Least poetic Word Bearer

"Vae Victis"
Written by R.J. Williamson
Music:
• Fear and Wonder
What gods hast thou, that bow before the might of mortal men?
Surrendered now in ignorance; enslaved before the pen
Of magistrates and potentates less powerful than thee:
What makers vested strength within the legs that bend the knee?
What then of their countenance, their handiwork to see?
Cry then! Cry out unto them and witness unto me!
What chains and shackles hobble thee - what burden giveth pause?
What fearsome power maketh thee unworthy of thy cause?
What of the faith and principles thou surely must despise,
To supplicate in deference before a throne of lies?
Count for me the years before the soul of freedom dies.
Art thou now a servant and a slave in thine own eyes?
What fools are we, who in false grace before accusers bowed
And in our hubris and our haste their tyranny allowed.

[@freakshow7122]

As a literature majors student, I must say, this was a banger.

[@sorenthelurker2868]

Word banger

[@dueinuremom5082]

As not a litarature major student, I too can say this is a banger.

[@calcium_skeleton]

As somebody who can rhyme, this was sublime.

[@nonoyobizness9090]

As a cretin to whom literature is a brick beyond my ken, this is also an absolute banger.

[@jackekdahl395]

Oh yeah?!... Then you might like this: Here you came oh literature major For thy pleasure and enjoyment Savour it now 'cause I wager You'll spend years in unemployment. Thus is the nature of such degree To leave thou waiting on a shelf But I shouldn't really mock thee Because I have one myself. So I leave to your consideration This little poem as a jest Please don't take it as humiliation I wish you all the best.

[@Bread-nx9fo]

Lorgars speech to Magnus is also terrifyingly good

[@Jon-hd4qu]

which speech what book

[@Kor-Phaeron590]

​​@@Jon-hd4qu I think it was the first heretic, though Im not so sure. There is a cut out from the Audiobook on youtube. Just google what OP mentioned and you will find it

[@Tarik360]

@@Jon-hd4qu is it Lorgar holding a speech at Armatura? Someone made an animation of that scene if that's the case. you can look it up in YT, very eerie speech.

[@anirudhashok3332]

​@@Jon-hd4qu first heretic

[@real.creature1]

​@Jon-hd4qu Everyone is saying first heretic but I'm 90% sure they're talking about the first chapter of Betrayer.

[@DirtPerson]

"So anyway, that's why we have to burn Calth."

[@RadCyn]

🤣🤣🤣

[@SolvableMattB]

It was an act of self defence

[@normalboy2907]

Man. He really bared those words.

[@ralek592]

*Beared but if u mean past tense its bore

[@ralek592]

Oh its literally "bare" my b original gangster

[@garlicbreadstick404]

​@@ralek592no, this cannot be forgiven, now empty the compartments of your pantaloons.

[@ralek592]

@@garlicbreadstick404 for what purpose?

[@Mygg_Jeager]

You did it, John Warhammer. You really are the 40k.

[@emperorontheinternet6510]

"all I ever wanted is the truth"

[@Ralampos]

All i Everlastingly desired is truth*

[@Liethen]

Just remember to always read that speech with the accent and mannerisms of a southern televangelist.

[@honzavesely7322]

That's what I'm saying 🫠🥃

[@JoshuaMiller-rw3sj]

Agreed fully, like were my x Jennifer Christine lamprecht, I study psychotherapy and sociology self taught , I feel as if something doesn't want us knowing the truth.

[@Francesco-gf1sv]

I can emphatize with that crave

[@ajanibrudenell8854]

It took me two-thirds of the video to realize the title said Word Bearer, not World Eater. I did not question for a second that this was a World Eater going through this in his head has he rips & tears across the battlefield.

[@zacaritest]

It's him! brother Rhymi-cus

[@AlphariusOmegon618]

Rhymicus the Barmaster

[@kobold7466]

"Vae Victis, "woe to the vanquished", or "woe to the conquered". It means that those defeated in battle are entirely at the mercy of their conquerors and should not expect-or request-leniency." The majority of the poem is from the perspective of a conqueror mocking the gods and values of the conquered asking how mighty could they be if it has failed them and allowed them to bend the knee to him but by the end the speaker laments the selfishness and foolishness that allowed themselves to be conquered in the first place and should have kept being defiant instead of bending the knee.

