People hate this story for making the custodies weak, but I hate it because it makes the Harlequins stupid. I mean they know what the imperiums deal is and what they are like, yet their plan is to yell "friendship" while slaughtering guard and they truly believe that the custodies will just let them through. At least when the drukhari almost managed to sneak in their plan actually made sense.
Its not that what you said is wrong, its that after reading the 365.000 stupid moments written in Warhammer 40k, this is barely notable. For example there are 10.000 custodes on Earth at any second and they litterally speak with the Emp, but they couldn't send a single one in 10.000 years to get things right in the empireum.
@@TheWoodsman308didnt they constantly say it was due to them being in a moment of grief for failling to protect the emperor? Its still dumb though because the only time i remember a custodes doing something before guilliman woke up was talling to the saints during the goge vandire era
@@ZyroShadowPony ok but the guys with a phd in basically everything that must withstand the influence of exalted greater demons to be called custodes didn't come to the conclusion that after losing thousands in the webway battle and facing the traitor legions and supercharged chaos primarchs maybe it wasn't all their fault and couldn't get over it in 10.000 years? If that's the case put the Iron hands and Blood angels in charge of defending the palace since they at least made up their mind WAY before.
@@TheWoodsman308and the biggest stupid moment for me atless is the mechanicus with their law of not inveting, and then the mf never share the tech they dicover, Even among them, theres a lot of incredible high tech that could save the imperium but the mechanicus just don't want to share the knowledge, Even if it could save them 🙂
as a custodian fan i can confidently say the moment we read about a part in a story an enemy managed to scratch a custodians armor after the custodian went through a planets worth of them we get mad
"Alas, my excitement would quickly be extinguished, like a roaring, erogenous flame being doused by the contents of the bluest of balls, for there was a cLOWn!" - a certain Fabulous Custodian
Yes lore accurate when they're fighting Guardsmen/Space Marines, but Custodes? Especially the ones that are trained to protect the master of man himself? I call bull
The author actually knew. Most WH40K fans didn't read the novel, the author pretty much referenced Lucifer Blacks. It's just that the author tried to retcon it after the backlash. The harlequines were pretty much wiped out BTW, Lucifer Blacks can't do that shit either so the custodes+harlequins is still canon. Imperiun fans are just retarded
The harlequins may be clowns, but the funniest part? They made the custodies look like fools. My favorite part was the classic pie to the face, followed up by the falling Piano.
Still didn't manage to get anywhere near the throne room and got butchered trying, and it's not like it was an insignificant number of them either. It was a whole troupe that got wiped out including one or two great harlequins. So who's the fool, the guys doing their job or the retards who though they could pull this off even though they have access to precognition? My fucking sides.
When the pillar men music started I was like "Oh nice, TTS homage" then it went s@#$y recorder music I was like "Yes, now that's more accurate". Fantastic video.
I swear that was the most stupidest part when reading that lore where 3 harlequins broke into the imperal palace and killed 6 custodians saying we come in peace we want to speak to ur leader
according to some random youtube comment the author made a mistake and actually meant for them to be Lucifer Blacks (which are basically the Custodes of guardsmen)
grey knights to custodes: imagine loosing to a bunch of clowns custodes to grey knights: imagine loosing to a bunch of furries (what do you guys think the worse: loosing to a bunch of clowns or loosing to a bunch of furries)
As a custodes and knights player ( yes I know, no one likes to play against me right now.) I can confirm that any story related to a custodes somehow dying regardless of circumstances will cause a supernova of my doge brain. See Master of Mankind for extreme meltdown.
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As much as I want this to be a proper Harlequinn w, there will always be more Harlequinns then Custodes and Custodes all died like fodder in this scene to singular attacks, it wasn't as fun as whats being shown here. It makes you wonder how fucked the Imperium is if the clowns can just walk into the palace and just unplug Big E without too much issue. This is the equivilent to one Tyranid bioform eatting all of the souls of a craftworld infinity circuit without The Eldar noticing or Shalaxxi Hellbane soloing The Eldar's greatest warriors with only .0001% power. I don't think it makes them look powerful I think it makes both sides look dumb for taking part in such a travesty, especially when nobody here is a space marine so you can't argue bias.
