Funny enough he could actually go and complain to the Triarch about unauthorized awakenings. They'd send a judge to determine if his awakening was warranted or not.
@@terminallove3531 Yes. The Triarch is the executive of the Silent King, and overrules any Overlord. Overlords are forbidden from awakening Necron warriors without good reason, and Deathmarks are high enough to be taken seriously.
Can we talk about the absolute gall to tell Szeras to his face "why did you wake me up for this, couldnt you just totally debase yourself by calling on some destroyers?"
It clearly surprises him enough that he takes a sudden suspicion of the deathmark, to include a scan. The deathmark is quick to follow up by he is merely following his protocols... but there is more there than meets the eye, and Szeras knows it.
Deathmarks follow a sort of code of honor. Though, said code of honor is beyond the understanding of mere mortals. Something about not killing other necron nobles during war and conflict. And not killing honorable (in the eyes of the necron) individuals. Just because there's a badass on the battlefield does not make them honorable so they can get marked for death. Commanders and tactician have said to be killed by the deathmarks.
I love Deathmark’s comment about destroyers. It can be interpreted as „Does it look like my job?” I also find it Cool that they point out that Szeras is so pedantic he will send an assasin to do destroyer’s/warrior’s job.
Destroyers are like a sledge hammer, they are basically a slow version of exterminatus. They scour planets down to the last bacteria. Getting them to move to next target before they cleanse a planet of all life is pretty much impossible. Deathmark is far more suitable if the number of targets is relatively small and time is of the essence.
@@combomaster666 Deathmarks are meant for important killings. They can literally hide in their own special dimension to wait for the target to come to a good spot. Szeras basically sent a vindicator assasin with Necron tech to clean up siege survivors. Destoryers would be better as they hunt living things, planet would be okay. At the very least warriors in order to limit colladeral damage.
@@cristodemonte1690 Yeah, the entire point is to eliminate the abnormalities in the experiment, not wiping out the survivors. He wanted the specific targets shown on screen taken down with a more surgical precision while minimizing changes in the rest of the test subjects.
"Look, not to be a quiet quitter here, but it's my weekend, and what you're asking for can honestly be done by one of our interns, soooooo" "Hmm. Yes, I'm aware. It's also the new fiscal year, soooooo" *taps on necrotech contract paperwork* "Sigh...alright, I'll get my kit."
As the architect of the biofurnaces, that turned the Necrontyr into the Necron, he would be the authority on souls, if such a thing exists. Maybe he thinks the term soul is too vague to explain the nuances of the topic. Maybe he still feels the loss of his soul (parts of it) and does not want anyone to remind him. He could also try to avoid this topic around the lower classes of Necron, because he does not want them to think about the concept and the loss.
Maybe he understands the subatomic metaphysical matter that makes up what we understand as a "Soul" at such a higher plane of knowledge that using the term as synonymous as a person's identity is what offended him. If souls are as real and valuable as they are in 40K then it makes sense he'd know what type of matter or energy they are made of and dislikes the loose language we use for such a topic
It's amazing to see how just a slight change in movement style from smooth and casual to stiff and forced can convey anger and irritation on a blank unmoving face.
@@akedus44yeah, you can tell after the first experiment that he went from excited to frustrated to “Oh well, on we go”, all without any facial animation. Gotta be creative when your subjects have immovable facial structures
@@iamalwaysrightistrue7286 i always thought that the biotransference they were tricked into by the c'tan only trapped their souls in the necrodermic bodies they now inhabit, i never thought of them as mere machines
Translation for those who need it: Szeras: Wake up, I got a job that you've been made for Deathmark: Greetings important scientist, I am yours to command Szeras: Watch. Witness. Examples of pests, and their "backup". Deathmark: so you want me to assassinate these poor souls Szeras: don't say that shit to my face, "souls" aren't real Deathmark: Got it. Szeras: Remember their faces, the fact that they're still alive is odd, and for my experiments to work, they need to be not-alive. Deathmark: Why wake me? Deathmarks are for specific targets, if you want general shit dead then wake up a Destroyer. Szeras: Destroyers are fucking stupid and bloodthirsty, I don't want that, I want precision. Deathmark: Got it. Szeras: Do you now? You were oddly reluctant to kill, for an assassin. Deathmark: I live by the tenets of an assassin - phrase it like an assassination and you will get what you want. Szeras: Sure.. okay... Go, assassinate the "important targets" that are making my life harder. Deathmark: Got it Szeras: By the way, some of my failed experiments are out there, kill them or don't, I don't care.
There are subtle changes in the language as well. The Deathmark consistently speaks in the 3rd person as it represents the honour code of the Deathmark. As soon as its personal skills were put into question, the Deathmark switches to the 1st person to emphasize (with subtle sass) that Szeras is asking for a scalpel to perform the job of a hammer, and to respect the programming of the Deathmark honour code, to which Szeras abides.
I'd prefer a more 'refined' sound. The Necrons are super-tech, they should not be clunky. So instead of the solid sounds of the footsteps, it would be a bass techno-sound where the Necron's feet are interacting with the floor's protective field. To me clunky should be for Sentinel walkers, Mechanicus personnel, and Kastelan robots.
Ultra dense super metameterial alloys that regenerate beyond the quantum level, walking around on other ultra dense super metameterial alloys - probably sounds quite heavy. Id say "clunk/clank" is pretty on lore for a guy that size. Also, whos to say the video doesn't represent Necron hearing and we're actually hearing an even more muted version of what the machines sound like - or - Necrons don't have ear drums and your ears just hear the raw "clunk" of the noise they make upon the floor as a representation of how much louder they are in fact making noises when compared to a human's perception. Or its just down to taste and we disagree. Either way it's irrelevant. Sounds great. @@toddkes5890
@@rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290 You do know that Sentinel walkers are issued to the Imperial Guard in WH40k? Similarly, Mechanicus is that tech-cult centered on Mars, which as part of its army uses Kastelan robots. Nothing in my prior post said Mass Effect or Star Wars. Necrons are high-tech, they should sound like it.
@@toddkes5890 The Necron, "high tech"? If they are so "high tech" why we can see wires hanging from their bodies? Warhammer 40K has its own aesthetics the same way that ME, Starfield and Star Trek has theirs. And that includes sound. So there is nothing wrong with the Necron sound design. Even a baby can see that. Why you cannot?
That’s what I’m saying dude, that type of shit is why I like the Necrons over any other Xenos faction. Necrons just have that clinical, cold violence, that “beep boop kill the meatbags” attitude that I love so much.
@@ananaskoira7225 this would result in the argument Optimus had with bald guy boss of KSI in the 4th movie: "We are not your technology!" "We studied you, perfected your genome, *we own you* "
I really like how occasionally he will shake/vibrate creepily showing perhaps a legacy of previous biological form and not being used to the new metallic form
"You exhibit a nominal degree of 'aberrancy'." is Szeras's way of criticizing the Deathmark. He's saying 'you're awfully chatty and diffident for an assassin. Perhaps your programming is scuffed?' Also "I exist and abide by the Protocols of the Deathmark" isn't neccessarily an "I will obey your orders." it's more of a 'Phrase your orders so they fit within my job, my caste, my beliefs, and I will do it." backhanded response to the aberrancy comment, but one without directly insulting, and with words chosen VERY carefully. There's no way for Szeras to dispute against it because to do so would be to claim the Deathmark isn't acting like a Deathmark.
