Warhammer Doubter Reacts! - HELSREACH (1-3) - EP 1 - THIS LOOKS AWESOME!

[@TheRealCenturion]

As always Link to the Creators channel and the video links in the description! Thank you for everyone who told me to watch this! Im not disappointed! Leave a like if you want me to react to more! ;) I appreciate the support on the channel everyone, Truly .... On the road to 1000 Subs! Would not be possible without you, So thank you all so much! Let me know what to react to next! See you in the next one!

[@jameshill8050]

Sabatian Yarrick (the dude with the augmetic eye) is a regular human. He is a commissar (commissars are political officers technically outside the chain of command. His job is to inspire and maintain discipline within the imperial guard).

[@scottschofield5000]

Cool little lore egg: as shown, Yarrick defeated a War Boss Ork in single combat, something that should be impossible for a regular human. This shocked and kind of terrified the Orks and triggered their weird superpower: A group gestalt that can actually manifest seemingly stupid beliefs as a reality. Meaning, as long as enough Orks believe in something it actually makes it true. They paint their ships and vehicles red because they believe it makes them faster, so it actually does. They think the color purple makes them invisible, so their recon commandos paint themselves purple, and it works. The imperium has captured Ork weaponry for examination and found that it, according the laws of mechanics, should not work, and they can't get it to work, but when they give it to an Ork, it works. It is theorized the same thing has happened to Yarrick, he has lived way longer than a human should and it is theorized that the Orks having seen him beat their Ork Boss, think he's immortal, so, he may actually be.

[@fussytom3093]

23:54 Armageddon is an industrial world, every breath is basically a pack of cigarettes XD

[@TheRealCenturion]

That makes complete sense 😂

[@RockwellSocratese]

​@@TheRealCenturion Also thats how my Drill Instructors sounded in the Marines. Its what happens when your screaming for so long.

[@Auss1e]

The skull is a servo skull, one type of servitor. Servitors are lobotomized humans converted into half human half machines. Servo skulls are usually serfs converted to allow them to continue to serve, other servitors it's usually a criminal. Because it's 40K it doesn't take much to be counted as criminal and the life of a servitor is terrible, sometime they retain consciousness living in a weird mind prison unable to die.

[@nomindsyndicate5167]

So happy to be watching this again with you! Seems as though High Marshal Helbrecht was chosen to command the orbital defenses because the Black Templars are a fleet based chapter, but he left Grimaldus’s squad behind to defend the hive city of Helsreach. Approaching is the largest Ork fleet ever seen by the Imperium, and Grimaldus desires to fight alongside the rest of his Chapter in orbit when the Green Tide breaks against them. Lot of bloody history, but one thing unknown to the Imperium is, in a cosmic twist of fate, Armageddon is actually the ancient Ork homeworld of Ullanor. They are drawn to it.

[@TheRealCenturion]

Happy to have you here! Also thank you for explaining and giving a bit more context! I really appreciate that! Im guessing it stopped being the Orks homeworld back in 30K or was it more recent?

[@PreceptorGrant]

Not sure info re Ullanor is correct. Orks were created much earlier in the timeline, millions of years ago during the War in Heaven. The Krorks were a soldier race creation of that war, just like the Eldar. I don't think they ever had a homeworld as such, and even if they did the knowledge is long lost to history. Ullanor *is* conceptually linked to orks, but it's because that's where the Imperium had possibly the biggest military parade in all space and time. The Triumph at Ullanor, celebrating the conclusion of the Ullanor Crusade against the orks in the late 30k setting. After Ullanor was when the Emperor left the Great Crusade and returned to Terra to work on the Golden Throne project.

[@nomindsyndicate5167]

@@PreceptorGrant Ah yes you’re correct, I was trying to over simplify it. Not a true homeworld, more like a capitol to their empire. Which was vanquished by the Emperor and his legions during the Great Crusade.

