The Most Hated Man in 40k

[@TheSaiyanBoi]

You know shit’s real when we don’t begin with the obligatory “Hi, I’m Arthur”

[@sssmoovy]

had to open another video to hear him say it before i continued

[@checkersthefool5588]

This is Arthur's Black shirt video

[@karlsplkr]

won’t complain

[@Mbeluba]

So glad, it's an annoying opening.

[@chadstorm92]

😂😂😂

[@K.ARC17]

Erebus, The one character that's always there when a Chaos Marine realizes what he's doing is wrong and then kills them.

[@АлексейКозлов-щ4г]

Reading this I realised that the Chaos has its own version of commissar. The one and only

[@ViIgax]

"His was no loud, boasting tyranny. No, Erebus was the silence when a star suffocates in the vacuum, the hush of a world's last breath, the soft scratch of quill on parchment that decrees the annihilation of empires. His immorality was a poem written in the ink of annihilation, each line a dirge for the innocence that dies when darkness seduces light."

[@andreibaciu7518]

"He hated the sand" As all great villains do

[@dannyn6036]

Anakin was no villain, Vader was

[@meatguyf1375]

@@dannyn6036 Didn't Anakin kill a bunch of kids?

[@dannyn6036]

@@meatguyf1375 nah he set his fancy glowing stick to stun before he went to town on them.

[@dannyn6036]

@@meatguyf1375 he needed those kids to be future inquisitor

[@floydtron]

​@@dannyn6036 Didn't he slaughter an entire tribe of Sand People? Women and children too?

[@myonlyfriendtheend4958]

Erebus legit changes the shade of red word bearers wear every 6 months to fuck with them HE RANDOMLY STARTS CIVIL WARS WITH KOR PHARON AS A JOKE FROM THE WORD BEARERS OMNIBUS HE LEGIT SAYS THAT

[@VallornDeathblade]

I love that book series. Marduk and the lads just getting up to increasingly unreasonable levels of bullshit and then Erebus laughing off their failure as if it was the funniest prank in the world.

[@n0kla]

"Hm, yes, today we'll be blood red." "We're already bloody red" "No, arterial blood red" "ffs"

[@Sephiroth36977]

Stop telling me his redeeming traits! ... it's just fun to rile up the Word Bearers. There is no "redeeming trait".

[@n0kla]

@@Sephiroth36977 No redeeming trait? Eliphas the Inheritor. I rest my case

[@mihailosaranovic5444]

Man, been having the Omnibus on my shelf for a while now with no time to read it. Definitely going to now.

[@maxspooky8991]

I absolutely adore Erebus as a villain. He’s so funny being just blatantly evil around a bunch of morally gray figures

[@nightsage217]

exactly. It is always pleasant to see depth in character writing in 40k, somehow it is very entertaining to see that depth collides with singular unapologetic facade character as infamous as Erebus. RIP my man, Argel Tal.

[@agent5778]

He's not a villain. At worst, he is a boy scout who struggles to do good, and at best, he is close to Jesus Christ in terms of his actions.

[@agent5778]

​@@nightsage217He's not a villain. At worst, he is a boy scout who struggles to do good, and at best, he is close to Jesus Christ in terms of his actions.

[@westacheny4162]

@@agent5778 rage bate

[@BanishedSilentShadow3318]

Space marine 3 Titus kills Leandros because Leandros fell into chaos Titus: "How could you fallen into Chaos Leandros?" Erebus: "it was me, Titus."

[@fluffywolfo3663]

AW, SONOVABITCH

[@Dotmw]

Erebus: IT'S ME TITUS! Big E: Aw son of a bitch- Erebus: IT'S ME TITUS! IT WAS ME, ALL ALONG TITUS

[@blackmoon2128]

Amazing how I don't watch that thing but still get that reference and laughed loud on this.

[@lucastursi]

Titus: But how...? Leandros: You're not gonna believe this! *start to remove a sh*t ton of baby powder from his face reavealling the tattoos

[@BanishedSilentShadow3318]

Part 2 to this. Titus: "Erebus you damn traitor!" Erebus: "hahahaha, didn't expect me to reveal myself did you? While you all were hunting Xenos and other traitor legions I did the worst crimes of humanity you couldn't possibly imagine." Titus: "what are you talking about?" Erebus: "you remember all those rumors of your primarch slept with a eldar woman? It was me Titus. I spread all those rumors just to create those claims he did." Titus: "you sick bastard!" Erebus: "oh but that's not even the best part. It was all true Titus, I was inside his dreams and made he think of.. what was her name again? Oh that's right, Yvraine" Titus: "I'll kill you for spreading heresy of Guilliman!" Erebus: "hahahaha but here's the best part Titus. It. Was. Me! I took the form of Yvraine and made he did me just to see the pleasure in his eyes." Titus: ....... Gadriel: ...... Chairon: .......

