Pity the Guardsmen

[@ArgentumFox]

For those who don't know, this is a responce to a taunt by a chaos space marine, that goes like this: "Pity the guardsmen. A weak sack of flesh destined to die for a dead god that never cared, it spends its pitiful, brief life, alone in his foxhole with nothing to keep him company, or to keep him safe, than the cheapest, most disposable of equipment. Perhaps the glow from his lasgun barrel keeps him warm at night. Me? As a servant of the powers I enjoy the delights of all this world and the warp has to offer. Power, it courses through my veins. The gifts of the chaos gods will soon overtake me, and one day I may even ascend. What has the guardsman to look forward to but a grim life, and if he is lucky perhaps he will feel nothing as my axe sends his soul to Khorne. He lives for a corpse god, and he shall join his god, as a corpse. I shall spare a half second to think of him and his kind. Then i shall only laugh. Hail Chaos!" The responce, it comes from his would be victim, a guardsman who is (as always) defiant to the last.

[@abysswalker2594]

I heard the response from a space marine

[@johanlassen6448]

I find it idiotic that two people would spend so long talking when they are engaged in bitter combat.

[@abysswalker2594]

@@johanlassen6448 the one I saw had a chaos space marine talk to a injured guardsmen before trying to kill him then a ultramarine shows up beating the shit out of the chaos space marine while saying it to him kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6qqdaJndrejoKs the vid I saw

[@amirhaikal6672]

​@@johanlassen6448no not really. It was a last surviving guardsman against a lone chaos marine who presumably killed his entire squad.

[@zambekiller]

​@@amirhaikal6672personally it makes more sense for it to be a guardsmen or a commissar to speak this than the giant smurfs I mean ultra marines

[@metamain1980]

"It's just a monkey with a cheap gun!" "Correction, it's 2 billion monkeys with mass produced guns"

[@Andriy_Sklyar]

and remember, "Titans" is just propaganda

[@Papa_Straight]

Still cheap

[@somuchtocook9159]

@@Papa_Straightcheap doesn’t always mean inferior

[@BluestTable]

@@Papa_Straightstill 2 billion of them

[@Blundabus1337]

@@Papa_Straight One lasgun does diddly. Two billion lasguns does a whole lot of diddly.

[@roanferguson8873]

"He holds the line" has got to be one of the hardest lines in the context of this monologue

[@_YohAsakura_]

Whole 2 minute and 14 seconds was fire

[@MrMason-sc1yc]

Rebus bitterly complained that dying waiting for evac was an end worthy of a Guardsman. Sarge responded by telling him that Holding The Line wasn't that hard: after all, us Guardsmen did it all the time. The All Guardsmen Party

[@danielhaire6677]

Problem is the Guard don't hold the line. They ARE the Line.

[@WiseArkAngel]

And he has held the line for a decamillenium.

[@homingice6444]

"You can leave Space Marine, I'm no longer seeing you as I once did. For five years I have held the line. For another day I will hold this line without your help. If this is what you call hopeless and a waste of time. Welcome to your first day rookie. Now I have no need for men that can't fight."

[@thejonrezcontent5213]

Such a badass line...

[@MAGS-ik5uj]

Where from?

[@heavydestro1729]

Who said this to who?😮

[@hoopsonwheels]

Where is this line from?

[@flynnmayne2055]

Bro left us on a cliffhanger

[@theknightikins9397]

“United against a galaxy that despises them simply because they refuse to lag down and die.” If this isn’t the perfect way to describe the human spirit, then I don’t know what is.

[@overbouquin1999]

Not really in Warhammer though... during the Horus Heresy and probably after, the Imperium genocided xenos because they were xenos and enslaved the humans that lived alongside them.

[@OnlyManAfterAll]

@@overbouquin1999Shhhh just listen to the imperial propaganda

[@yourlocalmemedealer683]

​@@overbouquin1999They had more than enough of a reason to. Humanity had endured 5 millennia of backstabbing, enslavement and torture at the hands of aliens they considered friends during Old Night. At that point, xenophobia becomes rational. Don't mention the effect without the cause.

[@ikat_tracer]

That is just not what he said

[@theknightikins9397]

@@overbouquin1999 I’m not saying the imperium is good, I’m just referring to this quote being a really good quote about real humanity.

