Roboute Guilliman | Warhammer 40k LORE

In this video, we'll be discussing Roboute Guilliman, one of the most iconic and enigmatic characters in all of Warhammer 40k.
Roboute Guilliman is a hero of the Imperium, and one of the most important figures in the lore of Warhammer 40k. In this video, we'll discuss his character, background, and his place in the history of the Imperium. If you're a fan of Warhammer 40k, then this is a video you don't want to miss!
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[@Naetheras]

Its funny to think that Roboute is dissapointed with himself because he got angry like 5 times in 10000 years. I got angry 3 times already today and i havent left the house yet

[@mide2476]

Demi-God or not, the head that wears the Crown is always heavy.

[@minhducnguyen9276]

Because that's his job requirement. And when you put it that way Gulliman is very unnatural and more similar to how everyone meming Dorn as autistic because Gulliman rarely expresses his anger even when he has the right to get angry.

[@commissaryarrick9670]

This might be heresy but Guilliman is better at building and maintaining an empire than the emeperor

[@MrJordwalk]

I feel Macragge should be the Imperial Administrative Seat instead of Terra, with the latter remaining the Ecclesiarchal Seat.

[@frankthetank8050]

Heretic! Your wretched soul is now lost forevermore. Eternal torment is your inescapable fate now

[@ImperatorSomnium]

Definitely better in taxes

[@marksutherlandjr.2121]

Heresy

[@CitizenPoe]

The Emperor, beloved by all, created this tool for its purpose.

[@michaelkelley2727]

my favorite primarchs: vulcan, guilliman, and sanguinius. reasons: 1.)Vulcan has empathy and compassion. and the salamanders are my favorite faction, thanks to pariah nexus 2.) guilliman has that dawg in him. 3.) sanguinius reminds me of sephiroth, but with 2 wings, and is a good guy

[@jaredbroyles8062]

I agree with this! My only addition, I want to like Angron , his story is absolutely tragic. But GW did everything to make him unlikable.

[@foxhound5699]

Remember guys, if you find a post-human baby super soldier in a drop pod, don't raise him to be an utter fucking psychopath. We're better than that kings.

[@ervinlima9678]

When Guilliman was discovered he should have been made emperor and the emperor should have devoted all his time to the web way.

[@brooklynkeith2877]

Everyone should strive to be like Lord Guilliman.

[@Ragnarra]

Indeed.

[@lucasyong538]

I imagine you as a librarian, giving us a history class. Please make a video of the chaos marines. You've gained another subscriber.

[@christmasham4312]

I love guilliman, if there was anyone that is somewhat a good honest person in 40k it’s him

[@inqc5797]

And vulkan

[@megamags]

He is gonna play Constantin Valdor for sure

[@piotrd.4850]

On the contrary - I think he's most grimdark and tragic, just like Tau.

[@TheCorrodedMan]

Lorgar was pretty nice before Erebus and Kor Phaeron got their hands on him

[@inquisitionagent9052]

Honest? No. Good? Absolutely.

[@johnnyappleseed1023]

As an actual human, Roboute is my favorite primarch

[@Truthorfib]

Vulkan is too

[@mrnice4434]

7:50 "And that is how liberty dies, .... with thundering applause" -Padmè Amidala

[@albadelgadosantos]

Exactly what I had in my mind when I heard that 😇

[@guilherme5094]

He's a good guy and a great administrator, exactly what the Empire needs.

[@weeaboobaguette3943]

Robased Guigachad

[@inquisitorkrieger8171]

I'll allow it.

[@nomindsyndicate5167]

OMG. Henry Cavill as Roboute Guilliman.. in the (hopefully) upcoming Amazon series.. I almost hate to say.. makes sense. Consider: 1. GW's tendency to introduce UltraMarines first. You can't get any more UM than him. 2. Character that insures longevity. A character that can have flashbacks to 30k, to The Great Crusade and the very foundations of the Imperium, flashbacks that can include firsthand interactions with other Primarchs and The Emperor himself. 3. Guilliman comes back, resurrected right into the time of the great rift, a (arguably) perfect moment to introduce a new audience. The entire galaxy is suddenly changed, there are new rules to play by. Guilliman has to be "brought up to speed", as it were, to the current state of everything, and the audience is learning everything with him. 4. Guilliman is at the center of everything. He immediately gets his hands all dirty right up in Holy Terra itself. We see the state of the Imperium from the inside, the politics of the High Lords, the relationship with Mars, in a very organic way through his eyes. 5. The Indomitus Crusade. Action every episode that will introduce every other race and faction. Also includes steady Eldar characters. 6. Admit it, Guilliman is no one's fav. He's the vanilla Primarch. Henry can't ruin him. Only make him better. Guilliman is the golden boy, the savior of the Imperium of Man. He's its.. superman.

