The Genetic Heritage Of The Minotaurs - 40K Theories

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  • All information regarding the Geneseed of the Minotaurs chapter is, for whatever reason, classified, even to members of the Inquisition. Why?
    This is an updated and remaster of the old ‘Mystery of the Minotaurs’ video with higher quality audio and additional information.
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  • @SikenServent
    @SikenServent 5 ปีที่แล้ว +598

    - Roboute guilliman yelling in the distance - cawlllll!!!! Explain
    - belisarius cawl running like hell zoidbergily - woop woop woop woop woop

    • @bagrym
      @bagrym 5 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      "01110111 01101111 01101111 01110000" Belisarius Cawl M41

    • @AA-dn8dj
      @AA-dn8dj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      lmao nice

    • @dannygelbart6827
      @dannygelbart6827 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This was great lol.

    • @jeffmusyoka1876
      @jeffmusyoka1876 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It wasn't me it was Cawl inferior 😂

    • @geta6863
      @geta6863 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      woop

  • @phreakazoith2237
    @phreakazoith2237 5 ปีที่แล้ว +346

    "so...what flaw we do want to remove in this founding?" "The Astartes are too friendly toward their enemies". "Hand me that classified sample of a Thunder Warrior we recovered recently..."

  • @gagetaylor54
    @gagetaylor54 5 ปีที่แล้ว +624

    I believe that Arik Taranis, One of the last Thunder Warriors still alive by the time of the Heresy, successfully copied his genetic material and created an entirely new gene seed, as seen in Outcast Dead, when he steals a progenoid gland from an Astartes warrior and takes it back to his lab to find a way to lengthen his decaying lifespan, which he supposedly succeeded in by the end of the novel, when his Thunder warrior lieutenant asked him if he succeed in the process of genetic modification, to which Arik replies,”Yes, my son. it worked”. Also, to rationalize the name and iconography of the Minotaurs, Arik Taranis’ personal heraldry was a *RED BULL’S HEAD* surrounded by lightning bolts.

    • @jakemyers2923
      @jakemyers2923 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Can't thumbs up this enough

    • @matenzo
      @matenzo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Cool theory

    • @MrTurbowhitey
      @MrTurbowhitey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      As cool as this is, BL would never do it. It changes the story beyond a level they are comfortable with.

    • @jerethgryphon4244
      @jerethgryphon4244 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What book

    • @damianwomack4668
      @damianwomack4668 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      What does it change exactly? The Outcast Dead tells us that Thunder Warriors survived and all but flat out states that the Minotaur's chapter heraldry is based off of Arik Taranis' personal heraldry.

  • @spaceninja7687
    @spaceninja7687 5 ปีที่แล้ว +490

    Inquisition: So we've been taking a look at this one chapter that seems very suspicious since you guys seem to classify everything about these guys.
    High Lords: Do you know how BIG a pool you guys are asking to skim here? Our government is basically Confucius' worst nightmare.
    Inquisition: Its the Minotaurs. Are you sure their gene-seed doesn't come from the forbi-
    High Lords: Oh look! Abaddon has just slam dunked one of those black eight point eyesores right through Cadia! Now we got a gaping scare splitting the imperium in two. You lot better look into that.

    • @Tacoguy1000
      @Tacoguy1000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Absolutely beautiful!

  • @damianwomack4668
    @damianwomack4668 5 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    Remleiz, have you not read the HH novel The Oucast Dead yet? The last leg of the book hints HEAVILY at the Minotaurs being descendants of surviving Thunder Warriors whose built-in genetic degradation was fixed by Arik Taranis using gene-seed sourced from different legion marines. Hence the Minotaur's chimeric gene-seed. Arik's heraldry is described as a red bulls head. The colors of the two forces are identical according to artwork. The savagery was shared by Thunder Warriors. Minotaurs would be paranoid and hate other marines because of how they were killed off to be replaced by said marines. I keep seeing people chase their tails by thinking they are Iron Warriors, World Eaters, or a combination of each when one of the early HH novels all but outright stated the truth of their origins if one can read between the lines. You should really consider making a true pt.2 to this video and exploring the Thunder Warrior angle and theorizing on what Arik Taranis did between the events of the heresy and the first appearance of the Minotaurs chapter

    • @40KTheories
      @40KTheories  5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      I have not read that particular novel, I will admit. It does sound interesting however. Thank you for bringing this up to me ^_^

    • @dannygelbart6827
      @dannygelbart6827 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Your theory on the Thunder Warriors isn't bad but I think a closer look would be with Custodes.

