EREBUS: The HORRIBLEST HERETIC of them all! | Warhammer 40k Lore

Well, it's time. Let's get to PEAK HERETIC. Let's talk about the life and times of the worst person in Warhammer 40k, the Dark Apostle of Chaos himself, Erebus!

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[Dinawartotem]

"If i had a gun with two bullets and walked in on Horus, Lorgar and Erebus. I'd shoot Erebus twice." ~Guilliman.

[jlinkpro]

Magnus may have done some things wrong for the right reasons.... but Erebus did all the wrong things for all wrong reasons.

[jonbaxter]

This dude cannot even go to a chippy without nuking a town, skinning a homless orphan and eating crunchy food in the cinema.

[SamusSelf-Destruct]

“The unequivocal biggest bastard in 40K.”
Erebus is the Spinal Tap of 40K bastards: his bastard knob goes to 11.

[Zachfive]

Opening with the line “Erebus is a dick” Legendary.

[JonBoy]

In the words of Brass Eye..."we must catch that man. He really is a shit."

[philipcoulam-jones]

Erebus is the only guy who knows he's a cartoon villain in the 40K universe and embraces it, while everyone else believes they live in a serious world so they're super vulnerable to his tactics. It really says something that the only person who can see how blatantly he manipulates Horus in False Gods is the poet

[Mr_Quimper]

"He took his chance he crept up on the settlement star pupil a boy he'd always been unfavorably compared to and strangled him to death stealing his identity..."
The Talented Mr Erebus.

[RSBurgener]

One thing that didn't get mentioned: Erebus spent time on Olympia and sewed the seeds of rebellion there, leading to the breaking and the corruption of Perturabo.

[rodrigor]

Lorgar: i am rebelling because the emperor lied

Erebus: i’m doing this for the love of the game

[Modenut]

I've been watching this channel for quite a while now and I can't decide what is more impressive. The **massive** mythos of 40k or the seemingly endless knowledge you have of it. It's not just that you know an assortment of dates and what happened at various battles. It's the details and an obvious understanding of the motivations of the players behind those details. I can't even imagine how much time and money it must have taken to reach these erudite heights. Well done Ian.

[lukelloyd]

Ah, the Apex-Bastard...

Excellent work, as always!

[MarekRodUltrarunner]

Ironicaly, I think we can say that Erebus was actually never a heretic, because he never "strayed" from the faith in the Emperor. He was a "true believer" in the four bloodthirsty bastards from the start to the end :-) So the titular First heretic from ADB´s book was Lorgar, IMO

[jasoncrowell]

In case nobody has said this yet: F Erebus.

EDIT: I have a theory...it wasn't Chaos that corrupted Erebus, but Erebus that corrupted Chaos. This has ABSOLUTELY no supporting evidence other than my raging hatred of Erebus.

[Zephyranthes-]

"Erebus... is a dick"

Yep, that's pretty much the tldr; of the dude. He's just unapologetically evil and I both hate and love the guy for it. A genuine villain you can hate without feeling bad about it.

[_gelon]

Erebus: Ouch, I think I cut myself shaving.
Cracked mirror: 👋
➡HORUS HERESY!

[Evaunit]

“The biggest Bastard in 40K” that is some title considering his opposition

[WilhelmScreamer]

Thanks Erebus: for making sure the dark is grimm

[matthewmcneany]

I think it's an interesting thought experiment to ask what would have happened if the True-born Erebus had been there instead, would the Legion never have turned? Would they have still turned and the Heresy been even more successful?

For my money True-born Erebus was the real plan of the other Chaos Gods, but Tzeentch was like: Man I am going to mess this up for everyone.

[SuperCosmicSpaceMagnet]

I love Erebus. It's kinda nice to have someone who's just completely unapologetically a piece of crap. I find it much more charming and compelling than a Chaos Marine who somehow tries to rationalise that it's not his fault he's a giant mutated treacherous monstrosity that eats testicles.