The Mysterious Fate Of The Rainbow Warriors - 40K Theories
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- The Rainbow Warriors are a chapter that, despite having served the Imperium faithfully for centuries, has been all but erased from Imperial Records. What fate could have befallen these noble defenders of humanity?
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It isn't mysterious. They found a new chaos god and, alongside the Dark Mechanicum, established one of the most successful snack manufacturing corporations in history of the Imperium. To this day, not one Inquisitor knows that their motto of "taste the rainbow" is a veiled supplication to their deity, Skittles.
@KaiserAfini Thank you, thank you so much, so very much. Why? Because I'm roflmao. :)
This actually made me laugh out loud
The Skitltarii, from the Adeptus Munchanicus
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR SKITTLES!
It would be funny if they turned into the sons of malice.
Rainbows to monochrome.
Rainbow warriors were based on aztecs - famous for cannibalism, sons of malice are known for cannibalizing enemies.
Rainbow warriors were initially stated to be a founding chapter, before being written off as ultramarine successors... though it was hinted the ultramarines picked up the missing legionarres from one of the missing legions.
One of the missing legions is legion 11, malice's favorite number... 11.
They're quite hard to find, which is surprising, considering their naming convention.
Well, it's hard to find a rainbow, they only come after a storm.... oh shit
like trying to find a rainbow....
.....IN THE DARK
@@CrimsonButtflap th-cam.com/video/zcsE9ObDPxA/w-d-xo.html
@@notdoppler9833 Omg that would actually be cool.
The Rainbow Warriors were good while June Jones was their coach.
Its entirely 40k when 10 foot tall ceramite clad, giant bolter wielding lunatics fall out of the sky shouting "TASTE THE RAINBOW!" as they splatter everyone with giant bolter rounds.
Their ship was sunk by the death kor of Krieg who didn’t like their stance on denuclearisation
tbf, their anti-nuclear stance was not born out of fear of nuclear weapons, but because they simply preferred to end every life by bolter
I heard it was sunk by ork kommandos that smelled suspiciously like garlic.
Simple games workshop forgot about them
That s the bad side of having tons of chapters
I smell araki syndrome
Except their homeworld was constantly appearing in SM codices along with their chapter heraldry. It may be that GW is either burying them to forget or just that no one has any interesting thing to do with them. They can give them a different name, such as what they did with the Space Sharks, but Rainbow Warriors never really had much fluff to begin with.
They used to be a founding Legion.
Oh how they have fallen.
Now all they need to do is do that to the Primaris and I will be remarkably less of a bitter person.
Sweet a updated version of the Rainbow Warriors video. Thank you for making it
I thought their Chapter Master was Captain Planet.
I think that’s just a different name for the emperor’s children
Nah, they sank into the warp after some chaotic agents with outrageous accents posed as tourists and planted mines inside the hull of their battle barge. Some say their former Chapter Master also fell to Chaos, and he currently enjoys drinking polluted water and denying the existence of the Cicatrix Maledictum, blaming poor communications with the rest of the Imperium on solar activity, and also claming there is no scientific proof that Cadia even existed.
Well there's always the failed penitent crusade option, their holdings and accolades are confiscated until they prove their loyalty crusading, but the chapter gets wiped out before they succeeded
Considering they were one of the first founding chapters in Rogue Trader I think we know what happened to them...
A very awesome video as always 40k Theories.
They might of been descendants of one of the lost legions absorbed by the Ultramarines who probably found out about their true lineage and were purged.
Lost Chapters are the Validictors and the Rainbow Warriors
GW made a break back in the day with some people involving certain creativity.
I remember reading requiem infernal and the rainbow warriors making a cameo. I was confused when they described the armor changing colors. Thus my discovery of the chapter.
Wasn't it the Angels Resplendent who appeared in that novel?
I may be mistaken. The book was describing their armor as shifting from hues of different colors so my immediate thought was of a rainbow. Specifically it was during the flashback sequence to when the main character abandoned her order out of awe.
It was in the middle of chapter 2. Also noticed i misspelled the title.
