EMPEROR OF MANKIND LORE ORIGIN

EMPEROR OF MANKIND LORE ORIGIN

[@magnaquam]

Baldemort has quickly become my favorite 40k Loremaster.

[@lausiusfreesoul]

same XD

[@invictus_1245]

Same he's competing with lutin for me, I like his theatrics and exserpts from the novels.

[@ChillAssTurtle]

Yes.

[@Diomedes_XXII]

Tell me about it. He is so infectious with his storytelling and enthusiasm it's amazing. if you all agree with me please like subscribe hit the Bell cuz it's important and most of all share it on your Facebook even if no one's going to look at it share it please

[@qigonglungz]

Yeah, this man bleeds Grim Dark...

[@riktor3005]

I can't tell which one has the more horrible fate, the psykers sacrificed for the emperor - or the emperor himself, having been made ultimately into everything he despises and trapped in undeath.

[@baldermort]

Riktor it’s ALL horrific. Love it. Grim as dark can get. :).

[@daviddunn4922]

I believe he would hate the world that has formed after the events of the heresy. But the last priest of Terra did warn him this would happen as it’s human nature..

[@leeboy26]

Nagash, whispering across time and space- 'Even I think that's too much'

[@TKUltra971]

To be 100% honest i feel that this was the plans of the dark gods all along. They never really wanted to 'win' the HH. IF they did the universe becomes a giant eye of terror basically/more or less and its just a mirror of the warp - IE the great game. But to have the emperor chained to his throne, and have his subjects struggle with the darkness that is 40k generation after generation? They would feed greatly off of that - and after all that's what warp gods do. They want to be believed in, prayed to, feared, acknowledged. They could never kill the Emperor - especially after his visit to them and the powers he was granted many fold so they did the next best thing. Where there is total victory - there is no war but a form of 'peace' no matter how horrid. They lose power during these times. Just my head canon.

[@ozentheimmortal9859]

This is 40K ,the hard truth ,His Son Horus Betrayed him his brothers!! And it keeps getting worse!!

[@baldermort]

OK, this is an attempt at a slightly different style this time round. If it works out, then we can expect more of the same in this run, if its good. Never judge your own work, they say, or I would never release an entry. :) Sorry for the delay and I hope you like it. Obilgatory patreon link: www.patreon.com/join/3510517

[@richardcook7530]

Would you please do a deathwatch one please please

[@Entropy_VS_Clarity]

In my personal opinion I do like the way the narrative was. Only in the wildest parts of my imagination have I dreamt of a people with their own traditions looking into the imperium of man from a different lens. It was without a doubt captivating.

[@VoidAspect]

This is awesome, more of this please

[@blackholegenerator6831]

It is very very good in my humble opinion.

[@dimwitsixtytwelve]

fantastic work! one of the best emperor origin videos on youtube. so many just copy and paste from lexicanum, but you truly put the effort in to create character!

[@wclv1810]

"Howsit going gamers? It's ya boi E-money, coming at you live with my ten thousand psycher soul mukbang..."

[@justinrivera1618]

Damn, now I can’t just gloss over the sacrifice of 10,000 souls every day

[@AxelGB88]

I thought the same, it's easy when its just a number but when baldy gives just one of them a story its suddenly horrifying. Reminds me of a comment attributed to Stalin (paraphrasing) "one death is a tragedy, a million, a statistic".

[@ReaverLordTonus]

10,000 pigs are given the honor of being sacrificed everyday to sustain us with bacon, so really we're all the Emperor in a way.

[@desolation11]

To be fair, it's actually only 1000 psykers per day. Not 10,000.

[@Theloneous]

@@desolation11 There are a lot of people who say 10,000 as the number, because of the Golden Throne failing. I haven't been able to fact check that, but if you go online people throw all kinds of different sources around and a lot people agree about it. There could also be confusion between the number of sacrificed psykers to the Throne, and the trained psykers who "willing" power the Astronomican, of which about 100 die every day and need to be replaced.

[@desolation11]

@@Theloneous I'm only really going on what's written in the official fluff. Most codexes and stuff. But yeah. That's the beauty of 40k lore, eh?

[@rabidXmexijewX]

Ive never heard a description of the black ships or astranamicon like this its wonderful

[@baldermort]

rabid mexijew well, it’s just my view, but I hope it entertained. :).

[@rabidXmexijewX]

@@baldermort Keeping me sane in this quarantine

[@ffejpsycho]

Weird opinion of 'Wonderful', but to each their own... ; - p

[@rabidXmexijewX]

@@ffejpsycho all is wonderful in the emperors light!

[@llamaczech]

Don't think that was the Astronomican. Pretty sure they were the lot straight up fed to Big E. The Astronomican is run by 10,000 of the strongest psykers and is generally described as being filled with silver light.

