40 Facts and Lore on the Human Empires Before the Imperium of Man in Warhammer 40K

[@generic_sauce]

Those Space Wolves' tactics are fantastic! "Sir, our weapons are having no effect, what should we do?" "...let's drop a fuckin' library on em!"

[@alanrickett2537]

You should know by now the library is the ultimate weapon ask Buffy , H Potter etc

[@phreakazoith2237]

now I understand what death of knowledge in 40k means

[@lorenzovonmatterhorn7402]

And after that were called the Librarians till the end of time xD

[@justinryan5348]

@@alanrickett2537 l

[@bojangles8062]

WH 40k, less depressing than the news, more interesting than sports

[@Ironfist85hu1]

While it should be more depressing than anything. Basically life sucks, there's only war and you're probably going to get eaten by Tyranids. Have fun.

[@deathtoliberals7843]

There gonna have to up their game to keep up with the times,or quit calling it “grim dark times!” This shits starting to look hopeful.

[@shovelenthusiast7389]

@@deathtoliberals7843 this is even more depressing XD

[@eonstar2441]

@@deathtoliberals7843 if it got any more depressing the emperium would probably run out of hp

[@mightquinnable]

When you like sports and warhammer

[@gregv4318]

NOW if only GW could give us human armies that are not imperium based.

[@tauempire1793]

Gue,vesa time

[@81Earthangel]

Already half the armies are Empire of Man armies. And most other players play Chaos Space Marines. It really sucks that so many matches are Space Marines vs Space Marines or other human factions. This used to be a fantasy sci-fi game. They are not even producing squats anymore. We need more Xenos and not more human factions.

[@tauempire1793]

@@81Earthangel I do agree but it would be pretty cool and make sense that there are armies that are not Imperium based as Humans are practicality one of the most common races in the whole 40k Universe. Not to mention there are loads of humans in the Tau Empire but there isn't really any armies of them so yh I think we should also have Non Imperium based human armies and you'd also be surprised that there are alot on non-human players so I think more human factions should be fine

[@TheBrimfire]

thats called chaos

[@gregv4318]

do you even 40k?

[@ADobbin1]

well the interex were right. the imperium is founded on chaos and has become the embodiment of chaos.

[@thug4lyfe]

Wow, a faction that is fighting chaos gets destroyed by using the Imperium as a gun... Shows who the Imperium is really influenced by. Mm

[@MungasaurusBravo69420]

Quitude as a playable race in a warhammer 40k prequal game would be epic

[@tauempire1793]

Technically there is still a large chance of independent human colonies and minor nations just not like these

[@chesterstevens8870]

It's virtually assured, there are plenty of feral and death Worlds out there with pockets of humanity on them. I'm pretty sure one of the Last Chancers was a feral worlder who refused to worship the God Emperor and remained loyal to her own native planet's pre-imperium religion.

[@tauempire1793]

@Traitor Guardsman It may be that case must of the time but their are pockets of independent humans that are either nomadic or actually are on a world

[@tauempire1793]

@@chesterstevens8870 yeah that's probably what happens the most

[@mosalah8551]

Some of them is so isolated and lost all the spacefaring tech and live like in middle age

[@thegrandadmiral471]

Quietude was a pretty cool faction IMO, to bad they're gone and the technology along with it.

[@gabrielswee585]

They might have even gotten along with the Iron Hands Legion, had they been the first to meet them.

[@shamancow714]

I'd play either am Interax or Quietude in a minute.

[@Salty_Sassenach]

Nothing is ever gone 🤔 Look what happened to Warhammer the old world

[@francishandscomb8108]

Makes you realise how much human technology was lost during the great crusade And also how did the empire destroy some of these factions

[@Xion_Toshiro]

I love the aesthetics of the Olamic Quietude - their anime like designs and such. Very Ghost in the Shell like.

