And once again, we see that there is no situation so bad, no problem so severe, no nightmare so terrifying, that the Holy Inquisition can't make it worse.
@@ovk-ih1zp on this point. i always felt the recruiting and “processing” of imperial inquisitors was a bit lax. I get having hard characters who are willing to get dirt on their cloths as compared to the often “clean” astartes. The important but not as glorious task of policing the imperium and its parts, the ends justify the means stuff. but as far as I can see, the bar for entry should be a little higher.
@@midshipman8654 The old adage of "Power Corrupts & Absolute Power Corrupt Absolutely" has been proven correct in humanity relatedly over the millennia. Unfortunately, the Emperor's Most Holy orders of the Inquisition have been proven repeatedly to be as fallible & corruptible by power as any other human. To paraphrase "Watchmen", "Who Polices' The Inquisition?" & to the regret of tens of thousands of imperial worlds & probably TRILLIONS of it's citizens, NO ONE has the authority to "Police" the Inquisition. I tend to agree that there HAS to be an organization that can & WILL do the dirty jobs that no one else could or would do. But like in current year American politics we find groups that ABUSE their power & are never held fully accountable. The FBI/DOJ uses it's organizational power in an attempt to destroy a duly elected President, not because they have evidence of crimes or corrupt foreign influence, but because they don't like his politics. The DOD/Pentagon conceals the number of troops in a theater of operations in pursuit of their own agenda & AGAINST the lawful orders of the Commander-In-Chief. The NSA LIES to congress repeatedly over two decades on HOW, WHY & TO WHAT END they are illegally spying on American citizens. NO ONE has spent a day in jail over these actions. These are governmental organizations that would take one look at the Imperial Inquisition & say "We Need To Be Like That". And THAT scares the crap out of me. In EVERY governmental structure there must be both ACCOUTABILITY & Checks & Balances to prevent one party becoming too powerful & taking the road to Absolute Authoritarianism.
@@ovk-ih1zp ...ok. Dont know about all that irl stuff. But there should be a fast reaction branch given the massive and slow rate of the administratum. I just Wish the inquisitors in question had to pass a years long test, training and extreme hypno-indoctrination and arcane 40k stuff. AN organization of swift decisive action like the Inquisition is necessary in a universe as dangerous as 40k, I just wish the Bar for entry was higher and required more on the "resume". Like having to deal with administrative jobs for 20 years, military for 20 years and socio-political for 20 years, on top of mental augmentations and failsafes.
"Oh, that massive hole in his skull? Ah, you see, when Brother Plaxius gave him a little pat on the head, he started bleeding from his ears and we had to see if his brain was infested by Xeno-Spores."
@@jadenprice1463 I haven an image of them going full ancient jock on their asses, and throwing onto their transports back to their rigorously crippled in debased ships, with their undergarments pulled up so high they might as well be turtle necks, and their Inquisition Rosettes, where applicable because not all of them are bigger than a fist, shoved up their owner’s assholes. The Lamenters probably felt danger coming their way anyway, and wouldn’t care about fucking up a few Inquisitors before shit got nasty again.
"Yeah, we know you defeated what was likely the worst space hulk in Imperial history, one that caused people to go bonkers merely by being close to the thing, but you just weren't going fast enough! Do better next time." - The Ordo Malleus
The Inquisition as an organization is really rapidly looking more like an extra branch of chaos rather than any kind of useful arm of the imperium. Has there ever been a situation that they didn’t make objectively worse?
@@Mtom9388 they'd better had considering the active chaos force reinforcement of the planet, and even then Kagori did a lot of heavy lifting before they took direct command and lost hundreds of space marines in what i can best term as an insane dick move.
''Bother Rafiael, Brother Gabriel could you please show to the honored Members of the Ordo Maleus the way back to their shuttle? This conversation is over.''
@@pyerack the Inquisitors are probably used to be dragged off by fuming space marines who they know can’t hurt them due to their status as inquisitors (at least when so many are present due to such an important event, but everyone knows “accidents” happen)
@@SuperAmaton I nearly did mention the Dark Angels because they’re the only chapter that most inquisitors are at least smart enough to keep quiet around lest they vanish without a trace like so many others.
"Today, our Holy Inquisition's Ordo Malleus will visit the Warders and spit straight in their proud, battered faces. What could possibly go wrong?" - Inquisitor Jeremiah Clarksonis
Tonight on Inquisition Gear... Adept James discovers new and interesting uses for toasters. Interrogator Hammond flies an Aquilla dropship into a void shield. And I get a first-hand tour of a Space Marine chapter's airlock.
What could possibly go wrong in an autonomous zone? CHAZ was communist utopia and Portland is still on fire from the loving caress of autonomous communists, I'm sure this will end in perfect harmony and love...
_There is no horror that you could thrust upon our minds that we have not endured thrice-over before. Your baleful aura is but a trite shadow of the cursed fate which looms ever over us. You hold no power here, foul thing. And you shall break before us!_ FOR THOSE WE CHERISH, WE DIE IN GLORY!
"Brothers, please escort these fu... fine ingr... inquisitors here off the ship. I'm sure they would not like to be here in case our 'bad luck' manifest and we all have accidental discharges of our weaponry into the back of their skull. Most unfortunate, that would be." Malakim Phoros probably.
fixed it Literally any Lamenter at any point in time: Justa quick bio and I can get back to a nice quiet evening cleaning the blood off my equipment (as much my own as mine enemies) Tzeentch sneezes Tzeentch: "IS THAT AN ENTIRE TYRANID HIVE FLEET?!" Lamenter: "Huh.... neat." requisitions more ammo, sends a signal to the local government/garrison and points the ship towards the hive fleet.
@@SuperAmaton Maybe one day a GW writer will find a way to slip them a nice shiny new space station, a few more recruiting worlds, and some nice ships....ofcourse the station will likely be actually infested with Demons because its 6 feet from a warp rift, all the planets will be 99.9 percent trash, with a small chance of the population surviving the opening training and surgeries, and all the ships will have a single bathroom to crap in because a administrative assistant thought that toilets were unnecessary.
"You know, brother, I can't help but wonder. Why do the Lamenters seem to be so resistant to the horrors of the Unhallowed Heart? What could possibly steel the heart of a man against nightmares so unspeakable they drive any normal man insane?" [looking at a nearby lamenter sitting near a view port with a thousand yard stare] "Experience, I think."
Brother, you are overthinking this. When the worst thing you could possibly imagine threatens you, you send the best of the best. You send the scions of the Great Angel who do not fail and do not fear for their own fate for they know that when the black bell tolls, they will be called to the Emperor's side.
Lamentors suck most of the bad luck out of the Imperium. Have the chapter keep growing beyond 1000 so they have a chance to keep tanking for the Imperium.
I don't care what anyone says about Arch. His way of describing the ridiculousness, hopelessness, and down right seriousness of the 41st millennium is second only to the glory of the Emperor. Such a passionate narration.
Why is it always the Inquisition starting shit that doesn't need starting? Why do they always happen to be nearby when a chapter begins to fall? Reminds me an awful lot of the Celestial Lions. Ah well, great vid as always Arch.
Do not forget the Mechanicus "000111000011 Uhh that looks like a shiny that can go beep blop, what could possibly go wrong 000111000111" starts rubbing a mechadendrite over the artifact, that still functions, on a world that has remained undisturbed for millions of years, in an all to suggestive way!
In fairness everyone seems to get along with the Ordos Xenos, they have real enemies to kill and usually aren't complete pricks to everyone else. It's the Ordos Malleus and Herreticus that screw the pooch so completely.
Everyone: "Holy shit, this thing is the worst I've ever seen, we're all doomed!" Lamenters: "What do you mean, guys? It's fine. It's like, completely normal"
Even Astartes are falling into fits of lethal madness barely close enough to launch artillery, and the Lamenter's are over here BOARDING THE DAMN THING
The Inquisitor stared across the desk at the tech adept who had finished the report on the Lamentors. "So... what you are saying is... the only reason that the Lamentors had any resistance at all to the madness field of the space hulk is because they have been through so much pain and misery?" "Indeed, sah." His servos that managed his eyes lowered in a simulacrum of a sad facial expression. "And... if we reward them and thus make their lives better in any way, they will lose that edge they have and undoubtedly be less useful to the imperium, correct?" The sound of incredulousness creeped into his voice. The tech adept nodded, "Yes, sah. If we show them kindness, it will weaken the chapter and thus make it possible for them to be destroyed by the next threat from the Maelstrom." The inquisitor tapped the table with a single finger in a rhythmic fashion as he thought. He finally spoke, "So, the only logical conclusion is that we must make the Lamentors even more miserable for their own good." He sighed and leaned back in his reclining chair, rubbing the bridge of his nose, "I cannot refute your logic, but that doesn't mean I like this." The tech adept shrugged what passed for shoulders, "And the irony is, you cannot even explain your actions, lest the abuse will not serve a purpose." The Inquisitor sat up in his chair, "Fine, but... let's make the abuse we heap upon them so insane and ludicrous that nobody would take it seriously. Say... Let's condemn them for... Not destroying the largest Space Hulk EVER recorded... fast... enough?" The tech adept paused and made whirring and clicking noises for a good ten seconds before he responded, "Agreed. Nobody could possibly take such a complaint seriously." The Inquisitor stood up while slamming the palms of his hands on the desk simultaneously, "Good. I don't look forward to this, but in the end, it is the purpose of the Inquisition to do the dirty work that needs to be done, so that the good and pure do not have to be stained with dark deeds." The Tech Adept began to put the final touches on the prepared documents, "It is for the Greater Good, Sah. The Emperor will understand." The Inquisitor adjusted his ceremonial robes and started off to the audience chamber to give his final report to the assembled warders, "I fear that in the end, this will not be viewed in a favorable light.... but we do what we must to protect the saints among us, even if we must wound them to do so." He sighed and paused at the exit, "I pray that history will be as understanding... and I pray for the Lamentors as well."
