Im back to the Kenshi Content grind and hope everyone enjoys this newest lore video on Kenshi, now in glorious 2k. Im super stoked about this one as it took a lot of time to put together. Stay tuned as i have much more content on Kenshi coming your way!
@@HeroInHisHead There is a series of journals in the chests at cannibal capital from the viewpoint of a captive. After watching their family be hacked up and eaten and being forced to eat human meat by the cannibals the captive slowly becomes a meat-crazed cannibal over the course of about 26 days
@larrybrock6811 the little brother didnt though? I don't think thats what occured. The little brother of the guy who wrote it is the leader of the cannibal hunters.
@@HeroInHisHeadDo you think that kenshi has alot of bioaccumulation and thats why the cannibal plains devovled? Dont you think that the foul raw meat is because of mass bioaccumulation which might had an effect on local population,The Cannibal Plains were either a Light/Heavy Industry Hub or a farming breadbasket?
Specifically, something like Kuru, which killed many of the Fore people of Papua New Guinea due to their practice of ritualistic funerary cannibalism. One of their members long ago likely developed sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, the misfolded prion protein which caused it then infected the family member who consumed their brain, spreading to that person. When their disease eventually killed them, someone if not multiple people ate their brain. The misfolded PRPSc protein would infect children and then go dormant for sometimes up to 50 years, sometimes only a few years, maybe 10 or so. They would die in much the same way as the ancestor whose brain they ate, and then their brain would be eaten, spreading the infectious protein to yet more people.
Great video! You should consider doing an in-depth study on Tinfist! While many consider him to be one of Kenshi's greatest heroes he can also be considered one of the most destabilizing forces in Kenshi. If you do as Tinfist says and start taking out nobles, you'll quickly notice how quickly the UC falls into pure chaos, but if you turn in Tinfist to the UC they able to expand their territories and settle more dangerous areas; showing that the anti-slavers are impeding the nations progress. (Whether or not the UC deserves that is up to you.) Would be awesome to hear both sides of the argument.
He is definitely and interesting and dichotomis character as while he is actively trying to end slavery, something great overall. He openly admits he kills more innocents than he helps in the process and is more than OK with that if it means he can kill more slavers. He is mad and obsessed to the point of almost being a villian himself due to his CPU burn out. Very good stuff
6 month late comment. Yeah, it was crazy when I allied with anti slavers and told them i took care of the slave camps. Tinfist response was "great work" then talks about "bandits" starving. As if the slaves become free but then join bandits to survive. Meaning slavery = bad, freedom = good even in death. Super non chalant if humans die or not. He prolly lived so long he doesn't value human life just the prciple of freedom. That is cool.@@HeroInHisHead
Another link which ties the Holy Nation to the Cannibal Plains are items found in the abandoned village. Found inside the buildings are an abundance of food, as well as Okranite religious items like the Holy Flame and those Lord Phoenix statues. Lots of food and religious iconography- 2 signature Holy Nation things. It leads me to believe that the Cannibal Plains either used to belong to the HN, or that the HN unsuccessfully tried to colonize the Cannibal Plains, possibly because the region has high green fertility that could be used for farming. This again draws inspiration from the history of the Roman Empire, more specifically the extremely short lived Roman province of Germania Antiqua, which Rome had to abandon after only controlling it for 12 years due to the extreme hostility of the Germanic tribes living there.
Your reasoning is very good. Good theory, backed up by facts and lore. I agree with everything except the origin of the holy flame icon. Following your logic about real world historical parallels. The flame icon on the woman's belly reminds me of the mother goddess idea. The beliefs that sprang up independently, across several cultures and continents. The small stone female statuettes with large breasts and a big belly. My theory: After the fall of the first empire, people in the northwest, became hunter gatherer clans, in a subsistence culture. Worshiping pregnancy, birth and child rearing. Probably matriarchal. Then everything else you said, with the addition of, as a robot may cannibalize parts from a another, they may have encouraged people to supplement their diet with their dead, starting the cannibalism. The Holy nation would originate from people who escaped the northwest containment by the skeletons. If so, plenty of reasons to call them demons. I didn't connect the screaming bandits, that was very interesting. The holy nations prejudice against woman, maybe a perversion of the female cult, replacing what was with what should be. As the zealots remade their faith to explain past trauma.
