The Sabbat Worlds Crusade! The Return Of Saint Sabbat And Her Miracles!

[@RyanEX2000]

Inquisitor: How were you able to so accurately predict the enemy's moves? General: I received prophetic messages that told me. Surely they were from... Inquisitor: That's two today...damn chaos, pretending to help! Emperor on the Throne: When I get off this damn chair...

[@jacthing1]

Emps: My Imperium is so fucking stupid

[@robertnelson9599]

There is a reason TTS Emperor wanted to punch everyone in the face once he got off the Golden Throne.

[@adrienwatson2179]

To be fair.. that probably happens for like 99% Of The Emperors pyschic messages

[@MastaToSch]

'Let us educate the Archenemy of mankind,“ she said. "What lesson do we teach?” Gaunt asked. “The Emperor protects,” she said.

[@davidrossa4125]

„Algebra!“

[@MrPlainsflyer]

The fact the little Saint died at the tank, and then her spirit was able to invest Sanian, was one of my favorite parts. It might not make sense to some but it makes perfect 40k logic

[@shanehudson3995]

That's always been my view as well. The Saint was real, but wasn't Sania, until she was.

[@Rockcrusher22895]

Now the build up is complete, we prepare for the single most important action of the Tanith First and Only as well as for the whole Crusade itself.

[@tbone9474]

And the most dragged out "ptsd" arc I've ever read. Made sense in the first book post Gereon but got old real fast in my opinion

[@catsareevil101]

And so the con job turned out to be a possibly terrifying Truth. Absolutely hysterical. Also wonderful to hear an Inquisitors analysis of the Saint .

@@catsareevil101 usually how elitist grifters nowadays are seeing just how fucked they are. You awaken the monster, the monster often doesnt want to go back to sleep

[@Rockcrusher22895]

Why such matters involving Saints are very complicated and controversial for the Imperium. How do you tell apart the real Saints from the false heretics?

[@mpnuorva]

The Imperial Cult in a nutshell. #BlameLorgar

[@Krieg8418]

Ah, 40K. Where an entire planet can only muster 12 thousand men to defend it. Gotta love those sci fi numbers.

[@JonasDerkum]

Well to be fair there is pretty much nothing beyond the main city.

[@tereninsecundus6084]

Coruscant: World-spanning, hundreds of kilometers deep city-scape, full-blown ecumenopolis consisting of countless billions to trillions of beings: Musters 12K troops. - Are you shitting me? Desolate, forlorn backwater world comprising of 99% wilderness and one small serious city consisting of a few hundred thousand people, mustering 12K troops: Okay, that's a lot more reasonable to expect. Context is everything in sci-fi writing. Still, many, many authors do mess this up... a lot.

[@robertnelson9599]

@@tereninsecundus6084 Black Library puts less effort into accurate numbers than they do in making the Eldar look good.

[@AlphagonOmegarius]

yep, i remember watching an episode of clone wars where the senate was worried about the separatists building 8 million aditional battle droids.............and THEN had a discussion about producing 5 million clones to counter..... in a galaxy with 4 million inhabited world, with a capital world with 2 TRILLION inhabitants........sigh*

[@colinscutt5104]

Arch the custom art you've had made for this series is excellent, especially the Watercolor map and portraits, the sketches too they seem so authentic

[@cnlbenmc]

47:20 I have a slightly different interpretation; it seems that Saint Sabbat was remade at two separate places at first. On Hagia after the psychic weapon at her mausoleum was activated her mind/memory/personality was imbued into Sanian along with some foresight (as that's the entire Reasion She's on this particular world). But her More Raw powers were with a Herodor girl with perhaps her recognisable aura as it were, hence why this girl died the Imperials were distraught as it is presumably similar to if a Saint were to die. With the girl's death the two halves were rejoined into a single vessel and the Girl who was Sanian now became the Saint Sabbat reborn with her memories and power now whole. Gaunt now felt the presence of the Saint where he previously did not, it is rather curious as to why such a thing happened this way and not just have it all be remade at once but then again this is entirely plausible when dealing with shall we say Emperor given Thaumaturgy or Theurgy that such power follows it's own rules and quite possibly in defiance of all logic or "normal" warp based abilities.