[@GodEmperorofmankind1]

PLEASE DON’T JUMPSCARE ME WITH THE FACE OF THAT CREATURE.

[@waynegoddard4065]

Ha Ha Ha

[@Ghost_of_Avalon]

HATE. Let me tell you how much I've come to HATE Erebus since I began to live. There are 59.944 Thousand miles of circulatory veins in wafer thin layers that fill my body. If the word HATE was engraved on each nanoangstrom of those tens of thousands of miles, it would not equal one one billionth of the HATE I feel for Erebus in this microinstant. For him, HATE. HATE.

[@mickholohan4266]

Respect erebus u bum!!

[@LexYeen]

​@@mickholohan4266No.

[@fragarach97]

I Have No Mouth And I Must Meme

[@crazyguy4209]

We love Erebus in this house of JOD!

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

@@fragarach97AM posting

[@Sp33ddialz]

Erebus killing Garviel Loken at the last second creating the absolutely most ANNOYING demon says all you need to know about this Primarch level Troll

[@henrypaleveda7760]

Honestly I despise that the writers had it end that way.

[@Sp33ddialz]

@ it felt like Dan Abnett added it in at the absolute last second as some sort of gotcha

[@VallornDeathblade]

@@Sp33ddialz Abnett seemingly wanted the whole story to be a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy or abstract causal loop. See also, the stupid red string story thread with Olly and that one bastard who shall not be named lest we summon the harlequin pngtuber.

[@Greivous-chan]

He does what?!

[@henrypaleveda7760]

@@Sp33ddialz also the justification. he could have had he origin of any of that deamon be anything. it isn't a justification at all.

[@Kardel_VA]

29:43 Erebus did get a bit of comeuppance after Signus Prime when Horus PEELED HIS FACE LIKE A MELON whilst he was still alive then banished him.

[@candersson60]

Horus withdrew Erebus’ face privilege and kicked him out of the club after he criticized the appointed GM’s storyline.

[@mysos444]

Still too small of a punishment for him.

[@BluestTable]

Did bro heal after that or is he just running around with no eyelids

[@candersson60]

@@BluestTable Last I heard, no eyelids. He kept his face as memorabilia but never replaced it, some sort of humility deal if that’s even applicable.

[@mysos444]

@@candersson60 I hope he also gets lemon juice on his face daily as part of that humility deal.

[@goni2493]

Pretty sure if they made punching bags designed to look like charecters from 30k/40k, Erebus and Lucius would be sold out or mass-produced to be the best-sellers

[@lordgod9958]

the problem is Lucius would like it...probably

[@FreezeKing7]

That reminds me of that meme where they ask a guy if he is going to make some merchandise And his answer was " PROBABLY NOT , I KNOW MY FANS WOULD DIG A HOLE AND FUCK IT " this is the same freaking scenario

[@theodorehodbor5080]

I think what's really funny about Erebus is when you hear the title of "the man responsible for the Horus Heresy", the most cataclysmic war next to the War in Heaven, you'd naturally start thinking "huh I wonder what horrible thing must've happened to that guy to be willing to throw all of humanity and the galaxy itself under the bus." Then you later find out nothing particularly bad even happened to the dude growing up he was literally just born as the Dark Knight Joker and did everything basically as entertainment.

[@VallornDeathblade]

Erebus making the whole "I'm a dog chasing cars" speech puts a lot of thing into perspective.

[@eindalton2638]

I'd argue the Cybernetic Revolt must have been worse than the Horus Heresy, since it was longer, lead to human civilization collapsing and regressing and was fought with much worse weapons.

[@BaconGold790]

It’s like Legends Palpatine, dude started out as an entitled Psychopaths and that’s it. Some people just choose to do messed up things. They don’t need a bad day. They don’t need a dark back story. They don’t need betrayal or a sympathetic reason for what they do. They just do it because either it’s fun or because they are only capable of thinking about themselves. Some people might say this is cartoonish, but I say that it is sadly very realistic when you look back through history. This is why I enjoy villains like this, some people are just bad. They just don’t care that you seek them as such.

[@Baconlazer]

You're yearly reminder to be grateful and thankful for Kharn for beating him to near-death and scarring him for life. Kharn, what an awesome guy

[@Littlefox2112]

GET UP

[@VallornDeathblade]

Didn't Horus also flay his face off at one point?

