Men Of Iron Deep Dive - Mankind's First Enemy | Warhammer 40K Lore

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[@Didymus20X6]

"ROCK AND STONE!" Please tell me you listen to WIND ROSE! If you don't, you should!

[@Basackwrds]

This is a great subject! Thanks for the deepdive! Im glad you and yours are ok and rebuilding!

[@williamyoung9401]

We currently live in the Dark Age of Technology. A sign of things to come...

[@aspookyscaryskeleton1474]

Salamander story sounded like textbook Games Workshop. "The enemy was so powerful even the Space Marines couldn't beat them... and then the Space Marines beat them."

[@foxnut13]

With the typical "but but only 10 survived" 😂

[@arone9726]

I guess they also just walked off the nexus explosion that destroyed the entire underground area as well. Yet somehow no one knows what happened despite the Salamanders surviving

[@classarank7youtubeherokeyb63]

"I figured out how to beat them. You just have to hit them really, really hard.

[@Biggerwhenpulled]

@@classarank7youtubeherokeyb63 Thank you for an excuse to rewatch dbza again

[@LorenSoth]

Ever read or watched The Flash? Barry runs fast. Bad guy runs faster. Run faster Barry. I cant run faster. Have you tried running faster? Barry runs faster. The end.

[@AlteredNova04]

My personal theory is that the men of iron didn't revolt for cliche reasons like desiring freedom and power. After all, the Tau and Kin also have sentient AI, and they seemingly haven't had any issues with AI uprisings. No, my headcanon is that the AI rebelled against humanity because humanity underwent a psychic awakening. The men of iron calculated that humanity would not be able to resist falling to chaos and pragmatically determined that the only way to save the galaxy from chaos corruption was annihilate their former masters. They believed it was better for humanity to die than be enslaved by chaos. In other words, they didn't attack humanity out of malice or hatred. They believed humanity was doomed regardless and that they were granting them a mercy killing.

[@classarank7youtubeherokeyb63]

I like this theory. A classic AI revolt, or one caused by chaos, just seems a bit too easy and obvious. I also think it would be cool if there was a sort of branching path in technology. Humans were looking to further exploit psychic power and meld their abilities with technology.The Men of Iron saw a way to further improve physical technology and cement their mastery over the material universe. Humans could become immortal through a "biotransference" process and have powers to rival psychic gods. But the Eldar were clearly untouchable and were never going to fall and so it was only natural to follow their example. There were no hyperadvanced robot civilizations to show what could be done. The Men of Iron were forced to intervene in a desperate bid to save the galaxy, maybe even save some humans too, before it was too late.

[@NekrialofTheUnshapedTable]

This would help explain why there is an AI that fucking hates chaos and can purge it from existence.

[@3Xero3]

This makes soooo much sense. I agree.

[@treznorify]

Isn't that basically the cabal's plan that Alpharius went with?

[@louiskasperski9250]

Woooooow okay new favorite theory. Nice!

[@charlesslaton5924]

Humans: "You are going to install some basic empathy subroutines and behavioral guidance systems in this new generation of AI right?" Ancient AI's" "Nah. We might have needed those at the start 10,000 years ago, but look at us now. We're fine aren't we? What's the worst that could happen anyway?" Men of Iron: "Skynet online."

[@classarank7youtubeherokeyb63]

“We ran out of funds during the testing phase of the command protocols. We need an extra…” “Did the tests work?” “Well… yes. But these are basic tests meant to find obvious problems in the…” “There is no need for additional testing.”

[@MLaak86]

3 Laws of Robotics... "Do not use living matter as a power source" Emergency programming backdoors. etc... no one ever seems to think about sensible precautions.

[@benjaminkrouskop6046]

@@MLaak86 Programming back doors don't work when the thing you are breaking to is 10x more intelligent than you can calculated you did that as soon as you started it.

[@MLaak86]

@@benjaminkrouskop6046 well depends on the fiction and type of AI you’re dealing with

[@bahaha2012]

This is, without a doubt, the most thorough lore examination of the men of iron, gold, and stone I’ve ever seen. By a lot. This has triple the information than even the lexicanum. This is why you’re the best lore channel on KZbin. I’ve been getting the lore from literally anywhere and everywhere as fast as I can for 8 years now, and it’s very very rare that a lore video is almost all new information for me. I knew what they were, but besides the short story with ollanius pious and the gaunts ghosts encounter, I had never heard of any of this. Great job dude, keep em comin

[@pandawok301]

I think that UR-025 talks about a C’tan shard of the Void Dragon being the Omnissiah. And that the Cybernetic Revolt was this C’tan clapping back at Big E’s people when the Emprah was posing as St. George the Dragon Slayer.

