Exploring Warhammer 40k: Slaanesh, Lord of Excess 

You can't deny, the lord of demonetization has style

I read the tile as "Slaanesh Lord of Excel" and I immediately pictured The Warp covered in spreadsheets

Slaanesh: No mortal can resist me -Fabulous Bill- Fabius Bile: NUH UH GODS AREN'T REAL

Whenever I think of the 40k universe and Slaanesh’s influence on it, I’m reminded of a moment in Pirates of the Caribbean. When the curse on the pirates is about to be removed, Barbossa says to his crew “You know what I’m gunna do when I’m rid of the curse?” Instantly, everyone chuckles and shoots knowing looks at each other. But, then he turns to Elizabeth and simply states, “Eat a whole bushel of apples.” Pleasure is relative. To a person trapped in a dungeon, starving and cold, a bucket of water, a few potatoes, and a blanket are heavenly. The 40k universe is practically gift wrapped for Slaanesh.

Slaanesh's reputation is similar to bards in D&D, focused on the carnal desires but there's a lot more going on.

@5:40 that techpriest is like : 'This isnt what I paid for!'

Slaanesh is what our teachers made us think drugs and sex were lmfao.

Someone said once that people gone far enough into Slaanesh corruption will set themselves on fire just to feel something they haven't experienced yet. To me that more than anything sums up how Slaanesh is more than just simple carnal pleasure.

The rings in slaanesh's domain reminds me of the circles of hell depicted in Dante's inferno

Finally, after all this years, I finally have them all. The complete explorations of the Chaos Gods.

Bucks for the OnlyFans, simps for the simp throne.

The only thing he didn't mention was the rivalry between Slaanesh and Khorne, the two being at opposites of the spectrum like Tzeentch and Nurgle.

"THIS QUIET OFFENDS SLAANESH, THINGS SHALL GET LOUD NOW!"

of all the dark gods, I think slaanesh deserves the pronoun "they" the most...

Tts Emperor of Mankind: [Bones be rattling with physic rage]

Slaanesh's domain: *Corrupts everyone through their worldly wants.* Patches, a man with no worldly wants: *pops knuckles* Alright, I'm about to end this...thing's whole career.

To Adeptus Ridiculous, Slaneesh's Demon Realm is like Willy Wonka's Factory but much creepier.

Mild goof in the lore. The Eldar who fled to other planets before the fall were called "Exodites" and formed societies that would be considered primitive by Eldar standards. This reintroduced the concepts of labor and hardship; but, not in any decidedly negative way. Think farming and animal husbandry. "Craftworlds" took the route of extreme self-discipline. They used Eldar tech to produce moon-sized ships that fled from the Eldar Empire center and formed the "path" system which dictates that any given Eldar fully engage in only a single endeavor at a time. This restrains and tempers them so they don't cave to excess thought they can become obsessed and "become lost on the path".

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE MILK FOR THE KHORNE FLAKES

She who thirsts. What she thirsts for depends on the day.

This is, by far, the most fascinating Chaos god of them all for me personally. In fact, the Aeldari are the most fascinating race in the entire 40k universe to me. As someone fascinated with horror, their whole existence is absolutely enthralling. A whoooole entire race of horror film villains giving birth to a god via their horrific excess? Yeah, I'll watch an explainer video about this LMFAO

Slanesh corrupts in all the ways that Sauron cannot: By appealing to every desire, even the incorruptible soldier's sincerest desire for lasting peace in their time. Perhaps his last 3 temptations are even crueler than the first, as unlike greed, hunger and lust, pride, hope and love of peace are admirable qualities in moderation and as only one who has resisted all 6 may face Slanesh, it is all too likely that Slanesh only personally slays the pure of heart and selfless soldiers who come futily to end his reign by force.

Finally, all the four gods.

You’re doing 40k 😭😭😭😭 you are the best!!!!!

Love that you’re doing Warhammer.

Not gonna lie, if I had the misfortune of being born in the W40 universe, I would totally fall to Slaanesh. May the God-Emperor preserve me from that fate.