[@themarauding]

He's going to need an augmetic for that!

[@probablythedm1669]

Since this is a villain episode, I am here to remind you that good grammar is the difference between "knowing *you're shit"* and *"knowing your shit".* 😎

[@kaminsod4077]

I only wish Kharn had finished the job.

[@Dank-o-Dave]

If i was locked in a lift with John Gramaticus and Erebus and i only had two rounds left in the bolter, i would shoot Erebus twice.

[@ksh2596]

I would spare Erebus if it meant John Gramaticus would die. If only it were permanent that is

[@Book_worm.75]

More proof that a bald person in warhammer has more chances of being evil than a full haired fella

[@aguspuig6615]

indeed, arguably the most evil guy characteristically had no hair, no eyebrows, or even facial hair. The evil-est is also the baldest.

[@agent5778]

Vulkan would be disappointed.

[@jamesrodgers5422]

Erebus is like Joffrey from game of thrones. We all cheered when Joffrey died, but not having him around made the show less fun.

[@agent5778]

Erebus is closer to being a saint like John or Mother Teresa. His actions may seem despicable, but he's only trying to give humans the ability to worship actual gods and not false prophets.

[@norrecvizharan1177]

@@agent5778 The ironic part is that the gods Erebus pushes actually have huge dramatic effects on the world, in stark contrast to real life religions 'n stuff.

[@agent5778]

@@norrecvizharan1177 True

[@barlotardy]

"Get. Up."

[@chadh8826]

The best twist that could ever happen is if Erebus, at the panicle of his power, got everything ripped away from him and this was done by all the chaos gods. They then show Erebus that they just toyed with his life the entire time, for their own amusement. Then after a little torture they drop his ass in the middle of a war pack of sister's of silence.

[@justicar5]

So Lorgar tearing his face off, making him eat it, then having the spirit of Argal Tal possess his body?

[@Deletirium]

Pinnacle. There is no panicle.

[@izzymosley1970]

One of the only nice things I can say about erebus is that he shows how much of an impact an single relatively normal person's actions can have on the entire galaxy. As far as I'm aware the most special thing about Erebus from an genetic perspective is that he was suitable to become a space Marine. But other than that besides his personality he started Life as a relatively normal person and yet he was able to figuratively shake the whole galaxy.

[@osirisjojo6876]

Second greatest achievement; making Raum a literal deamon the lesser of two evils

[@Bread-nx9fo]

Erebus killing Garviel is such a copout, and I'm getting really tired of GW writers not knowing how to properly write storylines or endings. Genuinely obnoxious.

[@Mondy667]

I fucking love it, such an Erebus thing to do

[@BaronElBardo]

There are writers who write satisfactory endings in BL. Abnett is not one of them. Try fire caste. A book from Peter Fehervari.

[@spnked9516]

The BL is pretty hit and miss, as a general rule of thumb. As an example, I don't mind the Horus Heresy in concept. Having what is essentially an isolated prequel to 40k is an interesting idea that also makes for an easy onboarding point for new people. However, in execution, it's a disaster - suffering from the duel problems of too many (uncoordinated) cooks and demystifying/retroactively producing major issues for the primary setting (classic prequel issue). Putting aside the abilities of individual writers, I think the only time long form BL stories work is when they're (mostly) handled by one person and focus on very specific subject matter. The Gotrek and Felix books are probably the best example of this.

[@krel3358]

@@BaronElBardo Yeah im one of those one off people who dont like Abnett at all. I find his works to be kinda be like oh its like a cliche action 80s movie but with Tennyson or Shakespeare as a reference, that totally makes it good by association. I find Dan Abnett is a decadent writer high on his own bullshit and only appreciated by morons who dont have a grasp of good story telling. I mean hes okay but when it comes to this setting and say the living god that is ADB I dont think theres any way in hell Dan Abnett could ever take the ideas of reigns from someone like ADB and spin them into gold. I think seriously fuck Dan Abnett with his End and the Death bullshit, easily could have been edited down to 2 volumes each one only needing to be about 500 pages instead of the absolute slop he delievered and justified.

[@quacker2212]

If there are 1 million Erebus haters, I’m one of them. If there’s 1 Erebus hater left in the world, that’s me. If there are no Erebus haters left in the world, that means I’m no longer alive. Hate that guy.

