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Cato Sicarius is the Captain of the Ultramarines Victrix Guard. Among his titles are Master of the Watch, Knight Champion of Macragge, Grand Duke of Talassar, and High Suzerain of Ultramar. During his various military campaigns Sicarius gained many honors. Among the most famous of these being the Imperial Laurel after the Crusat Minor Planet Strike, and the Honorifica Valorum after the Battle of Dyzanyr. Sicarius was aboard his own Strike Cruiser, Emperor's Will, when the Astronomican malfunctioned. The last known message from the vessel before it was lost in the Warp was "They have breached the hull, they are here". Sicarius was declared missing by the Ultramarines, and Captain Acheran has assumed leadership of the 2nd Company. Sicarius eventually returned to Imperial space and subsequently joined Lord Commander Guilliman's Indomitus Crusade. Suffering from survivor's guilt and a degree of mental trauma from his experiences in the Warp, Sicarius was nonetheless placed in command of Guilliman's Victrix Guard.

[@I_Cato_Sicarius]

I, Cato Sicarius, former captain of the Ultramarines 2nd Company and current commander of the Victrix Honour Guard, Master of the Watch, Knight Champion of Macragge, Grand Duke of Talassar and High Suzerain of Ultramar thank Adeptus Ridiculous for such a tribute.

[@fcomolineiro7596]

Can you do a backflip Cato sicarius ?

[@crichtonvasmoya4290]

But can you feel your teeth?

[@I_Cato_Sicarius]

@@fcomolineiro7596 How dare you ask such a question of I, Cato Sicarius, former captain of the Ultramarines 2nd Company and current commander of the Victrix Honour Guard, Master of the Watch, Knight Champion of Macragge, Grand Duke of Talassar and High Suzerain of Ultramar. I, Cato Sicarius can do anything requested for the honour of my Chapter including, of course, doing a backflip.

[@captain-commander8138]

This is why no one in my legi.... chapter is aloud to have such an ego

[@xoersummoner1336]

@@I_Cato_Sicarius Hey Sick-arius, Settra and the Custodes called, they want their joke back.

[@steveseltz2798]

With every passing episode, Brickys forehead grows in strength. Soon, it too shall require a sacrifice of 1000 psykers a day.

[@victordavila9812]

The astronomicom is actually the light reflected and amplified by his forehead

[@Fire_Gaming64]

I like to think that every episode shy is making it 1mm bigger like the Cop’s hat from scary movie

[@Extra_Comfy_Robot]

Its so big its worth 1000 psykers to feed emps on its own.

[@whatisupmyfellowamericans8808]

He will have the legendary sixhead

[@TrazynTheKleptomanichad]

Malcador the Brickylite

[@concordiaharmony2302]

My favorite Cato Sicarius meme has always been "Your dynasty may have been glorious Xeno, but not as glorious as the beating that I, Cato Sicarius, SHALL DELIVER UPON YOUR SHINY METAL ASS!"

[@roykennedy]

Huh, I've heard it as "Your dynasty might have been glorious xeno"

[@concordiaharmony2302]

@@roykennedy Thank you, that was it ^^ I shall fix it.

[@roykennedy]

@@concordiaharmony2302 no prob

[@vinnydo314]

I have that picture still lol

[@caZed3100]

Invalid quote it didnt start with "I, Cato Sicarius"

[@trajanfidelis1532]

"It's time for an ultrafisting"-Marneus Calgar (probably)

[@joenight9693]

I! CAST! FIST!!!

[@art-o-cart5166]

sighs in ultradepression

[@XtreemAlan]

*ultra-fucking-crying*

[@zoune1144]

Papa smurf??!!

[@connormclernon26]

“I, CATO SICARIUS WILL BE LEAVING AFTER SUCH HERETICAL IMPLICATIONS WOOWOOWOO!”

[@coldfire-blitz3122]

Tau chick: *making a blueberry contemplate his life choices and the meaning of the universe* Cato: *BASS BOOSTED THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE THEME*

[@GambeTama]

I find it very interesting that the way GW decided to deal with the Ultramarine "Plot Armor" stuff was to say "Yes, they absolutely did win that hard against some of the most impossible threats imaginable, and often multiple times in a row. Also the shock of having to deal with this much heavy stuff so quickly and so often has basically psychologically demolished their most accomplished soldiers."

[@NameIsDoc]

They were the big fish in a small pond. now they are in the ocean.

[@henrypaleveda7760]

@@NameIsDoc I would say that they were always in the ocean, but now they're in the deep.

[@diogoteixeira4950]

@@NameIsDoc they were big fish in the ocean mate. But you know what a wise man once said: *there is always a bigger fish.*

[@Justowner]

I think GW has been sorta hinting that space marines are actually that good, and the readers arent really picking up on that.

[@OrcWithBow]

Then they lose like 300 battle brothers and 8 dreadnoughts each fight and some how have yet to die from literaly atritioning them sleves to death some how surveing every single emcounter

[@thewerdna]

In all seriousness, Cato has gotten a lot better now that he has Ultra-PTSD and Ultra-Depression

[@KIY0TO]

Just like his pappa

[@otheirony618]

I hope he gets the Ultra-Therapy he needs.

