Rise of the Primarch - Guilliman's Grief (Guilliman Wakes) || Voice Over Commission (Part 2)

[@jonathanryan9946]

I still remember people mocking that the boring Roboute had returned... then suddenly everyone realizing how incredible a character he actually was once he did.

[@alexanderstrickland9036]

He was amazing during the heresy too. It’s just the new people that only have memes for reference. It makes it fun seeing all the new realizations they have about how multifaceted 40k characters are.

[@andrejjelcic3675]

Tbh. All the loyalists were written to be boring. Horus Heresy is a traitor centric tale. The traitors are written as flawed heroes.

[@briansedillo7003]

No lol ​@@andrejjelcic3675

[@ved2360]

That's because a lot of those memes were back when Ultramarines were poorly-written Mary Sues. You can credit a lot of their glow-up to Dan Abnett absolutely killing it with Guilliman. People aren't "realizing" they were always great, they're coming into the hobby after all the better books about them started to get written. The old heads before that had to suffer through Ultramarines always being the bestest poster child of the franchise. It's pretty impressive really. Dan saw what they were on the tabletop and worked backwards to figure out what their dad must be like and then made him an interesting character, while completely explaining how Ultramarines wind up being the "basic generalist marine" in 40K. They have no real generational traumas (e.g. World Eaters) and were always good at logistics. And they don't engage in a type of specialized warfare that relegates them to a self-destructive niche (e.g. Iron Warriors). Sanity and good parenting is their Legion superpower. Basic, but when everybody else is collecting skulls, drinking blood or is a religious fanatic, that's downright abnormal. Guilliman thought his sons would retire to a life of civil service and it shows. He always expected them to be more than just a battering ram or genocidal maniacs.

[@tyrant-den884]

The meme potential was too overwhelming

[@samulityyska2269]

I remember when the Lion met Dante and got news that Guilliman was now in charge of the Imperium. His sigh of relief "Guilliman...I'm not alone", was wholesome, as it showed that there was someone still alive that Lion knew and could rely on. Guilliman had it rough. His father, his Loyalist brothers, his subordinates such as Marius Gage, Remus Ventanus and Aeonid Thiel, were all either dead or missing. He had no-one to rely on. He was truly alone in a dark universe.

[@Warbringer-mk7mf]

People be hating the Ultramarines for the memes but Guillman proves why the Ultramarines were arguably the best Legion of Heresy, both for their martial prowess but also their ability to build the Imperium.

[@AlphagonOmegarius]

Brain and brawn all the way 💪🧠

[@andrewpandrew7786]

The Blood Angels were the real stars of the heresy. But the 41st millennium belongs to the ultra marines.

[@ved2360]

Nah, people are forgetting how badly written Ultramarines used to be under Matt Ward. Dan Abnett writes gold and he laid a lot of the groundwork by making Guilliman an interesting character in _No Know Fear._ Dan making Guilliman a well-rounded logistics nerd and politician who wanted his sons to retire to civilian lives is a stroke of genius. Before they were considered boring and generic Mary Sues that didn't have a lot to set them apart from Space Vikings, Space Vampires and Space Wizards. Now, they're the Well-Adjusted Home Life Marines. And it is a good gimmick. In 40k, the strongest superpower isn't space magicks, berserker fury, religious extremism or cybernetics. It's the fact that Guiliman was the dad who went to get the milk and came back.

[@RAD1111able]

​@@ved2360That last sentence is just beautiful

[@anzaca1]

The Imperium has faced 10,000 years of relentless assault by the gods themselves...and it still stands. Without Primarchs. With them? The enemies of man have no hope.

[@michaelkean5969]

It’s because they’ve had Men play the role of Demi-gods men such as Dante and Calgar.

[@HgHg-yp6ft]

Errr...Horus and the others were Primarchs if I remember correctly and all of them had the Big E in his pre skeletor phase.

[@willianlosasso]

WHY DO I STILL LIVE? "said the only hope for humanity" God bless guilliman and the lion. Guilliman is awesome!