This Deathmark also seems more or less dodging a bullet there because the way he nods when Ultramarine is killed does give some idea of sentience in him so maybe there is something special about him and tries to hide it from Szeras to not get "fixed".
Also, interesting to note that the Deathmark usually refers to itself in third person, ("this one understands") but that one time, it refers to itself as "I". I wonder if Szeras noticed.
Is it that weird for a deathmark to have some sentience? My understanding is that as you go up the hierarchy necrons retain more of their self awareness. Is it strange for an assassin to be able to think?
@@OmiGundam777Most of the lower ranks lack self-awareness, kinda like the Rubric Marines of the Thousand Sons. Recognition of self is very much a thing that Szeras would take note of.
Good "Show Don't Tell" from the writers in showing how the Necrons' mentality is: _Cold & logical_ Specially if you're talking to a Cryptek, even more so, if its Szeras.
dude he is a beast on the table T8 9w 2+ 4++ 4+++ and has monster good weaponms and abilities and he got dropped the lates update by 35pts xD almost auto include
The guy screaming at the beginning, his body shocked at every conceivable neuron being activated and taken away, the horror of tiny things crawling above and around him. I wasn't ready for a cold open like that. Voice actor did an amazing job instilling horror within me.
And it's followed by one of the most hillarious dialogue exchange in W40k animation.....Necrons need to be focused on more,this whole series absolutely delivered
@_SUPREME_ARCHAILECT_OF_MALAYS Knowing szeras it could have been anything related to organic life forms The things I think it could have been are Info gathering Bio analysis of the human form to test its limits and suitability for his species desire for fleshy forms again Live vivisection without opening the skull. It's szeras he does that either way Frankly that's all I can think of
@@brothersgt.grauwolff6716 After the aberrancy comment, the Deathmark is also quick to remind that it must abide its caste's own code of honor & ethics, & thus he too, wording it carefully to avoid direct insult; so it's asking that the menial task be worded to somehow be relevant to its station. Now that's nuance.
@@Slimytheicydon’t even need to be in his collection, don’t forget Necrons tech is much more advanced than any race in the galaxy. It would be like having an assault rifle but deciding to take a spear in your museum to kill someone.
As a Necron player I loved seeing this. Xenos races never get the attention of Space Marines and for me, Necrons have some of the best lore in 40k. This scene and the following fight scene were fantastic. The nanoscarabs infecting the guardsmen and the Synaptic Disintegrator doing its job. The way the Deathmark lures the marine to its death, chills.
I got into Warhammer 40,000 by being gifted 2 boxes of Grey Knights. Then I switched to Adepths Custodes. Now I play Slaanesh. With this background information, I feel like I can understand a little bit what the absence of ones favorites in media feels like.
If I ain't wrong when necrons awaken from the sleep there is a chance that they have glitches in their programming, and it becomes more noticeable the more cognitive ability the necron has
yeah, necro have to deal with the potential of just corrupting and being more and more mindless. which is why he was stored away. to prevent their mind from degrading. and why he was annoyed for being awakened for something so trivial. asking to just use the destroyers that are already near mindless.
Eh deathmarks are usually keep their full sentience like the lynchguard. The immortals are more case to case basis. Some keep everything , some nothing some in between
You can see how mechanical the Deathmark, when compared to Szeras. It clearly shows the difference in cognitive independence between the lower and higher tier Necrons. The lower ones are mechanical robots, the top levels are highly independent and still maintain their form and pose from their Necrontyr days, and the ones in middle straddle the lines.
And the Deathmark are still somewhere in the middle of retained personality. The common soldiers have so little mental capacity left that they have no independent thought at all and can relatively easily be outmaneuvered IF an enemy commander figures out a strategy they had not encountered before biotransference.
@@memes_the_dna_of_the_soul5487 and not only that, some common mooks that arent even a threat, its just that your boss is annoyed by them not being dead
@@thorveim1174Further on that, your entire job title has nothing to do with killing random mooks. You’re a trained, adept assassin being forced by some pedantic to do a job that someone else is meant to do.
The way i see it Imagine you are a sniper and your boss told you hey there is a full enemy convoy passing throught a bridge and order you to kill them all Maybe you can still do it but the task is 10x more diffult than hiring a sapper to blow up the bridge or plant mines
Of all the named Necron characters to be captured by, Szeras is the worst: Zahndrekh will be civil with you until the time comes. Trazyn may collect you, or just troll you (Also known as Mind-schackle scarabs) Orikan will either just kill you or let you live, depending on your place in his plans at that moment. Imhotekh will just cut off a hand or kill you. Szarekh you can at-least negotiate with, and even if it comes to blows he'll make it quick. But Szeras? Oh Szeras will use you as a guinea pig, he'll find out what makes you tick, and make your every second in his charge utter agony.
@@cristodemonte1690 Pretty much that go the same for every faction. Well except Tau and Eldar who will give you a clean dead. The other have worst fate even for Tyranid which I rather be shot clean than being eaten by a dead ripper.
Szeras is very likely the worst of the necrons. He's their very own Josef Mengele, and arguably worse due to the unparalleled advancement of the technology he wields.
@@cornixdemetrius7883 Valgul's subjects will just violently murder you, you'll be flayed sure but you'll probably be dead by that point. You won't get that luxury for a LONG time with Szeras
Ok, it may not have all the violence of the boarding action scene from Astartes, it may not have the spectacle of seeing the Warmaster direct an orbital bombardment from the Heresy trailer but the disgust and vitriol in his voice when he talks of “souls” will now be one of my favourite moments in 40k animation. A line delivered so perfectly it tells you just about everything you need to know about him.
Depends on the Destroyer in question, but the design of Szeras and many other Crypteks predates the Skorpekh Destroyer. Many Crypteks have opted for the spider legged look a long time before Skorpekh Destroyers were a thing. Lokhust Destroyers used to be the only model of Destroyer in and out of universe.
The thing is, apparently Szeras wasn’t even affected by the big nap, he was just always an absolute fucking psycho. Not an ounce of destroyer in him. He’s basically just the Necron equivalent of Dr Frankenstein and always has been, even before biotransference.
I love the little details, obviously there is massive difference in the size and design of the Deathmark and Szeras, but the verve and passion as Szeras speaks compared to the level tone of the Deathmark, and Szeras' ticks and movements against the assassin, not moving an inch if the movement is not necessary, excellently illustrates the stratas of Necron caste society.
Belisarius Cawl and Fabius Bile ARE GOING to have a science fair pretty soon, in a upcoming Genefather book, here is synopsis: "Hoping to overcome the Great Rift that divides the galaxy in two, Belisarius Cawl gathers representatives of the entire Imperium on the artificial world of Pontus Avernes. Confident that he will convince them of his genius, however, he must turn to them for help in unraveling the secrets of the Pylon network - formidable structures built by an ancient race (necrons) - which, in his opinion, are able to withstand the effects of the warp.. But among the participants there is an unwanted guest: Fabius Bile himself. On the other hand, the Progenitor did not come here to confirm Cole’s genius. Achieving his goals will lead to an epic showdown between the galaxy's greatest scientific minds, and only one will emerge victorious."
