Why does Maugan Ra look like the grim reaper? In universe answer: The C'tan known as the Nightbringer is the physical personification of death in the universe. Millions of years ago, it planted the fear of death in the minds of all living beings (except orks). So every race has a similar idea of the personification of death: scythe and black robe. Out of universe answer: It looks badass.
@@Alzir-n9m Yeah, I had no idea about it. Really drives home how kickass the C'tan are. This one being is responsible for the entire universe's conception of death.
@@Channel-23s probably helps that he's the ONLY one who isn't stupidly running into every battle at the front of a vanguard force usually leading AT BEST fanatical militias in primary coloured armour or worst potter's, florist's & poet's in skin tight leotards. Deaths avatar just standing at the back going "these clowns never learn better give them some fire support Bois maybe some will come back" until it's clearly cooked and he just escapes back into the webway.
"Fire Lord Ozai is no more. Just as the world will be reborn in fire, I shall be reborn as the supreme ruler of the world. From this moment on, I will be known as the Phoenix King!" By Phoenix King Ozai
Don't tell them the L in Phoenix King Ozai's daugter Azula's name is pronounced "R" due to eastern influence Not to mention she shoots azure-blue flames
@The Anarcho-Nazbol Inquisition Azura isn't a name from that part of the East. It's hebrew. So Azula being the name from an English language series is pronounced with the L sound. The fire nation has a Japanese aesthetic it's not Japanese or eastern in anything but aesthetic
Need to set a running tally of how many episodes they can do on Eldar and never mention the names and mythology are taken from Celtic myth, and it doesn't matter how they pronounce it if they don't realize it's written in a different language. A language that exists to this day and there are definitely native speakers in the discord screaming into their headphones when Bricky says "sam-hain".
Tonite on Ridiculous Gear: Bricky manages to overcome The Nurgles Rot that turned his outstretched yet mushy forehead into a plague drone hive with the power of the Strands of Fate, DK becomes a massive simp for Jain Zar and Shy steals Asurmen's Sword of Asur to hunt down Kirioth after he broke free from the Adeptus Ridiculous Licensed basement of emergency hosts for when Bricky begins his monthly plaguebearer transformation
After playing Total War Warhammer and listening to some fantasy audiobooks, hearing Bricky pronounce Asur as Azure started to physically hurt this episode.
Yep. Pronunciations aren't great for a lot of things, doubly so once jokes spawn from these. Never forget Yinnari, Yinnead, and Yincarne. Perhaps it's just Incarne, as in an incarnation of the god, but written with Y instead of I? Nope. There's a Y. Vocalise that Consonant.
This is actually a myth. All the Phoenix Lords have died multiple times. There’s literally no sources that claim any of them have evaded death. The one who’s died the least, however, is Fuegan.
To explain: yes, there is a body inside the armor. Aspect Warriors: You keep your personality, but you gain knowledge and memories of previous wearers, which influences you. Exarchs: Your mind melds with that of the previous wearers, becoming a gestalt persona of ALL the wearers together. Phoenix Lords: Your personality is GONE. The original stays and remains in control, taking over your body. It gets your memories and skills, but 'you' disappear to give life to the Lord again.
I would say it is the same thing each time but a matter of degree. Aspects have a light touch, allowing them to tap into it with minimal cost to their selfdom. Exarchs are a melding of equals where you join a collective with the same goals and desires. Pheonix Lords are just taking on the exact shape of the individual. Becoming a being of incredible power by becoming the new pillar that supports it all. You exist only as that which allows the Lord to live on. Not erased or devoured so much as the cost of rising to the heights of such glory is there is no room for individuality. You are the Lord and they are you.
In second edition lore (which i know the best, since I played it a bunch), the body would vanish, getting fully integrated into the suit, so by the time death happens again, an exarch or lord's suit is indeed completely empty.
@@SymbioteMullet I remember reading that in death, the body would vanish. But even in 2nd Edition we had pictures of Exarchs without their helms, and stories of them taking the helm off to show their face. So we know at least with Exarchs they had a real body for a time.
Everything they name is a variant of one word, which happens to be "azure", which means blue. It's confirmed: the eldar are just another flavour of Ultramarines
My theory of how Maugan Ra could kill an entire Hive Fleet is that he took out the Synapse Creatures first. That's the key to defeating Tyranids, and "assassination" is something I think he nearly specialises in. And then he'd be free to deal with all the grunts and gaunts at his leisure.
I heard somewhere that what actually happened was that a splinter of hive fleet Leviathan had somehow managed to get into the webway and that Maugan Ra basically used a webway gate as a giant choke point and he just kept shooting into it as the nids were all funneled into that one gate.
I honestly hoped Bricky would talk about when Karrandras got smacked by a dreadnought and there was a first person example of becoming the new Phoenix Lord in Path of the Warrior
Honestly the Phoenix Lords are more like a Sentai (power rangers for Americans) group A wide variety of colorful characters (both literally and metaphorically) who fight against a dark evil force that wishes to consume everyone The only different is Asurmen is blue instead of Red.
So, it should be noted with all this talk of age and the phoenix lords that Maugan-Ra and Fuegan are still fully alive. They have never died and are still in possession of their original bodies. Some other fun things are that Fuegan has a beserker's rage, gaining strength when he loses wounds in-game, Asurmen's blade used to instant-kill by having his brother's soul jump out and eat the soul of its target, and Baharroth has a grenade launcher on his leg to drop bombs on people as he flies over them. As to why we don't run Asurmen or other phoenix lords... Well for Asurmen do remember that Dire Avengers are no longer troops, they're elites (though that has become more palatable with arks of omen). They share the same weakness all foot-dar do in that they're low toughness and wounds. When you say fuegan gets "one shot" you're more right than you know. He'll get one shot after dropping out of a transport and then he's dead. Baharroth is played because he can be saved that fate with his re-deploy. Like I LOVE the rules for Karrandaras (exploding 6's that explode again) and Fuegan but I lose every time I run them.
