Marine Reacts to Imperium of Man (By The Templin Institute)

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[@RevantheBlack]

“This just sounds depressing” welcome to Warhammer 40k haha

[@Matutemorales123]

Most depress and dark Grimm future of all

[@IanCaine4728]

I liked that too. "First time?"

[@adams5613]

My first thought also.

[@warhound1161]

Depressing eh nah this isn't dark is glorious

[@NocturneNox1]

@@Matutemorales123 I find the beauty of it is the struggle of man against such impossible odds and the meaning of sacrifice

[@kennethbedwell5188]

Star Wars Fans: Yeah, we want to live there. Star Trek Fans: Yeah, We want to liver there. The Orville Fans: Yeah, We want to live there. Warhammer 40k Fans: Fuck you, We’re good.

[@МихаилРозов-ю9п]

Warhammer 40k true Fans: Fuck you, we live there.

[@lotuswraith]

Yep.

[@gavinlinville9691]

FOR THE GOD EMPORER !!!

[@gavinlinville9691]

BUT NOT THE FRONT LINES!!!

[@gavinlinville9691]

Or unavers

[@hydrogenone6866]

*"Why does everyone look like they are eight feet tall"* Because some of them are and some are even taller.

[@PieBoy4242]

I think the aerage height of a marine (without power armor) is around 7.5 ft. Primarchs, Custodes, and Thunder Warriors were taller.

[@Randomeness45]

I literally said aloud “Because they are or taller”

[@gigachadgaming1551]

"Some may question my right to destroy a world of ten billion souls. But those who truly understand, realize I have no right to let them live." -Quote about Exterminatus

[@Murmarine]

"It sounds depressing" Becouse it is. Dont worry, the other factions have it as shit, or worse than the Imperium. Welcome to the grimdarkness of the far future.

[@ODDnanref]

One is a race going to extinction The other is one who lost their ability to reproduce, and is basically backupped into computers. Then you have the one where they have to constantly fuck everyone else or they get fucked up The weird casted based society that appears to be mind controlled by their leaders and basically chemically castrates any other species. The hive mind one The ones who will fuck you up as much as they fuck up their enemies. And the orks. The orks are having a blast.

[@edwardsummey8843]

Depressing? Taking a boy aged 10-12 years old, make him fight for his life and endure but trials, just to see if he is tough enough to become a space marine. Then he has to endure 19 surgeries over the next decade, including brain surgery and being skinned alive. All while being hypnotically indoctrinated with loyalty for the Imperium and the skills he needs to fight. Good news is, unless he dies by violence he dies by violence, he is functionally immortal. Of course Space Marines are exposed to (and die by) violence an awful lot. And there are also the other effects of the gene-seed. Sure, it turns you into a 8 foot tall, 900 lb mountain of muscle and reinforced bone with 2 hearts and three lungs. But, depending on which Primarch your gene-seed comes from, you could become a space vampire. Or a space werewolf. Or an emo space albino. Or have an uncontrollable desire to replace your limbs with metal replacements. Fun things like that.

[@Baeraad]

@@ODDnanref Yeah, the Orks are the only people in W40K who actually enjoy being in W40K. In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war - and as it happens, war is their FAVOURITE THING EVER! :D They're basically kids in a candy store.

[@johannesschilling2611]

Man, you just dipped your little toe into the deepest rabithole of gore sci-fi. If you really like the lore check out Luetin09 here on YT. Best lore videos. Maybe too long to react to but perfect to listen while doing workout etc. Cheers Johannes Schilling First Sergeant German Airforce retired.

[@StarboyXL9]

Have a salute Sarge. Thank you for your service.

[@johannesschilling2611]

@@StarboyXL9 The emperor protects.

[@The_Keeper]

40K Theories is good too.

[@ArchAngel119]

God I hope he looks into Luetin. Him or Oculus Imperia would be awesome.

[@colinayre2109]

Baldermort is also amazingly good for lore

[@JarlElbow]

Yeah, it's pretty overwhelming at first, but that's probably because the video throws such a monstrous amount of information at you at once. Chances are that if you just pick one group that you want to learn about, it will be less overwhelming. Also yeah, All Warhammer 40k Factions Explained is a really good video. You will definitely find some factions you like from it.

[@shavedata5436]

One last thing haha. It's basically a tossup as to which is the greater threat: Tyranids or the chaos gods. One thing to note however is that Tyranids seem to be completely immune to the effects of chaos, so if chaos is the greatest threat to mankind, Tyranids are the greatest threat to chaos. Just something to ponder.

[@TigreDemon]

"This imperium of man sounds depressing man" Did I hear heresy ?

[@hunterwaguespack3963]

Ya it kind raises more questions but honestly it’s the way the lore is it’s so vast and interconnected with itself that anything you watch while informative will also raise more questions Imo this video is great not for answering those questions but for setting the stage and getting you hooked into the universe and wanting to learn more

[@hunterwaguespack3963]

As for your question of why they can be so advanced and yet rely on such outdated methods that goes all into their history of advancement war and declining that’s way too long to get into in a single comment lol

[@ODDnanref]

@@hunterwaguespack3963 We can try. Humanity got a golden âge on the milky way. Collapsed because of AI rebellion. Rose again by the will of the emperor. Collapsed due to betrayal and heresy. Is now trying to survive ancient and new aliens trying to regain control of the galaxy.

[@hunterwaguespack3963]

& everything looks ancient and futuristic at the same time because the imperium relies mostly on its old technology that it’s been able to maintain throughout the millennia with most of them being too afraid of repeating the past mistakes to create any new technology

[@ODDnanref]

@@hunterwaguespack3963 Then that idea got distorted and now the believe that all knowledge and technology has already been discovered and you just have to find it instead of making your own way. Which is now heretical.

[@hunterwaguespack3963]

Unless ur a badass like belisarius cawl who can do wt ever the fk he wants and save the imperium Imo lol :)

[@grantpaterson1016]

I am 50, have been playing Warhammer since 1986 and am still learning new things........it's a rabbit hole....for Worms the size of Dune.

[@Brutalyte616]

The Emperor is still around, as he's effectively immortal, but the wounds sustained in his battle with Horus were so severe that he had to be interred upon the Golden Throne to keep him alive, and he has remained in this state of undeath, battling the gods of Chaos in the Immaterium and guiding humanity for over 10,000 years.

