40k Lore! How do Psykers Work in 40k? + Giveaway!

[@Svichyman]

Sanguinius. Spent his whole life knowing exactly how he was going to do die, and still didn't hesitate when the moment came. ABSOLUTE LEGEND

[@robertnelson9599]

That's why the Emperor and the Imperium loves him so much.

[@Krood-j7n]

More like a dumb ass

[@matcauthon9669]

Your typical pysker experience in a quick shellnut: "I am a psyker, observe." *head explodes as his body is sucked into the warp*

[@korstmahler]

Shame on the psyker's guards to not shoot him the moment he attempts to interact with the regular troops. The Commissar will be having .75 calibre words with them later on, I'm sure.

[@MisterManTheBestMan]

Did someone call for a Commissar?

[@SultanOfAwesomeness]

Mat Cauthon what an insane magic trick. How do I do it?!

[@sicariusvast9555]

@@SultanOfAwesomeness A magician never tells his secrets 😉

[@MultiMaa1]

and then one of the guardsmen says: Beautiful î-î

[@mikeekim6314]

My favorite psyker is the one with a bolt round through its head

[@charlottewalnut3118]

Summons great unclean one in your ass

[@madtrapper1312]

Same brother

[@WhimsicalCreature457]

Boi

[@esukgfjyijlgul5335]

Cringe

[@InquisitorMatthewAshcraft]

Based

[@mrflyingcow5423]

My favorite Psyker is Big E the Emperor of mankind obviously because I'm not a traitor.

[@smith5796]

Haha lol. The Emperor protects.

[@kakashi0909]

Congratulation mate. For your dedication. You get to feed the golden throne.

[@sadwingsraging3044]

@@kakashi0909 better than an eternity of spikeydragondildo riding.😂

[@A_B_1917]

Magnus The Red. The one that did nothing wrong :P. Really tho, I think he is the only one that got betrayed, not the other way around. He might have done some things better, but pretty much all he did was for good. Even if he screwed up by breaking the webway project, he did it to warn the Emperor of Horus Heresy, the event that shaped the future of the Imperium. And then, after he knew he effed up, he awaited his punishment, and only fought back once he saw his sons' suffering. And then, after he suffered at the SWs hands, instead of plotting revenge, he simply strived to save knowledge of Prospero. His psychic prowess also was quite impressive. In Master Of Prospero he shattered few Baneblades in fight, it's mentioned that he fought off Ork Gargant 1-on-1 in Thousand Sons, and he teleported huge amount of people at once during Space Wolves assault on Prospero. He was such a bad ass, and nice too.

[@holynarwhale8729]

Now you are just talking out of your ass. As I said earlier, everything is Magnus' fault.

[@minoreror9961]

Holy Narwhale87 Ahh, I see you’re a tts fan as well.

[@darkinnovator2479]

Actually, Magnus did do a couple of things wrong. Make a deal with a Chaos entity to stop the mutations of his Legion, a entity believed later to have been Tzeentch, and... not doing what he was told specifically not to do.

[@foty8679]

@@darkinnovator2479 If Big E taught Magnus about what is so dangerous in the warp..or why he did not tell him everything yet etc. Big E is at fault.

[@darkinnovator2479]

@@foty8679 No. Because knowledge of the dangers of the Warp literally feed those dangers. Belief gives them power.

[@marthike276]

Lord Arch.... Are you testing our faith? It's the Emperor of mankind! The Emperor protects!

[@tssteelx]

You have answered correctly. Here have an eye of terror crusade. And( dramatic music) the most powerful weapon of the imperium, which you will slay the heretics with..(dramatic music) a herring!

[@tulipalll]

He gave the answer at the beginning of the video if you could see the signs. Only the faithful will see. Our faith is our sight Long live the emperor

[@madscientistshusta]

@@tulipalll The emperor protecc!

[@Lord_Wolfsadler]

My favourite Psyker is Fumbles from the All Guardsmen Party. He is just adorable.

[@sicariusvast9555]

His eyes tho

[@cnlbenmc]

Arch must pay attention to the AGP!

[@sicariusvast9555]

Absolutly, it is hilarious

[@sicariusvast9555]

Actually, my favorite psyker is the insane manchild how shot heavy

[@CaptZealot]

Fumbles is my boi

[@namekman01]

the only correct answer to "who's your favorite psyker?" is the Emperor. any other answer is heresy!

[@serteshsardrakal2272]

You. Your a heretic.

[@namekman01]

you're* also why?

[@serteshsardrakal2272]

@@namekman01 because the emperor would not order exterminatus of psykers if he was one of their traitorous kind. You filthy chaos worshipper

[@namekman01]

im at a loss, when did he order that?

[@serteshsardrakal2272]

@@namekman01 im screwing with you you know that right?

[@brotherm4636]

Personally? Ahriman... When his brothers were dying he tried to make a difference. Where as Mangus simply stood there and did nothing, Ahriman enacted a ritual to try and save his legion... The Rubrik was beyond success. The strongest sorcerers became stronger than they could have dreamed, the price being the rest of the legion that Ahriman to this day tries to save. That and you have to give Ahriman some cool points. I mean heck, he look AMAZING... and let us never forget that his voice actor for Bruva Alfabusa´s Warhammer TTS series. Cool points are always important.

