The daemon infesting the station might be of Tzeentch. It messes with their minds, hopes, guilt, ect...it also has 9 eyes; the sacred number of the Changer.
I don't think that was a regular nebula they were traveling through, but a low-grade warp storm. Not strong enough for a ton of daemons to manifest, just enough for one powerful daemon get a foothold. All he needed was a proper host to possess. Lacking that, he just has to wait until another vessel approaches. The second I didn't get a welcoming party at the umbilical dock, I'd be raising the Gellar fields and pushing off to report the station to the Imperial Navy. Let them send a taskforce and an Inquisitor to deal solve that riddle.
That would be the most sensible thing to do with a working warp drive. It would be sensible to carry spare parts to put it back together for just such an occasion. But 40k doesn't do sensible.
@@ffwast I would say that in a universe this big and old any situation is possible, especially with some people purposely leaving ships with no food/parts as sabatage
@@ffwast do you have a spare clutch? Even if you are driving in the middle of nowhere? I know that this is a stretch... But the same goes for ships on the ocean. They don't necessarily have alot of spare, especially if its big, especially if its expensive and warp engine stuff seems to be both and that crew was far from being the uberwealthy rogue traders.
@@jackzed2020 If my clutch protected me from being stranded halfway across the galaxy or in the warp, then yes, I would carry a spare, because I couldn't just call a tow truck in a hell dimension, give up on metaphors you clown.
@@TheGodlin ikr, most of 40k is told to through the eyes of super soldiers so stories with regular people help remind us that the Warhammer universe is still horrifying
@@samuraitadpole5459 couldn't agree more. Too much Storys only through the eyes of trained/Super Soldiers would dull the whole Universe and leave important Storys untold. And that would be a great Shame
For the month art filled to the brim of a chalice with fear and horror, the spectator of death hath loom for 27 Terran days *lightning strikes* and in this month of fear. Daemon models are at the peak of there price *screaming with a maniacal laughter*
The creature itself is likely some kind of psyker/warp spawn, seeing as it primarily used psychological warfare and took immense interest in the navigator. Fucking terrifying, I love it
Reminds me of the 5th Star Trek movie, where that entity was calling to Spock's brother telepathically to bring a ship for the purpose of freeing itself. Just with a horror twist.
This lore/story reminds of the film Event Horizon where the crew of the ghost ship became insane and started killing each other after they successfully traveled at the speed of light to an unknown dimension on the first day.
I appreciate that the Captain was able to conquer her fears and weaknesses and energe triumphant in will over the likely Tzeentch Daemon. She doesn’t let her fears manipulate her because she’s honest about her guilt. Unfortunately, Post Tyrannid Stress Disorder over there really had a weak mind. Man was so convinced there were nids, even after all of the obvious signs of mind fuckery, that he fucked over his captain and the rest. The Navigator’s weakness wasn’t guilt or self denial, it was pride and ego. He really thought he was special, and he sacrificed everyone in a chance to prove it. The poor mechanicus girl’s weakness was her innate love of truth. “Every question has an answer” was a mindset that doomed her. If she’d ignored the core, ignored the mystery or the lack of sense present, she could have finished boosting the signal and then they could have waited out the madness in that room. But alas.
She earned and deserved her fate. She fell to ambition, coveting the freedom the ship was, evidenced by the fact that the quote saying that exact idea was what drove her to betray Sato after her rightful loss in the duel. Her ambition led her to scheme and resort to underhanded tactics. She sank below the rightful methods of ascent in order to seize for herself. If she could not achieve her goals rightfully, she would do so by any means necessary. If she had not drawn the gaze of Birdman before then, she did with that doozy of self-entitlement. Her fate was very much in line with her life, and she was betrayed by yet another. At least the one she was betrayed by did so out of legitimate fear and not envy - even if he was selfish and cowardly. What was she going to run from? A dead man having a very uncomfortable conversation about accountability? As opposed to a guy seeing a dead man proclaiming your incipiente horrifically inescapable consumption by an army of Tyranids? Her life was one worshipping the ways of Tzeentch, and he came to offer his twisted deliverance to a faithful, if unaware, disciple. Really to all of them, but she earned hers all the same. If she had the ability to see a greater reality than that of her own aspirations she may have recognized his influence long before it led to her doom. She could see no further than her own ends, which ironically led to her own end. "You must take care of yourself." She lived and died by that maxim - a selfish traitor at the mercy of another, and at the hands of one to whom her entire life served as an ironic monument. The Mechanicus worshipped at the altar of Pidge as well - willing to stare into the blasted, howling dark and knowingly say, "But I gotsta know! I'm dying, and this knowledge will die with me, but that doesn't matter if *I* get to know! If my data banks are a risk of corruption to those recovering the data then they must not be cool enough!" That is wilfully negligent if we're being *generous*. Just because you're nice and polite does not stop you from being so stupid and naive that you present a danger to yourself and others. Havotz literally said some questions are best left unanswered. She stares into the depths of a supernatural, interdimensional being and decides to not see what he means - that questions about the core and the station's rarity comprised the big deal and temperatures were so important. The temperatures could have been arbitrarily altered just to make her seek an answer - when the decision was quite possibly made without regards to reason. "But, why tho?" "To prey on you - you quest for knowledge without wisdom. You lived a fool and will die little better than one." Ultimately, everyone was awful and served as the architect of their own demise. The captain and Navigator fell to pride, ambition, and entitlement. The Mechanicus was a gullible idiot in a galaxy where everything wants to kill you.
@@m15t3r_n8 The one you are referring to, he is very likely an undiagnosed autistic mindset. Not disordered by it, as he can live a relatively normal life, albeit very stressful. As to the question you asked, the answer is simple: Who hasn't? I can see myself writing something similar, in fact, it's as if I was reading my own thoughts, but in a different speech pattern. There is no malice, no evil intent behind them. Just a statement of a compilation of observations. Much akin to the Mechanicus.
Honestly I agree These horror stories portray literally what 40k is most well known for It ain't known as grimdark for no reason These horror stories are the best 👌
The ending feels like a sort of loop. Ships are forcefully thrown out of the warp near the station, the crew going mad and destroying the ship so survivors are stranded onboard and eventually end up alone, only call for help with the same words they heard before and to not "stray from the path I have given you". The way Havots words just "tumble out of his mouth" like he has no control, like when he couldn't run from his vision. It makes you wonder if Farah really did work on the station or if she was lying and the story of working there, and the crew butchering each other, was passed down survivor to survivor who came aboard only to end up alone in the dark, and now Havots might just repeat those same stories in a twisted cycle until the entity can escape. Perhaps the hastily sealed bulkhead was done by a prior ship before the story, only for the crew to get back and slaughter each other and destroy the ship. Merely a fun theory mind you.
The idea that there really is no escape from this thing is what’s scary to me: even when you think you’ve won, it’ll just hijack your voice and use you to continue the cycle. There truly is only one way out.
@@TheCorrodedMan the reason he laughs is because he understands now, the only way out is death… but at someone else’s hands, they all killed each other, doomed one another to the monster or died for knowledge (for another). He will die at the hands of those who come and another poor soul takes his place.
This is definitely a cycle. Farah saying that it's the only way out right before her death seals the deal here. However, it's clearly not meant to be a cycle. The entity isn't interested in repeating this whole charade over and over, it wants to escape, it needs a host body. So the cycle repeating over and over shows that so far it failed to get a host every time.