[@JordonVirtue]

God I want the runaway success of this channel to just keep mounting. I'm so very impressed with your content Baldy.

[@mykelengieza7057]

This dude is the best...I want to start a movement to get Baldie on with GW and BL to be an author...like I want him to write lore and be canon...image a series of books on THADDEUS...and the White Scar and the eldar(drawing a blank on the red eagle and white tiger or whatever lol). But you get what I'm saying....

[@HenchmenNo616]

"Do remember that this is an *introduction only* " Praise the videos that really do get into the thick juicy details

[@MikiWarhammer40k]

Last time I was this early Baldemort had 2.5k subscribers. He's my favorite warhammer 40k lore guy.

[@baldermort]

Monika Kaizuka aye. You’ve always been there for us. Thank you. Hope you enjoy this one. :).

[@WizardJim]

Last time I was this early the shamans were still getting out the sacrificial knives.

[@ChillAssTurtle]

Nice XD

[@dundeelee7577]

Lol

[@apumcpepe9975]

in b4 someone says "They used poison"

[@rosstully5960]

Your opening stories are so incredible. Some of the most powerful storytelling in the entire setting. Your stories perfectly capture the essence and feeling of the setting. You capture the MOOD so much better than the Black Library writers. You are amazing

[@joshuathanopoulos7290]

what is the opening story?

[@ezequielmorales4221]

@@joshuathanopoulos7290 He writes them and it's a testament to this man's lore mastery.

[@constantin3886]

„Suicide is badass!“- Danny DeVito first of the psyker Shamans

[@windhamearl4544]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Ghost3210]

On holy terra born and raised. In the middle-east was where I spent most of my days. Chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool And all shootin some raiders outside of the school. When a couple of guys who were up to no good started making trouble in my neighborhood. I got in one little fight and my mentor got scared He said 'We're making some Thunder Warriors before you start your little unification of this world."

[@baldermort]

Xar'Azoth lol!!!!!!!!!!!

[@morgs456]

Under rated lol

[@amw5288]

That audio drama at the begining was truely powerfull. You truely have a way with words that paints the grim darkness. A fine intro to the master of terra, the most complex character in Warhammer. Interesting to see what the fully made god emperor will do in the 42nd millenia.

[@FuckoffgoogleGetDoxxed]

It reminded my of our current generation and the propaganda of these dark days. The females hatred only surpassed by khorne and slaanesh in their degenerate fever of corruption. The quota's and forced intergration and communists swarming the sky's like some tyrannid hive fleet. Darkness, darkness, they are coming.....

[@JeanLucCaptain]

personal head cannon but what he said about the emperor/tribes makes me think of BSG's Lord of Kobal, 13 Tribes of man. With Holy Terra Being the lost 13th tribe. hell of a coincidence? maybe these shamans were the Lords of Kobal?!

[@messithegoat7178]

@@FuckoffgoogleGetDoxxedCringe, truly the lowest of the low the dregs of society, no wonder why you type sit at the very bottom of male social hierarchy.

[@thewildcardperson]

@@messithegoat7178 lol he aint wrong tho go ahead and try and prove it wrong insults are the weapon of the ignorant

[@scarf459]

He definitely describe the real heaven. We all have to be sacrificed.

[@REX-gq6ur]

Rogal: "Father, are you familiar with the expression- "you are what you eat"?" Bones: "The fuck?" Rogal: "Seeing as you are behaving like an ever-growing pile of screaming psychic children." -TTS episode 23

[@papacheese6431]

He is behaving in such a manner, this is true

[@Lasershadow]

Bones: "Wow Rogal. Way to bring down the fucking hammer!"

[@ffejpsycho]

Fabius bile: "new man, eh?" *runs to the cloning vats*

[@TKUltra971]

Here's a question no one has ever answered. Instead of the black ships giving pyskers to the Throne, how about they just clone them? Then just put the rest into service after the binding ritual. Like get a good solid shipments of very good grade psykers then clone them. When the clones start to fail or the genetic templates needs a refresh repeat. That way you don't have to worry about the shipments and it can be a bit more humain---- I just made myself lol at that. Nevermind.

[@320466]

The reason is that clones in the warhammer 40k universe dont have a soul... So psykers would not have powers.. Who knowa nonetheless

[@TKUltra971]

@@320466 Explain belarus Cawl. Vat borne slaves are actually a thing. Cawl says he was created as one before his weird and absurd backstory. And if im not mistaken this is how space marine organs for new chapters are created when the high lords give the OK for their creation. May not be as long now with the raptor/primaris maker genesis vaults. IDK /nerd off

[@betchersgland7236]

@@TKUltra971 dunno about Cawl (and his lore can go fluff (hehe) itself really) but new astartes chapters are created with stored geneseed that all chapters are obligated to give to the Imperium every now and then. No cloning there.