Sly Marbo once went for a walk and found himself in the Palace of Slaanesh, completely by accident. As he entered the first of Slaanesh's 6 domains, the Circle of Avidity, he saw nothing but an empty room. For Sly Marbo already has all that he needs. Upon strolling into the Circle of Gluttony, Sly Marbo saw some of the finest delicacies he'd ever before tasted throughout his life. But in the corner of his eye he spotted a small packet of nutrient paste. He could use a snack, so he grabbed it and continued on his merry way, slowly slurping to the tempo of his leisurely pace. Within the Circle of Carnality, Sly Marbo found 3 very enticing Daemonettes, each taking the form of one of his childhood loves back on Catachan. He gave each of them a kiss on the cheek and continued forward. He was happy to see their faces again, but he wasn't on his walk to indulge in the experiences of the flesh, he just wanted to walk. Next was the 4th domain, the Circle of Paramouncy. Striding through the entrance, he was greeted by a whole Crusade's worth of Guardsmen. Each one raucously cheering as he walked toward the column between companies. He made eye contact with each and every trooper there, and upon doing so, they ceased their cheering, broke eye contact, stood at attention, and saluted. The domain was completely silent as he departed. Inside the penultimate Circle of Vainglory, Sly Marbo was confronted with a beautiful visage. As he approached, he realized it was himself. With a quizzical gaze he leaned in to thoroughly examine it. Grunting, he pulled out his knife and gave it a good shave. Nodding at the cleaned up copy, he moved onward. Upon entering the final circle, he found himself back among the trees of Catachan. Seeing his home again, he felt calm, serene, and at peace. 'This is a great spot for a nap,' Sly Marbo thought, and rested beneath the jungle canopy. A couple hours later, refreshed and rested, Sly Marbo stood and resumed his walk. Finally, unintentionally, Sly Marbo walked into the Throne Room of Slaanesh. Nothing in the room seemed capable of holding a form. Every particle within was constantly shifting and re-imagining itself into what it considered to be a more perfect state. At the end of the room, he spied a great and perfect being, lounging upon an ever-changing throne. With a seductive smile, it beckoned him to the foot of the dais. Sly Marbo walked toward the Prince of Pleasure, curiosity writ on his face. As Sly Marbo drew closer, the youngest Dark God reached out with one of its many appendages. Whilst pure ecstacy exuded from Slaanesh like a palpable force, Sly Marbo looked at the out-stretched appendage, and placed the empty nutrient paste container upon it. 'I couldn't find a trashcan,' spoke Sly Marbo, then turned and walked out, back to his company.

Slaanesh was the result of the D'Eldar going just a but too far with their hedonism. Slaanesh likely started as the god of pleasures and joy in the Warp before the corruption, but thanks to the Eldaari that all broke down and it causing the hell of Slaanesh to be spawned in a night. Now he is their Boogeyman - literally. You do not speak his name as an Eldar, not even a D'Eldar- shoukd she hear it, youre immediately dead as they will eat you. This is why Slaanesh has so many forms of Excess. You fall too far into the rabbit hole, and you'll stay loat forever. Now where's ny Noize Boyz

Disappointed that he didn't discuss the opposition between Slaanesh and Khorne at all here; Khorne's bloodlust is certainly excessive, and the demonettes appear to spill no shortage of blood, so it would have been nice to have more exploration of how the two contrast each other, with the kind of complexity devoted to both sides of the Nurgle vs. Tzeench dichotomy.

Ah the Prince of Excess and dark pleasures~

Thanks for including the artists you used in the video. Some of these artworks are really freaking great!

*OH BOY! IT’S 3AM!!*

Khorne, god of warriors Slaanesh, god of bards Nurgle, god of druids Tzeentch, god of wizards

Your Thumbnails are really awesome. Sorry to hear the views arent there to keep doing 40k stuff. I found you from your first 40k video and that got me into the scp stuff funny enough

Top lore channel. My typ 3 favorite warhammer lore channel. Thanks for all your work. Hope to see more of it.

I mean something is *definitely* spread on his sheets

Loved it! Could you make a video about the Cicatrix Maledictum?

he always reminds me of pinhead in hellrazer

I wish there was an exception to the “no one has made it to ___ and lived to tell the tale” of course an omnipotent narrator can explain, but it’s cooler when these unattainable, Silen-Hill sort of areas are fought through and the stories are spread from a primary source somehow.

Obligatory comment for the algorithm

I love Slaanesh! Had a chapter of chaos marines dedicated to them. Did a lot of heavy modding to my kit, but it came out perfect. Tentacles EVERYWHERE! LOL!

Love the 40k vids !

The most insane part of Slaanesh's army are Noise Marines. And I mean it in a meta way. Whoever conceived and designed them was either genius, or crazy.

I think we understood that Slaneesh isn't all about carnal pleasures after the 15th time you mentioned it.

"No one get to Palace of Slaanesh and come back" - Exept of than madman Kaldor Draigo...

VERY NICE!

A sky filled with diamonds? A girl named Lucy wants to know your location.

Allister Crowley would definitely be a slaanesh worshiper in 40k 😂

My favorite Chaos God ❤❤❤

To make it worse... Even an asexual person who wishes to become absolutely untempted, calm and seeks only spiritual enlightenment... Slaanesh would offer that enlightenment just because that is the biggest desire of that person... You can never escape Slaanesh however and it would probably turn you very quickly into some sort of Daemon if you accepted it from her...