[@darksoul1381]

From the perspective of Iskandar Khayon, it seems it was actually an epic failure of a sorcery that tried to achieve something without giving. Bound to fail from scratch and ignored by the very same haste and hubris Ahriman sought not to inherit from father. Ahriman seems to have completely lost control at the last moment. It seems the mutations are not gone as well.

[@robertnelson9599]

@@darksoul1381 The new mutations are gifts from Tzeentch, you are right about everything else.

[@churabros3321]

In the grim darkness of the far future, there are teleporting cows

[@0neiroi915]

Trick question, the Emperor is everyone's favorite psyker

[@af6841]

Not Khorne

[@esukgfjyijlgul5335]

No

[@Sleepy_zzzzz]

Malcador the Sigillite (aka Malcador the Bro) Honestly Arch, you want people to leave their e-mail in clear text on the internet??? That just seems like asking for trouble & spam.

[@tssteelx]

HERTIC! THOW DIDN'T SAYTH THINE EMPEROR!

[@ipeter7472]

Agreed what insane shite is that

[@Sleepy_zzzzz]

Steel- XL the Emperor is a god & Malcador was his best bro. It is HERESY to suggest that my answer is HERESY, let alone that the Emperor is a mere psyker. **BLAM**

[@SupaL33tKillar]

I've already sent a couple, shall we say, care packages to the ones I managed to find. With any luck I might actually get some valuable stuff ;). Fucking easy profits.

[@dawall3859]

You don't have a public throw away email?

[@prydash7882]

just going to grab all these email addresses I know a Nigerian prince that needs your help

[@TheGreatThicc]

I'll mark him on your map.

[@dbcooper9721]

Now that made me laugh.

[@j.dalzell5372]

xD

[@gobblegabble3400]

I recommand a good sir named Tom veitch to him.

[@captainthorrek262]

Gobble Gabble Is there a toaster involved?

[@jago888]

Hands down Jago Sevatarion (Sevatar), Funniest nutcase in the Horus Heresy. He kept it suppressed for so long it manifests as everyone moving slower compared to him, even Sigismund who he dueled for something for like 30 hours than headbutt him in the face. When he unleashed it to talk to Konrad Curze during the proceeding fight he said "it's happening worse than ever..... or better depending how you look at it" than had a stroke lol. Read Prince of Crows the humour in it is funny as fuck.

[@pargelenis2908]

The "teleporting cow" as quoted by arch warhammer is by far my favourite psyker.

[@EmanGameplay]

Magnus the Red is probably my favorite psyker. I can empathize with his goals as presented during the Heresy. Plus, he is a huge nerd, just like me. Also #magnusdidnothingwrong

[@samuelgallagher5748]

If you see how badly he fucked up the Palace and the webway, you'd see why the Emperor was so pissed. His entry into the materium alone vaporized the entire room the Emperor was in, killing dozens of people instantly! THEN came the demons! And humanity's hope for non-warp travel was fucked!

[@tssteelx]

#BlameLogar #BurnTheHertic

[@DoctorM42]

It's Epmereor's fault for not sharing vital intel with his subordinates for no goddamned reason. The fall of Horus. Magnus, and Mortarion would have been entirely preventable if the Emps knew how to communicate with his kids

[@maxpower3990]

@@DoctorM42 they're not his kids. They're sentient weapons the Emperor created to conquer the galaxy for humanity and starve the Chaos Gods. The whole Primarch project was flawed. Why did the Emperor allow the Primarchs to be taken off world? We saw Horus go back in time and wreck the place in one of the first Horus Heresy books and the Emperor does nothing. How did all the Primarchs land on human world's throughout the galaxy that was perfectly suited to them? What happened to No.2 an 11?

[@maxpower3990]

@Zach cash the Primarchs were hyper intelligent, centuries old individuals, but still couldn't grow beyond their personality flaws. The first time that daddy didn't tell them everything they winge and break all his stuff. That is one hell of a temper tantrum. A soldier knows that secrets are kept from him to protect him, or simply because he doesn't need to know. Especially in the case of the Imperial Webway project it was still being researched. Horus, as Warmaster, knew and had authority about every military decision, to use the Life Eater virus, to change Russ's orders to kill instead of capturing Magnus, and the codes to open the Vault on Mars were forbidden tech was kept, he even warned them about warp Xenos(demons). Explaining about the Webway would have led to talking about its Old One creators, and it is hard to continue to believe that Humanity is destined to conquer the galaxy when you get an accurate picture of how small and insignificant they are. The Imperial Webway project would have also made all of the Navigator houses obsolete and they probably would have been purged on the Emperor's orders soon after as they turn into hideous mutants later in life. If this information gets outs before the Emperor is ready then every Navigator may go on strike and flee. That would make it impossible to have long distance travel in the warp fracturing and destroying the Imperium like another Age of Strife.

