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A podcast focusing on the lore of the sprawling Warhammer 40,000 universe. With tongues firmly in our cheeks, we will help you to separate Drukhari from Dark Angels, Tyranids from Tau, and Craftworlds from Chaos Marines, and generally answer the burning question “what’s up with this Warhammer 40K stuff”Join Ben and Cral, a couple of self-confessed Warhammer noobs, as they journey into a fantasy institution guided by ageing fanboy Darren as he attempts to distill and summarise 30 years worth of Warhammer knowledge into bite-sized chunks. Informative, irreverent, and largely irrelevant, Laying Down The Lore will come to be your indispensable guide to the world of Warhammer 40,000.
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Wednesday Sep 27, 2023
Wednesday Sep 27, 2023
In this episode we take a look at the history and structure of the Adeptus Custodes, the elite cadre of genetically-engineered transhuman warriors who serve as the bodyguards of the Emperor of Mankind. We look at their use through the time of the Imperium and their new role as part of the Indomitus crusade. Next, we very carefully approach the Sisters of Silence, an all-female force of Pariahs charged with the capture and transport of the that most dangerous of mutants, the Psyker. We move on to a discussion on the Legion of the Damned, those mysterious flame clad space marines who may or may not be positive Daemons. We then take a look at the some of the most confusing mysteries ranging from the Emperors Tarot and the Crystalline Lorelei to the Ordo Chronos and the fabled Omega Vault.
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
In our second episode on the Adeptus Astartes we look at the more ‘specialist’ forces of the Adeptus Astartes. We first look at more specific foundings, and their confusing order, and their requirements changed to fit a new darker imperium, such as the Exorcists, and examine the motivations in their creation. We pause briefly to discuss awful sounding words before looking towards the Inquisitors of the Ordo Xenos as they formed and use the Astartes of the Death Watch, a Xenos killing force to which chapters second a handful of brothers at a time. Finally, seeing their origins in the later years of the Horus Heresy, the Grey Knights are laid bare as a force of Daemon hunting warriors built to help humanity withstand the post-heresy enemies the Imperium would face.
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
13: ”Spalflings” | Warhammer 40K: The Imperium - Adeptus Astartes Pt1
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
In our first episode on the Adeptus Astartes we start with a look at birth of the modern Space marine chapter; The Codex Astartes and the Second Founding. We dig into what is involved in founding a Space Marine Chapter and what organisational structure each Codex Chapter and its companies. We examine the iconic arms, armour, and vehicles of the Astartes. We then turn from creation to maintenance and look at the recruitment processes of established chapters including the trials, Gene-Seed, and conditioning that is common to all chapters. We then turn our attention to the most recent innovation, the Primaris Space Marines and the Ultima Founding, focusing on the three classes: Awoken, Indoctrinated, and Ascended. We close out with a look at some of the more famous Chapters and their deviation from the codex Astartes.
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
12: ”War Farmers” | Warhammer 40K: The Imperium - Adeptus Mechanicus
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
In this episode we look at the kingdom within the Imperium, the techno-feudal sociopaths of the Adeptus Mechanicus. We delve into their origins, their motivations, their love for the knee-healing Emperor, and their fall from grace during the heresy. We look at their political status with the Imperium and their hate/hate relationship with the Ecclesiarchy. We briefly examine their hierarchy and the stratified expertise the four great Magos Schola that informs their endeavours. We then dive into their methods of war, their troops and the esoteric warmachine that are totally not used to regain the power of the STCs. Finally, we take a gander at the fearsome Knights and Titans that so define the Adeptus Mechanicus.
Wednesday Jul 26, 2023
11: ”Hammer Juice” | Warhammer 40K: The Imperium - The Astra Militarum, Navy & Assassins
Wednesday Jul 26, 2023
Wednesday Jul 26, 2023
The Imperium Part #3 - The Military. We take a broad and expansive peek at the the Imperial Guard AKA the Astra Militarum AKA cannon fodder. We look at the composition and formation of the Regiments and briefly discuss some of the more famous units and regiments, all under the watchful eyes of a Commissar. We look askew at the noble yet filthy abhumans that serve alongside the true human warriors of the militarum and then turn to the armoured fists of the humanity, Tanks! (you're welcome). Leaving the foot-sloggers planetside we take a gander at the majestic warmachines of the Imperial Navy where Cral gets lost in the hulls, classifications and general romance of void based warfare. We close out the episode with a furtive glance at the shadowed killers of the Officio Assassinorum ... or do we? ...
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
10: ”Spray & Pray” | Warhammer 40K: The Imperium - The Ecclesiarchy
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
The Imperium Part #2 - The Faithful. In this episode we look at the perfectly reasonable and not at all fascist faithful of the Imperium of Man. Starting with the Ecclesiarchy, AKA Space Church, we look at the history and structure of the Cult Imperialis and just how many imperial institutions it has tendrils in. We turn to the Ecclesiarchy’s militant arm the Adepta Soroitas. We delve into the history and structure of the Sisters of Battle and their many devious and horrific war machines. Finally, we briefly explore perhaps the most powerful institution within and without the Imperium, The Emperor’s Inquisition. These supreme investigators have the authority to kill worlds and raise armies for endless campaigns against the threats to humanity.
Wednesday Jun 28, 2023
09: ”Eye of Trevor” | Warhammer 40K: The Imperium - The Bureaucracy
Wednesday Jun 28, 2023
Wednesday Jun 28, 2023
The unbridled excitement of the Imperial Bureaucracy. In this episode, the first of an 8 part look at the contemporary Imperium, we look at the unsung heroes and objectively horrific villains that keep the Imperium ticking. We dissect this bureaucracy into 5 parts; The Adeptus Terra, the Astronomican, The Navigators, The Rogue Traders and the Adeptus Arbites. We look at how each is formed, what they do and, with extreme oversimplification, how they do it. Along the way Cral once again identifies with the downtrodden proletariat of Psykers (we’re keeping an eye on him) and Ben fancies himself a bit of a rogue trading Navigator.
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
08: ”Curvy Gourds” | Warhammer 40K: History of Mankind - The Horus Heresy Pt2
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
The second part of our extreme summary of the Horus heresy looks at three major conflicts that defined, in part at least, the course of the war. The Battle of Molech sees a knight house turn traitor at the best (or worst) moment and Horus is re-re-born… again… The battle of Tallarn, where Peter Barro, Primarch of the Iron Warriors seeks the Black Occulous and destroys a world. The battle of Beta-Garmon AKA the Titan Death sees the blunting of the forces of both sides in a campaign that Von Caultwitz would have been proud of. Finally we look at the solar war and the siege of terra and its immediate aftermath.