The Necrons, Slaves, Masters, Rebels, Invaders, Victims and Victimizers. Mechanical horrors with a tragic story. Intro by Henrik Sigeman / archwarhammer
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@thestabbybrit47987 жыл бұрын
Fucking genius line. "The Old Ones believed all life was sacred. The C'tan believed all life was delicious."
@Aizen24687 жыл бұрын
That quote had me in stiches XD Arch, your writing for your vids are fucking hilarious, good sir!
@giagarex6 жыл бұрын
TheStabbyBrit Same can be said for Tyranids
@thomastaylor6355 Жыл бұрын
Good one. I like your point
@Angel-wo8gv5 ай бұрын
16:17
@DTSephiroth4 жыл бұрын
"The C'Tans had absolutely no reason to suspect their mindless machine puppets would ever rise up against them. Imagine waking up one morning to discover that you've been taken prisoner by Lego figurines, and you'll have a rough approximation of the level of 'What The Fuck' the C'Tans experienced when the Necrons blasted them into star particles with big ass space guns." Pretty accurate.
@bigshirley8658 Жыл бұрын
Not accurate at all. We don’t fight wars alongside our Lego. A closer comparison would be service dogs or horse overturning us
@DTSephiroth Жыл бұрын
@@bigshirley8658 Except that the difference between a human and an animal is far less than the difference between the Necrontyr and a bloody STAR GOD. We're not gods compared to horses and dogs. Both can kill us relatively easily. A single Necron has no chance against a C'Tan. Also I don't believe the C'Tan were fighting alongside the Necrons in as much as they were just pointing them at their targets.
@Alex-br9bf Жыл бұрын
@@DTSephiroth 💯💯💯👍
@Venneroth7 жыл бұрын
Wait, hold on. So what you're essentially saying is that in order for the Necrons to effectively dominate the war against the Warp and psychic races, They Must Construct Additional Pylons?
@baker903386 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@barrybend71895 жыл бұрын
You need to build additional pylons. Every Protos ever.
@vexile125 жыл бұрын
I thought it was a StarCraft reference and i was right
@mastershake420195 жыл бұрын
In the pipe. 5 by 5.
@deadeyed3735 жыл бұрын
mastershake42019 I just had to explain this was an Easter egg from alien 2 into SC... One of my favorites as a Terran main :p
@dank_smirk2ndchannel2003 жыл бұрын
Lesson of this story: don’t be an asshole to those in need, even if you are a psychic frog-man.
@TheAlmightyPillock7 жыл бұрын
One this that I miss about the Necrons was the idea that every time they died and were repaired, a bit of their memories would get damaged, so those footsoldiers on the front line who have died thousands of times have almost nothing left of their old selves, while the leaders who stay away from the conflicts may have only died a dozen or so times and as such simply gained a few eccentricities. I always felt this gave them more of a continuing feel of death and them loosing themselves over time. It makes them feel even more sorrowful and sad to me, thinking that when they first woke in their new bodies they had all their memories, but as ages past each time they saw their friends becoming less and less themselves, and finding the price of their immortality was to cease to be who they were in both flesh and mind. Simply being turned into a mindless robot immediately feels a lot less impact full. Also gives them less of a feeling of declining over time which I used to like.
@eriktruchinskas37476 жыл бұрын
Jacob Gamm so basically going hollow in dark souls?
@metacritical425 жыл бұрын
@@eriktruchinskas3747 other way around
@pile-o-nonsense36885 жыл бұрын
Same with the sigmarines, but better.
@t.s.71664 жыл бұрын
You could combine old and new lore together for a nice little head canon
@robertnelson95994 жыл бұрын
That does sound a lot more tragic, I'm surprised GW didn't keep that canon.
@legionofthedamned1577 жыл бұрын
"I feel I must remind you that it is an undeniable, and may I say a fundamental quality of man, that when faced with extinction, every alternative is preferable." - Dr. Leonard Church
@alanmunilla71964 жыл бұрын
I got that reference
@supremecaffeine26334 жыл бұрын
@Jonathan Stiles climate changes, so what?
@robertnelson95994 жыл бұрын
Red vs Blue? I do not remember that quote.
@robkrieg83014 жыл бұрын
@@H-to-O climate change is inevitable, to be honest we should be changing the planet to suit our needs. For it to be a bit warmer isnt the worst thing. During warm periods on earth you humanity flourishes but during cold periods there is disease famine ect. The thing is we need to balance ourselves out. Soon enough we should be able to regulate our climate through terraforming so I'm not the biggest doomsday the sky is falling type when it comes to that. Think about a green Antarctica or sahara. In my opinion pollution in the form of plastic, soda cans, foam cups, oils and chemicals is the more immediate threat we need to get a handle on.
@Slechy_Lesh4 жыл бұрын
@@robkrieg8301 If Antarctica becomes green that means all its ice is in the sea. Which means flooding on an unprecedented scale.
@Volvith6 жыл бұрын
"... Often entirely stripped of certain emotions, you know, the useless ones, like love, compassion or mercy." I'd make a joke about this, but this being the WH40K universe, these emotions are literally useless as the entire universe is Super Saiyan Australia incarnate. Everything wants to instantly kill you, and the things that don't want to instantly kill you want to hurt you really really badly, and THEN kill you.
@singletona0825 жыл бұрын
And that's the things that don't want to mutate you into the servitude of entities that induce madness of one stripe or another.
@ABW9415 жыл бұрын
@@singletona082 Ah yes the well known 40Kchoice between instant death, fatal torture, and insanity. The tau maybe nicer, they will give you a job if you work for them, but they are fascists... like the imperium of man. But being a fascist in Wh40k is like being the good guys in a regular setting, since the Chaos Gods, the SM-Elves and the Tyranides are far worse than that.
@benito96355 жыл бұрын
@@ABW941 There is literally nothing wrong with being fascist, but aside from that, yeah tau are pretty cool
@streetwisehercules99564 жыл бұрын
Volvirth Arguably the emperors love for mankind as a whole is the motivation for his actions.
