Godblight - Guilliman speaks to the Emperor || Voice Over

Back to a bit of Guilliman, but, a piece that was requested, and one with a large focus on the Emperor himself! It was a difficult thing to attempt to capture something that should work for his voice but I did the best I could!
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[@danielquintonvo]

A scene I've been requested to attempt and one I've wanted to do for a while. Portraying the Emperor is quite a hurdle but I think I did the best I currently could with the tools I have! And overall a very interesting scene for the universe as a whole, whilst being emotionally crushing for Guilliman. If you enjoyed please like, comment and subscribe! It means a lot to me. And, my thanks for watching!

[@mythatsabigone2500]

Subbed 😎

[@ghostjager8190]

Would you do the scene where Vulkan arrives on Terra and makes the climb to the top of the throne with the Talisman of Seven Hammers? I could see it needing to be broken up like Rylanor but I think it would be epic

[@DaenThunderKnight]

It might've been a hurdle.. but you pictured it so perfectly for me. I pictured his voice in that way since I've known the verse and actually litening to it was incredible. Thank you for the efforts

[@m.j.e.5245]

This is beautiful

[@RTL2L]

Great job!

[@RichardStrong86]

The implication later on is that he doesn't have a full and accurate recall of this conversation. Like a million things were imparted to him and he remembers only a part of it.

[@DocLeQuack]

I mean the Emporer pulls together his scattered psyche to attempt a conversation. Hate and love. Compassion and indifference. Humanity and inhumanity. His father but not his father. However it does appear overall the Emperor does think highly of and love Guilliman.

[@RichardStrong86]

@@DocLeQuack Even beyond Guilliman's recollection here that the Emperor is fractured and is telling him multiple things, it is implied that what was retained in the immediate moment afterwards was a fraction of what was discussed. Guilliman in a way is a bit of an unreliable narrator in that regard. I assume this is GW's way of pulling something new (lore-wise) out of their hat when they need it.

[@DocLeQuack]

@@RichardStrong86 Oh yes they will drop feed the fuck out of this conversation.

[@stinkfist911]

It's like that time I did DMT.

[@pentacosttb2565]

It’s not just that he can’t fully recall, it’s that every time he does recall the conversation happens anew. That’s what allows the Emperor to posses Guilliman, cure the Godblight and pour righteous fire into the heart of Nurgles Garden. It’s how Mortarian was able to stand before the Emperor too, to witness this exchange and be judged and pitied and longed to be saved and hated all at once. That conversation is happening, has happened and will continue to happen over and over, in every perceivable configuration, for all of eternity. Because he is the God Emperor.

[@brandonkipta4426]

The amount of effort it took for Emps to pull himself together to speak those few coherent words is truly unfathomable.

[@lumburgapalooza]

Yeah, the dude is basically a galactic consciousness made of agony. Talking to a person for him must be like threading a needle drunk in a hurricane.

[@thetau4866]

​@lumburgapalooza and yet, as a great man, he managed to do it.

[@lumburgapalooza]

@@thetau4866 "Praise the Emperor whose sacrifice is life as ours is death. Hail his name the Master of Humanity." - extract from the Credo Astronomican

[@maltheri9833]

​@lumburgapalooza It's kinda scary how people can worship something they know doesn't exist but just the idea of it is enough to believe in it.

[@AdamMichalMarkowski]

What is more unfathomable is the fact that people condition by memes and skewed perspective on Guilliman and Ultramarines put so much weight on words "thief, betrayer, thing" spoken when Emperor was pretty much disjointed and not "son", "last hope" and calling Guilliman by his name, not a number - which Emperor despite all that pain and agony forced himself to impart on Roboute Guilliman in clearest manner he could.

[@MrJara1018]

I hurt for Guilliman, he is so lonely. I can’t wait for the reunion with the Lion.

[@danielquintonvo]

That shall be a great moment! Hopefully I can be there to record and upload it when it happens. My thanks for watching!

[@Erikjust]

They never really got along during the Great Crusade and Horus heresy. I suspect things won´t be much different in the current setting. However i do think they are both men of logic and both know that doing it alone isn´t an option in the long run. So they will proberbly agree to co-operate to bring their father´s imperium back into a semblance of order. Perhaps they could even do something akin to what their arrangement was in imperium secundus. Where the Lion mainly handles the military aspect of things and Gulliman handles the bureaucratic side of things. Gulliman might be able to bring the waiting down. instead of having to wait 7 lifetimes for a dessicion you now only have to wait 3 maybe 3,5 lifetimes.

[@blam320]

@@ErikjustPerhaps you should listen to the video on this channel of when The Lion meets Dante, for Lion’s thoughts on learning Guilliman is about in the galaxy.

[@roboticfish317]

Or when both of them meet Vulcan hopefully

[@paximperialius]

He's friends with one of Cawl's blasphemous horde his son decimus of whom he made captain of the non existent 11th chapter of the ultramarines and later tetrarch 😂

[@EvilEye501]

The fact that the Emperor essentially had to use every ounce of his godly psychic strength, just to be able to barely manage to say what amounted to "I'm so sorry. I love you, son." had me genuinely weeping.

[@someguy4405]

This proves there was an emotional connection. The Emperor pulled himself together for nearly the final time, not to impart a command, but to speak his son's name.

[@andrewellisonlee]

You mean a number or a tool yea?

[@TheCorrodedMan]

@@andrewellisonleeHe means when He called him Guilliman. Pulling together his psyche, even just to speak a _single_ word, is incomprehensibly painful for the Emperor. He exercised what little of his power He had left just to call his son by name.

[@radicalgremlin6440]

​@@TheCorrodedManand he called him his greatest son. The emperor wanted to impart he trusted his son. I believe g man is wrong in that it eas conditional. The emperor weeps for his lost children.

[@spencerherron5539]

I think the impression the emperor’s words gave him was that they were equally desperate to ask the other for help. So G was not only not going to get the guidance he came for but was also aware now that the human part of the emperor was as helpless as him when it came to controlling the overwhelming power .

[@deanrogers6]

I also believe there is an apology in these words, for the doubt cast on Guilliman during the heresy. Guilliman stayed true and has died for the cause, twice. He is The Avenging Son.

