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Lovecraftian kind of entities are so funny in 40k because all of the normal, common threats are so existential, horrific and grimdark that when there's suddenly a mysterious, unknowable cosmic horror, it's like "Hmm, eldritch interdimensional entity beyond the comprehension of any being in this plane of existence or the immaterium as well? Yep, sounds about right, let's put that in warehouse four."

I love the little detail of the Deathwatch Chaplain carrying around the master-crafted stasis bomb for over a decade. It just makes me imagine the battle brothers treating the chaplain like the guy who hoards all the potions in MMOs "Hey, are you ever going to use that?" "Shut up! I'll use it when I really need it!"

I love how those Necrons in the Ghoul Stars are just like, straight up chillin'. 'The Imperium sending a giant, desperate crusade to stop an unknowable, impossible threat? Can't bother to get out of me tomb for that'

Subject 696 reminds me of stories revolving around Azothoth, Lovecraft's 'Blind Idiot God' that is kept asleep by horrors playing horns at the center of the universe.

696 sounds like it could be the result of a halo device. It was part of a rogue trader fleet and lord knows how much time passed for the ship inside the warp too

It's always nice when 40k cosplays as Lovecraft. Beats the slog of "insert space marine chapter here" vs "insert chaos something here".

The Tiamet fleet implies a VERY unsettling reality of the Tyranids, either the Tiamet fleet is operating under a separate Tyranids hive mind, which implies there could be MORE! Or the hive mind is many more than just consumer Tyranids, and even the most terrifying Tyranids that have entered the galaxy are merely foot soldiers for something much more terrifying

And just when I start to feel some hope for the future when the Lion coming back, I can always count on Wes to remind me humanity is SCREWED

The 40K version of SCPs are pretty fun to learn about. 😂

You should do a video on all the horrors and heretical tech locked up in the vaults under the Imperial Palace on Terra. When you have to have a dedicated team of Custodes who's job it is to guard those vaults you just know what's down there is insane.

When the Death Watch, composed of the best from all chapters, is worried about a xenos it's a big deal.

My headcanon for Tiamat is that not only is it a beachhead for the Hivemind itself in the form of that continent beast, but it's also where the Nids are trying a new technique far different than what they've done in the past. In the past, they'd infiltrate with Genestealers and establish cults. But those tend to get noticed eventually. The abduction of entire ships makes me think they're gonna try invading Imperial worlds not with Hive Fleets, but with Imperial ships. Or maybe they'd use them for recon, with specialized Tyranid bioforms designed to USE the ships. Ones that, while they could pass initial examination, are Nid to the core. Imagine you work on an orbital station, and a fleet of Rogue Trader ships arrive and dock. They have their papers though they're out of date, and everyone on board seems pale. They linger for a few months legitimately trading and enjoying liberty time on world before leaving. A year later, a Hive fleet drops into the system and they know exactly where to hit... because the crew of the Rogue trader fleet were ALL nid bioforms in the shape of the former crews. Not genestealers: infiltrators and spies of the highest order. And while they were in dock, they got new credentials - legally- for docking in other systems. Systems like Terra.

Theres the "Tyrant Star". A darkness that sometimes envelopes a star and turns it black, flames and all. The system where it shows up starts to go mad. Civil unrest, strange geological and weather activity. A bad omen before tragedy strucks.

I am so in awe of your ability lately to push out such a quantity of content with apparently zero drop in quality of production or of quality of concept. You're absolutely unreal dude. Love it all. Keep smashing it!

I like to think that both The Harrowing and The Pale Wasting were the same thing: civilization of vile aliens that does not conquer continents of planets, but dimensions. The Harrowing had a passage, that was sealed, but Imperium wasn't as lucky with the Pale Wasting and the passage is still there, which is why the marines are there to keep an eye on it.