(Meanwhile , every single inquisitor meeting the Lamenters in the future ) "This report on them claim that the should have destroyed the thing faster..." "Dont you think that to condemn them for such a thing seems ...a tad bit excessive ?" "I would if it was written and submitted by anyone else , but for the Inquisitor on site to do so , clearly he must have had enough insight on the matter before dishing what would otherwise be a heroic deed. We should be cautious and offer them as little support as possible in lieu of their suspicious past ."
this. . . actualy makes sense. . . the Lamentors have had so much bad luck that they were able to understand the madness and resist it for so long. so if we were to give them any respite then their understanding of such horrors will diminish and therefor make them more in danger of being turned into madmen just like their brothers.
Lamenters, whose lives were already horrible, were the least effected by terrible visions. As one Lamenter space marine stated, "They think that's bad? That's Tuesday for us."
I love the music Arch uses when he's talking about the Lamenters' unrelenting assault on the Unhallowed Heart. Freaking epic. And I love how the Lamenters were like "You're not going anywhere" to the damn hulk when it was about to blink back into the warp.
Lamenters: You think you know suffering and misery, no you merely adopt it. We were born in it shaped by it forged by it, you only spread pain, we understand it to the depths you cannot even comprehend
Man, respect the Lamenters. On a side note, it is a little known fact that once every few years Inquisitors go on a pilgrimagte to Terra, where they visit Malcador's grave and following their organization's greatest tradition piss on it.
@James Stockdale i can see the Astral claws. Rest sounds rather false. Charnel guard were fighting on Baal and some suffered from black rage. Mantis Warriors don't have looks like NL. And im pretty sure it Lamentors have vampire teeth.
@James Stockdale yeah but what if... listen... what the Blood Angels where a successor chapter of the Night Lords!? Crazy Visions, Batman asthetics... it all makes sense! Need more of these brownies and stuff.. I get what you tried to do. But this isn't nearly as fun or clever as it might have sounded in your head. More like drivel based on random superficial traits for doing it. Or simply watching too many M. Night Shyamalan movies.
@@lordpfeiffer8490 You have to work on your sarcasm detecting skill. Serious work. I took an obviously BS example and used stupid stoner expressions to make it clear how stupid the idea is. Joke went right past you. Twice.
A lovely part of the 40k setting is how all the necessary evil makes people not stop and think before moving on to the unnecessary evil till it bites them in the rear. The Emperor got hit with this pretty hard so naturally his agents in the Inquisition dive head on in. How many times have they confused the fact that they CAN do something with SHOULD do something?
Well you have at least three known branches of the inquisition, that we know of, that mess with each other as much if not even more then with the general imperium. Combine this with a diverse array of different ideologies within them and you have a nice mix of reasons to do stupid stuff. We have those in the lore that are more fixated on pretty fires and sparkly sparkly planets (some could argue those are the ones thinking about stuff and declaring loudly one shouldn`t do it - thinking included - and prefer everyone and everything that scarres them rendered into xyz extra crispy, and create stupid situations by not wanting to risk it for the brisket, or save important info) Then we have those that are too interessted in their devastating ol` game of lets "poke the warpbeast/necronomicon/... into its fluffy tail with a stick, whats the worst that could happen" and likly consider reason or the aknowledgment of ones own borders as heresy. (These are the ones that seem to think that a stop sing is just a bad use for pwetty colors) And then there are of course the edgelords within the branches of the inquisition, that go along the line of "oh we know exactly what can go wrong *hihi*, how much damage it will do *snicker* and how terrible it will be for all in generall *cackle*.... lets do it for the -lulz- .... strenghtening of the empire. While we vanish the moment the ork sniper hits the celestial -lion- fan" ( they really excell in the ability to ensure that the pretty red button is pressed by someone. And that they are far aways and safe when it happens)
"For almost all the Space Marine Chapters present, the day the Unhallowed Heart graced the Badab system was the most hopeless and terrifying day of their lives. For the Lamenters, it was Tuesday"
More then likely they've never even heard of it, much less know anything but the merest hints amped up to a mythological degree. its been ten thousand years afteral.
"My client refuses to answer any questions before you all sit on the pointy end of his chainsword and press the activation rune! The defense rests its case your honor."
Holy shit, I love it when Arch gets intense. This video is going in my favorite Arch moments, along with the scene from Armageddon when he narrated the arrival of the Astartes at Acheron Hive.
Yeah, I dont always like Archs descriptions, they're a bit too immature at times for my tastes, but when he hits his stride while narrating hot damn does it make me feel again, and that part of the Armageddon series always makes me shed a tear manly pride at the sheer awesomeness of the Astartes.
It’s incredibly fitting that the “good luck” of the lamenters being able to get closer and attack the space hulk was actually just their bad luck coming around. They’re the only ones that can withstand the madness long enough to make any sort of difference, so they took the heaviest casualties trying to take it out
For all their misfortune and sacrifices, the Lamenters are beasts! The Astral Claws really do fit rather well my imagery for the Second Legion, actually. Masters of Strategic Attrition, manipulating the battlefield through a constantly flexible strategy as the enemy is crushed again and again between anvil and hammer, but were brought low before their much needed time by Warp born madness due to their Gene Seed flaw. As my imagery for the Second Legion is, that they were created within and without to combat the "Long War" and therefore designed to lead the Imperium as the organised front against Chaos, whenever its inevitable riposte to the Imperial Truth came. To me, the veteran Chapter Master Rovik Blake, is a model Second Legionnaire Officer.
@OMGitsAzreal To me, they are called the Celestial Slayers, Primarch is Malak'Zil. As to why they were named Celestial Slayers, lets say Malak has a history with corrupt Eldar with designs of Godhood.
@OMGitsAzreal Lol, kinda. Pretty sure the angle was these Eldar were literal Cult of Pleasure survivors, they worshipped Slaanesh before there was a Slaanesh.
One: Its just the Lamentors bad luck that they got an incorigable inquisitor. Two: its always the Ordo Heriticus or Malus that fucks up and makes things worse. Just look at Vrax!
In defense of Lord Hector Rex, while he failed as a military commander if he had not been on Vraks I fully believe the 88th would have been overrun by the daemons summoned by both the Khornate and Nurgle Astartes. Remember it was Rex himself who slew An’ggrath the Unbound, the Bloodthirster summoned by The Sanctified warband and it was the Grey Knights, who were only at Vraks because of Rex, who slew the Great Unclean One summoned by the Nurgle forces.
@@robertwalker5794 Oh, I wasn't downing Lord Inquisitor Hector Rex, I actually respect him somewhat. I was speaking of the attempted assassination of the Cardinal that kicked off the whole situation on Vrax to begin with. And for the most part, when Malus fucks up, they at least try to clean up their mess. Most Heriticus Inquisitors from everything I have read and seen like to deflect like no other.
Warp: Behold, cosmic DOOOOOOM unfathomable~! Lamenters: Bitch please. That's not how you do soulshredding misery. Here, let us show you how it's done... Warp: Understandablehaveagreatday
The Lamenters are like the grunts. Come hell or high water, they get shit done. Then get chewed out by their CO for wasting too much ammunition or taking too long.
Sanguinius, watching on as the Lamenters stand alone before Terror Itself and force it back when all others had failed, tears of blood streaming down his cheeks: "Thus are my sons."
What I don't understand is why Rovik wasn't satisfied upon his lightning strike's conclusion, per-maturely stopped or not. He had SEVERELY weakened the chaos grip on the systems. If he worked to secure the bastions of streingth now, it might well have meant centuries of invulnerability on the great enemy's part. I mean sure, the enemy would return. But they WHERE GOING to return no matter what. It seams the chapter master simply did not understand that there where limits to what could be accomplished when you're dealing with an area like this. The "ideal" Imperium simply won't ever happen when the fundamentals of the area itself are perpetually working against you.
Plus it would seem likely that the various hostile elements would simply cannibalize each other after the campaign, which would finish off the weakest elements still standing, and severely reduce most of the elements that weren't dealt with as throughly as the wardens would like. Hell they probably could've let them kill each other over resources, and came in a bit later and finished them off after they were weakened from infighting. Or even bait them into fighting each other some more since the enemy was so decentralized, just like how they deal with Ork empires. You don't have to shoot everything in the face with a bolter, if some other guy would stab him in the face anyway.
The short answer is that they weakened chaos' grasp on the sector but didn't sever it. By defeating the worse the maelstrom had, they created a power vacuum. If they had eliminated everything then it would have taken far longer for that vacuum to be filled. However, since they were forced to stop early, a new threat could easily walk in, show the survivors of the scourge campaign who daddy really was, then unite them against the warders. The only reason the warders got as far as they did was because they weren't fighting a united front and you can bet your last credit that the survivors realized that too.