[@a.N.....]

i like vanilla, the ice cream, the world of warcraft, the primarch. rowboat girlyman and the ultramarines are my favorite. best they cause others jealousy and hatred is exactly why i like them. haters gonna hater, keep sucking down the hateraid nerds.

[@marty5144]

​@a.N..... im with you there. I love that people hate them. Im glad the Ultraboys dont have no crazy power, but to only have their logistical and tatical prowess to be their greatest strength without the warp shenanigans but I feel in the future like his brother Guilliman has a power that all his brothers have when they awaken that warp Juice. That at least will be very interesting to know what Guilliman's warp god soul is.

[@tarn1135]

Tbh I’m completely in favor of that. Bobbie G would be a great choice and as you said he has, longevity. To me of it’s not Big blue I’d say Gaunt from the Gaunt’s Ghosts series. Less special effects in a potential Ghost story.

[@tyrantrex734]

I know darn well it will be Ultramarines, but damn I wish it would be damn near any other faction. The Ultramarines are the centerpiece in 99% of every Space Marine based media. They are FINE, but are really only "the best" legion because their are so damn many of them. Must be nice to be the main chapter to absorb the legions of the Forgotten and the Purged...

[@tyrantrex734]

I REALLY want him to be Eisenhorn. That series was my introduction to 40k and since then I have read over 100 books.

[@BloodSynthetic]

Really the epitome of epic moments , i cant wait for GW ,Cavill and Amazon to bring those moments in big and small screen

[@gathasofpersia6432]

Not trolling you and no response necessary. But, don't hold your breath. People, like us, are always handed a beautiful box, only to find a pile of sh*t in it. The Entertainment industry (all forms) have turned into a cesspool of hate and despair. They get great satisfaction with destroying our dreams and hopes. Cavil is just one man. He had to leave the Witcher and will probably leave, ultimately, 40K. The shear weight of money and power, in the entertainment CABAL will consume Cavill. Yes, does sound like the Imperium (us) vs Chaos (Hollywood).

[@In_Orbit]

You still have faith these companies will make faithful adaptations?

[@BloodSynthetic]

@@In_Orbit Yes im sure about it ,im not sure if its going to make a success,probably will flop

[@DarthKortesch]

@@In_Orbit You really doubt that henry of all people would make a faithful adaoption? After all he's been through with the Witcher? Reeeeally?

[@In_Orbit]

​@@DarthKortesch Putting your trust in any celebrity is foolish, much less when Amazon of all companies owns the rights to the franchise. We'll see.

[@haroldasraz]

What a brilliant story that has been amazingly well-read. I really had a great time listening to the mighty Gulliman and his endeavours.

[@vignesh0208]

Me, every time the iterator says Prime-arch, not Primarch. 😬😬😬

[@mikeylejan8849]

Guilliman is taught well by Konor and Terasha.

[@gideonhorwitz9434]

Hope you do this for all the primarchs and interesting characters from space marines to inquisitors and commissars

[@einosakkila884]

Me too!

[@arstotzka9088]

Primarch is pronounced Primark, not prime arch

[@piotrd.4850]

True, but one of W40k staples is being creative about prononcition of Low Gothic :D

[@Banten]

"Ward bearers" instead of Word Bearers, "the destruction of the monarchy" instead of Monarchia... lots of other examples. This person/language model doesn't know anything about the material they're reading.

[@user-ro9ms4hq5y]

@@Banten He/It is not even consistent in pronounciating the same names and words the same way e.g. Robute (as intended) then Robaut, Primarch, Primarch (ch is in chair), Preemark etc, it makes it kinda hard to listen to. Kept on watching and he says "the primate itself" in 49:44 and at 50:00 he calls him Guilimana.....hahahahah.

[@kevlar2ft]

​@user-ro9ms4hq5y @Banten the fact that only you guys are talking about this in the comments is also kindy spooky.

[@muhammadujaama631]

​@@user-ro9ms4hq5yRobot Gorillaman confirmed!

