"In Dedicato Imperatum Ultra Articulo Mortis" - "For the Emperor Beyond the Point of Death" Ghost Raiders of the WH40K universe, "His" Spirits of Vengeance. Not even in death does duty end...
It's mentioned in the book Master of Mankind when the Legion of the Damned is summoned to fight the demons and Drach'nyen at a nexus point within the webway Ferrus Manus immolates into existence as a huge general leading his troops...
DUUUDE THEY ARE SOOOO COOOL. One of the most badass factions in the lore, so amazing. I just wish they had more models. Just imagine them with ferrus as a primarch. I would spend all my money on them
I know, right! I had that idea all the way back in the prognostications. I hope GW are listening to the community (which is unlikely - but you never know) :)
I think that once they really started to lean into the Emperor manifesting as a God in the Warp angle, they were like "What kind of daemons can we give him? We have a lot of Space Marine moulds laying around...", and it would fit the aesthetic of Imperial forces, its one of the few long term angles that they've actually done well as they've always kept mystery around them. If they were to have Dread's though, I feel that they would need to kill off some of the established ones like Bjorn to give them a bit more creedance as a Warpborn champion of the Emperor, truly great heroes and Bjorn is pretty much the greatest Dreadnaught hero in the Imperium, the man walked with the Wolf King! While they could never outright identify them, a little teaser here and there to a "possible" identity...could be some great build. Though dang, what they'd have to do to finally kill The Fell-Handed, that'd be intense, he hasnt survived for over 10000 years for nothing.
Heresy... Kill the Fellhand? What warp spawned heresy are you speaking? Bjorn won't die until Russ returns. He has waited over 10,000 years for Russ to return, weathering even the foul machinations of Magnus and Arihman. Nothing is going to stop the Old Fellhand from seeing his Father once more.
It would be cool if the Sisters of battle helped an Inquisitor discover what they really were and learned how to summon them with their immense faith. OR The LoD could be the souls of former traitor marines seeking redemption after their soul was held by a chaos god post dying
i always figured they were the "most loyal dead" caused to manifest and fight again by a combination of their own loyalty and everyone else's faith in the emperor.
Thank you for gracing us with your presence, Popa. Always. :) Still 'working with the formula' but hoping we are still improving. Long way to go yet, but slowly getting there. I hope 2020 is shaping up as nicely as 2019 did for you brother. :) Be lucky! :)
I have been a fan of Warhammer lore for well over a decade, and in recent years have been a (too)great consumer of various Warhammer focused storytellers and loremasters here on CZcams. I discovered your content just recently, but, after listening to only a few of your videos, you already have become my favorite of them all. You are doing excellent work!
I like the concept that they are resurrected Astarties from Istvan v into the human webway. It would explain why when they are encountered they seem to be from multiple different Legions. In some ways it seems as though they are resurrected Marines that have ascended to "Imperial demon Hood". They don't seem to appear or disappear in the same way that other demons do. They usually require rituals or portals to enter the materium. The Legion of the Damned don't they just appear. This seems more like they are coming from a webway then the warp itself. The Saints seem to do much the same thing. I like this idea because it doesn't seem likely to me that the emperor would leave his human webway project unfinished. It took him maybe a hundred years to build the thing. Magnus did damage it. But I don't think the emperor could go ten thousand years without attempting to fix it. And it would explain why two of his primark's seem to disappear. He resurrected the iron hands primarch in the webway then Dorn seemed to vanish into the Imperial Palace which had the only physical way into the webway. What do these two primark's have that would make them useful after the web way has been repaired. They are both engineered and specialised for the purpose of building and constructing infrastructure. The iron hands Primark was designed to be a superhuman machinist and engineer. Dorn was designed to be a superhuman architect and structural engineer. If the emperor was going to create a backup plan that required the use of the webway he would need it to be capable of handling a large number of humans. Perhaps a loyal Imperium worth of humans maybe even their loyal worlds. It has been shown that the Eldari have a sun inside their webway. I don't see why the emperor would think smaller than the knife ears. But he would still require his best engineers and Architects to create a structure for such things and an infrastructure for the people. Not to mention the defense of such a huge project. I could see those two primark's taking thousands and thousands of years doing that work especially since they were obsessively loyal. It would also be a good place for his birth scream as a god. Using it in such a way he could cleanse it of any remaining enemy influence. Maybe some small warp demon residual effect remaining inside of it. It would also hide his Ascension to full godhood from the rest of the Galaxy. Maybe even mask it from the entities in the warp. He may have already ascended to full godhood and nobody noticed. In short maybe in opposition to the ruinous Powers the emperor has actually constructed what the citizens of the Imperium would consider a heaven for them. And has been engineering it to be truly massive and well-protected. It seems odd that in some stories extremely loyal soldiers and Marines seem to vanish after their ordeals. Maybe the emperor recruited them to this heavenly host to add to its defenses.
Baldermort, I love your work but gosh, don't burn yourself out! (I make very small little bits of youtube content myself and even with my lack of editing and such it takes me days to script stuff)
Well, its an attempt to grow a bit, or I have to go right down to once in so often. So - no pressure then. I just hope the activity isn't tedious, is all. Thank you for listening, brother. :)
The emperor has his valkyrie's so why not the Einherjar. Thats tye name of those that go to Valhalla. The slain heros can come back as the legion of the damned. I enjoy the celtic and Germanic seasoning added to the lore.
Iron Hands Terminator yes! I mentioned that in a very old video. I had hoped beyond hope he would appear as a potential ‘summonation’ from the sisters of battle. Sigh. It was an atrocious video all told. So I hid it. But oh, wouldn’t it have been fun if the sisters could have summoned Ferrus and a cadre of Legionaries as an acre of faith. Sigh. Maybe one year. :).