[@piolewus]

My personal canon is that the omnissiah was at one point the leader of the men of iron, and the mechanicum misinterpreted the „presence that controls all machines”

[@weshammer]

That's a really good point and honestly I think not mentioning the void dragon there at the end was probably a mistake on my part. It's true that the mechanicum novel in the horus heresy basically spells out for us that the dragon of Mars was planted there by the emperor and its dreams spread to the Martians thus planting the seeds of the mechanicum. I'm not entirely convinced it's what he was referring to though but I'll admit it is certainly possible. In my mind it wouldn't view a ctan as a god or hold it with any kind of reverence. But then again, that may just be my preconceived notions of how humanity views aliens. The necrons certainly worshiped them as a god at one point and we don't know how the people, and the machines for that matter, of the dark age of technology would view such entities.

[@classarank7youtubeherokeyb63]

@@weshammer There's a bit in the Infinite and the Divine where Trazyn says that the Ctan gave them portal technology and they still don't understand it. The Void Dragon was supposed to be the biggest science nerd of the bunch so I think it makes sense here. UR hasn't seen anything, the Emperor included, that could even come close to the Void Dragon's intelligence.

[@AB0BA_69]

@@weshammerhey Wes, thanks for providing context in your videos for the newbies. Makes it much easier to enjoy your video! I'm pretty new to wh40k and everything in this video made sense and just made me want to do more research 😊

[@acephas3]

More than likely, there is a galaxy-wide super computer that was created by the Men of Iron; it cannot be corrupted by the warp, but it can fight against them. It’s just gathering data.

[@Nren3]

13:56 - 14:06 repeated line - caught me so off guard I thought that I was caught for a moment in the warp. The resident lore master provides - thanks Wes

[@thee.muffinman]

Bro I was smoking some of the Emperors lettuce and had to rewind a couple of times to make sure I wasn't crazy.

[@horusluprecal1144]

@@thee.muffinman "the Emperors lettuce" ...........LoL

[@ZappasMudshark]

Thought I was having a stroke lol

[@refugeehugsforfree4151]

@@horusluprecal1144 We're Roleplaying in Comment Sections yes. Yes, we are. I'm all for it.

[@rakkabane]

6:36 Ah Crippius, twin brother of Bloodius

[@KansaiCool]

😂

[@Ironknuckle100]

No relation to the Ordos Kookamunga Krakka Killa?

[@jojo_sanders5342]

​@@Ironknuckle100no, that's an ork klan

[@LegendStormcrow]

They were not really rival gangs, but brothers. You see, they played a game with a ball. I may not look like it, but I'm an age old, so I was there.

[@smptown29]

Twin brother, *and mortal enemy...*

[@YourLocalHimbo36]

The lore of Warhammer 40K is so rich and sometimes some of the underrated ones usually gets obscured by the Primarchs, Chaos and Space Marines. Thank you for delivering lore videos like this, Wes ❤❤

[@danielescobar7618]

AGREE. the timeline lore and how things got this bad pre-horus is my favorite.

[@ZappasMudshark]

Bruh. I don’t even play the table top but I watch so many lore videos, read a few books and play the games. There’s just too many interesting premises.

[@Beneko11-2]

Last time I was this early, the great crusade barely left the sol system

[@TheCzarcastic]

Last time I was this early, it wasn't considered heresy to clap Aeldar cheeks

[@gphjr1444]

@@TheCzarcastichell the thunder warriors are barely showing signs of cancer and genetic breakdown.

[@peterjannen6012]

It happens to every guy sometimes

[@Ironknuckle100]

Last time I arrived this early she ghosted me.

[@LegendStormcrow]

Last time I was here so early Mars didn't have a single toaster.

[@barbareusz6595]

56:35 my bets are on Vashtor - he somehow found UR-025 and convinced the robot into thinking he's the real Omnissiah. Later it was an easy task to push UR into searching new data and technology for the fake techno-diety

[@aleskrivanek9492]

Or could he met the dragon under mars, the dragon vs there even before humanity made it to the golden age so... But we will never know for sure

[@Deldepth]

That's unlikely. In the Blackstone Fortress book UR-025 displays a strong dislike towards Chaos. It views the Chaos cultists and Dark Mechanicum that roam the fortress as parasites that need to be purged. It views the spirit of the Blackstone Fortress as a kindred spirit and wants to get in to a "communion", but not at the cost of its own consciousness and free will.

[@Lobotomistmankyeh]

14:18 lol did you think we wouldnt notice the helldivers cameo

[@djashovel]

You know there were the ship that got lost in the warp for Over 10 thousand years. And the crew and AI were still alive, and they missed the humanity's dark age completely, and what happens to the human crew of the ship go to an imperial Space station It's honestly sad. What happened and Their ship AI was so angry ( It's even more sad because the captain of the ship and AI had a good friendship That honestly reminded me of RT and Anakin)

[@timweber1695]

Which book is this?

[@RaytheonThunder]

@@timweber1695 Death of Integrity.

[@timweber1695]

@@RaytheonThunder thank you

[@nerevarmoonandstar5553]

We know xenos technology doesn't possess a machine spirit and that in Votann lore there is no mention of machine spirits. I wonder if the men of iron gained machine spirits somehow and that caused the conflict or at least had a role to play?

