Why Rylanor is an Absolute BEAST | Warhammer 40k Lore

[@majorkill]

I was thinking about making a Rylanor Proxy for Major Minis but you can literally buy the same thing off Forgeworld So we will have to settle for the Demon Lord Empire Ender : www.majorminis.com.au/products/demon-lord-empire-ender Not mad about it tbh

[@misdiagnosedmechanicum]

Hey Majorkill, could you make a Carcharodon great white? to add to my street sharks... I mean space sharks

[@Last-Psychic-Energy-Vampyre]

"You are specks of dust beneath our fingernails. Your very breath is a gift from Olympus. You have insulted powers beyond your comprehension"

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

NGL I think if you made a Rylanor proxy model then Forgeworld would have to stop selling EC Dreads. Nobody wants to pay so much for a crappy resin model. Same reasoning for if you ever make a Trazyn.

[@aaronsouthard8366]

Yeah but a loyal emperors purple boy standard bearer proxy would be fine

[@withlovefromlightindust591]

Hello Majorkill, Would you please make some lore videos on the Imperial Truth, the Imperial Creed, the Ecclesiarchy, and the High Lords of Terra? Pretty please? Thank you.

[@inductivegrunt94]

Rylanor gave the middle finger to his own Primarch, got the honor of becoming a Dreadnought, and helped a Thousand Sons Sorcerer redeem himself. Dude is an absolute gigachad and we all love him for that!

[@colin4685]

Wouldn't say 'honor'for becoming a dreadnought

[@berilsevvalbekret772]

Yeaahhhh becoming one ain't an honour mate. Its a horror show.

[@robertkb64]

Also helped prove that MAGNUS DID NOTHING WRONG (at least in this case).

[@IVLoyalistIronWarriorLegionnai]

It's a Honor actually becoming a Dreadnought It's being a Chaos Dreadnought that is a horror

[@Nyghtking]

@@berilsevvalbekret772 It depends, Contemptor dreadnoughts weren't fun to be in from what I hear but in general dreadnoughts, while not great, weren't a nightmare to be in, and it depends on the legion how much of an honor it's seen as.

[@Its_Cannon]

I hope the next time Fulgrim see's a contemptor dreadnought in the lore, he has a real full blown panic attack.

[@JJumper8888]

Or completely and utterly falls into fear and flashbacks. Trying to get as many starsystems away from that thing as possible

[@historytank5673]

Lol o love that image of a 1st gen chapter being in its last legs so they send out the contemptor dreadnought, but as it emerges for one last show down against a primark… they just see Fulgrim screaming and panicking lol.

[@serrashadetail2007]

Lol, as battle rages around him, Fulgrim hides away in the back lines hyperventilating into a brown paper bag.

[@dragonrider1736]

Like Ussop vs Perona from one piece. Lmao

[@rory8182]

@@serrashadetail2007 thank you for this wonderful mental image

[@silversurfer8818]

'Is this it?' he said. 'You sought to draw me here to kill me?' Rylanor triggered his assault cannon, but - fast as quicksilver - Fulgrim caught it and crushed it before it could fire. 'No, I don't think so,' said the primarch, effortlessly ripping the arm from the Dreadnought's body. Sparks flew from the ruptured limb and Fulgrim gave the weapon a dismissive glance before tossing it aside. 'You betrayed us,' bellowed Rylanor. 'Your sons! You led us here to die. There is no forgiveness for that. None! You must die by my hand! The Emperor's justice will fall upon you. Not even Fulgrim the Illuminator can escape the Life Eater.' 'You wish me dead?' he said, scathing pity dripping from every syllable. 'Why? Because you think I betrayed you? The Legion? Oh, Rylanor, your thoughts are so narrow. If you could only see us now, how beautiful we have become. We shine so brightly, each of us a brilliant sun.' Fulgrim reached down, sliding his bare hand inside a rent torn in the Dreadnought's armour. He smiled, closing his eyes and letting his tongue slip across his lips as he pushed deeper inside. 'Ah, there you are!' said Fulgrim, as Rylanor's vox-caster grated in fury. 'Wet and wriggling. I can feel your panic. It's delicious!' Rylanor's power fist swung around, bathed in fire. It struck Fulgrim on the shoulder, but Akhtar's psychic force was not simply confined to the Life Eater's detonation. Fulgrim laughed off the sluggish attack and one of his lower arms drew a glittering sword of alien origin. The blade a sliced in a cruelly precise arc, cutting through the fibre-bundle motivators and servos. Rylanor's arm fell limp at his side. Vistario watched the viral fire spread over the Dreadnought's carapace, slipping inside his buckled plates of armour. Rylanor did not care whether he lived or died, only that Fulgrim went with him. 'Do. Not. Do. This!' barked the Dreadnought. 'Why not? I am your master - I can do whatever I like. I can crush you or I can raise you up. Return to the Legion. Accept the gifts of the Dark Prince, and you will walk at my side, clad once again in flesh. You can be anything, old friend! I will sculpt you into something beautiful - a god to these mortals!' 'Never! All we have left between us is that we will die together!' roared the Dreadnought, the upper portion of his carapace burning with blue flames. 'I am Rylanor of the Emperor's Children, Ancient of Rites, Venerable of the Palatine Host, and proud servant of the Emperor of Mankind, Beloved by all! I reject you now and always!' Fulgrim laughed and said, 'I'm sorry, did it sound like I was offering you a choice?' The primarch wrenched his hand from Rylanor's sarcophagus, dragging a sopping mass of fluid and matter with him. Glutinous ropes dripped from his fingers; he was like a midwife holding a mewling newborn. Ruptured cables spilled amniotic fluid so stagnant it must surely have been poisoning Rylanor with every passing second. 'I will remake you, brother,' said Fulgrim. 'You will be my crowning achievement.' Though his body was little more than rags of wet meat, Vistario sensed Rylanor's horror at the last violation. An inescapable destiny where he would become what he hated most. +What do we do?+ The question was Murshid's and the connection between the Thousand Sons was so strong that Athanaean's perception for emotion spread to all three of them. Vistario felt Fulgrim's infinite malice, his cruel enjoyment of Rylanor's anguish and the helplessness of the Thousand Sons. The primarch of the Emperor's Children revelled in his overwhelming pride, a trait Magnus had more than once told Vistario had been present long before his fall. But more than anything, stronger even than Fulgrim's spite, Vistario felt Rylanor's pride and honour, the unbending core of greatness that had set him against his brothers and had seen him descend into obsessive madness beneath the surface of a dead world. Vistario took the measure of Fulgrim, seeing nothing worthy in him. His warriors felt the moment his decision was made. +Primarch Fulgrim!+ sent Vistario. +Rylanor deserves better than you.+ The primarch looked up, his once bright eyes now black and filled with the darkest poison. +He deserves better than all of us.+ He raised his bolter and fired a mass-reactive into the back of Akhtar's skull. The Raptora's head exploded and with his death, the psychic force holding back the warhead's detonation ended. Vistario saw fire. And once more, all life burned.

