Dear Emperor | A Warhammer 40K comic dub

Shut up, I'm not crying over some filthy Xeno....
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[@theonegod277]

"Brother why are we searching for an eldar spirit stone?" "Because it is the Emperor's will and it must be done."

[@michelveilleux1275]

"And what is to be done with the spirit stone afterwards?" "The Inquisitor did not say." "Testing perhaps?" "Likely."

[@Meme-Weeb-Dweeb]

*You do it because it must be done*

[@neros1277]

"Inquisitor and primarch seemed said about helping Eldar child or so we heard brother" "What? We're helping Xeno scums now? No, it can't be brother, I refuse to do it" "Brother denying Emperors will is one of the most heretic deeds one can done, do not turn heretic now brother, our Emperor is the wisest on the entire existence, if he allows that act then he knows what he's doing"

[@DaroriDerEinzige]

"Brother, you've to seek the spirit stone." "Understood." *later on the planet the Space Marine gets asked by an random civilian* "Why do you look for an Xeno Thing?" "Its Emporer will!" "But ... why?" "*draws Bolter Pistol and puts it at the head of said civilian* Do you question the Emporers Will? Are you by any chance a Heretic?! *looks at his family* WHO'S THE DEAMON?!" Children "De...de...Deamon?" Random Inquisitor "Oh shit, they have learned about the Warp!!! KILL THEM!" And so whole Planets gettin' exterminated.

[@kirillassasin]

Vulkan: don’t worry I have experience with Eldar, especially kids

[@GuukanKitsune]

Can I point something out? He sent the letter by doing the space equivalent of the message in the bottle. The odds of it being picked up at all are astronomical. The odds of it being picked up during his lifetime are lower than that. The odds of it being picked up by an IMPERIAL vessel are even lower. And the odds of not only being picked up by an IMPERIAL VESSEL, but then making it's way to the desk of an INQUISITOR, and not just a random Inquisitor, but one CAPABLE OF FULFILLING HIS REQUEST, and not only would even consider doing so, but had Aeldari connections enough to get the requested things to the EXACT Eldar craftworld, let alone the specific child, are so remotely, incredibly, infinitesimally low that it's nothing short of a MIRACLE. That's why the Inquisitor wrote the return message "The God-Emperor protects the faithful." Because the Emperor had made it clear by seeing that request to exactly where it needed to go to happen, from being just tossed out an airlock, that it was his will the request be fulfilled. He thought of this moments after crumpling the letter, and then acquiesced to the Emperor's will. And as a token of recognition of the obvious miracle, he presented the child with an Aquila as well, as a reminder that for a moment, that Aeldari child had made the Emperor forget his suffering. And he was surely now blessed with much more than a reunion with his mother, a blanket, and a necklace for it.

[@michelveilleux1275]

This little tirade made Tezneech smile. Edit: AND Big E himself doesn't mind a single thing.

[@Phantom9587]

and remind The Emperor what meant to be a Father again, and it the father duty to protect that child to smile once more

[@sirbruno95]

Aren't Eldar basically Immortal? At least, I think they don't die of old age as far as I'm aware.

[@Krokmaniak]

@@Phantom9587 Assuming Emperor have ever been a good father is just wrong

[@GuukanKitsune]

@@sirbruno95 Aeldari do die of age but they don't age in the same way Humans do so it doesn't much show. They do not wither from age, you see. Some of the Eldar Farseers have been recorded as living as long as four or five thousand years, if they don't fall to violence or disease. But they do, in fact die of age eventually. Drukhari, on the other hand, live for significantly shorter periods of time, thanks to their hedonistic lifestyle... if they don't die of drugs, disease, health issues or violence, a Dark Eldar usually kicks it about midway into millennium two, and their age very, very much shows.

[@Orbzul]

*In the distant future* Eldar: “Who are you Mon’Keigh? Why have you boarded our craftworld?” Emperor: “I was made a promise by one of your kind. I have come to collect.”

[@skeletalobserver406]

Somewhere on this vessel is a child who promised me one MILLION HUGS

[@Tinkering4Time]

Now I want to see the corpse-emperor revived so this can happen.

[@ladywaffle2210]

@@Tinkering4Time Say 'corpse-emperor' one more time, heretic, and you'll lose your tongue

[@Tinkering4Time]

@@ladywaffle2210 you and what corpse-emperor worshipping army, Mon-Keigh freak?

[@tomboysupremacist]

@@Tinkering4Time i would have to assume the white scars

[@vaniellys]

The Emperor: No Lorgar, I am NOT a god ! Also The Emperor: Yes sweet Eldari boy, I am indeed Santa !

[@matthewpinner9419]

Well he's not wrong and besides I feel like apart of him would want to bring back Christmas even if they have singuinala. In fact anyone would want to become Santa freaking clause like seriously

[@dekaw9138]

The emperor is not gonna ruin a little kids dream’s

[@Saul_Aura_Jester]

@@dekaw9138 the destroyed planets of the word bearers would like an unfortunate word, but they're gone. But this is new lore now

[@dekaw9138]

@@Saul_Aura_Jester Lorgar wasn’t a kid then, and Santa is different from god

[@techpriestalex8730]

@@dekaw9138 you might want to rethink that after you think about the amount of war crimes Emps has done.

[@andrew-paulclements1502]

When the Empire realizes it's cheaper to just Convert the Xenos. "The God-Emperor Protects the faithful" was probably the sweetest part of it all.

[@andrew-paulclements1502]

Also, am I the only one who gets like "The Christmas Truce" vibes from this?

[@hudhouse99]

That's how it works BEFORE the Emerperor was put on the golden throne and the Imperium went extremely xenophobic. The Imperium already indoctrinates xenos all the time that are useful (Jerikos for example) but there is also an equal or greater amount that are extremely... xenophobic.

[@DreadnoughtFiend]

@@hudhouse99 reasonably so I might add. Literally on wrong xenos accepted and you get Fulgrim who becomes a snake sex demon prince.

[@sono_chi_no_sodium_chlorid7635]

Believe it or not Imperium doesn't waste time and resources on xenos who aren't a real threat to them.

[@Fourtytwo4242]

​@@sono_chi_no_sodium_chlorid7635 depends really, cadians most likely leave because there a real threat to deal with, kriegers would charge because they feel bad, Ultra marines would try to talk, Salamanders would talk then burn then talk then burn again, Fists would try to build a wall around them, Black templars would PUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and yeah that mostly how it go. Edit: all and all it depends on what part of the imperium your meeting, it like rolling a d20 you don't know what will happen.

[@blaster23456]

The fact this message was found in the bleakness of the void is truly the work of the Emperor. He must really want those million hugs.

[@phantomwraith1984]

The Emperor Protects.

[@user-ew5wg8ty8b]

At least we know where Vulcan got it from

[@user-ec4vw8xl9l]

In the far dark futer there's no hugs, only *GRIMDARK*.

[@user-ec4vw8xl9l]

Now you made it really grimdark.

[@seekingabsolution1907]

He probably just wants to devour the soul of an Eldar child to flex on Slaanesh.

[@Falloutparagon]

“as time has proven, a caring parental figure is the best defense against the vileness of chaos!” The emperor’s word!

[@56Scratch]

Such a shame he never stuck to his own words.... #Magnusdidnothingwrong

[@CountDVB]

@@56Scratch Well, Emps did sacrifice his caringness and trying to get it back. Least before series got put on indefinite hiatus

[@ianmoore1220]

@@56Scratchhell he cared* for one of them and he still fell to chaos

[@galacticpotato833]

So that is why Horus rebeled

[@cabnbeeschurgr6440]

Based

[@hansstrudel9614]

We all know that the entire Salamanders chapter and several successors stopped whatever they were doing, immediately knit a massive quilt, and furiously searched for the spirit stone.

[@artathazuris]

And still couldent find it but the ultra blueberrys did

[@arthurrebello919]

yeahhhhhhhhhh. Not the salamanders on this case. They really, really, reallyyyyyyyyyy don't like Eldar.

[@artathazuris]

@@arthurrebello919 lol imma eldar starter but im thinking on moving to my second favorite space wolves

[@hansstrudel9614]

@@arthurrebello919 yeah but the hugs might just win them over this one time. Hugs are the #1 priority of the sons of Vulkan 90% of the time.

[@ZetsubouGintama]

Meanwhile... 200 of Lamenters died trying to find spirit stone and make a blanket.

[@joshrothon]

Was great, but imagine if an ork ship had got the message and knitted a blanket for her dad

[@novaiscool1]

Now I'm imagining if Da Emperor got the message.