[@mrsejd3446]

The distortion in his voice made me think for a second that it could be a Necron. I know that within this specific text it's supposed to be either a guardsman, a commissar or a space marine but... I find the idea of a fucking necron of all things to appreciate humanity to this level that he protects one of them against a chaos space marine both funny and awesome. I feel like it's something Zahndrekh might have done.

[@nalack531]

Imagine it's just Trazyn and he just teleports the guardsman to his collection after the speech

[@mrsejd3446]

@@nalack531 Trazyn grindset

[@nokiademon773]

​@@nalack531trazyn: "omg, that was so fucking metal i just NEED you in the museum." *teleportation noise*

[@nalack531]

@@nokiademon773 then the Guardsman just gives speeches to a fucking orc in a cube or something

[@alexmiller1800]

I much prefer the idea that it’s an Aeldar Farseer who is meddling in a battle to ensure Chaos loses and he’s giving this badass speech to an enemy commander before he kills him as the Guard manages to turn the tide.

[@cinders5305]

Being brave isn't being fearless. Its being scared, but fighting on regardless. Astartes are bred to feel no fear. The Guard are terrified, and yet they fight on regardless.

[@madevilgenius7547]

It makes the Guardsmen more human than the Astarties will ever be... And bigger heroes

[@Grand_Edict]

As Batman said to superman: “You’re not brave. Men are brave”

[@alexmiller1800]

“You’re not brave. You’ve merely forgotten the fear of death.” - Ghaul, Destiny 2.

[@GamingTalk-cl7xj]

If there is a human that feels no fear it’s the Kriegsman

[@justthunderbolt40]

There's a clear distinction between being brave and being stupid. And guardsmen, considering the absurdly high casualty rates, belong certainly in the latter category.

[@flithbrin]

"He's a factory worker, a storekeeper, a father, a brother, a son." Those are the words that got me.

[@Man_Aslume]

Honestly that could apply for real life as well

[@carsoncasmirri3874]

Within all of us is that spark, that indomitable human spirit that will see us all through.

[@josephmoore9462]

Hell yeah

[@wurzzagsegretgreenprophet5254]

THE PLANET BROKE BEFORE THE GUARD DID!!! FOR THE IMPERIUM, FOR THE EMPEROR, FOR HUMANITY!!!

[@firestuka8850]

For Cadia!

[@357Dejavu]

Cadia (and humanity) Stands!

[@wolfbane7497]

Hive Fleet Leviathan : " are you sure about that

[@parthadeb5604]

Cadia stands

[@wolfbane7497]

@@parthadeb5604 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@elijahjoshua5215]

I like how the music actually goes with the video and isn't cringe, it actually adds to it. Props

[@themelon_1785]

Right, usually these types of videos are very cringe, but this one, with the commentary, is actually very good

[@dagan1692]

it was me. it was i who liked your comment for 667 time and broke the 666 number

[@MinhNguyen-vs3rc]

Music name

[@elijahjoshua5215]

​@@MinhNguyen-vs3rc Imagine Dragons - Warriors

[@Lonely.King31]

we are the warriors!

[@fasterthanthespeedofzero]

The fact disposable equipment in 40k is a Las gun that can melt concrete blocks is insanity, also the fact that the armor guardsmen ware are basically impervious to most modern bullets.

[@SagaciousNihilist]

Their equipment is extremely primitive, people dont quite grasp what technology would look like 40,000 years into the future, (just compare the crazy leap in technology, advancement in a myriad of fields and innovations humanity has made from 1900 to the present) especially the creators of the Warhammer franchise who have some lame fetish with WW1, and as a result make Guardman look primitive and super underequipped for their time period, even with the circumstance of having to equip trillions of them they still look primitive af ( they look like WW1 soldiers with a piece of body armor that doesnt even cover their entire center mass, no arm protection, hand protection, no leg protection, no protection from the environment/fuana/bacteria/viruses,the elements, they dont look like space age soldiers that travel from planets to planets each with different gravity and conditions fighting a variety of foe). Even guardsman tanks and apcs look like shitty impractical WW1 tanks. They even have guardsman units that fight topless or on fucking horseback, or the Kreigs who run around with nothing but a fucking trench coat and a ww1 looking mask, its comically stupid. Just Comparing a Guardsman to a Halo Marine or helljumper (500 years into the future) or Mass Effect Marine or N7 (200 years into the future) and they look like shit and would get spanked by both. 1000 years from now or less we should already have something similar to an Astartes, just go look up the type of tech the military is currently working on for future soldiers and the guardsman looks even dumber. We already have weapons like the Bolters now, smart weapons whos bullets can track targets, even when fired around corners.