[@BaldPolishBiotechnol]

To make the most scheming and ruthless of Fallen Astartes see the light of the Emperor again...

[@albertoenriquez21]

Thank You....THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS AWESOME MOMENT!

[@Robertoxy]

From what book is this from?

[@silversurfer8818]

@@Robertoxy Sons of the Emperor

[@Robertoxy]

@@silversurfer8818 Thank you very much!!

[@NP3GA]

If there ever was a Astartes deserving to be called a companion of the emperor it would be Rylanor

[@michellelee8983]

Jealous custodes noises*

[@RikkiSniper]

​@@michellelee8983😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@tristenwelch1675]

I've always hoped that Rylanor's soul was so strong and pure that it has survived the Warp and is waiting to kneel at the foot of the Emperor waiting for Him to call upon the warrior once more. "Only in death does duty end." But only if one allows it.

[@AzrealMaximus]

​@@michellelee8983😒I believe he meant "champion" oh golden fap on Thursday companions of Big E.😏

[@thevilemace6121]

Hope he returns, should the Legion of the Damned be creations of the Emperor

[@ivanbigazzi]

Since deamons are made of warp energy, basically the coalescence of psychic races emotions, we can assume that Slanesshy daemons are primarily made of pride. Rylanor might not have killed Fulgrim, but being willing to die just to bitch slap someone could hurt his pride so much that, for someone is made of pride, could be the warp-equivalent of busting it's kneecaps. Dude's gonna slither with a limp forever.

[@AnimeArchaeologist]

Even his Primarch pp had become ultra-limp!

[@therandomlaniusedward2140]

Man literally did "weaker Burning blade but verbal" on fulgrim.

[@Nempo13]

The lore actually states that this event permanently effected Fulgrim and weakening him PERMANENTLY. This blow to his pride was so effective that Fulgrim has legit been in hiding from the material. He is afraid of being humiliated again.

[@TheWarmachine375]

Rylanor had successfully took away Fulgrim's pride that he can never regain.

[@voidstrider801]

Rylanor gave Fulgrim some serious Emotional Damage that no amount of warp infused drugs can ever make go away for even a moment. Rylanor lives rent free in Fulgrim's mind forever after what he pulled.

[@TheAncientOfRites]

Damn right

[@Ronfost89]

Eh I doubt Fulgrim even cares or remembers anymore.

[@Travelling_Heart15]

​@@Ronfost89I doubt he will forget his humiliation.

[@nowanimportant8887]

​@@voidstrider801True. Emotional damage so serious that it indirectly nerfed Fulgrim's power.

[@kubafraszczyk7517]

Worth mentioning, Vistario was mentally connected to his men so all of them felt Rylanor's pride and they all decided together to detonate it, including the sorcerer that was stopping the bomb from exploding.

[@Duke_of_Salt]

I recall the virtues I stood for I recall the struggles and the things we have done I will not be deterred from my vengeance I remember the lessons passed on to the sons I am one of the Emperor’s Children I am Rylanor, and I am the Ancient of Rights -Giga Chad circa ~M41

[@alessandroborghese8148]

So i reject you now and for always To strike you down i've waited for a million nights!!!