[@bastianaraya2437]

@Ian Yoder good ork

[@dlistmemer591]

There’re not allowed to read anymore

[@obsidironpumicia4074]

@@dlistmemer591 Naw, jes' not allowed ta talk in red.

[@obsidironpumicia4074]

Ye got da Toof Fairy, now we's got Santy Clawz.

[@sunnyboy6251]

Clever inquisitor. A convert to the imperial faith within a craftworld is a candlemas present for the whole empire

[@connor_lockwood]

Lord inquisitor there seems to be a parchment on the window addressed to the the Emperor

[@commanderswaggergg6292]

I do not know how to feel about this hearisy

[@ApocryphalDude]

Faith is it's own reward, and is always rewarded

[@humanperson7646]

I mean that would be the best way to defeat mostly every other faction except for orks,chaos, and tyrnids and necrons and dark elder ok maybe just tau and elder might be able to worship the rest of the factions not so much because the tau have the greater good which is spun could have a connection with the imperial cult but I’m just spit balling because well bored and wanted to type

[@lordInquisitor]

All according to plan

[@noabsolutelynot3660]

There's a lot to this story This craftworld was in a battle, a big one, recently. This boy, an eldar child, so rare for such an endangered species and undoubtedly cared for attentively by his community leaders, is the son of a great warrior who fell. Only truly legendary eldar heroes are made to inhabit wraithlords, so he's someone of consequence to the Eldar. The fact that even through the Wraithsight his father has the mental energy to animate the wraithlord to tuck in his son is indicative of just how much he loved the boy, and how keenly his loss must have been felt. His mother having lost her spirit stone, she's dead. Even though they get the stone back, it's going in the infinity circuit, that craftworld's afterlife. The boy is an orphan, son of a hero, and of all the Eldar children, him reaching out to the emperor is a lot more impactful

[@thesneekione7983]

It's like the equivalent of a young Ciaphas Cain or Ibram Gaunt reaching out to the Eldar.

[@crso6830]

Well said

[@broodbassoon105]

In the grim darkness of the far future... There is a sliver of hope at last...

[@ITandScienceGuy]

Idea, many years later, the kid, now a young adult is sent to act as an "emissary" with Mankind, he is put under a certain inquisitor who found retrieved and returned a spirit stone to begin these proceedings, imagine the inquisitors surprise when he turns to greet the Eldar scum only to find a young adult wearing a worn but highly cared for Aquila, one he recognizes. Seeing the young adult, the inquisitor's harsh expression simply fades as he greets Anthan by name, asks how he liked the blanket, and how he is doing ever since that gift sent by the emperor arrived for him. Now imagine Anthan's surprise to realize why he was posted here, to finally thank the man who did something no one else would normally consider in this war torn galaxy of blood, hate, and chaos.

[@davidthorp01]

Now imagine all this, and the Emperor’s Text to Speech kicks on, “Oh, and I’m really happy that both of you got this swell reunion…but I would like to begin the process of receiving these hugs in installments. I do hope you and the Inquisitor here foster a much nicer relationship between our two Galactic entities, but payment is also due.” It would be very nice to see Anthan as among the Emperor’s faithful and be like “Of course sir! As you willed it!”

[@cupofearlgreytea7651]

Dammit, stop! Your making me cry!

[@michelveilleux1275]

Big E himself: *holds back manly sniffles with proud smile*

[@KRDecade2009]

A story so wholesome even Horus considered coming back to the imperium

[@Keyfur91]

Oh my goodness that would be a story I’d love to read. That needs to be made a real thing.

[@mullerpotgieter]

Something that I've noticed and nobody else has commented on is Anthan's age. He's a sweet little kid when we see him. Just a child caught in a cruel universe he can't comprehend. By the time he gets that package, he's older. Probably an apprentice to someone else. I don't know how quickly Eldar reach maturity, but it was at least years. That young boy put faith in the Emperor, certain that He'd help. Then...nothing. Days, weeks, months. Nothing. He likely puts those memories behind him and continues his studies. Years later, the Exarch meets with tthe Imperial Inquisition to discuss terms. Lowly and violent apes who worship a false god. One that hates his kind for the sin of existing. Then. He gets a package. Inside, things he'd asked for all those years ago. A scenario he'd dreamed and hoped for. One he'd thrown away. Here before him. One can only imagine what the young man is feeling. So many powerful emotions. But mostly, joy.

[@grimmreaper3241]

Sorry Inquisitorial Postal service came as fast as it could.

[@alejandrochalco6893]

It seems probable that years passed between the first letter and the second but I want too Belive that the child never Lost hope.

[@danielawesome36]

I thought Anthan was a girl😅

[@thorveim1174]

it's hard to tell mainly because it's drawn by a different artist: the age difference could simply be because of the artstyle. Especialy as with how long-lived eldars are it would likely be decades already... then again it checks with how fast the imperium bureaucracy works.

[@cooltrainervaultboy-39]

Would have gotten there faster had the Orks painted it red.

[@rotrox4145]

"Battle barge 'Vulkan's Might' of the Salamanders has arrived. We have brought blankets and a spirit stone! We shall await the exchange thereof for hugs."

[@PeterDivine]

Yeeeaaaaahhhhhhh..... Vulkan might not be the best choice for a diplomatic envoy to the Eldar.

[@theonewhouploadsnothing1704]

@@PeterDivine I mean, wasn’t it specifically dark elder anyways?

[@PeterDivine]

@@theonewhouploadsnothing1704 Promethean Sun, dude. Vulkan ain't discriminating in his discrimination.

[@heliusahmadian2711]

One time Vulkan crushed without pity a young eldar who asked mercy.

[@randomcenturion7264]

@@heliusahmadian2711 Yeah, he's super nice to humans, but anything else, he'd make Perturabo and Angron slightly proud in his kill em all approach.

[@DirtPerson]

*Kid opens box. Finds a tangled mass of stitched-together human clothing and animal hide, a lump of quartz, and what appears to be a dead eagle on a chain. There's also a note. "Ello dere, Eldar snotling. Me boys found ya letta stuck on da widow of me ship. We 'ad to dig around inna loot pile to find a soulrock or whateva yous call it, but oi fink we got da roight one. Da Empra Protects."

[@56Scratch]

okay that made me chuckle

[@razorburn645]

That's just perfect. Must be the nicest ork in the galaxy.

[@Briselance]

@@razorburn645 Yes, indeed.

[@KingofAwesomness14]

Oh this is the most hilarious thing ever!

[@JustMarty]

Gat damn Orkperium XD

[@waltvonkeisel1617]

People say the Salamanders hated regular Eldar, but it was actually Drukhari that they just hated, I know that Vulkan murdered a Eldar child, but after that happened he felt like absolute shit and regrets it to this day. If he were to return in modern 40k, he would not want to make that same mistake again.

[@alexkatc59]

Salamander: "So sweet, nice kid! Take this! It is the present from the Emperor!" (bolter did "woosh! woosh! woosh!") - WHAT? HE GOT THE KNIFE!!!

[@rmartinson19]

Doubtful. He also murdered an entire planet full of Exodite Eldar, then cold-bloodedly murdered the primitive humans the Exodites had been protecting, because those humans had committed the crime of actually LIKING the Eldar, and thus their minds were "contaminated". When it comes to Eldar - ANY kind of Eldar - Vulkan and the Salamanders become every bit as mindlessly brutal as the Flesh Tearers or the Marines Malevolent.

[@mikd157]

He also did the murder thing in a fit of rage caused by Conrad Kurze killing Vulkans favorite astropath during peace negotiations.

[@LordTyph]

I assume if he had a chance to talk his past self down and remind him that it's not a Dark Eldar child, he would.

[@frej7422]

​@@mikd157Who else but Konrad?

[@hadesdogs4366]

20 thousand guardsmen died to get that soul stone🤣😂🤣 200 workers died during an incident trying to make that blanket And one worker lost his hand due to an accident trying to make that Aquila chain Best of wishes inquisitor mulsberry

[@pipermintpat854]

@@wrightkaneradio4918 negatory, he neglected to mention the dozen or navigators that died in transporting the goods, and the many many members of the adminstorum that were later blammed or kneecapped by adeptus arbites for being filthy xeno loving heretics.