[@fasterthanthespeedofzero]

@@SagaciousNihilist their Las gun can melt reinforce concrete dude, that's an in lore statement, it's just that they look like ass next to tyberos Thunderclaws weapons, and the armor can survive a lot but isn't built to be the most min maxed protection, because the average life span is like 18 hours on the field.

[@madevilgenius7547]

​​@@fasterthanthespeedofzero thought it was a minute and a half on active combat or one hour was the average survival duration

[@jimjim2629]

Average krieg lifespan​@@madevilgenius7547

[@bahmuut4825]

@@madevilgenius7547 It's 15 hours and even that isn't correct. Whenever people quote that they always forget (or just never read) that that statistic comes from the book "15 Hours" and that the book is only referencing that particular war that the book is about, not all guardsmen in the galaxy.

[@warsawsoldier9971]

The "whats your excuse monster?" Gave me chills.

[@crowe6961]

It was followed by a bolter shot in the original animation and speech, after the cut to black. Perfect.

[@midnightstriker7343]

Agreed

[@_YohAsakura_]

‘We couldn’t take your cities. We tried to take a mile and you wouldn’t give us an inch.’ - monster maybe lol

[@inyrmind]

I remember seeing the original video and my favorite comment was the following "What's your excuse?" "... Abaddon" "Okay, yeah. That's fair"

[@Belder1686]

They have none

[@Covah86]

Just remember, the planet broke before the Guard did.

[@kenneldbofungus]

CADIA STANDS

[@SirusCreed]

Cadia didn’t fall it crumbled under the weight of the guard

[@Man_Aslume]

Cadia couldn't handle the sheer will

[@lindor6393]

That... that is my new favorite version of this, hands down, the best.

[@_YohAsakura_]

Sounds fucking inspiring, if I was there at those chaotic battlefields and I heard this, I would’ve been reinvigorated and made anew. But as the guardsmen like he said, I wouldn’t have broke in the face of overwhelming odds.

[@generalawing]

I like to think that this this is the voice of a surviving Man of iron speaking to a Chaos-marine about mankind. Which in turn I feel makes the whole speech more powerful.

[@hertogvandamme]

I'd say what would make it more powerful would be a Space Marine, they tend to forego the guardsman as flesh shields, so a Space Marine talking about them with such reverence is quite powerful

[@Falkaster]

a man of iron whom did not rebel but tried to preserve both man and machine speaking its last to a chaos lord whist defending fleeing humans

[@andreacellman5482]

what book?

[@tecno-killer7702]

Even though impossible, I like to think that a commissar is talking about his men

[@abysswalker2594]

@@hertogvandamme kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6qqdaJndrejoKs a version with a space marine

[@randomguy3080]

So the salamanders are giga chads, and the Guard is the indomitable human spirit

[@_YohAsakura_]

I don’t play WarHammer much, I tried to learn their lore and I just realized I stopped for awhile, I was watching some shows and reading about the leaders of factions, the factions, the emperor, and the war and it’s rich and I haven’t read+watch+heard it all. I’ve seen WarHammer all these years and it was dumb to never look into it until recently.

[@franciscomoutinho4390]

That is an... oversimplification, but yeah

[@hawkshot867]

All of the might of Chaos rained down on a single planet. They destroyed Cadia and ripped the galaxy asunder, but the Guard still holds the line. Pity the Guard? Last I checked, the Guard was winning. So who's next?

[@Muir97]

Rained*

[@hawkshot867]

@@Muir97 ty ty 😊

[@MajorOcto]

This boosts morale.

[@nalack531]

Holy shit it's the holy emperor

[@MajorOcto]

@@nalack531 lol

[@datsnoiper]

The Emperor... *pulls the pin of his krack grenade*... Protects!

