I really love "The Tower of the Elephant", it was actually the first Conan story I ever read. "He who sent this gem bade me say, 'Yag-kosha gives a last gift and a last enchantment.' ” Congratulations on your monetization! I enjoy your content and wish you ever-increasing success!!
you’ve single handily expanded my understanding of lovecraft as well as gotten me obsessed with Conan lore. you’re channel is the only real comprehensive source of information on Conan the Barbarian. i didn’t even know about Howard’s other Characters like Kull. you’ve opened up a whole new arc of low fantasy reading. keep em coming Grim Dark. we’re here for it. great work.
I hardly cared about Conan before I started watching your videos. Just a movie I watched with my Dad when I was younger. Your love for this setting is infectious. Keep it up!
I can never get enough of your videos, they seem to go by so fast and I just want to hear MORE! Even if I'm not running a Hyborian game they're always great for inspiration. I'm also glad to hear that creative weight has been lifted off your shoulders, I felt the same when I discovered I was making enough money drawing commissions to actually live on my own.
Came for the lore, stayed for the sentimental section. I've been loving your videos since day one. I grew up reading the Conan books since my dad had all of them, and since finding your channel I even sent my dad a link to it
Being a filthy casual that listens to youtube while i work i do appreciate you creators You got a good style i think your channel will blow up soon tell then here’s one more sub and a boost to your algorithm
For me, there is not enough Conan content or Indepth lore. So I was very happy to have found your channel and to get lost in Hyboria is my favorite down time. I will also add that you turn my eyes to Dark Sun. I had always like the art work of Dark Sun but had never gone beyond that until I watched your videos on it. I've listened to the first two audiobooks and very much liked the first book. So all in all. I very much appreciate the work you do here, and look forward to more. Thank you.
To totally sound like a simp, your voice is like how i think scotch should taste: smooth, warm, mature, and with a hint of old timey style. Always down to catch up on your vids, keep up the stellar work
Me: *clapping during the thank you section after hearing you say you're happy with where you're at* 👏👏👏 But ye, Thank you too, for your videos. Your videos are always a pleasure to watch and they always entertain me, bring me knowledge and give me ideas, and i couldnt be happier for it. You've put heart and soul into this, so you feeling good about where you're at is well deserved.😎 Can't wait for what the future brings. 🙏
I never realized there was this much lore out there for the Conan universe. I love the movies and the Conan Exiles game but you make the world and cultures come alive. Your success is well deserved.
Ive always loved you videos and enjoying listening to you just for the voice. Robert E Howards works have always fascinated me and you go IN DEPTH on alot of the lore which i love. Im glad you can now enjoy making this content and will continue to support any endeavor you take.
You are easily one of my favorite channels. Who would’ve thought I’d find a place where we get a mix of ttrpg, Conan, 40k… I hope everyone likes this video into the stratosphere to help you extend your reach, maybe go viral. Your videos deserve it.
Yag-Kosha: "Never practice dark magic, Hate dark sorcery, Heal others" Bente: "Avenge violent deaths, Kill evil wizards, Fuck Derketo and her followers" Bor: "Slavery is moronic, die well, restore high-culture" Asura: "Zombies suck, be good" Erlik: "No boze, no bastereds, no debt slaves" I feel a kindred soul in these dudes...
'Tis a Joyous day when Grimdark graces my feed with another 40+min video. Good sir, I know these take a ton of time and research to put out, but I just wanted to say thank you! They help me so much to unwind between (and during) University assignments. Lost count of how many times I've listened to the Acheron and Dark Sun videos you released. You are an inspiration and a creative savant, kudos to you sir!
Hey man, you've been doing great. Listen, I hit your videos a year ago totally randomly with the Conan knowledge of "It's about a big burly dude who doesnt wear a shirt?" Thought it was a puddle deep cheap power fantasy from the pulp days, now I binge all of your videos and others besides! And I cant be the only one. Keep on keeping on.
You are genuinely the best channel to listen to for lore, I have been working on my own custom conan exiles server while just listening to your lore videos thy have helped me greatly. Im happy your content is monetized now.