[@generalvoor927]

My favorite Psyker is Gregor Eisenhorn. He may not be that powerful, but the powers he uses fit his field of work as an Inquisitor. Besides I can identify more with him than an all powerful demigod who can wipe out his enemies (and allies) with a mere thought. Eisenhorn wins his battles not just because of powers, but because of his wit, cunning and experience. That makes him more likeable than most other Psykers in my opinon.

[@Cognitohazzard]

Well his Staff gives him a mighty boost. Having a powerful Demonhost and a Chaotic Tome also helps. Barbarisater is also not a blade who's edge I wanted to taste.

[@ClearlyCero]

Good shout actually

[@tssteelx]

HERTIC! THOW DIDN'T SAYTH THINE EMPEROR

[@douglasschoeller5767]

Fumbles the psyker from the all Guardsmen party. Or Bane Johnson.

[@TherealTenmanI]

What was the name of the luck stealing dude? Not his name but the type of luck sapping ability...

[@douglasschoeller5767]

TherealTenmanI I think they called it an nasset or something like that but I like Twitches description better vampire ork

[@WarBandit111]

I couldn’t find out how to spell her name, but my favorite psyker has to be Altani, the young girl from the audiobook; “The Long Night.” Though she was but a child, she was the strongest astropath in her choir, and even despite being beaten and crippled, was able to halt multiple Astartes, including a librarian, in their steps. And who else could say that they befriended Sevatar so easily?

[@etlttc353]

Very interesting

[@theotherccount4481]

Same tho, I hope we get to see her again one day

[@sullymicheals8238]

My favourite in 40k psyker is Magnus the Red for several key reasons. Magnus should have been the hero of the Horus Heresy and fought by the Emperor's side during the darkest hour. His father had barred psykers in the Imperium, even though he, hypocritically, was a psyker himself and understood the creative potential of the Warp. This did not keep Magnus from utalizing his natural powers and his own knowledge of the Warp to forsee the coming crisis. He used his powers to block out chaotic influences from Horus's mind, which unfortunately was bypassed by chaos agents when Horus was injured and sent to heal. Up to the moment of Horus's betrayel, Magnus had expected something to happen and when it did he attempted to warn his father, and while this did not work (to say the least), Magnus had the best intentions of saving his father's Imperium. Following Magnus's failed attempt to warn of Horus's betrayel and instead frame himself as the arch traitor, Magnus understood the gravity of his actions and was willing to face the consequences- willing to give up his own life and the lives of his space marines as penitence when the Space Wolves arrived above Prospero. It was only by the actions of a chaos spy within the Space Wolves legion that this was not communicated to Leman Russ, launching an invasion of Prospero in impatience. Even still, with his homeworld burning, his people dying and his legionaries falling, Magnus refused to fight, showing true loyalty to his father and a restraint for such dangerous powers as chaos magic against his brother. It would not be until the final moment, when the last of the Thousand Sons legion was cornered, that Magnus released his restraint on his powers and engaged his brother in combat. Both Magnus and Russ took massive damage but ultimately Magnus retreated, him and his legionaries cast as traitors by no will of their own. Magnus is an incredibly powerful psyker who used his powers for good, and had his father been more open with him on the nature of chaos than perhaps he could have been the underdog hero of the war and not felt it necessary to turn to the evil side of chaos. By loyalty (to a point) and restraint, Magnus proves to be my favourite psyker, and one of my favourite characters of the 40k universe. My email: [e-mail]

[@mikhailbychkov5042]

Psykers are often a potent and destructive force one a battlefield and therefore have one can always be useful. Just be sure to observe there craft from a safe distance! Preferably more then 15 meters away Behind a blast door And a blank

[@zenoblues7787]

Only 1? I thought you wanted to be safe?

[@mikhailbychkov5042]

@@zenoblues7787 they are rarer then rational inquisitors, I'm happy if I'll get one !

[@probablythedm1669]

I'm torn between Bane Johns, the luck devouring interplanetary man of mystery (or missery to those around him) and Eldrad Ulthran, chief troll of pure xenos dickery. Bane didn't really know he was a psyker though, he just thought the universe ran on action movie logic and wanted him to win. Then he turned traitor and shit got hillarious and Khorne won... Bane was fun. I vote Bane Johns! Mostly because I want people to enjoy the all guardsmen party stories. Some hillarious 40K fiction that.

[@DonTekNO]

not sure Bane Johns is canon tho :D or did the thread hit a million upvotes?

[@tssteelx]

HERTIC! THOW DIDN'T SAYTH THINE EMPEROR

[@firelordmorgan4757]

My favorite psyker is Konrad Curze, punished daily his whole life right up until his death at the hands of the assassin with he foresaw!! Love his fluff and your video about him.

[@dathore]

hmm, favorite Psyker in 40k, well, if I had to choose, I'd go with Ezekiel, the master of the Dark Angels Librarium, both on the design sense, since his miniature is really cool, and on the lore sense, since he's so good at the whole interrogating thing, that he created a new psychic power that literally bores into the captive's brain and gets information out of it, which makes him rather useful to the unforgiven, he also has the book with all the names of the fallen, and the whole interrogator space-mage monk thing is pretty damn cool if you ask me.