[@brotherjurandum5333]

And then the Ordo Hereticus executed Inquisitor Mulsberry for being a radicalist

[@hadesdogs4366]

@@brotherjurandum5333 Too true🤣😂

[@hadesdogs4366]

@@brotherjurandum5333 I think the word you’re looking for is xenoist

[@akriegguardsman]

Only 20 thousand? What da hell

[@kilmindaro3]

Big E: Kitten, call the Ultrasmurfs. I've got an assignement for them

[@thorveim1174]

bet THEY would be able to find that exact soulstone no matter where it ended up... Also, wonder how the black templars would react.. I bet sigismund would have an existential crisis over a xenos being loyal to the emperor

[@akumaking1]

So is that how they picked up Illyan?

[@nickkurzy2246]

Ah, I see you too are a person of culture.

[@wanderin_stud499]

@@akumaking1 Fool, do not give Illyan more screentime.

[@RBAWintrow]

A million hugs!

[@An_Average_Arsonist]

_"In the grim darkness of the distant future..."_ _"There is a ray of hope."_

[@hggs4466]

the greater good?

[@boomerpro87]

if they ever decide to actually progress the plot after so many years and release warhammer content that seems like its about to wrap things up id like this to be the tagline they start off with the original but end it off with the new tag line, showing that even in the horror show of the 41st millenium a change that isnt fucking awful is about to occur.

[@An_Average_Arsonist]

@@boomerpro87 ahem, Do I detect a touch of... *HERESY* in your speech? Jokes aside hahaha, I personally think that would be a wonderful way to conclude 40k, it has its moments where things aren't so bleak but everything is allways well and grey, I would say you have it spot on, seeing hope blossom in this dark loveless galaxy would be a welcome send off to 40k, and if they use this tagline, I would shed a tear of joy.😌

[@devinlarson1947]

​@@An_Average_Arsonist "It all started, with the wish of a child."

[@elcaponeholyemperorofnj1169]

Honesty, this line hits hard

[@michelveilleux1275]

Big E himself: "I've only known Anthan for a few minutes... *but if anything where to happen to him...*

[@smily9021]

Oh I love both of this comments

[@amirhaikal8304]

NOT EVEN THE COMBINED STRENGTH OF ALL CHAOS GODS CAN PROTECT YOU FROM ME

[@mysterylovescompany2657]

...I would kill everyone in this Palace & then myself."

[@kriegertechpriest7011]

@@Crazylom Okay how did you get this text?

[@saamjaza1742]

"I'd kill everyone in this universe and then myself."

[@emptank]

And so the Inquisitor gave the eldar child the greatest Sanguinella gift of all: not hunting down his craftworld and blasting it with cyclonic torpedoes.

[@perretti2006]

Mmm yeah, Sanguinella!

[@nathanaelmaugre7824]

Easier said than done though

[@mullerpotgieter]

Pretty sure sinking a craftworld will take more than a few virus bombs to take out

[@emptank]

@@mullerpotgieter at least four craftworlds have been destroyed by the Imperium of Man. Two were destroyed during the great crusade, one of which was brought down by just one company of space wolves. Another was destroyed by the Invaders chapter of Space Marines with aid from the legion of the Damned in M41. All three of those required boarding actions to be destroyed. The last would be of dubious cannon since it happened in the game Dawn of War 2 retribution, but supposedly there was a craftworld buried under the surface of the planet Tython, which is a very strange place for a craftworld to be, if true then it at least was destroyed by just orbital bombardment when the Inquisition declared exterminatus on the planet.

[@PALACIO254]

Ah so commiting heresy

[@Goddamnitiwantaname]

When someone first described Warhammer 40K to me it was like this: "Imagine an entire universe where everything good already happened." Anyway, The Emperor provides!

[@ComicGladiator]

"Every bad thing you can imagine has already happened times infinity, but they keep coming up with worse things."

[@Numinon]

I just tell people to imagine Star Wars but everything is shit and the force wants to eat your soul. I would actually bother to explain if I didn't feel like the only one in a 500km radius to care about 40k in the slightest.

[@TheBayzent]

@@Numinon So new Star Wars?

[@henrypaleveda7760]

another one is "no side is the good guys, everyone is the villain, but there are good guys on most sides (but mostly human ones)."

[@salemcrow5078]

@@Numinon would highkey love to know more about 40k, don’t know much about it except that it’s a pretty grim world but it sounds cool based on the comments

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

1:03 "Give your father this large blanket, it used to be my son's blanky growing up, his name was Dorn"

[@thereprehensible435]

Yaaaas. The boy was a pain in the ass, but he was a good boy that told no lies.

[@jeffthemercenary]

Dorn at Alpharius basement : "hope no one touch my grandpas blanket"

[@mileator]

You guys do realize that the emperor pulled that sucker from Subspace void nothingness and had it reach the hands of a inquisitor he knows would fufill this promise in his name. I mean he knows how to control the warp from his giant chair, c'mon! HE got that letter there. The emperor read that shit through space and time, and was like "I got you, little one. The emperor rewards the faithful."

[@rokkraljkolesa9317]

why do you think that inquisitor changed his mind? he realized it was His will to deliver the letter to him

[@crosshairs007]

@@rokkraljkolesa9317 I can just imagine the inquisitor pausing just after throwing it away, then 'Secretariat, where did you say that message was picked up again? ...hmmm, I see. I have a mission from the Emperor for us.'

[@ladywaffle2210]

Next document. A note, written in Low Gothic, with flowing Aeldari style. Poor spelling, likely the work of a child. The Inquisitor could have ignored the missive. It was unlikely to yield any valuable intel. But something stopped him. He steeled his will, crumpled the paper and chucked it into the wastebasket. Next paper. A report on Ork activity. Nothing he didn't already know. His mind wandered back to the note. A child, deprived of their mother... A xeno. But still a child. The Inquisitor sighed. Some things transcended species. Some things happened to everything sentient. He would give many things to know what happened to his own mother, but he had a duty now. One that could not be squandered with idle curiosity. Still... a simple blanket and a spirit stone? Was that so much? By the Emperor... he couldn't believe he was even considering it. Silently, he stood and collected the blanket from his bed. The Aeldari could be a powerful ally, he told himself. Their Harlequins played on Human worlds and the Inquisition turned a blind eye. It was easy to find an instance of Sisters of Battle or Space Marines allying themselves with the ancient race, however briefly. He unclasped the aquila necklace and placed it atop the blanket, then found a notepad and wrote two missives. One, he attached to the blanket. The other, he penned to an Farseer he knew personally, a transient ally during the slaying of the rogue Psyker Magadan that had stayed in contact with him since. By the Emperor, had he sunk so low as to send notes and gifts to xenos children? To keep up correspondence with one of their leaders? Was he not an Inquisitor, the shield against the horrors of corruption? He considered putting the blanket back, placing the aquila around his neck, and burning the papers. None would question him for it. The aquila hummed disapproval at his hesitance. That was all the sign he needed. --- Trillions of miles away, a man in pain gained respite for just a nanosecond before the agony of his throne resumed. When he rose, he would collect. Until then, he would wait, goal clear in his mind: the deliverance of Humanity... ...and one million hugs.

[@56Scratch]

Sorry this took me a little while to get back to but this is simply fantastic. Do you write professionally/as a hobby? I want to do a dramatic reading of this!

[@ladywaffle2210]

@@56Scratch Thank you kindly! I write as a hobby currently, but I'm attempting to do it professionally. Feel free to do the reading, by the way.

[@theenderdestruction2362]

He wondered if he shouldn't ab the emperor answered

[@snapeinvader6208]

Dang dude, you're good. Do you have a place you put your content up? I'd like to check it out, your style flows really nicely.

[@ladywaffle2210]

@@snapeinvader6208 I don't really have a single place that I post everything. I do have a Tumblr that theoretically I post writing on under "a-rebellious-waffle", but I treat that as a general social media platform, too.

[@whatisupmyfellowamericans8808]

Alright 40k, kick me straight in the nuts with some grimdark. Oh. That was actually wholesome.

[@NcrXnbi]

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

[@necktiefox2917]

Games Workshop: Aghh! Happiness! In our grimdarkness!It burns! IT BURNS!!!!

[@Mornathel]

Yeah, after he sent the letter I was expecting some heavy flamer. Very pleased to have been wrong

[@AsuraBoss]

I fully expected that one thing where Vulkan torched an Eldar child in front of her parents, not gonna lie.

[@kindofhuman8147]

A thing to remember for 40k. The setting is grimdark, the stories don’t have to be.

[@JeffTheBunnySlayer]

Really just want a story about a Wraith Lord and Dreadnought who squabble but are friends like crotchety old men living together in a nursing home. They constantly insult, belittle and compete with each other but at the end of the day they’re friends.

