NECRONS Deep Dive. The Most POWERFUL Faction In 40k? Complete History | Warhammer 40k Lore

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  • Ancient alien robots? ghosts trapped in mechanical skeletons? The most powerful faction in warhammer 40k? The necrons are easily one of the most mysterious factions in all of warhammer 40k. so much so that up untill 5th edition, the fact that we knew practically nothing about them was kind of their whole point. Now adays weve gained a lot of insight into their history and the inner workings of their various dynasties. so lets take a deep dive into necron lore and figure out with these angry metal lads are all about!
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    Chapters
    00:00 Intro
    03:32 Tomb Worlds/ Invasions
    08:17 Necron tech
    11:41 Weaponry
    16:20 Necron Ships
    19:00 Hierarchy / Dynasties /Royal court
    23:23 Destroyer Cult
    25:20 Flayed Ones
    29:34 Origins. The Old Ones
    34:13 The C'tan
    37:38 Biotransference
    40:48 The War In Heaven
    47:26 The Return
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  • @HinokasArabfan1
    @HinokasArabfan1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4327

    The plot of mechanicus is pretty funny for me. Mechanicus goes in, steal anything that isn't nailed down and run away before the bony bois wake up.

    • @weshammer
      @weshammer  2 ปีที่แล้ว +692

      That game is seriously underrated! I got it for like a dollar on a steam sale and played an ungodly amount of it

    • @HinokasArabfan1
      @HinokasArabfan1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +217

      @@weshammer I LOVE the music in it. Noosphere is just a church bass drop.

    • @TheHere_AndNow
      @TheHere_AndNow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      Mechanics no swiping 🤖

    • @titosfilippotis7039
      @titosfilippotis7039 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      @@HinokasArabfan1 I blast Noosphere whenever I play Harrow in Warframe

    • @4eversight781
      @4eversight781 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@weshammer curious is their a space marine chapter who the most hated or don’t like?
      Like a certain black dragon chapter

  • @Alastair_
    @Alastair_ ปีที่แล้ว +981

    One thing I love about Necrons is they could easily defeat Chaos and close the eye of Terror but choose not to because they just don't consider it that much of a threat XD

    • @thenson1Halo
      @thenson1Halo ปีที่แล้ว +166

      They did try to flatten the Warp itself though. Which would have the effect of defeating Chaos as well. From a certain point of view the Necrons and Old Ones are the mother and father of the chaos gods.

    • @glyngreen538
      @glyngreen538 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thought the Necrons were going on a massive campaign to fight warp corruption? That’s what the whole 9th edition Pariah Nexus is about? They have a whole network trying to close down the warp in the galaxy because they’re cross about the great rift. It might wipe out humanity in the process too but the Necrons don’t care.

    • @charluu1929
      @charluu1929 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I would love to see The eye of Terror and Chaos vs The Necrons

    • @Alastair_
      @Alastair_ ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@charluu1929 there honestly wouldn't be much of a challenge if the Necrons were united.

    • @charluu1929
      @charluu1929 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Alastair_ because they're robos?

  • @greggillespie8259
    @greggillespie8259 2 ปีที่แล้ว +607

    Okay, intelligent orks that are fully aware of their psychic abilities is the most horrifying thing I could imagine hitting the current 40k setting

    • @isThreeman
      @isThreeman ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Honestly hoping Ghazghkull rediscovers the orks inherent reality altering ability and guides it to reinvent himself into a pseudo Kork that is not just a prophet but Gork and/or Mork manifest.

    • @listerineclean343
      @listerineclean343 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Cyborks* FTFY

    • @MrSquishles
      @MrSquishles ปีที่แล้ว +23

      There was one like right after the horus heresy, the warboss was about primarch level or stronger. They engaged in diplomacy...

    • @SilentHotdog28
      @SilentHotdog28 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      It's a paradox that wouldn't work, they realise their ability, then they know that something only works because they believe in it, therefore it doesn't actually work once they discover their ability, meaning they would not believe that red goes faster, because they know it only worked before due to the power......It's one big headfuck, but yeah, the Orks are screwed once they realise their power is why things worked. They would only pretend to believe in something to no avail, due to them not truly believing in it, due to knowing it wouldn't work.

    • @walterlaten7662
      @walterlaten7662 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I am really hoping we get a Ork character that's a bit smarter may even have a shot at uniting them imagine that orks united

  • @alexschmidt1555
    @alexschmidt1555 2 ปีที่แล้ว +432

    "The Infinite and the Divine" is a great book about the Necrons. Its intresting to follow characters with god mode galavanting around the universe

    • @davisdf3064
      @davisdf3064 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Also, Trazyn is such a troll

    • @Tyranid_HiveMind
      @Tyranid_HiveMind ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ok

    • @Hereoneavailable
      @Hereoneavailable 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Necrons is so goofy like
      “Old one help me”
      “No”
      *Destroy universe

    • @Conorscorner
      @Conorscorner หลายเดือนก่อน

      Way cool!!! Thank you for suggesting this I'm going to take a listen.

  • @greenfire4656
    @greenfire4656 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1110

    The necrons have a very cool lore to them. The tragic tail of begging for mercy in a harsh galaxy, and anger, greed, and ignorance taking gold in a desperate people seeking vengeance. Very fascinating.