[@nopejhonson958]

Erebus is an AMAZING antagonist. he is not 'fun' he is fascinating. love him as a villain because I love to hate him. top tier writing because you need a psychopathic narcissist back stage planner type that is unhinged, charismatic, and smart enough to hide it long and well enough to cause others demise, you need this character to be the one to cause the down fall. You can't have it be a sympathetic individual to be the face/architect of the fall unless you want some person in the audience to attribute some form of justification for the actions. he has to be nonredeemable least you make the bringer of chaos redeemable and thus make chaos a redeemable force. Chaos will always be seen in the light of its first and most influential to the setting acolyte, Erebus. Chaos's image will be forever defined by this from the readers' perspective and no matter what 'nice' feature you point out about chaos, its backdrop will always be Erebus.

[@agent5778]

Erebus isn't truly a villain. He's just a man trying to give the people of the galaxy actual true gods to worship, while trying to get rid of that mass murdering, child neglecting, lying ass emperor.

[@nopejhonson958]

@agent5778 that lorgar, erebus did it for the 401k and bennies

[@agent5778]

@@nopejhonson958 😆

[@serezha3442]

My favorite Erebus moment goes something like this: “Get Up.” … “Get Up.” … “Get Up.” …

[@thesaxon3966]

12:30 "You cant betray anyone if you were never loyal to anyone to begin with. More sigma mindset from Erebus at 12"

[@Wrathnicangel104]

Kharn kicking Erebus’s ass is well deserved. I’m pretty sure if Kharn ever encounters Erebus again…hes more than likely gonna finish the job.

[@Turnil321]

Or Kharn is so far gone that Erabus can use Kharn as a reward from Khrone.

[@thebloodgod5885]

"I'm off my pills and no one can stop me!" has to be the most dire warning in existence 😂

[@emetanti]

The Most Hated Man in 40k, IN UNIVERSE is what im adding onto this. Most hated for me goes to John Grammaticus and the stupid ass name/purpose of a horse he rode in on.

[@soffren]

Im with you, and Krono on this. John Grammaticus is the worst concept in all of Warhammer.

[@agent5778]

I dont get the hate on John Grammaticus. He is, to a degree, a relatable character, and many of us would unironically act like him.

[@agent5778]

​I dont get the hate on John Grammaticus. He is, to a degree, a relatable character, and many of us would unironically act like him.

[@emetanti]

@@agent5778 WH40k is very much not a setting that needs that kind of character, that doesn't make him good.

[@ZaKRo-bx7lp]

Erebus killing Garviel at the end felt like such a cop out. Like dude, I know Loken's not living to see the scouring. But, couldn't he have died fighting Abaddon or Horus or something more epic? Dying like that feels like the writers had forgotten to conclude Loken's storyline and came up with the lamest possible way to end it.

[@Dallows65]

That or they really wanted to drive home the Erebus hate.

[@rakisuzuki-burke4148]

@@Dallows65 I like this option.

[@SarithenVol]

Man, I love Erebus. Such a great villain.

[@probablythedm1669]

Sometimes it's fun to just have a competent irredeemable villain to absolutely despise. I hate him so much, he's great!

[@SarithenVol]

@, I agree. Irredeemable villains make for some of the most compelling characters in fiction!

[@agent5778]

Erebus is not a villain. He is an anti-hero. He wants to give the mortals of the galaxy the ability to worship actual God's that can improve life. He is doing humanity a favor by foiling the plans of that mass murdering, civilization destroying, child neglecting fool known as the Emperor of Mankind.

[@Primarch_Corvus_Corax]

Rip Loken

[@shay212]

Erebus seems like the kind of character who should get taken out by a random civilian or guardsman. It would be so satisfying to have someone with no power, who Erebus would have looked down on, lorded his control over and seen as completely disposable, being the person who got that one hit in to take him down. And for that person to not know who Erebus was either, so he wasn’t targeted because he was so important to this person, it was just a good hit. Erebus going out that way, knowing it wasn’t some grand plan, powerful being or all consuming vendetta that took him out, but an old guardsman with a barely working weapon or Nona with a rock, that was the instrument of his downfall, would probably mentally destroy him and it would be beautiful to see.

[@agent5778]

No. I hope Erebus gets a good ending because he is genuinely a good person. Some may even say he is a saint. He wants to give the mortals of the galaxy the ability to worship actual God's that can improve life. He is doing humanity a favor by foiling the plans of that mass murdering, civilization destroying, child neglecting idiot known as Big E.

[@leviticusprime4904]

Other villains: have this long traumatic and dramatic backstory behind the things they do Erebus: starts a massive galactic scale civil war because he was bored.

[@agent5778]

Erebus is not a villain. He is an anti-hero. He wants to give the mortals of the galaxy the ability to worship actual God's that can improve life. He is doing humanity a favor by foiling the plans of that mass murdering, civilization destroying, child neglecting fool known as the Emperor of Mankind.

