THE SIEGE OF VRAKS: THE LAST ENEMY TO BE DESTROYED | Warhammer 40k Lore

[@nobleman9393]

"Seriously! I can't believe they thought we were going to help them!" - All Space marines during the Siege

[@coffeelemon6496]

"That's for the Dropsite Massacare, ya shmuks!"

[@livingbruhmoment5355]

Hellsing abridged reference very nice

[@captaincornflake]

​@@coffeelemon6496_ASTARTEEEEEEEEES!_

[@logangrimnar3800]

TFS is so *cringe* with their political/cultural commentary (seriously, it's like John Oliver came up with it) but DAMN, they are so great at dialog!

[@collecter343]

@@logangrimnar3800 Even if you don't agree with any of their views, god damn do they phrase them in such clever ways that you just can't help but laugh.

[@khylerbane4523]

Vraks: *gets progressively worse* Alpha Legion: *surrounded by Death Guard and dying Kriegers* “Hi, I am Alpharius and welcome to Jackass!” *gets crushed by World Eater drop pod*

[@zigmus00A]

In any battle that involves the Alpha Legion, I am convinced half of all combatants on both sides are Alpha Legion Marines in disguise

[@hairychris444]

@@zigmus00A I'd love to see an alpha Legion army painted up with trollface on their helmets.

[@BlueSpartan2]

This is now my headcannon for how all Alpha Legion marines act.

[@Secret_Takodachi]

Does this make the Dark Angels Bam Margera? 😂❤ Just a well-known pos that only exists to serve itself?

[@YoBen100]

Traitors: "Oh no, Grey Knights are here!" Grey knights: "We are here to purge all taint and Chaos corruption. Kill them all and let the Emperor sort it out." Imperium Forces: "Oh no, Grey Knights are here!"

[@bossbeartherock6034]

Mhm

[@OrkOfOhio]

We have come to save you! Yay! It’s the grey knights! FROM YOURSELVES! Oh no it’s the grey knights. -Team 4 Star

[@ludovicusbathory1715]

​@@OrkOfOhiothat was my thoughts as well. Got done reading the emperors gift and the Grey knights are just.....yeah.

[@Lazrael32]

@@ludovicusbathory1715 Yeah that novel didn't do much to endear me to them. if anything the main character came off way to childlike. but i hear the castellan crow duology is much better.

[@wattrocks]

solo'd 100%

[@THExRISER]

_"Escalation 2: Escalate Harder"_ the epic finale, coming to a theater near you!

[@DeliveryDemon]

Escalation 2: Electric Boogaloo

[@logangrimnar3800]

Escalation 2; Escalate Rising; Ascension

[@norokodven4768]

Ah the 90s movie ads were wonderfully bad

[@matthewyeldig4608]

​@@logangrimnar3800 Revengance!

[@JamesRT1291]

@@DeliveryDemonNo more like; Escalation 2: Escalation Boogaloo

[@brygenium6604]

As a Dark Angels fan I can confirm that hearing Dark Angels arrive, accomplish little, and depart leaves me in stitches. Classic Dark Angels

[@Forestxavier20]

AND I'M OFF! But you didn't do anything- TUXEDO MASK AWAY!

[@mikeakersa8566]

why dark angels are my favorite post heresy -arrive -fuck over everyone because of [REDACTED] -leave -refuse to elaborate

[@krishnam1]

Just like in the Heresy too.... Didn't accomplish much...

[@mikeakersa8566]

@@krishnam1 not their fault; right before the Drop Site Massacre, Horus sent the Dark Angels to the edges of the galaxy. Then, Lorgar created the ruinstorm so Dangels, Blangels, and Ultrasmurfs were stuck on the wrong half of the galaxy

[@walterfoster4658]

As a FRESH NEW BLOOD ANGLES FAN (Yeet, Lion, son of the Forest is in my top 10 WH40K books, dont ask how many i have read)! This also leaves me in stitches.

[@_NIKOS9_NIKOS]

Krieger: KILL FOR THE EMPEROR! Heretic: KILL FOR THE DARK GODS! Red Scorpion: PURGE THE UNCLEAN! Grey Knights: PURGE THE HEATHENS! Khorne Berserkers: BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE! Nurgle daemons: SPREAD THE GRANDFATHER'S LOVE! Alpha Legion: I AM ALPHARIOUS! High Lords of Terra: Thoughts and prayers That one normal guard regiment serving their first campaign: Why are we still here? Just to suffer?

