What If The Tyranids Invaded Terra? (Ft. Baldermort) - 40K Theories

In early M42, the Adeptus Custodes would purge a Genestealer Cult that had somehow managed to take root upon the very surface of Holy Terra. Since Genestealers are the very heralds of the Tyranid race, what could happen if the forces of the Great Devourer chose to launch a full scale invasion against the very heart of the Imperium itself?
This is an updated and remastered video with additional information and correcting a few minor errors. Please note that the events detailed within the Shadowthrone boxed set will NOT be included in this video.
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[@40KTheories]

*READ THIS FIRST* First of all, Merry Christmas everyone! And special thanks to Baldermort for narrating this while I'm still dealing with this stupid illness! Just to make sure everyone is aware, the intro to this video _may_ be a little outdated, as it was based on lore from the 8th edition Custodes codex as opposed to the new Shadowthrone boxed set (which I do not have). This however should *not* effect the bulk of this video's content.

[@kentbagaipo3368]

Merry Christmas Brother! Greetings from The Philippines!

[@Diarmuhnd]

Merry Christmas, wishing you a speedy recovery.

[@ChillAssTurtle]

And baldermort holy throne..youre really spoiling us m88

[@RobertsonBrendyn]

Merry Christmas!

[@siebensunden]

Get well soon, Remleiz

[@TheCreepyLantern]

i like that bit where it's listed which marine chapters might show up, when the true answer is "Any and every marine that even hears what's going down will come"

[@r.cdahuman7682]

It's more a list of "which chapters would be in close enough proximity to terra to be able to arrive in time"

[@davidthomas2870]

@@r.cdahuman7682 I have a feeling that those who arent in range might try to tie up various enemy forces with sacrificial offensives to allow nearby forces to disengage and be rushed to terra, which would completely shake the nature and direction of wars all over the imperium, with imperial momentum shifting into an impromptu crusade back towards terra, which could cause a lot of problems for the imperium as whole campaigns are rerouted away from where they're meant to go, as well as causing a huge shakeup for everyone else too

[@alexandercross9081]

The question is not which marine chapters show up, the question is what happens to the ones that don't

[@Subject_Keter]

@@davidthomas2870 if Humanity loses Terra, there is no more Table to even play board games on!

[@joevines3428]

Literally dead marines would come back as ghosts to defend Terra lol.

[@KaiserAfini]

I feel like the sheer possibility of the space locust getting the custodes's or Big E's DNA would cause such Rana Dandra levels of domino effect that both the farseers and laughing god would scramble their troops to their defense in sheer desperation.

[@SwedetasticGames]

That's a great point. Not to mention the untampered geneseed including Primarch geneseed. It would be the end of the Milkyway Galaxy.

[@SwedetasticGames]

Actually at that point even the Drukhari and Necrons might panic enough to help. Hell, Chaos might even hit the tendrils just outside the Sol system. Emperor gene infused Tyranids could most likely find a way to breach both the webway and intensify thier Warp Shadow enough to neautralize Chaos all together.

[@danielm.595]

@@SwedetasticGames of the milkway? More like the end of the universe

[@Yellow13Firestorm]

@@danielm.595 and nothing of value would be lost ^^

[@Atom_Alchemist]

i'm surprised there aren't any concerns about the tyranids getting Da Boiz DNA and the fact that orkz always rise up to match the strength of that which they fight.

[@pat0652]

I could see a few other factions being involved: 1. The Orks would sense the titanic clash and be drawn in. They would have to get through the Tyranic fleet to have a prayer to get to the planet, so they would put a lot of pressure on the Tyranid Hive ships. 2. The Drukari cannot be keen on having the Human empire collapse because there goes a huge chunk of the souls they need to stave off permanent death. 3. The Demiurg (assuming their advanced ships can get there in time). If all biological life in the Galaxy gets eaten they will have no one to trade with even if they hide from the Tyranids in the void. They may also be keen if they can get the Imperium to agree to a long term treaty with the Tau. 4. The Word Bearers want humanity "saved", can't do that if they are all eaten. Same for Magnus and the Thousand Sons in some ways, particularly when it comes to human psychers. Mars would probably open up the Dark Age of Technology Vaults and unleash the Void Dragon too.

[@jeambeam3173]

Um if anything the Drukhari would love for the Imperium to fall imagine all the world's completely at there mercy again

[@pat0652]

@@jeambeam3173 If the Imperium falls, then there is nothing to stop the Tyranids from consuming almost everything over time. No humans = no human souls to sustain them.

[@steffanyschwartz7801]

@@pat0652 also there is still the ruined webway project that is active on Terra. Meaning the Nids once they are done can send Custodes level tyranids into the Webway to wipe Commaraghh clean

[@siamihari8717]

I can see Choas being threatened by the Hivemind, I can see under the proper conditions that it could be possible for a Cease-Fire for a get rid of the Space-Roach season. But... Warhammer. Doubtfull 'Ceasefire' exist in any Language.

[@Augerboy320]

I feel like a battle like this, of such monumental importance would definitely attract far more involvement from nonhuman factions than the video states. I think multiple craftworlds not just ynniri would be incentivized to join, a couple necron lords would provide at least some support, even the dark eldar would probably do something. There's rogue space marine factions, traders and of course the orks will jump in like the maniacs they are. Nobody likes the imperium but having the capital planet fall to the tyranids specifically would be a blow to everybody.

