Pirates in Warhammer | Warhammer 40k Lore

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00:00 - Intro
01:40 - Eldar Corsairs
03:30 - Drukhari Raiders
06:05 - Human Deserters
09:28 - Rebels
10:01 - Minor Xenos Pirates
10:44 - Chaos Space Marines
13:12 - Prince Hellaineth & The Freeborn
17:45 - Ork Freebooterz
19:45 - Rogue Traders
20:37 - Borz One-Eye
22:23 - Blackstone Fortress
23:27 - Outro
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[@stertrack520]

"REMEBER KITZ THE ONE DAKA IS REEEEEAL"

[@livefromtheblacklibrary]

JESUS CHRIST XD

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

CAN WE’Z GET MUCH HIYA?! SO HIGH!

[@Ollyatlas]

​@livefromtheblacklibrary are there traitor marines who don't serve chaos?

[@stertrack520]

@@LordCrate-du8zm WAAAAAAGH WAAAAAAAAAGH

[@patrickdees5256]

KING OF DA DAKKA!!

[@GurenPlasma]

Becoming a space pirate in Warhammer 40K is much safer than in Metroid

[@anthonyrodriguez8788]

Yeah pretty much. The casualty rates for the Metroid Space Pirates are obscene.

[@valletas]

To be fair space pirates in metroid arent actually pirates but isntead an entire race One that loves genetics and body modification yeah but its not a carrer just their name While i love the space pirates i always wondered why they are called that

[@livefromtheblacklibrary]

I really need to get into Metroid lore more

[@valletas]

@@livefromtheblacklibrary the lore isn't as complex as you might think its really straight forward All you have to do is play the games and you will be fine and while there are a lot of games many of them are remakes and they arent too long And most dont have a whole lot going for story and lore outside of the beggining and the end and a whole lot of it is just fans interpreting game mechanics and stuff

[@Archon3960]

Well, _Metroid_ Space Pirates are somewhat moronic when you think about it. X)

[@thomashanham723]

Piracy in 40k: AdMech trying to get Necron tech without paying for it

[@elijahhayter3026]

Then trazyn attempts to steal the one priest that returns alive.

[@Eye_Of_Odin978]

​@@elijahhayter3026 Then the Space Magpies attempt to steal from Trazyn but screw up in the end

[@elijahhayter3026]

@@Eye_Of_Odin978 because trazyn stole the plot device they needed to pull it off.

[@user-fg6dj1uz8b]

you could also mention the ashen claws, terran ravenguard marines that during the heresy denied the warmaster and the emperor and raided the night lords for supplies until a conflict with the ultramarines made the retreat to the ghoul stars and make their own mini empire where they are still raiding and trading with the cacharadons.

[@livefromtheblacklibrary]

Oh yeah them too!

[@user-fg6dj1uz8b]

@@livefromtheblacklibrary didn't want to be picky or anything, great video, just felt kinda obligated as a ashen claw player.

[@oldeskul]

Chrono: When someone says Warhammer, you probably think of war. Me: I also think of hammers.

[@alfredoyelisa]

Forty-thousand hammers?

[@calebcollins5887]

I think the pirates should have their own small models. The stories with them could be really good.

[@Turnil321]

"Traitor? No, captain, you are mistaken. We are not traitors. I have only ever had one loyalty, to the brothers you see before you, the ones who stormed your bridge and will momentarily relieve you of the supplies you carry. Maybe it does look like treachery to you. Maybe you actually believe warriors like me -- the pinnacle of gene-bred evolution in the galaxy -- truly exist only to protect your pitiful life. Maybe you do not know of the others. There are far darker beings out there than those you see before you, captain. Ones as ancient as us, but enslaved to powers beyond your reckoning. We are not them. We will not tear out your soul and feed it to daemons, or bind you to nightmares made flesh. We'll just kill you. Maybe we are renegades then, yes. But traitors? Never. Our loyalty has always been to ourselves. I am an Ashen Claw, and I belong to the Ashen Claws, as does your ship, your cargo and your entire crew." -Transmission logged by Deep Void Listening Post Gamma-16-8, 5939.795.M41

[@Turnil321]

Makes sense that there this many. The first game 40k game was rogeu trader.

[@livefromtheblacklibrary]

True!

