THE EMPERORS CHAMPION - BLACK TEMPLARS!

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  • THE EMPERORS CHAMPION - BLACK TEMPLARS!
    The Emperor's Champion is a very special rank and standing in the Black Templars Chapter.
    Descended from the line of Rogal Dorn, his Imperial Fists, and his greatest son, arguably the greatest marine of all time - Sigismund.
    Includes extensive story being the background of Barbon, the Space Marine body guard of the Thaddus, my own invented Inquisitor.
    PATREON LINK: / 3510517
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    PLEASE SEE ENTIRE THADDEUS AND TARQUINUS PLAY LIST.
    ROGAL DORN: (Their Primarch) : Part one of Trilogy: • Rogal Dorn Primarch of...
    IMPERIAL FISTS: • IMPERIAL FISTS
    BLACK TEMPLARS: • BLACK TEMPLARS Lore
    CRUSADER SQUADS: • CRUSADER SQUADS OF THE...
    SPACE MARINES: • SPACE MARINES LORE
    POWER ARMOUR: • POWER ARMOUR LORE
    POWER WEAPONS: • Power Weapons
    THE EMPEROR OF MANKIND: • EMPEROR OF MANKIND LOR...
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  • @baldermort
    @baldermort  Před 3 lety +183

    THE EMPERORS CHAMPION - BLACK TEMPLARS!
    The Emperor's Champion is a very special rank and standing in the Black Templars Chapter.
    Descended from the line of Rogal Dorn, his Imperial Fists, and his greatest son, arguably the greatest marine of all time - Sigismund.
    Includes extensive story being the background of Barbon, the Space Marine body guard of the Thaddus, my own invented Inquisitor.
    PATREON LINK: www.patreon.com/join/3510517
    RELATED VIDEOS
    PLEASE SEE ENTIRE THADDEUS AND TARQUINUS PLAY LIST.
    ROGAL DORN: (Their Primarch) : Part one of Trilogy: czcams.com/video/hRUd-9A3MwY/video.html
    IMPERIAL FISTS: czcams.com/video/_nvK_Jq9Faw/video.html
    BLACK TEMPLARS: czcams.com/video/e4AFtQbNNrI/video.html
    CRUSADER SQUADS: czcams.com/video/o1I21pblSmo/video.html
    SPACE MARINES: czcams.com/video/EV1jqwhSHBY/video.html
    POWER ARMOUR: czcams.com/video/dU0pC74CeD4/video.html
    POWER WEAPONS: czcams.com/video/gT2cp3rAEBo/video.html
    THE EMPEROR OF MANKIND: czcams.com/video/UP1bHuNgk8M/video.html

    • @judgestrix5106
      @judgestrix5106 Před 3 lety +5

      Ham fists and waffles, this is why I'm here lol

    • @roboticfish317
      @roboticfish317 Před 3 lety +2

      Good to see the fist legion getting the love it deserves

    • @garouHH
      @garouHH Před 3 lety +2

      So... There's five or six crusades, and each has an Armor of Faith and a black Sword? What happens when a crusade splinters into smaller and smaller fragments, as seems to be the usual way of things; Are those splinters allowed to come up with replacement rituals? I've been theory crafting the 573rd Crusade (third splinter of the seventh fragment of the fifth crusade), who obviously do have neither Armor of Faith nor Black Sword nor a remit to nominate a full-blown Emperor's Champion; could they nominate a Champion on the eve of battle for each battle, so that there wouldn't be a merge conflict when they get back to the mothership? And instead the items that this crusade doesn't have, he'd get, err... a rosarius, that's 4+ invul too, and... some power sword of the champion's choosing... That'd also make more sense than readjusting a dedicated power armor to a new marine each battle... Opinions?
      I could also tell you the tale of how the 573rd crusade revised its heraldic code, if that interests you.

    • @jasonthomas9596
      @jasonthomas9596 Před 3 lety +1

      J

    • @rachnussouldrinkerlibraria5640
      @rachnussouldrinkerlibraria5640 Před 3 lety +3

      Only today have I saw your videos on rogal (or now the remnant dorn) and it has brought me to so many highs and lows that I have not felt in so so long. And as I said only moments ago on that video I now have hope and it both gives me fear and joy and I can't wait to see, and experience more

  • @chubbyninja89
    @chubbyninja89 Před 3 lety +630

    Baldermort: My tales are not canon.
    Us fans: Yes they are.

    • @colinayre2109
      @colinayre2109 Před 3 lety +18

      I said the same damn thing

    • @CrossStarX
      @CrossStarX Před 3 lety +3

      Same 🤣

    • @EpicMogi
      @EpicMogi Před 3 lety +3

      Same!

    • @neototem4110
      @neototem4110 Před 3 lety +32

      I tuned into Baldemort today while tattooing an all day session in my studio, my clients and sitters all put their phones down for the first time. It's well known in my local community I'm a WH40K fan of sorts so I had to spend dam near 20 min after this episode to explain the importance of Sigismund and even more, the necessity of Black Templar zealotry to the Imperium. This account of the lore made it way easier this time, I LOVED IT

    • @tigerh1426
      @tigerh1426 Před 3 lety +6

      Is it.....cannon?
      Oh you be your ass it is.

