40K LORE - THE CURSED FOUNDING : THE MECHANICUS FAIL MISERABLY

[@Baldermort]

warpforge40k.onelink.me/4ag3/i WARPFORGE - give a go today for free using this LINK (above). It’s a fun little game so might be worth a look. :) 40K LORE - THE CURSED FOUNDING : THE MECHANICUS FAIL MISERABLY The Cursed Founding was supposed to replenish the numbers of space marines across the entirety of the Imperium of Man. The results were as dramatic as they were miserable. PATREON LINK: www.patreon.com/join/3510517 THE ABYSSAL CRUSADE: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYuyaKyohNlsraM 40K Theories: The Sons of Antaeus: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3uqZoyGn6aLr68 Other channels from the same creator LIVING MYTHOLOGY PRIMORDIAL GODS - THE GENESIS OF THE GREEK GODS: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHeqpZiQj891jc0 THE TITANS - GREEK GODS BEFORE THE OLYMPIANS:kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6HHlKaDebeAbbs YOUNG ZEUS - REBELLION AGAINST CHRONOS: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6jclHSEirt2hdU THE TITANOMACHY: FIRST GODWAR: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6bLp55mjNCHha8 THE TITANOMACHY ACT 2: THE OLYMPIANS STRIKE BACK: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnq4q5iClLJpo6c THE TITANOMACHY ACT 3 - THE FALL OF A TYRANT: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKO4hXaOh6p-bsU THE GIGANTOMACHY: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJKwqpl6ltGDbpo TYPHON: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2m8n6ywbsRrZsU THE PRIMORDIALS: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHeqpZiQj891jc0 THE TITANS: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6HHlKaDebeAbbs LIVING MYTHOLOGY: kzbin.info/door/dR3Ms08oSCzih6p0FsDRcg YOUNG ZEUS: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6jclHSEirt2hdU GK NATURAL HISTORY: THE TENDAGURU DINOSAURS: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmjEoZKjjNCHd80 OSTRITCH DINOSAURS: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2G3q6d6brR5rNE FISH HUNTING DINOSAURS: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZCzfKJ-oJaDiJo THE WAR UNDER THE WAVES: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2bEXpRrepagnqs VAMPIRE BATS! studio.kzbin.infoBWIF2klOoGo/edit kzbin.info/door/OmrRUjHAw93gcWG6r9WoGg All opinions are my own and have no connection to Games Workshop in any way whatsoever. I hope you have a glorious day. :) Your faithful servant Baldermort

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This question has absolutely nothing to do with your video, it's just you're one of the most experts of experts on Warhammer 40K and I have what can be considered an odd question. Who gives Space Marines haircuts? This is a real question. 'cause I noticed in Space Marine 2, they all had haircuts. Do servitors give them haircuts? Is there a specific Space Marine that's Does this or is it? Their thralls, the The human servants each chapter keeps. Because in every Space Marine game they have haircuts.

[@awesomehpt8938]

Somebody seriously needs to cut the Lamenters some slack. They’ve been through too much. They deserve a holiday on a paradise world.

[@willbbwluvr]

Fuck the lamenters! We've been at war way longer! The IVth legion deserves a break!

[@Kriel_Drache]

The Lamenters would probably politely turn such a holiday down; given the sheer Hell they are willing to endure to save Imperial citizens, I don't think they would allow themselves to rest so long as there are innocent people in need of rescue.

[@vaguedreams]

All that would happen is that the paradise world they end up has a Genestealer cult with a Hive fleet on the way, and it's a Necron tomb world that starts waking up in response.

[@Erebusdidnothingwrongish]

When I play Space Marine 2 I feel like a Lamentor. Overwhelmed and nearly dead all the time 👌They should do a grey knight’s. Hide and rebuild. Come back stronger than ever. They have loyal hearts. I agree with you 💯🇬🇧❤️

[@Erebusdidnothingwrongish]

@@vaguedreamsso true lol

[@chucklytell]

Cawl lurking in the background taking notes like "pretty sure youre doing it wrong..."