I could watch 3h of nothing but animated Necrons talking ... Truly masters of the Materium. No wonder the Mechanicum was so easily influenced by Mag'ladroth, to indirectly aspire to their greatness. They are magnificent.
I do like how Szeras, being a nercon with a much more developed personality, has a much more normal voice compared to the Deathmark who is more robotic, giving the idea he hasn't fully 'awakened' and regained his personality.
2:17 Szeras says "unscientific", but in the lore, Szeras is pursuing godhood, but full comprehension of the soul is the one thing that Szeras does not understand about living beings. He swings between both accepting and denying it's beyond science. Looks like he's still bitter about that lol
Godhood in the way Necrons understand it is in the way of the C’tan. That is their model of godhood, and as far as it’s understood it is master over the physical universe.
@@rustkarl While I see where you're coming from, by the time Szeras said that, he'd encountered the forces of the Old Ones, the Chaos Gods and Mork and Gork to name a few. He'd also encountered various kinds of psykers to boot. So he'd have more frames of reference for godhood.
He propably just did not want to be remined of his continued failure to grasp the concept of "souls" which permanently makes his highest level experiments fail.
A destroyer's thought process, 99% of the time. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! IS THAT A SINGLE BLADE OF GRASS?!?!?! NOT ON MY FUCKING WATCH!!!!"
It’s always good that there are scenes like this to remind me that 40k is grimdark and isn’t all cool battle scenes Seeing all those men and women strapped to the sarcophagi and screaming in pain was spine tingling, and it’s worse that there are far worse fates in 40k
@notoriousriot250 They're his test subjects. Szeras is currently working on studying the nature of the soul for three reasons. 1: The Silent King has tasked him with figuring out a method to undo the Biotransference. 2: He wants to permanently shut off the Warp. 3: He is trying to figure out how to ascend himself into a near-god by becoming a being of pure energy.
@@notoriousriot2500:43 In this specific instance, I believe Szeras is using a type of Necron nanomachine called a Mindshackle Scarab to physically pick the human's brain clean of all information of relevance. Once completed, the subject expired, the nanobots returned at Szeras' command, and directly downloaded their accumulated knowledge to their master.
@@TheLangenator I think he's also seeking redemption and forgiveness from all Necrons. Since HE was the chief scientist behind the Bio transference Process
I mean it’s now out of survival and a strange mercy Killing a primitive xeno race or telling them stay in the forests dormant allow to gain souls or a presence within warp. Better not be dead than ever catch the eye of the inmaterial world
Thing to be noted is that Szeras is an extreme case, he's the dude that created the entire process for stripping his own people off their biological bodies and souls, even other Necrons see him as the sickest of fucks.
@@__mindflayer__ The Interex and Diasporex would beg to differ if they weren’t wiped out. As would many unnamed species and civilisations caught up in the Great Crusade that even Angron could realise just wanted to be left alone. And it continues to the modern day, across 10,000 years. Like the inhabitants of Traynor’s Rest, once a peaceful coexistence poisoned into xenocide by an Imperial missionary. The A.I in Death of Integrity also considers humanity as it is to be beyond saving for its cruelty, having once been a faithful ally of its crew, now slaughtered for being ‘heretics’
Is it just me, or is when Szeras turns his head to the deathmark as he's commenting on his awakening and purpose, it almost feels like his eye is supposed to convey angered annoyance to it without changing the shape of it???
yeah its cool. he is upset he is being questioned by the deathmark. and thats gotta mean that the deathmark is corrupted. of course what it really means is that it is Szeras that is corrupted. but who of the necron would scan him and show him that he is the one slowly being corrupted.
As a Guard player I love seeing scenes like the opening one. Gives me motivation to win my battles, knowing that this might be my soldiers' fate should I lose.
Not too often but they do converse among lower ranking necrons and higher ones as well except for Trayzn and Orikan lol but with Illuminor Szeras being the main antagonist he is just well done here
conversations happen fairly often between necrons that arent brainwashed. its not really necessary as they have other ways to communicate, but they still do it out of habit; even immortals are capable of speech even if its mostly only so they can deliver reports. And towards the brainless ones like warriors or immortals, necron lords have a tendency to still throw long, motivational speeches at them (like it matters) that the lower necrons will motionlessly listen to without understandign any of it until they perceive an order for them to follow. All in all, only the necron constructs like scarabs and the necron warriors are mute: all others are capable of speech and do talk to eachother, through their degree of cognizance varies.
Deathmark: What is this one's purpose? Szeras: You rectify anomalies Deathmark: *looks at own hands "Oh my god" Szeras: GOD!! You will refrain from such unscientific terminology in my presence.
I love how no one’s talking about the fact that Szeras himself called this planetary eradication of the locals a mere “experiment” considering just how much death and destruction there’s been thus far.
Id love an episode with him just scuttling around , waffling to himself about his experiments and generally just his day to day interacting with other necrons and constructs while a rageing battle is going on
The inquisition has dispatched an agent to determine whether you are a heretic or not. Stay calm he will not torture you for information of your associate heretics then burn you alive to cleanse you of your sins.
I really like that the longer dialogue had the sections where you'd probably pause to take a breath in between sentinces cut out. It really drives the point home that the Necrons are completely machine with zero need to breathe like when they were mortal.
The sound design in this scene is amazing, all the little clicks and clacks whenever the necrons move add to their creepiness and utter lack of humanity.
Nanoscarabs. Likely been burrowing into that port man for hours at least. Collecting data with extremely invasive and agonising microsurgeries all through his body.
Given his visible agitation, I'd say that was a containment for what was intended to be the human's soul. The containment quickly failed and the soul returned to the Warp, meaning his latest experiment continues to be a failure.
I am genuinely unsettled by what I saw that giant metal crab do to that room full of screaming meat bags. Well done. Also props to not leaving the Deathmark silent. Theirs is an ancient and respected profession. To use one can be considered a breach in etiquette. Luckily, it’s an honor than the lesser races are incapable of understanding and as such are given no such consideration.
THE FREAKIN SERVO HISSES AND RATTLES. even when not speaking, they still retain body language. It’s fascinating to me. But also Szeras reminds me of Professor Hojo and every second he’s onscreen the comparison strengthens.
Although I love everything about this short animation, Szeras' little unhinged little twitches take the cake imo. Really shows his unhinged side under the souless exterior.
The Necrons are rapidly becoming my favorite xenos race. Like, I still think orks are cool and just too damn fun to ignore, but Necrons, especially Szeras here, are just absolutely fucking menacing.
They did such an amazing job conveying the sheer weight and scale of Szeras, as well as his entire personality in such a short scene. By extension, also a pretty good summation of why he’ll never be as cool as Trazyn, no matter what he does…
3:20 The deathmark is essentially giving Szeras a not-so-subtle warning: "Don't you dare question my abilities, or I might just demostrate them on you."