I know it's mostly unrelated to the video, but from my experience call themselves a loremaster on any sort of setting tend to be the sort of people who will see something new that contradicts what they believe in and then tell you that the official source list that has more validity than what they are pulling from is wrong. So yeah, I personally find the idea that you don't want to call yourself that to be a upside. Anyhow like I said during the premiere, great video as always Grim
Hell Yeah man I just found your series on the conan gods today and subbed already, I wish I clicked on your videos sooner when you were recommended to me, and that feeling you have at finding a inch of success with TH-cam must be sublime and I hope to reach it someday, I havent started yet but I'll get there! I Wish to see you Thrive Man! Keep it up!
I love the idea of Bente heralds, and the shoutout to one of my favorite martial arts actors, Mark Dacascos. His film on Capoeria, Only the Strong was one of the reasons I got into martial arts in the first place.
Man I just subscribed but iv never felt so valued by a youtuber and that's saying something lol good on you brother it's a great channel love the Conan universe and I wish you the best
Grats on the monetization man. I had read Kull and Bran Mak Morn years ago. But discovering this channel got me to read all of Conan compilation books, and a bunch of other shorts of his. This channel is an oasis for dark fantasy fans. ⚔️
Watching your discussion on Erlik was amazing. As a Scholar who specializes in Turkic and Mongol history and culture, it's interesting to see how Erlik Khan differs and is similar to his real world version found in Tengrism, which is a shamanism faith found in Mongolia and all throughout the Turco-Mongol world.
I find coincidences rarely strike out of nowhere, and with me watching a Legacy of Kain video and thinking "How could I adapt some of these cool ideas" this came up in the feed, being streamed live. I wonder how Grim Dark would do Legacy of Kain...
1.congratulations man you deserve it, you make so killer content!! 2. I really want to make a homebrew 5e Conan world, I think I have ideas to fit in what I want except I'm not quite certain how dwarves and elves would fit, if you/someone has advise or can refer me to anything that would be dope! (Also it would be a separate homebrewed time/age)
Thank you, man. I found your channel just this year and have absorbed everything you have posted about the Hyborian age, and it has brought me a new spark in my creative writing and world building and even my music. I've played your entire Conan list idk how many times over. You're incredible and I'm so glad to hear that you can do what you love without fear and with the support of so many. Keep going man. We eagerly await all your future content.
Great content as always 💪🏼 Edit:originally commented when was only half way through. Now finisihed i have to say your content is superb and very pleased you can now make gains, both emotionally and financially. Well deserved 🙏🏻
So you are saying that Heralds of Bente are essentially vengeance fueled revenants that hunt down other undead and necromancers? That sounds metal af, they are pretty much the Hyborean equivalent of characters like Spawn, Scorpion, and the Crow. Bente, Erlik, and Bor got to be my favorite out of the gods for demon slaying.
That moment of first feeling wanted, needed, and desired is intoxicating. A euphoria brought on by one of the most potent drugs. Validation. Enjoy your newfound self-worth. You've always been deserving. Now, the evidence is simply irrefutable.
Ending got me teared up😅 Good for you , happy to see people find there place and to find there happiness. I understand the feeling of self hate the act of yelling at yourself for failing at even something small. Makes me happy to see anyone find there wings and fly free from that darkness... Sorry being shitty poetic ish ... Been ... Well call it off and I get like that 😅
Given your theory about Odin, you may find it interesting to know that there is an old Finnish tale that the Finns were originally from a city called Asgard in or around Anatolia and were led to their current lands by the ruler of that city, Odin, who left his brothers behind to rule the city in his stead sometime around what we would call the Copper Age or the early Bronze Age. Given the rough period that Conan theoretically would take place, it would not be impossible for this story to largely line up with your theory.
Congratulations on the success, you've worked really hard and your content just keeps getting better! Thank you for all your work and keep being such an amazing steward of the lore.
I could see the idea of a Yag crusader being less vengeful than they are a believer in what I would call "preventative medicine". Like you said things like demonology and those who practice it HAVE to enact suffering on others by nature of what they do. So ending those who refuse to renounce it and burning tombs that contain demonic rites and rituals to purge the world of that evil knowledge is a net reduction in unnecessary pain and torment. Also opens some fun moral questions.
