"Love. Can know all the math in the 'verse but take a boat in the air that you don't love? She'll shake you off just as sure as a turn in the worlds. Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Some guy.
@@HannaHsOverInvested Its a lot, if your trying to work any of it out now, its had more than three decades to expand. 9 editions of the tabletop rules most of which came with lore overhauls. 300+ novels expanding that lore. I would greatly suggest The Templin Institute or Luetin09 who have more comprehensive videos on individual factions. Bricky is kinda rushing just to give a barebones guide to all the major factions, he's skipping a lot that gives context to it.
Accurate. When you start to understand certain snippets of the factions, such as doctrines and history, the rest starts to become easier to understand to the point you can probably see where parts of the lore are going.
I really like the Mechanicus fellows. Something about a crazy tech cult who dont actually understand high tech and think its magic (and might be right) is just incredibly fun to me. They're great in the books too
Bricky even undersold them a bit. Those dunestriders that "run around in a circle"? Yeah, because it's 40K that "circle" is the equator of a planet they own. And he barely even touched on Titans whichfall under the auspices of the AdMech.
I don't know what it is, but seeing people react to Brickys videos is basically crack for me. Great reaction. Can't wait for the xenos in part 2, that's gonna be a headspin.
Oh my god, same! He covers SOOOO much in an easily understood form that it’s a nice way for people to get the TRUE scope of the universe at a cursory glance!
"I don't like anyone in this world." And that video is just looking at the Imperium factions. There's another video for specifically the non-Imperium factions (and some of them get REALLY bad).
no joke. when something stops working at work and people ask me how i got it working. (i'm not a mechanic in anyway) "i tell them "I praised the omnissiah and blessed the machine spirit."
@@HannaHsOverInvested if you want to keep the machine spirit within Derek to stay happy you need to observe the holy rituals of oil changes, tire rotation, fluid and tire pressure checks once a week. Etc. Lol
High lords of Terra- The Ecclesiarchy is too powerful so they may have no men under arms as a military force. Ecclesiarchy- No 'men' under arms ....hmmmm I think I see a loophole.
The loop hole/law was made while the sisters already existed, they stayed with the church because the ecclesiarch at the time asked/begged them to. They're still technically independent although both the writers and the miniatures/rules have been eroding that indepence since they were first created. One of the reasons why I don't follow warhammer lore anymore.
@@kokaomf Actually no, the Decree Passive did not exist until after Vandire was killed. It was the next High Ecclesiarch Sabastian Thor who kept the Daighters of the Emperor as the Adeptus Sororitas via the "they are not men" loophole.
"I feel I understand more now about the Adeptus Mechanicus and the..." *checks notes* "Ahh-dept Ser-ror-tas" "Whatever." Honestly, the joy your confusion brings is just wonderful!
The most hilarious thing about the mechanicus is the "sacred oils" needed to make things work is literally the normal oils you normally use to keep a gun/car/tank working. They're all just insane and include a 15 minute sermon before pouring it in.
All their rituals, depending on the depiction, have more or less functional programming and engineering sense behind them, and a high-ranking Magos is more likely than not to have some idea about how the thing he works on functions. Authors can still have a ton of fun with writing all the ritualistic nonsense that accompanies useful procedures - or if they really know what they are doing, with blending the two so the reader also can't tell the difference.
Regarding Adeptus Mechanicus. There is a quote from Arthur C. Clarke, on of the great authors of science fiction, that goes something like: any science advanced enough in indistinguishable from magic. And Warhammer 40k takes it to extreme.
If 10min chunks work better for you with the lore go for it. We all find your incredulous reactions to the absurdity and awesomeness of 40k highly entertaining.
"I will convert" no, you won't. To be a Mechanicus it's to engage in augmentations, read chop your body parts and replace it for machines... _Yeah_. You don't even get to eat food any more! But they are funny in the lore doe.
@@HannaHsOverInvested point taken. Also, when Bricky said "motherhood" he was talking like "mother Teresa" type of motherhood. You know, nuns that are high in faith and stuff
Nuh uh, the bilogis still do all those things because they believe the human body is a sacred thing. An organic machine, one who’s form should be respected and improved upon, but not replaced!