It's more something like : " it's not that I can't do what you are asking me to do, it's just that you explained it as if I was a mere vulgar soldier. If you do want me to do the job, give your orders in a way worth my status of assassin".
The Guards' helmet is kicked with such a sound that it becomes clear instantly, how primitive and fragile human technologies are in comparison with the ones of Necrons.
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The Deathmark was giving off strong 'this could have been an email instead of a meetup' vibes
"We didn't need to have a meeting about a meeting, we could have just had the meeting!"
In the Grim Darkness of the Far Future there is Only Pagers.
"This one recognises that this discussion may have been better served by a glyph based communication, as per my previous message...."
This only proves that Szeras can't stand paging
But in that case, you wouldn't feel as cool to yourself with no witnesses.
"This one suggests re-reading the Deathmark job description, or this one will speak with the union."
Funny enough he could actually go and complain to the Triarch about unauthorized awakenings. They'd send a judge to determine if his awakening was warranted or not.
@@Mediadossomething tells me if he tried Szeras would have made sure he never made it off world.
@@Mediados not the Xeno court of justice xD
@@Mediados
Is that a genuine thing he could do?
@@terminallove3531 Yes. The Triarch is the executive of the Silent King, and overrules any Overlord. Overlords are forbidden from awakening Necron warriors without good reason, and Deathmarks are high enough to be taken seriously.
Szeras literally went "These guys ruined our cool moment in a new Edition trailer, kill them"
tru
This one understands
They tend to do that, frankly I’m shocked they didn’t try to shove a space marine in the krieg vs ork killteam trailer
Speaking of which, it would be really cool to see the Scorpekh Lord make an appearance on the battlefield, just kicking ass.
Which trailer?
“This one questions the necessity of its awakening.”
Also me waking up for work every day.
#mood
Same
Can we talk about the absolute gall to tell Szeras to his face "why did you wake me up for this, couldnt you just totally debase yourself by calling on some destroyers?"
Szeras is debasing himself by calling in a inter-dimensional assassin to just kill some common mooks of the Imperium.
It clearly surprises him enough that he takes a sudden suspicion of the deathmark, to include a scan. The deathmark is quick to follow up by he is merely following his protocols... but there is more there than meets the eye, and Szeras knows it.
Deathmarks follow a sort of code of honor. Though, said code of honor is beyond the understanding of mere mortals. Something about not killing other necron nobles during war and conflict. And not killing honorable (in the eyes of the necron) individuals.
Just because there's a badass on the battlefield does not make them honorable so they can get marked for death. Commanders and tactician have said to be killed by the deathmarks.
Deathmark: "Does this look like my job?"
Considering the destroyer curse may be a virus able to spread by being in the mere presence of destroyers, the deathmark has some massive balls.
I love Deathmark’s comment about destroyers. It can be interpreted as „Does it look like my job?”
I also find it Cool that they point out that Szeras is so pedantic he will send an assasin to do destroyer’s/warrior’s job.
Destroyers are like a sledge hammer, they are basically a slow version of exterminatus. They scour planets down to the last bacteria. Getting them to move to next target before they cleanse a planet of all life is pretty much impossible. Deathmark is far more suitable if the number of targets is relatively small and time is of the essence.
@@combomaster666 Deathmarks are meant for important killings. They can literally hide in their own special dimension to wait for the target to come to a good spot. Szeras basically sent a vindicator assasin with Necron tech to clean up siege survivors. Destoryers would be better as they hunt living things, planet would be okay. At the very least warriors in order to limit colladeral damage.
@@cristodemonte1690
Yeah, the entire point is to eliminate the abnormalities in the experiment, not wiping out the survivors. He wanted the specific targets shown on screen taken down with a more surgical precision while minimizing changes in the rest of the test subjects.
I mean, if you want precision, nothing beats a deathmark
"Look, not to be a quiet quitter here, but it's my weekend, and what you're asking for can honestly be done by one of our interns, soooooo"
"Hmm. Yes, I'm aware. It's also the new fiscal year, soooooo"
*taps on necrotech contract paperwork*
"Sigh...alright, I'll get my kit."
"Souls are unscientific!" Decries a hyper intelligent being...in a universe where souls are a well understood natural phenomenon.
If it's a "natural phenomenon" then it isn't a spiritual phenomenon which means it can be explained thru science.
Its a Necron , they've killed gods and could care less about spirituality.
As the architect of the biofurnaces, that turned the Necrontyr into the Necron, he would be the authority on souls, if such a thing exists. Maybe he thinks the term soul is too vague to explain the nuances of the topic.
Maybe he still feels the loss of his soul (parts of it) and does not want anyone to remind him. He could also try to avoid this topic around the lower classes of Necron, because he does not want them to think about the concept and the loss.
Maybe he understands the subatomic metaphysical matter that makes up what we understand as a "Soul" at such a higher plane of knowledge that using the term as synonymous as a person's identity is what offended him. If souls are as real and valuable as they are in 40K then it makes sense he'd know what type of matter or energy they are made of and dislikes the loose language we use for such a topic
@@wolfknight8671it’s a mixture of both
thank you Warhammer for increasing a slight technophobia with this scene of Szeras's experiments
I mean, tabletop Necrons aren’t doing it, now you can see why they aren’t something that must be tolerated
@@NueThunderKing
As if the AdMech aren't doing experiments on still living beings.
@@darthjak4298 slight technophobia, not complete
This isn't bioshock
@@nidnoms3622phobia is an irrational fear, being afraid of necrons is rational if human
Szeras's animation is so smoooth. His movements give so much personality to this soulless machine.
It's amazing to see how just a slight change in movement style from smooth and casual to stiff and forced can convey anger and irritation on a blank unmoving face.
@@akedus44yeah, you can tell after the first experiment that he went from excited to frustrated to “Oh well, on we go”, all without any facial animation. Gotta be creative when your subjects have immovable facial structures
soulless machine? how exactly is it soulless since his essence inhabits it?
@@warbossgrotsmasha23 in lore, the necrons don't have souls. their minds are programs, with higher ranking necrons retaining more individuality.
@@iamalwaysrightistrue7286 i always thought that the biotransference they were tricked into by the c'tan only trapped their souls in the necrodermic bodies they now inhabit, i never thought of them as mere machines
Translation for those who need it:
Szeras: Wake up, I got a job that you've been made for
Deathmark: Greetings important scientist, I am yours to command
Szeras: Watch. Witness. Examples of pests, and their "backup".
Deathmark: so you want me to assassinate these poor souls
Szeras: don't say that shit to my face, "souls" aren't real
Deathmark: Got it.
Szeras: Remember their faces, the fact that they're still alive is odd, and for my experiments to work, they need to be not-alive.
Deathmark: Why wake me? Deathmarks are for specific targets, if you want general shit dead then wake up a Destroyer.
Szeras: Destroyers are fucking stupid and bloodthirsty, I don't want that, I want precision.
Deathmark: Got it.
Szeras: Do you now? You were oddly reluctant to kill, for an assassin.
Deathmark: I live by the tenets of an assassin - phrase it like an assassination and you will get what you want.