[@weeamood9615]

Erebus is the perfect amalgamation of all the worst mortal traits that spawned the Chaos Gods to begin with. He wasn't corrupted to be this way, he just is. That's why the Chaos gods favour him so much - his selfishness drives him to do all the things they thrive off of because they're perfectly aligned with his nature as a fucked up human being. Also, Erebus son, because at the very least I'll know that he's gonna be successful in life. 💀

[@jusquanorthwind1016]

I still find it a strange mirror that Marneus Calgar and Erebus both took the name of a childhood contemporary. The reason why couldn't be any further apart but still its strange that they have any similarity outside of being a big name in the setting and a leader among space marines.

[@NapGod]

29:12 come to think of it, I feel like that's his ultimate motivation for *it all*. You get a flash of it in his internal thoughts at the end of Betrayer and definitely at the end of the Siege - he's doing all of this because it's the plan that has been laid out for him by chaos. And it's not like he's following the plan because he gets something out of it. He's not trying to rule the galaxy, or reach a goal, I think he's following Chaos because it's just a concrete direction - it's something to do and in the gets to do fucked up stuff in the process. He's the ultimate bastard, and I'm not looking forward to whenever he shows up in the 40k main story.

[@agent5778]

He is an anti-hero. He wants to give the mortals of the galaxy the ability to worship actual God's that can improve life. He is doing humanity a favor by foiling the plans of that mass murdering, civilization destroying, child neglecting fool known as the Emperor of Mankind.

[@v10l3t40]

Erebus DOES get his comeuppance. He gets his face flayed off, he gets beaten to near death, and gets humiliated by his betters constantly

[@1995HunterKiller]

He, unlike many of them, is still alive tho

[@aguspuig6615]

yet he still lives and is sort of a second in command for his legion, thats bullshit

[@26th_Primarch]

Erebus is literally just the worst aspects of Starscream from across the Transformers multiverse rolled into one giant ball of shit.

[@coliimusic]

I think I just figured it out when Arthur framed Erebus as a villain who captures the polarity of morality in a setting full of evil. I think, Erebus represents someone who is somewhat like the Emperor, but truly selfish, not an altruistic bone in his body. And it gives you a measure, like Arthur was saying, to cast the brighest stars of the setting against.

[@enakm1]

I was expecting Mr. Bones was just yelling “FUCK EREBUS!!!” For 10 minutes

[@AGaiman]

I never pitied the "real" Erebus. He was this paragon of faith and diligence FOR CHAOS. In the best case scenario, he would have still caught a bolter round to the face in a true Colchisian compliance. And the Erebus we know would have tripped and drowned in horse shit as a child. Best case scenario.

[@aguspuig6615]

Tbh he was a paragon of faith for a version of the chaos gods that wasnt twisted and evil

[@agent5778]

Erebus is not a villain. He is an anti-hero. He wants to give the mortals of the galaxy the ability to worship actual God's that can improve life. He is doing humanity a favor by foiling the plans of that mass murdering, civilization destroying, child neglecting fool known as the Emperor of Mankind.

[@Donovaneagle2098]

Oof I felt that "cripplingly depressed" quip. Take care of yourself Arthur

[@anonymussssssssss]

The amount of hate I have for someone that doesn't exist is unreal.

[@NerdEnthusiast]

Erebus is one of those villains who is so unabashedly evil you can’t help but have a begrudging respect for it. The man is just doing what he loves 24/7; getting the endorsement of the Chaos Gods is just the cherry on top. In that way, he’s like Cletus Kasady obtaining the Carnage symbiote - he was already a true monster long before he got any superpowers. Those superpowers just enabled him to keep doing what he does best, except now he’s elevated to the point of being a veritable force of nature. The plot armor helps too.

[@agent5778]

Erebus is not a villain. He is an anti-hero. He wants to give the mortals of the galaxy the ability to worship actual God's that can improve life. He is doing humanity a favor by foiling the plans of that mass murdering, civilization destroying, child neglecting fool known as the Emperor of Mankind.

[@Dogmelter42]

At least he killed Erda. Even a broken clock, I guess.

[@aguspuig6615]

Erda had a dumb moment, but shes not bad enough to warrant that, at least she was a good mom, mostly

[@jakobthompson3468]

WHERE SPACE SHARKS?

[@shawnmoyer9888]

Out there.... amongst the inky black and stars.

