The 40k Lorecast

Warhammmer 40k

The 40k Lorecast is a weekly dive into all the Lore that surrounds Warhammer 40k. Brad Chester and John will take you on a deep dive into everything that is the lore of the Warhammer 40k Universe. Our weekly podcast is dedicated to exploring the rich lore of the Warhammer 40k universe, diving deep into the stories, characters, and events that make this universe so captivating. Join us as we unravel the mysteries of the 41st millennium!

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Episode 149 - Titan Legions pt 2 - Machine Spirits, Maniples, and the Heresy.
On Today’s cast we conclude our coverage of the Titan Legions. With a short dive into the machine spirit itself. From there we go into how the Titan legions go to war both with their Maniples as well as their support forces. Then we talk a bit more about the organization of the Legio Titanica before going over the history of them in the Heresy. Patreon Merchandise Discord Link: Our Website Retro Recall Brad Channel Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/lore for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Monday · 1 hr 5 min
Episode 148 - Titan Legions pt 1 - The origins of Mars, creation of the first titans, and the hilarity that is titans themselves
On Today’s cast we open our coverage of the Titan Legions. With a short dive into the origins of Mars and a hilarious GW story of a dragon. From there we talk about the Titans them selves, what they are, their grand size, their machine spirit that is totally not an AI, and more. We also jump into the different sizes and types of titans and then close out with the original forming of the Legions Patreon Merchandise Discord Link: Our Website Retro Recall Brad Channel Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/lore for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
July 20 · 1 hr 5 min
Episode 147 - Word Bearers pt 4 - Erebus loses his face, Lorgar loses his legion, but then things get better
On Today’s cast we close out our coverage of the Word Bearers. Opening with the tail end of the Hersey with Layak’s arrival on the scene. Then jump over to Erebus’ terrible plan of converting Sanguinius (why would that have ever worked). And then of course over to Lorgar trying to use Fulgrim to usurp Horus. We then get into the Word Bearers post Heresy quite a bit as their actions there are both fun and telling of their real role in modern 40k. Patreon Merchandise Discord Link: Our Website Retro Recall Brad Channel Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/lore for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
July 13 · 1 hr 1 min
Episode 146 - Word Bearers pt 3 - Heresy is a go, but Erebus and Lorgar have some different ideas of next steps
On Today’s cast we dive even further into the Word Bearer lore, starting with the outbreak of the Heresy. And how both Lorgar and Erebus begin to set themselves up for different paths in the Heresy. We then travel to Calth as the Word Bearers both succeed and fail at the mission given them (Kor Phaeron off the top rope for the failure!). And then over to Nuceria where both Lorgar and Erebus make moves to aid Khorne in finding a different worthy champion. Patreon Merchandise Discord Link: Our Website Retro Recall Brad Channel Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/lore for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
July 6 · 1 hr 5 min
Episode 145 - Word Bearers pt 2 - The emperor's censure and the legions subsequent jaunt into the eye of terror
On today’s cast we continue our coverage of the Word Bearers with Lorgar taking over his legion and promptly decided to tell the galaxy how awesome his dad is. And then we cover the Emperor’s response to such worship (spoiler alter it was not positive). Luckily the story gets awesome then as Lorgar goes on his journey to the eye of terror to Cadia, and to learn the truth of the galaxy. We then close out with him sending the Serrated Suns into the eye of terror and his subsequent journey. Patreon Merchandise Discord Link: Our Website Retro Recall Brad Channel Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/lore for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
June 29 · 1 hr 9 min
Episode 144 - The Word Bearers pt 1 - The creation of the Imperial Heralds and the complete opposite thing happening on Colchis
On today’s cast we start our coverage of the Word Bearers. With their original founding as the Imperial Heralds and their role as the Emperor’s enforcers on the imperial truth. From there we jump over to Colchis for some fun Lorgar and Covenant action as Lorgar unites a planet into the belief in the gods. And then of course those two groups meet. We then close out with one of the most consequential characters in all of 40k Erebus. Patreon Merchandise Discord Link: Our Website Retro Recall Brad Channel Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/lore for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
June 22 · 1 hr 1 min
Episode 143 - Legion of the Damned, yeah turns out they were a little over the top.
On today’s cast we take a trip into the Legion of the Damned. A super fun and exciting space marine faction that got their own codex in 6th edition, and then promptly were removed from the game due to being horribly OP. We go over what they are, how they function in the galaxy and what is kind of known about them. We then review the three main theories on their origin with a little bit of us theorizing about what we believe them to be. Patreon Merchandise Discord Link: Our Website Retro Recall Brad Channel Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/lore for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
June 15 · 1 hr 3 min
Bonus Episode - Our Takes on 11th Edition
Brad and John Discuss the Launch of 11th Edition with their excitement and reservations about some rule changes and updates to the game. Big thank you to other people for having GW give them advanced copies of the rules and then publishing them, because we sure as hell were not on that list of advanced copies... But we did get to review your stuff first before making this. Patreon Merchandise Discord Link: Our Website Retro Recall Brad Channel Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/lore for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
June 12 · 1 hr 13 min
Episode 142 - Space Hulks, yeah.... they can be kind of a nightmare
On today’s cast we jump into the massive nightmares that are Space Hulks in the 41st Millenia. What they are, where they kind of come from (technically we don’t know). We also talk about how the different parts of the imperium interact with them (from lowly scrappers trying to make a fortune, through 1st company Space Marines). And they we jump into a bit on some of the more famous Space hulks through the lore. Patreon Merchandise Discord Link: Our Website Retro Recall Brad Channel Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/lore for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
June 8 · 59 min
Episode 141 - Raven Guard pt 3 - Isstvan 5 and the legions rebirth.
On today’s cast we conclude our coverage of the Raven Guard. Opening up with the events of Isstvan 5 and the almost destruction of the Legion. From there we follow Corax as he goes back to terra to get the original gene seed of his legion (unknowingly brining a bunch of Alpha Legion along). And then the events over the course of the rest of the Horus Heresy. Next we talk about Corax in the warp and the nightmare he has turned into for the traitors. We then close out with the more recent Raven Guard lore of Shrike and Shaan. Patreon Merchandise Discord Link: Our Website Retro Recall Brad Channel Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/lore for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
June 1 · 1 hr 3 min
