Interrogator: "How many are we going to fill him with my lord?" Inquisitor: "Just keep crammin-em in there, I'll tell you when to stop." *Inquisitor sips caffeine*

The Grey Knights on a budget. One of my favorite chapters.

"Because why just defy deamons, when you can toy with them and say 'go fuck yourself'?" - Exorcist Librarian's musings, M42

Fist successors of the highest caliber; not only do they defend the Imperium, they defend their very selves in the most intense way possible. (Im still convinced that the choir we hear in the background of each of these videos is canon, and that Oculus just has like, a couple dozen servitors in his studio singing while he does his work)

I used to think my homebrew successor chapter being purple with white pauldrons was too on the nose. I see now that I have nothing to fear. I might even add gold details just for fun.

Wether I’m watching something else on KZfaq, playing a game, watching a show, everything else Im doing gets paused when Oculus drops a new lore video. My poor wife is a stoic champ when it comes to me excusing myself with IPad and earphones when it happens lol. Love your work, they are both excellent lore material and comfort listening to me. Emperor bless you.

Oh HELL YES. This is a rich new vein for the franchise. Here's hoping the best successor, yes that one, gets a video too.

Whenever the Exorcists go for a walk, they asked the Daemons how's their health plan. Apparently it was great.

They should get Robutte Guillaman to use the emperor's flaming sword to relieve the suffering of the lost. He would might be understanding should he be informed. Guillaman has his own heresy that he is hiding. The sword would permanently kill the demons within the lost.

Have to love how Oculus went into the detail about the post-possession mutations of the Exorcists. 'Eyes that are too far apart, Grins that have too many teeth...' Bloody hell! First time I heard that. Love how each of demon of the four ruinous powers leaves different types of scars on the possessed. Great review of one of my favourite chapters.

You've a style that meshes with lovecraftian stories. I'd swear your reading matches EXCEPTIONALLY close to the HPPodcraft reading of "The Haunter in the Dark". Hell, if it turns out you did that one too? I'd not be surprised.

‘’Hello there daemons, it’s me, ya boy” -Exorcist battle cry

Hard day at work, hard day at home. Thank you for this video to help me unwind

Ohhh Chapters Index to expand the Badab War content? Can't wait for the Carcharodons, Executioners, Sons of Medusa, Minotaurs (unless you wanna save that for the Orphean War?) etc in that case. Some of the most unique Chapters in all of 40k were involved and would make for a fascinating closer look and study 🤔

(Slaps top of Exorcists head) This bad boy can fit so many souls in it...

If Magnus were ever to be redeemed, I’m sure he would happily adopt the Exorcists as his honorary sons. While not potent psykers, they understand the benefit of studying the daemonic in order to fight it, and are not afraid of being touched by the Warp (often with their flesh literally changing) in order to do so. They’re like that student who isn’t naturally booksmart, but still studies hard anyway in order to get into the field he thinks is best suited for him. Nerds would be proud.

A really compelling premise for a character would be an exorcist trying to pass off as fine and dutiful but harbouring a dark grudge against the chapter and the specific inquisitor that decided to put Multiple never borne in him.

I fully believe they are word bearers, either loyalists that survived or their gene seed was used. Their faith in the emperor and ability to cast off demons gives me plenty of reason to believe this.

With all these new KZfaqrs coming out in the last year or so with Warhammer pages, your level of quality stands head and shoulders above the rest...

One of my favorites:) A very revelatory passage Chronicler, well done.

Man, I knew about the Exorcists before, but seeing it all spelled out like this with your excellent narration really brings home how extra-super-duper (official Inquisitorial designation btw) heretical, insane and dangerous it is haha!

Winters SEO’s custom chapter “the 13th” is a collection of survivors from the 13th founding chapters iirc.

Hmm, good choice of a Chapter to cover. I'd like to watch an Emperor's Spears one, or a Guardians of the Covenant. These are always a pleasure, thank you.

A video on one of the best chapters by THE best 40k loremaster! A treat as always ❤

I was telling some friends about this chapter last night! The God Emperor works in mysterious ways.

Watching this made me realize that we have yet to het a more broken down categorization of the warp entities constantly referred to...given previous demonic entries...im excited for it.

Obligatory report in from an exorcist viewer. Taking it to a tourney next sat wish me luck.

“The Exorcists, huh?” - “Yes” “So I imagine you’re Grey Knights who are really good at exorcising Demon-hosts and the like, right?” - “…” “…Right?!?”

Its simple. I see Oculus Imperia video, I click. Easy life. Good life.

Robute's black sheep...? XD So much potential here for some cool kitbashes

Thank you so much for these. GW owes you big, The lore much more than the game keeps me in 40k.