[@TKUltra971]

@@betchersgland7236 no, new chapters made. total new chapters, made with gene seed from mars. Then they have to go through lobotomized slaves or clones to check stability. This lore hasn't changed so you're not totally wrong. warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Founding

[@lionz5594]

What a fantastic story to start off with. Most videos about the Emperor gloss over the fact he consumes psykers en masse, but here you've woven a horrifying, grimdark tale of what it must be like for those people to be dragged from their simple worlds and brought into the madness of the Imperium.

[@baldermort]

Lion z well, we’re a starter channel. So I thought the stories helped get into it. :).

[@citronm1405]

Read "Master of Mankind". The description of the first 1000 people captured and sacrificed to the Emperor is horrifying.

[@baldermort]

citronm1 I do need to make the time to do that ASAP. :(. It’s always just time. Curses. But a pleasure for the very near future. :).

[@citronm1405]

@@baldermort "Master of Mankind" is a "must read" for any WH40K fan. It gives the most information about the Emperor of any BL book. From his childhood, to the creation of what will be called the Custodies. The Thunder Warriors. His feelings toward the Primarchs. There is a scene where he asks one of his One Thousand (Custodes) what he sees that reminded me of a classic scene from the famous book "1984" by George Orwell. Read "1984" if you haven't already. The Emperor is Big Brother manifested.

[@baldermort]

citronm1 lol. Anyone seeing my Word Bearers video knows I’ve read 1984. A towering colossus of a work. :).

[@psychopompazire3078]

David Attenborough of Warhammer lol

[@oldbreed2572]

😂👍🏻

[@piotrd.4850]

Oh, you mean the guy who is Baldermort of nature and ant programmes?

[@Duppyman695]

Some call him Father, some call him A God others refer to him as The Arch hypocrite but All know him as The Emperor of mankind !

[@ChillAssTurtle]

Beloved by all!

[@Duppyman695]

Not quite All!

[@Kristian.B.Kristiansen]

Death to the False Emperor! ;)

[@heavyhebrew]

*racks arming rod of boltergun* Who here calls the Emperor of Mankind a hypocrite? Show yourself, face his Judgement!

[@Duppyman695]

Maybe one of the oldest debates within the 41st millennium, A God or just a Man, what ever your stance there's no denying the Power of the greatest psycher of all time!

[@awesomehpt8938]

He actually comes from a massive gold deposit on Terra

[@happyhammer1]

Dude you have the pefect voice for narrating 40k.

[@SuperGamerules]

Baldermorts God tier voice accompanied the chill down my spine upon the silent realization that upwards of 36.5 billion psykers souls were fed to the God Emperor and I felt the goosebumps on my flesh exactly at the 20th minute of this masterwork of a video. Im just binging these now, for sleep in the face of such brilliant storytelling and voice acting is trully heretical.

[@jadayaindigo7696]

46:40 - i have never been more frightened when told to have fun than this. *"Yes sir!"* - rushes off to find something fun to do...

[@fortheemperor9775]

I saw EMPEROR OF MANKIND and I was like hell yeah!

[@qigonglungz]

Yep!!!

[@qigonglungz]

To anyone that hasnt, I suggest reading "The Master of Mankind". I love a good Emp vid! I am one of the few who sympathize with the Emp. As long as he was alive, I think he had succeeded, failed, been the good guy, the bad guy, the tyrant, the benevolent, he'd been betrayed, he'd been a betrayer, a sorcerer, so many things... Who are any of us to really even fathom what a person that is self aware for thousands of years watching learning and studying his fellow humans behaviours... We aren't very trustworthy creatures, especially en masse... He learned his habits somewhere.... GW has a gold mine if they ever decide to educate us all on why the Emperor is the way he is... Everything else is just opinion, but I'm team Emp and I don't judge him because he is correct that ignorance of Chaos can keep it away... But he did a piss poor job of managing that fact... He kind just "let shit happen" and wrapping himself up in the Web Way project didn't exactly give him free time to implement a way to maybe ease one or two of his son's j to the idea of Chaos... I don't know, like I said, GW has an entire book series waiting to be written. Thanks Baldermort, your videos are entertaining, an like one of the other commentors said.... You are up there with Luetin... Luetin is top dog for quality and good research...!!! Keep it coming Baldermort it clears we are all happy with your vision man!

[@brigidtheirish]

Still judge him as a massive hypocrite who was ultimately wrong to hide the nature of the warp from humanity and especially his primarchs. See the Interex.

[@qigonglungz]

@Tip Top thanks for the tip... Aside from the other stuff I'm reading, gotta add it to the list!!!

[@qigonglungz]

@@brigidtheirish just finished the interex ordeal... That was a great story... I almost wished they had survived, their xeno inclusive society left me with a lot of new questions...

[@brigidtheirish]

@@qigonglungz Yeah, they got pretty thoroughly screwed over.