  • @akacurmurdar1
    @akacurmurdar1 Před 3 lety +611

    The Black Templars: "the enemy surrounds us, those poor bastards".

    • @kurnhurin4118
      @kurnhurin4118 Před 3 lety +32

      Target rich environment.

    • @garouHH
      @garouHH Před 3 lety +31

      "Now we can attack to all sides."

    • @amorphoussolid8512
      @amorphoussolid8512 Před 3 lety +18

      The fools have packed themselves in tightly, now they have nowhere to run!

    • @HammarPwnsYourFace
      @HammarPwnsYourFace Před 3 lety +7

      Confirming target rich environment...Commence Divine Retribution

    • @liam1666
      @liam1666 Před 3 lety +3

      😂😂

  • @ibomidablehonky
    @ibomidablehonky Před 3 lety +705

    Baldermorts writing is every bit as good as the black library imo

  • @elijahherstal776
    @elijahherstal776 Před 3 lety +123

    I don't care what you say, EVERY Baldemort story is canon in my mind.

  • @helkdona226
    @helkdona226 Před 3 lety +279

    pretty rude of CZcams to not have a super like button

    • @amorphoussolid8512
      @amorphoussolid8512 Před 3 lety +5

      If ever I needed one it would be for Baldermort!

    • @zachthompson9976
      @zachthompson9976 Před měsícem

      ​@amorphoussolid8512 only time ive ever used it was to support our loyal servo skull

  • @adman1381
    @adman1381 Před 3 lety +196

    The Black Templars:
    The absolute MadLads of the Imperium.

  • @awesomehpt8938
    @awesomehpt8938 Před 3 lety +290

    Emperor: I am surprised that one of those does not have the word fists in their name
    Rogal Dorn: that is because they are absolute lunatics.

    • @JunkPhuJP
      @JunkPhuJP Před 3 lety +33

      PURGINGWITHMYKINNNNNNN!!!!

    • @tmontgomery9255
      @tmontgomery9255 Před 3 lety +21

      By the Emporer its fisting time

    • @KevinOMalleyisonlysmallreally
      @KevinOMalleyisonlysmallreally Před 3 lety +5

      This made me laugh out loud while cueing to get my groceries.

    • @LetholdusKaspyr
      @LetholdusKaspyr Před 3 lety +8

      In another however long, GW will allow Rogal Dorn to return. When he does, we'll see where he stands on the Black Templar issue. My dream is of an angry Dorn who identifies with us a great deal...

    • @grimreminder5038
      @grimreminder5038 Před 3 lety +12

      The Templars: I SENSE A LACK OF FAITH WITHIN THESE WALLS!

  • @Flyn88
    @Flyn88 Před 3 lety +202

    You know baldy boy, GW should just hire you as a writer by now cause this is god tier levels of awesome

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  Před 3 lety +63

      It'd be better if I didn't have to write them within 24 hours. Or less. Thank you for all of your kindness. )

    • @Flyn88
      @Flyn88 Před 3 lety +32

      You did this in 24 hours!?!?!? Sir I salute you and wish you all the luck and success that you deserve

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  Před 3 lety +33

      @@Flyn88 just the writing. The recording editing and vid construction takes me a while. Two days all told. Sigh. I really need to get faster. :(.

    • @Flyn88
      @Flyn88 Před 3 lety +31

      Badly you take all the time you need, if it takes just two days for you to do this I’ll gladly wait months for one of your heavy duty projects, may the Big E guide you

    • @mozxz
      @mozxz Před 3 lety +12

      @@baldermort Your stories is as good or better than any of the "professionals" in my mind atleast.
      I have thoroughly enjoyed the Adventures Of Thadeus and your other tales thus far, and they keep surprising me, also how flexible you are when taken into account half of them is us forging the narrative,
      I mean, we could have killed this entire series off a while ago by letting the Boy die, But we did not, and here we are.

  • @randomcenturion7264
    @randomcenturion7264 Před 3 lety +83

    Chaos can keep it's shitty Dark Powers. The Imperium has THESE glorious killing machines!

  • @JudicialBrat
    @JudicialBrat Před 3 lety +90

    *BREATHES IN* PURGGGINNGGG WITH MY KIIIN!!!

    • @CSSVirginia
      @CSSVirginia Před 3 lety +5

      I like the Templars, because they are absolute lunatics.

    • @Erreul
      @Erreul Před 3 lety +3

      THESE XENOS, THEY WILL NOT LIIIIVE

  • @riktor3005
    @riktor3005 Před 3 lety +227

    Inquisitor: I will shout my truth, the black templar's honor is worth nothing!
    Everyone Else: A certain inquisitor has a death wish.

    • @kerbe3
      @kerbe3 Před 3 lety +16

      Only a proper friend of an astartes can even hope to say such a thing and get away with it. Sort of like how Legolas is able to mock Gimli for his height.

    • @genericdreamers831
      @genericdreamers831 Před 3 lety +16

      Dark Angels: Let us show you how it's done.