    • @olihoisl7546
      @olihoisl7546 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      I always felt the other way round to them. The necrons could have asked the old ones for helping them research for the survival of their race, but they instantly asked for immortality. I would give humans immortality either. Helping them fight against diseases and mutation but the necrontyr wanted everything and nothing less

    • @greenfire4656
      @greenfire4656 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@olihoisl7546 true, that's very true.

    • @comradekenobi6908
      @comradekenobi6908 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@olihoisl7546 eh idk about that the old ones, the so called benevolent beings , could atleast give them something instead of being "I missed the part where that's my problem"

    • @MrRawrCEO
      @MrRawrCEO 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@comradekenobi6908 I think I remember reading in the old lore a long time ago that the Old Ones initially offered them immortality but the Necrontyr told them to bugger off due to pride/paranoia so this new stuff is probably a retcon of sorts.
      That said...solar radiation and genetic deficiencies should NOT have been a problem for a race as advanced as they were. It's not the smartest writing when you examine it closely, but like everything else with 40k rule of cool and plot armor are like 70-80% of the franchise (I still enjoy it tho).

    • @MrRawrCEO
      @MrRawrCEO 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@comradekenobi6908 Also, 4chan pointed out that the Old Ones possibly looked at the Necrontyr and their expansive mentality and were just like, "Hmmm, if we give them immortality they'll probably just go on a giant murderhobo spree across the galaxy trying to take everything over. Even if they don't, going from short painful lives to unending pleasant life will probably result in massive social upheaval (how the heck do you handle childrearing and social advancement when life expectancy goes from 40-infinity?) and with their level of technology it could be a problem that we really don't want to deal with until they mature a bit."

  • @lekrieg8618
    @lekrieg8618 ปีที่แล้ว +532

    The necrons are mostly not that aggressive, but are incredibly posessive. They will happily destroy anything in order to reclaim worlds that they once owned but rarely go out conquering something new. Its important to remember this

    • @mhutch5082
      @mhutch5082 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Russia v ukraine

    • @andersbodving4510
      @andersbodving4510 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@mhutch5082 how the war is going I'd say Ukraine is more guardsmen and Russia is playing the part of greenskins

    • @mhutch5082
      @mhutch5082 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@andersbodving4510 not at all. The necrons. Taking what is rightfully there's throughout history

    • @aster2790
      @aster2790 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mhutch5082 no, necrons are literally russians in that case
      Like, yes they were first to conquer a planet, and? No one cares

    • @nightshadowninja3053
      @nightshadowninja3053 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      We also don't care about the ants which wanders around the garden but they don't comes back to their hive when they step in to the kitchen.

  • @boredcryptek5513
    @boredcryptek5513 2 ปีที่แล้ว +605

    Szarek did not intend on returning to the galaxy. He basically set out and encountered the Tyranids. This struck even him with fear and so he booked it back to the galaxy to get the Necrons ready to fight the Tyranids. There is even plans to recreate those weapons he had destroyed.

    • @tuahsakato17
      @tuahsakato17 2 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      He's scared there will be none to rule and nothing to return to flesh to if the Tyranid nom nom everything.
      They wanna be whole and fleshy again.

    • @scp--un6pg
      @scp--un6pg ปีที่แล้ว +34

      lmao, immortal bone skeleton emperor gets scared over aliens

    • @MartinFinnerup
      @MartinFinnerup ปีที่แล้ว +66

      @@scp--un6pg Not exactly a skeleton. Not exactly bone. It's just the aestethic.

    • @ireallycant4416
      @ireallycant4416 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@MartinFinnerup hard to pass a drip metallic style ain't it

    • @trazyntheinfinite
      @trazyntheinfinite ปีที่แล้ว +75

      He is not scared for his or necron lifes he is scared the tyranids would leave no biomass behind to reverse the biotransference

  • @Vanq22114
    @Vanq22114 2 ปีที่แล้ว +234

    The 'crons are one of my favorite factions in 40k, and the only one I own models of. An ancient, impossibly powerful, horrifyingly eldritch and arcane race of soulless abominations come to reclaim the galaxy they once ruled with an iron fist.
    And then there's Trazyn.

    • @synergy8879
      @synergy8879 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      you mean chapter master of the blood ravens?

    • @illuvitarv5
      @illuvitarv5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How can they be arcane when they don't use magic

    • @Vanq22114
      @Vanq22114 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@illuvitarv5 The crypteks do space magic and shit

    • @desevator
      @desevator ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@illuvitarv5 they literally have neurons called chronomancers

    • @jimmyford-hill1925
      @jimmyford-hill1925 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Trazyn

  • @theghast160
    @theghast160 2 ปีที่แล้ว +776

    Fun fact : necrons (both currently awoken and in slumber) outnumber both humans and even orks

    • @walkelftexasranger
      @walkelftexasranger 2 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      Well shit

    • @overlordinquisitor6565
      @overlordinquisitor6565 2 ปีที่แล้ว +152

      Yep, *billions* of tombworlds

    • @szarekhthesilent2047
      @szarekhthesilent2047 2 ปีที่แล้ว +299

      That's probably just propaganda.A mere Eldar bedtime story. In fact, they don't actually exis- no, that's nothing, stop digging! I said stop, Karl!

