Why the Dark Angels Were the Most POWERFUL Legion | Warhammer 40k Lore

g'day guys and girl I've made it pretty clear that both the Dark Angels and their Primark the lion are my favorite Legion this might make this video seem a bit of a biased kiss ass but after spending a lot of time with the Horus heresy law recently reading over like a dozen heresy books Primark books and short stories it's become abundantly clear that not every Legion was made equal some primarks in their Legions are just like straight up better than others whether it be due to the power and influence of their Primark or the legion's own tactics and culture there is just like a definitive tier list at the top of that list is the Dark Angels the Dark Angels have overcome foes that a hundred percent would have spelled the extinction of lesser Legions the rundunk would have annihilated The Emperor's Children the Crave would have slaughtered the white scars yet against the Bastion of the Dark Angels these unsoloppable forces were crushed there is a reason why the emperor chose the Dark 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Meme and not in a good way so we'll be putting the focus on them during the Crusade and the heresy let's get into it foreign the Dark Angels put a lot of Pride and emphasis on the fact that they were the first Legion the Estates whom all others are just mere copies of their roots go all the way back into the unification Wars they were the legion that helped put down the Thunder Warriors Rebellion for as long as the galaxy has had a studies it has had Dark Angels as the Dark Angels were the emperor's first and most numerous Estates Legion they were the first to be tasked with all the really [ __ ] up missions killing witchlords destroying tainted lands being exposed to a lot of unpleasant Xeno [ __ ] that would drive others insane as such they became very good at keeping secrets the things they fought and killed would not be recorded in the annals of history as they were not glorious victories more so ruthless purgings that had to be done the first Legion were reliable effective and didn't gossip Small Talk was a No-No for the Dark Angels and to discourage non-superhumans from trying to even talk with them they'd begun adorning their armor with skulls bones and other aspects of death they truly were the emperor's own angels of death whilst other Legions were holding parades on easily compliant human world Fields the Dark Angels were sent to root out the Galaxy's monsters from their own decrepit dens so as we see even prior to the discovery of their Primark the Dark Angels were one of the first and foremost Legions the emperor's favorite even this is heavily contrasted to the blood angels who are a bunch of [ __ ] Berserkers that would have made anger on wet or the white scars who were so scattered that they felt no camaraderie with their own Legion or even the Raven guard who were basically just horus's stealth specialists at this point not to mention the borderline extinct thousand sons and Emperor's Children however when they found their Primark they went Balls to the walls despite being found a bit later on than others including Horus the line was able to rapidly take over his Legion and raise its Effectiveness to a point that within a few years his Talia victories had caught up to and potentially even surpassed horuses he ditched the legion's death-like facade and installed his own nightly and honorable aesthetic and instead unlike a few of the other Legions such as the death guard or the world eaters who's meeting with their primarks was jarring and actually set the legion back the lion was able to smoothly combine the Dark Angels grim and thank determination with the honor and culture of caliban both kaliban and the Dark Angels were great at keeping secrets so this gelled together really well with the line at their head the Dark Angels were set to easily overtake the ultramarines and the lunar wolves glories to become the indisputable Master Legion then the rundunk happened mankind encountered a Xeno race so powerful that it threatened to destroy the Imperium then and there it's actually strongly theorized that it was the rundunk who caused the demise of at least one of the lost primarks to face this apocalyptic threat the Dark Angels were chosen by the Emperor as Humanity's Champion to spearhead the counter-attack although there were nine other Legions that ended up getting involved the Dark Angels took the brunt of it losing 50 000 astartes no other Legion came close to losing that many during the Great crusade to then ice it off just after those massive losses the lion LED his Dark Angels against the king of the Crave the most powerful Xeno in the Galaxy losing over a third of his entire fleet's mortal crew and thousands more studies talk about a double kick to the [ __ ] nuts the lunar wolves and ultramarines didn't surpass the Dark Angels because they were better it was because the Dark Angels took on the most powerful enemies of mankind in the galaxy and got wounded as a result here's a fun little fact about the Angels fight with the Crave the Dark Angels are always given [ __ ] and meme for their secrecy this is fair enough the modern day Dark Angels are almost laughable with how over the top their secrecy is but during the Crusade era it served them well when one of the Angels a knight of The Centaurus which was one of the many specialist orders in the legion had his mind combed by a crave Warrior the Crave got extremely frustrated as the angel had no idea who his fellow Knights actually were hence the Crave couldn't locate or lock onto them on top of that the only reason why the Dark Angels are able to use their forbidden Arsenal without getting universally censured by the rest of the Imperium is because they don't even tell most of their own Legion what they have locked away speaking of which what do they actually have locked away well one of their spicier weapons are