@@sciarpecyril Yeah I know. And it used to be that every dire avenger exarch had a soul-eating sword. I was just mentioning it because DK seemed to really like Baharroth
@@Bluecho4 Asurmen: Don't worry, Phoenix Lords! We have something the Chaos Gods don't: the power of friendship! *meanwhile, in the Realm of Chaos" Tzeentch: Alright, everyone in favor of replacing Slaanesh with Vashtorr as our 4th pilot, raise your hand. Okay, that's unanimous. I'll give him a ring and see if he's busy today.
As a small note on the Rhana Dandra, when Chaos is destroyed along the eldar race they need no longer fear she who thirsts meaning they may possibly regain the ability to be reborn like pre fall.
@Falaxard I do wonder if the absolute mess that is the warp wouldn't make it harder to be reborn. At least with Ynniad they are protected from the big suk.
@@gunterthekaiser6190 Are they really or is Ynnead just in the beginning stages of forming and it's devotees are just repeating an old mistake virtually exchanging one souleating warpbeing for another?
@@roguehart Ynnead doesn’t consume his followers, he actually brings them back from the dead pretty regularly GW being them used that as a way to have the Ynnari get folded a few times
Maugen Ra doing breast strokes in the warp is not that silly if you ask Kaldor Draigo. Also there are two "intact" eldar gods. Isha, stuck in Nurgle's mason jar, and Cegoman, the kekky clown of the Harlquins
Pheonix Lords are normal eldar who became demigods, the primarchs are born demigods and struggle to live in a galaxy of mortals. Different, but both interesting.
@@ryanturner3176 that’s a good way to put it. They are uplifted by a portion of Khaine’s power, but each death, allows them to further possess a new Exarch, adding their power. So technically they aren’t as powerful as a Primarch, but they can get infinity more powerful the more they’re killed.
i think they should get their each individual episode. Cause FFS i am going to explode if i see another primarch and then legion epsiode next to each other Update: the lion got released. I exploded
no, not at all, they're just as strong as them, but far more fragile, their capacity vary widly, jain zar can be killed by just a group of marines and keeper of secrets, taken and locked away by ahriman , meanwhile, maugan fucking ra just decimates an entire Hive fleet and could took a craftworld back from the eye of terror all by himself without dying a single TIME the moment he became phoenix lord, he would kill a primarch without beaking a sweat. Also, i've noticed that phoenix lord that regenerate, often become weaker, i wonder if, yes the exarch absorbed provide knowledge, but will also actively work against the user if they're displeased if, for exemple they think you're under-performing, or you're not fighting enough and talking too much
We actually do know how Altsanar (Maugen Ra's Craftworld) survived it was in Gathering Storm Shattering of Biel'tan. A representative of there's turns up while everyone is arguing and takes off her helm showing they are extremely pale. It's also rumoured that they allied with Ynnead in the warp before Eldrad woke him up which helped protect them from daemons.
Fun fact about why the aspect warriors were actually made. After the fall a lot of Eldar where really mad, and eldar mad is mad squared, until each Phoenix Lord figured out a way to be mad in a way to inflict the most casualties. So Fire Dragons don't just want to burn down everything, they are so mad that they will make sure that no trace of you exists when they are done with you.
On the beast of Gevaudan episode somebody mentioned about defeating demons with Latin and defeating Dk and Bricky with French. Seems like Aeldari is enough to get their tongues twisted.
You guys really should do the book Jain zar, storm of silence" it gives you a great insight into the the early time after the eldar empires fall and how Jain zar and Asurman
"Does Jaen Za have a body" dude in Voidstalker she literally takes off her helmet. They talk about her flowing red hair and slanted eyes, one of which looks directly at someone after *spoiler redacted by order of the Inquisition*
Nice book but the author straight messed up. Eldar exarch bodies have always been subsumed by the armour as per earliest codex lore. Not only in codexes, but in path of the eldar and phoenix lord novel series and in old white dwarf we see multiple times phoenix lords have no ordinary body. Their "bodies" are larger than normal eldar shaped eldritch beings consisting of psychic soul stuff that regenerate the armour on top when they are resurrected, and they "bleed" starlight particles as seen in Jain Zar novel. And its not even long ago when one of the latest campaign book from GW said that their armour is their skin and they have no body underneath.
The Imperium absolutely would be on board with helping out the Eldar to destroy themselves along with Chaos, if they believed that to be the case. But, their stance toward the Eldar has basically been, "Whatever they try to do, stop it. Whatever they say, don't listen, they're lying. Fuck the xenos." That might change a bit due to the Eldar's involvement in resurrecting Guilliman, but it's caused major problems up till now for the Eldar. In particular, if you guys do an episode on the Ynnari, you should talk about how they would have already been able to fully awaken Ynnead if the Deathwatch hadn't showed up and screwed up Eldrad's ritual.
Man this Anointed guy keeps calling his followed The Anointed Ones and now they're naming their kids all manner of variants on Anointed. What's up with that?
To this day I cannot believe that the Phoenix Lords are not a Space Marine Chapter. This is the kind of name I would have expected a Salamanders or Raven Guard successor chapter to have
New(sort of) to Warhammer 40k after the RUclips hidden hand showed me the old Bricky Explained of 40k. Still learning and everything (there is A LOT) A bit sad that the Astartes I am most into are kind of... "Who cares about them" sort of deal. I mean, yeah, Iron Hands don't really have a lot about them. But still, was pretty happy noticing the heraldry in the thumbnail. Anyway, can't wait for when the Ridiculous crew need something to talk about and do a small piece or two on the Iron 10th and the Gorgon.
Imagine how Eldar fans feel when their entire faction keeps being sidelined and red shirted. But yeah. A lot of cool factions and armies don't get much mention, but hey. Maybe one day, with the new machine-oriented storyline, maybe Iron Hands will get to participate?
@@QixTheDS it's almost like he's said a thousand times um actually comments miss the whole point of the show. Just like the brick himself said it's Adeptus Ridiculous not Adeptus Accuratus. Go touch some grass
@@wado_ichimonji2311 Good thing it’s not an “um actually” comment then, innit? Next time come up with an original dig if you want to be anything more than the failure you currently are.
