THE BADAB WAR: The Complete Story in 25 mins! - 40k Archives

[@siremilcrane]

One of my favorite lore snippets from the Badab war is when the inquisition tried to sideline the Salamanders from the final stages of the campaign, but the salamanders basically told them "We're a first founding chapter, piss off" and that was that

[@HyakuSh1ki]

"Don't make me call my primarch"

[@ginganutjob]

Inquisition knows to not fuck with the first founding, lost wars to them several times. Even the Ultramarines have threatened inquisitors with war if they didn't back down and they're nerds

[@freddie4901]

My brain read that in Majorkill's impression of Vulkan's voice.

[@catcadev]

​@@ginganutjobIf the inquisition ever fucked with the Dark Angels, may the Emperor help them. Whole warbands will just dissapear, utterly wiped out with no explanation. Inquisitors would go missing suddenly, and secrets would come out to the imperium from unknown sources. Fortresses would fall under massive, sudden terminator invasions.

[@mediumsurmoon6283]

@@catcadev​​⁠​​⁠ really? I swear I remembered the Dark Angels getting totally obliterated when they joined in the attack on Vraks, sending 500 Astartes and going back home with only 200 of them remaining lel. How are they going to take on the entire Inquisition and destroy Fortress worlds and do what you described there if they struggled to take on a single outpost. I think you misspelled Space Wolves since they HAVE gone into war with the Inquisition and won, and they’ve been insinuated to be the literal guys that took out the two missing Primarchs. They’re known as the Emperor’s Executioner for a reason. The Dark Angels are too busy playing mouse and cat with the Fallen anyway so if anything the Inquisition would be the one to reveal their dark secrets.

[@Zephyranthes-23]

Huron was honestly the biggest loss the imperium incurred in the badab war. All that politicking at the back, as well as being assigned to keep hell at bay in the front will break any unnappreciated warrior/commander. Just look at Perty, carrying the heresy on his back, and Huron himself, being one of the most reasonable and capable Chaos warlords to ever exist.

[@andyroobrick-a-brack9355]

To my knowledge, this also happened to Abbadon. The dude had to run away from it all for a bit because he acted as the only responsible adult of the Sons of Horus after his father fell to Chaos and died.

[@justinbruck9602]

I find the involvement of the Firehawks really funny since they disappear into the warp sometime after this, effectively leaving the Mantis Warriors protectorate completely abandoned post Badab war. Great job Imperium, yah really nailed that one.

[@tomfordgunningham465]

I like how there having a war and then a waaaaghhh just shows up

[@ArbitorIan]

Yeah, it's one of the interesting complications. As far as the Secessionists are concerned, even though there might be a load of Chapters coming to kill them, their job is STILL to protect the Maelstrom Zone.

[@Oldf0x]

W A A A A A G H !

[@thatlonewolfguy2878]

Orks were probably just like "OY WE WANTZ IN ON DA BIG FOIGHT! WAAAAAAAAAAAAGGHHH!"

[@area609joe2]

Wahhhh u talking bou?

[@pmc1727]

No one expects the Spanish Waaagh

[@pendantblade6361]

Appreciate how chaos doesn't appear after all is settled. Damntl that's a lot of astartes.

[@ArbitorIan]

Yeah, essentially he turns to chaos BECAUSE of the war. I mean, unless the Tiger Claws are all Chaosified to start with.

[@MKmaki6094]

@@ArbitorIan Dag nabbin Alpha Legionnaires!

[@mapleflag6518]

@@ArbitorIan I prefer Huron becoming a space pirate.