[@Turnil321]

What are the most chaotic neutral people in 40k? We got trayzin and this Eldar pirate king. Anymore for this list?

[@livefromtheblacklibrary]

Gazgul

[@Turnil321]

@@livefromtheblacklibrary I would not put him on the list. He does things because he is doing his gods plan not just because of he finds it fun to do. I think from all the orks the most chaotic neutral would be the ork warboss who destroyed his own WAAAGH and killed himself just because he wanted a second version of his gun.

[@elijahhayter3026]

Ork Feebootas.

[@juliantuwim3552]

Don't forget Mechanicus also pirate, mostly Necron porn and games

[@apolloknight9521]

I hope there is a Sea Shanty Equivalent of Wellermem. Imagine that in Warhammer

[@HalduBouyaNono2]

About chasing a Tyranid bioship, expect it is the one who chases the crew.

[@HalduBouyaNono2]

16:40 Zheng Yi Sao, who was active during 9 years, who captured several fleets from the Empires of China, Britain and Portugal to the point she had no less than 5 pirate fleets, who never knew major defeat on sea, to the point the Chinese Emperor was obligated to give her, her family and her main lieutenants pardon, plus a duchess title to her, who was able to retire and to die from old age, hearing you calling Bartholomew "the most successful pirate ever": 😶🫥

[@DominionSorcerer]

She also married an established pirate captain and inherited his fleets when he died, she never captured British or Portuguese ships, but surrendered when it seemed like these powers would take up arms against her fleets. She also married the Chinese official that had readily began to strangle the supply lines of the pirate confederacy she was affiliated with. Meanwhile Bartholomew rose up from the bottom and captured 400 ships in just 3 years.

[@HalduBouyaNono2]

​@@DominionSorcerershe was a kidnapped prostituted, she did inherit her first pirate fleet but she captured the 4 more by herself (and contrary to what you say she captured several British and Portuguese ships alongside the Chines ones), she managed to attract, and thousands of pirates, and ended up with the largest pirate fleet in the entire world History, and such an high navy power the Emperor of China was obligated to bribe her with a duchess title. In the entire History of Piracy, nobody has a better "from the bottom to the top" than her.

[@yamibakura8597]

I really like piracy in 40k. One of my favorite things in a fantasy setting is when people of different races/cultures meet and then try to work together. That's very rare in 40k, but piracy is one of the few places that is allowed. I also think a series of books focusing on some of the lesser xeno species who work as pirates would be very interesting.

[@Matt-md5yt]

sweet glad you talked about Pirates.

[@livefromtheblacklibrary]

I really enjoyed making this video!

[@grex951]

Honestly there isn't enough piracy and spice running that there needs to be in 40k. With the scale of how insane gangs are just in a single hive city- there need to be whole pirate nations and factions.

[@elijahhayter3026]

In my head, there is. The imperium just doesn’t talk about it. Who would ever admit of large numbers of humans turning on their holy mission?

[@LutherMahoney]

I wish we had more lore on the Severan Dominance. A human working well with the Drukahri is too interesting.

[@boyanpenev9822]

It hasn't been detailed much outside of the Deathwatch RPG, but it did have a fair bit of info there.

[@parkersummerlin865]

Yeah for that Amazon tv show they’re making, I think they should make the show about Rogue Traders.

[@livefromtheblacklibrary]

Ohhhh interesting!

[@collecter343]

With them only hinting at Space Marines and other crazy stuff

[@donnyd9268]

I do love the idea of Piracy in 40k. I feel it makes the setting more alive with activity other then just the standard faction wars we see. In a galaxy that large there is bound to be piracy

[@Warmaster2001]

And it will be and it will far more uncontrollable. Especially within Imperium.

[@charlottewolery558]

While I cannot force you to do it, you mentioned some time ago you were thinking of doing an episode of xenophillia within the Imperium. I would very much like to see that, especially in regards to any mercy the Emperor had for non-FTL xeno civilizations. Hopefully a bunch of the minor xenos races in the Imperial records are only extinct on paper, and turned into rouge trader protectorates or something.

[@parkermaisterra8532]

I’m so freaking happy you had a small section with Borz-One Eye I mean a Space Knight turn Space pirate is so freaking cool

[@JAMBUILDER08]

Remember, historically if pirates could avoid killing people, they would.

