I can never truly get over Ghaz screaming at a portal to The Warp to “BRING MORE!” Only for it to show fear. How the hell do you make an inanimate portal SHUDDER WITH FEAR?!? It is a kind of energy you can only HOPE to achieve.
The Warp as we know it is basically raw psychic daemonic emotions....so yeah... Ghaz straight up made whatever daemons were lurking in that portal to quake in fear, even if in theory they shouldn't be physically capable of it.
@@thargs9184To be fair, it's been a while since we've heard about Tuska and presumably he spent all that time next to Khorne's citadel, getting non stop combat, growing bigger and bigger as he got resurrected by Blood God so at this point I wouldn't be surprised if Tuska is basically on the level of a Bloodthirster...
You missed one crucial detail when describing Gork and Mork. Gork is brutal but kunning (or was that Mork) while Mork is Kunning but Brutal (or was that Gork). The possibility that they have them the wrong way round is almost always added.
Koda is going to come back with a third of his skull replaced with metal and he will progressively be larger and greener as the channel gains subscribers.
I just had the thought that there's actually a kind of eldritch horror aspect to Ghaz's story... the best example I've heard of trying to explain elderich horror is imagine being an ant on this weird copper path, suddenly for a moment you understand, it's part of a circuit board, that's part of a computer, and you know everything that computer is capable of... and then you're back to being an ant, but some tiny part sorta-kinda remembers. That's... kind of what happened to Ghaz with his vision, he's seen the potential of his people, what they where, what they could, maybe if they somehow got enough critical mass, could recapture a little of again... and then he's back and he remembers enough to have a sense of what he could be, enough to give him a different outlook and make him a lot smarter than a typical ork... and he's back to where *everyone* around him is an absolute moron.
This is what I LOVE about Ghaz. He's smart, cunning, and thoughtful. He has all the big silly badass nature of an ork but also shows a shocking amount of introspection and self reflection on what he's trying to accomplish, why he's doing it, and what the consequences of it would be.
My favorite speech of Ghaz is from Ghazghkull Thraka, Prophet of the Waaagh So this is death, is it? I've had worse. I need not die. Not if I do not will it. My enemies did not die when I took their heads. Nor when I took them again. Not because they were tough. Because you did not will it. Because I did not will it. Now, I wish for death. If I did not, I would not bear this wound. But what comes next; this thing you have shown me... it is vast. It is great and violent and sacred. I will have it for myself. You showed me where to carve the path, and here, in this place, is where it narrows. This thin curtain, this death, is all that stands in my way. How frail it is. I will tear it down. I will breach its gates, as I have breached every gate before me. I will tear down its walls, as I have torn down all walls. But conquest has made my body strong. Too strong now, I see. The blood clings to my veins, and will not cool fast enough. It defies me. So I snarl, and my anger finds voice where I should have none. If my blood will not cool, then it will burn, and I will go to you in flames. I am moved now. My head, held up by the hand of my enemy. It regards me, as it lifts my remains, and I regard it in turn. There is triumph on its face. This thing thinks it knows victory, in defeating me! It thinks it knows power. But for all the plate it wears, for all that has been done to make it into a thing of war, it is vermin. I study the bones beneath its skin. I see how its body is gnarled and swollen. How its whole self has been made, in the hope it might hold on to the stars in the name of a dead god. It is a vain hope. Those stars will burn green, in the end. The vermin is dying, I see, even with such mild wounds. It is like a joke, I think, as it bears its feeble tusks. Like a poor copy of an ork, twisted together from the parts of a weaker beast. But you made us right the first time. Not even the primarchs, the peak of their dead god's work, could be as perfect as the lowest part of the Great Green. The anger swells now, as the vermin holds my head up in the broken temple. And I think. That I had to die today... annoys me. But why could it not have been a primarch? That fight, I would have relished. I crave that fight. But I cannot have it, and it makes the embers of my anger glow white with rage. In time, it brings the thunder beneath the plating of my skull. I howl as it pounds down on me from my centre, and the world begins to come apart. This is not death. Not yet. This is worse. Lightning flashes where there is none. Shadows split into colours I have never seen before. I see corpses twist into the shape of fungus, and I see the stone walls breathe. I taste acid brightness, and hear the running of wild beasts in the dark. Suddenly there is bellowing and shouting, in voices I cannot understand. I do not know if they speak to me, or if they are speaking to someone else. I am lost in the desert, with a shattered skull, and I do not know who, or what, I am. I am afraid. But then the voices speak at once, and I make sense of them at last. They are your voices. And when I know this, I can make words of them, as I have long learned to do. I seize your mighty voices in the storm, and listen. YOU ARE THE WARLORD OF WARLORDS. YOU ARE OUR PROPHET. WE SPEAK THROUGH YOUR TUSKS AND YOUR FISTS AND YOUR HEAD. YOU ARE GHAZGHKULL MAG URUK THRAKA, AND WORLDS BURN IN YOUR BOOT PRINTS. I hear you, now, and my self returns to me. The end is near. But I do not feel weak. I feel stronger than I have ever felt. Because beyond this, there is something new. Something terrible. Something perfect. My rage does not fade. But it has become bliss now. The bliss an ork should always feel. It is a shame that I did not get to fight a primarch. But I will, in time. Darkness spreads on the smashed stone below. I know it is death coming. It feels like I look down on it from up in space. From the grin of Gork itself, with your eyes. I look down on my enemies, rushing to the side of their boss, but they are not worthy of your gaze. So I look past them. And through the smoke and the ruin, I see a great mass of green. Orks upon orks upon orks, all looking at my head held high. They fall still. They think this is the end. But I have learned this is not true, and now I must teach them. Just as you arrive with the thunder, to remind me who I am when I am lost in the desert, I will remind them who they are. It is why you put me on Urk, and why you lead me here. The orks had forgotten who they were. They had forgotten what they were made for. For so long they were only... existing. But orks were made to fight, and to win, and to make slaves of all they do not kill. Under my hand, they have remembered. Under me, they are living. I look out over the orks, and with the last of my strength, I break out into a grin. A great snarl of triumph, like the gash you've carved across the sky. So that they know they are winning. That is all they need. If the hordes believes we're winning, we will keep winning. They will believe it, because I believe it. and I believe it, because you believe it in me. Green fades to black, and I can barely see the orks now. But I can hear the shout that rises from their throats, as they see my victory. I will