40K Lore For Newcomers - Who Are... The Lamenters? - 40K Theories

[@ancientgearsynchro]

As a right of passage in the Salamanders, they must temper their weapons using only the manly tears they shed for the Lamenters.

[@TheLH86]

This comment is an underrated masterpiece.

[@MishraArtificer]

Quench, not temper, but the sentiment is noted.

[@Rhynome]

@@MishraArtificer Manly tears are really hot.

[@ancientgearsynchro]

@@MishraArtificer These are Salamander tears we are talking about. They are used for tempering.

[@Nugnugnug]

Lamenters are simultaneously the most noblebright and grimdark of 40k.

[@halocrandsuits]

Who are the lamenters? The most loyal of the emperor. Protectors of civilians and brother astartes. They just made some mistakes and now suffer.

[@TimothyMark7]

Lamenters in a nutshell: the most benevolent space marine chapter who's been though too much loss and unluckiness and deserves better

[@Tacoguy1000]

Salamanders would share that pain with them if they could.

[@TimothyMark7]

@@Tacoguy1000 the salamanders have it easy compared to the poor lamenters

[@Tacoguy1000]

@@TimothyMark7 Which is why I said they would take some of that pain if it could bring their equally altriustic cousins some rest.

[@TimothyMark7]

@@Tacoguy1000 true, but dang I really wish there was some new lore for the lamenters, and actual hope for the poor lads, I cry every time.

[@Rawmel]

Anathema to the marines malevolent, the "marines benevolent".

[@DarthBigBen]

“For those we cherish, we die in glory.”

[@jamesthelamenter3403]

For The Emperor !

[@mk6315]

*CHAAAAAAARGE!*

[@mercenarygundam1487]

In a nutshell: Murphy's Law if it was a Space Marine chapter.

[@HealingBlight]

Legion of the Damned if you do Damned if you dont.

[@DemonicEngineer]

Murphy's law implies that everything that can go wrong will go wrong. This is a optimistic notion, since plenty of things that can't go wrong will also go wrong.

[@theoverpreparerlamenters3r436]

@@DemonicEngineer so much has gone wrong that I've taken to carrying a laspistol with me, just so I'll always have a ranged option.

[@Ashley-the-fox]

@@theoverpreparerlamenters3r436 I will send some of my sons to watch and protect you I don't care if you are a loyalist I will protect you at all costs

[@joe5hm03]

I feel bad for Chyron the Dreadnought. He probably still laments, thinking, he is the last of his Chapter.

[@Raum2901]

Maybe in the future he might found that there are other lamenters out there... unless he died before meeting one

[@LordBloodraven]

Even among the Deathwatch, loyal Space Marines can find brotherhood.

[@Samuraiedge2]

I think he should be fine now as the Lamenters did survive and returned to get Primaries. He's probably gonna be concerned now when he finds out that the chapter is abducting prisoners.

[@crackedhammer4612]

@@Raum2901 atm Chyron is depressed and borderline suicidal because he thinks he’s the last of his chapter

[@Raum2901]

@@crackedhammer4612 Thats why i said maybe, but i like to thing that he will meet other lamenters before he dies

[@nowhereman6019]

Sanguinius would be proud of his sons.

[@AsbestosMuffins]

if Titandeath is absolute canon (not that anything is) he at least knew of the curses he passed on to them too and was saddened by that knowledge

[@TheRuinousPowers]

Yes... indeed he would be happy with his unlucky bois.

[@septimusheikler8104]

Nobody: Lamenters seeing a human in danger: *Hello friend, allow me to save you.*

[@garank4971]

Random civilian: No, noooooooooo

[@VoiceOfTheEmperor]

Caboose! Son of a bitch!!

[@Triumph263]

Salamander: Listen cousin; I know you want to help that civilian but if you do you will both likely get hit by an asteroid or struck by lightning so I'll go ahead and take care of this. No hard feelings.

[@septimusheikler8104]

@@Triumph263 Lamenter: As long as they are saved battle brot- *Chaos bolt to the face*

[@Ajehy]

I want to give every Lamenter a hug, a big mug of cocoa and a plate of giant-sized cookies, but I’d probably get accidentally killed somehow and make them even sadder... Mechanicus, we need a hug-and-cookie bot! Dig out the Baymax STC!

[@aliwahab1255]

I desperately want an interaction between the Salamanders and the Lamenters

[@Wormworttea]

One long lasting bro hug until the poor banana stops crying.