[@jamesdeek7039]

Just ruin their lives and the character instantly becomes better

[@Wolfbroa]

Even so just feels too repetitive having him and calgar still alive or same situation

[@rellikskuppin7417]

​@jamesdeek7039 it's relatable amiright 😂

[@exzyyd392]

"What's stopping one of them from sucking up Abby?" Abbadon gets hit by a vortex grenade Everyone celebrates as Abbadon is sent to the warp Abbadon immediately reappears 2 feet to the left of where he disappeared

[@stargazer378]

I want that now, even if it's a small blurb on a codex. That's way too funny XD

[@_NIKOS9_NIKOS]

Abbadon completely nonchalantly after he returns: Ok, which one of you threw that ? I just want to have a word with you

[@Gitskreig]

@@_NIKOS9_NIKOS I'm picturing Abbadon walking up to that guy and giving him a strongly worded letter. Then stabbing him once he's finished reading it.

[@stargazer378]

@@Gitskreig That's my head canon now XD

[@xoersummoner1336]

Yeah I can’t imagine being sent to the Warp being much of a nuisance to him since he’s been in the eye of terror for the last 10000 years (while he wasn’t in a black crusade of course). The only thing I can think of is if one of the 4 intervine to kinda trap him in a specific part of the warp unless he devotes himself to them, kinda like Mortarion.

[@samueltrusik3251]

Not only is it a named Ultramarine, it is THE named Ultramarine. The xenos stand no chance this day!

[@floricel_112]

I miss captain Titus

[@pedroportela6476]

​@@floricel_112 Lieutenant Titus*

[@floricel_112]

@@pedroportela6476 CAPTAIN Titus!

[@mistadangerzone8362]

Malum Caedo has entered the chat

[@zerlichr426]

Yes Cato will bore them to death with his title and story. That's how he defeted one tyranid fleet. By that i mean half of them died from boredom, other run away.

[@IneXtrikabul]

DK: "I actually do like some Ultramarines-" Also DK: "-when the universe is mercilessly grinding them into the dirt"

[@Shredkowski]

Same

[@muglypunt968]

I'm in this boat

[@mikeakersa8566]

I love Ultramarines, I HATE Matt Ward simple as

[@muglypunt968]

@@mikeakersa8566 oh no .... they're here

[@TheNecromancer6666]

They have become pretty awesome since the era indomitus stuff. They had to earn their laurels against the Death Guard.

[@novataco5412]

Never forget when Cato Sicarius and the ultramarines captured and returned Magnus the Red from the warp with their gellar field turned off and with no backup.

[@salphoris911]

If TTS had continued, they would have retrieved Jagahtai, Leman, Star Child Fyodperor and Inquisitor Kryptman. They would also have had the distinction of saving Comorragh from Kaldor Draigo.

[@residentfacehead3465]

Mortarion would be lured back by the addition of a giant lamp to the back of the ultramarines ship Angron would be brought back by a white scars ship hurling insults while being just fast enough to never be in range

[@nukclear2741]

​@@salphoris911and even more, they would've done a lot of the other primarchs a lot more justice than GW does. I'd have been interested to see how they dealt with Angron. Angron, more than any other Primarch, was just screwed from the outset. Literally as his pod opened, xenos, commonly believed to be Eldar, tried to kill him as an infant. I mean, given that he was found by a slaver covered in blood and with a lot of xenos corpses around him, you can see how that ended. Forced to kill his father figure, and when he refused, he had the Butchers Nails installed in his brain, and was then forced to do so again. After starting a slave revolt, he and his thousand slaves fled to the mountains, surrounded by the opposing armies, fully intent to fight and die together, only for Big E to teleport him away from the fight, and to do nothing to save the other gladiators. Genuinely the biggest mistake Big E ever made regarding Angron, as even with the Nails, had Big E also saved the other gladiators, I don't see Angron turning traitor. After being taken away, Angron sought only one thing. Death. Which is why Lorgar turning him into a Daemon was just the final nail into the Tragedy of Angron.

[@gageh6684]

Bricky: “The first time he had tasted defeat” Farsight Fans: “WRONG!”

[@starkiller332]

Which book?

[@555tork]

@@starkiller332 blades of damocles, it ends with Sicarius and a few others incapacitated and at farsights mercy.

[@edgieststalker8141]

Cato Sicarius: nuh uh Farsight: THE FUCK YOU MEAN "NUH UH"?!

[@Bona_Tempora]

@@555torkblueberry on blueberry violence

[@mannofdober873]

The difference is that's ok, because Farsight is like the one cool Tau. Guy has a giant battlesuit and actually uses it to wield a giant sword.

[@raphsere]

It speak volumes about the quality of TTS that it remains the main source of 40k memes to this day, two years after it was put on infinite hiatus and a long time after said memes stopped being relevant (the Ultramarines jokes are mostly an artifact of the backlash against Matt Ward's "Greatest Of Them All" and "Spiritual Liege" lore).

[@ricomock2]

TTS was/is the best video format 40k media

[@berilsevvalbekret772]

To be fair most of the lore dumps still hold 😂😂 it was soooo good.

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

Sadly I can't get into the Hunter The Parenting series. Just couldn't do it.

[@Hybris51129]

​@@justinlast2lastharder749Yeah I have to agree on that point. It's not quite my cup of tea either.

[@john_monsters]

@@justinlast2lastharder749 Why htp is great at least in my opinion.

[@InterrogatorchaplainAsmodai]

I CATO SICARIUS CANNOT FEEL MY TEETH

[@Laughing_God]

Hmm, that is a new one. Last I heard it was his ass.