@@cnlbenmc does make sense. The death of the mind and the death of the body are two main ways that a psychic vessel is possessed by a controlling entity, whether benign or malignant.

[@akuinator6350]

The Imperium should have a generic Living Saint model that can be built into a variety of configurations in the same way Chaos has the Daemon Prince. Change my mind. (You can't.)

[@maddlarkin]

I think W Artel may have something along those lines, but GW has been making their kits less convertable, interchangeable, and adaptable for a long time now

[@Jaegerrants]

​@@maddlarkin they can ty, but with knife and putty their attemps are irrelevant. at start of 8th I took the GSC bikers added guard torsos and breton lances to make my own rough riders... then they got removed from codex. Gor a game that has in every edition demonstrated kitbashed guard regiments they sure want to make that as hard as possible.

[@ornu01]

Because it would make GDubs more successful and continue to butcher the setting?

[@Benthesniperof8]

We getting to the spicy parts of the Sabbat worlds crusade now boys. Praise the bridge God, may the eternal Arch forever hold up the fandom upon its structural perfection!

[@Benthesniperof8]

Spoiler for next video: Friendship with Colm Corbec Ended (Big Sad). New Friendship with Elim Rawne set to begin. Funny how the best and strongest friendships usually start out with people hating one another.

[@Rockcrusher22895]

One of the best moments to ever happen to Gaunt and his Ghosts!

[@theconfessor2428]

Interesting commentary on the Chaos Forces once again - I can't wait for your analysis of the situation on Gereon!

[@GeordieSwordsman]

Gereon resists!

[@cnlbenmc]

Gereon Resists!

[@DragonfameDracas]

With Gaunt's ability to make enemies and have his men go behind his back, I am now convinced that it is he, not Ciaphus, who survived and got his rep through pure luck.

[@maddlarkin]

Ciaphas is very much an extremely competent individual, not only in personal combat (a mention here of course for Jurgen Ex Machina who must not be forgotten), but also at the tactical, strategic and political level, however he panicked and ran during his first combat encounter against Tyrainds (which I mean at 18 odd with no field experince is fair enough) but that singular moment combined with his own awareness of his manifest character flaws left him with a massive case of imposter syndrome that would hold the rest of his life as he saw every action he ever took subsquently through the lense of that one instance of cowardice. Gaunt by contrast while gifted in the martial fields, for a politcal officer it was his weakness, he always acted like a man with something to prove (probably the whole uncle thing) and it got him in trouble as it clouded his political judgement a lot more often than it should of, speaking truth to power is all well and good, but he never left himself the wiggle room that he might be wrong or to take the nuanced, with Guant it always had to be an absolute as oddly he had a lot more of an ego than Cain and it got him in trouble.

[@rustkarl]

Cain was an interestingly competent and humble man, a bit more cautious to the point of near cowardice at times but undeniably capable beyond his lucky streak. Perhaps first and foremost was his aptitude as a Commissar to both inspire his men and make friends with the right people. Gaunt on the other hand was notoriously bad as a commissar, frankly of the dual rank he held, Colonel suited him better. It’s not to besmirch his character but he had the terrible habit of recklessly making enemies almost wherever he went. It’s just lucky for him that the Tanith First and Only were as a whole a more proud and scrupulous people to not try and throw him into the fire too many times until he could prove his character to them.

[@yochaiwyss3843]

Imma be entirely honest, I stopped reading Gaunt after some mutiny in the 2nd book I think, that would have prompted executions in Real Life.

[@titanscerw]

@maddlarkin should have*

[@maddlarkin]

@@titanscerw Comma after should also have been a full stop, if your going to be that guy, don't half ass it!

[@Falc0nKing]

The Emperor protects! Ah, Soric, one of the best of the first and only. Even without him outcompeting eldar farseers at clear, concise and relevant divinations.