[@kr0w119]

Love how receptive and enthusiastic you are watching this. I see you’re a note-taker as well. Here’s a great list for your reference, because it can be very confusing telling them apart. Squad Grimaldus: GRIMALDUS - Reclusiarch. skull helm. ARTARION - Banner bearer. standard helm. Slurry raspy voice, because his jaw was blown off and replaced with a mechanical jaw. PRIAMUS - "Blademaster" standard helm. Youngest astartes among them. He's the one always carrying the power sword (not a chainsword). NEROVAR (usually just NERO) - Apothecary. White armor, standard helm with optics. CADOR - Veteran brother at least 300 years old. Helm has angled slits in his faceplate. BASTILAN - Sergeant. Beakie helm. Other Black Templars: HIGH MARSHAL HELBRECHT - (no helm) Chapter Master & overall commander of the fleet protecting Armageddon. BAYARD - Emperor's Champion. Carries the "Black Sword", the most sacred blade of the Black Templars. Knightly helm (although he is wearing a standard helm in his first appearance) JURISIAN - TechMarine. Long robotic arms on his back. Standard helm with optics. Deep slow voice.

[@TheRealCenturion]

This Helps so much! Thank you a lot! I was able to get some cliff notes about each but this is really useful!

[@kr0w119]

@@TheRealCenturionYou’re welcome sir! The better you understand, the better you enjoy, the more we’ll enjoy watching ;) And you already understand so much for someone brand new to 40k, like the demigod reverence the Imperial Guard has for the Astartes. New people will usually just equate Space Marines to the Stormtroopers in Star Wars. No. in 40k, every Space Marine is a literal grandson of the God Emperor. A fabled Angel of Death on your side. The guardsmen of the Astra Militarum are the stormtroopers. Hah I just remembered there’s even a moment when Grimaldus calls one of them that!

[@TheRealCenturion]

@@kr0w119 Well i certainly would not want to disappoint! ;) I love sc-fi in general so im just trying to wrap my head around all these different concepts mashed together like they are. But its a lot easier when I have such a great audience watching :) Hope you enjoyed the video!

[@albigucko9518]

The battle between orks and guard happened previously. There were 3 (if i remember correctly) wars of Armageddon. First one is classified and almost no one knows about it (it's a whole thing about higher-ups restriciting any info about chaos and daemons). Second was against orks (it's official number is 1) and this war is shown with glimpses and scenes where commissar Yarrik takes ork Nob 1v1. Grimaldus and black templars (and many other forces and astartes chapters) take part in the third war. Armageddon was previously known as Ullanor. Here was the heart of ork Empire. The Emperor was almost killed here and saved by Horus. Also, here The Emperor gave Horus the title of Warmaster and departed to Terra to work on the Webway project in secret. After some time Ullanor was lost in the warp (I dont remember why) and then appeared in a very dangerous segmentum. After Imperium found it again, they renamed it to Armageddon. Its is basically a very strategically important planet. Home to some serious production and a hub for many trade routes

[@TheRealCenturion]

Thank you for adding some extra context to those scenes! Its cool that the planet has so much lore to it already and this is probably one of the many times its appeared and been described. Im guessing Ullanor is talked about quite a bit in the Horus Hearsay? Hope you enjoyed the video, and thank you again for explaining!

[@albigucko9518]

@@TheRealCenturion oh I did enjoy the video! Yep, Ullanor is mentioned during Great Crusade and Horus Heresy

[@albigucko9518]

Scene in the drop pod was not a memory but a vision of Grimaldus. He has a sence of unease coming from within his mind and soul. He feels like threat that is coming to an Armageddon is too great and though he still will fight, it seems hopeless. It is also due to him losing his master, previous chaplain of the Eternal Crusade. He's basically unsure about everything

[@TheRealCenturion]

Ah that makes sense! so its a complete for-shadowing of potentially whats to come. Im guessing it takes quite a lot to shake these guys, kind of crazy to hear one of them talking as if he's already dead in a sense.