[@CrispyChristieMAC]

The two most just primarchs were Robot Girlyman and Sangyboi. Both proved time and time again to set humanity above all. I think they were (are?) the greatest of all the primiarchs, and now that The Lion has in some sense grown up I think The Lion and Girlyman will be an sbolutely unstoppable duo with the support of Cawl. But Girlyman, he is one hell of a badass and is one of the few primarchs written to extend outside of his talents and rise to the necessary occassion (fury killing space marines without a helmet in space, or accepting his fathers warp power and going to the doorsteps of Nurgles Mansion to -make a point symbolically without practicals)

[@BENR8108]

I would argue that Guilliman was the naive utopian prior to the heresy and Lion was the realist; both took those positions to their extremes. When they appeared in modern time of the setting they both had their beliefs and actions challenged: forcing both characters to move to a more moderate stance. Basically; both men had to” grow up” and be more balanced.

[@Ragnarra]

@@BENR8108 Yes, Guilliman alongside Khan was the only one outside of Khan that actually had emotional maturity. The rest had their own issues: Lion couldn't be bothered to learn how to read people instead having Luther do that for him which eventually came to bite him later, Magnus was irresponsible, Leman was psychotic with surprisingly hidden depths, Morty had little character development but eventually became exactly who he feared he would become like, Fulgrim was indirectly worshipping slaanesh through his shallowness and narcissism paired with his insecurity which is why the keeper of secrets made it even more pathetically easier to possess him being a greater demon, Lorgar let his abuser into his legion when he should have just turned on him the moment he could said abuser being Kor Phaeron he also had Borderline Personality disorder which was untreated making it worse the longer it went on. Horus was Jealous and possibly resentful which made him easy prey he never once adressed these issues, Corvus always hated Horus and personally had several issues of his own if the Raven Guard mutants were anything to go by, Rogal never talked out his issues with Perty, and perty never told anybody about him being able to see the eye anywhere he went. Alpharius and Omegon were their own bundle of issues with a damn hive mind that frankly fit well with the hydra theme, Ferrus needed therapy for the belief the flesh is weak made him easily killed because he couldn't regulate his emotions to show restraint much less listen to reason when the time came. Vulkan needed to learn that exodites and craftworlders aren't the same as drukari they don't have spiky bits yes they are still shits but that's most craftworlders depending on the craftworld in question, and Sangs was awesome despite his anger issues and bloodlust he would reject its power over him forever .

[@minhducnguyen9276]

​@@Ragnarra For someone called the avenging son Gulliman held back his vengeance a lot. He spared a lot of influential people that would have otherwise been sentenced to death namely the Anchorite and warsmith Dantioch, the first one became the foundation of the imperial church and the latter allowed the stabilization of Ultramar. Without Dantioch working on the Sotha device there wouldn't be the regrouping of Lionel and Sanguinus forces and the Terra would have fallen. If Gulliman has gone knocking at the Highlords front door gun blazing he'd be instigating one of the largest civil war in the imperial history and probably the last one. There's nothing naive about taking a measured approach.

[@justinisp9361]

This is my favorite among the Primarchs, regardless of all the memes made on him. Do you have a lore video on Corvus Corax and Vulcan?

[@jackofall2305]

A master tactician, and unrivaled in the realm of balancing budgets, spreadsheets, payroll and labor management agreements.

[@dogstar5927]

There’s enough material here to make 20 blockbuster movies !

[@user-ik6kb7bw7v]

The avengers bean counter Comrade Cruise lol

[@ismael5755]

So are we going to get a Ciaphas Cain story? Would love your take and story format on him. Great work

[@therealcutman]

My favorite Reboute bio ever…WELL DONE!!!!!

[@hanspeter8011]

It’s a good *reboot* of the story 😂

[@erikt3672]

Beautifully work sir, wonderfully rendered 💪🏽. Keep it coming please!

[@Dadecorban]

Negative. You missed the part where Guilliman split the 500 worlds. That's primarily why things degraded in Ultramar.

[@ThorGiske]

He reformed it in indomitus

[@HiddenbyLeaves]

This was beautiful, thank you!

[@martinstuvland8620]

Amazing! Straight to favorites.

[@the_basic_painter]

just found this channel and already love it

[@MoeTea4U]

My hope, is that Henry Cavill chooses to play Guilliman, however its his choice.