[@jonsin7671]

well the astral claw did become the red corsairs

[@charlieelding5909]

Good recap! There’s a couple bits you missed that I think add to the awesomeness of this story: 1. The end of the Tiger Claws came as they were reabsorbed into the Astral Claws. The Astral Claws withheld gene-seed. Both led to the Chapter ballooning until their numbers were almost equal to all the Loyalist Chapters set against them, which was partially why they were such a threat. They also used to harvest gene seed from enemies (as with the Salamanders) to create new Marines. 2. After Huron and his 200-300 survivors fled they ended up in the Maelstrom, which they’d spent centuries fighting against. They fell to Chaos and became the feared Red Corsairs of Huron Blackheart.

[@Powaup]

Wow Chaos finally got to Huron in the end

[@Lazrael32]

@@Powaup he was almost there by the end. feeling completely betrayed by the imperium and the emperor. that's why his fall is the best most believable one in 40k.

[@xbox70333]

Humanity did​@@Powaup

[@bananaheals]

It's criminal how few subs you have. You're stuff is leagues better than other channels with over 100k subs

[@szymondabrowski6464]

He just started, he will get there

[@Marcicity]

Yep, the most popular ones really suck now, nothing but useless collabs, "here are my favourite other youtubers, I'm totally not advertising for them", low effort viewer painting feedback videos, videos about buying life size space marines where the crappy content is I think literally less than half the video with the rest being ads or patron crap and so forth.

[@Marcicity]

16 minutes of not content vs 8 minutes and 30 seconds of actual content for that midwinter minis one... I know its free content, but I'd prefer to not have my time wasted like that.

[@mateagleeye]

Just found this channel and I agree! Great content. I’m subbed.

[@lukemclellan2141]

I'm pleased to find someone go through the lore, quickly, concisely and with a natural n voice. Not interested in the storytelling types.

[@Hjalmaror]

This is quickly becoming one of my favourite 40k channels. And don't worry Ian, you have far more to give with your graphics and your well done editing rather then those who're droning on over artwork ☺️

[@wiggy5209]

This isn't really much different, one is comprehensive, one is a base understanding ... One is meant for watching,one is meant for listening Only other difference is the dude plastering his face into the vid ..

[@ThatJakers]

I’ve been in love with the Mantis Warriors, Lamentors, and Red Corsairs for years after reading the “On the Trail of a Tyrant” article series in white dwarf. Seeing all those chapters working together to make up for their hasty and desperate actions was inspiring. Seeing an army of multiple chapters on the ground together (before I had ever heard of Deathwatch) was such a cool concept for me.

[@kexxrulz]

Oh I love this visualization! The map really does help make it more easy to understand who's involved and doing what.

[@Powaup]

1000% agree the map helps tremendously

[@SynapsEase]

These just get better and better, it feels like you could have been doing this for years. I hope to see many more :)

[@ArbitorIan]

Thanks Aodhan!

[@byro_]

Now I don't have to sit through days worth of "Slide shows" just to learn about the Badab war, listening to a certain individual drone over artwork while I fight to stay awake. This is truly a well-edited, concise, and easy-to-follow telling of the conflict. You have earned yourself a subscriber. Might I humbly ask for a similar video on the Siege of Vraks?

[@nostear8261]

It’s great when painting to listen to Arch but just sitting and watching? Why torture yourself?

[@Justin_Anvil]

@@nostear8261 no doubt, why torture ourselves over so much boring lore!!

[@proudsaiyanprince2651]

@@Justin_Anvil…then why engage in the hobby?

[@Justin_Anvil]

@@proudsaiyanprince2651 i was being drippingly sarcastic😊 to the first comment ….it probably sounded better in my head then written. I enjoy the slide shows as well as the animation; I’m a auditory person, so the voices and subject matter are more important to me then what’s on KZbin.

[@TheGCRust]

A great summary. In depth where it needs to be, but doesnt bog itself down in minutiae like some WW2 documentary.

[@hewitttribe5536]

Honestly! Like I don't want to sift through like 3, 2 and a half hour videos just to find out who does what

[@turkishdude983]

This is probably one of The most refreshing, and informative Warhammer 40k lore videos I have ever seen. The editing and visuals were a fantastic edition that sets it apart from all the glorified slide shows we usually get. Fantastic work pal!