Edit: after skimming through the novel again, ive found where the angels resplendent make their appearance.
In chapter 4 during another flashback sequence.
I noticed it does identify them by name but the previous astartes it doesnt, only describing how ornate their armor is and the everchanging hues.
It does talk about the iconography on a pauldron so it may be my own ignorance keeping me from knowing their chapter.
My theory is the casualties they had were too serious and they got split up and were sent to join other chapters
I recon they were that badly mauled that they were disbanded into another chapter or the Deathwatch.
Fans: What has happened to the Rainbow Warriors?
GW: Don't fit anymore so we made them disappear.
They're on campaign on Retcon Primus
Chapter Master zippy, Captain Bungle, Lt George............. Rainbow Warriors I mean Worriors (lol)
The Rainbow warriors fought valorantly against the MAP tratior slaaneshi warband and sacrificed themselves saving so many
Rainbow Warriors > Sons of Malice
Rainbows to monochrome.
Rainbow warriors were based on aztecs - famous for cannibalism, sons of malice are known for cannibalizing enemies.
Rainbow warriors were initially stated to be a founding chapter, before being written off as ultramarine successors... though it was hinted the ultramarines picked up the missing legionarres from one of the missing legions.
One of the missing legions is legion 11, malice's favorite number... 11.
Their battle barge got sabotaged.
Meanwhile, in the warp...
"Are we there yet?"
"No."
"Are we there yet?"
"No."
"Can this hunk of junk go any faster? I bet the Fire Hawks are already there, killing Eldar corsairs without us."
With Guilliman around do you think he forgives some loyalists rouge space marines
You think they'd be pretty easy to spot
They now self identify as Adeptus Soritas
Slaanesh: Interesting.
Maybe they found the 11th Primarch and realized that he wanted Peace?
Ordo Retconius struck, and erased them out.
They have followed a space rainbow and ended up in Age of Sigmar. Or maybe Asgard, who knows...
I'd love to build some but I feel as soon as I do, they'll release new lore. which will overwrite mine XD
Weren't there twenty chapters in this sector before? I read nineteen.
Cat stepped on my keyboard so I don't know.
Oh well. I'm sure it's fine.
The drawing at 01:47 is a figurative depiction of me eating really sour skittles.
Woohoo my second favorite Chapter!
I thought the rainbow warriors were in Portland burning the city down? Forces of chaos surely.
No they are a force of good in portland. The imperium isn't a force for good its evil
Do you have anything on the Flesh Eaters?
Rainbow warriors got their rear down.
they could also have taken a secretive Assignment from the high lords of terra
A quest got The Holly grail?
Maybe they have a heretical primarch as their original gene father.
Shame Games Worksh... *(cleaning throath)* ...the Imperium is erasing this classic space marine chapter.
It was the french who did it, 1985 the emperor has never forgot. 🇳🇿😢
I wish there could be more native american themed space marines
At least we have old school Dark Angels for that.
Space Marines: We call our chapter the Rainbow Wa~
GW: UMM, NOPE, NONONO, INTO THE RETCON MACHINE YOU GO, MOVE IT, SCHNELL!
And now the live in Retconstania. On please forget street as neighbors to the Squats.
@@badgamemaster and with two tall guys called 2 and 11
Rainbow Warriors bearing their heritage with Pride. *cough cough*
Get on ze retcon train.
badgamemaster, aren’t the squats back in canon? I swore I read that somewhere
"Lets talk about the RaInBoW wArRiOrS!" - Rogal Dorn, Sire of the Imperial Fist
"Yey"
Lord Dadornable
Taco Friday is the true path heretic
@Imperial Fist Astartes taco tuesday IS on friday. MWAHAHAHA CHAOS INTENSIFIES!
We need a book of Dorn to replace the Tao of Piglet. He has all the wisdom: "Follow me, and I will lead you on the true path to salivation"
Fools all of you...
Due to the timey-wimey bullshit of the warp how would those aboard the vessels of our glorious imperial navy and various fleet based chapters be sure that it's the proper day to eat the sacred taco?