[@Kafiunchahi]

04:50 "'Father, not a Father, thing, thing, thing' the minds said." That part really stood out to me. This sounded like the Emperor decrying the utter maddening horror he's become. All glory, splendour, and humanity lost, his self-loathing really comes through. Great job again.

[@michaelkean5969]

He’s essentially become like Darth Vader he hates his own exsistence

[@dragonrider1736]

Maybe what he's trying to say is that none of those matters because those are from the past. Maybe he's trying to tell roboute that what matters is the present and their people.

[@gagerecker3682]

That final “Guilliman” at the end is so tragic. It feels like he has so much more to say. The emperor wants to give orders to lead the empire with his son but he just can’t. He has to trust in his Greatest son to finally bring back hope and do what he himself could not. Again 10/10 work you truly are a talent.

[@danielquintonvo]

Thank you very much! That does mean a lot to me! I really enjoy the nuance in this scene and the multitude of possible interpretations people can garner from it, I am very glad that I can bring some of that meaning across. and, my thanks for watching!

[@-Gilver]

I heard that tone too It was forlorn in tone

[@jubelu3347]

Lol greatest by what metric

[@DukeOnkled]

@@jubelu3347 Greatest at being alive and present, for starters.

[@jubelu3347]

@@DukeOnkled lion are both and better

[@mannofdober873]

"Is he gone... Finally. About fucking time. Dorn, you can come out of your box fort now, he's gone. I swear to fucking god, the chanting in my head was deafening. I was about to lose my hearing, and my eardrums rotted away millennia ago." "You cannot lose your hearing twice, father." "How un-fucking-fortunate. God damn it Rogal. Go back in your box fort." "No."

[@justsomedude2020]

I still like to believe that the emperor cares about his sons, he's just so mixed and not right in the head right now that you wont know what he really feels

[@dhaqabk4022]

He is the god emperor. A true living God. He sees the duality of everything due to the wide perspective of humanity and the universe that he has and unlike us or even primarchs who lack that perspective, he accepts it all as what is and leaves the effects of “love” and other emotions that seek to color everything we perceive to us mortals. In a sense he has transcended far beyond humanity and it’s biological/emotional trappings. “A father, not a father.” Both are true but only he can truly see that. The God emperor can be said to be a Buddhist deity.

[@AkatsukiBoss13]

Actually it's more that he's no longer able to feel those emotions. It was revealed in The End and The Death Vol. 2 that before going to face Horus, the Emperor separated and cast off the part of his soul containing among other things his love and compassion so that he would be able to fight and kill Hours, and so that he could endure what would follow afterward.

[@qusai.wzaitoon8372]

After reading the End and the Death volumes 1 and 2, I can verify that the Emperor both loves his sons and not right in the head

[@guyshafor1320]

He cares about his sons like how an insane craftsman cares about his tools.

[@sr.favopossodeixarvaziosim4595]

I think its possible he loves them, but he needs Guilliman to feel that way so he will go and fix the Imperium out of spite and such. Then again, its hard to express love and such when you literally threw your compassion into another dimension, and you're a bunch of shamans coming unglued in pure agony.

[@KaiserAfini]

That final "Guilliman" feels like the Emperor on his deathbed, reaching out his hand to console his son, letting him know one last time that he believes in him. One word with infinite weight, you captured the moment perfectly.

[@deanrogers6]

Hits way too hard

[@anshumanbose5132]

You have to realise. This is what Gulliman heard. But Mortarion was there with him... What did he hear? What did the fallen lord of Barbaros hear, when his father spoke?

[@BDL3035]

That is a question that I have had ever since I listened to the audiobook. Guilliman’s recollection of his conversation with the Emperor is fragmented. No two recollections the same. Plus, as we’ve seen in some of the other books, it is possible to hold a conversation with the Emperor through a vivid enough memory, such as when Horus talked to Him during the Siege through the memory he had of when he sweared fealty to the Emperor.

[@anshumanbose5132]

@@BDL3035 "Mortarion" He said "14th" He said ...

[@RichardStrong86]

We don't need to guess because the Emperor did indeed speak to Mortarion, albeit through Guilliman, later on in this series. ‘He speaks to me, brother,’ said Roboute Guilliman. ‘Does He not speak to you?’ - then a little later... ‘You are a traitor,’ Guilliman said, in a voice that was not quite his own. ‘You have brought low all that could have been, but you are as much a victim as a monster, Mortarion. Perhaps one day you might be saved. Until then, you must go back to the master you chose.’

[@maxstr]

Mortarion was not in the throne room with Guilliman

[@anshumanbose5132]

@@maxstr the book literally says he was. Via the memory.

[@inwit594]

Mortarion was right about one thing. His father is dead. The Emperor is not the same person he was during the crusade. There may be love there still... but millennia of suffering on an unimaginable scale would erode everything from you. Strip you to your barest nature and take even that away. The Emperor fights because that's all he can do. He can't even die.

[@mogim815]

A machine once of preservation turned to one of eternal torture, keeping keeping alive something which was meant to die long, long ago. Not unlike the Imperium itself.

[@mrwolf6056]

I can’t imagine what it must be like for the both of them. For Guilliman to have such a crushing emotional moment like that and for the emperor to be suffering in perpetual pain stuck on the throne for 10,000 years because of the betrayal of his own creation, his own son, and for him to put in so much effort just to barely be able to speak coherently with the only son that hasn’t either betrayed him, gone MIA, or are KIA.

[@manhunter433]

Give The Emperor a bit of a break, for over 10,000 years he's fought chaos, power the astronomican, and part knowledge on key individuals. All this while his body decays and his mind shattered to the point that there's no way to tell which one is truely him.

[@alexbrinzan9061]

You forget about the webway portal,he has to keep that shit closed too.

[@manhunter433]

@@alexbrinzan9061 forgot about that, thanks for the reminder. Also a thank you to Magnus the Red.

[@ilikemusic5440]

The effort of The Emperor rending his fragmented soul and psyche back together just to communicate this small amount is completely unfathomable. Hundreds of psychers being turned to ash while the golden throne does whatever the hell it does all while this godlike being is in a state between life and death pulling together his consciousness. For 10,000 years he has been interred upon the golden throne. I can’t imagine what that what do to someone’s mind.