see them again soon. But then, a thought comes to me. How am I to come back to the world? I remember how it was, when I was lying there with my skull smashed. How I knew you would not help me, until I helped myself. That is how it has always been. I carry myself, and you make me stronger. But I cannot carry myself back from death. If your will is for me to return, but I am the instrument of your will, how will it be carried out? And waht will happen when I am gone. Doubts gather. They are like storm clouds in the fading light; the thudner comes again. But this time you are clear in it. THERE ARE OTHERS. YOU MUST TRUST TO THEM. I squint at what I can still see of the world. There is Finds-Bullets-He-Has-Not-Lost, still with me after all this time. They are sawing and enemy apart with their great chain-choppa. They are roaring my name. As is proper. But there, nearby, is Snazdakka, once warlord of the Bad Moons on Urk. They are eyeing up the Deathskull, already calculating their odds of seizing power, now I am gone. I have spent this whole existence beating the heads of orks together, so that they fight in one direction. Without my will to enforce that, surely they will set on eachother. Everything I have made will fall apart. Maybe, I wonder, I have not done enough. Again, I feel the edges of the thing I have come to know is fear. Ghazghkull, the most powerful ork there is, is going to die afraid. NO, HE IS NOT. WE SAID, THERE ARE OTHERS. THINK HARDER. LOOK CLOSER. I do as you ask. And in the last circle of the world that has not turned black, I see something I did not see before. It is something small and green. It is Makari, my pathetic banner-waver. Or, it is their head. That is surprising. Makari is dying. But Makari always comes back. And although I would never speak this to an ork, Makari always knows the right thing to do. Vision is gone now. My thoughts grow slower. Even the anger fades. But I will die fighting. Because you have asked me to put my trust in someone who is not myself. You have asked me to trust a creature you made to be unworthy of trust. And which, at this moment, is dead. It is the hardest battle I have ever fought. It is a battle I win. Because I am Ghazghkull, and I never lose. But as the black begins to sink away into a much deeper green, a final doubt comes to me. Makari always comes back. But it is me who brings them back, by the granting of their name. If I am not there, who will find Makari
Whats scary is if this is his inner monolouge, then Ghaz is dangerously intelligent. There is a definite chance he just might go full Krork if it keeps up.
Makari has a book dedicated to him being interrogated by Inquisition agents to learn about Ghaz. Makari reveals a lot about not only his character but the parts of Ghaz he doesn’t want others to know about. Makari could be considered a Conservative among both Orks and Grots. He believes he deserves to get pushed around by Orks, he gets told what to do, and Orks shouldn’t care about the life of a Grot. So while Ghaz’s reputation grew so did Makari because he could keep pace with any Ork. Orks loved Makari and it made him uncomfortable because this isn’t the way things should be. Ghaz will often vent to Makari and confide in him but will do so in a way where it sounds like he’s talking to himself. Makari likes this because Ghaz is keeping things proper by not regarding him with respect but still clearly trusting him. Sometimes Makari might make a casual comment and Ghaz will take that to heart and play it off like Makari’s plan was his. Which Makari also doesn’t mind because he’s listening to him while also giving him the respect a Grot deserves. They’re best friends but keep it extremely professional.
@@thomasallen9974 yeah. Makari explains that names are extremely important in Green Skin culture. You don’t have a name unless you earned it as such most Grots don’t have names and Ghazkul wasn’t Ghazkul until he had the vision. When Ghaz woke up after both him and Makari had that vision he immediately gave Makari his name and told him to record the vision they had on a banner. Makari could feel that great things would happen because of this Ork and in that same vision they climbed on a mountain of corpses and arch step they both got bigger and stronger as the world around them became Green. Makari was not only a Grot with a name but a Grot destined to stand by the greatest Ork chosen by the Gods. It was more than an honor, it was holy. Modern Makari is the biggest Grot standing as tall as the old lady Inquisitor that interrogated him and noted to be built like a Bar Brawler that probably hasn’t lost a fight, lean but not without muscle. He doesn’t even fear death because he knows he’ll just come back in another body later.
I'm curious to know as well. If it's anything disfiguring, or anything causing extreme blue light sensitivity, it's probably still pretty serious. Much love I&K, hope he's doing Ok
@traolachhegarty6706 Head Injuries are always serious (at least should be taken serious). Them downplaying it is simply to ease the anxiety of those who care and don't know any better.
@@fensoup7161i have the patreon and they said koda had a head injury but he is ok, he has to do a Healthcare regiment but to do the regiment he doesn't want to be on screen for it. He is going to be back but they don't have an exact date
I’m going to watch this while I wait for my doctors at a children’s hospital tomorrow. Thanks in advance for making this unfun thing a little more bearable! Much love!
i really miss that orks are the only faction that still has comic relief in the setting. the story of a giant ork ripping his own heart to save ghazghkull only to the die and crush the heart is somehow both heartwarming and absolutely hilarious. old fantasy had the orks just as funny, with wurzog's silly dancing, the skaven antics being funny, and general human and dwarf interactions often being pretty funny. i mean the gotrek and felix novels literally start with felix taking part of a tax rebellion if thats not a good indicator of the settings tone i don't know what is. 40k really lacks that now. the obvious satire and hilarity of the imperium in the start has morphed to 40k being dead on serious which i like but also lament that the orks (and maybe the necrons from time to time) are the only faction with comic relief characteristics
And the necron are a dying race eldar style that is basically a shell of itself as imperium tries to destroy all the inactive tomb worlds. Its sad really seeing the necron having to deal with all this nonsense after they woke up. Wondered what would have happened if the Old ones decided to treat their cancer and maybe kill that c’tan before. They were much cooler in fantasy tbh in 40k they are kinda dickish cause oh no the necron have slaves meanwhile the old ones created their own slave race in the korgs and they subservient race in the eldar and go “how dare you ask for your cancer to be cured and ask not to die!” While making the eldar just that immortal and ever healthy beings who created slaneesh later one due to their own debauchery. So its very sad that they looked at the c’tan which were basically their only hope at the time and maybe the cause of their cancer and teamed up. Only to later shatter them cause the c’tan are assholes. Its depressing but they can be funny
Isyander: The orks are plant based, that's why I called them mushrooms earlier. Koda iz probly sikk, but the reel reesun he ain't 'ere is bekoz he nowz dat mushroomz ain't no stinky lee-fee plant. Only fing in kommun is we'z green.
