VTuber reacts to Bricky's Every Single Warhammer Faction Explained Part 2

[@MataraKan]

Hello :) what other videos should I react to ??

[@A_Spoony_Bard]

If we're talking Warhammer the short film Astartes would be pretty fun.

[@Fulgrim2]

The “Exploring Series” has a good playlist of 40K videos you can watch.

[@jeremygeller9145]

If you could somehow get permission, the series: if the Emperor had a Text to Speech device, has become legendary in the 40k fandom, it is part glorious shitpost, part interesting lore deep dive

[@Thyrosar]

Astartes would be epic

[@krivbecniathewanderingwast5198]

The fanmade movie Helsreach and bring all of Vshojo to watch.

[@ryanwight9116]

How did the Eldar create Slaneesh? To quote the Emperor from “Text to Speech Device” the Eldar “literally murderf&cked a chaos god into existence”

[@flameknightdragon]

to be fair going by older lore humans did the same thing to make khorne.

[@NeocrimsonX]

​​@@flameknightdragonKhorne cares not from whence the blood flows, only that it flows. Does period blood count. On another note at least all khorne wants is blood and skulls the rest want some outlandish shit.

[@sirapple589]

@@NeocrimsonX “Daemons of Khorne are gonna eat ya out like ice cream sandwiches, once your red rage begins”.

[@NeocrimsonX]

@@sirapple589 truly a khorne moment

[@rustkarl]

@@sirapple589 *glass shatters*

[@graverob1910]

“If bad, why stylish?” *Recalls a particular group clad in uniforms designed by Hugo Boss* Pretty sure they can be both.

[@crustybomb115]

*remembers that one car company during WW2*

[@alejandrorivas4585]

​@@crustybomb115or that one beverage company

[@crustybomb115]

@@alejandrorivas4585 literal nosecandy as part of the ingredients does sound like it makes sense brandwise to be honest... but im pretty sure it was used as toilet cleaner before they figured that out...

[@ankatavaska]

Also, "If bad, why slaughtering eldar?"

[@TheGallantDrake]

If bad, looking stylish help get more recruits. No, really, it was the whole point.

[@ty85207]

Technically *three* Aeldari gods survived Slaanesh's birth; Slaanesh didn't kill Khaine due to the latter pulling a "YOU DIDN'T WIN" by blowing himself up and wounding Slaanesh in the process. He just now exists in the many fragments of him that scattered throughout the galaxy.

[@ysbrann3059]

isn t Isha alive in Nurgle Garden ?

[@Jetiko27]

I love how the elves went "ew, your god of war is so plebeian, we have our own".

[@ty85207]

@@ysbrann3059 Isha is in "The 🫙" in Nurgle's garden and is used as a test subject by Nurgle regarding the effectiveness of his newest plagues (i.e. how long it takes for her to "heal" from each plague). Cegorach is putzing around the Webway near the Black Library (both an actual in-lore location and the publishing house that WH40K/Horus Heresy novels are published from) and because the Webway is a near infinite and vast pocket dimension, Slaanesh gave up trying to consume the Laughing God. Khaine "lives" through his various fragments (it's why the Avatars of Khaine exist) because rather than get devoured by Slaanesh, he opted to go out on his own terms and hopefully kill She Who Thirsts in the process by blowing himself up.

[@ysbrann3059]

@@ty85207 and what is their new Gpdness of Death ?

[@silenciosteve5513]

There was also the harlequins God in the webway still iirc

[@Hsereal]

47:00 "I know they're bad, and they suck, but...look at that ship!" That's it. That's Warhammer 40k. You just summarized Warhammer 40k.

[@arandomkobold8403]

Thats just 40k. You can go home now, you've cracked it.

[@theguylivinginyourwalls]

​@@arandomkobold8403 Big fan of the complete dog water destruction 40k navies are capable of.

[@BrJPGameplay]

I love the message that bricky says at the end that "yeah the tau are hated, but don't be discouraged to play them, this is a community game, play who you like, and if someone says otherwise, don't listen to them"

[@addison_v_ertisement1678]

But really, if you are only making the game worse for everyone else in order to have fun, then you need to leave. And nobody has the right to plug their ears and go "La La La La La *LA!* Not listening to you! Can't hear you!" If someone is wrong, then you should prove them wrong, at least for yourself. Don't tu e people out just because people say something you don't like to hear, because that's what a**holes do.

[@BrJPGameplay]

Sir/Ma'am/Sam, this what assholes actually do: they scour the earth for arguments for argument sake and nothing else, acting like arguments are their sole existence.

[@Spectacular_Insanity]

@@addison_v_ertisement1678No one cares.

[@addison_v_ertisement1678]

@@Spectacular_Insanity You cared enough to comment.

[@SKRRTCOBAIN00]

@@Spectacular_Insanitybro…. Blud just said to come with facts and play by the rules Nothing wrong with that

[@ceresbane]

I swear the way Matara talks about the chaos gods is similar to how she'd considering dating someone. "Oh I think if I knew Tzeench better I'd like him" "Oh daddy nurgle just wants hug" "Oh I didn't know blood for the blood god was talking about that guy (thats kinda hot)" "(filtered)"

[@Hsereal]

The Eldar are sort of a commentary on the hedonic treadmill. Each faction represents a different way of dealing with the ennui and alienation that comes with excessive material comfort: Drukhari: Embrace the treadmill and keep seeking greater thrills, no matter the consequences. Craftworld Eldar/Asuryani: Go Buddhist. Seek to transcend your desires entirely. Harlequins: Art. Devote yourself to creation, just to create. Exodites (not mentioned by Bricky, but covered in _The Infinite and the Divine_ ): Primitivism. Leave your modern comforts behind and start from scratch, just for the sake of having a challenge.

[@johndexterzarate6663]

....So, in a nutshell: Drukhari: I'm bout to cuuuuaahhhhuuu🎶🎵 Asuryani: I don't not wish to be horny anymore Harlequins: Do it for þe vine Exodites: Reject modernity, Return to -Monkey- Mon-keigh

[@roxrequiem2935]

Aeldari: What the fuck did Lilith do this time.

[@Hsereal]

@@johndexterzarate6663The Exodites are more "reject modernity, embrace dinosaur-mounted artillery", but you've got the basic idea.