[@punchbott4422]

im pretty sure 98% of the images used have no relation to 40k, they’re just used to convey the idea, just like how there are multiple images of jeagers from the Pacific Rim franchise. The “ghost in the shell” like images are probably ghost in the shell art and concept art

[@alphariusfuze8089]

Basically human is a type of chaos that fight chaos

[@phreakazoith2237]

when your weapons just don't have enough boom there is always something huge to drop upon your enemy: attack moons, real moons, libraries, fortresses...

[@Robert-rw5lm]

Man it would've been cool if this empires still existed as alternative factions to the imperium for people to play as

[@bossshun9]

True but then, who is to say they won't try to take over the Imperium Of Man.

[@unofonseca2862]

It's all Erebus fault.

[@DimoB8]

16:08 these "Imperial fists" marines have the Eagle of Palaiologos , awesome detail!

[@LisaSimpsonRules]

I heard in another video about Warhammer (I have never played it and I never intend to) that there may be planets inhabited by humans that have been forgotten by the administration. As the scribes are people who work 20 hours per day copying stuff and the punishment for making a mistake is death from the Inquisition, there are all types of practical reasons that any administrative officer that noticed anything, a loss ship, the disappearance of taxes from an area, whatever... to just archive the information and keep quiet about it. That would allow some planets to live in peace and quiet and do their own thing as long as they are intelligent enough of not calling anybody's attention. That could create conflict between the younger generations, that are more interested in taking risks, living adventures, and think they know it all and that they can beat any danger. versus the older generations, who somehow still remember how terrible it was to live as part of the Imperium and realise that to avoid the Imperium hell and eternal war, they must stay silence and hidden in their little planet at all costs. This would never work as the basis of a video game, but maybe the beginning of a science fiction novel that I could be interested in reading, specially because in a situation like that I would be siding with the older generations and the tough decisions they may need to take in order to keep themselves out of the rest of the universe's attention.

[@laabitres]

The emperor became all he swore to destroy... A tyrant and a religion as a whole

[@rezzybeans]

@Maritime Man The Inquisitor would like to know your location..

[@rozsati]

A chaos god?

[@theguy4726]

The Emperor didn't wanna be a god he dismatled all religions for the sake of science and boosting up the research but then Lorgar wrote the lectitio divinitatus which made the emperor a god

[@GameLoot]

@@theguy4726 - Yeah and then he kept disobeying said "god" when that "god" tells him not to say he is a "god". It's really bad writing in my humble opinion... if your god tells you to do something you DO NOT tell that god you know better and you won't honor his command (see how silly Lorgar's story is now? a better story would be if Lorgar thought his father was a god but becasue his god tells him to not spread that or say it he wouldn't... instead he would assume his god has plans far outside of his grasp to understand pr even take it as a test for the future, but you would not disobey).

[@alphariusfuze8089]

Emperor never claimed and said he was God, but Humans are weird you know... somethings about Humanity just never change

[@olehhumeniuk1632]

My theory is: The Emperor sent the two missing primarchs back in time and created a timeline where he founded his Imperium of Mankind.Thus, he himself destroyed the Old Humanity with the technological vector of development.

[@tappingninja]

Just imagine if we were ALL on the same side against the Tyranids...

[@tauempire1793]

Wants some help as I really want to help against those tyranids

[@bossshun9]

I understand the Emperor's grand plan was to bring all of humanity together, but he just showed that if you didn't get in line with his ideals, understanding, or reasons, then kiss your life, family, and world goodbye. He already came off as the bad guy; however, if he didn't stop these individual human empires, then they could have been allies to other xeno races or possible followers of Chaos. As one man once said: "Better to betray the world than let the world betray me."

[@guardianofthetoasters2323]

As a fellow heretic may I know where thst quote come from?

[@wei270]

@@guardianofthetoasters2323 some dude from romance of the three kingdoms, he said it after he killed his friends entire family by mistake, and this other buddy, another dude that freed him from prison is like kekekek this guys has something wrong with this head, i gonna peace out.