@mgc71994 жыл бұрын
@@benito9635 Yes there is. Fascist are impossible to live with. For the good of humanity, all fascists must die. SM-elves on the other hand...
@uhis16867 жыл бұрын
i dont know shit about warhammer and just stumbled across this video but damn this sounds like the biggest, most in depth universe ever created
@barrybend71895 жыл бұрын
2 years late but its very complex.
@inthefade5 жыл бұрын
Don't know if you went down the rabbit hole, but yes, it goes on and on and on. The Orcs are the funniest and silly - like, absolutely absurd - but there is some really great, sad, depressing, but also in some ways hopeful mythology in this fantasy universe. The Tau seem like a waste of time to me, but I love almost every other bit of lore.
@empresscleo13135 жыл бұрын
@@inthefade Fuck you I love tau 😠
@s.w.k.f.-nlmmdlessu40115 жыл бұрын
@@empresscleo1313 Give TAU some time and they might create an anime to light up 40k universe...
@empresscleo13135 жыл бұрын
@@s.w.k.f.-nlmmdlessu4011 YES, BIG TAU ANIME TEDDY 😈
@thewolfpack52907 жыл бұрын
I, for one, welcome our new necron overlords.
@theshinygoldenemperor24227 жыл бұрын
*Brandishes power sword*
@sunttu3337 жыл бұрын
HERESY
@Right-Wing-Meth-Squad7 жыл бұрын
its gross , its racist .
@theshinygoldenemperor24227 жыл бұрын
+Catasstrophy Except me. I'm too glorious and shiny.
@Right-Wing-Meth-Squad7 жыл бұрын
by the empraaa , did you wrote a fucking essay ?
@IamBlackToast7 жыл бұрын
And suddenly I'm struck with an image of Szarekh leaning out of his window, shouting like a madman at a gas cloud orbiting their murdersun.
@draochvar96463 жыл бұрын
@kkthxk judging by his model ... probably
@notinspectorgadget2 жыл бұрын
*old robot yells at c'tan*
@phreakazoith2237Ай бұрын
@@notinspectorgadgetCTan steals sun. Mayor offers sacrifice.
@loganmeyer92007 жыл бұрын
You know the necrons might be one of the only races in 40k I feel the most for. The guys only wanted to live without the fear of death from radiation only to be tricked into slaves. Who knows they may very well end up being the one race the Imperium might team up with when the tyranids eventually come.
@loganmeyer92007 жыл бұрын
Not so much unite more of just. Hey we don't shoot you don't shoot us ok good. Much like what you said with the blood angles i believe it was
@DaytonaRoadster7 жыл бұрын
shit i figure in the end it will be down the Humans and the Necrons against the Nids, and the Necrons want to get bodies back...considering the Nids want to consume all living material, this is a no brainer, they'd help the empire
@alyssinclair85987 жыл бұрын
+Brass 'n Barrels Firearms Channel the tyranids avoid necron worlds.
@DaytonaRoadster7 жыл бұрын
Mortato Doesnthaveasurname yep..even those fucking roaches know whos really in charge
@alyssinclair85987 жыл бұрын
+Brass 'n Barrels Firearms Channel I don't see why the necrons would care about they tyrannids then.
@matt62735 жыл бұрын
"Cadia's probably the most chaos-free planet in the system" *Pours out shot* "Never forget"
@cc-bk3tx4 жыл бұрын
Petulant man child can you please come back and lead the black crusades?
@ArchYouTube7 жыл бұрын
this one took forever to write! it deserves to be one of those random videos that blow up! join me in prayer to the bridge god to make it so, long may his structure stand!
@andorrotheinsane46047 жыл бұрын
All preise to the bridge god his rambler arch .... i know im gonna work forever in the salt mine but .... Is the imperator video gonna be next ( since you starter write it down)?
@alecnava54657 жыл бұрын
LONGER VIDS
@japeregrine15897 жыл бұрын
Praise to the bridge god who funnels our enemy's into mortar friendly clumps and foils our enemy's numeric superiority
@kolka1117 жыл бұрын
A lore video! All hail the might Arch :D
@ArchYouTube7 жыл бұрын
un-fucking-likely...
@NegaBot7 жыл бұрын
Deceiver was called "The Messenger" when he was messing with Necrontyr and other C'tan. His true name was only revealed later. I'm kinda sure this is a quite smart nod to Sauron from GW writers.
@kordelshorgar1227 жыл бұрын
i have always believe that the tyranids simply don't invade necron worlds because there is simply not organic life on them, they don't register life on the tomb worlds...
@kordelshorgar1227 жыл бұрын
i also believed that the necrons (not necrontyr because as you mentioned they interestelar travel kind of suck ) used high tech ftl that was not related to the warp
@Plankensen5 жыл бұрын
well. there is tomb-worlds that have life on them, quite a few .
@tzimiscelord84835 жыл бұрын
@@Plankensen you're not wrong, as a matter of fact I believe gorkamorka is a tomb world
@Keyce00135 жыл бұрын
@@Plankensen Some tomb worlds regained life. Many of them are dead, which are the ones the Tyranids avoid. I think it might just be because the Tyranids sense that there is nothing to devour.
@apotheosis1405 жыл бұрын
I think that it’s more that the Tyranids know that they would never win attacking a Necron tomb world. As the Nercrons are actively trying to wipe out all of the Tyranids so they can have bodies they can inhabit again.
@Stinker45837 жыл бұрын
Basically the old ones refusal to share their knowledge with the Necrontyr screwed the entire galaxy forever... Good job.
@drarsen335 жыл бұрын
Seing that they created the Eldar I must say...like father like son.
@thiswebsitesucksTBH5 жыл бұрын
Hello I am a C'tan, I wish to parlay with you. Okay, what's your name? Oh...The Deceiver... ...