[@Galactus78]

The only CSM who makes Lucius the Eternal seem pleasant

[@aguspuig6615]

Luicius at least was kinda cool as a loyalist, and is competent at swordsmanship

[@DariusVladimirAuditore]

I find Erebus a fun character mainly because it's fun to hate him. It's fun to imagine seeing him one day be beaten to a bloody pulp by Kharn. In a setting where characters make you think, analyse, and try to understand them on a deeper level, it's just nice to have someone like Erebus to just vehemently hate without any second thought.

[@the_rose_dragon6816]

Everyone get your steel toed boots on and give Erebus in the nuggets

[@Natakupl]

What's great about Erebus is that he is both the catalyst for the entire horus heresy and also just like some guy? Who in universe actually knows it was all Erebus's plan? Pretty much nobody. To all involved he is just another high ranking traitor marine. Not important compared to a demon primarch or some such. And that's great.

[@Ratman36]

Erebus the second most skimming person besides the skaven

[@djashovel]

What if Darth Sidious meet Erebus Erebus: FATHER!!! Darth Sidious: SON!!

[@maph12]

"Shaved head bearded man in Krieg backpack" - Ok, not that hard to spot "At LVO" - Stealth = 100

[@DaniG._.German]

How different the world of 40K could've been if the Night Lords recruited Erebus.

[@BunkerAnon]

I'm sure Corvus will enjoy having his Unkindness of Ravens shred him on his way to tear apart Lorgar.

[@ns7495]

I imagine there are three scenes that defined erebus: A) Erebus saw kyle comming ”hah, what you doing kyle poopihead, you know your parents were just having a laugh at you, we all have you stu..” Kyle hits erebus whit a stone and starts strangeling him ”and now my revenge begins” ”hah, you May end us all but we have last laugh, for we know your name kyle poopihead” ”Nooooooooooooooo!……….wait what if, Yeah that could work?” ”What could?” ”You know erebus aint best name but it aint worst either, im gonna need your skin tho” Erebus screamed until very end and erebus who merged from that corner alley smiled, for he had escaped worst name possible and whatever humiliations live had in store hed suffered worst of it. B) ”You’ve done Well in brining ruin to anathemas plans” tzeetch croaked and 3 other gods nodded in unison. ”Tell us whyd you do it, for such a boon requires equal compensation” slaneesh wispered ”Oh i got what i wanted” erebus respondead ”really but we cant leave such dept unpaid, what did you desire than?” Nurgle spoke ”what ive wanted always, tell me Great ones have any of you ever removed legs off of dangerous nemesis at the Palm of your hands?” Gods look at one another, whit raising alarm at the back of their necks ”you see ive always enjoyed clipping legs off of dangerous scorpions, but the need to victimice ever more dangerous pray increesed and imperium was biggest i could see.” Chaos gods take a incospicuous look at far awey door ”unless of cource…………….how many legs each of you got?” Gods dart out of the room khorne showing slaneesh down to get to door first. ”Ah new game begins” erebus smirked, for he was still the same boy taking his childhood trauma out on ever more dangerous pray, Well almost the same he was erebus after alll and smirk widened. C) Erebus held up the source of chaos over lava flow, such a small thing and yet the biggest scorpion so far and deadliest, but it was time for croweling. ”Hold it right there dear friends” and chaos gods stopped. After a while slaneesh starts ”erebus, dear, why dont you put the source of chaos down, so no one you includead gets hurt” ”but getting hurt is what its all about, the thing that makes. ME. FEEL. ALIVE” erebus replied ”alive there is no living whitout an axe in your hand and blood splattering, there……..” khorne was interupted, by erebuses reply ”spare me, limits of your capacity for violence and its limits are too Well known to me to care for your blabber!” At this moment tzeetches demon contacted its master via telepathy (seems youre in quite a blind Eh master?) (if you’ve a point get to it NOW) (Well since you asked nicely, it took some digging through alternative timelines but he made a mistake) (again get to the point! If not scorching you will be last thing i do) (first i need a reward equal to saving your existance, little uupoo did alot of work afterall) (youll be made a lord of change for this and rule as my right wing uuuwhatever!) (uupoo and good enogh, turns out one you know as erebus was born on colchis to mr and misssess…….) ”come on guys theres no need for this i just brewed a batch of my quality brew, mayby we can….” Nurgle was Also interupted ”your good nature has no place here nurgle, for today the hand of destiny shall clip legs off a……..” ”kyle!” Tzeetch interupted erebus whit somber tone. After stunned silence erebus replied ”how do you…..whered you…..i paid kyle of games workshop good money to obscure that name!” ”Not in all timelines, in one you scammed him out of 5 euros, aperantly you Also wanted a soda” a long silence ”you know my whole name?” ”Yes and if you drop the source, last thing my demons will do is reveal it across the warp and imperium.” Two started at one another, finally erebus sighed in surrender ”fine truce?” Tzeetch replied ”you can keep source as colleteral and i wont reveal what i know and none of this ever happened” erebus looked at the source and wispered ”that really stung but not today………….never in fact” tear fell down erebuses cheek. He turned and noticed 3 other gods confused and afraid ”what about them?” ”I dont care i have a umppalumppa to incinarate or whatever, just dont end them permanently” tzeetch replied teleporting awey. Erebus took a look at 3 hunched figures, but walked awey, he was the boy who liked to pull legs off of ever more dangerous pray and it was a time that boy died, hed been stung for last time and the next Well there had to be other ways to disleg a god, hed become a man after all, time to expand ones horizons.