I’ve noticed a trend between at least these two 40K horror stories (this one and the rain stalker) guilt seems to be something that gets preyed on by the horrors of the warp quite often
@Moonlight It should also be noted that the emotions that are preyed upon can also be forced upon you, they don't need to be "natural". Fulgrim was forced into that extreme by the daemon blade he unknowingly was host to (as evidenced by Clonegrim being loyal to big E), Magnus had Tzeentch's personal attention to put him on the path to falling (which still nearly didn't work, his self-preservation instinct got in the way of his guilt and duty at what was practically the last possible moment), etc.
@@Ropetrick6 Magnus was never a traitor for the most part till he understood his actions even accidental or unwilling condemned his sons to death… he’d rather die a traitor for them than do nothing as they get slaughtered for his mistakes.
@@draketurtle4169 even after he "turned traitor," he only did so to go back to Terra for the last shard of his soul that Leman Russ had shattered. He gathered all the others first. The Emperor told him he could have it back AND be forgiven IF he killed all his sons. Everything Magnus did "wrong," he did to protect his sons.
This is probably the most chilling 40k story I've ever heard, really shows that those massive large scale wars don't do the nids justice in just how terrifying they are even from the ptsd perspective of a soldier
and it really highlights the true horror of psychic creatures too.. this whole story was caused by just one creature and you can get a glimpse of the damage it could do if it wasn't trapped on a void station in the middle of nowhere.
Its not confirmed to be a nid, if youre refering to the creature in the mist anyway. Either a warp spawn or a tzeentch deamon since theres a focus on 9 eyes which is his number.
@@thesaviorofsouls5210 no i know it ain't a nid, I'm just saying that they leave such a massive mental scar that it can't be forgotten, encountering nids seems like one of the worst things in 40k, like a galaxy spanning empire of zenonorphs
well because the main depictions of tyranids is of them getting wrecked by space marines, but for a regular guardsman, they must be terrifying beyond all belief.
well some were only strong enough to navigate and some could even manipulate reality to some extent or create a field to protect the ship while in the warp instead of relying on tech
This is quite frankly the first time I have been properly shaken by a horror story, you have a real talent for storytelling and narration and I hope you never stop
I love these videos. They're like condensed versions of audio books but with so much more atmosphere and visuals to help entrench you into the story. I would love more of these! Perfect for the spooky season
or just any monster. not everything has to be linked to any of the 4 gods... those are just invented to sell plastic figures. They don't have 5000 different gods of course, since it would mean to have at least that many production lines in the factory - and that is expensive.
@@Xingmey I get your point, but it’s fun to speculate on which realm of chaos a daemon may come from, as that in itself can be a mystery. Also there are confirmed to be a ton of lesser deities and entities in the warp not related to the Chaos Gods.
@@Orpheus6428 it also seems to be mostly psychic in nature, and Psyker energy and sorcery are both pretty heavily connected to Tzeench if I remember correctly
I love the grand overarching narratives with all the badass/grimdark stuff, but these small personal stories really drive home how messed up things can be for individuals. Like I understand that stuffs BAD but you don't really feel just how bad things are until you read/listen to small contained stories like this As always, great narration Wes :)
I want weshammer as the reader for these books on audible. His telling of the stories and the voices is incredibly gripping. I feel like I’m in the story he’s reading. Amazing orater who can definitely captivate an audience.
I love you go out of your way to synthesize your different voices, it really helps differentiate the characters. The amount of work you put into the narration is leagues above what I listen on audiobooks. Great job. 🥰
Hey thanks hon, I really appreciate the super thanks and the kind words! I'm no voice actor, so it can be kind of challenging doing the different voices and finding ways to modulate them, but it's a ton of fun and it's really nice to know that you enjoy it! 😃
Wes... I don't game, but I've been addicted to Warhammer lore since right after the pandemic (working from home allowed me to peruse things I'd never really considered before). Luetin was my real introduction, but along with him, you and MajorKill seriously get me hyped on your work, and your stuff makes my workday incredibly better. You have a great body of work, this new video included. Really hyped for you. Keep crushing it, fam! Thanks for the entertainment.
YUP! Luetin was my intro in to Warhammer 40k. too! Along with Wes, and Majorkill, just WOW! I don't game either, I'm in the Lore Camp too! This was SO good!
That was absolutely bone chilling I gotta get the audio book for this if there is one and I wanna hear more of these horror stories they’re fucking amazing I’m still wondering if he made it out or if that crew fell to the same fate I can’t believe some people can just write shit like this like where are the awards for these people like yeah it’s dark but come on it’s good shit
@@isaiahstephens3630 if it has the same plot for hundreds of movie why not watch on of those instead of shitting in the mouths of people who work hard to bring you content like come on now
Only way to get out is to face the darkness in your own heart and trust the people around you to do the same and remain sane. Also just to ignore the calls for help in the first place and ignore em.
What you said reminds me of this one game I really like. Space pirates and zombies. While I was flying around in that game I heard an ambient transmission that went like this. "The uh.. other day I was scouting through a scrap field. I came across a derelict ship and boarded it to see if it had any scrap. Then I noticed there was weird shit hanging all over the walls. So I got in my ship and got the hell out of there." I feel like it captures the advice you gave perfectly. Or even better than that, just shoot the station and blow it up! 😆
interesting how the watcher in the rain and other warp entities seem to be literal mirrors of their victims and ironically you need to not be a bad person to be more safe than others.
Unfortunately against a being like this that wouldn't matter in the end. Even if this wasn't the Grimdark of 40k, forcing even one individual to face the inner manifest that is their collective anxieties and fears is enough to break them. Even if say a group of 3 survivors rebuffed it's initial attempts to unravel their sanity, this is a being of infinitely unknown power and malice. It has no care it failed once, it will assault, even rape your very mind again and again, like a corrosive tide ebbing and flowing, each one taking a little more each hour, each day, each week. Eventually the bonds of friendship give way to paranoia, a missed ration here, a whispered word there. Eventually, all things break, all minds shatter. They are food for this being and drawing out their suffering just means it gets to sip rather than gorge.
@@lordofthecries7478 i asked three random students to look at that comment and they agree with you it could of meant one of them but they agree that since it wasnt put in your left with whats there and that taken at face value wouldn't be accepted as shorthand answer on any modual or exam.
@@alexshinra6722 wha? Are you hearing yourself? Do you understand how crazy it is to think that this needs to be graded to actual written test standards? Inferences are signs of intelligence, and you seem to be fairly smart, you could easily make an inference
Reminds me of Vietnam's era horror movie like a radio sending signal for help and once that team dies the radio call sign change to that new team asking for rescue
I could never get into reading books or audio books until I stumbled across your channel….. now I’m hooked. Always loved warhammer 40k and you have made it even more enjoyable. Thank you and can’t wait to catch up on your other audio stories
These long form horror story recaps? I fucking love them. I've been warming to your content since you started focusing more on longer stuff over the shorts (Sorry, I know youtube wants you to push them), but these horror story videos are red hot quality content. Can't hit the like button hard enough.
You've got such an amazing way of sharing 40k lore. Thank you for making these long videos for us. I'm going to play this with my client tomorrow while we paint miniatures together 👌💪
The part that amuses me is this one is very reminiscent of Event Horizon, which was itself, originally written as a 40k film script, so man circular callbacks all around.
Sir, you have a pleasant (non-annoying) enthusiasm that *must* keep going. Your retellings are very well done/spoken. It's hard to find good storytime, keep it up!
Another story worth listening to. I got into warhammer because of your short forms and then your videos. I love the contents warhammer is pretty awesome! And also your content which made it immersive.