    • @magearamil8626
      @magearamil8626 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      I honestly love Necrons lore, it is FIRE ;)

    • @MrRawrCEO
      @MrRawrCEO 2 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      I doubt they outnumber Orks. Humans are a different story, but it's also worth noting that when the Necrons went to sleep they were EXTREMELY WEAKENED and did it to avoid detection/obliteration by the Eldar and Krork. Also some got destroyed by the Eldar over the years (probably not a significant number though) so the race is nowhere near as numerous as it was during the war in heaven.

  • @BlackHoleOfKnowledge
    @BlackHoleOfKnowledge 2 ปีที่แล้ว +413

    Thank you for sharing this in an accessible manner, you have single handedly given me my entire 40,000 lore and it is glorious.

    • @weshammer
      @weshammer  2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Glad you enjoy it! I do my best to make it simple and fun

    • @ijustmorbed9180
      @ijustmorbed9180 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@weshammer hi

    • @GodittoC
      @GodittoC 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      69 likes, make a wish!

    • @BlackHoleOfKnowledge
      @BlackHoleOfKnowledge 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      69 vote wish: I wish for Trazyn the Infinite to always have new toys to add to his shiny collection. Yay now it must be true.

    • @akumaking1
      @akumaking1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@weshammer have you considered contacting Adeptus Ridiculous or Bruva Alfabusa for a collab?

  • @gjc21ful
    @gjc21ful 2 ปีที่แล้ว +291

    I love this idea of the truly alien Necrons but having just finished the infinite and the divine and been more a trekie then a Grim Darker I have to say that the Necrons come off as the most Human like race in 40k at least when trazyn and orikan the diviner are concerned.

    • @jamesn0va
      @jamesn0va 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Who are you backing the next time these 2 gods of getting there own way go at it?

    • @gjc21ful
      @gjc21ful 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@jamesn0va Trazyn

    • @christiandauz3742
      @christiandauz3742 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Neither. Chaos is much more OP than Necrons, Orks, Imperium and Tyranids combined!
      Orikan himself is afraid of Slaanesh

    • @davisdf3064
      @davisdf3064 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@christiandauz3742
      It's not fair to compare literal space gods to a race of... Wait, it is.
      Because the Necrons enslaved the incredibly powerful C'tan, are the most technologically advanced race, and have technologies capable of closing the Eye of Terror.
      Yeah, i think the necrons can win

    • @Firefrab
      @Firefrab ปีที่แล้ว +3

      uh t'au feel pretty much human

  • @121tut
    @121tut 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    i like how they were paralleled in the tomb kings. both immensely more advanced than all other races, rising from the dead. love it.

    • @vardiganxpl1698
      @vardiganxpl1698 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Well 40K was originally a spin off of Warhammer Fantasy, and the Necrons are literally the spin off version of the Tomb Kings of WHFantasy

    • @donalddavis7423
      @donalddavis7423 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@vardiganxpl1698this doesn't sound right. When I played Warhammer back in the day I don't remember Tomb Kings being a seperate army from Undead (I did not learn of the split until I played Warhammer Total War) but Necrons were certainly a thing in 40k already. This was late 90's/early 2000's, but maybe my store had older source books.

  • @benalor1973
    @benalor1973 2 ปีที่แล้ว +996

    I've been wondering about this: What exactly would happen to a Tomb World if Orks showed up? Does it become a never ending battlefield, do the Necrons just up and leave, or do they invent some sort of vacuum to suck up all the Ork spores?
    I should probably note as well. As much as I like your shorts, the long video content are the best and I can't wait for the next one.

    • @overlordinquisitor6565
      @overlordinquisitor6565 2 ปีที่แล้ว +319

      Necron weapons tend to cause chain reactions in the molecules that they hit, and most likely straight up disintegrate a significant portion of a spore. And because gauss weapons work from the outside in, it’s even better at jumping to the released spores. Even more so for tesla weapons.

    • @markevans1618
      @markevans1618 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@overlordinquisitor6565 yep. Their weapons are specifically designed to be anti life. Unfortunately what really gave orks the upper hand 60mil yrs ago was that the eldari worked with Korks to fk them up. A semi unkillable intelligent Kork with incredible durability and physical strength could work as meat shields with magic powers while the eldar would conjure devastating phsyker energy from another dimension and obliterate necrons. These new dumb orks stand no chance and the broken eldari are nothing more than a shadow of themselves. Unless they find a way to work together, the necrons and chaos will be the only things left fighting in the universe. And chaos relies on souls and living beings for energy. So unless the chaos gods work together to stop necrons like right now, the necrons will kill their energy source and eventually the gods will weaken and die and the necrons push into the warp itself cleaning out everything one by one

    • @BigAlLGator
      @BigAlLGator 2 ปีที่แล้ว +139

      I recommend you read "Twice Dead King: Ruin." The early chapters show orks on a tomb world and the crons trying to run them off. It is also an incredible book cover to cover.

    • @brianpj5860
      @brianpj5860 2 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      @@markevans1618 yup, the Krorks where up to 13 meters tall..... thats like fighting and Imperial Knight, only it could probably survive alot more damage. Not to mention the Krork mega armor and genius waaaaaaarg energy!
      I wonder if Krorks where as numerous as Orks.