[@davebowman9000]

Love the map you used! It gives such a better idea of how things were devolping as the War went on!

[@mcstammer1755]

I do much prefer listening to you do lore, you’re not obnoxious and you don’t swear every 5 minutes to try and make humour, you’re straight to the point, I love it

[@therisingsuun]

Ian, you’ve got probably the perfect channel. The aesthetics, the intro, the background. All fantastic. Covering stuff well and concisely. With topics that haven’t been rehashed a million times. Cheers.

[@dominichoward4833]

You are easily the best 40k KZbin by a wide margin... keep up the good work

[@miramanga3694]

So mad you didn't get me to be the disembodied voice at the beginning! Another great viddy

[@ArbitorIan]

Oh I totally should have done that.

[@mr.greenthumb8446]

This is the first overview of the badab that ive seen, that is not only straight to the point but a perfect comprehensive birds eye view of the war that is named Badab. Thank you Arvitor Ian!

[@theaggrokrag]

for real, this 40k content is some of the best I've seen. This is honestly the content I truly crave as a newbie to the story. well done sir.

[@benjaminmay7707]

Another excellent video dude! This format would work really well for other major conflicts such as Armageddon or the Gothic War.

[@ArbitorIan]

Yeah, I think there's a base level of detail they need for it to work. Even in this one, I had to connect the dots quite a lot to make sense of where chapters were operating. Something like Vraks or even the Sabbat Crusade might have enough info out there. Not sure if Armageddon does??

[@MrZauberelefant]

@@ArbitorIan but...both wars had a lot of maps, major engagements and forces present covered?

[@alexwalker8082]

This was genuinely fantastic, and incredibly engaging with the visualisations. I knew very little concrete about the Astral Claws and Badab prior, so it was great to see the escalation culminating in the inevitable tragedy of the Imperium turning on its own.

[@gimlym6641]

Both the only 40K channel I subscribe to, and the only one with content I'd actually rewatch.

[@n.henzler50]

Way back when I ran my Black Crusade game, I had a story arc involving the hunt for "the lost treasure of Huron Blackheart." I had the players' Chaos Lord boss speak of Huron with some amount of reverence as he dumped exposition for them. Then I pulled the classic Scooby Doo "confederate bank notes" plot twist when they finally found the treasure. That might have ended the whole thing on a sour note.

[@eater_of_garbage_]

"The real treasure is friendship"

[@ragnarokivae6136]

One of the best story's of the whole 40k universe! And Huron and his corsairs are some of the coolest CSM by far. I hope they will play a bigger role in the future of 40k

[@Tarumarugan]

I gotta say this is a good channel. I really like the atmospheric channels with epic music set to sweeping murals of giant battles, but sometimes it’s nice to just see someone who enjoys what they’re talking about, explaining it in a straightforward and succinct manner.

[@ethanchoate9566]

7:45 9:02 12:34 [they tried all they could] 15:50 [that was the spine braker] *lementer's disappear* No good deed goes unpunished

[@NotDr.Evil137]

Poor yellow Bois 😢

[@vincentrangel5655]

My good man.... smoking a phat blunt 🌲and listening to recap videos is amazing 🤘👌

[@moschops2002]

This all kicked off when I was a teenager, and I painted all my plastic Marines (RTB01) as Minotaurs, but back then they were yellow & red stripes, not the retcon colours you have in the vid. Fast forward a few years, and I'm working for GW in the stores, and still painting Minotaurs, despite the tide of UM, BA, and DA miniatures coming out. I relented a few years later, and went for Imperial Fists.

[@OmegaLittleBob]

See, a conflict like this is why it made sense to split the Legions into Chapters. If this conflict had involved even just 3 of the old legions, it would have shattered the Imperium once and for all.

[@jelst]

this is THE most underated channel and THE most underated badab war video, HOLY SHIT it's good.