@Sorain15 жыл бұрын
"People call me a lot of things and the most jerkish of them accuse me of being 'The Deceiver' but I've decided to own that, so it won't constrain me." Notice the actual meaning of what is said here. Yeah, The Deceiver is smooth but not brilliant.
@TheNamelessScholarOfficial4 жыл бұрын
It's full name is Mephet'ran the Deceiver right? The Necron Codex states Mephet'ran means "The Messenger" in Necron Language.
@AZTigerMMA4 жыл бұрын
Alex Martinovitch haha fool me once , shame on me
@philippfelixkerberbomm8323 жыл бұрын
He had this title previously of the parlay or got the title After it ?
@veil.of_maya3 жыл бұрын
@@philippfelixkerberbomm832 After
@aecides32035 жыл бұрын
Necrons: We hate the old ones because they won't cure the ailments that we can cure ourselves, but refuse to because it will make us too different from our ancestors. C'tan: We can use our god powers to remake your bodies not just without their ailments, but as vastly enhanced super soldiers. You just need to walk into this friendly 'Furnace Temple' (because your people have only ever had good associations with 'intense heat') and then you'll finally be able to continue the war with those guys who have gone out of their way to leave you alone throughout your entire history, including after you tried to exterminate them. Necrons: K then, seems legit.
@notinspectorgadget2 жыл бұрын
By the time the Necrontyr walked themselves into those soul-rending easy-bake ovens, they weren't really in a position to choose one option or the other, also the Necrontyr who got turned into unliving automatons were not the same ones that first got off of their godawful planet... heck they were probably thousands of generations apart from those first explorers.
@KingQwertzlbrmpf2 жыл бұрын
It's not like the C'tan overly advertised the whole "you'll be turned into essentially mindless slaves entirely different from your original selfs" part. They simply told the Necrontyr "We'll cure you". The C'tan didn't exactly lie, but they withheld some rather important pieces of information about HOW they planned on curing the Necrontyr. Also, at that point in Necrontyr history they didn't really have many options. They are in a civil war for dwindling ressources on a dying planet in constant pain and they just came out of a large scale war against the old ones, the ones that COULD have helped them but refused to do so. And in that situation the C'tan came to them and told them "we can solve all of these problems for you in one go." And it's not even that the ruling triarch just jumped at this chance with no though whatsoever. Remember that they took an entire year to come to a conclusion. The ruling triach absolutly knew that the C'tan were going to fuck them over, they just underestimated just how much the C'tan were going to fuck them over.
@gustadood91666 жыл бұрын
The Adeptus Mechanicus would be super jealous of these guys if they weren't filthy Xeno technology.
@TheNamelessScholarOfficial4 жыл бұрын
The Inquisition gave them an exception to reverse engineer Gauss weaponry. They failed miserably.
@colinsmith14953 жыл бұрын
They're basically AI now, which is explicit heresy to the Adeptus Mechanicus.
@ClaimSuit2 жыл бұрын
Nah, the adeptus is too busy learning from old memes on how to use toasters right now. Give it another few centuries
@MegaKossak7 жыл бұрын
Damn, the Necrons must be the most tragic race of 40k.
@Ladazotz6 жыл бұрын
Honestly I think the eldar are more tragic. Yeah the necrons got a bad lot in life but the fall tho, what's worse? starting with nothing and gaining nothing or having literally everything and losing it in the most spectacular fashion. And creating a sadistic deity that gets dibs on your soul when you die to boot
@ekulerudamuru6 жыл бұрын
Spook Space such is the tale of Fallen Empires..if the Imperium don't get its shit together their next..though I agree with the OP Necrons are the most tragic race in 40k the Necrontyr was denied by the Old ones they then turn to the C'tan but they betrayed them..the Eldar had it coming to them, they have everything but squandered it just to feel new experiences..
@VerdeMorte6 жыл бұрын
Claystead PLEASE TRANSLATE CANNOT UNDERSTAND
@JohnDoe-fc4pd6 жыл бұрын
What could possibly be more tragic than falling into the heretical clutches of the Archenemy? Your heresy has been redacted. BLAM!
@rustkarl5 жыл бұрын
Agreed. The argument could be made that the Eldar have it worse but I find it really hard to think it tragic when they murderfucked their empire to its downfall. The Necron/tyr started with nothing and clawed their way to make a life worth living, when a way out was offered they took the relief. Only to get screwed over when another race simply had it all. Immortality and prosperity and the means to save them. The Eldar abused their prosperity to such excess that they hoisted their own petard. It’s a similar reason as to why I liked Angron: He started with nothing and strove against his fate.
@LeviPaladin6 жыл бұрын
Those warp dampening pylons might come in handy if you wanted to give the Emperor a break to reincarnate or something...
@grazzer885 жыл бұрын
I think the problem is not that the Emporer would have issues with the warp, the Black Library books describe the Emporer as having literally wrestled against the biggest "gods" within the warp and taunted them during his "outer body experiences". The issue is that it would take him several decades to reincarnate and there's no telling if that is all it would take for the human race to snuff it under current circumstances.
@MajinOthinus4 жыл бұрын
@Jonathan Stiles Unless they somehow get Magnus on their side.....
@chuckbuck50024 жыл бұрын
@grazzer88 I think that the empower is beyond saving as their may not be anything left to come back I like the idea of another group of psyches merging their souls together in the same way that the shamans did to create the emporer
@caav564 жыл бұрын
Or the Dark Throne - a unique World Engine from the Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2. Does not have a lot of weapons, but possesses a gigantic Pylon device, which, in the Necron ending, closes the Eye of Terror for good.
@lamb_link3 жыл бұрын
Gonna be real, I’ve used this video to get to sleep on difficult nights for a few years now. Thank you, arch.
@blackwatertv70187 жыл бұрын
"To the old ones all life no matter how violent and wretched was scared, to the ca'tan all life was delicious" Arch 2016 My sides
@ls937807 жыл бұрын
Undead space Egypt!