[@Knuspermonster]

Also no sane orc would want to miss this god tier like battle..... like thats basicly every orcs wet dream xD

[@es83stevenson88]

Trayzen would show up just to collect some unguarded goodies

[@seanpeacock4290]

I think that some of the races would hop in just to watch. Bring the popcorn, the human god is about to fall...

[@URKCEHinoSuu]

@@seanpeacock4290 and next is their turn

[@Bornst3ll3r]

@@seanpeacock4290 do you realise what happens if the tyranfis get primarch dna? Let alone GOD dna

[@davidk6269]

Baldermort on the 40k Theories channel? I'm here for it! I can never get enough of Baldermort. ; )

[@anthonyf8423]

I triple checked cause I was like WAIT...

[@mouseketeery]

If GW ever decides to get the Emperor up and about, this sort of scenario would be a great way to do it. Even if they don't go that far, it would make for a great campaign series. Oh, and a Merry Christmas to you all and best wishes to Remleiz for a prompt and full recovery.

[@MagralhoPT]

Bet your emps tastes like fine aged beef! No wonder the nids are pushing towards terra... I knoe I would!

[@Trowarr]

Tyranids: "A trillion Tyranid Emperor Warriors coming right up. Each one has the same level of psychic power as the Humankind leader! Enjoy your doom!"

[@attemptedunkindness3632]

Emperors first words after waking up: And you people didnt think to use bug spray?

[@Saurophaganax1931]

I feel like GW would need to lift some of the pressure from the great rift firstto make it a reasonable fight. The Imperium is already struggling to survive, a tyranid attack on Holy Terra would probably leave the Imperium too weakened to survive, even if they managed to push back the tyranids.

[@MagralhoPT]

@@Saurophaganax1931 Imperium secondus, girlyman reborn as the vessel for the emperor and bellisarius cawl pushing the imperium into a new dawn of technology trough tech heresy. Point being... last resort recover from total annihilation but still struggle due to the mortal blow taken. either that or... terminus decree mode and such. or simply Holy terra does not have to face the brunt of the tyranid forces ( kind of silly since they seem to gravitate towards Terra) or simply plot armor once again... doing my bois dirty like they all have been done (yes tyranids remember macragge and baal.. Deus ex Machina and plot armor to the rescue).

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

Tyranids invading Holy Terra is the the best -Christmas- Sanguinala present. Thank you, Remleiz and Baldermort Now where is that bug spray..

[@AlVainactual]

Bug spray meaning canister of pure prometheum slotted in a heavy flamer? 😆

[@okramoffacebook1381]

@@AlVainactual aye. For heresy needs to receive the light of cleansing.

[@AlVainactual]

@@okramoffacebook1381 Preach, battle brother

[@ImperatorSomnium]

Merry Christmas to both loremasters 🍻 Cheers and greetings from Bulgaria 🍻

[@elenorefangirl3389]

What about the Orks? You would think they would want to get into this fight.

[@40KTheories]

It'd probably end up attracting some to Terra as well. Good catch!

[@OmniGSage]

Let's hope Terra doesn't get any additional moons if that were to happen.

[@Knuspermonster]

Depending on the bozz of the whagh...... they could be kinda reinforcments since the Tyranids will give them a hella good fight an da humiez are a base of operation

[@Naritus_]

​@@40KTheories There's a good possibility Ghazghkull Thraka would show up. He's already turned Armageddon and The Octarius sector into self-perpetuating Waghs, the later thanks to Inquisitor Kryptman sending, ironically, a massive tendril of Hive Fleet Leviathan INTO the sector to fight the Orks. As part of Ghazgkull's goal of bringing about the Ork version of the End Times (The "WAAGHnarok?), Terra being sieged by the Tyranids would, if enough parties jumped in, fit the bill perfectly. If nothing else, most Orks wouldn't want to miss it, maybe even be miffed the humies were having a grand brawl and didn't send them an invitation, so they'd just invite themselves instead!

[@ASNS117Zero]

Boy wouldn't that be grand? The savior of Sol, hero of Terra, the noble warrior that saved humanity - Big Krumpa Mecha Boss.

[@kentbagaipo3368]

The whole Imperium would rally to defend the Throne world.

[@40KTheories]

But will they get to it in time? ;)

[@robertnelson9599]

@@40KTheories That is the important question. I bet the Ultramarines will somehow make it despite being on the other end of the galaxy.

[@kentbagaipo3368]

@@40KTheories I believe they won't and would at the same time. The Sol system is surrounded by forces of the Imperium as mentioned in your wonderful Video. I also Believe that the Imperium would somehow know that the Tyranids are coming. Especially if worlds surrounding the Entire Throneworld would ome by one go dark. Alarms and a Call to arms would be rang by the time the Nids make it to Sol. So yes and No

[@frostyboi312]

@@40KTheories I have no idea why the imperium doesn't put a ton of space marines on nearby planets in the event of this situation?

[@omlinomli587]

@@40KTheories always. The warp is like a wizard. Is never early, nor is it ever late. It arrives exactly when it intends to. (also it would be appalling story telling if everyone got 'num num'ed')

[@BohdanKaiba]

This is a fantastic episode, Balders knocks it out of the Ball Park with this one!