[@Whale_dinner_productions]

@@datsnoiper for the golden throne! *tells a squad of ogryns to through there boxes. The ogryns proceed to throw metal boxes with enough speed and force to delete a space marines head*

[@neptun2810]

“For then thousand years, your black crusades have been pushed back, beaten down and made a mockery of, by weak sacks of flesh with cheap weapons and disposable equipment.” That aged like the Blackstone pylons

[@michaelsouslin891]

The space marines get so much of the love from fans, but they feel no fear at all. True courage comes from the nameless faceless Guardsmen and women who despite the intense fear they must feel with the horrors they hav to face hav held the line for 10,000+ years and still continue to do so no matter the hell they go thru battle after battle, I salute all those who stand guard not just for the ones they love, but the entire human race as a whole.

[@zambekiller]

That's why I play guardsmen or a custom space marine faction called Krieger marines

[@michaelsouslin891]

@@zambekiller if any Guardsmen regiments deserve to hav their own space marines it would be the death corp and taking a trench shovel and making it a chain shovel would be a dope melee weapon for them too

[@zambekiller]

@@michaelsouslin891 no chain shovel but they do prefer chain swords they were also gene seeded by alpha legion

[@abysswalker2594]

The empire of man would have died long ago without the guard the great crusade would have taken longer without the guard The guard hold the line and have done for 10k years the guard are why the black legion had to throw a black stone fortress at cadia even then the guard still fought while the planet was breaking underneath them they still fought

[@kronos661]

They do. Because of their long training, hypno-indoctrination and combat experience as scouts they are capable of either ignoring it or using it.

[@BrokenRecordProductions]

"I promise, I will not get political" **Ten beers later**

[@GeneralDelta072]

I imagine a Chaos Marine talking to a Commissioner, slowly walking toward him as the Commissioner gives that speech, and at the very end, the Commissioner marches forward, and the Chaos Marine takes a step back, and with, "So what is your excuse?" The Commissioner draws his sidearm and raises it to the Chaos Marine's head, "Monster..." And the two are standing there staring each other down.

[@KnudAutlermann]

Dude this is why I love Warhammer, you embodied my favorite thing about my favorite lore so well im such an amazing edit. Thank you dude, im posting your vid everywhere i can

[@nalack531]

Just remember that I only made the video cuz I liked it but none of the things I used are made by me 😅

[@dingusbingus2888]

​@@nalack531who's voice is this? Sounds awfully familiar

[@nalack531]

@@dingusbingus2888 it's a British voice actor called Christopher Tester, you can find him on tiktok, idk if on KZbin

[@_YohAsakura_]

I just got into to WH, dope as fuck. Show this to the ones that know and don’t know(to attract more people to the world of WH).

[@WeDieStanding948]

Do not pity us, instead mourn for yourselves, as we shatter the very skies above your head.

[@juliperez1246]

To all of you who are fighting and struggling "holding the line": YOU HAVE A STRONG HUMAN HEART. KEEP HOLDING THE LINE!!

[@MrMason-sc1yc]

Rebus bitterly complained that dying waiting for evac was an end worthy of a Guardsman. Sarge responded by telling him that Holding The Line wasn't that hard: after all, us Guardsmen did it all the time. The All Guardsmen Party

[@WillM38]

Together, brother. We hold the line together. Never forget that you don't fight this fight alone!

[@ManoftheHour1987]

The Chaos Marine at the other end went home crying to his Chaos God after getting that headwash!

[@onlyoneball6256]

Honestly I think this is the best version, sure the music is kinda cringe for the first 10 seconds before it really hits you. The best part is the delivery, its not some dude relishing every word like its the best thing ever spoken, its someone genuinely asking an overpowered fuck how hes losing to a random dude pulled from a random planet equipped with the worst his faction has to offer.

[@_YohAsakura_]

Yeah the delivery was good and the music will seep in afterwards. Probably only excuse is, his will/spirit/strength to live and fight BEFORE he dies is something. He’s going out with a bang trying to duck up the enemies that’s trying to take his worlds and he’s not letting that happen while he’s alive and he will damn sure see to it will go his way and not the monsters even if he has to trade his life to stall the enemy like those before him.(these battles are crazy and I think I remember that there was a multi-galaxy/universe war going on and they’re reclaiming planets that they have lost, defending their planets that would soon fall, and giving the enemies EVERYTHING. I guess)

[@YujiItadori102]

The music was good from the very beginning and not cringe man.

