Why Rylanor is an Absolute BEAST | Warhammer 40k Lore 

I was thinking about making a Rylanor Proxy for Major Minis but you can literally buy the same thing off Forgeworld So we will have to settle for the Demon Lord Empire Ender : www.majorminis.com.au/products/demon-lord-empire-ender Not mad about it tbh

Rylanor gave the middle finger to his own Primarch, got the honor of becoming a Dreadnought, and helped a Thousand Sons Sorcerer redeem himself. Dude is an absolute gigachad and we all love him for that!

'Is this it?' he said. 'You sought to draw me here to kill me?' Rylanor triggered his assault cannon, but - fast as quicksilver - Fulgrim caught it and crushed it before it could fire. 'No, I don't think so,' said the primarch, effortlessly ripping the arm from the Dreadnought's body. Sparks flew from the ruptured limb and Fulgrim gave the weapon a dismissive glance before tossing it aside. 'You betrayed us,' bellowed Rylanor. 'Your sons! You led us here to die. There is no forgiveness for that. None! You must die by my hand! The Emperor's justice will fall upon you. Not even Fulgrim the Illuminator can escape the Life Eater.' 'You wish me dead?' he said, scathing pity dripping from every syllable. 'Why? Because you think I betrayed you? The Legion? Oh, Rylanor, your thoughts are so narrow. If you could only see us now, how beautiful we have become. We shine so brightly, each of us a brilliant sun.' Fulgrim reached down, sliding his bare hand inside a rent torn in the Dreadnought's armour. He smiled, closing his eyes and letting his tongue slip across his lips as he pushed deeper inside. 'Ah, there you are!' said Fulgrim, as Rylanor's vox-caster grated in fury. 'Wet and wriggling. I can feel your panic. It's delicious!' Rylanor's power fist swung around, bathed in fire. It struck Fulgrim on the shoulder, but Akhtar's psychic force was not simply confined to the Life Eater's detonation. Fulgrim laughed off the sluggish attack and one of his lower arms drew a glittering sword of alien origin. The blade a sliced in a cruelly precise arc, cutting through the fibre-bundle motivators and servos. Rylanor's arm fell limp at his side. Vistario watched the viral fire spread over the Dreadnought's carapace, slipping inside his buckled plates of armour. Rylanor did not care whether he lived or died, only that Fulgrim went with him. 'Do. Not. Do. This!' barked the Dreadnought. 'Why not? I am your master - I can do whatever I like. I can crush you or I can raise you up. Return to the Legion. Accept the gifts of the Dark Prince, and you will walk at my side, clad once again in flesh. You can be anything, old friend! I will sculpt you into something beautiful - a god to these mortals!' 'Never! All we have left between us is that we will die together!' roared the Dreadnought, the upper portion of his carapace burning with blue flames. 'I am Rylanor of the Emperor's Children, Ancient of Rites, Venerable of the Palatine Host, and proud servant of the Emperor of Mankind, Beloved by all! I reject you now and always!' Fulgrim laughed and said, 'I'm sorry, did it sound like I was offering you a choice?' The primarch wrenched his hand from Rylanor's sarcophagus, dragging a sopping mass of fluid and matter with him. Glutinous ropes dripped from his fingers; he was like a midwife holding a mewling newborn. Ruptured cables spilled amniotic fluid so stagnant it must surely have been poisoning Rylanor with every passing second. 'I will remake you, brother,' said Fulgrim. 'You will be my crowning achievement.' Though his body was little more than rags of wet meat, Vistario sensed Rylanor's horror at the last violation. An inescapable destiny where he would become what he hated most. +What do we do?+ The question was Murshid's and the connection between the Thousand Sons was so strong that Athanaean's perception for emotion spread to all three of them. Vistario felt Fulgrim's infinite malice, his cruel enjoyment of Rylanor's anguish and the helplessness of the Thousand Sons. The primarch of the Emperor's Children revelled in his overwhelming pride, a trait Magnus had more than once told Vistario had been present long before his fall. But more than anything, stronger even than Fulgrim's spite, Vistario felt Rylanor's pride and honour, the unbending core of greatness that had set him against his brothers and had seen him descend into obsessive madness beneath the surface of a dead world. Vistario took the measure of Fulgrim, seeing nothing worthy in him. His warriors felt the moment his decision was made. +Primarch Fulgrim!+ sent Vistario. +Rylanor deserves better than you.+ The primarch looked up, his once bright eyes now black and filled with the darkest poison. +He deserves better than all of us.+ He raised his bolter and fired a mass-reactive into the back of Akhtar's skull. The Raptora's head exploded and with his death, the psychic force holding back the warhead's detonation ended. Vistario saw fire. And once more, all life burned.