[@aylix2137]

*the Baal Park

[@bigbangrafa8435]

It's humanity's last stand. Just a few champions of each faction remain inside the Emperor's throne room, fighting thousands of bioforms with whatever remains from the Adeptus Custodes. At this point, they all know It's the end, but they will stand defiant until their last breath. Then, out of nowhere, Constantin Valdor appears behind their defensive line and, before anyone can stop or question him, he shoots the Emperor with a single bolt, shattering his torso and breaking the Golden Throne. For a second, silence fills the room, as nobody is capable of saying anything and even the Hive Tirant seems to hesitate for a minute. But in the blink of an eye, the entire room is filled with pure, golden light. The astronomicon shines as a literal star, until the entire structure becomes a beacon of light, firing into the sky and opening a giant whole in the deep clouds that mark the beggining of a Tyranid assimilation of a planet's biomass. The webway gate opens, but instead of Demons and other chaos entities, a legion of golden angels flies and with the same voracity as the Tyranid did before them, starts annihilating the forces of the Hive Fleet. More golden beacons spread across the entire world, melting billions of bioforms around them. The last surviving humans watch in shock as the Tyranids are destroyed by an unimaginably stronger opponent, barely understand what their eyes are seeing. But then, all of a sudden, the light in the throne room start moving backwards, concentrating on a sigle point - the Golden Throne. And from that, a giant golden figure finally emerges. At this point, they all know who has saved them, as THE GOD EMPEROR OF MANKIND walks through them, with an arrogant smile, as he prepares his final blow. Like some Necron superweapon, all the planetwide beacons converge on the astronomicon, and after what can only be described as a charging phase, a tower of psychic energy is launched at the heart of the Great Leviathan. All psykers in the room screams as billions of Tyranids are incinerated in an instant, a scream that spread across both realspace and the warp alike. A message of hope but also a warning: HUMANITY PREVAILS. As the Tyranid fleet simply ceases to exist, the future of humanity is a bleak as It is hopefull. They lost more than ever during this Solar War, with Mars and Terra being ireparably damaged by the attack. But at the same time they have gained something that no other race has since the War in Heaven, their God walks among them. Will he finally accept his place as a God? Will the concept of "Tech Heresy" Itself vanish once and for all? And in how many twisted and disgusting ways does Chaos plan to counter this new enemy? Only one thing is certain: THE EMPEROR PROTECTS.

[@valwenventureco9285]

this except the dead man's switch upon the throne is a clarion call, a great spiritual horn and from the rift comes not just the legion of the damned and imperial saints, but every warrior who has died in courage, Valor and honor, the very halls of the dead empty for the last lorn fight and there at the head is the wolf king a weapon forge by the heavens in his hand and the goddess of life at his side taken from the very garden of death, the wolf king faces the very world devouring leviathan and at the cost of his life buys a new day for the world. that is what the Edda claim will happen.

[@some_shitposting_idiot3023]

The necrons would probably set up a distraction to get the nids gathered in one area then supernova the star with the celestial orrey

[@johnbastion747]

This would be a great attempt in bringing back Legion of the damned.

[@skoshman1]

At this point, the Eccelearchy spread the word that the Emperor would... Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

[@gejnormcswipe8435]

As the golden light envelops all within the room: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZi5poSVe8ema8k

[@shrubby-ov4yw]

This is indeed interesting. Im genuinely curious at what would happen should the kill switch be activated. A god level pyschic blast forced the chaos corruption completely out of Horus even if only for a few moments. What would a planet sized pyschic backlash concentrated by the tyranids do? Completely seal the warp tear on Terra? Make it larger? We do know that the ork latent pyschic link can slaughter millions in a instant. I have a theory that the Emperor's mere presence on Ullanor influenced it to the point of what would become the ork "primarchs" during the War of the Beast. So what would something akin to this in the hive mind particular of the Tyranids do in such a situation? Im calling it here i think GW (or at least someone at GW) had the plan that Terra completely overrun by Tyranids and the activation of the Talisman sent such a pyschic shockwave that it sealed the tear shut, thus allowing the Emperor to be removed from the Golden Throne or at the very least be able to slowly recover his pyschic mind and regenerate. Almost a mirror image of the Heresy no?

[@jeambeam3173]

It would be scary for him to not come back as a god but just a mentally broken man

[@shrubby-ov4yw]

@@jeambeam3173 or just an (comparitively) regular man. Still a powerful pysker, still a genetically enhanced and legendary warrior, but a man nonetheless. Then the Great Crusade repeating itself as he goes out into the stars to find his wayward sons, both traitor and loyalist. The showdown between him and Magnus, good gods above it'd be magnificient.

[@stoicshield]

@@shrubby-ov4yw And to be the zynical a**: Imagine how well Models of the Emperor would sell...

[@shrubby-ov4yw]

@@stoicshield nothing cynical thinking exactly how GW would money grub it nowadays

[@AngryAngron]

Very interesting theory. However I personally think that the Tyrinids wouldn't attack Terra in the first place. They are a swarm of hangry bugs I'll admit but they aren't stupid. They probably know that if Terra falls and the Emperor dies, Chaos has almost complete free roam of the galaxy and almost, if not all organic life would die and leave none for them to eat. Its why they have Hive Fleet Kronos to specifically fight Chaos. But that's my opinion, I'm open for debate

[@snakething87]

I love things like the Coven of Isha. Shows that some of the 40k races could totally get along and it’s mostly ego that keeps them at each other’s throats.

[@ekulerudamuru]

Same in the real world then

[@ttpbroadcastingcompany.4460]

Too bad they won't do shit against the Tyranids!

[@cole8834]

Because Tyranids strategically target stronghold planets like Baal and Maccragge, it can be ascertained that the hivemind itself believes it has a decent chance of losing vs. the galaxy.