I would love to seen an episode on the imperiums greatest heroes, like cain and especially Gaunt's ghost since they're the first black library book. Hope Koda gets well soon.
Ghaz has always been one of my favorite characters in 40k, so very happy to see him get the spotlight. Also sending all best wishes to Koda, may you have a speedy recovery.
I like how defeating and invasion from *any* major faction in 40k is basically a monumental task. Like, it is a literal war of attrition where whoever decided to start the fight will probably win, and so your only choices for survival are to either continuously invade others or for no one to fight anyone. And we all know what the 40k factions chose. The entire warfare and tactics revolve around being the first to attack and catch the other side by surprise.
And if you look them square in the eye and deal with them, there's still a chance that EVEN MORE of them will show up on your doorstep because they've heard about how good you are at fighting.
Loving the content Lysander sir, hope Koda is doing well, keep up the wonderful job I can't wait for you guys to upload the next video. If I may I'd like to throw my hat in the ring for a episode on heros of the imperium like caiphus cain or commisar yarrik. Or maybe a bit of my favorite space Marine legion/chapter the iron hands. But really whatever you guys end up doing I'll enjoy, was never really a fan of tyranids untill you did the point of view from the invaded party. Just saw them as space ants that kill a lot but you really made me want to learn more about hive fleets. So I want you guys to know that the editing is awesome good job Koda don't want to leave out some appreciation for the other halve of the episodes so thank you guys for the wonderful 40k content.
What an episode! Not that big of a fan of the orks but you made this truly entertaining. Sorry to hear about your injury Koda, heal well and heal fast, we miss your smiling face.
Although I thoroughly enjoy Isyanders voice, and the way he presents the Warhammer lore to us, I certainly miss Koda's Lil snide remarks, if feels like watching a sunset alone, yeah it's wonderful and an awesome experience, but it certainly is better when you watch it with someone you love. Sending all the love and good vibes to Koda, I know you can get through this! ❤❤❤
I would argue azhag is more depressed (or the most depressed in fantasy easily), his crown gave him a heap of knowledge and made him "weird" orc wise, he is canonically sadden at the fact that because he knows so much it kind of bleaches all the fun out of a waagh and also made him violently unstable even for an orc.
My best of wishes to Koda, and as per usual love the work you put out. Also forgot to mention Ciaphas Cain would be be a nice a long with the other heroes of the imperium. And yet again best of wishes to Koda hope he gets well soon and an even swifter recovery.
Who fucking knew that listening to the downward spiral and subsequent revitalization of a gigantic murder mushroom would legitimately help me with my own mental health!? Always love the videos y’all put out and thank you!
Sending my best wishes and prayers to the Omnissiah for Koda's recovery. Having suffered TBIs and strokes, I can easily imagine what he is experiencing.
The context of your episode choice is not lost on me. I’m sure others see the parallels as well. What Koda needs more then a metal plate is just his best friend. Koda, get well soon so Wees can Whaaagh!
Just found y'all a couple days ago and love your work. A big reason I love it is seeing two friends shoot the shit about WH40K like Adeptus Ridiculous. Please take this comparison as a compliment, y'all are just as much fun and I love both of your channels. Here's hoping Koda heals up quick and can rejoin for the banter! I like listening to lore videos like this sometimes, but I much prefer a conversation about thw craziness of the grim, dark future.
Angron stood before the steps of the golden throne. He paused, savoring the moment. The butcher's nails howling in his skull to enact the bloody vengeance he so craved for millenia. Constantine Valdor and Roboute Guilliman lay in bloody heaps at his feet, the Lion locked in desperate combat with Angron's enteurage of greater Daemons behind him, unable to interfere. A smile crept along his demonic visage, a contented expression of mirth gradually contorting into barely contained rage, his monstrous visage tensed as he crouched slightly, in preparation to lunge. The air around him swirling and condensing in a crimson mist, signalling a vast coalescence of warp energy. A presence filled the chamber, overshadowing even the light of the golden throne. Khorne had chosen to take a front row seat in what was about to transpire. A shock wave struck Angron's back, knocking him off balance. He turned, his eyes blazing like white hot coals in indignation at the carnage behind him. Lionel Johnson slammed against a nearby Pillar, followed closely by his assailants, one flew straight through an adjacent pillar and crashed against the wall, another bounced precariously across the hall, it's corporeal form disintegrating as it slid slowly before Angron's feet. "Dere 'e iz!" a voice boomed across the chamber. "OI! Come 'Ere! You Owes Me Good 'An Proper You Does!" Ghazkull bellowed, stomping through the wreckage towards Angron, the atmosphere around him silhouetted in a pungent green, batting away the crimson mist emenating from the Daemon Prince. Angron roared in frustration. All restraint now lost and succumbing fully to his rage, he launched himself at Ghazkull, shooting forwards with the speed and force of an artillery round, he could feel his strength rising as he approached, his patron extending his blessings to heighten his prowess. His vision blurred for a moment, refocusing, he realised that he was looking at the ceiling, it's ornate depictions of the emperor and his custodians a minor priority. His attention was focused on a white object floating in the air, a speck of blood nearby, twisting in slow motion. He realised it was a tooth... his tooth. The nails and Khorne's favour reignited within him and he righted himself mid-air, aiming downward. Through the red mist clouding his vision he saw Ghazkull, a few feet from the ground himself, gifting Angron with a grin only an orc could give. The orc's face crimson with blood... his blood. "Dat Waz For 'ol Bale Eye." Ghaskull muttered to himself as he braced himself under the force of The Red Angel's wrath. Gork's Claw bit deep into the finely crafted marble as he prepared for the counter-blow. "And Dis One's Fer Me! WAAARGHHH!!!“ Came the counter charge, Ghazkull's fury matching Angron's as they met in a conflagration of red and green. Khorne watched on, thoroughly pleased with the spectacle of carnage in his name. It suddenly felt a new sensation, was it... Pain? Gork slapped Mork's back in praise "You'z cunningly brutal you Iz!" as Khorne turned, holding it's head, a look of bewilderment, it's vision flashed white hot at Mork, who immediately pointed at his brother accusingly.
was listening while cooking and all the pauses i knew Koda would have made comments. Hope he gets better soon, and please be kind and gentle to yourself as well
Loving the maximized visuals... glad to hear a perfectly edited version of the normal 'cast... wicked good, definitely kept me more engaged than the old stew I was brought in by Edit: hope you continue to improve homies 🤘💙💚🤘
IF I COULD I WOULD REMOVE MY OWN HEART FOR ONE OF YOU! the WAAAAAGH (your channel) Must continue. For a long time I didn't know anything more than a space marine and an ork. You guys have been opening my eyes and mind to the other factions of 40K and I love it all!
