
Probably still too early for him to get most of the jokes. Love TTS but if you don't know much about 40k then a lot of it can go right over your head.
Let him learn a bit more first, because as of now he'll probably enjoy it and find it funny... but in a little bit he'll be able to actually understand the references and and find the series SO MUCH funnier.
Unfunniest shit ive ever watched and i understand all the jokes
Templin Institute makes some INCREDIBLY detailed videos.
The mechanicus are sort of like Catholic and Protestant when it comes to the imperium's religion. Some believe the emperor is their god in human form whilst others don't.
If you want to see more Thunder Warrior lore. Baldermort's guide to warhammer has an amazing video about them.
Ok y’all I think it’s time he starts watching “If The Emperor Had a Text to Speech Device” am I right?
I just commented on this as well he needs to watch it to ge informed and to be entertained
3:47 - On a chessboard, put down one grain of rice on the first square, two on the second, four on the third, eight on the fourth, doubling each time. By the 64th square, there are over 18 quintillion grains on the board in total. The power of exponential growth is that losing a staggering number can be a easy iteration away from being completely absorbed.
8:43 Yes and no its a bit complicated. The Imperium has the Imperial Cult which is simple The Emperor is the master, defender and Father to all Mankind and to say anything less is heresy. The Adeptus Mechanics has the Cult Mechanicus which is primarily the worship of knowledge and technology as well as a worship to a divine trinity (think Father, Son and Holy Spirit in Christianity).
The first is the Machine God which is an immanent and omnipotent spirit that governs all technology. It isn't a person rather a force immanent in the universe which for unspecified reasons has appointed humans as its chosen people. It is prophesied that the Machine God will create a physical Avatar call the Ominssiah (the second divine) to interact with the physical world and share its knowledge. The final is the Motive Force which is an ineffable and invisible divine power or spirit said to exist throughout the universe that was responsible for the ability of all life, whether it was mechanical or flesh, to move of its own accord.
The Omissiah part is where the Imperial Cult and the Cult Mechanicus can co exist as many among the Adeptus Mechanicus believe The Emperor is the Omissiah. In the early days of the Great Crusade The Emperor visited Mars to create an alliance. The most common story is that The Emperor 'healed' a Knight damaged knee joint simply with a touch. This miracle mixed with The Emperor's Physic abilities and vast knowledge on many different technology's convinced most of the Cult Mechanicus that The Emperor was indeed the Omissiah. I say most as there where those who were unconvinced especially when the Treaty of Mars was signed which outlawed the manufacturing of AIs and most warp related things. These non believers would go on to side with Horus during the Horus Heresy and form the Dark Mechanicus.
As the Adeptus Mechanicus is so vital to the survival of the Imperium any conflict of faith is often avoided by the Mechanicus's wellness to accept that The Emperor is The Omnissiah.
From what i understand some worlds are dedicated to food production, some are dedicated to breeding, etc. That's how the imperium can maintain it's number.
You should react to If The Emperor had a Text to Speech device. Legendary show
Pre-Heresy era the Astartes were originally legions modeled after Imperial Rome's legions. They were called Legiones Astartes back then. When the Heresy ended the Primarch Roboute Gulliman restructured the entire military, essentially shattering the legions into fragments. So essentially the structure shifted from Roman Legions to Medieval Knights that had their own Chapter organizations.
Valhalla is a planet of Valhallan ice warriors, Basically Soviet Red Army in Imperial guard.
In regards to you asking what exactly is the emperor needed for with warp travel as i understand it:
Imagine you are in a boat crossing the ocean with paddles but want to go faster so you pull out your engine and start it but the engine only works if you enter a severe storm with a shark feeding frenzy going on while there are also several Sharknados chasing you, now not only are you going super fast but everything is just a blur of waves and teeth leaving you disoriented and your compass doesn't work because weather reasons.
So now your only chance of knowing where you are going is to look for the only lighthouse in all of existence that shines so brightly it can be seen from anywhere in the ocean regardless of weather and it is your only point of reference to where you are.