I actually love the idea of the second empire existing primarily in a nuclear winter because of how it parallels the imagery of the ashlands. I imagine a lot of skeletons would remember the empire as being always covered in a layer of snow. Now picture how much more melancholic and tragic it is to return to those ruins, now coated in ash instead, but still looking just like you remember them.
Absolutely stellar video. Thank you for my much craved Kenshi lore injection. I have to say I never noticed the symbols on the cannibals. Nor had I ever considered the link between them and the shrieking bandits. Also the pointing out of the changing water levels and their relative effects on the first and second empires, as well as present day Kenshi is mind blowing.
Thank you so much! A lot of time and energy goes into my research for these videos (which is the gap between them can be lengthy), so I am always happy when I can find and present information that is otherwise not discussed or noticed.
Love the interconnected information you bring up when delving into different topics of Kenshi! I hope Kenshi 2 will have as much meat *hehehe* on its lore bones :)
I appreciate that! I really try to dive into all facets of the game, and the inspirations behind it, to make sure everything is coherent and cohesive when documenting the lore. I have to make sure the cause and effect makes sense in the greater scheme, and part of that means making sure you know all of the overarching history and things going on, and how it relates to the topic you're exploring. As for Kenshi 2. I have some really high hopes for it as well. I can't wait to see how the lore evolves and the new details we get. Maybe I'll be able to update some of my other videos with newly uncovered information. Would be great.
@@HeroInHisHead Fuck yeah bro, I watch your lore playlist while I play Kenshi. Great for immersion. Thanks again for the solid content as always my man ❤️
OMG i always had a feeling there was something wrong with that one empty village and would get frightened n leave but thats awesome, that they'll attack u if you sleep there
Building off several of your theories here. We don't quite know when things in the Second Empire started going wrong and when cwrtain events took place, just that they happened. What if the cannibals developed after the proto Holy Nation seperated from the Second Empire? That would lend credit to them knowing Holy Nation symbols, and would also explain why the skeletons don't know why the cannibals came to be. If I recall in game, there aren't many Second Empire ruins in the north which would indicate a lack of presence there. We also don't know when The Hydraulic Knights began fighting the Holy Nation and by extension the cannibals given their proximity to each other. If the cannibals came to be towards the end of the Second Empire, the skeletons may not have been differentiating by that point. Even the paint of the tribal males is reminicent of Holy Nation paladin armor in a way. As for the point on the Holy Flame being present on women, if the tribals realized that they were giving birth to Enforcers and still believed that women were giving birth to demons, in their ignorance painting the Holy Flame on their stomachs may have been a way to "consecrate" the women so to speak. Eventually, due to their seperation from Holy Nation society and the insanity developing among the tribes, the births of Enforcers would decrease and cause them to believe their tradition was working.
I really like your videos and appreciate the effort you put into finding all of this info but i think your videos would be better if you didn't take such a serious vibe to the dialog. Either way great vid and I hope you get more recognition
A point of note on Cannibalism and insanity: Consumption of human meat alone would not cause insanity, the danger of that only comes in to play if we assume the cannibals are consuming the CSF (Cerebro-spinal-fluid); or if they eat the spine/brain. If their only interest is the meat itself, cannibalism would not have contributed to their mental degradation.
The Cult of Stobe could have suffered a schism and split at some point of the revolt into the Okran and Narko denominations, the Okranites in a male dominated society led by the Phoenix in the fertile lands of the Holy Nation and the female inclusive or even dominated Narko branch led by the Great Wizard who did an exodus into the presumably fertile North West, where things went oh so very wrong.