@@QixTheDS even if the original comment didnt directly say Um actually its still a "Um actually it's not pronounced like this" if ur too incompetent to get that then I guess it makes sense ur being a neckbeard online over eldar names
@@Henevas I suppose that also works, but to me the Aesir, being fertility and nature associated sounds more like high elves than a group of deities primarily known for their anger. Then again, I don't know much about Warhammer fantasy or Hinduism nor does the spelling particularly matter
@@roguepsykerhaaker4813 honestly it could be both, with how they're very rooted in mythology but also have old japanese war banners and follow the Way Of The Warrior and all that. Either way, still not Azure.
There's a bit in the Jain Zar book where a Drukhari Archon basically asks if she wants to fuck and she's like "I am a suit of armor. That is not going to work."
The armor is the entity, the body is not. The Phoenix Lord belongs to their armor, but the exarch (however its spelled), offers their body to bear the burden.
For all the crap the Tau get for being the weeb faction (which I mean, yes, they are), the Phoenix Lords are a gang of anime edgelords if I've ever seen one
Exodites, The weirdos who go to Alaska or mountainous regions to rough it. At least they don't go full Amish. I think. 12:09 Classic and classy reference. Current "Surviving" Eldar gods are Cegorach (free and intact, leading his followers), Isha (prisoner of Nurgle), Khaine (angrily vibrating shrapnel of his former self), and Ynnead (shrug). In fairness, recycling part of the kind god's name is a lot more of a tolerable lazy than the repetition of Ultra, Wolf, and every existing famous Mongolian name. Poor Jain. Glad it got better, and I called her being the wild child. Asurman really is the Guiliman of the Phoenix lords (relative power aside). Blue, depressed, the generalist, the best long term leader, and had a pair of belt fed gauntlet guns. Karandras to to Ahra: "How are you still standing!?" "Hate! Hate and drugs! Lovely, Lovely drugs!" DK is a classier Weeb than I realized with him not getting into Naruto. Kar being more emotional and nomadic tracks. He is a Junior Phoenix lord, taking up the mantle with a break of continuity. The being apologetic tracks with the guilt of failing to end the sins of the father. As for being nomadic, he is on a quest to destroy his fallen mentor, and he's more likely to find him on the move, or his guilt makes settling down hard. Maguan Ra, the kind of guy who needs to introduced with a heavy metal leitmotif and lightning flash on a dark night. Yeah, GW will inevitably write more about marines and Guard than anything else, especially when it lets them avoid telling a cooler story. Ahra was further out than Maugan in the end, but friend turned enemy is a common enough trope. Not a sniper scythe, a heavy machine gun scythe. There is a very key difference. Especially since he still intends to be a scalpel at range while going full rock and roll with an Eldar HMG. Wait, are you really going to leave out the saga of his weapon's forging? How he made the thing himself with drukari-adjacent Eldar witch souls forced into soul stones to forge the ammo, and the blade was quenched in the heart blood of an Avatar of Khaine? I thought it was more he saw a glimpse of his ancient home before heading in. Yeah, even if these Eldar retain their full autonomy and agency, there are things not even Eldary should wish to know, and what's under the helms of the people of Altansar..... that's probably one of them. They have remained loyal to their kind and fought hard, but doubt is a hard thing to kill, especially when it may be validated. So you are skipping the Saga of Maugetar! BOOOOOO! 4:16 Imagining this thing recreated by Maugan Ra and Baharoth is hilarious. I mean, I'd assume Karandras is the youngest. Or if not, he still sees himself as a junior to the rest. CAS is inspiring. Seeing an ally swoop low and silence the enemy is a major morale boost IRL to this day. Sadly the wiki I'm looking at has VERY little to say about beaky's wargear. Heck, his rifle is listed as the standard issue version of his temple. Ilrillyth has a story though. His armor was long lost, leaving his singular shrine to wither, but when it was discovered that the armor lay upon an Imperial world of ice and snow, the Shadow Specters mounted a massive rescue operation with what members and pull they still had. They used subterfuge, tactics, and numbers to get that armor back after it had been though lost. Cavalry dude doesn't have a story? If I indicated surprise. I'd be lying. Still disappointed that there's not even a tale of how he came under Asurman's tutelage and protection, but bike boy with laser lance just doesn't move me. I imagine that Fuegan and Maugan got along well, unless the difference of range in their doctrine was too much of a sticking point. While the metaphor/literal spit makes my head burn, the idea of forging a leash for a dragon through your enemies' deaths is certainly metal enough for 40k. Still sad from when I read about Heldrakes. It's a daemon engine dragon, and it's only got one antipersonnel weapon. COME ON! This is a freaking dragon, in 40k, that is also a daemonic robot/fighter jet! Fuegan will be the final one to fall? Interesting. GW needs theirr epic scale to be revived so you have have all the Aspects in one army for a big rumble.
And with this installment Bricky begins to think. "Hm.. I sure do hate Eldar but IF I were to play them, how would I do it" At first its just skimming the codex, looking for this that stands out. Then he will get wrapped up in it and go deeper and deeper into cool Eldar comes. Then he will realise how much youtube-money he could make from videos about what he WOULD do. Then it becomes a (or several) videos on he did it for the lulz. Then he takes them to a RTT. Before we know it, its LVO 2024 Eldar edition video!
40:55 Just imo, the Phoenix Lords should be at least close to Primarch level. GW writers of course usually are stupid idiots that have no clue what they're doing(see: Avatars of Khaine), so of course they don't really show that, but I just know that that's how it should be.
In the eldar's case, that's just how demonyms work. I'm English, from the country of England (within the nation of Great Britain which is part of the British Isles), we speak English here which is named after the Angle tribe that settled here. Our politics is referred to as Anglo-X (eg anglo-american politics, anglo-french relations). The countries that speak our language are referred to as Anglophone nations. See also: the number of countries where their capital is just the name of their country with "city" on the end.
OH NO! Not GBF! Yah know what? Magisa... One of my first SSR. Thank God I don't play that thing anymore! Anyway, > Bricky on the episode of the aspect warriors: explains who the phoenix lords posses the most badass warrior that receives the armor. > Bricky on this one: I think they are hollowed armors power by the soul stones... *facepalm* PS: Not Sakura. Hinata. Trained from childhood to master the way of her clan.
I want to melt Jan Zar's armor down and add her to the armor of my Heldrake. I'm sure it would make Talos smile. Edit: She's the Sakura of The Pheonix lords now, Ave Dominus Nox Bricky.
