Every time there is a World Eaters transmission I become so absolutely enthralled by the passion and the rage you are able to portray on the vox. Truly, you have a mighty voice and an awe inspiring channel. Please do more World Eaters content as long as you are able.
I absolutely love bringing life to the world eaters. Even though I think the Nightlords are still my favourite I have a growing passion for the boys in red ( or white and blue)
The Angron saga is the story of creating sociopaths, he was driven into sociopathy and he gave his sons the gift he was given, one of the most terrifying things about human nature 😢😢
@@borisdorofeev5602 too wholesome for angron he probably just speedwalked away trying not to cry in front of his other sons before he could get to his astartes pattern stress ball
"I am betrayed! Betrayed unto death! Father! Devourer of worlds! Red Butcher! Can you hear me, father?! Do you know what you have done?!" So much emotion in these lines, I love it
Not only they're feeling the trauma of being betrayed, they're also struggled againts the butcher's nail. Damn, ...the loyalist World Eaters are definitely among the ones who have been hit the hardest by the Horus Heresy.
It's a crazy thing to contemplate. They literally hobbled themselves to try to gain the approval of their father, and he just didn't GAF. Sad. Almost makes me regret choosing world eaters for 10th Ed. Almost.
Every time he asks another Brother Legionary what its like to stand in the presence of their primarch, all I hear is: "What is it like, brother, to have a father who truly loves you?"
I said it once and I’ll keep saying it. The world eaters can be one of the most interesting and complex character wise when they aren’t just acting like blood crazed berserkers.
The Angron saga is the story of creating sociopaths, he was driven into sociopathy and he gave his sons the gift he was given, one of the most terrifying things about human nature 😢 Angron is one of the best 40k stories
@@kimmogensen4888 what’s even more tragic is that before thr high riders literally carved out parts of his brain to make the butchers nails fit in his head, Angron originally had very strong empathic powers, he even used them to take the pain of his fellow gladiators so they could sleep better. He was meant to be an angel on par with sanginius, and as kind as Vulkan himself. But that was taken from him, then the death he earned with his true family was taken from him. Then the death he sought in the heresy was taken from him, and all that is left for him is blood and slavery, and nothing more.
I love the fact the Varrus doesn't know about Korhn and skulls for the skull throne line but when he threatens the traitor World Eaters he says "il throw your skulls in a glorious pile before the golden throne" mirroring Korhns battle cry "Skulls for the skull" throne
@@UGNAvalonfunny I'm playing Warhammer 40k darktide tide and heard one of my player allies yell "blood for the God emperor, skulls for the golden throne"
This is super interesting, basically Angron saying his reason for ordering the implantation of the Butcher Nails was a test to see who would be ballsy enough to resist him, like he resisted on Nuceria. I think this is really self aware of Angron, since he feels its in his nature to resist but also seems trapped to not be able to do so, he puts his sons in the situations to do what he wishes he could. Like he knows he's messed up, but wants better for his legion. It's funny how he insults them by calling them the Emperor's dogs, but probably likes them more than his traitor sons for fighting back against their destruction. S/O to the narrator, awesome portrayal.
@@richter6699 how is he a hypocrite when he has reformed? Hypocrisy is a dichotomy between words and actions. He does not follow the emperor. Doesn't make him not a fool, but he isn't a hypocrite.
Oh my gosh man. I have listened to this story at least a hundred times, and i still get new insights on the story telling. When angron comes for varus and asks him "do you have something to tell me?" Varus assumes that the primarch heard his outcry. But when varus starts to ask why, asking why he would be betrayed, Angron gets annoyed and silences him. Like he's specifically looking for one thing from him and is irritated he didnt get it. But then Varus says it. The thing he wanted to hear from all the others, who wasted their last breaths asking useless questions. Getting the courage to finally speak up and speak his true mind. Angron gave Varus approval, because at that moment, he became a true son to Angron. He HATED him, just as Angron hated his own father. Thats why he did all he had done to his legion. To show them why he had to betray the emperor. To turn them into the rabid dogs the emperor turned angron into. This story, cry havok. It is truly one of the best things ive ever had the privelage to experience.
