EVERY SINGLE Warhammer Space Marine Legion Explained! 

How about the Tau empire mechs and auxiliaries

The night lords were warriors who used terror methods to win overwhelming odds and to comply worlds without entering their space solely on the intel that the night lords were coming. They degraded over time like most legions. The world eaters didn’t try to earn their primarch love they chose to share his pain. They didn’t car for love or the notion of being loved. They knew their father had no aura hence half a primarch and yet they chose to share his pain and be closer to him . Their dna was made to care for others regardless. The alpha legion was the biggest legion in size possibly thousands or hundreds of space marines under terra and and in stasis on other worlds or in other space marine legions chapters . You need to stop being biased or what you think they are like. Like all legions they have a broad scope of honor terror horror and warriors ….get your facts right

Always good to see more long form lore videos, good stuff man, and to answer your question, an interesting topic might be discussing the dark age of technology/golden age or more broadly the general history of humanity within 40k.

@@Arkimedus to be honest I think that's been done to death by mostly focusing on humanity/imperium not that I won't watch those videos but the war in heaven/ fall of the eldar need more love too

@@bolojohnson711 yeah some aspects of it has been heavily focused on, though men of iron stuff less-so imo, war in heaven stuff is also super interesting, though it has also been covered a fair bit and is less accessible to new viewers and doesn't have as much explicit source material to focus on. Personally I do prefer more obscure 40k theory, but at the same time I would be hesitant to jump into making longer videos on the more esoteric and less accessible aspects of 40k, though getting to those topics when the bases are covered is a good idea. While the war in heaven isnt too obscure, you might for example, want to focus on an introduction to the necron orks and eldar first imo.

I heard someone once say "everything is Cannon and nothing is true". I think it fits 40K very well. 😅

Toiling through the books, Codex, online sources and old notes is the fun for me. I wear my extensive knowledge of the 40k universe like a badge of honor because if it ❤

If you open your mind with love for the Emperor, you don't need to read, it will come to you directly as any truth.

@@commandershepard4235 The original idea for the first rogue trader game was that realistic. It was formed on the idea that in such a massive galaxy, anything could happen or develop.

@@onevastanus They made you change the username pretty fast huh? 🤣🤣🤣

Well if Alpharius was never lost he could never be discovered lol

Alpharius isnt even sure about that, afterall, his entire book was "a lie".

Alpharius was first primarch then became the prototype for primarch/s, Horus is the first to be found

Sounds like something Omegon would say.

he said the rout wilka fenrika correct? cant really hear it too well

I really like the name of the Raven Guard and the fact that it is an OG name is cool too. Corvus Corax is one of the coolest to me, minus the early 2000 edge. He saw the Emperor's true form for a split second when they met, not the form in golden armor.

VULCAN LIVES!!! *(STOMP STOMP)*

UNTO THE ANVIL!

@@americandhrider5303 INTO THE FIRES OF BATTLE !

And alpha instigated it.

I’d say Ultramarines understand too somewhat it’s also about the government and efficiency that protects and uplifts the people

The monsters of caliban were destroyed before the legion arrived

Ahriman in my language means Evil… What emperor doing?? 🤨 I think it originates somewhere indo persia idk

@@hazardousrusty4259 what are ya on about ?

@@ahzekahrimanTS Thousand Sons being Royal Blood, right? Men of emperor right? Now imagine they use a rubric of evil to fight Chaos or any evil, doesn't that sound like what Chaos gods try to sell these Marines? Use Rubric of Ahriman(Evil) and get more power to fight Chaos, ironic. The ones who didn't give into chaos turned to dust. Like I said I don't know what you're talking about, I might be mis understanding it all. I understood that men of emperor using a rubric to gain power which sounds like chaos rubric or evil rubric that's what I'm understanding. Again I'm bad at the lore so apologies if I'm not on the same page with whoever owns a thousand books of 40K. + Dude if you wanna be an ass about it we don't need to talk, but if not then kindly just explain more I'm interested to know more about this Rubric of Ahriman, might research it myself later so obviously you're not obligated to be nice or being an ass, thanks.

@@hazardousrusty4259 yeahhh I don’t bring real world stuff into Warhammer. I seen them as Egyptian

​@@hazardousrusty4259what is bro talking about 😂 dont bring irl stuff to 40k 😂

I, am Alpharion.

Ah, the Night Lords and Alpha Legion. The biggest honeypots of the 18 legions

I'll highly recommend the Nightlords Trilogy written by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

I, am Omegan...... I mean..... cypher..... Oops I mean Alpharius.

