The Ghoul Stars EXPLAINED By An Australian | Warhammer 40k Lore 

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me: how bad could the ghoul stars be? "tyranids labeled it a no fly zone" me: *sweats nervously*

Tyranids: "I'm hungry" (Looks at Ghoul Stars) "I'm not *THAT* hungry"

The Empire of Mankind...”Oh no, the scary Ghoul Stars!” Orks near the planet Desperation...“Foights a Foight”

"The tyranids declared it a no fly zone" Wait...W H A T

Ah the ghoul stars, the place where the Night Lords go when they need inspiration.

Death Spectres Chapter - the equivalent of the Night's Watch who are stationed beyond the borders of the Imperium and currently maintains a constant vigil to ensure that the inhabitants of the Ghoul Stars never again threaten the galaxy.

I think one of the scariest thing about this area is that there’s no chaos there, so no daemons, yet the Tyranids still noped the fuck out of this area even though there could potentially be some biomass there. Something that can make the tyranid hive mind give up food like that is worthy of our concern !

Finally... stars dedicated to Timmy

The place where _even_ the Tyranids can't survive.

From what I can tell, the ghoul stars didn't effect the Tyrranids physically but seemingly broke their synaptic links causing the entire fleet to become little more than savage animals guided only by instinct.

It feels like the Outsider is probably napping in the ghoul stars and his madness is seeping out creating all the weirdness in that region of space

Fun Fact: The Harrowing is believed to be the reason that the Black Templars have no librarians. The psychic scream that came after the Templar victory decimated all psykers in the Ghoul Stars sector

as an Indian, I can truthfully say that Nurgle has infact entered realspace over here. pray for us brother.

If the test bed for necron tech theory is right, does that mean the ghoul star are the galactic equivalent of a nuclear test site?

I tend to favour the idea of the Necrontyr originating here. It has been mentioned more than once that the Necrontyr/Necrons discovered multiple other dimensions in their search for SPF 30+ Sunscreen and even created some pocket dimensions for their own use based on these discoveries (Like the little clubhouse the Deathmarks chill out in before plane-shifting into battle to snipe fools in the face). . It would make a lot of sense that the Necrontyr accidentally discovered said nightmare dimension in this time and with all their spacetime fuckery, either weakened the fabric of reality enough to allow the nightmare dimension to push back, creep/leak in or just ran out of interdimensional no-more-gaps and forgot to get some more before either civil wars or the Old Ones became a more pressing issue. . Although, having said that, the death of the Flayer C'tan was said to have serious, permanent affects on the galaxy and the very fabric of reality itself due to all C'tan being a fundamental part of existence. Its the reason why the Necrons never killed another C'tan and made sure to only ever shard them after his death. So it also fits that his death may have resulted in the creepy voodoo/fundamental wrongness and inherent, contagious madness that permeates the Ghoul Stars. Especially considering how the only Necron Empire to remain there had almost every single Necron in it save for the overlord reduced to a Flayed One.

EDP 445 was last seen entering the Ghoul Stars

Really need more lore delving into this place. I beg you, GW, explore the universe you created.

7:07 When Nids go into the Ghoul Stars, come out insane, and declare the area a no-fly-zone, you know it's best for everyone to avoid that place.

Interesting. A true Lovecraftian horror in 40k would be cool to see, especially in competition with chaos. That said though...it looks like pissing off the Black Templars is a pretty sure way to see some horror too.

2:04 No wonder the Macharius Crusade stopped when his troops refused to continue the conquest due to their fear of what lay beyond the known reaches of space that the Astronomicon cannot reach there.

I like the idea that just like caos and the Warp have the eye of terror, this third nigthmare dimension has the ghoul stars. Imagine the prospect of christian inspiered deamos fighting against lovecraftian inspired entities It would really give Warhammer a breath of freash air in terms of big baddies, and since it would be a third unexplored dimension that is non-warp related, it dosent really mess up pre-existing lore.

Waitin for Cthulhu to appear in the ghoul stars, take one look at the current events and say "Fuck that I'm goin back to sleep."

Imagine being so twisted that the Tyrannids see you and go "haha, ye, no thanks bro"

You know its a bad neighborhood when your nearest "named" star is Desperation.

Here's my theory: If the warp is the source of spirits and souls, what about nulls and pariahs? They supposedly have no soul, hence their nullifying effect on warp based fuckery, and yet they still live as if they have some sort of anti-soul. Now what if this new nightmerish dimension is the source of the null's powers and anti-souls? It could also have been actually created as a pocket dimension by the c'tan and necrons by accident during the war in heaven.

Sounds like downtown Chicago on a Saturday night

Just stars filled with Death Monsters, Ghosts of lost demented souls, Necrons dripping in strange meats and . . . . . . . The bois at 5am on a Saturday morning after a night of Mums and Dads.

What would happen if tyranids were able to absorb custodes biomass since they hold genes from emperor himself ?