There’s just something so badass when Commisars are total badasses like Ricard or Yarik seeing a ummie ina pointy ‘at leading ogrin into battle against demons and just so casually telling other solders that he’d be right back. I’m not sure how a man like that can charge with such heavy adimatite balls
Also you are correct about the grey knights and Death Watch being additional units that could be added to space marine or other imperium armies. (At least as far as 3rd and 3.5 editions went, that's when I got in)
Damn straight! :) I loved that first WD. Loved it. But I think Death Company just took all of their mojo over a decade or more. :( Thank you for listening, brother. :)
Came here after watching your Fall of Cadia vid (excellent work as always btw). Sounds really cool, but I think these guys would need to be pretty heavily regulated in the tabletop to prevent being an "Always Win" button. Maybe some restriction like they can only appear once for a few rounds per game or psyker units can banish them? Playing against an army that can't be beaten wouldn't be very fun
A young 13 year old me painted a space marine from the Warhammer 40k box in Legion of the Damned livery. Nearly 25 years later I've bought my first 5 models and painted one so far (Death Company Intercessors since you asked). May have a crack at it again if I start getting better at painting. Thanks for the amazing content
Baldermort you give me goosebumps with your stories they are just amazing!!! I love it when I see you've uploaded a new video! Brings a smile on my face every time
Beautiful work as usual, Baldermort!! Recently came to know of them and I've been very intrigued by their curse. Loved the last bit at the ending, with you thinking outloud. Please do that more often
@@baldermort showman that you are I don't see that happening anytime soon. As long as you aren't burning out the fire you put into your oratory keeps us all warm.
This gas been an amazing production, you sir, have earned a new subscriber and have inspired hope for new additions of the Legion of the damned, if it comes to fruition I would be fully able to seriously dedicate my attention to the hobby.
@@baldermort always a pleasure, i am in the middle of playing the 3rd installment of a 10 year campaign . First part was about guardsmen, and their fall to chaos. Second part about a group of deathwatch who became almost demi primarchs and held the second council of Nicaea. that redacted the emporer´s words about no more librarians. and shamed the black templers. Before they went into the black library... Third is about a group of acolytes who have been picked by the the former space marines to carry on the emporers work. The group is comprised of ( a sanctioned feral world psyker, a spirehunter from necromunda, a sister of battle from the golden light , and a commisar with speciality in necrons.. Main premise of the story is the "star child" :) as you also had picked up. Our campaign is alot in line with what you talk about in the videos. (timeline is before the fall of cadia leading up to the fall)
I cannot get enough of the Damned Legion, after finally getting ahold of some models I cannot wait to bring their Awesome power to the battlefield, and I absolutely love your voice
That's what I thought! I know people may not agree - but seriously. these guys are loved! Loved! I just hoped that GW might see the passion and might actually get one out for us. Never know! :)
Amazing video as always brother Baldermort, the Legion of the Damned are one of the key tools at the Emperor's disposal, and I agree with you that they represent the Emperor's apotheosis into a true deity of the Warp. Though, I'm not sure it will occur any time soon, as I believe that for Him to become a true god requires that His physical body dies. My theory is thus: The Emperor's body will likely die as Abaddon is in the Sanctum Imperialis, intent on destroying the Emperor once and for all, succeeding where Horus failed. Dante (giving in to the Black Rage) will fight Abaddon, as the greatest son of the angel fights the greatest of the Sons of Horus and I believe, history will repeat itself in a tragic twist, and Dante will die. However, thanks to Dante's sacrifice, the Emperor will finally decide that He can no longer be just a man and give in to godhood - the ultimate sacrifice for the man that decried religion as the greatest of evils. He will ascend, Terra will be destroyed thanks to the Talisman of Seven Hammers and Chaos pantheon will be in balance as the first of the pantheon of Order will ascend. Just a wild guess, but I suppose that is all theories are at the end of the day.
Thank you for sharing your vision, brother Potato. I do like it, but it deviates from my own a bit. But then, that is most of the fun isn't it? You never know -I may well borrow some of this imagery for future tales if you have no objections. After all, if it aint broke, why fix it? :)
@@baldermort Well the most fun in the lore comes from discussion! I know the problem with my viewpoint, that it focuses solely on the battle between humanity and the forces of the ruinous powers. Considering that there are so many threats to the imperium outside of chaos. I cannot wait to hear your take on the ending of Warhammer 40k, I know my problem is that I focus too much on Imperium vs Chaos, so I want to see how you deal with that.
I actually did a prognostication (shudders) for Sisters stating I wanted this and it would be a good idea. But then, I hoped sisters would be able to summon LotD like chaos summon daemons. Ah well. Maybe one year. :)
@@zacharylopez8683 How would you model that? Really the idea of a primarch leading the LotD would have to be Sanguinous. Flaming wings and all. He is the Emperor's Angel after all. Perfect to embody the hopes and dreams of humanity.
Fantastic into story as always brother 👍. You have a talent of making every existing faction sound cool and these are awsome. They would make a cool and deadly kill team. Time for some conversions 😉 also...they kind of remind me of Spawn
they are the first Marine "legion" that I painted and won my first painting contest with those figs, and never lost a battle with them, but this was back in the late 80's or so... In lore they are still my fav, besides Custodes... If they come back, I am DEF getting these guys, just to much of my WH40K history is with these guys...