[@deltaturnip9247]

​​@brigidtheirish well chaos tempts people sure you can say not knowing about chaos is what caused several primarchs and people to fall or you can say that knowing about chaos is what drives people to worship it there is relly no right answer there. As for the Interex they were screwed over by Erebus who stole there chaos sword despite the fact that anyone sensible would have destroyed or locked away a chaos weapon instead of keeping it in a museum I always kind of though the Interex kind of sucked we don't relly get to see what there empire is like other than there on good terms with eldar despite the fact that the eldar see most humans as lesser beings and don't tend to associate with them.

[@ImBarryScottCSS]

The little detail of paths being worn into the marble was a pretty special piece of storytelling, really brings home the reality of the situation.

[@baldermort]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@f0i2ge12]

BIG E!!! Legend has it that Baldermort was the lone figure who stood between Horus and The Emperor. In honour of his sacrifice, they made him into the immortal servo skull we see now. Fantastic video, as always!

[@baldermort]

F0I2GE lol. Definitely not me. :). Just a servo skill. :). Thanks for listening brother Forge. :).

[@Aden_III]

You dare disrespect Sanguinius like that? 🤔

[@ikitclaw3299]

The narration has hit me in the feels hard, I'm not crying...just cutting onions, yeah that's it....onions

[@eduardojara6955]

Brother Ikit Claw, it is fine, but a necessary evil for the Emperor Of Mankind

[@sophiawilson8696]

@@eduardojara6955 tell that to Children and Villages.

[@Seshins]

I just want to add - that intro was truly something. As a story teller you have the gift (along with the narration).

[@theark4568]

I physically cannot comprehend how astonishingly fast your channel growth has been. It is honestly incredible. You definitely deserve it all and more some, however.

[@trajanfidelis1532]

Emperor be praised! You are doing good work brother Baldemort!

[@Jaeger_Bishop]

Once again Baldimort perfectly captures the scale and horror of the setting. This is NOT a universe you want to live in!

[@LilacMage]

Hell no. I never want to go there.

[@SarithenVol]

I don't know, man, being a Daemon Prince wouldn't be half bad, hahaha.

[@TheOneWhoShushes]

@@SarithenVol what you have to endure and go through to get there tho dear god!

[@candyman19891]

I wish you all a happy easter and thank you baldermort for the great evening entertainment!

[@baldermort]

Dave Franky happy Easter. :).

[@eaterofchickens5438]

Even as a corpse, his grimdark existence and it's effects on everything surrounding it... Monstrous, horrific, cosmically nightmarish. I love it. My Glorious Golden Overlord T-T

[@Wailmaker]

The horrors of War, the atrocities and tradegies. They are well known and an unwelcome companion. But this here, this frightens me. Repulsive. Great job Brother

[@baldermort]

iamDecaydence glad it was distracting brother. It is a grim dark setting. :).

[@matthewbennett1972]

iamDecaydence an entire empire dedicated to a psychic vampire.

[@matthewbennett1972]

Lord Admiral Spire LoL “BLAM” is that a technical term.

[@baldermort]

Matthew Bennett ricochets nearly took my eye out there, guys. :).

[@matthewbennett1972]

Baldermort's Guide to Warhammer I keep my refractor field at the ready

[@OnlyAson]

Baldermort, man, your stories consistently put shivers in my spine and water in my eyes. You breathe life into the lore of Warhammer!

[@Maverick5588]

Damn, first off this was absolutely amazing. I cannot overstate that enough. I feel so lucky to have come across this. Secondly, this really painted the brutal and terrible nature of the world. Very grim dark. I loved these stories, and i agree that the shaman story is my favorite story

[@davidamendez7263]

This is the story of the origin of the emperor I like the most that I’ve read in the wh40k lore. The story of the shamans, the pilgrimage, the speeches, makes this perfect. I applaud you brother baldermort. Let’s not forget the intro story of the windmakers. That was also splendid. I don’t know how you do such great work time and time again.

[@BohdanKaiba]

Both Stories were fantastic. I really loved your interpretation on the shaman meeting.

[@baldermort]

Bohdan Bilas thank you brother Bohdan. :) :) :).

[@rangersmith8791]

Can’t imagine the meat and sauce being a great deal sweeter regardless of wether or not it bares Black Library’s stamp. I’ve been getting to the point with the narratives in these videos that their consistent emotive depth and quality leave me wanting Black library to employ Baldemort. I feel that based on his grasp of the soul of this universe his work should hence forth be considered canonical.

[@baldermort]

Ranger Smith oh, crumbs no. Thank you for the huge compliment, but I churn out anything up to three stories a week. Those guys craft their product. The music and ‘voice’ make it sound a trillion times better than it reads. Also this is only my take on things. I am regularly proven wrong by experts in their niche or corner of the universe. I just have a broad idea and a wish to entertain and maybe update newer players or enthusiasts. Lol. ;).