[@tbone9474]

Poor Soric, he really got shafted despite doing his duty. Should've been mercy killed by Hark before the black ships came

[@Rockcrusher22895]

@@tbone9474 The next arc does show what happens to him and it is heartbreaking,

[@smoore6461]

This has been a great Series Arch! It was your Vraks Series (the original one) that actually got me into 40k lore. The new one is Very well done and the Sabat worlds Crusades has been fascinating to listen to and hear how they played out.

[@nimrath]

Cant but agree.

[@NewGuy2534]

On this new episode of Gaunt’s Ghosts & Guests….

[@peterh9110]

Nearly lost my drink with the bathwater comment. Well played!

[@brianjohnson5272]

Last time i was this early, the god emperor still walked.

[@bnau374]

one joke

[@60sSam]

Last time you were this early he wasn't a god.

[@douge1186]

Hey Arch, I know this is link only, but ya got it in the playlist which means it can be accessed by anyone who looks into the sabot worlds playlist… like me. It’s how I ended up here. So hello there.

[@quigglebert]

The last time i was this early, Tanith was still thriving

[@ScrapComputer]

Saved this series for a bit so id have a few to watch. Thanks arch.

[@TKUltra971]

"Sant Sabbat is back~Back Again!" "Sant Sabbat is back~Tell a friend!" "Carryin' my friend, lets go splash, splash.." Sgt. Kolea M41.773, Herodor ~ On his way to the "basement" (Probably)

[@AN71H3RO]

Finally, Arch takes a shot at my favorite 40K book.🥰

[@rogerbrownreacts8528]

Here faster than the media crying over a departed millionaire CEO.

[@shadowofhawk55]

YES!!!! HAIL TO ARCH!!!!

[@shanehudson3995]

Gaunt's Ghosts are a current unit on the tabletop. I want a Saint Sabbat unit.

[@somerandomguyfromthebeyond1821]

Suprise they never made a generic living sait unit despite how long they been in the fluff

[@shanehudson3995]

@somerandomguyfromthebeyond1821 God forbid the Guard get something that isn't a tank or a shovelhead.

[@somerandomguyfromthebeyond1821]

@@shanehudson3995 you mean the sisters? Living saints are more associated with the sisters of battle then guard

[@shanehudson3995]

@@somerandomguyfromthebeyond1821 Saint Sabbat wasn't a SoB.

[@anthonylulham3473]

Id want for the saints the be keyed as generic imperium, as they appear with guard and Space marines as well as SOB. perhaps they can have a bracketed key word [(order of martyred lady)] to get SoB traits if they are in a pure sisters battle force. i kitbashed celestine with dukari scourge wings and a flaming sword to be a sabbat stand in.

[@maddlarkin]

41:57 And this whole bit here with the saint healing Gol just makes me hate everything that Dan wrote in that last damn book just a little bit more!

[@patrickwebster9153]

Bath water worth the asking price…well played good sir

[@TheHej2]

In her grace victory is assured.

[@trajanfidelis]

Thanks for the video Arch

[@lokai7914]

Wonderful!! More!

[@robertstrong6798]

Anyone else think the saint was based on a certain French 🇫🇷 lady from the Hundred Years’ War 🤔

[@swordsnspearguy5945]

dealing with unexplainable happenings that may or may not be related to living saints that's soldiering

[@_-JonDoe-_]

16,000 troops.. for a planet. GW, for the love of the Emperor, fix your damn numbers.

[@haleyselene]

More Sabbat Worlds! Let’s see the Saint kick some Chaos ass!

[@walterTbaggins]

@Arch sort the playlist out pls.

[@Llangion]

Blessed unguents for your machine spirit

[@cnlbenmc]

28:14 I gotta ask; does Dan Abnett have an obsession with Bangalore Torpedoes (or tube charges as he calls them)? As I found it rather incongruous that the Saint showed up her with a gold plated one she used to destroy a Heavy Tank. Maybe some kind of Master Crafted Grenade or Melta Bomb would be more fitting. Or even as Sgt Cyrus intended a Satchel Charge. I don't think I've ever read the things being used as they'd be intended as for clearing battlefield obstructions by sticking them together one on top of another and slid underneath or through an obstruction (The beach scene in Saving Private Ryan perfectly showcases this before they got underneath the concrete blockhouse).