[@bossshun9]

Cao Cao, the ruler and founder of the Wei Kingdom. The story from the Three Kingdoms went with him slaughtering an innocent man's family. He later kills the man himself and Chen Gong was shocked by how the event went down. Cao Cao words to Chen Gong's shock were: "I rather do wrong to the world than allow the world to do wrong to me." Same meaning just worded differently.

[@BullScrapPracEff]

Thing is reverse plot armor. If the Emperor wasn't such a fool humanity would be too powerful. If humanity had joined with the Interex(ap?) they would have known about kaos and been prepared for it.

[@thug4lyfe]

Space Hitler

[@commanderdanielcousland9981]

You know what these human empires needed to succeeded... an Eldar Empress Wifau.

[@guardianofthetoasters2323]

Dddaaammmm son ill kill a SM any day to join their empire

[@JohnWhiteHere]

guardian of the toasters Slaanesh cultist much?

[@guardianofthetoasters2323]

@@JohnWhiteHere says the "loyal" citizen who can't have much fun

[@JohnWhiteHere]

guardian of the toasters fun is for heretics! blessed is the mind too small for doubt!!!

[@myduckisonqauck7227]

@@guardianofthetoasters2323 you both sound like a annoying basic isekai protagonist, and therefore i want to purge your faces(no offense).

[@Jdubya4040]

I’m really interested in the lives of imperial guardsmen/officers in artillery divisions. It seems like it could be the safest job in imperial guard but could also be one that leaves many scarred by it. Knowing how much the imperial guard loves their artillery I’m curious what it’s like for them

[@micheal5973]

Most end up deaf and with severe mental problems from giant guns going off right beside them non stop for sometimes years and having their brains literally rattled by the concussive forces every time a shell is fired

[@Jdubya4040]

Micheal 5 grimdark... I love it 😂

[@proximacentauri3627]

@@Jdubya4040 I used to work with big machines and it really does ruin your ears over time. I've also been near a 105mm arty gun going off and its an jaw shaking, ear splitting earthquake in comparison. Micheal set the tone well for an IG arty crew.

[@olgagaming5544]

This and enemy forces will try to hunt you down, CSM raid your artillery lines etc.

[@olgagaming5544]

But yeah, should be a bit safer as even if the battery is shot you might survive it

[@electrohalo8798]

9:24 that’s a jaeger, aka twice the size of a warlord, not part of the silence

[@adamharris6746]

damm you, i was just writing the same comment lol

[@guardianofthetoasters2323]

Typhoon yeah?

[@MungasaurusBravo69420]

So the Men of Iron and and Quietude tried to wipe out humanity, no wonder the imperium hates AI

[@TheJadeJester]

Just the Terran empires, or Sol system empires, or Out system empires, or human reclassified as abhuman empires? The retconned for this edition ones, the ones retconned in previous editions then restored for this one, the ones retconned and never resurrected? Search parameters require clarification. Oh and the human empires that evolved in parallel with Terra?

[@zeonmx]

In hindsight, the emperor is pretty damn stupid for destroying these human empires, in which, some of them are even more advanced than the imperium and the Mechanicus.

[@chickenmonger123]

Should’ve sent in the Apha Legion. I bet that the was what the Emperor did with Xana. Which is why he was unconcerned by the Mechanicums dislike of the independence of them.

[@vallettapetracyneran8587]

Didn't the last one get liberated?

[@rommdan2716]

I Hope so

[@jamesleon457]

@@rommdan2716 The wiki claims it does, so that's what I'm going with.

[@cegesh1459]

That would be so cool.

[@sovereign7499]

They can resist the imperium for as long as they want but eventually the imperium will grow tired of their shit, and when that happens the imperium is gonna drop the hammer on them like they always have and always will.

[@Gutenburg100]

Kinda wonder if there are any Human empires left that are not part of the Imperium that just continued to advance their technology. Would be cool to have new books and lore about them and give the Imperium a potential friend against Chaos and potential enemy once chaos has been pushed back. A civilization that found a new way to travel rather than warp or web way. Maybe.....slip space hmmmmmm lol.

[@bobh9492]

of course

[@eddieash6189]

New sub, well done!