I speak wiv da word of da gods. We iz gonna stomp da 'ooniverse flat an' kill anyfing that fights back. We iz gonna do this coz' we're Orks an' we was made ta fight an' win!
So sorry to hear about Koda! Best wishes to him, bud! I do kind of like this type of video as well, so I really hope you and Koda might be able to pick this up in the future as well where each of you switch every week on who voices the video, but talks about a neat thing from Warhammer, or any other fantasy/sci-fi universe!
Holy shit I caught the video within an hour of it uploading :0. I've never been this early before! Can you awesome dudes do a video on hero's of the guard next? I would love to hear more in depth details about me like Sly, Cain, and Yarrick from you guys! Stay cool you two gifts to the 40k community :). :D.
Love the work you guys do as always, keep it going. Thanks for getting me into this weird lore I am now hooked on. As for our downed host 💚 'to give to the boss.'
These fine gentleman are doing the Emperors work pumping out content like this. I love these guys and wish i could support them on patron; I hope the dynamic duo and future Primarchs (GW make it happen) live in the light and glory of the Emperor for the rest of Eternity. Hope Koda is in the next video on RUclips this half-moon, or harlequin (for those in the Midwest) isen't the same with out him. Again much love to you both every time i watch your videos i get enough of that good brain juice to last a week till your next video. May the Avenging Bean Counter tip the mighty Algorithm in your favor brothers.
I hate to be that kind of guy that companies content creators and please this is not me taking away from any others, but since finding y’all I don’t listen to other warhammer education pod cast y’all’s energy is just different and make it so much more enjoyable. You bring a want to know more and a passion to explain more( in kids and isander respectively) that just makes listening in fun.
I can never truly get over Ghaz screaming at a portal to The Warp to “BRING MORE!” Only for it to show fear. How the hell do you make an inanimate portal SHUDDER WITH FEAR?!? It is a kind of energy you can only HOPE to achieve.
The Warp as we know it is basically raw psychic daemonic emotions....so yeah... Ghaz straight up made whatever daemons were lurking in that portal to quake in fear, even if in theory they shouldn't be physically capable of it.
blame the ork in Khorne's arena...he put the fear of the ork in the warp and Ghaz is wayyyy worst than Tuska Demon-killer(least I think its the name)
@@thargs9184To be fair, it's been a while since we've heard about Tuska and presumably he spent all that time next to Khorne's citadel, getting non stop combat, growing bigger and bigger as he got resurrected by Blood God so at this point I wouldn't be surprised if Tuska is basically on the level of a Bloodthirster...
@@edim108We can only hopes but given how GW often forget big plot device like Tuska...i'm just being realistic here XD
The warp knew what would happen.
You missed one crucial detail when describing Gork and Mork. Gork is brutal but kunning (or was that Mork) while Mork is Kunning but Brutal (or was that Gork). The possibility that they have them the wrong way round is almost always added.
And that the Orks wage wars about which one is which.
@@MrSamulaiJust a little banter. *Looking at burning galactic sector*
@@Izrek Theological debates get a little heated at times. Least it gives the future gitz something to waaagh about.
Gork and Mork are dead
@@loserinasuit7880 "And we krumped 'em."
Koda is going to come back with a third of his skull replaced with metal and he will progressively be larger and greener as the channel gains subscribers.
First word out of his mouth once he returns
Where is he?
😅😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😂
I, for one, am all for the OrKoda arc.
WAAAAAAAAAAGHH!!!
I just had the thought that there's actually a kind of eldritch horror aspect to Ghaz's story... the best example I've heard of trying to explain elderich horror is imagine being an ant on this weird copper path, suddenly for a moment you understand, it's part of a circuit board, that's part of a computer, and you know everything that computer is capable of... and then you're back to being an ant, but some tiny part sorta-kinda remembers.
That's... kind of what happened to Ghaz with his vision, he's seen the potential of his people, what they where, what they could, maybe if they somehow got enough critical mass, could recapture a little of again... and then he's back and he remembers enough to have a sense of what he could be, enough to give him a different outlook and make him a lot smarter than a typical ork... and he's back to where *everyone* around him is an absolute moron.
This is what I LOVE about Ghaz. He's smart, cunning, and thoughtful. He has all the big silly badass nature of an ork but also shows a shocking amount of introspection and self reflection on what he's trying to accomplish, why he's doing it, and what the consequences of it would be.
Can't afford to be a patron but this is by far my favorite podcast to listen to.
I’m there with you 😅
Same
Yea same
💪🏽 The Broke Guard
@@HahaGetClapped we will never fall
"Even though I spend me days in the midst of WAAGH, I feel like I'm on a planet with nothing to kill......."
My favorite speech of Ghaz is from Ghazghkull Thraka, Prophet of the Waaagh
So this is death, is it? I've had worse.
I need not die. Not if I do not will it. My enemies did not die when I took their heads. Nor when I took them again. Not because they were tough. Because you did not will it. Because I did not will it.
Now, I wish for death. If I did not, I would not bear this wound.
But what comes next; this thing you have shown me... it is vast. It is great and violent and sacred. I will have it for myself. You showed me where to carve the path, and here, in this place, is where it narrows. This thin curtain, this death, is all that stands in my way.
How frail it is. I will tear it down. I will breach its gates, as I have breached every gate before me. I will tear down its walls, as I have torn down all walls.