[@rangersmith8791]

Well then my thanks, for I have been most entertained. Looking forward to the next one.

[@shinrascaryweather7640]

This single act of needed to be fed human souls in order to live blurs the lines between the Emperor and the chaos gods so thin it'd be truly laughable if it wasn't so tragic.

[@mduckernz]

Seriously it's just another dark god at that point, definitely not worthy of worship. Oh, you can make arguments for its necessity, that ceasing it would cause more suffering than to continue... but not worship, no.

[@Aden_III]

Matt D would you rather be tortured every second as a soul for ETERNITY? Or would you rather die and be done with it? 🤔 I’ll take the man-god over chaos any day.

[@preddes6522]

I hope I will live to see the emperor's reaction to the imperium and whether he succumbs to the feeling of utter failure or he goes on a redeeming crusade to make sure the sacrifices made were not for naught.

[@ericcloud1023]

Big E- " Kitten, what's the menu for dinner tonight?" Kitten- " we have a delectable plate of low level psychers, followed by some Necromunchies" Big E-"yee!"

[@patrickmcabee123]

Your one of the few individuals on this planet who’s words, and works can actually make me weep… You…Craftsman extraordinaire… You and yours, Be well. 😎

[@baldermort]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@Inignot12]

Love the narrative style in this one! You'll definitely need many perspectives when trying to tackle the Emperor.

[@blackholegenerator6831]

Chaos Marines: My God is blood and war and has a hard on for skulls! Mine is eating your souls! Mine spreads a plaque through out the stars! Mine is pure sin! The golden throne: Yes

[@danielavalsangiacomo6691]

My Lord Emperor. . .words can not express the level of pain and ardent devotion this character stirs up in me... my lord emperor, the dream is dead but mankind still endures, trough your eternal sacrifice and service to mankind, we endure. Praise be to the God Emperor of man!! blessed all in his service, Blessed be those that lay down their lives in His name, Praise be his eternal light and his holy servants, for only those stand between mankind and eternal damnation.. blessed be the which-spawn of the Empire, for every and any soul such as those , is worthy to comune with the emperor at His table.

[@Pfasma5]

Great stories!!! So dark, so grim, so fun!! Thanks

[@samuellundmark3676]

Love this kind of content! All ways sends my fantasy running. Keep up the good work, all the love from Sweden

[@kerbal666]

My God that opening! Was that the darkest grimmest ever or the grimmest darkest ever? Reminds me of that Mel Gibson film Apocalypcia

[@echostarling84]

It's the subtle things that add so much flavor to these narrations. The slow movement into photos makes me loss sense that I have been looking at one picture but it feels like so much more! bravo!

[@arniecalang4583]

Oh my god that was one of the best story telling i have ever experienced! What a journey!

[@davidschafer6726]

Sir, your gift of capturing the human side of this setting is one of kind in youtube. You add even more soul to 40k, thanks!

[@baldermort]

David schäfer thank you for your generous comment brother. :).

[@BB-pn2qv]

Jeeeez that opening was painful and emotionally traumatizing

[@heatherordonez1490]

Had to listen twice. I was cooking dinner and getting distracted. Thoroughly enjoyable, as always.

[@baldermort]

Heather Ordonez I Hope dinner was amazing. :).

[@heatherordonez1490]

Of course, tacos, black beans and rice. A "feast".

[@codylavoie9183]

Your cadence is amazing.. I love the way you tell lore

[@popamonkey190]

Oh wow. Another one to add to the library of greatness. I'm loving all of your intros. Super well done as always lord Baldermort!

[@baldermort]

popamonkey190 thanks brother Popa. Hope you are still doing great. :). :).

[@popamonkey190]

@@baldermort 👌 hardy like astartes.

[@malin1140]

My Good Sir, your content magnificently entertains those of us... Grizzled veterans of the lore, and those new to it. Yet the wonderful duality of such dazzling verbosity is that it introduces passerbys on the nearly infinite byways of the web to this wonderful escape. Bravo Good Sir, Bravo. TTFN!

[@baldermort]

Ma Lin thank you, Sergeant. As always. :).

[@churlish7851]

The beginning filled me with regret and shame for what humanity had become. Well done, your amazing!

[@archdornan4389]

New name for Big E, Mr Bones. The ride never ends.

[@timbennetts6482]

You are a very, very tallented writer. Really love all the storys and appreciate the obvious amount of effort you put into them. Keep up the amazing work

[@PressA2Die]

Well done KZbin you actually recommended something good that I hadn't seen before.

[@bjbj6002]

That Voice!, the Cadence, the pauses, the timbre, the moments of Reflection and the elocution. WOW! Subscribed!!

[@Mckraken-Entertainments]

"Meager skills"? Baldermort, friend, you sell yourself too short. I have been a fan of 40K since I was a child, I've seen many lore videos over the years. Yours are the ones I look forward to the most. Thank you.