    • @damianwomack4668
      @damianwomack4668 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Hmmm how so? I wouldnt expect marines somehow derived from Custodes creation methods to be bloodthirsty killing machines. Custodes creation is also totally different and is to an extent, unique to each Custodian. Custodes seem much more reserved and thoughtful in every action they perform, rather than borderline berserkers. Besides, there isnt really much aside from color scheme that links Minotaurs to Custodes. No lore that I have ever seen or heard of at least. Though maybe Ive missed something. Whereas I feel like half the reason The Outcast Dead was even written was to expand on Minotaurs origins. The book has a few bits of writing that are a little questionable when it comes to sticking with established lore like psykers and the strength of Custodes battleplate vs bare fists, but the emphasis on Arik Taranis and the remaining Thunder Warriors hiding out in the Petitioners City on Terra was amazing and I hope we get to see more of them soon

    • @BR4IN1N4J4R
      @BR4IN1N4J4R 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@dannygelbart6827
      Thunder Warriors aren't all that much bigger than standard Astartes, if not comparable in size to Primaris Marines. This means that while yes, TW gene seed may cause them to be larger than their kin in the Astartes, it wouldn't make them Custodes-level size and bulk, but almost Primaris-lite

    • @dannygelbart6827
      @dannygelbart6827 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@BR4IN1N4J4R Thunder Warriors ARE much larger than standard Astartes no idea where you got that they aren't. They are supposed to be taller than Custodes as well who are taller still than Primaris Astartes.

  • @orksy2935
    @orksy2935 5 ปีที่แล้ว +226

    So Iron Eaters, interesting.

  • @matthewbrune5490
    @matthewbrune5490 5 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    My vote’s for the XII Legion because the Minotaurs are basically the High Lords’s Attack Dogs

  • @TheMalkavianmadman
    @TheMalkavianmadman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    How about a theory concerning the fates of the loyalist members of the traitor legions that survived the HH?

    • @MrTurbowhitey
      @MrTurbowhitey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      What 'Loyalist Remnants'? They're all Ultramarines.

    • @Glennnnnnnn20
      @Glennnnnnnn20 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Many are suggested to have been formed into the knights errant, the pre-cursor to the grey knights chapter. However theirs also the theory of black shields, members within the death watch who hide their chapter origin

    • @tuppytheducky
      @tuppytheducky 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      he has covered this through a few videos already.

    • @josephmoustakyrossketter1532
      @josephmoustakyrossketter1532 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think deatwatch is full of ex traitors/loyalist from traitor chapter and i don t even talk about Fallen they must be in good number. In my personnal collection i did a deathwatch squat with H thunder hammer who are clearly world eaters ^^

  • @SangTheCryptek
    @SangTheCryptek 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    @12:14
    Emperor-DAMN that is one chonky pistol.

    • @lonegoat81
      @lonegoat81 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      was thinking the same thing. lol

    • @dstubby82
      @dstubby82 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Big heresy calls for big bullets yo. :)

  • @Wolfguard_cosplay
    @Wolfguard_cosplay 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Sounds like there’s gonna be a big custody battle between the high lords, the iron warriors and world eaters

  • @sono_chi_no_sodium_chlorid7635
    @sono_chi_no_sodium_chlorid7635 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    - Alright brothers, the plan is-
    - *Can we help?!*
    - NO

  • @ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681
    @ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    The Ultimate legion against rebelling space marines?
    I think the Emperor already created a chapter for that specific purpose... to serve as his Executioners.

    • @jakemyers2923
      @jakemyers2923 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Can't thumbs up this enough

    • @stevenpritchett9989
      @stevenpritchett9989 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep. Space Ulfs

    • @Ireland609
      @Ireland609 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      saying alpha legion really weird

    • @ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681
      @ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Ireland609 Alpha Legion is just CIA except even more psycho.
      But as long as you think they are weird, there is sanity left in you.
      The day they start to make sense... Well, just dont let them make any sense, ok?

    • @smugron1101
      @smugron1101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      We all know how shit Leman is when it comes to dealing with other Legions.

  • @grizzledude344
    @grizzledude344 5 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    I'm always impressed by the research and sourcing that goes into these. I could be a huge fan of WH40k for years and I bet I would still never read "Imperial Armour, volume 10, The Badab War, part 2"

    • @jaredwasserman1092
      @jaredwasserman1092 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You should. The Badab War two book series is excellent, and PDFs of it are easy to find these days.

