The Primarchs: Rogal Dorn Lore - The Praetorian of Terra (Imperial Fists) | Warhammer 40,000 

Since this hath been brought up quite a bit RE: Rogal Dorn's Death: In the oldest Lore, ONLY his hand was found. Somewhere in 6th or 7th edition, it transformed into that his body had be found and interred in Amber within the Phalanx. And this is on me - the 8th edition lore has RETURNED to the notion that nothing of him was found, so I was going off of some dated info.. which I'm glad because I was annoyed they hadn't changed it, but am now glad that they have haha. SORRY GUYS!!!

"Once upon a time, I was me." -Rogal Dorn

"Father, your 'sweetheart' was I. Rogal Dorn!"

“The only legion to come close to the accomplishments of Horus, was the imperials fists.” Dark angels “Am I a joke to you?”

This man lies, for I am not dead my body was never found nor recovered. I merely watched from afar following my fathers orders. There will be a time when I return but not yet.

We as the sons of the most tighly ass clenched primarch, approve of this video. Obviously.

*Angry Perturabo noises*

Thank you magic pain glove !

Just know that without this guy the Imperium would have been lost. By the strategic genius of this man a mere 3 legions (Of which 2 were greatly thinned out by the conflicts) backed up by the Custodes and other forces on Terra were able to hold out for months against ALL the traitor legions with their own titan,daemon and other backup. Granted, the ferocity of the blood angels, the tactical precision of the Kahn and the sheer prowess of the Custodes were of immense importance as well. Just imagine what could have been achieved if a single other legion was present, or a bit quicker to reinforce the battle on Terra. The traitors would have suffered way more losses.

The Phalanx uses such amazing technology that it's transformed from a giant asteroid station, to a triangle thing with each side having the firepower of a battle-barge, to a giant golden eagle, and back to a giant asteroid, all in the space of one series.

For the great Lord Adorable! I think that picture with Dorn and Sanguinius is probably one of my favorites of all the art of 40k

we all know Rogal is running around the palace in centurion armor come on now XD\

"Yay, Bike" - Rogal Dorn

It is known that he ears 3 bowls of lemon a day because its a mighty fruit

Wolf Lord Rho covered 2 story segments with Dorn and Alpharius. The second one you cover and that is the fight between Dorn and Alpharius. What Wolf Lord Rho also covers in that fight is how Alpharius trys to talk to Dorn about his plan to beat the bad guys, and Dorn just says "Fire" to his men with out wasting time listening to Alpharius's duplicitous talk. I loved the bad ass nature with which Dorn takes down Alpharius. Before that there is a scene where Dorn meets Alpharius, in Alpharius own throne room. Alpharius does his thing and Dorn sees through his deception the whole time. Alpharius also thinks that non of the other primarchs seem to understand how good he and his legion are at what they do and how good their tactics are. Dorn leaves Alpharius by telling him he fully understands his tactics and corrects him on how he could have done his last strategy much better both in scope and in timing. These things show Dorn has an amazing mind. Not just for Defense but overall. With the phalanx it shows he understands mechanics better then most of the other primarch. I get the impression Dorn gets little credit for how good he was because he was stuck at home and did not spend much time making friends with the other primarchs. He also was not egotistical. The Emperor keeping Dorn on Defense was not because Dorn was so good at defense comparative to other tactics. It was because Dorn was one of the greatest overall minds of the primarchs. With no ego, the Emperor didn't have to worry about Dorn pouting in a corner of the palace because he didn't get to play soldier in the galaxy like his brothers. Dorn was held in reserve as a powerful trump card for the inevitable fall, the Emperor knew was sure to come but did not now the details too.

“The Lemon is a mighty fruit” -Rogal Dorn, c. M41

"Florida level ice storms," I didn't realise Florida was that cold and icy.

Finally some more of that sweet 40k nectar!

Another fine video, you have my thanks.

I just discovered this channel today, and I subbed solely for the line "Crushing Natty Light in the back of Leman Russ' Thunderhawk". Looking forward to more content.

For DORN !! I'm very glad to see this video made and available. We need all the information about Rogal Dorn and Imperial Fist and Company i.e. Black Templars 😎

"So what weapons does he have?" Player 1 "A giant chainsword..." Player 2 "Sounds a bit meh...what does he do?" Player 1 "He is basically a great General..." player 2 "He sounds a bit shit to be honest, I'll take Leman Russ" :(

RU-vid: Recommend for you Me: Damn right it is!