[@arueshalaetablebuildingsociety]

Red Talons: FOR GAIA! KILL THE SERVANTS OF THE WEAVER!

[@maskedgaming2798]

WHO IS DOING THIS

[@ArchArturo]

Dark Angel chapters: Hi *leaves with something from the siege*

[@Bluecho4]

@@arueshalaetablebuildingsociety I understood that reference.

[@arueshalaetablebuildingsociety]

@@Bluecho4 yeeeee

[@3lectricdreams]

The astronomicon was Just the sun reflecting off Bricky's forehead the whole time

[@hinumayyyy]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ernesielta]

You can play tic-toc-toe on that

[@korstmahler]

I'm surprised that this is the first time you've encountered the term 'Pyrrhic Victory" in 40k. It's almost the default for the setting.

[@honestkyn718]

It's the most 40k way to win...

[@carsoncasmirri3874]

Still a victory

[@PeoplePleaser578]

Pyrrhic Victory IE - We might be a little dead, but you are super dead.

[@MrSamulai]

Because most of the time losing few million guardsmen is still worth it, so it's not actually Pyrrhic.

[@mikeakersa8566]

​@@MrSamulaibut what was gained from vraks? that's what makes the Siege a pyrrhic victory as all it does is take a imperial world that was corrupted and turn it into an imperial world that is dead

[@sloshed-rat]

Hey, Shy, thanks for all you do. You're appreciated.

[@AGrumpyPanda]

"He is a veteran without leaving one planet" actually describes a good chunk of the Guard. Imperial campaigns often last a good number of years, Vraks is noteworthy because of the scale, importance and how the siege was ultimately concentrated on one major location.

[@korstmahler]

Bricky's new face looks like he's trying to sell me a used car in an anime. DK's looks like he's just bought the used car in an anime.

[@DonkeyWork420]

W comment

[@KeyfurDragon]

I feel like DK is that guy who looks like he’s listening to his teacher but in his head there’s like, a windup toy monkey with cymbals doing backflips now and then.

[@nanotheawsome3277]

To clarify, Hector Rex did not solo a Blood Thirster, he finished the Blood Thirster. He had a body guard or Grey Knights and himself being super psychic pouring magic into the demon that weakened it a lot, as the demon was tearing the Grey Knights apart, he was the last one standing, he barely parried one blow, got smashed into the ground, and got the last hit in right before he was about to crushed. So technically he did defeat it, but 1. He got lucky/ the emperor intervened 2. All his guards were minced 3. His TERMINATOR armor was unsalvagable and most of his bones were shattered. So more accurately he /survived/ the fight with the Blood Thirster.

[@guillermogongorafigoli4542]

And Hector Rex is indeed a powerful Psyker and is as bulky as an Astartes.

[@GamerGrovyle]

He didn't beat it, He rendered it unable to finish him off.

[@painlord2k]

If you survive a Blood Thirster it is probably because you killed him.

[@GamerGrovyle]

​@@painlord2kOr you were faster than the nine guys next to you.

[@isaactelesco2141]

To be fair, this is the Definition of victory in 40k

[@thatoneukraine4122]

Not going to lie, after years of having the old adeptus screen, this new one when it first came up gave me such uncanny valley vibes. Looks good, but it's been years that we've had the old one.

[@nap0038]

I think Shy and DK look great! (We get to actually see dk’s face) Bricky looks a little uncanny, and the true scale of his forehead is on full display. I feel like the vibe is matched by these drawings, DK could look a little more shocked/anticipating

[@JudgeNicodemus]

Damn, can't believe it's been 2 years...

[@MetaL556]

@@anonnameless7799 I always listen to these while painting so the impact for me is minimal... But I agree. Shy's head looks... bulbous... and Bricky is 80% forehead now. DK looks like his face is 30% larger than a normal person's or his hood is very small. It's like the proportions are just off all over. I also noticed the creepy E.T. hands Bricky now has, if E.T. had 5 fingers.

[@Ben-fk9ey]

​@@MetaL556Omg Bricky has salad fingers hands/fingers.