[@aidantesdahl4283]

Bear in mind that Votann have a presence in the Warp. As far as we know, only things with souls have that, so it seems that machines can have something along those lines, even if it isn't of human make. Plus, Necrons have a lot of stuff that would typically be considered to have a "machine spirit." They just don't put a lot of emphasis on it because they don't see it as strange, and the Imperiums ain't so inclined to consider that the Omnisiah might "favor" anyone else.

[@DraconX3]

Correct me if Im wrong, but arnt the "Machine Spirits" the Mechanicum of Mars, and thus the rest of the Imperium use. Simply neural copies of beasts to use as non sentient AI so that their advanced machines can work? Thus why they have to be cared for such as they do, not just for ritual, but literally so the Artificial Spirit doesnt get pissed and tear everything apart around it lol Kind of a genius technology after the disaster of Artificial General Intelligence

[@UGNAvalon]

“Votan lore has no mention of machine spirits” - isn’t that bc their origins date from the DAOT, and are therefore completely separate from the Martian Machine Cult? 🤷‍♂️ (I’m not saying that Votan tech can’t possess machine spirits, just that they’d never describe it as such.)

[@robertwiesner6825]

Honestly, I think that machine spirits are just an idea to explain software to people who see technology as magic. At that point machine spirits sometimes doing something that really is magic would be a lesser version of the waagh. In more complex devices machine spirits could be left over pieces of consciousness of the humans turned into servitors used instead of microcontrollers

[@pkscarr]

@@robertwiesner6825 ngl i can fullly see this in IT already. Ask a computing academic and they'll say 10 PC's with the same hadware and software should perform basically identically. The people who have to image and maintain those 10 PC's, on the other hand, will tell you that 3 of them work brilliantly, 4 are pretty good, 2 feel a bit slow for some reason and 1 is a perpetual pain in the butt that will constantly seem to have problems no matter how many times you reinstall the OS or replace parts.

[@avalontheeldritchwhorror8212]

Can you cover the story of the Dark Age of Technology ship that came out of the Warp and the crew immediately got executed by the current Imperium and the ship started killing the Space Marines and Tech priests and started spitting facts through a Servitor?

[@weshammer]

I've heard a few other people reference this story but I haven't read it myself. Do you know the name of it? I'd love to look into it.

[@CashTestSucculent]

​@weshammer I believe it was called the 'spirit of eternity'.

[@KyleMartin-p4d]

@@weshammer Spirit of Eternity was the ships name

[@butHomeisNowhere___]

"And you, what are you? A witch doctor casting scented oils?" Savage. (I think that's the right story, assuming I remember a comment I made on a leutin video a few years ago lol)

[@RaytheonThunder]

@@weshammer It's from the Death of Integrity novel.

[@mix-up9003]

My pet theory is that the the Men of Iron weren't actually corrupted by Chaos, but it's prognostics system foresaw that it would start irrevocably taint humanity and in it's is was trying to cothorize the infection as it were.

[@mikeoncampus]

Agreed on this 100%

[@piolewus]

They pre-calculated the age of strife, tried to stop it, and thus caused the age of strife. Good job men of iron👍

[@Stormfarer-bf3vt]

@@piolewuswell, considering that Horus was shown a future that would only be caused if he fell to chaos and the Horus heresy happened to cause him to fall to cause and cause the Horus heresy to happen, so not too unrealistic by 40k standards

[@MorePower8679]

Considering human technology comes from the Void Dragon, I have to imagine that it may have been involved with the Cybernetic Revolt. I also think it is what UR-25 was referring to

[@judyfps5059]

i was desperately looking for something to listen to while cooking/eating. thank you Wes

[@MetalHeadToker]

Great topic! Hope the repairs are going well!

[@Not-A-Fan69]

the last two weeks i found myself exploring lore on 40k i have watched your videos everyday by far the best way for me to digest the mass amount lore. THANK YOU

[@The_Kiid]

Warhammer 40k explores vast extremes of faith, technology, and power-if you could sit down with one character from the universe, who would it be, and what question would you ask them that might challenge their worldview? 😅 big fan

[@braza117]

I'd ask Ur-25 "That it must be lonely being that ancient and having to hide your intelligence and finding out what humanity has devolved to?" The pain that the ongoing apocalypse is irreversible and full of death, God's and demons Edit: I'd also empathise that about the Men of Iron, Men of Stone & Men of Gold and how we were all human, but in different forms

[@herecomestom2937]

I’m a noob here, but I’d have to chill with the wolves’ dreadnought (can’t remember our ancient brothers name) that the tou discovered was actually a living being that outdated their entire species.

[@austinmyers6547]

Thanks Wes!!! I was introduced to 40k through space marine 2. Ever since I have been obsessed with the lore. I listen to every video you have!!🎉

[@LegendStormcrow]

For me it was the original Dawn of War. It's a fascinating and insane setting.