I hope the next time Fulgrim see's a contemptor dreadnought in the lore, he has a real full blown panic attack.

If there ever was a Astartes deserving to be called a companion of the emperor it would be Rylanor

Rylanor had successfully took away Fulgrim's pride that he can never regain.

Since deamons are made of warp energy, basically the coalescence of psychic races emotions, we can assume that Slanesshy daemons are primarily made of pride. Rylanor might not have killed Fulgrim, but being willing to die just to bitch slap someone could hurt his pride so much that, for someone is made of pride, could be the warp-equivalent of busting it's kneecaps. Dude's gonna slither with a limp forever.

I recall the virtues I stood for I recall the struggles and the things we have done I will not be deterred from my vengeance I remember the lessons passed on to the sons I am one of the Emperor’s Children I am Rylanor, and I am the Ancient of Rights -Giga Chad circa ~M41

I hope when Fulgrim reappears in present day lore, he has some psychic flashbacks as part of his scaring by Rylanor's legendary defiance!

Rylanor wasn't even injured to get put in the dred chassis, he just struggled to fight in power armour with such massive balls.

Saul and Rylanor were such honorable bros, that Rylanor trusted him even in his minor deceit

If GW ever brings Clonegrim back to the setting, I think it would be cool to have a flashback that ties in to this story. Revealing that after the Virus bomb was released a piece of Fulgrim’s soul fractured and escaped into the warp. This soul shard would traverse the warp until it eventually inhabits the Fulgrim clone made by Fabius Bile. I think this would really add to the greatness of Rylanor’s last stand. Showing that his act of defiance not only redeemed a traitor astartes, but also saved the soul of his fallen primarch.

Worth mentioning, Vistario was mentally connected to his men so all of them felt Rylanor's pride and they all decided together to detonate it, including the sorcerer that was stopping the bomb from exploding.

Rylanor's POV during Istvaan had to be one of my favorite things in the Horus Heresy books. What a champ

I can't remember where i first heard it, but some Rylanor related video i saw had someone summarize the event as "Imagine being such a shitty person that your own allies are willing to die just to inconvenience you."

Majorkill: Creators run out of ideas. Also Majorkill: Second dedicated Rylanor, named in two more

Would love to see Rylanor reappearing as part of the Legion of the Damned!

What I'd love to see is Fulgrim fighting loyalists in a battle somewhere when suddenly a few Legion of the Damned appear led by a Legion of the Damned Dreadnaught. As soon as Fulgrim is within earshot of the Dreadnaught he hears "The Ancient Awaits." I know it would never happen.

A man so just he redeemed traitors he never knew. Some say there is a damed Dreadnaught with 3 marked sons always by its side. Long live the Ancient of Rights!

Rylanor is also the only Emperor's Children I know, who has a real friendship with an Iron Hand (Vermana Cybus).

I hope that Clonegrim remembers Rylanor and does so with pride.

Rylanor deserves to be in the Legion of the Damned. That would be one hell of a comeback!

Rylanor wounding Fulgrim’s pride is a surprisingly massive deal. As a daemon prince Fulgrim is literally made of pride, his physical body will always come back even while forgetting that the dudes regeneration powers are only out done Vulkan and the Emperor. To make Fulgrim feel ashamed of who and what he is is the closest thing you can do to permenant damage that isn’t getting a psychic Kamehameha to the balls by the Emperor, it’s more impactful than the Lion crushing Angrons head like a melon. If I had to pick a single moment that encapsulates 40k it would Rylanor’s last stand.

Now i want a Legion of the Damned Rylanor

“That you still think I seek any glory Betrays the true blindness that has overcome you I recall the virtues I stood for I recall the struggles and the things that we have done! I will not be deterred from my vengeance I remember the lessons passed on to the Sons! I am one of the Emperor's Children I am Rylanor and I am the Ancient of Rites! So I reject you for now and for always! To strike you down I have waited for a million nights!”