[@paulkothgasser6623]

Or they want minimal losses

[@Snoogen11]

@@paulkothgasser6623 I'd think that would be unlikely, tyranids don't view "loses" like most, because they can essentially recycle their dead into new warforms. Heck, in most prolonged wars the tyranids actually commit mass suicide by throwing themselves into gene swamps, so they can be dissolved and become more evolved creatures.

[@gruffen4]

@@Snoogen11 though the Nid's do understand not having to use as many resources to gain more

[@aylix2137]

Thank you for this, I like to think so as well. B/c it feels like GW is fond of hyping them up to nigh invincible levels of just overpowered destruction.

[@Subject_Keter]

The hivemind will only back down if they lose so much biomass WITHOUT gaining new biomass. It most likely seeding Terra to test their weaknesses as the genestealers work they way through Terra beating heart.

[@CT68]

I keep thinking of the The Doom of Malan'tai. It was a Zoanthrope from Hive fleet Naga that made itself into the infinity circuit of an eldar Craftworld Malan'tai. It started devouring souls, and it became so powerful from this feeding that it was able to destroy the craftworld. Imagine if a Zoanthrope or Neurothrope could feed off of the energies of the golden throne?

[@Archon3960]

Sounds like some kind of grimderp scenario... x)

[@licensed_beheader]

What nids eat souls now?

[@jorikrouwenhorst7220]

Deathwatch: “Allow us to kill these filthy xenos!” Custodians: “No.” Deathwatch: “What! Why?” Custodians: *cocks shotgun* “Because we’ll be doing it ourselves!”

[@bardofthecollegeoftalltale6895]

Baldermort is a good narrator, I would like to hear him read a book.

[@Bornst3ll3r]

💯

[@DanielWW2]

One thing I do wonder with this scenario. Just how "conscious" is the Emperor truly within the Materium? Because if he is fully conscious, he might attack the Hive Mind itself and that would be quite the unpredictable possibility. Because if the Emperor can overpower the Hive Mind, the Tyranid fleet is in massive trouble. If not, then what happens to the Emperor? Another question is about the Talisman. Say that it gets activated and all life on Terra gets cleansed by a massive psychic attack by the massively amplified Golden Throne. Well, where goes the energy of all those souls? Seeing as we are talking about the Emperor, I kinda doubt that they would go to the warp. Could it be that those souls would be used by the Emperor, to then seal the warp rift, die because the Golden Throne fails because of this process and then the Emperor regenerates on a now barren Terra?

[@BDL3035]

I think The Emperor is conscious and would be able to strike at the Hive Mind, but I do not think that He is fully conscious, and thus would not be able to exert His full might. Without being able to use His full might, The Emperor may not be able to overpower the Hive Mind

[@shadowfire6117]

Also, if the emperor, who is apparently waking up, did over power the hive mind, that could shut down all hive fleets, not just leviathan, which would be a major turning point. There’s so many possible outcomes

[@jerithil]

It could even turn the Emperor into a genuine warp based diety.

[@jhonatannoriegadehere974]

He simply can’t, although it sounds tempting for imperios fanboys to have their lord literally one shot the strongest being in another faction, he simply cannot overpower it.

[@thenerfkid9228]

@@jhonatannoriegadehere974 I mean, he could hit it hard enough to go " ouch that hurt ok jeez fine I'll leave"

[@robertr.7995]

An excellent display of proper camaraderie! A perfect example of 40K fans looking out for their fellow 40K fans!

[@admiraltiberius1989]

Id love a video on what would happen if the Nids tried to invade Krieg. Tens of millions of vat grown Krieg, hundreds of thousands of tanks and artillery pieces and other guns. Tens of thousands of miles of fortifications and bunkers. Likely a few hundred million landmines as well. All vs a few billion or so Nids. That would be an apocalyptic battle.

[@konradcurze8942]

It'd be a massacre on the Nids. Krieg produces atleast 50 million soldiers per year.

[@00784865]

It would be a war of attrition that the nids will loose.

[@admiraltiberius1989]

@@00784865 imagine the sheer horror of it. Especially if Krieg has any kind of orbital defenses.

[@JcBravo8]

A days worth of hunger before the Nids are satisfied.

[@NinthRomance]

Admiral Tiberius that would be such a metal battle and I want it to happen so badly. You know our gas mask bois(kriegers) would obviously win since they are the masters of war of attrition plus they have no fear so seeing their comrades be ripped apart would do nothing but further embolden them to fight harder.

[@draconicrift8974]

Baldy voice in a 40k Theories video was a pleasant surprise! Hope to see some more collaborations in the future! That and now we gotta hear: "NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO TODAY, do try to make some time for FUN!" done in your narrative style of course

[@Irondrone4]

Wouldn't the Shadow in the Warp also wreak havoc on the Imperium's attempts to reinforce Terra? The Shadow doesn't just affect basic Psychers, but also Astropaths and Navigators, which would render Warp travel into Sol nearly impossible. How could Terra be reinforced if no one could get there...or perhaps, not even be alerted in the first place?

[@attemptedunkindness3632]

Its not impossible to navigate to Terra and even use the kthonic gates, if the Tau can do it without Psykers and geller fields, I suspect more than a few Imperial forces would be able to show up to investigate who turned the light out.