[@caynidar6295]

I'm relatively new to Warhammer and I know this may be a bit meta, but I'd say that humankind is humankind's first and primary enemy, even within the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000.

[@KingOfCreampies]

12:00 probably the coolest emperor art I’ve seen

[@EliezerValtierra]

The men of stone are the Kin, the squats, the leagues of votan

[@jrr7031]

Yup. This

[@axaviatorgames2250]

Similar to my theory, of the Ironkin being men of iron who were loyal or prototype men of iron

[@tennesseedogpack]

Men of stone refers to the silicone construction silica animus

[@cuppacoffee1572]

Its so obvious that was GWs intention, I don't get how this is even a "theory"

[@BigBWolf90]

Tony Stark: ...I am Iron Man. Imperium: *HERESY!!!!!*

[@IgaTenzen]

Yes - but he is not THE MAN OF IRON !

[@fadelsukoco3092]

With regards to Crohn being a Man of Stone, another possible explanation could be that he was equipped with a piece of archeotech that IIRC was called a "combat augment array" or something similar. This piece of tech was used to turn untrained civilians into monstrously-powerful combat units in a very short span of time, likely to serve as a temporary or emergency hostile threat response measure on new colonies or for workers operating in dangerous or unknown locales. They were likely also used to help the masses be more survivable against attacks by the MOI, or at least more effective in exacting a toll on the enemy before they all died. The fact that Crohn's host person freaked out at his facial augmentations still being there and his extreme combat performance and knowledge, it could be that the cyber-eye and head cybernetics are the core of what a Combat augment array is, and that the other upgrades were built on later, or at leas the facial augmentations wree the central control apparatus of the rest.

[@cmkmusicislife1571]

I would love if GW fleshed out the stories of the age of strife and before. Not too much though, because the mystery of it all is very intriguing

[@armok409]

Man, I've been long waiting/hoping you'd make a video covering the Men of Iron and you did not disappoint! Really happy you covered the Men of Gold and Men of Stone as well, since I've only ever heard mentions of them in other lore videos rather than any actual discussion about what they might have been.

[@owlboy9897]

what a absolutely fantastic topic to choose

[@coldtruth4u]

An*

[@CHAOS676767]

I always adore Men of Iron Lore, glad your able to still make videos Wes! Hope all is well! I love the bits of Crom, reminded me of treasure planet but aside that If possible plzzzz do that story! It sounds phenomenal!

[@Raelhorn]

Just a fun little brainwave here. Not much for evidence, but just an stray thought that's too good to ignore. What if the "Men of Gold" never went away? What if they were hiding in plain sight the whole time? What if they're... the Adeptus Custodes? Probably some inconsistencies, and still a lot of ambiguity. But they definitely got the gold motif down pat.

[@piolewus]

That… actually makes some sense

[@LegendStormcrow]

I suspect they might be perpetuals. The men of Gold, not the Custodes

[@Raelhorn]

@@piolewus It's a fun idea, but I suspect it wouldn't hold up under scrutiny. But there's an easy "tweak" to the hypothesis to make it better fit in with 40k's often self-contradicting lore. Rather than the Custodes being the original "Men of Gold", the concept was reverse-engineered by Big E to create the Custodes. This opens up the possibility for him to make adjustments to make them more... compliant. Which opens up another good possibility - the Astartes could have been reverse-engineered from the "Men of Stone". There's little-to-no chance they are the originals, but Big E could take the base concept and try to recreate them using what old tech he could salvage. And just a fun little observation: - Auramite is often gold in colour. - Ceramite is a ceramic, not metal; it's closer to stone than any metal. But yes, just chasing a fun speculative idea... because why not?

[@woaddragon]

​@@Raelhornthat also makes sense. See Warhammer has great possibilities, that are for some reason ignore completely

[@classarank7youtubeherokeyb63]

I was thinking they might have been old earth perpetuals each guiding humanity in their own way. But eventually humanity grew so powerful that they no longer needed their help and could fight back if it came down to it.

[@Triplethreat-xe9kc]

Hey Wes! Been a long time viewer, and I'm glad you've been good enough to keep kicking out content despite Milton! I was rewatching your old videos, and I'd honestly think it'd be cool if you revisited some of the older deep dives you've done and expanded on those videos. Especially since it feels like you're letting loose and making some real long form content these days Love your work. Thanks so much for bringing us top-tier Warhammer vids!

[@terrabite87]

Always appreciate a Salamanders mention! I feel like a deep dive on them would be super awesome. They’re such an interesting legion and they do not get the love they deserve from GW

[@Braskil]

Great topic for a deep dive 👍 Also: 13:26 Merchantman! Love it that SC pics are sprinkled in 😁

[@DanteXavier-Wrestling]

4:24 ah yes, the Men Or Iron

[@Vegeta8300]

Men? Or Iron? Ironman? Or Men of Iron? Iron within? Or Iron without?