[@The_Real_Alpharius]

Altough this body of mine's still intact, a part of my pride I fear will never come back -Big Gae, 41st Millenium on Istvaan III

[@Molecular-Brainwaves-Translate]

"You look terrible, a DISGRACE, EVEN." 😈✨💅 -Fulgrim the f--

[@alastor8091]

​@@Molecular-Brainwaves-Translateaggot Prince

[@Legitpenguins99]

Sadly that can describe Stringstorm now

[@MrMorrisX]

I hope when Fulgrim reappears in present day lore, he has some psychic flashbacks as part of his scaring by Rylanor's legendary defiance!

[@4420kef]

I'd hope to see Legion of the Damned contemptor dreadnought showing everytime Fulgrim present himself on the battlefiled. like: "Bitch, I'll hunt you even after death!!"

[@TheAncientOfRites]

@@4420kefi disagree, rylanor being ressurected cheapens his victory, he should remain dead, like sanguinius, his death is a critical part of the lore

[@ivanivan744]

@@4420kefEven better if the Legion of the Damned meet with Fulgrim's army and march forward, with or without Rylanor, chanting the words that has prevented him from becoming the perfection he once was "THE ANCIENT AWAITS" Both to taunt Fulgrim as he taunts the loyalists, and also to warn the traitors that they will meet with his loyalist brother soon

[@HAXRLITSXY]

@@TheAncientOfRites eh. i would say that would be bad ass, and i could see it with the emporer being stronger.

[@LoneSilverW0lf]

While a part of me does want a redemption arc Clonegrim vs Snakegrim fight, having the Legion of the Damned have a good go at him would also be sick.

[@Phoenix-qu5ss]

If GW ever brings Clonegrim back to the setting, I think it would be cool to have a flashback that ties in to this story. Revealing that after the Virus bomb was released a piece of Fulgrim’s soul fractured and escaped into the warp. This soul shard would traverse the warp until it eventually inhabits the Fulgrim clone made by Fabius Bile. I think this would really add to the greatness of Rylanor’s last stand. Showing that his act of defiance not only redeemed a traitor astartes, but also saved the soul of his fallen primarch.

[@Mir_The_LOL_King]

That's brilliant and simply awesome

[@matttan8066]

Rylanors teaching will changed clonegrim and Saul

[@medx52]

THIS

[@dalekrenegade2596]

​@@matttan8066 Saul?

[@freshglizzy3763]

Rylanor's POV during Istvaan had to be one of my favorite things in the Horus Heresy books. What a champ

[@Alastair_]

Rylanor wasn't even injured to get put in the dred chassis, he just struggled to fight in power armour with such massive balls.

[@hudsonflores5478]

petition to make this canon

[@maxhaly1612]

Fulgrim: "What are you doing?!" Rylanor: "What am I doing?" Fulgrim: "Thwarting my plans?!" Rylanor: "Thwarting your plans?" Fulgrim: "Are you?!" Rylanor: "Yes." *Detonates Virus Bomb with Malicious intent*

[@hoodwalker6491]

Majorkill: Creators run out of ideas. Also Majorkill: Second dedicated Rylanor, named in two more

[@40kanon]

Based

[@apossiblyhereticalalphaleg3595]

and goddamnit is it beautiful

[@tristenwelch1675]

If he makes a third one I'll watch that shit too. Anything with Rylanor is S tier.

[@justinweber4977]

I can't remember where i first heard it, but some Rylanor related video i saw had someone summarize the event as "Imagine being such a shitty person that your own allies are willing to die just to inconvenience you."

[@dalekrenegade2596]

That dialogue sounds like Adeptus Ridiculous.

[@Flaywind]

What I'd love to see is Fulgrim fighting loyalists in a battle somewhere when suddenly a few Legion of the Damned appear led by a Legion of the Damned Dreadnaught. As soon as Fulgrim is within earshot of the Dreadnaught he hears "The Ancient Awaits." I know it would never happen.

[@Siege181]

Would love to see Rylanor reappearing as part of the Legion of the Damned!

[@RichtorGroude1828]

there's a theory he has, a noble contemptor appeared on a battle with remaining Emperor's Children, bellowed something in old gothic and then went to fucking town on them while the oldest of the Children fled in a panic

[@tristenwelch1675]

@@RichtorGroude1828 what book is this?

[@RichtorGroude1828]

@@tristenwelch1675 iirc, I think it was one of the codexes

[@sirbaconbuster]

It's in most people's head canons. I know that someday, when I do my LotD army, there's absolutely going to be a contemptor dreadnought with an assault cannon and a power claw.

[@matteocdt5214]

imagine this: -fulgrim returns -shit gets dire for loyalists -legion of the damned appears -among the flaming ghosts, a redemptor pattern dreadnought appear -"i'm back for round 2 bit*h"

[@Ornzora]

Myth has it that Rylanor's balls immense weight and size is what causing him limp, and he build the radio by scrapping some metal from his balls as welding material

[@memnonesargyrhodos9184]

Rylanor deserves to be in the Legion of the Damned. That would be one hell of a comeback!