Funny you say that. The best painted Jain Zar I've ever seen was painted by "Bohun" (he's incredible) he painted her in full chrome armour and it looks sick. Look it up if you're interested.
DK really doesn't know what the word "fuedal" means does he. Feudalism is a very decentralized government were local, land owning lords and nobles control serfs and peasants who work on their land. In Japan, those nobles were called Daimyos (like from Book of Boba Fett). Also, serving the emperor? The Japanese Emperor is the longest lasting royal family BECUASE they never had any political power and were only ever a figurehead. So the Samurai serve the Daimyos because they were always fighting eachother.
Bricky is incorrect about a Phoenix Lords heavy list having no Psykers. You can still run Warlocks. They're Elites now. Admittedly, you're digging into slots you'd need for the Aspect Warriors. But you COULD do it. EDIT: You can also run a Wraithseer. That is also a Psyker.
Late to the party but I think Jain Zar sorta implied that Eldrad is of a similar level to them. I’m not entirely sure on the details but it’s possible he’s been chosen by khaine or something to that degree. Would be interesting to have him ascend to become a new Phoenix lord considering how much he’s done for his race
I greatly desire a side episode with Bricky arguing with PancreasNoWork about the merits and awfulness of the Eldar.
This needs to happen.
Yes
I also desire to view that spectacle.
I too wish to witness such an event
Would love to see it
Bricky: "I hate all this degenerate shit!"
*Big muscle lady with powerful murder thighs revealed*
Bricky: "Well no this I'm okay with..."
Why does Maugan Ra look like the grim reaper?
In universe answer: The C'tan known as the Nightbringer is the physical personification of death in the universe. Millions of years ago, it planted the fear of death in the minds of all living beings (except orks). So every race has a similar idea of the personification of death: scythe and black robe.
Out of universe answer: It looks badass.
I actually like the concept of the C'tan being the reason why so many alien races share similar imagery of certain concepts in the warhammer universe.
@@Alzir-n9m Yeah, I had no idea about it. Really drives home how kickass the C'tan are. This one being is responsible for the entire universe's conception of death.
He has the most edges out of any of the Eldar models
The grim reaper does not die and he’s the only Phoenix lord to be on 0 deaths
@@Channel-23s probably helps that he's the ONLY one who isn't stupidly running into every battle at the front of a vanguard force usually leading AT BEST fanatical militias in primary coloured armour or worst potter's, florist's & poet's in skin tight leotards.
Deaths avatar just standing at the back going "these clowns never learn better give them some fire support Bois maybe some will come back" until it's clearly cooked and he just escapes back into the webway.
"Fire Lord Ozai is no more. Just as the world will be reborn in fire, I shall be reborn as the supreme ruler of the world. From this moment on, I will be known as the Phoenix King!" By Phoenix King Ozai
great presentation. Terribly written. Ozai. I will expect my hitmen in 3 days thank you very much.
Don't tell them the L in Phoenix King Ozai's daugter Azula's name is pronounced "R" due to eastern influence
Not to mention she shoots azure-blue flames
@The Anarcho-Nazbol Inquisition Azura isn't a name from that part of the East. It's hebrew. So Azula being the name from an English language series is pronounced with the L sound. The fire nation has a Japanese aesthetic it's not Japanese or eastern in anything but aesthetic
Thank goodness someone said it they just keep saying Phoenix lord and all I can picture is ATLA
@@theanarchonazbolinquisition CRACKER 🫵
Bricky trying to pronounce Eldar names is so funny but in an almost painful way
Need to set a running tally of how many episodes they can do on Eldar and never mention the names and mythology are taken from Celtic myth, and it doesn't matter how they pronounce it if they don't realize it's written in a different language. A language that exists to this day and there are definitely native speakers in the discord screaming into their headphones when Bricky says "sam-hain".
@@HenevasMy only defence of Sam Hain, is that the name of the craft world separates "Samhainn" into two words
Tonite on Ridiculous Gear: Bricky manages to overcome The Nurgles Rot that turned his outstretched yet mushy forehead into a plague drone hive with the power of the Strands of Fate, DK becomes a massive simp for Jain Zar and Shy steals Asurmen's Sword of Asur to hunt down Kirioth after he broke free from the Adeptus Ridiculous Licensed basement of emergency hosts for when Bricky begins his monthly plaguebearer transformation
Do you have to post this cringe every single episode?
@@DagsTheBarbarian you're cringe
Excellence. I await your presence upon every episode
@@Rapture-nv5vj no, you're a towel
@@DagsTheBarbarian as long as people enjoy it. I will keep making these
After playing Total War Warhammer and listening to some fantasy audiobooks, hearing Bricky pronounce Asur as Azure started to physically hurt this episode.
Yes
Microsoft Asur huh 😆
Yep. Pronunciations aren't great for a lot of things, doubly so once jokes spawn from these.
Never forget Yinnari, Yinnead, and Yincarne. Perhaps it's just Incarne, as in an incarnation of the god, but written with Y instead of I? Nope. There's a Y. Vocalise that Consonant.
Maugan Ra is also the only Phoenix Lord who has never died, it's stiill the original guy in the armour.
Nope Feugen never died.
Isn't Baharrot still alive too?
I thought his brother Baharroth was still alive too.
Fuegan too
This is actually a myth. All the Phoenix Lords have died multiple times. There’s literally no sources that claim any of them have evaded death.
The one who’s died the least, however, is Fuegan.
I wonder if they will follow GW's example and forget about the Eldar halfway through to talk about space marines.
To explain: yes, there is a body inside the armor.
Aspect Warriors: You keep your personality, but you gain knowledge and memories of previous wearers, which influences you.
Exarchs: Your mind melds with that of the previous wearers, becoming a gestalt persona of ALL the wearers together.
Phoenix Lords: Your personality is GONE. The original stays and remains in control, taking over your body. It gets your memories and skills, but 'you' disappear to give life to the Lord again.
Thats a nice breakdown
I agree with Seth, good breakdown of things, appreciate it.