[@etlttc353]

if you want another long one but a more character specific topic you should check out Angron by warrior tier

[@TheRealCenturion]

Ill add that to the list. Thank you for the recommendation! Hope you enjoyed the video! :)

[@maven9050]

​@TheRealCenturion Yes! you absolutely should react to that! It is a real piece of art. One of the best fan work out there in terms of lore. You will be surprised how immerse you will be when watching it. It's an absolute banger!

[@Acturius]

i''m so glad that you keep the pace of posting one react a day from w40k, you're a great reactor that take the thing seriously. And it makes me train my english. Please do not leave without a video per day before the end of helreach at least :p Have a good day

[@TheRealCenturion]

Hey I appreciate that! Its a lot easier to keep making videos when I have such a great audience watching. :) Im gonna try to do consist uploads! maybe not every time of 40K, but Helsreach im gonna try to do every day or two MAX. Im really interested in watching the rest of it! Thank you for watching, Hope you enjoyed!

[@raisttlyn]

I see new Helsreach youtuber I click. I'm a simple man.

[@PreceptorGrant]

A little context: the Hive world of Armageddon has been subjected to several distinct wars, rather than one very long war. The 1st Armageddon War was in 441.M41, against Chaos, not relevant to this story. The 2nd Armageddon War was in 941.M41, when a Waaagh under Warboss Ghazghkull Thraka invaded. This is the '57 years ago' flashback scene with Commissar Yarrick dueling an ork boss and taking its powerclaw to replace his own lost arm, a legendary scene in 40k lore. Helsreach takes place during the 3rd Armageddon War, 998.M41, when Ghazghkull returns with a far bigger Waaagh and re-invades. Commissar Yarrick is still around, he's the very old guy with the wheezy voice at the briefing. He's in overall command of the planet's defence.

[@scottschofield5000]

"...And these are the good guys?" Ehhhh, it's all the lesser of a dozen evils in WH40K.

[@TheRealCenturion]

The "better" guys XD

[@PreceptorGrant]

40k doesn't really have good guys as such. It has bad guys, and worse guys.

[@rorylol]

A big thing to notice is how the art style subtly changes to reflect Grimaldus' state of mind.

[@TheRealCenturion]

Ill keep an eye on that! thank you for telling me!

[@goldenshark7546]

​@@TheRealCenturionits cool to notice it. But it may or may not be intended initially. The creator Richard was an amateur user of SFM (software used for animation) at the time. He is more of writer/director and not really professional animator unlike Syama(astartes guy). So he learned animation over time while releasing this animation chapter by chapter and you can see his improvements. One of us fans noticed it and proposed the above idea and we liked it very much, including Richard and we just went with the idea for explanation of the art style.

[@shadowfax-p3y]

One Hell of a audiobook and one hell of a animation! Enjoy brother. Keep diving into this bottomless pit of an amazing lore in this universe lol

[@TheRealCenturion]

Im enjoying it a lot so far! Cant wait for the next few episodes!

[@HistoritorJimaldus]

The animation was all done in 3D, then filters applied to make it look hand-drawn

[@TheRealCenturion]

Oh ok! thank you for clarifying! I wonder how many hours it took him to put this all together.

[@maddogmcgraw5987]

Servo skull, like a little floating i-phone made out of someones skull.

[@TheRealCenturion]

Oh NICE! XD. So they act as sorta assistants to Black Templars? or Space marines in general?

[@maddogmcgraw5987]

@@TheRealCenturion just the imperium in general, I've got space marine and imperial guard models with them attached, but you'll see them all over the art and animations. The skull itself would have probably belonged to an accountant or something, forced to serve in death.

[@Banaaniapina692]

@@TheRealCenturion Well the servo skulls do have a brain in them too because AI is outlawed. So they can think to an extent.

[@maddogmcgraw5987]

@@Banaaniapina692 true, my bad, that's a whole extra level of the grim dark rabbit hole to fall through.

