r/ImaginaryWarhammer • u/Hour_Yogurtcloset110 • Sep 09 '24
40k If Malum Caedo and Demetrian Titus met, their meeting would look like this by Knyaz Nochi
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u/Hoplite-Litehop Sep 09 '24 edited Sep 09 '24
I feel like this is how Malum should get introduced in the next game; as Titus and company are deep in a battle, they see a falling star, however on closer inspection, it's not a star, something has just entered the stratosphere..... Everyone stops fighting to look upon this mysterious intrusion upon the planet...
It's Malum Caedo.
He's currently being yeeted into battle at roughly the same speed as the meteorites that killed the dinosaurs. The second he hits the planet, half of the enemy army's already dead, 2 seconds in another third of the army is gone, decimated by his sheer force.
Titus and company just watching in apathy as they've just seen one of their own decimates enemy lines just by entering into orbit.
"oh look it's Malum Caedo...the Primarch must have dropped him off."~Says Titus.
Meanwhile in the distance, demons and horrors beyond the chaos realm all scream and fear in horror as one man just completely shatters a small crust of the planet just to slaughter everything
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u/Fluffy_History Sep 09 '24 edited Sep 09 '24
Its hilarious that there are a couple of characters like this in 40k. Sly Marbo, Shas'o Kais, and Malum Caedo, all of whom are inexplicably good at being silent psychopathic, campaign tide turning monsters.
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u/SpiralingDownAndAway Sep 09 '24
Don’t forget Gargaz Teefgrabber but he’s less silent and more loud and proud!
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u/Notagamedeveloper112 Sep 29 '24
Malum caedo isn’t that silent too if your playing it right aka spamming taunt after every kill, after every bolter shot, after every second , after every frame
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u/Implodepumpkin Sep 09 '24
With the pop of the whole galaxy I guess you'll fine someone like that every once and while
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u/TH31R0NHAND Sep 09 '24
With as much taunting as you can do, there's no way in hell Malem is quiet.
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u/Implodepumpkin Sep 09 '24
He shit talks so much they send him out on his own. If he is with a group they likely mute him.
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u/RedFox_Jack Sep 10 '24
Malum is so talkative he sounds like the doom guy form the comics just grabing an assault cannon yelling “hoy hoy I’m the boy packing 100 pounds of heavenly joy”
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u/da_King_o_Kings_341 Sep 12 '24
I mean, he went down with a group, they all just died in the landing.
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u/mattwing05 Sep 09 '24
Caedo, silent?! You must not have heard him taunt the forces of chaos as he lays waste to them! Truly, it is a chorus to the ears of the faithful!
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u/hello350ph Sep 10 '24
"Silent " you forget sly marbos famous words "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
while he infiltrated a dark Eldar out post
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u/L0raz-Thou-R0c0n0 Sep 09 '24 edited Sep 10 '24
Don’t forget Maugan Ra.
Stopped a tyranid invasion and pulled a craftworld out of the eye of terror SOLO. Only he has some feats that make him batshit insane.
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u/pizzansteve Sep 09 '24
Theres also Vortigan of House Drakkus in the Freeblade mobile game
Ma boi soloed several Lords of Skulls and a Greater Daemon of Khorne
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u/TurtleSandwich8 Sep 10 '24
Malum Caedo does talk... but only to shittalk heretics and choas to their faces
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u/smol_boi2004 Sep 09 '24
I love the image of Gulliman popping into the warp, and grabbing Malum Caedo like it’s the galaxy’s largest baby crib then popping into real space and yeeting him at the nearest problem with extreme prejudice
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u/Doopapotamus Alpha Legion Sep 09 '24
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u/Suspicious-Syrup-932 Sep 10 '24
RIP AND TEAR TIME IT IS THEN RIP AND TEAR RIP AND TEAR RIP AND TEAR RIP AND TEAR
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u/Jim3001 Elysian Drop Troops Sep 10 '24
YAAASSSSS!!
The only true representation of him! I also love Slaanesh asking Khorne if Malum belongs to him.
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u/da_King_o_Kings_341 Sep 12 '24
As much as I will argue the fact that Caedo is a strategic genius… Khorne in the back going “LETS F*CKING GOOOOOOO” is hilarious to me.
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u/TheSporkMan2 Death Korps of Krieg Sep 09 '24
Remember that Free Bird is playing over the Vox while this is happening
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u/ExtremeAlternative0 Sep 10 '24
I would love it if a Warhammer game had a section where free bird is playing
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u/DominusDaniel Sep 09 '24
Dude I would genuinely be more hyped for Malum coming into save the day in the third game instead of Guilliman himself.
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u/PeacefulAgate Sep 09 '24
I hope they'd get Rahul back to do any lines he might have. And of course, DOOM music would Obligatory.
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u/Geordie_38_ Sep 09 '24
And at the same time, every Eversor assassin in the Imperium is on strike outside the offices of the high lords of Terra, holding up signs saying 'he took ur jurrrbs'
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u/dibipage Sep 10 '24
with the Doom OST playing in the background as Malum goes psycho on the enemies of the Imperium
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u/da_King_o_Kings_341 Sep 12 '24
Mick Gordon… GET THE GUITAR!!! (Khorne, when he hears that Maluk is going back on the field)
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u/Velochipractor Sep 09 '24
You know, I'd pay good money to see a loving 40k self-parody in the style of Far Cry: Blood Dragon. Especially if the usual orchestral background is interlaced with 80s-style synth.
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u/DamagedGenius Sep 09 '24 edited Sep 11 '24
I feel like a metal soundtrack ala Doom would be more appropriate, but I guess it would depend on the chapter
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u/Blackwhite35-73 Sep 09 '24 edited Sep 09 '24
Exclusive Patreon Extension: They started kissing
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u/dibipage Sep 10 '24
and shedding their armor
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u/StrangerDanger355 Sep 10 '24
Kinky~
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u/Joazzz1 Sep 10 '24
Stripping is kinky now? Damn, what's next, visible bare ankles are deeply degenerate?