[@InterrogatorchaplainAsmodai]

​@@Laughing_GodI cast FIST

[@CollinBuckman]

I find it kinda funny that the most pivotal tragedy that humbles and redefines Cato Sicarius (being lost in the Warp for centuries) is basically him learning what the life of a Lamenter is like lol

[@MrSamulai]

"I have returned. Let us bear witness to the mighty warrior that managed to slay me." "..." "..." "I'm never living this down, am I?"

[@thewerdna]

Well... there is only one thing to be done... I CAST FIST!

[@khainegate5519]

I, Cato Sicarius can’t feel my teeth, *wuwuuwuwuw…*

[@thundergaming155]

The fact he got this far is a fucking mystery.

[@aznsfobhunter]

Imagine winning the lottery by throwing a vortex grenade and getting kaldor draigo.

[@eyllyssaunders5345]

So vortex grenades are 40k loot books? I like that spin on it

[@hmmyou2544]

A guardsman, watching a Bloodthirster sprint across the battlefield at him as he throws a vortex grenade he found. It misses, clattering to the floor and detonating, only for a silvered figure to appear and absolutely kick the shit out of the Bloodthirster before vanishing again.

[@jacobhamilton2473]

So vortex grenades can act like random pokeballs?

[@stargazer378]

I would probably unironicly actually like kaldor if they leaned more into his "gets summoned by accident" part of the lore more, as that is honestly both intriguing and hilarious.

[@dougla517]

​@stargazer378 that would work as a fun gimmick, honestly. He's so desperate to leave the warp he dives into any random portal he finds, but eventually gets sucked back in again

[@TheVerruckMan]

41:48 the funny thing is, Bricky's idea of Erebus just dying from stepping on a random-ass land mine actually happened to Lucius the Eternal. The problem is, this is LUCIUS we're talking about here, so after he died, he just came back, possessing the body of the random menial worker halfway across the galaxy who made the mine that he stepped on.

[@_NIKOS9_NIKOS]

boy he sure was lucky that the guy who made that mine didnt die from old age, disease, overwork or any work related accident by the time he stepped on that mine. Otherwise Slaanesh would have to cheat again and bring him back regardless just like the time he was killed by a Custodes

[@Mondy667]

​@@_NIKOS9_NIKOSLove Lucius' response

[@12ratsinatrenchcoat]

"The death of others is a small price to pay, as they fall, performing their duties in order to achieve glory for the interest of the best Ultramarine Captain - which of course is I, Cato Sicarius!"

[@khylerbane4523]

He, Cato Sicarius: “Cato Sicarius-“ Marnius Calgar: “I CAST FIST!”

[@SymbioteMullet]

And on that day, he became Casto Fistarius

[@Nostroman_Praetor]

My favorite lore about Cato is he beat a punch of trained swordsman in various duals at an age implied to be in single digits. Also he reminds Guilliman of Aeonid Thiel, a marine from the heresy who got censured for drawing up plans against other marines.

[@caledfwltch]

I think you’re getting the second detail confused with uriel ventris, who’s by far the most unorthodox and loose follower of the codex in the blue boys; cato iirc while he has geneseed directly descended from theil was one of the higher-ups who exiled uriel

[@Nostroman_Praetor]

@@caledfwltch I'm not. What he's reminded of specifically is Thiel's hot-blooded stubbornness, as Cato may be an avid codex follower but he was also known for rapid assaults before becoming Big G's right hand, which is not at all a cool headed position to be transfering from. His specialty is being the best at drop podding into the front lines.

[@carsoncasmirri3874]

I thought he reminded Guilliman of Marius Gage

[@Nostroman_Praetor]

@@carsoncasmirri3874 No Ultramarine will ever be as cool as Marius Gage.

[@marseldagistani1989]

@@Nostroman_Praetor So Cato Sicarius is an Isekaid ODST from Halo who hit the lottery was born into nobility and turned into a Space Marine

[@pyrypiiparinen463]

HOW DARE YOU INTERRUP THE FEEDBACK SESSION OF I, CATO SICCARIUS!?

[@madmalkavian3857]

Fun fact: apparently the voice he used for that line was going to be used as his voice, but they decided it was too annoying.

[@Graywolf_The_45th]

When they mentioned Cato was Captain of the Ultramarines 2nd company I was hoping Bricky would namedrop the fact the previous holder of that title was Captain Titus from the Space Marine game.

[@woaddragon]

Me too, kinda surprised that they did not

[@Nooala]

Thats because he wasn't, previous captain was Severus Agemman.

[@Justowner]

@@Nooala Retconned AFAIK. Titus was 2nd company captain directly prior to Cato.

[@Nooala]

@@Justowneroh that would be extremely disappointing, and destroying like 20 years worth of lore. The thing that makes the Ultramarines fun is their internal politics and that would destroy the rivalry between Agemman and Sicarius completely. In what book did this happen? I have to read up on it and see what they did to my boys :(

[@Mondy667]

​@@NooalaThey'll probably move Severus Agemman as the previous captain before Titus

[@deadponic117]

9 episodes without talking about Thousand sons or raven guard, still waiting, i will be genuinely suprised if Bricky makes a Magnus did nothing wrong joke

[@DaBlueIghuana]

I enjoy these statistics, very cool

[@Wolfbroa]

And space wolves don’t forget them so you don’t get side lined lmao. But like by now should be time of another primarch episode so I see a xenos episode next then after that being the primarch

[@deadponic117]

@@Wolfbroa i'll add it to the list

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

They've done Thousand Sons episodes. You new around here or something? DK was obsessed with them first until he found out Magnus may have actually done a bit of wrong.