[@heisnotlongbutthin]

If you are about to learn what Warhammer is here are a few things you should know: 1.) Most importantly. Warhammer 40k unlike any other SCI Fi universe is not BLACK and WHITE its not a good vs evil story. Since its lore is so vast, there are classic good vs evil stories to be found, but generally its gray and depends on how you look at it. As in the real life whether an action of anybody or any group, or race is "right", is entirely subjective. Example: the dark eldar in Warhammer 40k do nothing but take drugs, torture and rape, so by any metric they are objectivly evil. However if they stop being evil psychopaths they all die - So the worst people in 40k also have the best reason to be pure evil. 2.) Gods? And the "warp" and the Setting. Warhammer 40k takes place in our galaxy and after our timeline; 40k means the year 40.000 ish. The Imperiums home planet is "terra" or also earth, in our solarsystem and in Lore Earth is still the imperiums capital. In Warhammer there is one important thing added to realitiy as we know it and that is the Warp. The Warp or Realm of Chaos is a 4th Dimension that can be interacted with, but it will interact back ;-/ The Warp can be entered and the Imperium of mankind uses it to travel between the stars. Without the Warp-dimension for space travel there is noway to get anywhere within a reasonable timeframe. Since the Imperium couldn`t yet break the light Speed barrier, even Communication is done via the Warp. That means: No Warp or no acces to it = no star spanning Empire for mankind. Everything that lives has a connection to the warp, especially conscious lifeforms. Some humans or aliens with a strong connection can use the warp to do "magic". For example Cummunication via the Warp, navigating in the Warp but also cool shit like forcefields, Telekenesis, forcelightning, Mindreading, Forcechoking, Forcelightning, Look-at-things-and-make-it-go-boom, and so on. However warp power is also potentially way stronger and vastly more dangerous than "magic" in any other fantasy universes. Untrained human Warp users socalled "phsykers" can, if strong enough, have the potential to corrupt or literally destroy the planets. Within the warp the emotions of all life manifest as conscious entities, from small deamons, big ones to the four (main) Chaos GODs. Since each of those 4 Chaos Gods represents one basic aspect of emotion and existence, most beings (especially humans) uncontiously "subscibe" to those 4 in general, thus making them the main Chaos gods. The Warp also manifest powerfull belives, so if all mankind thinks that one soldier is immortal he will be. Summary: Humans need Warp for Empire logistics ; warp magic is awesome you can even fight deamons with it, which you only need to fight because humans can and are using the warp in the first place. 3.) Warhammer 40k Lore and History is an ever expanding, ever contradicting and ever changing mess. First there are about one thousand books about 40k lore, so there are things that will directly contridict each other. Some things have since been changed, but the old books and stories are still there, the only reason we know its changed is because newer texts seem to suggest this. Everything i stated about he warp is 50% interpretations of descriptions out of official books, that the fanbase generaly agrees upon, plus 50% of my personal spin on it :-) Because really, we fucking don`t know and many sources say different things. Now i realize that this might dicurage you, since it makes the warhammer lore even more overwhelming that it already is :-) The reason I wanted to mention this is because when you first start to learning about warhammer 40k there comes a point when you realize that people give slighly different accounts about one and the same event. So if you are confused at that point, don`t worry we all are.

[@bigyeticane]

Ha haaaa... that relief you felt when the narrator said that Exterminatus was a rare event, used only as a last resort. Except with Inquisitor Kryptman. I believe he enacted Exterminatus on multiple planets in a row in order to slow down Hive Fleet Leviathan.

[@saigallardo3796]

Space marine creation/recruitment by Luetin09 amazing explanation love you’re videos ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@tarmok3756]

Still only scratching the surface of a tiny part of the grim dark menace of the 40 first century.

[@isaiahcasey1678]

Space marines have differing motivations depending on what chapter they are from. The Ultramarines do everything for the glory of the emperor and tend not to have individual personalities, but many other chapters have some degree of personal motivations and personality permitted. As an example, the SpaceWolves are basically werewolf space vikings, and they love hunting and feasting.

[@Lunaraia]

A Space marine stands about 8-10ft tall a Primarch (sons of the emperor) stands between 12-16 ft tall and the emperor was between 18-20ft IIRC. These guys are gods in the LITERAL sense of the word, a Space marine can move SO GOD DAMN FAST the naked eye can't see them, WHILE WEARING FULL ON POWER ARMOR. And a Primarch can do the same to a regular space marine, moving so fast that even the vastly superior senses of a space marine can't perceive it. The sheer speed strength and brutality a legion of Space Marines could unleash are absolutely immense. A Space Marine could easily rip a battle tank apart with their bare hands if they could just get the right grip. And again, a Primarch are to a space marine what a space marine is to a normal man.

[@lucasstr5653]

bricky's video is the best to learn about warhammer 40k

[@alondite215]

Leutin09 is _the_ 40K loremaster. I wouldn't even bother with any other channel if you're looking for a by-the-book explanation of 40K lore and events. There are some other good ones if you're already familiar with the lore though; Baldemort is the best storyteller, and "If The Emperor Had a Text-to-Speech Device" from Bruva Alfabusa is hilarious.

[@michaeltuttle8017]

one hive city can hold up to 40 billion souls alone now think about the unknown population of 1 million worlds total. A mix between agri worlds and hive planets.

[@inquisitorthomasdefinitely536]

The world ending order is not based on attacking a world but rather for when ALL HOPE IS LOST and it’s better to simply destroy the world denying the enemy the world and sparing the inhabitants of the world a most likely slow and painful end

[@Butmunch666]

Space Marines vary by chapter insanely...they will use different tactics and some are very rigid and some are very diverse.

[@jamesminto3987]

Space marines live for war because that is the only purpose they are made for, they are the shield of the innocent, each are influenced by the culture the chapter is raised from, but above all duty and honour are paramount

[@alexmason8408]

You: It seems like the emperor had a good mind set I meen correct me if I'm wrong. Person who has read 500 warhammer books codex and games: yes, no, maybe

[@Mocha69A]

19:35 he doesn't yet realize the foes.

[@papercitadel4221]

All of the 40k factions are basically civilizations that have fallen from glory and are in decline . the bricky faction series is really good if you wanna get a good overall explained kind of video

[@danielm.595]

Except Orks, Tyranids and the Tau.

[@tomaskops7119]

@@danielm.595 Orks are question, they are decline from original Krorks, but still strong and growing.

[@Mocha69A]

This guy doesn't yet understand the gravity of the whole situation.

[@Runeclaw]

Most Space Marines have killed before they were even picked as recruits. It depends on the chapter, but many pick recruits from worlds of conflict. Maybe feral tribes that are at war with each other, or from street gangs and survivors from war zones. On some worlds the recruitment might be a huge event where the young elite compete in combat and endurance and the winners might be picked if the Space Marines like what they see. A Space Marine does not have much of free time. They would have to look in a dictionary to figure out what vacation and retirement is. Look up "Daily rituals of a Space Marine". They fight because that is what is asked of them, that is their duty to the Emperor, the Imperium, their Chapter and to humanity's survival. And they enjoy it, some just a bit more than others. In one book some Imperial Guard officers talk about the arrival of a Space Marine chapter and one is overjoyed while the older and more experienced one, that have fought next to Space marines before, warns his friend. "They are recruited as young teenagers, just at the age when you believe yourself to be immortal and that you already know everything. This mindset is then enhanced over and over so it never leaves them and instead guides them. We are on the same side, but do not see them as allies, they know they are better than us and will care nothing for our losses if we are in their path to glory"

[@LasseROM]

I would suggest Arch (or Arch Warhammer) and Luetin09 for warhammer lore. And The Explore Series and Volgun for SCP. As to your last question about the marines and their mentality. It varies immensely depending on the Chapter (think of them as different armies under the same government). But in essence, mental manipulation and conditioning are massive parts of becoming a space marine. Not only are they being made ready to fight (like any soldier are to my knowledge), but they are also both prepared to face things that will break normal peoples psyche, but also conditioned to not see any issues with any action necessary to achieve objectives. Furthermore, surviving the transformation into a Space Marine is treated as the monumental achievement it is. They survived trails that kill the majority of participants, just to see if they are worthy. They are augmented with some of the most powerful genetampering the imperium has, which incidentally also kills a vast majority of aspirants. Becoming a Space Marine is almost like ascending (figuratively), and you are met at the other side by people who know and survived the same. They call you "Brother", and they become your family, because anyone else cannot relate to you. They cannot imagine the horror, hardship and pain you have overcome to get there. Space Marines do have individual personalities, but those personalities are can at times seam inhuman. Their bodies are augmented so thoroughly that they way their minds work, are changed. Also brainwashing and mindwiping is a thing in 40k, and is used liberally by the imperium.