Episode 140 - The Raven Guard pt 2 - Corax remakes the Raven Guard in his own image
On today’s cast we continue our coverage of the Raven Guard. With Corax arriving at his legion and having a solid WTF moment at how they behave. Then his fixing of the legion and their divorce from the Night Lords. From there we jump into their actions in the later part of the Great Crusade. And how those moments taught Corax a lot more about the galaxy and the imperium. We also jump into the special units and tech of the Raven Guard and how they use them to great success. Patreon Merchandise Discord Link: Our Website Retro Recall Brad Channel Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/lore for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
May 25 · 59 min
Episode 139 - The Raven Guard pt 1 - Creation of the 19th and discovery of Corax
On today’s cast we open up our coverage of the Raven Guard. Opening with the formation of the 19th legion and their actions during the Unification Wars. We then focus a bit on how the emperor used them to handle enemies that were utilizing warp powers he did not want exposed to other legions. From there we jump over to their actions with the Luna Wolves during the early days of the Great Crusade. And then we get over to the story of Corax, his arrival on Lysithea, and how he liberated it. We close out with the meeting of Corax and the Emperor and his joining with his legion. Patreon Merchandise Discord Link: Our Website Retro Recall Brad Channel Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/lore for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
May 18 · 1 hr 3 min
Episode 138 - The Night Lords pt3 - Konrad seriously annoys the Lion, and eventually meets his doom
On Today’s cast we conclude our coverage of the night lords. We open with maybe the most consequential event of the entire Horus Heresy, Sotha. And then jump back to the adventures of Konrad as he plays hide and seek with the Lion, and then the Lion and Guilliman. Only to later both breakup the Triumvirate as well as save the imperium (by accident?). We then follow him to his final death (or was it really a suicide), and the subsequent breaking up of the legion. Patreon Merchandise Discord Link: Our Website Retro Recall Brad Channel Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/lore for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
May 11 · 1 hr 13 min
Episode 137 - The Night Lords pt2 - Konrad joins the Heresy and does both a good and terrible job at the same time
On today’s cast we continue our coverage of the night lords with a focus on Konrad and the night lords through the end of the great crusade and into the start of the heresy. Where Konrad proves a complete inability to make friends with any of the other Primarchs, and then proceeds to make everything way worse. Followed by him deciding the only solution to him never fixing Nostramo is to remove it from existence, and of course their weird joining of the forces at Isstvan 5 (the part where the loyalists accepted there help, just why?). Patreon Merchandise Discord Link: Our Website Retro Recall Brad Channel Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/lore for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
May 4 · 53 min
Episode 136 - The Night Lords pt1 - The creation of the 8th legion and Konrad's arrival and rise on Nostramo
On Today’s cast we begin our coverage of the Night Lords with of course their formation under the emperor (it is awful). We then talk a bit about how the emperor used them as the 8th legion (also awful). But then we jump in Konrad Kurze (not Konrad Cruze) and his arrival on Nostramo and rise to power (?) there. Then we talk about the legion forming under Konrad and how they adjusted to his new leadership and evolved as a legion into being even more terror based. Patreon Merchandise Discord Link: Our Website Retro Recall Brad Channel Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/lore for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
April 27 · 58 min
Episode 135 - The Siege of Vraks pt 3 - The arrival of the inquisition and the final siege on Vraks
On Today’s cast we conclude our coverage of the Siege of Vraks, with the handing over of the conflict to the Ordo Malleus and the arrival of the Grey Knights. Then we follow Inquisitor Rex on his attempts to cleanse the surface of Vraks outside of the citadel of all Chaos forces. From there we move onto the final siege of Vraks with the challenges therein from the citadel. The rise of Zhufor and his unifying of the defenders (sort of) to killing the imperial invaders. But we close out on the many layers of the “final” assault on Vraks. They use the word final but it lasts like 3 chapters, just saying. Patreon Merchandise Discord Link: Our Website Retro Recall Brad Channel Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/lore for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
April 20 · 59 min
Episode 134 - The Siege of Vraks pt 2 - The arrival of Chaos and escalation of Vraks
On Today’s cast we continue our coverage of the Siege of Vraks, with the arrival of the chaos fleets to the system and the not so great (for the imperium) naval battle that commences. Which is then followed by a not so great experience for the ground forces once a bunch of chaos marines show up. But then we get to the imperium’s response so things get a little better, and we close with an epic kickassery of Space Marine action! Patreon Merchandise Discord Link: Our Website Retro Recall Brad Channel Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/lore for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
April 13 · 58 min
Episode 133 - The Siege of Vraks pt 1 - Rise of Cardinal Xaphan and the invasion by the imperium
On Today’s cast we begin our coverage of the Siege of Vraks, on of the epic wars of 40k History. Starting with the origins and oddly high importance of the planet. Then the rise of Cardinal Xaphan that leads to the revolt of Vraks. Then we get to the fun part the invasion of Vraks by the 88th siege company (the Death Korps of Krieg). We then cover the incredible woodchipper of death that took place as they spent the first two years just trying to take the first layer of defense. Only to then discover that chaos had infiltrated the planet, namely Alpha legion, which leads to the beginning of the expansion of the conflict, with the arrival of the Dark Angels. We then close out with the 9th year of the war, where the 88th finally takes the 2nd line, moving closer to their final objective, just as the chaos sorcerers begin their move. Patreon Merchandise Discord Link: Our Website Retro Recall Brad Channel Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/lore for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
April 6 · 55 min
Bonus Episode - Adepticon Recap
After an amazing 5 days at Adepticon we wanted to recap out amazing time there as well as thank a bunch of you for coming by, saying hello and more. It was such a blast! Patreon Merchandise Discord Link: Our Website Retro Recall Brad Channel Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/lore for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
March 31 · 44 min
Episode 132 - The Death Korps of Krieg - Their history, their units, and (sigh) their horses
On today’s cast we jump back into the Death Korps of Krieg. We start where we should with the revolution on Kreig, how it started, how Jurten turned the tide to make it a more “even” battle” and how he and his loyalists eventually won out. We then move out on to cover the Kreig themselves. From the lowly Guardsman, to the Grenadier, the Quartermaster, Commissar, and (heavy sigh) the mounted units. Patreon Merchandise Discord Link: Our Website Retro Recall Brad Channel Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/lore for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
March 30 · 57 min