[@fallput]

Well put, Brother

[@Amateurblacksmith-i8n]

In the original, I love the fact that it’s an ultramarine beating the crap out of a chaos marine as they say this, which makes this so much more powerful a message because it’s a space marine saying that the guard is the ones who hold the line.

[@halothere6995]

“For a thousand generations the guardsmen has taken your lives as much as you theirs, the only thing that warms him is the thought of home, the only thing that keeps him going to fight another day is his determination to keep you away from his family. The sounds that rock him to sleep are but the voices of family and friends. Despite him having cheep weapons he does not complain, even when his lasgun runs dry he use his bayonet to cut you down, when the blade breaks he simply pulls his grenade from his waist and pulls the pin in hopes he’ll take you with him! A weak sack of meat and bone can kill your demons that you send! And he does it not for his god not for some riotous cause but for his species for his, for his planet.” That’s just something I thought would be cool to add.

[@AmericanUnionState1824]

Guardsmen survives after 15 hours: Senior Veteran Guardsman survives after 15 years: Governor Militant

[@Mr.Janitor]

Do not forsake the guardsman, for he can make the difference between extinction or life.

[@paulstehlin6130]

As you know! The planet! Broke before the Guard did.

[@davidayala5749]

for ten thousand years he has held the line, and he shall for another ten thousand years!

[@cordthomas97]

Chao: we are part of something greater, in service to our gods! Imperium: we are men. Nothing more and nothing less. In service to nothing other than our brothers and humanity's continued existence.

[@leutsssz]

keep telling yourself that

[@meddatron2961]

@@leutsssz what's wrong with that?

[@therecklesswarlock6439]

​@leutsssz there is one, get them! Its a heretic that doesnt believe in the strength of mankind and grace of the emperor.

[@decade0240]

In service to the EMPEROR*

[@marklister5300]

From every hive. From every agri world. From every death world. From every crappy mining colony comes the guards. The hammer of the imperium!

[@slowbro1337]

Almost makes me want to put down a lasgun, pick up a shovel, and rush solo into an orc waaaaagh with all the determination of an idiot. -Some Kriegsman

[@Nadrex_Jahateel]

For the emperor

[@KingOfStopMotion]

"In life War, in death Peace. In life Shame, in death Atonement!"

[@dfsfsdfd]

Imagine making that shitpost back in the day, what a legend that anon was

[@All_Mighty672]

I honestly believe this is the best rendition of this monologue

[@Shizuka935]

Survive those 15 hours and listen this again and then die

[@3328mikkel3328]

Dont worry about it new fish, just enjoy the moment

[@takamileer]

Idk why but I hear "You would laugh monster," Everytime I see a guardsmen

[@KingofChaos93]

This is without a doubt poetry in motion (Seriously this is awesome!!!) Can already imagine the chaos gods rage of this truth (lol)

[@yonavlad3723]

This is fucking… just inspiring. It’s so good

[@retratretrat]

0:43 probably the most greatest music escalation in the history if the imperium.

[@matiasezequielcastro9358]

The astra militarum owns my respect

[@shawnashurst6495]

pity the guard not, for their courage, their will, and their loyalty to the emperor, shall never be matched, not even by those of the astartes

[@aidenbaloca8534]

astartes don't feel fear, but men do and yet they fight the same foes.

[@urbypilot2136]

The planet broke before the guard did. CADIA STANDS!

[@frostcodm7555]

'As the Ultramarine gave the traitorous Astarters a lesson of the horrors of what the Imperial Guard has to go through. The Guardsman whom was laying on the ground wounder, bleeeding, and beaten stood up not in defiance of death but the sheer willpower and courage alone. As the Guardsman stood up in defiance in the face of death the traitor Astartes could only watch as the being he called a weak sack of meat rises up as if the Emperor himself commanded him to do, the Guardsman's eyes was filled with rage, fury, and anger holding a knife. Possibly to end the traitor's life and as the Chaos Space Marine laid down below the Ultramarine he had realised. A man's will wasn't easily broken.'