[@Ajehy]

Little Green mage - Until they *both* stop crying. Salamanders would definitely be weeping Manly Sympathy Tears(TM).

[@cryfasytighega5074]

Sir apparently there was a conflict between the Lamentors and the Salamanders. What happened!? Why where the Lamentors in Salamander territory? The communications are mostly unclear Sir, however it is clear that the Salamanders where deeply saddened by the interaction. (And thus, the Lamentors chapter would again marked as possible traitors. Just because they showed up near Nocturne and our good boys in green decided to lend an ear to third woes and a shoulder to lean on for their loyalty.)

[@lowbridge4080]

@@cryfasytighega5074 I hate that the Imperium could actually make this a reasonable cause to terminate the Lamenters chapter.

[@spartanalex9006]

I demand the Lamenters meet Vulkan and get the Vulkan treatment as reparations for their suffering by the universe.

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

The poor marines who don't deserve the hell they are constantly receiving

[@iainballas]

Imperial Guardsman: "My life sucks!" Lamenter: "Let me tell you a story."

[@PerturaBased]

Nah mate, the guard have it way worse

[@alphariusomegon3965]

The fact they get shit on so much yet dont give up is amazing and what all the space marines should try to do. Minus the heresy part

[@aarotron2189]

I can only feel sorry for the larmenters. They are always willing to help others, yet they always get shortest stick and suffer for it.

[@Ajehy]

If I played Astartes on the tabletop, I’d play Lamenters. I love their lore as doomed, noble losers, and my (lack of)playing skills would ensure that they kept up the whole “heroically losing” thing.

[@darthkai3621]

The Lamenters alternate name: The Carmine Marines

[@krenick9900]

"Chapter master, my bolter seems to jame-' *Head fucken explodes*

[@slowestofbros8090]

Oof, I felt that.

[@WAcrobat19]

The Sanguine Carmine

[@darthkai3621]

“Tell my brothers.... my father...... I loved them..... and--“. **Dies from organs being liquified**

[@ffejpsycho]

The combine martines

[@morpheusbutasasquirtle4431]

Nobody: "..." No one: "..." Not a single kreiger: "..." *Sees lamenters video* Me: "ITS OUR BOIIIIIS!!!"

[@septimusheikler8104]

TTS reference yes yes

[@Ajehy]

I don’t know TTS much, but I will hug our sad banana bois.

[@toompyfloyd4074]

LOL same

[@CaptainHillyan]

A chapter so unfortunate their gene-seed got depressed.

[@ffejpsycho]

"The lamenters would successfully translate back to real space, from the warp." - Chapter advised not to get used to this outcome! []

[@brandonaughtman9091]

For Those They Cherish They Die In Glory. Emperor's best and true warriors.

[@HealingBlight]

In the grim darkness of the 41st mellenium, there are a group of people that we still manage to feel sorry for above all others.

[@krenick9900]

Probably one of the only chapters that you could call the "Good guys", besides the salamanders

[@OmniGSage]

And the Crimson Fists.

[@Ajehy]

Legion of the damned - Do you guys count, though? As a chapter? You’re more a divine “Frak you” to the Emperor’s enemies.

[@tywyatt2228]

Only *

[@krenick9900]

@@tywyatt2228 Thanks, I didn't notice till you said something. Lol

[@tywyatt2228]

@@krenick9900 no problem ! The Emperor protects!

[@Legitpenguins99]

We demand more Naerina! She has such a lovely voice!

[@10dice]

Thank you, I'm honoured. ^^

[@menmamadrigal1233]

Sanguinius weeps for his poor bois

[@qball331]

Put these guys and the Afriel Strain together and the god of bad luck would manifest in the material realm.

[@Ashley-the-fox]

So that fucker tzeentch

[@Icspiders247]

The God of bad luck would also sweat trying to figure out who to fuck over hardest

[@mikejones-kc5mi]

Love how people dislike the video and it's not been up long enough to watch the whole thing

[@NueThunderKing]

mike jones truly a Lamenters video

[@garank4971]

They are just deep in lore

[@steelbear2063]

Bots and haters aside, you don't need to watch the full video to know you don't like it. You may dislike the voice, the audio mixing, the face of someone, basically a lot of things, right in the beginning

[@michaelhowell2326]

Is it just me or does 40k Theories have an impeccable record of getting the facts right? The script writer definitely knows their stuff.

[@squirrel_killer-]

He's made minor mistakes over the years, normally concerning dates, names, attributing the wrong feats to the wrong squad members, or statistics. Really minor stuff that I've noticed. Rem is a bit of a total nerd for 40k.