[@DragonxFlutter]

Exodites are based. I hope nothing bad happens to them.

[@motivatedposter3980]

The scariest statement ive ever heard in wargaming came from a custodes player. "Hits on 2s reroll 1s." Like jesus do you miss?

[@hardcorelace7565]

Yes, from experience yes you do.

[@chaos427]

And then there are people like me, that need these numbers to hit 50-60% of the time.... Except when i play my Thousand Sons.... then i roll better.... *looks at Tzeentch waving his hand*

[@JakeTheBeastDelta]

Mata is the first Slaaneshi tyranid lifeform. Before this, the only recorded chaos tyranids were Nurglesque tyranid lifeforms.

[@Igiveashitofaname]

Why does this makes so much sense?

[@danthedamning7210]

*Coughs Oblitorater virus over hive ship*

[@uummmnocoolnames]

A Genestealer Broodmommy, if you will

[@TiredDoktor6391]

That has to be made up

[@szysi3k]

Meanwhile a mosquito: "blood for the blood god!"

[@warbacca1017]

I love how chat goes hivemind whenever bricky mentions specific groups

[@szysi3k]

Did you said Cadia?

[@Hsereal]

Potential Vshojo 40k personas: Mata: Genestealer matriarch (we are all her cultists). Mel: AdMech machine-spirit corrupted by Slaanesh. Ironmouse: AdMech Tech-priestess (Bubi is her Servo-skull). Froot: Necron who regained full sapience and then awoke ahead of schedule. Currently suffering amnesia, wandering the galaxy trying to piece together her past. Hajime: Tyranid hive-mother. Zentreya: Escaped renegade skitarii. Kson: Hive undercity gang boss. Nazuna: Sister of Battle (screams battle-hymns and war-cries with such fervor that she draws the favor of the Emperor). Haruka: Aeldari Exodite farseer. Kuro: Priest of Nurgle. Henya: AdMech Logis.

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Cool!

[@Dracobyte]

Awesome!

[@softlyspoken4503]

Ironmouse would probably insist that she is a greater Daemon. At least. Maybe a daemon princess with a bombastic backstory that may or may not involve somehow falling from grace. That woman does not do things by half.

[@Hsereal]

@@softlyspoken4503 Greater Daemon of Slaanesh, maybe? I mean, one _could_ make a strong argument for Nurgle, and Papa Nurgle _would_ probably love Mousey, since her body doesn't destroy his other children like most humans' do. But I doubt she'd be a fan of that persona, and it seems like it would be rather insensitive to suggest it to her.

[@softlyspoken4503]

@@HserealUndivided all the way, cause we all know she isn't going to let no god boss her around

[@ryanwight9116]

Good way to sum up the Orks: “I’m a tank, I’m a tank, I’m a tank”

[@samnemeth-smyth6109]

Imagine being a Guardsman watching that 😂

[@ryanwight9116]

@@samnemeth-smyth6109 Most Imperial Guardsmen: WTF kind of heresy is this Kriegsmen (granted, this is their answer to every situation): CHARGE!

[@UnciaAmethice]

They're just having a good time, unlike most people in the 40k universe.

[@non1263]

AdMech: High School Diploma Tau: Associates Degree Votan: Bachelors Degree Dark Eldar Homonculus: Master's Degree Craftworld Eldar: Doctoral Degree Necron Cryptek: PHD Orks: Trust me bro

[@Rurik_Luci]

GET THE MULTI MELTA

[@ravnor874]

Fuck me, the amount of times she asks questions, only for Bricky to explain it WHILE SHE IS TALKING hahaha

[@glitchbyt3gaming27]

Swear to god, I've found one other comment other than my own and this one that even mentions anything about her talking over the whole video.

[@KingKaiju58]

Some interesting little things that Bricky wasn't able to cover about the Chaos Gods. Khorne again doesn't look kindly on backstabbing and one time one of his most powerful Bloodthirsters (Big Red Demons with wings) named Skarbrand did the unthinkable. See Skarbrand was so powerful he could level cities with a swing of his Axes, but one day whether it was Tzeentch's manipulation or his boundless rage dulling his judgment, he decided to potshot Khorne. He hit him with a blow that could annihilate New York & all it did was barely scuff Khorne's armor. So Khorne in his anger choked the PERSONALITY out of Skarbrand then hurled him across the stars just so years later he'd land in the mortal realm & go on a mindless rampage. Yeah I don't know why but all of Tzeentch's followers have a bird ascetic the higher you get in his favor. Like Kairos Fateweaver (the two headed one you saw) who one head sees the future and another sees the past but neither can comprehend the present. Just to give you a taste of Nurgles duality and Slaanesh's domination (😉): Slaanesh when she/he/it was born it not only devoured all Eldar souls they could but then went on to slaughter all but 3 Eldarian Gods. Cegorach the Laughing God escaped into the Web Way, Khaine the God of War got his shit pushed in but was scattered into millions of shards but technically isn't dead, and the Isha the Goddess of Harvest and Fertility. Isha was captured by Slaanesh and taken back to their realm. But before she could suffer what i can only imagine would have been a terrible fate, Papa Nurgle led his hoard personally into Slaanesh's realm and rescued her. Romantic right? Then he married Isha and now has her test out all his different concoctions of Disease, Rot, etc.. in his constant attempt at making more powerful illnesses. Because she being a god who represents Aspects of Life if she dies or gets permanently ill then he'd be close to perfection. But Isha being patient and smart developes cures from her body and hands it down to her worshippers.

[@TriangularPrism]

I love the fact that Skarbrand wasn't banished for trying to knock off Khorne, but for trying to sneak attack him. Khorne dgaf if you want to whack him, but doing it dishonourably? That's not ok

[@samuelphanoto4565]

you forgot to tell that at first kairos fateweaver is just a normal greater demon of tzeench. a lord of change, not a two headed bird. until one day tzeench in their infinite wisdom decided to chuck some daemons into the well of souls. a source of energy that said predates even the warp and some said that something is in there.As to why tzeench chuck some daemons? he is obsessed with knowing the future, anyway kairos and some other daemons thrown into the well, however only kairos survived, changed, with two head like you said. BUT kairos knows sonething that even tzeench doesnt knows, as daemons are a part of their gods meaning whatever climb iut of the well is not kairos fateweaver

[@cabnbeeschurgr]

Man isha.... talk about a toxic relationship

[@FearTheDeep]

I'm so glad that she's pausing to understand and take in the content.