Therefore logic dictates the taco must be eaten once a week period the day itself does not matter!
I choose to believe they're just chillin' with the squats.
*tyranid bellys
Aye, they be here alright. It's Ribeye Monday!.
ive heard that in the new codex a mechanicus priest does a recording (a malfunction one) which says to have encounter them!! so dont leave my squats in oblivion pls
@@dolengea1523 they're back in Necromunda.
@@Deridus HELL YEAHHHHH
What happened? Simple. Their chapter name was not grim dark enough and declared excommunicate traitourus.
Naming a chapter a boat bombed for protesting against Nuclear against is something. But the name of the boat being actually a reference to a fake native american legend made up by evangelical Christians kinda kill the fun.
Yeah! Like the Purple Stars. Not menacing sounding enough.
@@iand3lond What are you talking about?
@@Samm815 rambow worriors are achualy in a native american legend.
You know with the Rainbow Warriors name I expected a more colorful paint scheme.
Hypothesis: due to such heavy casualties and prolonged contact with Chaotic entities the survivors were distributed among other chapters, potentially after being mindwiped, and the Rainbow Warriors formally disbanded.
There’s no sign of the morning coming. You’ve been left on your own. Like a rainbow in the dark.- Inquisitor Dio
Diiiiiooooooo!!
I'm sorry I had to
I hear inquisitor Dio had to deal with the Night Lords a lot in his time, or Night People as he called them. Encounters with them were always preceded by Faces In The Window while his ship, the Holy Diver, found itself in warp transit.
Once a puritan, Inquisitor Dio's descent into radicality seemingly began with reports in his journal about "Dreaming Evil," something he never elaborated on in the pages to follow. Ever since he gradually Pushed the boundaries of acceptable practice, but there was never any tangible evidence to suggest him Guilty of overstepping his boundaries. But as imperial records show, behavior like this always comes Before The Fall.
It had been thousands of years since Inquisitor Dio's presence was last reported, nobody knows his fate, and perhaps some things are Better left In The Dark.
Their Flagship was sabotaged by French Special Forces
Beware the Baguette II torpedoes
Those damn french.
"I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE RAINBOW WARRIORS!"
They were blown up by the French Legion Estrange Subaquitique.
that was the DGSE tho not the legion
The home world is one of the few planets to partially survive exterminatus, both poles suffered the full effects but life is still viable for those who inhabit the green piece on the equator.
@@SiliconBong Green Piece.....funny. Did you do that intentionally?
@@judowrestlerka Yeah, just throwing it out there to see if someone would get it...
@@SiliconBong hilarious
Arn't they named after a real life environmentalist ship that sunk or something like that?
I don't know if they were specifically named after it, but there was indeed a Greenpeace owned vessel named Rainbow Warrior, which was famously blown up by the French government.
Aye. Greenpeace had a ship called the a Rainbow Warrior. French Commandoes sank it in a New Zealand harbour.
@@andrewtennant1889 Quite a read - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_the_Rainbow_Warrior
Actually It's from a fake Native American legend made up by Evangelical Christians the boat's name was also inspired by this fake legend.
Paraptorkeet Creations the more you know
There in hiding after finding out Adornable wanted to make fun of them.
Yay. Mundane exposition.
thats Lord Adronable lol
interesting to hear of these guys again, from what ive gathered they were part of the original legions of first edition and might be considered one of original 20, but since that opens the possibility that they might have something to do with 2 or 11 its not something thats likely to ever be explored very deeply , not any time soon anyway. the ultramarines have a tendency to absorb the remnants of other lost chapters so even if this is the case its not outside the realm of possibility that their lineage is still around somewhere.
though none of this explains what actually happened to them
I really hope they’re not gone for good, they’re such a cool group that have persisted since the rogue trader says and it might be fun to make an army of rainbow warriors some time.