    • @Truth_chan_studio
      @Truth_chan_studio 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The green succ machine

  • @ghandi4209
    @ghandi4209 2 ปีที่แล้ว +552

    Id love to so a eldar version of one of these, their lore goes so deep

    • @weshammer
      @weshammer  2 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      I did a drukari one which covers the birth of slaanesh and the fall of the Eldar empire. But I'd like to do one that's specifically focuses on the craft worlds or the harlequins as well

    • @Wulfgar246
      @Wulfgar246 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@weshammer I would love one about Harlequins, the servants of the biggest troll in the galaxy

    • @ijustmorbed9180
      @ijustmorbed9180 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@weshammer hi

    • @Galland780
      @Galland780 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh they go deep alright

    • @neemyn407
      @neemyn407 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Those snobby slugs...

  • @Gnomkiller2000
    @Gnomkiller2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    The thing I love most about the necrons is they're so so extremely advanced that no advanced weaponry can truly hurt them yet the thing is most of the other races are so far behind that the necrons no longer have adequate defensive measures against those primitive weapons xD

    • @galomir833
      @galomir833 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      they have the power of literral physical god and forget that a rock can hit hard because of it

    • @enderborn6860
      @enderborn6860 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@galomir833 i want t see a Necron squad fendng off Orks only to get bested by a bunch of rocks painted red cause the orks did it so it could go faster and hit the Necons quicker imagine the sheer mass blue screening on the Necrons and the fact they are getting pelted with rocks painted red AND LOSING

    • @galomir833
      @galomir833 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@enderborn6860 i admit it, it would be FUN
      even more because they fought the krork, so they know how the ork collective stupidity work
      since it was a working network at that time, not the random bulsheet that we have today (i can only admit that it fun)

    • @sleepingcity85
      @sleepingcity85 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@enderborn6860 but you have to remember that these red painted rocks are not red painted rocks anymore. If orks think something is lethal, it will be. They are altering reality for everyone.

  • @lordinquisitorrichard8808
    @lordinquisitorrichard8808 2 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Blackstone actually has two abilities:
    1. to block out the warp, as with the pylons
    2. To channel the warp, to absorb it or "use" it, as with the blackstone fortresses.
    You need to polarise the blackstone to make it useful. It's an important thing to mention that both the old ones and the necrons used them, and it shows in the two blackstone constructs we know of.
    The Blackstone Fortresses (Also known as the Anvils of Vaul, Vaul being the Eldar forge god) use blackstone that's polarised to channel the energies of the warp and project them out as a way to fight the C'tan (Also to blow up Cadia #1 *Never forget...*)
    The Pylons, on the other hand, were directly made to combat the warp through a negative warp polarisation (Blackstone used in the fortresses are the examples of positive warp polarisiation) This essentially creates a space that is "devoid" of the influence of the Realm of Souls (What we now know as the warp) It's why Saint Celestine was turned mortal when the pylons were turned on during the war for the Cadian Gate.
    Don't ask me, a simple Lord Inquisitor, how I know this. And you never heard this from me either. *Runs away so as to not alert the Puritans*

    • @juliane.mfarias9285
      @juliane.mfarias9285 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I wonder what the Big E will turn on near the Pylons

    • @A.Singularity
      @A.Singularity 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@juliane.mfarias9285big e becomes so disgusted by his people worshipping him that he begs them to make him sleep again but this time for realsies

  • @TheAmberKing
    @TheAmberKing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +247

    I can tell a huge amount of effort went into this. Extremely detailed brother, well done!

    • @Lordradost
      @Lordradost 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      To whoever reads this reply:
      SUBSCRIBE TO THE AMBER KING!

  • @Divinemakyr
    @Divinemakyr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    My favourite faction! Crazy to see you drop a 1-hour deep-dive.

    • @kieranslate4680
      @kieranslate4680 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Same I also enjoy the necron faction

    • @dr.t8705
      @dr.t8705 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      M

    • @karvenman
      @karvenman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think they're my new favorite faction, it used to be deathwing

    • @dr.t8705
      @dr.t8705 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kieranslate4680 😉😉ok

    • @dr.t8705
      @dr.t8705 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@karvenman ok💪😎

  • @evilbrox1801
    @evilbrox1801 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    so basically the necrons are the reason why warhammer exists, if the old ones helped them there would be no eldar, no slanesh, no unlimited war

    • @killak3219
      @killak3219 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      If the old ones helped them the gods would still have come into existence but with the necrontyr as the dominant race instead of the eldari imo

  • @jacobpendragon2391
    @jacobpendragon2391 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Luetin is one of my favorite lore TH-camrs when it comes to 40k, but your videos have a certain flare that make them more fun to listen to. I hope to see more from you soon.

    • @deeznutz8320
      @deeznutz8320 ปีที่แล้ว

      Luetin goes into such deep details it can become a bit stale

    • @deeznutz8320
      @deeznutz8320 ปีที่แล้ว

      Love the guy btw

  • @hixc2069
    @hixc2069 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    29:00 never once I thought I would be saddened by a story of a cyborg craving meat helping they're own people to win the wars

  • @dragnl0rd
    @dragnl0rd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +198

    Me: I will never get sucked into another game with collectibles. Magic: The Gathering burned me so bad.
    Me: I love Sci-Fi, lets learn the lore of 40k! (discovers this youtube channel).
    Me: Whoa, these shorts that mention the Necrons make em sound cool! (posts comment asking for more necron lore)
    Weshammer: (posts extended necron lore video)
    Me: Where did this receipt from Games Workshop come from from and what's this box in my car? The Silent King, contains 3 miniatu... oh SHIIIIIII...