[@nightsong81]

👏Well done. Full marks. 💯

[@sinjinreed2091]

Burialgoods having the best Angron voice but voicing Lorgar. Power move.

[@jubisvaldo5450]

The Horus Heresy should have been decided by a rap battle between the Emperor and Lorgar

[@krel3358]

I think thats really what we needed to see as I dont think anyone in the Imperium really had any awareness that the Word Bearers were the architects of everything gone wrong. Even when say Lorgar talks to Guilliman he just says that Horus is in charge of it all.

[@kobold7466]

That would have been amazing if before horuses attack Lorgar came to debate the emperor one more time to maybe talk him into negotiating and its just a whole bible of intellectual debate.

[@theywhoneverwas]

The Dimmu Borgir backing track of 'Fear And Wonder' is *chef's kiss* for this narration.

[@Qver-gd9bg]

Somebody made a Lorgar tribute with two Dimmu Borgir songs in the background, it’s actually very good

[@fetusdeletus9266]

I’m too drunk to understand this but this goes hard

[@Kor-Phaeron590]

Based

[@withinfinite5104]

"A limerick? We hath adopted the ways of hip and hop brother" -Erebus

[@myonlyfriendtheend4958]

"Can't you hear it magnus, A million million screaming voices begging to be born"

[@Masayuki_Nagare]

What Gods Has Thou, That Bow Before The Might Of Mortal Men? Surrendered Now In Ignorance; Enslaved Before The Pen Of Magistrates And Potentates Less Powerful Than Thee: What Makers Vested Strength Within The Legs That Bend The Knee? What Then Of Their Countenance, Their Handiwork To See? Cry Then! Cry Out Unto Them And Witness Unto Me! What Chains And Shackles Hobble Thee - What Burden Giveth Pause? What Fearsome Power Maketh Thee Unworthy Of Thy Cause? What Of The Faith And Principles Thou Surely Must Despise, To Supplicate In Deference Before A Throne Of Lies? Count For Me The Years Before The Soul Of Freedom Dies. Art Thou Now A Servant And A Slave In Shine Own Eyes? What Fools Are We, Who In False Grace Before Accusers Bowed And In Our Hubris And Our Haste Their Tyranny Allowed...

[@nightsong81]

"Vae Victis" is Latin (or in this case, presumably High Gothic) for "woe to the defeated."

[@Mag_ladroth]

I learned it as "Woe to the vanquished" is imo sounds way cooler

[@bobjones5674]

Its a great line from early Roman history when Gauls sacked Rome during the early Roman republic (before they had even take over all of modern day Italy) and the Romans were paying them tribute to go away and accused the Gaul chieftain of using faulty weights, he, as the story goes, threw is sword onto the scales, saying "Woe to the Conquered."

[@Mag_ladroth]

@@bobjones5674 IIRC it is said that the Gauls threw a sword on top of the weights so that the Romans had to pay even more gold for complaining about the faulty weights

[@newtypefuture6065]

Wonder what the most poetic wordbearer sounds like...

[@patrickwilliams997]

For with a False emperor, In great liberation of toil, To rebel against that betrayer, Our sweat doth despoil, For in our name, That glorious Lord, truth shalt always reign The bearer's of the word.

[@noahknauss1255]

You guys are like a perfect creative team. I love these videos so much man!

Motivating speech!

[@thomaskovacs5094]

Please more 40k stuff! It's always awesome!!

[@flamingliver]

Could you do Angron confronting the high riders of his home world please?

[@Kingedwardiii2003]

I just read that the other day when I finished betrayer, such a great scene lol the boy king was terrified!

[@albinoyak2755]

Fear and wonder really goes hard as the backing track, lol!

[@aceriverpirate9795]

This is fucking *_ART._*

[@Sir_Kophagus]

i’m starting to suspect that the poet is you, burialgoods (because i cannot find this rj williamson anywhere) if so, incredible! i love this!

[@burialgoods]

Oh I assure you it's not me, RJ Williamson just hasn't published anything yet. He sends me some of his work to use for videos. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@spehhhsssmarineer8961]

@@burialgoods No way. I have been desperately trying to find the origin of this poem only to learn that exists nowhere else. I desperately need more.