Angron scorning the World Eaters for not standing up to him but also murdering Centurion Mago and his brothers for standing up to him is one of those little grating things that makes him one of my least favorite primarchs.
Just, damn...I wasn't expecting a World Eaters story to be so emotionally gripping. Like, I knew what I was getting into with the Lamenters video but this was almost just as moving. I think the saddest thing is that due to what was going to come further down the line, Verus and his men dying on Isstvan 3 was probably the best thing that could have happened to them. Excellent work once more, Vox, and well worth the wait
I feel so bad for the HH era world eaters, they’re like abused children desperately seeking the approval of a drunken father who blames all his problems on them. Perturabo was similarly rancid and cruel but for angron his sons seemed to genuinely want his love and approval and were willing to go to any extreme to achieve that. Maybe it has something to do with his supposedly compassionate nature that was completely drowned out by the nails. Usually astartes would inherit their primarchs personality so perhaps that is why they were so desperate to have a relationship that so many others got to have with their “fathers”. I do hope that they make a chapter of “unknown origin” that’s got hints to them being sons of angron just like the Blood Ravens are heavily implied to be sons of magnus.
Theres a teory About The minotaurs being genetical ennhanced with The gene seed of angron, and i think thats really possible much because of The personality of The minotaurs and How they love war
@@imperadormendigo3409 they’re heavily implied to be Iron Warriors gene seed. They have that same dour yet cruel nature to them. They do as they’re told without question or mercy and are willing to go to any extreme to get the job done.
Angron really is the only Primarch that the Emperor truly failed. Magnus, Lorgar, especially Horus. The Emperor really tried to shape them into loyalists while respecting them. Angron? Angron had his moment taken from him. His chance to be the Primarch he was meant to be was stolen, and he was nothing but a hollow vessel for anger ever sense. Angron is a lot deeper than people beilieve.
The emperor had nothing to do with Angron being a complete failure of a primarch. The slavers of angron literally cut a chunk of brain away to insert the nails which was a big reason why Angron didn't really have a primarch Aura like his brothers.
@@therealistintheboot8822he Emperor had everything to do with it. Angron wanted to die by his brothers sides, die alongside his fellow gladiators, thinking it was the only thing he could do. Had the Emperor gone down to Nuceria and fought alongside Angron, had they been freed of the rule if the elite, Angron would've been the most loyal of them all. Instead, he traded one set of leashes for another. Instead of dieing with his brothers or freeing them, he was forced to watch them be slaughtered, powerless as the Emperor took him from his wishes The Emperor failed Angron
@@adennkyramud116 I agree completely. There’s just no good reason I’ve ever heard for the emperor not to help him defeat the slavers and free his people. It’s what a father would do. It’s what any decent human being would do. It might be the most asinine single decision the emperor ever made.
@@adennkyramud116 Dying in battle side by side with his fellow gladiators wasn't just a choice Angron made. It was the only choice that had true meaning to him. The only time he had the agency to decide his own fate. Angron had made clear what his wish was, a worthy death, free from anyone else's influence. Saving him would have meant taking that choice away from him. This is purely my own speculation, but I sincerely believe Angron was so ruined by what the rulers of Nuceria had done to him that the only thing the Emperor could have done to earn Angron's loyalty would have been to respect his wish and let him die.
@@declanlee6894 Yes, especially since the Emperor would have known Angron's mindset in detail, having created him, it would have been obvious no act could have been worse for gaining respect or loyalty. He could have wanted the resources of the planet unplundered, but then he should have captured the entire rebel army, not just Angron, which should be well withing the Emperor and his guards' ability. Though I think the Emperor made as big a mistake not recognizing that Angron was far too damaged to ever serve as a good primarch. You'd think the wisest man in history would recognize a rabid dog an not let it loose on his land.