[@rameybutler-hm7nx]

Not a fan

[@lordtritus2261]

As an Iron Warrior I am unsurprisingly jaded that we were not mentioned as having blocked the Kriegsmen from reinforcing the Red Hunters. And so another Legion takes the entirety of the credit of slaying the Red Hunters uninterrupted.

[@carsoncasmirri3874]

Kinda fitting isn’t it? I mean damn in the Great Crusade they took a backseat in the honor rolls for their own compliances and campaigns. The only time where they shined was when they were the only disciplined and coherent force at the Siege of Terra

[@nobleman9393]

As always brother, Iron Within, Iron Without!

[@spiggityspoo756]

@@carsoncasmirri3874 *pouts in Iron Cage*

[@Darksky1001able]

"Do you need a pacifier Iron Baby?"

[@spiggityspoo756]

@@Darksky1001able NO! NO I DO NOT! 😤

[@marcusgodfrey4061]

I don't like to defend the inquisition, but reading about Lord Hector Rex, this dude was INSANE. An inquisitior leading grey knights from the front is at another level

[@lewisvargrson]

If I recall he also had great respect for the Krieg. I mean, name a Imperial Guard Regiment that would bayonet charge a horde of Khorne Daemons without hesitation, because the Astartes were about to be overrun?

[@consolescrub4031]

@@lewisvargrson It's not exactly a regiment but in one of the Eisenhorn books there's a Cadian Kasrkin sergeant who tackles a daemonhost before coming back to stab the daemonhost in the back with a knife because his gun wouldn't fire. My guy was tough enough he scared Eisenhorn more than the daemonhost.

[@lewisvargrson]

@@consolescrub4031 fair.

[@dyingearth]

Hector Rex has also gone through some genetic upgrades, making him almost as big as a Space Marine, and as you can see in the picture, he's wearing Inquisitor power armor. While he didn't personally went mano-y-mano with the Blood Thirster (there's his entire retinue of Inquisitors plus Grey Knights), he did do the final blow with his power sword and banished that Greater Demon back to the Warp. For his act on Vraks, he was granted audience with the Emperor in the Throne Room.

[@ethanr3480]

There’s two things about hector rex that bricky does not know, he is physically modified to the point that he’s big enough to wear terminator armor and his sword contains a piece of the emperors wargear (can’t remember what). He also had a storm shield that got smashed by the bloodthirster

[@bug1494]

are we sure he isn't secretly a retired custodes?

[@luketfer]

Yeah Hector is fucking massive for a 'normal human' to the point he was standing equal height to a space marine

[@ssjjshawn]

​@@bug1494Considering how the Siege of Vraks ends, Hector Rex could probably kick the shit out of most Custodes, sans Constantine Valdor.

[@level20eevee75]

But they are still so small compared to a bloodthirster, which are nearly 10 meters tall (on average) compared to space marines which are 2 primaris is 2.5) meters tall. so it is still pretty bullshit hector won

[@qigonglungz]

Isn't this from "The Emperor's Gift" novel

[@isaacfransonfilm2139]

Hector Rex KNEW the bloodthrister's true name, so banishing him it was more like a scene from "The Exorcist" and less a bare knuckle brawl.

[@CaydeVT]

As a Dark Angel fan I can safely say: Yes I absolutely love my boys walking like "Excuse me we heard there was some bad people here" "Yeah we have Alpha Legion-" "Alright we'll take those have a great siege!"

[@WredFawks]

I mean honestly I've been digging Dark Angels lately and there's a part of me hoping that it ends up that like, the Fallen (risen/redeemed? What ever the one the lion said "I'm sorry I was a dick, I was a bad dad" to...) are the actual loyalists and then What's his dink, the Chapter Master is actually like, Alpha Legion (chaos) and has corrupted the 'loyalists' and mostly act as extraction for alpha legion and maybe purging loyalist chapters that have a good idea. But I dunno, we need more lore novels.

[@jagnestormskull3178]

@@WredFawks "the Fallen (risen/redeemed?" The Risen. "and then What's his dink, the Chapter Master" Supreme Grand Master Azrael.

[@D34DHUNT3R1]

Kriegers after Vraks: "Alright, the training course is done. I am ready for my first deployment."

