Lucifer Blacks EXPLAINED By An Australian | Warhammer 40k Lore

[@majorkill]

I don't know who came up with the name "Lucifer Blacks" but god damn that is badass. Get 60% off the 2022 Calendars here : majorkill.com/

[@arizonaicesuntea9922]

Very well done on this one. The Lucifer Blacks do need more love. But when can we get a vidoe on the Cadian Guardsmen video?

[@dueinuremom5082]

There was a bunch of gw writers who sat in a room and made this regiment and when it got to naming they poured out all the fatherlessness and sad virgin nerd thoughts into making this name. Lucifer black sounds like either a heavy metal band or an emo one.

[@V.B.Squire]

It's an army of Jason Bourne clones

[@KingKharnivore]

Got to admit, I've never heard of them before, and when I read the name, my first thought was that it sounded like a condom brand.

[@withlovefromlightindust591]

Hey Majorkill. Would you please make some lore videos on the Imperial Truth, the Imperial Creed, The Ecclesiarchy, and the High Lords of Terra? Thank you.

[@truemisto]

they have a special power that custodes and astartes do not posess : the ability to fit through narrow hallways and tunnels

[@heat-fs4045]

A little known part of a Custodes’ toolkit is a pocket Lucifer Black, which they can toss down small corridors and tunnels.

[@azariyelvarro6271]

@@heat-fs4045 Constantine Valdor: Remember, switching to your Lucifer Black is faster than reloading Custodes: Sir, can't we do that shit in split seconds, even with these super unwieldy guardian spear? Valdor: Hush, let them have this. *happy Lucifer Black noises*

[@Sam-handwich583]

When a door frame is too small and too durable to break through, all they gotta do is call in the lucifer blacks and the jobs practically done

[@Sam-handwich583]

Also hi and hello

[@formdoggie5]

Thats what the powerhammers and fists are for. What's the point of being that big and strong if you cannot even make your own doors?

[@isaacjones748]

I love the power scaling in 40k. "That one child-turned-Lucifer got ONE hit on Alpharius before getting cleaved in two. Absolute god-tier guardsman"

[@dualwieldroxas358]

Tbf, that is a feat akin to injuring a god, considering how ridiculously OP Primarchs are

[@robertnelson9599]

It would be like a normal human charging Goku from Dragonball and getting one stab in.

[@bmad1386]

​@@robertnelson9599 hey don't downplay the Lucifer Blacks like that, they're closer to primarchs than humans are to Goku

[@alfieingrouille1528]

I hope they get actual models or atleast some artwork one day

[@majorkill]

I'll see what I can do

[@alfieingrouille1528]

@@majorkill 😁

[@lolbitbot4791]

​@@majorkill you have my interest

[@RyanFTE]

@@majorkill Yes… good aussie.

[@zeltrechkaleidescope9722]

@@majorkill what a chad

[@Kardel_VA]

I can see them getting models as light infantry for the custodes. Would be interesting.

[@solarflare3382]

SoS players would mald

[@dtheraider4336]

I see them almost like more of the assassins. Agents of the imperium that independently operate and slot where they need to. Maybe a small 3-5 man squad instead of a single model.

[@bearzercher]

Nah broken

[@lanewaldrop3367]

Why the fuck would custodes get a guardsmen regiment

[@thenerfkid9228]

@@lanewaldrop3367 because it's more like talons of the emperor. You know, the custodes plus sisters of silence plus now the Lucifer Blacks

[@aerea4759]

"genome raised" means that they were bred from selected parents especially for war, at least according to similar entries on the Lexicanum about Regiments of the "Old Hundred", the initial Imperial Army units

[@skepticalmagos_101]

Mixed in with gene therapy.... old fashioned selective breeding takes awhile to get results. 😅

[@BearClawTN]

Sooo basically Doomslayer's babies. The child support must be brutal.

[@midgetydeath]

The Geno regiments seemed to use a mix of planned breeding, genetic modification, and I assume artificial wombs from how their naming conventions and culture seem to be.