[@nurgle75]

Hell is just a word,reality is far worse

[@maltheri9833]

The fact he has a mind at all is pretty crazy. Malcador was still logical after his body was gone but he also could no longer feel the pain. He was ash and so had no body to feel and only existed through a sigil. The Emperors body is still there and sure the pain for a day he could take or even a thousand days but 10,000 years of it? Idk if he even exists at that point

[@user-gh1wh1js8p]

Yes

[@TheCorrodedMan]

In the grim darkness of the Far Future… _There is yet Hope_

[@visig0th152]

The fate of the Emperor is such a horrific tragedy to try to comprehend. Under all his godlike power he's still just a man. He has human emotions and human depth and human contradictions. He can't decide whether Guilliman is his final living son, his last connection to his own humanity, or just the last tool in his belt to try to reclaim what was lost. A champion for his vision or a broken failure like all his traitor primarchs. The broken mind of a man physically trapped in a rotting body by his own power. A mortal being with an immortal soul forced to carry the responsibility of a god. I almost break down trying to wrap my head around it.

[@domenikschmitz334]

He is is son and he loves him with all his heart.

[@Aedrion-]

Very well worded. I had the impression that over the last 10k years, he became more and more a being of the warp. With all that that entails, great power yes, but borne of a place no soul should consciously be subjected to. It is incomprehensible to us, and he has endured it for so long that he's become part of it, sowed into it. He suffers greatly because of what it does to him while also trying to use the power his people give him to protect them and save them. Maybe he sees nothing, adrift in the warp, lost and surrounded by the impossible and his waking dreams of helping people are those moments we see his miracles.

[@Senor_Penor]

That last "Guiliman" sounded amazing, it almost sounded as if all the fractured pieces of the Emperor's mind he managed to pull together for this conversation were slowly being pulled back apart again and he delves back into his unending suffering for Humanity.

[@thepatriot6966]

This reading really punched me in the guts. Truely heart felt.

[@danielquintonvo]

My thanks! That means a lot

[@griffionwyvrus9063]

​@@danielquintonvoPlease do the excerpt of the Burning of Nurgle's Garden or Khorne's attempt to corrupt Dorn inside the Vengeful Spirit.

[@StDomBz]

​@@danielquintonvoNo other reading I've heard yet really captured the horror and agony of the Emperor's internment like you did here. Phenomenal work.

[@Aedrion-]

5:55 that is *perfection*. The tone, the music, the warped voice implying the terrible effort it takes for this lost, doomed man to collect enough of himself to speak the name.

[@thatonebisexualnerd1370]

As beautiful as this scene is, part of me wishes we also got Mortarion's POV of seeing Emps and realising just how mighty Emps is and what he destroyed by betraying the Imperium

[@anshumanbose5132]

You have to realise. This is what Gulliman heard. But Mortarion was there with him... What did he hear? What did the fallen lord of Barbaros hear, when his father spoke? Was he called the 14th? Was he called a betrayer? A double agent?

[@guyshafor1320]

Beautiful?

[@BananenbaumEY]

Mortarion would see the reality. A corpse of a dying psyker barely holding on with help of a machine...

[@thatonebisexualnerd1370]

@@BananenbaumEY I think it would start like that, but then Morty would see the true might of the Emperor. He would see the reason the Chaos Gods call him the Anathema. But then the power would fade, and he'd see the broken corpse again. But now he'd know what that corpse was hiding, and what it's death means for humanity and the warp

[@guyshafor1320]

@@thatonebisexualnerd1370 what does it mean for the warp?

[@mirvus_ks]

You did such an amazing job. People usually overembellish the emperors voice, trying to make him sound godly. But I've always imagined it like this. The voice of an old soul. Wise and calm, but at the same time tired and weary of carrying the weight of humankind itself on his shoulders.

[@danielquintonvo]

Thank you very much! That means a lot. I was rather intimidated by attempting to portray the Emperor, with how large of a character he is so that is wonderful to hear. and, my many thanks for watching!

[@CapitanPeso]

​@@danielquintonvo yeah I have to agree your voiceover for the emperor is perfect. Sounds like someone who has gone mad after 10,000 years of being on life support but is too god damn powerful for someone to pull the plug. Kinda reminds me of Optimus Prime if he went insane

[@jockobeans]

DAMN! Your voice as the Emperor is great! Powerful and accusing, and then tired and sad. Truly emphasizes what has happened to the Emperor in the 10k years he has been interred unto the Throne.

[@danielquintonvo]

Thank you greatly! It was a rather large task to take on a recording with the Emperor in it! I am pleased to know it worked out well. My thanks for watching!

[@damobeck1]

Fr, you really sold the big E. Would not be disappointed to hear you voicing him or any other “distant” godly figure.

[@jamesisaacson6379]

​@danielquintonvo question when are you going to return to vampire masquerade stuff from your break of it?

[@Kainlarsen]

It seemed as if he was seeing and knowing millions of possible timelines, some where Guilliman may have taken to the side of Horus, others where he stayed true, becam neutral, was killed, etc...

[@dragonrider1736]

I swear, I felt a heavy weight when I heard the voice

[@Nemusplanta]

I think what guilliman feels is kinda same as adult whos parent has lost memory of them

[@Ultra04channel]

I don't think many people realize just how much effort it took for the emperor to say those few words to him. He is having to pull his mind together after ten thousand years of holding back chaos, keeping a warp portal closed, running the Astronomican, and having to relive memories of his life all at once, while knowing that people's souls are being burned and consumed by the very machine he sits upon, the number of which only increasing over time, all while he continually dies and is immediately revived by the throne, to keep him from reincarnating as a perpetual. Not to mention how much agony that throne puts him in too. By this point, he's probably suffering from cosmic dementia with a healthy heap of depression on top. So to see him try to pull himself together just to speak to his son like that took an incomprehensible amount of effort. It could be interpreted as him saying Guilliman was just a tool, but he grew to see him as a son, or he still is nothing but a tool. Or it could be a renouncing of his failures. Or it could be a peek into a dying mind. The emperor is still just as human as his subjects. The emperor wasn't the best ruler, or the best person in general. But now, in his "death" he's seemingly realized that fact. If he were to come back, I can practically guarantee he wouldn't be as manipulative or cold.