@@wolfman1003 Okay but where would they come from ? Why would they already not be there after the sector was already weakened? I get some more people might move in eventually but after the Astartes kicked everyone's shit in and straightened the place up there wouldn't be anything worth taking for quite awhile with increased military presence. The Wardens filled the vacuum. Now I don't know how the campaign is going to play out., but I don't see why they would decide to do this maybe pirates, chaos and renegades but not the other xenos factions, and even the factions that do are iffy. Factions like by there very nature wouldn't ever get along unless immediately and directly threatened. But I wouldn't be surprised if the writer just handwaved stuff away like this away since 40k seems to do a lot of that.
@@insidious7329 The answer is usually the simple one, Chaos. Chaos warbands are constantly trying to prove themselves in the eyes of their gods so they seek out any opportunity to do so. Warp travel can take you anywhere especially if your a servant of the dark gods. Not to mention that the scourge campaign spilled a lot of blood over a couple years. It would be a simple matter of a pirate tried to flee the conflict and got captured by a warband for them to learn where the conflict was as well as the situation. They could then use their mastery of the warp to appear deep in the maelstrom without the warders being the wiser. The chance to kill or corrupt space marine chapters would be too good a chance to pass up. The chaos warlord might even be elevated to daemonhood if he accomplished his goal.
@@wolfman1003 That's not really too good of one, since chaos fights itself as much as the Imperium, they're their own worst enemy. But maybe I'm getting a bit too nitpicky. Also Given how dangerous warp travel is for even chaos it isn't too reliable of just about anybody. But anyway I don't think I'm gonna get a good answer as to this beyond " because the plot demanded it.
Dude, I’ve listened to this whole series like 6 times now. It’s legit some of the best 40k content on here. I wish Arch would do another series like this or Vracks again.
God damn Arch, this is 100% my new favorite video of yours. It has everything you could ever want from Warhammer 40k. Strategic genius from the Astral Claws, space marine on space marine warfare from the Mantis Warriors, unknowable cosmic horror from the Unhallowed Heart (probably the scariest thing I've heard of in this universe), heroic sacrifice from the Lamenters (I damn near got a tear in my eye from your description) and nothing gets me as annoyed as the Inquisition. I have no doubt I'll be rewatching this video many times in the future
So the Unhallowed Heart, a hulk that sends all who approach it into a frothing torment of blood frenzied murder and madness... well it's good to know what happened to The Event Horizon after it vanished!
did you find anything about the space hulk called 'unhallowed heart'? Doesn't seem to be much written about it even though it seem to be or host such a potent entity.
Jesus Arch. The way you told of the "battle" with the Unhallowed Heart left me speechless and made me tear up a bit. I have no idea how you did it, but keep doing it dude. This was god-tier storytelling.
So the Lamenters took this massive space hulk that was possing a sector wide threat to baddab sector if not even the entire autonomous region. A hulk that held up against every single thing the imperials threw against it, including the kitchen sink. The Lamenters showing theyr incredible tenacity, mental resilience and absolute loyalty to the Imperium, manage not just destroy this thing but took 1/3rd of theyr chapter as casualties. And the motherfliping inquisition has the sheer balls to come at these Heroes and bitch at them? How did the emperor himself not vaporize said inquisitor on the spot for uttering such absolute Heresy? For those we cherish, we die in glory!
All I can imagine is the emperor arriving in a golden light to only 1. Smite the shit out of every inquisitor he could find and 2. Give the lamaters a whole lotta metals for the shit they have to deal witg
I’ve heard of some serious shit in 40k but the way Arch talks about the Unhallowed Heart puts a core of dread in me. Some inscrutable shadow in the black void that drives any and all near it to a go using and frenzied deaths without rhyme or reason or even purpose. Like a malevolent beast so vile it killed a quarter of a planet’s people just by being near it even as it was torn apart by beyond superhuman efforts.
Jesus Christ, my dude, Your description of the Lamenters repelling the hulk sent shivers up my spine. Mayhaps.... just mayhaps, like you I have way too much emotional gold invested in the Lamenters, but that was one. Amazing. Speech. SHIVERS! How much to have you speak at my funeral like that?
I usually listen to Arch while driving or gaming and I legit had to leave my game because I was so caught up in his description of the Lamenters and Wardens kicking the Unhallowed Hearts ass! I've heard him get into describing things but that was on a whole different and glorious level
Soooo what you're saying is, judging by the grudge comment, the Badab war was the inquisitions fault. If this is so then im not surprised in the slightest
4:25 - So the fleet consists of void faring red-shirts and a couple of Blood Angels successor chapters?...Let's hope they have the death company with them. | 22:40 - That's an image of an incredibly lucky Lamenter. (by their standards) | 28:50 - You've covered them in a lore video. | 30:40 - Probably a Greater Daemon of somekind. (either Khorne, Tzeentch or Chaos Undivided, based on the description of what happened) | 37:46 - It's because they've already had it so bad, what's a space hulk?! | 41:20 - Ooh...and this isn't the worst of the Badab War. But at least they're getting the respect that they deserve. | Yeah, just ask the Celestial Lions.
I can already feel, that this is gonna be hell of a frustrating ride, this series, thanks to ever-graceful touch of Inquisiton... like... whyyyy, poor Lamenters. Emperor protects your avenging angels!
I Think, that the Lamenters were able to resist the influence of the Fuck-Hulk better than others, because, as blood angels descendants, they had to deal with the twin threats of the Red Thirst, and Black Rage. In this, they would have been very much Used to resisting such things like Psychic torment.
That and they've had to deal with all of the shit that the galaxy's thrown at them for about five thousand years, it's a wonder they've not been driven into extinction on at least a dozen separate occasions.
Absolutely beautiful narration towards the end there, Arch. It hasn't been since I learned the details of D-Day have I felt such a genuine sorrow for the horrors of war. Add in the spice of a near unstoppable existential horror, and you have one hell of an event. All topped with the Imperium's favorite flavoring: Bureaucratic Nightmare Fuel. Delightful.
... I'll give Rovik credit for wanting to remove the heart of the problem in the first place. But really, did the chapter master consider just what kind of enemy he was dealing with? This wasn't some xenos empire or disloyal world. Cygnax was destroyed by an organized chaos strike next to a stronghold of that source. And chaos is a VERY insidious force to the extreme. This was a war of the mind, not just bolters and void weaponry. He must indeed have gotten full of himself if he insisted on such a plan without careful precaution behind what could happen in the back of an astarties head. And what's more, if there really was any "end" to the forces involved... this is chaos we're talking about here. The rules of reality DO NOT apply.
Rovik was convinced that after securing the real space and planets surrounding the maelstrom they could push on ahead to establish some sort of beach-head and keep any intrusion pushed back at its source. he didn't account for his own Imperium's bureaucracy to literally sap his campaign's strength away before it began. the Astartes as ever sacrifice everything for so little to gain.
The maelstorm was infested with much more than just chaos. And without the shield of Cygnax, if the grid was to be ever made "safe" again the maelstorm would have to be purged. What force to better do that than 4000 astartes? Seems like they would have succeeded too if a fourth of their forces weren't pulled back.
The Lamenters always having the kitchen sink thrown at them probably became numb/highly resistant to most forms of madness. I find matching up Linkin Park's "Numb" chorus to 37:45 of this video quite fitting.
this is crazy good man I was on the edge with you tell the story you have gotten crazy good at telling these stories. dam you arch why do you do such a grate job now i want more!!!!!! grate job these stories can only be told by you I have not seen some one else reach the qualities and just sheer pation in this drama. brovo brovo.
Lamenters: *Lose 300 of your battle brothers fighting a literal amalgamation of the warp.* The Inquisition: “Ur trash, M8! This is all your fault!” Wow, the Lamenters truly _are_ the unluckiest Space Marine chapter in the entire universe. In any other case, the Inquisition would have been neutral in the entire matter and then buggered off upon realizing the scale of the thing.
I like the idea of the chaos gods reading JoJo and saying you know what if we did the menacing thing with a space hulk? Also make it an extra large I hear Lamenters are over there.
How many Thrones do you want to bet that Cael’s little super soldier brigade could wander right into the Unhallowed Heart and not notice anything was amiss?
*Hears the Inquisition taking a dump on my Lamenters* "...Imma about to do some heretical shit to ya'll." On a different note, Arch if you see this, a lore question for you: Whatever it was at the center of the Unhallowed Heart, was that a result of one of the four gods of Chaos, or is that just the Warp corrupting something in its entirety?
You're discounting the idea that the thing might have just been a vague concept of daemonic madness and rage that owes no allegiance to any chaos god. Such things do exist, Abaddon's sword was one such daemon.
Probably the Outcast/Mad/Renegade God Malice taking an eff-off gigantic Space Hulk for a joyride in real-space. Causing widespread madness is one of his quirks after all.
Its this type of telling of the Lamenters that make them easily, the greatest and most tragic chapter in 40K. Arch's passion just further added to the whole feeling of sacrifice, trial and ultimate victory against the Unhallowed Heart. Can't wait to cry as Arch describes the trial that lead to them going on a Penitent Crusade!
I like to think that every year on the anniversary of the telling of this epic tale of triumphant misery Arch takes out a set of exquisitely crafted, lovingly painted, and perfectly displayed 777 point Lamenters army to reflect and remember their sacrifice as he allows just the single tear he allocates himself every year to roll down his cold hard stern cheek.😪
Unhallowed Heart to the Lamenters: Behold- Nightmares! Lamenters: We're one step away from thinking we're fighting Horus at all times. Zero f*cks given.