[@nomindsyndicate5167]

That’s what I’m sayin! and RG isn’t my favorite, it’s just the honest best choice. See my comment up above

[@slevinlaine]

Delightful listening to you Imperial Iterator, you're doing the Emperor proud.

[@Iamdoepi]

Favorite Primarch

[@SammyNyman]

These are the brst W40K videos on youtube! I hope lots of people find this channel ❤

[@yoloswag_8172]

Great video, thank you

[@Selanium]

Guilliman is the scariest Primark. He’s a politician 😂

[@Adino1]

I sent this video to my mom to listen to because she likes to listen to narrated stories while cleaning, driving, etc and she absolutely loved the story of Bobby G and the voice of the umm 'Iterator'

[@mfhex1398]

Broo I needed this, good stuff. Please do more long videos, too

[@Gunnberg85]

Brilliant. But it's pronounced "Primark" is it not?

[@ltdowney]

That thumbnail though… I’ve never seen Guilliman with darker hair but it looks pretty pimp. He looks like Henry Cavil, which may be the point.

[@krisgandhi]

Bobby G in the house!

[@stuartyablon7184]

Well summarized. We march for Macragge! Big UM and RG fan here!

[@shabazzed]

cavill would make a great gully

[@vincentjackson3472]

I feel like its actually henry cavill somehow become a primarch going by the thumbnail for this vid lol

[@dwightk.schrute8696]

thanks for an episode about robot gulliver my favorite ultramarine

[@ScottAT]

Someone made a cartoon of Guilliman, he had a name tag saying: “My Name is Rob”

[@jfkjkshjpppppppppphsasi8669]

Thanks!

[@Waaagghhh]

What an amazing summary and what an incredible voice!

[@laserwhale5452]

Row boat ghillie suit is my daddy

[@bolojohnson711]

Can you talk about the other loyalist primarchs while you at it, how about next you do lion l Johnson

[@gabrielbachman6154]

The thumbnail on this video of Henry Cavil as Guiliman looks WAY more like Rogal Dorn... way more.

[@ricky865]

i need oneof this for each of the Primarchs.

[@ducatirottie]

Roboutte is my absolute favorite!!! 💪🏽🙏🏽

[@adelahogarth2761]

*Battle Sister believes hypothesis of a child channelling the will of the Emperor.* *Brings child to battle* *Proves hypothesis and wins the day* *Roboute whines and mewls and calls it 'treason'* Gah ... why didn't we get Rogal Dorn instead?

[@alexmartin3143]

When presented with a choice of beginnings, Early bird gets the worm

[@Eleonora_16p]

Cool!!

[@Fran12561]

It's like a mix between Marcus Aurelius, Augustus and Alexander.

[@swaggitypigfig8413]

First. Bow before me in the name of the Emperor.

[@shakyrob6512]

I haven't made my Bobby G from Imperium mag yet... Where do I find a Henry head? 😅

[@ThorlovesAyana]

The Henry cavil thumbnail got me lol

[@MrSwatsteven]

i think this is entirely made with chat gpt lol

[@killintime11]

Hey look, it's the avenging bean counter. 😂😂

[@1evilgsta1]

Please upload these for all primarchs

[@bobdole8248]

What books cover everything in this video about his time growing up and ruling macragge before the emperor found them.

[@kakyointhemilfhunter4273]

I like how the thumbnail of Guilliman is just Henry Cavill with blonde hair lol

[@NetMoverSitan]

(monotone) All hail Big Papa Ultrasmurf.

[@Gecko17k]

Made the image look exactly like Henry Cavill. Nice touch.

[@Eglovecraft]

This dudes voice with the way they've added animation to still images.. this is going to be very successful channel. I love every bit of this.

[@MrCraigmire123]

I absolutely love this guy and how he narrates the story. I cant believe how many haters there are due to small mispronounciations of certain words. He did a fabulous job telling the story, and his voice is very precise and absolute, which i appreciate very much. There are no cringe attempts at being funny unlike many other youtube channels i've listened to while they explain warhammer lore.

[@Jackb8296]

Question, maybe stupid. If Macragge had survived the age of strife were they not technically more advanced than the imperium at the time? And as and when the emperor showed up wouldn’t there be a bunch of technology to be used and learned by the imperium? I’m only 12 mins into the video and wanted to see what you guys thought? Thanks Haha

[@weignerleigner3037]

So he’s like the Marcus Aurelius of this universe

[@obanjespirit2895]

"amazing baby" lol.