[@Azrael178]

This story is a perfect PSA why allowing just one random chaos shmuck to live is sometimes worth a planet

[@carsoncasmirri3874]

Bet the Vindicare used this as the ultimate object lesson in why it pays… NOT TO FUCK UP YOUR SHOT!

[@nonya1366]

@@carsoncasmirri3874 Oh no they're dead, arguably the biggest lesson. But the rest of the vindicares will do better.

[@mikeakersa8566]

​@@carsoncasmirri3874if you remember, the Vindicare actually hit his shot on the Cardinal, the Cardinal had his refractor shield on making the Cardinal very lucky and the assassin very unlucky

[@carsoncasmirri3874]

@@mikeakersa8566 the assassin not using the correct means to complete it makes it still a fuckup wether or not it is due to poor choice in ammo or intelligence a fuckup is a fuckup

[@Azrael178]

@@carsoncasmirri3874 I believe that in lore he had to use a hyperpenetrator round instead of a shield breaker round because he was shooting through a couple meter thick marble pillar and shield breaker wouldn't pierce through it, and the cardinals shield was a thing that was kept in secret. Realistically the assassin couldn't possibly have done it better with information he had, but it doesn't change the fact that it was a failed mission.

[@DaoYeLung]

Bricky's forehead is bigger, DK cat ears are more noticeable, Shy looks even more done with both of them. Chef's kiss

[@15DEAN1995]

Brickys new image looks like he aged 20 years, at a glance I thought his hair was grey at the sides

[@Imperial_Legate84]

Nobody expects the Imperial inquisition

[@level20eevee75]

not even the alpha legion would expect them!

[@cappinjocj9316]

Their chief weapon is Surprise! And flamethrowers. Lots of flamethrowers.

[@bigideasrhinomilk4278]

⁠@@cappinjocj9316and exterminatus! Ah yes our three weapons, surprise flame throwers and exterminatus

[@futtynucker]

Innocentia Nihil Probat

[@nobleman9393]

"They expected us, they expected all of us!"

[@alvisstalwart925]

Tyborc's promotion to Colonel probably cleared like five years into the siege and only just now came through because astropathic mail is so unreliable.

[@sheevismycity4789]

I totally get what bricky means. I don't doubt the Inquisitors ability to *Kill* a bloodthirster, I just can't believe he lived long enough to pull it off!

[@sschuster2180]

Bricky also failed to mention that Lord Inquisitor Hector Rex has the physique of a large Astartes. Hes augmented to all hell, decked out in relic Power Armour, is a high level psyker himself and had summoned several dozen standard inquisitors to help during the final push into the citadel. Oh and hes also an absolute gigachad since he had the freed Sisters burned at the stake as a massive final F you to the Ecclesiarcy and Ordo Hereticus, arguing that the Sisters cant be trusted to not be corrupted after all this time, as payback for screwing him over earlier when he petitioned the High Lords lol.

[@heboric6136]

^ what that guy says

[@SomeKrieger]

As a Guardsman of the Death Korps of Krieg, never have I imagined a world for far from the Emperor’s light. And never have I seen a more beautiful sight. I love Vraks.

[@jakebailey1636]

Something to really put the cherry on the cake of this madness of a siege- it costed not just the planet, but the ENTIRE system. Hector Rex Decided to have it interdicted entirely- We're talking automated sentries over the system, naval sweeps to prevent it becoming a pirate stronghold, and warnings to stay clear. Only thing it's worth now is as a giant war memorial

[@gorlothmaclaren1924]

I love the new art so much. It has so much life and character

[@Nestmind]

I love how they blatantly ignored the fact that An'grath is the most powerful Bloodthirster of them all, the favourite of Khorne's servants....he was big deal

[@Brutalyte616]

*"SKARBRAND WOULD LIKE A WORD WITH YOU!"*

[@Kyla-Stormhazard]

​@@Brutalyte616This is why Skarbrand's in timeout!

[@Nestmind]

@@Kyla-Stormhazard exactly

[@filippovezzoni386]

Oh shit there an sword as an artefact in AoS with that name thats cool!

[@heboric6136]

.........why brickster?!

[@thewerdna]

In regards to Demon Princes, they vary in power. Some are stronger than others. Like the Demon Primarchs are demon princes, but due to being former Primarchs are stronger than Greater Demons

[@honestkyn718]

Depends on the strength of will of the soul it seems

[@ragnarian]

So, would that mean that an Astartes Daemon prince would be stronger than a mortal Daemon prince?