[@deadponic117]

@@justinlast2lastharder749they've never done a dedicated primarch and legion episode about the thousand sons.

[@YoBen100]

Cato Sicarius and his battle brothers of Lion of Ultramar casually traveled into warp without gellar field and somehow managed to retrieve the lost artifact of Vulkan. " I, Cato Sicarius is the next heir and rightful man to take position of Chapter Master of the Ultramarines." Meanwhile, Marneus Augustus Calgar, the Chapter Master of the Ultramarines recently found his Mood kindred and still sad.

[@whatisupmyfellowamericans8808]

Please stop reminding me of TTS, I can only handle so much ultra-depression

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

It wasn't Marneus that found his Mood Brother, it was Guilleman himself finding that Ciaphus Cain is his Mood Brother.

[@Azrael178]

The fun fact about vortex granaded c'tan is that it wasn't really killed. Just placed into the warp. And while that's basically the same thing for most things, c'tans are loughably hard to kill. Even peak necron tech barely does the job. So I imagine it's still out there turning a small region of the warp into a deathzone no demon wants any part in. As a sidenote imagine that you are a plaguebearer or something just chilling in a pool and a goddamn c'tan shard just appears in front of you

[@teecheeong]

Plaguebearer: Lalalalala (Swimming in a dumpster pool) C’tan: (Appears)....... Plaguebearer:...... C’tan:.......(EXTERMINATE)

[@gama343]

When you think about it, vortex weapons are basically the only thing that can get rid of C'Tan. The C'Tan and Necrons have no connection to the Warp and no Warp-based technology. Every seemingly impossible thing they do is done through pure science, unlike Humans and Eldar who use copious amounts of magic. Thus, while being banished to the Warp won't kill them, if you send them in, they can't get out. The only problem is that you have to actually hit the bastards.

[@Gitskreig]

Isn't the Warp as fundamentally incompatible with C'tan as realspace is to the daemonic?

[@Azrael178]

@@Gitskreigit technically is, but it isn't like they weren't in there before. End even if it reasonably would just die, I find it way more hilarious if it didn't. Not mention reasonably doesn't have much in common with c'tan getting defeated by a simple vortex granade

[@brothertobias]

It's also not a FULL C'tan, right? All the previous instances of C'tan have been retconned into C'tan SHARDS.

[@prupuponcio]

Not to defend caito flattening that tau diplomat, but she was reaching for a gun to shoot Numinor (who was not wearing a helmet so a pulse pistol probably would have killed him). I doubt that he saw the gun tho

[@stryke-jn3kv]

No defending needed. The Imperium are not, and never have been the good guys of the setting. They're the protagonists, they're human (or at least were), but they're still capital E Evil, and are constantly butchering defenceless civs, xeno or not, all day everyday. If anything there needs to be more stories of space marine characters doing that kind of thing as man do people with a more limited exposure to the lore keep not getting that.

[@thewerdna]

​ @stryke-jn3kv this. I love this moment as the perfect "lol Imperium" moment highlighting the fact that they are horrible and 100% not the good guys

[@Secret_Takodachi]

Nobody can be evil if they're hot: that's just science! If you're evil & hot.... you're morally grey! ❤ lol

[@WrathMilten]

​@@Secret_Takodachithats why necrons are the true hero's

[@stratigangames508]

​@@stryke-jn3kv No one is. I know I root for the Imperium because theyre not the worst, and because they are the only reason humanity hasnt gone extinct. Like, the Imperium is bad. Evil and rotten to its core. But everything else, maybe minus the Tau and Votann, are worse for humanity. Everything sucks and is hyper uber evil.

[@TheVegeta67]

Sicarius is honestly a neat character from what I saw of him in the Dark Imperium books. Not sure how he ACTUALLY was beforehand though outside of memes.

[@williansnobre]

It just shows how much damage the writing of people like _He Who Shall Not Be Named_ did to the Ultramarines that any character development is an improvement.

[@Nostroman_Praetor]

They're finally breaking free of the arcane wards that have bound them for so long

[@_NIKOS9_NIKOS]

To be fair. It seems to me that alot of the Ultra-Wank was less due to Matt being biased and more due to the higher ups at GW wanting him to hype up the U.M. because they were the poster boys of the franchise. Like, the dude can be a legit good writer, just look what he did with the Necrons and Trazyn. I think it's a bit unfair to keep that against him when we dont know how much creative freedom he had (if any) when he wrote those books.

[@omegon2540]

If only he made more things like deep strike landraiders

[@julianzvyagin9714]

I like the idea that because the ultramarines were so “perfect” now they don’t know how to lose. They should always be written as perfectionists that have to learn that they can’t always be perfect

[@waltz117]

That’s what happened to the emperor’s children

[@stargazer378]

​@@waltz117 Even better! Parallels!

[@erikr2162]

Emperor’s Children absolutely still believe it is possible to be perfect all the time and if you fall below that expectation, you hold that L because you weren’t perfect enough.

[@bamer6000]

I'd love for everyone else to lose except for Cato sicarius. Just make it absolutely ridiculous to the pijt of Sly Marbo memes. Like I, Cato Sicarius, have done nothing but spawn kill Old One Eye on this hive ship for the past two days. Make him so annoying that the tts memes about everyone wanting him to die become reality.