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

There's actually an infinite amount of Gods in the warp, Gods are our emotions and thoughts given sentience from enough people believing in something. (Its just the main 4 are the most powerful) So theoretically if enough people believe in a pink cockroach girl goddess, then we can create it

[@dynomight3855]

I thought any lesser gods would get constantly nomned by the four or greater demons to prevent anymore competition in the Great Game?

[@scorpixel1866]

​​​@@dynomight3855Gods need a critical mass of belief (believers x warp presence) in order to be created, and wither away from lack of it. They are very much finite, same for all warp entities, as there is a limited amount of sentient beings' emotions they can feed on. The Warp is vast and treacherous, minor Gods can survive as long as they stay low from bigger fishes, who most of the time wouldn't bother anyway due to the already massive influx they receive along the need to keep the other three in line of sight.

[@cabnbeeschurgr]

Makes sense that the 4 greatest base horrors of all species (violence, excess, rot, treachery) are the 4 biggest ones. They are a constant no matter the configuration of being

[@xdragoonzero0]

​@@cabnbeeschurgrI remember reading that the 4 chaos gods are essentially formed at a base level of the emotions/feelings of Loyalty, Love, Despair, and Hope, and are only the way they are due to the conflict of sentient species resulting in the negative aspects of those emotions rising to the surface.

[@cabnbeeschurgr]

@@xdragoonzero0 That's certainly an optimistic way of looking at it, but I feel like one of the biggest points of 40k is that war is a constant across everything. There are periods of peace, but all types of conflict that are deified in the chaos gods are the base state of any species.

[@Kalianos88]

One of my favorite ork theories is that all the orks are the toddler phase, all the nobs are kids, and Ghazkull Thraka is hitting teenager given his intelligence. With Krorks being their adult stage. Found it interesting. (Also, thousand sons, world eaters, tyranids for me. Soon some custodes.)

[@Archon3960]

Don't forget the Beast, as weird as this series was written. 😊

[@samuelphanoto4565]

as rogal dorn said "and then it returned, and tgen there six of them. war of the beast is weird"

[@nukclear2741]

​@@Archon3960 I highly doubt the Beast was a Krork, but he was certainly the closest to a krork that we know of. The main giveaway is that Krorks had armor more advanced than Space Marine armor, as shown by a certain robot archeologist/burglar.

[@Heidao623]

When I first heard of the dark eldar, my friend gave an example why they do what they do. Imagine cup of fine wine to represent their soul, and the connection to Slaanesh is like her constantly sipping away at the top. To do nothing is to eventually be consumed by her, so the torture and horrors they do to people would be like them taking the psychic energy created from the trauma of their victims and topping the glass with cheap wine for her to suck on instead their soul. By having successfully staving her off by just doing what birthed her, their society continues be as they are and find joy that they avoided oblivion by just being themselves

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

49:17 that's a Haemonculus. They’re *really* old. Some of the oldest of their kind to the point where some can remember the fall of their empire. They specialize in flesh crafting and are the guys that are responsible for reviving Dark Eldar when they die, and the creation of Scourges, Pain Engines, Grotesques, and turning slaves into couches. They’re able to sculpt flesh almost as if it were clay and they love to graft various bodyparts to themselves, sometimes for work and other times out of boredom or curiosity. Like, one Haemonculus might graft an Ork head somewhere on their body because he finds how it talks to be funny, for instance.

[@benkafka3653]

I think (judging by the chitin on some of those arms) that might also be one of the Deldar tht had the bright idea to graft nid limbs to themselves and got infected with Genestealer DNA

[@travelingspartan2035]

I'm surprised Bricky didn't mention soulstones, it's the only defense Craftworld Eldar have against getting their souls nommed by Slaanesh.

[@overlorez]

He doesn't really mention a lot of stuff, just barely scratches the surface on all the factions

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

I mean you can only cover so much in a video intended for newcomers.

[@Dracobyte]

​@@fernandozavaletabustos205yup!

[@Arthion]

It's unfortunate he didn't mention the soulstones since that is what contrasts them from the Dark Eldar in that they are already protected from Slaanesh's hunger through them.

[@raifthemad]

@@overlorez He didn't even mention titans ffs, or imperial navy.

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

57:35 my fan theory is that it's not that Tyranids are coming from multiple places, but that they all came from one galaxy and some of them awkwardly went around to the other side of the Milky Way just to then come in from that side and then timed it so that each branch enters the galaxy at around the same time to make themselves look bigger as a psychological warfare tactic like how a wolf pack splits up to drive prey and surround them. That's just funnier to me, and as an Ork player, my headcanon is whatever the funnier version is, no matter what the actual canon says.

[@MataraKan]

I love that so much! It’s a great theory

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

@@MataraKan Ye. They’re trying to look bigger than they are. Yes Nids, you’re very scary. _pats Ripper on the head_

[@nandotnt5678]

There's is a new faction that was released recently. They are the leagues of votann, basically space clone dwarves. Which was a colony ship from the dark age of technology that went to the core of the galaxy.

[@Vlitrasura13]

Matara if you want even more stuff going in depth on WH40k stuff, Bricky has his podcast Adeptus Ridiculous, which is really good. Personally I’d recommend Isyander and Koda because they do a REALLY good job explaining stuff and contextualizing everything

[@jackmesrel4933]

Hell yeah, AdRid is the best, specially for newcomers, and if you watch it in chronological order even better, cus then you experience the jorney of how two dorks and a sassy cherub find their place in the community by the power of memes and posters XD

[@granoonis2080]

I also would recommend Isyander and Koda. They are amazing at explaining things while also hyping them up.

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

The podcast from Isyander & Koda channel are also really good.