    • @MrWol
      @MrWol 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      So it begins...

    • @overlordinquisitor6565
      @overlordinquisitor6565 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      You serve the Infinite Empire now.

    • @johnbeck1978
      @johnbeck1978 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't do it. Take up crack it's cheaper

    • @thomasmacabee8361
      @thomasmacabee8361 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      One of us..

    • @MonkeyPooFlingers
      @MonkeyPooFlingers 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Plastic cocain man! You always have time for another line.... (of models)

  • @tyberiusmcintyre3411
    @tyberiusmcintyre3411 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    funny thing about the C'tan is i dont think they needed to lie, the Necrontyr were already marching to their inevitable destruction out of spite

    • @skaiaks8934
      @skaiaks8934 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Also considering how petty they seemed to be, they would find a reason to turn on C'tan anyway. Also it wasn't the C'tan as a whole that lied to them, it was exclusively the "Messenger" aka the Deceiver acting as sort of an envoy between the two while pulling up strings everywhere just for the heck of it, first getting the Necrontyr souls for his brethren to feed on and then constructing the entire inner conflict between then by convincing everyone that they can get even more power by eating each other. Basically all fell to hell because of this one C'tan that was especially machiavellian and sociopathic even when compared to others from his kind. Poor Outsider is still weeping in his refuge due to that guy.

  • @twiztedmind209
    @twiztedmind209 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I have to say, the Necrons are probably my favorite faction in 40k. It's gotten to the point where the Necron skin replacer for synths mod on Fallout 4 will permeanantly have a spot on my mod list, and I can't wait until Mechanicus goes on sale so I can buy it. Awesome video as always!

    • @telphex4471
      @telphex4471 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Do you use the Astartes power armor mod too?

    • @twiztedmind209
      @twiztedmind209 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@telphex4471 i did for a playthrough, but it was bugged out on console. The version available on xbox doesn't allow you to change the look of it, the FCOM extension it has doesn't work, and the location where you can find the power armor set crashed my game every time. The Waaaaaaaagh! super mutant replacer mod was really good though.

  • @markopolo1271
    @markopolo1271 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Absolutely love your deep dives they're super Informative and extremely morish can't wait to see what you do next

  • @BigAlLGator
    @BigAlLGator 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Quick correction in the flayed ones segment. The tapping wasn't a flayed one trait, it was a means for a flayed one to talk to his friend via a code the shared while the rest seemed to use a kind of hive song to communicate.

  • @r.l.steinfeld1448
    @r.l.steinfeld1448 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I struggle so much getting into lore videos of ANY franchise, but your channel is the only one I've ever watched where paying attention feels effortless. Your ability to relay these details to the viewer is incredible, and you manage to tow the line between sharing important, interesting details without telling too much unecessary fluff. It's so great

  • @Infamous_wu13
    @Infamous_wu13 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    necrons is basically gor the god butcher and the old ones are the ignorant gods

  • @Zenphoshen
    @Zenphoshen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I love these longer videos, I work from home and do fraud review for a credit card company so my days are pretty boring but having your videos on beside me while I work has made my days go by quicker and rekindled my love for Warhammer 40k. I am a simply man, I see Wes post a new video, I click on it and watch it. 99% of the time even before watching it, it automatically gets a thumbs up. Absolutely loving your content my dude, keep up the great work, be it in the shorts or long form videos. I really enjoy what ever you post.

    • @weshammer
      @weshammer  2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thanks dude! That means a lot!

    • @ijustmorbed9180
      @ijustmorbed9180 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@weshammer hi

  • @kg7518
    @kg7518 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Weshammer is well on his way to becoming one of the big 40k lore channels

    • @weshammer
      @weshammer  2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I don't need to be the biggest, but if I can assert myself firmly in the middle, to where I can justify doing this full time, I will be super happy with that 😃

    • @ijustmorbed9180
      @ijustmorbed9180 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@weshammer hi

  • @laughingmask3118
    @laughingmask3118 2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    I think current Necrons are way more charming than original Necrons and the Tyranids are better at the "horrifying, mysterious entity we barely comprehend" thing.

    • @TimaeusEXE
      @TimaeusEXE ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I think they're a bit of both. When first awoken they're that horrifying mysterious entity but after a while of composing their personalities they regain their charm.

    • @galomir833
      @galomir833 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      i like both because the one we did not know about there story where like "old robot that can kill anything", they where fear itself
      they still remain it but they gave a sad feiling now in bonus whit the fear

  • @32bitsamoan87
    @32bitsamoan87 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'm glad you decided to embrace the longer deep dive format. It's great that you found a balance for your old stuff and an outlet or whatever you'd like to with this format

  • @tomw2885
    @tomw2885 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I love your long-form videos, dude! You really make 40K lore accessible

  • @Rapture-nv5vj
    @Rapture-nv5vj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Tbh I love how you talk about about thinks in 40k. With Adeptus Ridiculous and Baldermort you're my favorites.

  • @HereticalKitsune
    @HereticalKitsune ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I still remember playing against the first Necrons back in the 3rd Edition. Was fascinating.

