The 40k Lorecast

The 40k Lorecast

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! Our Website https://the40klorecast.com/ Discord Link https://discord.gg/zNTQxY4dx7 The Motor City Major https://web.bestcoastpairings.com/event/o60rPwm1G2Gw Patreon patreon.com/The40kLorecast

Episodes

Episode 84 - The Age of Strife

April 28, 2025 • 68 mins
On today’s cast we cover the transition from Age of Technology into the Age of Strife.  We open with mankind’s unification into the federation.  Then we cover the mass appearance of psychers across the galaxy, and how they began to cause chaos into the federation.  But then things get massively worse as the men of iron rise up in the cybernetic rebellion.  We spend time talking about the nightmare that was the cybernetic rebellion,...
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Episode 83 - The Golden Age of Technology and mankinds expansion into the galaxy.

April 21, 2025 • 71 mins
On today’s cast we dive into the Golden age of technology.  We open with the Age of Terra and some new lore about the Emperor and his battles with the Cognitae.  From there we dive into the mankind conquering and terraforming Sol in preparation of launching into the galaxy.  We then talk (briefly) about the men of gold, men of stone, and the expansion into the galaxy. After that we take a turn and focus on the technology of the Ag...
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Episode 82 - Knights pt 2 - Discovery by the imperium and addition to the fold

April 14, 2025 • 65 mins
 On today’s cast we complete our coverage of Knights in 40K.  We open with the great crusade and the re-discovery of the knight worlds.  We then take a quick turn to cover the titantica on mars, that kind of lost their mind when discovering the knight worlds.  From there we talk about the knight worlds joining the imperium (really the mechanicus) and how they were folded in.  We also talk about the sacristans and their role to both...
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Episode 81 - Knights - their origins and survival of the long night

April 7, 2025 • 56 mins
On Today’s cast we begin our coverage of the Knights of 40K.  We start with their origins in the Golden age of technology from the early colonists heading out into the galaxy with their STC’s.  From there we talk about the Age of Strife separating the colonists from the rest of human civilization, but with a focus on how the Knight worlds survived.  We than talk about the throne Mechanicum and the ritual of becoming, focusing on ho...
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Episode 80 - Ynnari pt3 - Cawl and Guilliman save the Imperium

March 31, 2025 • 78 mins
On Today’s cast we finalize our coverage, for now, on the Ynnari story ark.  This time we are focusing in the events of the imperium at this moment.  We open with a back story on Belasarius Cawl, his birth and rise through the ranks of the Mechanicum and ad mech.  More importantly we talk about his Soul Merging technology and the tasks given to him by the Emperor and Guilliman before their falls.  From there we jump to the Cadia an...
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Episode 79 - Ynnari pt 2 - Yvraine grows her forces and Slaanesh realizes the threat that is Ynnead.

March 24, 2025 • 72 mins
On Today’s cast we continue our coverage of the Ynnari with the further adventures of Yvraine.  We open with her and the Ynnari’s arrival on craftworld Ulthwe, where they have to contend with a seer council who are suddenly no longer cool with Eldrad just doing whatever he wants with their craftworld all the time.  We then cover their search for the Crone Swords on Belial 4 and the epic battles that erupt there.  We then close out...
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Episode 78 - The Ynnari pt 1 - Ynnead, Yvraine, and the battle of Biel Tan

March 17, 2025 • 86 mins
On today’s cast we begin our coverage of the Ynnari.  We start with a recap events of Demesnus to waken Ynnead.  We then jump to the Yvrain and he becoming imbued with the god of death and her flight from the dark city.  We then take a quick break to laugh at the original gameplay rules of the Ynnari (Soulburst for the auto-win!).  After that we jump the truly epic battle of biel tan, starting with the Mask and Skarbrand’s assault ...
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Episode 77 - Harlequins pt 2 - Harlequins moving the storyline along

March 10, 2025 • 51 mins
On today’s cast we conclude our coverage of the Harlequins.  Today we focus more on how their interact with the 40K universe lore.  We open with, of course, the Black Library and how it steers all of the actions of the Harlequins.  From there wego into their reemergence in the galaxy and how they interact with the beings of the galaxy.  From there we talk about their presence in the Dark City and their role in the resurrection of V...
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Episode 76 - The Harlequins pt 1 - Where they come from, who & what they are.