Szeras: Sure.. okay... Go, assassinate the "important targets" that are making my life harder.
Deathmark: Got it
Szeras: By the way, some of my failed experiments are out there, kill them or don't, I don't care.
*tenets
thank you, i wrote this right before i went to bed lmao@@jareddemarzo8196
There are subtle changes in the language as well. The Deathmark consistently speaks in the 3rd person as it represents the honour code of the Deathmark. As soon as its personal skills were put into question, the Deathmark switches to the 1st person to emphasize (with subtle sass) that Szeras is asking for a scalpel to perform the job of a hammer, and to respect the programming of the Deathmark honour code, to which Szeras abides.
British version vs yank version
I just ran their voices for this script in my head, abridged necrons are funny.
The sound design on this is incredible. Every little clank and whir emphasizes the Necrons' movement so well.
I'd prefer a more 'refined' sound. The Necrons are super-tech, they should not be clunky. So instead of the solid sounds of the footsteps, it would be a bass techno-sound where the Necron's feet are interacting with the floor's protective field.
To me clunky should be for Sentinel walkers, Mechanicus personnel, and Kastelan robots.
Ultra dense super metameterial alloys that regenerate beyond the quantum level, walking around on other ultra dense super metameterial alloys - probably sounds quite heavy. Id say "clunk/clank" is pretty on lore for a guy that size. Also, whos to say the video doesn't represent Necron hearing and we're actually hearing an even more muted version of what the machines sound like - or - Necrons don't have ear drums and your ears just hear the raw "clunk" of the noise they make upon the floor as a representation of how much louder they are in fact making noises when compared to a human's perception. Or its just down to taste and we disagree. Either way it's irrelevant. Sounds great. @@toddkes5890
@@toddkes5890 This is Warhammer 40K, not Mass Effect or Star Wars. The sound design for this animation is more than perfect.
@@rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290 You do know that Sentinel walkers are issued to the Imperial Guard in WH40k? Similarly, Mechanicus is that tech-cult centered on Mars, which as part of its army uses Kastelan robots. Nothing in my prior post said Mass Effect or Star Wars.
Necrons are high-tech, they should sound like it.
@@toddkes5890 The Necron, "high tech"? If they are so "high tech" why we can see wires hanging from their bodies? Warhammer 40K has its own aesthetics the same way that ME, Starfield and Star Trek has theirs. And that includes sound. So there is nothing wrong with the Necron sound design.
Even a baby can see that. Why you cannot?
“Rectify the anomaly of their continued existence.” That is such a hard line my guy
That’s what I’m saying dude, that type of shit is why I like the Necrons over any other Xenos faction. Necrons just have that clinical, cold violence, that “beep boop kill the meatbags” attitude that I love so much.
"Exemplars of a verminous breed" is also great.
I can see now why some people compare him to shockwave, both are scientists and both only care about logic
and they both only have one eye...
I find your reply to be
Logical
Shockwave would have fieldday in Wh40k universe. On the other hand Mechanicus would also have, if they saw transformers.
@@ananaskoira7225they will go apeshit if they see a transformer an sentient machine with free will and consciousness
@@ananaskoira7225 this would result in the argument Optimus had with bald guy boss of KSI in the 4th movie:
"We are not your technology!"
"We studied you, perfected your genome, *we own you* "
I can finally see how Necron technology works in animation first hand
It’s really cool to see it animated then on what is described in lore it’s just awesome
Pure techno-magic shenanigans. They are absolutely incredible.
Technology so advanced that even the minions are super OP.
Too bad there aren't any animation like this
It’s some Forerunner level shit man, it’s absolutely fuckin spooky
Deathmark really said to his face “you really woke me up for this shit?”
I love how loud and pronounced the cranking and clanking sounds are for the Necrons, especially Szeras.
Gives them a sense of weight and strength fitting with their aesthetic.
I really like how occasionally he will shake/vibrate creepily showing perhaps a legacy of previous biological form and not being used to the new metallic form
@@Condoctuc Or that when he absorbed.... whatever that was... it he just took a hit of some of that Cuban Coffee
No pussyfooting for a giant robotic skeleton with crab legs.
Very nice sound design. Detailed, but not overly noisy.
"You exhibit a nominal degree of 'aberrancy'." is Szeras's way of criticizing the Deathmark. He's saying 'you're awfully chatty and diffident for an assassin. Perhaps your programming is scuffed?'
Also "I exist and abide by the Protocols of the Deathmark" isn't neccessarily an "I will obey your orders." it's more of a 'Phrase your orders so they fit within my job, my caste, my beliefs, and I will do it." backhanded response to the aberrancy comment, but one without directly insulting, and with words chosen VERY carefully. There's no way for Szeras to dispute against it because to do so would be to claim the Deathmark isn't acting like a Deathmark.
This Deathmark also seems more or less dodging a bullet there because the way he nods when Ultramarine is killed does give some idea of sentience in him so maybe there is something special about him and tries to hide it from Szeras to not get "fixed".
Also, interesting to note that the Deathmark usually refers to itself in third person, ("this one understands") but that one time, it refers to itself as "I". I wonder if Szeras noticed.
@@blackironking6447 "So it seems..." He very much noticed.
Is it that weird for a deathmark to have some sentience? My understanding is that as you go up the hierarchy necrons retain more of their self awareness. Is it strange for an assassin to be able to think?
@@OmiGundam777Most of the lower ranks lack self-awareness, kinda like the Rubric Marines of the Thousand Sons. Recognition of self is very much a thing that Szeras would take note of.
Good "Show Don't Tell" from the writers in showing how the Necrons' mentality is:
_Cold & logical_
Specially if you're talking to a Cryptek, even more so, if its Szeras.
Honestly szeras is the black sheep of the crons. Even most of the crons hate him
@@kinoman4875 I mean... yeah, that will happen if you are the guy who are behind entire biotranference bullshit xD
"Cold & logical" you say? Trazyn seems like a crazy-funny kleptomaniac
@@giuseppenimis8057 _there are exceptions.._
@@giuseppenimis8057He's cold and logical but his goals are different
These series has resparked my love of Necrons, and has made me want to field Szeras on the tabletop.
He's EXTREMELY GOOD. Just as terrifying on the field as he is here.
@@astral_ragtime5365i have his old model. Looking forward to use him on the tabletop! Though, i've heard that deathmarks are kinda meh
@astral_ragtime5365 I too am a necron player and can confirm this sentiment, as well as the model is just downright great
dude he is a beast on the table T8 9w 2+ 4++ 4+++ and has monster good weaponms and abilities and he got dropped the lates update by 35pts xD almost auto include
@@bencetoth266definitely a must-have if you go battleline heavy.
The guy screaming at the beginning, his body shocked at every conceivable neuron being activated and taken away, the horror of tiny things crawling above and around him. I wasn't ready for a cold open like that. Voice actor did an amazing job instilling horror within me.
And it's followed by one of the most hillarious dialogue exchange in W40k animation.....Necrons need to be focused on more,this whole series absolutely delivered
absolutely that was cold af.... which is good in entertainment no need to sugarcoat it. I want to feel terror from safe distance.