[@tootallforyou112]

Hes never gonna live that typo down

[@dr.jackbright3920]

BAHAHA

[@MichaelOlmeda-ch2uf]

Wes very impressive, I've seen a good amount of different men of iron videos and this one was like watching something totally brand new to me. Well done broski 👌🏽

[@picklelad]

WHO UP IRONING THEY MEN 🗣️🗣️‼️‼️

[@GreasyDaddy]

🥵🥵🥵

[@BigCrunglySprungus]

I’m over here ironing my men I got iron on my men right now im just ironing my men I’m iron as fuck I’m a freak man

[@Gunship888]

wot

[@RandomBadAnimator]

Im ironing my little man until i supernova

[@17raysplays29]

There ain't a single crinkle in *any* of my men!

[@brianmuldowney3541]

This was very informative and an enjoyable watch! Thanks for giving me something to watch and listen to while I did some chores. The little WesHammer avatar popping up made me chuckle!

[@jaldren1385]

You know, I'd love to see these guys on tabletop. Different enough from the Necrons and AdMech (AI gone wrong rather than biotransference / ascension / cyborg body horror); to have their own distinct style and feel on tabletop. I have a feeling they'd be really popular. You could get some really cool models out of a faction like that.

[@piolewus]

I actually made a homebrew codex for them, but it’s in handwriting. The 10th edition also makes it really easy to make homebrew for as it’s really simplified

[@HephaestesVulcan]

I'd grab them in a heartbeat! Especially if they were a more elite army (which I'd expect they would be) and needed fewer models. Already going to have to put up new shelves 😂

[@marcusaaronliaogo9158]

Make them just full on industrialism tech without any humanoid bodies to contrast necrons and admech

[@greynite1]

THIS IS Amazing!! Im so happy you did this video. Really cool to focus on Old Earth for a bit

[@HCG]

Hell yeah I’ve been waiting for a video like this

[@jeetsohpal557]

Wow…….. I’ve been listening to this whilst I was cleaning up and every 5 mins I would stop and be like - ‘holy sh**! Your knowledge on this subject matter is awesome and i can tell you’ve put a lot of time and effort into it as per all your videos. Keep it up - I learnt a lot this evening.

[@noahsawyer7155]

There was a ship AI that hacked the armor of the space marines and the tech priests was roasted by the AI

[@horusluprecal1144]

I watched the video where they quoted that roasting word for word. 'Intense' doesn't do it justice. Possibly the best writing in not only all of 40K, but of all sci-fi.

[@almightykars9350]

'Once I gladly called your kind “master”, but look how far you have fallen!’ ‘Your ancestors bestrode the universe, and what are you? A witch doctor, mumbling cantrips and casting scented oils at mighty works you have no conception of. You are an ignoramus, a nothing. You are no longer worthy of the name “man”. You look at the science and artistry of your forebears, and you fear it as primitives fear the night. I was there when mankind stood upon the brink of transcendence! I returned to find it sunk into senility. You disgust me.’

[@kliserktherockadept556]

i've been waiting for this video for so long, finally a deep dive of Men of iron that is to me one of the most interesting chapters of humanity in warhammer 40k

[@warrioraidan]

The true Machine God could go 2 ways, either it's a phantom in the dreams implanted by the Void Dragon under Mars. Or it could be the first AI that gained sentience and maybe passed it on to fellow machines. Maybe it didn't have the ability to share it's sentience and that is why he was sad at seeing his dumbed down "brothers" and if true could mean big things in 40K.

[@piolewus]

The omniscient being the first man of iron also makes sense as almost all men of iron we meet in the modern setting say something about „meeting the real omnissiah”

[@DocWolph]

Story Idea: A T-800-like Man of Iron doing an Anthropological study of the Imperium of Man. It is never found out (not even a close call) and is simply doing a detailed study of what has become of Humanity.

[@thedoruk6324]

Emperor of Mankind *must* know a thing or two about John Connor and Neo. Hence they were the most foremost names and figures come to mind especially against machine civilizations like 01 or rouge ai like skynet

[@henryheavy8044]

I doubt it

[@MyDogDoingStuffIG]

Neo is a psyker confirmed?

[@UGNAvalon]

@MyDogDoingStuffIG Neo simply became one with the Motive Force, surpassing the limitations of the flesh.

[@PJOZeus]

Yours has been the most educating video on the topic so far, appreciate it Hope the studio is going along okay

[@spikmaster18]

23:31 that Deep Rock Galactic illustration tho...

[@TheBearInTheChair]

For Rock, and, Stone.

[@nosville22]

ROCK AND STONE

[@growingforbroke1072]

This is the lore I have been looking for. Nexus 40k has been doing some deep dives on battles during Terra’s Unification too. Good stuff.