[@scurvydog20]

Why does everyone look like they're 8 ft tall Because they are

[@cyberash3000]

i hate to tell you, but when the emp had finished with the thunder warriors, he had them slaughtered

[@inquisitorwalmarius6650]

it will all make sense buddy, when you have been by each faction/race, then you will understand most of it at least. especially the hate and technology parts.

[@steelgreyed]

If you want a break down, the galaxy (not universe) is split up among the varying races. Humans Imperial - 60% Humans non-imperial - 05% Orc all-tribes - 20% Necrons - 10% Everyone Else - 05% Tyranids - galactic invader, doesn't "take" worlds for keeps as much as literally eats everything on the planet (even the air) and moves on to the next buffet/planet in a matter of weeks or months.

[@verysilentmouse]

It was only 30 odd mins long its the tip of the iceberg regarding the lore

[@SuperAerie]

Its really hard to compress something like the 40k universe into a short video like templins. Its so much weird shit. They did a good job, but if they would have to explain everything we would be here for a very long time. 40K is also one of few fictional universes that get scale right, the galaxy is a big place.

[@roybrown7717]

space marines do have super human intellect and do have some say. normally its left to their primearc

[@k85]

Impressed by the Astartes? Wait till you learn more about the Primarchs and the Emperor. Go for Luetin's vids, like this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/amW4opmHjMmkgs0

[@Jirodyne]

If you don't care about Video Length, watching 40 mins to hour and a half long videos, Luetin09 does a lot of Warhammer videos now. I haven't been keeping up with them, but I know how does some videos about some of the Races, talking about what they are and where they come from. He also does videos based on Events in the universe as well, and has done some videos about achievements and defeats for mankind, and videos about the Emperor and so on. So if you really want to get into the deep lore, could give his videos a watch. And he has a lot of them now lol. kzbin.infoplaylists PS- "In Exterminatus Extremis. Some may question your right to destroy ten billion people. Those who understand realise that you have no right to let them live!" Daemons, or 'Demons' as people generally call them, it only takes 1 to accidentlly be called onto a planet, to turn the entire planet into a Demonic legion of and foothold that could destroy all of reality, within just a few DAYS. So yes. Killing the entire planet, is the BEST option to fight against the Corruption that can easily spread and cause untold death across all of reality.

[@fredesca8648]

The sweet irony of the Horus Heresy is that it was the Emperor’s fault.

[@brodude1234]

21:23 "why does everyone look they are 8 ft tall" Cuz they are XD

[@blogbeatbebop5604]

as far as space marine individuality goes, they’re all their own person. However they’ve been indoctrinated to be very single minded. Disagreements happen often however. Mostly between space marines of different chapters (badab war for example) though even amongst one single chapter some might have different views. Space marines are far remote from mankind both in mind and body but most still retain some empathy towards humans. A few space marines even went against their Legion and primarch during the Horus heresy and stayed loyal (look up ancient Rylanor, pretty badass dude) Concerning wether they enjoy the fight etc... It really depends on the chapters. Space wolves are essentially space vikings and they love the fight. Ultramarines are more into logistics and see their work as a necessity and something that will help mankind as a whole. Salamanders and lamenters are mostly just super nice and into protecting civilians above anything. Marine malevolents don’t care about collateral damage at all. Dark angels do it for honor. etc...

[@marcelosilveira2276]

27:03 depends on Chapter. Think of Space Marines Chapter like the Regiments of the late Regimental System, each of them have their own traditions, culture, recruitment sites doctrines etc, even though most of them are guided to some degree by the Codex Astartes. You have everything among there, from Chapters that recent their service to baseline humans, to Chapters that would sacrifice their lives at any moment for the sake of saving even a single human, from Chapters that attempt toexecute war in the most clean and ascetic way, to Chapters that ravel on the close quarters bloodshed of disembowing rebels with a chainsaw-sword (chainsword) in the most graphic ways while covering his foes unit with the innards of whatever his chainsword is making a mess off. A thousand Chapters, each with their own ways to war... and the vast majority of them have their fair share of personalities within, from marines that truly believe their doctrines, to marines that sinically see it as just a mandate to kill and destroy, with everything in between, including those who try to justify to themselves why what they do is right and why their doctrines are aceptable

[@imadaman]

Luetin09 does good lore videos for 40k if you're interested, though they're about an hour long each.

[@IBMobius]

I can imagine your reaction to the Death Korps of Krieg

[@sciencefan15]

In general continue watching more of the videos that the Templin Institute has put out on Warhammer 40 K they favor concise descriptors for each of the factions in play, if you want questions answered on what is a space marine like who is this emperor of mankind then I would recommend Luiten kzbin.info?search_query=lutein+40k Or for more narrative focus and dose a better job with the xenos factions then Baltimore warhammer kzbin.info/door/dpGd0jls7VQh6LvcZT_p1A if you want narratives like The Horace Heresy story, The War for Armageddon, The siege of Vracks then Arch will do kzbin.infoplaylists If you would like a more fun, jokes, and memes the focus on someone who has more entertainment as a priority than Bricky and the Russian badger will do

[@AvenDruid]

Start watching If the Emperor had a text to speech devise. It's goofy and has a lot of the lore in it.

[@balldeep69hardcoregamer50]

By the Templin institute.

[@shaneclark2927]

Why does everybody look like they are 8 feet tall. Well because they are 8 feet tall or more.

[@Codex_0613]

The Emperor: 14 ft The Primarchs: 10 ~ 11.5 ft The Custodes: 9 ft Primaris Marine: 8.5 ft regular Marine: 8 ft

[@anthonyadams4539]

Volken is 12

[@brandonazul3426]

And can’t forget the armor it ads a bit

[@noname-wg5me]

@@brandonazul3426 just keep in mind that regular Astartes is 8ft tall.

[@TheUnspeakableh]

@@Codex_0613 Average Krork: 40ft.

[@redpool1673]

Question: Does everybody hate humans? Does everybody hate each other? Or is Man just stuck in between? Answer: Yes

[@bladestormviking]

it is a genuinely "eat or be eaten" kind of galaxy.

[@dareka9425]

Those xenos are ancient beings with superior technology and yet they couldn't wipe the human race who don't even know how to recreate their own technology, let alone create new ones.

