By Blade and Bolter Pt. 1 - KoS: History, Geneseed and Appearance

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🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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*Ad Free Version available on Lorehammer Patreon, link below.*In this episode, we delve into the origins of the Knights of Slaughter, tracing their lineage back to the fall of the XII Legion and the long shadow of their Primarch. We explore the nature of their gene-seed, the ever-present curse of the Butcher’s Nails, and how the warband has shaped its identity in defiance of inevitable collapse. From their earliest days to their current form, we examine how history, mutation, and ritual have forged not only how they fight, but how they are seen—towering figures clad in red, brass, and oath-marked heraldry, each warrior a living monument to control, violence, and legacy.Lorehammer Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/c/lorehammer/membershipOne Time Donationshttps://paypal.me/lorehammerpodcastLink to all Linkshttps://linktr.ee/Lorehammer40kPatterns

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0:00.0	Oh, my intro didn't even work.
0:04.2	Let's try this again.
0:05.1	I see a couple people already in here.
0:06.5	I'm just host, Mark. Just me today. I could not resist
0:40.5	going back to the Knights of Slaughter. I know I've done a bonus episode on these guys and it wasn't
0:46.6	even that long ago, but by God, I need to keep talking about him and my wife's sick of hearing
0:51.7	about it. So yeah, I'm doing like a little eight-part
0:55.6	mini series here called by belayed and bolter over this series we're going to learn everything to know
1:01.3	about the knights of slaughter i've written 88 pages on these guys you're going to notice the theme of
1:06.3	eight a lot you get that fetish going when you're a corn follower. So yeah, that's going to be kind of the vibe.
1:15.6	88 pages is crazy. I've never written a lore document this expansive before. You know, I've
1:20.4	definitely written some and I've thought through, but like, I definitely took the years of 40K
1:26.3	writing experience and knowledge and all that and just kind of piled it into this.
1:30.3	Like, what do you need to know? How deep could I take it?
1:35.3	So in this episode, yeah, we're going to not go through all 88 pages, but we'll start cracking into it.
1:40.3	Thanks for indulging me. You know, I've read you guys hundreds and hundreds of hours of lore.
1:45.9	Some of it has been mine, but to be honest, this is, these episodes are definitely for me.
1:50.5	This is for my, like, personal recording catalog, you know. But if you're listening and you want to,
1:55.5	join me on this journey of blood. The Knights of Slaughter, yeah. So we're going to be going over
2:00.8	just kind of their one sheet information. I would give this to people if ever I was at a tournament, you know, just a quick little like this is what they are. Then we would look at some artwork, their short stories. I wrote one here called Swordfall. We'll get into their history, their gene seed appearance, all these kind of things that are pretty standard.
2:20.1	I just have this outline that I'm scrolling through right now.
2:24.2	I'm like, holy fuck, the outline alone is seven pages.
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