But conquest has made my body strong. Too strong now, I see. The blood clings to my veins, and will not cool fast enough. It defies me. So I snarl, and my anger finds voice where I should have none. If my blood will not cool, then it will burn, and I will go to you in flames.
I am moved now. My head, held up by the hand of my enemy. It regards me, as it lifts my remains, and I regard it in turn. There is triumph on its face. This thing thinks it knows victory, in defeating me! It thinks it knows power. But for all the plate it wears, for all that has been done to make it into a thing of war, it is vermin. I study the bones beneath its skin. I see how its body is gnarled and swollen. How its whole self has been made, in the hope it might hold on to the stars in the name of a dead god. It is a vain hope. Those stars will burn green, in the end.
The vermin is dying, I see, even with such mild wounds. It is like a joke, I think, as it bears its feeble tusks. Like a poor copy of an ork, twisted together from the parts of a weaker beast. But you made us right the first time. Not even the primarchs, the peak of their dead god's work, could be as perfect as the lowest part of the Great Green.
The anger swells now, as the vermin holds my head up in the broken temple. And I think. That I had to die today... annoys me. But why could it not have been a primarch? That fight, I would have relished. I crave that fight. But I cannot have it, and it makes the embers of my anger glow white with rage. In time, it brings the thunder beneath the plating of my skull. I howl as it pounds down on me from my centre, and the world begins to come apart.
This is not death. Not yet. This is worse.
Lightning flashes where there is none. Shadows split into colours I have never seen before. I see corpses twist into the shape of fungus, and I see the stone walls breathe. I taste acid brightness, and hear the running of wild beasts in the dark. Suddenly there is bellowing and shouting, in voices I cannot understand. I do not know if they speak to me, or if they are speaking to someone else.
I am lost in the desert, with a shattered skull, and I do not know who, or what, I am.
I am afraid.
But then the voices speak at once, and I make sense of them at last. They are your voices. And when I know this, I can make words of them, as I have long learned to do. I seize your mighty voices in the storm, and listen.
YOU ARE THE WARLORD OF WARLORDS.
YOU ARE OUR PROPHET.
WE SPEAK THROUGH YOUR TUSKS
AND YOUR FISTS
AND YOUR HEAD.
YOU ARE GHAZGHKULL MAG URUK THRAKA,
AND WORLDS BURN IN YOUR BOOT PRINTS.
I hear you, now, and my self returns to me. The end is near. But I do not feel weak. I feel stronger than I have ever felt. Because beyond this, there is something new. Something terrible. Something perfect. My rage does not fade. But it has become bliss now. The bliss an ork should always feel. It is a shame that I did not get to fight a primarch. But I will, in time.
Darkness spreads on the smashed stone below. I know it is death coming. It feels like I look down on it from up in space. From the grin of Gork itself, with your eyes. I look down on my enemies, rushing to the side of their boss, but they are not worthy of your gaze. So I look past them. And through the smoke and the ruin, I see a great mass of green.
Orks upon orks upon orks, all looking at my head held high. They fall still. They think this is the end. But I have learned this is not true, and now I must teach them. Just as you arrive with the thunder, to remind me who I am when I am lost in the desert, I will remind them who they are.
It is why you put me on Urk, and why you lead me here. The orks had forgotten who they were. They had forgotten what they were made for. For so long they were only... existing. But orks were made to fight, and to win, and to make slaves of all they do not kill. Under my hand, they have remembered. Under me, they are living. I look out over the orks, and with the last of my strength, I break out into a grin. A great snarl of triumph, like the gash you've carved across the sky. So that they know they are winning.
That is all they need. If the hordes believes we're winning, we will keep winning. They will believe it, because I believe it. and I believe it, because you believe it in me.
Green fades to black, and I can barely see the orks now. But I can hear the shout that rises from their throats, as they see my victory. I will see them again soon. But then, a thought comes to me.
How am I to come back to the world?
I remember how it was, when I was lying there with my skull smashed. How I knew you would not help me, until I helped myself. That is how it has always been. I carry myself, and you make me stronger. But I cannot carry myself back from death. If your will is for me to return, but I am the instrument of your will, how will it be carried out? And waht will happen when I am gone. Doubts gather. They are like storm clouds in the fading light; the thudner comes again. But this time you are clear in it.
THERE ARE OTHERS.
YOU MUST TRUST TO THEM.
I squint at what I can still see of the world. There is Finds-Bullets-He-Has-Not-Lost, still with me after all this time. They are sawing and enemy apart with their great chain-choppa. They are roaring my name. As is proper. But there, nearby, is Snazdakka, once warlord of the Bad Moons on Urk. They are eyeing up the Deathskull, already calculating their odds of seizing power, now I am gone.
I have spent this whole existence beating the heads of orks together, so that they fight in one direction. Without my will to enforce that, surely they will set on eachother. Everything I have made will fall apart. Maybe, I wonder, I have not done enough.
Again, I feel the edges of the thing I have come to know is fear. Ghazghkull, the most powerful ork there is, is going to die afraid.
NO, HE IS NOT.
WE SAID, THERE ARE OTHERS.
THINK HARDER.
LOOK CLOSER.
I do as you ask. And in the last circle of the world that has not turned black, I see something I did not see before. It is something small and green. It is Makari, my pathetic banner-waver. Or, it is their head. That is surprising.
Makari is dying. But Makari always comes back. And although I would never speak this to an ork, Makari always knows the right thing to do.
Vision is gone now. My thoughts grow slower. Even the anger fades. But I will die fighting. Because you have asked me to put my trust in someone who is not myself. You have asked me to trust a creature you made to be unworthy of trust. And which, at this moment, is dead. It is the hardest battle I have ever fought.
It is a battle I win. Because I am Ghazghkull, and I never lose. But as the black begins to sink away into a much deeper green, a final doubt comes to me.
Makari always comes back. But it is me who brings them back, by the granting of their name.
If I am not there, who will find Makari
Nobody’s reading all that nigga
You might as well have pasted the entire book. god damn, never seen a comment this long
@@Kma99107 wanna see something longer😏
Whats scary is if this is his inner monolouge, then Ghaz is dangerously intelligent. There is a definite chance he just might go full Krork if it keeps up.