[@____________838]

A whole bunch of Hanma children…

[@grumpymonk2460]

So there ab-humans in the same the leagues of voton are neat

[@ianyoder2537]

Ok I get that we haven't seen much from them because they have no personality, but having a lucifer black as the secondary strait man character to a Ciaphas Cain type. One succeed threw near superhuman skill and training acting as the bodyguard to the other who somehow manages to BS threw every thing. "How did you survive a one on one battle with a carnifex? "Good question ... I'm hungry, are you hungry? let's get lunch." "That doesn't answer my question." "Because you told me 'I don't know' is never a viable answer."

[@mcarrowtime7095]

Through*

[@molliethomas2585]

Good idea! I hope we see this one day

[@christiandauz3742]

All the Lucifer Blacks were killed prior to the Beast Orks The ones during the Beast Orks are replacements

[@kebogu6123]

Green hornet vibes

[@Raventwig]

I hope they get models someday, they would probably fit with Custodes and Sisters of Silence since they're the Emperor's bodyguards just the same. It would be a bit underwhelming if they just made them a Guard regiment.

[@csmrookie9600]

Fair, though I wonder what their armor would be like in model.

[@NickK1291]

They could always make a set of them for Kill Team.

[@gideonmele1556]

Elite attachments for non-astartes Imperial forces like how assassins are treated would be interesting

[@TyraziumGod]

I feel like Sly Marbo would've been an incredible Lucifer Black. If he can do all he can with a combat knife and a ripper pistol, imagine what he could do with the imperium's best weapons and armor

[@guy_autordie]

The Armor doesn't fit Sly. ^^'

[@TyraziumGod]

@@guy_autordie perhaps not, but I'm sure you understand my point

[@koraegi]

If only they could somehow mass produce sly marbos

[@Eliphas_]

Video idea: How would each Primarch react and rule the imperium, if they were the one to return first instead of Guilliman

[@frongle5024]

This could be especially interesting if it factors in a Traitor Primarch being recovered from Chaos in some way, such as through cloning or the recovery of their soul

[@raipe125]

@@frongle5024 the magnus soul is property of a custodes... Yeah yeah not canon

[@jonathanathor117]

Vulkan: mandatory free hugs. Lion: secretive to a sociopathic degree. Dorn: Fortifications Khan: Mandatory jet bikes races.

[@justinweber4977]

I forget, Perturabo never really gave himself to Chaos, did he? At least not fully... So Perty coming back as a Steward for the Imperium, getting to do some besides Siege Warfare would be interesting. Or even just being another human-isj faction.

[@jonathanathor117]

@@justinweber4977 Peter turbo is a lost cause like the rest of his demon brothers.

[@xdlol1177]

A story centered around A lucifer black, could be very interesting, especially when playing off of more over the top characters. If it was about a squad of them, it would be boring, but if it is just one of them, and the are working to protect/operate with others, such as an inquisitor or a commissar, there can be so much to do. It would even work from the lucifer black's point of view, for the comedic value.

[@INSANESUICIDE]

A similar thing was done with a guardsman of Krieg, I have mixed feelings as it humanized them which is contrary to what makes them what they are in the current day of the setting, but it was well done. I think the book was called Dead man walking.

[@xdlol1177]

@@INSANESUICIDE The thing is, is that one does not necessarily need to humanize them, especially if you put them together with those carrying those traits. Instead, it is better to have those of the Lucifer Blacks and Kriegsman to play to their character strengths, which is staunchly loyal fanatics that are amazing at what they do to a suicidal degree.