What was actually happening in the beginning though?
I didn't get it.
@_SUPREME_ARCHAILECT_OF_MALAYS
Knowing szeras it could have been anything related to organic life forms
The things I think it could have been are
Info gathering
Bio analysis of the human form to test its limits and suitability for his species desire for fleshy forms again
Live vivisection without opening the skull. It's szeras he does that either way
Frankly that's all I can think of
That deathmark was offended by that request haha
"Yeah..this is way below my pay grade"
"You woke me up... to kill SQUISHIES?"
"this task is far below my obvious skill set send someone more qualified.. Oh very well I'll do it then"
I mean. Deathmark are made to counter Astartes, Psychers, Chaplains, etc. They hunt down Sergeants, Captains and Chaplains. Not guardsmen and Sisters.
@@brothersgt.grauwolff6716
After the aberrancy comment, the Deathmark is also quick to remind that it must abide its caste's own code of honor & ethics, & thus he too, wording it carefully to avoid direct insult; so it's asking that the menial task be worded to somehow be relevant to its station. Now that's nuance.
*Szeras sneezes*
"God bless you, great one."
"YOU WILL REFRAIN FROM USING SUCH UNSCIENTIFIC TERMINOLOGY IN MY PRESENCE."
"This one understands."
according too... Twice Dead King? Sneezing is probably punishable by exile or termination. Even SPEAKING about fecal matter is BAD.
That Deathmark likely is Trazyn in disguise, and is trolling Szeras.
@@lalas3590Logical assumption because trayzn probably has some sort of shape shifting thingy in his collection
Can't sneeze without nose
@@Slimytheicydon’t even need to be in his collection, don’t forget Necrons tech is much more advanced than any race in the galaxy. It would be like having an assault rifle but deciding to take a spear in your museum to kill someone.
As a Necron player I loved seeing this. Xenos races never get the attention of Space Marines and for me, Necrons have some of the best lore in 40k. This scene and the following fight scene were fantastic. The nanoscarabs infecting the guardsmen and the Synaptic Disintegrator doing its job. The way the Deathmark lures the marine to its death, chills.
can you tell me were to see the next scene? i need to see the fight thxs
@@romeo.3472 This for the info
I got into Warhammer 40,000 by being gifted 2 boxes of Grey Knights. Then I switched to Adepths Custodes.
Now I play Slaanesh.
With this background information, I feel like I can understand a little bit what the absence of ones favorites in media feels like.
As an avid lore enjoyer and someone who wants to collect and put together a necron army. Where should I start?
@@ItsMe-yw3wk your local hobby store.
Szeras seems a little curious why a Deathmark would display this level of cognition to question his judgement. "I wonder..."
If I ain't wrong when necrons awaken from the sleep there is a chance that they have glitches in their programming, and it becomes more noticeable the more cognitive ability the necron has
yeah, necro have to deal with the potential of just corrupting and being more and more mindless.
which is why he was stored away. to prevent their mind from degrading.
and why he was annoyed for being awakened for something so trivial.
asking to just use the destroyers that are already near mindless.
Eh deathmarks are usually keep their full sentience like the lynchguard. The immortals are more case to case basis. Some keep everything , some nothing some in between
I can’t get enough of Szeras voice.
Menacing bass measured with calculated softness.
Feel like I've heard the voice actor before but can't place it. Who is it?
@@shroomcloud1292
Don’t know, but I know what you mean.
@@shroomcloud1292 yeah me too, it's like I KNOW the voice but I just can't seem to put my finger on it. Weird.
someone in another comment said its the narrator from disco elysium @@shroomcloud1292
He sounds somewhat alike to Darth Vader in Fallen Order
You can see how mechanical the Deathmark, when compared to Szeras.
It clearly shows the difference in cognitive independence between the lower and higher tier Necrons.
The lower ones are mechanical robots, the top levels are highly independent and still maintain their form and pose from their Necrontyr days, and the ones in middle straddle the lines.
And the Deathmark are still somewhere in the middle of retained personality. The common soldiers have so little mental capacity left that they have no independent thought at all and can relatively easily be outmaneuvered IF an enemy commander figures out a strategy they had not encountered before biotransference.
Deathmark really saying "I dont want to do this,get someone else please" 😂
Let me help pain a better picture.
You are an assassin without compare, who has rest for years, and your boss wakes you up to kill some common mooks.
@@memes_the_dna_of_the_soul5487 and not only that, some common mooks that arent even a threat, its just that your boss is annoyed by them not being dead
@@thorveim1174Further on that, your entire job title has nothing to do with killing random mooks. You’re a trained, adept assassin being forced by some pedantic to do a job that someone else is meant to do.
this is like being overqualified for the job
The way i see it
Imagine you are a sniper and your boss told you hey there is a full enemy convoy passing throught a bridge and order you to kill them all
Maybe you can still do it but the task is 10x more diffult than hiring a sapper to blow up the bridge or plant mines
“Rectify the anomaly of their continued existence”. Such a badass, logical phrase!
Of all the named Necron characters to be captured by, Szeras is the worst:
Zahndrekh will be civil with you until the time comes.
Trazyn may collect you, or just troll you (Also known as Mind-schackle scarabs)
Orikan will either just kill you or let you live, depending on your place in his plans at that moment.
Imhotekh will just cut off a hand or kill you.
Szarekh you can at-least negotiate with, and even if it comes to blows he'll make it quick.
But Szeras? Oh Szeras will use you as a guinea pig, he'll find out what makes you tick, and make your every second in his charge utter agony.
@@cristodemonte1690 Pretty much that go the same for every faction.
Well except Tau and Eldar who will give you a clean dead. The other have worst fate even for Tyranid which I rather be shot clean than being eaten by a dead ripper.
"Imhotekh will cut your hand..." Helbracht is still out there looking for him.
Szeras is very likely the worst of the necrons. He's their very own Josef Mengele, and arguably worse due to the unparalleled advancement of the technology he wields.
Szeras is the worst?
What about Valgûl the Fallen Lord?
@@cornixdemetrius7883 Valgul's subjects will just violently murder you, you'll be flayed sure but you'll probably be dead by that point.
You won't get that luxury for a LONG time with Szeras
Mom: '' The dentist isn't that bad ''
The dentist:
Finally, the Illuminator is one of the most important necrons ever but rarely mentioned.
Isn't it Illuminor?
the deathmark questioning Szeras is hilarious. the way Szeras scans and says i wonder is amazing. Felt like an episode of The Office in necron space.
the way Szeras twitches in irritation and frustration
Deathmark: "This doesn't look like my job, bro."
Szeras: "You get to choose who you kill along the way."
Deathmark: "Bet."
Ok, it may not have all the violence of the boarding action scene from Astartes, it may not have the spectacle of seeing the Warmaster direct an orbital bombardment from the Heresy trailer but the disgust and vitriol in his voice when he talks of “souls” will now be one of my favourite moments in 40k animation.
A line delivered so perfectly it tells you just about everything you need to know about him.
Szera's jabs at the Destroyers, but from his looks, he could be counted among their number.
Depends on the Destroyer in question, but the design of Szeras and many other Crypteks predates the Skorpekh Destroyer.