[@bendavy1816]

Great video, you are rapidly becoming my favourite GW channel.

[@Alex-re3qm]

Easily my favoirte Warhammer 40k Lore video and I'm rewatch them from loads of creators constantly PLEASE do more videos like this!

[@adiebland9220]

Your voice is addictive, supported by haunting music, thank you for all your work, it is greatly appreciated.

[@peterixon8708]

Have to agree with William Harris below; Ian you do great work. You are seriously under-appreciated, but thanks for persevering mate.

[@gabrielwalton4097]

Another really well made video, the battlemap showing troop movements was a brilliant idea, it worked really well!

[@christiansmith9306]

Out of all the lore tellers, I am subbed to many, you stand out for me. You tell the origins of the fluff. Subbed to you now.

[@AnthonySmith-gr8pf]

Love your videos! Good to have ppl out there that want to take the time to actually explain the important points of WH 40k history. Most only make mentions and allusions to these events. I know me enough to know that if I had the time and money, this would be all I would do. Your channel and a few other channels save me a bunch of time and money. Keep up the good work!

[@dopaminedrip]

I'm an absolute 40k snob and this content is spot on, thank you

[@iandoddsblah]

For a future one, can you do a similar thing for the Fall of Cadia? All the sources (the campaign books, Cadia Stands etc) seem pretty disperate and it'd be cool to see it all pulled together with the perspectives of Creed, Cawl, Abandon, the Necrons etc.. and the boots on the ground Cadians! There also seems to be some gaps with mentions of the Blood Angels being there in the Devastation of Baal book and the 500,000 troops mustered and sent out in the Emperor's Legion book..but this not really seeming to fit in the timeline.

[@ArbitorIan]

That sounds like a really good idea for a video but also one I'm gonna have to do a lot of reading to tell properly. It's on the list! The nice thing about this one is that there are only two books to decode!!

[@bradleycollings8176]

Randomly popped up, haven't played in years but lore talk pleases me. Subscription earned, great style.

[@djinnglebells241]

12:00 I suspect the betrayal at Greif to be the Inquisition. The Red Scorpions are their lapdogs, and knowing how the Inquisition treat resources, I wouldn't be at all surprised to find one of them didn't much care if Ortis and the other dude died as long as they got Blackheart.

[@volkarve]

Great video as always. I saw at the end of the stream for requests. One of my favorite stories is about the ancient dreadnaut Rhylanor and Fulgrim. I would love to hear your retelling of the events of that. Cheers all

[@darkchiron]

Thanks for telling these stories. I don't play 40K myself, but the setting and stories have always been fascinating. Tales like these about the Imperium are always baffling in their senselessness. Here is a war fought because the government basically didn't care about containing what is arguably the biggest threat to the entire universe, and essentially expected the people protecting them to just take mistreatment. So much waste and weakening of themselves when there's so many actual threats. And with their lack of scientific understanding of their own tech, everything they lose is nearly irreplacable. It just seems.... so stupid on their part. But believable.

[@seanfitzy2256]

such an awesome video. love the icons and maps showing things visually. So cool.

[@xe2594]

This is brilliant and so well done with the images

[@WoffBoot]

Great summary of a brilliant piece of lore. Hope your channel grows - it's good stuff.

[@allenthinkingpositively6271]

Great video! The badab war is my favorite 40k campaign and you did a bang up job!!

[@adrianmillard6598]

Superb quality, informative and entertaining. Thank you.

[@Oldf0x]

Smashing vid Ian. I'm just re-entering 40k (after the 2nd ed starter box :O] ) and this is giving my model assembly sessions so much more atmosphere!

[@ArbitorIan]

Woop! I had that starter box. I really want an all-cardboard Dreadmob but they're quite hard to find nowadays!

[@omip168]

All your videos are top notch dude, thanks so much for making them.