[@Dracobyte]

Here are my recommendations for WH 40k lore channels (aside from Bricky, Luetin and Weshammer): - Isyander and Koda (podcast) - Arbitor Ian - Occulus Imperia - Baldermort - PancreasNoWork

[@johnmallari9742]

Matara: i want to learn more about this. Bricky: *explains* Matar: talks over explanation

[@Fiskler128]

In the Dawn of War 1 Game you can play as Orks that has a Waaaaagh mechanic to them :P

[@Rannos22]

DoW1 was my introduction to 40k It's a great entry

[@krivbecniathewanderingwast5198]

Don't forget soul storm

[@mememaster695]

​@@krivbecniathewanderingwast5198Soulstorm is Dawn of War 1

[@thestonedone9237]

Or the amazing mods that came with DAW1 where you could have infinite sluga bois rush....

[@jackmesrel4933]

​@thestonedone9237 man, if she finds the Unification mod, she may play it for the rest of her life XD

[@Mako276]

I don't remember where I saw this but the best explanation for why the Tau Empire doesn't "fit" in the 40K universe is that because they're so young they're still optimistic. They still believe they can help others. They've not been broken by the galaxy yet.

[@Dracobyte]

I think that in every big franchise, you need the "fish out of water" faction / group / culture.

[@fungoidshaman3120]

Ah yes Khorne. Earlier this year i paint an entire Khorne demon army for a friend. A great job but ending hurting myself from the effort.. the moral of the story is exercise your wrist and beware of carpal tunnel.

[@uselesspocketwatch]

If you accidentally poke yourself and get blood in the paint, it's considered lucky.

[@Chas-OTE]

​@@uselesspocketwatch Just paying your tithes to Khorne.

[@Arthion]

The interesting part about the Tau and the Greater Good is the implication that there is some form of mind-control going on behind the scenes by the Ethereal caste that keeps the other Tau castes subservient to them and their vision.

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

13:34 I see that Matara has discovered the joy of the sassy Nurgling. We all love him. Also they made an official Nurgling plush btw. And yes, it is as adorable as you’d imagine.

[@actionhero2328]

Love how everyone is becoming a fan of Warhammer and how much Bricky has been such an instrumental part for many new people to get into that game

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

12:29 that's a Screamer of Tzeentch. Basically, Daemons can be generally classified into 4 main categories: Greater, Lesser (with Heralds given a new form and a leadership role as a promotion), Beasts, and Mounts. The Screamer is Tzeentch's type of Beast, essentially being like a flying mix between a Manta Ray and a Shark. They can chew through nearly everything with their tusks and lamprey mouths and leave trails of shimmering change magic in their wake like a plane's contrail. However, sometimes Tzeentch will reward a follower, in which case he grabs a Screamer and binds it with various metal bands and blades, turning it into a Disc of Tzeentch, which is Tzeentch's type of mount. Also, if you’re wondering, the rest of Tzeentch's daemons are categorized as follows Greater: Lords of Change Lesser: Flamers, Exalted Flamers, Horrors (Pink, Blue, and Brimstone) Heralds: Fateskimmers, Fluxmasters, Changecasters. Beasts: Screamers Mounts: Discs of Tzeentch

[@Rojo_Rover]

Oh part 2, lettssss goooo. Just watched your part 1 yesterday, loved it. I love playing Necrons for Zeno, Dark Angels for Space Marine.

[@ReinaSaurus]

blue colour of the thousand sons actually has a story behind it. first captain ahriman changed the original dark red into blue by engaging in a psychic duel against one of the primarchs advisors, amon, besting him, annihilating his souls and taking his armour. ahriman also linked to the legion as a whole because of the rubrica spell affecting them, keeping them from mutation but turning most of them into living armour basically

[@samuelphanoto4565]

i mean he is desperate to save his brother tho, but yea his arrogance to keep cobtinuing the research of rubric led to his downfall. i wonder from whom he learn that

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

46:02 The thing is though, even if the Dark Eldar were given an alternative that 100% save their souls, a huge portion of their population would still want to do all of that horrible stuff anyways. Which is kind of what happened when the Ynnari came about. The Dark Eldar love what they do. If they could save themselves another way, they’d do that but still keep up torturing. The fact that it stops them from dying is really just a bonus to them and gives them an excuse to keep doing all of this.

[@JoshSweetvale]

53:20 Pheromosa is also a huge influence, on the stick-thin with voluptuous shapes attached, plus colour palette roach.

[@komi-sanmustbeprotected5665]

My favourite detail about the Harlequins is that no one in the other factions of Eldar has the balls to do anything to them, there's one moment I remember (forgive me I don't recall the books name) where Lelith (an extremely powerful member of the Wyches who are entertainers/gladiators for the Dark Eldar Upper Class) has the urge to fight one of the Great Harlequins...and all the Great Harlequin does is look at her, shake his head, and it immediately makes Lelith back off and not try anything, that is the influence and power being a Harlequin has, they are free to go basically anywhere they want within Eldar society and will put on incredible performances telling Eldar legends

[@mutantmaster1]

My favorite Ork fact that they get stronger and smarter through fighting, so the longer a battle goes on, the bigger they get and the better their tech gets. Trayzn the Pokemaster has in his collection a full blooded Krork, when Orks more then two brain cells to rub together. It had power armor better then what space marines have, high tech weapons, and supposedly had advanced tactics; they supposedly got this way because of the universe spanning War in Heaven.

[@Historyfrek4ever]

Drukhari aren’t really force to do the stuff they do to survive so much as they heard they can be immortal as long as they keep doing what they were doing. They were the f upped eldar to begin with. In theory they could have refilled their souls with any extreme emotion but didn’t even consider anything but torture.

[@Arbaaltheundefeated]

I guess it's also a lot simpler to produce vast amounts of intense fear and suffering than vast amounts of intense... anything else.

[@Archon3960]

They wanted to have the hedonist cake and eat it too. _Slowly._ 😎

[@fnglert]

Came to see the nice alien space bug lady just for her reaction to the Tyranids, stayed for her insights and nice voice.

[@RHQT]

absolute sweetheart for thanking the individual she is reacting to. Also, always love Warhammer content lol as for my army: Iron Warriors, Adeptus Mechanicus, and Deathguard. Mostly love painting~

[@Chas-OTE]

A friend wants someone to play the tabletop with so they got me some Space Wolves. So they have someone to play against and I have said I am interested to learn to paint minis. I'm mostly a lore nerd and play the RPG's (mostly Dark Heresy and Deathwatch) and this was my first time painting minis of any kind. I just started last week and it's been fun so far.