[@HistoritorJimaldus]

Some consider it an honour - one inquisitor I read about has a servo skull made from his mentor

[@crimsonstare]

ahhh hell yeah!!! I hope you love this as much as i do!

[@TheRealCenturion]

I cant wait for the next episodes!

[@seanstevenson9891]

Your enthusiasm for the prologue has me subscribing for the rest. 🤟😁

[@TheRealCenturion]

Hey i really appreciate that! Episode 2 is currently up if your interested! Hope you enjoyed the video :)

[@PBRatLord]

Hey, glad to see you're checking this out. Another tangentially related recommendation would be AFanWithTooMuchTime's fanfic/audiodrama, Star Wars vs 40k. It's a very well done and thought out series that's a ton of fun and doesn't require much information on either universe that isn't covered by the narrative or bonus episodes diving into the lore of the story and his thought process about how the two universes interact. Even if you don't react to it, it's a fun watch/listen Also, The Awakening is another fantastic animation featuring many 40k KZbinrs as voice actors of the marines and focusing on the Dark Angels and Necrons. Great stuff There's historical precedent for striking or drawing blood from a knight as part of their ceremony of oath as a fun fact. Yeah, the storytelling in this animation can be a little scattered or rushed, but they had to stuff a pretty packed 400pg book into a two hour movie, so i think it's still a fine adaptation and they hit a lot of the key notes while leaving tons to be explored if you want to dive into the book.

[@TheRealCenturion]

Thank you for that recommendation! ill be adding those to the list for sure! Those sound pretty interesting! I think all things considered its been fantastic so far, I really cant wait to watch more with you guys! I really like the way that ceremony is put into context, and what being struck like that is viewed as, its pretty metal. Hope you enjoyed the video :)

[@chadwhitfield6946]

The 57 years later is because the guy with the chainsaw sword is Sebastian Yarrick. That scene was 57 years ago. There have been several wars with the Orks over Armageddon. Yarrick is called old Bale Eye by the Orks because he has a mechanical eye. He's considered their greatest enemy in terms of 1 man.

[@TheRealCenturion]

He looks Like a Beast! What makes him able to be wounded so badly like that and keep going? He's got to be augmented in ways right?

[@warangelthelight2077]

​@TheRealCenturion pure will and hatred. If you want a breakdown of that hero I recommend amber king yarrick sebastian. And if possible react to....😅

[@SuzukiChen]

​@TheRealCenturion Yarrick has some auguments for lost parts of the body +some "tactical" upgrades, but 90% of his body is regular human.. 90% cuz he lost a limb to an orc Boss (highest orc in command, biggest and the strongest one), and took this Boss's mechanical claw arm as a trophy and connected to himself. Most emperials would be considered "heretics" for using xenos tech, but as there was no other replacements, and Yarrick did it himself +his rank and proven devotion to the cause (aka commissar that fights in the first rows in the trenches with others), he is considered the greatest ones. After he got the claw hand, orcs started to consider him the strongest human, and the enemy number 1- even orcs respect him, and let him go once.. cuz orc want nothing but a good fight, and this tiny human was always offering them the best fights, better than space marines even. At some point Yarrick becomes a bit insane and rides on top of the tank standing, literally commanding the tank to pull closer to the orcs so he can kill them from the tank as it's his horse. Also he knows orc language (learned it lol) and has best knowledge of their culture and strategy. So yeah.. Yarrick is one of the kind, very special man, with God like resolve, unbowed will, etc, etc. He is Him among the guard.