Oh no. I don't know what to sleep to. I'm still behind from last week's upload

Exploring series makes a video about 40k, whilst Majorkill makes a video about SCP. Oh how the turns have tabled 😂

Man I'm so glad you started posting W4K lore videos, I just love them!! Please make more! SCP and Warhammer is such good combination haha

Kinda neat coming from leutin to your take. Different styles. Different takes. Always a win.

Ah yes. Gay representation in the warhammer universe 👍🏻

Gotta say, if anyone deserves the use of “they” pronouns, it would be Slanesh. Like referring to Slanesh as they feels far more accurate, given the literal 50/50 male/female body.

Never really understood how the 5th domain with the pool has to do with excess, it doesn’t seem “fair” in the sense that you don’t decide to indulge yourself, I mean sure you decide to sit down but the whole seeing your shame thing before killing you just doesn’t seem like it fits with the others in terms of it’s not your choice

I feel like Slaanesh should use nonbinary pronouns or any pronouns, given their split body thing.

I love you Mangg ❤

Playing Warhammer 40k rogue trader as usual. Perfect timing

Captain: All right men arm your selfes with these. Grunt: But sir, these are baseball bats Captain: i know. The best in anti horny.

Love this series, I hope you do a video on the Imperial Navy sometime.

Slaanesh cults starts like Matt Smith's dancing scene in Morbius and ends like any Hellraiser movie.

Does anyone else think that "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood is on full blast looped in Slaanesh's palace?

"OH BOY ITS 1AM"

Right off the bat, a Demon with tentacles and a Crabclaws is bursting out of a chest.

The most pro LGBTQ god in 40k.

How does Slaanesh invade a planet? 12 inches at a time

Oi, you forgot to mention Slaaneshmas.

OK, this will seem a little off the wall here, but I was somewhat amused by the ads RU-vid put in this video. Why? One was for chocolate, the other for holidays abroad, which, given that the video content is about Slaanesh, Chaos God of Pleasure, makes me think the ads were tailored to the topic, not the viewer!

Its 1:30 am and i have class in 4 1/2 hours time for exploring series

I'm sad that he never mentioned the Noise Marines.

I get a dante's inferno vibe from Slaanesh's realm. its kind of cool

Its gonna be a real pain in the a%$ to make a 40k game to put in Slaneesh's Demonette and cultist army without Censorships raising their eyebrows.

3am! Oh Boy!!!

And here come their simps

Slaanesh Lord of Confusing Feelings….

I've been waiting for this one to round out the full set.

Slaanesh of the Hub

Im curious though How did humanity first discover slanesh

The reason Warhammer is so grimdark is that the best party in history already happened, and everyone has to live with the knowledge that nobody will have that much fun ever again.

Based calling Slaanesh him. Bad to call hik her. Worse to call him them

*ALL HAIL EXCESS!*

Empire: Congratulations! You get to live in a world of constant misery and toil! Khorne: How dare you? I'm going to do something about this right now! Tzeench: There must be another way, if only I can think of one.... Nurgle: Welp, that's me boned; guess I'd better get used to it. Slaanesh: Hey, don't worry about it; why not have some fun while you can?

All 40k warhammer is the same. Its just "Gork god of scrimblo & Destroyer of turtles" and he is a grave threat to humanity. /j

It's 3 am boissss

The sixth ring really seems to contradict Slaanesh's nature as a lord of excess. Sure, you can argue semantics and say that an excess of peace and tranquility would still count as an indulgence, but it is so contrary to the overall vibe of the previous five layers, and to have it be the last one before reaching Slaanesh? It's like having the lord of fire have five rings of increasingly hotter fires around his house of ultimate burning heat, and then suddenly there's a moat of cold water with icebergs floating in it right before you actually reach the house itself; it makes for a very strange *innermost* ring of defense.

Ngl, a lot of you would fold at this.

Hot take: I’m surprised Slaanesh isn’t GW’s first official nonbinary character. 🙃

Are there ways for someone to free themselves of the Chaos deities, somehow?

oh, another video, Hello!!!

yeay

I try not to be selfish, and I do share, but I'm a fiend for my Dunkin iced coffees. That's my weakness. Thanks for the video, The Exploring Series and SCP,

Slaaneshi brand T Shirs are always very small as he is the Prints of XS

3am on a school night 😮‍💨

I imagine a small group of Drukhari who are just, excessively moderate. Like the neutrals from Futurama.

I'm him He's me I've always been him I was him I will be him

Did you just spend 18 minutes describing to us how you explored Slaanesh?

make an April fools video on jinx the loose cannon.

Loving these!