[@DJSummerDM1]

Like if Eisenhorn got one to replace one of the many that have died for him

[@thejuiceking2219]

or you could just make it a short thing composed mainly of action. like the Astartes project

[@lollomannu1125]

Read about this guys in the horus heresy book "legion" and they really seemed like true bosses

[@DP-ym8zf]

Did they? The Alpha Legion fucked the up in that book

[@NemFX]

They basically only existed in that book. I think they got name dropped like once since

[@agentchaos9332]

Considering that's the book he's referencing with the whole "landed a hit on a primach in melee" feat, yeah I'd say they look pretty good in legion. Arguably they're the most competent faction, since the Lord Commander, Alpharius/ the alpha legion and John all get outplayed and make mistakes throughout the story. The Lucifers never really make a mistake, they just get crushed by overwhelming force and even then their last stand is glorious

[@sbrazenor2]

@@NemFX They were in The Solar War (I'm reading that now.); to guard an Admiral in Dorn's fleet. They are also in Blood Games, a short story about Custodies. They are probably in a few other places.

[@ashg9023]

​@@NemFX they appear in the tales of heresy HH short stories. specifically blood games which centres around the custodians.

[@Lootmothgaming]

Person: *has ptsd* Imperium: That’s what I’m talking about!

[@d4darwin458]

😂😂😂😂

[@TheWarmachine375]

I hope we get to see Majorkill talk about the League of Votann in the future.

[@yalocalasda5146]

*Cough cough wink wink*

[@danny_decheeto8300]

Definitely

[@ZeroHxC07]

Rock and stone

[@justaperson3246]

Leagues of Votann are sick

[@koolunit]

Bonuspoints if he does this while doing squats...

[@tomyorke3412]

If your an Imperial guard player you know about these guys I have been in the guard since 3rd edition they are this almost mythical regiment. Almost as legendary as the The old one hundred. The old hundred where the original 100 regiments that comprised the Imperial Army and fought during the Unification Wars and the great crusade. I believe some are still fighting in the current setting and even space marines know to respect them.

[@kirkdyteo993]

I never heard about this Imperial regiment until now. Man this W40k has literally so much lore that I feel like I'm only on the surface of the iceberg...

[@luked8873]

Read more, I'm an not Alpharius

[@obamaprism4168]

You don’t feel like you’ve only scratched the surface, you *have* only scratched the surface. I am also not Alpharius

[@daniellewin5274]

40k is old as Fuck, as such there is a lot of lore. I'm Alpharius (this is a lie)

[@juhasznagyjozsef]

The Lucifer Blacks were a mainly Horus heresy era unit. I am Alpharius. (this is a [REDACTED] statement)

[@WarforgedArcher]

@@luked8873 I am Alpharius

[@agentchaos9332]

I was surprised that when you made a video of the most badass mortal human characters in Warhammer, the Lucifer who stabbed Alpharius wasn't included

[@majorkill]

He wasn't on my radar at that time

[@monkofbob]

@@majorkill finding a Majorkill response in the wild…

[@panchopeanut6486]

A video on necron crypteks would be pretty cool.

[@dazofthemoo1531]

Fuk Necrons!

[@T-h-a-t_G-u-y]

I love your username

[@lucasartore161a]

@@T-h-a-t_G-u-y i fucking loathe his username

[@juliusbossman7280]

Cool video. Could you do a video about Abaddon's relationship with the Traitor Primarchs?

[@micha9186]

Imagine Lucifers with the Interex look or just straight up stolen gear. That would be perfect for a non-spacemarine elite human unit

[@RunningOnAutopilot]

Maybe a extremely short book from the POV of a Lucifer black would be cool and good

[@frongle5024]

Such a small thing would be unlikely to be made, since the stories are made to sell. Maybe as a tiny bonus thing or excerpt from a larger book, such as someone tapping into a Lucifer Black's mind to try and gain information and we get to read what they experience, think and remember

[@MrMrrome]

Read "Legion" it's part of the Horus heresy series. Most of the lore MK talks about here comes from that book.

[@exponenttie9707]

probably a book filled with short stories by these guys in different battles through the time of the Imperium

[@mattd6931]

Chapter 1: Lucifer Black given mission to kill an a Chaos Champion. Chapter 2: Lucifer Black accomplishes mission quickly and efficiently. Chapter 3: Lucifer Black provides detailed mission report and awaits further orders.