Nobody Rogal Dorn: No

Ahhhh the little Centuribear !!! No

Rogal Dorn would be proud to see this video sparty. As a son of Dorn I am grateful to see this and thank you for the time you have spent to get this video out into the world. Dorn isn't dead for his ideals and sons live on, he will die when the Imperium falls and the last son of Dorn takes his final breath and dies. As always thanks for the video and the awesome lore you preach. Hope your day is going well and to anyone reading this. :)

You can't tease me with my Templars like that. Can't wait for you to drop that video

I think you got Dorn's fate backwards dude. The Dorn being MIA end is the more current canon lore iirc, plus the Black Templars engaged the 1st Black Crusade alone, it's where Sigismund finally dies fighting Abbazabba.

Great as always. Please Corvus Corax, Perturabo or the Nighthaunter next.

Perturabo: Come and FIST ME, ROGAL!!!!! Rogal Dorn: YEEEEEEEESSSSS!

Came here to watch a video about Papa Dorn and like, and I'm all outta video..

You made my whole week with this Spartacus :D

"The Imperial Truth" - My how the Imperium has fallen.

The best Primarch of them all!!!

Going to hold you to that promise about the melee between Dorn and Curze. Looking forward to it.

Beautiful and educational as always. Your videos are the best.

Sweet sweet Primarch lore. These types of videos is what I crave! Can't wait for the next addition to the Primarch series.

"No" ~ Rogal Dorn

Do not apologize Brother. The tale of the Primarch-Primogenitor is one that must be heeded and dedicated time to!

Rogal Dorn isn't dead. He came back as the Prince of Dorne in the GoT finale

Need that sigismund and templar video

Ahh, finally some talk about Dorn, The most stubborn badass in the Galaxy. Thanks for another video, mate! P.S. Even tho I believe "loyalty" is a word that defines more Russ, then Dorn =p

I'm very new to the Warhammer 40k lore and I really into it! Amazing story telling. IMO, for those manga/anime enthusiasts, Rogal Dorn remind me of Raoh from Hokuto No Ken.

Dorn is the best Primarch.

Can't wait to get my hands on the book Horus Heresey: Solar War. We finally touch down on Terra and the bulwarks of the Praetorian of Terra.

Rogal Dorn was the true holy heir to the Emperor of Man, earned through ability and merit alone.

All these have been great but have say this was the best so far

New to this lore, seems like it would make a crazy rated R animated series

Rogal Dorn "The Man of Stone" Victorus aut Mortis! Seventh Primarch!

Yes. It is I, ROGAL DORN.

You got it backwards in the older lore Rogal Dorn was found dead and his body was recovered. In the new lore they only found one of his fists. In the 8th edition codex it is written "Rogal Dorn is believed to have died whilst fighting a Chaos fleet, and was last reported storming the battleship sword of sacrilege. When the Imperial Fists defeated the Chaos fleet, the only trace of their Primarch uncovered by their searches was a single fist. Excerpt from Codex Adeptus Astartes 8th edition, the hand of Dorn. While this does not mean that Dorn is alive his body is never dicovered. Since the Codex contains the canon lore and therefore the newest lore he may still be alive.

Imagine Dorn being the next Primarch to return. Dorn and Gullimen together again? He would definetly take a lot of pressure off of Gullimen to focus on the bureaucray of The Imperium while Dorn leads the Military as a whole.

*Magical pain glove*

I hope our nightly cuddling sessions will not be rescheduled because of this.

GW made the novel in which his whole body was found as non-canon. One of the few times they would retcon a book. The official canon is that only his hand was found.

"Florida-level ice storms"? Lol, I'll have to remember that one. ;)

What would win a unmovable object or an unstoppable force Or an imperial knight veteran vs an imperial fist knight

Can't wait to see your take on Rowboat Girlyman, if it is anything like your Russ vid ¨Wolf, Wolf and more wolf¨ I am expecting alot of Ultra smurfing, love your work man.

Really awesome video, man! Sorry it took me this long to comment here- I like to watch a video a few times before I say if I like or dislike it. This one was certainly no disappointment! Dorn is one of the Primarchs I know the least about, and you brought parts of his story that I’d never heard before, so thank you- not only was I laughing like I usually do with your vids, but I learned some new shit, too. And on a different note, did you get the email I sent? It’s the first email I’ve sent in a few years (no shit, I’m a bit of a technophobe neo-Luddite!) and I’m not positive that I sent it to the right address). Anyway- great video, brother! Keep ‘em coming! Edit- I’m throwing in my vote in favor of you making a video on Sigismund and the events leading to the formation of the Black Templars- sounds interesting-

I don't remember where I have read it, so please don't take my word for 100%, but I THINK that it was once noted that the Imperial fists we're THE most effective/efficient legion, only Matt Ward's writing about the Ultramarines changed this. They did their missions with the least casualties ect. Fun fact: before Ultramarines, the posterboy Space Marines, we're the freaking BLACK TEMPLARS (as seen even on the cover of the rulebook in 3rd* edition), which are the successors of the Imperial fists. edit: changed it from 4th edition to 3rd, my bad.