I remember Pancreasnowork(Eldar fan) actually making fun of this. I think his words were kind of like "How does that feel Imperium fans! You guys finally feel what it's like to see your best guys get murdered like fodder!". I personally would have been fine with the custodes getting killed but I just wish it made more sense.
To all the people whining about the Harlequins, what do you want? They were stopped by the Custodes weren’t they? It was a group of like 10 Harlequins and they killed maybe 1 or 2 dozen Custodes and at most and that’s being generous. The Harlequins whole shitck is being absurdly agile, fast, and hard to pin down, if anyone was gonna have a chance at getting close to the Emperor it would be them. But again, they were stopped.
So are the Custodes lol, upper tier Custodes like Shield Captains can keep up with fucking Primarchs, the idea that any Harlequin bar maybe a Solitarie is able to outspeed a Custodes is ludicrous
You can also take a few extra reasons. The clowns weren't one of the conventional enemies that the custodes regularly deal with, and the fact this took place not long after the heresy (which we know 90% of them were dead) so very likely that most if not all of the elite custodes were either Companions or Shadow Keepers or any rank that keeps them from just guarding the palace, leaving the lesser custodes to guard the palace
@@thecommentguy9380 The Custodians would rather sell the Imperium into anal slavery than weaken the defense of the palace itself. Is it the Custodians who cannot react to the actions of the Harlequins? Are we talking about the same Custodians who, with their speed, force the Space Marines to fall into prostration due to the fact that they cannot follow them? Are we talking about the same Custodians whose armor costs as much as planetary systems? Moreover, we are talking about a palace where the Custodes is literally visible, is in constant combat strength and not only because of any threat, but is constantly playing bloody games. Are we really talking about the same Custodians who are behind BY MORE in order to learn all the information about accessible humanity? Yes, the bushes should understand better than the harlequins in their own environment what an essential enemy means? For a Custodian there is no such thing, any enemy must be studied 100%, and you must always be prepared for any enemy. When, like the Harlequins, they are just Eldar, is it worth saying that even now, even in the tabletop you named “you killed maybe 1 or 2 dozen Custodians” one kills (counts) 61 harlequins during the XTH phase (and yes, this is with a discard of 4++)
And now, we get the Norn Emissaries playing soccer with Custodes heads, that I am also totally not butthurt about!!! In all seriousness, from what I can recall about their fighting style, the Harlequins are pretty well-suited to fighting small numbers of powerful forces, are considered the best of the best of the Eldar, and have had surprisingly little coverage as of late, to my knowledge. That, and the book this is from coming from a time when Custodes were still transitioning from being weaker than Space Marines (yes, there was a time in very early editions, before Custodes were even a playable army, when it was said a Space Marine can beat a Custodian) to being the full-on one-man armies they are today. As far as I know, the older the book, the weaker the Custodes. Am I still butthurt about Custodes getting shredded by clowns? Yes, but having not heard anything new about the Harlequins for a ridiculously long time, I'd say they need this far more than we do. I wouldn't change this incident given the chance, but I might make the next conflict a lot closer (I would assume that humankind's greatest warriors can learn from a defeat). Doesn't make much sense for the two factions to be fighting each other normally, though... oh, well. Also, the Norn Emissaries are probably getting revenge for that one time five or so Custodes in a tunnel held off an entire tendril of a hive fleet on their own, with one Custodian left standing at the end of the fight, and a veritable mountain of dead Nids around them. If I were the Tyranid Hive Mind, and millions of my bio-forms failed to defeat five golden bois (optionally, while blaring the Pillar Men theme), I'd... OK, I don't know if I'd be pissed for sure, but I'd either be pissed at them or be salivating for a chance to try their genetic material. Not to mention that the Custodes had to put themselves in the path of the Norn Emissary to protect the Lord Solar, and that Valoris does hit the Nid with the mother of all head bonks, so NAMED custodes seem to be doing alright still.
