He Dies Standing! | Ollanius Pius & The Heroism of Mankind - Warhammer Lore

[@dalemoss4684]

This video explains perfectly the reason I believe He shouldn't have been retconned as a perpetual

[@WarhammerUniversity]

Exactly my reason for making it, I can't stand what they have done with his character.

[@bobbobertbobberton1073]

Yeah it takes away from a mere mortal standing up to a God.

[@AlternativePractice]

Ehhh a perpetual trading his known eternal life has some weight. But there is a certain universal appeal for a mortal to give up his life as well

[@CrestviewCutters]

For me, it makes the sacrifice that much greater.

[@Pandaman94]

I'm gonna ignore he's a Perpetual to me he was an Ordinary Human Guardsman. Doing his duty to his Emperor. To his galaxy. To his people.

[@WarhammerUniversity]

Indeed!

[@vermin9190]

i hate what they did to him and the emperor.

[@WarhammerUniversity]

@@vermin9190 Same!

[@Phantom9587]

an Ordinary Human Guardsman who fought alongside with Emperor since the beginning of Unification war, He also Older than the Emperor himself, and yet he still look like an Ordinary Human Guardsman

[@silenthero2795]

It's just the Imperium who named this unknown soldier and gave him a background but no one really knows for sure except Big E.

[@andreasottohansen7338]

The Adeptus Costudes may claim that it was one of their's who stood defending the Emperor at that final moment. The Space Marines may vaunt a Terminator of the Imperial Fists as the one who was smote down by Horus on that day. But every Guardsman knows that it was nothing more than a mortal man, clad in flak armor and with Lasgun in hand, that stood defiant before the Warmaster of Chaos. The Last of the Solar Auxilia, and First of the Imperial Guard.

[@jackshanaberger7525]

Nothing is more powerful and meaningful than a mere man standing before a god in defiance.

[@ariefaulia8193]

I prefer him as mere normal mortal. A cannon fodder soldier with balls bigger than Horus bald head.

[@thijshagenbeek6554]

The moment Ollanius Pius got teleported unto the Vengefull Spirit the Glorianna class battleship tilted heavily. Those immense brass balls he carried tilted the ship turned warp rift on itself.

[@omathitis8498]

I thought they were ceramite.

[@Quinton151]

The pop on that FUCKING in. Holds the fucking line. 🙌🤌👍

[@Astralwolf23]

For me, and one reason why I collect the guard is summed up by this video. Ordinary humans facing unfathomable odds and horrors with no enhancements, poor equipment and weaponry holding the line and defeating enemies, super human and not, with sheer determination and the power of the human spirit.

[@TitusCastiglione1503]

Kinda like the Empire from Warhammer Fantasy

[@joshuablade6974]

Truly, the Imperial Guard Made Manifest.

[@beastofaaarrrgghh7759]

While I hate what Geedubs has done to our boy, my personal head-canon for why he's a perpetual is the same reason the Emperor is a God standing against the universe despite his life support failing for thousands of years: the Orks believe he is. Ollanius Pius is on so many banners, so the Orks know his face. If all dese humies consider him such a great person, then clearly he must be a super humie and would be be a great foight, just like that Empruh theys always yappin about.

[@stonemanofgardnerville1162]

My only thing is....they make nothing of his experiences and it's kinda lame modern canon but here me out...would the orks respect a humie who stood between the equivalent of Gork and Mork and trying to fight Mork while Gork is recovering to strike back?

[@arthurborlet]

@@stonemanofgardnerville1162 hell yeah then would, it's not stopping a fight, it's prolonging it. can you imagine only one orc god? who would they fight?

[@xaviergomez4748]

Bro David Attenborough telling the story of ollanius pius is golden.

[@Hegataro]

GW making him a perpetual feels very backwards "Oh, people really like this character! Let's make him more important by making him immortal and taking part in multiple historical events!" The whole point was that he was a nobody, that he was a faceless member of the imperial guard who stood against hell itself in spite of his own mortality and proved stronger of spirit than a literal demigod Sure, a perpetual giving up his immortality has some weight to it, but how could he have known that he was giving it up by facing Horus

[@jameshunter3867]

... The Commissar is pleased! 😎🤘

[@stonemanofgardnerville1162]

I never liked the perpetual thing..i always felt it was an allegorical story...he will die painfully, but the emperor gained just that second. His savior was in need and all was given by a man with nothing to lose except his species survival in a uncaring galaxy...so hold the line till the planet crumbles for that is what pious would do. And in some ways did

[@TheMighty84]

"I am the Harbinger"

[@gheorjoeggplant4080]

That f bomb is a "chief kiss"

[@andrewminter3450]

i mean this legend got teleported onto the Vengeful Spirit murdered everyone then told Horus to lick his balls

[@PepecoHub]

You know what other piece of fictional midia bolsters the human spirit? Berserk, i'm an huge fan of both Warhammer 40k and Berserk, as a matter of fact, they are my top 2 favorite pieces of fictional midia, Berserk being number 1 and Warhammer number 2, a few years ago I was going thru some extremely dark times in my life and i'm not ashamed to say, what stopped me from commiting, you know, "sue side", was Berserk, and not only that, most importantly(IMO) it has helped me to be more capable to help others when they are going thru dark times themselves, never forget, we live in a world that the sun always rises again

[@tim6265]

i genuinely did not care about him being a perpetual. i like the aspect of him being there since long ago and his final confrontation against horus ended him as though he were just a man. his perpetual aspect didnt elevate him higher than others, it simply let he last long enough to see his conclusion. Man or Perpetual, he stared down the infinite darkness manifest and did not move.

[@abnegazher]

If there was something that the Bible teached me well is that more people should be like Jacob and willing to throw fists with a God if his cause is just, even if it means getting your body completely broken.

[@Dressyone223]

I’ve heard that Ollanius was canonically the last catholic in Warhammer, is that true?

[@omathitis8498]

If he was then he knows what's up.

[@LukeD-st4xu]

Correct, And his last words to his old friend were "Have Faith"

[@jamesquinn6662]

Cringe retcon

[@mordechaimandel8118]

Yeah!

[@WarhammerUniversity]

YEAH!!!

[@mordechaimandel8118]

Not a dedicated fan, never played the tabletop, but have picked up lore through the Internet. Don't understand the thought that the emperor would be able to heal if the throne was turned off. Even being a perpetual, being hit by chaos undivided should leave permanent damage.

[@_blackbird_]

Despite of the fact that that he is not mere mortal. )

[@midgetydeath]

If you believe yet another ridiculous retcon of him. By that logic, you should believe he didn't exist and it was a Blood Angel terminator or a Custodes who faced Horus instead. No. Ollanius Pius is, and shall forever be, a mortal man.

[@WarhammerUniversity]

His story has been retconned so many times, I'm sticking with the version(s) where he is or basically is.

[@kingcooling8218]

For someone who isn’t mortal, he sure is dead like one.

[@MattyxBobo]

Whitebeard did it better

[@cody137able]

El tio que se llama Silva