I would say it is the same thing each time but a matter of degree. Aspects have a light touch, allowing them to tap into it with minimal cost to their selfdom. Exarchs are a melding of equals where you join a collective with the same goals and desires. Pheonix Lords are just taking on the exact shape of the individual. Becoming a being of incredible power by becoming the new pillar that supports it all. You exist only as that which allows the Lord to live on. Not erased or devoured so much as the cost of rising to the heights of such glory is there is no room for individuality. You are the Lord and they are you.
In second edition lore (which i know the best, since I played it a bunch), the body would vanish, getting fully integrated into the suit, so by the time death happens again, an exarch or lord's suit is indeed completely empty.
@@SymbioteMullet I remember reading that in death, the body would vanish. But even in 2nd Edition we had pictures of Exarchs without their helms, and stories of them taking the helm off to show their face. So we know at least with Exarchs they had a real body for a time.
Everything they name is a variant of one word, which happens to be "azure", which means blue. It's confirmed: the eldar are just another flavour of Ultramarines
Ofc GW makes the blue factions the most important
DATZ BECAUSE BLUE IZ DA LUCKIEST! ~The Orks
@@jagnestormskull3178 Hmmm, you bring up an excellent point for consideration 🤔
That would explain a lot
I can't wait for the 5 minute Iron Hands episode.
Nah I think there's a bit more content, especially if you include successor chapters.
15 minutes of content bro trust
My theory of how Maugan Ra could kill an entire Hive Fleet is that he took out the Synapse Creatures first. That's the key to defeating Tyranids, and "assassination" is something I think he nearly specialises in. And then he'd be free to deal with all the grunts and gaunts at his leisure.
I heard somewhere that what actually happened was that a splinter of hive fleet Leviathan had somehow managed to get into the webway and that Maugan Ra basically used a webway gate as a giant choke point and he just kept shooting into it as the nids were all funneled into that one gate.
@@joshtompkins1538 like the Hospital door in GTA IV?
@@SamueL-td7fb pretty much
They'd still be a huge problem, but maybe he had some explosives to deal with the disorganized lot.
the actual thing is it was a single hive ship
I honestly hoped Bricky would talk about when Karrandras got smacked by a dreadnought and there was a first person example of becoming the new Phoenix Lord in Path of the Warrior
Geez, I wish I could like this book but it sold the aspects short so damn hard.
I love how bricky’s whim of, hey we should probably do some background lore for phoenix lords it will just one week late, turned into 3 weeks
Honestly the Phoenix Lords are more like a Sentai (power rangers for Americans) group
A wide variety of colorful characters (both literally and metaphorically) who fight against a dark evil force that wishes to consume everyone
The only different is Asurmen is blue instead of Red.
i want to learn Blender just to animate this.
A jump to the sky leads to a Phoenix kick.
@@axsprime If we want 40K Kamen Rider we already have the Mantis Warriors
So, it should be noted with all this talk of age and the phoenix lords that Maugan-Ra and Fuegan are still fully alive. They have never died and are still in possession of their original bodies. Some other fun things are that Fuegan has a beserker's rage, gaining strength when he loses wounds in-game, Asurmen's blade used to instant-kill by having his brother's soul jump out and eat the soul of its target, and Baharroth has a grenade launcher on his leg to drop bombs on people as he flies over them.
As to why we don't run Asurmen or other phoenix lords... Well for Asurmen do remember that Dire Avengers are no longer troops, they're elites (though that has become more palatable with arks of omen). They share the same weakness all foot-dar do in that they're low toughness and wounds. When you say fuegan gets "one shot" you're more right than you know. He'll get one shot after dropping out of a transport and then he's dead. Baharroth is played because he can be saved that fate with his re-deploy. Like I LOVE the rules for Karrandaras (exploding 6's that explode again) and Fuegan but I lose every time I run them.
Every Swooping Hawk has grenade dispenser strapped to a leg.
@@sciarpecyril Yeah I know. And it used to be that every dire avenger exarch had a soul-eating sword. I was just mentioning it because DK seemed to really like Baharroth
What about Irillyth? Does his deep-strike help?
So what Bricky is saying is that the Pheonix Lords need to develop a Voltron Wraith that only they can pilot. It could be just dumb enough to work.
You just know the Chaos gods would then need to Evil Voltron themselves into a giant Chaos Amalgam. Teeth-clenched cooperation, of course.
@@Bluecho4 Asurmen: Don't worry, Phoenix Lords! We have something the Chaos Gods don't: the power of friendship!
*meanwhile, in the Realm of Chaos"
Tzeentch: Alright, everyone in favor of replacing Slaanesh with Vashtorr as our 4th pilot, raise your hand. Okay, that's unanimous. I'll give him a ring and see if he's busy today.
As a small note on the Rhana Dandra, when Chaos is destroyed along the eldar race they need no longer fear she who thirsts meaning they may possibly regain the ability to be reborn like pre fall.
Technically they never lost the ability to be reborn, they just get eaten before they have the chance.
@@AGrumpyPanda Yes she who thirsts aka Slaanesh blocks the rebirth, with the destruction of chaos that would no longer be the case
@Falaxard I do wonder if the absolute mess that is the warp wouldn't make it harder to be reborn. At least with Ynniad they are protected from the big suk.
@@gunterthekaiser6190 Are they really or is Ynnead just in the beginning stages of forming and it's devotees are just repeating an old mistake virtually exchanging one souleating warpbeing for another?
@@roguehart Ynnead doesn’t consume his followers, he actually brings them back from the dead pretty regularly
GW being them used that as a way to have the Ynnari get folded a few times
"slaanesh fought for the south." the more i think about that quote the more i laugh, civil war must have been wild
Human: Is it a metaphorical dragon or a literal dragon?
Eldar: Yes.
The asuryani are blue with white headwear whose leader wears a red hat.
Slaanesh=Gargamel confirmeded?🤔
Drinking game to die of alcohol poisoning for this episode: Take a sip of beer each time someone says “azure”
The Asur bit made me think of "Christian, a practicing Christian, celebrated Christmas..."
Or Buddhists, practicing Buddhism, followers of Buddha's teachings.
Maugen Ra doing breast strokes in the warp is not that silly if you ask Kaldor Draigo.
Also there are two "intact" eldar gods. Isha, stuck in Nurgle's mason jar, and Cegoman, the kekky clown of the Harlquins
The Phoenix Lords are like Primarchs, but in different ways, what do you guys think?