[@VallornDeathblade]

It never ceases to annoy me how we went from "Mechanicus meddling with gene seed causes multiple chapters to self-ignite/mutate/turn traitor and all of them fall under suspicion" to "Mechanicus meddling with gene seed is A OK and everyone is alright with it!"

[@lukassiqueira314]

@@VallornDeathblade That's not what happened, The Primaris project was super secret for a reason. If it wasn't for Gman they wouldn't even be rolled out

[@mattdelong6582]

@@VallornDeathblade we honestly don’t have a choice at this point. The Deus ex machina is part of the canon now.

[@pensador6953]

Correct me if i'm wrong, but there wasn't something wrong with the Primaris? Sure, Cawl had a better template to work with and sure, the Emperor had something to do with that, making Cawl yet another of His gambles. Make no mistake, the Emperor will gamble if the fate of mankind is in the balance, and teh only option is a gamble, Still, you can count on him gambling inteligently, if he cannot game the system he will consider the draw backs, pro and cons, and pick the best option available. The primaris? That was THE gamble, the breaking of Cadia might nbot seem like much in a galactic scale, especially with the Cicatrix, but now, both sides have more acess to the warp, and more insane crap can happen , much more easily. I wonder if this gamble will buy humanity another millenium. Already bought the era indomitus. Personally i'm waiting for the drawback.

[@CourtneyRoberts1982]

@@VallornDeathblade you mean, we went from “mechanicus meddling with GeneSeed tainted by agents of chaos and it turned out really poorly” to “Cawl working in secret for 10 millennia to learn all he could from the leading geneticists in the legions, cataloging what went wrong with other experiments, and using pure geneseed from Primarchs (Sangprimus Portum) to create a stronger but more vanilla marine” Do you know much about Fabius Biles “New Men”? They’re his version of upgraded humans after he did much of the same as Cawl except he learned from the actual best geneticists (Drukari). He cloned Fulgrim perfectly, so well he had the programming from E and even attracted bits of Fulgrims soul to have the Primarch aura. Freaked him out a little so he gave it to Trazn for safekeeping. He took a bit of the Portum from Cawl so it’s likely that’s how Abbadon will get thicc traitors. Also, fun fact is that Fabius is a Loyalist.

[@logankelly4794]

The cursed founding easily has some of the coolest chapters outside of some of the second founding or the unknowns

[@abhumanthescrug815]

Astartes: we desperately need reinforcement Machanicus: we're from the government, and we're here to help

[@V.B.Squire]

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the self-written stuff is brilliant! Love it, there are numerous WH40K lore channels but only one channel weaves a tale to give us lore and entertain at the same time.

[@Matt-md5yt]

glad you covered the Cursed Founding. we gotten some good marine chapters from it and of course the Minotaurs..

[@fumarc4501]

I want Trazyn to pay the Minotaurs a visit. For poetic justice reasons.

[@codycurtin2295]

The Minotaurs are the praetorians of Terra.

[@glyngreen538]

it’s confirmed elsewhere that the Minotaurs are actually descended from Iron Warriors who stayed loyal during the Heresy. They weren’t created during the Cursed Founding but maybe that’s a cover story to hide their true nature? The Minotaurs are unusually under the direct control of the High Lord of the Adminastratum too and I expect she is good at burying secrets in paperwork.

[@thesquirrelherder]

​@codycurtin2295 I'm pretty sure you mean the imperial fists as that's their title and terra is their homeworld. It's entirely possible you meant the praetorians of the high council.

[@JasonM69]

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[@TheWidsith]

You missed a 'G'. I am one of those people. heh.

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​@@TheWidsithha, G

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Orktober has begun!

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You should do the Badab War, because when YOU narrate, it's automagically better 🤙 also reminding folks to have fun is wholesome and relevant :)

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[@Baldermort]

Fair. 😂🤣

[@kennethcunningham2572]

Cursed Founding chapters are always great to see. I at the very least love your original pieces. I make them part of my weekend morning entertainment when they come out.