I MUST SAY, this is the second time that I watch this video I have already watched all the other previous 2, and I'm absolutely loving it, Wes please 🥺 give us more of this type of content, which you tell us a Story from the 40k universe
I adore this. I have never felt such chills running down my spine, such excitement over horror, such thirst for more of this. It's amazing how you relay such stories in such a beautiful poetic and living way. I can feel myself being drawn more and more towards the answers and the endings never disappoints. Please, I beg of you, make more of these I need them.
This was one of the best stories I’ve ever heard, reminded me of when the marker(dead space) causes people to experience madness, and keeps the cycle going in order to keep the carnage going
One of my favorite stories that spooked me was The Damnation of Pythos. I believe it released way before the 2019 shift into horror book. The audio book for Damnation of Pythos was amazing and the constant feeling of dread was palpable. The ending is in my opinion one of the best for a horror 30k book. It's an underrated gem imho. I hope you do a deep dive into the lore of Pythos. It's relevant even in 40k.
Okay, 3 months have passed and I still love this and 'Watcher in the Rain'... the Mortarion and Angron excerpts were amazing too; hoping there's another one of these in the works. Weshammer's presentation of these stories is just so enthralling
Wes…..this is actually unreal. Like genuinely I loved this. I’ve listened to the audio drama and it was excellent but these “TLDL to the book videos” are amazing. I’m sure these are super time consuming to make but keep them coming this is some of your best work and I’ve been binging your channel lol.
man I love 40k, I have never played it but the story has got me hook to 40k for like 5 years know, and there's still a ton of stories that I havent heard yet (and some that I've heard a lot, I'm looking at you Horus Heresy), such a big universe
This one scared the shit outta me. The idea of cosmic horror unfolding out in front of you like that is chilling. It wouldn't have been what it was without the navigators perspective. Tainted with the warp to the core so ships can sail
Everything I know about 40k, I know from Wes. I haven't played or read any content, but from the shorts that randomly showed up, the irks fascinated me so much that I got into the Lore videos that are just so, SO good (and dang it, the Orks are AWESOME!), Bit these new Horror Videos? Top notch. The effects, the voice acting, the telling, the pacing, this is such amazing and high production value and so fun to listen. Really love it, can't wait for more! ❤️
As always you did a great job. I can’t tell if I liked the story if if I felt too familiar with it, each member, haunted by their past or a image character flaw, killed or driven to kill by their guilt. It’s an old story with a 40k finish. That doesn’t make it bad, and as I said, I’m conflicted. Once again Wes, phenomenal job. Truly a great creator and TH-camr.
Bro, these stories are horrifying to listen to, and the dread of the next vessel suffering the same fate as the one in the story, is equally scary. But damnit, i love listening to your videos. The immersion is unreal, and they stick with me for days. Keep em comingA
Dude you're such a good 40k historian/lore master I love your channel as someone who is just getting into the verse you've helped me understand so much about the 40k universe
I appreciate the effort you're putting into these long form videos, same goes for the VA and story selection. Its great to learn about these gems in the lore so thanks for the fascinating, more serious, long form content.
I wonder how they lived their lives not knowing how demons operate. Like the freezing temperature is an instant indication of warp/demon activity, yet they failed the most common knowledge check in the whole galaxy.
Isn’t knowledge of Chaos kept secret by the Imperium so as to quell the spread? I know the average Guardsman knows next to nothing about them except for some vague idea of the “Ruinous Powers” that the Emperor protects from. I doubt the Navy would be much better in that regard, beyond maybe understanding that there’s some nasty shit in the Warp that you don’t want to mess with.
Well anything related to the warp and daemons are top secret known to a small few of the imperium. Got the Grey knights and inquisitors to thank for all that
Not all daemonic activity results in low temperatures, and not all low temperatures are related to daemonic activity. I mean it's all in deep space, any part of a ship/station where the life support temperature control fails, it'll be cold.
In Dark Heresy, it's understood that most people don't experience or see daemons, because the Inquisition works very hard to cover it up for their safety.
Yep many don't understand that in setting knowledge of daemons is not common among most imperial citizens, even space marines are considered mythical to many as they may likely go their entire lives without seeing one.
Damn... These horror stories are too good. WH40k is a goldmine for this kind of content. I hope you make more of these in the future. There's something about 40k that makes horror hit different. This level of sci-fi drama, intrigue, betrayal, alliances, rivals, and unimaginable terrors/emotions/sensations is just maddeningly good. The more of these I listen to, the more I crave. It's almost like Slaanesh creeping into your soul. lol
I was always super curious about Warhammer after playing a friends copy of space marine and when I found your TikTok I quickly scrubbed up all the tiktoks you had I couldn't get enough and then I found your TH-cam and now I watch your vids every night before bed such great content and as a newcomer to 40k your videos have really been a true blessing
I really like these (lack for a better term) Cliff note audio book reviews that you are doing of the Warhammer universe I like your spin and take on it so keep it up. Its actually make me want to find these books and listen to them.
I mean its a deamon, just not sure to who it belongs to. Some deamons especially tzeentch ones are rather eldritch, just not a whole lot of stories from this perspective i guess.
@@xanmontes8715oh is that the one where it was a giant mind fuck and it was like a giant alien spider web in space the whole time sucking the life outta the main character?
Wes, as much as I wish I listened/bought these BL books, I haven't. I know there are some wonderful reads - from the horror to offshoot battles, lesser known heroes to HH books - but man, it helps pass the workday being able to listen/watch summated versions. Glad you dropped 2 of these back2back.
At the end of this video...i couldn't help utter the words ''Oooooh, that's fucking cool!!!'' out loud while alone. There's nothing like an ending to a story that evokes a sense hopelessness! Great video.
Thanks wes, this is the video that got me hooked on 40k stories and audio books. As a newbie into the franchise, this story really drew me into the world and as a fan of horror stories,this is up there as some of the best!
This man is single handedly responsible for reuniting me with my love of Warhammer Lore... I was never in to 40K until I saw the "Ork Philosophy" shorts: been subscribed and hooked ever since... what I'm trying to say is: Weshammer, you do awesome work and I thank you This comment is for the algorithm
"But in order to enhance it (signal) further she's gonna need to begin by redirecting power from other active systems within. She begins by deactivating all non essential lighting" Honestly horror genius writing, they have a completely legit reason to be in the dark that isnt only understandable but seem like the logical choice while also adding to the creep factor.
I'm loving this warhammer horror series of videos. Loved the watcher in the rain, loving this, 3/4 done but damn i love it. Can't wait to see how it ends haha, i doubt it's a happy ending, with whatever kind of warp monstrosity is in the ice cold core...
I love your videos cause i can listen to them on the bus They really help me get through the day and the lore and stories are amazing Love your voice too xD
Wes you are the best creator of content man! I got into warhammer about 5 years ago and never looked back.. I sometimes think I know more about this fictional universe and it’s history than I do in ours! I’m constantly searching for more information and stories of the grim dark. MajorKill was my favorite for the longest time with his unique style and art. His content is like a chad who doesn’t want to admit he knows TOOOO much about this stuff.. in other words Major has plateaued for me since his style has reached its zenith. 10-15 minutes of quick hitter info with some great laughs. You however, cater to the lore veterans with your story telling respecting the audience’s base knowledge and allowing us to enjoy the world that is 40k through your narrations.. I never know what I’m going to get with you and I appreciate that as it could be 10 minutes, 30 seconds, or almost an hour in a lot of different ways for us to consume it. Please do more deep dives into the legions, their personal missions during the heresy, xenos vs inquisition, and definitely more banana boys(loved your overview video)
I want to know why there was just 4 people who aboard on warp haunted station instead of at least one brigade or strike team of guardmen. Sure, it's not much a different but it's better than sending 1 captain, 1 ex-guard, 1 tech priest and 1 navigator who probably gone mad by warp bs.
