@@dianapennepacker6854 yeah that got retconned because the writer of the book didn’t understand the lore properly and instead got changed to Lucifer blacks
@@Hexados-666 I can't even recall what book it is. Mind explaining the retcon? It wouldn't surprise me. The book I'm thinking of had Ahriman come in and ruin some Harlequin "play". I believe it was a unique one but basically had them slaughtering everyone when a Solitaire showed up. Ahriman never got whatever he wants though. He walked through the wrong portal or some shot. It's been so freaken long though since I read the book and I don't even remember anything else. I could totally be wrong about it all and my life is a lie. I want to say it was one of the inquisitior books.
@Alphagon & Omegarius the avatars of khaine are just fragments of his soul And vary greatly between each one So yeah one being weak enough for a marine to defeat isn't all that farfetched Especially when one got wrecked by 12 carnifex while another left a mountain of Tyranids dead in its wake
The solitaires are unique in being the only ones allowed to play the role of Slaanesh in any play detailing the fall of the Eldar. Apparently if any lesser harlequin attempts to play the part, they'll go insane. On top of that, whenever a solitaire is killed, the laughing God personally competes against Slaanesh for the right to the solitaires soul
Playing Slannesh also damns the actor, you basically reveal yourself to it and make your soul an eternal target. The laughing god can only save a tiny percentage though because any more than that puts him at risk of being discovered/consumed by Slannesh.
@@813bryant the lore is thr laughing god is more powerful then slaanesh slaaesnh has found and neither can destory each other. But the battle for each solitaire souls happens on death
ye i always imagined it was like how it works in most dnd or pathfinder like fantasy settings were if two parties have contracts on the same soul they compete for soul claiming rights.@@lordpfeiffer8490
Fun fact: Even after several "nerfs," these guys are top tier on the table top. They have "I go, then go again" rules ignore your rules, etc. I actually think they're the top army at this moment, except maybe SoB. Not many people play them, at least in my experience, save for hard-core tournament players. Probably due to people seeing who they're facing and just taking an "L" to save time. Not fun to be that guy.
Idk why everyone dislikes that, theyre elite troops from an alien race that at their baseline are stronger and faster than humans with gifts that psychicly and physically boost them from a god that is actually on their side and weapons that cut through the best armor like it isn't even there. People say its inconsistent but EVERYTHINGS inconsistent its just this time it might not have been in the imperium's favor. It sounds more like people are annoyed at the idea that in the galaxy of horrors anything could even be a problem for custodes.
The audiobook performance is a lot of fun, and helps in understanding the way eldar communicate and go about buissness, or rather, the way harlequins step right over those guidelines and fuck around endlessly.
Extremely talented fighters is an understatement. These guys ARE the most talented fighters in the galaxy. They took a race that was already designed to excel at war, and make them better somehow. The harlequins are supernaturally powerful even by eldar standards. As for solitaires- if you want something dead, you send a solitaire after it. Even the most bog standard solitaire can kill a greater demon. The really famous ones can kill exalted greater demons with ease. Anything below the level of a primarch/phoenix lord does not stand a chance.
My best guess is for the laughing god to trick she who thirsts into bringing the final sword to the eldar so then can summon the god of the dead to end her would be nice if this happened at the eye of terror so that she who thirsts would be slain at the pace of her birth and hopefully seal up the eye in the process
The imperium will probably find a way to screw that up again somehow like they did the first time. If GW were to advance the story like that again, I’d guess they’d do what they did last time and have it sorta work. That way they advance the story but very little actusllt changes in the grand scheme of thjngs
Flesh Tearers: Got to say all this flesh tearing, pretty fun. Carcaradons, Mortifactors, Minotaurs, Star Phantoms, Exorcist, Black Templars, Space Wolves: Ditto
I know that Harlequins are tier af in 9th but I came to love them for the lore. The Laughing God is the way; he's going to smack Slaanesh like a pimp missing money.
Fun fact not all the different eldar groups like The harlequins but they're all terrified of them. The harlequins aren't the elder equivalent of space Marines are the elder equivalent custodies.