There is one faction that we all know and love that live there. The Death Guard. Their codex more or less says that once they found out that this is a place where no one can live they said "challenge accepted" and moved on in some time after the great scouring. As of the current narrative, they're having to send an entire plague company there because of some major problem. Even the Death Guard are having a rough time of it.

Every astartes chapter is Gangster until there was no Astronomicon on the other side of Galaxy.. Except for templars..

I like the idea that the old Necron Overlord with his Flayed Kingdom is actually only there to protect the reality destroying weapons left by his kind

Hopefully if they add a new race it'll be one from the Ghoul Stars. Personally I'd love to see the Barghesi added who are apparently more violent than the Orks and 'Nids put together, although that said theres basically no information about them other than 'they bad juju and need several marine chapters to keep an eye on them'

The events of the Lion's Primarch novel also took place in the Ghoul Stars IIRC, and the Khrave do have some major Lovecraftian vibes themselves.

Maybe they'll use it as a new faction in the future with Slaugth and Rangdan being some of the units.

Can you do a lore on the Black Templar crusade on Furry land?

Yo, that Maybellie line made me genuinely laugh out loud. You can tell you enjoyed that break, the writing on this video is a step above your already hilarious videos. Great job MK 👍

The theorie with the lovecraftian dimension connectet to the rangdang is one of the best theories i ever heard

Man I hope you’re right about there being an entirely different Nightmare-like dimension where an entirely new (relatively speaking to the current timeline) threat can emerge.

I suggest retreating to build fortifications Sigismunds.- Rogal Dorn

Every Ghoul star is just my dirty ass room entering real space

0:47 chaos stormcast eternal with frostmourne, ok NOW this is EPIC

I made a custom Penal Legion that are stationed near the Ghoul stars just to be that much more grim dark

Crazy xenos, a flayer dynasty, and other unknown dangers that screw up even hive fleets...I know where my Rogue Traders are going next.

My day was made better to have discovered that Majorkill watches FlashGitz.

Must be a truly horrific place since even ravenous space bugs went insane after briefly being there.

Have the chaos gods ever talked about this place? If they're is a nightmare realm then chances are they have there own gods. Nightmare gods vs chaos gods sounds really cool.

I did not need to see Shrek like that. That may have been more cursed than the Ghoul Stars.

Bruh if they introduce a third dimension with lovecraftian creatures I'll be super excited

The Imperium's new strategy for taking out the Chaos Primarchs "Hey Lorgar, I heard there are real gods in the Ghoul stars that deserve real worship." Lorgar departs immediately "That's 1 down" "Angron, I heard a rumour that in the Ghoul Stars there is this creature that regenerates its head and can never die, Imagine how big your skull throne could be" Angron leaves immediately "Wow this is easier than expected" "Oh Fulgrim, have you heard about the Ghoul Stars, Reports are there is a creature that has 10 titties and seventeen vaginas that can't be pleasured" Fulgrim leaves immediately "This might actually work" "Perty, some sassy creatures in the Ghoul Stars say they have created a fortress that cannot be beaten, apparently they said yours were crap" Perturabo leaves immediately "Four down now, I'm really on a role here" "Magnus, buddy, The Ghoul stars called and said they have much stronger psychers and have near infinite knowledge there" Magnus leaves immediately "Alright just one more as I ain't going anywhere near Morty. He stinks" "Alright, which one of you is Alpharius, no seriously which one" "We are all Alpharius" "You can't all be Alpharius, at least one of you must be Omegon, seriously come on now which one of you" "Everyone is Alpharius" "Wait, am I Alpharius? No that's crazy I'm not Alpharius, I think. You know what fuck it 5 out of 6 ain't bad"

I am from India and this intro was spot on brother

when even the space bugs of death nope out of this zone you know you should probably as far aways as you can too

I now REALLY want some lore where we have the forces of chaos battling Lovecraftian monstrosities in the ghoul stars.

Finally a video that covers the ghoul stars that place is as mysterious as it is terrifying.

Even the tyranids are afraid to go there. We need more lore on this

Hoping to see a new xeno void/lovecraftian faction come from this region

It would make the Ghoul Stars so much better if it was a place hostile to even Chaos and was its own threat with its own aliens and shit, like if it was just weird previously unknown force of chaos that would feel cheap. Also whats the background music used at 4:20?

I just realized what caused the ghoul stars to become so horrible, the flayed one c'tan was killed there, thus chasing that dimensional viel to weaken making it such a shitty place

Overlord Valguhl(?) probably stays to keep his people contained to the ghoul stars. So the flayer virus does not spread to other Necron Tomb Worlds from where he is.

"what are the ghoul stars? well, they aren't a ghoul made of stars I can tell you that much! haha kill me!" Loved it.

Love 40k lore! As if the current horrors aren't enough.

Yeah, we do have a lot of "chaos being the culprit behind these shenanigans" things going on, it's nice to know that there are still scary, dangerous organisms out there that are grounded in """reality""".

I've wanted to get into painting the models for a while. I love listening to you talk about the lore. If this is going to be consistent thing you put out my first Warhammer model might be yours.

Here in India everyone is a Death Guard Space Marine

~Timmy's real parents.~ ...Do we DARE speak of such creatures, even in W40K?