I listen a lot if vid from your chanel. The audio on this one is far better than the iron hand (that I listen maybe 15 time). Your word is clearer. You should put paypal donation in your description and mention your patreon and paypal. You deserve it for sure to have support
Alas, I had a less powerful microphone back then, when I did Iron Hands, and was a lot less experienced. We are striving for constant improvement on the channel at the moment. Sound first, which seems to be going ok, slowly getting there. Later it will be images. A personal bugbear of mine, as I am absolutely tragically bad on a computer. So graphics and visuals will only ever be the best I can get them. Apologies, but I think the old videos show our journey as a channel, as a community. Maybe one day I will go back and upgrade the old ones, but that won;t be soon. Too much lore to impart. Badly, but hopefully fun! :)
@@baldermort this is journey, every youtuber had a bad first video but they do progress in a regular basis. Maybe in a 6 months or more you will redone some vid and you will be proud of the progress. Sun tzu said play on your strength and reduce your weakeness. May the god machine be with you
Stevens xrp aye, he did. Gotta love some Tzu. :). Hmmmm. Still thinking of doing that. Think people should know it really. Especially as war gamers. Hmmmmm. ;).
If they are a massive legion comprised of space marines who fell in battle over many centuries, then it would fitting that they be led by not one, but by two primarchs who also fell in battle. The two being sanguinius and ferrus manus. So that when the blood angels or iron hands or any of their chapters are in battle, the legion of damned would come to their aid with their respective fallen primarchs leading that undead legion.
I painted a squad of them in the 90s, so fun! They are very grim dark! There was once a white dwarf with a great feature on this army and had a special character who could use a magical skull to siphon life and resurrect a fallen legionary. The bikers looked like Ghost Rider. It would be great to see them get some new love by GW.
@@tyrstead5872 I second this, Baldermorts' narration oozes grim dark. LT & 40k are both insightful but not a patch in terms of the theatre of delivery.
Sorry, I am a bit tired. I don't really know what that means? Sorry. Could you re-phrase it for me? (Yes, I know I am dense about on-line things) Thanks for listening, brother. :)
At one point you could take a character and dreadnought for them and vehicles and have them as a allied force with your main army but when they changed the rules for death company from rolling for each unit to see if any succumbed to the black rage to just buying the units and then there was death company dreads and vehicles so they just got rid of them shame I really liked them and would love it if they came back
Aye, this is so. I just think that a full Legion of the damned army would be awesome. I may well be wrong - probably am - but my scooby sense tells me we are not far off having one. But then, I've always been more shaggy than scooby, so it could be wrong again. :)
I think this could be a really cool new army where they are fully introduced by saving Gulimen or bringing a Primach back from the warp or something. Anyways thank you for this amazing video
Legion of the Damned Dreadnought? Well, there's ONE Dreadnought that would fit right in the Legion and would look reallyyyyy good with ethereal fire on him.
Deathwatch were indeed a unit from the Blood Anges that you could take and produce absolute *insane* assault groups with. I was pissed when they moved to being an army because it was a nerf to BA's and messed up my army (not that I play at all these days). I would *love* to see a Legion of the Damned faction (only keep them to the smaller scale because the Emperor didnt make Primaris marines, he made Astartes and Adeptus) - particuarly anything that deviates from the standard marine in a new paint job (like Spae Wolves and all their viking-bling)
I'm a big fan of the Imperial Daemons theory for LotD, and I believe that the Sisters of Battle Order of the Golden Light also are Imperial Daemons. I love both factions
Excellent. I also hope the LotD get a bit more of the spotlight. Damned Dreadnoughts would be very cool indeed. I was disappointed to see they'd found a place in Legends. Hopefully it's just temporary.
Well, brother Arthurion, I think they are missing a trick and look at how popular these guys are? Hence I really believe they will release a damned army. They;d be fools not to with this much interest. :) Thanks for listening, brother Arthurion, always. :)
According to the space marines codex Legends pdf I downloaded today, the legion are not among them. And you cannot choose them as a chapter name either. So there is something afoot for sure but we must wait to see what Gdubs has planned for them
Back in 2nd edition, a friend of mine converted his entire blood angel army into the legion, extrapolating changes based on that white dwarf article. It was horrible to fight a near company's worth of damned marines, nobody wanted to play him much after that. Did a good paintjob though, the flaming land raider looked great.
So, hear me out....They show up JUST when they are needed, never reload, take absurd amounts of damage, never get truly caught by the authorities..... The LotD is basically the A team.
Now, there is always the long held suspicion that the legion of the damned are one of the unnamed legions. The "lost" legion returning in what form they could.
There are two, one seemed to have a very bad genetic defect (angel boi was afraid of going that route with his legion) The other betrayed the emperor in some way, that Russ had to beat them down. He did state that before the Burning of Prospero that his wolves had killed marines before. Perhaps one or both have heeded the Emperor's call and the Imperiums need for his own Daemons of Light
Thank you sir! But do remember it is all your fault. You did lean on me, old chap. :) I rushed it a bit,. which I regret now. But it wasn't all bad. :) Thank you for all of your endless patience and support, my friend. It is priceless to me. :)
I hope this becomes a army...I would splurge money on this just because of how unique and cool this is. It is either Legion of the Damned, or Salamanders for me.
This legon and the Carcharadons are my favourite can’t wait for more. Thinking they could be fallen Captains, that died before their time. Loyal even in death. Or fallen Chaos marines who had to follow their primarchs, but repent upon death to the emperor and this is their curse. Fight for the Emperor, forever though the warp. I can’t wait to learn more.
LoTD could be a cool in between of grey knights and space marines. Heavily psychic, with mostly defensive/redeploy powers. Chapter trait could be like a -1 to hit if they're 18" away from the shooting unit, and an army wide 5+ invuln. Can't take any primaris units. Super doctrine gives them... idk, an additional -1 AP with relevant weapons. Ap -2 bolters if tac or ap-3 chainswords if assault? Maybe some relics to fuck with leadership.