The death jesters are incredibly relatable to me as them causing terribly ironic deaths and then laughing at the carnage is very on brand for me if not a tad extreme for a jape
Not only to they give up all information of who they once were but they also give up their very soul being promised to slannesh but the laughing god being a memer will try and save the soul anyways Their basically powered by 2 gods one in the warp one in the webway
Ayo Calvicus vile Tho I see Cegorach more of a mix of Clavicus and Sheogorath cause he's both completely insane and unpredictable but he also likes to mess withe people cause he's bored (including his own worshipers)
The other factions who arguably have fun: Space Wolves, a fair bit of the time. As long as you have a very specific idea of fun. But they seem to actually enjoy what they do and have real time off. Dark eldar, though the line between fun and self harm may be hard to spot. Some daemons, mostly slaaneshi ones (though they have the same ambiguity as dark eldar). Arguably most individual tyrranid lifeforms.
Sooooo the Harlequins worship a trickster Eldar god whos name is escaping me rightnow but this trickster god is the one that is said to be putting the fall of Slaanesh into motion. If said something wrong please correct me 😊
They...are having the complete opposite of fun. Their laughter is from sarcasm, grief and cruelty, that's the whole point of their existence. There is no joy left for their species.
@Dean Kinred Nah, every race should have something equivalent to a custo"dead". Considering that elder can be very2 old and have time and dedication to thier craft. A custody could be equivalent to a baby in comparison. Keep in mind that not all custody have many experiences dealing with anything not "normal", similar, equivalent or superior than them. Since its been several thousand years since most of them fought real enemies and not mock training against human or orks.
@@RandomPerson-tz7wk Eldar and most xenos have named characters that can easily go up against custodes. But the Harlequins slaughtering custodes with barely any thought is inept writing.
Well remember, the rule for 40k lore is that it's "told from one perspective" and could be truth, could be a lie, could be propaganda, so nothing is explicitly canon. So it could have been exaggerated. Maybe it was fewer custodes. Maybe it wasn't custodes. Who knows?
@@deadsheep1017 I didn't read that book. So I can't judge how well the writing is. But If both are nameless (har and cust) I don't mind whoever win to fit the story. Since they are basically similar rarity/rank. I would still side with the harlequins, since it make more sense. They have more combat experience. Harlequins don't just stand "guard" they actively fight for and against any faction. And eldar "plot armour" is seeing/ having vision of the future cover it. Can't really do much, if your enemies know where you are and what you'll do if the plot armour is with them and not with you.
Hmmm... I wonder what would happen if DCEU's Harley Quinn found herself in the WH40K universe & decided to join these guys? Y'know, Harley Quinn & the Harlequins? Get it? Maybe her appearance here would be the reason Slaanesh actually gets tricked into saving the Eldar? Well?
I don't believe that I believe it was a group of harlequin aeldar can slaughter custodes like guardsmen, when custodians can solo 3 or 4 chaos astartes . Which is absolutely stupid. That's one thing for harlequins to be able to clap space marine cheeks but not custode those guys are too about that action especially since they've been putting in work in blood games for thousands of years.
i heard it was a blunder on the writers part: he got Lucifer blacks and custodes mixed up. former are elite soldiers that are a cut above even the likes of kasrkin and scions.
Nah fam, Solitaires can absolutely f*ck up Custodes in 1v1 combat, but Solitaires are elite harlequins so it makes sense. Normal Harlequins can probably 1v2 normal space marines on average
Ahriman: WHAT DO YOU MEAN I NEED A LIBRARY CARD!?
Rubrics, open fire!!!!!!
Harlequins‐ Kills Custodes like they were just part of a play.
Ahriman ‐ Hold my gin and tonic. Wiped the floor with them without breaking a sweat.
TTS stands!!!!
@@dianapennepacker6854 yeah that got retconned because the writer of the book didn’t understand the lore properly and instead got changed to Lucifer blacks
@@Hexados-666 I can't even recall what book it is. Mind explaining the retcon? It wouldn't surprise me.
The book I'm thinking of had Ahriman come in and ruin some Harlequin "play". I believe it was a unique one but basically had them slaughtering everyone when a Solitaire showed up.
Ahriman never got whatever he wants though. He walked through the wrong portal or some shot. It's been so freaken long though since I read the book and I don't even remember anything else. I could totally be wrong about it all and my life is a lie. I want to say it was one of the inquisitior books.