I was introduced to you on “Juggz” and can happily say that was a great find!!! Your video concept and approach are absolute genius!! Actually makes listening to Lore a lot more easier and interesting!! Thank you for the education on this Chapter, i stumbled across these in the Warhammer plus channel in the Lucius video!!! Had no clue who are what they are!! Now i am enlightened thank you!! 😊❤

just like a good friend; since the last time it feels like it's been forever, and it feels like it's been no time at all.

this vid reminded me that before the eye of terror, the imperium tried to suppress knowledge about the warp and chaos...which is a pipe dream now.

Oh... Nice! New Video I will admit, the Exorcists were my first possible choice for my primaris, but, instead I chose to make a White Scars successor chapter, lets me make my own theme, and I chose to use Native Americans :)

The best Thousand Sons successor clan.

Love to see records of the Raptors or Carcadons

At 3:22 the phrase “None know precisely how many Chapters were raised during this founding” is repeated in short succession.

Excellent as always

The GK origins was only ever in one Black Library short story, in their earlier instalment (when they got fleshed out more for Armageddon if I remember rightly) they weren’t GK successors - that was one BL author’s afterthought. Personally I think it’s better if they’re not GK successors as it allows them both to be their own thing without the Exorcists being in their shadow (or being bargain basement GK). It also lessens the importance of the demonic possession (which is their USP) as with GK (the Emperor’s) geneseed it means they’d be really resistant to demons/the Warp in the first place. And of course in your personal fluff / head canon you can always decide that they are, especially with how secretive the Exorcists are - they could just be lying about all this stuff, even the Exorcists themselves don’t find out about the supposed Fists descent until they’re in the 1st Company. Same for the Inquisitorial experiment aspect, that was in there in the earlier official / non-BL fluff, and I’ve incorporated it into the background of my Exorcists - either they were secretly observing the Chapter they’d formed (and initial recruits were not aware and didn’t go through the possession process) and expected something like the possession of Enoch Trismegistus to happen and stepped in to control it, or it’s just another esoteric obfuscation they tell their Marines until they reach a certain level within the Chapter when they reveal the truth about their origins

“And without faith it is impossible to please The Emperor, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.” Through knowledge and faith we can serve the Emperor, body and soul, despite putting Both on the line for our duty

As a lover of all things Inquisition this feels like an early Christmas present.

Would be awesome to have a podcast version of these explorations.

Great story and great video. I've been into 40k for more than half my life and I didn't know about these guys.

My theory has always been that they’re loyalist Word Bearers. They refused to side with Lorgar, and from there it was only a matter of time until the Imperium matched their world view, so to speak. The Word Bearers were the first ‘priests’ of the Emperor so to speak, and what is an Exorcist but a kind of priest? Naturally, this is kept strictly under wraps, and the Exorcists, both by Inquisitorial decree and their own free will, serve their penance.

For thsoe wondering why the inquisition would want another demon hunter space marine chapater: grey knights are mostly independent, despite being a aspect of the inquisition, they can not simply be ordered to do something. Very often, inquisitors request their assistance and give them a brief on what it is they need help with, but ultimately, whether they turn up or not is entirely down to the grey night officer contacted. The exorcists are more at the wimp and request of the inquisitors, similar to how the minotaurs are the high lords lap dogs. This doesn't make them bad or anything its just more practical then having a group of deamon hunter who might not even show up cos its just a "minor deamonic manifestation" (if such a thing fucking exists). Dorn was known to have similar effects as to a null with the warp litterally bending and lessening around him, so his sons having more of a resistance towards the warp and the powers of chaos tjen others makes logical sense, its also a common trope you will see in other chapters of the same origin.

Praise Terra, the Oculus has enumerated yet another chapter of the His Angels!

Definitely one of the more unique chapters. Great lore video, as always.

Going old school with a chapter video, nice

9:04 Lookin at you, Leandros, freaking blue falcon 😠

Oh man, this is perfect. I 2as just talking about these guys' retcon to make the IF genestock instead of GK.

Oh ho ho! My favorite chapter? Why yes I would love a video. Thank you please.

Are there more space marine chapters that focus on a specific enemy? Like a space marine chapter that focus on greenskins or nercons.

Here comes the Lord Reagent's historator, with another archive full of information that it best be hoped the Inquisition or Clade Secretum never find out that he knows about.

The mention of demon-hosts and inquisitors makes me wonder if you'll do an Eisenhorn video after the last Bequin book comes out

I love this! Honestly thought you were gonna do the Word Bearers or Ultramarines next.