Best WH40 vids for you would be Occulus Imperia. He does vids in character as a historian doing a study on various topics in the warhammer 40k universe, focusing on a single topic per vid, so it won't be overwhelming for you. I especially like the ones dedicated to the different types of Space Marines as it goes into their histories and battle tactics.
I like Leutin more but I get his videos can be hard to digest as they're usually over an hour long (sometimes he'll go over two hours) and only cover one topic (like a specific weapon, or a single battle, a biography, etc.). You generally have to be familiar with what's in the rulebooks before anything he says will make sense.
Can confirm that the Omnissiah provides and will definitely keep Derek on the road. Few months back my '03 Honda Civic wouldn't start. Tested the battery and removed the starter to test that too - both were just fine. Then I realized that it's probably just an unappeased machine spirit. So I just put it all back together and recited a Canticle of the Omnissiah. Car started like new. All glory to the Machine God 🙏
@@ABonafideSkeleton Yup. I enjoy the grimdark of Warhammer, but the Dark Eldar are in a league of their own. That's one faction I won't touch with a ten-lightyear-long-pole
@@Drocksas They wouldnt want a ten light year long pole. Theyd rather something a bit shorter and sturdier... probably with some spikes, and a light coating of a nerve agent.
The sisters of battle came in to play because about 5000 years ago from the perspective of 40K There was this really terrible person that came to power and consolidated almost all power in the imperium and became became space Nero. Truly horrible person in a 1000 different ways. He created the fraternal knights and the brides of the emperor. He carved such a terrible reign of is reign of destruction that a decent amount of the suffering in the 41st millennia is traced back to him. He tricked the yet the brides of the emperor into worshipping him as an envoy of the God Emperor. Eventually they figure out that hes a fraud and a contingent of the brides of the emperor kill him. Afterwards, a decree is made that the church could no longer field men in battle so that couldn't happen again. So they go OK we won't do that and they create the sisters of battle since they are not men. They have great and growing lore. They all live to die. They are comparable to Space Marines in many respects.
"From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the blessed machine. Your kind cling to your flesh, as if it will not decay and fail you. One day, the crude biomass you call a temple will wither, and you will beg my kind to save you. But I am already saved, for the machine is immortal. Even in death, I serve the Omnissiah."
With that in mind... How long before some of the Mechanicus starts to look at Necrons and thinking "Hmm, they might be on to something. We should be more like them."
@@suntiger745 They do! And they don't. Because any xenos machine is heresy to the Machine God and an affront to the Machine Spirit. This actually causes schisms inside the Mechanicus itself, since they don't know whether the Necrons are a being with a shell of the machine, or just a machine. If the former, then they should be perceived as the apex of existence, if the latter - then they are a warning to AdMech, since they believe that a machine lacks... intelligence? Soul? Identity? Like, they make a big difference between a human that becomes the machine and a machine that achieves human-like intelligence.
I was really looking forward to this, I'm glad you stuck with it. 40K is pretty cool. I personally prefer big chunks, but that's probably just because I'm familiar with the lore already. Learn at your own pace for sure.... but maybe do small chunks and then stitch them together after shooting to please the internet masses. I only suggest this because waiting for a new one every week is gonna make me impatient! I'm very excited for you to reach the sections on Chaos/Eldar/Necrons because they have some of the coolest lore IMHO. Cheers!
was watching news and saw this in my recommendations. automatically switched to this. been waiting a while for this to drop. edit: finished the video and I would suggest watching smaller chunks so you don't get information overload. I have the feeling that you might like the tau...but they're the last of the xenos in brickys video.
It’s 100% possible that flesh stuff is actually a very subtle dirty joke considering the series is, despite the large amount of lore, a very dark comedy series/ parody series and I definitely wouldn’t put it past them. Edit: just wanted to add that his second leg set was the bottom of a nuns skirt, a reference to the sisters because close to nuns, also martyrdom means to sacrifice or die for your faith or cause to inspire others to keep going or do the same IE Jesus and Christianity. Also a smaller part of these videos every week to prevent burnout.
Martyrdom, to fight an enemy knowing you will die and be hailed as a martyr by the church and have that used as a way to incite those remaining to continue to fight in holy retribution, usually those who engage in martyrdom are those who 'suffer' in a grandiose way as a spectacle for others to see in a way that elevates their cause above others.
