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Wednesday (June 3rd) Lorebeards 40k Topic decision!
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Hey Loreseekers!
Here's a poll for Saturday's Lorebeards 40k stream; pick the one you want Ross and Alexis to cover on June 6.

Abaddon the Despoiler
Abaddon is the Warmaster of Chaos and lord of the Black Legion, successor to the traitor Sons of Horus. Once the First Captain of the Luna Wolves and Horus’s right hand, he rejected being a mere pawn of the Chaos Gods and set out to succeed where Horus failed. Over ten millennia he has united many Traitor forces, launched multiple Black Crusades, and become one of the most dangerous individual threats to the Imperium.



The Blood Ravens
The Blood Ravens are a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter, created originally for the Dawn of War games and later folded into official 40K lore. Their origins and Primarch are officially unknown, but they have an unusually large number of Librarians, a culture obsessed with knowledge and relic-hunting, and colors plus traits that have fueled strong fan theories that they descend from the Thousand Sons or another Chaos‑tainted lineage that remained (mostly) loyal. Their unofficial reputation as “magpies” comes from Dawn of War mechanics and jokes about them “acquiring” relics and wargear from allies as well as enemies.



Council of Nikaea
The Council of Nikaea was a grand Imperial conclave called by the Emperor during the Great Crusade to decide the role of psykers—especially Librarians—in the Space Marine Legions. After intense debate (notably between Magnus the Red and more conservative voices like Leman Russ and others), the Emperor issued the Edict of Nikaea, which essentially forbade the use of battle-psykers and disbanded Librarius organizations in the Legions. This ruling later became a major point of tragedy and contention, especially for the Thousand Sons, and is often framed in-universe as one of the Emperor’s greatest strategic mistakes.

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Wednesday (May 27th) Lorebeards 40k Topic decision!
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Hey Loreseekers!
Here's a poll for Saturday's Lorebeards 40k stream; pick the one you want Ross and Alexis to cover on May 23.

Erebus is the First Chaplain of the Word Bearers Legion and widely regarded as the single most consequential traitor in Warhammer 40,000 lore. Acting as the hidden architect of the Horus Heresy, he manipulated his Primarch Lorgar toward Chaos, stole a cursed xenos blade called the Anathame to wound Horus, and then guided Horus's followers into surrendering him to Chaos priests — where visions of power and glory caused Horus to turn against the Emperor. He later summoned the Ruinstorm, a warp storm so vast it split the Imperium in half and prevented reinforcements from reaching Terra during the Siege. Without Erebus's scheming, there would be no Horus Heresy, no Traitor Legions, and the galaxy might have taken an entirely different course.



The Gothic War (also called the 12th Black Crusade) was a massive conflict that erupted in 142.M41 when Abaddon the Despoiler led the forces of Chaos in an invasion of the Gothic Sector in Segmentum Obscurus. Abaddon's primary objective was to seize the six Imperial Blackstone Fortresses — ancient and enormously powerful weapons capable of destroying stars — while the sector was simultaneously cut off from the rest of the Imperium by warp storms that paralyzed communications and made reinforcement impossible. Lord Admiral Cornelius von Ravensburg commanded the Imperial Navy's desperate defense, and the war drew in Orks and Eldar as well as the warring main factions. The conflict became the basis for the iconic Battlefleet Gothic tabletop game.


The Webway is an ancient, dimension-spanning network of tunnels constructed by the Old Ones and later mastered by the Eldar, allowing near-instantaneous travel across the galaxy without passing through the dangerous Warp. After the Fall of the Eldar and the birth of Slaanesh tore apart much of the network, surviving Eldar factions — including the Craftworlds and the Dark Eldar of Commorragh — continued to use its passages, and the Webway even shelters souls from Slaanesh's reach. During the Horus Heresy, the Emperor secretly worked to connect Terra to the Webway to give humanity a safe means of travel, but when Magnus the Red shattered the psychic wards on Terra, daemons flooded the tunnels and forced the Emperor into an unwinnable secret war beneath the Imperial Palace

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Wednesday (May 20th) Lorebeards 40k Topic decision!
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Hey Loreseekers!
Here's a poll for Saturday's Lorebeards 40k stream; pick the one you want Ross and Alexis to cover on May 16.

Cypher is a mysterious figure among the Dark Angels' Fallen — one of the Legionaries who sided against the Loyalists during the Fall of Caliban at the end of the Horus Heresy. He bears the ancient title "Lord Cypher," which was originally a pre-Heresy office within the knightly Order of Caliban, obligating him to renounce his personal identity entirely and embody the Order's laws and traditions. He has roamed the galaxy for ten thousand years, hunted relentlessly by the Dark Angels, appearing seemingly at random to cause or witness catastrophe — killing Chaos Lords, Inquisitors, and planetary governors with equal ease — and is widely rumoured to be slowly making his way toward Terra, though his ultimate intentions remain entirely unknown.