Guardsman: The Emperor Protects
Me listening with popcorn at 9am: yes...he does
Same brother
@@richardvaldes3959 'forearm clasp'
And I shall know no fear
@1:00am He really does protect though
"In Dedicato Imperatum Ultra Articulo Mortis"
- "For the Emperor Beyond the Point of Death"
Ghost Raiders of the WH40K universe, "His" Spirits of Vengeance. Not even in death does duty end...
lol. Aye, it seems DoW was wrong! :)
Thanks Thank you for listening and for these excellent quotes, brother. :)
@@baldermort No problem Brother. Keep up the good work and Emperorspeed.
Really wish Ferrus leads them someday. GW did say they're bringing back Primarchs.
thank you for listening brother Aserbic, as always. I really think it would be great! But I would say that. . :)
Ferrus mannies and his silver hannies
Imagine if Rylanor came back as a legion of the damned
@@titanking9130 you're the reason I'm smiling today
It's mentioned in the book Master of Mankind when the Legion of the Damned is summoned to fight the demons and Drach'nyen at a nexus point within the webway Ferrus Manus immolates into existence as a huge general leading his troops...
The Legion of the Damned is probably my favourite Imperium sub-faction next to Custodes and Sisters of Silence.
Great. Glad to hear it. I hope you enjoy the vid. :) Thank you for listening, brother. :)
@@baldermort Anytime 😊
Have you per chance read the Legion of the Damned novel? The one featuring the Excoriators chapter.
Alas, not yet. :( So many books to read. So little time. :(
@@baldermort That book is fantastic and well worth your time
Preditions flame i heard is a good read as well
Man, getting into this Chapter must be murder...
Trajan Fidelis Lol. I see what you did there.... :).
Yea,they are the hottest thing out there,right now.
They disappeared on the battle field just like they did from the codex
@@JesseT86 ;(
@@JesseT86 because we're looking for them ;)
Hmm, Codex Anathema. I suppose it's not beyond possibility. Maybe as part of the finale to Psychic Awakening.
Now I love that name. Codex Anathema. Beautifully put, brother. :)
DUUUDE THEY ARE SOOOO COOOL. One of the most badass factions in the lore, so amazing. I just wish they had more models. Just imagine them with ferrus as a primarch. I would spend all my money on them
Death Company Battle Brother I know!!’ :) I couldn’t resist song a tiny piece on them. GW should pull their finger out and give us what we want!! :).
"Even in death duty does not end"
@@heavyhebrew "Even in death i still serve"
I would imagine corax being at their head, given he himself claims he is vengeance incarnate
@@hammer1349 I mean that's fair, but corax is still alive
Just imagining sanguinius in all his majesty charging out of the fires of hell leading the legion of the damned brings a tear to my eye.
I hope when guilliman sees them they're led by ferrus Manus or sanguineus
I know, right! I had that idea all the way back in the prognostications. I hope GW are listening to the community (which is unlikely - but you never know)
:)
I can see Ferrus being their leader more than Birb Boi. Sanguinor or however it's spelled seems more like his role.
Imagine both of them lead the Damned.......the 2 Demon Primarchs.......who fight FOR the Emperor :D
Didn't guiliman see them when cabandor was attacking Baal ? When the blood angels and successor chapters were fighting the nidz.
I think that once they really started to lean into the Emperor manifesting as a God in the Warp angle, they were like "What kind of daemons can we give him? We have a lot of Space Marine moulds laying around...", and it would fit the aesthetic of Imperial forces, its one of the few long term angles that they've actually done well as they've always kept mystery around them. If they were to have Dread's though, I feel that they would need to kill off some of the established ones like Bjorn to give them a bit more creedance as a Warpborn champion of the Emperor, truly great heroes and Bjorn is pretty much the greatest Dreadnaught hero in the Imperium, the man walked with the Wolf King! While they could never outright identify them, a little teaser here and there to a "possible" identity...could be some great build. Though dang, what they'd have to do to finally kill The Fell-Handed, that'd be intense, he hasnt survived for over 10000 years for nothing.
michael murphy I’d hope so. But nobody should take down old Fellhanded. Let him be the solid rock. :).
Heresy... Kill the Fellhand? What warp spawned heresy are you speaking? Bjorn won't die until Russ returns. He has waited over 10,000 years for Russ to return, weathering even the foul machinations of Magnus and Arihman. Nothing is going to stop the Old Fellhand from seeing his Father once more.
Imagine if Dante FINALLY gets to be dead; only to wake up as one of the Damned.
Triumph263 Lol. That is soooo harsh. I love it! :).
@@Triumph263 No No GW aren't that nice to Dante. They're gonna stick him in a dreadnought for all eternity. They'll leave him awake.
☹️Poor Dante.
It would be cool if the Sisters of battle helped an Inquisitor discover what they really were and learned how to summon them with their immense faith.
OR
The LoD could be the souls of former traitor marines seeking redemption after their soul was held by a chaos god post dying
i always figured they were the "most loyal dead" caused to manifest and fight again by a combination of their own loyalty and everyone else's faith in the emperor.
Nope, they're definitely loyalist. There is one known ultramarine captain among them.
Solid ideas on both counts!!
Lexicanum has the real deal now.
whenever i hear of the legion of the dammed my body screams Judas Priest XD
:::bruce dickenson voice:: "Legion of the Daaaaaaaaaaammmmned, Legion of the da-AAAAAAMMMNED!!!!"
I've always loved your pacing in the videos. You truly are artful master. Take care of yourself Lord Baldermort!