[@piotrd.4850]

PancreasNoWork made terrific video on Guililman

[@joshs8704]

Are you going to do the lion?

[@BlorbusUnimax]

Gulliman, the greatest of all the primarchs

[@hoplon88]

the hair is the secret weapon

[@alexmartin3143]

Nah the chin

[@t.a6159]

Your voice ks perfect for bedtime stories ❤

[@Lee-ed9wv]

Wait wait wait a minute. Mortarian and Gulliman had several duels?

[@micksmith1812]

May the Emperor protect your channel 😂

[@BobCratchit-773]

How come Gulliman now has a "Kier Starmer" haircut 😂 ?

[@nichthompson]

I feel like ultra future Henry Cavill is giving me the inquisition treatment

[@SuperUniverse]

Story Summary: Vote Guilliman for President!! cause this guy did a much better job than most primarchs. Except Sanguinius. No one talks shet about the glorious hawk boy

[@Ghoste_87]

Imagine where humanity would be in real life if there were more leaders like Roboute Guilliman

[@Ewil.Bluetooth]

All killed by Angron and Horus and the rest of the super demons. No thanks.

[@fy3kor]

Evryone's looking at Henry to play Primarchs. Me: pls be Brahm al-Khadour

[@moonman3030]

why does guilliman always look like a character from disney more than he does a character from warhammer40k

[@helpIthinkmylegsaregone]

I love how all the names sound like names Black people would come up with after reading into the history of the Germanic tribes from the Vandals to the Holy Roman Empire

[@Oberkaptain]

You forgot the marriage to Yvraine and their children.

[@bwilhelm4214]

I had not realized that this was fan fiction till they said that Space marines worked with Eldar.....that was the end of the story because no true son astarte would garner or accept aid from zenos scum. Down with primaris fan fiction long live the Emperor.

[@Gunther-mt2bk]

How lore accurate is this?

[@WestSideGorilla1980]

His eldar gf's like to stay and hide themselves on this ships.

[@DOWCinematicbattles]

Ez old bale eye ☠️ 💀

[@johnsafox2]

“He was born all his life…” I know people are being pretty merciless in the comments about the AI’s pronunciation and some of the phrasing etc., but some rigorous editing and more time spent with the AI’s pronunciation settings (I’m not sure if there’s a built in method for pronunciation but you can always just spell things phonetically if there’s not) will increase your subs and watch time by a crazy amount. Some people just can’t handle hearing a mispronunciation, especially one like Prae(ree)-march(k). Although I guess you’re getting mad engagement with the number of comments correcting you lol. Just get Grammarly or something. It’ll fix things like “born all his life…” right as you write it. Good luck with your channel. Sorry so much unsolicited advice. I’ve watched 4 or 5 videos so far so you must be doing something right.

[@QenaitheCustodianGuard]

He is not a primarch but a prim-ark, prime-arch, primat and prim-arch.

[@chrisstorrer]

Try pry-mark for primarch?

[@Rhallowl]

Rowboat Girlyman

[@GiRR007]

Imagine if Guilliman was made war master instead of horus 😭😭😭😭😭

[@ScottAT]

Happy thanksgiving peeps

[@SunDrenchedVoid]

@10:15 Simply not true, both the Word Bearer's and Dark Angles are recorded as being up in regards to # of victories. They are ahead of the Ultramarines and Luna Wolves. Word Bearers specifically post Monarchia started doing the exact opposite of what they had done before (Not sticking around & rebuilding, instead conquer & move on). Dark angles are stated by the Emperor himself as being the Legion with the most victories: ‘Thank you, father,’ he said. ‘You were not the first of my sons to reclaim a place at my side, but your tally of victories is second to no other. Even Horus looks upon them with envy.’ _Emperor of Mankind. Basically Dark Angels, Word Bearers, Luna Wolves, then Ultramarines. Which is still rather impressive. Also their is a lot of conflicting author takes/lore but those legions are the top 4. With maybe The Imperial Fists and/or even Alpha Legion considering they were the original legion to start crusading first....

[@Noodlzz]

prime-arch? r-boot? i always thought his name was pronounced with a hyphonated E at the end of it.

[@KingLich451]

robot gorillaman

[@Ganjil100]

Boys study battle, men study logistics.