Now if that lighthouse were to go out you could end up anywhere in the world (middle of dry land or in someones house included) or nowhere by going in circles perpetually stuck in the storm but in 40k with the warp you also have to add time into the factor of when you enter or exit the warp because it's technically possible to arrive at your destination the day before you even entered the warp or maybe not even come out for a few hundred years while from your point of view you were in there in the time it takes to make and drink a coffee
Luetin is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good!
1:48 If you can remember when Bricky in his videos mentions the planet Cadia and starts crying? This is what destroyed Cadia. Abbadon the Despoiler crashed a huge ship called a Blackstone Fortress into the planet.
Yes please do react to Leutin09, he is arguably the best 40k lore youtuber. He has almost every 40k book out there and fact checks everything. He puts out quality lore videos and they are very in depth. I recommend Leutin09 to anyone who’s curious about the 40k lore.
15:15 That is Gabriel Angelos, Chapter Master of the Blood Ravens in his Terminator armor, and that hammer is Daemonhammer called "God-Splitter" (which was gifted to him by an Inquisitor in the first Dawn of War game).
19:15 Those are Heresy-era Luna Wolves (not Thunder Warriors), the 16th Legion, before they became Sons of Horus and later after the heresy - Black Legion.
21:20 They already have - Primarch of the Ultramarines Roboute Guilliman has been resurected with the help of the Eldars (and some other shady characters) and he is now Lord Commander of Terra and whole Imperium. Basicaly he is the Emperor in all but the name.
React the Cadia and The Emperor by the Templin Institute.
And there is a special group of psykers who communicate through the warp.
If I remember correctly, the mechanicus believe the Emperor was the physical form of the Omnissiah, the god they worship. After that, they signed the treaty of mars where as long as the mechanicus built and maintained all of the imperium’s stuff, they could keep worshipping the Omnissiah (and by extension the Emperor) despite it going against the imperial truth. Also I don’t remember all the details but long distance communication is also done though the warp, that’s why when the shadow in the warp (the thing the tyranids or the bug boys make because of their hive mind) comes around communication is also cut off.
You should check out the templin institute’s series “Stellaris Invicta” some time
The new warriors that were mentioned at the end are the primaris spacemarines pretty much improved spacemarines with 3 additonal organs and improved wargear. And the part where they mentioned legend long thought lost are back. They are talking about the return of one of the sons of the emperor. The primarch gulliman
Yo can you watch any of Arch's wh40k vids, you don't need to react to it just watch it in your own time! I promise you would love it!
Actually, recent lore seems to be setting up that the Necrons, Eldar, and Imperium are going to team up to fight Chaos
The a team the tau can we join for the greater good
Emperor no your guys empires like a billionth the size of ours and you tech is ok I guess but not crazy like ours
When it comes to travelling through the Warp the Emperor is more like a beacon than a gps, it just points where Holy Terra (Earth) is, so people can make maps using it as a reference point and use it to trace the distance between systems, since there's no real north in space. They could travel through The Warp before but it was extremely dangerous since they didn`t know where they were going.
Regarding that question at the end about someone trying to reunite the Imperium, we kind of have that happening. But a big part of 40k is that the apocalypse is always right around the corner so we'll see how much success he has.
The Emperor's Astronomicon is basically a lighthouse in function. It's a bright shinning beacon of psychic energy in the warp that can be used to navigate using it's location as a reference like the north star used to be used for navigation on the sea.
At the moment in the Lore, Roboutte Gilliman, one of the Emperors Primarch sons, has been brought back from near death after 10,000 years in stasis.
After returning to Holy Terra (Earth), he spoke with the Emperor, took his sword, and then launched the Indomitus Crusade across much of the Imperium.
15:22 That is a thunder hammer, a weapon a bit like the power sword ("lightsaber") you've seen in other animations. The difference is that the sword uses the power field to cut while the hammer uses it to enhance its impact; they hit like a truck on impact and ring like thunder, hence the name.
"The emperor is a sat nav" is the best, simplified description I've heard. You go to the Warp, dial up Emperor Garmin, and theres a good chance you'll make it through to your destination.
