HARLEQUINS: ALL THEATRES ARE THEATRES OF WAR | Warhammer 40k Lore

[@Cracker3011]

IIRC, Harlequins are the only major xenos race that the High Lords of Terra have officially declared allowed to travel freely to Imperial worlds, partly because they're anti-Chaos and partly because trying to stop them showing up is an exercise in futility, just let them do their play and leave

[@VallornDeathblade]

@@akumaking1 You're thinking of some old lore about the Dark Eldar and the High Lords of Terra would NEVER 'officially' allow the Dark Eldar on Terra.

[@1-800-PlsAdoptMe]

I think the lore was the Mechanicus hired the dark eldar to fix it

[@Keyfur91]

I did not know the Harlequins were allowed to travel freely. That’s very I retesting honestly!

[@danrothman6129]

Yes, every time the Harlequins go to war its hope for humanity but the Imperium will remain extremely xenophobic regardless of what they have witnessed within the Galaxy. The Harlequins would have had to approach the High Lords and won them over by their amazing levels of charisma and comedic attributes. They made friends with the high Lords via Harlequin levels of humor.

[@ouchiegiverjr]

@@VallornDeathblade doubt they would allow them anything but the end of a bolter

[@alexvaraderey]

You got it a bit backwards. Solitaires aren't doomed & so they play Slaanesh. They're doomed BECAUSE they play Slaanesh in the dance. She takes it personally & makes a special note to take their soul when they die & make them suffer. Cegorach cares for all Harlequins, but for a Solitaire he will actually face Slaanesh & try to take the soul from her. They have the saddest lives in 40k, because they know that if Cegorach can't save them, they'll have an eternity of suffering. That's why other Eldar are depressed around them (they're not blanks) - imagine how psychics would feel around some-one whose soul is literally marked for special treatment by Slaanesh. Think of them as the ultimate doomed goth.

[@worldatwar956]

Their needs to be a book on a Solitaire for my daily depresso

[@shadowrobot7708]

Shy even corrected him on it but he didn’t listen.

[@robberyproductions1363]

Solitaire: **Plays Slaanesh** Slaanesh: and I took that personally

[@blackouthorus1519]

Honestly i wanna see one just enjoying the moment enjoying the life they have instead what will happen to them, really terrify every eldar around them.

[@blackouthorus1519]

@@robberyproductions1363 well tobe fair slaanesh would be that egotistical

[@UserRedZero]

“The final act will trick Slaanesh into saving the Eldar race instead of destroying them, the greatest jest.” Total knee slapper there.

[@boyanpenev9822]

Our chief weapons are surprise, fear, vicious irony and unshakable faith in the Laughing God!

[@MPHJackson7]

It called, we do a substantial amount of trolling

[@pennding3415]

I imagine the harlinquins running around looking for miguffins, but failing on porpuse and letting sleneesh collect them all instead, and then what ever was going to happen happens right next to him/her/it saving the eldar and screwing over slaneesh

[@mrsejd3446]

@@MPHJackson7 fairly large amount of the trolling art

[@davidmcquoid9438]

Ha got em!

[@Coyotebriggs]

I imagine having a Harlequin bodyguard is like your own shadow being able to materialize and decapitate every enemy in atleast 100 feet of you.

[@Ian.420]

So a Stand? That's just a [stand] !

[@Coyotebriggs]

@@Ian.420 well the reason I used the shadow as a example is because I remembered a story with Harlequins ambushing Imperial Guards in a bunker and them seeming to just come through the shadows like portals.

[@offcenterprofilepicture6274]

@@Ian.420 no wonder your dad left you and your mother doesnt love you.

[@JustAJauneArc]

@@offcenterprofilepicture6274 must be invited to a lot of parties huh

[@capysanti]

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[@kanarokan6060]

Bricky forgot to mention how op solitares actually are. They regularly take on Greater Daemons with ease. They much more powerful than normal space marines, killing them in a blitz with them even reacting. In terms of power they up there with custodies.

[@anotheralpharius2056]

also forgot to mention when harlequins broke into the imperial palace

[@benjaminhartsock3281]

@@anotheralpharius2056 Well, the writing on that was so dipshit that most people disregard it out of principle.

[@Shadow-gc6le]

@@benjaminhartsock3281 i dont get why people are angery about them cutting into custodes armor. Send me a source if im wrong but everything ive come up with says its basically just cerimite with a fancy color. It might be a bit stronger but by how much is never really stated or shown well. Plus its 40k, the armors only as good as the plot demands, so well never know except for averaging out what we have. Which shows the eldar could probably do it since they cut through normal cerimite regularly.

[@benjaminhartsock3281]

@@Shadow-gc6le It's Auramite, which is about 3x as good as ceramite. That's not the reason people are pissed however. It's because they take on several dozen custodes, sometime killing them with single cuts. Just a bunch of harlequinns, not even a Solitaire. Custodes have survived having power swords go through the bottom half of their head, have survived bolter rounds to the head while unarmored, even a "basic" custodes can kill several space marines, while veteran custodes can delay and duel primarchs and demons. It's not just the armor people are angry about.