[@ironbomb6753]

I really dig the way you guys tell the stories and put up all that incredible artwork. Too bad I can only see it on a 3" screen. Awesome video. 👍🍻

[@Arkume8Beltz]

Imagine the mirror side of Quietud, a worlds who embrace at the same extreme the biotechnology beyond the tech of Dark Age of Technology..something between a Giger primarch abhuman symbiote worlds(but less extreme than the Tyranids..) Or imagine a abhumans with the best mix of cualities of Earth creatures, the sight of an eagle with the cones of the shrimp mantis, a legs between chetah, cangaroo and velociraptor(maybe with organic wheels, better than legs..xD), the uperbody like a neandethal, with a brain who mix top of genetics+nanotechnology+quantum tech..a technorganic, mix who make hard to see when start the inorganic and when start the organic..mixing the best of both in different levels, fisiologic, cell level, molecular and quantum level..XD

[@BS-vm5bt]

I hope there is a faction out there that merged with the men of iron before the age of strife. Simmular to the olamic quietude social network each human gets plugged in to the network in a certain age. That empire would be a large threat to the imperium since they should have more advanced technology than humanity during the dark age.

[@regoso8580]

would be awesome if we could get some models for these guys for 30k games

[@jeremygibbs7342]

Is 30k a thing?

[@Julio-it1pl]

Wouldn't this be like 20k?

[@dkakito]

The Imperium. The ONLY army in 40k that Consistently cuts off their nose, in spite of their face. I would KILL for these other Human races/Empires to have somehow survived, and be playable now. Because ever time I learn of a new one, I hate the Imperium that much more... >.>

[@jeremygibbs7342]

Lol

[@andresmarrero8666]

What do you expect from a tyrannical cult that has managed to divorce humanity from their humanity? I want these civilizations to have survived and merged to become become the good version of humanity.

[@kevinwang97]

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD ,SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE

[@codranine6054]

Still tryna find what song clip you have at the end of your videos

[@OneMindSyndicate]

Municipal vice - I thought I had seen it all

[@Robert-rw5lm]

At least the last human empire were basically liberated

[@mattelollol1]

Heresy! Only trust in the god Emperor of man!

[@vipershadow9666]

Some body said corpse emperor?

[@voidericspenceracemperor9710]

Who gives an f

[@electrohalo8798]

*HERESY DETECTED*

[@bossshun9]

We don't need the Inquisitor looking this way.

[@zarrstroglutt2346]

Down with the Tyrant Emperor!

[@maxstr]

Thanks Gershwin!

[@rebekkamitchell3227]

Question can you do a 40 facts on Kheradruakh

[@masc6287]

It would be cool if one of the Lost Primarch was going around secretly gathering and organising a coalition of lost human empires and xenos species in order to combat chaos, the emporium's genocidal tyranny, the mechanicus, tyranids and other dodgy factions. The reason for this mindset is due to their respect for life and the right to exist as they understand that not all beings are out to end them and that they need to unite in order to advance civilisation in order to fight they true existential threats that threaten all species in the 40k universe. When they introduce this primarch they could present him as some all powerful figure of unknown species hiding their identity and processing mysterious powers and abilities never seen before. Pretty much they are trying to recreate a human federation and the dark age of technology while incorporating aliens and their technology in order to advance their small faction beyond any other faction. This faction could also act as a safe haven for humans and xenos trying to escape destruction from the other factions, meaning there could be all kinds of survivors from previous purges committed by other factions. This group could have also have come up with a conservative and humane way to deal with chaos infected/defectors, mutants and psykers that the imperium is incapable of due to religious zealotry, bigotry and vindictiveness deeming these methods heretical, like a institution that educates the dangers of the warp that uses gene editing, purification techniques and re-education programs so they can be safely intergrated into society.

[@Arkume8Beltz]

Imagine a survivours from InterX in a forgived part of the galaxy allied with Eldari(maybe arlequins with their knowledge of Kaos and how fight it..)join the Tau Empire(taking of the manipulations from ethereal with tech or diplomacy..)