[@ethanduncan1646]

A fitting fate for an arrogant sociopath whose stupidity and ego led to a galactic wide genocide and creation of the worst government possible. Jimmy Space should have just let sleeping dogs lie.

[@Noorthia]

​@@ethanduncan1646You misunderstand the Emperor's dream for Humanity and the galaxy before the great crusade. The great crusade saved the human race and the imperium of 40k isn't what the emperor intended nor is it something he created.

[@Aedrion-]

It almost seems as if his long life and countless triumphs made him lose touch with what makes us human. He practically died because if it. And all this time in the warp, alone, confused, tormented by the real and unreal, has made him realise that he failed because he lost his way. And this moment seems to be him passing the torch to his son, hoping he can do what needs be done, while the Emperor helps him from the empyrean.

[@Kainlarsen]

It's as if the Emperor is battling through some great and terrible cosmic dementia, wrought by his overwhelming power; Trying to speak to Roboute through an ocean of minds and possibilities, and hoping that Guilliman can make sense of his words.

[@alphazergling9255]

I truly felt the despair and wrongness within your depiction of the Emperor, this is superb work!

[@danielquintonvo]

Thank you very much! I am very glad that came across, hearing it means a lot. My thanks for watching!

[@DeetexSeraphine]

Yeah, no wonder Roboute is suffering from Ultradepression... no pressure bro.

[@NoNameIsBest89]

THIS is how Ive always seen this scene in my mind. Holy shit you did this extremely well

[@danielquintonvo]

That means a lot to me! I am glad I could record it to your liking. My thanks for watching!

[@nurgle75]

Well done

[@coz3790]

It would be amazing to hear your interpretation of guilliman being possessed by the emperor and burning the garden of nurgle from godblight! Absolutely love listening to your readings.

[@danielquintonvo]

It is on the list, I shall certainly be uploading that at some point! and my thanks for watching!

[@mn46842]

If you’ve read the last heresy book , I think it’s just the two aspects of the emperor from when he split to fight Horus. I take it as the god emperor is a fragmented mind but when he is needed most the fragment with his humanity comes out. No matter what people say the emperor loved his sons(creations), theres a scene where he’s trying to fix angron and you can see that killing angron would have been the expedient choice but he couldn’t do it, for the slight chance he could be saved. Creations or sons it doesn’t matter, he made them to him they are the same. What king wouldn’t see his son as a tool , it doesn’t mean he doesn’t care for them. I love the scene where he suggests even mortarion could be saved and how in the last book they even say the emperor knew if he killed Horus he’d have been broken anyway and would have followed a path to damnation.

[@nicholasbrown668]

slight chance he could be saved? if you are talking about his surgery scene that's absolutely not what he kept angron around and you know it he saw angron as a useful tool and weapon, something which could still fight and conquer, he didn't have empathy for Angron, he used Angron

[@nicholasbrown668]

@@lukeBryen2 I ain't reading that bro

[@Shadowhunterbg]

@@nicholasbrown668 The Emperor has zero interest of his planets to be ruins, graveyards. He needs prosperity, unity and resources to fuel his crusade to unite humanity. Angron did the opposite. He was a mad dog that butchered the innocent and ruined his whole Legion. The Emperor did try to cure Angron but in doing so it would kill him. He loved his son, in a way, but didn't really showed it. Also the Emperor created his sons to be administrators, not butchers. Angron had healing powers if i recall correctly. His purpose was the exact opposite of what he became. He was broken but still he was his son. What about Lorgar? The Emperor warned him multiple times for decades but Lorgar ignored him. His father had enough and punished him by razing Monarchia but not before evacuating the population. Again, the Emperor wants to avoid needless death. Angron was to be the healer, Konrad the Judge, Perturabo the builder etc.etc. all progressive roles for his Empire but fate had other plans. Sorry but the Emperor loved his sons, he had A LOT of patience and trust and in the end that was his undoing.

[@nicholasbrown668]

@@Shadowhunterbg your comment would make sense if the Emperor didn't rationalize keeping Angron alive specifically because of his ruthlessness and effectiveness and even told Arkan Land that the Emperor didn't care about his sons also you mean the evacuation that also came with purges of the population? that evacuation? and the Emperor who openly allowed one of his sons to brutally torture people? you say he cares about human life? the evacuation where Ultramarines killed anyone who refused to evacuate? the evacuation where Ultramarines literally told a woman "move or I will kill you with the heathen words still in your mouth"?

[@OverLordRiper]

@@nicholasbrown668 You're hanging on to one version of The Emperor written by one author, who deliberately made him ambigous by having different people see different aspects of him. So you're not even using the full interpretation. He is a millenia old godlike being and his sons are likewise immortal demigods, they're not ging to play catch or get tucked in (incidentaly, this is exactly what he did do with Horus, the son he got to raise, instead of brainwashing him into mindless servitude). Seriously, the whole argument falls apart the moment you ask "Why didn't he just use his godlike powers and super space tech to brainwash all the primarchs into mindless servitude, why did he let them keep their free will and humanity?". No answer. Every retcon to make him more callous opened a billion plot holes and made the story dumber because surprisingly a lot of the story hinged on the guy who willingly endures millennia of the worst torture imaginable for the sake of his species being kind of capable of love and humanity.

[@ender_slayer3]

The throne, that cursed golden prison. Removed, he must be removed from the throne. A prison for the body, and the body a prison for the soul. Ten millennia of prayers and sacrifices, wishes and belief all empowering him, turning him into a single great being.

[@Tigran-Abazyan]

The problem is he cant be removed from that throne. Otherwise daemons will invade Earth from warp breached created by Magnus.

[@ender_slayer3]

@@Tigran-Abazyan that isn’t the problem. The problem is that A.) the chaos gods will do literally whatever they can to keep him on the throne and keep it working. Because they know that once he is free from it their time is over. B.) the second he _is_ removed, the entire solar system will be engulfed in a massive warp storm that makes the eye of terror look like a calm breeze thanks to a special security device that Vulcan made before he disappeared.

[@alexbrinzan9061]

​@@ender_slayer3 one Last thing we dont know whether big E will turn into a good god if that happens or become the DARK KING and be the 5th chaos god,dooming humanity while also killing all the other chaos gods leaving the eldar who survive ,necrons and tau to fight it out for supremecy. And lets be honest unless the eldar get theyr Last blade în that Time and wake up that death god the necrons win the setting should this path be taken.