[@56Scratch]

well this needs to be a TTS special

[@seasons1745]

And then they find out they were the ones who crippled each other

[@patriot17764th]

I'd love it!

[@patriot17764th]

@@56Scratch please make this!

[@jlokison]

On a war torn world no life remains, necron vaults deep below its surface, but for the chasm that delves to it, are quiet and empty ancient machine broken and unresponsive. On the cratered and rent surface, strewn with the wreckage of starships and ruined cities of multiple races, all that moves is whistling wind and ash... or all that should be moving. Two figures approached the broken ring of a web way portal in what had once been a continent spanning forest now just barren rock and ash dunes. "Sorry Fel'ix, but I recall telling you it wasn't going to be standing" the synthesized voice came from the external vox caster of a venerable dreadnaught. "I do not need your I told you so, Oskar." Felix the Wraithlord replied by vibrating the air around itself. "Any ideas as to where to now?" Oskar the Mad Son took a moment before responding, "Unless you want to go back to crawling through the wreckage of starships, not really." "We are not the type of entities to give up..." Fel'ix paused, "It was nice to have a destination though." "It's been a boring planet since the last of the squigs and rippers killed each other off." Oskar thought out loud, "I was hoping some Orks or Nids might have survived, they are usually good at that. I can't even detect any spores or bacteria associated with them in the atmosphere anymore." The laugh of a Wraithlord is a rare sound. "Would it make you feel better or worse that I can't feel any taint of the waagh, hivemind, or even chaos within light years of this now barren rock?" Oskar waved his two power fists in a parody of celebration, "Mission accomplished, I guess."

[@St33lStrife]

I like to imagine the inquisitor going to the Salamanders, the Lamenters, and the Ultramarines and all he does is show them the letter. Next thing you know, the Salamanders have forged a pendant, the Lamenters have made a checker blanket, and the Ultramarines have the spirit stone.

[@nuclearstuff9442]

ULTRAblueberries!

[@antonizajac3907]

Then they send the Black Templars to deliver the message

[@MarneusCalgar867]

It is confirmed. About 30 Lamenters died trying to get that blanket. Ah well, ave Imperaror.

[@kaden-sd6vb]

and the ultrasmurf chaptermaster is sobbing hysterically and wailing something about "fucking impossible" in the background

[@arya31ful]

​@@MarneusCalgar867And not just the regular Lamenters Battle Brother either, but the entire Veteran Terminator Squad and at least 2 Dreadnoughts.

[@seekingabsolution1907]

I dont think Eldari have that many children so it must be very lonely for Anthan on that craft world. So it's no surprise they are writing letters to an alien god-king to pass the time.

[@mullerpotgieter]

Yyyyep. Part of why they are literally dying as a species. Even without all the gene editing crap, having your goddess of healing and fertility locked away in Nurgles sex dungeon doesn't help

[@StarboyXL9]

@@mullerpotgieter Lucky Nurgle, unlucky Eldar

[@toledochristianmatthew9919]

@@mullerpotgieter wait really? Didn't think nurgle would do that to eldar. Thought it would be slaneesh doing that kind of stuff.

[@yericotmoraprada7787]

@@toledochristianmatthew9919 no, he doesn't really do that kind of thing with her, just that since she's the goddess of life and fertility of the Eldar, every time she dies she resurrects almost immediately, so what he does is use her as a lab rat with all the diseases and pests that he creates

[@ralphmarx7554]

@@mullerpotgieter Does it truely help the mind of the Eldar that they are cursed to soul eaten by their own screw up creation. I think any Eldar deep inside knows thats its pure cruelty to give new life just to act as food in the end. Ah shit here's the depression kicking in!

[@McGrewer]

I almost wanted the Emperor to get it and read it like he was the "If the Emperor had a Text to Speech Device" and then use his definitely not deity like powers to personally give that little boy/girl's mom's spirit stone and a double emperor size comforter.

[@crystalalarm3]

Think about it, an INQUISITOR had an attack of conscience if that is not the most direct hand of the emperor i don't know what is. Since it was addressed to him Big E was probably using his totally manlikeandnotgodlike powers to read over the little gits shoulder.

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

@@crystalalarm3 probably put it in his hands in the first place.

[@amirhaikal6672]

OMG go tell alfabusa now.

[@poliestotico]

This DID happen, no?

[@demonmercer2736]

@@poliestotico If it did I require a tactical cogitation link IMMEDIATELY!

[@Meme-Weeb-Dweeb]

Kitten reads this letter to The Emperor in Text To Speech. *Bannana man. This was dated three years ago, why am I just now seeing this?* "Well, my lord. The Inquistors threw it away and kept it hidden" *SKELETAL SCREECH OF RAGE*

[@goldendash1527]

Well if they didnt theyd be killed

[@phantomwraith1984]

**Starts raining on Terra** "FIND THIS CHILD'S MOTHER'S SPIRIT STONE NOW AND GET HIS FATHER A BIG FUCKING BLANKET!"

[@michelveilleux1275]

@@phantomwraith1984 all the while every high lord of Terra is shitting themselves, scrambling left and right to find a blanket big enough for a Wraithlord and a spirit stone. 🤣🤣🤣

[@neros1277]

Kitten: my Lord there is a... problem... we can't find blanket this big Big E: THEN TELL SOMEONE TO FUCKING MAKE ONE

[@user-ki2bs2ux3k]

WHY ARE THERE SO MANY WARP STORMS?!!!!

[@bootyman20]

*“What a pathetic child...”* _“Should we punish them, Emperor?”_ *“Absolutely not. Their father will be promoted and given a blanket.”* _“And the soul stone?”_ *“Prepare me a vessel. We travel to the craft-world.”*

[@patriot17764th]

I'd see it legit.

[@whoisheiforgothisname2103]

STEP ASIDE I WAS PROMISED A MILLION HUGS!

[@KRDecade2009]

@@whoisheiforgothisname2103 VULCAN NO!

[@michelveilleux1275]

Just imagine: The Golden Emperor of Man surrounded by his Legiones Custodes entering an Eldar craft-world, approaches a young Eldar boy and just when every knife ears are fearing the worst, the Emperor opens his armoured palm revealing a purple Spirit Stone, along with a few Custodes carrying a larger than normal blanket. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Esowolf]

@@michelveilleux1275 this is what would be happening, and i love it ! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Nightmare704RY]

Inquisitor: *reading the letter* what is this pain in my chest?! Guardsman: maybe is your dead cold heart starting to beat again. Inquisitor: don't you dear sass me guardsman you know I can kill you and nobody would care. Guardsman: I know you can, so... how is the pain in the chest going? Inquisitor: ...... when did you get the balls? Guardsman: if I said it has nothing to do with the fact that I got laid with a sister of battle before you milord, I would be lying. Edit: seems you guys like this interaction, I got and idea for more if you fancy to know more shenanigans from this ballsy guardsman.

[@awalkingfire2176]

That guardsman is really tempting with fate isn't he?

[@lordofcups78]

@@awalkingfire2176 bro hes made is main goal in life and just doesn't care anymore

[@grimmech4268]

Nice dbza reference

[@guardsmanlars6797]

Jonas stop sassing the inquisitor, it will end badly. Your Friend -Lars the guardsman

[@Nightmare704RY]

@@guardsmanlars6797 guardsman: Lars, I don't give a damn, I've seen John get eaten by Nurgle demons, I've seen some shit man!

[@olorinmagus4479]

When the Emperor decides to take the xenophile trait in stellaris

[@commmander64]

Omg the emperor being a xenophile and still an Atheist makes so much sense and is such perfect irony.

[@youngbloodbanana3376]

@@commmander64?

[@robrib2682]

Are all you forgetting about how he allowed xenos tributary empires to serve him while he did his crusade?