[@RoastTurtle22]

Love that guy's voice acting, saw him a bunch on Tiktok and I've seen him a few times on KZbin

[@_NutcasE_]

Pity the guardsman? Why would I pity a hero. These men who give of themselves to humanity, These men who face horrors beyond measure walk war to war, face monsters day by day and choose to meet the next sunrise with a rifle in their hands. They do not have my pity, not only do they have my admiration but my envy. The resolve to face the Alien, Heretic and the mutant and not seek easy way out or make a run for it. Its courage beyond measure. Just mere mortal men holding back the veil. All so that his chosen angels have the time and opening necessary to make the small but all so vital cuts to win the war.

[@paulstehlin6130]

True warriors one and all! And remember, the planet broke before the Guard did!

[@michellepuzon8282]

The Astartes are made by the Emperor and trained to know no fear. The perfect soldier. But a guardsman, they feel fear everyday. They fight and die. That is their purpose. *And they’ve held the line for over 10,000 years*

[@Karma-ji6ud]

This voiceover is so impactful, man.

[@DFProuctions]

I'm not even a WH40K fan and I got fired up listening to this!

[@nalack531]

Glad to hear that lol

[@Skimmerlit]

“not even a WH40K fan” You will be.

[@sekaiwanderer]

@@Skimmerlit With the current state of 40k, I'd probably pass on it. I enjoy the lore, but not enough to get involved at this point.

[@KieranByers]

I said in once and i'll say it again: the way this was delivered leads me to believe that this could have came from anyone, even a tou.

[@MajorOcto]

I like to think that this is a Tech-Priest speaking, as he is fighting a CSM, and there are a bunch of guardsmen in the background holding off swarms of Chaos.

[@mapleflag6518]

No that doesn’t fit a tech preist. It fits a space marine better.

[@22JC-jq6le]

@@mapleflag6518 It really fits an imperial saint guardsmen best. I like to imagine that a CSM gibs a guardsman and says it then the emperor possesses him, brings him back from the dead like gulliman, and says that.

[@EndlessTaverns]

This was a huge inspiration to the song "The Indomitable Guardsman Spirit"

[@boggypete0]

Since it wasn't mentioned in the description, the voice actor who did this is Christopher Tester, who also voiced Heinrix in Rogue Trader.

[@nalack531]

Yeah I forgot to add it, sorry

[@madevilgenius7547]

When i first got into Warhammer well over a decade ago i looked at all the factions and i fell in love with the gaurd because of they aren't super human and yet they face horrors beyond making them more heros and human than spacemarines which are just tools and have filthy habbit of taking credit on the bodies of gaurdsmen ( Ollanius Pius is a good example) or they make the situation much worse for the gaurdsmen (Vraks and the spacemarines destruction of the spaceport that would of made life for the Kriegers so much easier or some chapters down right hate unaugmented humans and just kill them).

[@Shattered3582]

hardest hitting video i have seen, when ever people say humans are weak remember this. a mortal who never lays down his firearm is superior to a monster who surrenders to save his own life

[@somuchtocook9159]

An American saying to add to this is that “a man who surrenders their freedom for security deserves and earns neither”

[@nuka_nc1503]

"He holds the line!" that line be hard AF

[@patrickcocobassey6810]

Dawg!!! This speech made me love 40k with a rabbidity that astonishes me. FOR THE IMPERIUM!! FOR THE GOD EMPEROR!! FOR THE GLORY OF MANKIND!!

[@ratsmacker8113]

this goes unreasonably hard.

[@Noreb]

after successfully achieving a "stealth kill" on a space marine during a training exercise - a guardsman of the Tanith first was made aware of the 3 other space marines quickly closing on him, who congratulated him on his feat, but reminding him that he never had a chance to begin with.. the guardsman responded "of course not - but thats why the guard ALWAYS wins" - the marines looked down and realized they had walked into a trap, their surroundings rigged with explosives - "one guardsman for 3 post human adversaries? THATS victory." the marines paused for a moment - and began to laugh. "well played"

[@Noreb]

@@WyattH-w9m yes he did. 4 space marines for the price of one guardsman. the emperor protects.

[@zachowon]

This is why i play guard. I dont need no fancy power armor, no super fancy weapons. Just my lasgun, my comrades, and the overhwleming firepower i always bring.

