Character with the biggest balls

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**Mr Nobody**

Tyranid hive ship, anatomically speaking.

**Delvarus Centurion**

timetowaste85 wrote:
I’m gonna go with Garviel Loken, if we can use HH characters; guy stood up for what was right against his entire legion, when they were the forefront of the heresy. He was a minnow against a sea of great white sharks, and he stood firm against them. Quite the brass pair on that one.

Didn't even think about Garvie, yeah that took titanic balls.

**Viridian**

Cypher is my vote, the others listed are good but they hold to much position of power and can fall back on that so it supports their... 'bravery' to an extent and to me they stay inside that comfort zone. Cypher goes where he wants, does what he wants and his baggage fee's are heavy with everyone.

**BrianDavion**

Viridian wrote:
Cypher is my vote, the others listed are good but they hold to much position of power and can fall back on that so it supports their... 'bravery' to an extent and to me they stay inside that comfort zone. Cypher goes where he wants, does what he wants and his baggage fee's are heavy with everyone.

we don't know eneugh about cypher's motivations IMHO to comment on the size of his balls eaither way IMHO.

**Trystis**

Throw a rock at the imperial guard. Any guardsman it hits has bigger balls than a space marine, chaos or otherwise.

**Nerak**

This wasn’t a debate up untill recently. It was (untill Gw re-write him) quite simply Ollanius Pious. Also know as Ollanious with adamantium balls, the man with the tremendous balls and the big balled mother fether. If you know his original story then no explanation is needed. If you don’t then google him or hit one of the links below.

https://www.reddit.com/r/40kLore/comments/5nc776/the_story_of_ollanius_pius_in_terms_that_can_be/

https://www.google.se/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/40kLore/comments/5cj48g/week_1_introduction_to_ollanius_pius/#ampf=undefined

**Slipspace**

So much Imperial/Chaos bias here. Vect's got to be a contender. Pretty much survives moment to moment through the power of his intellect and cunning in a near-infinite city where literally almost everyone wants to kill him and take his place.

Or whichever Silent King it was that declared war on the Old Ones? Immortal God-beings who have conquered the known galaxy? Yeah, let's go pick a fight with them.

**Ratius**

Giving a shoutout to Kryptman.
He was literally kicked out of the Inq for his actions against Leviathan. Gutsy.

Also to Czevak who managed to get into the Black Library.

**greatbigtree**

See, while I don't argue that Guardsmen are brave and courageous... They have faith.

They will die for the Emperor, and be protected by him and live in whatever equates to a happy ending for Guardsmen.

Abbadon? If he feths up, he's screwed for all eternity. And he knows how bad that would be. And he did it anyway, because screw the Emperor. He KNOWS how bad the consequences of his failure will be. Not just a painful death... no. Because the worst of all possible deaths is nothing compared to what will await him, if he fails his mission.

**ChargerIIC**

Delvarus Centurion wrote:
ChargerIIC wrote:
I think it's harder to find anyone more the Balisarius Cawl. Gulliman had the rank, authority, and surety to order super-marines (even after the previous debacles), but Cawl was the one who actually had to do it. He didn't get to hide in suspension either - he was an 'active' member of the Mechanicum for thousands of years - risking exposure and exterminatus every year as he siphoned Imperial resources for heresy. The sheer scope is mind boggling -

"What? These hundred troopships and manfactoriums? They are making ...stuff. Totally non-heretical stuff. Stuff no one can see or use. By the way - I need a few thousand more young boys."

The best part is he had no conceivable timeline for when he could release his creations - there was no guarantee that Gulliman would ever come back.

Cawl wasn't the first to be a rebel in the Mechanicum, lots of forge masters and mistresses broke the rules in the pursuit of new technologies like Koriel Zeth with the Akashic-reader. Cawl isn't special at all.

He isn't ballsy for being the 'first' - he did it the longest, with one of the highest amounts of direct oversight. Most tech-heritiks were either isolated enough to avoid scrutiny or were committing things on a small scale. Not Cawl. He was a freakin' part of the core leadership, responsible for (amongst other things) enforcing orthodoxy and participating in the frequent political/religious infighting. How noone managed to figure out what he was doing is pretty mind boggling.