The mechicus praying and whatnot to machines is actually about passing on knowledge of repair and maintenance of these machines through highly ritualized motions. This prevents the average person from actually knowing how the machines work, but allows them to perform maintenance or repairs. Sure, you'll spend two hours praying to your boltgun, moving its parts, touching pressing it, rubbing it with a cloth, burning incense, annointing it with oils, and finally setting it to rest in a special box each night, but in the process of this you'll end up disassembling it, cleaning it, oiling all the moving parts, and coating it with a protective film before putting it in a box that looks like a small religious relic but actually charges the internal batteries.
I love warhammer but it seems to attract the wrong crowd who miss the message. The warhammer world is horrible, like the Imperium are literally space nazis and it's made abundantly clear that life sucks because of this but there are fans who think it's a good idea?!
Unfortunately, it's one of the downsides to having 40k become more popular and well-known. The 2016 "God Emperor Trump" memes didn't help, either. Back in 1987 with the release of Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader 1st. Edition, the game was a couple of Nottingham skinhead punks (the progressive, left-wing kind associated with SHARP, not the neo-Nazi kind) making games out of a basement. They were waking up in the afternoon, building models, designing rules, going out drinking to rock venues (the Dark Angels' home base, The Rock, is named after a local gay bar in Nottingham), coming home late, and waking up and to do it again the next day. Then they found themselves in their 40s, they had ditched the band name patches on studded leather for 3-piece suits, and their basement operation was now an international multi-billion dollar company with an HR department and a legal team. A lot of the original people have left the company (retired, passed away, or wanting to do other projects). Of the original Rogue Trader staff, IIRC only John Blanche and Jes Goodwin are still at GW, with Phil Kelly being the only 2nd. Edition writer. The Perry brothers have their own miniatures company. Andy Chambers got hired by Activision-Blizzard and does freelance work. Rick Priestly started a new company (Warlord Games) to focus on historical games, with Paul Sawyer following him. Alan Merrett, Aly Morrison, and Trish Morrison all left shortly after the launch of 3rd. Edition back in 1998. Artists Ian Millar and Kev Adams departed sometime in the 2000s after all that shit with then-CEO Jack Kirby. What these people have in common is they had backgrounds outside of WH40k and brought that expertise with them to create a parody franchise based on stuff like Judge Dredd, Starship Troopers, Alien, the Dirty Dozen, 80s conservatism, authoritarian regimes of all types, anxieties about the Cold War, Frank Herbert's Dune, Blade Runner, and so on all turned up to an 11 out of 10. The setting was entirely tongue-in-cheek punk rock British humor. Then, as people left the company, they were replaced by people from newer backgrounds entrenched in the Warhammer franchise. They took things a little more seriously, but this meant a lot of the games parody/satire tone was lost. So fans new to the franchise haven't always picked up just how ridiculous everything is and isn't meant to be a good example. This has only gotten worse as GW has gotten bigger and more corporate. They've found people like Space Marines and like being the protagonist and like being "good guys," so they've catered more towards these parts of the fan base. Back in 1987, GW would have said "Well, it's unfortunate you don't enjoy our stories, but that's okay and you should probably look for another game to play." Modern GW, on the other hand, says "Oh? You don't like how every faction in our setting is a fascist shit hole? Well....I guess we could downplay the fascism a bit and maaaaybe justify why it's a good thing....but also please don't be openly racist because our PR team says it looks bad for us on Twitter." Anywho, I'm rambling. I've found the actual people who play the game and paint models are a great group of friends to hang out with (although, there's still a misogyny problem within tabletop games and gaming in general). It's generally the filthy, secondary casuals who only watch RU-vid videos that read from online encyclopedias word-for-word who are the most outspoken with their shitty racism/fascism/etc.
For me what makes Warhammer 40k extra enjoyable is when you realize it’s satire and it’s meant to be over the top and just insane for shits and giggles
One of the prayers called the "Right of Repair" is often used when fixing a broken machine. It is spoken in a lost language and it is a short prayer often accompanied by percussive maintenance timed with each word. It goes roughly as "Wurku pease ahchit." @7:10 "What's Martyrdom?" Self-sacrifice.