[@joshranger8541]

@@dareka9425 Well if the Humans could recreate their old tech it would easily be able to stomp nearly every other race

[@toddkes5890]

@@dareka9425 - The Eldar are living in a Post-Apocalyptic future due to their own hedonism creating a dark god, Necrons are still waking up (and likely focused on the Tyranid fleet outside the galaxy), and Orks just want to fight (so if the humans are too weak, the Orks will go somewhere else). Tau are too small, while Chaos is a major threat (since they corrupt and destroy reality)

[@redpool1673]

@@joshranger8541 "...easily be able to stomp nearly every other race." The keyword there is "nearly". The largest civilisation (if it can be defined as such) in the whole galaxy belongs to that of da Orks. While they can be 'beaten' in battle, they never lose. And their 'empire' is ever expanding.

[@zachc8761]

“Those space marines went through a lot” The Grey knights: that’s not a lot that’s just a Tuesday

[@liveoakgaming5967]

*laughs in Lamenters*

[@jacthing1]

@@liveoakgaming5967 think you mean *cries*

[@conanholmes8620]

😂 this comment had me LOL

[@blah007001]

Harry Potter fans: "I want to go to Hogwarts!" Star Wars fans: "I want to go to that galaxy far, far away!" Star Trek fans: "I want to join the Federation!" Warhammer 40k fans: "Fuck that shit."

[@lordcommissar7813]

Are you saying you don't want to serve God emperor? Sounds like some heresy

[@rayanderson5797]

Yeah I'm good... A mechanical third arm would be cool, though.

[@toothpasteman3400]

the ONLY way I will go to 40k is with the mechanicus specifically one where I would preferably stay on mars

[@boom3169]

@@toothpasteman3400 you do know there is an ancient evil god sealed on Mars right? :P

[@toothpasteman3400]

@@boom3169 yes but we can always call the necrons they hate the c'tan more than anything else

[@MegaCPrimE]

" This imperium just sounds depressing " understatement of the century my friend.

[@convolutedconcepts]

"I'm confused." Perfect you understand 40k

[@Zareligor]

bricky's every faction explained is good choise to start

[@Vandar821]

Yeah it is really great to get an overview of all races

[@momqabt]

Bump.

[@pnw.yfz350]

^

[@troopersicks5824]

Yeah this, they're long videos but I've seen other people do it by breaking them up to multiple videos when he switches to another faction

[@Derrad333]

Yeah its great

[@michaelernst3731]

To know what the Warp is watch the movie : Event Horizon , Earth's First FTL Ship. They found the Warp.

[@andybarth5928]

yes right - it is a movie from the 40k universe (or more 22k or so :-)) - good to remember this mostly unknown fact - I was stunned as I heard first time of this ... theory...

[@stefankovrlija2722]

@@andybarth5928 22K would be year 22.000 not 2.200ish, tho.

[@andybarth5928]

@@stefankovrlija2722 lol - you are absolutly right - shame on my mathematics and thanks for commenting!

[@stefankovrlija2722]

@@andybarth5928 On a simmilar note I always found strange that 40K(or current 42K, or Heresy 30K, whatever) is based on Christian/Common Era starting point especially since Emperor supposedly manifested as a human being somewhen around 11K BCE.

[@Morrigi192]

@@stefankovrlija2722 It's a common theory that one of his many forms was Jesus Christ himself. "God-Emperor" isn't just a title.

[@simenkvamme3003]

"Do they have their own personality?" Yes and no, they are made from humans who have their own wishes and thoughts, but trough evaluation, trail, initiation, geneseed and training they are molded in the image of the legion they follow. That being said, it's not like they're being mindcontrolled by those with higher ranks. For example during the Horus Heresy (when half of the primarchs turned against the Emperor), there were parts of the traitor legions who stayed loyal, and part of the loyal legions who turned traitor. When talking directly about going to war, and wanting to go fight.. it's like they're made for it, literally. To quote the Emperor "And they shal have no fear". But they do have doubs and internal troubles, and the diffferent chapters have widely different mentalities in how war should be waged, what is acceptible and so on. If you want to dive into that, check out Helsreach, it's a 13 part series. It's a very different style than Astartes, but it's more of a story and is based on a book. Edit: And yes, they take a lot of names from Latin (oh high/low gothic as they call it in the lore).

[@DoctorProph3t]

Greek and Latin mixed with French and sprinkled with scientific principles, would be how I’d describe High Gothic as a language.

[@prdprdprdprdprdel]

Except grey knights.. they wipe them clean because the less personality you have, the smaller chance you're gonna get affected by warp shenanigans..

[@zachc8761]

Well yeah and there are also the salamanders who basically are one of the few chapters who directly think about helping civilians

[@DoctorProph3t]

@@prdprdprdprdprdel they’re not wiped, idk where you read that but they’re not automatons. They’re powerful Psykers, being a psyker requires a command of personal power, a personality that is secure in itself. An empty, mindless vessel is perfect for chaos to possess, pretty shit for a grey knight.

[@DoctorProph3t]

@@prdprdprdprdprdel like that entire conclusion you commented I have absolutely never heard of in any of the grey knights books I’ve read, nothing you’ve suggested has been the case at all and I feel you’ve done the thing every warhammer fan does: conflate things that weren’t there and decided it was canon without giving it much thought.

[@Codex_0613]

Exterminatus is the last of the last resort even with how terrible the Imperium is, they don't just grant permission for Exterminatus easily if a world is overran by the chaos forces and is virtually impossible to reclaim, then Exterminatus might be granted to guarantee absolute destruction

[@MultiNaruto900]

Or Orks. Orks are difficult to drive off a planet because they're basically fungi.

[@SapFeaRon]

@@MultiNaruto900 It's mostly chaos related. If world overrun by chaos they can literally break space and create a permanent eye of terror v2. Imperium doesn't really cares about destroying rebel/xenos worlds since they can be reclaimed later. But chaos planet is lost forever anyway so might as well burn it.

[@Dr-Weird]

@@MultiNaruto900 they don't really use it on orks. Unless its a fucking waaagh the size of 'The beast' s. They just do the occasional purge of ferals. Lore of orks tells us that many colonys constantly have 'Flares' of the ferals for years after a invasion has been put down or cleansed. Wich means most in the imperials in power think of them more of a "bug to be sprayed" why burn down the house when a occasional bug bomb is more profitable.

[@thehavoccompany-a3]

Imperial Inquisitor looking at a world that makes his Spidey sense tingle: _"ALRIGHT FIRE!"_

[@peachbutt2330]

@DeadlyBacon LOL

[@Ericshadowblade]

The age of strife refers to a time when all of earth was basically mad max

[@redsampler2017]

all of space you mean? every freakin world was mad max.

[@DoctorProph3t]

@@redsampler2017 some were fine, some had murdercults and hunted down psykers and witches so they largely avoided choas incursion, some were able to use their resource acquisition and technology to fight off Xenos and assholes, and thrive, a lot of planets had bullshit for a while then quickly stabilised into pre-golden age tier civilisations to primitive feudal worlds. A lot of planets just straight up got swallowed by warp storms, people and all.