    • @belorianuskane1952
      @belorianuskane1952 Před 3 lety +3

      @@kerbe3 Hmm, not likely that the friend would get away with his life. Accepting someone from outside the chapter to such a high rank (so to speak) as to be allowed to call an Astartes 'friend' means that the battle brother will stand in with his reputation and honour for the outsider. The friend stating something like the above would betray the trust and honour of the marine. Aside from disgracing the chapter and every last member of it. No, I think said friend would be dead as fuck regardless^^.

    • @kerbe3
      @kerbe3 Před 3 lety

      @@belorianuskane1952 If an Inquisitor says you are his friend, who's going to say it's wrong?

    • @mrandmrsjgonzales
      @mrandmrsjgonzales Před 7 měsíci

      templars@@kerbe3

  • @Born-Bitter
    @Born-Bitter Před 3 lety +175

    I have been trying to get back into shape (mid 40’s is no joke). I just can’t get going. Then a bad ass voice starts talking about, “TODAY I AM HIS SWORD...” and I find myself doing pull ups.
    Is Baldermort my motivational speaker?

    • @user-yq3fz9ch5q
      @user-yq3fz9ch5q Před 3 lety +2

      Juiced human=proto SM.

    • @Hekk.
      @Hekk. Před 3 lety +8

      Yes, if by motivational speaker you mean comissar

    • @user-yq3fz9ch5q
      @user-yq3fz9ch5q Před 3 lety +1

      @@Hekk. 🤔if there ANOTHER motivational speaker type.....😑

    • @daisho13
      @daisho13 Před 3 lety

      Mod 40s is no joke indeed. Strength, brother.

    • @tamkin007
      @tamkin007 Před 3 lety +2

      I warn all the 20 somethings once its gone its a bstard to get back in shape. My knees!

  • @djtambor3063
    @djtambor3063 Před 3 lety +51

    You underestimate how much rope we have!

  • @hios0661
    @hios0661 Před 3 lety +54

    NO PITY! NO REMORSE! NO FEAR!

  • @RunAndGun96
    @RunAndGun96 Před 3 lety +40

    That one neophyte that was beheaded by his cold eyed superior... wow, that puts the Black Templars zeal truly into perspective

  • @legokid1902
    @legokid1902 Před 3 lety +64

    Black templars are awesomeness, pure awesomeness.

  • @garrettlloyd8101
    @garrettlloyd8101 Před 2 lety +13

    When Balder said that he wrote that piece in the beginning I honestly was taken aback, it sounds as good if not better than something that would come from a Black Library author. Well done, our faithful Servant.

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  Před 2 lety +2

      I wrote all of the intro stories. Fast. Without redrafts. I don’t get the time. :(. It’s rough and ready only.

  • @robouteguilliman7019
    @robouteguilliman7019 Před 3 lety +63

    If they weren’t so effective as a fighting force I would have had their chapter censored for deviating from the codex in such a radical manner.

    • @notajalapeno4442
      @notajalapeno4442 Před 3 lety +2

      dose the codex sport this action

    • @emperorschampion8471
      @emperorschampion8471 Před 3 lety +10

      We still you it my lord. We wipe are asses with it

    • @cousinzeke4888
      @cousinzeke4888 Před 3 lety +2

      You can try.

    • @garouHH
      @garouHH Před 3 lety +6

      Some Inquisitors have tried to make a census of them, probably deeming it the only truly lethal bullet for a case against the Black Templars. These inquisitors had... unfortunate mishaps.

    • @lavatun
      @lavatun Před 3 lety +4

      Lord regent, please find corax..

  • @carlstanford7607
    @carlstanford7607 Před 3 lety +102

    Dorn and sigismund coming off as absolute legends in the heresy/siege of terra novels. Great vid brother

  • @warriorfire8103
    @warriorfire8103 Před 3 lety +33

    Was so engrossed in the story I had to close my eyes, just listen and enjoy.

  • @inquisitorgarza312
    @inquisitorgarza312 Před 3 lety +43

    To be the Emperor Champion is to be a paragon of the Imperium, a warrior without equal, and a true servant of the Emperor divine will. Many taken the title and many have served it well, and though the Sons of Rogal Dorn have received the title other Space Marines Chapters could technically received the title it they alone who had gotten their title more than other.

  • @mozxz
    @mozxz Před 3 lety +20

    I just started chanting, Sigismund, Sigismund SIGISMUND from the moment they took his helmet off, and then the text in the end, just a perfect way to convey it, since it would have been cheesy to say it out loud,

  • @kebr4723
    @kebr4723 Před 3 lety +91

    You're 'ham-fisted' attempts at writing are straight 🔥 Baldy. Keep up the stellar work.

  • @PressA2Die
    @PressA2Die Před 3 lety +32

    The Emperors Champion along with a venerable dreadnought where the two models which made me want to get into 40k all those years ago. Seeing them at a friends house owned by a bigger brother, not idea what they did but I was told they were the best things in the army so my little kid brain was like "wow"

  • @IonicBeard
    @IonicBeard Před 3 lety +19

    How, in The Emperor's name, are there any dislikes at all on the video?! This has been truly magnificent...

  • @trajanfidelis1532
    @trajanfidelis1532 Před 3 lety +16

    "Fall in neophyte! We're going crusading!"-Emperor's Champion Tanak Vaul, to new Black Templar.

