DEATHWATCH - The Long Watch | Warhammer 40k Lore

Today we shall elucidate the elite Xenos Hunters of the Adeptus Astartes: The Deathwatch.
Comprised of the Veteran Astartes from each and ever Chapter of the Angels of Death, the Chamber Militant of the Ordo Xenos purges alien threats across the galaxy with merciless efficiency.
Most never return from their appointment to the Long Watch yet those that are reunited with their kinsmen of origin impart hard-fought knowledge and experience earned from among the deadliest battles fought in the name of Humanity.
(00:00) - Introduction
(01:27) - The Long Vigil
(05:39) - Recruitment
(08:43) - Heraldry
(11:36) - Watch Fortresses
(15:06) - Organisation
(19:37) - Specialist Ranks
(23:37) - Combat Doctrine
(27:26) - Beliefs
(30:38) - Conclusion
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[@alfredcannon9409]

For the Emperor!! I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men. Rage against the dying of the light.

[@AltoStratusX1]

I am Vengeance! I AM THE NIGHT ! I AM! BATMAN! "Whoa, calm down there Brother Wayne"

[@derekbidelman2442]

I think our fiction is getting mixed,that's the nights watch vow from GOT lol

[@derekbidelman2442]

(The realms of Men)...it works..was that 2 horn blast or 3? Dun dun dun da dun...run!

[@Mary-dc6js]

​@@derekbidelman2442yeah but it was kinda cool. I'll allow it, the similarities are pretty obvious.

[@derekbidelman2442]

@@Mary-dc6js And now his watch has ended, we shall never see the likes of him again..

[@richardvaldes3959]

"This is the Death Watch, we don't talk about the weird color of all our close quarters weapons"

[@robertdotson2210]

i love how the Deathwatch is sort of the Space Marine corporate knowledge-sharing retreat

[@randomcenturion7264]

Deathwatch proves Xenophobia is an unfair label. They do not fear Xenos, it's the other way around. In The Emperor's Name, Let None Survive!

[@Legitpenguins99]

Yeah! Blood for the golden throne!

[@Briselance]

"Brothers! Brothers! This just in! Primarch Guilliman is in a relation with lady Yvraine of the Ynnari! There are even rumours of marriage and... family-founding! The Eldars are good, now."

[@PrimarisBlackTemplaDraven]

Can you imagine how many fallen joined the Blacshields and the recruiter is a Dark Angel.

[@Knight-chaplainashriel]

Taking this as an idea for my homebrew Risen force. Wicked idea for padding things out!! Thanks!

[@gageisbell4338]

I DID NOT THINK OF THAT BUT THATS FUCKING BOSS IDEA

[@khaiwong728]

Suffer not the alien to live!!! - Deathwatch Battlecry

[@nonimport-ante]

"out of a hundred men with luck one might have what it takes to be astarte. out of 100 astarte with luck 1 might have what it takes to be deathwatch." not an exact quote but the meaning is there.

[@Jumbled717]

Over 30 minutes of deathwatch lore?! My man!!

[@ksereksispyly7902]

I love Polish translation, instead of Deathwatch it's just death

[@dfailsthemost]

I think I'd be more afraid of a chapter with a non-badass name. "Oh shit, the Haberdashers just translated in system. So did the Minstrels!" You just know they have nothing to prove.

[@nofuxgivens2797]

Oh like the Lamenters? 😅😅😅

[@useruseruseruseruser790]

‘These guys call themselves The Deathwatch ? LOL. Let’s kick their arse’.

[@tearsinpain]

That is actually funny because seome of the best of gladiators in Rome choose names like The Rose etc .

[@db9631]

Some random Night Lord, 'oh no! It's the Fuzzy Bears! RUUUUN!'

[@shimazutakuma1031]

Idk man 😂 by the end of the introduction from the Remembrancer i was actually waiting for the lines 'For Winter, Is Coming' 😂😂😂😂

[@BeckiMuttley]

You see it in angels of death how kazarion has lots of knowledge about the tyranids that the others blood angels do not due to his long service in the death watch before returning to the chapter

[@averagemumeienjoyer5498]

Theres also Scout Sgt. Cyrus of the Blood Ravens who lend his expertise to deal with Tyranids as well.

[@LegendStormcrow]

The Blood Ravens were told about the loot and said "here, take a company of librarians."

[@darthkraven3257]

I really love the Deathwatch is such a unique force, I would really like if GW gave them more flavour in the tabletop, I mean right now with the Fourth Tyrannic War and Pariah Nexus, what better time there is to make the elite xenos hunters shine brightest with new great characters, units and especialist miniatures from the Chamber Militant of the Ordo Xenos.

