5 Times Tyranids Were Beyond HORRIFYING!! | Warhammer 40k Lore

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We all know that the tyranids are absolutely terrifying. but their sheer unrelenting horror is often diminished when the stories are told by the power armor clad super human warriors, the space marines. so today I have gathered 5 separate Tyranid stories that genuinely sent chills up my spine the first time I read them.
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0:00 intro
2:26 Terror of The Malanthrope
4:45 The Unknown Prisoner
8:20 The Doom of Malantai
13:42 Eyes of The Hivemind
20:44 Eaten Alive By A Hiveship
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[@weshammer]

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[@xbox2130]

Is there a guy in 40k who have survived many war and he is a guardsman

[@dicebot9617]

imagine being like, im going to cut out the part where the guardsmen shoots himself to save himself the pain of dying in acid, thats too sad, everything else? yeah thats fine

[@tombirmingham7033]

I am a huge Warhammer 40K fan so I love digging into the root sci-fi that the Creator stole from I mean we're inspired by. And I come across the religious beliefs of Mr Steve Jackson and I find some very strange stuff by the way everybody should go and read a book called The Five Books of Mystery by John Dee. Very eye opening

[@xeronecross]

Your code is "expired" so it says on their website. Just so you know.

[@vignesh0208]

What is the lore source for the unknown prisoner.

[@MrObasiah]

The idea of the imperium guarding an empty cell at maximum security is hilarious to me.

[@-DA-ONE-]

But like since all the equipment is working well that means there's really something inside

[@MrObasiah]

@@-DA-ONE- he said none of the instruments could detect it, just the trap knew it was in there. Since it can phase it could have just peaced out and been chilling somewhere

[@andrewhopkins886]

@@MrObasiah Just an ultra-invisible 'nid hanging out in the rafters eating popcorn.

[@latrodectusmactans7592]

Yes. That’s the joke. It’s an empty cell that they refuse to accept is actually empty.

[@rebel3896]

It's probably totally empty too. I love it.

[@jeramahia123]

There's another instance from the Devastation of Baal where Dante himself also looked into the eyes of the Swarmlord and saw the Hive Mind... But instead of horror, he felt only pity for the Tyranids now. Dante was mad with the Red Thirst, and in that moment he realized the curse that drove the Blood Angels to thirst for blood was NOTHING compared to the endless hunger that drove the Tyranids.

[@josephpa05]

Damn thats badass

[@blacktemplarbarachel3387]

I fear for what the hive mind does for the blood angels to feel pity for them that is just sad and horrifying

[@nouhorni3229]

Dante really just wants to be done with life and die but folks don't let him. The fate of the hive mind consciousness is probably worse then hell to him.

[@sgtstr3am785]

@@nouhorni3229 "I'm in hell but your hell is WAY worse. I'd shed a tear if I still had tear ducts."

[@IgaTenzen]

@@nouhorni3229 Poor guy just wants to rest , as he is fighting as Chapter Master of the Blood Angels for like 1100 years … and these sons of bitches (Robot Girlyman and his ultramarines) want to make him a primaris ! Dante be like “ FUCK NO” !

[@RichardX1]

That last story shows why everyone in the Imperium's militaries should always keep their sidearms loaded/charged for at least one shot

[@toheekang174]

For themselves?

[@RichardX1]

​@@toheekang174Yyyyyup.

[@TheMilitantMazdakite]

If the bioship swallowed your ship hole, scuttle your ship, then. Not only do you get a swift death, but you take the bioship down with you.

[@kaiwinhall5199]

@@TheMilitantMazdakite the last story was crap because blow yourself up and take the beast with you is the common imperial doctrine in such situation....

[@TheCorrodedMan]

@@kaiwinhall5199At that point it was probably far too late. The ship was being dissolved, so odds are that the beasts insides were hardened against explosives to defend against that very possibility. Remember; the Bugs think of _everything,_ not just what we can see. Need a stronger ship? BAM, hardened carapace _and_ latticed, diamond hard bone structure.

[@noneofyourfckingbusiness8302]

I love the idea of a super lictor even deadlier than the Deathleaper living completely undetectible in an Imperium cell. It sounds like an SCP

[@kharnthebetrayer8251]

I love the idea more that the trap just glitches and they're terrified of literally nothing, wondering at how patient and cunning it is as they lock a room with nothing in it

[@dalascalvo4957]

Just like SCP-055

[@TheSollith]

The idea that it's empty is hilariously ironic, but also like the idea it's just biding it's time for some super jailbreak of all the most dangerous creatures in the universe.