Wait... Bente is the Night hag? 1st Nations Celtic themed leather coat and pants? Dreaded messy hair Face like an Iron Maiden album mascot or the Vampire Geralt fights in the Witcher 3 Lulaby commercial. Witch in the "Last Witch hunter" > "You build stone upon dirt and live in your own filth!" Morrigan & Baphomet (Nergal) > The Wicked + The Divine Interesting.
Unfortunately that Odin thing won't fit because the Hyperboreans get wiped out by VANIR AND AESIR before the cataclysm that ends the Hyborian Age and any chance for a united Nordic empire and sinks Vanaheim and most of Asgard.
hey so i just rewatched the vampire video and i have a couple questions 1, does varnae also control the dampire? 2, since dark templars have a hole in their soul does that mean they are worse at magic?
Dark Templars have their own form of magic involving draining the life force psychically out of others Dhampires seem to be immune to the influence of Dracula in the later marvel timeline
@@GrimDarkHalfOff oh i didnt realise that the dark templars life draining was a form of magic i assumed it was something they simply did naturally like normal vampires sucking blood, if that was in the video it went over my head. i guess as a follow up question could they use other kinds of magic aswell or are they locked into just this kind of magic?
I wonder of Chaugnar Faugn is related to the people of Yag-Kosha? Like Faugn is still the conquering warrior of his people whilst Yag-Kosha chose pacifism.
You might say that new logo's a real blockbuster.
An absolute hidden gem of fantasy lore channels
Thank you very much!
Dang, Yag-Kosha is the dawg, didn't knew he chill like that
I really love "The Tower of the Elephant", it was actually the first Conan story I ever read.
"He who sent this gem bade me say, 'Yag-kosha gives a last gift and a last enchantment.' ”
Congratulations on your monetization! I enjoy your content and wish you ever-increasing success!!
Great quote!
you’ve single handily expanded my understanding of lovecraft as well as gotten me obsessed with Conan lore. you’re channel is the only real comprehensive source of information on Conan the Barbarian. i didn’t even know about Howard’s other Characters like Kull. you’ve opened up a whole new arc of low fantasy reading. keep em coming Grim Dark. we’re here for it. great work.
I hardly cared about Conan before I started watching your videos. Just a movie I watched with my Dad when I was younger. Your love for this setting is infectious. Keep it up!
oh boy, now I'm crying. I love listening to long lengthy lore lectures, and am glad to hear, there will be more of this.
I can never get enough of your videos, they seem to go by so fast and I just want to hear MORE! Even if I'm not running a Hyborian game they're always great for inspiration. I'm also glad to hear that creative weight has been lifted off your shoulders, I felt the same when I discovered I was making enough money drawing commissions to actually live on my own.
Strange how 40+ min can go by so fast
The Crow revenant over there is a beautiful example of a resurrection for justice.
Came for the lore, stayed for the sentimental section. I've been loving your videos since day one. I grew up reading the Conan books since my dad had all of them, and since finding your channel I even sent my dad a link to it
Being a filthy casual that listens to youtube while i work i do appreciate you creators
You got a good style i think your channel will blow up soon tell then here’s one more sub and a boost to your algorithm
I love energetic and joyful you get in your videos these days =D you can feel the passion for the subjects you talk about!
For me, there is not enough Conan content or Indepth lore. So I was very happy to have found your channel and to get lost in Hyboria is my favorite down time. I will also add that you turn my eyes to Dark Sun. I had always like the art work of Dark Sun but had never gone beyond that until I watched your videos on it. I've listened to the first two audiobooks and very much liked the first book. So all in all. I very much appreciate the work you do here, and look forward to more. Thank you.
To totally sound like a simp, your voice is like how i think scotch should taste: smooth, warm, mature, and with a hint of old timey style. Always down to catch up on your vids, keep up the stellar work
Your kindness is very much appreciated my friend, my channel is here for your enjoyment
Me: *clapping during the thank you section after hearing you say you're happy with where you're at* 👏👏👏
But ye, Thank you too, for your videos.