Rylanors last stand was first introduced to me just this week. Great timing

Myth has it that Rylanor's balls immense weight and size is what causing him limp, and he build the radio by scrapping some metal from his balls as welding material

Getting a video about each of the pre heresy primarchs ruling or destroying their own imperium as guilliman did would be pretty cool not gonna lie

How each pre-heresy primarch would react to the current imperium when placed in Gullimans shoes would be s cool video idea

I listened Rylanor last stand a "milion" times i nearly know It at memorie, all of him Is fantastic, the tragic of his story, the Honor he had till his death and the glory of his victory, the contemptor dreadnought Who humiliated for all eternity his daemon primarch, tell me you all hopes he return as soldier of the legion of the damneds along with Vistario and his crew ( come on they deserved that). However if Clonegrim ( using strange trans-temporal warp device) Will know of Rylanor last stand and he meet his demon version he Will say: AS RYLANOR BEFORE ME, I REJECT YOU FOR NOW AND FOR ALWAYS!. PS (I Hope that traitor legions could be recreated as loyals)

I have a theory that this encounter and the confrontation with Dorn on top of the Saternine wall did actual damage to Fulgrim leaving him diminished. How? As an immaterial being Fulgrim is pride and vanity incarnate. In both of these encounters the physical damage was of course meaningless. What hurt Fulgrim were the blows to his vanity and pride. Fighting Dorn Fulgrim tried to get him to offer forgiveness so he could turn it down as a validation to his pride. When that failed he mocked Dorn about breaking his wall to preen his own ego and all he got in response was (and I’m paraphrasing) Your a rabid animal with out even the brains to see you’ve been manipulated, fit only to be put down. Then Rylanor, I have no doubt Fulgrim waited for the Thousand Sons to arrive to bear witness to his magnificence but instead Rylanor stole their respect and loyalty causing them to consider Fulgrim to be less than some slimy thing found under their boot that they would rather die than have to spend another moment with. Both times Fulgrims core, his pride, vanity, and utter belief that he is the perfect being was shattered and (perhaps) forever weakened thus actually wounding him in a meaningful way.

Imagine if Rylanor was found early in the aftermath of Istvaan V post-Horus Heresy and either he joins the Black Shields. Or even found his own Space Marine Chapter that is totally not a successor chapter from the Imperial Fists like the Sons of Phoenix.

Considering the fact that the Thousands Sons fall into Chaos due to no fault of their own and were still loyal to the Emperor until they get betrayed (from their view point) by the Space Wolves, it does make sense for them to be influenced by Rylanor's loyalty and dedication to the Emperor, more so when contrasted with what Fulgrim had become. If anything, the TTS might actually have a point in the possibility of the redemption of Magnus and with it, also of his legion.

Feels like this would also be a blow to Slaanesh since one of Slaanesh's qualities is pride. So humiliation and failure with their topmost servant has probably resulted in Slaanesh sulking in their palace for quite a while

Bought a tear to my eye hearing about Rylanor's watch for Fulgrim, what a chad, loyal to the end. Even the Thousand Sons sensed his passion and turned on snake dick. Absolutely giga-daddy.

When Rylandor’s final story came out, I was a little disappointed; I kind of wanted him to go off and found a new chapter of his own.

Amidst the desolate soil We heard the repeating cries of a fragment of metal So, true to Magnus' orders I take my company's reins onto the surface, we settle And as we branch out and explore the wreckage We uncover a terminal's long-lost message A visage of the past and of beautiful cities So what has occurred here? What are we missing? There is something wrong here and there is something hidden With every second growing closer, I feel it near me! My mind shudders, why does my heart race? A psychic scream, like a crushing weight Resounding in every corner of the world "The Ancient awaits!" Enwrapped in grief and beset by pain It bides it's time, all it does is wait We shoulder the hardship now and we endure And to its source, we'll trace The sight before my eyes is stark A Dreadnought here, bearing the Emperor's Children's mark? Unexpectedly, it interjects with pointed thoughts Awake once more, energy arcs Across its words now, demanding to know Are we standing here gathered as friend or foe? Its shattered form yet still poses a threat to us all It shall not be deceived, nor ignored I speak in half-truths to not invite alarm "I see through your words, and I am not disarmed We had learned from Him to hold to truth with every breath" The wrong word here may mean death "Even your words may be twisted and turned into weapons" There is danger here, with every phrase now it beckons I know the name of he who has me in his sights "I am he who remembers, the Ancient of Rites!" All at once, the pieces come together in my mind This place was Istvaan III And we are here upon its corpse On the grave that was left behind! "Would you convince yourself I am a remnant seeking saving? This was not a cry for help! This was a lure I laid to invite something in need of slaying" "Was this trap set for me, old one of mine? You look terrible, a disgrace, even" "At last, Fulgrim, you have come to me, abomination" "Words uttered by a shattered pile of metal, rust and stagnation? You've had millennia to think of what to tell me, you've my attention" "I need not glory nor for words to speak When I have held A Virus Bomb!" ("No!") Reaching out My Raptorae uses his mind to hold the pace, to silence time I channel him all of the strength I have His power desperately relying on mine And from my peripheral sight I can no longer see that frail shell, devoid of its might But rather a righteous being of defiance Who is not without the will to fight! I watch the Dreadnought lash out in wrath His blows deflected away from their path Despite the years he has endured It's clear that he will live, and he will die by the sword Fulgrim then returned a strike His sword slitting through bravado and machine alike His face a mix of contempt and glee The eyes of one who can feed off misery! "You can never be forgiven for the things that you've done And so it falls to my hands to end the prodigal son!" "You cannot imagine the beautiful bounty of Chaos" "Those things I'd never even wish to know!" "There is still your potential that shines through Imagine the unfulfilled glories we'd see to!" "That you'd still think I seek any glory Betrays the true blindness that has overcome you! I recall the virtues I stood for I recall the struggles and the things that we have done! I will not be deterred from my vengeance I remember the lessons passed on to the Sons! I am one of the Emperor's Children I am Rylanor, and I am the Ancient of Rites! So I reject you for now and for always! To strike you down, I have waited for a million nights!" Inspired by the things I've heard I raise my voice and shout clearly and out of turn "Rylanor deserves better than you, oh Primarch Rylanor deserves better than all of us!" With but a single shot The Raptorae is relieved of duty and released of his task I feel the virus rend me apart, with my honor intact As I'm enveloped by the encroaching flash "Although this body of mine's still intact A part of my pride, I fear, will never come back"