  • @troystevens9506
    @troystevens9506 Před 3 lety +7

    I'm not a Warhammer player but I'm a huge fan of the lore and history behind it. Thanks in large part to you Baldermort. Never have I been so entranced by a person's voice and ability to tell such detailed and fascinating stories. Guess that actually makes me more of a Baldermort fan boy than a 40k fan. Your voice and ability is truly a gift from God. Thank you for all the work and effort you put into this endeavor. May the Emperor protect.

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  Před 3 lety +1

      And thank you for listening at all brother. A lot!!! :)

  • @republiccommando1164
    @republiccommando1164 Před 3 lety +46

    Jesus christ, cracking episode.

  • @Daimon-X
    @Daimon-X Před 3 lety +68

    ‘Cenric knelt, and prayed. There was nothing else. Only the movement of his lips and the beating of his hearts. The scent of incense drifted from the burning braziers across the plains before the fortress. He had kept his vigil through the chill night, till the crimson sun rose above Daronch and bathed the plains in bloody dawn. Like the spreading of great wings… A crimson angel, bearing the Emperor’s light in one hand, and death in the other. Her wings, burning sanguine glory, casting long dark shadows. Destiny turns about her. The Emperor spoke to him in visions such as these. On the eve of battle, at the moment of truth, He spoke. It had been so for the past five years of the Edioch Crusade. Cenric had fought for its forty-seven years, from neophyte to initiate… before he had been chosen, raised up as the Emperor’s Champion. Battle-brothers who had once stood shoulder to shoulder with him now looked to him in awe. Chaplains and Marshals clamoured for his guidance. Cenric ceased his prayer and rose to his feet. He checked the chains about his wrist, ensuring that they held tight to the shackled glory of the Black Sword, tracing his fingers along their links to the words etched onto the obsidian hilt. His name was engraved there, a binding the strongest chain could not match. He had not yet raised the blade in martial struggle, but soon. Soon it would taste blood and know battle. He would wield it as Sigismund had once wielded it, when he’d faced down the traitors before the Palace walls, when he had stood his long vigil before the gates of hell. Theirs was the legacy of heroes, the blood of crusaders. This is eternal, this duty. We cannot, will not, shirk from it. The mantra was like iron, a core of determination grounding his thoughts. He passed through the ranks of his brothers, where they knelt in obeisance before the Chaplains. Skull-faced warriors smeared ashen crosses upon the brows of the Templars, or flicked oil from sacred aspergills. Servitors stalked the ranks, their arms replaced by swaying auto-censers. This was war at its most sacred, its most perfect. ‘Brother!’ The voice rang out across the plain, like the hammer of inevitable artillery. Marshal Adelbert looked at him with muted concern. The warrior was unhelmed, his dark skin like carved wood beneath the beating sun. He was crowned with a simple circlet of bronze, the smooth metal riveted into his skull as a symbol of office. His armour was battered, lacking the true grandeur owed to him. At his side stood a neophyte, Baldwin, if Cenric was not mistaken, bearing the crusade banner. It fluttered in the wind, bathing the Marshal in its tattered shadow. ‘Does He speak, Brother Cenric? Does the God-Emperor bless this holy undertaking?’ Cenric nodded. ‘The Emperor speaks in His tongue of fire, scouring the unworthy and girding the faithful.’ ‘Glorious,’ Adelbert rumbled. He did not pry; he did not have to. Faith was its own reward. ‘He has spoken, and all that remains is for you to be the edge of His blade, His Champion.’ He placed his hand upon Cenric’s shoulder and leant in. ‘I know your pain, brother. The galaxy burns, and we fight alone. Unsupported. Ailing. Some would have me send word to the Helicos Crusade, to meld our strength.’ He shook his head, and Cenric could see the weight of his centuries of service press upon him. ‘While there is yet might in my body, we shall continue to do the Emperor’s work. The sons of Dorn do not turn from sacrifice. That is how the eternal crusade has endured, these millennia. That is how we have survived our own half a century of battle.’
    ‘The Reclusiarch stepped back to the altar as each Templar took deep breaths of the chemical-laden smoke, their lungs filling with the secrets encoded into its molecular arrangement. Only the genesmiths of the Eternal Crusader knew the origin of the incense, and only by their strange alchemy could it be rendered. Kul Gilad studied the men before him, each one shaped by thousands of years of history and lost arts of genetics. The best and bravest of the Imperium, the strength and honour of the past was carved into their very marrow. The fearful losses at Dantium had shaken them to their core, but this Crusade would be a chance for them to regain their honour, to prove their worth to the High Marshal once again and shake off the ill-temper that had settled upon them all. This deployment alongside the Adeptus Mechanicus was not punishment nor penance, but redemption. Ghostly images of mighty warriors shimmered at the edges of Kul Gilad’s vision, but he ignored them, knowing them for the narcotic phantoms they were. He would never again be touched by the visions, but one among his warriors would certainly feel the power of the Golden Throne moving within him. Who would be touched by the Emperor’s presence, he could not know, for none could fathom the complexities and subtle nuances of His will. Kul Gilad searched each man’s face for any sign of a reaction to the fugue-inducing mist, but he could see nothing beyond their stoic determination to commence this latest crusade into the unknown and reclaim their honour. When it began, it began suddenly. Varda rose to his feet, reaching out to something only he could see. His eyes were wide and his jaw fell open in wonderment. Tears ran down his cheeks as he wept at a sight of rapture or terror. Varda took a faltering step towards the altar, his hand grasping for something just out of reach.
    ‘I see...’ said Varda. ‘Its beauty is terrible... I know... I know what I must do.’
    ‘What must you do?’ asked Kul Gilad.
    ‘Slay those who have given insult to the Emperor,’ said Varda, his voice betraying a dreamlike quality to its tone.
    ‘I need to kill them all, to bathe my blade in the blood of the unclean. Where is my sword? Where is my armour...?’
    ‘They are here,’ answered Kul Gilad, pleased that it should be Varda who was chosen. He nodded to the figures lurking in the cloisters and they came forwards in pairs, one bearing a shard of battle-plate, the other empty-handed. They surrounded Varda, and piece by piece, stripped him of his armour until he stood only in his grey bodyglove. Even bereft of his power armour, the strength of his body was palpable. And as they had divested him of his old armour, now the figures attired him in his new warplate. As each portion of the gilded and artificer-wrought armour was fastened to his body, it seemed that Varda grew to fill its contours, as though it had been fashioned for him and him alone. At last he was clad head to foot in the ancient Armour of Faith, and all that remained to be fitted was his own ivory-wreathed helm. Varda reached up and slid the helmet over his head, clicking it into place and holding out his hands in expectation. ‘Arm him,’ said Kul Gilad, and the neophyte at his side moved to stand before the dazed warrior. Varda took a step towards the boy, who backed away in fear.
    ‘Quickly, boy! Give him the sword,’ snapped Kul Gilad. It was not unknown for a warrior in such a fugue state to slay any who came near him, believing them to be his enemies. Only the sword would bring them to their senses. The neophyte held the midnight scabbard out to Varda, who let out a shuddering breath as he knelt before the youngster. He cocked his head to the side as though seeing something more than a mere sword.
    ‘Give it to me,’ he said, and the neophyte held the scabbard out, hilt-first. Varda drew the sword, its eternally sharp blade utterly black and etched along its length with filigreed lettering in the curling gothic script of the Imperium. Its blade was long and heavy beyond the means of any mortal soldier to bear, the handle long enough to allow it to be wielded by one or two hands. Kul Gilad approached Varda and took hold of the dangling chain. He wrapped it around Varda’s wrist and fastened the fetter to his gauntlet.
    ‘The Black Sword is yours,’ said Kul Gilad. ‘It can never be loosed, never surrendered and never be sheathed without blood first being shed. Only in death will it pass to another.’ Kul Gilad placed his hand on Varda’s helmet.
    ‘Rise, Emperor’s Champion,’ he said…’