Your videos are always a pleasure to watch and they always entertain me, bring me knowledge and give me ideas, and i couldnt be happier for it.
You've put heart and soul into this, so you feeling good about where you're at is well deserved.😎
Can't wait for what the future brings. 🙏
I never realized there was this much lore out there for the Conan universe. I love the movies and the Conan Exiles game but you make the world and cultures come alive. Your success is well deserved.
Ive always loved you videos and enjoying listening to you just for the voice. Robert E Howards works have always fascinated me and you go IN DEPTH on alot of the lore which i love. Im glad you can now enjoy making this content and will continue to support any endeavor you take.
thanks brother it means a lot! I hope you'll be around for many years to come!
"Is still Conan in the Canon" - The best Conan slogan
I really appreciate your videos, mate! Keep up the good work. Warm wishes from Cimmeria (Ireland)
Thanks recording the rest of part 4 tonight!
You are easily one of my favorite channels. Who would’ve thought I’d find a place where we get a mix of ttrpg, Conan, 40k…
I hope everyone likes this video into the stratosphere to help you extend your reach, maybe go viral.
Your videos deserve it.
Switching between this and the complete chronicles of Conan stories, I find, is the best way to fully immerse in the world of Hyboria!
Yeee!
Yag-Kosha: "Never practice dark magic, Hate dark sorcery, Heal others"
Bente: "Avenge violent deaths, Kill evil wizards, Fuck Derketo and her followers"
Bor: "Slavery is moronic, die well, restore high-culture"
Asura: "Zombies suck, be good"
Erlik: "No boze, no bastereds, no debt slaves"
I feel a kindred soul in these dudes...
'Tis a Joyous day when Grimdark graces my feed with another 40+min video.
Good sir, I know these take a ton of time and research to put out, but I just wanted to say thank you! They help me so much to unwind between (and during) University assignments. Lost count of how many times I've listened to the Acheron and Dark Sun videos you released.
You are an inspiration and a creative savant, kudos to you sir!
Hey man, you've been doing great. Listen, I hit your videos a year ago totally randomly with the Conan knowledge of "It's about a big burly dude who doesnt wear a shirt?" Thought it was a puddle deep cheap power fantasy from the pulp days, now I binge all of your videos and others besides!
And I cant be the only one. Keep on keeping on.
You are genuinely the best channel to listen to for lore, I have been working on my own custom conan exiles server while just listening to your lore videos thy have helped me greatly. Im happy your content is monetized now.
Thank you Jinx, that means a lot - I’m getting back into CE myself
Congratulations on your achievement, dude. You clearly have something you love here and I'm genuinely glad for you that it's paying off
I know it's mostly unrelated to the video, but from my experience call themselves a loremaster on any sort of setting tend to be the sort of people who will see something new that contradicts what they believe in and then tell you that the official source list that has more validity than what they are pulling from is wrong. So yeah, I personally find the idea that you don't want to call yourself that to be a upside.
Anyhow like I said during the premiere, great video as always Grim
Love the video you are the best keep up the good work
Congratulations!
Now, please 🙏 do more grim dark fitness.
Seeing Grim Dark happy makes me happy. He is such a good dude and I love his videos. I'm glad he can make money off of his hard earned, hard work.
Hell Yeah man I just found your series on the conan gods today and subbed already, I wish I clicked on your videos sooner when you were recommended to me, and that feeling you have at finding a inch of success with TH-cam must be sublime and I hope to reach it someday, I havent started yet but I'll get there!
I Wish to see you Thrive Man! Keep it up!
I love the idea of Bente heralds, and the shoutout to one of my favorite martial arts actors, Mark Dacascos. His film on Capoeria, Only the Strong was one of the reasons I got into martial arts in the first place.
Thank you for posting 🤙
Appreciate your tenacity to keep your channel alive and highly entertaining 🤟
It’s why I’m here! Stay tuned for part 4!
Man I just subscribed but iv never felt so valued by a youtuber and that's saying something lol good on you brother it's a great channel love the Conan universe and I wish you the best
Congrats on monetization! We love your content and you!
I have so much love for the quality of your work.
Very cool concepts, especially the first god you Talk about. A white magic chtulu guy? Sign me in brethren.