The Grand wizard is actually the top rank in the KKK i believe thats what it was in reference too considering how evil both groups are lol love the lore tho bro needed more on the cannibals!
I would agree but other than that there isn't really any similarities between them. The pointed Cannibal hoods that are seen in some of this video are from a mod. In vanilla, other than the GW. All Cannibals are naked. Also much appreciated and glad you enjoyed it!
Im back to the Kenshi Content grind and hope everyone enjoys this newest lore video on Kenshi, now in glorious 2k. Im super stoked about this one as it took a lot of time to put together.
Stay tuned as i have much more content on Kenshi coming your way!
I'm convinced it is a prion so any human that moves in will suffer "mad cow" makes sense you get the cannibals and shrieking bandits
Yeah all my findings pointed to an initial madness due to Toxic Crops and then further decline due to Prion build up.
@@HeroInHisHead There is a series of journals in the chests at cannibal capital from the viewpoint of a captive. After watching their family be hacked up and eaten and being forced to eat human meat by the cannibals the captive slowly becomes a meat-crazed cannibal over the course of about 26 days
@larrybrock6811 the little brother didnt though? I don't think thats what occured. The little brother of the guy who wrote it is the leader of the cannibal hunters.
@@HeroInHisHeadDo you think that kenshi has alot of bioaccumulation and thats why the cannibal plains devovled? Dont you think that the foul raw meat is because of mass bioaccumulation which might had an effect on local population,The Cannibal Plains were either a Light/Heavy Industry Hub or a farming breadbasket?
Specifically, something like Kuru, which killed many of the Fore people of Papua New Guinea due to their practice of ritualistic funerary cannibalism. One of their members long ago likely developed sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, the misfolded prion protein which caused it then infected the family member who consumed their brain, spreading to that person. When their disease eventually killed them, someone if not multiple people ate their brain. The misfolded PRPSc protein would infect children and then go dormant for sometimes up to 50 years, sometimes only a few years, maybe 10 or so. They would die in much the same way as the ancestor whose brain they ate, and then their brain would be eaten, spreading the infectious protein to yet more people.
The shrieking bandits are Misunderstood nomads? That was quite a surprise. Thanks for the lore my good friend and cheers.
Yeah that was a shocking thing for me to find as well.
Great video! You should consider doing an in-depth study on Tinfist! While many consider him to be one of Kenshi's greatest heroes he can also be considered one of the most destabilizing forces in Kenshi. If you do as Tinfist says and start taking out nobles, you'll quickly notice how quickly the UC falls into pure chaos, but if you turn in Tinfist to the UC they able to expand their territories and settle more dangerous areas; showing that the anti-slavers are impeding the nations progress. (Whether or not the UC deserves that is up to you.) Would be awesome to hear both sides of the argument.
He is definitely and interesting and dichotomis character as while he is actively trying to end slavery, something great overall. He openly admits he kills more innocents than he helps in the process and is more than OK with that if it means he can kill more slavers. He is mad and obsessed to the point of almost being a villian himself due to his CPU burn out. Very good stuff
6 month late comment.
Yeah, it was crazy when I allied with anti slavers and told them i took care of the slave camps.
Tinfist response was "great work" then talks about "bandits" starving. As if the slaves become free but then join bandits to survive. Meaning slavery = bad, freedom = good even in death. Super non chalant if humans die or not. He prolly lived so long he doesn't value human life just the prciple of freedom. That is cool.@@HeroInHisHead
Sweet! Been dying for more Kenshi content!
Welcome back my guy. Glad you're still enjoying the dark world of Kenshi!
It's great to see you here, a brief passing in the digital wasteland. I love your channel and you helped motivate me to improve my own life.