I have a theory about the harrowing. It seems, the creatures from that incident were originated from the Skein, a place that transcedent material realm as it become the barrier between real space and Warp. "In the skein, Bielanna fought to control her feelings. The mon-keigh knew nothing of the universe’s secret workings, and for the briefest moment, she envied them their ignorance. Who but the Eldar could mourn lives that had not even been born? ‘I am Bielanna Faerelle, Farseer of Biel-Tan,’ she cried into the oceanic depths. ‘I am master of my soul and I bring only balance in my heart and thoughts.’ Everything in the skein rejected constancy. It sensed her lie. This was a place of dreams and nightmares, where all things were infinite. To give something a name marked it as not of the skein. And that was dangerous. It drew things that hid in the cracks between destinies. She saw them ooze from half-glimpsed shadows. That shadows could exist in this realm of absolute light was a measure of their threat. These were not the crystalline web-forms of warp spiders, nor yet the glimmer of future echoes moving from potential to reality. These were things twisted out of true by the tortured nature of space-time beyond the galaxy’s edge. They defied the tyranny of form, mere suggestions of grub-like null-spaces that existed only to consume. She moved onwards, far from their questing, sphincter-like mouths and blind, idiot hunger."- Forges of Mars It imply that there is 'crack' within the Skein, thus, became a 'way in' for nameless eldritch horrors from beyond. Here, a little insight about the Skein's structure. "She found herself in a realm of light and movement. She could see the flicker of other eldar around her, like candles in twilight. A tracery of white, the infinity circuit, linked every other light together, stretching on without horizon into the impossible distance. Energy flowed along the maze, back and forth, surging and ebbing, binding everything together with its movement, linking the eldar with one another. And beyond. Beyond was something even more spectacular, defying rationalisation. Beyond were the constantly shattering panes of existence; the overlapping planes of destiny; the interwoven threads of fate. The present surrounded Thirianna, but just out of reach was the future, and in the darkness behind was the past. Every life, every thought, every movement, every motive, every emotion, weaving together in a dazzling tapestry of cause and effect. It branched out, splitting and dividing like cells, spawning entire new universes and possibilities with every passing moment. This was the skein, and it was beautiful. And too much. Too much to see, to comprehend, to understand." - Path of the Seer I love Warhammer is bascially algamation of various genres existed in our world. These are few among dozens more.

Maybe Hive Fleet Tiamat ate a Primarch and as a result is evolving vastly different. Or the other Hive Fleets are the conquest and assimilate Fleets and Tiamat is designed to be a "brain node / command and control" of the Overmind to direct the other fleets

I love Hive Fleet Tiamet. When 10th edition launches,I'm gonna start a Tyranid Army and paint them up as Hive Fleet Tiamet. I enjoy the mystery that surrounds them and what they're doing in the Tiamet system to it's various planets 👀

696, in my opinion is an organism created from the dark age. The familiar usage of specific animal parts known to human is a hint.

My favorite is the Hive fleet that tried to invade the Ghoul Stars and failed and that’s pure Xeno not much chaos you’d think the space bugs would dominate that’s the scary part or that Malcarion wanted to conquer and go into it but the rest of the Imperium were too scared and wanted to back out so he did

Fun fact: "Xeno" comes from greek which means "stranger" or "foreigner". The use of the word "xeno" to refer to alien life forms is a relatively recent development that began in the late 20th century with Scottish biologist A.G. Cairns' book "Seven Clues to the Origin of Life." (1959) and most popularly with the movie Alien in (1979). Before that the word 'xeno' was mostly used in English to refer to anything odd or unnatural whether they be extra-terrestrial, supernatural or just foreign to one's experiences.

dude, wes, your coverage of the more horror centered parts of 40k are some of my favorite videos in recent memory. I've been a horror junkie for a long time and your narrations, and explanations are all fantastic. Please keep up your awesome work

Honestly it's always a pleasure and I ABSOLUTELY love your videos about the terrifying and ruthless things that exist in Warhammer 40k. The more of these types of videos, the better lol. Also I still enjoy the story you told of the "Creature" that a Deathwatch team captured on a planet that was loaded with Tyranids but for whatever reason, no device or being can ever detect whatever set trap off. But they don't want to open it either.

10:47 hive fleet tiamet : it’s farm time 🐄 Empire of men: sus baka

696 obviously isn’t that bad considering that the shadow keepers are not guarding it.

Am a proud Aussie but you have surpassed Majorkill as a preferred creator for me. Awesome stuff. Nobody will ever touch luetin but you are fkn amazing

Oh man, the first one reminds me of that Tyranid short-story where they find an invaded ship whose librarian has been turned into a puppet connected to the residential Broodmind. Man, that sent shivers down my spine.

I’m personally of the opinion that, in the coming edition, Tyranids will receive some treatment similar to what the Necrons got a couple years ago. Where their lore will be more fleshed out, and we may even hear the Hivemind itself speak.