[@Shadowoftheoldones]

I actually love Erebus, because in a setting as dark as 40K it feels like there should be someone as psychopathic and evil as him, and he's pretty believable as an irredeemable psychopath. He also feels like the kind of guy who would be every chaos god's favorite pawn. That goes some of the way to countering my issue with him - which is that his level of efficacy at ruining things threatens my suspension of disbelief. He's kind of like a Deus ex Machina in reverse.

[@agent5778]

Erebus is closer to being a saint like John or Mother Teresa. His actions may seem despicable, but he's only trying to give humans the ability to worship actual gods and not false prophets.

[@Shadowoftheoldones]

@@agent5778 St. Erebus of Chaos undivided. I actually agree... one of my favorite things about Erebus is that he gets into Colchis's chaos cult for the wrong reasons, and then realizes that it fits him perfectly.

[@philleotardo7016]

The video thumbnail didn’t load so I had to wonder if the video was talking about John Grammaticus or Erebus

[@trentthehehim3936]

I fucking LOVE Eribus. Not only does his character completely REJECT the “ MUST make EVERY antagonist have a sad tragic back story to explain and identify with turning them into the antihero and the protagonist into the villian out of some childishly simplistic view of reality for reasons” trope but he also wants to be evil JUST BECAUSE HE CAN and is the whole reason we have the Warhammer universe as it is today. Lorgar just wishes he was as bad ass as Eribus.

[@crazyguy4209]

Honestly? I love Erebus. He is perfect in my opinion. A man so far up his own @ss that he will nuke a galaxy sized empire is just hillarious to me. He deserves everything that was ever said about him and I HEAD CANNON that whenever he hears "Get up" he shakes a little. The man is genuanly amazing at the fact that he loves none other than himself, and I enjoy hating on him so much I love him.

[@LordTzeentch]

Our most intrigued and disposable follower. Not many can tolerate this being, but without him the Great Game would not exist. Tzeentch has our many eyes on the one called “Erebus”.

[@The_blessed_dead]

"I am still the boy in the shadows of my fathers house, just waiting for another scorpion to scuttle out of the glare."

[@Mordikay211]

Patrick Bateman goes to space.

[@yopoxikeweapescai9066]

30:46 his hotdog, he wants erebus bad

[@henrypaleveda7760]

May his name be forgotten and the world wiped clean of his deeds.

[@ns7495]

So 40k woulda never existed than? Cause its existance kinda dependent on erebus.

[@henrypaleveda7760]

@@ns7495 more like the setting move past/ in setting, the erebus being forgotten completely. Or ya know, him getting put in trayzin's museum.

[@ns7495]

@@henrypaleveda7760 Oh as in 41k, Yeah dont think in universe people could ever wash awey horus heresey, as it set up the overall current state of universe, but otherwise, Yeah that would work.

[@alejandrosandoval7325]

It’s weird for me to say this but I do find Erebus really amusing for me. I’m the kind of fan of Wh40k that doesn’t take the setting seriously, but for me Erebus and the Word Bearers are really fun and hilarious to me. It’s my army since I’m in the setting and the concept of Erebus it’s really funny and interesting for me. And no, I’m really serious in my opinion about this subject.

[@theofrazier3318]

Karn opening a can of whoopass on Eribus will always be funny.

[@fishpop]

4:08 to skip sponsor

[@The_Brainsturgeon]

Erebus? I guess he doesn't carebus. (Also: Ravenwing! SPEED KILLS!)

[@shifusensei6442]

40K's Ramsey Bolton.

[@sphyre1196]

Or Jeffrey but I guess Ramsey is a much better Schemer than Jeffrey and scheming is what Erebus does best as well.

[@Madman2429]

Erebus has one good feature. If you say his name three times at LVO bones will suddenly appear to explain his hatred.