[@XxXGunMonkeyXxX]

The Feudal structure of the Imperium 100% neccesary simply because of the size of it. Even with FTL space travel it can take months or even years to cross even a portion the Imperium. Theres no way a single central power can govern the individual needs of the thousands of individual sectors, let alone the myriad systems and millions of planets. So power is divvied out into smaller and smallest groups so no one of them gets overwhelmed trying to direct them all. This, as a consequence, makes it impossible to enforce uniformity but it also makes sure that most decisions don't get bogged down in a bureaucracy that takes too long to decide on even the most simple matters. Let's put it into a scenario. You're a planetary governor and theres a massive armada of aliens bearing down on your system and you and the other planetary governors don't have the manpower to repel them. Without the Feudal system, you'd have to send a reinforcement request to the administrative head of the Imperium back on Earth. Your reinforcement request isn't even looked at for several years as there is a backlog of requests from a galaxy spanning empire ahead of yours. Eventually your request is noticed and a fleet is dispatched, all they find however are the ruins of your planets that are already years dead. Alternatively, in a feudal system you can send that same reinforcement request to whatever local government or dynasty that rules your sector instead and they can organize fleets from other systems near you to help because they're not drowning in data from across the whole galaxy.

[@ODDnanref]

People forget that we can only centralize our government because radio and telephone made communicating almost instantaneous. When it takes several weeks or months to send and receive a message, the feudal system works. There is a reason why it was even a thing. You think the king wanted to part with power and give the opportunity for counts to rebel?

[@Morrigi192]

@@ODDnanref Europe's decentralization into feudalism was also part of a deliberate policy by the late Roman Empire to pre-stage rapid-reaction forces of cavalry across its borders, in efforts to keep the flame of civilization alive in the face of an era of barbarism and decay. These were the first true knights.

[@DoctorProph3t]

Lol, the feudal system is a matter of circumstance, intentional ignorance, zealotry, and apathy. Your argument is dead from the existence of the golden age of technology. Humanity dominated the galaxy to the point that Eldar *and greenskins* signed nonaggression pacts with humanity. Feudal systems consolidate individual power; nothing else.

[@ODDnanref]

@@DoctorProph3t Federacy is in a way a sort of feudal system. Which was the government organization during the the dark age of technology. The way the govern themselves now is not a feudal system either as they have a centralized power structure, but each sector manages their systems as they see fit. Like how a federacy has a centralized power but each estate manages themselves as they see fit.

[@Morrigi192]

@@DoctorProph3t What feudalism does not do, is consolidate state power. The Imperium absolutely wishes that it was a centralized, unitary state, but their circumstances make this impossible.

[@tarmok3756]

"it seems that he (the Emperor) did end up dying" HERESY

[@satsunada]

Oddly, letting him die is what SHOULD happen. He has to die to be reborn. He is about 45,000 years old and has died a variety of times, only to be reborn. He's walked with the first hunter gatherer tribes, spoken with the first shamans, and just casually walks among man for the first 20,000 or so years. In theory, he's alive on Earth right now, walking around as some Doctor Without Borders or as the Grandmaster of the Knights of Malta.

[@ramonvicentevallesterosric7802]

@@satsunada Well, it appears the "reincarnated" sacred texts probably did not survive during the age of strife so it a lost knowledge that even Tzeentch would not comprehend... side note: I think the current incarnation of the Emperor is busy looking for employment at this time after losing his job because of Covid lockdowns.

[@th.5a643]

Ok this video didn’t explain a lot but these ones kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnSqfIOInq-jbpY And part 2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2fNn6aObJyHebc I think they will explain it better and don’t worry the 40k universe is a lot to take in if you’re confused well you should

[@hydrogenone6866]

*"Its depressing man"* Well that's Grimm Dark for ya.

[@nosacredcows1810]

If your looking for good Warhammer lore channels here's a few top tier lore masters to check out. Luetin, excellent lore videos a bit long and fairly dry. He goes right into the details. Oculus imperia. A top notch lore master whose videos are all done in character as an imperial historian. He really gives you a sense of what it would be like to be a normal person in the universe. Baldermort. A mix of both a little story at the beginning to give a feel for the subject and then the lore/rules. And finally there is Arch (formally Arch Warhammer) this one is a bit controversial (for some reason) some people love his mix of lore with a touch of humour. Others (who tend to be self admitted Marxists mind) think he is a fascist due to him making obvious(albeit deliberately offensive) jokes and his free speech stance. But he does put out some excellent stuff and is worth checking out to make your own mind up about.

[@PieBoy4242]

If you want stories for 40k, as well as regular info, I would suggest Baldermort's Guide to Warhammer If you want introductions to different factions and events, check out 40k Theories "40k for Newcomers" series If you want to get demonetized, watch Majorkill. About Exterminatus: It is only used in the most dire of circumstances, and there are many ways of going about it. Orbital bombardment just destroys everything on the surface, but leaves the planet intact for recolonization later. Virus bombing releases a pathogen known as the Life-Eater Virus that reduces all biological substances to organic sludge and methane gas, which is usually then ignited. These planets can still be recolonized, if only after a few centuries. Fire bombing ignites the atmosphere itself, making recolonization difficult, but not impossible. The most extreme measure is the use of Cyclonic torpedoes, which rip a hole in reality and destroy the planet utterly. (fun fact, the psychic scream created by this last form of Exterminatus is used to create an incredibly powerful artillery shell. Waste not want not)

[@juandehernan8803]

Everyone basically hates one another, Orks fight everyone and even other Orks. Chaos Gods fight Everyone and even other chaos gods. On another note space marine chapters operate within the guidelines of the Codex Astartes. A rule book written by the Primarch Roboute guilliman. Marines are very diverse in personality and chapters have different personalities. Such as the Salamanders chapter who are seen as the most human space marines. They are craftsmen and decorate their armor with flames and distinguish themselves with hides and trophies. The carcharadons chapter are brutal cold killers who patrol the void of outside the galaxy. Unlike most chapters they are fleet-based with no home world so they undergo the red tithe. Basically kidnapping people to serve them as slaves while also finding suitable candidates for gene seeds. What I am saying is Rank and file space marines have persoanlity and can sometimes show it. It just depends on the chapter and what said chapter sees as appropriate.

[@lt.branwulfram4794]