[@Deathdude4000]

Ezekiel of the Dark Angels. Honestly his history during the fight of Sularian Gate on Kholorn is amazing. Using his psyker talents to show up and fight off the orks on the wall up until the point he took a round to the dome losing an eye in the process. Then to come back 12 hours later with a crude bionic eye and go into one on one combat with the ork Warboss Gorblonik. His victory by blinding the warboss and the subsequent removal of his head. Is quite insane.

[@leesanderson6715]

Malcidor! The guy stepped up in the biggest way for big E and terra knowing it would kill him. Gave his last power to sustain the emperor. He truly is a hero.

[@Rhae_of_Sun]

My favourite psyker? Definetely Mhotep. He is a perfect example of why the thousand sons were one of the most loyal legions. Not only did he put up with the massive sticks placed within the Ultramarines´ rectums, he also sacrificed himself to stop the furious abyss from destroying the homeworld of said Ultramarines. I´d even put him above Magnus and Eldrad on my list. Mostly because Magnus became a winged goat boy and Eldrad is an Eldar.

[@samuelgallagher5748]

If we could not work spoilers about a character's fate into a KZbin comment, that would be dope! I mean, I know that everyone dies in 40K, but come now, brother!

[@annelisemeier283]

Great chocie

[@KarizenMagi]

Eldrad is also the biggest dick.

[@codysing1223]

From wence did this Spoiler cometh? I need to read this shit.

[@vraska8799]

for the ones asking... you can read about this spoilery things in Horus Heresy book 8: The Battle for the Abyss I found Phosis T'Kar more apealing, but Mhotep was high there. A real bad ass, who do his job and face the consecuences literaly head-on... who, btw, didn't received so much shit from the Ultrasmursfs, as much as he had to dealt with the complete hypocritical assholeness of the Space wolves.

[@gso619]

Don't particularly care about the free merch, but hands down, it'd be Malcador the Sigillite. He may not have done anything grandiose like enslave a planet or blast someone with lightning, while screaming about unlimited power, but humanity would be doomed without him. Not just because of his sacrifice upon the golden throne during the Horus Heresy, but the fact that he founded the Administratum, the Officio Assassinorum, the Adeptus Astronomica and the Inquisition - organizations without which the imperium would be absolutely fucked after the heresy. Not to mention being one of the few people the big E not only trusted, but looked to for guidance. Malcador was in a unique position to screw with him - he had vast resources at his disposal, millenia to prepare and psychic powers only surpassed by Magnus and the emperor himself and, most importantly, his trust. But instead he chose to defy the cliches and become one of the greatest bros in 40k and one of humanity's great saviors.

[@samuelgallagher5748]

They call him Malcador the Hero these days for a reason, eh? Interesting short story... www.reddit.com/r/40kLore/comments/82i496/the_emperor_trying_to_anger_malcador/ It's from "The Board is Set" by Gav Thorpe EDIT: Ok, people are asking for more so here it is. Malcador started to consider the board again. ‘I cannot play like Horus, I do not have his mind, his motivations.’ ‘Then I will assist you.’ Revelation reached into the game box and His fingers reappeared holding a new piece, one never seen before. It was shaped like a jester of the most ancient days, complete with gormless expression. Real, tiny cap-bells tinkled as Revelation shook it. ‘This is you, Malcador. The Fool. I have used you for millennia to suit my own purposes and before the end I will discard you without a second thought.’ ‘I know what you are doing,’ said Malcador. ‘You think to make me angry, like Horus.’ ‘You exist only to further my ambitions, a callous on the toe of history and nothing more,’ said Revelation, not making the slightest sign that He had even listened to what Malcador had said. ‘You are just an invisible, nondescript foundation stone in the edifice that will be my undying glory. I have lied to you from the very first moment, and all that you believe of me, of the universe and mankind’s part in it, is fiction. I have manipulated you, abused you and I will toss you away without a single shred of care. One of my legionaries has more consideration for a bolt that he fires than I do for you, Malcador.’ Swallowing hard, the Regent reminded himself of what he had just said - that Revelation was trying to elicit an emotional response. And yet when he looked into the gaze of Revelation, he saw only implacable, unflinching truth. He had never harboured dreams of glory or even ambitions of temporal power, but Malcador had believed himself valuable. He had taken strength from being counsellor and… advisor to the greatest intellect the human species had ever created? An aid to the most gifted psychic being ever born? Companion to an immortal who had lived a thousand lifetimes? ‘I see that you are starting to understand.’ A hint of a sneer marred Revelation’s expression. He gestured towards the pieces set between them. ‘My sons were taken from me, whispered to during transit to set dark thoughts in their minds. Temptations. Lies. Propaganda. Tell me, Malcador the Sigillite, how many times have you resisted the efforts of our enemy’s lures?’ The Regent did not answer, for the Dark Gods had never attempted to sway him. They had occasionally, and very recently, sought his death, but that was not a distinction he uniquely held. A brutal, short bark of a laugh made him flinch. ‘You thought yourself too loyal? Your faith in me unshakable? They did not try to recruit you because you have nothing to offer them.’ ‘I have created much for you, in your name,’ said Malcador in a wavering tone, searching for clarity. ‘There would be no Imperium without my efforts.’ ‘In my name.’ Never had three words sounded so scornful. ‘You are a master of tax collectors and clerks. No Imperium without you? No Malcador without the Imperium, you mean. What justification would there be to keep you around without your countless army of bureaucrats to sustain you? Even my Remembrancers - poets and pict-takers - contributed more to the Great Crusade than you did.’ He felt a tear roll down his cheek, his whole body quivering with shame. Malcador looked at Revelation with silent pleading and was rewarded with a contemptuous sigh. ‘Some call you my left hand.’ Revelation held up the five digits and wiggled them. ‘It is true. That is all you have ever been, an extension of my will. I twitch a thought and you act. I care nothing for the hopes and fears of my little finger, and less still for yours.’ Malcador opened his mouth but could think of nothing to say. ‘Do not stare at me like some docile ruminant. You said you fear failing me, but the truth is that you know that you already have. You cannot even bring yourself to hate me when I need you to.’ Revelation tossed the playing piece aside. It shattered against the wall. He did not even spare a glance for the discarded fragments. There was no hint of remorse in His hard stare. Malcador looked at the splintered pieces of the Fool. Betrayal slid a hot knife in his chest. Its fire spread, enflaming his anger. And one thought burned hotter than any other: that Revelation thought he might care about any of what He had said....