[@tylerquick6688]

Yes he did the emperor!! Thank you

[@vandeheyeric]

The last time I was this early, Vect was a slave.

[@baldermort]

Eric Van De Hey lol! Yeah, I really ought to do him. :).

[@vandeheyeric]

@@baldermort I'd look forward to it. Though it'd be horrifying. But thank you so much, Baldemort!

[@xfuturetrunksx6836]

Man as i started realizing that your describing these poor people being fed to the golden throne literally chills went through my body and tears came to my eyes lol. That shit caught me off guard so hard! Absolutely incredible as always

[@victorrosenheart8036]

Why are you so amazing? Like seriously, I can not get enough of your audio dramas and voice. You really understand these stories, thank you for sharing them with us.

[@edpistemic]

Grimdark, indeed, But Disneyland compared to getting taken to Commorragh!

[@YOUNOTCOOKING]

This is the first video of yours I've watched. That short story was nothing short of fantastic. I genuinely thought it might have been an excerpt from a novel. Excellent work. I'm happy to have stumbled onto your channel and greatly look forward to working my way through your library.

[@davidlewis9346]

With all due respect to everyone making Warhammer content right now, this is without a doubt my favorite channel.

[@michaelhowell2326]

Baldermort, my good sir, your skills are beyond measure. I don't know how but you have certainly sharpened those skills since you started the channel, and this is definitely the best job yet.

[@baldermort]

michael howell thank you brother. You really think so? Yay! I did really try on this one. Thank you. ;).

[@michaelhowell2326]

@@baldermort most definitely. When it ended, I hollered out "oh man!". It was really amazing, the stories and narration were phenomenal, sir.

[@smity739]

Every single bad thing to happen in the galaxy for the last 65 millions years can be laid at the salty feet of the edge lord necrons. Death of the old ones? Necrons. Vampire space gods? Necrons. Reason why most worlds are barren? Necrons. Chaos? Necrons did it. Daemons ? Necrons made them by starting the war in heaven? Orcs and Eldar? old ones made both when the necrons back them into a corner. And the imperium become a sad parody of what it was? THE NECRONS! BECAUSE THEY MADE CHAOS!

[@R0230R]

And all of this would have been avoided if the Old Ones had acted like the benevolent rulers they were supposed to be and helped the Necrotyr with their health problems instead.

[@smity739]

@@R0230R would you help people who couldn't stop fighting each other and conquered and or exterminated entire spices? the fact that the necrons knee jerk response was to try to murder the entire species speaks of the old ones wisdom and foresight, not their arrogance. could the old ones have handled it better? maybe. But instead of getting their act together they declared edge lord war because they were butt hurt that they got told 'no'. That's an edge lord move.

[@R0230R]

@@smity739 Dude do you realise what an existence of constant pain(from birth) and the knowledge of a very short lifespan does to a person's psychi. now grantify that to an entire species and it becames impressive that they became Space fairing with all they had to deal with. honestly it's not a maybe; the Old One could easily make a deal with the Triarc to help the species out in exchange of them stopping their expansion. with the resources and power they had they could make sure the Necrotyr would keep their end of the bargain. the C'Tan are literally the result of the Necrotyr' desperation, which could be avoided if they were more careful.

[@smity739]

@@R0230R Circumstance does not grant absolution when there are other options available. The necrons COULD have done a great deal of different less genocidal things other then try to mass murder the galaxy equivalent of neonatologists. They, as a whole, not a faction, not a single ruler, but the entire species as a WHOLE untied and got behind genocide. And yes, I know what it is like to be in constant pain, its not fun, but I didn't walk into the doctors office with an A.K. when they told me my insurance didn't cover my injury and would have to go through workman's comp, nor did I unite my neighbors and family to slaughter the company lawyers office when I was denied. In the end, we are who we choose to be. Our actions define us, not our conditions. And the necrons didn't just go after the old ones, they went after the species who the old ones helped. Its the equivalent of your neighbor not lending you his power tools due to you taking other peoples tools without asking, so you beat his dog to death and justifying it do to being in pain and telling the cops you should not be arrested because of an injury you have that your neighbor had nothing to do with.

[@R0230R]

@@smity739 Highly doubt you know pain and suffering of their caliber and since birth, or that you were rised in an almost hopeless and nihilistic culture/environment. yeah, even their aristocraticy lived in such a manner and viewpoint. also it's very easy to say that "circumstances do not grant absolution" when you are living in a perfectly comfortable position compared to the aggressor/once victim. the Necrotyr were in a brutal civil war before they decided to go in a war against the Old Ones, which would end in their extinction or a serious regression as a species, the Triarch simply didn't had many choices their other than to divert their aggression/focus to something else. honestly if the Old Ones weren't as arrogant as they were and instead were more careful, or at very least finished the job instead of leaving them to suffer a slow extinction, maybe the hole current setting of 40k wouldn't be as horrendous as we know it.