[@Kameth]

"Hey random chance and Choas Gods, I've noticed you've barely touched the Lamenters with the Black Rage and Blood Thirst. What gives?" "We figured that we'd give them a pass on that. At a certain point, it's just kicking someone who's already down, you know?"

[@bluenight104]

Yeah well apparently random chance and Chaos changed their mind.

[@Kameth]

@@bluenight104 "Talked with Khorne, turns out he's all for kicking when someone is down, and Tzeench is all for changing their mind, so, sorry, flaws for you poor buggers."

[@bluenight104]

Kameth that’s fucked up man

[@Kameth]

@@bluenight104 "I tried getting a second opinion from the Elder gods, still no dice, but dunno what I was expecting with a clown god, a death god, and a bloody handed one. Looked up the Necrons... didn't even bother asking. I did call in with a different Chaos god, one that tends to get overlooked... but in all honesty that went nowhere because that guy was super lonely and just glad for the company."

[@bluenight104]

Kameth Have you tried contacting the Tyranid Hive mind? No wait that’s just a stupid idea. Well there’s always that horrifying greater good abomination? It might be be amicable? Wait how the fuck did we forget to ask the emperor?

[@Confucios1118]

There’s a guy at the shop I play at that has a squad of Lamenters. I think they managed to break the curse, because for some reason he always has the absolute best rolls when he battles with them.

[@Hugmir]

They really lack their own set of special rules.

[@Nyghtking]

These guys are my favorite chapter, they've been through so much bullshit and have been screwed over by the impirium repeatedly but not only are they still loyal, they still try to do what they think is right.

[@jonasgrant]

I was going to make a custom chapter with my all primaris army, but you know what? Yellow boys deserve some luv

[@JudicialBrat]

Ironic i was listening to Lamenters by Stringstorm when this came out. The Emperor Protects!

[@creakychair9387]

The real good guys of 40K, not the blueberries or smurfs.

[@r.cdahuman7682]

*cough cough salamanders*

[@zacker1590]

Good guys with tragic backstory.

[@mastercharlesdiltardino8058]

I sure hope these accident prone klutz arent the heros.

[@takjel1585]

O'Shovah would like to Disagree

[@TheOriginalRaxin]

@@mastercharlesdiltardino8058 Perhaps in your time of need, only the ones willing to suffer you shall show.

[@falloutmail]

WHO ARE THE LAMENTERS!?!?!? I WLL TELL YOU WHO THEY ARE the best god damn Buzz Lightyears out there. "For those we cherish, we die in Glory!"

[@jessicaberry5596]

Ah, I see that lovely Arch commissioned Artwork in there. Always a good sight.

[@svagglaorde4387]

God Emperor of Mankind: No you can't just make my benevolent good boys suffer like this, give them a break! Tzeench: Haha Bad Luck Rick Roll go... never gonna give you up...

[@qball331]

Am I the only one who wants to see a teamup between the Salamanders and the Lamenters? They both genuinely care for ordinary human beings and do their best to safe guard them even at the cost of their own.

[@rosskwolfe]

Does anyone else just want to give the Lamenters a great big hug and tell them it'll be all right?

[@brigidtheirish]

Also quilted blankets and warm soup.

[@emersonsullivan9768]

You guys did a tremendous job with this video on my favorite chapter

[@angry_zergling]

For some reason I've always had a soft spot in my heart for the Lamenters. Actually, I just realized they're probably my favorite Space Marine chapter. They're pretty neat.

[@marckevinjavier1897]

How to describe the Lamenters in just one sentence: You think your day was bad, you should see these guys bad and worse days.

[@TimothyMark7]

no matter how life puts you down, always keep up and hold on, and the lamenters is a good example of that, they've been through Soo much yet they still keep going on.

[@Chiefjoseph82]

I love at the end where she says "We hope you learned something". All happy and cheerful. Right after she just got done telling a awful story of a cursed chapter. Reminded me of my mother where she would be yelling at me and my brother and then answer the phone all happy and laughing.

[@HiroTheWanderer]

One of the bois that are too Unlucky to live but still serve and fight in the name of The Emperor and Sanguinius!

[@TerrorBlades]

Yay my Video I Requested as a Patreon!

[@Ajehy]

Thank you! I LOVE these sad bananas!