I like how different the two stories Wes brought about Warhammer Horror are almost opposite. One centered about the depths of malice the human being can reach, with the Watcher... not really doing anything aside from having you confront yourself with your actions. This one is 1000% warp fuckery based instead.
Is not a bad story, in the sense that it isn't boring, but while creepy I think this settles it for me. I can't take horror serious in 40K. Like, I know the characters are not aware of this, but from the moment this started I was like 'Yeah, that is a daemon alright'. And that sort of ruins any mystery. Granted before the reveal one could say maybe Xenos, or a rogue Psyker, but the point is that I know of dozens of things that can do what the creature here is doing, and there is no mystery on how those things work and operate. A good element in terror is fear of the unknow, and there are no real mysteries in 40K. Just as the ship ran in to an empty station with a daemon stuck inside, they could have found a Genestealer cult, a Dark Eldar raiding party, Chaos Marines or Tyranids and suffer a horrible fate regardless
its like knowing what cuthul is and does before reading HP love craft, you got spoiled and now its not very fun. Im not saying that its your fault but the writes cant do anything about it besides what they did.
You have a good point, but i think King of Pigs was still creepy even though we know Nurgle was involved. Wes made a video about that one as well. There are still unknown horrors in 40k, like the ghoul stars which isn't warp-related afaik, but no novels about that yet.
@@geeljire9247 True also pig king did a great job keeping me guessing, I assumed almost instantly that it was nurgle but I was never 100% sure, the way out did a great job never fully reveling what it was, only until reading the comments did i realise that it was titsnitch
Yeees i need more of these stories!! Scary, sad, happy, violent, from the past, from the future, from ever corner of the void, from every race, i love these little glimpses of personal experience from this characters... I'd love to know if there's creepy stories like this but with orks, or the eldars
Honestly in both cases the main threat was seemingly an unknown or unremembered type of minor, possibly non-aligned Warp entity, And considering just how fucking VAST the Warp is, to the extent that the Chaos Gods, Emperor, and former Eldar Pantheon only occupy and influence a fraction of it, you can't really ever get rid of all of them. EVen in a timeline where the Emperor's Webway project succeeded and the Heresy never happened (or if Chaos never got involved), there would still be warp incursions and areas of the cosmos where the barrier between the Warp and Realspace are thinner, allowing some things like these to slip through the cracks. The only way to permanently get rid of any threat of the Warp is to cover it in Necron anti-Warp tech, which while objectively makes things a lot calmer and more peaceful, seems to have a degenerative effect on anything with a soul. In that reality, only Necrons, some of their Admech simps, Votann, Tau, and maybe Eldar stuck in the Webway would be alive.
Sometimes in the lore dumps I watch about the different events and characters of the 40K it’s easy to forget just how horrifying their universe actually is. You always know it is, but it’s a different thing to feel it when reading a story like this.
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Hey Weshammer, thank you for having chaptered videos, you're a legend
How come you only do lore on stupid evil humans? Do lore on other races please 🙄
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The daemon infesting the station might be of Tzeentch. It messes with their minds, hopes, guilt, ect...it also has 9 eyes; the sacred number of the Changer.
Yeah. Reminds me of a Changeling.
Read the lore books. It is indeed at the hands of Tzeentch
That's what I was thinking. Tzeentch was messing with them trying to find a vessel to posses
i don't know feel not Tzeentch... something lesser..
@@KhaiFirstThey don't mean Tzeentch themselves, but rather a demon of Tzeentch.
I don't think that was a regular nebula they were traveling through, but a low-grade warp storm. Not strong enough for a ton of daemons to manifest, just enough for one powerful daemon get a foothold. All he needed was a proper host to possess. Lacking that, he just has to wait until another vessel approaches.
The second I didn't get a welcoming party at the umbilical dock, I'd be raising the Gellar fields and pushing off to report the station to the Imperial Navy. Let them send a taskforce and an Inquisitor to deal solve that riddle.
That would be the most sensible thing to do with a working warp drive. It would be sensible to carry spare parts to put it back together for just such an occasion. But 40k doesn't do sensible.
@@ffwast I would say that in a universe this big and old any situation is possible, especially with some people purposely leaving ships with no food/parts as sabatage
@@ffwast do you have a spare clutch? Even if you are driving in the middle of nowhere?
I know that this is a stretch... But the same goes for ships on the ocean. They don't necessarily have alot of spare, especially if its big, especially if its expensive and warp engine stuff seems to be both and that crew was far from being the uberwealthy rogue traders.
@@jackzed2020 If my clutch protected me from being stranded halfway across the galaxy or in the warp, then yes, I would carry a spare, because I couldn't just call a tow truck in a hell dimension, give up on metaphors you clown.
@@ffwast hey, from metaphors which aren't metaphors but comparisons (it's okay to be illiterate, sweetheart) to insults.
Way to go.
After the watcher in the rain video, im super excited for Wes to give us another horror based 40k story.
Same here I never knew it needed it but I'm glad I got it.
@@TheGodlin ikr, most of 40k is told to through the eyes of super soldiers so stories with regular people help remind us that the Warhammer universe is still horrifying
@@samuraitadpole5459 couldn't agree more. Too much Storys only through the eyes of trained/Super Soldiers would dull the whole Universe and leave important Storys untold. And that would be a great Shame
For the month art filled to the brim of a chalice with fear and horror, the spectator of death hath loom for 27 Terran days *lightning strikes* and in this month of fear. Daemon models are at the peak of there price *screaming with a maniacal laughter*
@@TheGodlin exactly how I feel about it too 😁
The creature itself is likely some kind of psyker/warp spawn, seeing as it primarily used psychological warfare and took immense interest in the navigator. Fucking terrifying, I love it
Reminds me of the 5th Star Trek movie, where that entity was calling to Spock's brother telepathically to bring a ship for the purpose of freeing itself. Just with a horror twist.
Some twisted warp spawn, yeah. Could call it an unaligned daemon, I guess?
Did it really? It seemed to be more his own ego believing he was special. It used everyones demons against them and his were his need to be special.
@@chestnut4860 Did it really what...?
@@chestnut4860 Yeah it did. You pretty much just described different aspects of Psychological Warfare
This lore/story reminds of the film Event Horizon where the crew of the ghost ship became insane and started killing each other after they successfully traveled at the speed of light to an unknown dimension on the first day.
The movie was inspired by 40k lore
@@daniellavarier2780 was it really? Wow
I mean it is a very good example as to why we have gellar fields
Heavilly inspired by 40k, probabbly by this story mostly
And abit of dead space marker vibes
I appreciate that the Captain was able to conquer her fears and weaknesses and energe triumphant in will over the likely Tzeentch Daemon. She doesn’t let her fears manipulate her because she’s honest about her guilt.
Unfortunately, Post Tyrannid Stress Disorder over there really had a weak mind. Man was so convinced there were nids, even after all of the obvious signs of mind fuckery, that he fucked over his captain and the rest.
The Navigator’s weakness wasn’t guilt or self denial, it was pride and ego. He really thought he was special, and he sacrificed everyone in a chance to prove it.