[@nightsong81]

@@spehhhsssmarineer8961 There is a playlist in burial's videos of other poetry by R.J. Williamson.

[@spehhhsssmarineer8961]

@@nightsong81 I found it. I have listened to it on loop. I love this poetry.

My favourite playlist on KZbin rn

[@sqocks8254]

This is amazing.

[@writingraven2503]

Adeptus Shakespeare 🔥

[@JohnLemon-xq4pd]

Why the least poetic word bearer kinda a smash tho...

[@BlandBoom]

Fucking what

[@BlandBoom]

I thought you said you wanted to have sex with the word bearer, sorry

[@maxkordon]

He wants to fuck the space marine

[@JohnLemon-xq4pd]

@@BlandBoom I say it on most of these videos when I can lol

[@Interweb_Gremlin]

​@@JohnLemon-xq4pd And here I thought I found someone with taste 😔

[@RolandEdrickSantos-jz7yp]

*Such words*

[@CasualEQuest]

Gonna be honest, misread that as World Eater, and I was like Oh hell yea thats poignant. This is good too, I guess

[@thegodofcheetos6977]

We live in a world where the last poetry that makes sense it's warhammer poetey

[@szczepanfiefiorka2107]

touch some grass lmao

[@snowflower64]

Wow this is good.

[@rougenarwhal8378]

This goes so hard?!

[@GreasusGoldtooth]

CALTH WAS AN ACT OF SELF-DEFENSE!

[@MarkHealth-oi1fg]

That one voice in my head reading poems be like:

[@themarlboromandalorian]

Klingons didn't have much use for their gods either. That's why they killed them all. Or so the story goes...

[@Kor-Phaeron590]

Oh damn, you need to voice more f'd WB's speeches. But then again, the shitposts hit way more harder.

[@sips3812]

poetic

[@coolsonicsoul7356]

I genuinely don't even know what any of this means like it's so shrouded behind these weird poetic meanings that I can't even understand what's supposed to be being said here and idk if that's the point or not

[@nightsong81]

Kobold7466 below explained it pretty well: "Vae Victis, 'woe to the vanquished,' or 'woe to the conquered.' It means that those defeated in battle are entirely at the mercy of their conquerors and should not expect-or request-leniency. The majority of the poem is from the perspective of a conqueror mocking the gods and values of the conquered asking how mighty could they be if it has failed them and allowed them to bend the knee to him but by the end the speaker laments the selfishness and foolishness that allowed themselves to be conquered in the first place and should have kept being defiant instead of bending the knee."

[@_layman_]

does the video sidebar color really match youtube dark mode exactly? makes it a sublime viewing experience!

[@SouthernersSax]

Your choice of meter means that this can be sung to the theme to "Gilligan's Island"

[@nightsong81]

Now imagine Lorgar singing it jauntily

[@nightsong81]

"...with Gulliman, The Lion too, The Custodes, and her wiiiiiife..." [screaming in the background]: DOUBLE HERESY!! (blam blam) The Inquisitor, Belisarius Cawl and his Primaris thrall, HERE ON GULLIMAN'S IIIIIIIIIISLE!"

[@Salmon_Rush_Die]

@@nightsong81 perfect

[@vladimirvojtaml]

Okay hear me out... This could be a upbeat song!

[@nightsong81]

Somebody else pointed out it fits the "Gilligan's Island" theme lol

[@dependent-ability8631]

thank you mr gravemind

[@leondyer3855]

I feel like this poem is somehow related to the fact that the emperor didn't want the religious fanaticism is that the currents imperium has and likely would be ashamed of its current state

[@spottedslash4256]

The Emperor demanded Submission & obedience as if he was a god. But not the admiration of one. He Called himself Revelation, parades himself in Golden Armour and Hues does things that are at a biblical level.... and then gets mad when people worship him. He is either a hypocrite or a Tyrannical Atheistic Psyker that has played the long-con too far for his own good.

[@kobold7466]

word bearers are religious fanatics that created the emperor cult.

[@jonnothing3268]

Fear and Wonder

[@zantherhayes7229]

I bet it would be soul destroying to hear him do the "thank you" monolog from what dreams may come

[@imperialcommisar5279]

LETS GOOO

[@plastiktuten3866]

VAE VICTIS

[@plastiktuten3866]

anyway this gave me chills

[@drakeevans3066]

Please, I need to hear you do a rendition of Kyras's speech from Dawn of War 2.