[@FoundingChambers]

40k theories...I love you!!! So many hours/days of entertainment you have no idea the bull you guys got me through 🤘😩🤘

[@VoiceOfTheEmperor]

*Sees the title.* "Oh, God Emperor...Here we go again..."

[@arcangel1172]

The heroes imperium didnt deserve

[@BuzzChronicles]

why do all warhammer channels release their videos & audiobooks around midnight

[@40KTheories]

Because it's 6am here :P

[@joshuaneoangelobersales1807]

@@40KTheories incorrect, the truth is all warhammer channels exists within the warp and midnight is when the veil between the materium and the immaterium is at it's weakest within our particular reality. in the warp time does not matter so to most warhammer channels it is early morning but in the materium it is midnight.

[@rainbowsixODST]

We really need novels about the Lamenters. They are such an awesome Chapter and so unique it’s a crime it has not happened

[@carltonbcf2509]

Ah the only chapter that I wish for something good to happen to them for once

[@abimanyuputra5185]

Emperor. Sanguinius. We did our best. We save your people. We stand by you. We love you. Please, answer. *WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO DESERVE THIS FATE!!!!!!* (final lamentation)

[@laurenbastin8849]

alongside the Farsight Enclave, the Lamenters are pretty much the only purely good group in 40K, so of course they are forced to endure endless pain

[@zeogold]

Knowing the Lamenters they will be the first chapter to find a dangerous and horrible flaw in their Primaris Marines.

[@Matt-md5yt]

Glad you covered these guys, they are pretty nice guys

[@Romuls753]

The Lamenters are the chapter that got fucked by the Universe so hard they were named for it

[@Sorain1]

The Lamenters: The only Space Marine chapter too cursed to die. (That would end their suffering.)

[@joperhop]

"Who are the Lamenters?" The galaxies punching bag, the galaxies bitches. The saddest boys.

[@ovk-ih1zp]

The only Chapter with worse "Luck" are the Celestial Lions, who are as Loyal & selfless in their devotion to the Emperor & his subjects as the Lamenters. Personally I think that the Salamanders should adopt both chapters & then go on with the Space Wolves to purge the Inquisition of all the @$$hats that think that THEIR Will is more important than the Emperor's Will.

[@AsbestosMuffins]

only problem is the space wolves have kinda been dicks to chapters they didn't like before, horus barely had to do anything to get them to turn on Magnus and his Thousand Nerds

[@Ajehy]

PsychoLucario - Weren’t Magnus and Leman Russ good friends though? For MAXIMUM TRAGEDY?

[@ovk-ih1zp]

@@AsbestosMuffins Oh the Grey Puppies ARE MASSIVE D!cks to EVERYBODY, even Custodies. But the Wolves have a well deserved dislike for the Inquisition & would happily join the Purging Party. The Space Wolves have been butting heads with the Inquisition since the First War of Armageddon when Angron decided to personally show his temper-tantrum self & after his defeat, the Inquisition decided(If I remember correctly) that HALF of the surviving population was to be sterilized & sent to Penal camps & the other half outright KILLED, just because they knew about the existence of the Ruinous Powers now & the Wolves said NO! since the survivors had ALL actively resisted Angron's cult. The Inquisition still got a D!ck!sh outcome, but not their Extermanatis-Lite that they wanted. The Wolves are FAR too large a "Chapter" for the Inquisition to attack directly OR indirectly like they did to the Celestial Lions, but they did try to get their "Pound of Flesh" from the Wolves & the Wolves STILL have a bone to pick with them about it.

[@brigidtheirish]

@@ovk-ih1zp lol A "bone" to pick.

[@A_Epic]

11th comment? Last time I was this early the 11th legion was...hang on, someone's at my door

[@Ajehy]

BLAM BLAM BLAM!!!

[@NetMoverSitan]

It's the Cursed Founding chapter that we're certain of who their Primarch is. (e.g. Sanguinius) Not as unlucky as the Afriel Strain, but still pretty bad. | 3:14 - The Sons of Antaeus are possible loyalist Death Guard. | 4:05 - The ones with Big Papa Ultrasmurf has their primarch? | 4:47 - (monotone) All hail the Ultrasmurfs (normal) certainly in this case as they'd likely be dead, if they and the White Scars didn't turn up. | Thankfully the flaws are more controllable with the Primaris Blood Angels.

[@adriannaranjo4397]

The Lamenters: the Space Marines who try to do good and always get fucked over by the galaxy for seemingly no reason The Marines Malevolent: the Space Marine chapter that are assholes to everyone & give Chaos Marines a run for their money, yet get off near scott free every time

[@theoverpreparerlamenters3r436]

12:17 Hey look, it's me!