  • @TDBoedy
    @TDBoedy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +193

    It is classified so writers can make shit up later.

    • @tellder1
      @tellder1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Or not. Mystery is always welcome too.

    • @MWH12085
      @MWH12085 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm guessing its they're gene-seed is from one of the Lost Primachs.

    • @strausszen1215
      @strausszen1215 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MWH12085 Iron Warriors - Perturabo

  • @Jjohnnyslaanissh
    @Jjohnnyslaanissh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    They are Iron Warriors that stayed loyal, a *game-tester* confirmed this. Mino's were his chapter. His name is *Eadwine Brown*

  • @georgesulea
    @georgesulea 5 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    I'll go Iron Warriors with a touch of World Eaters with a dash of lobotomy and a garnish of lapdogs.

    • @strangetonic
      @strangetonic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Maybe Alpha Legion too. Check out the lore on their "leader" Asterion Moloc.

    • @crypto1223
      @crypto1223 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      strangetonic Can you not? The Alpha Legion meme has been done to death.

    • @strangetonic
      @strangetonic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@crypto1223 I seriously don't care how often the "Alpha Legion meme" has been done, and if you have a problem with things being "done to death", you're in the wrong hobby.

    • @MrRobot-0
      @MrRobot-0 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The true alpharius was in your hearts all along.

    • @mrmora1673
      @mrmora1673 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      So imporved thunder warriors?

  • @BarokaiRein
    @BarokaiRein 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    We know that at least one chapter called Minotaurs are successors of Iron Warriors. The creator of the army said so himself,but it might not even be the same chapter called the minotaurs.

    • @vontheunknown7982
      @vontheunknown7982 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It makes you wonder what happened to the original

  • @georgevanderslice9720
    @georgevanderslice9720 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Also for those wondering. If you read the Index Astartes, it points out that when needed, the Iron Warriors go into a berzerk fury the equivalent of the Blood Angels or World Eaters, however they have the ability to regain their composure, as if flipping a switch. This further matches up with the Minotaurs behaviors.
    And in Horus Heresy (Black) Book 6, it is shown that the Iron Warriors developed specialized anti-Astartes forces, notably trained with heavy use of hypnoindoctrination and brain surgery

  • @poodlescone9700
    @poodlescone9700 5 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    It can not be the Iron Warriors. The Minotaurs never dig ditches.

    • @huntereyeofdarkwood5417
      @huntereyeofdarkwood5417 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      PoodleScone or mabye They do
      And their just so deap its outside the planet again

    • @Sammy9262
      @Sammy9262 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I mean, Iron Warriors were known for using lots and lots of heavy artillery and being brutal close combat fighters, so that adds up.
      Then again, what Legion wasn't brutal in CC?

    • @videopolice432
      @videopolice432 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      They did, but soon realized it was a waste of time digging graves for all their slained enemies.

    • @Audiotrocious
      @Audiotrocious 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      “I am very bitter and you are the reason”

    • @Tucker0603
      @Tucker0603 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      They dig holes, it's just through their enemies' bodies.

  • @MrTurbowhitey
    @MrTurbowhitey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Despite the evidence otherwise, black library probably says they're an 'Ultramarine Successor Chapter'.

    • @gumbo821
      @gumbo821 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      That's most chapter's of unknown or suspicious heritage. It's also implied that the 2nd and 11th legions were absorbed into the ultramarines after their primarchs were erased.

    • @MrTurbowhitey
      @MrTurbowhitey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Hey, those guys with the bull design? They really remind me of Angrons boys, you know, the Wor- They're Ultramarine Successor Chapters!
      How about those guys over there? The ones with the Silver Skull on their shoulder, don't they remind you of Perturabo? And his Iro- They're Ultramarines too!!

  • @warbosspapasmurf
    @warbosspapasmurf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +172

    I see my MooMarines, I click

    • @jeffmusyoka1876
      @jeffmusyoka1876 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Moooooo🐮🐮🐮

    • @HoodedLord
      @HoodedLord 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wait wait wait, is that actually their nickname, because if so that's fracking hilarious.

    • @l7537
      @l7537 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’m painting some moomarines. They look good

  • @barlotardy
    @barlotardy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    How about Word Eaters cut with Dark Angels to even it out; Highly secretive psychopaths.