[@venkelos6996]

These are just one more thing I'd wish to get in the 9e Guard codex, or have had rules for in one of the FFG 40k game lines, back when those were a thing; an example of the peak of human capacity, compared to genetically-engineered supermen, physically modified Assassins, and ridiculously superior alien strains. Oh well, still a fun group.

[@lachlancampbell3538]

Man I’d be keen on some mini’s I can’t believe this isn’t an established faction 😳

[@michaelhowell2326]

It would be great if GW would add the Lucifer Blacks to the long-awaited "Agents of the Imperium" Codex.

[@crxcify1x]

recently read Legion, glad to see the lucifers getting some love

[@josuke3698]

A video on how Chaos marines recruit would be pretty cool

[@thanzirg1418]

I really love these videos about relatively obscure 40k pieces of lore. I learned so much about the setting here

[@Maac32]

Loved every instance involving a Lucifer Black in the Horus Heresy

[@xenostim]

tbf John Grammaticus did struggle with the Alpha Legion, just not in combat. John was trying to get them to agree to a meeting with the Cabal, so he was trying to avoid fighting them. The Alpha Legion did end up manipulating John and the Cabal at the end of the book Legion, but the meeting did happen so they kinda both won.

[@alfieingrouille1528]

I love the vids majorkill keep up the good work you absolute mad lad

[@RocoPwnage]

I am almost completely new to Warhammer as a whole and these guys sound by far the coolest out of anyone I heard of.

[@boom350ph]

finally the guardsmen of the golden throne i love these guys for one reason they are working with custodians i really wanna know what they look like soo badly ever since majorkills video of every guardsmen explained

[@Butter_Warrior99]

Choas Guardsmen: Lmao choas good. Lucifer Blacks: Emps gud brah.

[@Ironbattlemace]

I love the damn bombastic DARK ANGELS, WORLD EATERS, LUCIFER BLACKS.

[@eliasjohansson4212]

Loving the upload times, a new video almost every single day

[@neilmartin7776]

Be great to get some rules and models for these guys, they sound badass

[@ryneagheilim9782]

Deathkorps of Krieg: *Keeps digging trenches* Lucifer Black: N O C L I P S U N D E R T H E G R O U N D

[@nick3xtremegaming212]

maybe when those Harlequins who broke in we're killing Lucifer blacks but the writer mistook them for Custodes.

[@eternalhowl8895]

Just had a dream where I was promoted to magos while on a primitive world being invaded by orks. There was a cruiser that was mostly smokestacks and there was a regiment of those mechanicus russians decked out in red and metal jewelry and space marines that looked like they were in a chines parade while using flamers. The dream ended with me vivisecting a ork for his metal pieces that I was reforging for purity in the name of the mechanicus. What the heck did I eat before bed?

[@lukasx4]

Idk what you ate befote bed, but you should give me some

[@aniketbiswas7660]

Sounds like an excellent meal if it got you that

[@woppitywippity3464]

New low of primarch weakness discovered - gettin' killed by Dorn. In melee. "U' don't undestand its like loosing to a wall duuh"

[@Ginrikuzuma]

I already knew about these guys but I thought they stopped being a thing after the horus heresy ended, surprised to learn that they were/are still around. Though it does sound they are former shadows of the badasses they were during the great crusade

[@bananakinflyswatter904]

I personally think a story about a Lucifer Black in the making would make for some neat and befittingly grimdark entertainment. Character starts out with a sense of jovial humor they never seem to get rid of to contrast the battered side all humans are born with in 40k, has a good bunch of people they hang around, but after a while on the path to become a Lucifer, they gradually become less and less human despite becoming more than most could hope to be. A sort of "what are you willing to lose on the path of power" type story, ending all bittersweet and whatnot.

[@jketheridge]

Hands down, the best 40k Lore channel to have ever existed... Love the videos bud.

[@vladi9435]

I like how in Warhammer when explaining things a good ol' "Whatever the fuck that is" nails it on the head most of the time.