When you showed a picture of your car I though "wow that parking lot seems real familiar, I wonder if she's Canadian" then checked your about page and there's a P.O. box in my city. Feels wild.
Quick note: The Mechanicus believe the God Emperor of Mankind is the human avatar of the Omnissiah. So that’s how they are allowed to pray to a “different god” but not be considered heretics. Think water turned to ice. Same god but in a different form.
Strange as it sounds, the AdMech’s prayers actually; but it’s not what you think. It’s the passage of information via memetics. See technology like a lasgun or a fusion battery powered tank, pretty complicated when you get down to it. Often times the people in 40k that are doing the repair work, don’t have even the most basic grasp of how this stuff work, at all. That’s the things though, they don’t need to. See, part of the prayer ritual for your lasgun, involves taking it apart in a specific order, step by step. Applying the sacred oils it is specific pattern. Blah blah blah. The information for cleaning and maintenance is passed via a meme in the form of the ritual.
Few things about the Mechanicus and the Sisters that are kind of fun - Balisarius Cawl is (probably) the longest living being in 40k, besides Big E and has done some dodgy stuff, which includes practicing forbidden tech, cutting deals with a somewhat friendly Necron and serving as the head engineer for the High Lords. - The Mechanicus uses servitors which are usually vat-grown humans or convicts who have been lobotomised to carry out everything from carrying their cloaks to military duties. - The Omnissiah may be a void dragon - The Sisters of battle got their start from shooting their crazed leader after he committed heresy - St. Celestine, the one in the golden armour, is basically immortal. - The sisters have different orders, specializing in different tactics. My favorite is the Bloody Rose or the Argent Shroud - One sister, Ephrael Stern, is known as the Heretical Sister. She once literally pulled a demon out of someone. Not in the religious sense, in the reach into their throat and pull it out sense.
Bricky’s comment on the Mechanicus being so paranoid that because only one guy made their dunestriders work and died. Now they’re afraid that because he’s dead they’ll never work again if they turn them off so they just never turn them off is so funny.
Bite sized chunks is absolutely better. It also helps you appreciate how extra things are since this is where we get into 80s metal band territory. The key to warhammer is to never take anything seriously because at the end of the day space wizards are going to fight against orcs with organ tanks and it's just fun
I’m convinced that the Omnisiah is real. Any time I begin to work with tech that I’m unfamiliar with, I queue up Children of the Omnissiah, do a little prayer, and get to work. I did it when building my PC, and it worked first try. Praise be the Omnissiah
As long as you respect and understand the lore and it's meaning, make your videos as long as you want. Thank you for the content and perseverance. And remember.... "The gratitude of the powerful is a heavy weight to bear." - Ciaphas Cain.
I don't know if you already have "Untangling God of War" by Good Blood, on your list but i would recommend that video. It basically delves into the mythology of GoW 2018, or rather the subversion of mythology to fit the narrative. It's mainly an essay on how the writers approached this story. Who knows, maybe this could help inspire you or expand how you think about writing. I think you mentioned something about using mythological characters in your previous video about GoW. Anyway, since your an author, i thought you might appreciate a video like this.
Honestly, if you ever decide to do like a "reacting to lore" sort of thing (because honestly 40k would be a treasure trove for that) then there's quite a few channel which do that but top of heap imo would be: Oculus Imperia - who does lore videos 'in character' and imo has just a super nice voice. Luetin09 - Who does super in-depth lore-videos. The fun of seeing a video title and being like, "I have no clue what any of that is," and then 40 minutes later going, "Woah. That's badass ... and horrible."
If you are interested in any particular topic/faction, Bricky also has channel/podcast called Adeptus Ridiculous, where he teaches his friend some of the lore and more ridiculous stuff from the books
"You can keep your car working by praying to it" "I want to convert!" "You have to saw off your limbs and replace them with mechanical parts" "I don't want to convert anymore." LOOOOL
I love the Ad mech for their silliness, insanity, and intelligence. They find technically of the old human empire before the fall and terra looked like mad max. The Baneblade super heavy tank is one such find(look it up for a picture its cool), but when they found the blueprints for it it was labeled as a Scout Tank. Just imagine what old humans had as their MAIN battle tank!?