  • @georgevanderslice9720
    @georgevanderslice9720 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    For those wondering, allow me to clarify. There indeed are two chapters of Minotaurs
    One uses iron Warrior geneseed & the other uses Chimeric geneseed
    The Iron Warrior Minotaurs have been around since M32 and are the bronze armoured ones we know.
    The Chimeric ones were the ones created in the Cursed Founding were the ones who disappeared in M38.

  • @VoiceOfTheEmperor
    @VoiceOfTheEmperor 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    My money is on them being made as a sort of Astartes Counter-Chapter, but they were commissioned by the High Lords themselves. Anyone else would have been purged by the Inquisition.

  • @erikdreki4726
    @erikdreki4726 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    So they could be Iron Warriors with Butcher's Nails? That's a scary combination.

    • @Audiotrocious
      @Audiotrocious 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Erik Dreki “I am very bitter and you are the reason.”

    • @weldonwin
      @weldonwin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      *(Blood Thirsty Siege Scream)*

    • @erikdreki4726
      @erikdreki4726 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Audiotrocious "I am aware of . And I don't care" lol

    • @lordmictian6951
      @lordmictian6951 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I’d probably say they wouldn’t be. The tactics of the iron warriors require people make sure they know what their doing and above all not run into the enemy screaming. World eaters butchers nails would fuck that over.
      There’s a reason apothecaries and psychers in the world eaters legion didn’t have them implemented.

  • @klokar21
    @klokar21 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    id say world eaters for sure, they are the high lords of terra's personal army

  • @Zakvadr1995
    @Zakvadr1995 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Do we even know how they make chimeric Gene Seed? (Fandom looks at Cawl and Fabius talking by a water cooler)

    • @willrogers3793
      @willrogers3793 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      While a Drukhari Haemonculus just lurks off to the side and occasionally butts in with a terse sentence or two.

  • @eightball6219
    @eightball6219 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lamenters: Mutated the gene that makes no one want to eat lunch with you
    Black Dragons: Mutated some pretty sweet Logans
    Minotaurs: Mutated into raging tards and the High Lords are their wranglers.

  • @strangetonic
    @strangetonic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    According to the lore, the Minotaurs' chapter master, Asterion Moloc, may or may not be more than one guy. Who does that remind you of?

    • @javierpatag3609
      @javierpatag3609 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But they certainly don't behave like that guy(s)' legion.

    • @strangetonic
      @strangetonic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      In a way, they do, though, especially if you consider that there is a lot of overlap in geen-seed characteristics. For example, according to the lore, they seem to be secretive about the exact size of their chapter.
      My personal theory about the meaning of "chimeric geen-seed" is not that the chapter's geen-seed is hybridized, but rather than the chapter uses a number of separate geen-seed lines, kind of like the "Unnumbered Sons" primaris marines. For example, suppose that they have some members with Iron Warriors geen-seed, some with Alpha Legion geen-seed, some with World Eaters geen-seed, etc., and they have some way of determining with aspirant should get implanted with which one.

    • @Viper-dz2kw
      @Viper-dz2kw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      (I know this comment is ancient) but the more I read about these guys the more I get the vibe that GW designed them specifically to be a chapter that players can say they descended from a traitor legion of their choice, they seem to have at least one thing suspiciously in common with a lot of them.

  • @MrMysticphantom
    @MrMysticphantom 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I feel they're loyalist Luna wolves descendants

    • @BrenttFease
      @BrenttFease 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      How do you figure? Luna Wolves weren't anything like the Minotaurs. Luna Wolves were more like Ultramarines that dispensed with the formal shit and focused more on offense.

  • @TearDownGenesis
    @TearDownGenesis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Their geneseed is a mix of World Eaters and Heresy.

  • @Dviusfun
    @Dviusfun 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The spiteful, anti-astartes makes me lean heavily toward Iron Warriors. They even had similar rules at first when you compared Iron Warrior 30k rules and 7th Ed rules for Minotaurs.

  • @Mechabang
    @Mechabang 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    With the whole altered geneseed, it sounds possible that the Minotaur Astartes has a hybrid blend of two traitor's genes. Unlike the rumors of the Blood Ravens being related to the Thousand Sons, it might be interesting to see what the high lords of Terra have in hiding. It could also be possible that they're related to the Custodies but with flawed geneseed.