The poor mechanicus girl’s weakness was her innate love of truth. “Every question has an answer” was a mindset that doomed her. If she’d ignored the core, ignored the mystery or the lack of sense present, she could have finished boosting the signal and then they could have waited out the madness in that room. But alas.
She earned and deserved her fate.
She fell to ambition, coveting the freedom the ship was, evidenced by the fact that the quote saying that exact idea was what drove her to betray Sato after her rightful loss in the duel.
Her ambition led her to scheme and resort to underhanded tactics.
She sank below the rightful methods of ascent in order to seize for herself. If she could not achieve her goals rightfully, she would do so by any means necessary.
If she had not drawn the gaze of Birdman before then, she did with that doozy of self-entitlement.
Her fate was very much in line with her life, and she was betrayed by yet another. At least the one she was betrayed by did so out of legitimate fear and not envy - even if he was selfish and cowardly.
What was she going to run from? A dead man having a very uncomfortable conversation about accountability? As opposed to a guy seeing a dead man proclaiming your incipiente horrifically inescapable consumption by an army of Tyranids?
Her life was one worshipping the ways of Tzeentch, and he came to offer his twisted deliverance to a faithful, if unaware, disciple. Really to all of them, but she earned hers all the same.
If she had the ability to see a greater reality than that of her own aspirations she may have recognized his influence long before it led to her doom. She could see no further than her own ends, which ironically led to her own end.
"You must take care of yourself." She lived and died by that maxim - a selfish traitor at the mercy of another, and at the hands of one to whom her entire life served as an ironic monument.
The Mechanicus worshipped at the altar of Pidge as well - willing to stare into the blasted, howling dark and knowingly say, "But I gotsta know! I'm dying, and this knowledge will die with me, but that doesn't matter if *I* get to know! If my data banks are a risk of corruption to those recovering the data then they must not be cool enough!" That is wilfully negligent if we're being *generous*.
Just because you're nice and polite does not stop you from being so stupid and naive that you present a danger to yourself and others.
Havotz literally said some questions are best left unanswered. She stares into the depths of a supernatural, interdimensional being and decides to not see what he means - that questions about the core and the station's rarity comprised the big deal and temperatures were so important. The temperatures could have been arbitrarily altered just to make her seek an answer - when the decision was quite possibly made without regards to reason.
"But, why tho?"
"To prey on you - you quest for knowledge without wisdom. You lived a fool and will die little better than one."
Ultimately, everyone was awful and served as the architect of their own demise. The captain and Navigator fell to pride, ambition, and entitlement. The Mechanicus was a gullible idiot in a galaxy where everything wants to kill you.
@@epilepticseahorse4342 event horizon movie
@@epilepticseahorse4342I had literal chills down my spine as I read this... my goodness man that was just impressive but I gotta ask: who hurt you?
@@m15t3r_n8 The one you are referring to, he is very likely an undiagnosed autistic mindset. Not disordered by it, as he can live a relatively normal life, albeit very stressful.
As to the question you asked, the answer is simple: Who hasn't?
I can see myself writing something similar, in fact, it's as if I was reading my own thoughts, but in a different speech pattern. There is no malice, no evil intent behind them. Just a statement of a compilation of observations. Much akin to the Mechanicus.
Always love how Wes gives me this story told by the campfire vibe. Works extremely well with the spooky content. ❤
Honestly I agree
These horror stories portray literally what 40k is most well known for
It ain't known as grimdark for no reason
These horror stories are the best 👌
Yes. Especially with the sponsors
He just reads the sparks notes
This might have just been the main story beats but holy crap does it make we want the book
If someone tells this around the campfire I'm not sleeping 💀
The ending feels like a sort of loop. Ships are forcefully thrown out of the warp near the station, the crew going mad and destroying the ship so survivors are stranded onboard and eventually end up alone, only call for help with the same words they heard before and to not "stray from the path I have given you". The way Havots words just "tumble out of his mouth" like he has no control, like when he couldn't run from his vision.
It makes you wonder if Farah really did work on the station or if she was lying and the story of working there, and the crew butchering each other, was passed down survivor to survivor who came aboard only to end up alone in the dark, and now Havots might just repeat those same stories in a twisted cycle until the entity can escape. Perhaps the hastily sealed bulkhead was done by a prior ship before the story, only for the crew to get back and slaughter each other and destroy the ship. Merely a fun theory mind you.
The idea that there really is no escape from this thing is what’s scary to me: even when you think you’ve won, it’ll just hijack your voice and use you to continue the cycle. There truly is only one way out.
@@TheCorrodedMan the reason he laughs is because he understands now, the only way out is death… but at someone else’s hands, they all killed each other, doomed one another to the monster or died for knowledge (for another).
He will die at the hands of those who come and another poor soul takes his place.
And only a single crew has to fail, then the thing escapes.
Of course it's a loop, that is the entire point of the ending lol
This is definitely a cycle. Farah saying that it's the only way out right before her death seals the deal here.
However, it's clearly not meant to be a cycle. The entity isn't interested in repeating this whole charade over and over, it wants to escape, it needs a host body. So the cycle repeating over and over shows that so far it failed to get a host every time.
These are so good, the voice acting, the sound effects, 10/10. I would love to hear Wes to a full 40k audio book in this style
Check out the actual audio from audible my friend. Bone chilling.
I’ve noticed a trend between at least these two 40K horror stories (this one and the rain stalker) guilt seems to be something that gets preyed on by the horrors of the warp quite often
@Moonlight It should also be noted that the emotions that are preyed upon can also be forced upon you, they don't need to be "natural". Fulgrim was forced into that extreme by the daemon blade he unknowingly was host to (as evidenced by Clonegrim being loyal to big E), Magnus had Tzeentch's personal attention to put him on the path to falling (which still nearly didn't work, his self-preservation instinct got in the way of his guilt and duty at what was practically the last possible moment), etc.
People: does something horrible and feels guilt*
Me: haha fun
@@Ropetrick6 Magnus was never a traitor for the most part till he understood his actions even accidental or unwilling condemned his sons to death… he’d rather die a traitor for them than do nothing as they get slaughtered for his mistakes.
@@draketurtle4169 even after he "turned traitor," he only did so to go back to Terra for the last shard of his soul that Leman Russ had shattered. He gathered all the others first. The Emperor told him he could have it back AND be forgiven IF he killed all his sons. Everything Magnus did "wrong," he did to protect his sons.
This is probably the most chilling 40k story I've ever heard, really shows that those massive large scale wars don't do the nids justice in just how terrifying they are even from the ptsd perspective of a soldier
and it really highlights the true horror of psychic creatures too.. this whole story was caused by just one creature and you can get a glimpse of the damage it could do if it wasn't trapped on a void station in the middle of nowhere.
Its not confirmed to be a nid, if youre refering to the creature in the mist anyway. Either a warp spawn or a tzeentch deamon since theres a focus on 9 eyes which is his number.
@@thesaviorofsouls5210 no i know it ain't a nid, I'm just saying that they leave such a massive mental scar that it can't be forgotten, encountering nids seems like one of the worst things in 40k, like a galaxy spanning empire of zenonorphs
@@thecheesygentleman764 ah yes! I thought you ment either what i said or did. Wish we had more nid story from a first person perspective.
well because the main depictions of tyranids is of them getting wrecked by space marines, but for a regular guardsman, they must be terrifying beyond all belief.