[@RHQT]

Hell yeah, be proud of the work ya put in! Hope you & yer friend have fun learning the game!

[@addison_v_ertisement1678]

35:01 Well, there is a way for that to happen, but it requiers you to be a pretty good psycker already. So basically, either the Inquisition or the Grey Knights (I can't remember which one) has you make eye contaxt with the Emperor for 1 or 3 seconds, and you get your Warp powers changed around and strengthened, and your soul will automatically go to the Emperor upon death. The Emperor is also strengthened after he gets the psyckers soul.

[@blockhead134]

Khorn: god of honesty, strength, and challenge Tzeentch: god of hope, progress, and knowledge Nurgle: god of peace, nature, and unity Slaanesh: god of joy, pleasure, and variety

[@esaedvik]

All super cuddly.

[@NeoBluereaper]

​@@esaedvikwere*

[@Spartan135]

This is what the Chaos Gods would be if the war in heaven didn't f'ed up the immatereum and turned it into the warp...

[@Animator10107]

In the bright light of the far future, there is only Peace

[@Captain-Wavzies]

​@@Animator10107 Imperium of Man coexists in the Webway with the Eldar. The Tau have begun to peacefully unify the physical galaxy after Humanity migrated into the Webway. The Tyranids descend on barren worlds and seed them with life using DNA from Gene-borrowers. The Necrontyr live on their homeworld in their organic bodies, free of space cancer. The Orks are contained by old Human/Eldar constructions in specialized Krumpin Zones which the Tau have begun to look after.

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

1:02:05 It's my boy! It's him! The GOAT! Kaptin Bluddflagg! LET'S GOOOO!!

[@stripeybag6977]

Some things missed we're the Exodite and Ynnari Eldar. Basically the Exodites are like the Craftworld Eldar except terrestrial and they have dinosaurs. The Ynnari worship the Eldar Death God, Ynnead who is prophesized to defeat Slaanesh when they fully awaken. Orkz Waagh can't bend time and space to do anything, it's more like momentum. What is does is help Ork stuff work but they still have to make things at least somewhat functional. Necrons section is a mix bag of accuracy. Overarching is overall accurate. The Tau's evil is more subtle, a reoccurring thing is aliens joining them and slowly dying out. However there is a pure good faction in the form of the Farsight Enclaves who funny enough solve the dislikes of the Tau. Tabletop they engage up close with Mechs, Flamers, and Shotguns. Also the reason they're good is because they don't have any Ethereals who are the reason the Tau are evil.

[@VelociraptorsOfSkyrim]

In part 1, Bricky did specifically say he was only talking about the _playable_ factions. Also, the video is 3 years old. Any more recent additions to lore didn't exist yet at the time.

[@Dracobyte]

Also the Leagues of Votann, but this was a vpupke of years before their reveal.

[@redcv6706]

While the Tau do very much have a 1984-type thing going on and the Ethereals will gladly send any dissidents to be “re-educated” or worse, recent Tau stuff’s been pretty consistently showing that the auxiliary species do actually get to survive and the Tau are being genuine with including them within the Greater Good (besides the 4th Sphere, who have done quite a bit of genocide because of warp trauma). Heck, there’s enough auxiliaries with psychic potential to generate a Goddess of the Greater Good (albeit she’s a pretty weak god).

[@samnemeth-smyth6109]

I got the Sisters as my army, love the whole style 👍 (Also the art....lots of art)

[@cesaralfredomorocho2086]

Mmmm 🧐 art? What kinda art guardsman? 🛡️📿

[@arandomkobold8403]

​@@cesaralfredomorocho2086 I suppose he must have simply liked the codex cover

[@Dracobyte]

And memes!

[@tsarlucian5675]

These vids of bricky got me into warhammer. I collected khorne daemons first and have slowly picked up imp knights and chaos spacemarines/world eaters over the years

[@stingray2223]

khorne based

[@Dracobyte]

Here are my recommendations for WH 40k lore channels (aside from Bricky, Luetin and Weshammer): - Isyander and Koda (podcast) - Arbitor Ian - Occulus Imperia - Baldermort - PancreasNoWork

[@MidnightMilkMan]

WAAAGH!! Love to see more fellow ork players, they so much fun to make and play

[@ryanwight9116]

Everybody likes the Dark Eldar till they realize what they do to people unfortunate enough to cross their paths Granted, I wouldn’t mind a Dark Eldar “mommy”

[@Rannos22]

She's gonna make you into living furniture, you know that right?

[@ryanwight9116]

@@Rannos22 as long as I don’t bore her I don’t think that’ll be happen, which would be a challenge

[@thelurkerbel0w]

It's all fun and games till she pegs you with the Se7en sex toy

[@cytorakdemon]

I can fix her.

[@non1263]

There's a Dark Eldar "succubus" who fights in the arena in their city and she purposely wears skimpy attire to show off that she's never been wounded.

[@Leonix13]

T'au advanced to like middle ages level on their own, but at about that time each of the different T'au were at war with each other and not far from wiping each other out... then... a mysterious new group of T'au showed up and said "everyone should stop fighting and unite" and just as mysteriously all other T'au found themselves just naturally obeying. And so all the world started working in perfect harmony. And now everyone must join their way because it is for the Greater Good

[@MrFelblood]

And this mysteriously has absolutely nothing to do with those weaponized mind control devices that they would never, ever actually use. Pinkie swears.

[@Archon3960]

Tau: _"The Greater Good."_ Farsight: "But how can this be for the Greater Good!?" Tau: _"The Greater Good."_ Farsight: *_"Shut it!"_*

[@nokturnallex2160]

Yea I feel Games Workshop kinda phoned in their lore, just like their design seems a little too pandering to Asia while also not being very Grim Dark. (Giant Mechs and Communism lol) I don't play the tabletop so I don't care that they're also a dumb faction to battle, but lore-wise I've seen fan fiction written better about Tau Lore. Like just think of any creative reason why the Tau were created and it'd be more interesting than the "reason" Games Workshop provided.

[@Leonix13]

@@nokturnallex2160 T'au lore is fine imo, and current lore is about to get interesting. But it has taken a while to get here.