YOU FOOLS .... The Rainbow Warriors were sent out with orders from the Great Holy God Emperor of Mankind to locate the ever great lasting Rainbow, situated over the Eye of Terror! They would then be tasked to hunt down and kill the great Space Leprechaun, take its head as a trophy and claim its POT OF GOLD!
... Why you may ask ... well because the Great Holy God Emperor of Mankind can never have too much GOOOOOLLLLLDDDDD !?!
Ah, yes.
The only space Marines that can be accurately portrayed by razor gaming mouse and keyboard.
🎩
🐍no step on SNEK! 🇺🇸🇭🇰
Dude... you and I watch the same types of videos... I swear it is eerie.
This isn’t a grifting lawboomer video smh
They just having a big ole Spess Rave
Wow, a joke about not about LGBTQ.
@@theinquisitionsparrot6749 You are ALL UP in this comment section and I can't tell if you're joking or genuinely triggered lol
With the Ravicorn. Look it up... your life will be changed.
Wish I noticed this thread earlier. I propose they were quietly rebranded as the burners chapter, cus the heat was on them after their last rainbow gathering and they needed to evade further attention from the inquisition when had their loud-ass rompfest ...freaky hippy ravers =P
The Rainbow Warriors are just Pretty Marines that hit the gym too hard.
The gym and its locker rooms
Awesome way to end a day of school. I love these theory videos
Also known as the pride marines.
Simple, they're Lost.
We know that Rogal and Roboute insisted that the marines should not be sacrificed as their Lost brothers were. The result was that they were folded into the Ultramarines & Imp Fists in total secrecy.
Several founding's later the Rainbow Warriors were formed. Their gene-seed exclusively from one of the Lost Legions and, much like the Blood Ravens, they recognised their true history was hidden. Unfortunately their investigations into their own past raised the attention of the Inquisition, who also discovered this and they took action.
Simply deleting a chapter would draw attention so they have been slowly edited out of official records. The marines themselves sent on a penitent crusade, assumed destroyed in the Great Maelstrom.
Mystery solved...
For now!
Squats: "First time?"
3 hours old, already 658 likes. The community really does love your content :)
1:00 those cursed bolters though....
Glad you made this. Recently had been pondering this chapter
Bless this man for trying to explain it with in universe reason, and not just saying that they were reconned for having a dumb name
Good on Magnus, that color scheme for the Sky Sentinels is hideous.
The Fire Lords chapter colours hurt the eyes as well.
The Salamanders got their paint scheme improved why can't others?
Then again I am the kind of guy who if I had unlimited funds would paint a Raven Guard army in Vantablack...
I like the idea that there are marine chapters out there that the imperium forgot about because some one accidentally deleted the files.
Hmm, a chapter called the *Rainbow* Warriors, whose sigil is *a stylized lightning bolt* coming *from a stylized cloud* ....
_Why am I getting equine vibes from this chapter...._
My Little Space Marines.
With blue bodies, and rainbow accents. Defo equine vibes
@@bluestormpony So GW got sued by Hasbro, is what we are saying?
@@JimmyCrawford wouldnt be the first legal argument to wipe out a faction, malice only recently recovered from the metaphysical backlash of his incident
Probably bombed by some french enclave in a clandestine operation.
TASTE THE RAINBOW HERETICS!
Rainbow Warriors...? These guys are from the University of Hawai'i...? Go 'bows! XD
"Rainbow Warriors"
When you ran out of cool names for your chapter.
SHUTTUP YOUR NOT MY EMPEROR
@@theinquisitionsparrot6749 *Pulls back the charging handle on the bolter pistol.*
VoiceOfTheEmperor WHY IS THE FURRY GLOWING AND WHY DOES IT HAVE A GUN
Tyeler Nowell ZA WARUDO
@@theinquisitionsparrot6749 "Because he works for an Inquisitor."
*Fires*
Wait a second, this isn't April 1st...