[@pub1]

​@@TheRealCenturionin addition to the above, there is another theory as to his long life and ability to survive. As has been said, the Orks have lost to him many times and so he gained a reputation with the orks for being unkillable. And orks also have the psychic powers of belief. So if enough orks believe that he can't be killed by them, then that means he can't die by wounds caused by them... and so he doesn't. Whether true or not, who knows. But I like the idea that the orks were subconsciously keeping their favourite "Umie" alive the whole time, which allowed him to keep beating them 😂

[@pub1]

Yarrick is loved by the Orks too. He always gave them a good scrap. One time they captured him after a battle. He was tortured for a few weeks and then taken to the War Boss. He assumed he was going to be executed but no, they released him after the War Boss said that "good enemies are hard to find". Orks! 😆

[@eno88]

Servo skulls are a lot less disturbing than Cherubs..

[@DeathKorpmen999]

The thing 22:10 Kirov did was forming the Aquila both the sign of the emperor and Imperium aswell as the name of the highestranking salute inside the Imperium. It was not simple oh my god space marines but an official form of salute. Both hands are positioned aboth the hearth and form 2 wings.

[@Hurricane_Manners]

When I think of the indomitable human spirit in the 40k universe, I don't imagine the Emperor, or space marines, or the boltgun as an image or a symbol. It's Sebastian Yarrick lifting up the power claw of an ork warboss above his head as he bleeds out, and the music that goes with it.

[@gallo1160]

Sorry if it sounds pretentious, but I like this animation because it helps me remember why this is a bleak universe and the characters are more than just exaggerations, sometimes the community puts so much effort into memes and jokes that it's hard for someone who wants something serious to enjoy.

[@TheRealCenturion]

Exactly! before i started really getting into this, the few things i did see were entirely supposed to be comical. I can appreciate that, but i really appreciate this a lot more! Love the art style.

[@eno88]

Man, I can't wait for the sirens...

[@DeathKorpmen999]

The Black Templars are the literal incarnation of all religios Christian knightly orders combined. Their greatest idea giver however is the Deutschritter Orden (the Teutonic knights) and it was their custome that every Promotion is followed with a backhanded punch after which followed the words "may this be the last blow you receiving unanswerd" meaning may you never be killed ore so heavily damaged that you are not able to fight on.

[@jameshill8050]

And to add to the comment about servo skulls. AI is considered to be heretical (this is due to a Skynet like robotic rebellion during the golden age of humanity) so more often than not criminals are lobotomized and turned into servitors and or servo skulls which serve a myriad of purposes throughout the imperium of man.

[@sailormajima4379]

Okay, so i know recently you said you wouldn't keep doing warhammer. However, it would be very cool if you looked i to a couple of more things like Gav and Bob Emperor TTS Starwars vs. Warhammer 40K specifically by AFanWithTooMuchTime. This one, especially since it's very accurate and cool and needs to be seen by more people. It's not just a vs it's a full story with characters, and it all makes sense just trust me. These are my recommendations that I think of off the top of my head.

[@TheRealCenturion]

Oh brother imma keep doing warhammer! It just may not be the topic of every upload but I certainly plan on making more! I really appreciate those recommendations! Ill those to the list now! Hope you enjoyed the video!

[@biffglotzt2327]

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[@ricardoandre7049]

That was fast

[@Daniel29977]

I don't think this is all hand drawn. Having rendered a few things myself i can tell you there are optional "art style" overlays for rendering. edit: Calling a hive a city is like saying an ant is almost an elephant. The typical hive has between 1 and 15 billion citizens. And a hive world like Armageddon holds several hives. meagain: Commissar Sebastian Yarrik, Old Bale-Eye, killed an Ork boss in a duel and lost an arm. I mean you watched it. An incredible feat for an inaugmented human. The Orks think of him as the greatest humie warrior and are actually disappointed that he is so small. They captured him once and he managed to play the Orks against each other and escaped by starting a revolt. He understands the orkish mind pretty good and had a laser installed in his eye bc the "Gaze of Gork", which the orks believe to be the punishing gaze of one of their gods. Yarrik is a hole story in itself and many are disappointed that Games Workshop let him die off-screen in the latest edition.

[@FlexStudioPL]

Please check out W+ content. Angels ob Blood are good and Hammer and Bolter series are quite good too.