@juanpablomontalvo47157 жыл бұрын
Are robots undead?
@wayoftheblue15287 жыл бұрын
Pretty much reanimated corpses, if you think about it.
@NalophelnAkallabeth7 жыл бұрын
+Juanpablo Montalvo The Necrons were once living things which now "live" again thus they are technically undead.
@MrCookie05107 жыл бұрын
At lest it's better then "terminators in space".
@chrisproost72906 жыл бұрын
Did somebody mention the Chaos 'android' figures from Space Crusade...?
@commissarkordoshky2196 жыл бұрын
"Imagine waking up one morning to discover you've been taken prisoner by LEGO FIGURINES and you have a rough estimate of the level of "WHAT THE FUCK!?" the C'tan felt as the Necrons blasted them into star particles with big ass space guns." Best. Comparrions. EVER!! My fav part hands down.
@Edmar_Thorn5 жыл бұрын
"These pilons by the way are the main reason why the Cadian gate can exist so close to the eye of terror..." "Ironically, Cadia is one of the most Chaos free planets in the imperium." No longer... The planet broke before the guard did!! XD
@debbiebernhardt3742 Жыл бұрын
The pylons were reactivated by those desperate for stopping chaos.
@blaster234567 жыл бұрын
Nothing warms my heart more then the cold bodies of undead killer robots.
@IshanDeston7 жыл бұрын
In regards to Tyranids designed by the Old Ones and that being contrary to the Old Ones Philosophy of maintaining all live. The Tyranids store all genetic information of the stuff they eat. They are essentially a big Genetic Databank, using whatever they have eaten in the past as a means to prevail in the future and as such you could assume the Tyranids function not only as fire line, depriving the Necrons of the resources and starving them out, but they also store the stuff they eat. It could be very likely that the Old Ones had a means to turn the Tyranids into reverse. If you assume the Tyranids not only store the genetic material but also the location where they got that material from, its entirely possible to have the tyranids return to that place and plaster the place with the exact genetic make up they had previously absorbed, thus reseeding the entire planet into its original form and since the Tyranids collect biomass, nothing really gets lost in that process. Just have to keep the Tyranids away from the Necron.. the Tyranids collect all the Necron's food and wait until they starved, and then go back and reseed the planets with what they had collected.
@Sara33467 жыл бұрын
Or at least that was the plan.
@toothless4207 жыл бұрын
I guess it is a loophole to the not destroying the life. It is not destroyed it is still there just in a bit different shape.
@toomanyaccounts7 жыл бұрын
except that the storing is done a hive level so if you wipe out the hive then all the supposedly stored genetic info is lost for good
@grandheresiarchdave32627 жыл бұрын
It'd make them the entire plot of Halo as they'd be The Ark, The Flood, and The Halo Rings at the same time.
@NetMoverSitan7 жыл бұрын
I'm guessing that a Tyrannid Lore video is next...that doesn't involve their equivalent of Titans.
@Akehiko_Urabaya7 жыл бұрын
Don't see the old ones thinking all life is sacred while pointing a middle finger at a dying and scarse race.
@deceptivelysmallman4 жыл бұрын
I think its more that they judged the Necrontyr, and all other sub-Old One races, unworthy of their limitlessly powerful technology. They might have ulterior motives and turn on the Old Ones and destroy them. Which happened.
@sethgilcrist80884 жыл бұрын
The love and death of all living things is scared we must not tamper with them as it would change who they are as a species it is there very nature for them to die and that is how they have evolved to love in die in this world. Think of it as that what's you may call it the star treks prime directive. Who care if there going to be there planet up we can't interfere with them they haven't reached a high enough tech level
@bojansarkanjac9833 жыл бұрын
@@sethgilcrist8088 well, all that moral high ground put them in quite the spot now did it
@sethgilcrist80883 жыл бұрын
@@bojansarkanjac983 yes yes it did
@internetenjoyer10446 жыл бұрын
i know people hate matt ward but he made the necron lore so much more interesting than mindless robot slaves
@texasallstar69696 жыл бұрын
They pretty much are mindless robot slaves.
@whiteeye95842 жыл бұрын
but not cool
@duckman125697 жыл бұрын
"The only way to stop the flood, is to starve them to death" - Cortana, 2552
@kingcfc17 жыл бұрын
Best race in the whole game
@CommanderM1177 жыл бұрын
indeed
@TorricRoma5 жыл бұрын
I sense heresy
@mhalliastrae4 жыл бұрын
i see you're an overlord of culture as well
@dexybanez25184 жыл бұрын
*BY THE EMPEROR*
@daan6264 жыл бұрын
kingcfc1 I don’t know they seem so boring compared to orks and the imperium. They basically have no feelings. That’s so not interesting. I like even mindless tyranids more because of the total apocalyptic attacks
@AgeofGuns4 жыл бұрын
Ah the necrons, they're just Tomb Kings with off switches.
@th3lightspor3457 жыл бұрын
arch I am so happy you uploaded in the middle of my most boring class
@robertkluck15107 жыл бұрын
get back to work on that essay you guttersnipe
@robertkluck15107 жыл бұрын
You can watch videos any time, you only have one chance to do well in school and be successful
@khaorix26677 жыл бұрын
What the hell are you doing in class in August anyways? Either we Frenchmen are lazy as fuck, or you just have too short a schoolday.
@th3lightspor3457 жыл бұрын
+Khaorix nah it started August tenth, it is my last year but still I don't want to be here
@mikea23637 жыл бұрын
+TH3LIGHTSPOR3 august tenth!??! what kind of summer vacations end so soon!
@Gauntlet12127 жыл бұрын
A plus for your theory: The old ones favoured life, true, but the tyranids conserve all life in a way through them "saving" all genetic information of the races they consume in their collective gene pool. All races the tyranids consume aren't extinct but live on in the tyranids.
@Balty_Burnip6 жыл бұрын
That's not how extinction works. We have genetic code of Mammoths, but they are still extinct.