[@olorinmagus4479]

@@robrib2682 on very rare occasions, and then, never with Eldar

[@antonios.3922]

To convert is cheaper than to purge... But definitely not as fun

[@neros1277]

To make sure emperor gets the letter eldar child wrote 20 more which then reached other factions and even slipped into the warp where chaos gods got it -Imperium sent spirit stone and emperor class blanket with imperial emblem on it -sororitas seeing xeno believing in emperor sent blanket made of purity seals with a note saying "well done" -Orks got him squig skin blanket, big rock with "SPEERIT" wrote on it, squid hound as pet and CHOPPA -Necron gave piece of C'tan shard in form of necklace -Tau sent a book with teachings about the greater good and blanket -Adeptus mechanicus gave the boy small mechanised figure of techpriest with sacred oils and instructions how to bless it and blanket made of microfiber... also toaster... -Surprisingly tyranids also sent something, a suspicious friendly hormagaut... doesn't seem to be connect to hive mind -Slaanesh was driven crazy from all this kindness and happiness in the warp so she have given him his mom's spirit stone and some kickass noise marine guitar -khorne didn't want to be worse than Slanesh so he also sent something, a jars of blood and chain axe -Tzeench didn't know what the chaos is going on but joined in and sent scroll full of riddles -Nurgle didn't want to be worse than Tzeench so he sent planta from his garden emitting green glow and Nurgling as a pet After that eldar made airlock off-limits Blanket rating tests on friday

[@westero7796]

We need one for each imperial guard and space marine chapter

[@danielhandika8767]

A fucking c'tan shard

[@keyushraken9166]

@@westero7796 The Blood Ravens Would give many blankets, noting that they were all gifts from all the chapters.

[@Your_Average_Warlord_Titan]

Omg this is so wholesome, Ima comment so I can see this again

[@westero7796]

@@keyushraken9166 I bet they stole them, I BET

[@johngobble]

the emperor isn’t a god he just grants wishes….which makes me him a GENIE!!!

[@kaden-sd6vb]

---patrick star

[@flokistormborn4599]

I saw this comic many moons ago and I'm glad that they finished it but I still think it would be funny as hell if the TTS emperor answered this letter himself

[@ryankolick4117]

Yes!!!! Someone get Alfa to see this

[@darthmeta6445]

@@ryankolick4117 The only problem with that is that I can’t see Alfa doing anything so wholesome as this comic.

[@marwick1413]

@@darthmeta6445 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJKvdK2th8aWaMk Don't know, Dorn and Boy seem pretty wholesome here.

[@ryankolick4117]

@@darthmeta6445 i see your argument and raise you Boy

[@richitunder7997]

TTS emps would Just probably send dorn to give the kid a stern no

[@Hawkens4k]

Well they are at an uneasy alliance so maybe not heretical? Now I want to see if this kind of letter reaches the emperor in tts.

[@ctb3335]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Aeldarii are probably the xenos race that the Imperium hates the least (not that it says much lol), so maybe a more radical Inquisitor would take pity on the kid and carry out his wishes (or at the very least, did it as a sign of goodwill to try and ease tensions a bit). Probably got dunked in phosphex right after for suffering the xeno to not only live but be happy, but martyrdom comes in many different forms. Besides I think the Craftworld would be grateful for the new member of the local Infinity Circuit.

[@scottland8698]

@@ctb3335 ......personally I’d think they’d hate tyrannids the least. Sure they’re a bigger threat in every way but at least they don’t act like they’re the best despite getting us into this whole mess. And anyone with a superiority complex utterly despises someone with an even bigger superiority complex

[@theandromedaeffect979]

@@scottland8698 Wdym “they’d hate the tyranids the least” the tyranids literally wiped out most of the ultra marines- honestly I think tyranids are one of the xenos that the imperium hates the most

[@scottland8698]

@@theandromedaeffect979 well, say what you will about thr tyranids at least they don’t have an ideology other then “hungry” whereas the eldar seem to think they’re still their still the best thing ever, despite being on the slow road to extinction and being solely responsible for it. Hell they act as if they’ll return to prominence and treat mankind as if they are just a tool for that ends, while also treating them with infinite contempt. I don’t know about you but when someone weaker then me insists they are outsmarting me at every turn and every action I take is part of their plan to defeat me and return them to a place of power, I feel a bit more hate then “bug that eats everything” But then again I am actively prejudiced against elves in every setting that isn’t the North Pole so to each their own

[@seekingabsolution1907]

@@ctb3335 I dont know, most Eldar factions have pretty much the same attitude towards other species that the imperium does so I would say the Imperium still has the best relations with the Tau since they are far more eager to compromise for mutual gain. That said the imperium might prefer the Eldar simply because they look more like humans and the imperium is impractical and shallow like that.

[@antisga]

Imagine, years into the future, Anthan and other similar children like him/her make up an entire warhost and fought side by side with the Imperium. Then, on some barren hellscape about to be overrun by Orks, a squad of Imperial Guard fight desperately to stand their ground. Then, from out of the smoke-choked sky, a cohort of Wailing Banshees and Wraithlords come in from the other side as if working together with the Orks to finish off the Guard once and for all. Then, against all hope, one of the Bashees screams, "For the Emperor!" As they lead the charge, cutting a bloody swathe through the greenskin tide as fiercely as any Space Marine. What a sight that would be.

[@kperson2371]

That's so beautiful I legit teared up

[@SkitariusNoKD]

The kid seems a bit older when he receives the gift, that means the inquisitor spent years searching for his mother's spiritstone and the craftworld to give the present.

[@sexmachine0732]

potentially even decades, because i don't know the rate at which eldar mature

[@NorthernNorthdude91749]

@@sexmachine0732 One year for an Eldar is between thirty and fifty years for a Human.

[@crso6830]

@@sexmachine0732 Interesting name for a Warhammer fan

[@MothSignal]

the emperor willed the letter to go to the one person with access to the soul stone and a heart to actually feel pity on the child xeno.

[@LowbrowDeluxe]

I kinda wish the 2nd part had been the Angry Marines. Imagine them rampaging through an Ork-overrun Eldar site only to pick up a single spirit stone, then breaking a heretical forgeworld just to tear down it's flag, and then delivering them both, practically vibrating with the restraint not to curse or fight, refusing to engage with the xeno scum and just delivering them and leaving. And then it cuts away showing that was all a flashback showing the letter framed and mounted on a wall as some Inquisitor is demanding to know why this xeno heresy is in a place of honor in their chapel and a bunch of rowdy cussing Angry Marines suddenly get real real quiet and intense and the Inquisitor stutters his way through "ah, well...the God Emperor protects all of the faithful." followed by a chorus of "fuck yeah"s from the marines.

[@gigabeep1150]

This is now my headcannon and nobody can change that.

[@michelveilleux1275]

I love this more then I should.🤣👌

[@whosthere8658]

@@gigabeep1150 legit was about to type that

[@Briselance]

@@gigabeep1150 I shall follow you in this.

[@CarvinesIre]

There's two versions of this that I came up with off the top of my head. One: There's a commotion in the hall as a portal suddenly tears through space, cutting through dimensions like butter. A feminine figure, some kind of modified rubrik, ceramite and painted with the colors of the craftworld, stumbles through before hitting the ground. It lays motionless, for a moment, but eventually begins to rise, before looking around. It spots the young man, its visor almost staring at him. A moment later, it opens her arms and cries in a robotic voice "Son!". In the direct center of the chest plate is a stone he's seen a thousand times before. His mother's spirit stone, finally returned home. Two: The thunder cracks, the sky pours open, and the sound of hell comes roaring in. A troop of scorch armored marines approach the boy, shrugging off blaster fire but making no move to return it. The leader, bearing an ashen battle-standard, approaches the boy and hands him a stone. The fire coming from his armor warms his heart, and does not scald his skin. As silent as the grave, they turn to walk away. The boy grabs the hand of the leader, and says "Thank you, sir. The Emperor Protects". The marine salutes, then disappears into the shade.

[@Esowolf]

This is wholesome

[@DerWaffel]

I absolutely love the idea of the goddamn LEGION OF THE DAMNED just popping in to drop off a soulstone.

[@endercryptid8431]

A Rubrik? Like a Rubric Marine?

[@CarvinesIre]

@@endercryptid8431 I may have misspelled, but ye. That.

[@endercryptid8431]

@@CarvinesIrelol cool. Here’s hoping it’s not a Thousand Sons Rubric XD

[@nielsebbesen7821]

So, was I the first to notice how Anthem's father still cares for him, in wrapping him in the blanket?

[@tristanband4003]

Of course. That's his bloody kid, and eldar treasure their children for they have so few.

[@thereprehensible435]

In the grimdark and brutal future, the only thing that will protect us all from the clutches of chaos and indoctrintion by the xenos' cruel ways... Is to show our brightly-burning humanity. Compassion, empathy and fatherly love; Uplift the lesser races and fight against that which seeks to destroy and corrupt.

[@StarboyXL9]

To be honest, if an attempt at an alliance with the Eldar, a true alliance and not just "lets not kill each other until all our mutual enemies are dead" fails because of Eldar treachery, that would fully and completely justify their total extermination. They were given one last chance, despite everything they had done, and they fucked up.

[@venom0825]

Nahhhhhh, let the galaxy burn.