The 40k Lorecast

Episode 149 - Titan Legions pt 2 - Machine Spirits, Maniples, and the Heresy.

Episode 148 - Titan Legions pt 1 - The origins of Mars, creation of the first titans, and the hilarity that is titans themselves

Episode 147 - Word Bearers pt 4 - Erebus loses his face, Lorgar loses his legion, but then things get better

Episode 146 - Word Bearers pt 3 - Heresy is a go, but Erebus and Lorgar have some different ideas of next steps

Episode 145 - Word Bearers pt 2 - The emperor's censure and the legions subsequent jaunt into the eye of terror

Episode 144 - The Word Bearers pt 1 - The creation of the Imperial Heralds and the complete opposite thing happening on Colchis

Episode 143 - Legion of the Damned, yeah turns out they were a little over the top.

Bonus Episode - Our Takes on 11th Edition

Episode 142 - Space Hulks, yeah.... they can be kind of a nightmare

Episode 141 - Raven Guard pt 3 - Isstvan 5 and the legions rebirth.

Episode 140 - The Raven Guard pt 2 - Corax remakes the Raven Guard in his own image

Episode 139 - The Raven Guard pt 1 - Creation of the 19th and discovery of Corax

Episode 138 - The Night Lords pt3 - Konrad seriously annoys the Lion, and eventually meets his doom

Episode 137 - The Night Lords pt2 - Konrad joins the Heresy and does both a good and terrible job at the same time

Episode 136 - The Night Lords pt1 - The creation of the 8th legion and Konrad's arrival and rise on Nostramo

Episode 135 - The Siege of Vraks pt 3 - The arrival of the inquisition and the final siege on Vraks

Episode 134 - The Siege of Vraks pt 2 - The arrival of Chaos and escalation of Vraks

Episode 133 - The Siege of Vraks pt 1 - Rise of Cardinal Xaphan and the invasion by the imperium

Bonus Episode - Adepticon Recap

Episode 132 - The Death Korps of Krieg - Their history, their units, and (sigh) their horses