[@justinbruck9602]

Litterally, "I'm back bitch"

[@sirbaconbuster]

It is heavily implied that he is.

[@kailuun]

It would Rob his death of its impact if they did. He made the ultimate sacrifice to kill his monster of a Primarch. Bringing him back as Legion of the Damned would lessen the gravitas of his death.

[@davidparker.2227]

​@@kailuun Bah...gravitas. Who cares about gravitas. Imagine an un killable loyalist weapon of war, clad in seething flames. Basically a greater demon of the Emperor himself. Would be pretty damn useful than whatever gravitas his death brought.

[@dakotalange2858]

“That you still think I seek any glory Betrays the true blindness that has overcome you I recall the virtues I stood for I recall the struggles and the things that we have done! I will not be deterred from my vengeance I remember the lessons passed on to the Sons! I am one of the Emperor's Children I am Rylanor and I am the Ancient of Rites! So I reject you for now and for always! To strike you down I have waited for a million nights!”

[@at-90ree13]

Inspired by the things I've heard, I raised my voice and shouted clearly and out of turn RYLANOR DESERVES BETTER THAN YOU OH PRIMARCH, RYLANOR DESERVES BETTER THAN ALL OF US

[@akumakazenoryu]

​@@at-90ree13 With but a single shot The Raptorae is relieved of duty and released of his task I feel the virus rend me apart, with my honor intact As I'm enveloped by the encroaching flash

[@slayer6498]

@@akumakazenoryu Although This Body Of Mine Still Intact, A Part Of My Pride I Feel Will Never Come Back.

[@daniellindsey7025]

A man so just he redeemed traitors he never knew. Some say there is a damed Dreadnaught with 3 marked sons always by its side. Long live the Ancient of Rights!

[@cmmpr111]

Rites*

[@realwaifus5514]

Rylanor wounding Fulgrim’s pride is a surprisingly massive deal. As a daemon prince Fulgrim is literally made of pride, his physical body will always come back even while forgetting that the dudes regeneration powers are only out done Vulkan and the Emperor. To make Fulgrim feel ashamed of who and what he is is the closest thing you can do to permenant damage that isn’t getting a psychic Kamehameha to the balls by the Emperor, it’s more impactful than the Lion crushing Angrons head like a melon. If I had to pick a single moment that encapsulates 40k it would Rylanor’s last stand.

[@DoctorCataclysm]

I hope that Clonegrim remembers Rylanor and does so with pride.

[@Matt-md5yt]

Yeah

[@driotari]

Rylanors last stand was first introduced to me just this week. Great timing

[@tristenwelch1675]

I don't doubt if you start listening to it on a regular basis tbh.

[@juliocesarsilva2129]

Now i want a Legion of the Damned Rylanor

[@sirbaconbuster]

Look up the Legio Damnatorum. It's a LotD diorama, and there's a conspicuous purple contemptor with an assault cannon and a power claw as part of it.

[@AnimeArchaeologist]

me omw to give Rylanor some genesons

[@Nempo13]

In the lore it is stated that after this event a LotD company appeared and in it was a contemptor with an assault cannon and power claw. It was in LotD colors of course but Dreadnaught LotD is VERY RARE.

[@trimeerious4349]

Getting a video about each of the pre heresy primarchs ruling or destroying their own imperium as guilliman did would be pretty cool not gonna lie

[@Shadrak_Meduson]

Rylanor is also the only Emperor's Children I know, who has a real friendship with an Iron Hand (Vermana Cybus).

[@13gan]

Considering the fact that the Thousands Sons fall into Chaos due to no fault of their own and were still loyal to the Emperor until they get betrayed (from their view point) by the Space Wolves, it does make sense for them to be influenced by Rylanor's loyalty and dedication to the Emperor, more so when contrasted with what Fulgrim had become. If anything, the TTS might actually have a point in the possibility of the redemption of Magnus and with it, also of his legion.

[@StefanBlagojevic]

@13gan Amen!

[@Ey_SmoKrac]

0:10 Kind reminder that Rylanor contains 0 Fulgrim Gene-Seed and is not his son. Fulgrim is like a crappy stepdad to Rylanor.

[@jonathan6401]

How each pre-heresy primarch would react to the current imperium when placed in Gullimans shoes would be s cool video idea

[@miriamemanueleforneris3701]

I listened Rylanor last stand a "milion" times i nearly know It at memorie, all of him Is fantastic, the tragic of his story, the Honor he had till his death and the glory of his victory, the contemptor dreadnought Who humiliated for all eternity his daemon primarch, tell me you all hopes he return as soldier of the legion of the damneds along with Vistario and his crew ( come on they deserved that). However if Clonegrim ( using strange trans-temporal warp device) Will know of Rylanor last stand and he meet his demon version he Will say: AS RYLANOR BEFORE ME, I REJECT YOU FOR NOW AND FOR ALWAYS!. PS (I Hope that traitor legions could be recreated as loyals)

[@tristenwelch1675]

Everyman's dream death. Die against overwhelming odds and never bending the values you hold, even in the face of annihilation or unspeakable horror.