[@minhducnguyen9276]

The fact that Terra suddenly turned silent alon is a serious enough warning. How do they plan to travel there? Well however they can. It's possible to do short warp jumps without the astromonicon, that's how the Tau and human used to travel before the emperor, it's just very slow as the ships will have to stop in realspace to recalculate their coordinate instead of continuously traveling like they used to. At that point, any fastest means of travel possible will be considered, even selling a few planets to the eldar so they can give you the ticket through their more stable webway is worth it. They are incentivized to help at that point anyway, if humanity die to the nids, they will be the next.

[@lolroflroflcakes]

I think your underestimating the power of the Emperor. Consider that took a galaxy spanning warpstorm to decommission the astronomicon for any length of time. Now consider that the shadow has been relatively limited on a galactic scale for even the biggest fleets. Sometimes you can even get ships or messages through at great cost. If normal people can do it then the astronomicon will probably only show some variation in its normal function. Even if communication are disrupted because astropaths suck you've still got the admechs tech wizardry and mars definitely has FTL communication capability even if they don't understand it. Also the astronomicon getting weird is probably abit better than a garbled or techno-sorcerous message anyway. One would have them wary and uncertain, the other is direct evidence of an attack on the thing holding their civilization together. They would kick in the front door with maximum force looking for a fight instead of trying to recon the situation.

[@mortarion9813]

Ah, shit.

[@Bardghost_Isu]

Does the shadow in the warp affect webway gates ? If not then I see the harlequins coming in to help get imperium forces through the webway gate onto the moon and from there they can get into the fight.

[@13loodCrow]

Always a pleasure to hear from our friend, Baldemort! Merry Christmas friends!

[@manu_spawn]

Merry Christmas from Argentina! Been following since your vids used to have louder music and lower narration xD proud to see how far you've got!!!

[@Drazicist]

The Orcs would come for sure, there is no chance they are missing a war that big.

[@Aidenmor1]

Alot of them are still fighting against the Tyranids in the octarious system

[@Drazicist]

@@Aidenmor1 Which is the same Tyranid fleet that would be attacking Terra.

[@Deridus]

"Aight, boyz. We'z gon an' finely don it... We'z finely got enuf Dakka!"

[@81greenknight]

Merry Christmas to all fans. Two of my favourite lore masters thank you

[@Matt-md5yt]

glad you did this one with Baldermort and hope you get better my friend

[@generic_sauce]

Roboute: Serf, send everyone. Serf: Sir? Roboute: EVERYONE!

[@DLuniz]

I could see some Eldar willing to help out of "the humans fight a lot of stuff we don't want to". But neither the Highlords, the Custodies or the Ordos would EVER let them set foot on Terra, meaning if they were to help, it would be in space, or on other Sol system worlds.

[@OpticalShadow]

Honestly i really dont know if any of them would be able to spare a single bolter round if they wanted to pending a direct nid invasion. As long as the munitions are going twards the nid fleet/invasion this would likely fall on the fact every imperial knows, the entierty of everything they know, rests on the nids not winning. even if every invader turned their weapons on the imperials that showed up, it would still be a far lesser threat than the nids would pose. Its not like the nids are going to be working with any of the xenos, they are all nothing more than biomass waiting to be claimed. And any xenos that goes anywhere near this conflict knows that they are a target of the nids. And as outlined by several others, Imperial fall here, the possibility of the emperor being consumed, is endgame for the galaxy. They are already well aware that if the hive attacked any of them, its game over for them, without this power up. So while i am sure the imperials would want to fire at them, i think they are all well keen on the knowing that, tera alone isnt likely enough to stop this, and even if it was, there is no resource to fight a multi pronged conflict.

[@KadRSP]

But Eldar have been on Terra before, with permission. The Drukhari were brought in to try to fix the Golden Throne.

[@MetalsirenIXI]

Baldermort, 40k Theories and Lutin are my fav 40k narrators!!

[@london_james]

Don't know Baldermort. I'll check it out. Love Lutin and 40k theories

[@cogline9]

A new 40k with with everyone's favorite servo-skull Uncle Baldermort? This is a Merry Christmas indeed!

[@chrisprescott2273]

Whenever I hear Baldermorts voice on another lore masters channel, it's an automatic thumbs up from me.

[@nickzukov5820]

Merry Christmas!! and it always brings me a smile when our 40k KZbin continue cooperate. Love you bolde! And a shout out to all the other great 40k creatures

[@Jawmax]

And once again I must say that if the Tyranids did kill the Emperor then it could create the Star Child. The Chaos gods looks into the distance as a golden light floods the Warp. Khonre then says. "Those stupid bugs! They've killed us all!"

[@treliq]

Get well soon, two of the best 40k channels collaborating was the best Christmas gift

[@reillycurran8508]

I think it's worth mentioning that instances where the nids have had to confront any two other factions at once have consistently ended horribly for them. Especially if the two forces tag each other in and out to keep rested between turns at fighting. This happens because while Bio-adaptation and new Bioform deployment occur at a speed which makes evolution look like a snail's pace, it is still nowhere near fast enough to accommodate rapid switches in the entire frame of what they need to be adapting to in order to overcome the foe currently attacking them. The closest the nids have come to being able to handle a double faction team up is that hive fleet Kronos is already pre-adapted to fight Chaos if another Kaband'ha situation goes down. It's actually a sign of the grimmdark in of itself, all it would take to completely nullify the Tyranid threat would be for two of the pre-existing factions to agree to work together and tackle the nids as a unified front, but they're all completely incapable of doing that for much longer than a temporary truce to route a particular nid advance on a specific world.