Last time I was this early major was still making fantasy videos

That "ghoulie woolies" line got me pretty good. Keep up the great content!

Your community interaction is befitting a much larger channel (I'm sure you'll continue growth especially with tw wh3), not to mention the surprising depth of lore in your videos hidden behind a parodical presentation. I found out about your channel from a tw wh2 mod that adds your persona into the game (which is done exceptionally well).

Death Specters: (have probably the worst job of any space marine chapter) Lamenters: Finally a worth challenger!!

Hey man I’m still waiting for my Dragon Ogre video

You have chosen some extremely beautiful galaxy artwork for this video

Thx for covering the ghoul/ghost stars one of my favourite Necron books call severed is based there

From what I understand The Flayer virus is age old and not really a virus but more of a curse the Necrons suffered for killing one Star Gods can't spell their names.

So Death Specter video when? Seriously though loved the video sir!

Major Kill, the space elf death Lord I bought had a malformed left foot. And the fantasy Major-kill didn't have an axe.

Majorkill never fails to make me laugh a dozen seconds into the video lmao

(looks down and sighs) I miss Timmy. The beatings, the berating. He is the missing, abused red headed step child part of you, Majorkill.

Persuade, Baldermort and Leiuten to make models. I'd make a custodes army out of lore masters such as yourselves. Others would too. :P

IF the ghoul stars are home to a unshattered C´tan its proberbly the Outsider. Some legends says that it alone among its kind was never shattered and was driven insane by the Laughing God. So if we give the Outsider reality warping powers it is possible that there are no third dimension creatures, but that they where living creatures maybe even just single celled organisms caught and twisted by the insanity of The Outsider into what they became.

And now that I thought I knew everything there was to know about this univers BAAAAAMMMM New material I just love it

I am DEFINATELY writing in this place!

When even the tyranids of all things avoid it you know it's bad

Man I just started really ramping up my Black Templar army and was looking through a list of crusades and other lore to set up the lore for my army. I saw "The Ghoul Star Crusade" and instantly developed a storyline around a second crusade there. (Using units I have and am working on) It involves a second crusade led by Helbrecht to the Ghoul Star sector to quell the returning threat of Varghul at an unprecedented scale. The new crusade finds old Black Templars in MK 3 armor and an ancient dreadnought from the first crusade that were lost in the warp or potentially the nightmare realm before the first crusade ended. They slipped back to realspace sometime before the second crusade found them and reinforced their efforts. Upon world hopping and reclaiming lost planets, the second crusade stumbled upon a long-lost and secret forge world of the adeptus mechanicus and notified them of the discovery and reclamation. In return for this extremely valuable service, the adeptus mechanicus issue a crusader class titan to the Black Templars to help further their mission of cleansing the region of xeno filth and as a reward for their valiant efforts.

Honestly I love these videos because it feels like I'm watching a whole video of 2 truths and a lie 40k version

If I remember correctly, didn’t a hive fleet enter the system in that location

God I worried this was gonna be a space jam lore vid

Well, looks like a wonderful holiday destination

You know the place is shit when the tyranids avoid the fucking place like timmy knowing that he will never be free

Awwww hell yeah! On ya major kill! only 6 comments so far, see how many when I done watching the vid. 44 comments.....comeone lads, we can do better than that for a new upload!

I wish MajorKill was real and had an onlyfans account ..

I didn’t get told when this was uploaded, It’s literally been 2 months and i still haven’t seen this I have alerts on

My Majorkill models are on their way! Pretty damn excited to get my hands on them!

I hope GW keeps the cosmic horror feels towards the ghouls stars because its refreshing to see other xenos, lovecraftian creatures, and other dimensional entities being put of the story and being a treat to the galaxy maybe even more so than the chaos gods because im getting tried of seeing chaos always being the big bad in the story, i Don't hate chaos or the gods of chaos but its getting old and needs to take a backseat for awhile but maybe this lovecraftian theme towards the ghoul stars will bring some much need life toward the series, even if GW doesn't do this hopefully GW writes more stories about other xeno races like sslyth or lear, the rak gol, khrave, the hrud and other underrated xenos races to include the tau because this chaos thing is starting to get really fucking old

Throughout the whole thing I kept thinking Malice/Malal.

A place so damn twisted and dangerous that not even the insanity of Chaos or the Tyranid want to be there… spooky stuff. The fact that an entire dynasty of Flayed Ones operates there being the least enigmatic, dangerous and spooky shit speaks volumes.

The Nightmare realm sounds worst than Chaos. Imagine a spacemarine chaper becoming like the Nazgul to serve The Elder God.

The Ghoul Stars sound a lot like the upside down in the Stranger Things TV show

Can anyone make a Rylanor model? I would likw to use it as a statue to worship.

since it's 40k there may have been some dark entity ages ago who grabbed a few billion ghouls just for fun, compressed them, set them on fire and repeated the process til the star system was done.

"Mankind found all five infinity stones and threw the one ring into the fires of mount doom".