**pm713**

ChargerIIC wrote:
Delvarus Centurion wrote:
ChargerIIC wrote:
I think it's harder to find anyone more the Balisarius Cawl. Gulliman had the rank, authority, and surety to order super-marines (even after the previous debacles), but Cawl was the one who actually had to do it. He didn't get to hide in suspension either - he was an 'active' member of the Mechanicum for thousands of years - risking exposure and exterminatus every year as he siphoned Imperial resources for heresy. The sheer scope is mind boggling -

"What? These hundred troopships and manfactoriums? They are making ...stuff. Totally non-heretical stuff. Stuff no one can see or use. By the way - I need a few thousand more young boys."

The best part is he had no conceivable timeline for when he could release his creations - there was no guarantee that Gulliman would ever come back.

Cawl wasn't the first to be a rebel in the Mechanicum, lots of forge masters and mistresses broke the rules in the pursuit of new technologies like Koriel Zeth with the Akashic-reader. Cawl isn't special at all.

He isn't ballsy for being the 'first' - he did it the longest, with one of the highest amounts of direct oversight. Most tech-heritiks were either isolated enough to avoid scrutiny or were committing things on a small scale. Not Cawl. He was a freakin' part of the core leadership, responsible for (amongst other things) enforcing orthodoxy and participating in the frequent political/religious infighting. How noone managed to figure out what he was doing is pretty mind boggling.

Or just plain convenient for plot.

**ChargerIIC**

pm713 wrote:
ChargerIIC wrote:
Delvarus Centurion wrote:
ChargerIIC wrote:
I think it's harder to find anyone more the Balisarius Cawl. Gulliman had the rank, authority, and surety to order super-marines (even after the previous debacles), but Cawl was the one who actually had to do it. He didn't get to hide in suspension either - he was an 'active' member of the Mechanicum for thousands of years - risking exposure and exterminatus every year as he siphoned Imperial resources for heresy. The sheer scope is mind boggling -

"What? These hundred troopships and manfactoriums? They are making ...stuff. Totally non-heretical stuff. Stuff no one can see or use. By the way - I need a few thousand more young boys."

The best part is he had no conceivable timeline for when he could release his creations - there was no guarantee that Gulliman would ever come back.

Cawl wasn't the first to be a rebel in the Mechanicum, lots of forge masters and mistresses broke the rules in the pursuit of new technologies like Koriel Zeth with the Akashic-reader. Cawl isn't special at all.

He isn't ballsy for being the 'first' - he did it the longest, with one of the highest amounts of direct oversight. Most tech-heritiks were either isolated enough to avoid scrutiny or were committing things on a small scale. Not Cawl. He was a freakin' part of the core leadership, responsible for (amongst other things) enforcing orthodoxy and participating in the frequent political/religious infighting. How noone managed to figure out what he was doing is pretty mind boggling.

Or just plain convenient for plot.

True. He ranks up there with Gulliman for almost Matt Ward level of plot armor - but that's 40k. Everyone is doomed to an early death and the laughter of thirsting gods except for the chosen :p . The OP did ask who was the balliest however.

**BrookM**

This topic has been pinged a few times now and I've cleaned it up here and there.

I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT RULE #1 IS NOT OPTIONAL.

Also, please refrain from quoting entire walls of text.

**Backspacehacker**

If not mentioned, ahriman is up there, seeing as how he, multiple times, went against his primarch constantly

**pm713**

Backspacehacker wrote:
If not mentioned, ahriman is up there, seeing as how he, multiple times, went against his primarch constantly

Honestly Magnus seemed like one of the Primarchs who'd be okay with that a lot of the time.

**Delvarus Centurion**

Backspacehacker wrote:
If not mentioned, ahriman is up there, seeing as how he, multiple times, went against his primarch constantly

No he's not, when he was exiled he became a servant of Gzrel who treated him like a dog and Ahriman let him, he gave up. Lots of Astartes went against their Primarchs, Loken, Kharn, Sigismund etc.

**Arachnofiend**

Trazyn probably has some pretty big balls somewhere in his collection.