The most unrealistic part was the crew threatening and sassing a Navigator. Those guys can vaporize you with one glare from their third eye
well some were only strong enough to navigate and some could even manipulate reality to some extent or create a field to protect the ship while in the warp instead of relying on tech
Depends on how strong a psycher they are. Perhaps Dover was the runt of his litter, so to speak 🤷♂️
I've been waiting for another horror story from you Wes. They are awesome please keep it up
Ikr, I hope he doesn't stop, he's a good narrator
@@samuraitadpole5459 one of the best about the 40K Universe
Agreed. *nods*
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what was the last one?
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This is quite frankly the first time I have been properly shaken by a horror story, you have a real talent for storytelling and narration and I hope you never stop
I love these videos. They're like condensed versions of audio books but with so much more atmosphere and visuals to help entrench you into the story. I would love more of these! Perfect for the spooky season
This monster seems like it's probably some sort of Tseentch spawn.
or just any monster.
not everything has to be linked to any of the 4 gods...
those are just invented to sell plastic figures.
They don't have 5000 different gods of course, since it would mean to have at least that many production lines in the factory - and that is expensive.
@@Xingmey I get your point, but it’s fun to speculate on which realm of chaos a daemon may come from, as that in itself can be a mystery.
Also there are confirmed to be a ton of lesser deities and entities in the warp not related to the Chaos Gods.
@@stingerjohnny9951 it does have 9 eyes, Tzeench's number
@@Orpheus6428 it also seems to be mostly psychic in nature, and Psyker energy and sorcery are both pretty heavily connected to Tzeench if I remember correctly
I love the grand overarching narratives with all the badass/grimdark stuff, but these small personal stories really drive home how messed up things can be for individuals. Like I understand that stuffs BAD but you don't really feel just how bad things are until you read/listen to small contained stories like this
As always, great narration Wes :)
I love that this is a never ending, repeating story.
Thats my favorite horror trope.
And a grim dark one? Magnificent
The ending is basically the beginning of the story.
That's beautifully terrifying
I wonder how many cycles it has been when we started the story.
Watch the movie "southbound".
If you have not already, read The Architect of Fate. very very very very very similar vibe to this.
The end is never the end is never the end is never the end is never the end
I can't be the only one that'd love to hear Wes read the 40k books (audio books)
I want weshammer as the reader for these books on audible. His telling of the stories and the voices is incredibly gripping. I feel like I’m in the story he’s reading. Amazing orater who can definitely captivate an audience.
An hour long video about the horror of the warp on a crew? LET'S GOOOOO
I love you go out of your way to synthesize your different voices, it really helps differentiate the characters. The amount of work you put into the narration is leagues above what I listen on audiobooks. Great job. 🥰
Hey thanks hon, I really appreciate the super thanks and the kind words! I'm no voice actor, so it can be kind of challenging doing the different voices and finding ways to modulate them, but it's a ton of fun and it's really nice to know that you enjoy it! 😃
Wes... I don't game, but I've been addicted to Warhammer lore since right after the pandemic (working from home allowed me to peruse things I'd never really considered before).
Luetin was my real introduction, but along with him, you and MajorKill seriously get me hyped on your work, and your stuff makes my workday incredibly better.
You have a great body of work, this new video included.
Really hyped for you. Keep crushing it, fam! Thanks for the entertainment.
YUP! Luetin was my intro in to Warhammer 40k. too! Along with Wes, and Majorkill, just WOW! I don't game either, I'm in the Lore Camp too! This was SO good!
Have you checked out Baldermort? Most of the time, he tells a story from the POV of the lore subject of that video.
Mine was when i had mistakenly referred a bolter gun to a AR rife irl.
@@marystone860 - hell yeah! Cheers, Mary!
@@jamesgraham7846 - ack, yes! He was a recent discovery for me, thank you for mentioning him! Cheers, fam!
A demon of tzeench, a crew of awful people, and a very broken station
Average day in the milky way.
I liked the first horror story you narated, glad you are continuing time to watch it :)
Got a huge Dead Space vibe from the setting of this story.
Hey, i was thinking exactly the same when i saw the station.
Event Horizon too
That was absolutely bone chilling I gotta get the audio book for this if there is one and I wanna hear more of these horror stories they’re fucking amazing I’m still wondering if he made it out or if that crew fell to the same fate I can’t believe some people can just write shit like this like where are the awards for these people like yeah it’s dark but come on it’s good shit
I included a link to the original in the description! It's definitely worth checking out!
@@weshammer sweet I’ll definitely buy it and I listened to the preview of the audio book and it’s bone chilling
I mean you can find a hundred movies with the exact same plot and probably more books. The only difference is its set in 40k
@@weshammer correct me if iam wrong but what attack the crew was deamon of tzeench right?
@@isaiahstephens3630 if it has the same plot for hundreds of movie why not watch on of those instead of shitting in the mouths of people who work hard to bring you content like come on now
Only way to get out is to face the darkness in your own heart and trust the people around you to do the same and remain sane. Also just to ignore the calls for help in the first place and ignore em.
What you said reminds me of this one game I really like. Space pirates and zombies.
While I was flying around in that game I heard an ambient transmission that went like this. "The uh.. other day I was scouting through a scrap field. I came across a derelict ship and boarded it to see if it had any scrap. Then I noticed there was weird shit hanging all over the walls. So I got in my ship and got the hell out of there."
I feel like it captures the advice you gave perfectly.
Or even better than that, just shoot the station and blow it up! 😆
interesting how the watcher in the rain and other warp entities seem to be literal mirrors of their victims and ironically you need to not be a bad person to be more safe than others.
Unfortunately against a being like this that wouldn't matter in the end. Even if this wasn't the Grimdark of 40k, forcing even one individual to face the inner manifest that is their collective anxieties and fears is enough to break them. Even if say a group of 3 survivors rebuffed it's initial attempts to unravel their sanity, this is a being of infinitely unknown power and malice. It has no care it failed once, it will assault, even rape your very mind again and again, like a corrosive tide ebbing and flowing, each one taking a little more each hour, each day, each week. Eventually the bonds of friendship give way to paranoia, a missed ration here, a whispered word there. Eventually, all things break, all minds shatter. They are food for this being and drawing out their suffering just means it gets to sip rather than gorge.
@@AppalachianWarhammer that is a fantastic way to put it
@@Valysion yep. Thats what the warp fundementally is: A mirror. But it has been incurably infected and altered by feelings long past
Wes, you have talent for 40k themed creepypastas. Dead serious. Do more!
This is someone elses work thou....
@@alexshinra6722 there’s a lot of leeway in the phrase “talent for copypastas”. Perhaps he means finding creepypastas or telling creepy pastas.
@@lordofthecries7478 i asked three random students to look at that comment and they agree with you it could of meant one of them but they agree that since it wasnt put in your left with whats there and that taken at face value wouldn't be accepted as shorthand answer on any modual or exam.
@@alexshinra6722 wha? Are you hearing yourself? Do you understand how crazy it is to think that this needs to be graded to actual written test standards? Inferences are signs of intelligence, and you seem to be fairly smart, you could easily make an inference
A tzeentchian daemon? Nine eyes and with all the crystals with all the visions, recognizes the emperor etc .
That was my guess too. The story never clarifies but all signs point to tzeentch
Reminds me of Vietnam's era horror movie like a radio sending signal for help and once that team dies the radio call sign change to that new team asking for rescue
Loving these horror story overviews you been doing goes great with majorkills recent vids. thanks Wes!