[@latrodectusmactans7592]

The Cato killing a Tau civilian scene is from Blades of Damocles by Phil Kelly. Phil Kelly is a huge Tau fan and wrote the Farsight books… But he also tends to write 40k like a cheesy action movie. One of his stories (Redemption on Dal’yth) is just Demolition Man with a Tau Commander and a Space Marine Chapter Master.

[@alaskarii007]

Huh, okay that scene might be somewhat redeemed within context I guess.

[@evanfish4505]

Demolition Man but with a Tau and Space Marine? I see nothing wrong with this 😂

[@Justowner]

I need to know who represents taco bell within this context.

[@nobleman9393]

You had my curiosity, but now you have my attention.

[@apolloknight9521]

Really? Because some from the Tau community in Warhammer, hates Phil Kelly. One of those being is representing the Ethereals as bad guys when in lore they visionaries and guide for Tau.

[@cinderheart2720]

If you send Abby to the Warp, I'm pretty sure he'll just walk right back out.

[@samtrue3]

He just went out to get warp milk

[@_NIKOS9_NIKOS]

GW every single damn time they try to correct a badly received character: Eh, just give them PTSD and make them sad all the time.

[@TheGreatBlueBlob]

To be fair that is about where most any character should end up eventually in 40k being 40k. It fits.

[@RanRayu]

@@TheGreatBlueBlob while true, it does not make for very interesting story telling to just do the same thing again.

[@Uniformtree000]

​@@RanRayusame, would be nice if one or two just snaps and goes "Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, your cool, fuck you, peace ima go retire." Kind of moments and now Roberte has to now try and fix this mess.

[@mutes8022]

All I can hear when they say his name is "I catio sicarius" faintly in my head

[@ethanr3480]

Cato Sicarius still hears the screams of his brothers

[@doctahhobo]

"Today we're gonna talk about Cato Sicarius." *Collective groan*

[@parkerstange851]

Then there's me, who's actually excited to hear about the ultramarines

[@Secret_Takodachi]

​@@parkerstange851[guy in the back of the room quietly] "yayyyy" *clap clap clap* ❤😂

[@unbatedpizza]

The talk of the warp grenade acidentally summoning greater daemons reminds me of that time in Fantasy Thanquol fucked up summoning a verminlord. Not only did he acidentally summon a bloodthirster instead, he summoned motherfuckin Skarbrand.

[@kaleb2643]

I, Cato Sicarius, can't make the screaming stop, so says I, Cato Sicarius

[@tantalus44]

Tau: Would your forefathers be proud of seeing you cut down a helpless, unarmed female? Cato: Yes. What a Chad.

[@brotherbear3397]

For context, regarding the book DK & Bricky are referring to. It’s an excerpt from the novel “Blades of Damocles” by author Phil Kelly. In that section of the book, Numitor has a member of the Water Caste cornered and she uses her skills of speech, language, and charisma to try and survive in the situation. Cato catches up to Numitor and straight up Mercs her whilst chastising Numitor. It’s meant to make Sicarius look like an asshole and he really is through out the book. But for context he gets humbled BIG TIME by one of his battle brothers and by Commander Farsight, whom is also in the book.

[@huellbadman3529]

How does he get humbled?

[@stargazer378]

​@@huellbadman3529 Haven't read the book, so take this with a grain of salt, but I heard that he got his ass kicked and given mercy by farsight

[@dalekrenegade2596]

​@@stargazer378 So the the Tao lady failed a speech check then Sicarius kept rolling 1s against Farsight?

[@jorgetrevino3821]

@@huellbadman3529 from what I’ve learned farsight lured Cato into a trap by announcing that he was going to have his warriors targets the apothecary‘s, which angered Cato and caused him and his forces to charge at farsight, but farsight activated an EMP device, which deactivated all electronics systems for the tau warriors and the space marines so with the space marines, defenseless farsight signaled the kroots warriors who were laying in waits for the ambush to hold their blades against the throats of the space marines.

[@alaskarii007]

​@@jorgetrevino3821damn, now that's a chad moment

[@q-tip9962]

The most fitting death for Erebus would be for him to be fatally wounded by a menial child that he ignores when he was say fighting Guilliman and Guilliman did nothing but watch him slowly die. I can just hear him screaming at Guilliman to "KILL ME" and "HOW DARE YOU DENY ME, DESTINY'S HAND, THE RIGHT TO DIE BY YOU ROUBOUTE GUILLIMAN!!" Guilliman just looks at Erebus with a mixture of contempt, disgust, and confusion and only says, "I don't even know who you are." THAT is how Erebus should die.

[@SymbioteMullet]

Tonight on Sicarius Gear, Cato Sicarius does everything, Bricky bows to his awesomeness, DK renames himself to Cato Sicarius in honour of the great Cato Sicarius, and Shy delves deep into the relationship Cato has with the Green Hornet.

[@onemanlegion3274]

Fun Fact: the Space Marine video game had a canon conflict where Titus occupied the same rank as captain of the Ultramarines second company that Cato Sicarius was supposed to have.

[@thewerdna]

This has been retconed so that Titus had the position directly before Cato did. Cato got promoted directly following the events of Space Marine now

[@HadrosaurHero]

I think the crew would legitimately enjoy the Dark Inperium trilogy. Lots of great Ultramarine bits including some good Cato quotes.