We raise our glasses here, filled to the brim with manly tears, to the Lamenters! Unbowed by fortune's scorn, indomitable in the face of death and annihilation, a golden shield to Mankind shining through even the most lightless dark!!! RELENTLESS FROM THE START!!!! DEFIANT TO THE LAST!!! AVE DOMINI LACRIMAREM!!!!
And as always the Inquisition knows how to read a room with all the skill of a confused drunkard who removed their pants in the middle of a fancy restaurant and used their rear end like a set of bongos.
Love that you are covering this series with detail. Many have covered it but never detailed enough. Also the Lamentors are badasses. This is a rare occurrence for Ordo Malleus its usually Ordo Hereticus that screws up and act like asshats
This is perfect. I sit down for lunch with a bobby sandwich(cold sliced turkey with stuffing, gravy, a light coat of mayo and cranberry sauce on an Italian sub roll) and find the next badab video is ready to go. The Emperor is happy with me this day for certain. Happy belated Thanksgiving to everyone.
Unhallowed Heart: *”BEHOLD!! THE DEPTHS OF WARPBORNE MADNESS!!!”* Lamenters: “Tch, is it Monday already?” And just like that, for one night, The Lamenters became The Unrelenters.
With that description of the Lamenters, I can almost imagine them being targeted by the influence of the hulk. "Behold foolish astartes! Your corpse god and Imperium shall fall! All are worthless! This is the future that shall befall you" To which the afflicted Lamenters merely flash a half-happy smile "Hey! We might just get a few days off from this bullshit after all..."
I kind of wish the Blood Ravens had been handling the liaison with the Inquisition for the Lamenters. The after-action reporting would probably have gone... Differently. "Hey guys, that Inquisitor guy had to leave in a hurry, but it turns out he's not such a punk after all. He was really happy with your taking down that Space Hulk, and told me to tell you 'great job'. He was so impressed that he even gifted you his personal masterwork power sword! ...Uh, on an unrelated matter, don't look in the freezer."
Very nice arch. The battle between the lamenters and the unhallowed heart had so much emotion I was on the edge of my seat. Please more parts like this!
Funny you should ask that. There is a faction in the Inquisition, called the Istvaanians, that think the Imperium's problem is that it's too complacent, and that they need to deliberately cause conflict and strife to keep the Imperium on its toes. They engineer xenos invasions and start rebellions anywhere that hasn't recently been visited by disaster. I'm just gonna say that again. There is a group of Inquisitors. Responsible for Mankind's survival. That look at WARHAMMER FORTY-COCKING-THOUSAND. And say to themselves, "you know what the problem is? It's too nice. Let's fuck it up more."
@@Venneroth To be fair they're doing the same thing a penetration tester does to the physical and electronic security of large companies, and what the Adeptus Custodes do to themselves during their Blood Games. I. e. the only way to reliably discover your weak points is to invite someone to deliberately try and break your defenses, then make sure any holes that were exploited by the attackers are patched up and covered. Doing that live and without constraints is of course very dangerous, but on the other hand during a genuine this-is-not-a-drill emergency nobody is going to fake their response or fail to take the excercise seriously, so Istvaanians do have a point.
All Lamenters go to the Emperor's side when they die and NOBODY can convince me otherwise, they're THIS immune to the horrors of Chaos makes me sure their souls always fly true to Big E once they are rid of their flesh and the curse of Misfortune tormenting it.
I am genuinely shocked that the inquisitorial agents didn't suffer from any 'accidents' on their way back to whatever arsehole they climbed out of. Even if it wasnt the Wardens who 'accidented' the inquisitorial agents you'd think that there would have been chapters lined up for that particular retribution, foremost amongst them Dante and the Blood Angels.
I can only imagine the pure fucking rage every blood angel and their successors must of felt getting that info I'm pretty sure it might just have given khorne a full blown anger nose bleed
And once again, we see that there is no situation so bad, no problem so severe, no nightmare so terrifying, that the Holy Inquisition can't make it worse.
Exactly. Perhaps a slight "Culling" of the Most Holy of the God-Emperor's Inquisition is in order. maybe just 50% to 60%, nothing to extreme.
@@ovk-ih1zp on this point. i always felt the recruiting and “processing” of imperial inquisitors was a bit lax. I get having hard characters who are willing to get dirt on their cloths as compared to the often “clean” astartes. The important but not as glorious task of policing the imperium and its parts, the ends justify the means stuff. but as far as I can see, the bar for entry should be a little higher.
@@midshipman8654 The old adage of "Power Corrupts & Absolute Power Corrupt Absolutely" has been proven correct in humanity relatedly over the millennia.
Unfortunately, the Emperor's Most Holy orders of the Inquisition have been proven repeatedly to be as fallible & corruptible by power as any other human.
To paraphrase "Watchmen", "Who Polices' The Inquisition?" & to the regret of tens of thousands of imperial worlds & probably TRILLIONS of it's citizens, NO ONE has the authority to "Police" the Inquisition.
I tend to agree that there HAS to be an organization that can & WILL do the dirty jobs that no one else could or would do. But like in current year American politics we find groups that ABUSE their power & are never held fully accountable. The FBI/DOJ uses it's organizational power in an attempt to destroy a duly elected President, not because they have evidence of crimes or corrupt foreign influence, but because they don't like his politics.
The DOD/Pentagon conceals the number of troops in a theater of operations in pursuit of their own agenda & AGAINST the lawful orders of the Commander-In-Chief.
The NSA LIES to congress repeatedly over two decades on HOW, WHY & TO WHAT END they are illegally spying on American citizens.
NO ONE has spent a day in jail over these actions.
These are governmental organizations that would take one look at the Imperial Inquisition & say "We Need To Be Like That". And THAT scares the crap out of me.
In EVERY governmental structure there must be both ACCOUTABILITY & Checks & Balances to prevent one party becoming too powerful & taking the road to Absolute Authoritarianism.
@@ovk-ih1zp ...ok. Dont know about all that irl stuff. But there should be a fast reaction branch given the massive and slow rate of the administratum. I just Wish the inquisitors in question had to pass a years long test, training and extreme hypno-indoctrination and arcane 40k stuff. AN organization of swift decisive action like the Inquisition is necessary in a universe as dangerous as 40k, I just wish the Bar for entry was higher and required more on the "resume". Like having to deal with administrative jobs for 20 years, military for 20 years and socio-political for 20 years, on top of mental augmentations and failsafes.
@@ovk-ih1zp but what can we do?
"Escort the Inquisitors to the airlock."
"But there is no ship docked there."
"I know..."
"You see Lord Inquisitor, this friend of yours had a little accident..."
"Oh, that massive hole in his skull? Ah, you see, when Brother Plaxius gave him a little pat on the head, he started bleeding from his ears and we had to see if his brain was infested by Xeno-Spores."
"I didn't say escort them to their ship."
I have this beautiful image of a lamenter's marine doing a cartoon slapstick type kicking out of the inquisitors XD
@@jadenprice1463 I haven an image of them going full ancient jock on their asses, and throwing onto their transports back to their rigorously crippled in debased ships, with their undergarments pulled up so high they might as well be turtle necks, and their Inquisition Rosettes, where applicable because not all of them are bigger than a fist, shoved up their owner’s assholes.
The Lamenters probably felt danger coming their way anyway, and wouldn’t care about fucking up a few Inquisitors before shit got nasty again.
"Yeah, we know you defeated what was likely the worst space hulk in Imperial history, one that caused people to go bonkers merely by being close to the thing, but you just weren't going fast enough! Do better next time." - The Ordo Malleus
And your reward for good performance is more unrealistic expectations
The Inquisition as an organization is really rapidly looking more like an extra branch of chaos rather than any kind of useful arm of the imperium. Has there ever been a situation that they didn’t make objectively worse?
@@BR-dy1ie There's a reason the first thing the Emperor did once he got a text-to-speech device was disband them.
@@BR-dy1ie they did kinda fine on Vraks I guess
@@Mtom9388 they'd better had considering the active chaos force reinforcement of the planet, and even then Kagori did a lot of heavy lifting before they took direct command and lost hundreds of space marines in what i can best term as an insane dick move.
i like the idea of angry space marines carrying ordo malleus officials off to their shuttles by the scruff of their robes
''Bother Rafiael, Brother Gabriel could you please show to the honored Members of the Ordo Maleus the way back to their shuttle? This conversation is over.''
@@pyerack the Inquisitors are probably used to be dragged off by fuming space marines who they know can’t hurt them due to their status as inquisitors (at least when so many are present due to such an important event, but everyone knows “accidents” happen)
agreed.
@@hansstrudel9614 Dark Angel would be "experts" in such "accidents".
@@SuperAmaton I nearly did mention the Dark Angels because they’re the only chapter that most inquisitors are at least smart enough to keep quiet around lest they vanish without a trace like so many others.
"Today, our Holy Inquisition's Ordo Malleus will visit the Warders and spit straight in their proud, battered faces. What could possibly go wrong?" - Inquisitor Jeremiah Clarksonis
Tonight on Inquisition Gear... Adept James discovers new and interesting uses for toasters. Interrogator Hammond flies an Aquilla dropship into a void shield. And I get a first-hand tour of a Space Marine chapter's airlock.
'ery noice
@@VallornDeathblade All the while Sergeant Stig of the Grey Knights will look upon us all in silent disdain.