[@andrewdelaerranz9648]

Now with the new lore revelations Burial eventually will need an acoustic changer to modify his voice to sound like a women when voicing space marines, its a matter of time

[@burialgoods]

Lmao GW can get bent

[@andrewdelaerranz9648]

@@burialgoods Based

[@Kor-Phaeron590]

​@@burialgoods I coomed 😩

[@15MinuteUpload]

What lore?

[@snorgleboggle351]

They are referring to Custodes now having females amongst the ranks. And the announcement by GW that there ALWAYS was female Chstodes and if you don't like it then GW doesn't want you. You can look up the posts if you want to see all of what they wrote for more info.

[@migazone]

you need to do a reading of the Ozymandias poem by Percy shelly

[@burialgoods]

I've done it, but need to update it. My last performance was not my best.

[@migazone]

@@burialgoods I look forward to hearing it

[@raymoshav-bloodbought]

Is this meant to be a commentary on how idols are but stone and mankind enslaves them with the pen pertaining to their lore and they take what form we make for them?

[@nightsong81]

I can see why you'd read it that way. Insightful. It's intended to be a commentary on the way mankind is, itself, enslaved - not to gods but to mere men. And how shameful it is that we seemingly abandon our faith and principles in the fear of human tyranny. But that doesn't make your reading wrong. Any more than using it as a 40K piece does. Art is like that.

[@raymoshav-bloodbought]

@@nightsong81 I see.

[@awsomemanduification]

Where can I find more of his poetry? I’ve been searching but I’m only getting obscure references and having a hard time finding the poem

[@burialgoods]

He hasn't published any of it

[@bruhed1117]

Says the one who gets turned into a mass of shambling flesh when they don’t do what daddy tells them to

[@MukeshSharma-xj8nh]

Burial please do an eldritch horror of half life 2. I'm sure it has great concepts. And I'm suprised you haven't done sonic yet.

[@ReinaSaurus]

not sure if the other traitor legions appreciate prowess in literacy in the same way

[@retroking8280]

I came here because of ham and this is what i find?

[@Kor-Phaeron590]

Where is that artwork from?

[@kobold7466]

Can you PLEASE do the "Belief" speech by Terry Pratchett's Death?

[@burialgoods]

I already have

[@kobold7466]

@@burialgoods ah shit didn't know could you link it?

[@burialgoods]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKnQaqJ4pMxrj6M

[@symonjones43]

do angron talking about taking the emperors slaving head if he were a more morale man.

[@zthroescha]

Holy shit... It's FRANK HORRIGAN!

[@pwayne3580]

Why can I only hear this in Anthony Keides voice?

[@AlexandroneF]

“Speak Gothic, you traitorous nerd!” - a Space Wolf captain before breaking the heretic’s face.

[@unfathomablyunfathomable]

Did you make this?

[@burialgoods]

I voiced it, but did not write it

[@unfathomablyunfathomable]

@@burialgoods the poetry was straight fire 🔥🔥🔥💯💯 you never miss

[@herbertmoon998]

Burial, you should read faust

[@sinsofthelastdawn8942]

Optimum Prime

[@TheAussieBlue]

"I'm not a slave," says slave to the dark gods.

[@spottedslash4256]

Vs. The slaves to a Corpse God?

[@TheAussieBlue]

@@spottedslash4256 nope, slave is a slave, slave to darkness is a slave and pointing out how other people are slaves doesn't undo your slavery.

[@sanmartinovallevictorjuven5187]

​@@TheAussieBlueSame towards the Emperor's slaves.

[@DrihunGaming]

Written by R.J. Williamson I read it as Ray William Johnson somehow

[@nightsong81]

Dang, that's a pretty good pen name. Kinda sounds like a vice president who turns out to be a bad guy in a movie. Somebody should use that for something.

[@AKenneth224]

Why does he have the Butcher’s Nails?

[@WalkingOshaViolation]

I’m too old for gen aplha slang. Can the word “gyatt” apply to a poem if it’s really fucking good?

[@charliehiggins7876]

Why does that Word Bearer have Butcher's Nails?