    • @BSOE3058
      @BSOE3058 Před 3 lety +2

      Hello there

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  Před 3 lety +14

      Perhaps I’ll just read out your comments one day. ;).

    • @BSOE3058
      @BSOE3058 Před 3 lety +4

      @@baldermort
      I'm suffocating from laughter,
      good one, sir

    • @guardianofthetoasters2323
      @guardianofthetoasters2323 Před 3 lety +8

      The level of detail is fucking amazing wtf?

    • @daviddickson412
      @daviddickson412 Před 3 lety +6

      Damn this was a good one. I actually had to pause the video because you drew me in with more blacktemplar story. Maybe a collaboration with Lord baldermort is in order?

  • @phrikaphrak40k
    @phrikaphrak40k Před 3 lety +11

    Blessed art they who don the armor of faith.
    Blessed art they who wieldeth the black blade.
    Ave Imperator
    Ave Imperator
    Ave Imperator
    -The Litany of the Emperor's Champion, Verses V-XI

  • @guardianofthetoasters2323
    @guardianofthetoasters2323 Před 3 lety +14

    I love despite how much they hate each other they some how manages to issue a duel and it was a duel nonetheless with little interference.

  • @litanyofhate9490
    @litanyofhate9490 Před 3 lety +13

    Black Templars the Emperor's BIGGEST Fist!!!

  • @trollsnrats
    @trollsnrats Před 3 lety +16

    So this is why I woke up with morning wood

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  Před 3 lety +6

      Morning glory is always good. ;)

  • @hitnfgsbluntd1194
    @hitnfgsbluntd1194 Před 3 lety +21

    Black Templar's are so overpowered, but I love it so much

  • @seandees3028
    @seandees3028 Před 3 lety +5

    Your "little tales" are some of the best 40k writing there is! The Black Library should be compiling your work to educate future generations of loyalists!