@@shuyavojin9479 I hope I said that right... The TL;DR is that the clowns need their badass moments once in a while too, and the rule of thumb with Custodes strength seems to be "they are however strong (or squishy) as the plot currently demands and based on the mood of the author!!!" That is to say, horribly inconsistent. Given how little Harlequins badass moments are popularly known among fans, they have to get some recognition once in a while! Also, I'm not sure just where in the transition from "guard with zero experience" to "legion of living legends" the Custodes were at (more accurately, which edition of the game this coincided with) the book came out in, but I do know that the Custodes have generally been portrayed as stronger in the time since that book came out.
All I can wonder now... was it five Custodes who held off a Hive Fleet tendril, or was it four... anyways, there's no shortage of badass Custodes moments to choose from.
What was originally a complete accident (the writer meant for it to be Imperial Guard) has instead given the Space Clowns their one cool moment they needed. Don't worry Imperium fans, three Craftworlds were blown up to even it out.
@@Minecrack1942 Ah Yes, Fine Work With Idharae Unfortunately You Did Have To Get Bailed Out By The Legion Of The Damned, But Still Great Work Nonetheless.
I condone this if only so that Imperial fans know what it's like for Eldar players every time the Avatar of Khaine is bodied just to hype some other character.
Damn. I see this cat...thing in this context and I immediately think of Kitten. Then I think of TTS and how abruptly and sadly it ended and why. And now I am sad. _Are you happy now!?_ Btw., nice video, I still laughed. Although it was a sad laugh.
As a warhammer fan I can confirm I leave comments on everything warhammer related as follows "As a blah blah player, I blah blah blah when blah blah blah blahs"
Older fluff with Custodes is fucking painful in retrospective. The depictions vary between "Gold-plated stormtroopers" and "Space Marines but more self-important", and it will never stop triggering my Custaboo ass.
"and lore breaking shenanigans" Nope. None of it was lore-breaking. As it was all involving Orks, and because Orks believe it to be lore-accurate, therefore it is so! - t. Ork players everywhere.
Astartes/Custodes fans when their uber OP edgelords lose a single battle: "OOOOOOH MY GOD DO THEY EVEN READ THE LORE! WHO WROTE THIS!?" Every other faction fan when their side loses: "Meh..." Ork fans when their side loses: "ORK ORK ORK ORK ORK ORK ORK ORK! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA!"
"ThEy WeReN't CuStOdEs, ThEy WeRe LuCiFeR bLaCks" - Custodes fanboys who bitch about the bananas dying to the clowns. Seriously, do people forget that the Harlequins are literally the Eldar equivalent to the bananas? The Solitaires themselves are even Primarch level.
As an Ork player who's salty that eldar were just there to say "Chaos is worse" In a series where the ORKS are the _big bad,_ this 'oh, they mixed up Lucifer blacks with Custodes is pure banana fan copium. Guy Haley knew what he wrote, and he wrote it for a reason. Custodes were a bit preoccupied wondering if the Orks were about to land on Terra. Having a bunch of clowns show up outta nowhere was going to through anyone, Custodes included, offguard.
The Solitaires are nowhere near primarchs, not even close. Eldrad who is likely the strongest Eldar in existence (who is alive) didn't think he could square up with Fulgrim, he didn't even try, instead, he ran. We also see Yvraine who is comparable to Lilith in feats, not being even able to react to Guilliman's movements. Primarchs are walking plot devices, so unless you yourself are a god then you better don't start picking fights with concepts stuffed into a meat suit, it won't end well for you.