[@davidk6269]

I, Cato Sicarius, approve of this episode.

[@I_Cato_Sicarius]

This is I, Cato Sicarius, former captain of the Ultramarines 2nd Company and current commander of the Victrix Honour Guard, Master of the Watch, Knight Champion of Macragge, Grand Duke of Talassar and High Suzerain of Ultramar. I declare this man as an imposter! For I, Cato Sicarius can confirm that I, Cato Sicarius is the one and only Cato Sicarius, former captain of the Ultramarines 2nd Company and current commander of the Victrix Honour Guard, Master of the Watch, Knight Champion of Macragge, Grand Duke of Talassar and High Suzerain of Ultramar.

[@jamessargent6689]

Yeah, I saw that coming

[@Madjo-qj2ge]

Named Ultramarine: -Marneus "Papa Smurf" Calgar(CM) - Chief Librarian Varro " I mindjack into Tyranid Hive mind and survive "Tigurius -Captain Severus Agemann(1st Company) -Leftenant Malum "are you sure you're not Black Templars" Caedo( 1st Company) -Former Captain Cato Sicarius of 2nd Company -Captain Sevastus Acheran of 2nd Company -Captain/Leftenant Titus of 2nd Company -Late Vet Sgt Sidonus of 2nd Company -Leandros -Chaplain Ortan " Hate The Bugs" Cassius, founder of Tyranic War Veterans -Captain Uriel Ventris of 4th Company -Sergeant Torias Telion of 10th Company

[@farmerboy916]

“Master of the marches” likely doesn’t refer to marching, but to an old word for heavily defended borderlands dedicated to preventing raids.

[@SebaztienHawke-ci5hm]

20:23 “-Get the name of my ancestors out of your filthy xenos mouth, you disgusting alien!” That’s what I’m imagining would be the typical come back. 20:50 … Oh now I LOVE Cato Sicarius!!

[@trathanstargazer6421]

I still can't get over how Bricky's forehead is just billboard size in the art lol

[@PhoenicopterusR]

I'm just impressed how accurate they were able to depict it.

[@From-North-Jersey]

Old art was better.

[@TheCrispAlien]

The Warhammer 40k guide to make characters more likeable: Add one or more of the following: - Depression - Impostor Syndrome - PTSD - Calls out the BS of villains (such as: Erebus, Mr. Vandire, Daemon Fulgrim) before beating the ever hating sh*t out of them

[@thewerdna]

I wonder if ths fact that the position of 2ed Captain is now vacant (the dude who took over from Cato was last seen on a planet that was overrun) that the 2ed Captain directly prior to Cato will be promoted back into the spot... ...that being Titus

[@dollarsign7554]

Combat technique: Step I: Just stand perfectly still Step II: Walk slowly to your hated enemy Step III Raise your fist like I'm doing right now and prepare to unleash burning fury upon your unexpecting foe's face Step IV: I CAST FIST!

[@mutes8022]

Remember folks we got the guy from TTS before we got raven guard and I love that

[@Nooala]

Wait what... Where did you get the idea that Sicarius is a follower of the codex. He has literally been on trial like 3 times in the lore for not adhering to the codex XD. The man is like Captain Titus but with ADHD. Its the reason why Guilliman loves him.

[@DowntheDead]

Cato Sicarius, breaker of all the lore rules.

[@Jormyyy]

CATO SICARIUS THE CREAAAAAMMM OF THE CROP WHEN IT COMES TO ULTRAMARINES

[@seeingseeer5282]

The thing about the Tau that Cato killed mercilessly? She wasn't pleading for her life, she was actually, genuinely, attempting to demoralize the Ultramarine she was conversing/pontificating by pretending to be vulnerable while seeking a chance to kill either him or any other Ultramarine she encountered... With a pistol she hid. I disagree with Bricky, knowing the above thing makes the whole interaction a lot funnier because here's a Tau, one not in a battlesuit, trying to kill a Space Marine with a simple gun. If it were a bomb and she wanted to take out a Marine along with herself? Believable. A pistol though? Yeah, if Cato hadn't killed her, any Ultramarine she was trying to demoralize would do so anyway after the shot failed to kill him.

[@555tork]

I mean if you're about to die from an eight foot walking tank breaking through your wall you'll try anything in desperation to survive.

[@_NIKOS9_NIKOS]

She was a water caste civilian (already far more fragile than a normal human) facing an eight foot tall murder machine that was intending to kill her anyway. Gun or no gun she was 100% vulnerable when you factor in what she was facing. Reaching for the gun while distracting her executioner was probably her only small chance of getting out of this alive if she managed to nail the shot. Hell, the fact that she managed to stay calm enough to even attempt this under such circumstances is legit badass. Either way, Cato doesnt need any justification for killing her. In the end of the day he is a Space Marine, a person who has been brainwashed since he was a pre-teen by a fascist regime and turned into a weapon designed to HATE everything that is non-human and to exterminate them with 0 pity, be it soldier or civilian. People tend to forget that. Because lets be real, that Tau could have been an unarmed pregnant mother, in a wheelchair carrying twins in her ams and the outcome would have been the same.

[@seeingseeer5282]

@@_NIKOS9_NIKOS Hence why it's funny

[@kendozero1861]

Isn't there a moment guiliman make a joke regarding his mobility armor and Cato in his ultra serious guard mindset "who is this greatest enemy, my lord" - me paraphrasing, probably misquoting.