Very cool video!
Just found your channel; thank you for taking the time to make these vids, they’re fantastic!
Grats on the monetization man. I had read Kull and Bran Mak Morn years ago. But discovering this channel got me to read all of Conan compilation books, and a bunch of other shorts of his. This channel is an oasis for dark fantasy fans. ⚔️
Congratulations I love your stuff :D
Fitting track to end with. Keep climbing brother.
Watching your discussion on Erlik was amazing. As a Scholar who specializes in Turkic and Mongol history and culture, it's interesting to see how Erlik Khan differs and is similar to his real world version found in Tengrism, which is a shamanism faith found in Mongolia and all throughout the Turco-Mongol world.
Very interesting insight! Thank you very much!
Hey bro great work, always been a fan of conan and its lore so this channel is perfect for me
I find coincidences rarely strike out of nowhere, and with me watching a Legacy of Kain video and thinking "How could I adapt some of these cool ideas" this came up in the feed, being streamed live.
I wonder how Grim Dark would do Legacy of Kain...
That would be awesome! I want to make pudding with Razael at 4 in the morning! Plus I do love Kain as a character!
I get it!
1.congratulations man you deserve it, you make so killer content!!
2. I really want to make a homebrew 5e Conan world, I think I have ideas to fit in what I want except I'm not quite certain how dwarves and elves would fit, if you/someone has advise or can refer me to anything that would be dope! (Also it would be a separate homebrewed time/age)
Thank you, man. I found your channel just this year and have absorbed everything you have posted about the Hyborian age, and it has brought me a new spark in my creative writing and world building and even my music. I've played your entire Conan list idk how many times over. You're incredible and I'm so glad to hear that you can do what you love without fear and with the support of so many. Keep going man. We eagerly await all your future content.
Dude I love your channel!!! I wish there was more Conan content to find on TH-cam
Great video about part 3 of gods of Conan demon slayers Good you can make more videos I don't know about See more.
You're awesome man! Thank you for your work brother.
Great content as always 💪🏼
Edit:originally commented when was only half way through. Now finisihed i have to say your content is superb and very pleased you can now make gains, both emotionally and financially.
Well deserved 🙏🏻
Glad you're getting the good vibes. God bless big guy.
Another Conan video! Fantastic, thank you for getting this out to us!
No problem! Thanks for becoming a member and Don't worry more is on the way!
the only thanks you need give us is to keep being you and keep making fun videos that you enjoy!
So you are saying that Heralds of Bente are essentially vengeance fueled revenants that hunt down other undead and necromancers? That sounds metal af, they are pretty much the Hyborean equivalent of characters like Spawn, Scorpion, and the Crow. Bente, Erlik, and Bor got to be my favorite out of the gods for demon slaying.
By all the Gods the day has been blessed with a grim dark video, GODS BE PRAISED
A beautiful video and a beautiful thank you :)
I loved the crow stairway to heaven. And of course brotherhood of the wolf was great too
Hell yea dude! Keep the content coming!
Your videos are always great man! Don’t you sweat any little misspoke and what not 😜 I love your work man keep it up!
Thanks brother! Stay strong!
That moment of first feeling wanted, needed, and desired is intoxicating. A euphoria brought on by one of the most potent drugs. Validation. Enjoy your newfound self-worth. You've always been deserving. Now, the evidence is simply irrefutable.
You are definitely the lore master bro
I can't disagree more, but thank you for the compliment haha
Ending got me teared up😅
Good for you , happy to see people find there place and to find there happiness.
I understand the feeling of self hate the act of yelling at yourself for failing at even something small.
Makes me happy to see anyone find there wings and fly free from that darkness...
Sorry being shitty poetic ish ... Been ... Well call it off and I get like that 😅
We love you, thanks for the video. Saludos desde Venezuela.
Given your theory about Odin, you may find it interesting to know that there is an old Finnish tale that the Finns were originally from a city called Asgard in or around Anatolia and were led to their current lands by the ruler of that city, Odin, who left his brothers behind to rule the city in his stead sometime around what we would call the Copper Age or the early Bronze Age. Given the rough period that Conan theoretically would take place, it would not be impossible for this story to largely line up with your theory.