Dark Angels threw out the Codex Astartes’ specifications for a 1st and 2nd Company in favour of the Deathwing and Ravenwing respectively. White Scars have the largest abundance of fast attack vehicles such as bikes, speeders and fliers. Space Wolves don’t see the Codex to be of much use to the way in which they operate and so use their own. Imperial Fists don’t change too much from the Codex’s teachings, although one of their successors, the Black Templars, pretty much went the way of the Space Wolves in that they just did whatever they thought was best for them. Blood Angels switch around the designations of Reserve Companies 8 and 9 to help their newly inducted Marines resolve pent up aggression. In addition, the Death Company is for those BAs who fell to the Black Rage. Iron Hands rename the companies as Clans and their Techmarines combine their duties with that of Company Captains, Apothecaries and Chaplains, making them Iron Fathers. Ultramarines are by far the most faithful to the Codex, seeing as their Primarch was the one who written it. They quote verse and chapter of the Codex whenever they can and punish those who stray from its teachings. Salamanders have the highest abundance of (combi) flamers and meltas among the 9 original Loyalist Space Marine Legions-turned-Chapters. Raven Guard are generally only faithful to the Codex as far as organisational structure is concerned, but they fall back on their own skills and experiences as scouts, assassins and troubleshooters when in battle, relying on stealth, subterfuge, rapid deployment and guerilla warfare to control the battlefield and gain advantage over their opponents. They were also encouraged to take initiative and think for themselves instead on relying on a centralised centre of command, which made them very tactically flexible and extremely potent in small numbers. This was probably the way that Guilliman intended for the Codex to be used, as a guide for organisational structure rather than as a bloody holy book. Interestingly, he and Corax, the Raven Guard’s Primarch, got along so swimmingly that Corax naturally adopted the Codex and some of its teachings were brought on by the virtual sparring sessions and simulations that Corax and Guilliman often had. Corax had won 3 of them, but Guilliman adapted and learned from his mistakes. He probably put accounts of those experience in the Codex. Upon Guilliman’s return, the emergence of the Tyranids and the Necrons and the creation of the Primaris Space Marines, Guilliman said, “Fuck it,” threw out his original draft, started revisions and decreed to all Space Marines that they can choose whether or not to follow the Space Book as long as it was effective and got shit done.

[@YouGottaShootEmInTheHead]

The Lamenters are the most human

[@ottonormal3354]

Guilliman writes his TOS of the chat. RavenGuard enters the chat....

[@angeltear2145]

"Why dies everybody look like they're 8 feet tall." Space Marine: *is an 8 feet tall super warrior in mechanized armor*

[@TheStonewall117]

Primarches taller still lol

[@gaviantxc8213]

The exploring series also did Warhammer 40k

[@Birb_of_Judge]

Please, if you like 40k. Check out Baldermorts guide to Warhammer. It's in my opinion the Single best lore Channel on YT. Especially for beginners.

[@peachbutt2330]

Ill add it to my list :)

[@Birb_of_Judge]

@@peachbutt2330 if you want recommendations, just ask me, I've watched all of his videos. There are a few you have to watch out for because there are interlocking stories. So there is a chance that you could miss something.

[@shavedata5436]

The dude who got possessed in Astartes was an Inquisitor. Goes to show how big of a deal demonic possession is.

[@habibihabibi7115]

Or an interrogator or other Inquisitorial adept. Not everyone in the Inquisition is as important as a full inquisitor.

[@Ender7j]

@@habibihabibi7115 I figured that guy was an agent and not an Inquisitor proper. I don’t think most Inquisitors would expose themselves so directly to such a dire and unknown threat.

[@edwardsummey8843]

40K has an obscene amount of lore, and it is dense. Can it be cut into bite-size chunks, simplified and crayon-flavored enough for a jarhead to grasp? Not sure. It is 38,000 years in the future, and shit has happened. Mankind grew in a Golden Age and spread across the Galaxy. Then an Event Occurred (something like an AI rebellion) (around year 20,000 or so) and human society broke. Think Mad Max, but everywhere. This lasts a few thousand years. Then this big dude with magic powers and flowing black hair steps out of the shadows with the goal of uniting mankind- first on Earth, then the entire galaxy. He gathers troops, builds a lab and creates genetic super-soldiers (Thunder Warriors) that are huge but unstable. He eventually -conquers- unites all of Earth. Conveniently, all of his unstable, hyper-violent Thunder warriors just happened to die to the last man in the final battle and were most definitely not wiped out by the Emperors personal bodyguard. Now, he creates 20 perfect dudes, masters of warfare and administration, to be his generals in his fight to retake the galaxy. He uses his own genetic code, but adds in some tid-bits to make each “Primarch” unique and tend toward different specialties. Then he used their genetic code to create the next generation of super-soldiers. Space Marines. 20 legions, each enhanced with the genetic code of their Primarch. The Primarchs got snatched as babies and scattered all over the galaxy in their cribs. The Emperor mounts his Great Crusade to unite the Galaxy and find his lost Primarchs. Eventually, he finds all 20, but 2 had some weird shit going on (family secret- they don’t talk about it so we don’t know what), but he has the 18 we know about. All went through some serious shit since being taken as babies, and most of them grew up to rule the planets they were dumped on. They are just that good. Most of them. Angron sucks. There are now 18 Space Marine Legions. Each Legion as tens or hundreds of thousands of Space Marines. Each Legion is led by the Primarch whose "gene-seed" (genetic code) was used to create them. Once all his Primarchs are on board and up to speed, he figures his Crusade is well in hand and jets to work on his next project. But it turns out his chief Primarch general has done daddy issues and feels abandoned, gets suckered and tricked into thinking he should be in charge. He gets 8 of his Primarch brothers on board, and now it is a 9v9 super civil war. The big E pulls out the win, barely, and he has to be trapped on his life support chair and hope his kids can keep things going the way he wants (hint- they can’t). Loyal Legions: Dark Angels (hold your jokes), Ultramarines, White Scars, Raven Guard, Imperial Fists, Iron Hands, Salamanders, Space Wolves, and Blood Angels. Traitor Legions: Luna Wolves/Sons of Horus, Iron Warriors, Death Guard, World Eaters, Word Bearers, Night Lords, Thousand Sons, Emperor's Children, and the Alpha Legion (hold your jokes again). So, we move forward 10,000 years. A religious order has grown around Big-E, which he would have hated. The 9 loyal Primarchs have each been killed (mostly killed) or lost through time. The various races, each of whom thinks they should be running the galaxy) are fighting each other and mankind. We have: Eldar: old space elves who were created long ago to fight an even older war who were super-good, but got bored, murder fucked a chaos god into existence who lives to feed on their souls. They are pretty much wiped out, but there are factions trying to survive and rebuild. Orks: mobile plants, grown from fungus. They live to fight, and will happily fight each other if there is no one else around. They get smarter when you get more of them organized, and their tech works just because they think it should. About as hard to get rid of as Athlete's foot, and for the same reason. Necrons: old beings who sold their souls to get metal bodies, then killed their gods for getting screwed on that deal and use pieces of their gods to power their weapons. They lost their war and went into hiding, sleeping out the time underground on thousands of worlds. Long forgotten, everyone is freaking out when these dudes started waking up and wondered who all these squatters in their galaxy were. Tau: Newcomers on the block. Blue fish boys who talk big about The Greater Good. Willing to work with alien races, just as long as they accept the Tau are in charge. Think space communism. Only race willing to work peacefully with other races. Often thought of as the only “good guys” in 40K, turns out the Tau ruling class are brainwashing the rest of the Tau and subject races into thinking they are all on the same side. They decide what “the greater good” is. Tyranids: Space bugs from outside the galaxy, moving through, eating planets. Perfect predators, adapt to surroundings, all that jazz. They eat entire biospheres. There are different factions, and I barely touched on chaos and the warp, but this is long enough.