[@devildevious2646]

FOR THE GREATER GOOD

[@royalanempire2965]

By the maker this is wholesome.

[@geoffreyhaner9115]

By the Emperor, you filthy heretic

[@ragingsalamanderstudios7278]

@@geoffreyhaner9115 um...I hate to break it to you but...turns out the whole, "the emperor of man is a god" thing was actually a cruel joke made by logar...I know it's hard to... you know... take in the fact that something you'd been told your whole life is a lie...but at least..well...*speaking fast* oh dear it seems my warpdroid is acting up again must be a warp storm or something oh well good lu-

[@geoffreyhaner9115]

...

[@geoffreyhaner9115]

...

[@geoffreyhaner9115]

... heresy?

[@arthurquiliao2675]

Imagine the restored Emper barging into a craftsworld and saying: "WHERE IS ANTHAM AND MY MILLION HUGS?"

[@phantomwraith1984]

If this is heresy then I don't want to be a loyalist. That poor little Eldar boy believed in the Emperor's light, and he got his wish fulfilled. The Emperor Protects all who believe in him.

[@deusexvesania1702]

I was expecting the entire craftworld to get nuked out of existence and, by The God-Emperor, I would've been quite pissed. But this... This made my heart melt like a Meltagun.

[@jackreid2664]

I'm actually crying a little bit

[@Sh1tbagActual]

This warms my heart more than an overcharged that plasma gun on a roll of 1.

[@coriusfarinprimarchofthese7007]

Nah, the Craftworld was safe. The Imperium doesn't fuck with those.

[@godemperorofmankind129]

Ho ho ho Merry Sanguinala

[@Baba-rv2uf]

Green is the best color

[@boneman-calciumenjoyer8290]

*And so the god-emperor of mankind flew away on his golden throne, to bring gifts to all the other good children of the imperium and beyond.*

[@ragnerschwarzmane3412]

To the good children ration bars, to the bad virus bombs.

[@perturabo149]

@@Baba-rv2uf thanks

[@Baba-rv2uf]

@@perturabo149 THAT WAS A STATEMENT NOT A COMPLIMENT

[@Honsanmai]

there is something wholesome in the way this comment section bickers about how each faction would react to the letter and what gifts they would send.

[@Hal0_The_Synth]

Imagine if the orks got it. "Oi ya gitz der is diz lil pointy eared git wantz zome tings..'ring out da....zanta boyz"

[@boneman-calciumenjoyer8290]

Great now I can't get GiftBoss Zanta out of my head, you damn madman!

[@Hal0_The_Synth]

@@boneman-calciumenjoyer8290 🎶 'Ingle bellz 'Ingle bellz worgin oll da way!🎶

[@thereprehensible435]

*ZANTA BOOOOOOOYYYZ!*

[@neros1277]

There is already a ork tooth fairy So they can do santander too

[@fenrirunshackled4319]

The boy gets a giant blanket, a box of teef, and an ordinary rock that the orks believed hard enough was his mother's soul stone so now it is

[@spencerpootis5453]

Even within the most dark, rotten, twisted, and heartless institutions of the imperium of man. The small light of human kindness still flickers in defiance. Hope for this grim dark future

[@valeriandamoclesmarcellus8756]

Couldn't have said it better myself Sincerely: -Valerian Damocles Marcellus. -Ordo Hereticus. -Imperial Inquisition. *_____________________* *-=][=-* *______________________*

[@thereprehensible435]

Can't fight fire with fire. To stem hatred and immorality, the love and guidance of a father is required. Praise Emprah.

[@turkoositerapsidi]

Greater Good is the path to all that is nice, just join it and be happy.

[@patriot17764th]

I like it, shows it always is there somehow.

[@thebighurt2495]

In the words of Sebastian Thor: "Dammit, people, stop being douchebags."

[@Koppu1doragon]

"Okay, that's really fucking wholesome so just this one time." "But FATHER they're filthy xenos!" "Yes, Magnus but if you think about it, if I can get them to perform rituals for me I will get stronger." "Fine but how would you actually do it?" "I'll just make sure the one guy that'd actually do it finds the letter."

[@magnusthered4946]

They dint help me yet in that ritual yet father

[@ZetsubouGintama]

I want to see how Dorn and Kitten comment the letter.

[@Nobody_In_Particular]

@@magnusthered4946 it only works with people who have two eyes and a working spine

[@sebastianschoefl]

@@Nobody_In_Particular I think Magnus needs to see an Apothecari after that burn

[@Nobody_In_Particular]

​@@sebastianschoefl the funniest thing is i regret not involving lemon russ on it and its still just as hot

[@venerablebrothergoriate5844]

*[muffled thump]* Me: “Adept...” Techpriest: “Is there a problem, Ancient?” Me: “Did... did one of my hearts just... beat?” Techpriest: “It would appear so, Lord.” Me: “Huh...”

[@venerablebrothergoriate5844]

@Soviet Biscuit first time in over 200 years.

[@techpriestalex8730]

I could fix that for you

[@patriot17764th]

yep!

[@boxtank5288]

@@techpriestalex8730 You back off Heretek!

[@tyberostheredwake6153]

*Well that's strange, mine too beated*

[@strangerdanger2147]

You know the phrase: “There’s always a little light in the Darkness.” I guess no matter what in universe it is, it’s always true.

[@kaiserofkush]

In the 40k universe, that light is Emper. Antha's pen pal, and the god king of mankind.

[@Observer29830]

Kudos for Imperial Mail Service for delivering things even to eldar craftworlds. Take notes, Amazon.

[@deathinator546]

We don't know when it will get to you due to the warp, but by the Emperor we will get it to you, or your next of kin.

[@egorwarpduster9792]

This kid is TOO GOOD to be in the Warhammer 40K universe.

[@thereprehensible435]

Children are innocent, no matter the race.

[@idkusernameeggatron4652]

@@thereprehensible435 correction in warhammer 40k eldar children never develop a sense of morality. That's why they don't have it when they grow up. In other words eldar kids are just eldar adults but smaller and dumber. Willing to murder just as much.

[@Titan360]

@@idkusernameeggatron4652 Then what's the difference between the DARK eldar and the not-dark kind?

[@idkusernameeggatron4652]

@@Titan360 one needs suffering to survive and the other doesn't care about torturing people and avoids it cause pain would mean slaanesh gets closer to eating their souls

[@idkusernameeggatron4652]

@@Titan360 doing more research it turns out it's possible certain eldar are different. For example expedite eldar are basically humans but tribal and nicer. For exammple a eldar child weeps when she sees her family get killed by vulkan and tries to put her hands up. (Before getting lit on fire) Now from what I can gather eldar range in morality. The craftworld eldar are somewhat humane but must be inhumane to remain sane ish.

[@lukasd.4389]

This hits so god damm hard. My mom died when i was young. I hope she is happy where she is. My dad isn't a wraithlord, but i try to keep his heart as warm as i can. Jesus, why am i hurt by an eldar of all things, im 22

[@theorcamafia]

I hope she found peace in the afterlife. If you're spiritual I believe she's with God now if that helps.

[@JasuchinFaron]

The Imperium has no great love for the Eldar...but among the cruel and hostile stars, they are the closest to kin to Humanity, not only in looks but in their minds and souls too.

[@natalie6811]

I was holding my breath the entire time expecting doom for the child as this is 40k we’re talking about.

[@zenthedying91]

same here as well.

[@rdzpyrex1086]

.... jedinate?

[@HurremDurrem]

The spirit stone actually has a trapped daemon

[@Elmithian]

Maybe there is a bomb underneath the blanket?

[@boneman-calciumenjoyer8290]

To be fair, the inquisitor probably had to murder a civilization or two to get that specific spiritstone...

[@boneman-calciumenjoyer8290]

*sniff* "Hey, Narik, how hard would it be to persuade the warsmith to start a raid into the eye of terror, to wrestle an elder soul away from Slaanesh?" *sniff* "I'm asking for a friend..." "No I'm not crying, it's just the cybernetic eye acting up!"

[@williamdx92]

Better call guilliman, his eldar girlfriend would help us with this raid. :v

[@boneman-calciumenjoyer8290]

@@williamdx92 Na, I would rather trust the iron warriors, than the vanilla primarch and his eldar waifu.

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

Depends, are we willing to make a deal with the Khornates and the Tzeenchians? If so, it'd be fairly easy, and might even be worthwhile (a large-scale raid on she who thirsts would strengthen the other chaos gods, but would weaken the forces of chaos, at least for a few years. It may even lessen the burden on the God Emperor, especially if we could convince the Eldar that it was his hand which freed their souls). If we aren't willing to do that, then I'm afraid that the mission would be as suicidal as ignoring all xenos threats for a century.