[@ttpbroadcastingcompany.4460]

EXACTLY. It's entirely possible for them to destroy the Nids, but they don't really want to because of their own petty hatreds for one another.

[@edm127]

Blood angels and necrons seem to get along well, be interesting to see something big involving both groups for an event like this

[@attemptedunkindness3632]

Blood Raven: So these Tyranids are going to break down and consume all the biological matter... Trazyn: ...But leave behind the artefacts? Blood Raven: ...We are now Tyranids.

[@MrCh0o]

@@attemptedunkindness3632 Baldreale: "Blood Ravens! Today we will steal the Emprah!"

[@tomasburian6550]

Great video, brother! The Emperor protects!

[@matthewsykes4814]

The narrator's voice is incredible..... wonderful. Baldermort, Sir your voice is awesome. I don't know who all of you are but..... Your the only reason I still watch anything featuring GW. The reasons are my own. I hope you all had a great xmas and have a great new year All the very best for the future Matt

[@dmanlip]

One thing I haven't seen is how the shadow in the warp interacts with the astronomicon. Would the very act of invading shut off the rest of humanity from warp travel?

[@lolroflroflcakes]

Unless the entire body of the nids show up it wouldn't be strong enough. Even the largest hive fleets to date have only had a mostly effective shadow that still allows some limited travel and communication. The astronomicon took a galaxy spanning warpstorm to put it offline.

[@eduardjohnmontecillo7956]

Last bastion of humanity: Legion of the Damned. great video , sir! happy new year.

[@squeethemog213]

This was so awesome. I've never heard of this guy before but damn his voice is like butter 😃👌 What a fascinating idea. It would be glorious from a meta perspective. What truly comes next after 40k? 50k?

[@G1ANN1CK1]

Balder got his own channel where he's got entire 2hour stories coupled with shorter ones listed per faction. i'd highly recommend starting with his narrative on The Imperial Fist ;)

[@e2rqey]

He has his own 40k channel on KZbin. It's fantastic and I've been binging his videos for the last couple weeks. He's put out quite a significant amount of content to date and it's all of extremely high quality

[@JohnShepherd117]

I actually have a custom Necron dynasty that would join in the defense and once things start going well they would bail with several palace artifacts in tow these necrons have close ties to Trayzn if you haven’t guessed

[@Deridus]

By "Necron Dynasty," I assume you mean the Bloody Ravenic Dynasty, yes?

[@JohnShepherd117]

@@Deridus That was their original name but a chapter of space marines in bootlegged blood angel armor stole their name and copyrighted it In all seriousness the necron dynasty I made isn’t really a dynasty and more like the rebels from Star Wars which is because the leader of this group a cryptek found a machine that can restore the complete personality of necron individual so that means every necron in the group has their complete personality instead of being cold machines

[@JasonM69]

Now this is Christmas! Thanks, and have a great holiday.

[@alrethianscraftsbattles]

This was awesome and always a special threat when hearing Baldermort on a collaboration 👍. Merry Christmas and hope you get well soon.

[@OljeiKhan]

Didn't watch the vid yet , but the sheer amount of hungry jaws... It would be a nightmare for the Tyranids to face so many hungry jaws , sick of corpse starch and other rationed foodstuff. I can imagine endless waves of civilians crashing against the Tyranid pods and just omnomnoming them 😂

[@kieferkarpfen6897]

Set them on fire and watch the humans eat all the cooked tryanid meat.

[@misterrgutcheck4862]

Always remember everyone even a Victory over the nids is pyrrhic at best. Your planet was stripped of all life wherever the nids landed, your atmosphere is probably toxified to some extent, not to mention the smaller Bioform leftovers (not a major threat without hivemind sure but still a living weapon, and Termigants have been observed to live for decades after losing their link to the hivemind) but another tendril of the same fleet could come along and pick up where the last left off, with the added bonus of having bioforms already planetside

[@PelinalDidNothingWrong]

Didn't some bio-forms also survive on Macragge after the battle? I remember hearing somewhere that squads of Ultramarines were sent to purge some remaining Bio-forms in the planets polar regions?

[@misterrgutcheck4862]

@@PelinalDidNothingWrong old one eye if i’m not mistaken

[@UncleMikeDrop]

I wonder what effect the Shadow In The Warp would have on the Golden Throne.

[@robertnelson9599]

A very bad one for the Imperium.

[@dstubby82]

I was thinking the same thing about sections of the Cicatrix Maledictum...?

[@r.cdahuman7682]

Yo Christmas eve video. An amazing present, from two of the greatest lore masters on KZbin. Merry Christmas you two! Also weird timing for the video. New schedule?

[@georgesulea]

Feel Better Reimleiz, and great job Baldermort:)

[@SeanHenderson]

The seat of imperial strength. Be for real. The 'nids would reap a bloody tear on terra but ultimately they would get slapped!

[@Supreme-Emperor-Mittens]

Ah yes MY BROTHER BALDEMORT !!! A very wise decision for having him as your featured narrator for today :)

[@GUMMRUCHK]

I am just imagining entire Temples of Eversor's being unleashed upon Tyranids with hilarious results.

[@stevenpeven258]

From what I know of the lore, which admittedly isn’t much, the threat the tyranids pose (and chaos as well, but that’s a different story) will almost certainly require the other main factions to at least come to some kind of ceasefire agreement, however temporarily it may be.