They should be but they get worfed a lot, Jain Zar getting injured by any of the night lords is pretty egregious
Pheonix Lords are normal eldar who became demigods, the primarchs are born demigods and struggle to live in a galaxy of mortals. Different, but both interesting.
@@ryanturner3176 that’s a good way to put it. They are uplifted by a portion of Khaine’s power, but each death, allows them to further possess a new Exarch, adding their power. So technically they aren’t as powerful as a Primarch, but they can get infinity more powerful the more they’re killed.
i think they should get their each individual episode. Cause FFS i am going to explode if i see another primarch and then legion epsiode next to each other
Update: the lion got released. I exploded
no, not at all, they're just as strong as them, but far more fragile, their capacity vary widly, jain zar can be killed by just a group of marines and keeper of secrets, taken and locked away by ahriman , meanwhile, maugan fucking ra just decimates an entire Hive fleet and could took a craftworld back from the eye of terror all by himself without dying a single TIME the moment he became phoenix lord, he would kill a primarch without beaking a sweat.
Also, i've noticed that phoenix lord that regenerate, often become weaker, i wonder if, yes the exarch absorbed provide knowledge, but will also actively work against the user if they're displeased if, for exemple they think you're under-performing, or you're not fighting enough and talking too much
We actually do know how Altsanar (Maugen Ra's Craftworld) survived it was in Gathering Storm Shattering of Biel'tan. A representative of there's turns up while everyone is arguing and takes off her helm showing they are extremely pale. It's also rumoured that they allied with Ynnead in the warp before Eldrad woke him up which helped protect them from daemons.
Fun fact about why the aspect warriors were actually made. After the fall a lot of Eldar where really mad, and eldar mad is mad squared, until each Phoenix Lord figured out a way to be mad in a way to inflict the most casualties. So Fire Dragons don't just want to burn down everything, they are so mad that they will make sure that no trace of you exists when they are done with you.
Everyone he knew and loved is dead, a real grim dark moment
Just like Fry.
I've come to a realization.
Maugun Ra Is literally based off of The Doomslayer.
On the beast of Gevaudan episode somebody mentioned about defeating demons with Latin and defeating Dk and Bricky with French. Seems like Aeldari is enough to get their tongues twisted.
Aeldari names mostly come from Gaelic, though, which is so much worse than French...
"And finally, the Phoenix Lord of the Crimson Hunters is-" *static noise*
You guys really should do the book Jain zar, storm of silence" it gives you a great insight into the the early time after the eldar empires fall and how Jain zar and Asurman
Had been waiting for an episode on these and the Aspect Warriors for so long, so happy to see it finally! ^^
The Kronk part... Perfection!
Shy: *puts in vid of someone loading a double barrel shotgun*
Also Shy: *adds a soundbit of someone racking a pump action shotgun*
Never been tempted to buy one their posters, but this one
"Does Jaen Za have a body" dude in Voidstalker she literally takes off her helmet. They talk about her flowing red hair and slanted eyes, one of which looks directly at someone after *spoiler redacted by order of the Inquisition*
Nice book but the author straight messed up. Eldar exarch bodies have always been subsumed by the armour as per earliest codex lore. Not only in codexes, but in path of the eldar and phoenix lord novel series and in old white dwarf we see multiple times phoenix lords have no ordinary body. Their "bodies" are larger than normal eldar shaped eldritch beings consisting of psychic soul stuff that regenerate the armour on top when they are resurrected, and they "bleed" starlight particles as seen in Jain Zar novel. And its not even long ago when one of the latest campaign book from GW said that their armour is their skin and they have no body underneath.
@@blueleaves10 well damn. Guess I was wrong. That's pretty cool tbh. The more you know 😄
This episode is just shy dying internally then recovering then immediately getting head over the head with anime bullshit over and over again
That Fulgrim poster is kino
I can imagine Shy's face as she sat down to edit this one
I know how the Edge boi defeated the Swarm, he just spin to win.
The Imperium absolutely would be on board with helping out the Eldar to destroy themselves along with Chaos, if they believed that to be the case. But, their stance toward the Eldar has basically been, "Whatever they try to do, stop it. Whatever they say, don't listen, they're lying. Fuck the xenos." That might change a bit due to the Eldar's involvement in resurrecting Guilliman, but it's caused major problems up till now for the Eldar. In particular, if you guys do an episode on the Ynnari, you should talk about how they would have already been able to fully awaken Ynnead if the Deathwatch hadn't showed up and screwed up Eldrad's ritual.
Asurmen, champion of Asuryon, founder of planet Asur, leader of the asuryani
This is almost as bad as the ferrus deal lol
Gives off Vegeta from Dragonball joke vibes
“The god, the people, the planet, or me?”
“Yes!”
1:02:14 Well my friend, that's what Strands of Fate rolls are for.
Christ
Christopher
Christine
Christmas
Christian...
I feel like the whole Asurman & Asuryan, etc thing holds up
Man this Anointed guy keeps calling his followed The Anointed Ones and now they're naming their kids all manner of variants on Anointed. What's up with that?
To this day I cannot believe that the Phoenix Lords are not a Space Marine Chapter. This is the kind of name I would have expected a Salamanders or Raven Guard successor chapter to have
Sons of the Phoenix is one tho
Or an Emperor's Children Warband, since Fulgrim is "the Palantine Phoenix."
I read it first as "I am your Elvis returned to you"
Baharoth: Ah, the wind on my face. This is what war's all about.
New(sort of) to Warhammer 40k after the RUclips hidden hand showed me the old Bricky Explained of 40k.
Still learning and everything (there is A LOT)
A bit sad that the Astartes I am most into are kind of... "Who cares about them" sort of deal. I mean, yeah, Iron Hands don't really have a lot about them. But still, was pretty happy noticing the heraldry in the thumbnail.
Anyway, can't wait for when the Ridiculous crew need something to talk about and do a small piece or two on the Iron 10th and the Gorgon.
Imagine how Eldar fans feel when their entire faction keeps being sidelined and red shirted.
But yeah. A lot of cool factions and armies don't get much mention, but hey. Maybe one day, with the new machine-oriented storyline, maybe Iron Hands will get to participate?