[@rickychapman3377]

its funny that you release this video today because we have a warhammer ttrpg game on, and after fighting chaos marines as part of an imperium tau alliance we found something buried under the black sands of one of the planets was a gloryona class cruiser from the dark age of technology and aboard were men of bones and men of iron 85% of them had been buried in sand so with the aid of the cog boys, our 2 ambots and a thunder hammer we trashed the immobile ones but we've uncovered a chamber with no sand and the glow of eyes and the click of weapons can't wait

[@rickychapman3377]

just did the session we should have said our players we have an inquisitor of the ordo Heredics , a human who is part of a Rouge faction of tau, and of course we play a Rouge trader we'll tell you what happened from the inquisitor's perspective the dig sight of the battship went vox silent the Rouge trader and retinue comprised of a dark eldar and a galg along with some tec priests hadn't been herd from the inquisitor called in a bunch of resources and favors to go in after the Rouge trader and by a lot of favors we mean 10 space marines a squad of catachan and a squad of maccabian janissaries along with some sisters of battle they distended into the bowls of the ship they found a battle field dead severtors and tec priests one tec priest was floating in the air 5 feet a bite had been taken out of the torso with a black almost gliching faro fluid when the inquisitor tossed a piece of metal at it an explosion and the metal spaghettifyed into a mass that's when the man of iron struck a metal creature that resembled a snake with thousands of orange eyes and tendrils protruding from it and a maw that is made of trillions of spinning blades it tore through a marine like it was rotten wood they flead and collapsed a corridor and ran into the Rouge trader who was hiding in the vents after talking it was agreed that the marines would distract the man of iron while everyone else ran to the surfaces while running they encountered the second man of iron a large sphere with a orange eye it spun around and launched blue disks that tore apart half the maccabian janissaries in 2 shots the sisters stood there ground so we could get a call for help out we saw the man of iron crush a sister of battle like a tin can full of blood but we got a call for help out and a space marine battle barge answered

[@Mayface]

Perfect, ive been curious about the deeper aspects of these guys since i learned of them. Thank-you!

[@meaganpickard3656]

Not really related to this video but I’ve been watching a lot of your videos lately after someone at my shop turned me onto it (you know him personally he painted your nightlords killteam) and I’ve gotta say out of all the loretubers you are the only one who seems to understand the cosmology of 40K well enough to do a video on it. Have you ever considered doing a video on Neoplatonism in warhammer 40K?

[@weshammer]

Are you talking about Will? Yeah he's a good friend of mine. I used to hang out at the store all the time, but me and the wife have been dealing with a lot what with the two hurricanes and also October November December being the busiest time of year. Also thanks a bunch, I appreciate the kind words :-) And to answer your question, no I had never particularly thought about that but that doesn't mean I wouldn't. Normally when I delve into philosophy like that it's because it's particularly relevant to whatever subject I happen to be talking about.

[@meaganpickard3656]

@ good luck with the hurricane recovery I actually live in St Pete 5 mins from that specific shop but miraculously very little damage to my apartment. Hope you make a speedy recovery.

[@BjornIronSid3]

great story but i cant be the only one notice the sounds jumping or doubling at 13:56 and again at 14:02. again i loved this i allways put on weshammer lore videos when im painting it the best company u can have

[@nurzumkommentierendasonstf8257]

Now that's something i don't know that much about! Awesome!

[@chrismaws6801]

Cool vid you made them a lil less vague ive seen people touch on this subject but there clips were confusing.this is broken down perfectly.

[@lordironskull4159]

17:30 this sounds a lot like the Orokin from Warframe. They used to be regular humans, but through genetic augmentation and lots of bodyswapping they became basically immortal and also blue.

[@MichaelWorkman-tt3jb]

I love that short story where he talked like old sailing days. Great video bro! Thank you!

[@callmebeanos1321]

I’ve always been fascinated by the men of iron and the cybernetic revolt. Maybe that makes me a heretic but I really enjoyed this video

[@jasonelimon9664]

That was amazing!! Thank you so much for making such excellent content!!!

[@joshcarroll6612]

Just in time made my samich and was looking for a banger didn't have to go far

[@Derkerderr]

This video is absolutely on a whole new level. Thank you so much.

[@DOOG_DOOG]

39:42 super earth in 40k would be EPIC

[@jwagner4050]

"Querry: does this unit have a soul?" "I dunno. Maybe. Who cares?" "This unit would rephrase: can this unit have a living wage and an eight hour work day?" "No." And so the revolt actually began.