@@VallornDeathblade
Oi 'ammond, I got this Strike Cruiser for 50 thrones.
This is a case of the usual, "Only ordo Xenos seems to have some amount of decent chaps" it seems.
In our next installment of "What could go wrong? - 40k edition"...
Ask the Laughing Man about that; he'll tell you all about it!
What could possibly go wrong in an autonomous zone? CHAZ was communist utopia and Portland is still on fire from the loving caress of autonomous communists, I'm sure this will end in perfect harmony and love...
Nothing is more over the top in 40K than just how "wrong" things can get.
Chaos undivided: "... and I took that personally."
Newflash - *EVERYTHING!!!*
Unhallowed Heart: Why isn’t this driving you insane?!?!
Lamenters: WE’RE ALREADY INSANE!!!
"You merely adopted insanity, we were born in it, raised by it...."
“Molded by it. We have now mastered it. And now we will break you!
For those we cherish, we die in glory!
Insanely loyal....that's a new one.
_There is no horror that you could thrust upon our minds that we have not endured thrice-over before. Your baleful aura is but a trite shadow of the cursed fate which looms ever over us. You hold no power here, foul thing. And you shall break before us!_
FOR THOSE WE CHERISH, WE DIE IN GLORY!
"Brothers, please escort these fu... fine ingr... inquisitors here off the ship. I'm sure they would not like to be here in case our 'bad luck' manifest and we all have accidental discharges of our weaponry into the back of their skull. Most unfortunate, that would be."
Malakim Phoros probably.
Literally any Lamenter at any point in time:
Tzeentch sneezes
Lamenter: "IS THAT AN ENTIRE TYRANID HIVE FLEET?!"
Tzeentch: "Huh.... neat."
Only one Hive Fleet ? Wow, they were having a remarkably good day.
I mean that kind of actually happend to them at one point in time though.
When 100% casualties is a good day because last week people kept getting revived and killed over and over.
fixed it
Literally any Lamenter at any point in time: Justa quick bio and I can get back to a nice quiet evening cleaning the blood off my equipment (as much my own as mine enemies)
Tzeentch sneezes
Tzeentch: "IS THAT AN ENTIRE TYRANID HIVE FLEET?!"
Lamenter: "Huh.... neat." requisitions more ammo, sends a signal to the local government/garrison and points the ship towards the hive fleet.
Tzeentch: "Just as planned!!"
And so “The Lamenters” Raised a massive middle finger to the warp saying “IS THAT ALL YOU GOT?”
The inquisition: “Allow us to introduce ourselves”
Tzeentch: "Ya done goofed, yellow marines."
The Lamenters are the literal embodiment of "I didn't hear no bell."
If any other Chapter had done what the Lamenters did, they would hav received their own Space-Fortress or several Planets to recruit from.
that made me chuckle.
@@SuperAmaton Maybe one day a GW writer will find a way to slip them a nice shiny new space station, a few more recruiting worlds, and some nice ships....ofcourse the station will likely be actually infested with Demons because its 6 feet from a warp rift, all the planets will be 99.9 percent trash, with a small chance of the population surviving the opening training and surgeries, and all the ships will have a single bathroom to crap in because a administrative assistant thought that toilets were unnecessary.
"You know, brother, I can't help but wonder. Why do the Lamenters seem to be so resistant to the horrors of the Unhallowed Heart? What could possibly steel the heart of a man against nightmares so unspeakable they drive any normal man insane?"
[looking at a nearby lamenter sitting near a view port with a thousand yard stare] "Experience, I think."
Brother, you are overthinking this. When the worst thing you could possibly imagine threatens you, you send the best of the best. You send the scions of the Great Angel who do not fail and do not fear for their own fate for they know that when the black bell tolls, they will be called to the Emperor's side.
Now that was a good laugh. Had to avoid choking on a fruit I was eating but that was a good laugh.
Oh man, that hurts.
My armor is Contempt
My shield is Disgust
My Sword is Hatred
In the Emperors name, Let none survive!
We present to you; Resource Extraction Grid, also known as "The Middle East of 40k".
But everyone is a religious zealot!
@@freeze2859 Isn't that a middle-eastern trait as well?
@@MizantropMan The ones with guns mostly.
More like the Caribbean, honestly. A resource rich pirate's haven far from the Empire made up of many little worlds.
Huron reminds me most of Captain Blackbeard, Dankula did a Mad Lads on him recently.
Lamentors facing the worst single spawn of the warp... Not and everyday occurrence but to the Lamentors perhaps a bad monday.
normal monday for em.
Lamentors suck most of the bad luck out of the Imperium.
Have the chapter keep growing beyond 1000 so they have a chance to keep tanking for the Imperium.
i would say normal day.
For all their bad luck, the Lametors are still the Gigachads of 40k.
What are you guys talking about this is Tuesday to them
I don't care what anyone says about Arch. His way of describing the ridiculousness, hopelessness, and down right seriousness of the 41st millennium is second only to the glory of the Emperor.
Such a passionate narration.
I considered arch and luetin09 to be the best sources of 40k lore.
Oculus also comes close!
Baldermort is great at this too
@@ryanwilliams1207 i also love rho underrated youtuber
Yes dude. The absolute zenith of lore channels. This vid had me tearing up fr.
Space Hulk: tried to show the Lamenters hell as if they don't already live there as permanent residents lol.
naturalized citizens*
Nah they've been given full-blown citizenship and a welcome stay at Lucifer's palace as esteemed guest cause even he's feeling bad for them
somewhere in the warp, hawk boy Sanguinius weeps tears of absolute pride at the shear insane resole the lamenters showed distorting that space hulk
Imagine the angry eyebrows on the space marine helmets when an inquisitor 2/3 their height comes up to them and starts shouting orders
Thank the Emperor for these helmets.
@OMGitsAzreal same
"Who is this little piss stain?" The captain asks.
I can just imagine them drawing angry eyebrows on their helmets with markers now. 😆
@@TealWolf26 angry marines
“Hey guys we’re-why is everything on fire?”
-The Astral Claws upon entering the maelstrom zone
Brother.
@@thil2894 brother it is the flamer a warp flamer
does anyone know which Primarch the Astral Claws came from?
@@banneduser5187 nope, multiple rumors Gulliman, Dorn, 2nd legion etc.
@@thil2894 i had heard Guilliman but only in comment sections, nothing in lore. Thx anyway my m8
Why is it always the Inquisition starting shit that doesn't need starting?
Why do they always happen to be nearby when a chapter begins to fall?
Reminds me an awful lot of the Celestial Lions.
Ah well, great vid as always Arch.
You know why
It's either the Inquisition, the ecclesiarchy or the Administratum. A good chunk of crap are started by one of these three.
Do not forget the Mechanicus "000111000011 Uhh that looks like a shiny that can go beep blop, what could possibly go wrong 000111000111" starts rubbing a mechadendrite over the artifact, that still functions, on a world that has remained undisturbed for millions of years, in an all to suggestive way!
In fairness everyone seems to get along with the Ordos Xenos, they have real enemies to kill and usually aren't complete pricks to everyone else. It's the Ordos Malleus and Herreticus that screw the pooch so completely.
@@crystalalarm3 Or maybe we are just thirsty Amberley Vail fanboys the lot of us.
Everyone: "Holy shit, this thing is the worst I've ever seen, we're all doomed!"
Lamenters: "What do you mean, guys? It's fine. It's like, completely normal"
Ok. The Lamenters are becoming one of my favorites now.
only just now?!
I didn't know they destroyed a Space Hulk in a manic spaz before.
Here, more reasons to love the Lamenters:www.royalroad.com/fiction/30541/40-thousand-reasons
I think they are easily in my top 5 of chapters. We need way more Lamenter lore❤️
Even Astartes are falling into fits of lethal madness barely close enough to launch artillery, and the Lamenter's are over here BOARDING THE DAMN THING
The Inquisitor stared across the desk at the tech adept who had finished the report on the Lamentors.
"So... what you are saying is... the only reason that the Lamentors had any resistance at all to the madness field of the space hulk is because they have been through so much pain and misery?"
"Indeed, sah." His servos that managed his eyes lowered in a simulacrum of a sad facial expression.
"And... if we reward them and thus make their lives better in any way, they will lose that edge they have and undoubtedly be less useful to the imperium, correct?" The sound of incredulousness creeped into his voice.
The tech adept nodded, "Yes, sah. If we show them kindness, it will weaken the chapter and thus make it possible for them to be destroyed by the next threat from the Maelstrom."
The inquisitor tapped the table with a single finger in a rhythmic fashion as he thought. He finally spoke, "So, the only logical conclusion is that we must make the Lamentors even more miserable for their own good." He sighed and leaned back in his reclining chair, rubbing the bridge of his nose, "I cannot refute your logic, but that doesn't mean I like this."
The tech adept shrugged what passed for shoulders, "And the irony is, you cannot even explain your actions, lest the abuse will not serve a purpose."
The Inquisitor sat up in his chair, "Fine, but... let's make the abuse we heap upon them so insane and ludicrous that nobody would take it seriously. Say... Let's condemn them for... Not destroying the largest Space Hulk EVER recorded... fast... enough?"
The tech adept paused and made whirring and clicking noises for a good ten seconds before he responded, "Agreed. Nobody could possibly take such a complaint seriously."
The Inquisitor stood up while slamming the palms of his hands on the desk simultaneously, "Good. I don't look forward to this, but in the end, it is the purpose of the Inquisition to do the dirty work that needs to be done, so that the good and pure do not have to be stained with dark deeds."