[@michaelhowell2326]

Spear is the coolest psyker in the 40k universe. He's the only blank psyker I've ever heard of. And I think he was possessed by a demon too.

[@andersmith1236]

My favorite psyker is Konrad curze with his precognition. I like how it just drove him insane prayer to The Horus Heresy with visions of the heresy its self, and how it even drove him to try and claw his own eyes out.

[@MultiSpoofa]

Mephiston is my favorite psyker, no doubt. I love the idea of a blood angel who's stared at the abyss long enough to conquer a GENETIC FLAW to become someone (or as how his brothers put it, someTHING)else entirely.

[@siekierezada23]

Ahriman is my favorite one. Not only because he is powerful and super-badass-crazy. But mainly because his story is one of those tragic tales you just can't help but love - from the death of his twin, through disillusionment with the Imperium and his own Primarch, up to his "fall" and unstoppable thirst for knowledge. (PM is fine :))

[@S1ats]

If they count as psykers, then Old Zogwort, as who doesn't like an ork weird boy with a poisonous bite, who can turn his enemies into confused looking squids just by looking at them?

[@S1ats]

Though I would never pick Ohthere Wyrdmake, because he is a true-blooded son of the storm, not some traitorous psyker scumbag liar, oh no no no! (I actually quite enjoyed the character in a thousand sons, though his fate did feel very well deserved)

[@grubazz4246]

Milo from Gaunt's ghosts series. hehe.

[@DarkRonnie]

personally im a big fan of Ahzek Ahriman "And what are the achievements of your fragile Imperium? It is a corpse rotting slowly from within while maggots writhe in its belly. It was built with the toil of heroes and giants, and now it is inhabited by frightened weaklings to whom the glories of those times are half-forgotten legends. I have forgotten nothing, and my wisdom has expanded far beyond mere mortal frailties."

[@AresErrantKnight]

My favorite Psyker ? No other than Malcador the Hero of course ! PM me.

[@emperorcip9756]

I'd PM this guy too, tbh.

[@samcaruso8529]

While I don’t remember her name, she’s the pysker that was on the world eaters flag ship(conqueror) during the great heresy. She, upon finding out that her legion had turned traitor, killed herself as the vessel was entering the warp, sacrificing herself to save untold billions. While she may not have destroyed the conqueror, she stopped it from participating in the assault of the imperial palace. She was a hero, and sadly has been lost to imperial records.

[@alextheabysskiller7209]

Are there any illustrations of her?

[@samcaruso8529]

I don’t know, but she was in one of the Horus heresy novels, it’s been a bit since I read them, so I can’t say I remember which. What I do remember is the fact that she was on the same ship as lotara serin, who does have some actual art.

[@juletid99]

Favourite psyker? Malcador. There can be no other. Unless you count "Big E" then. Well...

[@VanGeo1]

My favorite Psyker is Konrad Kurze, because he was just enough of a Psyker for it to be a massive detriment and strain on what little sanity he had.

[@Zercias]

Zagdakka, the Prophet of Mork. Most Badass Psyker.

[@NetMoverSitan]

He could destroy Reaver Titans.

[@Daimon-X]

"The only Good psyker is a Dead psyker" nah just kidding. "The Chair" aka Gideon Ravenor was a pretty badass mofo for a psyker.

[@shanehudson3995]

Well, we're told he's a super psyker badass, but he gets stomped by every psyker he comes across.

[@tssteelx]

You mean the emperors chair?