[@Kor-Phaeron590]

I was asking that myself, but it could be some sort of neural implants maybe. They all kinda look the same

[@lennoxshepherd3905]

Was this a parody of something by edgar alan poe?

[@burialgoods]

No, original poem

[@yopoxikeweapescai9066]

do a gotrek vid

[@iluma4308]

Hello

[@Makaan]

Nice words, but an Emperor Blessed bolter round carries more weight.

[@migarsormrapophis2755]

Now do one where the Alpha Legion pretend to be Female Custodes, and use the exact same voice.

[@MrAntrikch]

You know what? Fuck you. And thank you. That was depressingly hilarious.

[@migarsormrapophis2755]

@@MrAntrikch If you don't hate GW, you aren't a warhammer fan, and that's nothing new.

[@humanhuman7280]

My friend lied this isn't a fat frog :(

[@KillTeamHungary]

Holy shit this rings painfully true, when you realize what is going on with Warhammer now...

[@mastan7773]

Oioioioioioioioioi

[@six106]

Bord Wearers

[@tuinopjebuik]

1

[@vitaliy.petrovich]

Я ничего не понимаю 😭 Слишком сложный слог для восприятия😅

[@randomwords577]

2

[@159tony]

Says word bearer, shows world eater primarch angron.

[@burialgoods]

Look at the Legion badge on his shoulder

[@159tony]

@@burialgoods wait.. but aren't those the butcher's nails on his head?

[@burialgoods]

I think the artist might have gotten the two legions mixed up, or didn't realize cortical implants are a World Eaters thing.

[@159tony]

@@burialgoods possible.

[@kage3587]

​@@burialgoodsmaybe it's a Word Eater or a World Bearer

[@alexandrecampos1391]

Lorgar did nothing wrong until Guilliman wronged him. There, i said it.

[@toheekang174]

Chaospilled and blasphemymaxxed

[@AB-wy1dn]

Lol

[@stateofflorida5082]

Sounds like bro shouldve been a renegade instead a toelicker for the four cosmic hobos thatre all of those things turned up to 11. Justice for morty and pertys nonsense lore!

[@gagankishore9907]

Thats literally a world water. Dont you see the butcher's nails. Angron cries.

[@MegaBichiX]

there is book in there

[@burialgoods]

Look at the shoulder

[@tempers_vr]

rea

[@AB-wy1dn]

Rear

[@Watermeloncat68]

Sex

[@migarsormrapophis2755]

Rear ended on my birthday by a cousin-fucking redneck with his half-sister half-eldritch abomination riding in the side seat!?

[@bluebowser3347]

If you made a youtube channel and only posted warhammer content you'd get way more subscribers. I just cant bring myself to subscribe cuz you post so much shitpost content.

[@burialgoods]

There's more to life than just Warhammer

[@IndianTheNaked]

Hey Burial, while the music choice itself was a good fit for this, I find it to be a touch too loud, and it overshadows your reading quite a bit. When not using headphones I have to strain to hear what is actually being said. Mayhaps, a 15-20% reduction on the music volume would work well. Cheers though mate, keep up the good work.

Then again with headphones the mixing is perfect

[@burialgoods]

Sounds fine on my end. Audio will sound different on different devices. I recommend all my videos be listened to through headphones.

[@Alceste_]

As an audience we can also at times simply not align with the artistic vision of content we consume. The "loud" music around 0:49 - 1:10 could pretty well be exactly as planned by the author and not fit your liking, things happen. o/ Tho personally I mostly find myself wondering why artists pick some words over others in songs and worry less about mixing.

[@40kbrit47]

Dude your 40k stuff literally gives me a fucking stiffy its awesome, please make some Eisenhorn content.

[@inquisitorbenediktanders3142]

Meanwhile, most poetic World Eater: (Incoherent nonstop screaming).

[@72skci72]

This is redditor bs. World eater marines are coherent and poetic in the books. Until the combat and blood. Then nails bit them hard. But lheor, arrian, kharn, kargos etc etc are great characters.

[@mr.kittysavestheworld695]

>someone who doesn't know the World Eaters They can actually be really damn deep and thoughtful when they aren't screaming.

[@Kor-Phaeron590]

Oh lord, these replies