@ronnibech33765 жыл бұрын
except we "could" recreate mammoths from those genetic code. how easy is determind how much of the code is complete or needs to be filled out with well elefant or other type of similar sequences. Ethics is where "why/Why not" comes in... Should we recreate somthing ? it may not fit and die again simply because what they use to eat is not here anymore. And as well as "creating" life is against several religions. So goverment doing this might find themself isolate in the world afterward.
@elvirjade47425 жыл бұрын
Except we can not. DNA deteriorates
@alex20na4 жыл бұрын
@@elvirjade4742 We can't, we can't create new life, except...we are talking about Old Ones here, which should be a piece of cake for them.
@ashwinsubramaniyan83492 ай бұрын
Your comment is like saying the person who steals your money is not a thief but he keeps your money intact with him lol.
@DustinBarlow8P5 жыл бұрын
My LEGOS watched this video and now hold me prisoner! Somebody help me!!
@Self-replicating_whatnot4 жыл бұрын
If they still allow you to visit the Internet it can't be that bad...
@MultiVulture4 жыл бұрын
@@Self-replicating_whatnot they force him to play fallout 76, watch T-series and read buzzfeed.
@hatework42824 жыл бұрын
Proof there are Fates worse than death.
@Chris-jw8vm4 жыл бұрын
18:24 She is a woman of great wisdom.
@StepBackHistory7 жыл бұрын
It seems that the designers took a lot of hints from the ancient egyptians for the Necrons and Necrontyrs such as the pyramids and their spiritual life.
@emileriksen24817 жыл бұрын
Nothing get's by you two, huh.
@Noobatron-cc7ff7 жыл бұрын
+Emil Vang Shhhhhhhh..... Their eyes need to be opened slowly for if to quickly, well it will lead to HERESY!
@davecallanan60047 жыл бұрын
in universe it's actually the other way round. Some Necrons were left awake to guard the tomb worlds, for 60 fucking million years that's dedication for you, and eventually some decided to travel the galaxy and basically export Necron traditions to other races in case they got wiped out.
@TheRenegade07127 жыл бұрын
Warhammer 40k was made after fantasy. GW most likely just wanted an equivalent to their Tomb Kings, that would fit in their new setting. The result, Egyptian Skeletons became metal Egyptian Skeletons in Space.
@risa1234567897 жыл бұрын
GW imitating existing history and cultures? Naaah. TBH, first time I saw the Warhammer Fantasy map I laughed my ass off :D
@zacharypederson68167 жыл бұрын
When he said "angrier star" I just pictured earth, but the sun just continuously shouts obscenities at everyone and everything on earth...
@08ehrman Жыл бұрын
I imagine the necron communicating at first with the C'Tan would be like a human communicating with a black hole.
@wolffepaint31836 жыл бұрын
Dude this is perfect to have on when you paint, you know the lore so well it felt like I was listening to a warhammer historian. Great video!
@barryhill28367 жыл бұрын
Arch PLEASE make a Tyranid Lore video!! I feel like there's so much blank space in their Lore. So much room for theories and such.
@sleipnirodin28813 жыл бұрын
Especialy since in the old Necon lore, one of the C'Tan could absolutly be in the command of one Hive Fleet... [ *YES,* i still want to know where this will lead us GW! ]
@yuphine90015 жыл бұрын
I just want too mention this for anyone who’s into conversions, in the lore, it is possible, for a Necron lord too become overtaken by the destroyers madness, modified, then infected by the flayer virus... same goes for his tomb guard... you can have a whole unit of flayed one destroyers armed with war scythe, in a whole army of flayed ones... This must be made real!
@Nieumarlamalpa7 жыл бұрын
I like how you didnt start with the space marines, by that i mean there are already other lore vids about them and i want to know about the xenos! so thanks arch and keep it up!
@wolvensoul91477 жыл бұрын
It also makes sense to start with necrons, they are a very old race from what i understand. Older then the Eldar in fact.
@thobsandst7 жыл бұрын
They are. The eldar was created/evolved to fight the Necrons.
@joelritter13367 жыл бұрын
Can somebody please explain to me how these videos are so good despite me already knowing everything he's talking about. What kind of warpcraft is this!
@Eucep4 жыл бұрын
Personality of the person you are listening to. It's why 50 shades of grey read by Gilbert Gottfried is so much more entertaining then the original book. If only that you can imagine Iago reading the book. :D It turns a turd into gold.
@bryanFDNY7 жыл бұрын
So excited when I saw that you uploaded a full length 40k Lore video, these are soooo good, the level of research is insane, plus your great narration makes these arguable one of the best lore type video's on the medium.
@balzarharry7 жыл бұрын
+Arch Warhammer I really appreciate your lore series. I think it's one of the best on YT. I was really intimidated by the volume of the 40k universe. Just wanted to say thank you.
@0157140167 жыл бұрын
Would be interesting if you were to do the heretical pre-retcon lore for the Necrons. I like that way more than the current one. A bit more menacing and less space mummies.
@alexkaplan65817 жыл бұрын
1:45 necron deathmarks, immortals, lychguard, and cypteks also have some personality.
@ecliipse9966 жыл бұрын
This is the reason why the necrons are my favourite warhammer faction
@karltannerofginalley14287 жыл бұрын
Your videos have me entranced, you're not telling me a whole lot I didn't already know, but for some reason, listening to you telling the story is so compelling, I could listen to you all day. Great work.
@laurie11837 жыл бұрын
The necrons all waking up at different times is actually really easy to explain. Depending on how efficient the stasis fields are then the difference between when the necrons in World A pressed the 'nap time' button and when the necrons in World B pressed the same button then they could be split up in awakening even if it was just by seconds and the fields were set to the same times.
@osiris71275 жыл бұрын
So to sum up. Necrons - hey you guys think you can help us out? We really need aid here and we would be grateful if you helped us. Old ones - I got a better Idea! how about fuck you? some time passes Necrons - NO U!