[@kylezimmermann8547]

This has been absolutely delicious. The effort put forth in the major entries is noted, my friend. Much love. Thank you. Your channel has brought me great joy.

[@baldermort]

Kyle Zimmermann thank you brother. Elated you enjoyed it. :).

[@romanz4891]

You have to be one of the best narrators on KZbin. It is a crime that you don't have multiple millions of subscribers. Cheers!!!

[@telinoz1975]

The sisters of silence intro is.... haunting.

[@yoreichenherz6847]

what if the Emperor gets mad and remakes Mankind into Manrude ...

[@kelman727]

The most powerful of the perpetuals but didn’t like working with the others. A female perpetual named Erda gave him a unique gene to complete the Primarch project (and by extension the Space Marines). If the Emperor was their father, Erda was their Mother. And it was Erda who scattered the Primarchs.

[@baldermort]

kelman727 didn’t know that. I’ll have to research. Hells bells, the bugger all I know these days. I used to think I had a fair grasp of the basics. Lol. It’s soooo huge. :).

[@donelion6459]

@@baldermort okay it's time to replace this units memory circuits .

[@WallyBDO]

@@baldermort Latest retcons from the new novel Saturnine...very controversial

[@kelman727]

Wally PW Retcon is a bit of a feeble term when you apply it to something that was openly presented as conjecture right from the beginning. And to some people anything involving women in 40k is ‘controversial.’ Perhaps not people to be taken seriously.

[@franconnorton7087]

@@kelman727 Its not because of Women. Its because the 'Perpetuals' are a stupid idea and are ruining the whole theme of Warhammer. And Retcon is the perfect term as it basically sets in stone the whole perpetual stupidity as well as changing the primarch creation and scattering mythos. Saturnine was a badly written fanfic and was about as useful as toilet paper.

[@Liboo52]

“Emojis work to indicate a jape.” What a marvelous sentence

[@ChainsawDunDeez]

Damn..I didn't know what I was expecting with your Origins of the Emperor video....but I'm loving the creative stories you come up with Boldermort...the Grim Dark 'Black Ship' story was great..and honestly, that 'Sharmans Meeting' was inspired...giving 'character' and logic to the 'Sharman theory" of the Emperors origins...🤔👍NICE!

[@baldermort]

Brad Derks thanks brother. I think people will remember the story better this way? Maybe? Then they can level up to Oc, LT or Rem. :).

[@ChainsawDunDeez]

Ha...your doing some great work Brother Boldermort ...there is a type of genius (and need) to you creating a series of 'Short-ish' introduction lore videos for new players...but adding your own creative flair to impress and surprise veterans of Wahammer and 40k games and lore, like myself.

[@swordwrath5492]

Found out of ye from Majorkill's colab, best decision I ever made, sexiest voice on youtube. Also are you thinking of doing fantasy eventually? If you do I have some books to recommend to you.

[@CousinJesse1]

Agreed. Anything on Warcraft lore, Lovecraft, Tolkien, legends/old Star Wars, and so on would all be well-received.

[@swordwrath5492]

@@CousinJesse1 warhammer fantasy I mean but those too

[@justiceforjoggers2897]

Majorkill and him did a colab? That's hilarious

[@failsc2player]

Damn, these stories you cooked up for us this time are certainly chilling. Even if they are not exactly or even actually how these events would go down, it honestly doesn't matter. Nothing in this universe is canon to begin with, so if anything adding another layer or interpretation to the mix is a good and welcome thing from me. After all, they are only just stories. Stories of how individuals in the universe see the events unfold to them, whether that's how the actual event went down or not. (Also, amazing work as always. I love your creations, keep at your labour of love!)

[@baldermort]

Mental Dichotomy thank you brother. They’re just tales to get people interested. It’s a murky old world so I am trying to put in even more effort than usual to be a tiny distraction. Really glad you are enjoying them brother. :).

[@ginjasteve4435]

I don't need to listen to this to know its amazing. I need to listen to this to know the future!

[@carlosfreitas1722]

Your videos are of absolute quality. Thank you for these times.

[@slickjimmyspeaks3995]

11,000 years...approximately 40,150,000,000 souls...is The Emperor Of Mankind little less than a vampire in the mean of Slaanesh? Does Humanity understand what they worship? Or do they revel in the knowledge?

[@tulipalll]

Apparently it wasn't always 10k psykers. It used to be a tenth of that or even less, but failures in the mechanisms of the golden throne and the weakening of the astronomican have necessitated greater sacrifices recently

[@digitalninja5941]

Slick Jimmy Speaks I think that the humans that die without chaos corruption and also belief in the emperor go to him and his pocket of the warp to rest since the emperor embodies universal order so I imagine that it would be like heaven? Or just a collection of normal human souls in a cramped closet.......