[@septemberstarlight9362]

YES! i've wanted to hear about these guys ever since your video listing off all of the gaurdsmen regiments! i even searched up to see if you did a video on them after that one. thank you! :D

[@ethanhunstiger4868]

Sound like what would be a kickass addition to the custodies roster.

[@gensaikuroki1793]

How tf did one of these guys slip past a Primarch's guard and stab him in the chest and which Primarch has to hold this L?

[@citizenkhan4696]

Alpharius

[@raezeal1608]

Alpharius

[@KungFuWizardOfJesus]

Alpharius

[@linda-0587]

Ol Alphie XD

[@zeltrechkaleidescope9722]

Alpharius my guy

[@dontgetmarried]

I love their name as it's so Grimderp to me, Lucifer Black sounds like a high school metal band lmao

[@bogansrun]

Yes!!! YES!!! Although, as much as I love the crown jewls of the Astra Militarum... I feel like certain 'Deepers' might need explaining from an Aussie... [Edit: *Drifters? what the fgoogle]

[@JK-1975]

The Batmen of 40k, with guns!

[@hainleysimpson1507]

Nah it's just constantin dragon from marvel comics.

[@alvinbonny1562]

"Space marine have guys that don't wear Helmet" 😭😂 damn this got me

[@shaderunner8220]

These guys need an army. They could be like a really expensive army with high point cost. Maybe as high as space marines. They sound way beyond anything a Imperial guard could be.

[@vital1114]

I think halo proves a protagonist that doesn't speak much could still work in a similar setting. Just gotta be kinda niche. Would love to see a novel focused on a lucifer that has the 'luck' stat master chief does and ends up saving humanity in one way or another.

[@TheWarmachine375]

In War of The Beast, the Eldar Harlequins massacred the Custodes during their Imperial Palace infiltration en route to the Golden Throne where the Man-Emperor of Mankind is. Of course GW had retconned it by having the Lucifer Blacks be the ones who got killed instead of Custodes. Alas, the memes will forever remember Custodes being chew toys of the Harlequins. *[BAZINGA!!!]*

[@Goblinhandler]

It was probably just a dumb writer not knowing the difference

[@fernandol.1254]

War of the beast was... weird

[@Voltamatum]

Remember, Clown goblins are legal

[@Oghuzpervert1]

@@fernandol.1254 yes

[@jasonravenscroft5321]

I don’t think it was retconned, but maybe I’m just dumb- anyways, I do find it annoying how people rage over the Custodes dying to the Harlequin’s (who, I’ll add, are among the most powerful and skilled Eldar units in lore), all that reaction time and encrusted armor isn’t worth much when your opponent regularly fields neuro-disruptors and can simply reach through your armor like nothing and remove your heart I’ll also add that only one of the Harlequins had managed to get to the throne room, the Shadowseer who’s name I forget

[@Anisvit]

When I heard Lucifer black on the novel I always imagined middle eastern soldier wielding a saber I dont know why

[@Dro250]

you make me want to make a regiment like this on table top. Sounds likea massive undertaking lol

[@wsoares89]

Man I really want your channel to grow and every time I think it's going to start growing even more than it has you bring out the hentei and then I realized you want there to be a cap on how big your channel can be

[@williamredmond8128]

Literally just finished Legion, this description of Lucifer Blacks is fucking chef kiss.

[@viciousyeen6644]

Don’t forget about their most important trait, they’re still human beings.

[@johnsilvers8904]

I know you’ve covered them a bit in the past, but can you do a dedicated video on the enslavers? I just think they are cool

[@Kingkobra411]

Majorkill is Australian Jesus at this point, I was so bummed I wasn’t able to get a calendar before they went offline. But then this absolute chad pulls a miracle and I bought one right away. So happy to support a channel that helped me fall in love with 40k.

[@MaDmanex100]

The lucifers look what peak imperium could have become. Superhumans in high tech armour.

[@devincarvalho6450]

We need more lore on them

[@armchairphilosopher6880]

I LOVE wolfdawgart's work. Im so happy to see his stuff pop up in videos

[@zaelgarviel9766]

Heh to be faire the primarch stabbed in a "duel" was Alpharius. He was more surprised to be engaged in melee by a human soldier than hurt.