[@miriamemanueleforneris3701]

​​@@tristenwelch1675 This Is the most badass description of Rylanor ( and nearly all Heroes in wh40k ) that i ever readed 👏👏👏👏👏👏. Fantastic, Just fantastic

[@danielmouatt5570]

I have a theory that this encounter and the confrontation with Dorn on top of the Saternine wall did actual damage to Fulgrim leaving him diminished. How? As an immaterial being Fulgrim is pride and vanity incarnate. In both of these encounters the physical damage was of course meaningless. What hurt Fulgrim were the blows to his vanity and pride. Fighting Dorn Fulgrim tried to get him to offer forgiveness so he could turn it down as a validation to his pride. When that failed he mocked Dorn about breaking his wall to preen his own ego and all he got in response was (and I’m paraphrasing) Your a rabid animal with out even the brains to see you’ve been manipulated, fit only to be put down. Then Rylanor, I have no doubt Fulgrim waited for the Thousand Sons to arrive to bear witness to his magnificence but instead Rylanor stole their respect and loyalty causing them to consider Fulgrim to be less than some slimy thing found under their boot that they would rather die than have to spend another moment with. Both times Fulgrims core, his pride, vanity, and utter belief that he is the perfect being was shattered and (perhaps) forever weakened thus actually wounding him in a meaningful way.

[@Theresponsibleone756]

Ok ok ..makes sense

[@chevyman19691]

Dorns words where "you're just an idiot standing on a wall." I LoL so hard the first time I heard it my wife looked at me like I was crazy

[@carsontodd2443]

​@@chevyman19691I like the quote where Fulgrim said something to this affect "Aren't you going to try and bring me back to the light?" To which Dorn replied "No. I'm just going to kill you"

[@philip8498]

and dorn just had the sickest burn for his brother. "the tip of the spear is broken, you hold a gate for no one. you are just an idiot standing on a wall"

[@stormbringer2840]

So basically, being an insecure bitch is his weakness and you need to roast him to damage him ? We need to have him talk with the khan .

[@WelcomeToDERPLAND]

Gaaawd Emperor DAMN does that Rylanor art go HARD, great job alex & ty Majorkill for commissioning it!

[@wiggy5209]

Weren't really a fan of it before but that mini range is starting to get quite nice ..I love that you've brought out an actual option for an actual character that gw has dropped the ball with ...all power to you with that ender of worlds release ..

[@theknightofashes8209]

The Perfect Clone of Fulgrim: Oh my Rylanor did that? I’m proud of him.

[@voidshade9526]

Ooh nice new Majormini! I've recently ordered a bunch of xenonids, so keen for them to arrive!

[@hydraph4843]

Feels like this would also be a blow to Slaanesh since one of Slaanesh's qualities is pride. So humiliation and failure with their topmost servant has probably resulted in Slaanesh sulking in their palace for quite a while

[@TheWarmachine375]

Imagine if Rylanor was found early in the aftermath of Istvaan V post-Horus Heresy and either he joins the Black Shields. Or even found his own Space Marine Chapter that is totally not a successor chapter from the Imperial Fists like the Sons of Phoenix.

[@WelcomeToDERPLAND]

Idk, I feel like it would take away one of the most glorious moments in the entire setting if such a thing occurred.

[@ΘΑΝΟΣΠΑΠΑΣΩΤΗΡΑΚΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ]

​@@WelcomeToDERPLANDyeah lets revive him instead and have him join the legion of the damned

[@Lord-Regent-of-the-Imperium]

​@@ΘΑΝΟΣΠΑΠΑΣΩΤΗΡΑΚΟΠΟΥΛΟΣhell yeah

[@spookyghostwriter3110]

Funny enough there was a similar space marine dreadnought who was found in the aftermath of I5. His fate is… decidedly less glorious than Rylanors, but he kept a pretty major forge world loyal, convinced a force of Iron Warriors to become loyal again (admittedly the Alpha Legion screwing them made it a lot easier), and uhm… got really into cults.

[@Cannon6969]

I feel the Legion of the Damned route is more likely for GW to take, seeing as Rylanor wasn’t on Istvaan V

[@nerysghemor5781]

Wow, this not only was a cool intro to this character, but it just increased my respect for the Thousand Suns.

[@felske5]

Idea for next vid. What happens to a chaos marine when they die? does their soul get devoured, return, or nothing?

[@willerwin3201]

When Rylandor’s final story came out, I was a little disappointed; I kind of wanted him to go off and found a new chapter of his own.

[@axelanderbaldwin7130]

I like to think that this action was what allowed Fulgrim’s soul to be empowered enough to enter Fabius’s clone

[@paimonisfood4986]

Yeah, him being blown apart and seeing the honor in Rylanor freed Fulgrim's soul and allowed his clone to be a possibility would be a cool point

[@erikm8707]

The best bits of wh40k stories are the small sparks of humanity in some of them. Not enough to take away from grimdark theme but still able to make a big impact in the story.