[@internetzenmaster8952]

My favorite psyker? Well if I'm being quite honest... Any Ork Warphead Weirdboyz. Preferably the 'Possessed Warphead' variety. Because nothing says the absurdity and 'Zog logic and rules!' that is Orkdom like having a daemon of the Warp possess you, only to realize they can't override the Warphead personality and end up trapped in the Ork's mind, the only side effect being the Warphead talks to himself a lot. Truly a 'Not as planned' moment for the daemon. Now if you want a specific psyker in particular, then definitely Old Zogwort, simply because he can turn his enemies into squigs. PM me Arch.

[@Maurobi]

Ork psykers are best psykers! Does Ghazzgul count? I mean, he can yell into the minds of his subordinates from across the galaxy

[@thegreatazal5021]

Remember fellow guardsmen there can always be less psykers in your unit.

[@Matt-md5yt]

that my friend is true, I am Psycho with Pyromantic earges but I am Sane enough not to be a Psyker.

[@Afrikaans36]

Obviously Magnus the Red who DID NOTHING WRONG!

[@Epicmonk117]

Magnus fucked up, but he isn't to blame. Tzeentch and the Emperor are to blame. The former was actively trying to trick him into falling and the latter was hiding critical information from him. Magnus' sins were grave, but he committed them either unwittingly or unwillingly (or both), and as such deserves a chance to be redeemed and return to the Emperor's light.

[@SassyCassie89]

I would hope Lord Arch knows the heretical nature of his question? The answer of course being the Emperor for he is the greatest of everything.

[@tbone9474]

My favorite psyker, is obviously Ezekiel, Grand Psyker of the Dark Angels

[@VoiceOfTheEmperor]

IF I WANT TO FUCKING MURDER THE STARS, I'LL MURDER THE SHIT OUT OF THEM! AND YOU DON'T GET TO CRITICISE ME OVER THAT! FUCK THE STARS! THEY'RE TOO BRIGHT, YOU HEAR ME? FUCK 'EM. I CAN'T SEE SHIT IN HERE ANYWAY!!!

[@serteshsardrakal2272]

Fucking loyalist.

[@florianpierredumont4775]

My favourite Psyker ?... I would say Agun Soric in the Gaunt's Ghosts series. He starts as a basic/average every-day hiver, discovers his abilities, and still remain loyal and true towards his comrades of the Tanith's First and Only. =)

[@tbone9474]

Very good choice, wish I'd thought of him myself

[@tssteelx]

Okay this is the last one i sware. HERTIC! THOW DIDN'T SAYTH THINE EMPEROR!

[@florianpierredumont4775]

Steel- XL Do give a pistol to me, fair lord of mine, so I can shoot myself !... ;)

[@toreadordude9798]

My favorite Psyker is definitely Inquisitor Eisenhorn. I greatly enjoy the books I have about him and even though he is a Psyker he can still hold his own without using his powers. Sure he may not be the most powerful compared to the others on this list but that is what makes him a more down to earth character compared to someone like the Emperor (who I pray to and give praises to everyday please don't blam me Mr Commissar)

[@stefanobgt]

shit damn that was my pick greetings from sweden

[@rosicroix777]

My favorite psychers are the Navigators , mainly because they're similar to the Guild Navigators from Dune & because vvithout the lovvley & humble Navigator there'd be no vvay to pilot a ship through the VVarp....sorry my "double you" key is broken . TY for a great lore video Arch .

[@MiszAgrippa]

Ahriman in Thousand Sons book. The way he *dealt* with that Space Wolf priest on Prospero stole my heart

[@hircane765]

Iskandar Khayon must be my favourite. Him and his demon wolf together with his pet eldar are just to adorable. And he battled the massive cuntwad ahriman! Cool dude arch!

[@maximusphuxindeedum4973]

When or were is the next book in that line? I want more fire first!!

[@clintmorgan1491]

@@maximusphuxindeedum4973 "Talon of Horus" and "Black Legion" are the 2 best 40k books in my opinion. They were there first 2 I read and they got me HOOKED!

[@tssteelx]

Heresy! Thowest didn't say thine dearest golden emperor of man kind. #BlameLogar

[@wolfblade40k89]

Ahriman is the best on one insults Ahriman and doesn't get a lord of change knocking on there door

[@xyxxanx9810]

Oh they do work just fine...... ....as fuel.

[@Daimon-X]

Soulfuel

[@emperorconstantine1.361]

My favorite is the Head Psykers whom gave his life by breaking the Planetary Governor’s law on Armageddon during the “First” invasion. You know, the one that Yarrick was able to convince to break his loyalties and help the people!!

[@Nasurek1]

My favorite Psyker has got to be the unnamed Imperial Guard Psyker unit from Dawn of War 1 because well, that voice. I can never forget seeing a massive battle gun battle and then in the middle theres this raving mad wizard screaming "I'LL SPLIT YA' THOUGHTS A SUNDER!"

[@gruszkaryszard580]

Either the Emperror or one of his son - Conrad Curze are my favorite psykers. Emp - by the facts that he wooped ass of Void Dragon (or one of his shards) thanks to the mind bullets or by repairing a badly damaged Knight just by touching it :P Kurze .... well his ability to see prophetic visions of death and despair, were part of his psyker gift so yeah. It sounds kinda awesome but mostly terrible. Have a great week!