[@utes5532]

@@benjaminhartsock3281 Yeah, it's like if I were to write a story where a bunch of sisters of battle went to the black library and slaughtered a dozen solitaires like it wasn't a big deal.

[@stephaniepotts8256]

I love the story of a harlequin sneaking into the imperial palace and staring in slack Jawed horror at the sheer physic domination the Emperor has over it.

[@dathore]

Small lore bit, Solitaires are actually feared and revered in equal measure, they're cursed to be consumed by Slaanesh, but also they are the only Eldar that the Laughing God will fight for their souls. The reason why they're so revered is that, they usually live as normal Eldar, hidden between the masses, and only show up when they're doing some mission for their god, or when joining a dance, which is actually extremely rare, it's so incredibly rare, that when a Solitaire appears, the entire troupe changes it's schedule and welcomes the Solitaire as a guest of honor, and then they perform the play of "The Fall", the main reason they can't play it normally, is because no one can play the part of Slaanesh, other than a Solitaire, so when one appears, it basically turns into a mandatory holiday for every Eldar, to go and see The Fall. Essentially they are the only ones that can play Slaanesh in a play and not have their souls consumed by her, and the reason for the curse is that, it's believed that it's basically bad luck to talk to one, because Slaanesh :P

[@Aizen2468]

You are almost entirely correct, but you kind of slightly twist the message of their appearance and what it means. It is a holiday when one shows up and it's time for the play known as "The Fall." .....but it's most certainly not a time of celebration or positivity. It's a time of mourning, sorrow, and reflecting on past mistakes. When a Solitaire appears, they're not so much welcomed, as they are seen as their appearance being one of necessity. An important lesson that Eldar must never forget. So, while I would say there is SOME reverence there, in that there is respect towards the being that chooses to play Slaanesh. An unbelievably courageous, and NECESSARY role.....I wouldn't exactly say Eldar view them equally with fear and respect. I think the fear far outweighs the other. And I've never heard of them living amongst other Eldar. I always heard they keep to themselves, and stay far away from others, as to avoid the "bad luck" and curse associated with being near them. Is there a novel that discusses them living normally amongst the masses of other Eldar?

[@dathore]

@@Aizen2468 I don't remember quite where I read it, but it's a short passage that mentions that, the solitaire was passing as a conduit repairman for years before the harlequin troupe appeared in the craft world, I don't know if it was just that particular solitaire that did that, or if that's something they all do to pass unaware among their kin, seeing as basically all Eldar are scared to death of them, using a disguise is far from a bad idea, but sadly, I don't remember where the quote is from.

[@miniwargaming]

Thank you for the spot guys! I love all your content. Especially anything chaos related.

[@judjementine]

bricky guest starring at miniwargaming when? :P

[@Dani751PL]

Coppyright free chaos boltor my beloved

[@miniwargaming]

@@judjementine he’s welcome anytime.

[@nullakjg767]

I dont like these collabs. One of you is going to go down for grooming and take the others with you.

[@robertkraciuk2753]

gerarra here dave

[@enderseye]

Something about the death jesters I love is that if they can, they'll try to make their kills ironic. Such as if a ship is coming to rescue some guard. They'll kill the pilot and have it crash into the people its meant to rescue, and they'll just find this as the funniest shit in the universe

[@WeaponizedStrumpet]

I mean... It gave me a chuckle just thinking about it!

[@CommissarPickle]

He might be me

[@ronaldshelny9439]

That shit IS funny. Ironic deaths are one of the funniest forms of comedy, just right up there with tragic irony in my book

[@wise8304]

That's why i love them

[@lornbaker1083]

The only creatures in the universe who can understand a harlequin sense of humour would be an ork. But for entirely the wrong reason. The ork wouldn't see any Artistry in the act. They would find amusement by the sheer results. Also they would probably applaud and ask for an encore... if they knew what Encore meant

[@cappinjocj9316]

Sister Stern isn’t a psyched per say, she’s a vessel for the Deamonifuge. The deamonifuge is the collected psyche of an order of sisters who spent their lives studying a captured Keeper of Secrets. She’s basically got the hack codes for chaos bound into her DNA. Also, she’s hyper buff and requires substantial protein to maintain her perfect abs.

[@VallornDeathblade]

She is a human at PEAK PERFORMANCE.

[@jacobfreeman5444]

Stern be fit and fine, yo! I just imagine her starting her own lineage of Sisters who have the power of God and anime on their side.

[@aidanthornton173]

She is a valiant warrior who proudly walks the path of the *Swole.*

[@fenorlex1126]

TEXT-TO-SPEECH is immortal.

[@Azrael178]

Soooo... Psycher with extra steps?

[@liamfernandez198]

Ahriman didn’t find his way to the library, he remembered his library card this time

[@CommissarMitch]

But then the Librarians had to escort him out due to closing times.