[@bonefetcherbrimley7740]

Eldar Space pirate King is awesome. I want to see more of him.

[@killerzillavolt2655]

Great video. Though you left out tau pirates. There's a tau "spet" called Lur’tae’mont separatists. They broke away from the Empire and do mercenary work. They engage in guerrilla warfare, and outpost raids. While they are lead by a tau named Shas’O N’dras Kais Lur’tae’mont, most of them are actually kroot, and most of their new recruits are other xenos.

[@thegoldenpath326]

A Borz book would be fantastic, I'd snag it in a heartbeat.

[@BlizzardofKnives]

Do not ask why be a pirate. Instead ask, why not.

[@Warmaster2001]

Yarr. Space Pirate go brrrrrr!

[@gustavosampaio5859]

Remembering the Horus return video I think would be cool if Lupercal come back he unite with Fulgrim's clone and Omegon and form a rogue group called The Redemptionists, or something like that, and seek to come back to the Imperium or form something like the Farsight Enclaves.

[@lurkingedge]

One terrifying thing about Freebootas is their ability to build their own ships and salvage, repair and upgrade any derelict vessels they find. Singing a ship takes a long time. Most humans lack the technological knowhow necessary to do anything more than maintain a ship. But all it takes is one ship oriented Mekboy and some Boyz to bring him intrestin' bitz and it is on like Donkey Kong.

[@retrovalkyrie2211]

I’ve been reading Path of the Outcast, and am enjoying how the Eldar Corsairs and Drukhari interact with each other. The city of Khai-dazaar within the Webway feels like a rough and tumble safe haven where pirates, adventurers, and miscreants would congregate. I will definitely check out of Blackstone Fortress series.

[@Warmaster2001]

Hehe that world you described it's like Nassau or Port Royal in space.

[@theprelate4219]

Because if you can be a pirate, always be a pirate.

[@stalwartteakettlepotato9879]

"You want my treasure? Fine, I left it all in one place!" D Emperor

[@lachlanevans5013]

I would really like a video about Bounty hunters in 40K as they are really interesting in my opinion. Like they have their own key word, Hired gun on the Necromunda tabletop

[@collecter343]

Wasn’t sure if I would enjoy Blackstone Omnibus but thank you for confirming it’s likely enjoyability.

[@ashknowles3288]

The night lords omnibus feels super piratey

[@CDio-vr3bx]

"Why be a space pirate" Why not ?

[@deadknight1402]

The Pirates prove that there's way more options than just Tyrannical Theocracy, Serial Killer Cultists, and smaller empires that are likely to get crushed in between them. If anyone ever tells you that the Imperium's brutal methods are absolutely necessary, Pirates show that not to be the case. The Imperium isn't cruel to be kind, but simply cruel.

[@DogseatDogs]

A lot of these pirates are not moral people either. So you are chasing a romantic and delusional dream dangerously similar to imperial fanatics.

[@JustaRandomGuy-el7sg]

I would love a book about Borz time as a pirate

[@yopoxikeweapescai9066]

Bro should totally get into the old world pirates 😉

[@corbinfraley7922]

My 30k/40k warband is an amalgam force of night lords turned pirates by the start of the heresy.

[@akumaking1]

Hi guys. In the Transformers/40K project I’m working on, piracy is somewhat more prevalent.

[@livefromtheblacklibrary]

Ohhhh cool! 👀

[@akumaking1]

@@livefromtheblacklibrary can I email you the details?

[@jonathanathor117]

The aligned continuity comes to mind. That lion wolf pirate transformer that was trying to get the requiem blaster.

[@EVER_PRINCE]

Excellent the elf is back

[@mrgreybrownin5039]

I’m happy to finally have a video to watch on this.

[@northseafish4647]

Neeb more pirates. They're so cool. It's always so fun to see outliers of a faction or race and shows that even in the strict and authoritative world of 40k there are freaks (affectionate) that don't fit in. I love that

[@avalontheeldritchwhorror8212]

Love your videos and just wanted to say you and Weshammer inspired me to start making Warhammer TikToks underneath the name Astartes Health! Keep being an awesome person! Also, I want to believe that Vulkan has a planet where every one gets a long and far away from the current Imperium and will only come back until the Khan comes back. Pirate Vulkan lives!