[@Lupercalia-6319]

We need more war map videos of 40k battles and more coverage over the battles in 30k but I love your channel

[@necrospoon]

I love your choice of '80s music. I love the shade you threw it you know who. After watching a few videos I already know about everything you're talking about after reading 200 plus novels. But F it, you deserve my sub.

[@liamroche1295]

Just found your channel. Love how you present content.

[@Inquisdrknss]

Great video

[@chaosisbaeos]

This is leagues better then most 40k videos out there. Possibly even leutin09 tier videos! Well done mate, can't wait to see this channel grow!

[@doctorbrown5957]

I like them both. I really enjoy my long in depth background videos, but sometimes I just want to know in 20 mins or less lol, especially for bigger conflicts. Arch does an awesome job at what he does but sometimes I don't want to watch a 20 Part Playlist where each video is 45mins+

[@arioalbertozulini381]

Did he actually diss Leutin at the beginning of the video?

[@eversobritish1335]

@@arioalbertozulini381 no it’s a diss at Arch

[@adrians2190]

You deserve sooooooooooox10^15 many more subscribers

[@ArbitorIan]

I agree! GET SHARING! (THANKS!)

[@thesmilyguyguy9799]

@@ArbitorIan abhumsns?

[@glenipolus9731]

more this kind of videos pls. with maps and all

[@Rookie40K]

Fantastic summary! I appreciate the work you put into this and sharing it for everyone to enjoy.

[@cornlepop1078]

I absolutely adored this, thank you

[@haelww1]

I would like this video twice if I could.

[@WebsterMk4]

Your videos are easy to watch and follow (i tend to zone in and out of pther content creators) but im not intelligent enough of a lifeform to understand why. Thanks for sharing your stellar work 👍🏻

[@mbp1652]

Nicely done. I'll follow you

[@longle88]

That’s why I like 40K, the imperium itself is the big force that fuels chaos. Never ending war , what ever happens is just futile.

[@spawnsen823]

Watched the intro for the 5th time or so right now. Love your humor, editing and I've seen maybe six-sevenish videos. Never heard or watched any WH40k content. _You_ make your videos great. Keep 'em comin mate! Guess I'll buy a WH book for my dad. Ya, I should do this. Any suggestions? €: Nevermind, Horus Heresy sounds like a good start.

[@danspencer1281]

This channel is great. I am working through your vids. I am sure the views and subs will come in due course. You do actually deserve them.

[@livingthepct1224]

This is motivating me to get back into my Marines I haven't touched in 15 years :p good stuff, sir

[@theapostatejack8648]

That was a really well presented and visualized account.

[@lobsterharmony]

This is easily my favourite fluff of 40k, and i really like your summaries. I wish there was more interest in this campaign in Sweden, so i could motigare uselt to finish my Minotaurs.

[@ArbitorIan]

Thanks! I've been toying with the idea of doing it as a series of one-day or weekend events rather than a long campaign. I think that might be a more reliable way of keeping up momentum. The campaign is already split into phases - do a phase per day!

[@lobsterharmony]

@@ArbitorIan that sounds like a great way to do the campaign. If you do is love to see some form of yt-videos about that. Your tale of gamers-thing is looking great already, cant wait for more from that.

Your retelling of the Badab War convinced me that it would make for a great series or movie that could easily interest people who are not from the WH40k fandom 😀. Thanks for your efforts !

[@edmundwhite9864]

Great videos! I love the Dickens reference with 'Inquisitor Jarndyce': the Badab War as Bleak House, anyone?

[@paulobrien6978]

And people said George Lucas was mad when he made the prequel backstory a war fought over taxation of trade routes! 😂 Great video!

[@marcwittkowski5146]

Great summary/ timeline of a tragic and really fascinating story.

[@blahyoubleep]

Damn another good video! Nice job dude!

[@dalgafaik966]

Great video. I really like the Badab War lore, so this is fantastic. Thank you!