[@bm1747]

So, Erebus basically won the war between Chaos and Terra right there, at least for the next 10k years

[@stuartmcclurey9926]

Good old GW plot armour. We need these factions as playable.

[@Friunt24]

So this is why Magnus Hates Space Furries?

[@thechadcruzaider7864]

For someone who literally reads this stuff word for word off the wiki, he sure does sound like it lol

[@crossbronxcollectibles9127]

This video was dope af

[@thalolo]

awesome video guys :D

[@An_Imperial_Guard.]

They did them a favor, it was only a matter of time before Chaos claimed their planets...

[@daneliusdakontus9401]

Suggestion: Lore of knight house of HawckShroud please. Honor or death!

[@maddogdidi8460]

Yay new video !!!

[@victorhugofeitosa2908]

Where is the video on the oyher 5 human civilizations?

[@jerrymaurer2100]

Lol nice war robots video clip you guys put into the video

[@theLetterDoubleYou]

Wuckumbaktu unuthreppiso dove 40 fax

[@AwankO]

Seeing this video, makes me hate the imperium immensely and especially the Clown Emperor 😤

[@venom0825]

Oh please, all these other empires were fighting for galactic supremacy, no different then the imperium. There just the losers that thought they could win against the imperium and were wiped out accordingly, boo who.

[@electrohalo8798]

*HERESY*

[@AshtonCoolman]

These others would have become breeding grounds for Chaos spawn. The Imperium is what humanity needed in these brutal times. The Interex also jumped the gun and were all too enthusiastic to shoot at space marines.

[@AshtonCoolman]

Also the Quietude were the Borg and not worthy of taking over mankind.

[@Blizzard-vd6ty]

@@MeragRealm but it actively hunts them down unlike those empires who I'm sure would give them a chance spread before its too late

[@Konakiri581]

Well done imperium for losing such advance technology over and over again. Hope that their technology will never improve ever again so they can be crush by advance xenos empire or Tyranid. LOL

[@mattalluisi3954]

Geez i know its the plot and all but if they would've joined up that would have tipped the scales for mankind for sure

[@pat0652]

You need to put a little more work into paraphrasing from your sources. I was googling terms from the video; and it is clear you are reading word for word huge chunks of the Fandom.com wiki for the Quietude. There is no need for this, just paraphrase and edit your scripts a bit better.

[@thehillbillygamer2183]

What if the anorex and the quiet too would have made a military alliance against the imperium

[@UltraSuperDuperFreak]

The Quietude would have won easy. Superior in every way except numbers. Only forced story line made em lose imo. I like em alot more then The Imperium of Man.

[@ryanpact7752]

Suggestion: tyranids, great video

[@TheBrimfire]

mostly the stupid Empires tried to resist

[@laabitres]

All these human empires are better than the Imperium imo

[@restatpeacelollollol4845]

1:28 41M Unites States?

[@Myungbean]

He keeps switching between "Quietude" and "Quintude".

[@unofonseca2862]

What about the oligarchs of necromunda?

[@Bluecollarjoe6B9]

For the Emperor!

[@peterglover1271]

The Squats

[@b2serious]

This video reminds me just how awesomely stupid the imperium can be.

[@phreakazoith2237]

"Send the VIII"

[@bestswaggy9479]

FFs. people talk so much about how the imperium infights. Chapters against the guard regiments. But no one makes lore videos about such events. I mean ffs this is annoying. Such an epic idea.... but no... Could somebody help me with this? i mean give me some examples of such fighting within the imperium? Pls ppl im just a new guy who wants to know more :(

[@sorcererberoll4641]

Dead that’s who they are

[@wakko151]

it was malcadors fault

[@TgamerBio5529]

Why didn’t the god emperor intervened ?

[@leokeatonn]

Chaos > Kaos

[@martinjrgensen8234]

Erebus. The ultimate dingleberry.

[@Vetesnicek]

This video proves that Emperor is a jerk . . .