Let’s Goooo new part
Erlik got my interest. Especially at 42:00. And 42:18
I've been playing (getting abused by) Conan Exiles. Do you have any plans to talk about corrupted (magic) weapons in the Conan universe?
You're most welcome Grimmy!
We need this group in real life
Vampiric elite have me wanting to go all Bente.
"Sorry, is this food Conan?"
"Did you meant kosher, sir?"
"I know what I said."
Congratulations on the success, you've worked really hard and your content just keeps getting better! Thank you for all your work and keep being such an amazing steward of the lore.
Love your lore videos 😀
I could see the idea of a Yag crusader being less vengeful than they are a believer in what I would call "preventative medicine".
Like you said things like demonology and those who practice it HAVE to enact suffering on others by nature of what they do. So ending those who refuse to renounce it and burning tombs that contain demonic rites and rituals to purge the world of that evil knowledge is a net reduction in unnecessary pain and torment.
Also opens some fun moral questions.
Yah and Bori probably saw conan the killer of the Witch Queen later in Conan of Aquilonia. the Manipulation of the gods
If you like spellblades and battle mages, check out the Magus and Bloodrager from Pathfinder 1e
Yag-Kosha and light magic in Conan exiles would be very neat.
Where’s the Netflix Conan animated series?
The 777th like on the Demon Slayer Gods video, interesting synchronicity.
Thank you!
We honor you, loremaster. By Crom, we do.
When the heavy metal kicks in.
Rip and tear.
have you ever considered playing a conan ttrpg with other people and stream it?
I am harassed by community about it daily
Oh look, Grimdark has finally gotten a girlfriend. Her name is "Community".
Shine on you crazy diamond!
Hold on C ima get my wife to draw that elephant knight real quick
Wait... Bente is the Night hag?
1st Nations Celtic themed leather coat and pants?
Dreaded messy hair
Face like an Iron Maiden album mascot or the Vampire Geralt fights in the Witcher 3 Lulaby commercial.
Witch in the "Last Witch hunter" > "You build stone upon dirt and live in your own filth!"
Morrigan & Baphomet (Nergal) > The Wicked + The Divine
Interesting.
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Awesome video!🤘
Keep up the awesome work!😎
This is good.
WOOT! MORE LORE!
I've always loved Conan the Barbarian, but finding decent in-depth lore videos can be a challenge. I always look forward to watching yours!
A Demon Slayer in the Conan Universe would be a tougher job than being a Witcher.
We're so back 😎
Unfortunately that Odin thing won't fit because the Hyperboreans get wiped out by VANIR AND AESIR before the cataclysm that ends the Hyborian Age and any chance for a united Nordic empire and sinks Vanaheim and most of Asgard.
Did yag kosha take on the form of bel in the tower? I think I’m just realizing this or something
It dawned on me that Yag-Kosha could be interpreted as proto-Genesha. If we're strictly going by actual Norse mythology Odin would be Aesir.
In the funcom universe i have a khitan charater whos a disiple of kosha and hunts down demonologists and demons and those that practise sorcerers
hey so i just rewatched the vampire video and i have a couple questions
1, does varnae also control the dampire?
2, since dark templars have a hole in their soul does that mean they are worse at magic?
Dark Templars have their own form of magic involving draining the life force psychically out of others
Dhampires seem to be immune to the influence of Dracula in the later marvel timeline
@@GrimDarkHalfOff oh i didnt realise that the dark templars life draining was a form of magic i assumed it was something they simply did naturally like normal vampires sucking blood, if that was in the video it went over my head. i guess as a follow up question could they use other kinds of magic aswell or are they locked into just this kind of magic?
I think of Odin in this universe and I immediately think he would be named Wotan instead, going on in a Wild Hunt.
I wonder of Chaugnar Faugn is related to the people of Yag-Kosha? Like Faugn is still the conquering warrior of his people whilst Yag-Kosha chose pacifism.
You haven’t been monetized this whole time? That’s ridiculous.
Bente would LOVE the 40k universe. So many daemons and worshippers to kill. She would also love the black templars hahah