Theres also the chance you'll end up in lost in the Warp - persecuted for all eternity by demons and creatures unknown, or just thrown out of the Warp somewhere you didn't plan to be, like Milton Keynes. Not sure which is worse, to be honest.
I cant wait until you learn about Bjorn the Fell handed and Commander Dante. Bjorn is a Space Wolf that has been alive for 10,000 years and is currently entombed in a dreadnought. He's one of the only people to ever fight alongside the Primarchs and the Emperor that currently lives. Commander Dante has been alive for over 1600 years and is the Chapter Master of the Blood Angels. This badass has done so many deeds that even a Primarch has acknowledged him as an equal.
When talking about the Astronomicon, the Emperor is like a light house in a dark sea guiding ships away from rocks or dangerous route. Without him those ships will be lost and will be destroyed.
the astronomicon is like a lighthouse, you can see it in the warp and know which "direction" you are facing relative to terra
The emperors beacon is like a lighthouse. It's a navigational reference point for navigators.
Yep the emperor is litteraly a Google map for interstellar travel
22:39
Like you said Luke, the warp is always there, but you have to Think of the warp as this chaotic and absolutely mind breaking place, normal people and machines can go through it, but they can't navigate. It's like going full on the blind, and you could end everywhere except the place you were actually going in the first place, if you even manage to get out of there.
That's why humans have this thing called the "Astronomicon", wich is the navigation system of ALL space ships of the Imperium, but this is powered only by the psychic power of the Emperor.
Long range space communication done through the Astropaths.
There is an actual Warhammer in game which is the namesake of the Warhammer franchise, but it actually appears in Warhammer fantasy, belongs to Karl Franz and is named Ghal Maraz meaning Skull Splitter.
Welcome to the rabbit hole of Warhammer 40k man. It's a ride but you'll enjoy it
The High Lords of Terra have ruled the Imperium since the Emperor was wounded by Horus at the high point of the Horus Hersey. Before that they were his advisors, now they rule the Imperium on his behalf.
The Emperor does a lot of things; He doesn't open or strictly guide warp travel, he powers a massive psychic beacon that lets other far less powerful psychers guide ships through the warp by using that beacon as a point of refference. He also holds the warp at bay because daemons and other warp creatures are constantly trying to invade Terra (Earth) because of that beacon as the giant warp barrier he previously put around a big chunk of the Solar System to free him up from needing to do that was broken at the onset of the Horus Heresy by one of the Primarchs (though not to his full fault, he was sort of tricked into doing it). He does occasionally communicate with a few people here and there to nudge things along, and he has a personal Titan Legion that doesn't operate under the banner of the Collegia Titanica that he occasionally sends to turn the tide of a vital battle or sends his guard to protect a specific person of importance for a time. He's also sort of fragmented himself a bit, both from being constantly grated by the Golden Throne and back when he fought Horus, so he is nowhere near full strength. With his current level of power he probably could revive himself as he's done before BUT would require him to completely focus on doing that which would not only shut down the Astronomican (the giant beacon) causing the rest of the Imperium to fall like humanity previously did but also cause the Solar system to be invaded by the massive Daemon army waiting at the gates. This would also technically screw over the Eldar as the Emperor figured out how to construct his own Webway portal that allowed access into the Eldar Webway, and the Daemons (especially the Slaneshi ones) desperately want it to finally get at the Eldar that have been out of their reach.
And I wouldn't say the Imperium is ending, it's just a bit fractured again. Some of the Primarchs that stayed loyal are even popping out of the woodworks after being missing from the Imperium at large for thousands of years (or similarly entombed like the Emperor, as with Rowboat Girlyman) to start trying to put things back together again. And the 'New Space Marines' (Primaris) have been a bit controversial because of what their introduction entails. On the one hand they bring up the tabletop Space Marines up to more like how they were portrayed in the lore, but on the other they bring a lot of technology (vehicles, weapons, equipment, etc) with them that was supposed to be lost and forgotten long ago and is writen to have the benefits of uncorrupted geneseed (genetic and bioengineering enhancements) which means a lot of the downsides of some Space Marine chapters (like Space Wolves turning into Werewolves or Blood Angles becoming insane vampires) can be written away by replacing their numbers over time with Primaris Marines while also implying that the geneseed of a lot of the traitor 'chapters' (they never devolved into chapters from the old Legions, but have otherwise splintered similarly anyways) is available as well and that potentially some of the new dedicated Pimaris chapters have been made with those geneseeds. While that seems cool to a lot of 40k fans, others sort of dislike it because it writes away a lot of the "Grimdark" setting of the universe.