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  Před 3 lety

      It sounds a lot better than it reads. Trust me. I have to read this stuff. :). But thank you. A lot. :) :) :)

  • @0JouZ0
    @0JouZ0 Před 3 lety +25

    Just painting my indomitus box marines as black templars. After that i've got a box of firstborn assault marines that i got for my b-day to paint :D
    i guess i can learn the rules when all that is done ^^

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  Před 3 lety +7

      I was sooo going to go BT for my indomitus boxes. Then I realized I just qwould not be able to concentrate on them. So am considering adding them to my BA instead. A shame, but an army grows too fast if you let it. Better to have a huge BA army I reckoned. But I am soooo jealous you have them done. Not even base sprayed mine yet! (Time and weather) Curses! :)

    • @0JouZ0
      @0JouZ0 Před 3 lety +3

      @@baldermort BT were my favourite "chapter" and when I saw that indomitus was primarily melee focused i was instantly sold. Luckily here in croatia it was fairly easy to get the box from my local gaming store, so i didn't have to bother with fighting a horde of players to get one ^^
      I'll post pics on your fb page when they're done. I'm trying to go for gritty/dirty/battle worn look for the first time, so it might take a while :D

  • @tronus571
    @tronus571 Před 3 lety +11

    The Emperor's Champion was one of the first models I saw that really sold me on Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000. A beautiful work, and damn awesome to imagine striding across the field. Even though I didn't end up taking up Space Marines (I serve the Great Devourer), I always thought how much of a fine, understated centerpiece the Emperor's Champion would be for an army.
    The story and interaction between the Barbon and the Inquisitor at the end was very well done. Didn't tear tears from my eyes, but it was remarkably warm and fitting for such a lasting friendship. Well done, Baldermort.

  • @indybruining
    @indybruining Před 3 lety +7

    Actually shed a tear for Barbon at the end there. Hope he has the strength to do what is needed when the time comes.

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  Před 3 lety +3

      He will. I hope it’s not necessary. But that’s out of my hands. :)

  • @EvilBakaCat
    @EvilBakaCat Před 3 lety +10

    All aboard the crusade train! WOOT WOOT!

  • @tomsawyer5172
    @tomsawyer5172 Před 3 lety +5

    The confrontation between Thadeus and Barbon was shocking, well written and expertly narrated especially, another entry masterfully executed.

  • @dominickdambrosio783
    @dominickdambrosio783 Před 3 lety +4

    This is the only quote I can think of in relation to the emporers champion "A coward dies a thousand deaths, but the valiant never taste of death but once"'- William Shakespeare/Julius Caesar

  • @morningnapalm9963
    @morningnapalm9963 Před 3 lety +18

    Nobody:
    Black Templars: "You know what we need? *Another Crusade* "

  • @madlew2943
    @madlew2943 Před 3 lety +6

    Finally barbons back story , balders you truly are a blessing

  • @kaotickiwiops2676
    @kaotickiwiops2676 Před 3 lety +4

    Been waiting for this!!!! Thanks Baldermort!!!
    NO PITY!!!

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  Před 3 lety +1

      NO REMORSE!!

    • @kaotickiwiops2676
      @kaotickiwiops2676 Před 3 lety

      AND IN THE EMPERORS EYES AND HIS ENEMIES.......WE HAVE.......
      "NO FEAR"
      (this needs to go into a story 😁 a BT greeting or war cry)
      Currently listening to this in a committee meeting, and getting goosebumps. Need to get home asap to start on my Know No Fear box I picked up yesterday 🤦🏽
      A big Kia ora from New Zealand Lord Boldermort!

  • @JOSEsanchez-bw6ox
    @JOSEsanchez-bw6ox Před 3 lety +19

    Wait so baboon is now sigismund? Dam the story is deepening

    • @hammer1349
      @hammer1349 Před 2 lety

      In the time of greatest need, the greatest knight will return

  • @flare9757
    @flare9757 Před 3 lety +9

    As beautiful a gift as ever. Thank the Emperor for this blessing.

  • @standardissuecommissar210
    @standardissuecommissar210 Před 3 lety +26

    I think that story is now my favorite of all of them. A position previously held by the one at the beginning of your Adepta Sororitas video. Hail loremaster Baldermort!

  • @mattfritton4337
    @mattfritton4337 Před 3 lety +9

    Black Templar... Dare I say.... The fan favorites?

  • @AverageSizeTom
    @AverageSizeTom Před 3 lety +101

    So when are you releasing your voice audio books, you're lore is better then most 40k books

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  Před 3 lety +23

      lol. Thank you brother. But they sound so much better than they are. Trust me. I have to read them. : )

    • @AverageSizeTom
      @AverageSizeTom Před 3 lety +12

      @@baldermort humble as always old friend, you'll always have my backing and money if it comes to it. Keep up the great work for the Imperium.

    • @christophercunningham3679
      @christophercunningham3679 Před 3 lety +3

      I do not care about your pride just think of mrs B and any short ones in your responsibility. If only a small group of the internet are willing to give money for you time then it is good.

    • @dallasfargo7611
      @dallasfargo7611 Před 3 lety

      Do it as a anthology

    • @Theunislb
      @Theunislb Před 3 lety +5

      If you read the novels, and sell them as audio books , I'd buy em.

  • @paradoxdeslebens9577
    @paradoxdeslebens9577 Před 3 lety +21

    Ah,yes. I know this is going to be a good one. As all of your works are. Hope you stay safe in these time,fellow librarian. The Emperor protects!

  • @emperorschampion8471
    @emperorschampion8471 Před 3 lety +4

    The ultramarines may be able to speak to their primarch but I speak with the EMPEROR. I am his will

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  Před 3 lety

      Aye. Thank you EC. You really inspired me to try my hardest within my time limitations.