[@JoeyFangaz]

Minotaurs are easily my favorite successor chapter. This is wonderful

[@TheWidsith]

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[@georgesulea]

I love the story of the Cursed Founding. The Black Dragons and The Lamentors are legendary...

[@mattturner6017]

"The Emperor's most embarassing failed experiment was probably the XV Legion, the Thousand Sons." "But wait, what about the II Legion and XI Legion?" *Inquisitorial Bolt Pistol Noises*

[@ravager2-636]

Praise the Omnissiah, A new founding of space marines… {Sees Lamenter prime} Slightly depressing.. {See Black Dragon prime} Uhh they mutated a bit but still ok.. Sees the rest of the founding, O dear something went hella wrong, Where is that purge button.

[@jdatkin8601]

Far from popular? This broke my heart to hear. The Bald library is some of the absolute finest 40k fiction, nay, fiction of any kind I have ever heard. In particular, your story covering the Tau camp for conquered Guard has stayed with me since I first heard it. The future has huge opportunities for your work; it is coming, keep going.

[@peterpienczuk2664]

Fantastic work on a interesting and devastating era of the Imperium. I think you are completely right about the scale of the disaster and the equally heart breaking cover up that must have taken place after the fact. The cursed founding just shows how easy it could have been for gw to add some interesting/sinister flaw to the Primiaris, giving them some more character and their entrance a bit soother. To me there would have been an deeper tragedy for the chapters created in the Cursed founding. Their founding being unique(for a founding : ), they would act under a much more powerful microscope. Any deviation or flaw would have been very poorly seen by those who's life's work they were as well as a very intolerant Imperium. The Pressure on the new chapters to perform would have been cruising for anyone. As time went on and their "curse" began to manifest each of those chapter masters would have been compelled to hide their brothers flaws to avoid extermination until they were consumed by fear or self loathing. Each completely alone among an empire of trillions who would turn on them without a thought. To survive, sooner or later they had only the choice of the outcast, renegade or traitor. The very nature of the imperium dooming at least some who might otherwise be saved to a darker fate. my own theory is that Foundings are as truly a gargantuan an undertaking as you pointed out but building up individual chapters is not quite so mammoth a task. The Astral Claws and Black Templars show chapters can maintain and augment their numbers to many times their allowed strength. The Great Crusade and Fleet based Chapters also seem to be able to maintain their strength on campaign in recruitment and war gear replenishment on the fly or deep in wilderness space. It was my pet theory that at some point (age of Apostasy maybe?) the High Lords had lost all control over the raising of individual chapter. In the depths of space. In isolated corners of the imepruim, In the outer dark, in pocket empires and isolationist enclacves, Space marine chapter are born, raised, broken or destroyed and reformed. The 1000 space marine chapters being known to exist constituting only the loyalist chapters that the are in contact with or know of. ( one of the ways i thought one might accommodate all player home brew chapter in a fun "all you've been told is a lie kinda way) and the idea of a million degenerate, unrecognized space marine chapters patrolling the galaxy thinking they are doing the imperiums work and while shaking down imperial planets for recruits and wargear like robber baron could be pretty scary. What do you think? : )

[@liquidlaser2347]

All foundings are cursed. Cursed to fight the eternal war.

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Thanks Baldermort

[@barrakan3874]

Somehow this cursed founding slipped under my radar😊 or my memory is shocking. Thanks for highlighting it 👍🏼

[@vontheunknown7982]

The black dragons are my favorite chapter

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Yaaaay it's SPOOKY SEASON!!!! Happy Orktober my brothers❤

[@chiefsurgeon533]

Listening to this while I painted my Krieg put chills down my spine… this was a good narration indeed. It inspires for future crusades in the tabletop. Thank you what you do!

[@Baldermort]

Wow, thank you!

[@johnmandrage3248]

Seeing that the 21th founding was said to be the biggest founding since the second one but only a few chapters are known, it is my personal headcanon that most of the chapters created during the founding ended up being destroyed during the Abyssal Crusade. It would fit, since the origin of most of the chapters participating in the Crusade are unknown and the chapters were chosen based on them possessing various mutations. That would also explain why the 21th is considered cursed, if most of the created chapters were first struck with mutations and then ended up being forced into the Eye of Terror where they were either destroyed or turned traitor.