[@oldmanbread1826]

A video on pre heresy primarchs put in guillimans situation would be dope

[@inquisitorkryptman7893]

The only one who could do it without fu*k up is just Rogal Dorn and Lion

[@apossiblyhereticalalphaleg3595]

@@inquisitorkryptman7893 Yeah but it could be interesting seeing how each Primarch tries to handle the Imperium. The only one that would probably immediately give up is Angron because, 'yknow, too busy wanting to kill to govern.

[@davorinjovanic8530]

Amidst the desolate soil We heard the repeating cries of a fragment of metal So, true to Magnus' orders I take my company's reins onto the surface, we settle And as we branch out and explore the wreckage We uncover a terminal's long-lost message A visage of the past and of beautiful cities So what has occurred here? What are we missing? There is something wrong here and there is something hidden With every second growing closer, I feel it near me! My mind shudders, why does my heart race? A psychic scream, like a crushing weight Resounding in every corner of the world "The Ancient awaits!" Enwrapped in grief and beset by pain It bides it's time, all it does is wait We shoulder the hardship now and we endure And to its source, we'll trace The sight before my eyes is stark A Dreadnought here, bearing the Emperor's Children's mark? Unexpectedly, it interjects with pointed thoughts Awake once more, energy arcs Across its words now, demanding to know Are we standing here gathered as friend or foe? Its shattered form yet still poses a threat to us all It shall not be deceived, nor ignored I speak in half-truths to not invite alarm "I see through your words, and I am not disarmed We had learned from Him to hold to truth with every breath" The wrong word here may mean death "Even your words may be twisted and turned into weapons" There is danger here, with every phrase now it beckons I know the name of he who has me in his sights "I am he who remembers, the Ancient of Rites!" All at once, the pieces come together in my mind This place was Istvaan III And we are here upon its corpse On the grave that was left behind! "Would you convince yourself I am a remnant seeking saving? This was not a cry for help! This was a lure I laid to invite something in need of slaying" "Was this trap set for me, old one of mine? You look terrible, a disgrace, even" "At last, Fulgrim, you have come to me, abomination" "Words uttered by a shattered pile of metal, rust and stagnation? You've had millennia to think of what to tell me, you've my attention" "I need not glory nor for words to speak When I have held A Virus Bomb!" ("No!") Reaching out My Raptorae uses his mind to hold the pace, to silence time I channel him all of the strength I have His power desperately relying on mine And from my peripheral sight I can no longer see that frail shell, devoid of its might But rather a righteous being of defiance Who is not without the will to fight! I watch the Dreadnought lash out in wrath His blows deflected away from their path Despite the years he has endured It's clear that he will live, and he will die by the sword Fulgrim then returned a strike His sword slitting through bravado and machine alike His face a mix of contempt and glee The eyes of one who can feed off misery! "You can never be forgiven for the things that you've done And so it falls to my hands to end the prodigal son!" "You cannot imagine the beautiful bounty of Chaos" "Those things I'd never even wish to know!" "There is still your potential that shines through Imagine the unfulfilled glories we'd see to!" "That you'd still think I seek any glory Betrays the true blindness that has overcome you! I recall the virtues I stood for I recall the struggles and the things that we have done! I will not be deterred from my vengeance I remember the lessons passed on to the Sons! I am one of the Emperor's Children I am Rylanor, and I am the Ancient of Rites! So I reject you for now and for always! To strike you down, I have waited for a million nights!" Inspired by the things I've heard I raise my voice and shout clearly and out of turn "Rylanor deserves better than you, oh Primarch Rylanor deserves better than all of us!" With but a single shot The Raptorae is relieved of duty and released of his task I feel the virus rend me apart, with my honor intact As I'm enveloped by the encroaching flash "Although this body of mine's still intact A part of my pride, I fear, will never come back"

[@worldlinezero4783]

The song doesn't quite hit the same after the stuff that happened with Stringstorm man...

[@walterlopez5054]

@@worldlinezero4783 what happened with stringstorm?

[@comediccomrade5716]

@@worldlinezero4783at least he’s trying to do better yknow?

[@wernerfuhry]

what happened?

[@davorinjovanic8530]

@@wernerfuhry don't know

[@ShadowFungus]

Dude really went against his own primarch to fight for the emperor. Waited for a millenia, just to go with a bang, scarring his former primarch forever. 🔥👊🏽

[@jamescpalmer]

Bought a tear to my eye hearing about Rylanor's watch for Fulgrim, what a chad, loyal to the end. Even the Thousand Sons sensed his passion and turned on snake dick. Absolutely giga-daddy.

