The Dirge of the Great Hegemon (Trench Crusade Lore)

[@kylewolff1728]

Grampa Nurgle would never treat his followers so callously. The Grimdark Crown is sought by a new challenger, and the case is starting to look good for Trench Crusade... I think it's partially because a lot of 40K is tragedy abstracted by sheer scale, but TC being smaller in scale makes it somehow more personal and relatable. And therefore more (subjectively) horrifying. That being said, Ave Deus Mechanicus!

[@Thumbdumpandthebumpchump]

That and 40K has been increasingly gotten less Grimdark

[@hunterpowell2637]

@@Thumbdumpandthebumpchump sadly tacticool is a lot easier to sell to children

[@Thumbdumpandthebumpchump]

@hunterpowell2637 I'm notbsu5e it is, and I'm not sure it's specifically going after a child audience.

[@FulloutPostal]

in context it makes sense, since gramps nurgle is a benign god of death and rebirth, while belzebub tries to find the most efficient strand of disease. nurgle does the same, but there's so much more to them than just disease... so for bb to discard a failed strain does seem reasonable...

[@hunterpowell2637]

@@Thumbdumpandthebumpchump did you forget about warhammer adventures?

[@drewgilbertson]

I love how the Iron Sultanate dealt with thier plague lord. Sacrifice holy champions? Nope. They buried his army in artillery ordinance then shot him with the mother of all cannons. All hail St. Barbara!

[@Trent-m6j]

"With the power of Allah and the biggest fuckin gun we could build"

[@urdadthatleftfouryearsago4835]

​@@Trent-m6j "What's that big cannon over there?" "Cannon? No, that's not a cannon. That's a one-way ticket to jahannam"

[@TheCoackroach]

I love the implication that the demons simply do not understand the indomitable human spirit. When they make a disease that inevitably kills you with the slightest wound they expect humans to cower, but we simply embrace the "heroic death" even harder. To give a trench pilgrim an excuse for martyrdom seems foolish, but shows how little Hell understands faith

[@archmagosdeciuskronen1501]

As a devout 40k fan since 2014, I still believe Trench Crusade to be more Grimdark. It has so much more meaning and weight to me.

[@Archer-1453]

Someone else mentioned it too, it’s the scale. Hearing about the “whole galaxy burn” doesn’t feel as hard hitting as hearing about the home of the religions that shaped the modern world being rent asunder. I think both do their own thing well: 40K definitely fills the role bigger, “better”, and ridiculously awful while Trench Crusade brings it down to something more intrinsically scary. Edit: I also think 40K definitely wants to purvey the whole “transhuman dread” concept of Astartes to its whole setting, it’s so out of the realm of reality that it borders on something Lovecraftian. Trench does the opposite, taking what was arguably humanity’s darkest point in its history of warfare and tossing in the scary religious shit most people are familiar with today as a little topping

[@pleaseenteranamelol711]

Compared to 40K, trench crusade is much closer to being realistic

[@akumaking1]

I wonder if there’s something like a “Death March Battalion” where’s it’s a bunch of undead that constantly march across the world for battle and replenish their losses from the dead they slay.

[@sharojak9401]

I love those kinds of factions

[@jackjohnston8048]

Trench Ghosts would be the closest

[@nsort3009]

Ah yes, the wages of sin are misery

[@RamboJones-v6e]

This game is so great. Your units are dark souls bosses, flesh-creations question their existence, and we done cloned Jesus. Absolute perfect madness

[@Saruman_Ring-Maker]

God when im about to enter the gates of heaven but I mained Heretic Legions instead of New Antioch:🤬⚡🔥🔥☄

[@charlesballiet7074]

isent it funny that just as warhammer is about to go the way of warcraft. a new franchise arises to give us the grim dark

[@alias234]

@@Godaronful Its being turned into a disney princess setting. Which is exactly what modern WoW is now.

[@ramonserna8089]

The base is there so It's only natural. Companies think fans will always support a franchise when in reality they will consume the product they like .

[@Reaper419Darkangel]

And already Trench Crusade left their stance clear on the woke that ruined warcraft and is slowly killing Warhammer. Let's see if they wisen up

[@justwannabehappy6735]

​@@Godaronfulwhen Wow first launched, many players were confused because its atmosphere was way more cartoonish than the previous games of the franchise.

[@proudfirebrand3946]

*"Anghel balantay, santos sangay, panalipdi ako, tabangi ako, iiway ako sa tanan panulay... Amen"* - Quote from a Asian Christian prayer. (Just head cannon for the Asian side of this universe, a peek to whats happening)

[@therencepalino8111]

Hmm... Are you from the Far East too?

[@proudfirebrand3946]

​@@therencepalino8111 yep.

[@saywhatnow2173]

Bisaya?

[@proudfirebrand3946]

@@saywhatnow2173 Yeah

[@sidgar1]

head *canon. Different word.

[@maximk9964]

Well, whatever you made up fits so well I could never tell, awesome story!

[@John.Doe.272]

A comment for the grand deity of algorithms.

[@LordCataphract]

Would you do a video over The Church of Metamorphosis?

[@Jhc421]

Nice work as usual! Well done comrade.

[@ianbuckwheat3180]

You make very good videos, I wouldn’t know about this setting without you, so thanks!

[@GrandNagusEli]

Comment for the comment god

[@milannedic4622]

Response for the Response throne

[@GrandNagusEli]

@@milannedic4622 engagement for the algorithm

[@SGallagher-dh2hq]

Algorithmo cares not from where the comments flow

[@johnd2058]

Half-and-half is my favorite.

[@karlwikman3874]

why am I feeling bad for the plague minions who have lost theri hegemons?

[@patriot5514]

There should be more art for trench crusade.

[@danielowens9295]

Parry this fooking casual as they fired

[@alexpeter1936]

Amazing videos keep it up 👍

[@scannerbarkly]

Thanks, will do!

[@AyoubAbdelK]

Wait, hang on. On the Hegemon entry, it said that Joan of Arc eliminated one of them and Engelier killed the other. Was this reconned?

[@bits7395]

Engagement for the engagement god!

[@insertedgynamehere]

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[@theredrock5783]

Praise the Algorithm Comment's power

[@justwannabehappy6735]

Yes No other comments.

[@sohrabroozbahani4700]

Cool...

[@proudfirebrand3946]

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[@rusty_from_earth9577]

would

[@danielowens9295]

Teedy demons

[@Chrysusaurum]

Didn't joan of arc kill one pf the hegemons?

[@scannerbarkly]

The infidels claim to have killed a powerful demonic beast in Europe, which they unleashed, might I add. The proud and loyal members of the Sultanate know that the true Hedgemon was defeated in the shadow of the mighty Wall of Iskandar.

[@CallMeGrim25]

oof I was so excited about this game but somehow they managed to ruin it with their political/rude employees so no political talk unless you agree with us what a shame. I was so excited but it's dead on arrival now oh well. Great video as always keep it up.

[@isaiahkayode6526]

Oh shut up manbaby no one cares about anti woke bullshit grow the hell up.

[@scannerbarkly]

lol, okay

[@Sara3346]

Let us know if you still feel that way in a year.

[@alias234]

So what was their 'politics' exactly?

[@basilroth5785]

They are no political party. They can manage their policies as they see fit. And saying your LGBT friendly isn't being political. If they would make pro Biden ads that would be political or talking stands, it would be politics. Your just being an crybaby.