I could never get into reading books or audio books until I stumbled across your channel….. now I’m hooked. Always loved warhammer 40k and you have made it even more enjoyable. Thank you and can’t wait to catch up on your other audio stories
Please keep making these horror 40k videos the setting is just so awesome 👌 👏
These long form horror story recaps? I fucking love them. I've been warming to your content since you started focusing more on longer stuff over the shorts (Sorry, I know youtube wants you to push them), but these horror story videos are red hot quality content. Can't hit the like button hard enough.
You've got such an amazing way of sharing 40k lore. Thank you for making these long videos for us. I'm going to play this with my client tomorrow while we paint miniatures together 👌💪
The part that amuses me is this one is very reminiscent of Event Horizon, which was itself, originally written as a 40k film script, so man circular callbacks all around.
Where can I find that info?
@@courtnie97 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_Horizon_(film) under production, third paragraph
@@FenrirKyuubi ty
Imagine if we got the original back then 40k would be as big as marvel now😮
Love these spooky vids, please keep them going after the end of the month if you have enough material to cover
Sir, you have a pleasant (non-annoying) enthusiasm that *must* keep going. Your retellings are very well done/spoken. It's hard to find good storytime, keep it up!
Another story worth listening to. I got into warhammer because of your short forms and then your videos. I love the contents warhammer is pretty awesome! And also your content which made it immersive.
I MUST SAY, this is the second time that I watch this video I have already watched all the other previous 2, and I'm absolutely loving it, Wes please 🥺 give us more of this type of content, which you tell us a Story from the 40k universe
I really love this 40k audiobook series keep it up wes
If sephrioth approves it's gotta be good
I adore this. I have never felt such chills running down my spine, such excitement over horror, such thirst for more of this. It's amazing how you relay such stories in such a beautiful poetic and living way. I can feel myself being drawn more and more towards the answers and the endings never disappoints. Please, I beg of you, make more of these I need them.
This was one of the best stories I’ve ever heard, reminded me of when the marker(dead space) causes people to experience madness, and keeps the cycle going in order to keep the carnage going
One of my favorite stories that spooked me was The Damnation of Pythos. I believe it released way before the 2019 shift into horror book. The audio book for Damnation of Pythos was amazing and the constant feeling of dread was palpable. The ending is in my opinion one of the best for a horror 30k book. It's an underrated gem imho. I hope you do a deep dive into the lore of Pythos. It's relevant even in 40k.
LOVING these longer lore videos and readings we NEED more!
Okay, 3 months have passed and I still love this and 'Watcher in the Rain'... the Mortarion and Angron excerpts were amazing too; hoping there's another one of these in the works. Weshammer's presentation of these stories is just so enthralling
You truly have an amazing talent for the presentation of these type of story's wes awesome job as usual 👏
Wes…..this is actually unreal. Like genuinely I loved this. I’ve listened to the audio drama and it was excellent but these “TLDL to the book videos” are amazing. I’m sure these are super time consuming to make but keep them coming this is some of your best work and I’ve been binging your channel lol.
Holy crap that was good!!! I'm loving the format that makes it like sitting in a room listening to a story telling keep up the good work!
I also love how the captain really fits the phrase "blessed is the mind too small for doubt" XD
These horror stories are so damn great! I really liked the conversation at the very end, both tragic and...quite funny in a way.
man I love 40k, I have never played it but the story has got me hook to 40k for like 5 years know, and there's still a ton of stories that I havent heard yet (and some that I've heard a lot, I'm looking at you Horus Heresy), such a big universe
This one scared the shit outta me. The idea of cosmic horror unfolding out in front of you like that is chilling. It wouldn't have been what it was without the navigators perspective. Tainted with the warp to the core so ships can sail
Everything I know about 40k, I know from Wes. I haven't played or read any content, but from the shorts that randomly showed up, the irks fascinated me so much that I got into the Lore videos that are just so, SO good (and dang it, the Orks are AWESOME!), Bit these new Horror Videos?
Top notch.
The effects, the voice acting, the telling, the pacing, this is such amazing and high production value and so fun to listen.
Really love it, can't wait for more! ❤️
WesHammer's videos are like love. The only bad thing about them, is when they end.
The moment you gave the synopsis I went on Audible and bought it, and have listened to it.
Such an awesome story, bloody terrifying.
As always you did a great job.
I can’t tell if I liked the story if if I felt too familiar with it, each member, haunted by their past or a image character flaw, killed or driven to kill by their guilt. It’s an old story with a 40k finish. That doesn’t make it bad, and as I said, I’m conflicted.
Once again Wes, phenomenal job. Truly a great creator and TH-camr.
Bro, these stories are horrifying to listen to, and the dread of the next vessel suffering the same fate as the one in the story, is equally scary. But damnit, i love listening to your videos. The immersion is unreal, and they stick with me for days.
Keep em comingA
Awesome work, that realisation at the end is just chilling to the bone. Fantastic story!
Dude you're such a good 40k historian/lore master I love your channel as someone who is just getting into the verse you've helped me understand so much about the 40k universe
I appreciate the effort you're putting into these long form videos, same goes for the VA and story selection. Its great to learn about these gems in the lore so thanks for the fascinating, more serious, long form content.
This is basically Event Horizon, which is kinda ironic considering the similarities that film already shares with WH40K..
+diabolique This feels like the perfect combination of Alien İsolation and Dead Space additionally!
I am going to blow your mind:
Event Horizon was supposed to be a 40k movie.
I wonder how they lived their lives not knowing how demons operate. Like the freezing temperature is an instant indication of warp/demon activity, yet they failed the most common knowledge check in the whole galaxy.
Isn’t knowledge of Chaos kept secret by the Imperium so as to quell the spread? I know the average Guardsman knows next to nothing about them except for some vague idea of the “Ruinous Powers” that the Emperor protects from. I doubt the Navy would be much better in that regard, beyond maybe understanding that there’s some nasty shit in the Warp that you don’t want to mess with.
Well anything related to the warp and daemons are top secret known to a small few of the imperium. Got the Grey knights and inquisitors to thank for all that
Not all daemonic activity results in low temperatures, and not all low temperatures are related to daemonic activity.
I mean it's all in deep space, any part of a ship/station where the life support temperature control fails, it'll be cold.
In Dark Heresy, it's understood that most people don't experience or see daemons, because the Inquisition works very hard to cover it up for their safety.
Yep many don't understand that in setting knowledge of daemons is not common among most imperial citizens, even space marines are considered mythical to many as they may likely go their entire lives without seeing one.
100% thought the navigator was going to be concerted in some chaos sorcerer or spawn. What a tale!
Damn... These horror stories are too good. WH40k is a goldmine for this kind of content. I hope you make more of these in the future. There's something about 40k that makes horror hit different. This level of sci-fi drama, intrigue, betrayal, alliances, rivals, and unimaginable terrors/emotions/sensations is just maddeningly good.
The more of these I listen to, the more I crave. It's almost like Slaanesh creeping into your soul. lol
Gotta love spam. lol These bots are everywhere.
I was always super curious about Warhammer after playing a friends copy of space marine and when I found your TikTok I quickly scrubbed up all the tiktoks you had I couldn't get enough and then I found your TH-cam and now I watch your vids every night before bed such great content and as a newcomer to 40k your videos have really been a true blessing
Love that you're highlighting the awesome warhamner horror stuff.. I really want them to do more, so much potential for horror in 40k.
A chillax day to a audiobook told by a warhammer lore legend, perfect
I really like these (lack for a better term) Cliff note audio book reviews that you are doing of the Warhammer universe I like your spin and take on it so keep it up. Its actually make me want to find these books and listen to them.