Thank you for gracing us with your presence, Popa. Always. :)
Still 'working with the formula' but hoping we are still improving. Long way to go yet, but slowly getting there.
I hope 2020 is shaping up as nicely as 2019 did for you brother. :)
Be lucky! :)
A legion needs a primarch to lead it and iirc correct there was a specter that looked very much like one Ferrus Manus in the web way battle..
Aye,. I agree, Some believe that it was a manifested memory, but I like to think of it as Ferrus' soul empowered. Time will tell I guess. :)
Keeps going from strength to strength.
Just trying my best. Thank you for listening, brother Rocky. Always. :)
Your voice is perfect for 40k narration. The best I've ever heard!
Legion of the damned dreadnought for when a space marine dies so hard and so loyally that they just die twice forever.
I have been a fan of Warhammer lore for well over a decade, and in recent years have been a (too)great consumer of various Warhammer focused storytellers and loremasters here on CZcams. I discovered your content just recently, but, after listening to only a few of your videos, you already have become my favorite of them all. You are doing excellent work!
Thank you for the incredibly kind statement. I think there are better, we are just light entertainment. :)
thank you for listening brother. :)
I have recently subscribed to your channel and you are honestly my favourite voice youtube keep up the good work brother !
Thank you brother Campbell. I hope you enjoy the journey. Bit of fun. :)
Be me at 3:20 am, feel bones tingling. Must be legion of the dead content. But who could be the uploade..... Annnd it's baldermort. AWESOME!
Ahh! I know right . I got the notification and dropped my phone twice trying to open lol
I like the concept that they are resurrected Astarties from Istvan v into the human webway. It would explain why when they are encountered they seem to be from multiple different Legions. In some ways it seems as though they are resurrected Marines that have ascended to "Imperial demon Hood". They don't seem to appear or disappear in the same way that other demons do. They usually require rituals or portals to enter the materium. The Legion of the Damned don't they just appear. This seems more like they are coming from a webway then the warp itself. The Saints seem to do much the same thing.
I like this idea because it doesn't seem likely to me that the emperor would leave his human webway project unfinished. It took him maybe a hundred years to build the thing. Magnus did damage it. But I don't think the emperor could go ten thousand years without attempting to fix it. And it would explain why two of his primark's seem to disappear. He resurrected the iron hands primarch in the webway then Dorn seemed to vanish into the Imperial Palace which had the only physical way into the webway.
What do these two primark's have that would make them useful after the web way has been repaired. They are both engineered and specialised for the purpose of building and constructing infrastructure. The iron hands Primark was designed to be a superhuman machinist and engineer. Dorn was designed to be a superhuman architect and structural engineer. If the emperor was going to create a backup plan that required the use of the webway he would need it to be capable of handling a large number of humans. Perhaps a loyal Imperium worth of humans maybe even their loyal worlds. It has been shown that the Eldari have a sun inside their webway. I don't see why the emperor would think smaller than the knife ears. But he would still require his best engineers and Architects to create a structure for such things and an infrastructure for the people. Not to mention the defense of such a huge project. I could see those two primark's taking thousands and thousands of years doing that work especially since they were obsessively loyal.
It would also be a good place for his birth scream as a god. Using it in such a way he could cleanse it of any remaining enemy influence. Maybe some small warp demon residual effect remaining inside of it. It would also hide his Ascension to full godhood from the rest of the Galaxy. Maybe even mask it from the entities in the warp. He may have already ascended to full godhood and nobody noticed.
In short maybe in opposition to the ruinous Powers the emperor has actually constructed what the citizens of the Imperium would consider a heaven for them. And has been engineering it to be truly massive and well-protected. It seems odd that in some stories extremely loyal soldiers and Marines seem to vanish after their ordeals. Maybe the emperor recruited them to this heavenly host to add to its defenses.
Baldermort, I love your work but gosh, don't burn yourself out!
(I make very small little bits of youtube content myself and even with my lack of editing and such it takes me days to script stuff)
Well, its an attempt to grow a bit, or I have to go right down to once in so often. So - no pressure then. I just hope the activity isn't tedious, is all.
Thank you for listening, brother. :)
@@baldermort I am so very proud of your work then. It's not tedious, just overwhelming and fun. ALways a pleasure to listen.
You videos are at such a high level of quality!!!! The Emperor has truly blessed your soul.
It does take some effort, I can tell you. Being an enthusiastic amateur can be very taxing. Thank you for listening and for commenting, brother. :)
I wish theyd make a book from the perspective of the hive fleet, and how hungry they are, it’s thoughts, and it’s plans.
The emperor has his valkyrie's so why not the Einherjar. Thats tye name of those that go to Valhalla. The slain heros can come back as the legion of the damned. I enjoy the celtic and Germanic seasoning added to the lore.
Doc Valiant exactly. Love it. Who knows. May not happen, but wouldn’t it be cool if it did? :).
Iron Hands Terminator yes! I mentioned that in a very old video. I had hoped beyond hope he would appear as a potential ‘summonation’ from the sisters of battle. Sigh. It was an atrocious video all told. So I hid it. But oh, wouldn’t it have been fun if the sisters could have summoned Ferrus and a cadre of Legionaries as an acre of faith. Sigh. Maybe one year. :).
Iron Hands Terminator indeed! A glorious moment. I lost coffee that day. Also scolded my trousers. :(.
But going to valhol is not considered a bad thing. "Damned" seems to come more from the East.
The voice of the Warhammer 40K universe! The Allfather protects!
There’s just something so badass when Commisars are total badasses like Ricard or Yarik seeing a ummie ina pointy ‘at leading ogrin into battle against demons and just so casually telling other solders that he’d be right back.
