LORE - Warhammer 40k Lore in a Minute!

Gonna get the new WARHAMMER 40K: SPACE MARINE? Bone up on Warhammer 40k's intricate lore, with the help of TotalBiscuit, in slightly over a minute!

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LORE - Warhammer 40k Lore in a Minute!

Our story begins with a god-like being of immense power known only as the Emperor uniting the warring factions of Earth and embarking on The Great Crusade to reunite all of mankinds lost colonies. He did this by creating 20 legions of post-human genetically engineered badasses known as Space Marines, each with an even more ridiculously OP Primarch to lead them. Unfortunately, the 4 Gods of Chaos who weren't really into that sort of thing intervened and scattered the Primarch's across the universe while still in their infancy. Rather annoyed by this, the Emperor lead the legions across the galaxy, reclaiming, subjegating or annihilating every world they could find, gradually picking up the lost Primarchs along the way. Eventually the Emperor decided there were more important things to do and retired from his career of galaxy plundering to go and muck about with ancient science back on Earth, leaving his favoured Primarch Horus in command of The Crusade. All was going well until the Chaos-tainted Chaplain Erebus engineering a plot in which Horus would also fail to Chaos. Already suffering from some pretty serious Daddy issues, Horus gathered half the Space Marine legions to his side and set about waging civil war against the Emperor. This conflict would be known as the Horus Heresy and culminated in a massive invasion of Earth. The Emperor, knowing that his forces were outnumbered and on the verge of losing the battle, teleported to Horus' flagship to engage him in mortal combat, but being a sentimental old sod, could not bring himself to kill his favoured son. Horus having no such qualms, beat the snot out of him. Finally seeing sense, the Emperor killed him with mindbullets and the loyalists were victorious. Near death, The Emperor was placed in a huge machine known as The Golden Throne which maintained his psychic essence at the bargain price of the souls of 1000 unlucky sods every single day. The Imperium fell into a state of technological regression and brutal dictatorship and for 10,000 years has been under siege from all sides by every single nasty the universe can throw at it. Basically life sucks, there is only war and you're probably going to get eaten by Tyranids, have fun.

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[theangusbugg]

Really? Really?!?! REALLY?!?!?!

Warhammer 40k was released a DECADE before Starcraft!

[Samaugsch]

Is it possible to be a khorne follower and NOT be pissed off all the time? Like enjoying spilling blood, but without necessarily being super angry while doing it.

[swacatastrofe]

go for nurgle, god of pestcilence, but also the god of life and laughter

[Jacob Bresee]

tard it's called a REFERENCE

[swacatastrofe]

did he say 'chaos tainted CHAPLAIN angron'?

[CastGamingVideos]

Funny because you are also wrong, Horus did know that the Ultramarines, Dark angels and Space Wolves were on their way but the Emperor did not know that they were...

[twopichu]

Has to be short.

[Matthew Stringer]

Kiyokofaith the reason he didn't say that is because this is lore in a minute and that would make the video to long. Your not the only one who knows about warhammer.

[KiyokoFaith]

God damnit dude, stop making these videos if you don't know what the fuck you are talking about.

Horus was LOSING. He had the upper hand in the small scale fight, yes, but the Emperor had massive fleets incoming. He knew he would lose, so he opened up the door for the Emperor, hoping to defeat him in single combat. The Emperor agreed to this invitation, because this was one of his own sons, and one he had trusted. He wanted to erase his own mistake, which he did indeed manage to do.

[Mrjmaxted0291]

If I remember correctly, the rip off chain is as follows: Bees and other hive insects > Xenomorphs > Tyranids > Zergs

[MegaHuskateer]

maybe hes to young to remember? Some people still do think that Warhammer copyed froms starcraft

[chickenpie4dead]

and milk for the knone flakes!!!