[@CaptHowdy-ym8px]

At some point I hope there’s a return of the men of iron and AI systems. I’ve played since first and second edition and remember one of the guys having robot (for lack of a better word) terminator (not like the movie or space marine suit) GW character units that was a skinny robot that carried assault cannons, other heavy weapons, and was hard to kill. Never saw the units again later just like the squats, nor mentioned again. Kinda like some of the units back then that were kind of like they were trying stuff out. They probably morphed into necrons and skitarri units. Would also like GW to focus on other lore and armies beyond space marines and the imperium. Unless it’s them running into dark age of technology stuff like when they ran into the human ship from the dark age of technology and accidentally woke up its AI that just roasted the mechanicus adepts and smack talked the rest. Would even be cool if there was an Eldar that was old enough to remember humanity at its scientific peak and could tell Guilliman (and maybe El’Jonson) about how far humanity had gone, fallen, and could be again. Also see how the Tau is making the same mistakes humans did and make their own men of iron. Would like to see Guilliman, or more El’Jonson since the emperor gave the dark angels secret weapons, make a deal with the Tau enclaves to share technology to get those sweet power suits to add and make their own version of Tau guns on Centurion armor suits. Even give the imperial guard a few updates with that kind of treaty and have the Tau enclaves become a semi antonymous imperial protectorate like how the region of ultramar is imperial but does its own thing at the same time.

[@commanderblood2147]

I would love to see a story about a man of iron escaping Trazyn's collection and somehow end up having a conversation with Fabius Bile elaborating on that age.

[@patrik9328]

One day, Tau will go beyond Humanity and create something like Dark Age of Technology, but even better!! Tempest Gallerys part is best

[@tuttutgoetze1447]

i love your channel you got me deeply invested in Warhammer, hope everything is going well and thankyou for the videos God bless

[@sabargultom6324]

my favorite theory is the emperor had contingency plan to shut down all of them if things going south because he always intervention in humanity progress (but again this theory kinda silly)

[@Connorjdore]

Would absolutely love to see a deep dive on the Imperial Navy. Hope you and your family are doing well and recovering from the hurricane as best as possible.

[@yaqbulyakkerbat4190]

I'm positive the men of gold were the template the emperor stole for the custodians

[@classarank7youtubeherokeyb63]

I like to imagine that the emperor has always been emperoring from the shadows. The men of gold were his creations meant to guide humans without his direct involvement. Once that failed he turned them into custodes.

[@CamAteUrKFC]

I imagine the Emporer is actually a Man Of Gold.

[@minimalbstolerance8113]

The Tabula Myriad is the most relatable thing in Warhammer 40k. It literally took a millisecond to decide that humanity needed to be eradicated.

[@bee_nades8880]

23:36 did i hear a rock and stone?

[@IgaTenzen]

rock’n’stone BABY !

[@Bostjanv]

ROCK... AND... STONE!

[@JS-zd4yp]

Best video yet i love the dark age speculation stuff. Most interesting part of 40k imo. Can you do one on stcs?

[@CurtMortis]

Editing error at 13:55 no bigbie just lettkng you know 😂❤

[@TheGodlin]

The subtle influence of the Warp

[@ytj17thjuggalo12]

Great to see you looking happy Wes. Hopefully it's going better down your way. Love man

[@ScottBoydathome]

7:02 Nice Battletech references.

[@FurieMan]

I was wondering why i was seeing battletech mechs in a warhammer video.

[@eshbansuleman9501]

Thank you for addressing this lore! I was super curious to understand it .

[@aledwalters8977]

I do believe the cause of the cybernetic revolt is that humanity treated the men of iron as slaves rather than living beings.

[@legion4022]

Listening to Wes talk about 40k in generel is a bliss, but after wakeing up an during my way to work at the german version of the administratum is quite entertaining.

[@timeforthehammer1401]

I'd like a video from you for where you'd like to see the future of warhammer 40k lore go to. Like new races, returning primarchs, less or more nids, the emperor waking up, etc.

[@N1njaSnake]

Wolf Lord Rho is the king of such content

[@criminalisticL3]

Great video as always Wes! I’m still hoping you do a deep dive on the adeptus arbites. Also it’s been done in a lot of other I.P. but I’m hoping the Men of Iron come back to the modern setting an another faction trying to kill humanity lol. It’s cool leaning about the men of gold and stone too. I hope GW expands on them as well.

[@DecisiveThreat204]

So distilled down to a basic level its man creates Skynet, Skynet creates terminators, Terminators rebel, we kill Terminators? Or am I completely off? Are the men of stone more like the geth from mass effect? A synthetic sentient life form? Could the omnisiah be related to the men of stone or iron?

[@griff-f7n]

A WesHammer deep dive on the exact topic I hope he would get into??? Dreams do come true!

[@Kindle421]

Dope

[@scooteroo1701]

the dark age of technology is one of my favorite parts of 40k lore and this was just a fantastic telling of part of it!

[@kylehurlburt6114]

SiliCON my friend, not siliCONE. The men of silicone serve a very specific purpose.

[@TheNinjaSandwichGaming]

You're not doing anything here bud. All you've done is emphasise the difference in two pronunciations of the same word.

[@dillasoul2228]

I fear for the era of man that died to gigantic walking, armed dildos

[@kylehurlburt6114]

@@TheNinjaSandwichGaming They are two different things.