    • @metalhammer303
      @metalhammer303 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But the custodies do not have geneseed.
      Each one is a bespoke creation, created from the ground up so there is no way the minotaurs could be related to the Custodies

  • @lucklord7
    @lucklord7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Happy this finally came out, was wondering if that thread link would ever bear fruit

  • @Winterzef
    @Winterzef 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i love the Minotaurs they were my first army and is what got me fully into 40k! WE WILL PURGE YOU ALL!!!

  • @StylesV13
    @StylesV13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Death Guard World Eater combo would be unstoppable.

  • @0lderSch00l
    @0lderSch00l 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really love these in depth videos you do. I'm not much of a fan of the table top game, but the lore is amazing. Thanks for sharing.

  • @NetMoverSitan
    @NetMoverSitan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    5:50 - A mix of Ultrasmurfs and Dark Angels. | 6:26 - Which resulted in mixed feelings, even by Traitor legion standards. | 7:53 - They'd be more stable due to lacking the Butcher's Nails. | 9:42 - They turned traitor because they weren't being appreciated. | So they're the World Warriors? Are their librarians capable of Shoyuken and Hadouken?

  • @tuckerkaup
    @tuckerkaup 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My vote is with the world eaters being the source because from what I rememebr the warhounds we're still known as a brutal legion even before angron, and after angron the legion took on a Greek gladiator feel which meshes well with the Greek theme of the minotaurs. That last point may be to vague to be a point but sometimes subtlety is not GWs strong suite (the world eaters pre heresy war cry was "Blood for the primarch, skulls for the 12th legion")

  • @FatalShadow13
    @FatalShadow13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Weren't the Iron Warriors, before being united with their gene father, known for answering all calls for aide, even those seen as beneath other Legiones Astartes? Seems at least similar to me.

  • @TmsFin
    @TmsFin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My guess would be mix of blood angels and death guard. Blood angels were and still are quite savage and during the heresy were quite paranoid about anyone finding out about their flaw. While meeting the enemy dead on, with little care to surroundings (to the point that the world is not even habitable anymore) sounds like something Death guard are fond of.

    • @ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681
      @ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Blood Angels are not paranoid. They have an actual reason to be worried about someone finding their flaw. Paranoia is being worried of being spied upon for no good reason.

  • @Guardias
    @Guardias 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fourteen minutes of your pronunciation of Minotaur has me ready to enter a berserker rage.

    • @40KTheories
      @40KTheories  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's the British pronunciation
      youglish.com/search/Minotaur/uk

  • @spencerschaepman7239
    @spencerschaepman7239 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love how there are so many loyalist chapters which are all but explicitly stated to be descended from traitor legions. Minotaurs are World Eaters. Red Scorpions are Word Bearers. Carcharodons Astra are Night Lords. Blood Ravens are Thousand Sons.
    40k Fans: "Home brew Space Marine chapters shouldn't be based off of traitor legions because reasons."
    Black Library Authors: "Hold our beers!"

    • @randomcenturion7264
      @randomcenturion7264 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Don't forget the Sons of the Phoenix, Sons of Antaeus and (possibly) the Soul Drinkers.
      And Cawl's more than likely making more from Traitor Gene-Seed, given his casual tech-Heresy in making an A.I.

    • @spencerschaepman7239
      @spencerschaepman7239 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@randomcenturion7264 Oh yeah, there's a bunch of 'em. I just hit a few highlights.

  • @dedrickhowell805
    @dedrickhowell805 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Isn't eliminating corrupt chapters the job of the Space Wolves already?

  • @7hi5on35
    @7hi5on35 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think Rogal Dorn created the Minotaurs to incorporate the battlefield virtues he was made a victim of, when fighting the iron warriors traitor legion, during his battles within the iron cage. Dorn and his Imperial Fists were near slaughtered within this moon-sized death trap, The Iron Cage, designed by the Iron Warriors to test and destroy the Fists, ultimately proving Iron Warriors tactical superiority.
    The Iron Warriors gambit failed, but I think Dorn recognised the ingenuity present in the traitor legions attempt. I think Dorn spliced Fists and Iron Warriors gene-seed hoping his own DNA might check any deficient traits found within the traitor stock. Dorn, acting as his alias, The Captin General of the Custodes - a position which grants him a seat among the high lords of terra - supplies, directs and manages the Minotaurs chapter.
    The Minotaur was originally a half-man, half-beast, lost within a great prison-maze and I think it was within the maze of The Iron Cage that the inspiration for the Minotaurs chapter was born.

    • @anerd2886
      @anerd2886 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      7hi5 on3 daaaamnnnn never thought of that but actually work. And I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks the Custodes Lord is Dorn.