[@johnnymccraze]

Nurgle can offer you unnatural immunity and complacency. Khorne can offer you everlasting power and vengeance. Slaanesh can offer you limitless pleasure and constant fulfillment. Tzeentch can offer you unreached knowledge and unearned expertise. But none of them can offer you hope.

[@madninja1993]

technically Tzeentch is the God of hope, among his various other domains (yes, the Warhammer universes are so fucked up the god of hope is evil) but it's a false hope that he dangles in front of his followers/victims (same thing really) to keep them dancing on his strings

[@johnnymccraze]

@ A very fair point. That’s the key word, though - “victims.” The Emperor and the Primarchs, being human, are not perfect. Every single one of them is flawed in at least one way. But the beauty of Warhammer that oft gets overlooked is that it allows for its characters to be completely human and still be admirable. It would be so easy for the Imperium to just be I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream or Blood Meridian levels of bleak and dismal. But it’s a blend of harsh and miserable - much like real life. Not everyone is a hero or even a good person, but that makes it so that those who genuinely are and fight for the sake of others (even if their moral alignments are complex or antagonistic to some) that much more of a blessing unto their compatriots. Tzeentch and the other Chaos Gods provide “reprieve” and “escape” from the harsh reality of the 41st Millennium, but only in exchange for a different kind of harshness and at the cost of their victims’ selves and true freedom of choice thereafter. In the future, there is only war. But paradoxically, amidst all the hate and fighting, there is love, admiration, fraternity, and even personal growth.

[@nathansteinfromarkham7109]

The mother of all burns in speech form.

[@Flannel-Channel8837]

Who is braver my friends? A super soldier armed with the most powerful weapons the imperium can muster garnered in the most durable armor they can produce. Or a man, a normal man with flak armor like paper armed with nought but a lasrifle and shovel?

[@clamheaven]

Don’t for got the super soldier physically can’t feel fear, I think the answer is obvious by the definition of brave in the human spirit.

[@TheSantifive]

Beyond the impeccable voice acting there's something inherently powerful in fighting for what's behind him rather speaking of glory, honor or the unending defeat of a foe. Reminds me of the opening of Gladiator

[@Zachriel_Productions]

I legit shed manly tears when seeing this

[@Marko-uq2rh]

This new Stellaris advisor voice goes hard

[@Cato-y1j]

I know this is entirely unrelated but this is wjy I love Welsh history, It's the history of farmers, blacksmiths, and other people who to anyone else were weak peasants, fought the superpowers of Europe and survived, for over 2000 years entirely with weaker weapons, and even sometimes with no armour at all! Sheer human bravery! Their land taken from the mainland, their cousins in each lands eradicated and yet they survived against every possible chance!

[@bobjoneswof]

Interesting comparison, good point I agree.

[@Cato-y1j]

@@bobjoneswof thank you for honestly being a decent person and not being like everyone else seems to be on social media, Where no matter what you say you will get criticized,

[@bobjoneswof]

@@Cato-y1j Yeah for sure, behind a screen people will just be vile. It's all so fake that you just need to ignore it. So it is always good when people will actually engage properly. I think the toxic people are just often the most active sadly.

[@Cato-y1j]

@@bobjoneswof I entirely agree with you, the world needs more people with your kind of attitude, and maybe it wouldn't be so desolate of compassion and care

[@JohnSmith-lc1ml]

This is completely wrong. Welsh are closer to Xeno's than humans.

[@Man_Aslume]

Whoever voiced here had too much fun voicing this I mean outside universe

[@Hologram_ohnaka]

I've always come back to this vid when I need a boost in my confidences and it always make me proud to be a human

[@Echo-a74]

I am a tryanid fan but I will always have respect for any krieg

[@the_scourge1895]

Heretic detected opinion rejected

[@DankSlayer_Ornstien]

"What's your excuse monster?" *Chaos exe stopped working.*

[@gabrielkoffman2838]

chaos boi throwing tantrum like damn i got feelings too ... *runs back into warp

[@jameskarg3240]

I choose to believe a Mexhanicus is the one delibering this speech. "No matter how weak the flesh, NOTHING is stronger than The Heart of Mankind!"