I’m not sure how a man like that can charge with such heavy adimatite balls
As usual well done. Just commenting to help with the CZcams algorithm. You been busting these out, appreciate it.
Thank you for listening and for commenting, brother B ad.That is intensely thoughtful of you. Thank you!!! :)
Also you are correct about the grey knights and Death Watch being additional units that could be added to space marine or other imperium armies. (At least as far as 3rd and 3.5 editions went, that's when I got in)
I've loved LotD since it first dropped in WD. Bring it on with Mannus as their leader!
Damn straight! :) I loved that first WD. Loved it. But I think Death Company just took all of their mojo over a decade or more. :(
Thank you for listening, brother. :)
I'm a heretic at heart, but I would welcome their return to the table.
Justin Steinman good thing too. ;).
Came here after watching your Fall of Cadia vid (excellent work as always btw). Sounds really cool, but I think these guys would need to be pretty heavily regulated in the tabletop to prevent being an "Always Win" button. Maybe some restriction like they can only appear once for a few rounds per game or psyker units can banish them? Playing against an army that can't be beaten wouldn't be very fun
Oh they were never that bad. Honest. Points cost could resolve that nicely. I hear you though. I hear you. :)
Thank you for this. I adore your work and I was so excited to see you did a LOD video
the rule of cool rules. these guys are cool.
Matticus Machinist it doesn’t indeed. The second rule - straight after ‘have fun’.
I love the rule of cool. :).
A young 13 year old me painted a space marine from the Warhammer 40k box in Legion of the Damned livery. Nearly 25 years later I've bought my first 5 models and painted one so far (Death Company Intercessors since you asked). May have a crack at it again if I start getting better at painting. Thanks for the amazing content
Baldermort you give me goosebumps with your stories they are just amazing!!! I love it when I see you've uploaded a new video! Brings a smile on my face every time
Beautiful work as usual, Baldermort!! Recently came to know of them and I've been very intrigued by their curse.
Loved the last bit at the ending, with you thinking outloud. Please do that more often
That commissar’s exchange with the colonel was awesome
You provided me with great accompaniment for my commute this morning. Keep up the good work brother! Your furious pace of late is a boon to us all
Thank you for listening and for commenting, brother. :)
I can only hope I don't get boring. :)
@@baldermort showman that you are I don't see that happening anytime soon. As long as you aren't burning out the fire you put into your oratory keeps us all warm.
Joshua Sakai waaaaay top generous brother. Thank you. I shall try to make it as varied as I can get away with, just in case. :).
This gas been an amazing production, you sir, have earned a new subscriber and have inspired hope for new additions of the Legion of the damned, if it comes to fruition I would be fully able to seriously dedicate my attention to the hobby.
You had me rolling in laughter at the end :P Great video as always.
The one I have been waiting for!
Awesome!! As all ways.
Thank you kind sir.
Thank you for listening and for commenting, brother Silent. :)
THE EMPEROR PROTECTS!!!!!!
He does indeed! Thank you for listening, brother. :)
@@baldermort always a pleasure, i am in the middle of playing the 3rd installment of a 10 year campaign . First part was about guardsmen, and their fall to chaos. Second part about a group of deathwatch who became almost demi primarchs and held the second council of Nicaea. that redacted the emporer´s words about no more librarians. and shamed the black templers. Before they went into the black library... Third is about a group of acolytes who have been picked by the the former space marines to carry on the emporers work. The group is comprised of ( a sanctioned feral world psyker, a spirehunter from necromunda, a sister of battle from the golden light , and a commisar with speciality in necrons.. Main premise of the story is the "star child" :) as you also had picked up. Our campaign is alot in line with what you talk about in the videos. (timeline is before the fall of cadia leading up to the fall)
johnny Brravo now that sounds amazing. Amazing. Enjoy it! To the fullest. :).
But having a loaded bolter never hurt either.
Good night for a 40k ghost story...love the channel
God i wish they would do more for the Legion of the Damned. They are such a cool part of the lore. Also love the vids brother.
Man I havn't busted out my legionnaires in a long time. I wish GW would give them some love in a white dwarf or something.
Testify! Thank you for listening, brother Freybrand. :)
Excellent video yet again thank you brother.
Thank you for listening, brother. :)
A very extremely awesome video as always Baldermort's Guide.
A Good and interesting video about a subject I don't really care about.
Your videos are good as always.
Thank you for listening, brother. :)
You are fantastic! Love your narrative.
Please make a video on the Stryxis!
Crumbs, now that is arcane lore. One day I just may. :)
Thanks for listening, brother Claes. : )
The best 40k channel I watch right now. How about a Legion of the Damned land raider, yes please Brother Baldermort
Thank you for listening, brother Boxall. :)
I cannot get enough of the Damned Legion, after finally getting ahold of some models I cannot wait to bring their Awesome power to the battlefield, and I absolutely love your voice
Got a great voice for this dude
My two favorite theories of who they were are either they are The Lost Legion or the battle brothers of The Traitor Legions who remained loyal.
Omg it would be awesome to have a Legion of the Damned army with everything that comes with it. Great job as usual sir.
That's what I thought! I know people may not agree - but seriously. these guys are loved! Loved! I just hoped that GW might see the passion and might actually get one out for us. Never know! :)
@@baldermort GW are not known for doing what the fans like but we can dream.