  • @RexTiredAF
    @RexTiredAF 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wes, I'm absolutely loving these long form dives you're putting out. I already watch a lot of Luetin's long form videos, but having yours is complimentary and offers a lot of details that one or the other may not have covered. Look forward to more!

  • @leedrage5514
    @leedrage5514 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    WHAT A VIDEO! Absolutely incredible! I love the way you deliver the information and I don't mind having spoilers but I must admit the way you avoid them kinda makes me wanna read the books even more so I'm glad you do it that way 😅
    I absolutely love the longer lore videos and I'd love to see one maybe every two weeks or so even if that means less of the shorter ones as I understand how much passion, work and time you put into these videos 😊 but do what makes you happy man we're all here for the ride as you're content is literally top tier as it is 🤟 hope you're doing well and I look forward to the next lore video 😁

  • @craigbrown4526
    @craigbrown4526 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Amazing! I can see this channel taking over the 40k lore space very soon

  • @JJoJam
    @JJoJam 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I was looking forward to this one! I loved learning about the destroyer cult and the tragedy of the flayers. The Trazyn voice synth was great too. I'd love more of that in future videos. It's a great way for me to experience lore, for a character within the world to actually comment on their experience of it.
    Great stuff @WesHammer. And thanks for the book recommendation. ❤

  • @BaranZenon
    @BaranZenon ปีที่แล้ว +5

    In game Dakka Squadron, where one of the enemies are the Necrons, there is a really interesting monologue of a Necron Lord to orks. How remember orks at their prime and that they are nothing in compare. Then the ork pilots in their Dakka Jets trashed him and his Monolith and later on, to add salt to the wound, they looted a Doom Scythe. Couse Orks are Orks :)

  • @457dragon
    @457dragon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Awesome work as always, can't wait to see what you've got on the Tyranids!

  • @supremecai5857
    @supremecai5857 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    A 50min Weshammer video about my favorite undead space Egyptians? Fuck yes.

    • @weizenconnoisseur
      @weizenconnoisseur 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      But they dont worship cats...😉ugly Living things😑

  • @shaneross4465
    @shaneross4465 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    As someone who use to love star wars for the lore when i got into warhammer i fell in love. There is something for everyone and the scale is just sick. never even touched or painted a model but the fact i can go from demon cults, guardsman, orks, eldar or zombie robots and still learn more and find new things is fantastic.

  • @bgeda
    @bgeda ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dude this was awesome. Thank you so much for compiling all of it here in one place. I knew tidbits here and there already but this brought it all together into one cohesive history. Loving your channel.

  • @seanhutt4621
    @seanhutt4621 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Absolutely love the long form content really enjoyable I look forward to more deep dives like this thanks dude

  • @martelstorm4845
    @martelstorm4845 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is my favorite of all your videos. Not a minute was wasted, and I was on the edge listening to every word. Could go on complimenting endlessly but I just wanted to leave some quick positively efforts. Very impressive. Looking forward to more long format videos. I could see myself listening to a 10 hour video of this quality.
    If you narrate any audio books I will buy them and listen to them.

  • @goose_dove
    @goose_dove 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nicely done. This was a very solid and engaging necron deep dive, one of the best I've seen. Kudos, man.

  • @Dragonwolfworm
    @Dragonwolfworm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My favorite faction. Lore, mechanics and the fact that the Necrons will be around forever is just so cool.

  • @drawgonanimation8778
    @drawgonanimation8778 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    I absolutely LOVE the longer more in depth videos! love the Necrons, but I really can't wait for longer, more in depth video about the Tyranids. They're my absolute favorite! Keep up the great work Wes The Hammer! Keeper of stories long forgotten!

    • @freshjnew
      @freshjnew 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tyrannid is space bug eat you to make more space bug demons don't like em

  • @cmcmillan22
    @cmcmillan22 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The one I’ve been waiting for

    • @gc6096
      @gc6096 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yup same

    • @weizenconnoisseur
      @weizenconnoisseur 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Total

    • @gc6096
      @gc6096 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Man that was great have a nice day you two ^-^)/

  • @potato-dono7562
    @potato-dono7562 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really need more videos like this. I love your videos but have always thought they are too short. The way you share/tell the stories is really enjoyable!

  • @michaelfrazier3024
    @michaelfrazier3024 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your short videos got me into this universe but I do like these long ones as they answer alot of questions and give me a better frame of reference of the vast 40k universe. Keep it up bud.

  • @Xanathosevilinc
    @Xanathosevilinc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Love the long videos! Great work as usual. Necron lore is sweeet.

  • @jacobschott9385
    @jacobschott9385 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I lost to Necrons last night, now you drop this video. Surely this is no coincidence

    • @overlordinquisitor6565
      @overlordinquisitor6565 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Your flesh is a relic; a mere vessel. Hand over your flesh, and a new world awaits you. We demand it.
      -Necrons probably

    • @ShadyWizardude
      @ShadyWizardude 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@overlordinquisitor6565animatrix

  • @chaosXP3RT
    @chaosXP3RT ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Humans, Eldar, Tau, etc. often struggle to understand what they are fighting and dying for. But the Necrons have already died. And that's the most terrifying of all. The Necrons already died to rule the galaxy and they feel like it's owed to them.