Another link which ties the Holy Nation to the Cannibal Plains are items found in the abandoned village. Found inside the buildings are an abundance of food, as well as Okranite religious items like the Holy Flame and those Lord Phoenix statues. Lots of food and religious iconography- 2 signature Holy Nation things. It leads me to believe that the Cannibal Plains either used to belong to the HN, or that the HN unsuccessfully tried to colonize the Cannibal Plains, possibly because the region has high green fertility that could be used for farming. This again draws inspiration from the history of the Roman Empire, more specifically the extremely short lived Roman province of Germania Antiqua, which Rome had to abandon after only controlling it for 12 years due to the extreme hostility of the Germanic tribes living there.
Your reasoning is very good. Good theory, backed up by facts and lore. I agree with everything except the origin of the holy flame icon.
Following your logic about real world historical parallels. The flame icon on the woman's belly reminds me of the mother goddess idea. The beliefs that sprang up independently, across several cultures and continents. The small stone female statuettes with large breasts and a big belly.
My theory: After the fall of the first empire, people in the northwest, became hunter gatherer clans, in a subsistence culture. Worshiping pregnancy, birth and child rearing. Probably matriarchal.
Then everything else you said, with the addition of, as a robot may cannibalize parts from a another, they may have encouraged people to supplement their diet with their dead, starting the cannibalism.
The Holy nation would originate from people who escaped the northwest containment by the skeletons. If so, plenty of reasons to call them demons. I didn't connect the screaming bandits, that was very interesting.
The holy nations prejudice against woman, maybe a perversion of the female cult, replacing what was with what should be. As the zealots remade their faith to explain past trauma.
Well, now I'm stuck with this head cannon till kenshi 2. 😆
Maybe we will get more details and I'll be able to revise this upon its release. Can't wait
I actually love the idea of the second empire existing primarily in a nuclear winter because of how it parallels the imagery of the ashlands. I imagine a lot of skeletons would remember the empire as being always covered in a layer of snow. Now picture how much more melancholic and tragic it is to return to those ruins, now coated in ash instead, but still looking just like you remember them.
Damn! Very good stuff. I need to go back and watch your older stuff.
Ty for this vid man. understanding my enemy is the first step to defeating my enemy
Was wondering the origins of the Shrieking Bandits just yesterday. Great video & welcome back!l
Absolutely stellar video. Thank you for my much craved Kenshi lore injection. I have to say I never noticed the symbols on the cannibals. Nor had I ever considered the link between them and the shrieking bandits. Also the pointing out of the changing water levels and their relative effects on the first and second empires, as well as present day Kenshi is mind blowing.
Thank you so much! A lot of time and energy goes into my research for these videos (which is the gap between them can be lengthy), so I am always happy when I can find and present information that is otherwise not discussed or noticed.
Love the interconnected information you bring up when delving into different topics of Kenshi! I hope Kenshi 2 will have as much meat *hehehe* on its lore bones :)
I appreciate that! I really try to dive into all facets of the game, and the inspirations behind it, to make sure everything is coherent and cohesive when documenting the lore. I have to make sure the cause and effect makes sense in the greater scheme, and part of that means making sure you know all of the overarching history and things going on, and how it relates to the topic you're exploring.
As for Kenshi 2. I have some really high hopes for it as well. I can't wait to see how the lore evolves and the new details we get. Maybe I'll be able to update some of my other videos with newly uncovered information. Would be great.
Makes one really reconsider settling the cannibal territories... great video nonetheless
Bro thank you for making these lore videos! They are awesome! The lore videos you put out are chefs kiss quality.
Great video!
In my current playthrough, a Solo skeleton killed all the cannibal chiefs. :3
Same, but it was a Human named Billy. I did cannibal hunter start, Bobby died :(
Oh hell yeah, friday early finish at work and i come home to a new Kenshi vid 😍
Sounds like a pretty solid way to start the weekend my friend! Hope you enjoy this one. Took a lot of time and research to put together
@@HeroInHisHead Fuck yeah bro, I watch your lore playlist while I play Kenshi. Great for immersion. Thanks again for the solid content as always my man ❤️
Great vid! Missed your Kenshi content!
