Episode 267 - Show of Force: Oaths & Damnation (Part One)

The Independent Characters | Warhammer 40k Podcast

Carl Tuttle

Workshop, Marine, Space, Tyranid, Warhammer, Eldar, Leisure, Hobbies, Forge, Ork, 40k, World, Games

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2025

⏱️ 231 minutes

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Summary

Episode 267 of The Independent Characters arrives right on schedule, and it's a big one, both in content and in subject matter. This time, we're striding into the battlefield with not one, but two colossal armies in our latest Show of Force. Join us as we explore both the Imperial Knights and their dark reflections, the Chaos Knights. These towering engines of war have a presence on the tabletop and in the lore that is impossible to ignore, and we're diving deep into every aspect of them.

Edit: So as we started recording – we realize that this would turn into a 5-6 hour episode. Carl was, once again, too optimistic regarding how much we could cram into an episode. So we made the decision to divide this topic into two parts. Episode 268 will cover the Chaos Knights as Part 2 of Oaths and Damnation.

Over the course of the episode, we cover their origins and history, the unique culture of the Knight Houses, and how those sworn oaths of loyalty can either lead to noble service to the Imperium or a fall into the corrupting grip of the Dark Gods. From lore to codex, units to battlefield roles, we've got it all packed in.

As our Show of Force Episodes go – we'll also take a look back at their evolution over the years – how these armies have grown in design, rules, and miniature range to become some of the most striking models in the Warhammer 40,000 universe.

Carl and Adan – as well as a special guest, will unpack the details of these armies over the course of several hours. Fire up your void-shields because Episode 267 releases on October 18th, 2025.

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 – Show Intro, Elite Choice, Hobby Progress
1:00:40 – Oaths & Damnation – Part 1 (First Half)
1:54:10 – Oaths & Damnation – Part 1 (Second Half)
3:23:10 – War on The Shore Narrative Event!
3:46:30 – Final Thoughts and show closing

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0:00.0	I didn't sell out son I bought in
0:03.0	Keep that much Welcome to the Independent Character's episode 267.
0:28.3	This is Carl.
0:29.1	This is a Don.
0:30.1	And we are here at quite a few episodes into the thing.
0:35.6	Hey, there goes to the tree, guys.
0:37.0	So we're good. Okay, good. I was a little
0:38.8	concerned because people have been doing, uh, cutting trees and grinding them into a grinder.
0:45.1	And it was making quite a bit of noise. I was like, oh, no. That's one of the, one of the problems
0:49.2	of not having a studio and just having a house. Hey, at least they, uh, make a less noise in your cat. Yeah. Yeah, we might have to
0:58.6	kick Mitzzer, McKenna out of here. Yeah. Okay. Anyway, this episode, we are going to be,
1:07.7	it's a show of force episode. If you're not familiar with what a show of force episode is,
1:12.2	show of force is,
1:14.1	we've said from the beginning,
1:15.3	we don't do codex overviews.
1:17.6	Correct.
1:18.2	In this show.
1:19.8	There's a lot of other shows that will read a codex to you.
1:23.1	We don't do that.
1:24.9	And we don't talk about the medalists and things like that.
1:27.4	I think our first commercial said, like our listeners can read or something do that. And we don't talk about the medalists and things like that. I think our first commercial said, like, our listeners can read or something like that.
1:31.8	So anyway, what we do seek to answer here is in a codex, in the front of a codex, there used to be.
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