[@MrDMSir]

Yes in the "Armour of Fate"

[@PhoenixT70]

I purchased a Cato Sicarius omnibus some time ago. I swear before the Throne, the back cover begins with the words “He, Cato Sicarius.” I really hope the author saw TTS.

[@lolmeister9764]

Now that we've had it for a bit, I gotta say, I genuinely am disturbed by Bricky's face. Good job artist

[@a.j.m8264]

The greatest Cato Sicarius meme I’ve seen so far is him giving the entire description of the missile guidance system, TTS voice and all.

[@Tucker0603]

Idk if it was changed in a later publication but with that excerpt with the Tau lady in the version I listened to an audible she had whipped out a pulse pistol to kill numenor right before Cato Curb stomped her. Not defending Cato, but trying to give full context from the version I know. The book is Blades of Damocles if anyone wants to know.

[@555tork]

I don't think she had drawn the weapon yet but you are basically correct that Sicarius just didn't care to listen to her at all.

[@Tucker0603]

@@555tork just relistened to it, she had actually pointed the gun at numenor's face when cato decided to go "choo choo motherfucker".

[@555tork]

@@Tucker0603 she had just drawn the weapon, but Cato was going to do that regardless.

[@PsychoticFruitfly]

RE best way to kill Erebus- let him get to the pinnacle of his fuckery, where all his plans have come together and he's monologue-ing about how "I AM THE HAND OF FATE!!!" just when some rando guardsman with a scavenged plasma pistol goes "you talk too much i think. yes, it is time for you to shut up now." and vaporizes his head. the backfire caused by vaporizing the lynchpin of so many rituals/plans undoes a large chunk of chaos' work and pisses off the gods SO BAD they refuse to let erebus resurrect OR become a demon. "screw you, perma-death it is".

[@misterjoshua5720]

Ok so on top of all the TTS memes, I'd like to plug for Alfabusa's new series Hunter: The Parenting. It is a delight, give it a shot. The episodes grow the animation quality by leaps and bounds, and the audio dramas are a ton of fun.

[@LukasJampen]

"It is I Cato Sicarius"

[@Shyruni]

The Damocles book where the Tau moment comes from is actually one of my favorite showings of Sicarius, most of the book he gets criticized by his mentor for being reckless and egotistical and for being a terrible leader and by the end actually changes a little. Shame this didn't necessarily carry through other books. Edit: Also yes, the Tau in question was one of their political caste who was attempting to coerce the marines to let down their guard so they could shoot them in the back.

[@vokunrogue3384]

Whats the name of the book?

[@Ashtor1337]

Exactly. That's why you hate and kill the xenos. They are not out for the betterment of mankind. They are at war with humanity. The only xenos that deserves respect are the green skins. At least they are honest about what their goal is.

[@nukclear2741]

Iirc, they *did* mortally wound the tau in the first place, so...

[@Neo232100]

Fun fact: The Slayer of Kings is also the signature weapon of Archaon in both Warhammer Fantasy and Age of Sigmar aka Abbadon’s counterpart in those settings.

[@carsoncasmirri3874]

Worth pointing out his newer lore is pretty decent and Guilliman basically looks at him like Marius Gage reborn

[@Andyfines24]

Tor Garadon of the Imperial Fists fought alongside Cato and they became friends. I believe 8th edition Imperial fist codex says this.

[@imtired9395]

19:30 Cato Sicarius becomes my favorite character in an instant. What a fucking guy. Absolute giga-chad indeed.

[@L_Monke]

I would love if Erebus died to some Harakoni mad lad swooping down and yeeting a krak granade at him.

[@jakepaton4001]

Spikes it at his head, he didnt register what it was before he got turned into paste.

[@Nostroman_Praetor]

RIP Chaos Bozo, he got pushed down a flight of stairs and broke his neck down 50 floors.

[@shonklebonkle324]

"I actually love stories about named ultramarines" - DK

[@PanPaladin]

My favorite bit of OP Cato lore is the duel with the Inquisitor who accused Calgar of Heresy. Unironically a cool scene

[@MrDMSir]

Tigurius too

[@TheInfjustice]

I wish they covered more of the Knights of Mcragge book, where Cato's ptsd takes the form of green eyes staring at him from the corner, and he cant actually figure out if its warp fuckery. And his unit lands on a medieval like world where their power suits dont work and they have to clank around and act like normal humans(when they clearly aren't)

[@fabrizioherrerasegovia5664]

Oh man finally, I alway wanted to see someone make a video about him since I alway wanted to know what the deal about him, I keep asking he he’s a like character or a hated one and I alway keep getting mix result

[@thewerdna]

he used to be hated, as he was like the Ultraist Ultramarine. However since then he has gotten character development (also Ultra-PTSD) and has become a much better character. So people actually genuinely like him now. He is also still funny meme man thanks to TTS

[@rhesty5235]

I wish emperor TTS would have had cato do one final, insane task like plundering the black library or fixing the webway project, but had that be the moment where he gets ultra-depression to match his new lore. Like, calgar sees him again and he screams “Oh PLEASE tell me HOW you (etc.)” only for Cato to respond in a completely normal, non-high pitched, serious voice.