**BrianDavion**

Delvarus Centurion wrote:
Backspacehacker wrote:
If not mentioned, ahriman is up there, seeing as how he, multiple times, went against his primarch constantly

No he's not, when he was exiled he became a servant of Gzrel who treated him like a dog and Ahriman let him, he gave up. Lots of Astartes went against their Primarchs, Loken, Kharn, Sigismund etc.

people evolve over time, sometimes those with the biggest balls started out as the biggest doormats.

**Delvarus Centurion**

BrianDavion wrote:
Delvarus Centurion wrote:
Backspacehacker wrote:
If not mentioned, ahriman is up there, seeing as how he, multiple times, went against his primarch constantly

No he's not, when he was exiled he became a servant of Gzrel who treated him like a dog and Ahriman let him, he gave up. Lots of Astartes went against their Primarchs, Loken, Kharn, Sigismund etc.

people evolve over time, sometimes those with the biggest balls started out as the biggest doormats.

Nah, plus he is the last person on the list for biggest balls.

**usmcmidn**

Guard Jenkins.

They even made a holiday after him...

**BrianDavion**

Delvarus Centurion wrote:
BrianDavion wrote:
Delvarus Centurion wrote:
Backspacehacker wrote:
If not mentioned, ahriman is up there, seeing as how he, multiple times, went against his primarch constantly

No he's not, when he was exiled he became a servant of Gzrel who treated him like a dog and Ahriman let him, he gave up. Lots of Astartes went against their Primarchs, Loken, Kharn, Sigismund etc.

people evolve over time, sometimes those with the biggest balls started out as the biggest doormats.

Nah, plus he is the last person on the list for biggest balls.

on your list, someone else it seems disagrees.opinions differ

**HoundsofDemos**

Creed spitting on Abandon is still one of my favorites.

**Robin5t**

Asdrubael Vect has bollocks of pure wraithbone so gigantic that the entirety of one of Commorragh's sub-dimensions is devoted simply to holding them comfortably in place for him.

He got killed so that he could get all of his political opponents to come to his funeral and gloat so that he could kill them all in an ambush arranged by his allies and resurrect himself as a demigod with their deaths. I don't mean 'faked his death', I mean he literally died. How ballsy do you need to be to not just risk your life, but actively decide to lose it to advance your plans?

**greatbigtree**

Where is that fluff from?

**JNAProductions**

greatbigtree wrote:
Where is that fluff from?

At least the current DE codex. Might've been in older ones too.

**Grimskul**

greatbigtree wrote:
Where is that fluff from?

From the most recent Dark Eldar codex, it was in response to Yvraine's shenanigans in Commorragh gaining followers for her Ynnari group and Khaine's Gate being unleashed. These events undermined his authority so he took it into his own hands to use it as an opportunity to reinstall his rule by publicly outing conspirators/up-and-comers alongside challenging Yvraine's command over death/life by coming back to life himself and declaring himself a Living Muse.

**BrianDavion**

Here's one that is worth considering..... The Emperor... given what we know of his ambitions and what he's done? It was pretty ballsy. He, seemingly failed, but you gotta give him credit, that level of ambition takes balls of neutronium

**Delvarus Centurion**

BrianDavion wrote:
Here's one that is worth considering..... The Emperor... given what we know of his ambitions and what he's done? It was pretty ballsy. He, seemingly failed, but you gotta give him credit, that level of ambition takes balls of neutronium

I think he's lived so long and he's so jaded that he is no longer afraid of anything, though sitting on the golden throne and still fighting chaos etc. takes incredible will power.

**BrianDavion**

Delvarus Centurion wrote:
BrianDavion wrote:
Here's one that is worth considering..... The Emperor... given what we know of his ambitions and what he's done? It was pretty ballsy. He, seemingly failed, but you gotta give him credit, that level of ambition takes balls of neutronium

I think he's lived so long and he's so jaded that he is no longer afraid of anything, though sitting on the golden throne and still fighting chaos etc. takes incredible will power.

you say those as if they are facts. but they're just your opinions. IMHO the Emperor is indeed capable of fear, in fact I'm of the opinion much of what is driving him IS fear. Fear for humanity

**Xca|iber**

Look, you are all missing the most obvious answer:

Slaanesh has the biggest balls. (At least, he/she can whenever the mood strikes him/her...)