[@livefromtheblacklibrary]

OMG IM SO HONOURED 😭 ILL DEF MAKE SURE TO CHECK YOU OUT

[@BlindTimeLord]

yeah, agreed. You and Weshammer are definitely some of the best 40K content creaters on the tube :) also can't forget Dug from @2plus tough for some of the best AOS content out there

[@user-gq3ho4vk4s]

Pirates are a great way to have interesting and diverse characters without requiring huge overarching narrative consequence

[@damo6794]

Great to see you back!

[@livefromtheblacklibrary]

Great to BE back!

[@363AJFTW363]

One of your best videos, very niche and interesting topic, lots of fun anecdotes Keep it up mate!

[@useruseruseruseruser790]

Nice video. Enjoyed your perspective on this lot.

[@jamessmart5762]

Perfect timing as im starting on my Lugganathi corsair/privateer kill team project. Will also include minot xenos mercenaries like Sslyth and a zoat, wish we heard more about these things in the setting.

[@ForTheLaughingGod]

I would love a video game as an Aeldari Corsair. Maybe even play as Prince Yriel and go on a Mass Effect style cover shooter RPG with a crew

[@alannatherson7721]

I have one criticism of your video and it's admittedly a minor one. You keep on saying Bartholomew Roberts was the most successful pirate ever when it is undebatable that title belongs to Zheng Yi Sao.

[@CrimsonTemplar2]

Great video. Really gets into the nooks & crannies of the setting.

[@nkosig4995]

Love the fellowship of the void

[@coolchrisable]

Hellaineth said fuck you in multiple ways to the spacemarines and dante

[@spookyghostwriter3110]

speaking of Battlefleet Gothic, I'd be interested in watching you explode ships and talk about lore in the game

[@Diriann_Dracke]

funfact : corsaire is actually the french word for privateer, so yeah the eldar corsairs are literally just that

[@Archon3960]

Oh yeah, pirates are a breath of fresh air in 40k! 😎

[@horatiopelagius8703]

Best Warhammer channel.

[@BlindTimeLord]

Would love to see more Imperial Aeldari co-operation going forward in general. The Aeldari are probably one of my favourite factions in the lore bar Orks. Especially Craftworlders and Ynari but not sure if GW are going to support them, which is a shame as I find them really interesting along with the Corsairs and harlaquins :) Hope this dynamic will become more friendly going forward

[@fanonfrenzy3809]

good video, yeah pirates sound fun

[@deathbytouch4252]

I don’t think you can reasonably argue that pirate shouldn’t exist in 40 K just due to the sheer scale of the imperium and how flimsy its control is in a lot of systems.

[@Warmaster2001]

Basically Imperium can't normally control the Segmentums planets. Mostly the segmentum where probably piracy isn't at issue (but Orks are somehow) is Segmentum Solar.

[@ghostparty2062]

What a coincidence, i just picked up a box of eldar corsairs at the uk games expo today 😆

[@livefromtheblacklibrary]

OHHH NICE

[@djashovel]

You know reading warhammer 40k made me realize Companies like marvel Could make stories like warhammer 40k and game of thrones With all the alien races.And empires and civilizations that exist in the universe Is having massive conflicts like an war hammer and Political groups and intrigue Disputes between ruling class In those vast empires like in game of thrones and Still have super powered beings And it could be very successful In comic form and animation ( It basically would be warhammer and game of thrones and the boy's comics all in one and. If any of you have seen all three of this, Franchises just Imagine What It would look like 😅 but It would be so cool )

[@livefromtheblacklibrary]

YEAH IT WOULD BE COOL BUT NO LETS GET THE SAME 5 HEROES IN BULLSHIT TIMELINES

[@ethanrumley746]

Blood Gorgons are my favorite example of pirate renegade marines

[@yttryff6159]

There's probably a bunch of minors he knows races that do this considering the fact that they have to be cautious so piracy seems like a good idea for minor xenos races who's going to attack some random zenos race that just raised a trade route very occasionally most likely tyranids

[@mr.ashenfire2624]

The Red Corsairs are excellent Space Pirates.