[@Ironbattlemace]

I just can't with the damn "Would you kill an innocent unarmed female" *YES*

[@MidnightClad8]

AHHHHH you guys finally did one of my favorite characters in all of 40k. The GOAT has arrived. You need to do a dedicated Uriel Ventris episode and I’m set

[@89AUSNJO]

Hell ya Cato!! I would just like to say thank you for all your lore videos. They make my week. I’ve learned a hell of a lot of lore via this great channel.

[@floricel_112]

I think you can have your cake and eat it too with possible scenarios regarding the death of Erebus. You can have his death broadcasted across the entire galaxy with everyond cheering his death, THEN reveal to him that all of it was just in his mind and in reality he dies on some remote planet in some remote corner of the galaxy, killed by one of the many many many people he screwed over

[@thewerdna]

Alternatively he gets stolen by Trazyn and spends the rest of eternity in his museum with the label "is a bitch" on his exhibit

[@woaddragon]

That actual remind me of a short story who name I can not recall, about this grand sorcerer, who doing all sorts of stuff, outdoing powerful rivals magical contest and just being the best... Spoil warning Then you go to the end and realized it a death vision, given by Tzeenteeth himself. The Grand Sorcerer with nothing more than a mutant living in some primitive backwater world, in a trivial shuffle of a rival cult.

[@floricel_112]

@@woaddragon yeah, I was thinking it would involve some Tzeetchian fckery, maybe courtesy of the thousand sons or something (like with Rylanor), where Erebus would see all that only to get the rug pulled from under him in the last few moments

[@azuth11]

I am playing through the campaign of the game Battlesector, where you play as Blood Angels on Baal with Guilliman’s Indomitus Crusade in orbit waiting for you to clear up the last few Tyranids. In one of the last levels, I am warned by my superior that if we take too much longer, Guilliman has threatened to send Cato Sicarius to complete my mission.

[@brothertobias]

Great Episode. Cato Sicarius is one of those figures who is more interesting on an out-of-universe level than in in-universe. He is the posterchild of how to spin stupid lore into nuanced lore. The only thing Bricky missed, is that Cato Sicarius and Uriel Ventris don't like each other. Which is fair enough, considering Ventris wasn't mentioned on the podcast yet.

[@TonyRedgrave]

Watching the 30 seconds of TTS in complete silence was still hilarious. I can hear him in my head.

[@irondragon1785]

I CAST FIST *klang* “OOWWWWW”

[@lordvalkus2760]

20:30 and that’s why the Captain General liked Robo and wouldn’t kill him

[@thijsdeboer389]

"legally distinct commisar" Aahh yes i love my legal distinctions in warhammer

[@FuegoBacon]

I fucking love that Cato “Yes,” excerpt, it’s so peak.

[@frogwithhumanteeth7808]

I think that a future maybe 2 parter could be Alexis Pollux and the Crimson Fists. First episode talking about Alexis, his role in the heresy and his bond with Dantioch, and the second episode covering the Crimson Fists chapter as a whole, and the Battle of Rynn’s World. I think that DK would get a kick out of the Rynn’s Might story

[@TrippyTigre]

Oh, it's been a minute since I watched this on KZbin (usually spotify) the new art looks great, really shows off Bricky's superior intelligence

[@AdamantAlex]

The TTS memes are strong with this one!

[@LithiumBlossom]

Cato was originally designed to be the player avatar in either the 4th or 5th editions starter kit. He was supposed to grow and change over rhe editions but because of the backlash that never happened

[@williamwalsh4743]

i am so dearly in love with the art. Also, Cheye got me into warframe. and then i followed her here, and you guys are my favorite creaters out there. Im making a metal cover of your theme ( i know its already been done, but im doing it too lol) and i cant wait to show it to you.

[@TiernanWilkinson]

"HOW DARE YOU INTERRUPT THE FEEDBACK SESSION OF I, CATO SICARIUS"

[@GaldirEonai]

Pretty sure the main reason why Cato got the Victrix post was that Guilliman wants to keep the shifty little bugger where he can see him :P.

[@henrypaleveda7760]

Okay I haven't watched your videos in a hot minute but the new backdrop portraits were a shock to be sure.

[@chaoshunter01]

My brother used Cato's coup de' grace to kill the 5th edition's newly released Lelith Hesperax. She was a fething monster in close combat. Because of this a crowd had gathered when it was announced that Lelith was engaged in close combat. Everyone wanted to see the slaughter. His opponent unfortunately rolled offensively poor. My brother didn't need any miraculous saving throw because she literally missed every single hit. Now because her WS was quite a bit higher than Cato's, my brother would need to roll really well. So he decides to forgo Cato's normal attacks and opts for the Coup de' Grace. One hit instant death. He absolutely destroyed Lelith. Cato was a dead man standing when Lelith engaged him. The little bastard showed he wasn't all talk.

[@88GAF]

I really wish they'd do an episode where it talks about space marines who captured a dark eldar and broke him by basically putting him in a sensory deprivation chamber for days and days COULD have been fanfic but it was really good!

[@matteocdt5214]

sensory deprivation is bad enough already, but doing that to a being so pathologically addicted to stimuli is just downright cruel. but knowing what those sick fucks do to their slaves, it's kind of refreshing edit: i believe they were known as the carcharodons, or space sharks

[@calebhebert2733]

That book insert sold me. I love him

[@rand0mguy948]

Ultimate death for Erebus, killed by a random earthshaker round and nobody even realises he’s dead.

[@samtrue3]

Just came back after a while and my god i love the new art style.