[@eduardowollants820]

god damn! I've heard many versions of the God Emperor speaking, but this does give me chills. It fits his current state so perfectly, the amount of souls and power coursing through him. Fantastic job once again!

[@danielquintonvo]

Thank you very much, that means a lot to me! It was a tough ask to record so I am glad it could have a desired effect! My thanks for watching!

[@h8tm3]

It’s funny.. When I look at my boy, I think my pride and my greatest triumph. As a father, I can relate but not for the final time, not yet. Only a father knows.

[@chadthunderkawk1650]

People say that the emperor didn’t care about his sons. Perhaps that’s the facade he needed to be logical and cold since emotion was what led to the collapse. But it’s evident in spurts that he loves them.

[@georgedevries3992]

I've always wanted to see such a wholesome family moment between him and all his sons. Alas, that will never happen!

[@bruh-ux1ns]

Didn't he have to cast away his love for them before his battle with Horus to avoid becoming the Dark King and to bring himself to fight his own son? It wouldn't help much to cast it away unless it was something significant right?

[@ratelvora8014]

​​@@bruh-ux1nsHe didn't cast it away to avoid becoming the Dark King. When He used the warp power He had absorbed to fight Horus in order to look into the future (Ollanius begged Him to do so) He saw that He would become a Chaos God (and kill all of himanity) if He tried to defeat Horus by simply overpowering him. That horrified Him and He relinquished all the strength He had drawn from the warp. But He knew that by doing so He would be forced to confront His now godlike son as a man. He also knew that even if He somehow survived that fight and won He would be too wounded to do anything but regulate the Throne and keep the door closed on the Ruinous Powers for the next tenthousand years. Thus he would be unable to keep the Imperium from turning into the nightmare we now know it as. Casting aside his empathy was the only thing he could think of to counter the effect that fate would have on Him, because He knew, that being forced to witness and tolerate such horror for tenthousand years would drive Him completely insane otherwise.

[@lorentzkhan8884]

A big reason for why the emp comes across as so cold is because the part of his soul that would have compassion and love for the primarchs is all but gone: "My lord and friend has broken off a part of his soul. He has amputated that portion of himself that contains almost all of his hope, loyalty and compassion, for such things will become a hindrance when he faces the Lupercal. Those qualities might stay his hand, or make him hesitate if he is ultimately obliged to kill. And if he is obliged to kill his son, then those qualities would afterwards, and inevitably, drive him to self-hatred and regret, and condemn him to the same, embittered path as Horus. He has excised those precious human aspects to further steel himself against the pain of what will come after, and the mandatory atrocities he will have to countenance in order to rebuild the Imperium. He has set those frail and cardinal virtues adrift on the tides of the empyrean so that they will not immobilise him. And in the hope that one day, he will be able to reclaim them, and be whole again. " - Malcador the Sigillite

[@jondoe-qi3vo]

They should have installed some sort of device so the emperor can talk and doesn't have to use telepathy, it could be some sort of text to speech device

[@Technobabble83]

Too bad that the stc for that wasnt found

[@vengeance8924]

What? That’s not in the warhammer universe

[@cyclone8974]

It wouldn't work since words don't do justice to the ideas being pushed into Guilliman's mind.

[@cyclone8974]

@@vengeance8924 cause it's a dumb idea. Good for memes but little else.

[@vengeance8924]

yea i agree. I really don't think people understand what big E is actually up to. He is saying everything and nothing at the same time. Guilliman is probably hearing what he wants to hear. what he chooses to hear. and its just that simple. I don't think its intended for us to understand what is being said. But besides all that, text to speech is lightyears away from their primitive technology. They could never hope to have that. @@cyclone8974

[@PowerfulSkeleton]

The emotion you put into Guilliman's voice is exceptional, like you're truly pouring some part of yourself into the role. He sounds like a stoic demigod brought close to tears. Really excellent work.

[@TronusDono]

One of the best parts of the dark imperium trilogy voiced? Hell yeah!

[@iangreenwood3870]

I have been waiting for you to drop this. Amazing. The Emperor strikes me as a need to protect humanity rather than a culmination of consciousness. The Emperor protects.

[@danielquintonvo]

Thank you very much!

[@h8tm3]

This made me want to call my dad.

[@Matt_R310]

It made me remember my dad.

[@andarchy1386]

Wow now that we know he cast off the best parts of his soul this means alot more

[@derekdecker555]

I love this scene because, even though G-man comes away feeling cold, I can’t help but feel this is, partially, a genuine display of affection from The Emperor. I mean, he hasn’t done this in ten thousand years. He’s spoken through people by giving them visions and what have you, but he’s never committed to the massive force of will necessary to actually speak with anyone. Until his son came back. That’s kinda beautiful I think.

[@chaosXP3RT]

I think what is happening to the Emperor here is his slow transformation into godhood. We know that in WH40k, gods are a result of prayers, thoughts, souls and concepts created by sentient species. Gods are not so much single, sentient organisms, but more like omnipotent forces of nature. They don't make single conscious decisons, but so much as just act based on the thoughts, prayers, souls, etc. that they are comprised of. While the Emperor is technically stll alaive and technically still has a soul of immense willpower, I believe he's being psychically ripped apart, and remade to better reflect the desires and beliefs of all humans who worship in him. Its why it feels like he has so many different voices and so many different opinions on Guilliman, but the Emperor isn't really a single person anymore. Great narration! Stellar job!

[@danielquintonvo]

My thanks! For the thoughts on the piece and the compliment, it all means a lot!

[@unlimitedgamerworks6125]

You nailed the Emperor, it was just a booming voice it was authentic to the sad tragedy that is the Emperor of Mankind. A falling last hope.

[@AutumnOnFire]

This conversation is the 40k equivalent of your dad saying, "Hey, hold this light for me, son," while also going, "NOT LIKE THAT, YOU IDIOT."

[@DaLonelySheperd]

Lost my dad two years ago. I wish I could have one last conversation with him, even if it was in these horrid conditions...

[@jkee9760]

I feel for Gulliman, my bio dad was a horrible person who wished I would have someone die because of my mistakes (I was a medic in the army) and it was my stepdad (who 100% is my father) who helped me through alot in my life.