[@boneman-calciumenjoyer8290]

@@theapexsurvivor9538 well, the name Narik is "Olympian" and a warsmith is a high ranking member of the Iron Warriors, so there will be neither emperor bothering nor chaos shenanigans, just blunt and stupid artillery. "Get into the basilisk boys, we're going on a trip!"

[@amandeepgill5206]

"Well milord, it's not gonna be easy. We need someone who is really willing to-" "Hold up I got just the guys." *meanwhile in the eye of terra* Slaaneshi demon: Y'all here sum'n? Other slaaneshi demon: No. Slaaneshi demon: Just checkin. ... WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@didierpelupessy]

I just immagine how that box was delivered. Middle of a battlefield some Deathwatch operatives pull a single Eldar from the field. All his friends are dead and he’s fearing the worst when the sergeant just slams a box down and goes “So there’s this kid...”

[@goldendash1527]

"You better take it to him now. Or we will tear out your guts and change our mind. Got it?"

[@ThePigKnight]

Probably an Ordo Malleus Inquisitor. They work with Eldar a lot and have Grey Knights secure and return soulstones.

[@schizosamurai8840]

Smart very smart "Emperor protects the faithful" Combine this message with the gift the inquisitor send and coldness craftworld eldar often display and you get a brand new, young convert to the imperial creed. New convert who will doubtless tell about the generous gift he got from the great emperor to his fellow children.

[@thatshowitroll]

I imagine him to lead a new faction of Imperial Eldar

[@explore7891]

By the omnissiah this is so wholesome...it almost makes me not want to use my toaster...almost

[@orrorsaness5942]

The emperor is best omnimessiah! Better than that Void Dragon for sure!

[@V1_Ultrakiller]

Let's give them a toaster, what do you say?

[@orrorsaness5942]

@@V1_Ultrakiller Yeah... agreed!

[@EgoEroTergum]

@@V1_Ultrakiller Give... toaster.... Kay, let's not go nuts here.

[@jonathanhamilton6190]

Hey sorry Mars just got deleted after the custodian battle

[@zayl777]

The drawing of that poor boy trying to warm his dad who feels constantly cold, by sleeping on the metal arms of the robot his dad's soul was put in... Man, that hit hard ;_;

[@dingledingus]

Finally, something wholesome from 40K. When I saw that dude crumple the letter I was ready to accept it as another 40K comic ending on a low note but I'm glad it continued and ended like it did. Genuinely heart-warming stuff.

[@rokkraljkolesa9317]

as the top comment put it: the inquisitor realized that the reason the letter even made it to him must have been His will

[@SWATDRUMMUH]

even in the grim darkness of total war, there must be some hope

[@justadogobeingdogo5766]

I wouldn’t say hope but maybe a little... kindness. Or as the TTS Emperor would say, “Some common f*€king decency.”

[@Dreadflyer93361]

For grim darkness to be achieved, there must exist at least some hope among the 'protagonist' in the galaxy. Hope is necessary, so that it may be shattered at the last moment, and allow the various pawns of the galaxy to realize the futility of it all at the last moment. Such can be seen in mankind's belief that Gulliman and the new Primaris Marines can turn it around for the Imperium, Or for the Eldar that Ynnead can be awoken and save their souls from She Who Thirst. Yet in the end, these hopes shall be for naught, as our so-called heroes watch the fruits of their labor fail around them, and their spirits break as the galaxy shatters around them. Everything they had fought for, sacrificed SO MUCH for, was all in vain. They did not even manage to delay their fates, as they and the entire galaxy are either consumed in the fires of the immaterium, or by the horror that comes from the void between galaxies.

[@mrsnippysnoopa8300]

@@Dreadflyer93361 dude, you are thinking way too hard about a setting ripping off nearly every single sci fi movies and books of the 60s/80s

[@Dreadflyer93361]

@@mrsnippysnoopa8300 fair enough

[@bconneau658]

There must be hope to crush for true despair to exist

[@bad_to_worse8589]

Honestly though, imagine if a Salamander had found that instead. Pros : A million hugs. Cons : Eldar child. What.. to do... (Edit : My dumbass just realized I spelled Salamander wrong the first time. So yay! Me!)

[@anonguy772]

They're total bros and it's a child, they *might* be able to overlook the Eldar part if there's no other Eldar around

[@bad_to_worse8589]

@@anonguy772 Yea, that's a possibility. They might do that.

[@perturabo149]

@@anonguy772 i killed a eldar child with fire ... so if i did that,imagine the rest

[@keatonliluye271]

@@perturabo149 douse self in Prometheum before hugging eldar child. Burn heresy AND hug adorable child-friend.

[@perturabo149]

@@keatonliluye271 good idea,i shall do it sense i can survive that bullshit

[@Become-Eggplant]

What people tend to forget, is that the Grey Knights have a friendly neutral relationship with the eldar, and are willing to give them Soul stones theyve collected. The mutual trust is built on screwing Slannesh over.

[@crso6830]

Fuck em' chaos gods

[@SoulSoundMuisc]

Inquisito: Captain Exeter. The God Emperor of Mankind has a job for you... *hands note over for review* Captain Exeter: *sniffling under helmet* "F-... For those we Cherish. We die in g-lory."

[@TheShadowwarrior80]

Don't send the lemantors, there's a good chance that they'll all die and the soulstone get a destroyed. They don't deserve such a thing happening to them. But I'll admit that they deserve all the hugs that they can get.

[@Lyzokiel]

I like to think that since the Imperium and the Eldar are in a fragile alliance, this inquisitor did it to "better'' relations or something.

[@aleksanderf4672]

Honestly it's more of a very temporary and very fragile 'cease fire'. And not everyone gets the memo. Imperial or Eldar alike.

[@TheBayzent]

@@aleksanderf4672 No, they are actively cooperating, ceasefire is what they had before, but now they program campaigns together more often than not, because the Ynnari got the Asur memo that Humanity is the best bullet sponge.

[@vothbetilia4862]

@@TheBayzent "Best bullet sponge" is that even a good thing?

[@patriot17764th]

exactly

[@beefyblom]

@@vothbetilia4862 The guard would be proud to be called that

[@michaeltauscher01]

I need this in TTS. Like real big E replying to a eldar child like he would speak to dorn

[@AsuraBoss]

Condescendingly and generally disrespectfully?

[@override367]

TTS Emps would cuddle and be nice to this child specifically to make a point about how good of a father he is to his various broken children

[@michaeltauscher01]

@@override367 No. That wouldnt be TTS-E. He would be like with Dorn at max as he is still a self obsessed asshole. But as it is a child wich hasn't been negative towards the Imperium he would be like the Tau but Craft-Eldar actually ise melee

[@caijuu7775]

The most miraculous part of this is the Imperium recovering a tiny, sealed scroll in the functionally infinite emptiness of deep space. Horus is more likely to come back and personally apologize to the Emperor than you are to randomly bump into something that small in a space that large

[@westero7796]

It was the God emperors will

[@TheWarriorofHonor]

something even more unlikely happened...it landed in the hands of an *Inquisitor*....who gave a shit o.o ...i mean it is more likely you see Angron teaching some Zen Buddism!

[@LucianCanad]

I would have liked to see a frame with the letter in the void being picked up by someone like Saint Celestine or the Sanguinor. SOO WHOLESOME

[@commissarkilroyvonlatwick6996]

By the Emperor this might make me a heretic but give this xenos his gift.

[@justadogobeingdogo5766]

It has nothing to do with chaos and it’s only *one* xeno... I think we can let this slide... just once.

[@valeriandamoclesmarcellus8756]

@@justadogobeingdogo5766 I agree, I think we Can, let this one slide Sincerely: -Valerian Damocles Marcellus. -Ordo Hereticus. -Imperial Inquisition. *_____________________* *-=][=-* *______________________*

[@leander2843]

Agreed Sir, i would be honored to deliver those Gifts in the Name of the emperor.

[@perturabo149]

i might hate eldar,but its one kid

[@commissarkilroyvonlatwick6996]

@@perturabo149 Lord Vulkan an honor to hear that you've seen my report.

[@pyrowocatyaboi43]

God that was wholesome

[@hadesdogs4366]

Don’t you mean emperor That was wholesome

[@holstatt6896]

One of the things i like about the 40k fandom is their aggressive insertion of love and compassion into a setting that actively tries to kill those off. Good comic.

[@TimeCircleBlue]

Thanks for summing that up. I love it too.