High Lords represents the twelve branch of the imperium, they live few centuries( 2 or 3) when they die( from age or assassination, war etc..) they are replaced by a high ranking member of that organisation .
Traveling into the warp is like setting sail into a stormy ocean with nothing to navigate by. The emperor powers the Astronomicon, which basically serves as a North Star to navigate by. Without that point of reference to navigate by, you wouldn't know which direction to travel or how far and you'd be lost to wander aimlessly forever.
The warp is always there and technically anyone can enter it either via technological means or sorcery.
However entering the warp without the protection of a ships gellar field or immense psychic barriers is just straight up suicide, the warp is an endless sea of litteral madness and impossibility. Just looking at it without these defenses will shred a normal mind within moments. Not to mention the effects it has on the physical body.
There are multiple accounts of this happening in the books, but if you want to see some hint of what the warp can do to an unprotected person, watch Death of Hope by Mark Sparks.
I've the original video more than twice, and boy oh boy do I still tear up everytime single time I hear Cadia.
Imagine travelling through the warp as trying to sail across a storm driven sea at night, with no stars in the sky whatsoever just darkness, and your ship has no compass or navigation equipment. The Astronomican (The Emperor) is the North Star. Specially trained Psykers called Navigators, can use the "North Star" to guide their ship to its destination. Even so, ships don't always arrive where they intended, because just like stormy seas, the currents can push you off course.
The imperiums motto for the past 10,000 years has basically been we won’t go silently into the night and you can have this galaxy when you pry it from our cold dead hands
100% go for whichever tickles your fancy more, but I think the Space Wolves are some of the coolest space marines and are a good starting point for building an army. They also have a lot more model options than grey knights.
The Astronomicon. The light of the Emperor serves more as a North Star. Allowing the Navigators aboard ships to chart courses through the warp. It's less about entering and exiting and more making sure you end up where you want to be, not where the warp wants you to be.
-the mechanicus sees the emperor as a manifestation of the omnissiah.
-other point, the empirium uses psykers for long communications, it's pretty cool tho 'cause they communicate with "choirs" of astropaths (the psykers with the ability to send and recive messages) and every message can be lost in the warp, also this communication relies on the interpretation of each astropath just because the message itself can be in the form of sounds, images, codes, etc etc (depending on the psyker's ability)
-earth is still around, its holy terra and the imperial palace (where the emperor is resting in the golden throne) it's in the himalayan mountains
-anny ship with the correct engine can go through the warp, what the emperor does is to "put a light" in the path of the navigator (a hominid race that has 3 eyes and can...navigate...through the warp), so he can guide the ship from point A to point B (there's stories where a navigator fucks up and they ended trapped in the warp or going out in different locations, and even different time lines (as the roleplaying games are also canon, you can travel back in time, i was a navigator in a party, fucked up my dices and ended up severals months before we even started our journey)
@OriginalHuman at 15:18 that's the chapter master of the Blood Ravens Gabriel Angelos with his trusty hammer God Splitter and some of the chapters marines. This chapter is the chapter that appears in most games like the Dawn of War series
The primarch of the ultramarines has recently been revived and is currently taking charge of the imperium to bring it back to glory. The emperor is needed for warp travel because in the warp navigators would be dealing with essentially vertigo as they have no point of reference. The light of the astronomicon acts as a like a north star. Its light helps guide them where to go like sailors using the north star to guide their ships
Touching on what you said about the emperor’s opinion on his empire now, there is a fan, comedy, series called “if the emperor had text-to-speech” i would strongly give that a look as it also gives a layman’s over view of the universe