@@thomasallen9974he might be way closer to krork then we think, at least that is my intake from the video and this comment
Ghaz the depressed ork. he deserves a hug, in a space marine suit and other things
Makari has a book dedicated to him being interrogated by Inquisition agents to learn about Ghaz. Makari reveals a lot about not only his character but the parts of Ghaz he doesn’t want others to know about. Makari could be considered a Conservative among both Orks and Grots. He believes he deserves to get pushed around by Orks, he gets told what to do, and Orks shouldn’t care about the life of a Grot. So while Ghaz’s reputation grew so did Makari because he could keep pace with any Ork. Orks loved Makari and it made him uncomfortable because this isn’t the way things should be. Ghaz will often vent to Makari and confide in him but will do so in a way where it sounds like he’s talking to himself. Makari likes this because Ghaz is keeping things proper by not regarding him with respect but still clearly trusting him.
Sometimes Makari might make a casual comment and Ghaz will take that to heart and play it off like Makari’s plan was his. Which Makari also doesn’t mind because he’s listening to him while also giving him the respect a Grot deserves. They’re best friends but keep it extremely professional.
@@Broomer52 huh and since Makari is Ghaz' grot at that Makari finds great purpose and being.
@@thomasallen9974 yeah. Makari explains that names are extremely important in Green Skin culture. You don’t have a name unless you earned it as such most Grots don’t have names and Ghazkul wasn’t Ghazkul until he had the vision. When Ghaz woke up after both him and Makari had that vision he immediately gave Makari his name and told him to record the vision they had on a banner. Makari could feel that great things would happen because of this Ork and in that same vision they climbed on a mountain of corpses and arch step they both got bigger and stronger as the world around them became Green. Makari was not only a Grot with a name but a Grot destined to stand by the greatest Ork chosen by the Gods. It was more than an honor, it was holy.
Modern Makari is the biggest Grot standing as tall as the old lady Inquisitor that interrogated him and noted to be built like a Bar Brawler that probably hasn’t lost a fight, lean but not without muscle. He doesn’t even fear death because he knows he’ll just come back in another body later.
@@Broomer52so makari is basically that gf who wants you to abuse her like the masochist she is but you're literally just a normal dude.
It feels so weird not having Koda here. Hope he recovers well.
❤
What happened?
@el_omegous_boungous undisclosed head injury. According to Isander its nothing life threatening, just that he'll be away for a while
I'm curious to know as well. If it's anything disfiguring, or anything causing extreme blue light sensitivity, it's probably still pretty serious. Much love I&K, hope he's doing Ok
@traolachhegarty6706 Head Injuries are always serious (at least should be taken serious). Them downplaying it is simply to ease the anxiety of those who care and don't know any better.
I hope Koda is doing well!
what happened to him?
why isnt he here.
Right
@fensoup7161 health issues but nothing life threatening, and that's all we need to know. He will be back and fine soon enough im sure.
@@fensoup7161i have the patreon and they said koda had a head injury but he is ok, he has to do a Healthcare regiment but to do the regiment he doesn't want to be on screen for it. He is going to be back but they don't have an exact date
@@fensoup7161he only lost 30% of his head but the doctor says that he will be on a swift recovery after he puts a metal plate in his head
The fact that Ghaz is literally the messiah of Orks is awesome.
I’m going to watch this while I wait for my doctors at a children’s hospital tomorrow. Thanks in advance for making this unfun thing a little more bearable! Much love!
Hang in there, you’re not alone
Best of luck
goodluck!!
Good luck!
i really miss that orks are the only faction that still has comic relief in the setting. the story of a giant ork ripping his own heart to save ghazghkull only to the die and crush the heart is somehow both heartwarming and absolutely hilarious.
old fantasy had the orks just as funny, with wurzog's silly dancing, the skaven antics being funny, and general human and dwarf interactions often being pretty funny. i mean the gotrek and felix novels literally start with felix taking part of a tax rebellion if thats not a good indicator of the settings tone i don't know what is.
40k really lacks that now. the obvious satire and hilarity of the imperium in the start has morphed to 40k being dead on serious which i like but also lament that the orks (and maybe the necrons from time to time) are the only faction with comic relief characteristics
This sounds like a job for inquisitor Obi wan Sherlock Clusseou
And the necron are a dying race eldar style that is basically a shell of itself as imperium tries to destroy all the inactive tomb worlds. Its sad really seeing the necron having to deal with all this nonsense after they woke up. Wondered what would have happened if the Old ones decided to treat their cancer and maybe kill that c’tan before. They were much cooler in fantasy tbh in 40k they are kinda dickish cause oh no the necron have slaves meanwhile the old ones created their own slave race in the korgs and they subservient race in the eldar and go “how dare you ask for your cancer to be cured and ask not to die!” While making the eldar just that immortal and ever healthy beings who created slaneesh later one due to their own debauchery. So its very sad that they looked at the c’tan which were basically their only hope at the time and maybe the cause of their cancer and teamed up. Only to later shatter them cause the c’tan are assholes.
Its depressing but they can be funny
Been outsourced to the ad-mech
I hope he heals up nicely and comes back stronger than ever! Isyander & Koda are my favorite Warhammer 40k Podcast people!
Well now his depression has turned to abject fury and focus in avenging Yarik
Isyander: The orks are plant based, that's why I called them mushrooms earlier.
Koda iz probly sikk, but the reel reesun he ain't 'ere is bekoz he nowz dat mushroomz ain't no stinky lee-fee plant. Only fing in kommun is we'z green.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 oh i wanna really learn how to speak orks🤣😂🤣
GHAZ :(((
Yarrick enters
GHAZ >:)))
Yarrick dies
GHAZ >:(((((
The Krillin to Ghaz’s Goku
@@imthegoat94Vegeta*
Koda has only been absent one episode and I already miss him. Hope he's recovering well, send him my best wishes!
Get well soon Koda! Thanks for your hard work efforts Lysander, much appreciated. Keep on keeping on!
I would love to seen an episode on the imperiums greatest heroes, like cain and especially Gaunt's ghost since they're the first black library book. Hope Koda gets well soon.
I'm glad I caught this video so soon, you guys are my new video essay addiction
Ghaz has always been one of my favorite characters in 40k, so very happy to see him get the spotlight.
Also sending all best wishes to Koda, may you have a speedy recovery.