[@Armageddon2077]

Ian can you do this but for 'The Damocles Gulf Crusade' please? Just as I don't know much about it

[@slavaukraini1991]

Best 40k channel on youtube, keep it up

[@gr8tbigtreehugger]

Thanks for this insightful video!

[@JFRiley]

I’m two years behind but great job!

[@NotDr.Evil137]

Now normally I find the Mechanicus to be nerds, but the Magos of Angstrom has got to be one of my favorites 😂 Not caring who did it, just straight up goes BINARY BALLISTIC on both sides to where even the Inquisition is grinding teeth.

[@wisersamson9000]

I'm surprised you don't use more screen shots from battlefleet Gothic armada 2, that game has AMAZING models for ships of nearly every semi major faction: space marines with like 10 chapter options for colors, imperial navy, mechanicus with multiple forge worlds, orks with multiple waaaagggsss, chaos with all 4 gods, renegade navy with multiple faction liverys, Eldar with multiple craftworlds, necron with different tomb worlds( I think that's what they are called?), taught with different whatever their factions are called (this includes support and auxiliary ships from other factions they are allies with). It's honestly kinda crazy how much of the world they represented in a game with no ground forces.

[@tortenkopfminiatures7668]

Thanks for this relateable and concise roundup. I play a Howling Griffons army myself and always felt I should know a bit more about the Badab War, but never got around to reading up on it.

[@marcjohnson5991]

The intro is enough for a like. The rest of the content is excellent, just like your other content

[@danielbarter7872]

First time visiting your channel and really impressed. Great presentation style and the map/editing for this helped loads understanding the sectors and movement/withdrawals of the different chapters. Always loved the badab narrative and have always wanted a small force of Carchardons to play out some scenarios :) Keep up the great work!

[@vernonjennings5921]

Fantastic video. Thanks for sharing!

[@RtxtDriver]

Is there anything on the aftermath of badab. It seems like none of the core issues that caused the badab conflict to begin with were solved. That coupled with the removal of the marines defending badab and the ridiculous scorched earth actions taken by the loyalists I wouldn’t be surprised to find that after the conflict was resolved and the imperial forces directed else where the sector is just slowly lost to the different threats of the maelstrom.

[@agent_hex]

Damn, I was really hoping a huge group from the Maelstrom was going to wipe out the Loyalists at the end...

[@Ivanlmao322]

This is some of the best 40k videos ive ever watched but i do wonder are you gonna make some videos about the lord of the rings because when i watch youre videos i get this middle-earth vibe.

[@joebest-rotheray493]

Great lore vids dude!

[@mojotheaverage]

I always wished that huron didn't go full chaos after badab. It would have been better if he'd just remained as a renegade instead

[@ltjamescoopermason8685]

Thznks for that history lesson i really enjoyed it in fzct your looks at individual things in the 30ķ 40k universe is not to long but informative and interesting! Keet the quality coming Ian. 10/10👏👍🤣🤪🤛KNOCKOUT !

[@jonfisher4106]

Lovely stuff! Perfectly pitched

[@NapGod]

With the new lore about the Wardens of the Gauntlet guarding the most vital corridor in Imperial space, I couldn't help but think back to the Maelstrom Warders. I doubt GW is thinking about adding internal strife on top of the free-for-all happening in Nachmund already. It would be great narrative fodder though if the Imperium was able to hold onto the corridor, collapsed into a civil war over the region, and Imperium Nihilus was left to cook un-moored for the duration.

[@frankpavelec2609]

This is very interesting information. I would like to get into 30k some time but it is costly. But the story is really fantastic. Great channel

[@Dracobyte]

Great lore video as always!!

[@WarzoneMorloc]

Outstanding.

[@ThePrinceOfSpace413]

I love all the visuals ^_^

[@LukePrice007]

Love your work you should be working for GW on this stuff its exceptionally put together and articulated

[@asfdfdsaasfdafsd]

Great stuff.