[@gwilym1991]

Yes Harlequins! The faction I most wish was more explored in the lore but know they never will be, because as soon as you explain the setting from their perspective you've basically taken out all mystery from the setting. But how I wish we could have a Harlequin novel.

[@noneofyourbusiness2437]

I mean, there’s still the two lost Primarchs. That's one of the biggest mysteries. And whatever the hell is kept in the dark cells underneath the Imperial Palace.

[@miguelperez9906]

I’ll tell you some little known harlequin lore hart attacks are the blood angels preferred ways of offing them.

[@gwilym1991]

@@noneofyourbusiness2437 I mean they guard the black library, that info is probably in there. The primarchs are definitely made by warp fuckery.

[@noneofyourbusiness2437]

@gwilym1991 Well, yeah, of course the Primarchs were made by warp fuckery. But that does not give any hints as to who the two lost Primarchs are or what they did that was so bad. And a book from the harlequins' perspective would not remove the mystery as a book about them reading books would be extremely boring. So it would be about the harlequin doing something interesting.

[@Laughing_God]

@@noneofyourbusiness2437, They are merely 'lost' in the books. Granted we suspect the Khan just skips through them for the images.

[@Metal_Maoist]

I don't know if I'm onto anything here but I think The Final Act might be tricking Slaanesh into killing Ynnead, so that he can be reborn and fully manifest without all the Eldar dying

[@lordfelidae4505]

I like it!

[@HunterSentinel]

OH, that would be good! I’d also wager that the emperor and tzeench are in on this and aim to swoop in and kill slaaanesh after!

[@xm-1-24-b4]

It’s why cegorach can’t stop laughing. He’s got the biggest joke planned, and he can barely contain himself

[@ScoutTrooperMan]

that is a possibility ngl.

[@notoffensivenpc8400]

the final act is probably gonna involve an alliance or at least truce between the galaxy's factions, so that they can go against the tyrannids. as has been said many times, the chaos gods can't survive without eldar or humans to feed them, not to mention that tyrannids have enough of a presence in the warp where a "small" detatchment from the recon fleets can bar psykers. imgagine how big of a phychic presence the actual hivemind of the main force has. that shit would stomp on the gods, which then in combination to no humans to feed on, chaos would probably be eaten up as well.

[@funnyhydramememan5410]

In TTS Ahriman was kicked out of the Black library by the laughing god cause he forgot his library card

[@roguepsykerhaaker4813]

I'm fairly certain there was never a library card and Chegorack was just trolling him, but I could well be wrong

[@funnyhydramememan5410]

@@roguepsykerhaaker4813 yea

[@surimonizarro9791]

Scream in desperation for me Rubriiics

[@funnyhydramememan5410]

@@surimonizarro9791 *screams in dust*

[@surimonizarro9791]

@@funnyhydramememan5410 hahaha

[@HunterSentinel]

The thing with cegorack is that he’s not slaaanesh. So eldar don’t find torture, sex, drugs, or murder funny.... cause otherwise cegorack would have been empowered by all their debauchery then. So cegorack is dark and depraved, but I think it’s a combination of dark humor, trickery (tricking your opponents and allies), and ironic fates.

[@squirrel_killer-]

It's worth remembering that Slaanesh is the god of Excess not sex, drugs, etc like people often think. Slaanesh is feared by the other gods because she may consume them, the excessive violence of Khorne, the excessive plotting Tzeentch, the excessive disease and sloth Nurgle. Excess, on all it's forms, is Slaanesh domain. She was not born of depravity, but depravity taken too far into excess. Remember, the Eldar wanted for naught, they were indulgent at the time of the fall. That excess and indulgence was the important part, not the sex, drugs, or violence. Now being excessively violent does double up and empower Khorne with violence and Slaanesh with excess, so multiple gods can be empowered by once... But that only means Slaanesh is getting a piece of everyone's pie. Which is important, as this means there is no reason things can't flow to both Cegorack and Slaanesh both if you take the joke too far. I'll let the implications stand

[@araposkulo]

He sounds like a "mad God" kind of thing, so maybe confusion, trickery and theatrism/theatrics is part of what empowers him.

[@woodlefoof2]

I just assumed it is also a bit of a trickster god kind of deal, like Loki

[@jamesdo3086]

They could still have found torture, sex, drugs, and murder funny. Slaanesh isn’t the god of debauchery, they’re the god of excess. Debauchery is perfectly fine if it isn’t excessive.

[@mutantmaster1]

The God of Shitposts

[@pathfindersavant3988]

"I've never actually seen that movie." That's it, we have to suspend Adpetus Ridiculous until DK watches Megamind

[@scotta.8999]

*On Harlequin Weapons* Bricky: This one causes the target's molecules to vibrate so rapidly, they spontaneously combust. Shy: S P I C Y B U T T P L U G

[@pyromaniacal13]

Mmm... slow zoom on the Spicy Buttplug...

[@The80sWolf_]

Shy is cringe

[@mercy3765]

These guys partnered up with the Lamenters to make themselves the worst paint project ever because of the checkered pattern.