Please continue this series

Marvelous work! Hope there's more to this series soon. The treatment of Sucessor Chapter lore you give makes this the bes video on YT on any chaper that is ever graced by your skill. Hope you do Warbands too!

Always loved the Exorcists. Also Genesis chapter.

Fellow Astartes, Scribe. Pure of heart. The Emperor's servants.

This was very good. Thanks for sharing.

I really hope we get an entry for the Blood Ravens soon. How can assist to make this happen?

I love your videos so much. The narration and script are beautiful to hear

This guy ladies and Gentleman... This oculus guy...

Awesome thanks for the video - i'm in the final stages of building my Exorcists army, there is so little content on them!

Nice new series

These guys are so cool. I wish we could get more lore on them

It should be noted that Dorn was noted to be so resistant to daemons of Chaos/Chaos in general, that Neverborn were said to be in a state of perpetual agony and at such an intensity that was thought not possible for a Chaotic entity to experience. While in the presence of Dorn, so strong was Dorn's will and his lack of belief in the Gods or magic. So the gene expression of the Exorcists makes way more sense. I also would argue that the main benefit of the Exorcists is that they can be used to fight Chaos and Daemons. Without the secrecy and steps necessary when using the Grey Knights. Well until the Great Rift change everything, hell we may soon see Primaris Grey Knights before long. Along with discovering that the Warp Ghosts are in fact a lost group of first born Grey Knights that fell to Chaos if not necessarily the Chaos gods themselves. Due to some horrific accident in the Warp and said GK's being trapped for untold eons in the Immaterium.

Half of me really wanted them to be secret word bearers successors. their aesthetics match to an extent the other half is fine with them being imperial fists successors. After all through out the lore the sons of Rogal dorn regardless of chapter have a unique resilience to the warp. It is said that the warp could never truly touch Rogal dorn as his very presence was able to disrupt it this is backed up in the 41st mellum by the modern imperial fists whose first company was lost in the warp for about a century and returned uncorrupted and continued to fight another example lies in the black templars despite having no libraius and frowning the use of any physic power are able to disrupt chaos by the power of their sheer determination and fanatical devotion to the emperor.

cant believe occulus just snitched on the exorcists

Since we already have Grey Knights, I think it would be dope if they made these guys like the Death Watch. Take Space Marines from different chapters who can undergo the demon possessions and put them in a single army. I feel like it would take them further from being in the GK's shadow.

Love to hear a memorial for Commissar Yarrick

Truly glad to see your notification, Oculus

"Can we have Grey Knights Mom?" "We have grey knights at home." Grey Knights at home:

Love these videos man!

Very cool Chapter and interesting lore. Appreciate the phenomenal content.

i want more of these to be honest, a sort of series of reports on what forces Girlyman has available.

I always wonder like, space marine chapters are essentially self sufficient societies. What keeps them fighting the imperiums wars when pretty often the imperium mistrusts them like this? I know they have a sense of duty but is that like genetically encoded or are there just space marine chapters that have decided to settle down on a secluded agri world somewhere and just chill out?

Please keep doing successor chapters i wanna know who left or the major successor that are left

Thank you.

Strangely all the inquisitors involved in the debriefing attempt mysteriously vanished and were never seen again.

Ah my favourite successor chapter!

They need to bring the mechanicus in on that whole human prisons for demons thing, I bet you could build some kind of gun that squeezes psychic juice out of those dudes to kill stuff.

Oculus .... 1:45 As Inquisitor Verity Calendra would say, quoting ancient adept administorum Sir Humprhey of Old Alibia [..] He who has a secret must keep it secret that he has a secret to keep [..]

Well, I have a new favorite chapter.

Well this is neat

Wait, so they're sons of Dorn? I was led to believe, that they're the only existing successor chapter of the Grey Knights!

Plutonians you say? Were any of them named Emory or Oglethorpe by chance?

Freaking best one yet!!🤘👍

Here’s to hoping he does the grey knights

My favorite chapter. Was building a force before they got an official release. 😀

I'm not sure if I'd be celebrating if I saw them coming to my rescue. In fact, I'd rather toil at some Ork labor camp, end up feeding a Hive Fleet, or do standup comedy in Commorragh...

Nice Video- excellent content!

Praise The God-Emperor! Occulus has given us a new video and it's on a succsessor chapter!

Favorite Dornian successors.

Would you do a life video on the Ashen Claws please? I think it would be an interesting video on this renegade chapter and I don't see much out there on them.

Do Ultramarines and Word Bearers.

This sounds like a twisted version of what happens in the Dragon Age verse.

Oh please do the Lamenters

Can they force demons out of little girls that spin their heads and puke green sick?