Theory: 9-Kappa-Mu could be the Ork Attack Moon, that was teleported infront of Holy Terra during the War of the Beast.

All of these were awesome, I'm a bit obsessed with cosmic unknown horror. The Harrowing definitely gave me goosebumps, loved the artwork chosen. Keep up the amazing content!

My theory about 9-Kappa-Mu. It was places by the Old Ones back during the War in Heaven and helped Mankind advance through the ages by slowly but surely feeding information to us. You should never go fron First Fire to Fusion reactor, and so the artifact was designed to take it slow. The reason it does not have any signal nowadays is because it stopped broadcasting when Humans learned FTL travel.

As an outsider to most of WarHammer 40k's lore. I would thing that the fleet mentioned at 10:55 may actually be trying to build a sort of beach head. Something that their described method of intelligence (the more there are, the better their tactics and organization.) It is my theory that they are trying to grow some sort of mass from which more can be birthed and permanently improved themselves due to pure proximity to such a massive mass of biomass.

A fellow MtG lore fan, I see? Ugin's explanation to Jace of how the Eldrazi worked during Battle for Zendikar was one of the coolest moments in MtG...Honestly, that story block was really, really good.

Really like this spooky videos you cover from 40k! My favourit so far is "The Disappearance Of Fornax Aleph", it's just so ominous and unexplainable, I really like it~ And what soundtrack did you use during Hive Fleet Tiamat? I heard it in your other spooky videos and I really like it and would like to hear more of it! Keep up the good work and I am looking forward to see and hear more from you : D

Thank you very much for those links to other parts of this trilogy. Thats caring about your followers We value that. Youre a descent creator.

Ok, now that is very cool how they actually put real world conspiracies into the lore. 9-KAPPA-MU = Black knight satellite but on a 40k scale. Its supposed to be some ancient "satellite" that's been in earths orbit for hundreds of years, likely just random crap in our orbit or the standard person sees something weird in the water and assumes sea monster. That said its still pretty cool how they incorporated it into the 40k universe.

I don't remember what it's called, but there's a test subject locked up in the main death watch research facility that's room was completely empty. And no type of scanning or alarm would pick up it's existence. Yet the chamber reads "occupied" and what ever it is has killed people entering it's room. So it's a completely invisible horror that is just left in a empty room where no one goes in or interacts with it.

40KRP is such a treasure trove for deep lore.

Question. Who's the most justifiable enemy/villain/monster in the whole Warhammer universe

I love it when random Cthulian Abolinations and Lovecraftian Super-Technology appear in 40k, because it fits the setting and reminds us who's really driving the insanity just for giggles...

05:13 Are you sure about that? Those jaws, teeth, and other amalgamated body parts are screaming foul warp shenanigans to me, LoL. 😮

9:27 The Harrowers was also the name of the Drukhari that raided Antimon.

I love this video Wes! If there is more obscure and scary W40k facts, then a series about this would be epic. Keep up the good work man!

More cosmic horror please

Can you make a video on Magos Biologis / Adeptus Biologos? I couldn't find any video in youtube explaining them.

Just a note, there are some things in the warp that have no chaos god influence. Things from before the dark gods came into existence or manifested at least. There are also some theories that the chaos gods are actually just aspects of a much greater whole i.e the dark god of chaos undivided. So three possibilities; 1) As suggested it is a form of interdimensional entity. 2) It is a entity of a greater whole of chaos, thus looking different. 3) It is a "thing" from the warp that simply exists on its own.

Can Wes talk about the Rak’Gol?

As a newcommer to the community, I love your videos highlighting these lesser know aspects of the Warhammer universe. Keep up the awesome and interesting videos!

It is pretty mind bugling like if there is another dimension then is there chaos in it? Is it more powerful than Chaos which literally inhabit hell. And whether or not the chaos god knew about the existence of such dimension

Yaaaay more mysteries! Thank you!

I love the ghoul stars and all the lovecraftian horror within ! More of this if you can please. 👍

More obscure 40k lore and the only channel to learn about it. Keep up the good work, Wes!

Keep up your vidoes dude you rock

What about that tyrannid the Black Templars and Mechanicus found that humans can’t even perceive?

I love these stories! You have to do Collab with Baldemort! He's the king of dramatized 40k lore! I think you 2 would be a great match!

Videos like these envelop me with a fascination for the Warhammer universe, like no other. The quality of the video just adds even more to it and I want to deepen my knowledge of the Franchise! Thank you for these amazing videos!