[@Laughing_God]

I will be in contact about that comment...

[@ananonymousnerd.2179]

@@Laughing_God [BAZINGA] (no I don't see any funny joke but it's Cegorach so the word is mandatory)

[@JohnathanJWells]

Thing is, you dont *need* to paint checker patterns, so I always find it weird whenever someone says the painting scheme pushed them away. I painted mine like Bionicles, and they still look great.

[@mamamiia]

@@JohnathanJWells I went the old half and Half method for mine, turned out beautiful

[@bonogiamboni4830]

So the harlequins trolled painters, is what you're saying.

[@wanderingursa8184]

The Soltaire is the only Harlequin who plays the role of Slaanesh in their plays. That's why they're kept separate, and why it's bad to speak with them. To talk with one, is to in a way, speak to Slaanesh.

[@VallornDeathblade]

Aren't they also kind of walking, souless abominations in the eyes of the other eldar because of it?

[@wanderingursa8184]

@@VallornDeathblade nah, they have souls. But it's fully claimed by slaanesh.

[@broccoligaming7611]

@@wanderingursa8184 Sometimes the Laughing God Yoinks their Souls anyway, because why not?

[@boyanpenev9822]

The harlequin performances tend to be rather involved. So yes, the Solitaire is very attuned to Slaanesh. In a short fiction piece in Purge the Unclean (the Dark Heresy RPG supplement) an interrogator liaised with some eldar and got to watch a rare harlequin play about the identity of a hidden threat his order was investigating. At the end of the play, the harlequin who played one of the roles lay dead and the identity of the hidden baddie was burned into the memory of all observers to the point that the interrogator later had to be institutionalized. Now imagine what it's like to play Slaanesh in such plays.

[@romanplays1]

@@VallornDeathblade they basically have ultradepression to the point that other eldar get negatively effected by it psychically.

[@isaacchapman7628]

I've always wanted to convert a set of Khainite Shadowstalkers into Harlequins, and paint them with colorshift paint for the holosuits. I doubt I'll ever have more than a killteam, especially since they're getting folded into the craftworlds codex, but I love Harlies. Very fun.

[@thekidkrow]

Wait they're seriously making Harlequins even smaller of a presence? That's absolutely miserable.

[@judjementine]

@@thekidkrow yep. they're rolled into craftworld and we know that they'll only have 3 masques instead of 6. they'll still have a benefit for running pure quins apparently kinda like scions for guard, but the number of masques is indicative of how much they'll get from other things like stratagems. sad day for all quin fans except the ones that liked running them with craftworld already.

[@thekidkrow]

@@judjementine it's like they dont want anyone but Space Marines and Necrons to have any fun

[@Vintagegaston]

Someday I just want to see a harlequin show animated. Just imagine it. You start out on an exodite world, with shadows dancing in the campfire. You move on to a craftworld, with the music syncing with the thrumming of the infinity circuit. Then on to Commorragh, with most of the crowd looking in destain, maybe one tries to interrupt and gets cut down. Maybe even with Corsairs, where you can have them jump between boats and barges. Then finish with the actual combat against chaos.

[@Bluecho4]

Imagine a Harlequin being animated as a kaleidoscopic blur. Their face shifting from moment to moment, to unsettle or disturb or frighten other characters. Perspective shifting as they bounce and flip and pirouette across the battlefield, and disrupt the proper flow of gravity to leap over obstacles or run on walls. Let the animators go buck wild with it.

[@requiemlul3140]

@@Bluecho4 And a Solitaire who is revealed to be Cegorach in disguise close to the end as basically the Escanor of the series.

[@weavelcow9596]

This was everything I wanted out of the Craftwords episode. Harlequins are one of my favorite factions, welcome to any new Harlequins fans

[@nullakjg767]

In the beast arises they kill custodes effortlessly.

[@robberyproductions1363]

Welcome to the Book Nook boys! *B A Z I N G A*

[@PhthaloGreenskin]

Honestly I think Bricky dropped the ball pretty hard on the craftworlds episode. He really didn't understand much outside of thier weaponry. No mention of aspect warriors or craftworld culture or even phoenix lords. If you're looking for good lore on craftworlds look at major kill or lorehammer podcast on audible.

[@nullakjg767]

@@PhthaloGreenskin Bro dont watch major kill for anything. Hes the worst loretuber by a mile.

[@throneup]

I like to imagine Trazyn the infinite dancing around the black library like he’s in Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory

[@Jormyyy]

This episode was an absolute roller coaster of hilarity. Fitting for the Harlequins.

[@ernesielta]

Cegorach and Slaanesh play Paradox-Billiards-Vostroyan-Roulette-Fourth-Dimensional-Hypercube-Chess-Strip Poker for the souls

[@prodigalsun5260]

I always assumed the Laughing God was a case of “If I do not laugh, I must cry.” In one of the books Imperials saw the representation as someone who was either laughing or sobbing.