Can take on squad of Space marines
Helmetless ultramarine : hold my paper work
Any named spaced marine*
Random ultramarine oder matt :
@Alphagon & Omegarius the avatars of khaine are just fragments of his soul
And vary greatly between each one
So yeah one being weak enough for a marine to defeat isn't all that farfetched
Especially when one got wrecked by 12 carnifex while another left a mountain of Tyranids dead in its wake
can take on a squad of Space marines... in a fight right? 🤣
@Alphagon & Omegarius cuz bad wrhiting
The solitaires are unique in being the only ones allowed to play the role of Slaanesh in any play detailing the fall of the Eldar. Apparently if any lesser harlequin attempts to play the part, they'll go insane. On top of that, whenever a solitaire is killed, the laughing God personally competes against Slaanesh for the right to the solitaires soul
Playing Slannesh also damns the actor, you basically reveal yourself to it and make your soul an eternal target. The laughing god can only save a tiny percentage though because any more than that puts him at risk of being discovered/consumed by Slannesh.
@@813bryant the lore is thr laughing god is more powerful then slaanesh slaaesnh has found and neither can destory each other. But the battle for each solitaire souls happens on death
They also by lore can clap custodis like they are beating a small child and put primarchs to shame, unless the lore needs them to not
ye i always imagined it was like how it works in most dnd or pathfinder like fantasy settings were if two parties have contracts on the same soul they compete for soul claiming rights.@@lordpfeiffer8490
@@Kikrafis"Unless the lore needs them not too." Ah yes, classic Aeldari fan here.
They aren't just theater kids they are theater kids with violent tendencies and insane combat training
So regular theater kids then
That's the whole point of explaining their prowess in the short, ya dingus.
So JROTC kids?
so theater kids with insane combat training
So just theater kids then?
Slaanesh onlyfans be like: indulge in pleasure now,pay later*
*With your soul btw.
They look scary but low-key the heroes of their race
Heroes
It will never cease to amaze me that the Eldar partied so hard they created the Eldritch God of sex, drugs, and probably rock and roll.
There's no "probably rock and roll." Noise Marines, Emperor's Children.
the poor guardsman just watching a Harlequin start cranking 90s on his friends
holy emperor, this guy's cracked!
Fun fact: Even after several "nerfs," these guys are top tier on the table top. They have "I go, then go again" rules ignore your rules, etc. I actually think they're the top army at this moment, except maybe SoB.
Not many people play them, at least in my experience, save for hard-core tournament players. Probably due to people seeing who they're facing and just taking an "L" to save time. Not fun to be that guy.
What the SOB in this case
@@WhatWhy42
Sisters of Battle
@@gangstalker47 👍
Nids🦂are still the strongest
Eldar are difficult to make work. ☠️
Only reason I don't is cuz paiting them is suicide
Just because they're laughing doesn't mean they're happy
Truth
Canonical, most Harlequins are genuinely having a blast. Except for this one Masque that’s constantly miserable.
Just a reminder never ask what happened when clown boys met banana boys
What hap-
*bolter fire
I need not ask for I already know. Ya boi King K Rool pulls up and clobbers'em both with a single yeet of the crown ya sees
Cringe mistakes are better forgotten…
Idk why everyone dislikes that, theyre elite troops from an alien race that at their baseline are stronger and faster than humans with gifts that psychicly and physically boost them from a god that is actually on their side and weapons that cut through the best armor like it isn't even there. People say its inconsistent but EVERYTHINGS inconsistent its just this time it might not have been in the imperium's favor. It sounds more like people are annoyed at the idea that in the galaxy of horrors anything could even be a problem for custodes.
@@Shadow-gc6le
“Because anything that beats teh epic fascist dictatorship is bad writing!”
The audiobook performance is a lot of fun, and helps in understanding the way eldar communicate and go about buissness, or rather, the way harlequins step right over those guidelines and fuck around endlessly.
A space marine fighting: brother he just cartwheeled to dodge my bullet
legend says ahriman is still searching for his black library card
Extremely talented fighters is an understatement. These guys ARE the most talented fighters in the galaxy. They took a race that was already designed to excel at war, and make them better somehow. The harlequins are supernaturally powerful even by eldar standards.
As for solitaires- if you want something dead, you send a solitaire after it. Even the most bog standard solitaire can kill a greater demon. The really famous ones can kill exalted greater demons with ease. Anything below the level of a primarch/phoenix lord does not stand a chance.
How many of them exist?