  • @badwolf66
    @badwolf66 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Necron Lord: Daleks, You have declared war upon The Necrons!
    Dalek Sec: This is Not War, This is Pest Control!

  • @joelgermany1236
    @joelgermany1236 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love these deep dives. Really well put together. Thanks for all the hard work.

  • @jbw2109
    @jbw2109 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Yes thank you for the longer video. I love listening to your videos while I work

  • @ApoJake13
    @ApoJake13 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Love the Necron Lore since I started playing them almost 2 decades ago! I've since stopped playing the TT game but still love the lore. I just wish there were more Necron novels! Great video, by the way! 👌

  • @alastor1776
    @alastor1776 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Never heard of Warhammer 40K before finding your Chanel and I’m loving it. I always love a really in-depth world with a lot of deep lore. Thanks for showing up on my FYP or might of never heard of this. This is all I will be watching for a while.

  • @thedayidied
    @thedayidied 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Absolutely fantastic video! I thought I knew a lot about the Necrontyr/Necrons, but I actually learned some stuff here!

  • @SchrodingersMVP
    @SchrodingersMVP 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Awesome!!!! Keep this going! I’m excited to see another ones out!!!

  • @spoilerswedieattheend6476
    @spoilerswedieattheend6476 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love these deep dive videos man. I often find 40k daunting and overwhelming and this makes it approachable. Keep it up.

  • @charlesdodson8614
    @charlesdodson8614 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm so happy you're making more long form videos like this!!! These are epic!!!

  • @Woziciel
    @Woziciel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great video about my favourite W40k race, love your long form content, keep up the good work :D

  • @murstyle
    @murstyle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    These are great Wes, You got me into the 40K lore a few months ago and what an interesting flush out universe it is. I hope one day some movie studio creates a filmed War Hammer Universe similar to the MCU as the this world is so much more interesting than the MCU

  • @matthewhalsan6459
    @matthewhalsan6459 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey, this is the first long form video of yours I've seen and it's great man, can't wait to see more!

  • @SarmonOflynn
    @SarmonOflynn 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    When I first saw your shorts on youtube, i didnt really take your content very seriously. But seeing this? Absolutely blown away. Awesome job dude.

  • @anothertarnishedone5960
    @anothertarnishedone5960 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Necrons were my first dig into wh40k, and in those times, they were just silent machines in service to the C'tan; not much personality, but the relation between the Adeptus Mechanicus and the C'tan know as the Dragon was terrifying and awesome. I didnt like much the retcon despite the great variety it provided for the race, but some bits (the Silent King mostly) are quite cool.

  • @dillinsutherland5135
    @dillinsutherland5135 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    As an avid follower and learnerof Warhammer lore I shall bequeath my highest service I can offer, A like
    But in all honesty, you have great talent, love you man and whatever it is you are doing, keep on doing it brother, in my personal opinion you should continue with these longer forms of videos

    • @weshammer
      @weshammer  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I really like making these long videos. They don't get even a fraction of the views as the shorts do, but they're fun to make and the people who like my content seem to really enjoy them. So I make them for them 😃

    • @dillinsutherland5135
      @dillinsutherland5135 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@weshammer just unfortunate that the Algorithm Gods prefer short and sweet videos, that's ultimately how I got to know you, came across one of your shorts and at first I thought, you were just a wannabe, but then within 2 months you became the 3rd biggest Warhammer TH-camr, the other two majorkill and Luetin09 took YEARS to get to where they are, which you achieved in two months, so yeah at first these videos won't get alot of videos but with time, they will gradually get more views

  • @blank001
    @blank001 ปีที่แล้ว

    32:22 awesome ship design, kudos to the designer
    And WesHammer your content is as awesome as always, really like this kind of long videos

  • @SephirothSG1
    @SephirothSG1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Glad I found you on TH-cam shorts this is excellent 40k content loving the longer content as well keep the good work

  • @voidboi1344
    @voidboi1344 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video again Wes!! The Necrons are still rather new to me so I didnt know the majority of this. Idk how much lore is currently out on this but I do wish you talked about Szarek and the Szarekhan dynasty a little more as well as their alliance with the Blood Angels to deal with the Tyranids

  • @h0shidont35
    @h0shidont35 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    After finishing The Infinite and the Divine, and the first Twice-Dead King book, as well as playing through Mechanicus, I definitely wanna make these guys a small army of my own. I love them!

  • @craigpaterson4358
    @craigpaterson4358 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Long videos are quality Wes keep up the good work. Used to collect 40k when I was younger but your videos got me back into it 15 odd years later.

  • @reforgedrole-playinggames1035
    @reforgedrole-playinggames1035 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent presentation! The conversational tone and excitment in your voice really makes this a treasure.

  • @animefaction863
    @animefaction863 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    "Left death for lesser creatures."

  • @LegacyNesferatu
    @LegacyNesferatu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This gives me an idea for a 40K campaign. Maybe a race of mechanical beings that evolved from as a silicon based lifeform rayher than a carbon based one. Essentially making them cold, calculating, machines from the day they evolved to the point of sentience and intergalactic travel. Just, have the Necrons come across them on the edge of the galaxy, and see how they interact.

  • @danielstreza8985
    @danielstreza8985 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of my favorite vids that I’ve seen this week! Awesome work!