[@jackmehoff9517]

They are too worried about retconning the lore right now to conform to their DEI masters

[@Matt-md5yt]

My friend covered my favorite unit that my Bob has in his arcenal outside of some guardsmen squads, that he rescued

[@Sir_Muller_24]

Thanks for the transmission! Invaluable knowledge had been bestowed upon His subjects by a humble Remembrancer. Emperor's Protect✊🏻

[@brianwalsh1339]

Ah yes, space marine XCOM, my favorite marines

[@wiggy5209]

Had someone once say that the deathwatch were more like just a branch of spacemarines and wasnt elite, focusing on the marines sent there for tempering as an example. Let make it clear ..you mainly have marines transferred there that show an affinity to dealing with xenos or have great potential but needs it guided a certain way ... These are specialists which makes them elite ..they are entrusted with better armour ..better weapons and better equipment ...they fight the worse of the worse with smaller more covert groups,with missions often being vital to the cause... They have to adapt to other chapters ways and have unique formations... These are the sas of space marines ... They even have further indoctrination,psycho conditioning and tests of prowess to pass in order to meet the requirements .....you don't have an extra level of tests to achieve if you're the same.

[@howaboutno7959]

Can I just say- i love your little messages at the end of your vids.

[@Admmkh90]

Well done! You're always producing goodies

[@davidmiddleton7958]

Glad that Thraka finally got a mention in some 40k lore! Though biased in favour of the Deathwatch (3rd & 4th Ed), I do feel the Orks have been forgotten abit. With events after the collapse of the Ork empire of Octarius, and new Tyranid threat, the Deathwatch are busier than ever!

[@michaelgautreaux3168]

Rich, full & brimming w/ exultation! Another gem of lore. Many thanx Master Narrator 👍👍 May U continue to be blessed by the Emperor's light.

[@inquisitorgarza312]

The Death Watch is by far one of the most powerful organizations that makes certain that the Emperor Imperium could withstand the Aliens Horrors in the Galaxy, and without them many worlds would have fallen to their predation and their influence, but like all things in the i they are stretched too thin and many of its members are recalled back to their chapters they still fight in their eternal war against the alien.

[@bryanaa196]

Don't they come back to their chapters to teach what they learned about anti-xenos warfare?

[@NateCreed07]

​@@bryanaa196 the ones that choose to come back, yes.

[@Sempai1025]

Great stuff. Thank you!

[@stoneosborne9247]

Wish these dudes got more love on the tabletop. Theyre such a unique and interesting part of the Adeptus Astartes.

[@man11withaplan]

I never thought I would see this video happen, ty!

[@seelenverkaufer4861]

Damn man. Your videos have only gotten better and better. I'd love a collaboration of all you lore masters doing various voices in a story. Ol Baldimort did one a couple of years back, hands down a killer piece of story telling.

[@CousinJesse1]

That tends to be all my homebrew chapter does - lend itself out to the Death Watch. We are basically a reserve force. There are some stipulations though, such as only allowing one of my Astartes per Death Watch squad, and no specialists other than Tech Marines and Libraries. The Death Watch also helped to solve the issue of Prinaris integration, which the chapter is still working on. We figured a tour or two with the Death Watch should bring these new warriors up to rough parity to where they should be as warriors, tacticians and strategists. The more tours, the higher in consideration they become in being promoted rank in our chapter. It’s just one method. The Primaris issue is a complicated one including for First Borns with no easy solution.

[@lionzpride7779]

Liebe deine Werke , mach weiter so, für den imperator, Tod den aliens, liebe deine Lore Videos seid langer Zeit ,bist einer der besten Warhammer 40k Kanäle

[@specialed1420]

I'm here 🎉😂 lets get it!

[@e-san6111]

Came for the lore, stayed for the words of inspiration at the end.

[@berzerkerfaithfulofkhorne6488]

Awesome video! Maybe you could do one on the chaos cult known as the Brotherhood of the horned darkness. Thank you! Your videos are very much looked forward to

[@gageisbell4338]

I like how some see it a punishment and when they come back they are so spat on by their home chapter they return to the Deathwatch sometimes permanently as a Black Sheild

[@donnellpearson6140]

I’ve been waiting for a DeathWatch lore video from any good 40k master for a while and I can say without a doubt I’m glad that’s its this guy maybe one other person can in KZbin in my opinion can give a great description while keeping how would I say as grim dark as possible with the slides and the how you carry the videos makes me feel like im part of the imperium watching lost Vox’s on different chapters and wars

[@samurairex7825]

The shield that slays🔥 should get more love on the tabletop with characters and unique units

[@briskcola3492]

Honestly, I was waiting for the death watch video from this channel

[@frankthetank8050]

Very nice work! What is that background music at the beginning? That dramatic choir?

[@daviewarnock718]

Excellent. Love the Death Watch, but never knew how they came about. Always thought it was weird that they would align with the Inquisition, and now I know. Every day is a school day!! 😂 Thank you. Should be more on them. A death watch game would be awesome 🙌🏻

[@Uzzgub]

A Interaction for the Interaction God, a Comment for the Comment Throne, for the Almighty Algorithm

[@henlix1]

who doesn’t love a kill team with heretical energy swords and custom “pimp my gun” bolter with variable thermal scope and extended mags

[@cesarerinaldi6750]

Yuuzhan Vong, are they more Nurgle or more Slaanesh? Then how and why?