[@holyinquisition8854]

"God bless" 🤨. HERESY

[@CandleWisp]

​@@holyinquisition8854 He means the god _emperor_ of course😅

[@chasemcnab7610]

Guilliman and the Lion returning and immediately wishing to have their brothers back is so poignant. Of course, I’m sure when they do reunite they will immediately begin feuding again.😂

[@ASEVENK]

They would have given anything to argue with one another again, to be petty, and to not be alone and without hope.

[@tylerschofield]

Courage and honour brothers, for we rage against the dying of the light

[@MrZuriax]

He will never give in, not as long as his sons persist in this blighted age. His will is his greatest power.

[@tehchief1]

Nice pfp

[@TheCreepyLantern]

i think this sums up Warhammer 40K perfectly. The horror. the unending heartbreaking horror of seeing what Humanity has become, and the unending amount of evils and horrors trying to wipe us out every day.... but FUCK THAT there's still hope, 'cause humanity has refused to give up and is still fighting on

[@DanielDem87]

I am filled with heart-warming pride when I see what Humanity bas become just because of how you ended your post, never give up, we fight on!

[@Zombiewithabowtie]

Rage, rage against the dying of the light

[@stephenbyrne2170]

I'm so sorry Guilliman. I'll never know what kind of horrors you've seen, or what you've truly lost. But that, is exactly why someone like you, is so important.

[@willowravenwright5518]

This is so beautiful. I feel so bad for Roboute; giving everything, falling to his brother. And then to be re-awakened after many centuries. Kinda reminds me of Steve Rogers; a man out of time. So gorgeously dramatised.

[@robschneider8120]

This to me is probably the most poignant moment in all of 40k, and you more than did it justice! The first time I read it it gave me chills and hearing it here is even more impactful! Great work!

[@RizalinoGiovanniJuliano]

I may be a Space Wolf fan, but, when it comes down to it, Robute Guilleman is the best primarch. He will win the war where others will win battles. And it's the Ultramarines who know best how to rebuild a world because their primarch had a glimpse of what humanity can be capable of when we are at our best. I wish Leman would have a similarity positive, uplifting transformation. I'd love to see him with the Lion, Guilleman, Dorne, Corax, and a redeemed clone Fulgrim not only open the door for hope, but take back the galaxy and achieve their father's original vision. The more i read about the primarchs and listen to lore videoes like this, the more i realize that the stories of the primarchs are about more than empire -- they're about family and, maybe, a shared dream about the human race that was undone, but may just have a chance at being rebuilt. Thank you for your work. Keep going.

[@MrJordwalk]

According to Valrak and his source in GW, Russ is the next Primarch coming back.

[@WalterHartwellWhite920]

I want ferrus manus to come back : (

[@carlos142527]

R.G. really is my favorite Primarch, he feels the most human to me, maybe it could be bias because i havent read enough about the rest, but even so i still appreciate his view of things, like for example in unremembered empire (i think) he made a table with enough seats for all his brothers, even the 2 that were expunged from history, and the emperor, showing his sentimentality and hope for the future wonderful rendition as always

[@ericbarber4297]

1. You were correct 2. He gave lorgar the choice too repent even after calth was already happening and 3. He is the only one who wholeheartedly understood after calth which of his brothers would fall and which wouldn't (except jaghatai)

[@contestmode]

I agree, I've only read about a handful of the Primarchs so far and while my favorite is still Sanguinius, Guilliman is right behind him. He's so human despite being a demigod, and it always hurts to see how much he's struggling internally while having to keep going strong on the outside for the sake of humanity.

[@RAD1111able]

This is not only a powerful segment in-universe,it's also beautifully relatable to people facing their own struggles,and your narration underlines it perfectly.

[@LeTrioMen]

8:04 how it feels to keep pushing on in this crazy world but there’s always hope for something better

[@CStone-xn4oy]

This is Guilliman written right. There were many ways that GW could have screwed up having Guilliman return but they handled it well.