[@honestkyn718]

@@ragnarian it... depends. I mean spawn are spawn, so it depends really on the story or individual

[@702Jamy]

@@ragnarian Yeah Because an Astartes is nothing but spite and willpower, a normal dude might be like an exalted raised daemon whereas an Astartes would be like larger in size and strength because he BELIEVES he is better than the regular joe (Warp and Chaos run off willpower and belief)

[@ragnarian]

@@702Jamy you clearly haven't heard of the Daemon princess of slaanesh who devoured a keeper of secrets she was possessed by out of sheer arrogance and lust for power...3 times!! After the third slaanesh decided it would be better to make her a Daemon prince rather than keep letting her greater daemons get eaten by a mortal woman Some mortals have the absolute belief and conviction that chaos Astartes do

[@Belle-n2f]

Yo, podcast broke successfully, absolutely love the background on this one, dk's innocent smile, bricky's smug knowing smirk and the vat grown gremlin having seen it all before and no cigs to smoke. Absolutely love it!~

[@novataco5412]

22:03 I think what DK forgets here is it’s been literally years since he received those injuries lmao

[@ethanbussen8506]

Amim kargori was the second commander of the 88th siege army while in command he organized a combined arms attack between the adeptus titanicus, imperial aeronautica forces, and the krieg army. Do keep in mind these three forces all have separate command chains and Kargori coordinated a combined arms assault between all of them that broke through and past the third defensive line before inquisitor hector rex showed up. Kargori is the real hero in this hole debacle of a siege alongside the krieg soldiers.

[@KnightManCross]

I think Kargori also requested to stay as part of the campaign. I think he wanted to see it finished, whether he was going to be in overall command of it or not. Edit corrected grammar

[@lewisvargrson]

@@KnightManCross Wasn't he also kept in the command staff, by Rex, as the liaison between the command staff and ground command. Then at the final battle led a regiment himself?

[@KnightManCross]

@@lewisvargrson I am not sure, about any of that. I don't know if he lived or died by the end of the campaign.

[@mannofdober873]

Something you forgot to mention that really should have been brought up: Those 150 Red Hunters didn't all *die* exactly... A good lot of them were taken prisoner and forcefully possessed by Daemons, courtesy of the Sanctified. Not a great way to go out...

[@twicedeadmage]

WHAT IN GODS GREEN EARTH ARE THOSE FACES?

[@DankJudgement]

Every time a new backing scene is made Bricky's forehead expands... The longer it is allowed its current proximity to the great rift, the greater its power shall become.

[@Cryo0k]

That wasn't a random bloodthirster he fought. He fought Angrath, who is one of the greatest, if not the greatest bloodthirster of Khorne.

[@wombataldebaran9686]

be a Vrax sister of battle endure unending torture for 18 years still remain loyal to the emperor Bunch of chads.

[@bjornancraite2266]

I think the reason why DK thought Daemon Princes were the highest is because all of the traitor primarchs, with the exception of possibly perturabo, have ascended to Daemon princehood, and the primarchs are pretty high up in the chaos pecking order. Kind of surprised Bricky didn't immediately think of, like, Fulgrim when trying to come up with a daemon prince example.

[@consolescrub4031]

Well excluding Alpharius and Konrad who were both a little too self reliant and a little too dead. Daemon Princes are generally no slouches although greater daemons have a much wider scale. I think general rule of thumb is that Daemon Princes (excluding the daemon primarchs) can pose a threat to a world at minimum or a system more commonly. The top rung of greater daemons like Kairos/The Changeling/Cherubael could threaten a sector while the bottom end is just a efficient siege engine/battle ender.

[@TheLordofMetroids]

There is also the community aspect with Deamon Princes. Like if you are playing a chaos warband, there is a high chance you not only named your Demon Prince, but customized them in some way. So they are your faction head, and you might have some fun lore about them.

[@w4rd3n14]

I love about this battle that the Khornite forces retreat and the alphalegion fihgts to the death lol.