We need more Phoenix lord teamups and some fights or wars with other factions that would be fantastic and a dandy to see
I still miss the second version of the intro song but this new one is pretty good
Listening to Bricky butcher Asur as Azure is both hilarious and grating.
Probably as grating as Bricky finds comments like yours.
@@wado_ichimonji2311 I mean, if he pronounced it right he wouldn’t have to deal with those comments.
@@QixTheDS it's almost like he's said a thousand times um actually comments miss the whole point of the show. Just like the brick himself said it's Adeptus Ridiculous not Adeptus Accuratus.
Go touch some grass
@@wado_ichimonji2311 Good thing it’s not an “um actually” comment then, innit?
Next time come up with an original dig if you want to be anything more than the failure you currently are.
@@QixTheDS even if the original comment didnt directly say Um actually its still a "Um actually it's not pronounced like this" if ur too incompetent to get that then I guess it makes sense ur being a neckbeard online over eldar names
Happy to see Bricky also likes the poster.
The High Elves are called The Asur in WH:Fantasy btw)))
I've only heard it spoken and not written, and I always thought it was spelled aesir, like the tribe of gods in Norse myth
@@roguepsykerhaaker4813 It's Asur like Asura, from hindu myth.
@@Henevas I suppose that also works, but to me the Aesir, being fertility and nature associated sounds more like high elves than a group of deities primarily known for their anger. Then again, I don't know much about Warhammer fantasy or Hinduism nor does the spelling particularly matter
@@roguepsykerhaaker4813 honestly it could be both, with how they're very rooted in mythology but also have old japanese war banners and follow the Way Of The Warrior and all that.
Either way, still not Azure.
There's a bit in the Jain Zar book where a Drukhari Archon basically asks if she wants to fuck and she's like "I am a suit of armor. That is not going to work."
I’m surprised they got to keep their life after that.
"Ah-Sur-Yi-En"
Asuryan
Bricky rolled a 6 on his reanimation protocol
Aw man, Bricky’s too far gone and is fine with the posters now. At least his COVID Arizona Ranger’d his throat sickness like Texas Red.
Man, Iron Hands on thumbnail
DK liking Haku is just the testament of him being an average Thousand Sons Femboy enjoyer 👌
i do love the passive aggressive editing, its great
16:35 I liked the part when you could tell that Bricky was holding his head in his hands.
Week 5 of TALK ABOUT THE RAVEN GUARD YOU COWARDS! The perfect palate cleaner for all the Eldar Weebness.
Azurman: The Blue man
*Listen up here's a story
About a little guy who live in a blue world*
Asurmen, Asuryan, Azrael... That's it, Azrael! It's all named after Gargamel's cat! 🤣
42:19 sent me. "Whoo I'm outta shape!"
Skull Crushers of Khorne do exist but they're fantasy/Total War Warhammer only I think.
Yep, Same mount but its a dude in armour (Blood Warrior) as the rider
Tech no as you can field them in 40k with a daemon or Chaos Marine riding it I even think it may be one of the new World Eaters minis
14:30
As your local elf simp, I will explain.
Faraethil - Fa-ray-thil
I know Bricky hates elves but goddamn elven names have been around for way too long across so much media to be mangled this badly.
The armor is the entity, the body is not. The Phoenix Lord belongs to their armor, but the exarch (however its spelled), offers their body to bear the burden.
The Maugan Ra bit needs an animation now.
For all the crap the Tau get for being the weeb faction (which I mean, yes, they are), the Phoenix Lords are a gang of anime edgelords if I've ever seen one
Eldar were the OG weaboos, with katanas and The Way Of The Warrior
Tau are the newfangled mecha weaboos
28:15-28:34 Yes lord Inquisitor, this timestamp right here.
Hot take: replace any usage of the word “Asur” with the word “Vegeta” and you have the birth of the saiyan race.
Exodites, The weirdos who go to Alaska or mountainous regions to rough it. At least they don't go full Amish. I think.
12:09 Classic and classy reference.
Current "Surviving" Eldar gods are Cegorach (free and intact, leading his followers), Isha (prisoner of Nurgle), Khaine (angrily vibrating shrapnel of his former self), and Ynnead (shrug).
In fairness, recycling part of the kind god's name is a lot more of a tolerable lazy than the repetition of Ultra, Wolf, and every existing famous Mongolian name.
Poor Jain. Glad it got better, and I called her being the wild child.
Asurman really is the Guiliman of the Phoenix lords (relative power aside). Blue, depressed, the generalist, the best long term leader, and had a pair of belt fed gauntlet guns.
Karandras to to Ahra: "How are you still standing!?"
"Hate! Hate and drugs! Lovely, Lovely drugs!"
DK is a classier Weeb than I realized with him not getting into Naruto.
Kar being more emotional and nomadic tracks. He is a Junior Phoenix lord, taking up the mantle with a break of continuity. The being apologetic tracks with the guilt of failing to end the sins of the father. As for being nomadic, he is on a quest to destroy his fallen mentor, and he's more likely to find him on the move, or his guilt makes settling down hard.
Maguan Ra, the kind of guy who needs to introduced with a heavy metal leitmotif and lightning flash on a dark night.
Yeah, GW will inevitably write more about marines and Guard than anything else, especially when it lets them avoid telling a cooler story.
Ahra was further out than Maugan in the end, but friend turned enemy is a common enough trope.
Not a sniper scythe, a heavy machine gun scythe. There is a very key difference. Especially since he still intends to be a scalpel at range while going full rock and roll with an Eldar HMG.
Wait, are you really going to leave out the saga of his weapon's forging? How he made the thing himself with drukari-adjacent Eldar witch souls forced into soul stones to forge the ammo, and the blade was quenched in the heart blood of an Avatar of Khaine?
I thought it was more he saw a glimpse of his ancient home before heading in.
Yeah, even if these Eldar retain their full autonomy and agency, there are things not even Eldary should wish to know, and what's under the helms of the people of Altansar..... that's probably one of them. They have remained loyal to their kind and fought hard, but doubt is a hard thing to kill, especially when it may be validated.
So you are skipping the Saga of Maugetar! BOOOOOO!
4:16 Imagining this thing recreated by Maugan Ra and Baharoth is hilarious.