[@ondrejsedlar7003]

It could just be a stick grenade. Youre overthinking it.

[@RoboEdonista]

Given that the Saint was wearing a reconstruction of the old Armor, and she guided the equivalent of an insurgency last time before it spiraled out as a crusade, I like to think that as an "artist rendition" of a Pipe Bomb.

[@cnlbenmc]

+@@ondrejsedlar7003+ It was specifically written as "Golden Tube Charge" and Stick Grenades are a thing in Gaunts Ghosts as they're used by the Blood Pact And possibly in the very same book too.

[@markusking7594]

Well done!

[@dembones8415]

This is my favorite series's in 40k any tips for more bookes like this about the gard

[@petersaunders5808]

42:16 Arch is down bad

[@phantomjoker5]

hail the saint

[@mbp1652]

Let's go

[@An_Imperial_Guard.]

Can you re-upload the Clan pestilence video pretty please?

[@Dontlicktheballoons]

42:13😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@otiswhitt1129]

Abnett taking the flamers away, so the battle seems somewhat of a up hill struggle.

[@NoMayonaisse]

Arch sounds like he’s saying tarnith. Not sure if that’s how it should be said, he’s mistaken, or it’s just the accent

[@Kryosleep]

+1 for the algorithm.

[@canadagoof]

+1 reply for the algo as well

[@thebigm7558]

The 8Bit Style looks nice!

[@JustSomeWeirdo]

8bit style? Where?

[@hisgracelorduxbridge]

These are in backwards order on your playlist. Please put them in forwards order.

[@ottovonbearsmark8876]

15:01 Based and Heinlein pilled

[@kaiinuakuma]

well , Lugo did something right for change.

[@ProfessionalScofflaw]

If enough people believe something the warp reacts to make it true. The millions of pilgrims at heredor believing in Saint Sabbat created/lured the pychic apparition out from the warp that possesed Sanyian. This is warp chicanery a la Saint Celestine or Robute Guilliman.

[@petersaunders5808]

36:33 Let me guess. Alpharius? Seems like the level of gaslighting they would pull for a laugh.

[@willrogers3793]

When I first read the Gaunt’s Ghosts books, my mental image of Saint Sabbat was of a dark-skinned woman, because Hagia just smacked of “Space India” to me. I was oddly disappointed to realize that I’d gotten it wrong when I re-read the series a few years later, my dreams of a Holy Dark-Skinned Tomboy GF having been shattered.

[@babayaga6376]

The hagia word has its roots from Greek, and has religious Eastern Orthodox connotation. Dunno why you would go the " indian" rout. Especially since Hagia Sophia was a renown church in Constantinopole.

[@willrogers3793]

@ I was referring more to how the world itself was described throughout the book, not so much the name of the planet.

[@GeremiasVi]

+1 comment

[@canadagoof]

+1 reply

[@comradeweismann6947]

Comments for the algorithm

[@orchirion]

42:08 saint Sabbat bath water when? 🛁 🛀

[@colinscutt5104]

Comment

[@dimetime35c]

Arch can you please go back to doing lore videos about things instead of these battle videos? Your lore videos where really informative, these are honestly very boring as its the same thing over and over. Maybe do a balance of lore and these battles but just being honest its getting very hard for me to stay subbed to you if these are going to be all we get from now on.

[@UGNAvalon]

Slim chance of that, seeing as Arch initially _Didn’t_ want to do the Sabbat Crusade (partially bc of the length) until he got overwhelming requests to do so. I was interested in the lore vids he did in Preparation of the Sabbat series, so hopefully we can get more of that as more factions enter the fray. 🤷‍♂️

[@King.Leonidas]

hell no this is lore you dingus

[@brutalusgaming8809]

Literally dozens of channels redoing every little minor lore tidbit over and over to death. Only one doing this. These are the only reason I stay subbed to this pompous A hole! ;)

[@ScrapComputer]

It depends on your preferences. I for one am loving the series. Especially the battles and how they effect the overall war effort.