"A SLAAAAAVE! I am a slave Varus." The rage in those lines. I can see Angron's incensed face in my mind. As I've gotten into more of 40k mythos, this is the best version of Angron's voice out there. No one comes close. The gravely, low growl that is delivered here is perfect. He's equal parts peerless gene sire and enraged, guttural beast.
I agree. The official black library renditions for Angron are so weird. He sounds more like a snickering wretch than a conqueror in agony. Starscream instead of Megatron. The black library voice actors do a good job on some characters but not others. The Night Lords omnibus with Talos and his gang is a good example for amazing voice acting tho not so much Angron in Betrayer for example. This guy nails it tho - the growling, hurting ursine beast that is Angron. Hell yeah!
What is it like to stand before your primarch? Every other Marine: the best feeling any living being can feel. Night lords and world eaters: it's a fuckin disappointment. We hate him
@@ludovicusbathory1715 I really liked their perspectives on their primarchs when asked and how they put a spin on it very fitting to their respective legions and cultures. If only things had been different for Primarchs like Angron or Conrad.
Anything involving Istvan III is simultaneously one of the most harrowingly depressing yet beautifully inspiring kind of tale out there for Warhammer - nothing but emotion, the first twist of the knife, and it shows the loyalist elements of traitor legions in all their sheer, profound glory. Thank you VOX, for giving us the last rattling breath of the loyalist exemplars of their legions.
Oh.... Oh, I get Angron now. He wasn't proud of his children who took the nails... He was proud of the ones who chose defiance and death. Damn dude. Heavy.
And I watched it a second time... Angron wants his sons to be better than him, to show him the contempt and hatred he couldn't muster in front of the Emperor. Also heavy... What a twisted relationship.
@@hawkshot867 and add in the fact his sons wanted to receive his approval. How can a son act properly when he meets his father so late with little understanding of one another. A tragedy fitting to be of the classic.
"A SLAVE!" So much anger, regret, resentment, disappointment in his 'sons' for not getting it. All balled into one bellowing scream. You are now my headcannon voice for Angron in that one bitter, humanizing cry.
This story is beautifully done, the rage you can feel from the Warhounds as they fight their brothers in a desperate battle for survival. The pain and heartbreak of The Red Angel as he recalls his path to glory and freedom against his oppressors. It truly does pull at one's emotions for both traitor and Loyalist forces.
The ending was beautiful in a way. It made me recall the painfully bad relationship I have with my father. It also reminded me of how that compels me to strive to be a worthy father to my children. Bravo on a story well told.
Oh Angron... I know how his role was to be the empath of his brother Primarchs. How he was to have, figuratively, a heart so large that it would've made Vulcan's seem small in comparison. And then his his mind, his heart, his very soul... was mutilated... How can anyone look upon the Red Angel and not feel sorrow? Sorrow for what could have been. What should have been...
25:32 I listened to these last 5 minutes over and over. It's sooooo good. I can totally understand Angron and yet I also can understand the loyalists. If only they had tried to learn more about their Primarch instead of following him without question. At least Kharn stood up to him somewhat, but even he couldn't completely do it. Blind loyalty and obediency are never good.
Brother-Captain...this piece you've breathed life into...The despair, the rage, the anguish of the betrayed loyal World Eaters...it is a kind of perfection I've longed to hear told and for this, I thank you! They were a legion cursed by fate with a Primarch they tried so hard to please. This narration encapsulates that rage and anguish flawlessly. The relentless pain of the Nails, the will needed to keep them at bay, the question every one of the loyalists that stood upon the scorched ground of Isitivan III...You bring glory to our beloved lore Brother-Captain and for this, WE SALUTE YOU!!!! FOR THE BROKEN PRIMARCH AND WHAT HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN! FOR THE LOYAL SONS OF THE EMPEROR! AVE IMPERATOR!!!!