[@Archon3960]

@@nokturnallex2160 You are aware Tau became grimdark because too many fans whined that they felt out of place in 40k, right? ;/

[@Patty-Q]

These have been such a joy to watch! Having recently just got into the game myself, I find joy in others taking the plunge and having fun. And by the by, I'm aiming to collect some Tyranids and Tau minis.

[@juiceboxbzrk]

I love the idea that chaos is manipulative enough to sway people over but hands off enough that people still pick their own God 😂

[@VelociraptorsOfSkyrim]

I heard a Theory that the Tau found a Dark Age of Technology STC from a human ship and advanced at a ridiculous rate because of it.

[@Meanwhile-]

As someone who loves infested Kerrigan, this explains some feelings.

[@bb1886]

One thing he didn’t mention with Nurgal is the end of pain. One of the gifts he gives is the end of well pain as in the ability to sense pain. Another gift he gives his followers is immunity to the symptoms of the diseases

[@nokturnallex2160]

Yea he's actually a giant teddy bear when it comes to treating his followers well. He's the acceptance and peace of death without the pain. Much as people look at Slaanesh and go "Ohh sexy, I like sexy" They don't notice the whole wanting to cause a shit ton of pain for as long as possible part lol.

[@HeyImJerry]

My first army is actually Admech, but now I play the Alpha Legion. I am Alpharius of course thats why I like playing as an army of Alpharius.

[@Archon3960]

Wait, which one are you again? ;/

[@imthedude2351]

Finally somebody watched this and noticed the sassy nurgling! He's just a little lad

[@Keanotix]

It's on a plague marine special character, I forget which one but it might be one of the champions.

[@Glumsage]

idk if its on youtube anymore but there was an AMAZING animation of the last church, its about big e having a conversation with the last priest on terra at the end of the unification wars, one of my favorites

[@illadiel6049]

Matara already guessing the Emp's plan for starving out the chaos gods during the Great Crusade

[@zsblack7063]

I play White Scars and I’m happy to see that you’re also a huge fan, I would recommend Amber Kings video on Jaghatai Khan (their primarch) although since it’s two and a half hours long it probably wouldn’t be great for reacting to on stream

[@Kyrobinthian]

Another thing people dont normally state with nurgle is that he also represents death bringing new life and the whole circle of life and death

[@theexodusbrown9935]

Seeing this reaction-saga, as a bricky watcher and vtuber noob has been a great experience.

[@LeonardoTheMomo]

I love these reactions! I hope you do more! My favorite theory about the Tyranids comes from the only psyker who survived going into their hive mind. A superpowerful eldar mage went into the mind of a Tyranid commander and he saw a giant, dark, godlike mind controlling ALL the tyranids in the universe AT THE SAME TIME. He had to get out immediately not to die and be sucked in by this dark entity. So, many believe the Tyranids may be the army of a horrifying Eldritch God. Or maybe there is a QUEEN like insect somewhere in the universe that can control all the Tyranids... who knows? Also: The krorks were very smart tech masters since birth, they were born with the knowledge of how to make war machines, which is how orks can create the machines they have. Krorks were more powerful than orks simply because they knew how to manipulate their imagination gift to manipulate reality. Once the war in heaven was over, the smartest and peaceful Krorks were killed by other, more violent factions that only knew war. Those started fighting each other for millions of years until they became the silly boyz they are now. I watched 4 one hour videos about The Emperor of Mankind's history/timeline. Even though it's not stream reaction material, I would love to see you react to a longer, more complex timeline about The Emperor or warhammer. The Tau btw became how they are because they became a "utopic' and communist civilization very early on. The space Dwarves also have an amazing history, they are "human" survivors from the Dark Age of Tech who are artificially born superior from a hive super machine with AI.

[@ysbrann3059]

this make no sense because we know that different Hive Fleet are hostile to each other , as when two of them encountered in the space they have been eating each other since

[@CheeseOfAgony]

​@@ysbrann3059 what if that just the way for it to evolve like the strongest fleet will consume all the weaker one until the perfect hive fleet born.

[@ysbrann3059]

@@CheeseOfAgony could be that yeah. lile a cultural exchange lmao

[@henrysimpson9094]

Tau boys for life, rail guns and gun lines all day long. Also I just like the way a lot of their units are named and how they look.

[@Brutalyte616]

I dare you to try and remember Farsight's full Tau name without looking it up.

[@DJROCKSTAZ]

Railguns and Crisis suits for the win!!

[@Shimmering_rain]

T'au are the greatest.

[@jax099]

The Tau were so peaceful and prosperous and DO fit into the whole grimdark thing, because what that viewer said about "tiny souls" is right. It is theorized that ALL of the Tau are being mindcontrolled simultaneously, and they have eradicated internal conflict through mindcontrol and sedation.

[@tardigrade8019]

That, and it’s pretty fun to see them encounter the horrifying forces in the universe. When they first meet the Catachan or the deathguard.

[@nukclear2741]

That's just... no. The Tau mind control thing is a vast overstatement of what's going on. The Ethereals cannot mind control, it's more like, they suggest things in a way that you feel foolish that you didn't think of those things. Furthermore, what I just described can only work if the one the Ethereal is talking to believes them, or is in agreement with them. The Ethereal's can't make you believe there's no war when your city is currently undergoing orbital bombardment, for example. We also know that the Ethereals can be lied to, even when the person they're talking to believes them, as seen with Farsight when he believed in the Ethereals, but that their abilities fail when the target clearly doesn't trust them. For example, despite being told that he's a traitor to the Greater Good, the people of Farsight's homeworld quietly see him as a figure of their world.