[@REBELBIRDDRONEOPS]

Bricky looks like he's gonna scream "NANO MACHINES SON"

[@ferklk]

I love how when you start getting into warhammer, you immediately assume "oh the imperium wins all the time they are such a teacher pet faction" then you start reading about the "victories" and its like staggering how hard fought they are. Then you start getting into the meta factor of the setting and realize that a bunch of the writers for black library (quote needed) are chaos fans. The best example of this is in this episode, the alpha legion is able to kill hundreds of first Dark Angels and then red claws because they "ambushed", but one little inquisitor kills a greater daemon and everybody looses their mind!.

[@Ashtor1337]

Well the dark angels are trash and the alpha legion is the best as shenanigans. It checks out.

[@collecter343]

A good Alpha Legion warband are spies 1st, tricksters 2nd, saboteurs 3rd and a bunch more stuff before actual Astartes. Give them enough time/info and they'll influence events to benefit them in the best possible way in the end.

[@romainrondeau4242]

Well chaos has to be the main Bad Guy so yeah...just look at Failbaddon serie of failures turned into aktchually it was a single plan all along.

[@ferklk]

@@romainrondeau4242 exactly

[@falsebeliever8079]

Lord inquisitor Hector Rex is naturally the size of a marine for some reason. Also, wore an ancient artificer tactical dreadnought armor. So he was basically a bootleg space marine in top shelf gear.

[@ShadowGhost0117]

I like the idea of doing shorter episodes on specific characters to mix it up. Heck, in some cases you can use the opportunity to discuss characters that may have been skipped over in previous episodes (such as some 30k characters for factions like the Dark Angels, the Risen, Blood Angels, etc).

[@KnightManCross]

I think the reason why a Daemon prince was summoned to defend the portal was because they spent too much on summoning the Blood thirster. The most they could do was summoning the Daemon Prince with a group of lesser daemons.

[@larrytherustyboii7442]

i miss the old background of the channel, low quality but very iconic.

[@eduardodiaz9942]

Good news: The Grey Knights are here Bad news: The fucking Grey Knights are here

[@SpetsnazStevens]

OK REAL SHIT THAT NEW BACKGROUND IS FIRE

[@dyingearth]

As I've stated before, I think Alpha Legion was actually helping Imperium here. By turning a simple revolt into a long drawn out anti-Chaos fight, they ensured that a good chunk of Chaos resources are sideline, not to be used by Abaddon for his 13th Black Crusade.

[@honestkyn718]

But they also ensured the war lasted long enough to make it a shaggy dog story woth all the equipment used up so...

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

⁠@@honestkyn718I’m sorry? A shaggy dog story?

[@Awesomotron2k]

But the same is true for the imperial side, except they also lost a whole armory world worth of ressources. And all the inhabitants of Vraks, that were turned traitors. The Imperium would have been off way better with A) the revolt not happening at all or B) Successful assassination of the Cardinal. The Alpha Legion did the Imperium no favours.

[@honestkyn718]

@@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat basically a story where the ending defeats the point of the events in it.

[@floricel_112]

The system got quarantined, nothing of use comes out of it anymore, 150 astartes got killed BY THEM, countless people and regiments died and more resources that could have been spent better elsewhere were wasted here. I probably would have bailed out the kriegsmen and whatever other menials they had with them by the end of that first deadline then declared exterminatus when the first of the chaos demons showed

[@lmw4780]

Me when the logo reveals: ehh sure, that's okay me when everything else reveals: this is no longer okay

[@GetAWhiff]

I read somewhere that the sisters were shown "mercy" by the lord inquisitor in the form of purifying flames. I cant remember the source but his reasoning was as sisters they deserved the respect of a mercy killing but he couldn't risk the corruption. Probably how they would have wanted go out to be honest.

[@alangreene5776]

Cant wait to see the Gobbo Bricky in this artstyle lmao

[@AcoylteKraven82]

I don’t know I would have to say that was by far one of the best saga videos that you guys have done since you started this! I definitely enjoyed all four videos!!!

[@Llangion]

With that end card, I finally realized that the bookshelf behind brickey is actually just part of his armor....

[@RichardX1]

I mean, I had gotten that impression, but it still blended into the background. The end card just confirmed it.