Fantastic video again Wes! Great work!

Mysteries are my favorite part of 40k ngl

I LOVED these videos you did on the unsolved mysteries in the lore. I have SO MUCH Warhammer 40k homework to do now! 😄

They could use 696 as a bargain chip with Trazyn

"Subject 696" Wait..Stitch is canon is to 40k? 😂

Thanks again for another awesome vid!! Have you thought about doing videos for each chaos God's realm?? Like a long format for each or a very long video of all. Seeing nurgle's garden would be awesome. I Loved all your shorts on the realms of Slaanesh. It's such an awesome subject that I think It deserves its own long format video.

I think Tiamet is building like a big Antenna for the Hive Mind and when the Tyranids get to close to winning the Empiere destroys it and sudenly all the Hive Fleets run Amock killing each other nerving the Tyranids to a good Extend.

Just want to say I love your videos, always quality, in depth, interesting, and engaging. Appreciate the hours and hours of entertainment

Ah, the Harrowing... The third Calixis-associated mystery you have brought up recently. Though I have arrived late for this one, I must say that it is always delightful to see the eldritch things of those cursed stars being discussed. I hope you had fun reading up on the topic, even if it is one with scant information regarding it available, even if one were to obsessively sift through the source material numerous times looking for cross-references as I have.

Your creepy pasta style stories are great , thank you. Specially like “the watcher in the rain” and “the way out” and the video right before this one. They really do keep me entertained

Oh wow. Thank you for the Ghoul Stars lore! Didn't even know I needed it

I could listen to these grimdark videos all day long. Keep ‘me coming!

Out of most of the 40k channels. This channel really is out the box and i love it. Ghoul stars? I need to know more!!

These are my favorite types of videos you make. I love hearing about the lesser known aspects of the lore, especially horror mysteries. Please make more

More creatures, love learning about them.

I love these spooky videos. Keep up the awesome work!

I love this lesser know creepy and mysterious 40k lore! Especially the cosmic horror stuff! Keep up the good work and keep it coming! 👍

I think the actual horror stories are much better than just this list yea it's kinda interesting, but the story videos really get me hooked

THIS! I LOVE THIS! Please, MORE strange/mysterious/horrifying Xenos and other entities!

You don't know how much your videos make me happy you are best RU-vidrs ever

Wes you will almost singlehandedly will be the reason why I fully dive into 40k

My biggest unsolved mystery would be what the hell the Lamenters did to deserve their fate.

I was just writing and got this notification. Now my writing will have some spooky ass inspiration

I bet the hive fleet Tiamat growths are like brain cells for the hive mind.

Subject 696 is ether a blue or a beta . And those Eldridge things where probably a bunch of Marillions

More of these would be great love them

I like Hive Fleet Tiamat. They just want to farm their own biomass and mind their own business.

This was awesome. Had never heard of the 9-Kappa-Mu artifact. And agreed, some of the best "quiet" parts of the WH4K lore goes into cosmic horror territory.

Moment Ghoul Stars are brought up you brace for terror.

You know of the harrowing? That is heresy! I am calling the Inquisitor.

Way I hear it, whispers about the thing they're building in Tiamet is that it's some kind of signal. Like the Tyranids are calling something

Wes I gotta thank you, I love 40k and it's one of those passions you want to share. While my wife doesn't have an interest in it you help me show her a thing or two that makes her laugh

Imagine if the 'thing' was in the 40k that would be kick ass. OO or the eldrazi.

696 could be an ancient human that has lived millennia using a halo from the last video

Subject 696 sounds like the most advanced halo device i've heard

Love your videos. Thanks for your work Sir

Awesone episode as always. Love the whole lovecraftian nature of some of these xenos.

I love that Wes Use shirts fitting to the Theme of his videos, He always uses that Octopus Shirt for Monster Videos of WH40K XD.

Love these videos about warhammer horror

I must say im surprised. Instead of a lore video you made A "legends&mysteries" video., Wich is a pleasant surprise. Good job Wes 🎉🎉🎉.

MORE!! Primarch series too, my favorite heresy.

Great video.

Species 696 reminds me of the Orz from Star Control 2 / The Ur-Quan Masters. It's a species you meet that is described as a massive eldritch entity's fingers touching our dimension and while the humans only percieve distinct creatures, they are just the tips of the eldritch entities "fingers".