    • @7hi5on35
      @7hi5on35 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@anerd2886 Another thing which supports this theory is the prevalence of power-spears within the Minotaurs chapter. A weapon usually only found amongst the Custodes.

  • @halomov1
    @halomov1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Minotaurs are maybe Belisarius Cawls first prototypes of new space marinea.

  • @weldonwin
    @weldonwin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Honshu: I Am Bitter! And I am The Reason Why...

  • @WildMeek
    @WildMeek 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Primaris of Iron Warriors and World Eaters would make sense for Minotaurs for sure

  • @kingbaldwiniv5409
    @kingbaldwiniv5409 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am going with the War Hounds. . . er, World Eaters. The Minotaurs are not as crazed as the World Eaters under the influence of the Butchers' Nails.
    Wait, maybe not. . .
    Let's go through the legions with paranoia issues:
    1st, 4th, 7th, 6th, 14th, 19th, 20th Legions.
    I might argue that the Minotaurs in fact bear more resemblance to the 14th, being disdainful of other legions, siege breakers, brutal, forbidden gene stock, and resilient. It could also be the fact that I just finished "The Buried Dagger" however. Who knows?
    I think that 4th, 12th, and 14th are the best candidates however. I think that the High Lords would consider that the 12th was likely to fall to Chaos whether or not Angron went off of the deep end. Their natures were susceptible to Khorne.
    The 14th legion however was only taken by treachery to Nurgle's bosom. If not for Typhon, it wasn't happening.
    Besides, you know that the High Lords love using astartes as chattel, like they did with the 3rd before Fulgrim's return. The 14th's stock make great meat grinding.

    • @phreakazoith2237
      @phreakazoith2237 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nails? Who needs nails? Have a look at the Carcharadon. They are crazed and brutal without any butchers nails. well maybe they have a hawaiian surfboard up their brain causing the same rage.

    • @joseemanuelmontalvomelende5134
      @joseemanuelmontalvomelende5134 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@phreakazoith2237 as a carcharadon player I take umbridge to that statement.

  • @Dreamcleaver
    @Dreamcleaver 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Any chapter suspicious in the eyes of the Inquisition is okay in my book.

  • @Shaso-xv3tw
    @Shaso-xv3tw 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve always thought that, since there seems to have been a post heresy era chapter with the same name and doctrine, and that the current leader of the Minotaurs seems to have always been the leader of the Minotaurs, that the Minotaurs are one of the lost legions who suffered massive casualties in the heresy, and in the 21st founding received a bulk of new recruits to make up for what was likely crippling losses and possibly crippling levels of mutation

  • @JaredHight-g4e
    @JaredHight-g4e 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’m a little late but there is another legion famed for its savagery: the space wolves. While the current stock of gene seeds can’t be implanted in anyone other then fenrisians the vaults in terra could have a less degraded stock. They also might not, leading for the need to hybridize the gene seed to stabilize the space wolves genes, possibly ness estimating the need to mix it with another legion. I’m thinking dark angels for stability, but perhaps space wolf-dark angel didn’t work so they did pull out some traitor gene seed and it worked. I’d like world eaters and space wolves but you make a good point about iron warriors. With their manic personalities and secrets though they could be mixed with alpha legion as well, but they have other genetic flaws the Minotaurs don’t have. Anyway it’s a stretch but i like it.

  • @JarnexEternal
    @JarnexEternal 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    War hounds without a doubt.. Endryd Haar comes to mind

  • @Discotekh_Dynasty
    @Discotekh_Dynasty 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    World eaters/iron warriors is a potent mix

  • @Alexander-uf9ls
    @Alexander-uf9ls 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What do you think about Thunder Warriors connection theory?

  • @ComfortsSpecter
    @ComfortsSpecter ปีที่แล้ว

    3:36 40K Theories dropping bars

  • @darkestcarving8735
    @darkestcarving8735 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The World-Eater's legion displays their high amounts of brutality because they are corrupted by Korn as well as the butcher's nails.
    However a default uncorrupted space Marine of the World-Eater's would be the embodiment of the Emperor's compassion.

    • @40KTheories
      @40KTheories  ปีที่แล้ว

      The World Eaters were known to have been exceptionally brutal by Space Marine standards, even before the implementation of Butcher's Nails (as stated within the Horus Heresy black books by Forge World).

  • @festungmittlewesten3108
    @festungmittlewesten3108 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Based Iron Eaters Chapter.