@CharlesUrban6 жыл бұрын
The Enslavers must have been the Warp's twisted reflection of the Old Ones' admiration for all forms of life. It must be why they were full-fledged "life forms" as well as proto-Daemonic creatures that came from the Warp.
@timriggs087 жыл бұрын
Glad to see such an expansive lore video on the Necron, thanks Arch!
@Uploaded19957 жыл бұрын
A great video Arch! Your humor and thorough explanation creates a great mix that holds ones attention. There's a lot of information provided in all your videos and it helps people like me understand the Warhammer Fantasy and 40k universes a lot more easily.
@dueces21497 жыл бұрын
Finally a proper arch video longer than 30 mins :D
@malcolmkiddle20307 жыл бұрын
Arch, I'm curious about Necron stasis fields versus Imperial ones. According to your video, Necrontyr stasis fields do not cease the flow of time, but simply slow it down. Do Imperial stasis fields behave in a similar fashion? Specifically, does the stasis field encompassing the still-live-body of Roboute Guilliman behave similarly? If so, then perhaps that could explain why his wounds appear to be healing over time?
@mateuszstaniszewski91417 жыл бұрын
Loved the video. This was literally the first time I sat and and just listened to non moving video for almost an hour. Thanks for providing interesting info I would't have the stomach to look for myself!
@SmalltimeDog7 жыл бұрын
Yeah Arch, love your lore videos. Always a good day when you put one out. Thanks for the hard work, it is appreciated.
@bigboy84213 жыл бұрын
It just hit me, basic necron soldiers and civilains are just like the rubric marines
@vemethh31107 жыл бұрын
I thought the deceiver was known by many names (mainly the messenger) among the necrontyr and the title "deceiver" was only known after its treachery was revealed
@mleviah10924 жыл бұрын
I just recently discovered your channel and Iam amazed. Thanks for all your good work!
@lizr84529 ай бұрын
I always felt that the old ones created the Tyranids as a kind of seed bank, or that they were designed by the Necrons as a force to eat the fodder from which the immaterial universe would seep; life itself.
@tpemp8 ай бұрын
the necrons would definitely not create such a thing as they have a natural desire to return to the flesh and therefore need sentient humanoids to put their minds into.
@shockjockey167 жыл бұрын
Arch I can safely say you are the best Warhammer channel on KZfaq, and I know of a fair few. Just a quick request.......... Can you please do a Lore video on the Dark Eldar? I know I've asked before, but I just wanted to remind you;)
@lithuaniantroll81467 жыл бұрын
all I can say when I see a new arch video: AAAAAHHHHH YYYYEEEEAAAA
@Gordon5197 жыл бұрын
FUCKING FINALLY!! oh and might i add.... "we must construct additional pylons"
@fastsnail90123 жыл бұрын
thanks for being a video to listen to to fill the empty void of silence in my life
@boneman-calciumenjoyer82902 жыл бұрын
Are you alright man?
@maxgillatt42777 жыл бұрын
Wait wtf?! Old ones made Orks? Love life my ass...
@lucasbeck13914 жыл бұрын
They were getting buttfucked by the ctan and necrons
@wolfmanhcc4 жыл бұрын
Orks iz da life of da party.
@jamesbenedict75164 жыл бұрын
Old ones made Korks. Then the Korks devolved into orks. Korks are well..... Lets say... More diplomatic and intelligent than the orks.
@edgarallenpo83304 жыл бұрын
They all knowing genius forgot to put a fucking OFF switch on them.
@jackgleeson83217 жыл бұрын
this video made my day.
@tommys_hobbies7 жыл бұрын
1000th like for this video and it is thoroughly deserved. Keep up the excellent work, Arch. Your lore videos are outstanding.
@Neeverseen7 жыл бұрын
Man, your videos are so cool. Thank you so much for the effort.
@TecknoNinja7 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah! now your talking about my favorite group of badguys the Necrons. it was actually my choice race i was going to use but the place which i was going to play got shut down so i never was able to build my army of Necrons.
@DaytonaRoadster7 жыл бұрын
Arch Senapi, for your next video, i request the lore of....MATT WARD! As he has returned to GW to forever destroy our collective buttholes and bring the end times, you should shine some light on the spiritual liege
@phinix2507 жыл бұрын
How dare you mention the 5th Chaos god, the destroyer of FLUFF! YOU HERETIC!
@theeternalchronicler30727 жыл бұрын
Matt ward must be talked about the new fans must know his sins
@MisterFeanor7 жыл бұрын
I always though C.S Goto as a much worse fluffs writer than Ward, at least his codex are coherent and balanced against each other.
@phinix2507 жыл бұрын
C.S. Goto :- "you get a multi-laser, you get a multi-laser, every one gets a multi-laser!"
@atgod67 жыл бұрын
MATT WARD LORE !!!!!
@spartandud33 жыл бұрын
"It would be like crossing the Pacific Ocean in a row boat." Polynesians: Are we a joke to you?
@roguepsykerhaaker48133 жыл бұрын
yeah the polynesians were badass
@CheeYiChan7 жыл бұрын
Arch you're just a legend at this! I love your detailed and storied videos, prefect just prefect bruh
@CheeYiChan7 жыл бұрын
btw, long time viewer first time commenting. This video deserves a commendation!
@willthegamer19147 жыл бұрын
Been waiting for this video, favorite race in Dawn of War :3
@jack5001ful4 жыл бұрын
This lore makes you feel a little pity for the necrons when you think about it because the circumstances that made them violent and crazy was just their desperate unfortunate reality.😢
@matthewgillaspy017 жыл бұрын
Another awesome lore video. Thankyou for publishing content!
@f.powell87245 жыл бұрын
When everything fucks you over so you go to sleep, and when you wake up everyone has fucked over themselves and each other: Necrons: “I see this as an absolute win!”