[@you1027]

Oh man he undersold Angrath so hard - he annihilated several Grey Knights in the *instant* he appeared, a few more *moments* and he would have mulched the rest of the Imperium's forces into a literal sea of blood. The Inquisitor was kitted out with the most ludicrously top-in-the-setting gear, as well as a McGuffin-grade power sword relic from the Emperor himself that alone was worth several times the entire sector Vraks was in, and he *barely* managed to parry a blow from Angrath into being a glancing one while trading him a stab of his own from that uber sword, which crippled Angrath enough for the rest of the Grey Knights to react and capitalize on. Rex was in a full-body cast from that experience, make no mistake. All sides involved were cranked up to max wank in that scene and it was awesome.

[@ap3x_XD]

Love the new art style! Keep up the good work

[@WarewolfSonic]

Bro, this new art is AMAZING!! I was iffy on the new logo, and now I see it was to help signify you're pushing for a new art style, loving the updated and surprisingly detailed facial features!

[@InsolentCrow]

The new background art is so cute! Especially the new Shy cherub!

[@hakonsgaming535]

on the thing with the inquisitor killing the bloodthirster, it's like in Lord of the Rings when Eowyn kills the Witch King, it's not that the inquisitor somehow beat a bloodthirster in a fight, it's that he happened to have a weapon that could 1 hit practically any deamon and managed to get a lucky shot in.

[@ecurps1]

19:50 Deacon Harold! He's even got Bob sprouting from his head! =D

[@JellyCubess]

I'm realizing I'm actually consuming more information from this podcast than I thought. Bricky's little quiz near the beginning surprised me with how much I actually knew

[@hpenvy1106]

The new bricky looks unsettling. One toe too much into the uncanny valley

[@halfcrafted]

Now that we have a new Adeptus Ridiculous artwork background.... I think we need a new and improved shortstack goblin Bricky.

[@blackdiamond9636]

I love that look of knowing pain on brickys face under his 5hed full of knowing

[@nicolasmozer9126]

DK, don't be too worried because you have made some massive progress on being able to understand 40K.

[@luscinius2933]

To be fair, when it comes to Greater Daemons and Daemon Princes hierarchy it's gets a bit murky. Angron, despite being a Daemon Prince, can command Bloodthirsters and has a bunch of them as bodyguards, some Daemon Princes could be higher in hierarchy, than Greater Daemons, just by virtue of leading more troops, some Greater Daemons stand higher just by virtue of being a better murder machine than the others. And then there is Kharn, who, despite being a mortal, probably could tell Angron to fuck off just by virtue of being a fafourite murder machine of Khorne.

[@b.v3989]

The red Talons are awesome. Maybe you should do a Video about the Badab War?

[@GoldRider4265]

Never forget that random nobodies stepped up to the plate and through their own blood, sweat, and chaotic tears became the equal of the deathkorp of krieg in attrition and trench warfare.

[@mr.g1672]

1:35 , now you guys gotta remake the Bricky shortstack goblin background too.

[@GundMbH]

I think Bricky doesn't know. Here is An'ggrath's Wiki entry: "An'ggrath the Unbound, also known as the "Guardian of the Throne of Skulls," "Most Favoured of Khorne," "Lord of Bloodthirsters" and the "Deathbringer," is the greatest of the Bloodthirsters, one of the Greater Daemons of Khorne." And you are telling me, he just got stabbed by just a little guy and poof... dead. Sounds like the typical problem, Chaos is too strong so Imperium wins because plot says so...

[@michaeldimare3786]

Supposedly, the guys sword has a piece of the Emperors armor in it. Brimming with the Emperors psychic power. But yes, it does seem pretty ass-pull-y. Pryyhic victories are the Imperiums bread and butter. Constantly at the edge of defeat and just barely holding on. Either because of plot, past tech, Psykers, or the insane number of human lives thrown at the problem

[@GundMbH]

@@michaeldimare3786 I also find it funny that they mentioned the psychic powers, like that would be an advantage against a Bloodthirster of Khorne. 😄

[@Ashtor1337]

The Emporer protects. His will is supreme.

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

17:05 Janovich is who you go to for accuracy

[@PixelSlayer247]

I think the Vraks series and some others going forward (Badab 'War') could do with a 'revisited' episode in the future where Bricky just says, "Hey DK. Remember when that crazy thing happened on Vraks? Well here's all the crazy shit that happened leading up to and after it that makes it ten times cooler and more grimdark." Basically going into more detail on some of the crazier shit that happened but had to be glossed over for reasons of Vraks not being 100 episodes long.