[@kalzhae]

just a little correction about tau, saying tau is space communist is actually wrong , in fact the imperium is actually more communist than the tau. tau is highly inspired by ww2 imperial japan and in general imperialistic cast system, cast system is actually completely opposite of what communist is

[@edwardsummey8843]

@@kalzhae “For The Greater Good.” While there is a definite leadership caste, for the purposes of everyone else, it is a contribution toward the betterment of Tau society as a whole. Not quite socialism, not quite communism. All the societies in 40K are loosely based on an earth society, but have diverged the more lore was written into them. They also do not fit into traditional Earth government types because they are not affected by a)real world human interference or b) unscripted events. However, this was written as a “down and dirty,” 2 sentence overview. It was the best I could do, and accuracy of our favored areas must suffer as a result. I explained the entire great crusade and Horus heresy in, like 80 words, right?

[@kalzhae]

@@edwardsummey8843 i agree, but it is almost unanimously agreed by any tau player or lore experts that tau AREN'T space communist, it's a old meme that tau players try to eradicate since the very beginning of the tau and that is continuously propagated even if everything about the tau society is completely against communism, communism isn't the only form of government that follow a greater good principle, it's just the most know.

[@edwardsummey8843]

@@kalzhae I will counter that the Tau are as Communist as the Imperium is Fascist.

[@kalzhae]

@@edwardsummey8843 their is some common ground with Communism, but just reducing tau to Communism or Imperium to fascisme is so wrong, every government in 40k is a mismatch of multiple kind of government anyway, but i can assure you that tau is mainly communism is wrong, the whole structure of the tau society is a complete opposite if not completely impossible within a communist government, tau have a rigid system of 5 cast, each one specialized in one field and with no possibility to move from one cast to the other. in that sense it's actually an almost perfect replica of standard old imperialism where if you were born in a cast you'i stay in it until death. that is actually something that is completely against the backbones of the communist doctrine.

[@liammurphy2036]

Also it's the same emperor the whole time. He's over 50 thousand years old and immortal both before he was wounded and put on the throne and now as the throne itself is keeping his damaged body alive.

[@cideryeti7957]

Don't forget the thousands of psykers killed to support the emperor.

[@TheEarlofBronze1]

The origins of the emperor is unknown, as is his age I believe.

[@GoroScornshard]

@@TheEarlofBronze1 Whether or not it's canon is uncertain but he does have an origin story. Check the wiki.

[@tyrusdalet]

@@TheEarlofBronze1 we at least know he was born in the Neolithic era. Or at least; thats what he told Ra Endymion when he revealed everything to him in the book “Master of Mankind”

[@StarboyXL9]

@@TheEarlofBronze1 He is 40k years old I believe. I mean come on, a narcissist like him and you're going to tell me he didn't set the calendar to match his own age?

[@brandonazul3426]

The 40k universe is a grim dark one that’s for sure

[@vicente2044]

"In the grim darkness of the future there is only war"

[@edwardsummey8843]

There are TWO videos by Russian Badger. "For The Emperor" and "Heavy Flamer Heresy" (in that order). While "officially" video game reviews, the peek into the lore just enough to have fun without drowning anyone. Highly recommended.

[@hungryclone]

“Looks like Judge Dread.” No coincidence there. Games Workshop/Citadel miniatures grew up in Britain at a time when Judge Dread and comics like it flourished. Sidenote: My dude...you overturned quite a stone here...

[@manofthewest5395]

One thing worth pointing out, is that countless billions, if not trillions of imperial citizens will live out their whole lives in relative peace and security, akin a to a normal life today on Earth. The actual odds of your planet being invading by Orks, Daemons, Tyranids, or some other nightmarish faction is actually pretty low due to just how big the Milky Way galaxy is. The reason why it seems like every story focuses on the endless war is because that makes for a better story.

[@owenwells7692]

@Brakamar, or else! Think the blocks from the latest judge dredd movie, only each one is the size of a city, there are massive factories built into the basement that everyone has to work in, and the gang violence is a thousand times worse. That's basically a hive city.

[@manofthewest5395]

@Brakamar, or else! Yeah, but not every planet in the Imperium is a hive world.

[@Fransens]

"Heretics are their own group...." Let me clarify that with an Imperial Thought For The Day: "The difference between a heresy and treachery is ignorance."

[@themalcontent100]

Watch bricky's every faction explained.

[@whizpopdude123]

Yes, this.

[@djcuevas1057]

If you do don’t take everything literally in that video since there are a few inaccuracies.

[@peachbutt2330]

@Troy neenan no worries, already on my list :)

[@omabrax0555]

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[@peachbutt2330]

Ill add it to my list :)

[@tomfordgunningham465]

@@peachbutt2330 if u can watch a 20-40 min video, watch Oculus Imperia. The pilgrimage to terra really exemplifies the grimdark

[@omarvernon7530]

🤣 "Imperial Army. Imperial Guard. Astra Militarum. THE WALL OF GUNS!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@percevilleburns7100]

"I would chose to be a space marine " All warhammer fans: laughs in 0.01% survival rate *

[@TalonAshlar]

Space Marines "are" 8 feet tall partly because of genetic and hormone enhancement during puberty and partly due to the fact that the suits they wear add even more to this height

[@cheeseninja1115]

the imperium of man lays clam to the entire Milkyway galaxy. However, though they say they own everything they truly don't as there are sections of uncharted territories, entire systems that are under the control of xenos (slang for aliens). One major factor in the lost for projection by the imperium is the Eye of Terror which is a hell portal with tendrils that split the galaxy almost in two as well as the bureaucracy of the imperium makes it hard to muster any significant force as everyone says "my problem is worse" worsening the already degrading empire.

[@HubiKoshi]

The thing about Imperium's decline is that it's been in decline for the last 10,000 years. It was born 10,000 years ago when the God Emperor of Mankind launched The Great Crusade, a massive conquest, to reunite all human worlds and bring them under the banner of the Imperium. But then the Horus Heresy (a massive civil war) happened and the Emperor was basically put on life-support and lost most of his ability to rule the Imperium. Ever since then it was in decline due to the spread of superstition and ignorance. But the Imperium is HUGE, it controls most of our galaxy and has access to so many resources that even when in decline it's still too big to be brought down easily. Losing billions of soldiers in a single war is like a drop in the bucket for the Imperium. And it IS fighting an endless war against all the other factions, one of which (The Tyranids) came from Outside our galaxy in order to devour it.

[@paytonkraft7564]

Imperium of man: quite literally a dying empire that hasn't fallen apart yet.

[@falah6398]

You talked something bad about my Imperium?! You Heretic!!

[@FDboto]

Well with the return of guilliman the imperium has a quite good fighting chance

[@TNCombatMedic]

Sounds like heresy. No need for a commissar, I’ll call up a kreigsmarine.

[@paytonkraft7564]

I'm loyal and faithful as the god emperor is immortal. Sometimes veterans just get used to it.

[@paytonkraft7564]

@@falah6398 When you send me to the warp, I'm gonna punch khorne in the face and dunk on what's left of horus.