Many Crypteks have opted for the spider legged look a long time before Skorpekh Destroyers were a thing.
Lokhust Destroyers used to be the only model of Destroyer in and out of universe.
No he could not. The only thing they have in common is will to modify their bodies extensively. But the purpose of it is radically different.
Destroyers aren't defined by their appearence, but by their corrupted code.
The thing is, apparently Szeras wasn’t even affected by the big nap, he was just always an absolute fucking psycho. Not an ounce of destroyer in him. He’s basically just the Necron equivalent of Dr Frankenstein and always has been, even before biotransference.
i love the disdain szeras shows for destroyers despite being only slightly seperate from them in form
I love the little details, obviously there is massive difference in the size and design of the Deathmark and Szeras, but the verve and passion as Szeras speaks compared to the level tone of the Deathmark, and Szeras' ticks and movements against the assassin, not moving an inch if the movement is not necessary, excellently illustrates the stratas of Necron caste society.
I love how mechanical and precise their dialogue is and yet still full of sass😂
I wanna see a science fair between Illuminor Szeras, Belisarius Cawl, Fabius Bile, Urien Rakarth, and Mad Dok Grotsnik
Belisarius Cawl and Fabius Bile ARE GOING to have a science fair pretty soon, in a upcoming Genefather book, here is synopsis:
"Hoping to overcome the Great Rift that divides the galaxy in two, Belisarius Cawl gathers representatives of the entire Imperium on the artificial world of Pontus Avernes. Confident that he will convince them of his genius, however, he must turn to them for help in unraveling the secrets of the Pylon network - formidable structures built by an ancient race (necrons) - which, in his opinion, are able to withstand the effects of the warp.. But among the participants there is an unwanted guest: Fabius Bile himself. On the other hand, the Progenitor did not come here to confirm Cole’s genius. Achieving his goals will lead to an epic showdown between the galaxy's greatest scientific minds, and only one will emerge victorious."
And Trazyn gets to be the judge!
@@chaosinc.382 and when he wants to -steal- record something he'll have Orikan helping on his place
Ork tek best tek der iz.
Oh my goodness, Necrons are like if the decepticons were comprised entirely of Soundwave and Shockwave.
As a result it’s damn awesome
You should really pick up some of the necron books.
The "starscreams" of the necrons are especially hilarious.
@@metalmanherpaderp1824mfw my rival throws a genestealer patriarch at me for fun.
Mfw it causes the end of the planet we're on
Imotekh is the Starscream
That angry head bobble he does when the thing turns red on him would make a hell of a gif.
The great part about this animation is how they made a necron with zero facial movement look irritated at several points in this clip.
I could watch 3h of nothing but animated Necrons talking ...
Truly masters of the Materium.
No wonder the Mechanicum was so easily influenced by Mag'ladroth,
to indirectly aspire to their greatness.
They are magnificent.
Soon, the Void Dragon will awaken... and the Four will make the galaxy mourn again.
I do like how Szeras, being a nercon with a much more developed personality, has a much more normal voice compared to the Deathmark who is more robotic, giving the idea he hasn't fully 'awakened' and regained his personality.
God this makes me love necrons even more and want more necron shows
The sounds effects on Szeras are amazing. The constant clanking and chittering adds so much to make him absolutely terrifying
*I love how when the necrons move they sound like a mixture of cracking bones and grinding metal.*
2:17 Szeras says "unscientific", but in the lore, Szeras is pursuing godhood, but full comprehension of the soul is the one thing that Szeras does not understand about living beings. He swings between both accepting and denying it's beyond science. Looks like he's still bitter about that lol
Godhood in the way Necrons understand it is in the way of the C’tan.
That is their model of godhood, and as far as it’s understood it is master over the physical universe.
@@rustkarl While I see where you're coming from, by the time Szeras said that, he'd encountered the forces of the Old Ones, the Chaos Gods and Mork and Gork to name a few. He'd also encountered various kinds of psykers to boot. So he'd have more frames of reference for godhood.
He propably just did not want to be remined of his continued failure to grasp the concept of "souls" which permanently makes his highest level experiments fail.
He knows about souls, but uses scientific term that descibes them.
It's so good to see the necrons in this format.
“The destroyers are creatures of uncomplicated circuitry.”
That certainly is a diplomatic way of putting it.
A destroyer's thought process, 99% of the time. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! IS THAT A SINGLE BLADE OF GRASS?!?!?! NOT ON MY FUCKING WATCH!!!!"
2:20 POV: you called him “Thomas The Train” instead of “Thomas The Tank Engine”
The sound effects when hes moving around are perfection
I'm happy someone else appreciates mechanical sound effects here. Its the same reason I love transformers prime.
yes its stunning good
It’s always good that there are scenes like this to remind me that 40k is grimdark and isn’t all cool battle scenes
Seeing all those men and women strapped to the sarcophagi and screaming in pain was spine tingling, and it’s worse that there are far worse fates in 40k
So whats happening to them, are their souls being stolen to power the necrons?
@notoriousriot250 They're his test subjects. Szeras is currently working on studying the nature of the soul for three reasons.
1: The Silent King has tasked him with figuring out a method to undo the Biotransference.
2: He wants to permanently shut off the Warp.
3: He is trying to figure out how to ascend himself into a near-god by becoming a being of pure energy.
@@notoriousriot2500:43 In this specific instance, I believe Szeras is using a type of Necron nanomachine called a Mindshackle Scarab to physically pick the human's brain clean of all information of relevance. Once completed, the subject expired, the nanobots returned at Szeras' command, and directly downloaded their accumulated knowledge to their master.
@@TheLangenator I think he's also seeking redemption and forgiveness from all Necrons. Since HE was the chief scientist behind the Bio transference Process
Nah daemonculaba is worse
Idk why
But I basicly hear him saying:
"I'm done with their plot armor, get rid of them."
unfortunately I doubt the plot armor will go away any time soon.
@@Quole1234didn't that space marine die tho?
@@larrytherustyboii7442 good.
“Rectify the anomaly of their continued existence”
If anything that scene of him leaving those Guardsman to be tortured made me understand why humanity hates aliens in 40k a little bit more.
They hate each other. Both with good reason.
Humanity has also earned its hatred from the xeno many times over their history.
I mean it’s now out of survival and a strange mercy
Killing a primitive xeno race or telling them stay in the forests dormant allow to gain souls or a presence within warp.
Better not be dead than ever catch the eye of the inmaterial world
Thing to be noted is that Szeras is an extreme case, he's the dude that created the entire process for stripping his own people off their biological bodies and souls, even other Necrons see him as the sickest of fucks.
@@rustkarlYea the bad thing humanity did was merely exist
@@__mindflayer__
The Interex and Diasporex would beg to differ if they weren’t wiped out.
As would many unnamed species and civilisations caught up in the Great Crusade that even Angron could realise just wanted to be left alone. And it continues to the modern day, across 10,000 years.
Like the inhabitants of Traynor’s Rest, once a peaceful coexistence poisoned into xenocide by an Imperial missionary.