Amazing video as always brother Baldermort, the Legion of the Damned are one of the key tools at the Emperor's disposal, and I agree with you that they represent the Emperor's apotheosis into a true deity of the Warp. Though, I'm not sure it will occur any time soon, as I believe that for Him to become a true god requires that His physical body dies. My theory is thus:
The Emperor's body will likely die as Abaddon is in the Sanctum Imperialis, intent on destroying the Emperor once and for all, succeeding where Horus failed. Dante (giving in to the Black Rage) will fight Abaddon, as the greatest son of the angel fights the greatest of the Sons of Horus and I believe, history will repeat itself in a tragic twist, and Dante will die. However, thanks to Dante's sacrifice, the Emperor will finally decide that He can no longer be just a man and give in to godhood - the ultimate sacrifice for the man that decried religion as the greatest of evils. He will ascend, Terra will be destroyed thanks to the Talisman of Seven Hammers and Chaos pantheon will be in balance as the first of the pantheon of Order will ascend. Just a wild guess, but I suppose that is all theories are at the end of the day.
Thank you for sharing your vision, brother Potato. I do like it, but it deviates from my own a bit. But then, that is most of the fun isn't it? You never know -I may well borrow some of this imagery for future tales if you have no objections. After all, if it aint broke, why fix it? :)
@@baldermort Well the most fun in the lore comes from discussion! I know the problem with my viewpoint, that it focuses solely on the battle between humanity and the forces of the ruinous powers. Considering that there are so many threats to the imperium outside of chaos.
I cannot wait to hear your take on the ending of Warhammer 40k, I know my problem is that I focus too much on Imperium vs Chaos, so I want to see how you deal with that.
What do you think of the idea that Ferrus Manus could return as the Primarch of the Legion of the damned?
I actually did a prognostication (shudders) for Sisters stating I wanted this and it would be a good idea. But then, I hoped sisters would be able to summon LotD like chaos summon daemons. Ah well. Maybe one year. :)
It would be cool if he was also headless to. Just a black mist with 2 floating red eyes in its place
@@zacharylopez8683 How would you model that? Really the idea of a primarch leading the LotD would have to be Sanguinous. Flaming wings and all. He is the Emperor's Angel after all. Perfect to embody the hopes and dreams of humanity.
Fantastic into story as always brother 👍. You have a talent of making every existing faction sound cool and these are awsome. They would make a cool and deadly kill team. Time for some conversions 😉 also...they kind of remind me of Spawn
A brief introduction to the "Adeaptus Spooky, Scary, Rip-N-Tear(y)"
I almost charged with you yelling lord baldermort..
they are the first Marine "legion" that I painted and won my first painting contest with those figs, and never lost a battle with them, but this was back in the late 80's or so... In lore they are still my fav, besides Custodes... If they come back, I am DEF getting these guys, just to much of my WH40K history is with these guys...
I listen a lot if vid from your chanel. The audio on this one is far better than the iron hand (that I listen maybe 15 time). Your word is clearer. You should put paypal donation in your description and mention your patreon and paypal. You deserve it for sure to have support
Alas, I had a less powerful microphone back then, when I did Iron Hands, and was a lot less experienced. We are striving for constant improvement on the channel at the moment. Sound first, which seems to be going ok, slowly getting there. Later it will be images. A personal bugbear of mine, as I am absolutely tragically bad on a computer. So graphics and visuals will only ever be the best I can get them. Apologies, but I think the old videos show our journey as a channel, as a community. Maybe one day I will go back and upgrade the old ones, but that won;t be soon. Too much lore to impart. Badly, but hopefully fun! :)
@@baldermort this is journey, every youtuber had a bad first video but they do progress in a regular basis. Maybe in a 6 months or more you will redone some vid and you will be proud of the progress. Sun tzu said play on your strength and reduce your weakeness. May the god machine be with you
Stevens xrp aye, he did. Gotta love some Tzu. :). Hmmmm. Still thinking of doing that. Think people should know it really. Especially as war gamers. Hmmmmm. ;).
If they are a massive legion comprised of space marines who fell in battle over many centuries, then it would fitting that they be led by not one, but by two primarchs who also fell in battle.
The two being sanguinius and ferrus manus.
So that when the blood angels or iron hands or any of their chapters are in battle, the legion of damned would come to their aid with their respective fallen primarchs leading that undead legion.
I painted a squad of them in the 90s, so fun! They are very grim dark! There was once a white dwarf with a great feature on this army and had a special character who could use a magical skull to siphon life and resurrect a fallen legionary. The bikers looked like Ghost Rider. It would be great to see them get some new love by GW.
Huzzah Another video to listen to while painting.
Thank you for listening, brother Crimson. :)
If they make a box of these guys, I want to see a Guy Fieri head option for the captain; He'll take the foes of the Imperium to flavor town.
Majorkill brought me here now I can’t stop what a voice and ambience
By far the best warhammer narrator!
Well, in the little leagues. Nobody comes close to LT and 40K theories. Nobody. :)
@@baldermort They are good, but you have the voice of a commissar. I stand by my original comment.
@@tyrstead5872 I second this, Baldermorts' narration oozes grim dark. LT & 40k are both insightful but not a patch in terms of the theatre of delivery.
The Corpse God's own minor deamons.
The Eternal Chronicler yep. Had to be done. I know - now - they’re legends but I hold out hope they will indeed bring them out as a faction. :).
@@baldermort seeing as GW is discontinuing their model line I fine that doubtful.
The Eternal Chronicler true enough, but they know their popularity. I hope they do a line in them, not just a model. Time will tell, I guess. :).
Please leave your details in the description. Your work is amazing.
Sorry, I am a bit tired. I don't really know what that means? Sorry. Could you re-phrase it for me? (Yes, I know I am dense about on-line things)
Thanks for listening, brother. :)
@@baldermort I mean your patreon and other such things that we can support you with.
no ammo is require ! perfect job emperor !