Absolutely fantastic work! It's pieces like this that cause my admiration for Angrons torment as a truly broken son, to grow. In the brief moment he speaks you can truly feel his sadness over the dishonor he feels at being alive. Very well done indeed.
What people fail to understand about Angron is HOW he was before the nails he acutally HAD a father figure who fought along side him in the arena of Nuceria and as sad as unfair as that world his first kill when he got the nails was said father a gladiator just like Angron's brother and sisters. MANY of the others were able to keep their human fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters even their soldiers Angron had some of those things but wasn't allowed to keep them leaving him with NOTHING but the nails.
The Istvan story I’ve always wanted is one of shifting perspective. What did the Emperor’s children think when he heard one of their captains telling them to seek shelter, did they gain an epiphany about the divisions in the legion? What did the World Eater think when just moments away, locking eyes with a human rebel in an underground bunker on Istvan 3 did the shockwaves of the first virus bombs shook the ground above him? What did the Death Guard think when his brothers in the warrior lodge found his loyalty to the Primarch wanting, an instant before his body is consumed by the life eater virus? What ran through the mind of the Son of Horus as he heard his father, the War Master, betrayed the Emperor? Personal conflicts and mental breakdowns are why I’m here.
And even this more fleshed out version of Angron, with all the emotion and great acting, he still comes over like a massive failure at heart. A Primarch too weak to see beyond his self to recognise his purpose.
Absolutely beautiful once again. The tortured voices, the feeling, the way you make a character that only has 5 lines feel ALIVE. I loved it. Also, the line about fingers and shell casings was *chef's kiss*
Many thanks chaotic voices. It was an absolute pleasure narrating this wonderful piece of writing. I'm so lucky to have worked with such talented writers.
God those last ten minutes. Truly enrapturing. The pain and the emotion. The sadness in Varrus. The loss in Angron’s. The music drifting off then Angron begins to tell Varrus of his own betrayal and his disappointment in the lack of resistance of the nails
this is why i love loyalist world eaters and truly does show what a tragedy the nails where to Angron, could only imagine a timeline where Angron was found earlier
My absolute favourite story. I listen to this at least once or twice a week. I am in the process of making a mini diorama with Varus and Angron because of it 😅
This reminds me of another story about Angron I’m having trouble finding again. I don’t remember if it was official or fan-made. It was about the Emperor confiding in a Custodes that he intentionally led Angron to hate him, as a means to prolong Angron’s life. It was presented that, basically, the Nails were in too deep, and the Emperor hadn’t the means at the time to safely remove them. But he wagered he might later. The Emperor was very confident that if he took away Angron’s motivation-the protection of his gladiators and hated of the Riders-by intervening in that battle, his son’s anger and bloodlust would subside, and his empathic tendencies would take over. And as such, the nails would multiply in their toll on his mind, furious that Angron no longer did as they wanted. And so the Emperor gave Angron a new target for his hatred: himself, if only as a means to buy time to try and fix things later. The Emperor compared what the nails had transformed Angron into to a shark; to a predator that would die if it stopped moving, stopped hunting, stopped fixating on a target. Does this ring a bell for anyone else here, lol?
This Angron sounds exactly like how I imagined. Also The question asked to 6:25 Ultramarines 13:13 White Scars 20:14 Blood Angels (I can just imagine that after this part it just goes from sunshine over a scorched battlefield with the blood angel asking him that question back with a raised eyebrow and we skip back to that dark staircase area and it's just the silhouette of pure murder itself and two scornful eyes.)
What story is this where can I read it in which book does the warhounds fight custodies,,the only one iv listened to is in the audiobook outcast dead the one with the astropath Kai zulane,is there another ????
@@christianwarrior3169 from the lore I have read. The surviving thunder warriors(not custodes) where organizing and trying to make a cure for themselves. The warhounds were dispatched to wipe them out. Thunder warriors definitely killed more warhounds than vice versa.