I mean, I'd assume Karandras is the youngest. Or if not, he still sees himself as a junior to the rest.
CAS is inspiring. Seeing an ally swoop low and silence the enemy is a major morale boost IRL to this day.
Sadly the wiki I'm looking at has VERY little to say about beaky's wargear. Heck, his rifle is listed as the standard issue version of his temple.
Ilrillyth has a story though. His armor was long lost, leaving his singular shrine to wither, but when it was discovered that the armor lay upon an Imperial world of ice and snow, the Shadow Specters mounted a massive rescue operation with what members and pull they still had. They used subterfuge, tactics, and numbers to get that armor back after it had been though lost.
Cavalry dude doesn't have a story? If I indicated surprise. I'd be lying. Still disappointed that there's not even a tale of how he came under Asurman's tutelage and protection, but bike boy with laser lance just doesn't move me.
I imagine that Fuegan and Maugan got along well, unless the difference of range in their doctrine was too much of a sticking point.
While the metaphor/literal spit makes my head burn, the idea of forging a leash for a dragon through your enemies' deaths is certainly metal enough for 40k.
Still sad from when I read about Heldrakes. It's a daemon engine dragon, and it's only got one antipersonnel weapon. COME ON! This is a freaking dragon, in 40k, that is also a daemonic robot/fighter jet!
Fuegan will be the final one to fall? Interesting.
GW needs theirr epic scale to be revived so you have have all the Aspects in one army for a big rumble.
Slaanesh joined the confederacy. Truly the avatar of alabama
His favorite song is "I'm Blue", I guess?
I am SHOCKED no one brought up RWBY when talking about Maugan Ra
And with this installment Bricky begins to think.
"Hm.. I sure do hate Eldar but IF I were to play them, how would I do it"
At first its just skimming the codex, looking for this that stands out.
Then he will get wrapped up in it and go deeper and deeper into cool Eldar comes.
Then he will realise how much youtube-money he could make from videos about what he WOULD do.
Then it becomes a (or several) videos on he did it for the lulz.
Then he takes them to a RTT.
Before we know it, its LVO 2024 Eldar edition video!
You have my sword.
And you have my bow.
And my axe.
* Places sword on table * And your Brother!
See, I would buy that skull crusher poster in half-a-heartbeat if only my parents wouldn't look at me VERY wierdly for owning it.
40:55 Just imo, the Phoenix Lords should be at least close to Primarch level. GW writers of course usually are stupid idiots that have no clue what they're doing(see: Avatars of Khaine), so of course they don't really show that, but I just know that that's how it should be.
Never noticed the DBZ Saiyan and Asuryani parallels with names
16:26 Essentially he called himself Jeebus.
''He's clad in Azure'' - Well done, DK.
56:09 vulcan on a dragon with a rule simalar to angron to return to table would be awsome
I listen to this during workouts cuz it gets me pumped 💪
I also want to comment on the anime shonen pack joke by saying that the Phoenix lords are literally just the Power Rangers.
Enjoy that knowledge.
The main issue is that the blue ranger can't be the leader
When Eldar get more recognition from podcasts than Games freakin' Workshop! (And no, _I will never get other that._ Nor the Ynnari books.)
I like how I am doing religion homework while watching this
I'm really impressed with the names staying. I was confident they would do
Asur-guy
Asur-god
Asur-boys
Asur-planet
Etc
Man, I can't believe we now have a rival for the Ultra Marines naming everything with a variant of the same word. . . And both groups wear blue
The worst part is the Ultramarines wear azure (cyan blue) and the Dire Avengers wear ultramarine (violet blue).
In the eldar's case, that's just how demonyms work.
I'm English, from the country of England (within the nation of Great Britain which is part of the British Isles), we speak English here which is named after the Angle tribe that settled here. Our politics is referred to as Anglo-X (eg anglo-american politics, anglo-french relations). The countries that speak our language are referred to as Anglophone nations.
See also: the number of countries where their capital is just the name of their country with "city" on the end.
OH NO! Not GBF! Yah know what? Magisa... One of my first SSR. Thank God I don't play that thing anymore!
Anyway,
> Bricky on the episode of the aspect warriors: explains who the phoenix lords posses the most badass warrior that receives the armor.
> Bricky on this one: I think they are hollowed armors power by the soul stones...
*facepalm*
PS: Not Sakura. Hinata. Trained from childhood to master the way of her clan.
51:40 well have I got good news for you guys about Fuegan minis
Demon mommy Poster come to meeeeee
I want to melt Jan Zar's armor down and add her to the armor of my Heldrake. I'm sure it would make Talos smile.
Edit: She's the Sakura of The Pheonix lords now, Ave Dominus Nox Bricky.
If you have the money to spare, go for it.
Funny you say that. The best painted Jain Zar I've ever seen was painted by "Bohun" (he's incredible) he painted her in full chrome armour and it looks sick. Look it up if you're interested.
poor jain zar, she can't even catch a break from the gods of reality
It would make him smile if he was still… y’know, alive.
DK really doesn't know what the word "fuedal" means does he.
Feudalism is a very decentralized government were local, land owning lords and nobles control serfs and peasants who work on their land. In Japan, those nobles were called Daimyos (like from Book of Boba Fett). Also, serving the emperor? The Japanese Emperor is the longest lasting royal family BECUASE they never had any political power and were only ever a figurehead. So the Samurai serve the Daimyos because they were always fighting eachother.
Episodes like make me see Shy's oc & reactions like Crimvael, iykyk
(wouldn't recommend looking if you don't know) 😅
Fugen was an elf... maybe he was a dragon elf... maybe... maybe he was just a dragon. But he's still FUUUUGEEEEEEEN
Bricky is incorrect about a Phoenix Lords heavy list having no Psykers. You can still run Warlocks. They're Elites now. Admittedly, you're digging into slots you'd need for the Aspect Warriors. But you COULD do it.
EDIT: You can also run a Wraithseer. That is also a Psyker.
Late to the party but I think Jain Zar sorta implied that Eldrad is of a similar level to them. I’m not entirely sure on the details but it’s possible he’s been chosen by khaine or something to that degree.
Would be interesting to have him ascend to become a new Phoenix lord considering how much he’s done for his race