[@shadefelblade]

In the words of stringstorm: I AM ONE OF THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN I AM RYLANOR AND I AM THE ANCIENT OF RITES SO I REJECT YOU FOR NOW AND FOR ALWAYS TO STRIKE YOU DOWN I HAVE WAITED FOR A MILLION NIGHTS

[@orbitalbutt6757]

You basically just said "in the words of a child groomer" lmao

[@shadefelblade]

@@orbitalbutt6757 ? Stringstorm is a band that made some warhammer singd... one of them is about rylanor

[@comediccomrade5716]

@@orbitalbutt6757separate the art from the artist

[@TheWarmachine375]

Would it be crazy if Trazyn takes Rylanor by using time ability like that of Orikan in the middle of virus bomb detonation and put him in his collection. Next to Clonegrim...

[@WelcomeToDERPLAND]

Damn you, making my blueballs for a loyalist clonegrim even worse!

[@AnimeArchaeologist]

This would be awesome, not gonna lie!

[@mii-kun1143]

Wasn't it also written that the thousand sons could see a bit into the future? If so then rylanor is him by being faster than space marines with foresight

[@khylerbane4523]

“Even if I am slain, I will leave wounds by which you will remember me!” -Demetrian Titus

[@ladiesgentswegothim]

Saul and Rylanor were such honorable bros, that Rylanor trusted him even in his minor deceit

[@JJumper8888]

Showing also what an absolute homie Saul was and he was of the purest of heart

[@kailuun]

Saul Tarvitz was one of his legion's greatest and most capable commanders, but the politics of the 3rd Legion meant that he would never rise beyond being Captain of the 10th Company. It was only on Istvaan III that he really got to shine leading the surviving loyalist Luna Wolves, Emperor's Children and World Eaters in a formidable defence of the Precentor's Palace. Before you ask the loyalist Deathguard were fighting in the bunkers north of the Precentor's Palace and did not link with their allies. Tarvitz was one of the last to die when Horus bombarded the Choral City from orbit

[@Zenphoshen]

I think Rylanor has earned his place as a Living Saint. Imagine him being resurrected as a Saint right when Fulgrim makes his reappearance thinking he is safe to do as he pleases, only to see a now Archangelfied Rylanor staring back at him. His first words are a repeat of his last words as he begin to let loose a torrent of Holy Fire on the traitors.

[@TheWarmachine375]

Rylanor: "Fulgrim, look at me." Fulgrim: "Huh?" Rylanor: "Have a virus bomb to the face!" *detonates it at the Slaaneshi Daemon Primarch point blank*

[@simonwebster1370]

Rylanor: Fulgrim, look at me Fulgrim: huh?? Rylanor: bitch

[@Brigtzen]

he doesn't even announce it, fulgrim turn to face him, expecting him to say something but naw he just incinerates no words necessary

[@supermal112233]

Rylanor: "Fulgrim, look at me." Fulgrim: "Huh?" Rylanor: "Bitch!" *detonates it at the Slaaneshi Daemon Primarch point blank*

[@fivefs]

Well Time to go listen to Rylanor’s Last Stand rock opera song again.

[@Mad_Geniuz]

great vid. its awlay cool t learn more about an already badass character. hearing what he was like before he was stuck in the dreadnouht and after only makes him more cool also new min looks great

[@soulripper3836]

GOD DAMN your artist Alex is doing good work I love all of his art that he has done for your thumbnails.

[@killinusoftly7744]

Rylanor is why I love Emperor's Children... the loyalist ones not the play with my bum ones

[@richardnorris9662]

"Rylanor deserves better than you, Oh Primarch, RYLANOR DESERVES BETTER THAN ALL OF US!!"

[@Stormy_Boi]

It'd be amazing if they made an animation of this scene

[@vintagebones922]

Imagine Fulgrim comes back, and in the first battle he has with the imperium a single legionary of the damned show up. And it’s a dreadnought. Imagine fucking Rylanor hating the shit out of Fulgrim so goddamn hard that he simply would not allow death to stop him from humbling Fulgrim.

[@demongrenade2748]

Majorkill should commission an ulta-badass Rylanor mini. I'd buy that shit in a heartbeat

[@rakisuzuki-burke4148]

Definitely.

[@sirbaconbuster]

Technically, he's just a contemptor with a specific loadout, so you could easily make your own. Rylanor didn't even have any unique markings or anything, so you don't even need to get the EC contemptor body or anything special like that.

[@OneReallyGrumpyJill]

When Fulgi comes back, god, have him reference or remember Rylanor at least once - I want that man haunting Fulgrim's mind until the end of his life

[@FrederickApollyon]

Hey Ken, thanks for elaborating on Rylanor.

[@iota9264]

I LOVE THE WAY YOU TELL THESE STORIES!!!

[@crilleedara]

Bruh great vid - I did not know that our purple boi had fought alongside The Big E, Why his alias was The Ancient Of Rites and that the bad Raype-snek ripped him out of his armor!! Also, while it was mainly Rylanor's charisma, MAD creds to those Thousand Sons!!!

[@eiriken5316]

I am not even kidding, yesterday I was thinking "man I kinda wish Majorkill made a new Rylanor video." And here it is, can't make this up.