[@razz1515]

@Lord Jay Psykers are rare probably 1 in 1000 or rarer but when you consider the untold billions of humans on thousands of worlds with some having a population of at least 10 times the population of our present day earth 10000 natural born Psykers a day is not too hard to maintain.

[@razz1515]

@Lord Jay I'm not a warhammer 40k lore Master but if I remember correctly yes Psykers are born like regular humans. They are gathered from imperial worlds as part of the imperial tithe and range from children to the elderly the imperium doesn't care what age you are and not all of the Psykers make it to Terra alive. Usually I think by the time the survivors of the voyage make it to Terra the majority are already adults elderly or dead. They are generally fed to the throne against their will and as for psyker uprisings it happens but not because of the sacrifices... Most of the imperium I believe don't even know about the sacrifices as they live in ignorance about the way of things. Imperial propaganda is so rampant and the authority of the imperium on its citizens so absolute that the average citizen does not even have the capacity to think outside of what the imperium tells them to know and believe.... Until of course they are exposed to something outside of those such as chaos cults or xenos influence. So uprisings by Psykers are usually just rebellion incited by other factors and is not at all related to the sacrifices to sustain the throne. Sorry if this doesn't answer everything I know some points but it's hard to explain (^^;)

[@joaogrrr]

11k years and the idiot can't even ascend to godhood or even restore his previous form. Corpse "emperor" indeed.

[@jamesfowler484]

This vid and astartes vid in same day=good day to be quarantined

[@doomicorn3869]

I've binged lots of this channel. But fuck me, 14 minutes in to this and I'm just blown away by the storytelling.

[@lohkie2__3]

Been looking for 40k lore for awhile and no one goes in to detail like you or with the care that you do...... for that brother I thank you

[@koke6886]

OMG ITS ACTUALLY HERE, BLESSED ARE WE THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN AND FOLLOWER'S OF HIS MOST FAVOURITE SON BALDEMORT!!!! (Seriously I haven't even watched the vid yet and already know I'll love it)

[@LilacMage]

Bestest servant of the om-nom-nisiah!

[@danaban9212]

By the Throne I have waited for this moment. Great stuff mate.

[@baldermort]

Dan Aban I hope you enjoy. :).

[@hamstermk4]

I am really enjoying the short stories and narration. I did not realize from the other videos that you wrote them yourself. Thank you for improving my day.

[@baldermort]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@OverseerXIII]

This. Is. PERFECT. Finally! Something to listen to as I clean my collection on my downtime.

[@baldermort]

Striker Lillith good luck Striker Lilith. I hope that army(ies) shine. :). I do love trooping the colour. I really aught you do that soon myself. :).

[@OverseerXIII]

@@baldermort I just cant wait for the other parts to come out. Your voice is just so soothing.

[@Leman.Russ.6thLegion]

GOD DAMN THIS IS SO GOOD

[@baldermort]

Leman Russ thank you, Promarch. Out of interest, when ARE you coming back? :).

[@Leman.Russ.6thLegion]

@@baldermort Already here, Skjold.

[@Dadecorban]

The intro....dread of impending horror achieved

[@pierredelecto7069]

This channel deserves a million subs. Fantastic story telling and script. Peerless narrator. Seriously these videos are the kind of quality content you normally don't get on KZbin. My favorite channel currently.

[@LMR041082]

More brilliant and deeply enjoyable work Baldermort. Simply fantastic

[@baldermort]

posh rocky thanks brother Posh Rocky. As always. :).

[@Kristian.B.Kristiansen]

Great! I was wondering where you were yesterday. ;)

[@baldermort]

Kristian Kristiansen sorry brother. It was not a great day. Technical issues aplenty. I also REALLY tried on this one. Hoping it’s ok. :).

[@Kristian.B.Kristiansen]

@@baldermort It is Perfectly OK! You upload, when you have time!

[@grandthearch5317]

*ALL HAIL THE MAN EMPEROR OF MANKIND*

[@garank4971]

More sacrifices for the God-Emperor!

[@grandthearch5317]

@@garank4971 He is no God, he is the Manliest of all *MEN*

[@jamesvowell291]

Ave Imperator!

[@garank4971]

Khorne says Different

[@vojtaliska1430]

@@jamesvowell291 Gloria in excelsis Terra

[@msumungo]

Who needs hollywood when we already have narrators like Baldermort. This man could tell an hour long story of a bog roll and I would listen to it.

[@joesteinberg4426]

Who are all of these newfangled people? I remember a time when Baldermort only had an odd thousand subscribers. It was a simpler time, a smaller time, it was 3 weeks ago. What I'm trying to get at is that this group has grown rapidly and beautifully. And it's all thanks to this wonderful human being.