He cuts the link and I know I will never speak to him again...dude the way you voice this shit is amazing...the way you lead it to the climax is just perfection 👌 So full of fkn sadness/emotion lmao I've been listening over and over to each of these videos at work and its just great. None of it gets old. Ya miss things sometimes and its almost a whole new story when you find it lol That ending 😭😤😤😩
And now another tale is told and what a rich tale it was, I shall savor its taste in as I wait for the next video to come. Thank you for the wonderful video
Man, I havnt been a listener for very long, but ive been absolutely sucked into your style and bold passion filled voice. I imagine the land scapes and characters so vividly with your descriptions. The first sorry I remember listening to I thought "wow this guys is a master of words." Keep up the fanomonal work!
A lot of times when listening to audio media i am doing other things like work or playing games but everytime i listen to you i end up sitting in the dark doing nothing but listening more intently then i do at any other point. Thank you for all that you do and keep it up my friend!
I am a fan of Loyal EC but stories like these are making me feel for the Loyalist World Eaters. I mean I already pity them for having to deal with Angron but this hits hard and true for my newly found feelings for them.
Man that was great, the ending was the cherry on top. Great choice of music for it as well. The father-son relationship of the World Eaters is something rather... "rough" and this story did a fantastic job of displaying that. Great job as always!
Wow! That was incredible! This was absolutely amazing! I think you're one of the greatest narrators/voice actors I've literally ever listened to. Keep this up! This stuff is awesome!!!
Its strange, ive come to understand angron and also be disgusted by him, his rage can be understood, his pain can be understood. But what he did yo his sons is unforgivable, he sees his actions as deserving for the denial of his death, yet all i see is a man forcing his pain onto others, and abusing the love a son holds for his father. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, trauma channeled into abuse towards those who love you like no other.
Really great work! Tho i have a question for the lore pros. The Golden Throne was mentioned in this story, it was already a known thing during early heresy? It wasnt a secret project for the human webway?
Oh that's a good point, that might be an oversight, at this point Big E had withdrawn to the palace but yeah pretty sure the golden throne was not really common knowledge.
Indeed the webway project was a secret, even to the primarchs, which is why this is not lore accurate. I didn't even catch that one at first, you're very perceptive.
Love your videos, fantastic story telling. Especially like these Horus heresy chaos spacemarines, I think I’d faint if you ever did a world bearer/possessed marine story. Keep up the great work :)
Considering a big chunk of those betrayed on istvaan 3 were loyalist world eaters I was not surprised where this was going. Even though angron hated his legion(or simply did not care for them) its implied the reason why he ignored horus and ran down to fight because he at least wanted to face them down rather then stab them in the back. In a twisted way he kind of respected them enough to give them honorable deaths. Honor being a big thing for angron considering how he was brought up. Same can not be said for the ones who followed him. Its funny how he still did not give a damn about the traitor world eaters and took off first chance he got. So yeah I have a feeling a lot of traitor world eaters hate that they screwed themselves up for a father who wanted nothing to do with them. While messed up from the nails a lot of the loyalist world eaters where 100% loyal to the emperor/imperium. Also I guess mago and those who did not want the nails was right for rebelling and angron must see them as sons. Even though he slaughtered them for saying no.
Can't believe I discovered 40k only a few months ago I've always loved fantasy, Star Wars (Not current canon), Lord of the Rings, Warcraft, Starcraft, Warhammer Fantasy, Runeterra, Westeros and so on But 40k is definitely, by far my favorite and its not even close Angron has one of the most interesting stories, what a shame he was made a Demon and what a shame he had the butchers nails implanted, hope somehow, he gets reverted to what he should have been, by the Emperor, although it is utterly extreamly unlikely.
This story is excellent and your narration is fantastic. Its neither over the top, nor cringe. I have no idea how you do it. Your narration tells me exactly what's going only clearly while also coloured by the correct emotion. I am immersed with Verus as he faces Angron. Be proud. For you are clearly one of the best remembrancers of the Emperors RU-vid.