[@hunterxkiller8732]

I like to think that the Lucifer Blacks would function like Goblin Slayer: blunt, practical and unfunny to a T.

[@elchupacabra1193]

Sounds like they would make a good retinue for an inquisitor, that would probably be a sick story since inquisition type books tend to have the best storyline, they would just add even more epic battle shit to it.

[@humbertorotondo3703]

Great! You should do a Tempestus regiments episode!!!

[@Mael-vk1it]

Apparently Harlequins never killed custodes. The author of that story confused the Custodes with the mortal, human guards of the exterior palace. The Custodes guard the inner imperial palace.

[@jtexasboyz3805]

I would love a novel f some Custodes on a crusade to recover lost artifacts backed up by squads of these guys doing the grunt work.

[@theshadowemperor2346]

finally a video on these guys, you even beat luetin to the punch

[@CigCityChief]

I think a lucifer black book would be sick if they took influence from something like Starship Troopers (the book).

[@withlovefromlightindust591]

Hey Majorkill. Would you please make some lore videos on the Imperial Truth, the Imperial Creed, The Ecclesiarchy, and the High Lords of Terra? Thank you.

[@frongle5024]

What if the Emperor never sought out the Primarchs, instead leaving them to expand their own empires and find the Imperium themselves? Which primarchs would make it, which ones would stay/fall behind, and how would it impact the overall setting?

[@langleysenterprise5134]

Ones who would die: Lion Angron Mortarion Fulgrim and Corax (probably) Ones who would live but take a while to get to Imperium: Sanguinius, Vulkan and Corax (probably) Ones who would find the imperium fast: Guilliman, Dorn, Alpharius, Magnus and Horus

[@kitsunehunt4541]

Soon as he mentioned that primarch firght my brain took a shit, fuckin love 40k power scaling

[@DarthEvilicus]

GW: we can’t have a strong Guardsmen unit in the tabletop then nobody would buy our hoard units

[@INQUISITOR_99]

What a coincidence! I'm reading the LEGION right now:)

[@Stanislav292]

About Scions, that are same thing about Auxiliary and Black lucifers Literally an elite army and very elite spec-ops but ONLY few of them in the Imperium, so... Tempestus scions are very cool, especially their armor, so they deserve respect And they(scions)don't really have enough books... I hope for now SOOOOOO, in the end of your video Lucifers became just tempestus scions with worse training and experience but better equipment, so it's fair to say that they are on par

[@sbrazenor2]

He did get a hit in on a primarch (Alpharius), but then he was told, "That's all you get." and was split in half.

[@ValkynazKivan]

The Lucifer Black”Oh….wait!”

[@trevorstubbs8294]

hey Majorkill I thought it would be awesome if you made some videos of the other space marine foundings.

[@daswordofgork9823]

What do you mean a novel about them would be boring. Look at the Death Korps of Krieg, they have the same personality as them and they are entertaining to read about.

[@agreetodisagree8256]

Oh a codex to treat them like the harlequins of the guard would be cool and a limited line of models as well

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

They sound almost like gene troopers, it is a concept seen in 1. with BattleTech with the Clans with those who are vat-grown, being sired in some cases from multiple genetic templates of the most elite veterans then being brought up in a Spartan lifestyle they might also further augment themselves with neural implants to increase reaction time, but the Claners being who they are well you guess how things went 2. then we have the Star Wars Null & Alpha class ARC Clone Trooper secret batches that had gene mod alterations that made them perfect candidates for the Phase Zero Dark Troopers, super soldier cyborgs, while still retaining their Mandalorian mindset & discipline, now while not many of the Fett clones remained the Empire following the Kamino Rebellion & the End of the cloning programs, they did keep on experimenting with DNA templates from human recruits who showed near perfect scores in the Clone Tropper training program, ARC & Commando programs as well, well those who survived, even if they were female humans, Legends wise the Stormtrooper core only allowed male humans till the Fell Empire age, the process would involve these individuals would have undergone genetic augmentations to be injected with what we could only describe as a Gene seed, be it from remaining Fett templates from other clone veterans or other Mandalorians & cybernetic augmentation similar in quality to the likes if General Grievous but not to that extent, or the soldier could vat grown with all the above, the only reason the project did not carry on was first Palpatine was dumb with super weapons, 2. many Moffs were just as dumb, 3 D.Vader while finding promise in the project was removed because of the first 2 reasons,