They were all slaughtered by Games Workshop after an era known as the Rogue Trader
I find it interesting how whenever there is art or a story involving Sisters of Battle vs Space Marine we always assume the Marine is corrupt and the Sister is in the right. Why? They're just mortals. Sisters of Battle can be lied to, led astray and corrupted just as easily as any normal human. The meme is that they're too pure of heart to be corrupted, but in the lore they get corrupted to Chaos all the time and the Inquisition uses technicalities and clever phrases to cover it up. Same with Grey Knights and falling to Chaos - they do, its happened in the lore, the Inquisition just uses technicalities to cover it up.
To start with, the Rogue Trader book didn't have Chaos in it. In fact, Chaos, in its current form, didn't really exist in Fantasy yet either. Chaos would be introduced a few years later with the Realm of Chaos books.
At the time, Rogue Trader didn't have many races and most of the models were imperial, only the Imperials had tanks, so in practice most fights would be between Space Marines vs Space Marines. Thus they had to provide justification as to why Imperials would fight other Imperials, the Badab War is the best example of this and it originates in Rogue Trader (and why I think later editions didn't have more conflicts like it, since there were plenty of non Imperial factions to pick fights against). The Imperium was also supposed to be far different from the current version, more like the Holy Roman Empire, a balkanized empire with many squabbling rulers fighting each other.
real reason. they were too powerful. gw is. scared of the rainbow
Dorn is finally happy... as long as we dont talk about Black templars
I was starting to worry that your schedule had been messed up, My Lord Inquisitor. At any rate, keep on speculating for your Ordos!
My Monday release schedule hasn't changed in close to 4 years, so I dunno what you're on about lol
40K Theories can we make ‘merica jokes about the rainbow warriors?
@@40KTheories Uh...I'm in the Pacific Time Zone of the United States. So your videos usually come out around 8 PM on Sunday for me. But this time it was nearly 2 hours late. I was just a little concerned, is all.
@@VoiceOfTheEmperor They're always set to 6am UK time. Maybe it's due to daylight savings?
@@40KTheories Eh, most likely.
"If an item does not appear in our records, it does not exist....."
After a long search, I found the final most recent communication from a Rainbow Warrior.
It goes: "I am Alpharious."
Consequently, it was traced to a world where an Alpha Legion outpost was said to have been.
That bolter pattern bothers me so much.
I look where the magazine is, where the barrel is, and where the chamber is, and wonder how the hell the firing cycle on that thing operates.
BRAIN HURT
WITH FAITH! PRAISE THE OMNISSIAH!
They took an Ork level of belief to work
Simple 80s sci-fi shenanigans.
Have you seen the old rogue trader weapons?
They are all tubes and corrugated pipes. Melded onto armour.
Ah the good old days when fantasy fiction was allowed to be fantastic 😉
Glad it's not just me. Maybe they were wiped out by the Mechanicus to hush up the mess they made of the Bolters.
hey Remleiz not really about the video, just to let you know i love you mate, keep the fantastic work
We're here because Dadornable, aren't we?
Of course the Rainbow Warriors are from the UltraMarines. No other force in the universe can come up with these ridiculous names.
most unknown foundings tend to lead to the cursed founding or heritic geneseed. Wiping of all records and homeworld tends to point to chaos as exterinatius is standard procedure for a chapter that goes chaos right?
yep 6:14 there it is.
This Is some synchronicity shit right here. I was thinking "I hope a they Made a video of the Rainbow Warriors"
Simple: They went to do an LGBT movement via twitter and tumblr.
Stop
@@theinquisitionsparrot6749 no
Sounds like something a son of Guilliman would do.
@@theinquisitionsparrot6749 Sorry, some jokes are just too easy to ignore.
kasper Markus U
They went somewhere...over the rainbow. *Commissar aims gun to my head* I regret nothing.
The last time I was this early to a video, The Emperor was making the Primarchs
The rainbow warriors were disbanded because their new chapter master 6ix9ine went to prison.
They suffered the worst fate of all. GW forgetting about them!
They were too fabulous for this galaxy
Considering what we know about how the Imperium operates, I would guess Chaotic corruption is to blame. Too bad; I actually quite like their color scheme and heraldry.
They were disbanned for not having an edgy enough name.
They became an 80s hair metal band.