[@omabrax0555]

Warhammer 40k Lore - Space Marines, Gene-seed and Organ Implants 🗣 GrimDark Narrator

[@slashiesmokesweed]

Luetin has tons of comprehensable videos. This one covers basically everything in your last question about the Astartes, how they're recruited etc.: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZnXeaevdt5jjdE

[@dlvnmedia]

Luetin09 is the best

[@Phoenix8492]

One of the horrible ironies of the Imperium is that the Emperor never wanted to be considered a god, and never wanted religion to exist. He wanted a secular Imperium free of religion, which he believed was the cause of division among the Imperium. When he was nearly slain in the Horus Heresy, the religion of the Imperial Creed formed around him completely outside of his will, he has nothing to do with it. What makes this irony even worse is that 1.) the oppressive theocratic dictatorship is _why_ the Imperium still exists 10,000 years after his internment upon the Golden Throne, and 2.) the collective faith of humanity worshipping him as a god has made him _ridiculously_ powerful as a psyker, even moreso than when he was alive and walking. Also, if there is one thing to know about Warhammer fans is that we _love_ talking about the lore. As for the last question about Space Marines, a lot of answers for a lot of points. -While Space Marines are individuals and are capable of individual initiative, as part of their training they are indoctrinated in their Chapter’s culture and warrior-philosophy. The Ultramarines, for example, are zealous adherents to the Codex Astartes, where the Space Wolves regard the Codex as just a dusty tome. The Salamanders will position themselves as literal human shields to protect humans, where some other Chapters will mow down civilians in the crossfire without hesitation if it means killing the enemy. -They are still, however, single-minded in their devotion to the Imperium, the Emperor, and the mission. They will lay down their lives without hesitation to ensure the completion of the mission, the death of the enemy, or both. If you want a Marines Chapter that enjoys the fight, however, you can look no further than the wild and nearly-feral Space Wolves (the Blood Angels should not be considered to “enjoy” the fight. While they and their successors are capable of blood rages and massacre one would expect from the followers of the Chaos gods, it is from a crippling side effect of other...issues...known to the Blood Angels gene-seed).

[@rebouteguilliman]

Papa Emps always knows what he's doing.

[@Vin-sv9fm]

Except parenting

[@cmnhrnytoad2003]

Try watching the lore videos on Luten's channel and on Arch Warhammer's channels.

[@tomashton1562]

I'd recommend watchin 40k law by arch Warhammer he has loads of bids on many different things to do with the law lol

[@StarboyXL9]

Everyone hates each other, 40k is an "everyone versus everyone" situation. Just imagine World War II (or III if you like) where nobody really gets to be "neutral". So if an enemy of the Imperium attacks it, they might expose themselves to their other enemies who are also enemies of the Imperium. Not to mention that the Imperium's territory is such a horrible case of border gore that mapmakers have given up showing borders and just mark points of influence, as you see by the maps shown. If its too depressing for you that's ok. Nobody holds it against you. We don't want people in the community/fanbase who don't like 40k the way it is. But while it comes off initially as depressing and hopeless, that is part of the appeal. Its not a hunky-dory Noblebright Star Trek adventure written by a sheltered "intellectual" with no grounding, nor a high-minded "Space Fantasy" mythos like Star Wars (or what Star Wars used to be anyway), its a dark, gritty, ruthless franchise. To give you a metaphor, if Star Trek is civilian life as a rich kid, then 40k is life in the Marines coming from a dirt-poor background.

[@erythroniumrene]

The Emperor wanted to foster an empire of scientific knowledge and progressiveness in regards to technology and understanding. He actually abhorred religious worship and severely punished one of his primarchs: the primarch Lorgar, for fostering religious beliefs that the Emperor was a god. I would recommend the warhammer 40k lore videos made by Luetin above any others as I believe he goes into much greater detail as well as having a more competent breakdown of the lore and variables that develop within the lore over time.

[@fnglert]

"This just sounds depressing" - welcome to Warhammer 40k. "Why is like that?" - Because it's Warhammer 40k. It's a bleak setting, on purpose. Everything sucks. Life is meaningless. Joy does not exist unless you're an Ork. There is only war. Everybody loses. Nobody wins. ... Except Orks. They just want to fight and bash skulls. They're living their best life. But even then, there's tragedy in them, in their story.

[@avroarchitect1793]

Well it is the franchise that defines the "Grimm Dark" Genre

[@redpool1673]

There is no such word as 'tragedy' in the Orksfod Orkish Dikshunri. That hummie concept is such a waste of time. WAAAAAAAGH!

[@ShankX10]

Once you get past the main races Orks, Eldar, Tyranids, Necrons, Chaos/Demons, and Tau. Once you get back to Humanity I would say in order of importance do The Emperor of Mankind, The 20 Primarchs, The Custodes, The Astartes/Space Marines, and then finally the Imperial Guard. Thats at least how I would say to do it but you seem to be more interested in the Astartes so it fine if you want to jump around I am just glad we have another brother coming into the fold of the fandom.

[@davidpujman6082]

“This imperium of man sounds depresing” well... thats the point

[@smsbutter2562]

Watch space Marines to tell you how they are made by lutein09

[@camomurf5182]

"Why does everybody look like they're eight feet tall?" Warhammer fans: Well... About that...

[@doublep1980]

Do yourself a favor and watch the 2 ''Every Faction in Warhammer 40k explained'' videos (Part 1 & 2) by Bricky. He explains the basics for Warhammer 40k newbies, in a very comprehensive & humorous way. The Warhammer 40k Universe has a lore that is so extensive, it's almost ridiculous and if you go down the rabbitthole, you can spend lots of time with it. I can also recommend the official Warhammer 40k Wiki which has lots of very detailed articles. To give you a quick overview: *Imperium of Men*: Hoomans, theocratic, xenophobic space fascists, who worship the corpse of their vegetable God-Emperor and have an itchy trigger finger. These are the *GOOD GUYS* ! *Chaos* : The literal Demon-Gods of Chaos, their legions of Demons and Chaos-worshipping traitors of the Imperium.(heretics) *VERY BAD GUYS* *Orks* : brutal, barbaric, bloodthirsty Space-Orks that are an ancient ''weapon-race'' (half humanoid/half fungus). Dumb as shit, very resilient and also the comic relief of the setting. *BAD GUYS BUT ALSO FUNNY, BUT MOSTLY BAD* *Eldar* : Space-Elves, who destroyed their galactic empire by literally creating a Chaos God with too much blood orgies. Very technologically advanced, super arrogant and on the verge of extintion. *Abiguous at best, don't trust them* *Dark Eldar* : The BDSM-loving cousins of the vanilla Eldar, who are still indulging in all kinds of kinky blood orgies and other depraved shieeet. (Think Cenobite-Space Elves) *VERY VERY BAD GUYS* *Tyranids* : Think Xenomorphs from Alien meets Bugs from Starship Troopers, just want to eat everything. (And yes, the Zerg from Stracraft are an actual rip-off of the Tyranids, *not* the other way around). *VERY VERY BAD GUYS* *Necrons* : Egyptian-themed ancient Space Robots, with technology that defies the laws of physics and a hatred for all organic life. *ALSO, BAD GUYS* *Tau* : Naive Space-Communists, they don't straight up kill you, instead they brainwash you. *NOBODY LIKES THE TAU*

[@erikrungemadsen2081]

"When in deadly danger when beset by doubt run around in circles and wave your arms about" Commisar Cadet childrens chant "Anything worth filling in dublicates, is worth filling in triplicates." the unofficial motto of the administratum.

[@crapface911]

"Why does everyone look like they're 8 feet tall" lol because they are my man