I like to think that this action was what allowed Fulgrim’s soul to be empowered enough to enter Fabius’s clone

Wow, this not only was a cool intro to this character, but it just increased my respect for the Thousand Suns.

A video on pre heresy primarchs put in guillimans situation would be dope

Wasn't it also written that the thousand sons could see a bit into the future? If so then rylanor is him by being faster than space marines with foresight

Rylanor: "Fulgrim, look at me." Fulgrim: "Huh?" Rylanor: "Have a virus bomb to the face!" *detonates it at the Slaaneshi Daemon Primarch point blank*

That thousands sons marine is a n underrated hero. Changed his mind for a true warrior.

Idea for next vid. What happens to a chaos marine when they die? does their soul get devoured, return, or nothing?

'I am Rynalor the Ancient of Rites I will not be deterred from my vengeance To strike you down , I have waited a million nights.' ......

Weren't really a fan of it before but that mini range is starting to get quite nice ..I love that you've brought out an actual option for an actual character that gw has dropped the ball with ...all power to you with that ender of worlds release ..

Dude really went against his own primarch to fight for the emperor. Waited for a millenia, just to go with a bang, scarring his former primarch forever. 🔥👊🏽

Would it be crazy if Trazyn takes Rylanor by using time ability like that of Orikan in the middle of virus bomb detonation and put him in his collection. Next to Clonegrim...

In the words of stringstorm: I AM ONE OF THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN I AM RYLANOR AND I AM THE ANCIENT OF RITES SO I REJECT YOU FOR NOW AND FOR ALWAYS TO STRIKE YOU DOWN I HAVE WAITED FOR A MILLION NIGHTS

Ooh nice new Majormini! I've recently ordered a bunch of xenonids, so keen for them to arrive!

Gaaawd Emperor DAMN does that Rylanor art go HARD, great job alex & ty Majorkill for commissioning it!

The best bits of wh40k stories are the small sparks of humanity in some of them. Not enough to take away from grimdark theme but still able to make a big impact in the story.

Fulgrim: "What are you doing?!" Rylanor: "What am I doing?" Fulgrim: "Thwarting my plans?!" Rylanor: "Thwarting your plans?" Fulgrim: "Are you?!" Rylanor: "Yes." *Detonates Virus Bomb with Malicious intent*

I think Rylanor has earned his place as a Living Saint. Imagine him being resurrected as a Saint right when Fulgrim makes his reappearance thinking he is safe to do as he pleases, only to see a now Archangelfied Rylanor staring back at him. His first words are a repeat of his last words as he begin to let loose a torrent of Holy Fire on the traitors.