I'm expecting salty custodes fans typing furiously "but they were supposed to be the Lucifer Blacks, the writer made a mistake, WAAA!" Reference it. Find me the article where he says it. You won't, because it's not fucking true. If you actually bothered reading Throneworld (if you can read at all), you'd have noticed the harlequins mention killing the Lucifer Blacks on guard already. When they face the custodes, they even make notes on how much tougher they are: a death jester comments how much longer it's taking for his shrieker cannon to take effect on a custodes. What people don't realise is, Throneworld was written before custodes were buffed to hell in the lore (2016). Also, it's written by guy Haley, one of the premier black library writers who I doubt is so oblivious about the lore that he would conflate the two groups. At the end of the day, this is canon. Anyways, stop crying and learn to take a damn L, Imperium. At least your shiny bananas died to a force that's just as elite as them instead of a random aspect warrior with a name, as much as I'd love to see that.
@@Dave-bd2eothey are not elite on the level of the custodes, but they are still very elite compared to your average astartes. They handpick exceptional individuals from every chapter and then provide them with specialized gear that they are actually allowed to improve upon without fear of tech heresy. They are the military wing of the ordo xenos the same way the grey Knights are for the ordo maleus. But perhaps most importantly, while they may not be as elite as the custodes, they are specialized for fighting xenos, and are well equipped to fight the aeldari in various ways, making them pretty good counters.
I think you raise a point here, majority of 40k fans you will find on the internet dont actually read stuff, and just know things from memes and second hand sources like youtubers. Problem is then these fans will go around like they know everything.
I'm not that bothered by the showing anyway, it was a whole harlequin troupe, with two great harlequins and a shadow seer. They were all wiped out way before reaching the golden throne. From my perspective, it's a bigger L for the Harlequins than anything else. How can you have access to precognition and not see this coming from a mile away?
No matter how we look at it, this encounter shouldn't have ended as it did. But the imperium fanboys have no right to complain about this happening ONCE, when the avatar of Khaine gets worfed like every other Monday
Although the elves are very powerful, they should’ve got their ass beat, especially in the Golden Palace. I could see this may be happening on like an LorRae world where they have control but like this is the golden palace I don’t care what you say. All the custodians are right there and they’ve literally practiced fighting against elves Like they are prepared for the situation and custodians whole point is that they’re never caught with their pants down and there’s 10,000 of them so yeah doesn’t make a lot of sense that on their turf where they know every nook and cranny the most trained and honed warriors you could possibly have who are constantly prepared for this And they died like dogs
whats that sound track that you use during shill time at 1:00, i recognise it but cant put my finger on it. is it total war battle music? nevermind found it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2pXa5jzaOBg.html it was in throne of lies
I think it's less about who loses. It's more about the circumstances. For example a tiny handful of smurfs killed *the fucking avatar of Khaine*. With like 3 losses. THE biggest of boys the eldar can pull. And he just kinda flops over from getting shot a little. It's a similar thing here. A few clowns manage to break into the most secure and protected place in the entire imperium, are surrounded by the unit equipped with the best wargear out there, and just, well, get clowned on. It makes just as little sense.
The nonsense that should be Deleted From the lore because it makes no sense at all, and the Custodes should be Replaced with Lucifer Blacks, in my Warhammer head Canon this is fake and Never happend, the same with ne nonsense that a world eater punched a Custodes to death, some time the Writers must be High on drugs, else i dont understand the BS they come up with sometimes
@@Livid72Des So a space clown that derives power from a demon god is on par with a genetically engineered super-human produced directly by a god-in-the-making who has spent thousands of years perfecting human genetics? Yeah, that lore totally makes sense. (Again, I'm ranting about the lore directly).
@studentofthedagda harlequins are already greater elite of the aeldari/drukhari with the laughing God's backing. A single Solitaire gives even the harlequins in their own form of madness great anxiety. The absolute rarity of a Solitaire makes the custodes 10,000 generous in comparison, considering there may not be even 10 Solitaires in the galaxy at a time. Custodes are not even that impressive or unique in the setting when considering aspect warriors, higher demons, tyranid norns, tau advancement, and simple ork numbers. Custodes are the biggest losers in the galaxy, considering the proof of their biggest L of their one job is stuck on the Golden Throne.