I'm more and more a Fan of the alpha legion. I hope they do more with them! Much intrigue, multiple plans, multiple ways a situation could benefit one or more goals, whichever they are and whichever side they benefit, it's like every bit of lore and plot with them is a Spark and you never know a 100% if it's gonna be a campfire that warms you or burn your house down... ..or 1000 other possibilities. So much room and directions to speculate! I like that. Probably also the reason I'm obsessed with Cypher 🤷🏼‍♂️😁

Exactly, to make it even more precise, Leman refused Dorn's request to defend Terra because he felt it wasn't his Wyrd, so he went to Fenris to consult the underworld to find out how he could harm Horus. From the start, he was well aware that he couldn't defeat Horus, but he saw that if he wounded him with the Emperor's spear, it would lead to Horus' defeat, which is what happened. Leman literally threw himself into the fray to guarantee Horus' defeat. In fact, before attacking Horus, he consulted his Legion and asked them if they would prefer to stay on Fenris, if they would prefer to go and defend Terra or if they would prefer to follow him, knowing that the attack on the Sons of Horus could lead to the downfall of the 6th Legion, and they all followed him.

This was just one of many times Tzneetch manipulated Magnus, poor boy is a prime example of arrogance. Still loved his daddy though, unlike most of the other traitor primarchs.

​@@ActualDrunkAtheist he renounced his father after becoming a Daemonic Primarch. The only loyalty he has now is for the knowledge beyond the warp

@@MrLegendseeka I did say he loved his daddy, not currently loves. Look at the others, do you think Angron loved Big E ever? What about Peteurbo, or Mortarian, Curze? Hell I still say not even Fulgrim loved his father, he was entirely too much of a narcissist. Horus loved daddy E and the twins I have no idea truthfully. Magnus did love his father, and had the Wolf not burned Prospero and took his head, I still say the thousand sons had a good chance at staying loyal. Horus and Magnus I think are the only ones who loved daddy. Someone's gonna try and whiteknight Lorgar but I think it was more absolute adoration and a desire to serve a higher purpose. It took ADB and a terrible plot point to turn Lorgar against his daddy, in love there is a willingness to see the flaws and Lorgar was just too busy wanting to present himself for headpats, truthfully always seemed a bit the way they present Future Trunks in the abridged. "Please love me dad" Anyways a long winded way of saying I do believe Horus and Magnus are the only two who truly loved daddy. Feel free to chip in if you think I missed something.

True it was basically a double-edged sword

According to Alpharius, yes. But he is THE unreliable narrator for missinformation is his game ;)

@@jannikwinkelmann2050 "This is my record. And all the records are lies" - Alpharius

​@@jannikwinkelmann2050It's the Canon origin

that is in a book that give more than 1 origin story. also the book ends with saying this might all be lies

@@loganmarks2105 *Beginning:* _I am Alpharius. This is a lie._ *End:* _I am Alpharius. This is a lie._

He did not inherit the charisma of the Emperor, in fact he is quite famous for having absolutely no empathy or social skills unlike many of his primarch brothers. This being the reason why the 1st legion is respected but also very mistrusted among the Astartes. That flaw also played a huge role in him not being chosen to be Warmaster and the animosity with the space wolves.

By charisma I believe he means the Aura the the emperor has. The one that make you look apon then in awe and service. The emperor and the Lion are the only one that walk in a room and you feel the desire to kneel down before them. Even Horus felt this. Hi is the closest to his father. And yes they both have that autistic personality that comes of as rude and uncaring. But the lion is actually one of the best a reading people especially in combat. Malcador the Sigillite said so himself

​@@Not-Ken-MolestinaThe Emperor never had an aura or feeling of uncaring, he was known as one the most humble and empathetic beings in human history. The first few thousand years of him attempting to unify humanity were from positions of secrecy or advisory. Also, the Primarchs didn't inherit anything, they were designed to be everything they became and reflected key points of strategy the Emperor believed were necessary to advance the Imperium. The downfall of the Primarchs was the "secret ingredient" added into their creation

Thank you. I was hoping it'd get touched later on

I am mostly new. Can you explain?

​@@knightshade2654 I believe it was a reference to II and XI Legions; the legions and their culture were destroyed, but the Space Marines themselves possibly weren't eradicated. This, coupled with the Ultramarine's nature of recruitment, led some to believe the remnants of these two legions were integrated into the XIII. Hence their massive numbers.

​@@scar4361 That was purely World Bearer rumor. Even the author himself it is nothing more than a rumor. The 13th is large because they have 500 stat systems to draw recruits from and have very stable geneseed

You should check out and animated videos Pariah Nexus, those show how a Salamander is like

Watching while I eat my breakfast

Yeah, due to the Alpha Legions way of operating, they very rarely got into open combat against equal foes and as such suffered the least casualties of the Legions during the Great Crusade.

The thing is, we don't know what Alpha Legion strength was... I don't think THEY ever know, just like they don't even know who's side they are actually on, because its been 10'000 years, they never went to the Eye of Terror, so unlike other Traitor Legions, they have no veterans of the Heresy still with them and with how compartmentalised the Legion is, anybody who had any idea of what side they are on or what they are even really doing, is LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG dead.