[@shadowsift]

My favorite psyker, is Arch warhammer, as I know he is a Genestealer cult magus in disguise! Hail the purple overlords!

[@tssteelx]

HERTIC! THOW DIDN'T SAYTH THINE EMPEROR!

[@wardarcher293]

PRAISE THE FOUR ARMED EMPEROR BROTHERS

[@kevinoriordan3323]

Favourite psyker? Well the Emperor is the greatest of all humans and better than those knife eared bastards. And im not saying that with a bolter to my head....

[@darkstar453]

Favourite psyker, has to be Malcador the Sigillite.

[@tssteelx]

You misspelled "the emperor."

[@Fariberod]

My favorite psyker is Gideon Ravenor, his trilogy was one of the things that introduced me to 40k and I really like his character and the team he works with. Him being kept alive by a sarcophagus but also having incredibly strong psychic powers created an interesting dynamic in those novels. The other thing i liked about him was his radical nature, always quick to hunt the heretic but not so blind and arrogant that he wouldn't take the help of an Eldar (or other Xenos tech and knowledge) to track and fight his enemies.

[@RobzterGames]

My favorite psyker is arch warhammer, his ability to retell stories of battles and the species millenia old makes it seem like he was there on all those battlefields and knew all of those races, even though he was born only 26 standard years ago

[@archibalddunn1369]

Magnus the Red, as he is the 40ks version of a tragic hero worthy of Jason.

[@TheRevanpl]

My favorite psyker is a young, brand new Black Temp... oh wait he is dead now.

[@Cheese21213]

My favorite Pysker was Cassius calligo from roll4it dark heresy

[@paulthomas1877]

Agreed!

[@dreadrath]

The more I learn about 40K the more intriguing it is. I'm a bit intimidated to start with the books since I'm not sure which one is best to start with. But these lore videos are really cool and interesting. This one in particular has helped me ultimately decide the outcome of a "Can such-and-so compete with 40K" debate, namely surviving a battle with a Psyker, I suspected the answer was, no they wouldn't survive, from the start, but its convenient that this came out today to help me confirm it rather than jumping to conclusions like a dope. Keep it up, I love these.

[@rawkth5996]

This has so much character in it, and suits the 40k universe so well, I love it.

[@wilhelmwiklund2020]

Yea I like that one Psyker... you know which one I mean, right?

[@dank_smirk9971]

My favourite Pysker is the Teleporting Cow

[@just-some-menace6138]

My favorite psyker is Mortarion because he hates psykers.

[@DoctorM42]

Morty madages to take the mantle of the dumbest primarch, despite Angron being literally lobotomized.

[@just-some-menace6138]

*betrays His father because his father didn't let him kill his other father* Seriously who thought that sounded like a good enough motivation. I really hope they expand more on him maybe make a horus heresy novel with him as the main character so we get more insight as to his reasons for going traitor, i'm sure it has something to do with horus being close to him.

[@supc-172]

My favorite psyker is Ahriman of the Thousand Sons (30k) I haven't read any of the 40k books save the inquisitor series, but Ahriman in "A Thousand Sons" is a fantastic character. His warrior-scholar mentality embodies my idea of what a successful person should be (even if he can come off as arrogant). Ahriman is incredibly intelligent and second only to Magnus and the Emperor, yet we see through his eyes the failure of someone he believed infallable, and this shatters his entire idea of himself and his legion. Ahriman just had a fantastic character arc and I thoroughly enjoyed listening to that book.

[@zacharywhitmore4785]

Teleporting cow has got to be the best psyker just because of the meme factor. Just picture a cow leleporting around with no ability to control it freaking out.

[@dandondon]

Favorite psyker....humm Old Zogwort Born on Catachan check. turn random things into squig snakes Check. Listens to mork to destroy entire Imperial guard company. Check

[@NetMoverSitan]

One of the more "stable" weirdboyz.

[@tobiashagstrom4168]

25:20 "And then of course we have betas, CUCKS, deltas, epsilons, gammas, etc, etc." Damnit Arch.

[@mivapusa]

Since it wasn't specified that the psyker had to be human... ORK WEEIRDBOYZ IZ DA BEST ZYKERS

[@Spearstormwargames]

My favorite Psyker is Eldrad Ulthran. The absolute madman has tried to save the galaxy ( mainly the Eldar) from going to shit for 10,000 years and it backfires on him spectacularly on him every time. He's like the Aeldari's "Abaddon".

[@Spearstormwargames]

Also email is [e-mail]

[@erikcollatz6153]

Euphrati Keeler, not Sure If she even is a psyker but she is basically the Prophet of the Emporer, cant get any better

[@yochaiwyss3843]

My favourite Psyker is the one in Dawn of War I. Such a glorious mess insanity and suffering added with that screeching voice sells the image of a person whose mind is in the process of being torn apart little by little by the power that he holds and the dark whispers of Chaos. Few Pskyers are depicted in such a way in common 40K, as they are mostly Inquisitors and Librarians who control their powers in a much stronger degree than a common psyker ever could, a Librarian might think that Psykers are not to be feared but in reality most of them would turn out to be crazy people such as this one making the whole "Purge the Mutant" Sentiment a little more understandable. WITNESS YOUR DOOOOOOOM!