  • @Jon_the_Wizard
    @Jon_the_Wizard 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Put me down for primarily World Eaters with some Iron Warriors, Blood Ravens (that kleptomania has to come from somewhere) and Ultramarines for balance. On that same note, I think the Space Sharks are a cross between Raven Guard (Ashen Claws successor chapter, specifically) and World Eaters.

  • @poxous3854
    @poxous3854 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was listening to the Raven Guard Novels and Brazen Minotaur's where in one of the stories. Really cool how then RG paid back a debt to them without them knowing so they could go and do their thing vs traitors. It was like the RG knew directly trying to help a bull in a china shop was dumb all they need to do is lead the bull to the china shop and let him do his thing.

  • @dingesskahn
    @dingesskahn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gotta be Luna Wolves. Look at the emblem, replace horns with moon. Either that, or it's a legion that began with thunder warriors. That's the only explanation I have for their agression and mis trust of every other organization but theirs. And the Emperor, of course.

  • @-Thunder-Warrior-
    @-Thunder-Warrior- 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's good to see the crimson and bronze again.

  • @hughgedney3393
    @hughgedney3393 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very Great video as always 40k Theories.

  • @SkitariidesignationgB
    @SkitariidesignationgB 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    My idea as the cursed founding had Cawl involved with these chapters being founded and were all most likely early field test for cawls primaris project but mostly failed, except the monitors who he could have taken to study and learn what he got right, and Cawl had asked for permission for using gene seed from all 20 primarchs but he was denied. Knowing Cawl he would do it anyway.

  • @r.m.renfield4541
    @r.m.renfield4541 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Go on Jeremy Kyle - He'll tell you who your dad is.

    • @davidh7177
      @davidh7177 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Their dad is their uncle then. Who also had an affair with their grandmother who turns out to be MY transgender father who was originally my brothers sister who also fucked the neighbour's dog in return for a mars bar and a snort of a line of bone powder.
      Im not even gonna try and work out what I just told you!!!
      Jeremy Kyle: The Lost and the Damned.

  • @B6B
    @B6B 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If they are chimeric then they would probably be loyalist mixed with traitor not traitor mixed with traitor. Like iron warriors and ultramarines or world eaters and fists. To try and "balance" the geneseed.

  • @MrSmiley81092
    @MrSmiley81092 ปีที่แล้ว

    I feel like the Minotaurs Geneseed might be a mix of Iron Warriors and World Eaters

  • @sergiovieira8272
    @sergiovieira8272 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    A healthy mix of Thunder Warriors, Iron Warriors, World Eaters and a bit of Luna Wolves in it.

  • @jacksonbowns1087
    @jacksonbowns1087 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Obviously they were made by mixing legions II and XI, that way we can never know who they came from.

  • @mattaffenit9898
    @mattaffenit9898 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    World Eaters?
    Iron Warriors?
    Fok me, I'm scared.

  • @jonathansuko1820
    @jonathansuko1820 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can't say i know enough about either chapter to make a conplete theory on this, but perhaps they are an iron warriors/dark angels hybrid. Both would reinforce their paranoid and secretive behavior, the iron warriors would reinforce their military doctrine while dark angels would ensure their loyalty. It may be perhaps that the reason they fight orher astartes is a way of continuing the dark angels hunt for the fallen, hoping to find clues through other traitor chaptors, instead of them being directly under control of the high lords.

  • @mrspeigel3593
    @mrspeigel3593 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Chimerical Iron Warriors/Worldeater mix

  • @swig9931
    @swig9931 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love your videos!

  • @loganjamesonhatch5050
    @loganjamesonhatch5050 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I kinda assumed they were a splinter of the wolves from their executioner stylism

  • @sevlar_
    @sevlar_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think that the their gene seed could be from the Iron Warriors World eaters and one of the lost legions or primarily from one of the lost legions are maybe both.

  • @saxon2846
    @saxon2846 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hey theory you know I’ve always seen that giant circle thing in 40k lore vids but what does the giant void placed spinny thing do and what is it? I’m honestly curious it’s at 5:37

    • @DaimoHope
      @DaimoHope 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's the 18 legions on the outer ring and the inner ring is the Imperium and chaos (I think) rotating around each other

    • @saxon2846
      @saxon2846 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      DaimoMusic but what does it mean why was it made WHY

    • @DaimoHope
      @DaimoHope 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@saxon2846 it is probably a small bit of filler for when there isn't enough images to use. Or symbolically how the Imperium and chaos need one another and the 18 legions are there playthings

    • @SangTheCryptek
      @SangTheCryptek 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@saxon2846 What do you mean why was it made? It's just a graphic to be used as B-roll when he doesnt have any other visual aid to show.