[@NicolasMayr-xe9cd]

The Lamenters are essentially the really good guy, who’s super nice who a lot of people love but still gets treated like shit by like a girlfriend or something

[@chickenmonger123]

You hear about them once and you know the trope.

[@edmundthespiffing2920]

9:09 the Marines Errant have awesome armor color

[@captain8993]

The unluckiest speez mahrines

[@darkmystic7764]

This video has inspired me to finally do it. I will collect Lamenters. LAMENT!

[@trentdickerson2149]

I like how their collective depression runs so deep it's considered a new gene flaw

[@UmbraNupe]

Interesting that the Warders has two Blood Angel successors at one point.

[@GawenDeGallifrey]

I am a proud baseline human

[@xXSpaceMexicanXx]

My perfect Sad Boys...they're back 💔

[@cedricstewart9324]

I like watching your videos keep it up

[@Mrkabrat]

Who are they? The unluckiest guys this side of the Warp. But for those they cherish they die in glory!

[@-Gilver]

You know what something just this second dawned on me You know how Sanquinius is like the personification or at the very least comparable to Jesus? What if the Lamenters are the personification of the suffering of Christ or in this case and in line with their universe, the suffering of Sanquinius I mean that would explain their constant ill fortune and the litteral suffering

[@unluckyone1655]

Aww, i missed the premiere of this video. Such is my luck

[@theoverpreparerlamenters3r436]

Same, brother.

[@deathbytouch4252]

Oh hey I’m painting some lamenters they’re my favorite character too lol

[@Ajehy]

You, my friend, are braver than I to attempt those checkerboard shoulder pads.

[@deathbytouch4252]

Ajehy yeah I’m just starting to do them it should be.... interesting

[@Ajehy]

Actually, your suffering is very appropriate. For those we cherish, we paint through eye strain!

[@Nyghtking]

These guys are like what happens when the chaos gods get board, or maybe Tzeetch is board.

[@cybertater5236]

They are the players like me. The Whiners. Strategically perfect but exceptionally unlucky. OMG these rolls bro, uh i just can't seem to catch a break with these dice.

[@spectolder8536]

Don't think we didn't notice those lazy pauldron checkers at 3:34!

[@benjaminhansen1357]

So the black rage is a blood angel believing he is Sanguinus fighting Horus, have any actually beaten the war master in their visions? Or are they all stuck living the memory over and over again with no hope of victory?

[@JayJet53]

Having the memory over and over again

[@Rakanarshi2]

yay lamenters! ever since Stringstorms song, I got to admit, I really love those guys. Also they made a brief appearance in "extinction" a series of short stories of doom.

[@georgesulea]

One of my favorite Chapters; I always root for the underdogs...

[@Sereze001]

Space marines too good for this world. The universe itself hates them and tries to wipe them out on every turn.

[@evanremillard5640]

@Naerina, your voice is enthralling.

[@juancarlonavarra8397]

The Lamenters. The true good guys of 40k. Also, first?

[@aidymacBrago]

FOR THOSE WE CHERISH, WE DIE IN GLORY!

[@lemonsisaac5666]

TL;DR Who are the Lamenters? They are the incarnation of the saying No good deed goes unpunished.

[@ifiwasyouiwouldntbe]

That pitch change on the outro: hissing noises* My ears: good video until the last 20seconds!

[@wiibrockster]

*"If it can go wrong,it will go wrong"*

[@viktordickinson7844]

I'm a dedicated Lamenter player and I've never seen some of this art before. Gib

[@lordilluminati5836]

fantastic work on this one

[@simonboulton1964]

Cool video, i have heard of this chapter and it's history on the warhammer 40k lexicanum and warhammer 40k fandom wiki sites.

[@AsbestosMuffins]

they get a shorter stick than Imperial Fists, maybe yellow makes them get shot more.

[@theHedgex1]

It sounds like they got screwed the entire time

[@Tyelkormoko]

My favourite Chapter. Malakim Phoros lives!

[@SHDW-nf2ki]

FOR THOSE WE CHERISH WE DIE IN GLORY!

[@TheOriginalRaxin]

Lament the lives lost such that you shall know peace.

[@wiibrockster]

While I'm not the biggest Space Marine fan,I find The Lamenters quite interesting. It seems to be one bad thing after another for them and I kinda feel bad for them.

[@iron-ham414]

They are true unsung heroes!