Lore questions

[The Terror]

I'm not the biggest 40k lore buff, but I have done some reading in my time as the setting is interesting.

As I recall the Deathwatch is a sub faction of the Blood Angels, where thoes who's minds have become so unstable due to the blood rage, that they group them all together as this suicide force that fears nothing and all have death wishes. Still, they are space maries, and will fight to the best of there abilites no matter the odds and wont give there lives easy dispite said death wish.

Seeing as you don't command a force a of death watch or deathwing, I don't get why this game is called such. Aside from a cool name.

Also one of my blood angels made the remark to a differnt chapter marine about the blood rage. Blood Angels do not talk about this to others outside of there own. It's there cross to bare and they share it with no one.

Perhaps a lore freak can correct me. As it stands it seems the devs did not reseach the lore as much as they should have.

[Spicedstoner]

Originally posted by petercarr156:

I'm not the biggest 40k lore buff, but I have done some reading in my time as the setting is interesting.

As I recall the Deathwatch is a sub faction of the Blood Angels, where thoes who's minds have become so unstable due to the blood rage, that they group them all together as this suicide force that fears nothing and all have death wishes. Still, they are space maries, and will fight to the best of there abilites no matter the odds and wont give there lives easy dispite said death wish.

Seeing as you don't command a force a of death watch or deathwing, I don't get why this game is called such. Aside from a cool name.

Also one of my blood angels made the remark to a differnt chapter marine about the blood rage. Blood Angels do not talk about this to others outside of there own. It's there cross to bare and they share it with no one.

Perhaps a lore freak can correct me. As it stands it seems the devs did not reseach the lore as much as they should have.

lol no deathwatch has no chapter they take soldiers from any chapter

[The Terror]

Perhaps I was thinking of deathwing. Idk. I don't know why you would say "lol", it's not like 40k lore is common knowledge...

[uniquefreak]

Hiya,

Great that you've taken such an interest in the world of Warhammer 40,000. I agree the depth of history is one of the most facinating parts of WH40k, and personally the Blood Angels are one of my favourite chapters.

To answer your question, you're thinking of the Death Company where those afflicted with the Black Rage[warhammer40k.wikia.com] serve.

The Deathwatch[warhammer40k.wikia.com] is the chamber militant of the Ordo Xenos[warhammer40k.wikia.com] of the Inquision[warhammer40k.wikia.com].

The Deathwing[warhammer40k.wikia.com] is something entirely different from either Death Company or Deathwatch, they're the elite 1st Company of the Dark Angels[warhammer40k.wikia.com] (and therefore some of the priveleged few who know the secrets of the Dark Angels).

As far as I know the issues of the Red Thirst[warhammer40k.wikia.com] is not a secret and is known by other chapters beyond their successor chapters and Imperial scholars. But how openly they talk about it I'm not sure.

Hopefully this clarifies your confusion.

For the Emperor Battle Brother.

-=unique[lore]freak=-

EDIT: (Hopefully) Fixed the way the links display, and corrected some punctuation.

[The Terror]

Thank you, Uniqufreak, so much reading.

[rasabt]

you can look for "Vaults of Terra" on youtube, he did a Deathwatch video aswell.

the short version: Deathwatch contains Marines potentialy from all chapters, the Deathwatch can claim Marines for an unlimited amount of time...ranging from a singel mission to years. in rare cases service is permanent.
the prime task of the Deathwatch is to deal with xenos.
service in the Deathwatch is considered an honor, beeing called of from Deathwatch service before finishing your task a failure.
Deathwatch missions are normaly not part of big warzones, but "sting"-ops, think a Marine black ops unit.
Marines who served in the Deathwatch must not speak of their service or details concerning the Deathwatch.
some "disgraced" Marines join the Deathwatch by their own will, paint their armors black, even their former chapter insignia, and undergo inspection by a high ranked Deathwatch officer to be deemed worthy.
the Deathwatch can pull the best equipment, even many relict-weapons (wich is quite well presented ingame) since they are in some way part of the Inquisition (Ordo Xenos to be more specific) and even upon returning to their original chapter may pull from these ressources.

most 40K fans have their own favorite Marine Chapter, i personaly think the Deathwatch and the Grey Knights might be the most interesting, but that is ofcourse a matter of taste....and the Deathwatch is not a "true" Chapter in the sense of heritage and recruitment.

[BlackDragon]

I can't help but get a little giggle out of the sheer number of groups that start with 'Death', just within the Space Marines. 's what I always loved about WH40K - it's so utterly gritty and dark that it becomes impossible to take seriously. Like an entire setting playing the role of the straight-man...

Incidentally, the Deathwatch was created for the WH40K Tabletop Roleplaying system - that is, D&D-style gaming, rather than the large-scale wargame you may know of. Specifically to create a setting where a small number of players could act as something approaching a classic 'adventuring party', instead of being part of the huge military engagements that otherwise are standard in the setting. The Storm-Wardens Chapter (to which the Watch-Commander belongs, as you may have noticed from your team's chatter) were created for the same system.

Incidentally, I'm quite sad that even the Enhanced Edition doesn't let you recruit marines from the Storm-Wardens. Genetically-perfected Scottish Highlanders in powered armor, wielding not Powerswords but PowerCLAYMORES? Oh yes, I'd bring one...

[uniquefreak]

Originally posted by petercarr156:

Thank you, Uniqufreak, so much reading.

Originally posted by BlackDragon:

I can't help but get a little giggle out of the sheer number of groups that start with 'Death', just within the Space Marines.

More reading (and a video) and more Death - Space Hulk: Deathwatch.

[Gilmore]

Originally posted by uniquefreak:

Originally posted by petercarr156:

Thank you, Uniqufreak, so much reading.

Originally posted by BlackDragon:

I can't help but get a little giggle out of the sheer number of groups that start with 'Death', just within the Space Marines.

More reading (and a video) and more Death - Space Hulk: Deathwatch. :evilskull:

That game is about the Deathwing, not the Deathwatch, but i agree that it looks awesome, playing as a Terminator killing Gene-stealers is going to be lots of fun.

[Gilmore]

Who is excited about WH40K Eternal Crusade? I can't wait!

[uniquefreak]

Originally posted by Gilmore:

That game is about the Deathwing, not the Deathwatch, but i agree that it looks awesome,

Oh Gilmore! The OP was confused about Deathwatch/Deathwing so I thought it cool to let them know there's going to be a game about the Deathwing too! RIP Full Control who did the previous two Space Hulk games.

But, yeah it looks awesome. As hopefully will the Inquisitor game.

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[BlackDragon]

...what is UP with the freaking TON of Warhammer-games coming out lately? >_> It seems like you can't throw a frak-grenade without hitting another one these days.

[Zetsumi Ravencroft]

Originally posted by BlackDragon:

...what is UP with the freaking TON of Warhammer-games coming out lately? >_> It seems like you can't throw a frak-grenade without hitting another one these days.

GW has been giving out the license like freaking crazy as of late, so a lot of people have been able to make games using the 40k universe.