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I came here for Ork lore and came out with Ork therapy, thanks isyander
I like how defeating and invasion from *any* major faction in 40k is basically a monumental task. Like, it is a literal war of attrition where whoever decided to start the fight will probably win, and so your only choices for survival are to either continuously invade others or for no one to fight anyone.
And we all know what the 40k factions chose. The entire warfare and tactics revolve around being the first to attack and catch the other side by surprise.
Hope Koda gets better, y’all are my favorite 40k lore channel I’ve found so far and I wish you both great success!
And if you look them square in the eye and deal with them, there's still a chance that EVEN MORE of them will show up on your doorstep because they've heard about how good you are at fighting.
Loving the content Lysander sir, hope Koda is doing well, keep up the wonderful job I can't wait for you guys to upload the next video. If I may I'd like to throw my hat in the ring for a episode on heros of the imperium like caiphus cain or commisar yarrik. Or maybe a bit of my favorite space Marine legion/chapter the iron hands. But really whatever you guys end up doing I'll enjoy, was never really a fan of tyranids untill you did the point of view from the invaded party. Just saw them as space ants that kill a lot but you really made me want to learn more about hive fleets. So I want you guys to know that the editing is awesome good job Koda don't want to leave out some appreciation for the other halve of the episodes so thank you guys for the wonderful 40k content.
What an episode! Not that big of a fan of the orks but you made this truly entertaining. Sorry to hear about your injury Koda, heal well and heal fast, we miss your smiling face.
I always make sure to paint while listening, keep up the good work and feel better koda
I hope Koda feels better soon. Also I am starting my first army and enjoy your podcast while painting
Love the stuff man. Keep doing what your doing
Damn I miss Koda. I love the dynamic between you two. Get well soon!
Great episode so sorry to hear about Koda though wishing for a good recovery period
Although I thoroughly enjoy Isyanders voice, and the way he presents the Warhammer lore to us, I certainly miss Koda's Lil snide remarks, if feels like watching a sunset alone, yeah it's wonderful and an awesome experience, but it certainly is better when you watch it with someone you love. Sending all the love and good vibes to Koda, I know you can get through this! ❤❤❤
Happy Orktober Isyander & Koda
I would argue azhag is more depressed (or the most depressed in fantasy easily), his crown gave him a heap of knowledge and made him "weird" orc wise, he is canonically sadden at the fact that because he knows so much it kind of bleaches all the fun out of a waagh and also made him violently unstable even for an orc.
Missed Koda, hope he recovers soon! And thank you for the podcast, it's our favourite to listen to ❤
My best of wishes to Koda, and as per usual love the work you put out.
Also forgot to mention Ciaphas Cain would be be a nice a long with the other heroes of the imperium.
And yet again best of wishes to Koda hope he gets well soon and an even swifter recovery.
Who fucking knew that listening to the downward spiral and subsequent revitalization of a gigantic murder mushroom would legitimately help me with my own mental health!? Always love the videos y’all put out and thank you!
Get well soon Koda, hope it's not too bad. Love listening to you guys, and hopefully eventually I'll be able to throw in my lot on patreon
Glad you enjoyed the book.
Also love you guys feel better Koda!
Sending my best wishes and prayers to the Omnissiah for Koda's recovery. Having suffered TBIs and strokes, I can easily imagine what he is experiencing.
The context of your episode choice is not lost on me. I’m sure others see the parallels as well. What Koda needs more then a metal plate is just his best friend. Koda, get well soon so Wees can Whaaagh!
Ghaz seems to be the living 40K embodiment of the power of friendship
get well soon Koda, wishing you both the best, my favorite podcast to listen/watch
In the words of the great Ghaz "Gud enemiez is hard to find"
Orcs, Salamanders and Necron, I love me some green bois!
Best wishes to Koda for a swift and complete recovery, thank you both for the fun content :)
Wishing the best and a full recovery for Koda
This is pretty much a synopsis of ‘Ghazghkull Thraka: Prophet of the Waaagh!’ by Nate Crowley. You forgot to cite that.
Just found y'all a couple days ago and love your work. A big reason I love it is seeing two friends shoot the shit about WH40K like Adeptus Ridiculous. Please take this comparison as a compliment, y'all are just as much fun and I love both of your channels.
Here's hoping Koda heals up quick and can rejoin for the banter! I like listening to lore videos like this sometimes, but I much prefer a conversation about thw craziness of the grim, dark future.
I actually really like this solo format, feels much more personal, funnier, and just had a much better pacing
Angron stood before the steps of the golden throne. He paused, savoring the moment. The butcher's nails howling in his skull to enact the bloody vengeance he so craved for millenia. Constantine Valdor and Roboute Guilliman lay in bloody heaps at his feet, the Lion locked in desperate combat with Angron's enteurage of greater Daemons behind him, unable to interfere.
A smile crept along his demonic visage, a contented expression of mirth gradually contorting into barely contained rage, his monstrous visage tensed as he crouched slightly, in preparation to lunge. The air around him swirling and condensing in a crimson mist, signalling a vast coalescence of warp energy. A presence filled the chamber, overshadowing even the light of the golden throne. Khorne had chosen to take a front row seat in what was about to transpire.
A shock wave struck Angron's back, knocking him off balance. He turned, his eyes blazing like white hot coals in indignation at the carnage behind him. Lionel Johnson slammed against a nearby Pillar, followed closely by his assailants, one flew straight through an adjacent pillar and crashed against the wall, another bounced precariously across the hall, it's corporeal form disintegrating as it slid slowly before Angron's feet.
"Dere 'e iz!" a voice boomed across the chamber. "OI! Come 'Ere! You Owes Me Good 'An Proper You Does!" Ghazkull bellowed, stomping through the wreckage towards Angron, the atmosphere around him silhouetted in a pungent green, batting away the crimson mist emenating from the Daemon Prince.
Angron roared in frustration. All restraint now lost and succumbing fully to his rage, he launched himself at Ghazkull, shooting forwards with the speed and force of an artillery round, he could feel his strength rising as he approached, his patron extending his blessings to heighten his prowess.
His vision blurred for a moment, refocusing, he realised that he was looking at the ceiling, it's ornate depictions of the emperor and his custodians a minor priority. His attention was focused on a white object floating in the air, a speck of blood nearby, twisting in slow motion. He realised it was a tooth... his tooth.