[@kevinbresnahan5483]

Great vid :) as always

[@TheCaptainAstro]

“BALDERMORT is the faithful servant that won’t quit. I once heard of an ancient tale of a servo skull who lead a small fleet through warp fog with its emperor blessed red eye.”👺👐🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️‍🔥

[@ivanjednobiegowiec7656]

Damn... Add Baldemort narration and everything becomes 125% more badass-epic. You Good Sir, have One Bloomin' Fine Voice!!! Cheers! I.

[@danielb270]

answering the question in the title: They would become Terranids

[@kronanthekonqueror2979]

Great as always 👍

[@atom_bomb_77]

I refuse to believe the custodies took a single loss during the opening event

[@OpticalShadow]

It really doesnt sound like genestealers on their own would be able to do much there, they are supposed to be able to more or less conqure planets as a hobby powerwise.

[@KadRSP]

Especially at a rate of even one hundred to one. I'm pretty sure the Custodes have gone like, tens of thousands to one against Orks so there is no way some Genestealers and shitty Cultists are killing more than a single Custode.

[@jackrogers5712]

Get well soon! Thanks for the upload.

[@jamessmall6499]

The answer here is 'literally every concern in the Imperium is secondary.' How many forces? Yes. All of them. Quadrillions of guardsmen, 2 million astartes, shit I bet *ABADDON* would show up just because he won't have his prize taken by some beast. Literally enough Guardsman to have TERRA be standing room only. Ghazkull would show too for a great ol scrap. The Ynnari would come too. Fuck it's almost the only scenario in which most of the Galaxy would be in alliance, between not wanting Terra to fall, and not wanting Terra to fall to anyone else. It'd be the most apocalyptic conflict in galactic history.

[@tnecniw]

THE BUTTERY SMOOTH Baldermort voice is the best to hear :)

[@fakechemicals]

40k Theories idea: What could happen if Abundance Tertius were to fall?

[@danyael777]

Merry Christmas everyone. And Remleiz, get well soon.

[@eemelianttonen8641]

Aaah Bald in my theories. i love this.

[@donaghb7307]

Did we not get a video like this before? I noticed its no longer anywhere to be found

[@40KTheories]

It's an updated and remastered video, as stated in the video description.

[@donaghb7307]

@@40KTheories Ah, ive become one of those people I cant stand xD cheers

[@argentofox2567]

Merry Christmas!!! But damn whoever does the voice over I could listen to this guy read the dictionary for days!! Love it and keep up the great work love listening and watching this videos.

[@AlexanderGiraldez]

Damn this sounds so good. Love the content

[@seelenverkaufer4861]

I hope you get well soon Remmy! Merry Christmas and Happy New year to you and yours. 🎄

[@trollsnrats]

Clicked for the story and then saw Baldermort. Early Christmas present indeed

[@scrubsrc4084]

Turanids being sacked in to the warp! Now that would be a giggle to watch the demons panic

[@P1CRR]

I imagine a deamon, just chilling out, when suddenly a metric ton of nids is dropped upon his head 😂😂 Glorious pictures in my mind.

[@scrubsrc4084]

@@P1CRR "hey kabanda, pass the roach spray"

[@evilanno3394]

A thought I had considering tyranids is that they may develop telescope like structures to find planets that are able to sustain life like astromers do in real life. The hive fleet being in space would be able to search unobstructed by the light scattering of an atmosphere and the wast distances over which the hive ships can communicate with each other could allow them a stunning resolution.

[@jaanikaapa6925]

Valdor finally finding out Emp's name, hs Pariah armies, stuff in Sol system? That'd finally bring Bob (Emps) back to life and that'd be one dead Leviathan.

[@chuckmarcinko723]

Thank you for this great Kick Ass story. I really enjoyed it. While my favorite chapter (Dark Angels) don't normally face them. I've read the novels involving the Blood Angels and Ultramarine's battling them. So this story makes me feel like it a "All hands on deck" alert to all of the Imperium for any and all reinforcements to come help. Even then victory is in question.

[@Ilposeidonll]

It would literally be a mass clusterfuck of Xenos and the Imperiums defenders fighting it out on Terra. In the skies of Terra. The space around Terra. In the Sol System and beyond. An absolute carnal battle. Edit: Listening to the commentary. I can just imagine an Armageddon scale battle for Terra on multiple tables. One in the Emperor's throne room. The streets of Terra. Outside of the Imperial Palace.

[@JohnSmith-bz9be]

Excellent stuff and great food for thought. Cheers :)

[@jackmchenry9305]

I imagine that if the threat to the Emperor is large enough even the Harlequins and less pragmatic craft worlds would come to the aid of humanity to simply keep the Emperor and keep humanities empire somewhat intact because the mere existence of the Emperor keeps Chaos distracted and it keeps their eyes away from the Eldar and other similar species

[@red-eyespundragon9920]

Plus if terra falls then the imperium falls and there goes the only faction that can organize on a galactic lv that also opposes Chaos, and the Orks the Eldar wouldn’t have any else to do the fighting

[@mercenarygundam1487]

Merry X-Mas. Also the answer? You need a bigger can of bug spray.

[@Elendir]

Scrolling through my KZbin app to look for a Video for 5 Min that i want to watch while i eat and then i stumble upon "what if the tyranids invaded terra" ohhh boy here we go👀👀👀👀🙏

[@DougStewart]

If one disgusting Nid for a second set foot on to the surface of Holy Terra the mighty Empurah himself would from his chair in holy fury shatter the Tyranid Hive Mind and overpower the Shadow in the Warp leaving the twitching bio ships to plummet to earth and be destroyed. The Emperor Protects.

