Bonus 49 - The Astra Crota

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🗓️ 28 November 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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*Ad Free Version available on Lorehammer Patreon, link below.*In this episode, we dive teeth-first into one of the Imperium’s most unsettling and elusive Space Marine Chapters — the Astra Crota, known to some as the Space Crocs. Born of White Scars gene-stock but twisted by the endless pursuit of warp-beasts called Crotalids, the Astra Crota are part hunter, part monster. We’ll explore their fleet-based existence, their savage traditions, and the psychic rituals that blur the line between man, beast, and warp entity. From their vanished Chief Librarian to their cursed relics and scattered survivors, the Astra Crota embody the Imperium’s darkest truth: that sometimes, to hunt the monster, you must become one.Lorehammer Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/c/lorehammer/membershipOne Time Donationshttps://paypal.me/lorehammerpodcastLink to all Linkshttps://linktr.ee/Lorehammer40k

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0:00.0	The Hello and welcome back to Lorhammer.
0:28.4	I'm your host Mark.
0:29.4	And today we're doing a bonus episode 49, the Astra Kroda.
0:34.0	So kind of following up on the last bonus episode of just talking about our different host armies and home brews and all that wouldn't carry on with this one.
0:43.3	Joining me, today we got Christian to talk about these crocodilios.
0:48.3	Hey, hey.
0:49.3	Didn't know we were going to read all our personal texts on live because that's where all this lore comes
0:55.4	from. It's late night sting. I do all my best thinking either on the toilet or in text with
1:01.9	Christian. I'm sorry for a while. Usually they go hand in hand, but whatever. We also got
1:08.9	Luper Call joining us. Hey, Hey, hey. How well doing?
1:13.2	Yeah, we're doing good. Excited to share some lore with you. And we're also going to be sharing
1:17.6	some lore with Nemo. Been a minute. Welcome back. It's not a lower crime the first time. That's all I'm
1:23.0	saying. Yeah. Yeah. You're here to spill some autistic knowledge and rant on us and I'm excited to have you back.
1:32.3	It's going to be a fun episode.
1:33.3	I've kind of done this episode before on Lor-Hammer listener lore, but I've definitely touched it up and put more thought into it.
1:40.3	I did a lore update on these guys, so some things have definitely changed since
1:44.6	they were featured on Lorhammer listener lore. But before we get into this episode, let's do
1:49.8	some quick housekeeping. Yeah, come join us on Discord. Yeah, it's free. You can find us all in there.
1:58.0	I mean, there'll happen some time the voice chats came together. We discuss our own rule, our show's models, all sorts of things. There's gaming. There's shenanigans, and it's a lot of fun. It's a lot of fun. Yes, sir. Might even get recruited to be on an episode, too, if you're liked well enough that's how it happens man that's the
2:18.7	gateway drug or gateway at the very least no one's here for me we're all here for the plastic like
2:24.9	that's that's that's for sure that's i guarantee it might not spiral into a meth addiction either but
2:29.3	it's all about the plastic correct and then you got to be honest with yourself when you recognize that you already have
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