    • @emperorschampion8471
      @emperorschampion8471 Před 3 lety

      @@baldermort you dedication to your duty’s has been noted and I will pray to the emperor for your continued strength and fortitude

  • @archonofcommorragh1221
    @archonofcommorragh1221 Před 3 lety +10

    This was quite the production

  • @BohdanKaiba
    @BohdanKaiba Před 3 lety +17

    This was an amazing episode and clever twist, I like it.

  • @Khalith
    @Khalith Před 3 lety +5

    I know it’s fanfiction but I want more. I get invested in your narratives.

  • @EternalCrusader
    @EternalCrusader Před 3 lety +6

    As a Black Templars player this pleases my Crusader soul. For the Emperor!!

  • @chaplainludolus7180
    @chaplainludolus7180 Před 3 lety +9

    I have been waiting for this day with baited breath . now we can have a lovely video on the greatest of the chapter of the sons of Dorn and the knights of Sigismund ... The Emperor's Champion!

  • @georgebulbakwa9017
    @georgebulbakwa9017 Před 3 lety +11

    Fan fic or not, this has heavy impact. Excellent work, mate.

  • @wiccanthropy1956
    @wiccanthropy1956 Před 3 lety +5

    The truest sons of the imperium the first counter crusade issued from the breath of the first moments after the legion broke

  • @izaaklunaify
    @izaaklunaify Před 3 lety +8

    Now uncle. I have had a dream, pls give me a sword

  • @davidk6269
    @davidk6269 Před 3 lety +6

    Fantastic job! The Emperor clearly guides your quill. ; )

  • @jessezondlewski2597
    @jessezondlewski2597 Před 3 lety +2

    Lore master Baldemort. You are indeed gifted with the talent of voice. You brother would make a grand chaplain.

  • @magnaspacepanda6769
    @magnaspacepanda6769 Před 3 lety +2

    Super badass Baldermort for emperor!

  • @carlstanford7607
    @carlstanford7607 Před 3 lety +3

    Brilliant storytelling

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  Před 3 lety

      Thanks brother Stanford. All only possible due to people like yourself helping me . One of my first. Thank you! :)

  • @s071john2
    @s071john2 Před 3 lety +4

    (Edit, just finished the last half) Oh wow. I’m stunned. This may be one of my favorite 40K stories of all. Amazing, amazing work. I’m sitting here stunned.

  • @yourbuddyunit
    @yourbuddyunit Před rokem +2

    Well, it's CERTAINLY worthwhile to rewatch years later. It's like he knew baldy's true believers would come back here and find incredible value rewatching it, writing it with just enough suspense and mystery to be absolutely titillating to come back with the benefit of experiencing the future. Like a time traveler, observing the past with popcorn and tea.
    After finishing almost all his videos, I rewatch when I am curious about anything, and I find hidden jewels like Easter eggs in an old favorite video game. Thanks baldermort!

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  Před rokem +1

      🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

  • @MRHEEL-ys2rq
    @MRHEEL-ys2rq Před 2 lety +3

    Baldy never fails to captivate me simply with his voice

  • @TimMad42
    @TimMad42 Před 3 lety +6

    Another phenomenal intro story. My heart was racing and my attention magnetically pulled to the tale you were spinning. Its amazing every time.

  • @vukasika
    @vukasika Před 3 lety +3

    Good sir you are a master bard , a weaver of tales without parallel.

  • @judgestrix5106
    @judgestrix5106 Před 3 lety +3

    Lovely day for some purging

  • @gabrielolsson2033
    @gabrielolsson2033 Před 2 lety +3

    Your voice, writing and storytelling is golden! Stuff of legends.
    Thank you good sir!
    Cheers! :)

  • @heyitsj8934
    @heyitsj8934 Před 3 lety +4

    By the Emperor, brilliant narrative as ever my friend!

  • @bigdogdempsey605
    @bigdogdempsey605 Před 3 lety +3

    Omfg barbon in a reincarnation of sigismon FUCK YESSSSSSSS, you sir are a fandom wrighter that can move those to tears, thank you lord baldermort

    • @EpicMogi
      @EpicMogi Před 3 lety

      A perpetual! By the throne this mans works need to be cannon!

  • @WhateverMax117
    @WhateverMax117 Před 3 lety +8

    Honestly Baldy a 2 and a half hour video you have made my day nae my week! It's always good when you have a shite week at work and then near the end of it you get content from your favourite creator

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  Před 3 lety +1

      Sorry, brother. Its only just over an hour.

    • @WhateverMax117
      @WhateverMax117 Před 3 lety

      @@baldermort gotta love YT teasing me but over an hour is still amazing

  • @lordzetsumei
    @lordzetsumei Před 3 lety +3

    Listening to your videos forced me to find a game I could play as a space marine lol. I've got to adorn my armor as close to a Black Templar as possible. For the Emperor!!!

  • @robertf863
    @robertf863 Před 3 lety +2

    I drank every time he said “emperors champion”. I later had visions of a divine porcelain angel that washed away my demons.
    Emperor truly protects

  • @tonyfernandez223
    @tonyfernandez223 Před 2 lety +2

    Baldermort - wow what fantastic writing, speaking tone, and vivid imagery! I absolutely love this channel! Keep it up!!!!