March 3, 2025 • 88 mins
  On today’s cast we begin our coverage of the Harlequins!  We start with the history of the Harlequins (what we know of it) and more importantly their god Cegorach.  From there we move onto the masques of the Harlequins and how they interact with greater Eldar culture (Craftworld, Corsair Fleets, Exodites, and Drukhari).  Then we dive into the different masque forms and how they wage war.  We then close out on the weaponry of the ...
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Episode 75 - Blood Angels pt2 - After the Death of Sanguinius

February 24, 2025 • 72 mins
On today’s cast we finish out coverage of the Blood Angels legion.  We open with the Blood Angles trying to rebuild their devastated legion after the Horus Heresy.  From there we talk about the Blood Angles recruitment and their attempts to quell their gene-flaws.  After that we take a turn and talk about some of our favorite Blood Angels successor chapters.  After that we talk about their characters that appear on the tabletop.  A...
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Episode 74 - Blood Angels pt1 - The origins

February 17, 2025 • 74 mins
On today's cast we begin our coverage of the Blood Angels Chapter.  We start with their origins under the unification wars.  From there their borderline descent into savagery as they pushed out into the great crusade.  Next we jump to their Primarch Sanguinius.  First with his arrival on Baal Secundus, and then his growth and rise to be the leader of the moon.  That leads us into his unification of his legion and their repression o...
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Episode 73 - Random Xenos of the Galaxy pt 2

February 10, 2025 • 70 mins
On todays cast we complete or coverage of the xenos of the galaxy.  Diving again head first into a ton of super random Xenos that GW has written into the game.  Although we do start with the Jokaero, so that is awesome!  Some others are the Enoulians, Laer, Maug, the Hrud, and others.  We also talk a bit more about the times the imperium has made deals with xenos in exchange for technology, and each time they end up killing lots of...
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Episode 72 - Random Xenos of the Galaxy pt 1

February 3, 2025 • 76 mins
On todays cast we begin our coverage of the random Xenos of the galaxy.  Our focus is on some of the Xenos that have no codex.  Thes are races that appear in stories, codexes, and some of GW’s side games.  Many of these races have only a few (very well written) paragraphs on them in the lore, so it is more of a quick rundown on each of the races.  On todays cast we cover:  The Tepresi, Cythor Fiends, Caryatids, Rak’Gol, the Slaugth...
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Episode 71 - Death Watch pt 2 - Their weapons, tactics, facilites, stories and more.

January 27, 2025 • 77 mins
On today’s cast we conclude our coverage of the Death Watch, the special forces of the Space Marines.  We open with some of our favorite weapons and equipment of the Death Watch.  Namely we focus on how specialized an borderline heretic their equipment and weaponry are.  We also focus on how much of a nightmare it was to play against the death watch as a xenos player during certain editions.  After this we spend some time talking a...
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Episode 70 - Death Watch pt 1 - Who are the Death Watch and how does one become one

January 20, 2025 • 63 mins
  On today’s cast we start our coverage of the Death Watch, the special forces of the Space Marines.  We start with a quick overview of what the Death Watch are and then dive a bit into their two different founding stories (one was way better than the other).  After that we talk about how a Space Marine joins the Death Watch, both the official and common practice as well as the Black Shield style.  From there we focus a bit more on...
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Episode 69 - GW Rules Oopsies - When lore and tabletop rules dont mix

January 13, 2025 • 71 mins
 On today’s cast we are doing a John special. This cast is a dive into some our favorite broken rules of the game over the past 20+ years. A fun trip down memory lane, some of those memories are little bad for some players. We open with explaining Rules As Written and how that sets up some of these funny interactions. After that we dive head first into some glorious things like: no pre-measuring, guess weapons, custom vehicles, ins...
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Episode 68 - Space Wolves Pt 2 - Our favorite characters

January 6, 2025 • 86 mins
On Today’s cast we conclude our coverage of the Space Wolves. Today’s cast is completely about the epic characters that make up the Space Wolf Lore. We open with a quick bit about the Space Wolves’ opinion on remembrancers. From there we go hard and jump through some of our personal favorites including Bjorn, Harl Greyweaver, Logan Grimnar, Ulrik the Slayer, Njal Stormcaller, the 13th great company, Ragnar Blackmane, and the one an...
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Episode 67 - Space Wolves Pt 1 - What they are, where they come from and (of course) Leman Russ

December 30, 2024 • 99 mins
On Today’s cast we start our coverage of the Space Wolves. We open with the creation of the 6th legion by the emperor and its initial design and function in the Galaxy. From there we move into Leman Russ and his arrival on Fenris, and ascension to the leader of the Space Wolf legion. After this we move onto how an aspirant is chosen and then how they become a Space Wolf. Then we focus on the Space Wolves history from pre-heresy thr...
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Episode 66 - The Tau Pt 2 - How they fight, their weapons, and their key leaders.

December 23, 2024 • 83 mins
On todays cast we conclude our coverage of the Tau. We start with a breakdown of their styles of battle Mont’ka, Kauyon, and of course shield drone jubilee. After that we dive into the warfare technology of drones, battle suits and weaponry. From there we go into the expansion history of the Tau with the Spheres. From there we dive into Far sight, Shadowsun, and close with Aun’va.
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Episode 65 - The Tau Pt 1 - What they are, where the come from, and how they rose up

December 16, 2024 • 76 mins
On Today’s cast we start our coverage of the Tau. What they are, where they come from, and their history. We open with the surprise they were to the imperium, going from stone age to plasma in less than 60,000 years. From there we dive into the story of rise of the Tau and the introduction of the Ethereal. Then how the Ethereals changed the Tau into the full Caste structures that helped them rise up at an amazing rate. We then dive...
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