  • @7r3x1992
    @7r3x1992 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Could the original Minotaurs be the chapter of one of the lost primarchs?

  • @MrLolguy93
    @MrLolguy93 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Taking the meaning of the term "Bullheaded" very literally

  • @shipmate3577
    @shipmate3577 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They are Thunder Warriors gene stock

  • @DeltaPi314
    @DeltaPi314 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Paranoid , yet the first to rush to reinforce and aid... something doesn't add up.

  • @ethanmcrae1665
    @ethanmcrae1665 ปีที่แล้ว

    Angron broke his legion. He was nothing but bad for them. I don't understand why the Emperor didn't either let events take their course or just kill Angron himself.

  • @thedevourer.
    @thedevourer. 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've seen theory's that moloc is or was a custodes .
    Would make some sense as even valerian was not sure if he could beat said warrior

  • @aaronmcintosh6740
    @aaronmcintosh6740 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    My favourite chapter. I had Dark Angels and Chaos space marines in 2004 lol. I just started playing 40k again last year with my son using the Minotaurs chapter Vs Orks which my 8 year old son likes

  • @michaelmartyr4326
    @michaelmartyr4326 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Minotaurs are the high lords personal executors the emperor had the Space Wolves.
    They wanted a personal force to go kill shit other astartes or military forces couldn't or wouldn't
    Hence the classified, hence the best gear, hence terra as a recruitment world

  • @zoltanz288
    @zoltanz288 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Minotaurs are frigging dope! That is all. Thank you.

  • @schopenhauerassplower4223
    @schopenhauerassplower4223 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am posting from Cretacia and I see no problem with the Minotaurs

  • @warrenhunter4389
    @warrenhunter4389 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    THIS IS SPARTA!

  • @timberknuckle8281
    @timberknuckle8281 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very curious what the Custodes thoughts are.

  • @shaguar6439
    @shaguar6439 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Moloc being a banana guard makes me moist

  • @wilcovandersluis9652
    @wilcovandersluis9652 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Would love a theory on the current Raptor chapter and the old Raptor chapter, if there is anything that could explain how they became so incredible reasonable in their operations

  • @SgtThiel
    @SgtThiel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    6:14 hybreds or a mix of astartes lineages in the same chapter?

  • @pandadog1391
    @pandadog1391 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Do you have a video about this cursed founding?

  • @harrysmith1711
    @harrysmith1711 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Perhaps they can trace their lineage to a specific and unique individual of the XII Legion: Endryd Haar. When the XII were first created, it believed that Endryd Haar was 'not stamped from the same moll', being larger and stronger than any other astartes, (he is noted for killing a Thunder Warrior by breaking his neck!!) When Angron was unwillingly reunited with his sons, Haar refused to have, or otherwise avoided having, the Butchers Nails implanted; he didn't need them. Later he led a warband of Blackshields called the Fangs of the Emperor that would go on to fight in the Battle of Terra, with even Malcador taking not of his 'killer among killers' prowess. Given his near 'proto-astartes' status and his loyalty to the Emperor, it would make sense that, one day, the high lords would get round to making some Fangs of the Emperor and Endryd Haars of their own. Endryd Haar mixed with some Garviel Loken

  • @jacobs4545
    @jacobs4545 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Death Guard/Imperial Fists Hybrid marines. Eat your heart out Perty!

  • @l.p.8041
    @l.p.8041 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    9:03 Mimetors?

  • @danialcourtney5969
    @danialcourtney5969 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    If we need in the vault of Terra, then one of you UK lads need to get a hold of Ed

  • @svagglaorde4387
    @svagglaorde4387 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    These Minotaurs look cool but they need more cowbells.

  • @zenlarrushiro3607
    @zenlarrushiro3607 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Probably a triple hybrid of two traitor legions (Iron Warriors and World Eaters) and a lost legion (IX could be for Celestial Suns).

  • @vitaliyred622
    @vitaliyred622 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well now we know that they are Iron warriors. Thanks, Regent or Terra book

  • @sk00b72
    @sk00b72 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well the Mainatour chapter is like a leashed dog and the HLOT are the master. I personally understand it like this because they react quickly and push into the maw of the enemy without a second thought.