[@hfar_in_the_sky]

One of the ways I think of Cegorach is that he's basically a trickster god: he's not all powerful but the normal rules of the cosmos don't really apply to him like we think they should. And neither do his followers, which is why the normal rules of Chaos doesn't affect them like it does the other eldar

[@orraklbenedict1832]

Ooooo this is gonna be a great episode. Still hoping for a Malcador the Sigillite episode

[@saulsalomoni1227]

Dude, the Malcador episode is going to be awesome

[@malice9720]

Malcador the Hero I think you mean.

[@Coyotebriggs]

Excuse you, That's Malcador the HERO, the #1 bro of 40k.

[@VallornDeathblade]

Malcador "Casually chokes Horus Lupercal with his brain alone" the Sigilite. Malcador "One of 2 people the Emperor really trusts" the Sigilite. Malcador The Hero.

[@Zakanuva]

11:46 *Cegorach at the Eldar before the Fall:* _"I'd laugh if it weren't so pathetic..."_ _"... Ah, what the heck! I'll laugh anyway!"_ *laughs manically as the Eye of Terror explodes into existence* 16:29 _Yu-Gi-Oh_ duel disks? Don't you mean their _Paradox-Billiards-Vostroyan-Roulette-Fourth Dimensional-Hypercube-Chess-Strip Poker_ duel disks?! 16:39 Straight-up, that is _basically_ a gag that TTS uses when Magnus and one of the Custodes meet Cegorach outside the Black Library. *(It's a long story; just watch the series.)*

[@woojichoi8536]

I always assumed that the big clown in the sky had such a nasty sense of humour because the Eldar had little to laugh about. Like how Khaine raged and Vaul just quit, Cegorach now laughs at the nihilism. If the warp is a reflection of the material zeitgeist it is only appropriate the Eldar to have little joy to laugh about. All that's left is absurdity, schadenfreude, and irony.

[@boyanpenev9822]

I see it as a twisted sense of irony and how fucked up the galaxy is. But mostly twisted irony. Death jesters blowing up commanders during a puffed-up speech or making a heavy weapons trooper jerk because a piece of his teammate hit his arm and blow up his own fortification is their chef's kiss shot.

[@Bluecho4]

The descriptions of Harlequin equipment make me wish we could see a really high quality animated story about them. Even just a short film. Something that would allow the animators to really flex their muscles. Harlequin players darting around the battlefield as a kaleidoscopic blur. Their face shifting form to jump scare characters. Casually exploding people. Honestly, if you depict a Harlequin as just a dude with a static face mask, you have failed the assignment. Watching a Harlequin in action should be a _trip._ (Suffice to say, I don't expect anything from the Hammer & Bolter people. Not because they're bad animators, but because GW obviously doesn't care, and so neither do they. It is a work assignment at best, and one they plainly have no passion for. Not to mention no budget for.)

[@alexdavidson239]

Harlequins should be constantly in motion all over, even when staying still. Eldar do not half-ass things.

[@judjementine]

seeing harlequins is a lot like having an acid trip only with a much higher chance of killing you.

[@silasbiggin7036]

I know this is an old comment but the description kinda reminds me of those ai made videos where all the faces are shifting weirdly

[@crr4482]

Considering how much resources it would take to make an animation on that level, we'll probably never see it. Lore accurate harlequin combat is something that would take more effort, time, and money than just a side project streaming service would allow.

[@ladywaffle2210]

"O Laughing God of grinning death, to She Who Thirsts he beckons yet, and to the goddess of thine heart, In our play, sorrow thy part." -Harlequin Megaera, speaking with a Slaaneshi daemonette

[@teal_m_101]

I wanna make a Harlequin Troupe, but they're basically fantasy bards.

[@alexandermackie7621]

Always honry, all the time!?

[@lordfelidae4505]

@@alexandermackie7621 no.

[@robberyproductions1363]

@@alexandermackie7621 *B A Z I N G A*

[@boyanpenev9822]

Bard/monk/assassins. It's a weird multiclass.

[@undeadeskimo1531]

You say that like it's an issue

[@VallornDeathblade]

'has a human ever stolen anything from the black library?' 'No.' And just like that, Ian Watson's sewer goblin fanfiction is erased from canon. Thank you Bricky. Although, we should force DK to read it sometime...

[@duncanmckelvey5602]

He chooses scissors pokes slanessh in the eyes grabs the soul and runs away

[@kartariryat171]

I was hoping the possibility of Jaghatai Khan working alongside the Haelequins against Chaos and Drukhari would get brought up. Great episode anyway!

[@christianholbrook2686]

I love that theory. I can just imagine Jaghatai coming screaming out of the Webway with some Harlequins at his back.