A yes my favorite, clowns from outer space
My best guess is for the laughing god to trick she who thirsts into bringing the final sword to the eldar so then can summon the god of the dead to end her would be nice if this happened at the eye of terror so that she who thirsts would be slain at the pace of her birth and hopefully seal up the eye in the process
The imperium will probably find a way to screw that up again somehow like they did the first time. If GW were to advance the story like that again, I’d guess they’d do what they did last time and have it sorta work. That way they advance the story but very little actusllt changes in the grand scheme of thjngs
They don't call it a Theater of War for nothing
Flesh Tearers: Got to say all this flesh tearing, pretty fun.
Carcaradons, Mortifactors, Minotaurs, Star Phantoms, Exorcist, Black Templars, Space Wolves: Ditto
the fart got me 🤣
I know that Harlequins are tier af in 9th but I came to love them for the lore. The Laughing God is the way; he's going to smack Slaanesh like a pimp missing money.
Nice video verry informative 👍
I like how half of the videos have Dawn of War OSTs. Solid.
Ahhh yess marvelous someone finally does a video on my kin
"I know you Solitaires play the part of the Stripper God, but this, is, RI. DI. CU. LOUS."
[BAZINGA]
harlequins are my favorite group in 40k
It's the circus. And no, your parents still aren't going to take you.
I just want to point out that Drukhari are definitely having fun
Fun fact not all the different eldar groups like The harlequins but they're all terrified of them. The harlequins aren't the elder equivalent of space Marines are the elder equivalent custodies.
The death jesters are incredibly relatable to me as them causing terribly ironic deaths and then laughing at the carnage is very on brand for me if not a tad extreme for a jape
Not only to they give up all information of who they once were but they also give up their very soul being promised to slannesh but the laughing god being a memer will try and save the soul anyways
Their basically powered by 2 gods one in the warp one in the webway
You’re thinking of solitaires, which is an elite unit within the harlequins. The average harlequin doesn’t sell their soul to slannesh
but just like the class clown they are secretly deeply sad inside
Didnt even mention their gut shredder side arm 😢 these folks are the definition of unhinged
Graceful displays of art… Yeah, my lascannons said no to any more of that.
You think you'd land a shot? lol
@@IllNacs I used past tense… It happened. Thank fuck for the rule change on the Invulnerable save.
Arguably the only actual good guys in 40k.
The emperor’s children are also having fun… horrible immoral fun but they see it as fun nonetheless
Take on five space marines?
Yeah, until the 'Plot Armour' stops working, that is...
Killing space marine is child play for a solitaire.
Now give Cegorach a talking dog while he wanders around as a Solitaire, and it'll be complete
(Skyrim Reference)
Ayo Calvicus vile
Tho I see Cegorach more of a mix of Clavicus and Sheogorath cause he's both completely insane and unpredictable but he also likes to mess withe people cause he's bored (including his own worshipers)
@@_Chaosnight_ exactly
Ynarri are just space pirates with pointy ears.
Florida Man+ theatre kid= harlequin
The other factions who arguably have fun:
Space Wolves, a fair bit of the time. As long as you have a very specific idea of fun. But they seem to actually enjoy what they do and have real time off.
Dark eldar, though the line between fun and self harm may be hard to spot.
Some daemons, mostly slaaneshi ones (though they have the same ambiguity as dark eldar).
Arguably most individual tyrranid lifeforms.
slanesh looking like syndra
The original 2nd ed Harley Quinns were beasts
They call it a Troupe, but we all know it's a polycule.
Basically URF Shaco
basically circus de soliei in warhammer 40k
But now we both will surely die
Lol said the harlequin lmao
Hard core theater kids
Did I just see a little bit of If The Emperor Had A Text To Speech
all hail the honk god
I mean Trazyn usually has a pretty good time and so do most chaos marines, not so much the cultists
*BAZINGA*
Some of the few mostly good factions of the setting, and they lack the inability the eldar have with working with other species
The Eldar can work with other species. Hell, a group of exodites helped Trazyn to imprison a C’tan shard
I wish gw loved harlequins as much as i do 😂
they would like the noise marines
My boys!
Careless whisper 😂
So 40K Juggalos? That's actually horrifying
Can take on a squad of space marines
Me: in a fight right?
What's the clip with the Death Jesters mask from?
I go to bat for the Harlequins and always want to find more stuff where they're in.
Ditto! I'd be very interested to find more stuff featuring the laughing lads
Only ones having fun in 40k pft. Have you ever seen a Valhallan arrive on an ice planet? Or a tau standing in a bread line?
I always thought it was pronounced "SEG-O-RACK"
The CLOOOOWWWNS :(
Demn the editing
"can take on a whole squad of space marines"
in a battle, right?