[@arandomsystemglitch2398]

I have a feeling that rylanor knew his job wasnt complete and knows it and still lives waiting to mess up the primarch again and that the single thousand son sorcerer is helping rylanor be rebuilt and helping him live with him by his side because he knows the rest of the thousand sons wont help and the impurium wont believe him since he is a thousand sons his story is just cut off to quickly for that to be the end there since the primarch still lives and rylanor made a promise that his once primarch will die by his hand for this betrayal of the legion and emperor

[@ExecratedPlaysGaming]

You're so brave for coming out to your fans.

[@Wastelander2281]

Major minis are the best ones I've seen put out by a youtuber. Havnt bought any myself yet but will be. Also, make some orks ya big blond git ❤

[@almightyace3581]

Rylanor video along with badass art legit getting shivers

[@SirMythcat]

Rylanor’s so cool, majorkill made two videos about him!

[@theworldsgreatestjidiot9667]

The song that came out of Rylanor saying "FUCK YOU" to his father is amazing

[@lonewolfandcub668]

Haven't watched MajorKill for a while and he's gone super Sayan lol

[@MrKangaroo123]

Loving the Kenergy you got going on MK, keep up the good work bruv.

[@chucklesthecrustyjuggler]

Man your models never fail to impress

[@ellifahmerril6611]

I love the obviously edited "terrorists." Big Brother, making sure the terms are 'correct.'

[@commanderstorm8874]

“Rylanor deserves better than you oh primarch, rylanor deserves better than all of us!”

[@BrotherValtus-yeeter_of_stone]

I glanced at the title and thought it said he who defiled his primarch

[@theworldsgreatestjidiot9667]

Day 10 of asking majorkill to cosplay as commissar Cain and make it a poster

[@Butter_Warrior99]

Been waiting for a dedicated video for this Absolute Legend.

[@IamDeathIncarnate1337]

Alex is killing it!

[@elmine7707]

Holy shit Majorkill This dude is taking on a monopoly and winning. He knows there is room for business, give it 5-10 more years an everyone in the hobby is gonna know MajorMinis. Keep that cash flow Major, you're a cheeky badass, a real leader in the fandom.

[@josephwellborn2185]

Brooooooo that really is one of the best 40k moments to be so honorable, worthy, loyal to turn not exactly a demonic traitor but still a traitor to do an honorable thing in the name of brotherhood crazy

[@DKHZStudio]

Rylanor deserves better than you, oh Primarch Rylanor deserves better than all of us!"

[@mrmuffinrellik7045]

THE ANCIENT AWAITS

[@makersspace4816]

SHEEEEEEEESH bud, lookin good with the cut

[@TexMeta]

I'm usually only keen to see new Space Marine models, TTS reference models, or something Dark Angel themed (since Deathwing is my primary force) but that demon looks sick. Might have to grab him for display, like I did with Settron. Which says a lot, as I don't really like Chaos in 40k. First ever setting where I didn't think the demon faction was cool. But you combined two demons I think are really cool, so that's probably why I like it. Edit: also, Rylanor driving the traitor Thousand Suns to sacrifice themselves with him just to dab on Fulgrim is the most epic moment in the lore imo. It's just so hilarious, tragic, and badass that they perma deathed themselves just to inconvenience Fulgrim.

[@dornfist3913]

Rylanor is a great character. Imagine him becoming part of the "Legion of the Damned", and giving the middle finger AGAIN to Fulgrim when he returns to realspace lol.

[@R-YR29]

Love that you're dropping more minis before shipping the last ones 👍👍

[@briterigby1630]

Does he have a playlist where all the "___ is a beast" videos are? I like them a lot

[@sendapez]

That commissioned piece is amazing

[@malakai71]

something id love to see is the perfect clone fulgrim vs chaos figrim. in my thoughts the perfect clone would be disgusted at what the og became. making chaos fulgrim basically go full depression seeing that rylanor was right that hed sunk so low. with chaos fulgrim being so distraught itd give perfect clone fulgrim the win. i personally think this would be a fitting end to chaos fulgrim as he die at the hands of himself, someone he thought he was above. the only person who could break his ego and make him truly see his wrong doings would be himself.

[@dac314]

Majorkill: "everyone else is running out of content" Also Majorkill: "go-go Gadget: another Rylanor video!"

[@Kareszkoma]

I'm glad nothing went as the Traitors expected it. They hoped to start the heresy armed, fully prepared and by replacing the loyalist. Instead the loyalists dug in, and they lost more wargear, munition, and experienced soldiers, trying to dug them out. Moments like these and like the Defense of Ryza turned the tide of war towards the loyalist.

[@joshb2008]

With Majorkill's new haircut I cant help but picutre him going full SuperSaiyan, screaming at the top of his lungs, tearing apart cans of Fosters with his bear hands.

[@CaptainFooba]

The mini looks amazing wow.

[@sasanahadian2859]

Prime video as always @majorkill. Could you make a video dedicated to the Navigators, the major houses, their politics, relation to the overall Imperium and factions, etc? Would greatly appreciate it.

[@TheMrEMan]

Saw the artwork on Patreon and was hoping for this vid