Awesome video man thank you for the kenshi content!!
Glad you enjoyed!
OMG i always had a feeling there was something wrong with that one empty village and would get frightened n leave but thats awesome, that they'll attack u if you sleep there
Earliest ive been to a video!
Building off several of your theories here. We don't quite know when things in the Second Empire started going wrong and when cwrtain events took place, just that they happened. What if the cannibals developed after the proto Holy Nation seperated from the Second Empire? That would lend credit to them knowing Holy Nation symbols, and would also explain why the skeletons don't know why the cannibals came to be. If I recall in game, there aren't many Second Empire ruins in the north which would indicate a lack of presence there. We also don't know when The Hydraulic Knights began fighting the Holy Nation and by extension the cannibals given their proximity to each other. If the cannibals came to be towards the end of the Second Empire, the skeletons may not have been differentiating by that point.
Even the paint of the tribal males is reminicent of Holy Nation paladin armor in a way. As for the point on the Holy Flame being present on women, if the tribals realized that they were giving birth to Enforcers and still believed that women were giving birth to demons, in their ignorance painting the Holy Flame on their stomachs may have been a way to "consecrate" the women so to speak. Eventually, due to their seperation from Holy Nation society and the insanity developing among the tribes, the births of Enforcers would decrease and cause them to believe their tradition was working.
Nice
I really like your videos and appreciate the effort you put into finding all of this info but i think your videos would be better if you didn't take such a serious vibe to the dialog. Either way great vid and I hope you get more recognition
Yay, Kenshi!
A point of note on Cannibalism and insanity:
Consumption of human meat alone would not cause insanity, the danger of that only comes in to play if we assume the cannibals are consuming the CSF (Cerebro-spinal-fluid); or if they eat the spine/brain.
If their only interest is the meat itself, cannibalism would not have contributed to their mental degradation.
Wait you can eat people just okay? Just keep away from spine and brain?
guess more work for the dev to put more indepth into the lore
But that's why they have me lol
The faction and city of Deadcat hints at an origin related to Cat-Lon. I wonder if there are any hints to this connection.
The name Deadcat could be in response to The Cannibal Campaign during the 2nd Empire #lore #kenshi
Nice alliteration
Are there Cult of Stobe t-shirts available?
I’m assuming their origin is “they got hungry”
Making visually based conclusions while using graphics mods
The Cult of Stobe could have suffered a schism and split at some point of the revolt into the Okran and Narko denominations, the Okranites in a male dominated society led by the Phoenix in the fertile lands of the Holy Nation and the female inclusive or even dominated Narko branch led by the Great Wizard who did an exodus into the presumably fertile North West, where things went oh so very wrong.
Whats the mod for the badass Holy Nation armor?
Make the Holy Nation Great Again on the Steam Workshop
thanks@@HeroInHisHead
What? The Christians Canibals? Wtf
The holy empire sounds a lot more like any muslim country
t. historically illiterate
Kinda not really, alot of religions are like that, it's just Islam has more presence in 3rd/2nd world countries so you see them do more fucked up shit
lol. Something tells me you took it personally when the holy nation was described to be like feudal Europe 😂😂
@@BrokePrairiePrep no, it sounds exactly like medieval Europe but it also sounds like modern Muslims countries.
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The Grand wizard is actually the top rank in the KKK i believe thats what it was in reference too considering how evil both groups are lol love the lore tho bro needed more on the cannibals!
I would agree but other than that there isn't really any similarities between them. The pointed Cannibal hoods that are seen in some of this video are from a mod. In vanilla, other than the GW. All Cannibals are naked.
Also much appreciated and glad you enjoyed it!
@@HeroInHisHeadis the grand wizard just narko?
First?
Wow its like the guy who wrote this was illiterate
Jesus bro, speak up and stop the semi ASMR BS
He's plenty loud? What are you on about?