[@TNCombatMedic]

Yut

[@danielquintonvo]

Blood is such a small part of what makes someone 'family' I find, and that's why I love the more human moments that these demi-gods get, even in the most insanely over the top fantasy and sci-fi we can find such wonderful messages and meanings! and, my thanks for watching!

[@domenikschmitz334]

They are related to the Emperor by BLOOD. They are truly his sons.​@@danielquintonvo

[@canderoussnurd4265]

I’m sorry you have to deal with that my guy. My own family abandoned me as well. My in laws became my family. The black hole inside has its days but the love of my true family more than counter acts it. I hope and pray that your step dads love does that for you. Thank you for sharing and thank you for your service.

[@carlosfreitas1722]

The part at the beggining when he feels Mortarion's presence at his side representing his doubts gave me goose bumps!

[@daniellandon6811]

TTS Emp "ooooh what took you so long, you big blue boy? "

[@icarusthearchangelofjustic6861]

And with Magnus as well as little Kitten as well as his brothers

[@metallicaman4able]

Well Big E was trying to get Kitten to wake him up, but phrased it poorly

[@westerncivilization]

I would pay to see the final installment.

[@ducatirottie]

I think The Emperor was talking to Motorion too! i think This was the cause of the contradictions.

[@spade749]

This excerpt (wonderful voicework, DQVO) enforces a theory I've had for a while; that the Emperor is no longer a single entity. Ten-thousand years of worship by untold trillions have spawned within him, or perhaps mutilated his soul into, multiple entities. This is similar to how the orks are able to alter reality around them with the power of belief, only it's all focused on one individual. Each one of these entities is an embodiment of what the people of the Imperium imagine the Emperor of Mankind to be: mercy, vengeance, power, judgment, salvation, damnation. A cacophony of strands that once formed a singular man, each one believing themselves to be the Emperor; each one both right and wrong. Ironically it's this torn apart nature that allows the EoM to focus his will in so many directions at once, with the daily sacrifice of psykers sustaining his endeavors and preventing the individual strands from falling apart. However it also makes any attempt at a focused endeavor (talking to Guilliman, burning Nurgle's garden) an arduous endeavor, requiring him to pull the strands together beneath his will. When he achieves this though, he becomes more powerful than he ever was when he walked freely; a cruel irony for a staunch atheist to be empowered by the faith of others. Even worse, many of the strands are openly defiant towards him, representing embodiments of the lies that the Ecclesarchy has fashioned of his nature over the millennium. He is literally having to fight pieces of his own soul on top of everything else. And as the false faith continues, it will only get worse.

[@EXRazeBurn]

The way I interpreted this conversation (if you can call it that), is that Guilliman was exposed to what the Emperor constantly "sees". All realities, all futures, all truths, all simultaneously. He loved Guilliman as a son, but also saw him as a necessary tool, AND as a thing (partially because of the nature of his birth, partially because of never knowing him until he had fully grown due to the Chaos Gods). He considered him a potential savior of the Imperium...but also that some of his decisions, over time, had solidified the death of the Emperor's dream. Each of these thoughts is a valid, but heavily nuanced idea...attempting yo be conveyed by a tortured demigod trying to pull his shattered psyche together long enpugh to get everything out before the effort exhausts him.

[@samchaleau]

Imo this is the Emperor trying to break through millennia of unfiltered omnipotentence to put into words the complete depth of his despair, horror, resignation, and anger; while fighting it with his immense will with the overwhelming volume of hope and love that counterbalances it into a NEED. Thus why he sees Guilliman as both Son, and tool. I empathise with Guilliman here as this was my feeling when talking to my dying father who needed me - his immature and unprepared son- to take on the burdens of his duties in the family. He was hopeless. Helpless. But needed me to be his tool to complete the works of his life. Whole that was a priority For his personal goals, it was balanced with pride in me, despite not being fully up to the task, and a deep love for me. It's a powerful sequence. Very well written.

[@richardch.4356]

I know little about warhammer the memes and jokes but putting that all aside the stories of these different characters are interesting and dark but very good moments like these caches my attention and its very good.

[@whambamrabbitman6770]

On the one hand it sounds like he cares about his sons, on the other you remember this was suppose to be Magnus' fate. Fantastic job!

[@griffinflyer77]

Thought the emperor was gonna take over the webway so he wouldn’t have to do that

[@davidtrainor9569]

love this scene, I hope if the Star Child plot thread comes through we get a second scene of them speaking to compare

[@romanplays1]

if it does. i'd hope they go with the route that the star child is the largest fragment of the emperors soul. taken on a life of its own as it did before the ritual that birthed the man it was once a part of.

[@notribadsvault]

“My son- not my son- a tool- a product…” Fr though I do think the Emperor’s feeling regarding the primarchs became way more complex over time.

[@Enterprise-D666]