Looks like someone broke out the ol thesaurus. Who drops Zeitgeist casually in a sentence anymore haha

To be fair perturabo was given the most difficult and grueling of crusades. Something none of the other primarchs would have succeeded in. Out of sheer stubbornness yes.

Crushing NattyLlight in the back of Leman Russ's Thunderhawk... ROFLMFAO!!!

Pertuarbo didn’t become a daemon primarch until after the iron cage incident.

Nobody: Rogal Dorn: "I need to fortify this secure building."

So who's next, Guilliman or Perturabo?

Please, do that video on Sigismund. I only know that he did something that angered Dorn beyond reason, but I would like to know what he did, exactly to piss off Dorn so much.

I miss you Dorn. I miss you so.

Didn't Rogal Dorn repeatedly mount the greatest and stoic defense, multiple times against Horus and the chaos gods? Did he not stand alone, as primarch against impossible odds? Not once, or twice but hundreds of times? Did not, the mighty primarch save Terra? I'm at a loss, then... the beginning of this video has me baffled!!!

10:35 too soon dude, way too soon. Some of us have not gone over it yet.

7:40 out of all of The Primarchs only Russ Sanguíneus Dorne Magnes (doesn’t count you know why) Rowboat Girlyman Vulken Manus Were the only Primarchs who successfully merged the two aspects of their legions, but some better than most.

You helped me start my channel . i thank you alot

Rogale dorn's best story might be between solar war & his definite dissapearance. His stoic facade breaks, sigismund has detiariate relationship with him. He has his father's order to rebuild the empire, but to what end? What lesson rogale learns during the twillight time of primarchs?

Oh, by the way! There's not much ever to be told about what happens to mechanicus during Horus Heresy, can you please make a video on that one? I think this would be extremely interesting considering what role it played in the future, and that people don't really talk about it like...Ever

Anyone else thinks that royal form would have made a perfect successor

Chapter master Valrak approves of this video.

Great Video!!!

Rogal Dorn AKA Mr Fister.

Iron Within Iron With.... oh wait

Crushing Natty Lite in the back of thunderhawk hahaaa

The man, the myth, the legend!

As far as I am concerned, Dorn is alive in stasis somewhere only the chapter master of the Black Templars knows. He can only be recalled under specific circumstances. And, yes his arm was cutoff, and now he has this badass cybernetic powerfist that has a combi-plasma gun/melta gun built into it, the Dornfist. As Resident of the Internet Either, I declare this valid and canon!

I wish he returns 😭

Dorn is actually In my opinion best writen primarch. When other primarchs you basically get their ideas on 1-2 books but with Dorn you actually have to read maaaaany books before everything just clicks and turns out Dorn was One of the emperors keys to get where we are now

I think after Vulcan, Dorn is my favorite primearchs

great video as always. Loving the 40K lore

You are shocked, Father. And I understand why.

"Bobby G, BOOM!"- made my day lol

The Eisenstein did not come out of the warp in front of the Phalanx. It came out half dead, and had to jettison it's warp core for detonation out of desperation. It was that detonation that guided Dorn out of the warp.

Would love to see a video about Sigismund

"Behind the scenes" feel? That must be why a lot of the other first founding chapters get upgrade sprues, non-Forge World embossed shoulder pads, etc, while Dorn's bois get left out, even though there's TWO fairly popular chapters that use fist stuff (including my Crimson bois). And don't bring up Black Templars. They will always be Sigusmund's bois to me.

I couldn't imagine the lion and dorn liking each other too much. I dont think i could even see them working together too well either......... pre heresy of course, the dark angels work with no one post heresy lol.

*the only legon that came close to horuses accomplishments were the imperial first* wrong wrong wrong. the dark angels had far more accomplishments under there belts though a lot of the records were kept hidden, lion el johnson had the best battle record in the imperium after horus and that's with him being found in the second half of the primarks. actually what did dorn even think of the lion, never hear about those two interacting.

Gosh I wish it would return to glory...

I just want him to come back. He and Vulkan are the best Primarchs.

Dorne is alive.

There are two times in this vid where you accidentally repeat yourself. Once with the imperial stoner shade eagle and once right at the very end. Freaking great though. Yes I would also really enjoy a black templars and crimson fists video!

IMO they should have called him the Fist of Terra. And his weapons should have been twin Power Fists so that he could Fist with his Fists while Fisting. All of Chaos shall clench their collective assholes

I can hear Valrak squeal.

He's an adorable golden Hash Brown.