enslaved men of iron genuine AI Warrior is that have proven to be extremely effective against psychic enemies they also have special guns and bullets that Flay yourself from your body and destroy it meaning unbreakable psychic barriers are suddenly very breakable they were basically given all the weapons that still remain on Terror from the dark edge of Technology the emperor was actually going to use the Dark Angels and this ancient non-mechanicus technology to conquer Mars if the Martians weren't going to be his [ __ ] so that means the emperor had given them Tech that was beyond even Mars when it came time for the emperor to elect the war Master quite a few people thought he would choose the lion the lion did at least that's for sure however he ended up picking Horus instead why was that is it because Horus was a better Primark [ __ ] no the line was a league above his brothers except for maybe sangunis and Magnus being in the presence of the line was very intense some were studies who had no issue looking into their own primark's eyes would have to fight the urge to kneel whenever they were in the presence of the lion it was said that the only Primark who left the same impression as the emperor was the lion he wasn't insecure never doubted himself and commended absolute Authority contrast that with fulgrim who was in a constant state of borderline meltdown over his insecurity or Horus whose insecurity and ego was exploited to turn him to chaos the difference is startling the emperor knew this and even said to the line that one of the reasons why that he chose horus's War Master is because Horus craves attention he needs to be patted on the head and given a bone however the line doesn't loyalty and duty is its own reward the lion finds celebration and glory to be Vain and unnecessary he knows he's a [ __ ] beast of what he does he doesn't need a bunch of retards banging the drum to show him a secondary reason as to why the emperor didn't choose the line as warm Master is because during the emperor's future scrying and 4D chess game with malkador it was shown that whoever the emperor picked this war Master would eventually portray the Imperium so there's a good chance that the emperor valued the line so much that he wouldn't risk losing him by placing him in that role when the heresy broke out all the trader primarks were [ __ ] scared of the dark Angels the blood angels were tricked into a demonic ambush even the ultramarines were thought to be easily beatable by the word bearers but the Dark Angels know Horus literally did everything he could to get them out of the way and delay them he sent them across the Galaxy before the heresy then he sent the night Lords to slow them down in response the Dark Angels were able to Ambush the night Lords yes they ambushed the Ambush allegian and they killed a shitload of them effectively sidelining them for the rest of the heresy the line was also able to beat Conrad in a clean 1v1 despite Conrad's ability to see the future the lion had this uncanny ability with his sword subconsciously changing his Strokes mid-strike which [ __ ] with Conrad's foresight even sangunis was unsure if he would be able to beat Conrad but the line just like straight up did with the night Lords out of the way Horace had to pray that the mega warp storm cutting the Galaxy in half would be enough to hold them back it was effective but the line decided to destroy pretty much every traitor World while he waited for the chance to breach the storm and reach Terror not only did that [ __ ] with the trader supply lines of recruits but it also meant they had virtually no strongholds to retreat to this is why the trade Allegiance suffered so many casualties on their way back to the eye of Terror if they had their homeworlds intact maybe they could have mounted a defense and counter-attack but instead they had to leg it into the vicious and unknown territory of the eye when Horus discovered the line was only weeks away from Terror he shot himself if the lion arrived The Siege would end in the imperium's victory now think about all that and then remember he had this much of an impact on the heresy despite losing over 50 000 Marines just before it started he was sent out of the way then attacked by the nightlord's legion and was stuck behind a warp storm we'd then been so powerful it's only fitting that The Lion and the dark Angel's demise would not come from xenos or other Legions but the Dark Angels itself on his return to caliban the line was ambushed by Fallen Dark Angels being put into a coma at the heart of the dark Angel's main ship a coma he remains into this day but I believe won't last much longer with the loss of their Primark the Dark Angels did unravel a bit their secrecy became a negative as the shame of their own Legion Brothers train the line shook them to their core so whilst they may not be likable as a chapter they are still wildly powerful and if the line returns unites the dark angel successes and combines them with the Fallen he'll have a legion of angels numbering in the hundreds of thousands a force that would shake the Galaxy either acting as salvation to mankind or as a challenge to gillymen's rule this is why I'm so Keen for the Lion's return it wouldn't just be this Boon for the Imperium it would create a complicated delicate situation maybe he even creates his own like mini Imperium on the dark side of the Galaxy regardless the lion and His Dark Angels were the best Legion if you enjoyed the video and you want to support the channel then patreon is the place to be where there is not only a slapload of nude cosplays but also a boatload of battlemest 40 million hentai hit the Subscribe button and hit the real subscribe button for more dark content join the Discord for memes that I'll see on the next one peace [Music] fall to me [Music]

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Length: 11min 43sec (703 seconds)

Published: Sat Oct 29 2022