The Death Guard are Chaos Space Marines entirely devoted to Nurgle, the Chaos God of disease and decay. Originally the stoic, endurance-focused legion of the Primarch Mortarion, they were damned during the Horus Heresy when their fleet became trapped in the Warp and afflicted by a terrible daemonic plague; unable to endure any longer, Mortarion bargained with Nurgle himself for salvation and condemned his entire Legion to eternal, blissful rot. Today they are walking engines of pestilence — near-indestructible, festering warriors who feel no pain and spread Nurgle's gifts across the galaxy, led by Mortarion, now a Daemon Primarch known as the Prince of Decay.


Drukhari Mandrakes are a deeply unsettling subspecies of Drukhari native to Aelindrach, a shadow dimension within Commorragh's Webway. Their origins are uncertain even to other Dark Eldar — theories suggest they descended from Aeldari who trafficked with Warp entities before the Fall, or from a pleasure cult that escaped the Fall by fleeing into a shadow realm and emerged fundamentally transformed. Their skin is jet black and absorbs light, they can step through any shadow to materialise behind a victim, and they channel stolen life energy into baleblasts of freezing cold fire — making them so unsettling that even other Drukhari regard them with genuine fear.

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Wednesday (May 13th) Lorebeards 40k Topic decision!
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Hey Loreseekers!
Here's a poll for Saturday's Lorebeards 40k stream; pick the one you want Ross and Alexis to cover on May 9.

Corswain was the Paladin-Seneschal of the 9th Order of the Dark Angels Legion during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy — Lion El'Jonson's personal champion and a member of his honour guard. Born of Caliban but not of the Old Order's insular traditions, he was uniquely positioned to bridge his Legion's internal divisions, and was widely regarded as one of the finest swordsmen in the entire Legiones Astartes. He commanded half the Dark Angels Legion during the Heresy, survived the Siege of Terra, and was among the first to make planetfall during the Destruction of Caliban — after which his ultimate fate is unrecorded.

The Officio Assassinorum is a highly secretive Imperial agency created during the Great Crusade by Malcador the Sigillite, tasked with eliminating high-value threats to the Imperium through targeted assassination. It operates through specialized temples — including the long-range Vindicare, the close-combat Eversor, the infiltration-based Callidus, and the psychic Culexus — each mastering a distinct assassination discipline. Its operatives answer ultimately to the High Lords of Terra and are deployed against targets ranging from rebel governors to Chaos warlords, with authority that supersedes almost any other Imperial institution.

The Minotaurs are a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter of unknown founding and disputed genetic lineage, notable for operating almost exclusively at the direct command of the High Lords of Terra rather than under normal Adeptus Astartes structures. They are most frequently deployed to suppress renegade or rebellious Space Marine forces, a mission they pursue with conspicuous aggression and apparent relish — earning the enmity of several Chapters, including the Ultramarines and their successors. Their home is the massive warship Daedelos Krata, commanded by the enigmatic Chapter Master Asterion Moloc.

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Wednesday (May 06) Lorebeards 40k topic decision! WHAT IF...?

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Saturday Topic Decision!

Gorgutz
Warboss Gorgutz is a notorious Ork warlord best known as “Gorgutz ‘Ead ‘Unter,” a self‑proclaimed master of the WAAAGH! and a brutal, opportunistic killer who delights in slaying powerful enemies and stealing their best weapons. He first rose to prominence as a warboss of the Evil Sunz klan, uniting fractious Ork clans through raw force and cunning, then led devastating campaigns against both Imperial forces and Chaos marauders, carving out a fearsome reputation across the Eastern Fringe. Gorgutz is defined by his love of flashy, over‑powered weapons such as massive cannons and daemonic war‑machines, and he often reappears in new hostilities whenever an opportunity arises to loot, fight, and grow his next WAAAGH!.

The Iron Warriors
The Iron Warriors are a Legion of Chaos Space Marines descended from the IVth Space Marine Legion, originally famed as the Imperium’s greatest siege specialists under their Primarch Perturabo. They excel at patient, methodical warcraft, using overwhelming artillery, trenches, fortifications, and attrition to grind down even the strongest defenses, which later shaped their grim, embittered mindset after being betrayed during the Horus Heresy. In the 41st Millennium they operate from the Daemon World of Medrengard in the Eye of Terror, launching brutal siege‑style raids into the Imperium, often alongside the Dark Mechanicum, and are recognizable for their iron‑colored warplate and obsession with breaking strongholds rather than quick, heroic conquests.

The Commissariat
Imperial Commissars are political officers of the Astra Militarum (Imperial Guard) charged with enforcing loyalty, discipline, and morale wherever Imperial troops are deployed. Operating outside the normal chain of command, commissars have the authority to motivate troops by personal example, but also to execute cowardly or mutinous soldiers—and sometimes incompetent officers—to preserve unit cohesion and faith in the Imperium. Clad in distinctive red‑lined greatcoats and often bearing bolt pistols and chainswords, commissars are feared and respected by rank‑and‑file Guardsmen, serving as both fanatical enforcers and grim symbols of the Emperor’s absolute will on the battlefield.

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