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

11:24 Ye. Kairos' lord is interesting. Even Tzeentch dares not enter the Well of Eternity at the very centre of reality, where space and time originate and end, the vast receptacle of knowledge at the heart of the Impossible Fortress. The Great Sorcerer, mighty though he is, cannot be sure of survival within the inky currents of infinity. Still the Well of Eternity holds great sway over Tzeentch’s mind, for it is the one puzzle he cannot solve, and the one mystery he cannot know - a challenge almost painful in its intensity. It was in the cause of understanding that Tzeentch hurled Kairos, a Lord of Change known as the Fateweaver to mortals, into the foreboding depths of the Well. While the Great Sorcerer was not prepared to risk his own being in such a venture, he had no such misgivings at risking one of his servants in such a fashion. So instead he sent his Lords of Change, but none of them ever returned. Finally, Tzeentch grabbed his vizir Kairos and cast him into the well. This time, Kairos survived, just. But when he resurfaced, Kairos was unnaturally aged, hunched and wizened. His mighty pinions were reduced to feeble vestigial remains, and he now had two heads. Henceforth, Kairos held both the knowledge of the future and the resulting insanity, and sits at Tzeentch's right side as his Oracle. He is constantly mumbling madly, and suddenly bursting into rambling tirades about events still to happen. Eighty-one Lords of Change are tasked with recording every word of the Oracle. A few mighty individuals, mortal and Daemon alike, are granted an audience with the Oracle for the completion of the most challenging of tasks for Tzeentch. The Oracle knows the answer to all questions; but only one head will always answer the truth, while the other simultaneously delivers a contradictory answer, which is false but equally believable. The resulting riddle invariably leaves the petitioner baffled. Since he clawed his way back from the Well after years uncounted within its depths, Kairos, known also as the Oracle of Tzeentch, Keeper of the Destiny Scrolls, and Mocking Watcher, can see things that are hidden even to Tzeentch. His right head sees possible futures as clear as day. No scheme is hidden from its sight and the infinite possibilities of tomorrow crystallise into irrefutable fact. Kairos’ left head sees the past without the petty colourations of perspective and bias. Past and future pulse through a body shrivelled and twisted by its passage through the Well. Valuable as this vision is, it comes with a heavy cost. Both of Kairos’ heads are blind to the present; he cannot see time as it passes - only events that are to come or whose time has already lapsed.

[@Oblivius33]

I think it's worth pointing out a difference in the fandom between the Old Necrons and the New Nekrons. (Commonly known as Newkrons) During...maybe 4th-5th edition, Nekrons were all of them unthinking, unfeeling murder machines. The Terminator on an army wide scale, guided by Eldritch Gods known as C'tan. That's why if you play Dawn of War 1, none of them speak. Only the Paraiah Nekrons, made out of humans with the Paraiah would. And those have been retconned out of existance. The Newkrons are effectivly the Tomb Kings in space. Same deal. The Overlords are the only ones thinking, the rest are mindless. And the C'tan are no longer the shadow entity behind the killing, but their pokemons. I can't exactly tell when the re-writing happened. I believe in 6th edition but I could be wrong.

[@absalomdraconis]

On the upside, with the exception of the Pariah, you can mime an Oldkron army with Newkron units if you want to. If the other player's ok with it, you could even mime a Pariah with that one Assassin.

[@nukclear2741]

5th edition is when the change was made I believe. The necrons were introduced in 3rd edition, but as early as 2nd there were units that would later be retconned into being part of the necrons once 3rd edition arrived, in this case, the Chaos Androids becoming the Necron Flayers.

[@Spartan77570]

Still super cool to see you getting more into Warhammer, and Bricky has been one of my favorite content creators on youtube for quite awhile. As for the tabletop I collect and play Dark Eldar. I picked them cause I like Dark Elves (and I first got into fantasy and then 40k so it tracks). Hope to see more Warhammer content from you and more reactions!

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Yeah!

[@40KBoss]

As I said in previous videos, I recommend Pancreasnowork. And Therussianbadgers video on the Space Marine game. Much love.

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

1:21:15 well, yeah. One of the reasons why the Tau were made was to cash in on the Japanese market after all. GW being what it is, a lot of stuff was just straight up lifted from Gundam.

[@Voldrim359]

Tzeench is really cool in my opinion... He makes really powerful demons to only troll the other chaos gods and in really funny ways

[@leobeltran3545]

When the Tyranids run into Tyberos the Red Wake, its a "I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with me" situation. Then Tyberos proceeds to Rip and Tear.

[@ashardalondragnipurake]

:( brikys description of angron will never not make me sad he didnt remove parts of his brain, he was captured as a baby and when he refused to kill in the colosseum they put the nails into him to force him to fight he was in constant pain every moment he wasnt killing, yet he still led a slave revolt to save his people, instead of just turning into a tornado of death that never stopped he slowed his campaign down out of compassion of his fellow escapees and when the emperor arrived he saw a planet not yet conquered, teleported angron off the planet, made him watch his friends get slaughtered and gave it back in the hands of his slavers angron was supposed to be the healer primarch so the emperors ethernal torture on the throne, he deserved it by abusing the only one who could get him off so

[@nukclear2741]

The video in question was made several years ago, before he got his hands on any of the lore surrounding Angron. Bricky runs a second channel called Adeptus Ridiculous, which has an episode on Angron, and goes over what happened to him.

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

To understand why Slaanesh is especially obsessed with devouring Eldar souls, you gotta understand Chaos Gods and souls in general. Think of a soul as food. A regular soul from a human for instance is essentially like unseasoned chicken breast and rice. It fills you but it's not that tasty. The stronger a soul is however, the more tasty it is. A human psyker's soul is like that same chicken breast but with way better seasoning and a bit of condiment on the side. Eldar were created to near perfection by the Old One in both body and soul, so Eldar soul is basically like an A5 wagyu steak. Now, since Slaanesh was created by the Eldar and is now inextricably linked to them, she has an even greater desire for them, like the equivalent of you having both raised/grown all of your ingredients and cooked them at optimal freshness (and is almost like gaining a part of herself too since she is made of a lot of Eldar souls). And so when it comes to the Dark Eldar especially, since they’re so depraved as well, they’re basically like an A5 wagyu steak is also covered in gold leaf and has caviar on the side with a glass of fine wine with every ingredient having been hand made and at perfect freshness while also feeling more complete afterwards. That, is why Slaanesh loves Eldar souls so much.

[@maxnova9763]

I can‘t wait for her to stumble across the legendary tales of Commissar Ciphias Cain

[@williansnobre]

I think she read his books already

[@Serpentking789]

Fun Fact about the Dark Eldar: they often employ sexy 4-armed snake-people called the Sslyth as mercenaries

[@TheHornsofValmar]

Hi! Dark Angels are my fave. Love the fantasy knight aesthetic and color scheme on top of the Fallen lore. The Lion is also my favorite Primarch

[@sirgideonofnir6840]

The dark Eldar use the excuse of self-preservation, but they love it.