🙂🙃🫠
I have to assume that the character in the first second of the story is an Eldar of some sort given the back tube things, but who *is* that?
I bet this group was made just so that Harly Quinn fans can play.
I read that book but I most warn you, the pages are...sticky..
I wonder if they do birthday parties?
LESSSSS GOOOOOO!
"Secret"
Sooooo the Harlequins worship a trickster Eldar god whos name is escaping me rightnow but this trickster god is the one that is said to be putting the fall of Slaanesh into motion. If said something wrong please correct me 😊
Clown space elves on crack
Cegorach more like kekorach
So Space Juggalos
Wait. What was that about Slaanesh saving the eldar!?
Dosn’t chegorath fight slenesh for their souls
* first 5 seconds *
*ORKZ ORKZ ORKZ ORKZ ORKZ*
Upd: fuck
Fully got the eldar god name wrong, sewar that ain't what it is
Nope, that fully is it
That's Cegorah not Kegorah, as C is sayed as "ts"
Getting joker vibes... Harley Quinn
Slaanesh looking kind of bad in that shirt though
Wait... servants of who?
They...are having the complete opposite of fun. Their laughter is from sarcasm, grief and cruelty, that's the whole point of their existence. There is no joy left for their species.
And this is where I say good bye to the 40k universe. It’s been something.
I want a few of these to go beat Batman’s ass
BBBBBBBAAAAAAAAAZZZZZZZZIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's pronounced Seg-or-ack
Basically Theatre Kids From the darkest pits of hell, who worship the Joker, and are basically the Eldar Equivalent of Custodes
So its more or less r/jhinmains
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Look they’re badass an all but I don’t see these twigs killing so many custodies which is my main issue with power scaling in 40k
You don’t need to be super strong to kill something? There’s a reason why humans made weapons…
Wasn’t there some bs where harlequins massacred the custodes or some stupid shit like that lmfao
Yup it’s probably because the author didn’t really understand what he was putting them against. 1 Custodie would mince them
@Dean Kinred
Nah, every race should have something equivalent to a custo"dead". Considering that elder can be very2 old and have time and dedication to thier craft. A custody could be equivalent to a baby in comparison.
Keep in mind that not all custody have many experiences dealing with anything not "normal", similar, equivalent or superior than them. Since its been several thousand years since most of them fought real enemies and not mock training against human or orks.
@@RandomPerson-tz7wk Eldar and most xenos have named characters that can easily go up against custodes. But the Harlequins slaughtering custodes with barely any thought is inept writing.
Well remember, the rule for 40k lore is that it's "told from one perspective" and could be truth, could be a lie, could be propaganda, so nothing is explicitly canon. So it could have been exaggerated. Maybe it was fewer custodes. Maybe it wasn't custodes. Who knows?
@@deadsheep1017
I didn't read that book. So I can't judge how well the writing is. But If both are nameless (har and cust) I don't mind whoever win to fit the story. Since they are basically similar rarity/rank. I would still side with the harlequins, since it make more sense. They have more combat experience. Harlequins don't just stand "guard" they actively fight for and against any faction. And eldar "plot armour" is seeing/ having vision of the future cover it. Can't really do much, if your enemies know where you are and what you'll do if the plot armour is with them and not with you.
this was a bad explanation. you didnt even talk about their crazy gear like the anti gravity belt. or the fact that they can solo greater demons.
Dawn of War 2 best
Hmmm... I wonder what would happen if DCEU's Harley Quinn found herself in the WH40K universe & decided to join these guys? Y'know, Harley Quinn & the Harlequins? Get it? Maybe her appearance here would be the reason Slaanesh actually gets tricked into saving the Eldar? Well?
I don't believe that I believe it was a group of harlequin aeldar can slaughter custodes like guardsmen, when custodians can solo 3 or 4 chaos astartes . Which is absolutely stupid. That's one thing for harlequins to be able to clap space marine cheeks but not custode those guys are too about that action especially since they've been putting in work in blood games for thousands of years.
i heard it was a blunder on the writers part: he got Lucifer blacks and custodes mixed up. former are elite soldiers that are a cut above even the likes of kasrkin and scions.
Nah fam, Solitaires can absolutely f*ck up Custodes in 1v1 combat, but Solitaires are elite harlequins so it makes sense. Normal Harlequins can probably 1v2 normal space marines on average
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