Awesome stuff mate
Thanks boss. :)
At one point you could take a character and dreadnought for them and vehicles and have them as a allied force with your main army but when they changed the rules for death company from rolling for each unit to see if any succumbed to the black rage to just buying the units and then there was death company dreads and vehicles so they just got rid of them shame I really liked them and would love it if they came back
Aye, this is so. I just think that a full Legion of the damned army would be awesome. I may well be wrong - probably am - but my scooby sense tells me we are not far off having one. But then, I've always been more shaggy than scooby, so it could be wrong again. :)
I think this could be a really cool new army where they are fully introduced by saving Gulimen or bringing a Primach back from the warp or something. Anyways thank you for this amazing video
They will get a codex when they are given a new commander which will be one of the dead or lost primarchs like Ferrus Manus or Sanguinius
Aye,. I would love to see Ferrus lead them. Love. :)_
roland flynn or maybe the emperor himself ?
Legion of the Damned Dreadnought? Well, there's ONE Dreadnought that would fit right in the Legion and would look reallyyyyy good with ethereal fire on him.
Deathwatch were indeed a unit from the Blood Anges that you could take and produce absolute *insane* assault groups with. I was pissed when they moved to being an army because it was a nerf to BA's and messed up my army (not that I play at all these days). I would *love* to see a Legion of the Damned faction (only keep them to the smaller scale because the Emperor didnt make Primaris marines, he made Astartes and Adeptus) - particuarly anything that deviates from the standard marine in a new paint job (like Spae Wolves and all their viking-bling)
Cover the lamenters master balder!
also,GIVE US MORE OUTTAKES haha
rognadom templar I’ll try them soon brother. Remind me if they aren’t up by the end of February, brother. :).
Idea for a follow up video: Intro to the Fire Hawks
I got into 40k as a kid. I might a full legion of the damned army. I found an online codex at one time.
Amazing!! A nice group to have on your side!! Assuming that they are……very cool
I'm a big fan of the Imperial Daemons theory for LotD, and I believe that the Sisters of Battle Order of the Golden Light also are Imperial Daemons. I love both factions
Excellent. I also hope the LotD get a bit more of the spotlight. Damned Dreadnoughts would be very cool indeed. I was disappointed to see they'd found a place in Legends. Hopefully it's just temporary.
Well, brother Arthurion, I think they are missing a trick and look at how popular these guys are? Hence I really believe they will release a damned army. They;d be fools not to with this much interest. :)
Thanks for listening, brother Arthurion, always. :)
According to the space marines codex Legends pdf I downloaded today, the legion are not among them. And you cannot choose them as a chapter name either. So there is something afoot for sure but we must wait to see what Gdubs has planned for them
Nevermind, they had their own Legends pdf, fair well ye spectres of vengeance :(
Back in 2nd edition, a friend of mine converted his entire blood angel army into the legion, extrapolating changes based on that white dwarf article. It was horrible to fight a near company's worth of damned marines, nobody wanted to play him much after that. Did a good paintjob though, the flaming land raider looked great.
3:58 Thank you sir, the mechanicum can just give me a new set of bionic ears.
If Fulgrim ever fights them, I really hope he gets pummeled by Rylanor.
So, hear me out....They show up JUST when they are needed, never reload, take absurd amounts of damage, never get truly caught by the authorities..... The LotD is basically the A team.
Rofl!!!!! If you need help, if you can find them. ‘. Lol!!
Here it is...the Orks just believe they exist, so they do.
Awesome videos, could use a audio warning for the CHAAARGE tho 😂
Now, there is always the long held suspicion that the legion of the damned are one of the unnamed legions. The "lost" legion returning in what form they could.
Ahhhh. A nugget of gold I had not heard, until now! Hmmmm a fun thought. Thank you for it, brother. :)
@@baldermort My pleasure. It is always fun to hand off the old stories to another old salt :P
Now that is a cool theory 👍🏼
There are two, one seemed to have a very bad genetic defect (angel boi was afraid of going that route with his legion)
The other betrayed the emperor in some way, that Russ had to beat them down. He did state that before the Burning of Prospero that his wolves had killed marines before. Perhaps one or both have heeded the Emperor's call and the Imperiums need for his own Daemons of Light
The emperor is fine, he's just happy he can work and not be bothered by his kids.
Blooming fantastic
Thank you sir! But do remember it is all your fault. You did lean on me, old chap. :) I rushed it a bit,. which I regret now. But it wasn't all bad. :)
Thank you for all of your endless patience and support, my friend. It is priceless to me. :)
@@baldermort always happy to lend a hand :)
I hope this becomes a army...I would splurge money on this just because of how unique and cool this is. It is either Legion of the Damned, or Salamanders for me.
I always found it incredibly bizarre that chaos was only evil in the 40k universe.
Hnnn. Fair point actually. ;)
This legon and the Carcharadons are my favourite can’t wait for more. Thinking they could be fallen Captains, that died before their time. Loyal even in death. Or fallen Chaos marines who had to follow their primarchs, but repent upon death to the emperor and this is their curse. Fight for the Emperor, forever though the warp. I can’t wait to learn more.
In dedicato imperatum ultra articulo mortis.
I agree with them being the dead souls of lost marines.
Definitely one of my favourites
Commissar Rikart, such a badass! Need more information, need more story... need more!
The Legion of the Gosh Darned.
LoTD could be a cool in between of grey knights and space marines. Heavily psychic, with mostly defensive/redeploy powers. Chapter trait could be like a -1 to hit if they're 18" away from the shooting unit, and an army wide 5+ invuln. Can't take any primaris units. Super doctrine gives them... idk, an additional -1 AP with relevant weapons. Ap -2 bolters if tac or ap-3 chainswords if assault? Maybe some relics to fuck with leadership.
Sooo good... Thanks man 😅
Thank you for listening, brother. :)