THE ANCIENT AWAITS

It'd be amazing if they made an animation of this scene

I have a feeling that rylanor knew his job wasnt complete and knows it and still lives waiting to mess up the primarch again and that the single thousand son sorcerer is helping rylanor be rebuilt and helping him live with him by his side because he knows the rest of the thousand sons wont help and the impurium wont believe him since he is a thousand sons his story is just cut off to quickly for that to be the end there since the primarch still lives and rylanor made a promise that his once primarch will die by his hand for this betrayal of the legion and emperor

"Rylanor deserves better than you, Oh Primarch, RYLANOR DESERVES BETTER THAN ALL OF US!!"

I love the obviously edited "terrorists." Big Brother, making sure the terms are 'correct.'

Majorkill should commission an ulta-badass Rylanor mini. I'd buy that shit in a heartbeat

The song that came out of Rylanor saying "FUCK YOU" to his father is amazing

GOD DAMN your artist Alex is doing good work I love all of his art that he has done for your thumbnails.

Been waiting for a dedicated video for this Absolute Legend.

great vid. its awlay cool t learn more about an already badass character. hearing what he was like before he was stuck in the dreadnouht and after only makes him more cool also new min looks great

When Fulgi comes back, god, have him reference or remember Rylanor at least once - I want that man haunting Fulgrim's mind until the end of his life

Well Time to go listen to Rylanor’s Last Stand rock opera song again.

Rylanor’s so cool, majorkill made two videos about him!

I LOVE THE WAY YOU TELL THESE STORIES!!!

Loving the Kenergy you got going on MK, keep up the good work bruv.

Rylanor video along with badass art legit getting shivers

Love that you're dropping more minis before shipping the last ones 👍👍

Am I the only one who still has the Rylanors Last Stand song on my Spotify playlist and am I the only one that will get caught at a red light actually singing it at top volume with my windows up in the air conditioning on and people staring at me like I'm insane?😂😂😂😂😂😂

“Rylanor deserves better than you oh primarch, rylanor deserves better than all of us!”

Majorkill: "everyone else is running out of content" Also Majorkill: "go-go Gadget: another Rylanor video!"

Imagine Fulgrim comes back, and in the first battle he has with the imperium a single legionary of the damned show up. And it’s a dreadnought. Imagine fucking Rylanor hating the shit out of Fulgrim so goddamn hard that he simply would not allow death to stop him from humbling Fulgrim.

With Majorkill's new haircut I cant help but picutre him going full SuperSaiyan, screaming at the top of his lungs, tearing apart cans of Fosters with his bear hands.

Hey Ken, thanks for elaborating on Rylanor.

Rylanor. Born of Terra, being a true Emperor Child

Prime video as always @majorkill. Could you make a video dedicated to the Navigators, the major houses, their politics, relation to the overall Imperium and factions, etc? Would greatly appreciate it.

Man your models never fail to impress

Absolutely awesome lore. I hadn't heard this one before.

SHEEEEEEEESH bud, lookin good with the cut

as if we needed a reason to listen to rylanor's last stand again.

Rylanor is a great character. Imagine him becoming part of the "Legion of the Damned", and giving the middle finger AGAIN to Fulgrim when he returns to realspace lol.

Alex is killing it!

The mini looks amazing wow.

Saw the artwork on Patreon and was hoping for this vid

I listen to his audio book about once a month. And yet I still want to watch MajorKill talk about him.

Major minis are the best ones I've seen put out by a youtuber. Havnt bought any myself yet but will be. Also, make some orks ya big blond git ❤

You're so brave for coming out to your fans.

"Ok fine" and throws hands that cracked me up

Great video.

Rylanor is why I love Emperor's Children... the loyalist ones not the play with my bum ones

That commissioned piece is amazing

Rylanor deserves better than you, oh Primarch Rylanor deserves better than all of us!"

"The Son of Iron" SO PASSES DANTIOCH, HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!!!

MajorKill looking like a discount Rogal Dorn with this hair-do. Imperial Fist certified and approved.

I'm usually only keen to see new Space Marine models, TTS reference models, or something Dark Angel themed (since Deathwing is my primary force) but that demon looks sick. Might have to grab him for display, like I did with Settron. Which says a lot, as I don't really like Chaos in 40k. First ever setting where I didn't think the demon faction was cool. But you combined two demons I think are really cool, so that's probably why I like it. Edit: also, Rylanor driving the traitor Thousand Suns to sacrifice themselves with him just to dab on Fulgrim is the most epic moment in the lore imo. It's just so hilarious, tragic, and badass that they perma deathed themselves just to inconvenience Fulgrim.

I didn't get the vibe that the Thousand Sons regretted any of their actions. It seemed liked they identified with Rylanor because they remembered feeling betrayed by the Imperium.

That commission is amazing