It’s a shame there aren’t like a massive collection of these cuz we got literal demons but an Eldritch creature getting lunch is apparently too much.
I mean its a deamon, just not sure to who it belongs to.
Some deamons especially tzeentch ones are rather eldritch, just not a whole lot of stories from this perspective i guess.
Wes you are amazing at voicing these story all the sound effects and tone you set are great please keep these coming
this channel really inspires me to make my own Warhammer lore channel and be the number 1 warhammer channel on youtube.
Subed good luck man
@@stavrosachilleos07 Same, lets see if it can come to fruition.
This is like the Love, Death and Robot. Where a crew got teleport to some unknown star station on a far flung star system.
I know exactly what episode you're talking about and I can only say this:
That alien was very slaaneshi.
@@xanmontes8715oh is that the one where it was a giant mind fuck and it was like a giant alien spider web in space the whole time sucking the life outta the main character?
Keep this up man, much appreciate your story telling. Cheers man! One of the best on TH-cam
Wes, as much as I wish I listened/bought these BL books, I haven't. I know there are some wonderful reads - from the horror to offshoot battles, lesser known heroes to HH books - but man, it helps pass the workday being able to listen/watch summated versions. Glad you dropped 2 of these back2back.
At the end of this video...i couldn't help utter the words ''Oooooh, that's fucking cool!!!'' out loud while alone. There's nothing like an ending to a story that evokes a sense hopelessness! Great video.
Yet again a fantastic story telling, your content is always top notch and very engaging. Well done Weshammer
Thanks wes, this is the video that got me hooked on 40k stories and audio books. As a newbie into the franchise, this story really drew me into the world and as a fan of horror stories,this is up there as some of the best!
These stories are excellent leading up to Halloween! Nice work, Wes!
I swear I almost feel like I'm their
These stories are so chilling💀
You need to do more of these
Man I'm glad to see how much you have grown in such a short time. You have deserved it, your narration and writing is excellent. Keep it up man 😉
This man is single handedly responsible for reuniting me with my love of Warhammer Lore... I was never in to 40K until I saw the "Ork Philosophy" shorts: been subscribed and hooked ever since... what I'm trying to say is: Weshammer, you do awesome work and I thank you
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Oh wow, that is truly a masterpiece.
And great Voice Acting Wes. That made it way more immersive 👍🏻
"But in order to enhance it (signal) further she's gonna need to begin by redirecting power from other active systems within. She begins by deactivating all non essential lighting"
Honestly horror genius writing, they have a completely legit reason to be in the dark that isnt only understandable but seem like the logical choice while also adding to the creep factor.
Also you can tell it was writting by a dad.
"wHo lEfT aLl tHeSe lIgHtS oN?"
The production of these story videos are insanely good, if you are able to, more in this style would be SO cool
I'm loving this warhammer horror series of videos. Loved the watcher in the rain, loving this, 3/4 done but damn i love it. Can't wait to see how it ends haha, i doubt it's a happy ending, with whatever kind of warp monstrosity is in the ice cold core...
I love your videos cause i can listen to them on the bus
They really help me get through the day and the lore and stories are amazing
Love your voice too xD
29:23 Jesus Fucking christ, when that appeared on my screen, I swear my soul nearly left my body...
Wes you are the best creator of content man! I got into warhammer about 5 years ago and never looked back.. I sometimes think I know more about this fictional universe and it’s history than I do in ours! I’m constantly searching for more information and stories of the grim dark. MajorKill was my favorite for the longest time with his unique style and art. His content is like a chad who doesn’t want to admit he knows TOOOO much about this stuff.. in other words Major has plateaued for me since his style has reached its zenith. 10-15 minutes of quick hitter info with some great laughs. You however, cater to the lore veterans with your story telling respecting the audience’s base knowledge and allowing us to enjoy the world that is 40k through your narrations.. I never know what I’m going to get with you and I appreciate that as it could be 10 minutes, 30 seconds, or almost an hour in a lot of different ways for us to consume it.
Please do more deep dives into the legions, their personal missions during the heresy, xenos vs inquisition, and definitely more banana boys(loved your overview video)
More story reads like this and the Watcher in the Rain!! You're really good at them!
I want to know why there was just 4 people who aboard on warp haunted station instead of at least one brigade or strike team of guardmen.
Sure, it's not much a different but it's better than sending 1 captain, 1 ex-guard, 1 tech priest and 1 navigator who probably gone mad by warp bs.
I like how different the two stories Wes brought about Warhammer Horror are almost opposite.
One centered about the depths of malice the human being can reach, with the Watcher... not really doing anything aside from having you confront yourself with your actions.
This one is 1000% warp fuckery based instead.
Is not a bad story, in the sense that it isn't boring, but while creepy I think this settles it for me. I can't take horror serious in 40K. Like, I know the characters are not aware of this, but from the moment this started I was like 'Yeah, that is a daemon alright'. And that sort of ruins any mystery. Granted before the reveal one could say maybe Xenos, or a rogue Psyker, but the point is that I know of dozens of things that can do what the creature here is doing, and there is no mystery on how those things work and operate. A good element in terror is fear of the unknow, and there are no real mysteries in 40K. Just as the ship ran in to an empty station with a daemon stuck inside, they could have found a Genestealer cult, a Dark Eldar raiding party, Chaos Marines or Tyranids and suffer a horrible fate regardless
its like knowing what cuthul is and does before reading HP love craft, you got spoiled and now its not very fun. Im not saying that its your fault but the writes cant do anything about it besides what they did.
You have a good point, but i think King of Pigs was still creepy even though we know Nurgle was involved. Wes made a video about that one as well. There are still unknown horrors in 40k, like the ghoul stars which isn't warp-related afaik, but no novels about that yet.
@@geeljire9247 True also pig king did a great job keeping me guessing, I assumed almost instantly that it was nurgle but I was never 100% sure, the way out did a great job never fully reveling what it was, only until reading the comments did i realise that it was titsnitch
Cosmic horror is always a treat!
Yeees i need more of these stories!! Scary, sad, happy, violent, from the past, from the future, from ever corner of the void, from every race, i love these little glimpses of personal experience from this characters... I'd love to know if there's creepy stories like this but with orks, or the eldars
After watching watcher in rain i Just want to imagine an alt 40k timeline where these things got eradicated by the emperors legions
Honestly in both cases the main threat was seemingly an unknown or unremembered type of minor, possibly non-aligned Warp entity, And considering just how fucking VAST the Warp is, to the extent that the Chaos Gods, Emperor, and former Eldar Pantheon only occupy and influence a fraction of it, you can't really ever get rid of all of them. EVen in a timeline where the Emperor's Webway project succeeded and the Heresy never happened (or if Chaos never got involved), there would still be warp incursions and areas of the cosmos where the barrier between the Warp and Realspace are thinner, allowing some things like these to slip through the cracks.
The only way to permanently get rid of any threat of the Warp is to cover it in Necron anti-Warp tech, which while objectively makes things a lot calmer and more peaceful, seems to have a degenerative effect on anything with a soul. In that reality, only Necrons, some of their Admech simps, Votann, Tau, and maybe Eldar stuck in the Webway would be alive.
Dude these are the first horror stories of any kind i have ever enjoyed, please make more!
Sometimes in the lore dumps I watch about the different events and characters of the 40K it’s easy to forget just how horrifying their universe actually is. You always know it is, but it’s a different thing to feel it when reading a story like this.