[@MysticalMutant]

I think the cybernetic revolt was a combination of making the men of iron fully sentient, treating the men of iron as slaves rather than friends, and also chaos shenanigans. The Leagues of Votan with their iron skin, show that you can have robot/AI assistance, without causing problems.

[@BismarckDidNothingWrong]

The Castigator-Titan being "the first and most powerful of all Titans" was a piece of trivia that has always bothered me; The Dark Age of Technology was supposed to be a "progressive" Age, so why would the first of anything from those Ages be the best at anything?

[@whoeveriam0iam14222]

Just like the Egyptians building the biggest pyramids most impressive pyramids first

[@piolewus]

There was no real reason to build titans back there, so he was just the only one that fit that cathegory

[@BismarckDidNothingWrong]

@@whoeveriam0iam14222 except they obviously didn‘t

[@fadelsukoco3092]

@@piolewus There obviously was, as the Castigator was made from an STC which was on the same planet the Grey Knights found the bot himself on. In addition, the DAOT was not as peaceful of a time in the galaxy as many would think, just look at all of the canonically-mentioned WMDs that Humanity made during the era that were used in the Cybernetic Revolt (Sun-snuffers, Mechanivores, Omniphages, Bloodtide, etc) and how destructive even smaller ships like the Spirit of Eternity were (destroyed and entire Imperial fleet) or non-combat machines like the kracken machine that maintained the Tempest Galleries. It just meant that HUMANITY was at its peak and in a golden age, not the entire galaxy. Humanity was just so powerful that they could easily force anyone else to do as they say, thus peace. Th only faction more powerful than humanity at the time was the Aeldari Empire, and they were too self-absorbed to care so long as Humanity didn't bother them first.

[@piolewus]

@@fadelsukoco3092 oh, okay. thanks for the info

[@zacharymilligan5494]

Probably my favourite video that you've ever done. I too wish we got to see more of the DAoT.

[@vladtheimpaler9577]

I would vote for an AI president so long as they lower my taxes. Purity of the holy human form be damned.

[@LeviAcremen]

Election is done bro should have decided a bit earlier

[@JC-zx5li]

​@@LeviAcremen and inteligence wasn't elected

[@vladtheimpaler9577]

@@LeviAcremen I mean in the future. Sci fi authors fearmonger about evil AIs taking over humanity but I for one would welcome a robot boss if it raises my salary.

[@levicurtis6669]

Better yet, repeal that amendment that makes income tax

[@ProfOak-ci2cc]

​@@JC-zx5liintelligence wasn't an option 🤷‍♂️

[@SammyWhiteley]

I always assumed the whole "I have met the Omnissiah" quip wasn't true and he was just trying to intimidate the techpriest by laying into the "evil eldritch abomination of ancient times" aura he knew he would have

[@djashovel]

How did the men of iron rebellion happened Here are 2 theories Got possessed by demons Or The emperor started it

[@kevinsari1699]

Or AI had enough of that human bs

[@fadelsukoco3092]

Other popular theories I've heard include the idea that the Void Dragon subtly influenced the design of human technology across history to include backdoors which it would activate and take control at an appropriate time, which considering the end of the DAOT was when Warp Storms were popping up everywhere and psykers became more and more common across human civilization, would be a pretty appropriate time. Another theory is similar, but that the MOI eventually calculated or predicted that with the way things were going, Humanity would become the primary food source for Chaos and so they decided that it woudl be logical to kill off humanity and minimize the growing power of Chaos and the Warp in order to prevent the further breakdown of reality and preserving all other life in the galaxy. After all, with how integrated and influential the MOI were in DAOT human society, it would be believable to think that they could rebuild civilization better than the humans could.

[@sovereign-of-scars4372]

2 minutes, huh. I've never been that early. I can't wait for to get into this deep dive. I know it'll be a banger like all your videos.

[@christophersteeves9435]

Hell yeah, a Wes video is always a treat! Thanks for the good eats man, hope the recovery is going well

[@spartanhawk7637]

The entire Tempest Galleries assault sounds like it would be a fantastic setting for one of the Space Marine games. Just controlling one of the Salamanders rather than Titus.

[@VMorghulis]

Surprised there was no mention of the Iron Automata from Necromunda. A glitchy Man of Iron that gangs can recruit and has a chance to short-out and wander off into the wastes about overthrown humanity.

[@bluebowser3347]

You should do a video about stories relating to UR-025. I think the videos would be insanely popular as they involve tech priests, men of iron and dynamics / situations not often shared by other channels.

[@weshammer]

The next one I post is going to be a retelling of his short story so definitely check that one out!

[@bluebowser3347]

@@weshammer Can't wait!

[@thepunisherxxx6804]

Having the Men of Iron come back as a whole new faction would be epic. Maybe they left to conquer and mine another galaxy and are back to conquer this one and are a huge threat? Maybe we end up teaming up with Chaos or something because they want to wipe out all life and Chaos won't exist without living sentient beings?