@mikevasquez11035 жыл бұрын
How exactly did the Necrontier not evolve the necessary biology to survive and eventually thrive ON THEIR OWN HOMEWORLD?! They basically suffer in their ancestral biosphere for the sake of plot.
@caav564 жыл бұрын
My headcanon is that, originally, their star was more-or-less fine. It's when it's started going to shit for one reason or another (maybe because of C'tan) they've began to suffer.
@isaiahzayas8865 жыл бұрын
Damn legos
@morphman866 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this video. It's been very informative and entertaining.
@chengyuanwang87057 жыл бұрын
Just finished my dissertation, I don't know why but Arch's lore videos can help me concentrate, even work better than those essay musics on KZfaq. SUBSCRIBED
@christophersmith88486 жыл бұрын
I thought that, since Necrons were soulless, Warp magic was totally useless against them? Or am I just being stupid?
@popeallahsnack-bar98043 жыл бұрын
I mean, no amount of souls can save you from having every one of your atoms tipped apart via the power of the warp.
@BaronLarke7 жыл бұрын
Terrifying thought - if the Necrons simply want organic bodies to live in, a decent Arch-Heretek with a mastery of human cloning could create Necro-Sapiens. Humans with Necron technology, as an enemy of the Imperium of Man? I'd put my money on the IoM, but if it happened between the death of the Emperor and the Birth of the Star Child, then Human, Necron and Eldar could all be one species (oh the shadenfreude on that realisation), guarded by a Warp God. That would quite literally be the most terrifying force in the Universe. Space Marines backed by Necron tech and Eldar-Human Psykers? Chaos may not get to stay in the Warp very long!
@lucasbeck13914 жыл бұрын
pariahs?
@sethgilcrist80884 жыл бұрын
Then add in the fact that you have the Death Korps of krieg get them kitted up to a Necron/elder level and fuck the space Marines they'll take over the Galaxy for you because krieg..... Krieg raises armies and they Have taken down chaos Space Marines even gone toe to toe with the forces of chaos armed with only a semi automatic flashlight ( #96 Lucius pattern) and shovel oh and with no body armor.
@kanevivi4 жыл бұрын
@@lucasbeck1391 yeah I noted a absence of the fact they literally implanted tech in organics that millennia later can still be used to make strong soldiers.
@Krysnha7 жыл бұрын
thanks for uploading about one of my favourite races
@ergoproxy24617 жыл бұрын
Arch you are simply the best! Please continue to make a video like this!
@KnightsWithoutATable7 жыл бұрын
C'Tan are not able to be destroyed by mortal means? After trapping one in a tesseract vault toss the vault into the super massive black hole at the center of the galaxy. The stasis field would let you get it close enough to get it in before it could use its powers to get away. Yes, it would get out as it was pulled into the accretion disk and get plenty of plasma to nom on, but it would not be able to gain enough energy to stop it from passing the event horizon and experiencing the relativistic time dilation that would be much like the box it was in before. Finally it would be speghettified and deposited as a thin layer on the singularity. The Hawking Radiation would contain a record of the C'Tan, but the energy would have been transformed through gravity into another form entirely. Like running an animal through a blender. You could tell a lot about it from the remains, but the bunny isn't running around the garden anymore. C'Tan eat stars, so they are made of stars. Black holes eat galaxies. Maybe the Necron didn't think to try this because they didn't understand the nature of black holes? When dealing with super powerful aliens, do what Doctor Who would do.
@elmobarrethawk35667 жыл бұрын
are there even black holes in warhammer?
@KnightsWithoutATable7 жыл бұрын
There should be at least one at the center of the Milky Way since 40k takes place in the future of our world.
@OnlyDeathIsEternal7 жыл бұрын
I guess there are. But I assume GW replaced them all with warp rifts.
@Vermoin7 жыл бұрын
C'tan have complete control over the material realm: They CREATE blackholes. Tossing them into one is basically like giving them a steak dinner.
@SophiaAstatine5 жыл бұрын
@@KnightsWithoutATable Assuming the WARP doesn't break General Relativity. Which I think it might, as it allows the exchange of information above the causal limit.
@isaacsorrels40777 жыл бұрын
I very much hate the idea that the Tyranids were created by the old ones. the Tyranids are my favorite part of 40k because if how mysterious and indescribable they are. basically they are an example of how strange and scary the rest of the 40k universe is outside if the milky way galaxy. explaining their existence as a weapon created by the old ones is too easy and frankly really boring. I feel that the scale of 40k doesn't fit well with every little thing g revolving around one big event like the war in heaven.
@Eucep4 жыл бұрын
I'd deviate from the obvious path in that the Tyrannids are indeed a creation, but not a finished one. Maybe they were a terraforming creation made by the Old Ones or another one, but before they could finish their work the creator got killed, but the base Tyrannid was made and started to make a purpose for it's own. The idea about them having a creator hangs in with that while it could happen naturally what the Tyrannids are... up to the point that they would never leave their home planet without something externally handing them the bio mass data for their interplanetary travel.
@jamesbenedict75164 жыл бұрын
I guess you hated the idea because you haven't dove into the lore of your beloved Tyranids. As the guy above said, the Tyranids are an incomplete creation. They were originally a fail safe incase the other creations of the old ones turned against them. Anyways, the Tyranids evolved overtime and have gained "sentience", turning them into what they are now.
@evo50557 жыл бұрын
Love your video's Arch, nice work!
@rustkarl5 жыл бұрын
A side note The Deceiver’s name in the Necrontyr lexicon Mephet’ran means “The Messenger” so to the C’tan it is “The Deceiver” but to thr Necron/tyr he is “The Messenger”
@commandermcnash51377 жыл бұрын
If it wasn't for the fact DoW3 will be so crappy, Arch would have been an awesome Campaign narrator :>
@EmpLeen7 жыл бұрын
wait..what? how do you know that? is that about the whole new art style thing or ..somthin I haven't heard yet?
@Warsrecker6 жыл бұрын
Slap to the past xD. The game is bullshit. Do not trust SEGA with anything.