[@trevorvanderputten7430]

It's deepest irony, no matter the brutal grimdark horrors of Warhammer 40K, it's literally incapable of stopping us from weaving even the smallest bits of light and hope into that vast ocean of darkness and despair.

[@EmporerOfMankind40k]

That’s it! Pack the Bucephalus and bring me my Golden Armor I have presents to deliver!

[@perturabo149]

father,you are in the fucking golden throne,how the fuck you gonna get out of there

[@EmporerOfMankind40k]

@@perturabo149 I am the mother fucking Emperor Vulkan I always find a way.

[@perturabo149]

@@EmporerOfMankind40k at least it isnt horus with his ability to fuck everything up

[@EmporerOfMankind40k]

@@perturabo149 Oh do not get me started on Horus. Anyway, how is your brother Corvus doing? Last I heard you two were on a Bro Trip.

[@perturabo149]

@@EmporerOfMankind40k im not tts vulkan,if i was i would just "teleport", die in a random toilet and hug every custodian in reach to only then try to hug you even though you are in the golden throne and etc... that is about it really

[@quinncykaluzniak5429]

A lesser man would not show compassion... NO MAN IS LESS THAN ANOTHER IN THE EMPIRE OF MAN!

[@artathazuris]

Unless said man is the emperor of mankind

[@thereprehensible435]

Only the strong may possess compassion, for it take s such strength to defend that for which they hold hope. In the grimdark future the strength of one's will, humanity and love is all that stands between them and the unreasonable, ruthless forces of evil. To defeat such, one must likewise be unwavering as they fight back their foes and have the character to know whom to spare. Any fool can pull a trigger... It takes a wiser, kinder man to make the right choice; even if it means a life spent to ensure that choice remains unspoiled.

[@kanalithviper4744]

I can just see Vulkan conflicted about an unburnt Eldar child promising his father a million hugs...

[@anonguy772]

Vulkan: It's a child... But it's an Eldar! But hugs... But it's an Eldar! But wholesome! But it's an Eldar! WHAT DO I DOOOOOO-

[@perturabo149]

guys,you know what happened last time right ?

[@user-ew5wg8ty8b]

Vulkan: must... hug but must... kill eldar (screams of pain as his head explodes from confusion) Salamanders: Vulkan is DEAD! Vulkan: (comes back to life) MUST HUG! (Runs of to find soul stone) Salamanders: Vulkan lives! Stomp stomp stomp

[@perturabo149]

@@user-ew5wg8ty8b somewhat accurate

[@TheShadowwarrior80]

Corvus: Damn it!

[@mabimabi212]

Ngl "You're really magic" is the best description for the Emperor.

[@michelveilleux1275]

Big E: I felt that from all the way on Terra!

[@XxSoraMifunexX]

"I promise ill give you a million hugs" *Vulcan would like to know your location.*

[@perturabo149]

the problem is errrrr so

[@psychicmane7636]

@@perturabo149 that you murdered the shit out of an eldar child that asked for mercy and didn’t pose any threat yeah I get it

[@perturabo149]

@@psychicmane7636 exactly

[@psychicmane7636]

@@perturabo149 I mean fuck eldar they call humans primitive and the entire reason their empire fell is because they could not control their primitive desires the longest spanning empire fell because they where murderfucking too much if that is not primitive what is

[@justadogobeingdogo5766]

Even in the grim dark future of the 41st millennium, where there is only war.... Small acts of kindness can still be achieved. For kindness is idea, not easily killed.

[@justadogobeingdogo5766]

@Bla Blaahb why you dew dis!?!?

[@justadogobeingdogo5766]

@Bla Blaahb ...you do realize that the Emperor ok’ed the wish of this young xeno to come true correct...

[@justadogobeingdogo5766]

@Bla Blaahb My fellow imperial do you not see our Emperor’s genius!? We shall “Educate” the younger xenos to show that they may achieve their aspirations, not matter how impossible they may seem, by severing the Imperium. We will use them a tools to fend off the ruinous powers and further mankind to our ultimate goal of ruling the stars. The elder live by Serving us and we rule that galaxy in peace. Further more they can be invaluable in finding and weeding those foul dark Eldar! Do you see now our Emperor’s most Holy and Genius plan?

[@gamechanger8908]

Vulkan agrees.

[@justadogobeingdogo5766]

@@gamechanger8908 he should out of sheer guilt for burning that Eldar child alive.

[@lilmichaeltaylor546]

I can't be the only one that thought that their little craftworld was gonna be invaded because of that letter, right? Space marines, guardsman, something? Not disappointed, just surprised.

[@shaunmoreau5081]

The Mechanicus occasionally raid craftworlds for technology Think Vikings but autistic Robo cultists out to steal your space toaster

[@Velgar_Grim]

@@shaunmoreau5081 Ahem! Return the noble toaster of definite human origin to the folds of the greater Imperium, meaning mostly some Mechanicus depot where it sits until the Fabricator Generals can truly agree it was indeed of human and not of xenos origin. Please report to your closest Commissar or Mechanicus representative of similar rank, they'll want to have a word with you.

[@StarboyXL9]

@@shaunmoreau5081 So 4chan with cyberdongs

[@alexkatc59]

- Why are we all here Captain? - Shut'up, just find this pebble already. Noone says that Emperor is deaf to prayers.

[@seanturner1197]

100 years later, there is suddenly a religious movement of eldar youths who worship the emperor of mankind as their deity. Another costly victory for the imperium.

[@johnathanstephenson8107]

Wholesome and kind. It's all the more powerful because of the grimdark. And the grimdark is more grim and dark because something this wholesome can be a possible outcome.

[@thehavoccompany-a3]

A truth that edgelords with high school levels of angst and immaturity tend to forget. Good cannot exist without the possibility of Evil, and Evil cannot exist without the possibility of Good.

[@Bl1tzkn1ght]

It's good to have some wholesomeness in the dark future sometimes.

[@emperornero1932]

Can you imagine the fucking inquisition paired with Grey knights and sisters of battle kicking the orkz teeth in or purging half a planet of tyranids just to grab a spirit stone

[@billdavis114]

As a long time warhammer fan this is deadass the most wholesome thing I have ever seen about this grim-dark world, may the God emperor ever protect the soul who made this a thing.

[@CaptUnstoppable]

I was just waiting for the TTS Emperor to respond

[@kevlonk]

EMPEROR: *SOBSOBSOBSOBSOBSOBSOBSOB* CUSTODES (getting rained on by psychically-manifested tears) "Oh no, not again."

[@somedudewithsomememes2035]

rogal send this poor child a gift right fucking now gogogogoggoggogo

[@MechaMario64]

My heart The eldar are at least tolerated under an alliance rn, if an uneasy one, but this brings a smile to my face knowing there's a chance it could happen.

[@mullerpotgieter]

In all fairness, it would be like us joining forces with armed apes. Our views of each other are wholly incomparable. But both can agree the Necron needs a good curb stomping

[@mullerpotgieter]

@Black Cat Rapture It always comes down to alliances of convenience. The Imperium is a rabid dog, but its also a bulwark against a host of other, far worse nasties. Nids, orks, necrons, the list goes on. The moment the situation would become more beneficial otherwise, somebody's getting a bolter to the pointy ears

[@StarboyXL9]

@@mullerpotgieter Humanity needs to submit to Necron rule, its the only salvation!

[@starliner2498]

@@StarboyXL9 You need to submit yourself to a bolter, HERETIC!

[@sdobitoo]

I have this video is my suicide prevention playlist Cause sometimes you feel like you need to cry and you can't. This video gets me every time

[@burningxspirits5088]

Emperor reads note “THAT’S IT F@CK THIS CHAIR!” A violent golden aura overtakes Tera as Big E stands up and without a word runs into space while screaming “I NEED THOSE HUGS!” Astartes as a tear leaves there eye: “It’s a sanguinala miracle“ Citizens of Tera “OH GOD-EMPEROR OUR EYES THEY BUUUURN!”

[@sytrosianoverlord9026]

If the emperor read this he would’ve had a waterfall of tears coming out of his eyes

[@TheBayzent]

He can't produce tears, man got literally no moisture

[@Nobody_In_Particular]

@@TheBayzent lementers

[@neros1277]

*eye sockets

[@septicsauce322]

Why is there an Evesor attacking onions? Tell him to stop, pls. He's already destroyed so many.

[@slywitt_the_cold1108]

Eldar returned his letter with a reply. I am drawing similarities between George Washington recovering, and returning his enemy general, his foes dog.