[@SlimRhyno]

Wait, is that a thing that happened, or a thing that you want to happen? Because that sounds eeeeepic 😯

[@kartariryat171]

@@SlimRhyno Fulgrim was meant to land on Chogoris and the Khan was meant for Chemos. The Laughing god of Harlequins swapped their places to mess with Chaos and also have his own champion against Slaanesh. We were originally meant to get loyal Fulgrim and Daemon Primarch of Slaanesh Khan

[@SlimRhyno]

@@kartariryat171 See, this is why I love 40k! There's always something new that makes me see things in a fresh light. Thank you for sharing this 🤘

[@davidthomas2870]

I hope the harlequins get some new stuff. Maybe get the mime stuff they once had back with some interesting special mechanics. I also really love the idea of an avatar of chegorach and a tank that also serves as an effects platform for performances, doing stuff like dazzling enemies to debuff their attacks and defenses with super severe debuffs rather than doing direct damage itself, sorts akin to the idea of the ww2 CDL tanks (a special turret project for the m3 and Matilda 2 tanks that used 2 massive strobe spotlights to blind enemies and highlight them for the CDL's allies. Not super successful irl but very cool concept. Figure an in game one would be akin to a strong psychic debuff such as removing enemy cover saves and reducing their to-hit, mixed with a markerlight style shooting buff effect delivered all via a non damaging weapon profile as the vehicles main weapon.)

[@exiusagron6660]

I always thought it would be cool if they had another vehicle that was a hover platform with a big horn like a gramophone on it that would shoot hallucinogen gas canisters at the enemy.

[@davidthomas2870]

@@exiusagron6660 that would be neat. I imagine if it was a big horn that might be a sonic weapon ala emporer's children

[@0100-u7k]

Ahriman: searches the library for eons Harlequin: BAZINGA *door opens*

[@godqueenbidoof]

Chegorath and Slaanesh fight over the souls of the Harlequins in a game of Paradox-Billiards-Vostroyan-Roulette-Fourth Dimensional-Hypercube-Chess-Strip Poker

[@sergiosanabria4294]

And Kitten the Man-Emperor’s champion, out played the bird squid of chaos.

[@TheTestoyer]

Slaanesh added the strip poker part otherwise they refused to play

[@godqueenbidoof]

@@TheTestoyer In truth they new Big E would come around and knew they couldn't miss the chance to see his "Big E" in person

[@blockhead134]

Stern isn't a psyker. All Sisters get powers from Faith (see: orks.) Stern has a thousand other Sister souls fused to her through a chaos ritual, so her Faith powers are so strong they are equivalent to that of a really high level psyker. However, she was built from chaos and works with xenos, so she is heretical.

[@MatildyMatilduh666]

Harlequins are my favorite Eldar faction, their lore is really intresting and their weapons are crazy, they just need more models though.

[@dra9onslayer]

I always assumed that Cegorach was super into Tragedy as his form of comedy. It makes a lot of sense to me given his theatre motifs.

[@ZiGGi03]

Love harlequins the lore around them is so interesting I’d love more books with them and necrons in general . They are great to read about .

[@BrendonStMarie]

I think my favorite clown weapon is the caress where the weapon creates a field around the user’s hand that allows the harlequins to basically just reach into the targets chest and yoink their heart out

[@ryancunard559]

Hey look... I stole your heart!:) *LAUGH TRACK PLAYS*

[@Khornecussion]

@@ryancunard559 " Bazinga "

[@robberyproductions1363]

@@Khornecussion *Large amounts of HA's*

[@D34DM4NW47K1N6]

They have 2 harlequin shorts on audible that are really good! :D one focuses on the troupe master, and one focuses on the death jester

[@Hoangapalooza]

Alright, it looks like GW is starting 2022 off with a lot of Xenos support with new models and lore. It then only makes sense for channels to focus on them as well. As a religious marine player, I can agree to seeing new models that aren't clad in Macragge blue is refreshing. I know the new model helmets don't appeal to everyone but I really like that retro look of a skull. For now, I'll concede to the Xenos until the wave of new models is over and just enjoy the lore, but that doesn't mean I'll stop pestering you guys to do my favorite legion. Day 34 of asking for a Space Wolves Lore video 🙏

[@Ian.420]

They still haven't done Emperor's Children either. I don't care what they cover but the space marine fanboy in me wants to see more power armor from this channel too.

[@TheKingsPride]

Every time you ask, they reset the clock

[@mqw.4377]

dude don't! The more you ask for a chapter the more they will delay it, think of the blood angels! think!

[@Wolfbroa]

For Christ sake stop begging what don’t people like you understand this is a lore channel they will do it eventually just have some patience and don’t ruin it for everyone

[@TheKingsPride]

@@Wolfbroa this. Do not spam them with daily comments, it makes it worse for everyone.

[@piratekingthaszar7912]

Honks for the honk God! Giggles for the giggle throne!

[@Archon762]

I started Harlequins because I wanted to play the Eldar army that was fully plastic. That being said I have the old metal Death Jester and the old resin Shadowseer too

[@trustysource7568]

Harlequins = Webway Jesters with the laughing plague. Looking forward to this one.

[@doomsmythe]

A lot of the names of things are actual Theatre/Stage terms of various sorts. Being a stage actor paid off!! I have been playing these guys since Rogue Trader. Back when you could just paint anything in garish colors and you could use it. Land Raiders painted 5 different colors with a few card icons and your good to go. The majority of the lore is in Rogue Trader inside White Dwarf. I'm an Eldar nerd. :)

[@doomsmythe]

Oh good lord. I really want to do a proper Eldar video. Especially the Harlequins. DK needs more info. I can answer every one of his questions LOL. GREAT episode!! Love y'all.