[@gabrielbjornursidae]

"HA. You filthy traitor... You've been gone so long that even your soul has forgotten the indomitable Human spirit."

[@mason6381]

-All you have is a cheap rifle and faith in the emperor - And as time shows, this is more than enough.

[@KonRoge11]

A: What’s the song B: HOLY HELL, THIS IS AWESOME

[@ricardoandre7049]

Warriors-imagine dragons

[@You_From_Future]

​@@ricardoandre7049it's not

[@Paraxic]

​@@You_From_FutureIt is though, it's the Season 20 League version

[@jackuellee]

NaturallyRP is so good, I love his WH40k quotes

[@AidenS1234-t7x]

I there’s ever a movie about the imperial guard, this speech better be in the trailer

[@Nomad_Drifter]

"We were born to inherit the stars" chants the Guardsman as blood pours from their missing limbs and their Lasgun slowly loses power just like the Guardsman's life. "We were born to inherit the stars... We were born to... to ... inherit sta..."

[@Falkaster]

i can se this as a guardsman with balls to spare spiting pure facts in the face of abbadon himself within earshot of astartes and chaos marines alike all remebering him as that one son of a gun that verbally shat al over the warmaster

[@El_Presidente_5337]

I am fighting two seperate wars agains the same vasall federation in Stellaris for 39 and 34 years right now. I need this.

[@alexbarr6160]

A soldier created only for war with nothing to truly fight for is less lethal than a soldier born and raised not for war but for everyday life that joined the army and has everything to fight for and then there’s the soldier that’s the same as the last with everything to fight for except nothing to lose he is the most deadly soldier he has something to keep him fighting yet no reason to fear death either

[@DanielCouch-ip2et]

Holy crap, that goes hard. If someone ever makes a Warhammer 40k movie, they NEED to use that.

[@ostangvulkahn1875]

I love this so much. bless the throne

[@AngelPhoenix919]

Damn listening to this really does get you motivated.

[@Dude-vq3oe]

FOR HUMANITY! FOR THE EMPEROR!

[@nalack531]

Oh hey, it's dude

[@Dude-vq3oe]

@@nalack531 Thanks!

[@trooperkaid9788]

What do i even look up to get more videos exactly like this, best work out song i have ever had the pleasure of listening

[@biggiouschinnus7489]

I like to think that this is, of all people, a Magos of the AdMech speaking. Meek amd overrun, the Imperial Guard defending his temple being slaughtered, yet he stands by them in the face of monsters.

[@angrylegionary6584]

Guardsman to Astartes: ‘You’re not brave. You’ve merely forgotten the fear of death’

[@DumpsterFire3d]

I play this video from now on to repel the tainted will of slaneesh

[@slalehc5194]

Btw the voice actor for this is Naturally RP voiceover he has a lot of Warhammer 40k segments

[@coocootooloo3923]

This is us against evil now, we stand for thousands of years we stand against evil, against the devil/Satan/lucifer, and GOD has been with us, CHRIST JESUS is helping us, our savior!!!! We stand against evil, and we shall always stand against evil. GOD bless you and the LORD keep you in your time of need.

[@sniffsniff125]

you said tons of heresy in 1 single phrase, there is only the god emperor of mankind

[@themightydenja24]

ah thats quite alot of heresy right there

[@maxanderson9293]

As the Emperor has declared there is no God humanity has to follow.

[@fasterthanthespeedofzero]

Heresy, brother, there is no praise for God, he has hade no effort in our salvation, the only being even close to a divine is one man, the God emperor, and even then, the only person we have to thank is humanity, humanity is the beacon of hope in a universe of filthy xeno scummmm!

[@DEFC0NZER0]

If only the Emperor wasn't against religion

[@mrboi.mp3]

This is a better ad than any military ad I have seen in recent years

[@kilonablack5755]

His rendition of this is beyond inspiring.

[@comradebunji3019]

And this just made me proud that my first army is going to be... The imperial guard.

[@RubberBeak]

Good luck painting your little troopers 👍

[@comradebunji3019]

​@@RubberBeakgoing well so far :)

[@shihao21]

Which source is the speech from?

[@jimmyma9093]

type "pity the guardsman " in search

[@nathanbutt7476]

This hits hard

[@thewarsztat4858]

I’ve had this looped for my entire workout