Something like the Keith Laumer bolos maybe? Their operational categories included classifications like Continental Siege Weapon and Planetary Siege Weapon. Although, to be fair, a planetary level Bolo doesn't operate on its own, it has stationary sites and smaller mobile units tied into its human/AI symbiotic network. It is the central control for it, and its most powerful part, enabling the geographically separated sites to act as one in a coordinated manner. A single Bolo (of the more powerful versions) -can- work as a continental siege weapon though.
The sister that had a barbed wire gag was a Repentia Sister, a Sister that ran from battle and must fight with torture devices and no armor or guns and if they live they are allowed back but if they run again they are attached to a machine and forced to think thoughts of sadness and are deafened so they can't hear the prayers of they're past sisters while the machine they fuel fight
One of the fun things about the Adeptus Mechanicus is that a lot (if not all) of their religious practices are contain correct engineering methods... they just don't realise it. For example, today is someone was changing the oil in their car they would simple drain the old oil and then put in the new oil (maybe, I assume so). The Adeptus Mechanicus would instead need to go through a series of exactly rituals filled with chanting, incense, and precise movements. However, during that ritual, at some point, the old oil would be removed and the new oil would be put in. They will tell you that the entire ritual is require but that's just because they don't actually understand the things they're doing, they're just repeating rituals that were taught to them and that they will teach to others.
“Martyrdom is the belief of taking upon hellish physical/mental pain, leading to a brutal death in order to serve as both a demonstration and example of zealous faith to others who come after them.
So many people have commented this. I know what a martyr is. I didn't understand what he said. Didnt I say that right after he said it? I'm gonna have to go back and look. Edit: I just looked. Really sounded like he did not say martyr... Maybe that's just me.
Part of the reason why the Omnissah is allowed as a "sub-deity" is because the Emperor himself visited the Omnissah's house for tea, asked if it was cool if the Omnissah served him, and then they lived happily ever after.
The best part of the Sisters of Battle is that their very existence is based on a technicality: due to the actions of an insane leader (Goge Vandire) five millennia ago, the Ecclesiarchy is forbidden from fielding "men at arms," so they cheated and started fielding armies of women.
One the cooler things about the Battle Sisters is that they are basically the Imperium's greatest legal loophole: The Ecclesiarchy used to have an army until church f*ckery happened and ghe government said "no more army for you. You cannot have armed men any more" To which the Church figured the key word there was MEN. So they were told "okay, but you can't use them to attack, only to protect the places of worship." To which the church reacted with the orbital cathedral drops mentioned by Bricky.
The 10 minute videos sound like a good idea. 40k has 34 years of lore built up. I've been playing the game for years and there's still a lot I haven't heard of because I can only spend so much time going down the rabbit hole.
"I don't want to convert anymore" after explanation of adeptus mechanism replace perfectly working fleshy body parts with machine parts for religious purposes lol
He has a podcast called Adeptus Ridiculous where does a more deep dive on the different factions. I think you would enjoy his video on the Adeptus Sororities. I say short video would be more fun.
Martyrdom is a form of sacrifice where one gives their life to a certain goal that sounds inspires others to follow. An example: Jesus dying on the cross is a form of martyrdom.
I actually play Sisters of Battle, they're are a ton of fun. The only real long range fire power they have is that organ tank, so most of what they do is at medium to short range, and that kinda forces you to make interesting decisions.
I love playing the Adapta Sororitas in Dawn of War... There are some factions that I have MAJOR problems defeating, but I still love playing them. The thought you most often have when encountering any enemy when playing them is: "Burn it with fire" or Burn it with Holy Fire"!
I think these bite-sized videos are good, if it helps you enjoy it more. I like the idea of an ongoing series on your channel. Sisters of Battle are also sometimes referred to as "Nuns with Guns" which is catchy :). Also the word you paused on and was trying to pick up was Martyrdom, in case no one else mentioned in the comments. EDIT: I see some other people did mention it in the comments. Anyways, great video!
The best thing you can do is learn smaller chunks it really doesn't matter what faction you go with cousin one way or another there's always a story that blends them all together
Many in the Cult Mechanicus consider the Emperor to be the omnisiah, seeing him as an avatar of the Machine God, or at the very least the Machine God’s prophet