[@church_world_domination9357]

Indeed for a long time grillman was probably the most boring of the primarchs but after his return he's probably the most interesting even during the Great crusade very few of the primarchs were as interesting as he is in the modern-day Imperium

[@g1la12]

Guilliman in his own way is facing what the emperor faced during old night, “this is chaos not humanity” 😊

[@danteAysen]

(Ʊ_Ʊ) Courage and honor, Emperor and Primarch, Brothers ! (Ʊ_Ʊ)

[@danielquintonvo]

My many thanks for the support!

[@vaarius6737]

Commissioning this way a joy! Very happy with the way it turned out. Good job as always!

[@stephenbyrne2170]

*_When I was a young boy, my father took me into the city. To see a marching band._* *_He said, "Son, when you grow up, would you be the saviour of the broken, the beaten and the damned?"_* *_He said, "Will you defeat them? Your Demons, and all the non-believers? The plans that they have made?"_* *_"Because one day, I'll leave you. A phantom. To lead you in the summer. To join the black parade."_*

[@rexoboy1178]

"No rest for the weary". You have my sympathies Guilliman.

[@LordCommander-ui2fw]

Wow, what an incredible rendition of one of my favorite excerpts in Warhammer 40,000. I love how well you communicated the roiling current of emotion Roboute is allowing himself to experience in this private moment, artfully accompanied by the Ultima growing dim and faded as he wallows in them. Anger at himself, his brothers, the Emperor, and the Imperium for everything that has happened and gone wrong over the millennia. Grief, at all of the friends and loved ones he has lost, that he will never see again after being hurled by the Blade of Fulgrim and the Stasis Throne ten thousand years out of time, at the Empire he built on a foundation of hope and reason lost to ignorance and superstition. Despair, at the state of the Imperium, of humanity, in the hundred centuries since he left, the enemies that surround them, and all that he sought to shape and make real turned to dust. And then, with a surge of golden fire, the Avenging Son finds hope. The hope of yesterday he has always had, and the hope of today, which he finds in his Sons, in his people, as they work to rebuild. They have known nothing else but the darkness of the far future, and yet they have not broken, so he can do no less. The Imperium still stands, broken and corrupted as it is. And so long as it stands, the breaks can be mended, and the corruption healed. Even though countless enemies lie before it, Roboute Guilliman cannot afford to wallow for more than a moment in grief and self-pity. He will do his duty, and see the Imperium restored to the dream he and his brothers fought for, or die trying. Excellent work as usual. Looking forward to more of your content!

[@vampurhntrd]

Guilliman brought hope back with him. Even when all seems lost he thinks of those around him. His indomitus crusade with primarus reinforcements was a big impact. How he speaks to mortals like Ursula Creed on a smaller level. He was the best Primarch to return first.

[@anotherdboi2067]

The emperor protects

[@BerzainDejesus]

Always

[@itsShiftyYT]

For the XIII! For Ultramar, and the 500 World, and for our Primarch!

[@tyrant-den884]

So close, Robute; you were so close. But humanity's fate is indeed their own doing. Perhaps our magnum opus. _do no besmirch it_

[@milliondollarmistake]

I thought that was funny too. Guilliman almost had an "are we the baddies" moment but I guess he's still the Emperor's son after all. I mean I guess he sorta gets there but deluding yourself into thinking that the Imperium's state is everyone else's fault is perfectly intune for 40k

[@leonardorodrigues827]

Guilliman returning to the Imperial Palace : Guilliman: Well, it looks like things are a little different, but I'm here to see how they're doing. By the way, can someone explain to me why several custodes are almost naked?, and why there is an Imperial Fists Centurion prowling the Palace? , why I saw Magnus on a motorcycle? and I knew of a custodes named Kitten who has a tau girlfriend and I have pictures of them eating ice cream, is that true?

[@sotiristhymodeas7055]

One of the most beautiful and important pieces of 40k lore ever! Thanks for bringing it to us again, bringing new life to it, with an excellent performance!!! 🙏🙏🙏

[@jahaerystargaryen4527]

Absolute magnum opus.. this is.. tremendous besuty

[@deepwinter6799]

6:40 is the famous moment.