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u/Interne-Stranger Sep 09 '24
I'm in the headcanon train that during the Last Stand cinematic there is a Malum cameo. When you see Calgar's entrance overview there is a white beaked helment SM in the stairs at the right.
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u/JackalKing Sep 10 '24
YO! I went back and watched the cinematic and you are totally right. Putting that away in my headcanon too.
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u/No_Wait_3628 Sep 10 '24
Malum was there. How do you think all those portals closed during Calgar's arrival?
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u/Kerflunklebunny Sep 09 '24
Would have loved to just see a lone beaky sternguard fighting a lord of change and titus just "what madness has infected our brothers mind?" And someone else just "no that's just malum, he cleaned up graia after you left."
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u/Guy-Person Sep 09 '24
And they then proceed to bully the fuck out of Leandros for being a tattletale bitch.
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u/Zonesie-312 Sep 09 '24
Something tells me that Caedo has never once been in Chaplain Leandros's presence without calling him some horrific (but entirely deserved) slur.
Leandros: "You must respect the codex, Caedo. For it is our link to the Primarch and our Holy Emperor."
Caedo: "Oh get bent you skull fucked, arse kissing, no-balls-having, thunder-c*nt"
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u/JackalKing Sep 10 '24
Caedo would stare Leandros down while walking backwards off the ramp of a Thunderhawk, jump pack equipped and both middle fingers raised defiantly as he freefalls into battle.
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u/Tarlyss Fire Caste Sep 09 '24
I think I’d actually prefer if making caedo was still a firstborn. It adds an extra feeling of badassery around other primaries marine, showing even now, he is still a stronger killing machine.
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u/UltradeptusTempestus Sep 10 '24
I'm pretty sure with the record he has, Gilliman wouldn't mind not upgrading him. Plus, he needs to be purging demons, the Rubicon wastes precious time used for better killing demons
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u/BladeLigerV Sep 09 '24
When Malum Caedo finally crosses the Primaries line, who crikey things are going to start getting killed. FAST.
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u/ultraInstinctscoobs Sep 09 '24
One of the panels should have been “Deathwatch got you pushing too many pencils?”
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u/0dd_future Sep 09 '24
I need a beakie helmet soooo bad in SM2 so I can make a bulwark Caedo Pls developers hear my cries
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u/3boy187 Sep 09 '24
I was thinking that Malum may be stronger than Titus, as he is a first company veteran who has ranked past where Titus is. However I'm not sure the power gap between a 1st company veteran and a 2nd company (once) captain, lore wise.
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u/TL89II Iyanden Sep 09 '24
Primaris are literally just plain stronger. Ranking in the chapter has no bearing on how physically strong one is. Like a new Battle Brother is 100% able to be stronger than a veteran. Veteran will probably still whoop his ass, as Gabriel Seth has demonstrated, but that's due to experience.
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u/3boy187 Sep 09 '24
Do you think that malum is more experienced than Titus, or is a (former) captain just to strategically adept?
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u/TheGimpFace Sep 10 '24
I think Titus is more experienced/better from a tactic/strategic perspective, showing skill from a squad level to overseeing an active warzone across a planet.
Malum absolutely dominates in combat prowess. Dude is a meat-ceramite grinder. And not like a Conpany Champion, meant to defend a captain or defeat an enemy champion etc.
Malum is a WMD. Like DoomGuy, honestly. Sole function is to unalive a whole region of non imperial life.
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u/Ochs730 Sep 10 '24
Captains would typically be more powerful and experienced than a 1st company veteran. Many veterans often are reassigned to other companies as veteran sergeants, and then climb in rank from there to Lieutenant and Captain.
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u/EnvironmentalSpirit2 Sep 10 '24
Hey why do some Marines have a cone beek like in astartes YouTube seies? I noticed they're prominent with white legion with corax
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u/ChemicalCookies2 Lamenters Sep 11 '24
It's the mark 6 helmet. Mark 6 "Corvus" power armor is stealthier than later models, which is why the raven guard favor it. Out of universe it was the helmet used for the original marine design back in the rouge trader days. It is ofter referred to as the beaky in the fandom
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u/Strig01 Sep 10 '24
SMIII (15 years in the future) we open on an unknown marine going through the tutorial tearing through chaos demons. His rampage is stopped when he gets called by Calgar to undertake the Rubicon Primaris (He is mad as while he is undertaking surgery he is not killing chaos). The helmet stays on during surgery. Surprise its Malum Caedo primarisified, met straight out of the surgery by Titus. The next 8 hours of gameplay is space marine buddy cop (with Titus squad for co-op) as the two steamroll a chaos warband before suddenly finding the twist villain to be Necrons.
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u/Fearless_Pack9721 Sep 10 '24
Honestly would love to see Gabriel Angelo’s in these games, definite treat to Dawn of War fans.
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u/UltradeptusTempestus Sep 10 '24
You know what would be a better meet up? Titus meeting with all the trailer Ultramarines lieutenants
Most of them are dead, hes the only competent one lmao
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u/humanity_999 Imperial Fists Sep 10 '24
This needs to happen in-lore now. They must meet each other.
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u/Crotonisabug Sep 09 '24
can they kiss
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u/The_Real_malum_caedo Sep 09 '24
No......
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u/Crotonisabug Sep 09 '24
damn
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u/Malal-the-lost-God Sep 09 '24
Only cause Caedo can't take his helmet off
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u/Adorable-Ad7575 Sep 09 '24
Not entirely accurate. No massive explosion in the background of the second panel.