[@doomsmythe]

I absolutely do. Still have Rogue Trader figs. Made of lead LOL. I have some work in progress pics on my Facebook page.

[@HunterSentinel]

Intro is accurate to the harlequins. I feel like if you aren’t fighting them with humor then your fighting them wrong!

[@BleakNote]

DK fuckin FINALLY roasted Bricky back, after all the shaming he's gone through for not knowing 40k lore. "I wasnt the one who unironically used the term 'Clussy'." That killed me, i love it hahaha

[@RevokFarthis]

Magnus: "Damn you, Honk God, how do you pronounce you evil, horrible clown name?!" Cegorach: "Oh! That is RIGHT!"

[@Dragonspirit223]

That Yu-Gi-Oh joke will hit harder when they realize/remember Cegorach plays Paradox-Billiards-Vostroyan-Roulette-Fourth Dimensional-Hypercube-Chess-Strip Poker

[@mrsamaritan6881]

""Let your enemies fear, for a Harlequin of the Laughing God dances at your side."

[@Hodoss]

41:05 The Shrieker Cannon reminded me of a "fun fact", in war there's a phenomenon called 'wet shrapnel'. Flying body parts are actually dangerous. I saw a photo of a soldier who had taken shrapnel to a buttock. They extracted it, it was a finger.

[@JosephHead]

I can hear the laughing god laugh as Mark Hamill’s Joker, just this depraved psychotic laughter

[@joshuabevins8244]

yugioh reference made me think of Paradox-Billiards-Vostroyan-Roulette-Fourth Dimensional-Hypercube-Chess-Strip Poker

[@TheTestoyer]

Surprised bricky didn't mention that

[@benjaminmcclure3897]

One of the book clubs should be Daemonifuge, the book detailing Ephrael Stern. It’s really really good

[@teal_m_101]

Alternate title: Cegorach tries to out-troll Tzeentch.

[@puffythedestroyer8878]

Out-troll Tzeentch & dunk on Slaanesh in one move.

[@ItsUbi]

The quote shenanigans gives me life every week. Stellar content as always

[@TalonHarthorne]

I was not ready for the horn! I am absolutely dying! Best edit I've heard/seen.

[@Th3domain]

When it comes to getting the souls back all I see in my mind is ceo and slannesh playing rock paper scissors and ceo pulls out a frying pan and bonks slannesh then runs away with the souls

[@namdot59]

Isn't big ol Cegorach also the god of knowledge and secrets and such, thus his dominion over the Black Library?

[@AndyTF141]

Man I can't believe how long it has been already, I've watched this channel since the literal first video from day one and I have to say, this really helps me to get through my week, love you guys.

[@housebrokengeek]

The Harlequins weapons are seriously some of the most messed up weapons in 40k. The Harlequins Kiss gives me the heebe jeebies 😳

[@tylercrissman847]

The Embrace is like the reverse kiss, it wraps them in the wires and shreds the person to pieces Resident Evil laser tunnel style. I personally love the Harlequins Caress, which phases the wielders hand allowing them to reach into a person's torso and pluck out their organs.

[@housebrokengeek]

@@tylercrissman847 I think my thing with the Kiss is the skin remains intact so you become just a sack with bits inside. It's messed up 🙁

[@tylercrissman847]

@@housebrokengeek oh absolutely, just one little puncture wound but your guts are pouring out of it. I imagine it sort of deflates as well since the bones are probably just as gone.

[@jomonkey2758]

Harlequins were the first army I ever bought in warhammer, they also gave me my first wins! I’m glad y’all are exploring them here

[@JohnathanJWells]

I was bothered for so long that Bricky kept referring to them as clowns when they are closer to space theater kids, glad we finally got this episode.

[@Expressoteddy]

Are there ork harlequins??? I feel like a fancy crump can still be a worth while crump to have.

[@jomonkey2758]

There are harlequins who perform for orks.. it’s a lot of screaming and shit.. it’s great

[@Expressoteddy]

@@jomonkey2758 wait like eldar who play the part of orks in the great play?

[@Expressoteddy]

Lol help I need answers

[@broccoligaming7611]

@@Expressoteddy No no, as in Orks who are part of the Great Play

[@Expressoteddy]

@@broccoligaming7611 all are part of the play orks are a punchline literally

[@InquisitorKryptman]

Two Tyranids are eating Harlequins when one looks over to the other and says "something's wrong with this food". "Hmm?", "It tastes funny".

[@conked944]

nice

[@xanmontes8715]

Cegorach: "I need to plot the demise of the Flesh Eaters that said my Harlequins taste of slapstick and stolen jokes..."