The nails and Khorne's favour reignited within him and he righted himself mid-air, aiming downward. Through the red mist clouding his vision he saw Ghazkull, a few feet from the ground himself, gifting Angron with a grin only an orc could give. The orc's face crimson with blood... his blood.
"Dat Waz For 'ol Bale Eye." Ghaskull muttered to himself as he braced himself under the force of The Red Angel's wrath. Gork's Claw bit deep into the finely crafted marble as he prepared for the counter-blow. "And Dis One's Fer Me! WAAARGHHH!!!“ Came the counter charge, Ghazkull's fury matching Angron's as they met in a conflagration of red and green.
Khorne watched on, thoroughly pleased with the spectacle of carnage in his name. It suddenly felt a new sensation, was it... Pain?
Gork slapped Mork's back in praise "You'z cunningly brutal you Iz!" as Khorne turned, holding it's head, a look of bewilderment, it's vision flashed white hot at Mork, who immediately pointed at his brother accusingly.
was listening while cooking and all the pauses i knew Koda would have made comments. Hope he gets better soon, and please be kind and gentle to yourself as well
Another day of asking for a ciaphas cain episode
whoa, no Koda? Did Isyander edit the video himself?
I LOVE this episode. I know Koda is your bud but do more of these plzzzz.
Truly an excellent episode! I hope Koda gets well soon!
Can't wait to finally be able to support on the patreon
Loving the maximized visuals... glad to hear a perfectly edited version of the normal 'cast... wicked good, definitely kept me more engaged than the old stew I was brought in by
Edit: hope you continue to improve homies 🤘💙💚🤘
IF I COULD I WOULD REMOVE MY OWN HEART FOR ONE OF YOU! the WAAAAAGH (your channel) Must continue. For a long time I didn't know anything more than a space marine and an ork. You guys have been opening my eyes and mind to the other factions of 40K and I love it all!
Ghaz needs someone to shout at him "believe in me that believes in you!"
That one was Yarric in a certain way...
...and then Angron killed Yarric.
>:(
"ROW ROW FIGHT DA POWAAAAAAAAAHHRGG!"
Get well Koda!!!!
what happened wit da git koda?
I miss the back and forth. Yet you really had to do this by yourself.😊
This is my favorite warhammer youtuber and youtubers in general
this was a good imformative video. Thanks for loring us here
Absolutely wonderful stuff, hope Koda recovers swiftly
Well wishes to Koda, I only found you guys recently, but I love your stuff already, and I hope he recovers soon!
Get well very soon, Koda! Your guys' podcsts made me like 40K again.
SAD WAAAGHS
I never known this about Ghaz. I thought this was about his reaction of what Angron did
Your speech craft is amazing and it's awesome to hear it become better and better!
"Ork divorce"
"SHE TOOK DA GROTS AND DA HOUSE! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-"
Love your vids
All the best to Koda, I hope he's well soon!
You’re one of my favorite WH40K podcasts and I’m always glad to tune in!
Da Fyoochur of Ghaz:
“One Nob to rool dem all.
One Nob to find dem.
One Nob to bring dem all,
And in da Waaaghness bind dem.”
Great episode and dive into the human psyche.
I come for the Isyander but I stay for the Koda.
Prayers for a speedy and healthy recovery!
This is a work of art thank you so much for sharing! And you do an incredible job with your lore!
I hope ya feel better Koda.
Thanks for the awesome content and great videos!!!!
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"Speech is just another way of hitting people with the brain" XD
23:46
A split second insertion of a picture of ... an anime?
I speak wiv da word of da gods. We iz gonna stomp da 'ooniverse flat an' kill anyfing that fights back. We iz gonna do this coz' we're Orks an' we was made ta fight an' win!
So sorry to hear about Koda! Best wishes to him, bud!
I do kind of like this type of video as well, so I really hope you and Koda might be able to pick this up in the future as well where each of you switch every week on who voices the video, but talks about a neat thing from Warhammer, or any other fantasy/sci-fi universe!
Holy shit I caught the video within an hour of it uploading :0. I've never been this early before! Can you awesome dudes do a video on hero's of the guard next? I would love to hear more in depth details about me like Sly, Cain, and Yarrick from you guys! Stay cool you two gifts to the 40k community :). :D.
I wondered this entire episode where Koda was, best wishes and a swift recovery!
Love the work you guys do as always, keep it going. Thanks for getting me into this weird lore I am now hooked on. As for our downed host 💚 'to give to the boss.'
Great work!, hope you get well soon koda. Much love from Argentina.
That lil ork seen his vision, gork and Mork standing in unison behind gaz
I saw "khorne worshiper, who summoned a Grey knight" and started dying of laughter
I finally caught up, this is my single favorite podcast I have watched in forever I can't wait to look into the non-warhammer episodes
The thought of Mekari doing a back flip off a building is hilarious
Ive been waiting for the return of Ghaz C:
I send well wishes to Koda, and hope he recovers well and doubles in height.
For some reason this is the only podcast I listen to I love it
Games workshop can make a bigger Ghaz model every few years and I’d be willing to buy it.
Well,shit. I wish Koda the best of luck. You two do a wonderful thing and I hope it continues for the forseeable future
These fine gentleman are doing the Emperors work pumping out content like this. I love these guys and wish i could support them on patron; I hope the dynamic duo and future Primarchs (GW make it happen) live in the light and glory of the Emperor for the rest of Eternity. Hope Koda is in the next video on RUclips this half-moon, or harlequin (for those in the Midwest) isen't the same with out him. Again much love to you both every time i watch your videos i get enough of that good brain juice to last a week till your next video. May the Avenging Bean Counter tip the mighty Algorithm in your favor brothers.
Best episode yet
WAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!
I kinda want to see the harlequins, but the heroes of the imperium are my vote
I hate to be that kind of guy that companies content creators and please this is not me taking away from any others, but since finding y’all I don’t listen to other warhammer education pod cast y’all’s energy is just different and make it so much more enjoyable. You bring a want to know more and a passion to explain more( in kids and isander respectively) that just makes listening in fun.
Also I did not know about Mikari so now Ghaz is even cooler to me