  • @aedangiffin1471
    @aedangiffin1471 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is absolutely your best video I've seen. Your voice over narration is so goooood dude

  • @literallyafrisbee5820
    @literallyafrisbee5820 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I always love the necrons lore and I wish we knew a bit more about them and got to see them have more purpose in the current fighting

  • @Soccercrazyigboman
    @Soccercrazyigboman 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Came here after watching Pariah Nexus 😊

  • @tomeg82
    @tomeg82 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You caught my attention with your short form stuff, but I'm hooked on the long form videos. Keep it coming.

  • @marksutherlandjr.2121
    @marksutherlandjr.2121 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love it!!! Awesome AWESOME Video. Working on my first army now, just bought the necron side of Indomitus box. Still havnt decided on my paint scheme. Going to be a good winter!

  • @justintaylor3044
    @justintaylor3044 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    S.K: “These weapons are f***ing terrifying, we must destroy them”
    Necron: *points at celestial orrery*
    S.K: “… what? This old thing?”

  • @kerryridgway8021
    @kerryridgway8021 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Loved the video, it had aspects that I didn't know about like the intelligence of the flayed ones and is gave a really nice overview of The Necrons. To go indepth into the various groups of the necrons would take hours. However there is one major plot point that you've missed in the lore video and it is a very recent lore point. It's what the Silent King found in his exile. In his exile being beyond the stars of the milky way he found the Tyranids and knew that they would be a threat to the rise of his people and any hopes they had of reversing the biotransferance. He has been back for a very long time, long enough to have met Sanguinus and they were on the verge of making an alliance. Never the less in the Silent Kings eyes only a united necron people would be enough to stop the Tyranid tide.

  • @maxmoore970
    @maxmoore970 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really enjoyed this format, it was simple to understand but touched on them as a whole from beginning to current day.

  • @SwordsandBrushesSci-Fi
    @SwordsandBrushesSci-Fi 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing video! I've just had it on again for a second time as i'm painting. Because of this video, you sir have got me starting Necrons! :):)

  • @Lordradost
    @Lordradost 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a great deep dive.
    I thought the Necrontyr discovered the C'tan eating away at their own star, regardless of how contact was established. The morbid poetry being C'tan doomed the Necrontyr twice over.
    _"... contact was first established with a C'tan known the Aza'gorod the Nightbringer, which was born upon the very star which the Necrontyr first lived their brief, morbid lives."_

  • @josewups8654
    @josewups8654 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Necron Lore : Vast, sad, and epic
    Me: Haha, robo-bony bois

  • @TheKingofAverage
    @TheKingofAverage 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very well put together and best of all, spoken. Well done!

  • @HCG
    @HCG 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thought I knew everything about the Necron, found out I didn’t. Great video and THANK YOU for chapter markers

  • @terrellthegoat5919
    @terrellthegoat5919 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Your really making a splash in the genre. If you wouldnt mind joining the community we would fully embrace you. Luetin09 is our Dear Father/President. Majokill is our edgy brother who lets ya smoke when Mom (Onemind) isn't looking. Arch is our uncle we only see on holidays while Baldermort is the soulful Grandpa that everyone in the family loves and unites us. And don't forget our cousins like 40k theories and Valrak. I believe you'll fit right into our dysfunctional Family 👪. Love ur channel, hope we get more longer videos like this.

    • @weshammer
      @weshammer  2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I would absolutely love that

    • @terrellthegoat5919
      @terrellthegoat5919 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@weshammer WOW and you respond to your fans. Wasnt expecting that. Yeah your in! Your up there with the boys in your own right. You ever find yourself in Philadelphia my friend Drinks are on me. Respect to your grind and craft. A video like this isn't easy to make so ill be watching multiple times. And I'll say it for you. Guys Like Comment Subscribe and hit the bell..this man is serious and isnt jus reading the wiki. Man actually puts out Quantity and Quality!

  • @NikoLiabotis
    @NikoLiabotis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Absolute banger of a vid. Keep it up man!
    I personally prefer this style of vid to leutin. You are definitely his equal! Do not sell yourself short!

    • @weshammer
      @weshammer  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's a massive compliment thank you! I'm still learning tho but I'm having a lot of fun on the journey so far!

  • @Cactuscult
    @Cactuscult 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really dig this video thank you. I used to play Necrons more than 15 years ago. I love to see how the lore has been expanded

  • @erickramos9762
    @erickramos9762 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Every video I watch makes me want to start collecting an army!! Your passion is really something my dude and its really appreciated!! For the Sons of Guilliman!!

  • @ckromuluss11and89
    @ckromuluss11and89 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Every since twice dead king ruin and reign books,and also infinite and the divine,my hunger for anything about the necrons has exploded,

  • @akumaking1
    @akumaking1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    How Necrons can deal with Chaos:
    Feed their C’Tan shards warp entities. The C’ran get addicted to consuming warpstuff, thus nullifying Daemons

    • @overlordinquisitor6565
      @overlordinquisitor6565 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But then they get stronger consuming all that energy. The Necrons would never let them become that powerful ever again.

  • @Snowflake8500
    @Snowflake8500 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love your videos Wes! Both long and short-form.

  • @Vaxovillion
    @Vaxovillion 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Keep it up, loving these long form lore vids.