[@MatthewCSnow]

Just doing my duty to shout out stringstorm’s Cegorach’s “prime clown” theme. TTS had some underrated music and deep guitars + accordion was just *chef’s kiss*

[@bthsr7113]

Khaine wasn't consumed by Slaanesh because he was broken and scattered from Khorne trying to take him because Khaine is a war god and Slaanesh not cooperating because Khaine is an Eldar god. I like to think that while those two were tugging on Khaine, like kids with a toy or miserable people on their late Granny's porcelain, is when Nurgle yoinked Issha and Tzeentch was strangely laid back/uninvolved or at most giving Cegorach a quick look.

[@D34DM4NW47K1N6]

Something i havent seen mentione yet is that all players take on a role as either light (the hero), dark (the villian) and twilight (neutral). and they own these roles.

[@ramblingcritics4165]

Slaanesh and Cegorach play Paradox-Billiards-Vostroyan-Roulette-Fourth Dimensional-Hypercube-Chess-Strip Poker for the Harlequin's souls

[@dintedarkspear1862]

I got a Major sense of Deja Vu when Bricky said "but he's the Eldar's laughing god" "but he like a horror god at the same time" it wasn't until i remembered brick said these exact words in his 40k factions explained in the exact same way, at least for the first one. some things never change

[@reillycurran8508]

Ah yeah let's get ready to learn about all 8 MODELS of these clowns!

[@finnmchugh99]

Chegorack is essentially the 40k equivalent to Elder Scrolls Shreogaroth. Don't underestimate the crazy... I think this Eldar God even gives Tzeentch a hard time lol

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

*"[ B A Z I N G A ]"* - The Honk God

[@mr.duffield142]

Shy pulled out some extra magic for this one. Not sure if it was using new software tricks, or less sleep than usual. Excellent work for sure though!

[@giraton1]

Just on the Ephreal Stern thing, via her comic it's implied that ephreal is so powerful of a psyker that anti psyker measures are just overloaded if they attempt to stop her. It is also implied that this is because how she gained her powers is via the sacrifice of souls into her, and that it might be the same way the emperor gained his powers.

[@freshbroceries4601]

B A Z I N G A *distant haunting laugh track plays*

[@caseygrothe3791]

My heart flutters every time bricky says Dark Souls.

[@jerrahdkaisur5411]

*Narrows eyes at the quote and slow claps* So that is how this episode is gonna go........

[@westinetheridge6797]

Bricky is too good at making factions sound cool and fun he already made me a fan of world eaters and drukhari covens enough to start collecting both.

[@bridgelock6940]

25:43 Bricky’s talking about the Black Library being like Dark Souls while I’m sitting here, having JUST walked into the Grand Archives in DS3. Spooky. 👀

[@stripeybag6977]

That Yu-Gi-Oh joke made me miss tts

[@freeravenfox]

Shy is the true MVP on this one. For dealing with the guys but also getting that BS Yugio joke together

[@sookendestroy1]

You know what would be hilarious and totally on brand? If the Final Act turns out to be absolutely nothing

[@doomguy9049]

Oh wow man congratulations on the sponsorship, the MWG bros are cool dudes IMO

[@miniwargaming]

Thank you for your support!

[@highchaplain0786]

This channel always gives me a good laugh! Such a good escape sometimes into the 40k universe. Another episode well done! Also if anyone wants to hear some really good 40k stories check out "A Vox in the Void " narration! Great tales from the grimdark setting.

[@spencer7815]

Thanks for doing the Harley’s justice Bricky

[@shadowseeker24]

After this episode- I really want to play Harlequins now!!! Thanks for making me a fan and making me an established Xenos player

[@TySavage1]

Bro the Harlequins are the best faction. Bring them with some Drukhari for some good times

[@thekraken2419]

In my interpretation as fry why Cegorach was able to know how to escape the birth of Slaanesh and why he has the black library is because the concept of dramatic irony falls within his domain of godhood.

[@zakleclaire1858]

28:00 good job Shy, well played!

[@THEREAPERCLAWS]

another fun fact about when a harlequin troupe shows up to perform for you, YOU DO NOT REFUSE THEM. ever, and nobody fucks with a single harlequin becuase if there is one, there is always more even if you dont see them

[@dueinuremom5082]

Introducing the shrieker canyon! Do you see jerry the guardsmen over there? Do you see his relatively clean compatriots? Well see them in this state no more because with this magnificent weapon you can paint them with jerry!

[@ianbyrne465]

I've been waiting for this for so long, and it came out on my birthday no less! Edit: Yep, Harlequins are the new favorite. Thanks for the excellent birthday gift Bricky, DK and Shy!

[@TonyRedgrave]

While Harlequins losing their own codex is unfortunate, them getting mixed in with Craftworlds is nice. I have 500 pts of Craftworlds and now I want to grow that army with Harlequins.

[@shotgunfullofspiders1223]

Man, as a fan of TTS and canon lore both, it’s always great when Bricky is reading my mind, and makes the TTS reference I was thinking of

[@kiekebe1341]

Well, this is a pleasant surprise, since i never thought id hear about them again, and that saddened me