@Memento--Mori7 жыл бұрын
Lore on why the Ultramarines are superior to everything?
@juanpablomontalvo47157 жыл бұрын
Their 10 foot cocks and english accents
@thealiencommunicator7 жыл бұрын
They became perfect after the coming of the 5th chaos god, Matt ward.
@jondeoliveira82487 жыл бұрын
+thealiencommunicator Are you accusing a loyalist Chapter of Heresy? We demand your evidence!
@thealiencommunicator7 жыл бұрын
Jon De Oliveira Uhhh, The evidence..... is in my car.... let me go get it (Hurries off to his car, coming back with a photograph of matt ward) Here is a sighting of the 5th chaos god inquisitor.
@jondeoliveira82487 жыл бұрын
thealiencommunicator You only achieved in bringing photographic Heresy of the highest order into this judiciary altar! This proves not that the Space Smurfs are receiving unholy assistance, it only made this entire system worthy of multiple Exterminatii! Don't you think that we tried to find guilt on the "way too perfect" Ultrasmurfs at least 14 times a year? By this point, one would think they will be the ones to resurrect the Emperor and Maccrage will be the new holy planet, all after they casually stroll into the Eye of Terror and murder all the Gods!
@replicant25017 жыл бұрын
I've been waiting for you to do this. May your video blow up!
@HenchmenNo6167 жыл бұрын
This vid has earned you a subscriber! Though I've grown up and distanced myself from the actual 40K tabletop game I still find the lore enjoyable rich & engaging. Keep the WH40K coming!
@emperorconstantine1.3617 жыл бұрын
If you haven't done so, could you do a video on the sisters of battle and the Ministorum??
@emperorconstantine1.3617 жыл бұрын
Separate videos of course.
@NetMoverSitan7 жыл бұрын
They like fire...
@hitomisalazar40737 жыл бұрын
I'd love it, but there are bits he says here and there which makes me think he won't be the best at doing Lore on the Adepta Sororitas or the Ecclesiarchy. Which is sad because I do quite love them, and unfortunately most everyone who does Lore that I've seen completely derps on those subjects and just feeds the stupidity out there about them.
@tobitau897 жыл бұрын
+Hitomi Salazar So what do you think about his video on the Sororitas?
@hitomisalazar40737 жыл бұрын
Well it was less about the Sisters Sororitas and more about the lead up and Age of Apostasy but this makes sense considering his general patterns. I mean he covered the War in the Heavens before covering Orks because as he said, context was needed. All in all I was pleasantly surprised. It wasn't exactly what I had hoped for but it wasn't exactly the one sided lambasting and going "Faith is stupid, the emperor hates faith!" that I typically hear from people when they cover the Ecclesiarchy. It pulled as well from the version of the lore that the Ecclesiarchy is inherently greedy asshats before the Thorian Reformation. Which to be fair, some sources have said that so yeah. Don't blame him. He did take one moment to point out though that it was more a "people in power" thing than "Faith is evil", which was appreciated. So yeah, pleasantly surprised. Considering bits like on his Tyranids Planetary Invasion video he dismissed Sisters Sororitas as "... yeah they'll just kamikaze into the Tyranids and accomplish nothing" and a few other tidbits he's said here or there. I felt a bit too much was emphasized on the Leticio Divinatus which I mostly blame the Horus Heresy Novel series for. In the lore I remember originally reading it pointed out that the Imperial Cults weren't really a thing until Post Heresy. And that while many groups held up that book as a guiding text, it was by no means "THE" text. It wasn't a Bible, Qoran, Torah, etc. And the "Temple of the Savior Emperor" which was eventually the dominant cult that became the Ecclesiarchy over a millennia post Heresy didn't seem to have TOO much connection to it, in that they didn't follow it as a dogmatic text. That and in particular we don't actually know what that text really covers. I mean think of the fact that Guilliman's Codex Astartes fills an entire library with thousands of tomes on a topic as (relatively) concrete and direct as Warfare. How much do we think Lorgar who was the Master of Faith among the Primarchs might have written in his tome? Is it even really just one tome or is it some three million odd pages of philosophical ramblings, thought experiments, meditative techniques, etc? Because I could totally believe that. But in the Horus Heresy they tend to treat the Leticio Divinatus as if it's one book widely published in pocket size that has not been edited/culled/is a greatest quotes compilation of. And that the Imperial Cult is already in full Swing as the Heresy gets rolling. It's a matter of conjecture and I admit, but it does sound more plausible to me that the copies cultists are bandying about are basically like the pocket Codex Astartes that Space Marines carry around. A small selection of quotes designed to inspire thought, sort of a "Most Inspirational Thoughts" compilation than the direct copy of the volumes or just a cliff notes "Here's the concrete rules" sort of thing. We can kind of see that sort of tendency as well with the Tactica Imperialis. When it is quoted in lore, it tends not to be a direct "You shall affix bayonets and charge if you outnumber the enemy 5 to 1" or something quote. But just thoughts meant to inspire tactical thought in the most broad of terms like "Strike quickly, a war is most easily won when the enemy does not even know its fighting". So what is the Leticio Divinatus? What does it actually say? Does it just go "Emperor is a god, worship him, here is how" or does it say things like "Is a man better off standing alone against the terrors of the battlefield and the hardships of live, or better off knowing that there is a benevolent, powerful figure who watches over him? Is he better off more self reliant, or better off empowered by the faith in things greater than himself?".
@Jaeger_Bishop7 жыл бұрын
Ahh the necrons...my second favorite ummm, faction in 40k right behind the imperrium of man because yha gotta root for the home team (also cuz the black templars among other reasons)
@JoTheVeteran3 жыл бұрын
I fucking love this video! Must have heard it 4 times by now. Every channel I'm subscribed to has one, or two of those, and they are pretty high on the most popular list.
@adiscerningdunmer93117 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite races in the lore. Love it, and thank you.