[@DeliveryDemon]

Nice new uh... background and frame. It looks great, guys. Shy looks like... all too real. She was quite the goblin.

[@JamesRT1291]

By the way guys, great way to introduce the new logo/style. Also a great send off for the old style

[@LestFrog]

I love the new drawings!!! I'll miss the old ones, but this ones are amazing!

[@addison_v_ertisement1678]

55:06 And a partridge in a pear tree. Edit: Damn it. A single second before they made the joke.

[@ladeandix7451]

This is the part where over 200 Red Hunters got killed in an ambush and battlefield misinformation.

[@netpetnovawood]

Ngl, I am absolutely loving the new logo, it's dope af, y'all did a great job

[@HeroNotFound05]

Yooo the new art is FIRE!!!

[@screamingcactus1753]

I'm pretty sure the power of a daemon prince can very by a lot, decided mainly by how powerful they were as a mortal and what they did to achieve daemon princehood. Generic daemon princes tend to just be another step up from Chaos Champions, while named daemon princes like the daemon primarchs are all silly strong and more than a match for most greater daemons.

[@elliotthaupts8934]

The new Bricky looks like Seth Rogan

[@Goblinoiddoof]

I saw the new frontdrop and deadass went "where did they go?" like a scared fuckin goldfish

[@rellius6669]

2:10 grumbles in peter turbo simp

[@scrollkeeper5272]

Love the updated art of the logo and podcast.

[@parkermaisterra8532]

“It’s one of those days” You say that everyday

[@ladeandix7451]

Bricky is really understating how bad the Red Hunters were ambushed. - As soon as they stepped out of their drop-pods they were immediately attacked by Iron Warriors and the Citadel’s defenses. -Then hundreds ( probably more than that) of chaos cultists and mutants rushed them. -Then Khorne berserkers closed in to melee combat. They’re still being attacked by Iron Warriors. -Then a traitor legion titan shows up. -They call for backup, but the Krieg forces didn’t know that they had landed. So time was wasted arguing that they were there and they needed support until an Inquisitor told the Krieg soldiers to help. -With all the people dying (cultists, berserkers, and Red Hunters) daemons started appearing and attacking the Astartes. -The Death Korps rushed to help but we’re torn apart by Iron Warriors and the Citadel’s defenses. -In the end the last Red Hunters that didn’t die were taken away to possessed by daemons and then sent back out to kill again. All those Astartes, Krieg soldiers, and the Inquisitors who were fighting with them died for nothing. That’s how big of a failure that attack was.

[@thegreatcollector4548]

Bricky is the math teacher that will make you cry. That will point you out when you’re dozzing off and will put you on stage. The person that will say “SO WHAT IS THE ANSWER?!” “WE COVERED THIS!” “SO WHAT IS?”

[@TheMrGulag]

I cant usually get through podcasts because of the lack of visuals, but this is one of the few ones I'll listen to and eagerly wait for more every time

[@tank1demon]

5:25 the palpable defeat in DK's voice is worth the subscription to you channel

[@JusaLilChaos]

I love the new art for everything. It's so good.

[@TehKang]

The glow up on the visuals is amazing :D

[@TheNovaboxx]

I love the new look guys! Keep up the great work

[@devBadgerJ]

Oooh damn... The new background. That's just outstanding. Great job

[@tamilow0.257]

Yyyooooooooooooooo WHAAAAAAAAAATTT! THIS IS INCREDIBLE HOW THIS PODCAST LOOKS NOW! AWESOME!

[@timothyhanna6304]

Woah new art, hmmm I didn’t really like the new banner art but the new podcast art is pretty good. I guess I’ll grow to love it

[@isaacvincent8443]

When I first read about this Siege, was when I truly understood why the Imperium destroying entire planets, makes perfect sense. If only they had been willing to crack Vraks open, so many resources, lives, and time would have been saved. On the other hand, maybe next time just send two Assassins.

[@austagtheglorious4534]

It's nice to know that even after 4 episodes of the same topic, our Co-hosts will keep up the smoothing of there brains with a clothing iron before every episode. o7

[@noobminatorTBNK]

I started listening to this episode over lunch, took longer than usual to finish my meal this time..

[@FINISHHIM09]

I enjoyed this little three-part series. I do hope you go over the war for Armageddon as well.