[@FuegoNooot]

Bro I love you’re videos so much

[@JMOP1715]

Jin-Roh meets the Holy God Emperor? Yeah, that's truthfully terrifying.

[@winningjubbly9712]

In my defence I wrote this before I saw the video... That fight between Grammaticus and the Lucifer Black in Legion is amazing. it comes across as a really desperate fight on Grammaticus' part. and their leader, Dinas Chayne, took Alpharius on in single combat and managed to make the primarch take a step BACK while defending himself. He then manages to drive his sword into the side of Alpharius, right up to the hilt. Chayne couldn't pull it back out. Alpharius looks down at the sword, looks at Chayne and says "that's all you get" before splitting Chayne in two down the middle. Awesome.

[@silversurfer8818]

They cant be too tough, John Grammaticus killed one effortlessly. Grammaticus was concentrating so hard on listening that he detected the Lucifer Black behind him with only seconds to spare. Grammaticus stood up and turned. The Lucifer, who had come up behind him quite silently, was raising his sabre to strike. ‘Fool!’ Grammaticus hissed. ‘It’s me!’ The Lucifer stopped in his tracks, and quickly lowered his sword. ‘Chayne?’ he asked. ‘Sir?’ ‘Yes!’ Grammaticus snapped. ‘Return to your patrol.’ Chayne. Grammaticus logged the name in his memory for future reference. ‘Apologies,’ the Lucifer replied. ‘I obey.’ The Lucifer turned to melt away into the night. He hesitated. Shit, thought Grammaticus. His logokine skills had wrong-footed the Lucifer Black for a moment, but only a moment. Clearly, the elite companions possessed iron-willed, unsuggestible minds. The Lucifer had already questioned the encounter, and realised he had been tricked. The Lucifer Black was armoured. Grammaticus was not. Grammaticus couldn’t count on landing a clean, quick kill-blow, nor could he risk using his digital ring-weapon. The energy flare would set off every alarm within ten metres. As the Lucifer turned back, Grammaticus threw a wolf-paw jab that crushed the vox-hub bulge on the side of the Lucifer’s jet-black helmet, preventing him from signalling an alert. The Lucifer began to shout, but his voice was muffled by the helmet’s padded snout. Grammaticus rammed another jab in under the chin of the helm and crushed the man’s larynx, rendering him mute. Grammaticus briefly hoped that the larynx punch might also prove to be a killing strike, but the Lucifer was made of stronger stuff. His sabre was still drawn, and he slashed at Grammaticus. Grammaticus blocked the blade with the adamantium strips woven into the forearm sleeves of his bodyglove, and drove the palm of his right hand flat into the Lucifer’s breastplate, a tension-reflexive strike that the eldar called the ilthrad-taic or breathless touch. The Lucifer lurched, his breastplate cracking. As he stumbled backwards, Grammaticus looped his left hand around the Lucifer’s right wrist, and whip-snapped it, forcing the sabre out of the man’s grip. It landed on the sand, a bare centimetre short of one of the ground level sensor beams. The Lucifer was not yet done. Grammaticus had been forced to close tightly, and the Lucifer headbutted him. Grammaticus lurched backwards, pain engulfing the centre of his face as the helm crunched into him. He staggered, and barely avoided an overhead beam. The Lucifer fumbled and drew his sidearm, his broken right wrist forcing him to use his left hand, across his body. As soon as the laspistol came clear of its holster, Grammaticus threw a spin kick that sent it skidding away into the night beyond the tent. He flinched as the tumbling weapon passed between two strands of the invisible security web. This had to end, fast, before something got tripped. They were so tightly boxed in it was like fighting inside a spider’s web, and any wrong move would bring the spider pouncing down on them. The Lucifer threw a steel-shod fist at Grammaticus, who ducked left, and chopped a passing body-blow into the Lucifer’s ribs. Grammaticus’s hands, trained and subcutaneously strengthened though they were, were already sore and bloody from punching armour. Grammaticus tried to get behind the Lucifer, but the Lucifer caught him and clenched him in a choke hold. It would have finished the fight, except that the Lucifer was struggling with just one working hand. Grammaticus grunted and corded his neck muscles to ward against the Lucifer’s choke. Training and experience