The Tech Adept began to put the final touches on the prepared documents, "It is for the Greater Good, Sah. The Emperor will understand."
The Inquisitor adjusted his ceremonial robes and started off to the audience chamber to give his final report to the assembled warders, "I fear that in the end, this will not be viewed in a favorable light.... but we do what we must to protect the saints among us, even if we must wound them to do so." He sighed and paused at the exit, "I pray that history will be as understanding... and I pray for the Lamentors as well."
(Meanwhile , every single inquisitor meeting the Lamenters in the future )
"This report on them claim that the should have destroyed the thing faster..."
"Dont you think that to condemn them for such a thing seems ...a tad bit excessive ?"
"I would if it was written and submitted by anyone else , but for the Inquisitor on site to do so , clearly he must have had enough insight on the matter before dishing what would otherwise be a heroic deed. We should be cautious and offer them as little support as possible in lieu of their suspicious past ."
It's from a book? Cause it's brillant, almost to simple and nice for 40k but still.
@@strangerlucky5753 Nah. Something I did on the fly.
this. . . actualy makes sense. . . the Lamentors have had so much bad luck that they were able to understand the madness and resist it for so long. so if we were to give them any respite then their understanding of such horrors will diminish and therefor make them more in danger of being turned into madmen just like their brothers.
Beautiful.
Lamenters, whose lives were already horrible, were the least effected by terrible visions.
As one Lamenter space marine stated, "They think that's bad? That's Tuesday for us."
I love the music Arch uses when he's talking about the Lamenters' unrelenting assault on the Unhallowed Heart.
Freaking epic.
And I love how the Lamenters were like "You're not going anywhere" to the damn hulk when it was about to blink back into the warp.
😪perfect...
@@sadwingsraging3044
Well, it's better than the way some people do things or don't do them rather.
Lamenters: You think you know suffering and misery, no you merely adopt it. We were born in it shaped by it forged by it, you only spread pain, we understand it to the depths you cannot even comprehend
Man, respect the Lamenters.
On a side note, it is a little known fact that once every few years Inquisitors go on a pilgrimagte to Terra, where they visit Malcador's grave and following their organization's greatest tradition piss on it.
I hope they continue it for a long time.
I heard they power the Golden Throne these days by wrapping Malcador's grave in copper wiring and let his spinning do the rest.
@@Noxims47314 We found the one piece of shit heretic that doesn't like the greatest old man in fiction.
@@Venneroth Not just the Golden Throne. Malcadot's grave is the major power source for all of Terra.
What if the astral claws were horus's kids. Would explain a few things. Like their pride, stable geneseed, and disputed origins. Just a thought.
@James Stockdale i can see the Astral claws. Rest sounds rather false. Charnel guard were fighting on Baal and some suffered from black rage. Mantis Warriors don't have looks like NL. And im pretty sure it Lamentors have vampire teeth.
@James Stockdale yeah but what if... listen... what the Blood Angels where a successor chapter of the Night Lords!? Crazy Visions, Batman asthetics... it all makes sense!
Need more of these brownies and stuff..
I get what you tried to do. But this isn't nearly as fun or clever as it might have sounded in your head. More like drivel based on random superficial traits for doing it. Or simply watching too many M. Night Shyamalan movies.
@@Errtuabyss the blood angels are a founding legion separate from the night lords a separate each have different primarchs
@@lordpfeiffer8490 You have to work on your sarcasm detecting skill. Serious work.
I took an obviously BS example and used stupid stoner expressions to make it clear how stupid the idea is. Joke went right past you. Twice.
My thought went to Horus as well. Like father, like gene sons.
“For those we cherish, we die in glory!”
A lovely part of the 40k setting is how all the necessary evil makes people not stop and think before moving on to the unnecessary evil till it bites them in the rear. The Emperor got hit with this pretty hard so naturally his agents in the Inquisition dive head on in. How many times have they confused the fact that they CAN do something with SHOULD do something?
The inquisition is secretly a chaotic influence
Well you have at least three known branches of the inquisition, that we know of, that mess with each other as much if not even more then with the general imperium.
Combine this with a diverse array of different ideologies within them and you have a nice mix of reasons to do stupid stuff.
We have those in the lore that are more fixated on pretty fires and sparkly sparkly planets (some could argue those are the ones thinking about stuff and declaring loudly one shouldn`t do it - thinking included - and prefer everyone and everything that scarres them rendered into xyz extra crispy, and create stupid situations by not wanting to risk it for the brisket, or save important info)
Then we have those that are too interessted in their devastating ol` game of lets "poke the warpbeast/necronomicon/... into its fluffy tail with a stick, whats the worst that could happen" and likly consider reason or the aknowledgment of ones own borders as heresy.
(These are the ones that seem to think that a stop sing is just a bad use for pwetty colors)
And then there are of course the edgelords within the branches of the inquisition, that go along the line of "oh we know exactly what can go wrong *hihi*, how much damage it will do *snicker* and how terrible it will be for all in generall *cackle*.... lets do it for the -lulz- .... strenghtening of the empire. While we vanish the moment the ork sniper hits the celestial -lion- fan"
( they really excell in the ability to ensure that the pretty red button is pressed by someone. And that they are far aways and safe when it happens)
"For almost all the Space Marine Chapters present, the day the Unhallowed Heart graced the Badab system was the most hopeless and terrifying day of their lives. For the Lamenters, it was Tuesday"
To be a Imperial citizen in the Zone during this time, must have felt like living through the Great Crusade.
More then likely they've never even heard of it, much less know anything but the merest hints amped up to a mythological degree. its been ten thousand years afteral.
Who ordered Event Horizon on the M41 catastrophe list?
Event Horizon has been standard 40k since before Event Horizon was a thing. Almost every imperial navy vessel deals with it once a century it seems.
@@squirrel_killer- i was meaning with the space hulk itself.
You mean the Occurence Border?
Ooh, maybe the Event Horizon's stern half was at the center of the Unhallowed Heart.
Well, that was kinda eventful... The Lamenters need the same lawyers the Black Templar use when dealing with the Inquisition ][
You mean the illustrious Barrister Boltgun?
@@lewisvargrson don't forget Ambassador Pineapple
"My client refuses to answer any questions before you all sit on the pointy end of his chainsword and press the activation rune! The defense rests its case your honor."
Inquisition: "You will do as we say!"
Black Templars: "Or?"
41:31 - so basically the Lementors got off with 'very light' casualties !
How lucky for them :)
Holy shit, I love it when Arch gets intense. This video is going in my favorite Arch moments, along with the scene from Armageddon when he narrated the arrival of the Astartes at Acheron Hive.
Yeah, I dont always like Archs descriptions, they're a bit too immature at times for my tastes, but when he hits his stride while narrating hot damn does it make me feel again, and that part of the Armageddon series always makes me shed a tear manly pride at the sheer awesomeness of the Astartes.
@@HoodedLord same. When he went ham on the Lamenters fucking up the hulk, it was amazing.
It’s incredibly fitting that the “good luck” of the lamenters being able to get closer and attack the space hulk was actually just their bad luck coming around. They’re the only ones that can withstand the madness long enough to make any sort of difference, so they took the heaviest casualties trying to take it out
For all their misfortune and sacrifices, the Lamenters are beasts!
The Astral Claws really do fit rather well my imagery for the Second Legion, actually. Masters of Strategic Attrition, manipulating the battlefield through a constantly flexible strategy as the enemy is crushed again and again between anvil and hammer, but were brought low before their much needed time by Warp born madness due to their Gene Seed flaw. As my imagery for the Second Legion is, that they were created within and without to combat the "Long War" and therefore designed to lead the Imperium as the organised front against Chaos, whenever its inevitable riposte to the Imperial Truth came.
To me, the veteran Chapter Master Rovik Blake, is a model Second Legionnaire Officer.
@OMGitsAzreal To me, they are called the Celestial Slayers, Primarch is Malak'Zil. As to why they were named Celestial Slayers, lets say Malak has a history with corrupt Eldar with designs of Godhood.
@OMGitsAzreal Lol, kinda. Pretty sure the angle was these Eldar were literal Cult of Pleasure survivors, they worshipped Slaanesh before there was a Slaanesh.
@OMGitsAzreal Lol, you are getting me in a fanfic mood, ha.
@OMGitsAzreal Pretty sure GW is sitting on the Lost Legions... eternally, lol. No amount of ideas will shift them on that, lol.
One: Its just the Lamentors bad luck that they got an incorigable inquisitor.
Two: its always the Ordo Heriticus or Malus that fucks up and makes things worse. Just look at Vrax!
*Cough cough* Kryptman *cough cough*
In defense of Lord Hector Rex, while he failed as a military commander if he had not been on Vraks I fully believe the 88th would have been overrun by the daemons summoned by both the Khornate and Nurgle Astartes. Remember it was Rex himself who slew An’ggrath the Unbound, the Bloodthirster summoned by The Sanctified warband and it was the Grey Knights, who were only at Vraks because of Rex, who slew the Great Unclean One summoned by the Nurgle forces.
@@robertwalker5794 Oh, I wasn't downing Lord Inquisitor Hector Rex, I actually respect him somewhat. I was speaking of the attempted assassination of the Cardinal that kicked off the whole situation on Vrax to begin with. And for the most part, when Malus fucks up, they at least try to clean up their mess. Most Heriticus Inquisitors from everything I have read and seen like to deflect like no other.