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  Před 2 lety +1

      🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

  • @tmontgomery9255
    @tmontgomery9255 Před 3 lety +3

    Ah Black Templars the only chapter the Emporer has sent to anger management

    • @emperorschampion8471
      @emperorschampion8471 Před 3 lety +3

      It didn’t work

    • @EpicMogi
      @EpicMogi Před 3 lety

      @@emperorschampion8471 ohh no it worked, how to manage and focus anger to smite the enemies of the emperor’s holy light!

  • @SikenServent
    @SikenServent Před 3 lety +5

    Hell yeah perfect timing caught it right as it's starting

  • @traaaaan
    @traaaaan Před 3 lety +6

    The pictures are so badass

    • @fulcuoi3041
      @fulcuoi3041 Před 2 lety

      yeah the artworks pretty but I think the story was more fun and Baltimore delivery it's so good

  • @aronwhyte3758
    @aronwhyte3758 Před 3 lety +3

    Your stories are CANNON to me ;)

  • @Gunnberg85
    @Gunnberg85 Před 3 lety +2

    Well done, brother. Job well done!

  • @MrTrenttness
    @MrTrenttness Před 3 lety +2

    🔥🎸🔥
    Rock'n!!!!!

  • @DahLekKnight
    @DahLekKnight Před 3 lety +3

    The interactions between Master and "Understudy" echo through time. Amazing story, Baldermort!

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  Před 3 lety +1

      Aye. But the present Thaddeus is a LOT nicer to his own ‘boy’. :).

  • @diamondman0079
    @diamondman0079 Před 3 lety +2

    Those last 9 minutes, it makes my eyes swell with a pair of tears. The outrage, the anger, the hurt, and the sorrow. The desperate pleas for understanding, the worry, the bittersweet acceptance of what could be and of the separation of two friends, two brothers-of-circumstance. In a nostalgic remembrance, at last an olde weight is lifted off, with a new odyssey come

  • @DarkSeeded
    @DarkSeeded Před 3 lety +3

    Absolutely brilliant, those last few minutes in Barbons exchange with thee inquisitor isn't just well written, your inflection, your diction, your delivery is so precise and spot on that I found my self choking up even at work. Your story telling is nothing short of brilliant.

  • @txdino6063
    @txdino6063 Před 3 lety +3

    Bravo. Great performance.

  • @v_artra5399
    @v_artra5399 Před 3 lety +2

    I giggled a bit when the video got to the part about the Champion recieving his armor and holding the sword high. I kept thinking.. "And then he shouted with all his might, By the Power of the Emperor! I HAVE THE POWERRRRRRRRRR!" this was truly a glorious episode of Baldermorts story time. Excellent video and very worth the wait for a long video like this one! I hope you get a little rest after this Baldy! This one must have been some serious work!

    • @baldermort
      @baldermort  Před 3 lety +1

      lol. Why didn’t I think of that? Lol!!!!!
      Thank you brother. No rest for the wicked. Need to start in wolves. :).

  • @alphabarbs
    @alphabarbs Před 2 lety +1

    Oh Balders -
    I only found this today, and for reasons I cannot explain, I simply burst into tears.
    Dagnabit - I'm a Dark Angels fan, but this -
    This story is majesty, and might, and all that is great and good about 'the Hobby'

  • @PrimarisBlackTemplaDraven
    @PrimarisBlackTemplaDraven Před 3 lety +27

    Can you do Black Templar Dreadnought next time

  • @themerryharridan8409
    @themerryharridan8409 Před 3 lety +2

    The angriest of Dorn’s angry bois. Yessssss. Yessssssss. Others wear The Emperor’s Aquila for their protection, we do not. We are HIS!

  • @kisukeurahara9214
    @kisukeurahara9214 Před 3 lety +3

    That was well worth the wait ✊🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾

  • @blumiu2426
    @blumiu2426 Před 3 lety +3

    You need to write an unofficial story, Baldy. You have skills.

  • @zachthompson9976
    @zachthompson9976 Před měsícem +1

    Barbon will forever be my favorite space marine! Thank u for this amazing character

  • @ickywyrmwood1993
    @ickywyrmwood1993 Před 3 lety +1

    Well played sir. The scene of your tale was well complimented by your oratory. Well played sir..

  • @brokedude9999
    @brokedude9999 Před 3 lety +3

    I absolutely enjoy Your gift
    Woven from thru so many smaller tales, to such an altering crux point
    Well played sir
    Very well played in deed.
    The Grim Darkness may never have peace, yet only War
    But, You have given it hope as well
    :-)

  • @charlesparr1611
    @charlesparr1611 Před 2 lety +1

    The ending sent chills down my spine, having come to this after reading all of Tarquinus and Boy. I will say no further, but if you enjoy that story cycle, then you MUST finish it, what there is of it, before these last 15 minutes.
    You must

  • @Jelle1880
    @Jelle1880 Před 3 lety +2

    Ah man, amazing! Emperor's Champion being yeeted into a squad of traitors.

  • @michaelconklin6703
    @michaelconklin6703 Před 3 lety +2

    Glad I didn't miss it working yet

  • @LetholdusKaspyr
    @LetholdusKaspyr Před 3 lety +3

    By the God-Emperor, this tale...