Alpha legion is now the biggest

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It’s definitely more White Scars=Death Guard, Salamanders=Night Lords, and Raven Guard=Alpha Legion

@@alphamav3rickgaming430 Youre talking about rivalries. The Death Guard tried to hunt down the White Scars during the Horus Heresy but couldnt because their practically opposite combat doctrines. Same for Night Lords being serial killers that captured Vulkan and Salamanders that save civilians. Raven Guard and Night Lords both have primarchs with similar appearances that use lightning claws, both legions have a defect that turns their skin white as paint and eyes black. They both focus on surgical strikes. The Pre-Corvus Corax Raven Guard even were terror troops just like the Night Lords. Death Guard and Salamanders both focus on direct assaults, with Death Guard specializing in Destroyer squads and chemical weapons, while Salamanders banned Destroyer squads but heavily favor flame weaponry. Both Legions have 7 Companies and their primarchs are incredibly resilient. Mortarion is weak to Melta and Plasma weapons but resilient against poisoned and fleshbane weapons. Vulkan is weak to poisoned and fleshbane weapons, but resilient against melta and plasma. A big difference between the Loyalists and Traitors is the reason why they ultimately rebelled. The Traitors didnt care about non-astartes or the Imperium as a whole. Look at the Salamanders who send in squads of incredibly valuable space marines to save civilians and then look at the Death Guard using virus bombs. Raven Guard are special forces while Night Lords skin people.

I would say Emperor's Children mirror the White Scars more than the Iron Hands. Espescially if you consider that they have similar ways of warfare generally and Jaghatai and Fulgrim were actually swapped.

@@jw7500 The Iron Hands and Emperor's Children have opposing situations like several others. Both go to extremes, the Iron Hands turning themselves into cyborgs more and more, while the Emperor's Children mutate and get surgeries for bizarre drug glands. The Iron Hands cut off their emotions while the Emperor's Children embrace them to the extreme. Even their Primarchs were practically opposites, with Ferrus Manus as an ugly and slow but strong warhammer wielding brute, while Fulgrim was a beautiful and swift swordmaster. As far as I know the Emperor's Children didnt have a distinct form of warfare, and nowhere near the White Scar's hit and run specialty.

​@@ChaosTicket Afaik the EC very much favoured fast, but melee based warfare. Not nescessarily from the saddle of a (jet)bike as the Vth did. But very much a fast assault force. Both Primarchs are very similar in combat style as well, fast and precise swordsmen. The big difference tho, between the two legions and Primarchs is that one is absolutely inundated with narciscism and the other is very much not. funfact: in the Heresy game ruleset, there is a EC army configuration that basically gives you the White Scars ruleset.

There’s over 1000 chapters! Be a long video 😂

Black Templars: Not blasphemy, but gospel!

Big E IS a god, lol, at least to most of us that aren’t Xenos or Heretics.

That is a Blasphemy indeed

He is a living dead guy.

I love the Space Wolves, they are probably one of only two factions in the whole setting who seem like they are actually having fun

Glad i wasn’t the only one who thought about that! They truly are textbook examples of what Green Berets are.

Idk if you will ever see this, but I have always told people who don't know where to start, to just load up the games workshop website and just browse the various factions mini and see which one kind of stands out to you; and then head over to RU-vid and look up a lore video for that faction (I always suggest Weshammer, because he does great lore videos and has quite a good amount of deep dives on factions lore, plus the deep dives tend to be only about an hour to at most 2 I think, so they are not overly long and give you a lot of info.) And then from there just kinda browse whoever's channel you found and you will probably find a lot of more video about random Warhammer things (another reason why I recommend Weshammer because he also has a lot of shorter form stuff and you can just kinda watch on the fly, or shorts if you want even smaller info tidbits). Essentially just kinda grab whatever gets your attention and watch it, develop your knowledge and tastes from there and see how it goes and see how you like it. I hope this helps in any way ^^

Same here 🤣

Here here

Who were the most successful legions during the great crusade? Dark Angels & Luna Wolves > Ultramarines > who then?

@@Victard It varies a little depending what source you go off, also it makes a difference on what you mean by "Successful" if you're going by worlds conquered and territory gained I believe Ultramarines holds top spot, if you're going by Number of victories then it would be Dark Angels & Luna Wolves. But with so many conflicting sources and fudgey definitions it would be difficult to compile a list of successful legions

Some of us are still playing them! (They’re a break off chapter from the Imperial Fists though now - but still supported in lore and had their own unique rules in the last few editions. Will probably get them for this one when Imperial Fists get their rules supplement. They’re the ‘brave last stand/fighting to the last man/out in a blaze of glory’ chapter lore wise.)

There's been a few mistakes in lore on this video.

​@@Not-Ken-Molestina and a lot of important information skipped

That’s us too, yeah 😅 You’ve got a good ear

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