(Video) Mark's Manifesto 6 - Are Xenos Just Set Dressing?

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🗓️ 16 March 2026

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*Ad Free Version available on Lorehammer Patreon, link below.*In this episode, we tackle a provocative question: are the Xenos of Warhammer 40,000 truly major players — or just set dressing for humanity’s story? From galaxy-shaking events driven by the Imperium to iconic alien figures like Eldrad Ulthran and Ghazghkull Thraka, we examine who really moves the timeline forward. Is 40K a vast, multi-species epic — or secretly a human-centric tragedy wrapped in alien aesthetics? We break down narrative gravity, marketing realities, and whether the galaxy feels smaller when only one species truly shapes history. If the 41st Millennium is endless… who actually owns its future?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	What I've dedicated my life to is revenge.
0:04.7	A brand new drama based on the best-selling novel.
0:07.5	They think they're better than us?
0:08.5	Who do you think you are?
0:09.7	I'm going to prove to them that they're wrong.
0:11.5	She's punishing me.
0:13.0	You destroyed my family.
0:14.3	I will not rest until I've destroyed yours.
0:17.0	A woman of substance on Channel 4 starts tonight at 9.
1:00.9	No, A woman of substance on Channel 4 starts tonight at 9. Hello and welcome back to Lorhammer. I'm your host, Mark. If it wasn't obvious, we're doing some more Mark manifestos. Just me today gonna read you guys some stuff been building up on my heart not just kidding just gonna rant you about 40k it's one of my passions so i'm gonna do it to you um come join the discord come join the
1:06.1	patreon come join the live stream it's a lot of fun uh Come join whatever we're up to. But I'm just going to
1:11.3	dive into it. Just happy to come home and here we go. Hey, Graham, how's it going, buddy?
1:16.2	So today's episode, my manifesto is about our Zenos, just set dressing. You know, I do enjoy
1:23.9	Zenos myself. I'm a filthy Zeno lover many times i have been i've collected many tau
1:29.6	armies many different armies here and it's tau whatever all of them i have orcs whatever we've
1:34.8	been there we've done that um but yeah it just seems like they just don't quite hold the weight as
1:43.7	the imperium or even chaos. They have a lot of
1:47.3	Zenos, but they just don't quite seem to do anything important. But then again, does the
1:53.1	Imperium do anything important? Does anything change or matter when the Imperium does anything?
1:56.8	But either way, let's get into it. Like, what is the point of Zenos in 40K?
2:02.6	Are they supposed to be equal partners or are they just kind of there for you to annihilate?
2:08.6	Are the aliens in 40K actually important or are they just obstacles?
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