[@WynterLegend]

Excellent work as always, DQ. I look forward to your work

[@MasoZombieNPC]

Criminal im so early but im always happy to see any of your work.

[@GameVeteran86]

This video resonated with me more than I could have realized. I never related with Guilliman more than I have before in these difficult times.

[@erwerewolf]

I’ve loved how complex all the primarchs have been made over the years. Despite what they are be they good or evil they always act like any person could.

[@Ariana321]

Gahhhh... I want to see G-Man and the Lion's reunion already! Wish GW would just write that already... that way we can then get your epic reading of it!

[@attemptedunkindness3632]

Robute, alone for the first time: "Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-" Door swings open, honorguard pops head in: "What was that sire?" Robute: "uuuinally (clear throat) Finally, I have a devised a plan that will... save the Imperium." Honorguard: "Very good sire, I was wondering if you knew any loopholes that could make my wargear tithe deductible, also my shoe has become untied again, and the Codex Astartes clearly states..." Robute: **Places face in hands, silently weeps**

[@KaiserAfini]

When Guilliman came back, he saw his home was lost and his dream shattered. All he could do is pick up the pieces and hope he could make something good out of them.

[@Goldenblitzer]

worst part of being early is that I cant read all of the comments

[@TheRiku57]

You picked a hell of a time to upload this.

[@codysing1223]

The Lord Guilliman embodies what it means to be the leader of Humanity.

[@fku1217]

The best primarch.

[@TheKriegsmen]

The Depresso of Girlyman

[@natebartels1444]

I wonder how well Guilliman and the Lion will get along after reuniting in the present timeline.

[@Aggelis13]

It's not luck, it's fate. The proud son of Ultramar returned to save the Imperium and one by one the loyal Primarchs will return. Time to tip the scales and rule this galaxy once more. Courage and Honor. For the Emperor!!!

[@Ringobobingo]

WE MARCH FOR MACRAGGE!

[@Caliban743]

Roast Grillman is my favorite

[@brooklynkeith2877]

Victory.......

[@ItallMatters96]

Mark my words: You, Mr Quinn are going to find yourself among the most successful of 40K content creators on KZbin. It's just a matter of time.

[@Phantomfile]

Please let my boy see his brother Lion again. I want them to meet so bad.

[@minatodroger7890]

I need him to meet the lion and i pray vulcan come back soon

[@morgs456]

F'ing YES! Good job

[@fku1217]

He almost fell into khorn.

[@MrZoupsoup]

Vengeance!

[@barbados3592]

I'd have more sympathy if it wasn't for the in lore fact that he absolutely knew of the extermination campaigns the imperium waged against peaceful alien and human civilizations. I like Roboute, but he needs to recognize that the theme of the lore, that the brutality of the Emperor created the catastrophe.

[@kid3050]

amazing

[@Joseph-mw2rl]

As a nurse, I think guilliman's symptoms are caused by stress just sayin

[@chewher4171]

Cool.

[@RogueSanta]

7:41 that FX and timing is not getting enough credit! 1

[@foxtrap6333]

Can you do Talos Valcoran when he killed the assassin?

[@michaelkean5969]

Gulliman: I tried so hard to save the imperium from Horus’s wrath I failed Tarasha: Good now go fail again. Seriously everytime I think of Gullimans resurrection I picture it like how Jon Snow came back to life. But unlike Snow Gulliman’s resurrection actually had a point.

[@AkrosDradolt]

I know you are a big strong man who can take care of me ;)

[@rankothefiremage]

Many of us feel the same as Guilliman after the events of this week.

[@-Gilver]

And just like him......we have to keep moving Right now we're just like Guilliman when he was chained down by Mortarion. That wreathed rotted traitorous bastard lording over us, lecturing us like we're a failure We know the truth, we know who we are and we know that just like Guilliman in the end of the reading here, we must soldier on towards a better future, even if we just graze it with our fingertips we have to reach for it no matter what

[@willi526]

well damn you are right

[@conormccabe3261]

TRUMP 2024

[@AlexanderZapataIndividual]

Trump comes back.