[@shadearca]

If one Nid stepped foot? You missed the whole part where there was a whole genestealer cult on the planet for decades?

[@DougStewart]

@@shadearca was commenting in the first minute of the video I actually hadn't watched it yet 😅

[@thomaschandler1973]

I think the only way terra would get attacked is if Rogal Dorn returns are GW wants to release a Tyranid Vs Imperial Fists box.

[@justinius2170]

My Personal Fan Theory involved the Andromeda galaxy (closest galaxy to the Milky Way). The Emperor, in his great wisdom, knew of the Tyranid, and sent 1 or 2 of the twenty original Primarchs, most of their Legions with Imperial Guard and Martian support fleets, to the nearby galaxy to blunt and slow down the Tyranid invasion that he foresaw would inevitably come. The distance is so vast it makes sense that just now, the main force of Nids is approaching the outer fringes. The Legions and brave human warriors held as long as they could, entire generations of warriors growing up fighting and dying in the Andromeda galaxy and the void between that and the Milky Way. Settlements and small kingdoms were established on planets that were not ravaged and barren. But 1 or perhaps both unknown Legions and Billions of Guard/Skitarii were still not enough to stop the immense amount of forces that had grown out of control, only delay and distract. The Legions may (if not destroyed entirely) return to the Imperium, all but spent in strength, to warn those that have been ignorant to the scale of the threat.

[@BohdanKaiba]

Feel free to like or comment on this post if you are from the Baldermort Fireside community! To show our love for 40K Theories and thank him crossing over with Baldermort!

[@oldeskul]

I don't think that chaos would let its primary food source be wiped out and the 4 would find some way to intervene out of pure will to not starve, probably just enough to delay the hive fleet. The T'au would lend assistance, not because they want the Imperium preserved, but because the tyrranids are the greater threat. The Drukhari would launch attacks against the 'nids, not out of any sense of altruism, but because after they ate Holy Terra, it would only be a matter of time before they found the entrances to the webway, mind you, they would take lots of human slaves because sweat goblins are gonna do sweat goblin things. The orks would show up to fight everything because that's what they do. The harlequins have a vested interest in keeping the Imperium propped up, so they would do what they can. The necrons interest in stopping the consumption of the Imperium is that humans are the only species known to have the pariah gene. Every faction that would fight to stop the consumption of the Imperium would only do so out of selfish reasons and if it looks like that the 'nids would succeed, they'd pull their forces back and reinforce themselves.

[@justiron2999]

I can already see how they use the Emperor's tactical nuke on the Hivefleet when he's about to ascend into godhood. Just like when Slanesh was born and killed off a good portion of the Eldar, the empirium will probably have a similar fate but maybe they can avoid as many of the casualties and replace them with the tyranids.

[@singletona082]

'Featuring Baldermort' By the Godemperor and Omnissiah.... truly a Sanguinalla miracle.

[@theendofconfusion]

I think it'd be great if you did a series on what would happen if each faction invaded Terra.

[@Archon3960]

What if the Inquisition invaded Terra? XD

[@KadRSP]

@@Archon3960 Easy. They would get banished into the Warp by Magnus, who had happened to have been recovered by the Emperor a few months earlier.

[@theperfectshot1110]

As a Necron player, we don't really care about the humans but we do care about the tyranids going on a rampage and killing our potential biotransference materials. So yes, in short, we will defend Terra.

[@stevenknauer6234]

The exhaustive list of potential Defenders of Terra reads like a Grim Dark version of The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny

[@jonathantheslow]

With the Emperor being awake enough to burn Nurgle’s Garden to the ground, he may be able to psychically bitch slap the Hive Mind before the Tyranids consume him.

[@poodlescone9700]

I can see the Drukhari taking advantage of such an invasion of Terra to get some new play toys.

[@zachm9202]

Custodians suffering casualties from mere Genestealers and cultists? How???

[@40KTheories]

Genestealer claws (like those sported by Purestrains and early gen hybrids) can tear through Terminator armour as if it were paper. Purestrain Genestealers also have incredible reflexes, speed and strength and are a challenge even for veteran Space Marines. Maguses and Patriarchs are exceptionally potent Psykers. Cultist demolition charges are essentially hand held, sticky cannon shells designed to blow up buildings. Not to mention Cultists have access to weapons designed to cut through metal and stone alike (rocksaws, mining lasers etc) in conjunction with sheer weight of numbers. Check out the boxed game "Shadow Throne" for more :3

[@SpoonieMcspoonington]

I think there is a third thing that would happen if the tyranids broke into the sanctum imperialis, the emperor would summon prohibition hammer and ban every single bug to enter the room regaurdless of number

[@kieferkarpfen6897]

The tryanids would be eaten by the population of terra. The first real meat they have ever seen in their life.

[@sgtbash001]

I would imagine some of the lost primarcs would make their reappearance. Russ, Vulcan or even the lion would be drawn to return to Terra because of a psychic calling from the emperor. I wouldn’t for one moment think he wouldn’t at least try and call them to his side

[@Deridus]

I can hear the Lion already, "By the throne, my head hurts! What did Luther have me drink? ... Oh."

[@joshc3802]

Good video, I liked it a lot. They could put hellfire compound into huge spray cans and hit the tyranids in orbit too lol

[@BossEvasion]

It would be a Christmas to remember, I can tell you that much!