[@ShiningFingerStudio]

Might I suggest a video discussing the Imperial Truth... particularly how it kind of fails at its stated purpose. It pays lip service to the values of empiricism and rationalism, but then places a sort of spiritual significance towards "baseline" humanity, and how we deserve to be the rulers of the galaxy more than any other sentient species because.... others failed to be?

[@J1P2K]

I have a costume Freeboota from a good guy coming my way. His name is Teefbread.

[@the7thbananaking]

I think about Hammers

[@PelinalDidNothingWrong]

It's funny that this got uploaded while I'm currently working on a homebrew Chapter that have a Pirate theme to them. What name sounds better "The Raiders" or "The Silver Raiders"

[@JOHNPHILLIP8619]

The silver raiders. Has a more chaptery sound too it

[@Louis1945.]

Great addition to warhammer

[@DCJMS]

private aircraft? the UN is ready for the zeppelin comeback

[@HalduBouyaNono2]

It's rare, but it does sometimes happen that private aircrafts are used by rebel groups in international water. Such as when the Hutis ceased a ship, they boarded on it with an helicopter. They also use drones to damage other ship passing by the Red Sea. However, it's rare, because most of current pirates are very poor African using small fishing boats to attack merchant and oil ships in the Gulf of Guinea and around Somalia, out of desperation. The Hutis have some helicopters and drones only because Iran gives it to them, using them de facto as non official corsairs.

[@asajjy]

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[@Gillemear]

Isn't there a Necron Overlord who was also a pirate king? Thaszar, I think. I often wonder how that works as the Necrons don't really need anything from any other faction. What would they get from raiding?

[@Timlagor]

11:30 They're also just faster stronger and more intelligent

[@randyping6036]

GW really need to put out some non-Imperial humans.

[@onairwithjarvis]

Here's some rum for you all 🥃

[@livefromtheblacklibrary]

THIS YOS MY HOR

[@AriSolMorningstar]

Prince Hellaineth takes the crown of most based eldar

[@teobratuteodor1728]

It clearly adds more deepts, now whe have The Great Rift as The Grand Line and what whe need is an equivalent to The One Piece to whe already have characters like that dark angel to be like Luffy and done, whe have One Piece in 41 millenium.

[@xaphaniariel2797]

The most successful pirate by any metric is Zheng Yi Sao, Roberts was only the greatest in his area.

[@djashovel]

Here's A Fun question /What if Scenario what if one of the Emperor sons like guilliman woke up earlier and founded and Ruled the tau empire What would be the Imperium reaction finding out one of the emperor's sons is not only alive but control an alien Empire

[@souwhi]

This isn’t related to the video, but I heard you briefly talk about the state of the scp wiki on astartes anonymous and I’d like to hear more of your thoughts on scp

[@lurkingedge]

The Barbery pirates were highly successful due to being state sanctioned, and paid off by all the big European countries. They also were the biggest, nastiest slavers. At one point they carried off some four hundred of Icelanders and sold them into slavery.

[@TyuiYuiop]

Could someone tell me how human pirates fly though the warp do they have there own three eye people.

[@doggg4977]

but you might also think about hammer

[@livefromtheblacklibrary]

Try hammer But hole

[@doggg4977]

critical success

[@Shaitan808]

Where end and the death vol 3 video?

[@gono4806]

Nice video, I found your channel from the Mr Beast vid lol

[@jwb_666]

Protestantism was not a thing by the time the reconquista ended omg 😂

[@ghr501able]

Why can't we get a good space pirate game

[@Silver.799]

"Yarg, there be treasure and tax evasion"- Huron Blackheart, lord of the Red Corsairs (I also nickname him lord of the 21st Legion lol)

[@mykelengieza7057]

ALGORITHM

[@LoganKenoras.]

Abandon reason know only war!

[@LorenSoth]

Music was oddly distracting in this video. Loved the content though

[@timothyh5632]

YOHOHO

[@vinbingames]

You wouldn’t download mk5 heresy armor would you?

[@yoshimitsuzk]

How the f*** do you distill blood?!!

[@Digimastertwo]

Are you Nile Red?

[@gnomeawayfromhome7550]

>:33

[@livefromtheblacklibrary]

👀

[@justinwetmore9409]

❤👍😊

[@livefromtheblacklibrary]

THANK YOUUU

[@Admmkh]

Algorithm juice

[@kurtru5selcrowe607]

There species NOT race.