The THOUSAND SONS Legion in the HORUS HERESY | Legion XV: Origins | Warhammer Lore

The Thousand Sons were idealists, dedicated to learning, knowledge and the raising up of humanity. But their existence came at a price, and the bargains struck to allow them to continue as a Legion came back to bite them as the Horus Heresy unfolded.

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[kevlonk]

One of the biggest tragedies of the Thousand Sons is the realization that, if they had not been betrayed and then sent to Chaos, they might have helped the Imperium become a better place today by ensuring that a lot of essential knowledge was not lost.

[Frosty]

I've always felt that Magnus' biggest flaw wasn't his arrogance, but his optimism. He hoped for a Star Trekian future that was just never going to come. Something that even some of his loyalist brothers weren't interested in.

[Nemrex]

Magnus sacrificing his eye for secret knowledge is a neat reference to Norse mythology where Odin did the same for great wisdom.

[paulkingtiger]

I haven't played 40K in 25+ years, but I've been really enjoying this series, thanks for making it!

[CrimsonTemplar]

Magnus’ Folly & the subsequent Burning of Prospero are the definitely some of the greatest tragedies of the Heresy.

I’m painting up the Age of Darkness box as Thousand Sons.

[captiantitus]

My favorite legion, they had their flaws but ultimately they were one of the legions who wanted to work hard for humanity and give it a bright future. They were similar to the Ultramarines in that respect with Prospero being one of the most civilized places in the galaxy. Magnus was definitely arrogant but he did things for the right reason it was just a case that fate (Tzeentch) conspired against him and his legion at every turn. Even still Magnus was loyal to his legion even rejecting his fathers offer to rejoin the imperium in exchange for the destruction of his legion. Magnus was definitely one of the primarchs who cared about his sons and their duty, arguably sacrificing more then any other primarch for them.

[RemoteEars]

I love how this entire video (inadvertently) emphasizes how much the Blood Ravens are similar to the Thousand Sons. Definitely a successor chapter

[morazzouqi]

Loving the series! That shot of Tzeentch while speculating on who Magus might have been talking to was awesome

[wereshem-ankh]

Magnus was the most faithful father. At the end of all things he chose not to sacrifice his sons, who he loves, for the Emperor's extended project.

[adamstewart]

In my opinion, the most interesting traitor primarchs are the ones whose character flaws are the ultimate cause of their downfall. The Butcher's Nails and the Blade of the Laer are mildly interesting ideas, but they don't compare to Perturabo's martyr complex, Lorgar's petulance, or Mortarion's bitterness. And I think Magnus with his hubris is at the top of the mountain. He sincerely wanted to help, and was genuinely loyal right until he faced his own death and that of all of his gene-sons. But he placed his own judgment regarding matters of the Warp over the Emperor's commands, and he paid for it.

[astrozombiac]

I love your usage of older art. It's like an aesthetic time machine that shows GW's inspiration as well as the mentality and culture of the real world at the time.

[connorchenery]

Never forget that despite their smaller size and unpreparedness the thousand sons gave the wolves custodes and sisters a seriously hard time. Had they not been handicapped by their own primarch I really think they could have endured

[Bluecho]

The Thousand Sons are one of my favorite of the Traitor legions. Partly because they're wizards, and I'm really into that, and partly because they didn't fall to Chaos. They were _forced_ into it, by the folly of their actions, by the prejudice of the Imperials, and by the schemes of the Changer of Ways, the master of Fate.

[DocStocks]

In the siege of Terra the emperor offered Magnus a chance to rejoin the imperium, he just had to sacrifice what was left of his legion and this was too much for Magnus. Which now thanks to your video is even clearer as you highlighted the bond Magnus had with his Legionnaires

[musicalDrebin]

Magnus at 15:33 : I PUNCHED OUT ONE OF HIS HEARTS! WHY DOES NO ONE REMEMBER THAT?!

[shaunmorrison]

This is definitely the best written & delivered WH channel on Youtube by quite some margin. Astartes have never been my favourite faction (Eldar FTW!) but fleshing out the heresy and backstory of each legion like this, without having to read all the books, makes them much more compelling.

[MisterTingles]

"M'sons."
**tips fedora with way too much gold trim**

[technokokos]

Haha I bet that their history as history of most chapters starts during the Unific.. 1:19 Nevermind

[loganswalk]

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance"
When I understood that the warp and real space were not separate realms but symbiotic one being a reflection of the other and vice-versa that I realized the only way for humanity to ascend to the masters of the galaxy is to master both the realms of real and psychic like the Eldar and the old ones before them.
Even the emperor would accomplish very little without his own psychic might but as he calls himself a man reveals that he is fallible as any man and his own creation the imperium of man is his greatest failure when left in the hands of those he thought could govern it has decayed into ignorance hating the psykers that their emperor was and yet using the them as weapon and navigators all while refusing to adapt and change.

The warp is the way it is due to inherent chaotic nature of humanity and only by mastering themselves and change can they change their fate and if the galaxy needs to burn so that those after can learn and change so be it.

[sirravio]

As a relative newcomer to 40k one of the biggest things that I'm dismayed by is being denied the Loyalist Thousand Sons. They would have been my go-tos without a doubt.