[@darrianweathington1923]

New answer... Kaldor Draigo

[@Quimper111]

Eldrad Ultran, of course

[@Whunst993]

Ahriman of the Thousand Sons. One have to respect the guy that literally spent thousands of years trying to fix what he done and trying to restore his brothers to life. He has the power to rule over worlds and all he uses it for is too take care of his family. It's adorable.

[@spiritvdc5109]

"What can be done with the Warp" is essentially akin to lucid dreaming, your belief and understanding of the process you're trying to create dictates how much or how little it can be done... when I was younger I realized that even though I lucid dream often, I was unable to fly in my dreams because my subconscious knowledge that it was simply impossible in real life, and therefor I had to envision a way that it could hypothetically be done, no matter how fantastical the process, as long as I could convince my brain that it COULD be done somehow... that belief in and of itself, and the convincing myself thereof, was the key to actually doing it, even though the structure of a lucid dream could theoretically allow literally anything to occur.

[@SuperYanzoo]

my favorite psyker has to be Arch himself. He cant hide forever in that lorekeeper's disguise

[@loreman2803]

WITNESS YOUR DOOM

[@loreman2803]

No name needed, you know who it is

[@vlweb3d]

*GIVE ME THAT GLASS JUG ...* *or you shall receive a rather ... pleasant ... visit from the Inquisition.*

[@Jaghatai_Kahn]

Loved the Stein glass so much, I bought one. (Note: I was an idiot and put it in the microwave, in which it cracked. Surprisingly it's still useable and the crack goes straight down the middle of the aquila just like how the imperium is split in two right now)

[@sabhyde5327]

The Emperor of Man, he still shows the way through the warp and tries his hardest to guide humanity through the troubling times in 40k. He brought humanity to the peak. His fight against chaos incarnate is truly amazing. For the Emperor till my last breath.

[@Warricane]

KALDOR "BRINGS THE HAMS" DRAIGO

[@42Mrgreenman]

10:30 I like little things like this, delving into the mechanics of using psyker abilities...Arch presents it much like I think of it...It's like memorizing a song...after a point it's just memory and you don't have to think about it...1.Draw energy 2. Infuse into oxygen 3. Push forward 4. Detonate...instant fireball...just don't EVER skip step 3....

[@thomassullivan6721]

Iskandar Khayon is my favorite. Throwing a 2 Km ship at a city and also completely annihilating some space wolves and well as a champion with unbridled power was sick. Immolating the body within a suit of armor, aging a body 10,000 years in just heartbeats and completely unmaking a greater deamon to just strings of emotion.

[@eaglex1166]

Tigurias is my favourite because he was the first librarian I painted and the fact he survived potential direct contact with the hive mind is pretty cool in my opinion.

[@yetipotato8567]

I liked the Eisenhorn description of psyker powers. Psyker duels sound like a massive headache 😂

[@shepardcommander143]

Eldrad Ulthran, the eyes of fate unseen. I mean the guy essentialy got a better view of the future than anyone else. Is freaking old in a galaxy where everything is out to murder one another, and he might actually become a Phoenix Lord. Thats gotta count for something, although I wonder just how broken he would become as a Phoenix Lord. Anyway, love your videos Arch, looking forward to more lore, most of what I know about 40k came from you.

[@novemaspectus3429]

I would say Malcador the Hero, but not necessarily due to his power. More like the precise lack of overt psyker powers. While we see him use abilities throughout the HH, and of course his epic sacrifice at the height of the Siege of Terra, Malcador represented the ability of a human to not be defined by his psychic power. A true polymath, perhaps second only to the Emperor.

[@jesternario]

You mention teleporting cows and I just think of the teleported from Galaxy Quest. “It just turned inside out! And exploded!”

[@zewwy]

My favourite psyker is Ezekarion Iskandar Khayon! One of the hands down best moments in wh40k was when he and his compatriots discover that the empire essentially turned out the way the Word Bearers wanted it to. There is something special about ancient space marines laughing their asses off at what has been wrought!

[@alexneal9534]

I don't have a single favourite phsyker but an entire faction. The ork weirdboys. Far and away the best lore which perfectly fits with the all over crazy ork lore.

[@captainthorrek262]

My favorite psykers are the Weirdboyz, due to all the hilarity involved. Not entering the contest though, I'm sick right now and your bit on the side effects of being around Weirdboyz gave me a much-needed laugh. That's all I needed.

[@alexanderbaber5157]

Favorite Psyker? Easy, Inquisitor Eisenhorn. One of the First Black Libary series i red and got me into the lore side of 40k and they remain one of my personal favorites.

[@Celtidraco]

Each and every Ork-Psyker. They're basically not-so-smart-bombs with lightning and massive destruction and fun for the whole space-fungus-family.

[@TheLegendaryTashy]

My favourite Psyker is Fumbles from The All Guardsmen Party

[@bamikroket]

Malcador, he's just chill and is actually very useful without needing his psycho powers.