told him there was one clean way out of the hold, a body throw that would hurl his opponent up and over him. But his goggles saw a sensor beam running right in front of them. If he threw the Lucifer, his opponent’s body would land across the beam. He kicked back hard instead, and the back of the Lucifer’s head struck against one of the taut, diagonal guy wires of the pavilion. The impact snapped the Lucifer’s head forward, and he involuntarily butted the back of Grammaticus’s skull. Grammaticus winced, but the choke-hold broke. He swung around, dazed by the blow, and shot out a straight-fingered jab. The middle and index fingers of John Grammaticus’s right hand punched through the left lens of the Lucifer’s helmet and popped the eye behind it. The Lucifer, gurgling through his useless throat, fell backwards against the tent side and slid down in a heap. Grammaticus paused, crouching low, ready to sprint away if the impact raised an alarm. No alarm came. Grammaticus began to straighten up. The Lucifer flopped forwards, matter dripping like glue from his ruptured eye socket, and began to crawl across the sand. Grammaticus realised the Lucifer was dragging himself towards one of the ground level beams, his armoured hand clawing out to break it. He threw himself onto the Lucifer’s back, grappling with him, trying to pull the arm back. The Lucifer was monstrously strong. He dragged Grammaticus with him as he crawled across the sand, straining to reach the harmonic tripwire. Vicing an elbow around the reaching, straining arm of the man underneath him, forcing it to pull short, Grammaticus drove another jab into the man’s spine. Something cracked. Still, the Lucifer heaved himself forwards, ten centimetres from the beam, five, the outstretched fingers shaking as they groped for the invisible cord. Grammaticus saw the Lucifer’s discarded sabre lying on the sand beside them. He grabbed it, simultaneously wrenching the man’s reaching arm back and up with all of his strength. He hacked with the sabre, and took the Lucifer’s limb off mid forearm. The Lucifer convulsed under him. He reached out towards the beam with his stump, but he was well short of touching it. Grammaticus hastily clamped his left palm around the severed stump and compressed to stop the jetting arterial spray from hitting the beam and accomplishing what the Lucifer’s outstretched hand had not. The armoured body under him went into spasm. Grammaticus pinned it down with his legs and kept the stump clenched tight. He felt the hot blood surging against his palm. ‘I’m sorry,’ he whispered.

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What a Chad, both of them

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Fina fuckingly Thank you for gowing over my favorite guardsman faction

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Why not a video about the induction in the deathwatch? I just read a book about it and the training was very interesting. Plus there is a death spectre as main character!

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Always loved the Lucifer blacks. I found them really interesting and pretty scary.

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Plot twist. Sly Marbo joined the LBs but was kicked out for flexing his pecs too much.

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Game Workshop: "Sure, but who wants those when you could have more GENESTEALER CULTS!"

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They make SPARTAN IIs look more lively and human.

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This is the most "woah shit I didn't know about this and how's that possible" video you ever made

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“Hmm.. that’s all you get.” The audiobook version of Legion is phenomenal.

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I think the Lucifer Black might be my new favorite

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Yes mate I’ve been waiting for a video on these dudes

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Oh my god I’ve waited so long for this video

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Idea for new vid- Who are on par with/superior to the Custodes? (Within and outside the imperium)

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I swear the Imperium has 6744539 different special forces and that's excluding assassins and spies.