The A.I in Death of Integrity also considers humanity as it is to be beyond saving for its cruelty, having once been a faithful ally of its crew, now slaughtered for being ‘heretics’
"Are you on the Spectrum?"
"I am but am high-functioning."
Boss scanning your necron-brain to make sure you're telling the truth when you're calling out sick.
This just makes me want to watch that one scene in Infinite and Divine where they talk for a few hundred or thousand years.
Plot Twist: the death mark was recently possesed by Trayzn the Infinite
Is it just me, or is when Szeras turns his head to the deathmark as he's commenting on his awakening and purpose, it almost feels like his eye is supposed to convey angered annoyance to it without changing the shape of it???
yeah its cool.
he is upset he is being questioned by the deathmark. and thats gotta mean that the deathmark is corrupted.
of course what it really means is that it is Szeras that is corrupted.
but who of the necron would scan him and show him that he is the one slowly being corrupted.
@@-Big_Big the silent king, I'd imagine. But probably never will; Szeras is aligned with Szarekh nowadays lol.
As a Guard player I love seeing scenes like the opening one. Gives me motivation to win my battles, knowing that this might be my soldiers' fate should I lose.
Better to die for the Emperor, than live for yourself....
When you fall asleep first in the sleepover:
Makes me wonder where Szera's loyalties will lie when the silent king Szarekh inevitably comes knocking.
Nobody is his equal. Szera would know his place.
Honestly at least he had a conversation. How rare are conversations for necrons
Not too often but they do converse among lower ranking necrons and higher ones as well except for Trayzn and Orikan lol but with Illuminor Szeras being the main antagonist he is just well done here
Conversations between necrons can take days or nanoseconds depending on the situation.
Uncharacteristically short too 😅
@@littlejohn8435 Necron nobles like to give long speeches just to enjoy their power.
conversations happen fairly often between necrons that arent brainwashed. its not really necessary as they have other ways to communicate, but they still do it out of habit; even immortals are capable of speech even if its mostly only so they can deliver reports. And towards the brainless ones like warriors or immortals, necron lords have a tendency to still throw long, motivational speeches at them (like it matters) that the lower necrons will motionlessly listen to without understandign any of it until they perceive an order for them to follow.
All in all, only the necron constructs like scarabs and the necron warriors are mute: all others are capable of speech and do talk to eachother, through their degree of cognizance varies.
I love Szeras' little shrug when he realises he's asking the deathmark to do it the wrong way and that's why he's getting snark
Yesss, it's such a perfectly done detail.
Deathmark: What is this one's purpose?
Szeras: You rectify anomalies
Deathmark: *looks at own hands "Oh my god"
Szeras: GOD!! You will refrain from such unscientific terminology in my presence.
I love how no one’s talking about the fact that Szeras himself called this planetary eradication of the locals a mere “experiment” considering just how much death and destruction there’s been thus far.
Id love an episode with him just scuttling around , waffling to himself about his experiments and generally just his day to day interacting with other necrons and constructs while a rageing battle is going on
Ah yes this is something that should totally be in my music mix
"Exemplars of a verminous breed" is such a Necron thing to say lol
lol the deathmark giving szeras shit for like 5 minutes straight was hilarious
All those guardsmen screaming reminded me too much of that scene from Nope
I love the deathmark, by the throne, am I a heretic?!😢
heresy only implies that you believe in the human emperor, us xeno players do not have to bother with being called heretics
I would think even the Astartes themselves hold a modicum of respect for something like the death mark.
The inquisition has dispatched an agent to determine whether you are a heretic or not. Stay calm he will not torture you for information of your associate heretics then burn you alive to cleanse you of your sins.
SassyDeathmark = best Deathmark
I really like that the longer dialogue had the sections where you'd probably pause to take a breath in between sentinces cut out. It really drives the point home that the Necrons are completely machine with zero need to breathe like when they were mortal.
The sound design in this scene is amazing, all the little clicks and clacks whenever the necrons move add to their creepiness and utter lack of humanity.
"Souls? You will refrain from such unscientific terminology in my presence!"
0:47 then what the hell is that, Szeras?
Micro scarabs
Memories? I mean he extracts that and immediately wakes up the death mark chap. Might have been looking for some nice images to show him.
Nanoscarabs. Likely been burrowing into that port man for hours at least. Collecting data with extremely invasive and agonising microsurgeries all through his body.
Given his visible agitation, I'd say that was a containment for what was intended to be the human's soul. The containment quickly failed and the soul returned to the Warp, meaning his latest experiment continues to be a failure.
Ahh yes the Gustavo Fring of the Necrons
The Chicken Man?!
Best scene from the first episode
Just watched this again. Can we just agree that they absolutely aced the sound effects on this.
❤
I am genuinely unsettled by what I saw that giant metal crab do to that room full of screaming meat bags.
Well done.
Also props to not leaving the Deathmark silent. Theirs is an ancient and respected profession. To use one can be considered a breach in etiquette. Luckily, it’s an honor than the lesser races are incapable of understanding and as such are given no such consideration.
This video is a masterpiece from the lore to the audio and the quality of the visuals I cant stop watching this video
"rectify the anomaly of their continued existence"
Funny how even being turned into soulless robots couldn't remove "sounds like not my fucking job" from Nercons
THE FREAKIN SERVO HISSES AND RATTLES. even when not speaking, they still retain body language. It’s fascinating to me.
But also Szeras reminds me of Professor Hojo and every second he’s onscreen the comparison strengthens.
Gotta love them servos.
2:20 me when bro says that the pterodactyl is his favourite dinosaur
Necron memes: "Beep, boop, get off my lawn humans."
Actual Necrons:
Metal warrior, only lives to served, no fear or regret.
The start was absolutely terrifying I loved it this is the videos I love to see
Although I love everything about this short animation, Szeras' little unhinged little twitches take the cake imo. Really shows his unhinged side under the souless exterior.
The Necrons are rapidly becoming my favorite xenos race. Like, I still think orks are cool and just too damn fun to ignore, but Necrons, especially Szeras here, are just absolutely fucking menacing.
About damn time! Been waiting for some form of Necron appreciation
Props to who ever did the panting and screams of that first guardsman, genuinely upsetting. 👍
I could listen to Szeras stomp around all day.
New insult: “you will refrain from such unscientific terminology in my presence”
They did such an amazing job conveying the sheer weight and scale of Szeras, as well as his entire personality in such a short scene.
By extension, also a pretty good summation of why he’ll never be as cool as Trazyn, no matter what he does…
3:20 The deathmark is essentially giving Szeras a not-so-subtle warning: "Don't you dare question my abilities, or I might just demostrate them on you."
It's more something like : " it's not that I can't do what you are asking me to do, it's just that you explained it as if I was a mere vulgar soldier. If you do want me to do the job, give your orders in a way worth my status of assassin".
I like how this deathmark is not just being sassy to a necron high commander but to Szeras out of all beings.
The Guards' helmet is kicked with such a sound that it becomes clear instantly, how primitive and fragile human technologies are in comparison with the ones of Necrons.
“Souls aren’t real” says the guy who’s entire race had theirs devoured by their gods
Dude is coping hard because of the part he played in that.