[@kanaku]

Love your interest 40k! My current armies are Black Legion for 40k, Sons of Horus for 30k and Slaves to Darkness for Age of Sigmar.

[@lilithicanna1861]

I would share what I play, as I always have loved the armies I collect, my main army is tyranids, I have a lot of old metal half broken nids I still use in games, because they were my first models. Second army are flesh tearers, a blood angel successor that is more violent and aggressive than their angel brothers, but also have some really interesting dilemmas in their story telling and finally Daemons are a big thing for me, mainly all four working together. Love your videos and hope you are having a fun time diving into warhammer.

[@cropathfinder]

would love to see matara react to "if the emperor had a text to speech device" series

[@Aralorne]

From what I remember about the Tau, they didn’t have a presence in the Warp until recent millennia, and that’s the manifestation of the Greater Good. Unless you count Farsight, they don’t have a Chaos influence and their only interaction with Chaos was an encounter with the Death Guard.

[@blockhead134]

The Old Ones made the Eldar as a practically perfect race, and they feared that the Eldar would turn against them. To fix that, they made Eldar physical reproduction really fast, but new souls only rarely pop up. Instead, Eldar souls reincarnated, meaning Eldar reproduce real fast unless they betray the Old Ones, in which case they just grab all the Eldar souls after death and stop reproduction. Unfortunately, Slaanesh redirected the Reincarnation Funnel directly into her mouth.

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

56:15 of course they do. They’re one in a Krillion.

[@danteglory95]

My favorite faction is the inquisition but since they don't have many models for tabletop I usualy play sisters, orks, genestealers, and sometimes death guard.

[@dheiyomain6775]

I like how your first instinct after not being able to play the heretic xeno demon killers, is to play said heretic xeno and demons

[@danteglory95]

@@dheiyomain6775 and also sisters

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

1:16:06 I absolutely love how chuuni that quote sounds.

[@dragonmanj]

Not only am I from part 1, was also here when you and Zen were watching together. I hope you i can watch you getting into the universe of WH40K even more

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

20:21 yeah. It's a headache. GW, the authors, and the fans have no idea wtf is going on with them. They’re less mysterious and more cryptic af. The best way I’ve heard them described is that "it's like a mystery novel written by someone who doesn’t know how to write a mystery". Hey, at least their colour scheme is cool. Love the scales.

[@karlwikman3874]

If The dark eldar ONLY torture to survive and treated it more like a chore instead of enjoying it, they would be an actually interesting faction

[@OGXenos]

Slaanesh knows if you're faking it

[@distractdelude7121]

The Drukhari send their regards. Also, your whole city conveniently shredded into one little box.

[@Lachdonin]

Bricky actually gets a few things about the Eldar wrong. For one, the Craftworlders didn't all escape. Many Craftworlds were lost entirely, shattered by Slaanesh's birth scream, which also claimed the lives of trillions of Humans, Orcs, and other creatures across the Galaxy. Secondly, he entirely misses the Exodites, who were the first to flee their societies collapse. They're basically Space Elf Amish, and forego most advanced technology in favour of living an agrarian life on the fringes of the galaxy. As far as the Eldar go... Eldar Souls remain entirely conscious when they enter the Warp. Prior to the Fall, they would actually reincarnate, memories intact. Their psychic potential is also immense compared to Humans. If a Human is a candle, an Eldar is a bonfire. This combination of influences means that Eldar Souls are highly coveted by the Eldar Gods, and are typically just too delicious to resist. But because of their connection to Slaanesh, Eldar Souls NORMALLY go to Slaanesh, unless they directly pledge themselves to another or save their soul in an Infinity Circuit. Pledging ones self to a Chaos God, however, is a dangerous game for an Eldar, because they need to constantly offer more than their own souls value to stave off their patrons hunger. I may... Be a little too into the Eldar. Something to justify 12,500 points of them...

[@Shimmering_rain]

I think one of the reasons he didn't mention the Exodites was that they are not a playable faction. But otherwise yes, you are correct.

[@LordDeathwing17]

49:28 that is a haemonculus. They are (in the loosest, and most generous sense of the words) the “doctors” and “medics” of the Dark Eldar. Many of them are as old as the Fall of the Empire, and are masters of “flesh-crafting.” They pretty much grow and subsequently graft extra limbs onto themselves to assist in their torture rooms/surgical bays. These guys are VERY expensive to hire, but for good reason: if you get blown to bits, they can actually BRING YOU BACK TO LIFE. Provided your buddies find enough of your bits.

[@bugs7253]

You're the person that talks through a movie, misses a key point, and then wonders why they're confused. 😐

[@KingMarkus222]

Yes lol

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

If you want an idea of how terrifying the Dark Eldar are, they made the Night Lords scared of the dark.

[@curiouswind9196]

ORKZ ARE BESTEST!

[@dantedetoussaint209]

Slight note on the Tau. There is a rumor/theory that some of the necrontyr were lost/left the war in heaven before it started and probably got absorbed or thrown into the future from a warp accident, and they ended up on the Tau planet with the warp storm. And it is said that they might be the somewhat mysterious and elusive eternal cast of the town (which is more or less the people in charge of the Tau empire).

[@rubennova8116]

She’s right. She talks way too much.

[@aquaperson1292]

Real

[@Obversechaos]

For anyone who doesn't understand why the Tau advanced so quickly: in the Warhammer 40k universe, war is ever-present and consumes all aspects of culture, not just stifling, but regressing societies. Due to a massive unbreachable warp storm, he Tau had 6000 years of peace with no in-fighting and developed technologically and socially beyond the others.

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

Please stop talking over everything he's saying, half the questions you asked he answers but you're so busy asking you don't hear

[@CptPhilippnes]

Funny thing about the Tau. While it's not really a confirmed thing but apparently Commander Farsight is an unofficial Char Aznable clone. It's broken down to: a.) His mech is red and, last I heard, performs 3x better than the standard model but I could be wrong. b.) He's somewhat a hero of his faction but he is at odds with the established governing body. c.) If I am misremembering, his rival in the Tau is Shadowsun, who is a redhaird pilot who uses a white mech.

[@Dracobyte]

Nice theory!