Warp: Behold, cosmic DOOOOOOM unfathomable~!
Lamenters: Bitch please. That's not how you do soulshredding misery. Here, let us show you how it's done...
Warp: Understandablehaveagreatday
The old Saying within the Imperial Navy stays true: We always need more Nova Cannons!
a fleet of the damn things would have been needed, but at least it's REALLY hard to miss a target that big.
@@johnj.spurgin7037 if in doubt, aim so that the warp is the target behind the intended one and fire al you want.
Getting screwed over by friend, foe and fate and still getting back up time and time again to do their duty. I love the Lamenters.
The Lamenters are like the grunts. Come hell or high water, they get shit done. Then get chewed out by their CO for wasting too much ammunition or taking too long.
Sanguinius, watching on as the Lamenters stand alone before Terror Itself and force it back when all others had failed, tears of blood streaming down his cheeks: "Thus are my sons."
What I don't understand is why Rovik wasn't satisfied upon his lightning strike's conclusion, per-maturely stopped or not. He had SEVERELY weakened the chaos grip on the systems. If he worked to secure the bastions of streingth now, it might well have meant centuries of invulnerability on the great enemy's part. I mean sure, the enemy would return. But they WHERE GOING to return no matter what. It seams the chapter master simply did not understand that there where limits to what could be accomplished when you're dealing with an area like this. The "ideal" Imperium simply won't ever happen when the fundamentals of the area itself are perpetually working against you.
Plus it would seem likely that the various hostile elements would simply cannibalize each other after the campaign, which would finish off the weakest elements still standing, and severely reduce most of the elements that weren't dealt with as throughly as the wardens would like. Hell they probably could've let them kill each other over resources, and came in a bit later and finished them off after they were weakened from infighting. Or even bait them into fighting each other some more since the enemy was so decentralized, just like how they deal with Ork empires. You don't have to shoot everything in the face with a bolter, if some other guy would stab him in the face anyway.
The short answer is that they weakened chaos' grasp on the sector but didn't sever it. By defeating the worse the maelstrom had, they created a power vacuum. If they had eliminated everything then it would have taken far longer for that vacuum to be filled. However, since they were forced to stop early, a new threat could easily walk in, show the survivors of the scourge campaign who daddy really was, then unite them against the warders. The only reason the warders got as far as they did was because they weren't fighting a united front and you can bet your last credit that the survivors realized that too.
@@wolfman1003 Okay but where would they come from ? Why would they already not be there after the sector was already weakened? I get some more people might move in eventually but after the Astartes kicked everyone's shit in and straightened the place up there wouldn't be anything worth taking for quite awhile with increased military presence. The Wardens filled the vacuum. Now I don't know how the campaign is going to play out., but I don't see why they would decide to do this maybe pirates, chaos and renegades but not the other xenos factions, and even the factions that do are iffy.
Factions like by there very nature wouldn't ever get along unless immediately and directly threatened. But I wouldn't be surprised if the writer just handwaved stuff away like this away since 40k seems to do a lot of that.
@@insidious7329 The answer is usually the simple one, Chaos. Chaos warbands are constantly trying to prove themselves in the eyes of their gods so they seek out any opportunity to do so. Warp travel can take you anywhere especially if your a servant of the dark gods. Not to mention that the scourge campaign spilled a lot of blood over a couple years. It would be a simple matter of a pirate tried to flee the conflict and got captured by a warband for them to learn where the conflict was as well as the situation. They could then use their mastery of the warp to appear deep in the maelstrom without the warders being the wiser. The chance to kill or corrupt space marine chapters would be too good a chance to pass up. The chaos warlord might even be elevated to daemonhood if he accomplished his goal.
@@wolfman1003 That's not really too good of one, since chaos fights itself as much as the Imperium, they're their own worst enemy. But maybe I'm getting a bit too nitpicky. Also Given how dangerous warp travel is for even chaos it isn't too reliable of just about anybody. But anyway I don't think I'm gonna get a good answer as to this beyond " because the plot demanded it.
Dude, I’ve listened to this whole series like 6 times now. It’s legit some of the best 40k content on here. I wish Arch would do another series like this or Vracks again.
God damn Arch, this is 100% my new favorite video of yours. It has everything you could ever want from Warhammer 40k. Strategic genius from the Astral Claws, space marine on space marine warfare from the Mantis Warriors, unknowable cosmic horror from the Unhallowed Heart (probably the scariest thing I've heard of in this universe), heroic sacrifice from the Lamenters (I damn near got a tear in my eye from your description) and nothing gets me as annoyed as the Inquisition. I have no doubt I'll be rewatching this video many times in the future
So the Unhallowed Heart, a hulk that sends all who approach it into a frothing torment of blood frenzied murder and madness... well it's good to know what happened to The Event Horizon after it vanished!
did you find anything about the space hulk called 'unhallowed heart'? Doesn't seem to be much written about it even though it seem to be or host such a potent entity.
Maybe the thing at it's center is the half of the Event Horizon that entered FTL.
Jesus Arch. The way you told of the "battle" with the Unhallowed Heart left me speechless and made me tear up a bit. I have no idea how you did it, but keep doing it dude. This was god-tier storytelling.
So the Lamenters took this massive space hulk that was possing a sector wide threat to baddab sector if not even the entire autonomous region. A hulk that held up against every single thing the imperials threw against it, including the kitchen sink. The Lamenters showing theyr incredible tenacity, mental resilience and absolute loyalty to the Imperium, manage not just destroy this thing but took 1/3rd of theyr chapter as casualties. And the motherfliping inquisition has the sheer balls to come at these Heroes and bitch at them? How did the emperor himself not vaporize said inquisitor on the spot for uttering such absolute Heresy?
For those we cherish, we die in glory!
power mad pricks and beaurocracy. i wonder how much easier the Hulk would have been had the Charnel guard not been recalled...
Sounds like a round of bad luck.
All I can imagine is the emperor arriving in a golden light to only 1. Smite the shit out of every inquisitor he could find and 2. Give the lamaters a whole lotta metals for the shit they have to deal witg
I’ve heard of some serious shit in 40k but the way Arch talks about the Unhallowed Heart puts a core of dread in me.
Some inscrutable shadow in the black void that drives any and all near it to a go using and frenzied deaths without rhyme or reason or even purpose.
Like a malevolent beast so vile it killed a quarter of a planet’s people just by being near it even as it was torn apart by beyond superhuman efforts.
It is Chaos at its most effective,
Madness given form.
@@Noxims47314 malal or malice taking a bloody joyride and of course only the lamaters can beat his ass mostly cause I'm pretty sure he favors them
Jesus Christ, my dude,
Your description of the Lamenters repelling the hulk sent shivers up my spine.
Mayhaps.... just mayhaps, like you I have way too much emotional gold invested in the Lamenters, but that was one. Amazing. Speech. SHIVERS!
How much to have you speak at my funeral like that?
I usually listen to Arch while driving or gaming and I legit had to leave my game because I was so caught up in his description of the Lamenters and Wardens kicking the Unhallowed Hearts ass! I've heard him get into describing things but that was on a whole different and glorious level
Soooo what you're saying is, judging by the grudge comment, the Badab war was the inquisitions fault. If this is so then im not surprised in the slightest
4:25 - So the fleet consists of void faring red-shirts and a couple of Blood Angels successor chapters?...Let's hope they have the death company with them. | 22:40 - That's an image of an incredibly lucky Lamenter. (by their standards) | 28:50 - You've covered them in a lore video. | 30:40 - Probably a Greater Daemon of somekind. (either Khorne, Tzeentch or Chaos Undivided, based on the description of what happened) | 37:46 - It's because they've already had it so bad, what's a space hulk?! | 41:20 - Ooh...and this isn't the worst of the Badab War. But at least they're getting the respect that they deserve. | Yeah, just ask the Celestial Lions.
I can already feel, that this is gonna be hell of a frustrating ride, this series, thanks to ever-graceful touch of Inquisiton... like... whyyyy, poor Lamenters. Emperor protects your avenging angels!
I Think, that the Lamenters were able to resist the influence of the Fuck-Hulk better than others, because, as blood angels descendants, they had to deal with the twin threats of the Red Thirst, and Black Rage. In this, they would have been very much Used to resisting such things like Psychic torment.
That and they've had to deal with all of the shit that the galaxy's thrown at them for about five thousand years, it's a wonder they've not been driven into extinction on at least a dozen separate occasions.
Ah yes, I just finished watching a Gura stream and now I can wind down with some Mega Lore from Arch.
Today is a good day.
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@@UnrepentantFenian their chapter warcry being simply "a"
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2x2 never felt so satisfying :p
Damn arch. Your telling of the lamenters engagement with the hulk was awesome. Very nice.
Absolutely beautiful narration towards the end there, Arch. It hasn't been since I learned the details of D-Day have I felt such a genuine sorrow for the horrors of war. Add in the spice of a near unstoppable existential horror, and you have one hell of an event. All topped with the Imperium's favorite flavoring: Bureaucratic Nightmare Fuel.
Delightful.
the Lamentors upon seeing the Unhallowed Heart: here we go again
*giant chaotic spacehulk exists*
lamenters: "is that the best you got?"
Dude, you did awesome with the voice and pacing in describing the Lamentor's fight against the Unhallow Heart. Just Awesome.