[@derrabbit7289]

I remember first reading about this founding in an old White Dwarf that I had managed to find. It was also one of these old magazines that sparked my love of the Night Lords some two decades ago.

[@LetholdusKaspyr]

Ahh, an excellent topic. Things like this add so much to the setting.

[@chubbyninja89]

If you make a video on the Lamenters, you should really make it at least an hour long one, to really show the heroic tragedy that they go through and why they stand beside the Salamanders as heroes of the 40k setting.

[@Ser-Smiley]

Ooh! I love the thumbnail for this video. Very creepy.

[@Baldermort]

Glad you like it!

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[@Baldermort]

Thank ye as always brother Bradley. :)

[@johnnydoyle4562]

Great video Baldie. This inspires one to build a cursed founding army- to be Chaosly loyal or loyal to Chaos. More stories would be greatly appreciated when it is possible. Thank you for your efforts and work. 👍👍

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[@RavenerAlpha]

How funny, I actually just got off Warpforge before checking this video out. Cursed Founding means Black Dragons, one of my favorite Chapters! Thanks for the video Baldermort!

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Loved your role as the Tech marine in "The Awaking," the creator said he had you in mind when he wrote that character . I think it was perfect, although for some reason I can see you as a Chaplin.

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I heard some new lore of The lamenters fighting the tyranids.

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[@Baldermort]

Thank you brother Cannis. Always.

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[@EonEnder]

It’ll be an auspicious day when my favorite 40k creator covers my favorite space marine chapter (Minotaurs)

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All hail Lord Baldermort, wise chaplain of the Baldermarines!

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I haven't been this early in ages! Keep on being awesome, Baldermort! :D

[@Baldermort]

Thanks brother. A lot.

[@Jharlax]

Nice video, thanks. How about after covering them, you Cover the excorcists. Would love to hear them get a little love.

[@Baldermort]

Gotcha.

[@Kristian.B.Kristiansen]

A brilliant bit of writing and storytelling from Baldermort!

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Another amazing video! Thank you for all the amazing stories you have told

[@Averagejoepainting]

Ok the warp is playing tricks here I was just about to ask that you make this video?! This is awesome! Thank you.

[@benruniko]

F… far from popular??? I am seriously shocked to hear that. Shame to those who see those stories so fun and creative, so well written and fully acted with emotion, and do not click! Do your duty guardsman! CLICK THE VIDEOS! FOR THE EMPEROR!

[@Baldermort]

It is what it is. My style is archaic now. The audience wants what it wants. *shrugs*. Thank you for all your support. :)

[@johngillan4475]

Thank you for your information video.

[@Erebusdidnothingwrongish]

Excellent Brother 💯🇬🇧❤️

[@DivineDisrespect]

As a brother of the Black Dragons chapter, I thank you. Aggressively loyal is all we could hope for. Ignis et os.

[@81greenknight]

As always baldy this was amazing

[@servit0r]

Always a pleaasure to hear from the bald library

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As always, thank you for the gift of entertainment you give us. I hope you and yours are well.

[@pensador6953]

"the mechanicus could not help themselves" 6 words, that cost SO MUCH!

[@rorytolmie6504]

It's nice to imagine somewhere in the cursed founding are the one/both of the missing-lost legions. The Admech do enjoy using existing blueprints most of all, just with little tweaks and nudges in the coding.

[@dragonlord498]

The black dragons probably my top 2-3 favorite chapters And the lamentors really need to catch a break especially from the imperium

[@coreydunavent6118]

Emperor be praised !

[@Chet2378]

Awesome as always!

[@t1czer]

Guy, happy Slaneshmass!

[@Bizzz-zc4wq]

I sense Heresy against the Emporer!!!!

[@Mad_Geniuz]

i love the blood gorgons, there lore is really cool and there easily my fav underrated war band..i hope one day they come back or at least figure out how to paint them

[@MarlinWard]

Loved this so much, thank you for this, It really made my day, No one can talk about warhammer like you do

[@michaelmcneil4265]

Thank you so much for your work!