[@body_by_depuy]

Anyone else notice the Night Lord at 8:09? You can see the helmet to his right and the lightning bolts on his armor. What appears to be a Primaris Night Lord (based on the wrist-mounted narthecium) seconded to the Deathwatch...Cawl has some explaining to do.

[@no3396]

These guys are neat and also cool and badass.

[@ashalley]

a whole seperate series can be made out of these guys they interesting and unique stories of their lives and service in realtion to their home chapters and even worlds of origin to their death on some long forgotten xenos world. this would be interesting

[@Garviel.Loken.Knight.Errant.]

My main force of 40k marines has become DEATHWATCH. Allows me to customize using bits from all over.

[@darko-man8549]

I love my deathwatch. I even eschew the strict black colour just cos I want to paint loads of different chapters. Kill Team: Varangians is currently in the works

[@johnwood9293]

Love listening to your videos! However, I wanted to point out that the war of the beast was 544.M32.

[@Jimmy-pf7kr]

Nobody tell honoured brother Chyron...

[@boaz2578]

Humanity needs to leave the galaxy already

[@forgefathervulkanhestan18]

My first army is Deathwatch.

[@mk-ultraviolence1760]

I feel like the deathwatch is the Breakfast Club of marine factions, mostly because their theme might as well be Don't You Forget About Me Because GW sure have.

[@darko-man8549]

There is so much fluff GW could turn into rules, but alas they do not. Lone operatives, more expansive kill teams. More exotic weapons.

[@grapetonenatches186]

The watchers on the warp.

[@DavidBain-mh1oz]

Brother...... love comes in many shapes and sizes. ❤😂🎉

[@anthonywilkes8630]

Who were the disgraced chapter that refused to contribute to the Ordo?

[@lionzpride7779]

Here we Go again 😁

[@theghostofsabertache9049]

Hey I recognise that guy at 7:28 he’s the one chaplain bald caught w@n&!ng over the statue of sanguinius

[@infernalskepandaen2127]

The spanish translation for the title gives me the wristwatch of death lol

[@tylerstewart3181]

Da Beest* You'z gotz ta lern ta speak ork, git!

[@guilherme5094]

👏👏👏!

[@winterknight4307]

SUFFER NOT THE XENOS TO LIVE!!!

[@Dinant010]

I need that wallpaper @17:10 can someone help a man out.

[@PrimarisBlackTemplaDraven]

My question is can a brother returned to their original colors when they serve the Deathwatch ended can they still used the Deathwatch pauldron on their shoulder?

[@alphaastartes8630]

I would lean toward yes. I just finished the blood angels series on warhammertv. One of the main characters has a deathwatch pauldron on his left shoulder I think

[@useruseruseruseruser790]

When they return to their home chapters ex deathwatch marines keep the pauldron on one shoulder as a badge of honour. And because they look cool.

[@gafrers]

Deathwatch FTW

[@grey886]

31:48 Outro music name?

[@BarelyDecentProduction]

We need more stories of deathwatch marine but not the kind where the marine doomed the whole universe because of his racism lol

[@edmundthespiffing2920]

I'll get the recaff...

[@g.sergiusfidenas6650]

Too bad this organization didn't exist when the surviving Astral Knights were kicked out of their own fortress and planet to make space for another chapter.........oooops it had existed for like 8000 years then but the Imperium in its infinite wisdom decided that wasting 30 marines and a dreadnought sending them away to die like a stray dog was the way to go instead of inducting then to this Xeno-hunting group, it's not like the rest of the chapter had not immolated itself fighting the Necron or something.

[@AlphariusXX426]

Please lore on deathwatch aka ultramarine black loins please 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😫😫😫😫

[@shimazutakuma1031]

The Deathwatch, is a mumbo jumbo "chapter" of the Loyalist space Marines, they were formed after THE BEAST almost kicked the imperium's ass, and are Xenos Specualist 😂 hey these guys are veterans though, sort of like the Grey Knights

[@V.B.Squire]

Whats happened to warrior tier

[@_A.d.G_]

The Deathwatch is yet another failure of GW "authors". In the attempt of creating a "chamber militant" for each and every Ordo of the Inquisition, they have created this "frankenstein", with no respect with previous lore. Being a Marine is all about belonging to the Chapter, its beliefs, its traditions, its tactics. They work as units, as we all know, since the comparison with Custodes has been pushed time and time again. The Ordo Malleus has a whole sanctioned Chapter, the Grey Knights. That was the way to go. I really don't think the High Lords would have denied a similar request from the Inquisition. It can also be noted that the Inquisition can commandeer whatever imperial force needed for a specific task. Just because not even a single Chapter can face a whole Black Crusade or a Xeno invasion. Thus, the basic concept of having an "army" at its disposal is quite nonsensical for an organisation like the Inquisition. A small cadre of specialists would have been the flexible asset for their mainly "investigative" business. But it is what it is. They Grey Knights at least are a Chapter, while the Deathwatch os a ragtag nonsense. Nust another one of the stupid GW decisions. Like female Custodes.

[@The-Music-Archive]

My penos is a xenos, it wages war on my ballbag.