(The transcript:) He was in the dust of a corpse-king’s court. He was before a resplendent Emperor for all the ages. ‘Father,’ he said, and when he had said that word, it was the last time he had meant it. ‘Father, I have returned.’ Guilliman forced himself to look up into the pillar of light, the screaming of souls, the empty-eyed skull, the impassive god, the old man, yesterday’s saviour. ‘What must I do? Help me, father. Help me save them.’ In the present, in the past, he felt Mortarion’s wordless presence at his side, and felt his fallen brother’s horror. He looked at the Emperor of Mankind, and could not see. Too much, too bright, too powerful. The unreality of the being before him stunned him to the core. A hundred different impressions, all false, all true, raced through his mind. He could not remember what his father had looked like, before, and Roboute Guilliman forgot nothing. And then, that thing, that terrible, awful thing upon the Throne, saw him. ‘My son,’ it said. ‘Thirteen,’ it said. ‘Lord of Ultramar.’ ‘Saviour.’ ‘Hope.’ ‘Failure.’ ‘Disappointment.’ ‘Liar.’ ‘Thief.’ ‘Betrayer.’ ‘Guilliman.’ He heard all these at once. He did not hear them at all. The Emperor spoke and did not speak. The very idea of words seemed ridiculous, the concept of them a grievous harm against the equilibrium of time and being. ‘Roboute Guilliman.’ The raging tempest spoke his name, and it was as the violence a dying sun rains upon its worlds. ‘Guilliman. Guilliman. Guilliman.’ The name echoed down the wind of eternity, never ceasing, never reaching its intended point. The sensation of many minds reached out to Guilliman, violating his senses as they tried to commune, but then one mind seemed to come from the many, a raw, unbounded power, and gave wordless commands to go out and save what they built together. To destroy what they made. To save his brothers, to kill them. Contradictory impulses, all impossible to disobey, all the same, all different. Futures many and terrible raced through his mind, the results of all these things, should he do any, all or none of them. ‘Father!’ he cried. Thoughts battered him. ‘A son.’ ‘Not a son.’ ‘A thing.’ ‘A name.’ ‘Not a name.’ ‘A number. A tool. A product.’ A grand plan in ruins. An ambition unrealised. Information, too much information, coursed through Guilliman: stars and galaxies, entire universes, races older than time, things too terrifying to be real, eroding his being like a storm in full spate carves knife-edged gullies into badlands. ‘Please, father!’ he begged. ‘Father, not a father. Thing, thing, thing,’ the minds said. ‘Apotheosis.’ ‘Victory.’ ‘Defeat.’ ‘Choose,’ it said. ‘Fate.’ ‘Future.’ ‘Past.’ ‘Renewal. Despair. Decay.’ And then, there seemed to be focusing, as of a great will exerting itself, not for the final time, but nearly for the final time. A sense of strength failing. A sense of ending. Far away, he heard arcane machines whine and screech, close to collapse, and the clamour of screams of dying psykers that underpinned everything in that horrific room rising higher in pitch and intensity. ‘Guilliman.’ The voices overlaid, overlapped, became almost one, and Guilliman had a fleeting memory of a sad face that had seen too much, and a burden it could barely countenance. ‘Guilliman, hear me. ‘My last loyal son, my pride, my greatest triumph.’ How those words burned him, worse than the poisons of Mortarion, worse than the sting of failure. They were not a lie, not entirely. It was worse than that. They were conditional. ‘My last tool. My last hope.’ A final drawing in of power, a thought expelled like a dying breath. ‘Guilliman…’

[@reinretter9655]

Glad everyone understands how hard this was for the emperor to do, the more or less god of the entire human species fighting a war on the immaterial realm and not only managing to actually hold a fractured but working line, he is makinf said line stronger on the immaterial realm. While his Custodians and Son Gulliman reinforce the material realm. Its still a beyond shitty situation, but they are still going at it.

[@MrLookatmyhat]

The Emperor showed him exactly what he needed and nothing else.

[@gadrielvanorion9872]

I like how Morty kinda is there with his brother And while they want to kill each other Morty is low-key shitting himself being reduced to a kid

[@braidenmarques4275]

The Fanmade conversation between the Emperor and Guilliman at least left a little hope for our favourite blueberry, this just leaves a feeling of tragedy for the big guy! Fantastic as always!

[@danielquintonvo]

Thank you very much!

[@nurgle75]

Cut me to the core. Well done wordsmith

[@NIL0S]

Gods. I'm amazed Gulliman didn't just step out and be like, "right-o, time to give up this pointless gig."

[@AdamM3377]

That song choice is perfect down to the name! It helped me through some tough years a decade ago. Thanks again for your wonderful renditions.

[@danielquintonvo]

I am very glad you think so, and I am very glad I happened to choose this song, too! It is a fantastic piece. and as always, my thanks for watching!

[@canderoussnurd4265]

Speaking as a father myself, I understand why the emperor is being so blunt and cold towards his son. It’s to harden him up for the world and to prepare him for the role of leadership. Basically saying “Stop looking ti me to help you. You’re on your own and you’re only as useful as you allow yourself to be. Don’t be foolish and think love of your people is the same as personal love. You must be ready to make the hard choices now. This is more important that how we feel about each other. I made you for a reason now go out and do what I made you. If you fail then it’s over. I’m not gonna be around much longer and I can’t wait for you to grow up on your own. Be the man the galaxy needs you to be and stop viewing the world in such a childish way. We each have roles to play.” Only a good father will teach his son that lesson. And for all his faults, the emperor is being a good father here. Regardless of intent.

[@maltheri9833]

You just said a whole lot that The Emperor didn't say. I see where you're coming from but he didn't say all of that Roblute is a fuckin Primarch and general of 500 planets dude doesn't need to toughen up tf 😂

[@canderoussnurd4265]

@@maltheri9833 You’re not a father are you? And apparently you don’t get the subtext of the conversation.

[@VeryDeathlyShiny]

There is an in-lore explanation for the very reason He is so cold and emotionally detatched. In perperation for His batter against His most-favored son and now arch-traitot, Horus Lupercal, The Emperor split off a fragment of his soul. Had He not done this, then The Emperor would likely have not been able to land the killing blow He upon Horus - instead faltering at the critical moment. This fragment of His soul contained all of his love, hope, empathy and 'humanity'. This fragment was jettisoned deep into space - to coalesce into what is referred to as "The Star Child". The Star Child and the Corpse Emperor are two halves of the same being. It is therorized that THIS is why the 'Coprse Emperor' will not regenerate. Should the two halves ever be reunited - then it is highly likely that the material universe would witness the birth of a 5th Chaos God - The Emperor (for 10k years, He's been drinking from the worship and energy of quadrillions of humans.)

[@kennethhernandez9243]

@@VeryDeathlyShinynailed it. How can he behave like a “human” when he got rid of his humanity to do what he had to do.

[@khylerbane4523]

The TTS emperor was right, the Emperor *is* but a fragment of who his sones once knew.

[@davidmiddleton7958]

That was really good!!!! It does allow for the answering of some questions of Guilliman's meeting with the Emporer. A very intense revelation of what the Golden Throne does to maintain the Emporer.

[@danielquintonvo]

Thank you very much!

[@MalleusDaemonum]

I have the most hideous and empty.. Despairing sense of anxieties like concrete has been poured into my chest, I feel like I'd want to cry out like a scared child for their parents but the sense of horror paralyses that overwhelming urge. You communicated that amazingly. I feel like I want to cry but I can't because why bother. This is the ugliest emotion I can imagine, well done Guy Hayley and well done to you sir.. I'm going to need like. All the therapy.. Now :/

[@KingLich451]

welcome to the 40k

[@NemesisMarine01]

Puts the will and fortitude of the companions into prospective when they have to listen to the Emperors voice and bear the power of being in the Throne room for years, some end their time and their Armour is scorched by the psychic might of the Emperor, some who come to replace a companion fail as soon as they enter because its too much. Guilliman had mere moments with the Emperor, and it nearly broke him.