[@JohnBeck-pb9xl]

Ah yes homo sapiens nova. The pet project of none other than Fabulous Bill the clone lord, the master flesh crafter the ONLY human to ever be acknowledged by the dark Eldar homunculi.

[@scholasticaltactical9058]

I love your work sir, you are truly the voice of warhammer.

[@kmoney890]

The Black Dragons? Failures? Those are bone blade punching words

[@docbaker3333]

Tell that to the Ordo Hereticus.

[@Notpopularopinion]

@@docbaker3333heresy supporter! Heretic! Blasphemerrrrrrrrrrrrr!

[@daverage4729]

Whenever I think of the Cursed Founding, I always forget how many chapters went traitor....or all the squandered ships and resources. At least the Lamentors and Black Dragons are good boys.

[@snip105]

Hi there folks. I’m the one who made this pictures 9:07 It was made in Garry’s mod and edited in GIMP. Hope you’re all like it.

[@Baldermort]

I’m crap. Ffs. Sorry. Slam in the url again tiger.

[@Erebusdidnothingwrongish]

@@snip105 edited the GIMP? Is that a file type?

[@snip105]

@@Erebusdidnothingwrongish a free editing software

[@Erebusdidnothingwrongish]

@@snip105 ah cool. I was making AI music for the first time today. I am not saying what you created (which is beautiful) is AI. Thanks for setting me off to try it out. All the best Brother 💯🇬🇧❤️

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Aaaah Da Sweary Floundering....where they made the dodgy ones and didn't get the extended warranty. Good for a krumpin'! 😊

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I love all the links!!

[@darko-man8549]

29:53 the Badab War is something that should have been expanded on further imo

[@jadedkratos5528]

I love these videos, baldermort is Warhammer 40k's Sir David Attenborough.

[@brettwood1351]

Balisarius Cawl calls this a skill issue. Granted having the memories of someone that worked on the original legions, plus a pure sample of the Primarch's DNA, and a flexible schedule (how much of those 10K years did it take to suceed?) helped.

[@Just_Pele]

I agree, the amount of in-fighting and treachery in the Imperium during the Cursed Founding was the worst since the Horus Heresy, and it hasn't been matched since. It was full-on chapter vs chapter and intra-chapter warfare across the galaxy, causing rifts that still haven't entirely healed in M41. Very ugly business with brother killing brother, and at times caused mere rumors of corruption.

[@Midnight_Mondo]

Mmmm, uncle B is getting Spivey !

[@mdubois80]

Loved it! But Baldy, where is our Salamander video?

[@Diarmuhnd]

*Heresy never felt so good! Let it all burn!*

[@TheWidsith]

I will stand against you for the Emperor! Unless it is tea time, then can we offset the smiting to 1630?

[@TheWidsith]

I rather enjoy tea and toasted, buttered buns at 1600. I feel sure you understand.

[@Diarmuhnd]

@@TheWidsith Tea? Are there those yummy crumbly cakes with jam in them? I love those!

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@@Diarmuhnd I can get them in my dear fellow. Deal?

[@mbp1652]

Let's go

[@stevenmcgrath5114]

A lesson unlearned by Craw ! ! !

[@darko-man8549]

I think part of what annoys me with Primaris is the whole: Cursed founding: “you messed with the E’s perfection, be punished” Ultima founding: “you messed with E’s perfection, you made it better” One is a lesson in hubris and belongs in the Grimdark - the other feels too noble bright

[@_Plutonyan]

Chesterton mentioned? :o

[@iz9744]

Next the Dark founding please😊

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Been listening to baldy for a year now and I still have so far to go. What is The War of thr Beast?

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🙏

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Need the rest of the Primarch vids

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Anyone know what is the shortest lived chapter. I found to much chaff to sort thru when I tried to Google it.

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Let's goooooooooo

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So another day at the office for the mechanicus then.

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For the Algorithm! Uhh Emperor?

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I was on my way to stop a fire saw this video just dropped I think they can wait 30 minutes