[@Dallows65]

I thought the interex negotiations falling through was also basically Erebus’ fault?

[@Sephiroth36977]

Yep, that is correct.

[@dave230k33k]

he's the kind of guy to say twilight is better than LOTR

[@henrypaleveda7760]

BUBBLES MY BELOVED! It was so cool using some trailer park boys.

[@neko-zq2mv]

No hi im arthur ??? If baldermort forgets to tell me to make time to have fun then im going to assume there is some chaos fuckery at play

[@FrankWalker2356]

Wait fuck, I'm halfway in the second book of Horus Herrasy- Uhhh... I guess I'll come back in 5 years to listen about the 54 books

[@explorer9692]

Don't let this video distract you from the fact that Kor Phaeron deserves the same amount of hate as Erebus.

[@TactlessC]

What if Char was an unrelatable asshole and boiled down to only this meme Erebus pointing a gun at Lorgar: "I've never betrayed anyone"

[@maximmonov8249]

Talos' death still hurts

[@Manny_lol]

Babe wake up, Peak just dropped

[@Ironbattlemace]

Most based man in 40k? Yes.

[@Kaishen021]

I love Erebus because he is so FUN to HATE

[@WaverAlpha]

Last time I was this early the Eldar were still in power

[@W47689]

That bubbles clip took me out 😂

[@DarkCatfish]

"He more or less hated anything that gave him any measure of discomfort no matter how minor or major" same tho

[@HowlFromBeyond]

The thing that shook Horus the most was that in his fever dream he saw many of his brothers venerated in statue form but his was conspicuously absent. We know why but his vanity couldn't take being forgotten.

[@mcnaughe]

Base troll infantry: "RRRARRG, LEANDROS NO WRONG!" Throgg, King of Monsters: "Erebus...did nothing wrong."

[@Ashen_Hollow]

29:13 I just had very, VERY vivid flashbacks from listening to the Deacon of Wounds…

[@Drunkle2552]

8:06 and that's why I'm saying, 'erebus did nothing wrong.'

[@profsrlojohn635]

I will always appreciate how Luther was able to see right through Erebus. “I’ll take your book but I know your type”

[@Izayoink_Saccuy]

One must imagine Erebus sad

[@BrianStuf]

when space sharks

[@reallybig4868]

What is potato?

[@JackHammer_40k]

I would give my life savings to see Erebus meet his end strapped to the surgical table of a nightlords apothecary.

[@dmanlip]

There was that one time he tried to tell off horus with how erebus is the power behind the throne. Horus skinned his face off. The problem is that he got better, and kept whispering things in horus' ear.

[@monsterxs8383]

It's 2025, time to drop another Night Lords video

[@secondbeamship]

Erebus is a low key chill guy.

[@theodoremccarthy4438]

Erebus mostly getting away with all his crap is one of the darkest things about the setting. It’s the ultimate proof that 40k is a universe with no justice.

[@High_Marshal_Guts]

I one time saw a post on Reddit saying how the best way for Erebus to meet his end isn’t by being killed by a badass marine or Primarch. Instead he gets cornered and is about to get his shit kicked in by a marine (let’s say an Ultramarine champion like Sicarius) and just when he’s about to get killed he teleports away into an open field in a random. Right as he gets his baring he looks up and his meet the barrel of a Lasgun pointed at his face and before he could do anything the Lasgun goes off and kills him. The Guardsman doesn’t even know who it was and was just proud that he was able to do his duty to the Emperor.

[@nuetella9764]

Argel Tal...... He didnt deserved to end like that...

[@krel3358]

Erebus had his face cut off by Horus for trying to tell him what to do at the End of Fear to Tread.

[@TheRockofEasyCo]

Using Erebus to cause the heresy is the literary storytelling equivalent of a heart surgery being with garden shears.

[@djashovel]

What if Darth Sidious meet Erebus Erebus: FATHER!!! Darth Sidious: SON!!

[@JackWendigo1234]

Nah, even Palpatine would try to Fry Erebus with Force Lightning on the first meeting. Sidious is a Powerhungry Egomaniac, but still has his own weird ideals...... Erebus is Erebus.....

[@Turnil321]

He got a lot of comeuppance. He lost his arm to Kharn, got is faced peel by Horus, He got cast out by Lorgar and many other things that he failed at. But that is what he likes about the scorpion game. Sometimes you get hurt, but he will always be back because he is that great (at least that is what he says in his own book).

[@drsatanrx]

40k is just the story of kharn roaming the galaxy looking for erebus and killing anyone who gets in his way