[@luisoryan3504]

I am not crying, just had a pauldron in my eye...bravo Maestro, great acting

[@Channel-23s]

Big E taking action and meeting both Gullimen and Lion is great to see a comeback is at hand and Chaos is scared 👀👀

[@casiusjames9117]

This was it. This was damn amazing man. I love your interpretation so much, especially that fleeting voice at the end.

[@danielquintonvo]

Thank you very much! That means a lot to hear, it was a daunting thing to record! My thanks for watching!

[@NecronManus]

So after the end and death with Horus heresy now being concluded this part of the book is even more heartbreaking this is the first time he actually probably had a link to the star child but it’s clear that the golden throne has changed him in a way we can’t understand. Gulilman managed to bring the human in master of mankind back.

[@OutlawedSpank]

I consider this 100% lore, even the voices, thank you

[@Noorthia]

It is directly read from a lore book.

[@saintblackwater7213]

Your emperor-voice has that dark souls quality to it, and is the best rendition I've ever heard of the emperor thus far. I'd love to see more excerpts of the emperor voiced by you!

[@danielquintonvo]

Oh that does mean a lot to me, I adore Dark Souls and its voice acting! I shall certainly see what I can find and put it on the list! My thanks for watching!

[@saintblackwater7213]

@@danielquintonvo Of course, it's a pleasure. I remember Orson Wells saying something to the effect of "full enunciation of every word makes a commanding voice,". Playing this back, I can see the parts I really liked being where I did actually hear every word fully pronounced, such as "defeat". It's very clear, it's very final. You get the picture! Best of luck.

[@Batou3]

I never heard him talk before. At his size you think his voice booms through the room.

[@maltheri9833]

He didn't talk. He psychically launched the emotions and words into Roboutes very soul and nearly killed him with thought alone. He conversed with a God and he had an infinite amount conversations in a moment that stretched across all of time in an infinite slowness.

[@eradaalmasi7590]

"Why are you here? I told the little banana to cut off your life support." Said the Emperor.

[@timhale6187]

He's giving Gilliman free will. This is the crux of it. A child trained. Now

[@Maticsmfz]

This was truly awesome to hear. You brought so much emotion and power to these lines. When later at end Emps said 'Guilliman'...in that slow..all powerful voice...that had me at chills. Love it. Keep up the amazing work

[@danielquintonvo]

Thank you very much! That does mean a lot to me!

[@sanctumscream372]

I have only recently started my journey into Warhammer, and your performance here was extremely powerful. The Emperor's voice gave me chills, and really helped to illustrate the dire state of affairs in the 41st millennium. Great work, you've earned a subscriber!

[@danielquintonvo]

I am very glad I could be of aid to your journey! It's a fantastic universe to just get lost in. My thanks for subscribing, and watching!

[@maltheri9833]

This is an amazing work of art

[@danielquintonvo]

My many thanks!

[@maltheri9833]

​@danielquintonvo Thank you for bringing us this content. You did An amazing job and I appreciate you.

[@ryannewman4412]

Wow! This writing is incrdible! Voice acting 10/10

[@danielquintonvo]

My many thanks!

[@tomcollett24]

This extract really makes it clear that the old emperor is definitely dying

[@spencerherron5539]

Beautiful work with the tone and emotion in that last line.❤

[@TheBriarWolf]

Wish we could tell Reboute that his Father is missing the part of his soul that holds his humanity and love. He’s only seeing part of the picture here.

[@grex951]

This. This really helped me see the Emperor in a different light. I was always of the mind that he learned to love the primarchs as his sons but the root level of concern was that of craftsman. This excerpt from godblight and your performance of it helps me understand that when the Emperor thinks it's no longer on a mortal level. He thinks everything he's ever thought about you in that moment. What you were, are and could be to him, good and bad. Kinda like how the chaos gods see....

[@danielquintonvo]

I am very glad my recording could give a different perspective for you, that means a lot! and, indeed, I at times can't help but conflate the different versions of the Emperor from different time periods but the Emperor as he is now, so fractured and spread thin I tend to find is more akin to a presence, some omniscient, barely thinking entity, than a traditional 'character' per se. My thanks for watching!

[@grex951]

​@danielquintonvo you've inspired me these elast few months and soon, I'm going to start doing the same thing you do. Reading excerpts from novels and posting them here. Ty so much for your hard work Daniel

[@BloodBuffalo]

How every version of the emperor is juxtaposed upon itself is great writing. The same for how he sees every version of how the emperor sees him.

[@porkyleafclover]

Really good pacing and background music, its all perfect for this scene

[@deanrogers6]

You did such an amazing job with this one. As many as you have done, as great as they are, this shines among them. Thank you.

[@danielquintonvo]

My many thanks! That means a lot

[@anzaca1]

Now we need the scene where the Emperoro possesses Guilliman.

[@danielquintonvo]

That is on the list to be recorded and shall certainly be on the way! My thanks for watching!

[@sasha1mama]

"...My father is not a god worth worshipping."

[@dr.stronk9857]

This was amazing to listen to, thank you for making this

[@danielquintonvo]

My pleasure! and, my thanks for watching!

[@jozsefjuhasz4046]

The Emperor protects!

[@Jannor230688]

The Imperium couldn't need the loyal primarchs more than it does now. Guilliman and the Lion are hopefully only the first. Those who remain need to come back. Dorn, Russ, Corvus, Jagatai and especially Vulkan. Emperor knows the galaxy needs more Vulkan now more than ever. jeez.

[@StoneStraiff]

God this is perfect. From the voiceacting to the music. Just perfect 👌

[@danielquintonvo]

That means a lot! My many thanks!

[@barrycabbageM34]

Fantastic as always, you handled big E extremely well.

[@danielquintonvo]

Thank you very much! That means a lot, tackling the Emperor was a rather daunting task. and, my thanks for watching!

[@Dvsguy48]

That was an amazing reading! Very well done!

[@alwaysbereadym8]

Dude your narrations are the best, brother