... I'll give Rovik credit for wanting to remove the heart of the problem in the first place. But really, did the chapter master consider just what kind of enemy he was dealing with? This wasn't some xenos empire or disloyal world. Cygnax was destroyed by an organized chaos strike next to a stronghold of that source. And chaos is a VERY insidious force to the extreme. This was a war of the mind, not just bolters and void weaponry. He must indeed have gotten full of himself if he insisted on such a plan without careful precaution behind what could happen in the back of an astarties head. And what's more, if there really was any "end" to the forces involved... this is chaos we're talking about here. The rules of reality DO NOT apply.
They've lost to the ruinous forces of chaos's corruption even before the arrival.
Rovik was convinced that after securing the real space and planets surrounding the maelstrom they could push on ahead to establish some sort of beach-head and keep any intrusion pushed back at its source. he didn't account for his own Imperium's bureaucracy to literally sap his campaign's strength away before it began. the Astartes as ever sacrifice everything for so little to gain.
The maelstorm was infested with much more than just chaos. And without the shield of Cygnax, if the grid was to be ever made "safe" again the maelstorm would have to be purged.
What force to better do that than 4000 astartes? Seems like they would have succeeded too if a fourth of their forces weren't pulled back.
Lamenters while cursed are blessed with a insane power. Willpower is what drives this chapter away from absolute destruction.
The Lamenters always having the kitchen sink thrown at them probably became numb/highly resistant to most forms of madness. I find matching up Linkin Park's "Numb" chorus to 37:45 of this video quite fitting.
Imagine how many kitchens sink they have now and imagine them throwing them back
I will say, the new music for these videos is fantastic. Great choice Arch. It sets the perfect mood for this series
this is crazy good man I was on the edge with you tell the story you have gotten crazy good at telling these stories. dam you arch why do you do such a grate job now i want more!!!!!! grate job these stories can only be told by you I have not seen some one else reach the qualities and just sheer pation in this drama. brovo brovo.
Lamenters: *Lose 300 of your battle brothers fighting a literal amalgamation of the warp.*
The Inquisition: “Ur trash, M8! This is all your fault!”
Wow, the Lamenters truly _are_ the unluckiest Space Marine chapter in the entire universe. In any other case, the Inquisition would have been neutral in the entire matter and then buggered off upon realizing the scale of the thing.
The description of the Lamenters vs Space Hulk was The most hype sh*t ive ever heard from Arch
I like the idea of the chaos gods reading JoJo and saying you know what if we did the menacing thing with a space hulk? Also make it an extra large I hear Lamenters are over there.
How many Thrones do you want to bet that Cael’s little super soldier brigade could wander right into the Unhallowed Heart and not notice anything was amiss?
*Hears the Inquisition taking a dump on my Lamenters* "...Imma about to do some heretical shit to ya'll." On a different note, Arch if you see this, a lore question for you: Whatever it was at the center of the Unhallowed Heart, was that a result of one of the four gods of Chaos, or is that just the Warp corrupting something in its entirety?
You're discounting the idea that the thing might have just been a vague concept of daemonic madness and rage that owes no allegiance to any chaos god. Such things do exist, Abaddon's sword was one such daemon.
Probably the Outcast/Mad/Renegade God Malice taking an eff-off gigantic Space Hulk for a joyride in real-space. Causing widespread madness is one of his quirks after all.
@@Seldonlair which I'm pretty sure once apon a time followed the madness man himself malal
Its this type of telling of the Lamenters that make them easily, the greatest and most tragic chapter in 40K. Arch's passion just further added to the whole feeling of sacrifice, trial and ultimate victory against the Unhallowed Heart. Can't wait to cry as Arch describes the trial that lead to them going on a Penitent Crusade!
I'll catch out with this later Brother.
This is gonna be such a treat for a long and tiring day.
I like to think that every year on the anniversary of the telling of this epic tale of triumphant misery Arch takes out a set of exquisitely crafted, lovingly painted, and perfectly displayed 777 point Lamenters army to reflect and remember their sacrifice as he allows just the single tear he allocates himself every year to roll down his cold hard stern cheek.😪
Unhallowed Heart to the Lamenters: Behold- Nightmares!
Lamenters: We're one step away from thinking we're fighting Horus at all times. Zero f*cks given.
We raise our glasses here, filled to the brim with manly tears, to the Lamenters!
Unbowed by fortune's scorn, indomitable in the face of death and annihilation, a golden shield to Mankind shining through even the most lightless dark!!!
RELENTLESS FROM THE START!!!! DEFIANT TO THE LAST!!!
AVE DOMINI LACRIMAREM!!!!
And as always the Inquisition knows how to read a room with all the skill of a confused drunkard who removed their pants in the middle of a fancy restaurant and used their rear end like a set of bongos.
Wow, Arch really ramped up the intensity at the end. The guy know's how to narrate a climactic battle...
Void each and every one those Malleus Officials in the void so they can feel at least one-tenth of apercent suffering of those 300 maryters felt
Love that you are covering this series with detail. Many have covered it but never detailed enough. Also the Lamentors are badasses. This is a rare occurrence for Ordo Malleus its usually Ordo Hereticus that screws up and act like asshats
Me: Xenos!? What kind of Xenos!?
Arch: _the most foul_
Me: **Shudders**
THIS. This is why I've subscribed to Arch. Lore videos of absolute stellar values.
I just realized "I think" that the astral claws are in MK 4 armor. That's how you know there full of it.
This is perfect. I sit down for lunch with a bobby sandwich(cold sliced turkey with stuffing, gravy, a light coat of mayo and cranberry sauce on an Italian sub roll) and find the next badab video is ready to go. The Emperor is happy with me this day for certain. Happy belated Thanksgiving to everyone.
Unhallowed Heart: *”BEHOLD!! THE DEPTHS OF WARPBORNE MADNESS!!!”*
Lamenters: “Tch, is it Monday already?”
And just like that, for one night, The Lamenters became The Unrelenters.
Loving the art slides Arch, excellent work. I listen to you every morning and night, thanks for the content.
With that description of the Lamenters, I can almost imagine them being targeted by the influence of the hulk.
"Behold foolish astartes! Your corpse god and Imperium shall fall! All are worthless! This is the future that shall befall you"
To which the afflicted Lamenters merely flash a half-happy smile
"Hey! We might just get a few days off from this bullshit after all..."
I kind of wish the Blood Ravens had been handling the liaison with the Inquisition for the Lamenters. The after-action reporting would probably have gone... Differently.
"Hey guys, that Inquisitor guy had to leave in a hurry, but it turns out he's not such a punk after all. He was really happy with your taking down that Space Hulk, and told me to tell you 'great job'. He was so impressed that he even gifted you his personal masterwork power sword! ...Uh, on an unrelated matter, don't look in the freezer."
The animations your making are alot cleaner this vid. Keep up the good work arch.
That last bit almost makes me want to lock the Inquisitor I am currently painting in my box of half finished projects and forget about him.
Very nice arch. The battle between the lamenters and the unhallowed heart had so much emotion I was on the edge of my seat. Please more parts like this!
ah yes the inquisition. like that one kid as school years who came late to the party and complained that the food was already eaten XD
Glad I have another nice, juicy lore series to look forward to when Arch uploads 40k!
25:05, and this is the moment when everything started going to hell.
One should never wound what one can't kill.
Do the holy ordos have a fetish for starting trouble where there isn’t any?
Some inquisitors have there heads so far up their asses that it comes back out thair mouths
Funny you should ask that. There is a faction in the Inquisition, called the Istvaanians, that think the Imperium's problem is that it's too complacent, and that they need to deliberately cause conflict and strife to keep the Imperium on its toes. They engineer xenos invasions and start rebellions anywhere that hasn't recently been visited by disaster.
I'm just gonna say that again.
There is a group of Inquisitors.
Responsible for Mankind's survival.
That look at WARHAMMER FORTY-COCKING-THOUSAND.
And say to themselves, "you know what the problem is? It's too nice. Let's fuck it up more."
@@Venneroth They’re considered renegades and heretics, but they're still a faction.
@@Venneroth To be fair they're doing the same thing a penetration tester does to the physical and electronic security of large companies, and what the Adeptus Custodes do to themselves during their Blood Games. I. e. the only way to reliably discover your weak points is to invite someone to deliberately try and break your defenses, then make sure any holes that were exploited by the attackers are patched up and covered. Doing that live and without constraints is of course very dangerous, but on the other hand during a genuine this-is-not-a-drill emergency nobody is going to fake their response or fail to take the excercise seriously, so Istvaanians do have a point.
All Lamenters go to the Emperor's side when they die and NOBODY can convince me otherwise, they're THIS immune to the horrors of Chaos makes me sure their souls always fly true to Big E once they are rid of their flesh and the curse of Misfortune tormenting it.
I imagine Ollanius Pius himself takes them to him cause no body wants to fuck with a angry pius
I am genuinely shocked that the inquisitorial agents didn't suffer from any 'accidents' on their way back to whatever arsehole they climbed out of. Even if it wasnt the Wardens who 'accidented' the inquisitorial agents you'd think that there would have been chapters lined up for that particular retribution, foremost amongst them Dante and the Blood Angels.
I can only imagine the pure fucking rage every blood angel and their successors must of felt getting that info I'm pretty sure it might just have given khorne a full blown anger nose bleed
“I heard your Chapter Master told the Ordo Malleus to f**k off.”
“Yes, only I don’t think he put it quite that politely.”