[@Stefanius058]

Yeah, but could they not just get a bunch of heavy flamers and start burning the cell from every side to find out if there is something really in there?

[@johnsheridan6027]

That last story surprised me, I knew on some level what was going to happen, but the creeping dread the story conveys is horrifying

[@Higglebert]

it was probably how human it was, normally we see commisars shooting fellow men, unflinching or space marines trampling through humans but this showed the more realistic side, the human side of things.

[@Rcdvst808]

Whoever wrote it was in a dark frame of mind, it’s good though. And probably accurate. No wonder the ‘All is lost’ rule in BFG let’s you detonate your engines rather than suffer that nightmare.

[@epicsardines6440]

I think it’s cuz we all know they are going to die. But there is some part of us expecting for them to live. And it is just so realistic to how we all would have felt in that situation. One with no possible hope, no way out.

[@max16]

meh. it was not that bad. dont know why wes was so head buggered about it.

[@kennethwilliams543]

@@max16 He omitted some of the more visual details because I believe the acid and the bugs are only the first part. I believe he talked about this story before and the acid doesn't instantly kill the crew but eats away at there flesh slowly while the parasites burrow into there flesh like spoiled meat.

[@baldrodinnson4468]

The irony of the Eldar spending so long trying to preserve their souls to save them from being devoured by slaneesh just for them to be devoured by a tyranid is awful

[@markgallagher1790]

Universe just looked at them and said "No"

[@baldrodinnson4468]

@@markgallagher1790 I love the bugs but that's all sorts of fucked up

[@markgallagher1790]

@@baldrodinnson4468 aye

[@te9591]

With the splintering of their Craftworld it seems like there could be a variation of Exodites that kind of resemble the Dark Eldars plight but with Nids.

[@Nick-st4hb]

If it makes you feel better, That Tyranid probably just converted all those souls into pure energy while Slaneesh would likely toy with their souls for eternity so that's not that bad tbh

[@zelpheon662]

17:30 I think getting the attention of the Tyranid hivemind itself to look directly at you is a feat considering it kills like this on the daily throughout the verse

[@qwaeszrdxtfcgvbqwaeszrdxtf5733]

Considering it looked at the water with apparent curiosity, I bet it's reaction was "da fuck is this" And I think that was the thing that made hivemind directly control that gaunt

[@shcdemolisher]

@@qwaeszrdxtfcgvbqwaeszrdxtf5733 Yeah a case of: "That isn't water, and WE both know what water is!"

[@unclekanethetiberiummain1994]

@@qwaeszrdxtfcgvbqwaeszrdxtf5733 Dude went into FPS mode in RTS/FPS hybrid game.

[@qwaeszrdxtfcgvbqwaeszrdxtf5733]

@@unclekanethetiberiummain1994 in a literal sense

[@generalshock4359]

@@unclekanethetiberiummain1994 its like in the arma or the men of war games when you like "mmmmmmm lemme zoom in a bit yeah thats some weird shit."

[@Reddotzebra]

So the unknown prisoner is basically just trolling the Imperium at this point. "Oh, they sent in another guy. Guess I'll just sit here in my corner and watch them rip their hair out a little more."

[@Bukyru]

Or there really was nothing there and the trap had a issues they could find.

[@alejandrosalas3445]

@@Bukyru but then why weren’t there more disappearances reported from the world it was “captured” on

[@robertnett9793]

@@alejandrosalas3445 Maybe there were - and the Administratum is working as fast as possible to process the reports. You can expect them any decade now.

[@Aw-ev1mv]

Imagine if it's just a normal harmless animal like a frog that is somehow invisible and that's what has the imperium so terrified

[@idigamstudios7463]

@@Aw-ev1mv It's a single ripper, it's actually tried to attack the marines but it can't do much more than nibble toes. it's trying it's best though.

[@axios4702]

The Doom of Malantai should be a tyranid "character" like Old One Eye, recreated where the Hive Mind deems it to be needed most or to terrify Eldar warriors that encountered it.

[@weshammer]

That would be awesome! Honestly, I'm surprised they haven't done that yet. GW likes to release new character models every now and then. Rather than giving a whole new line of miniatures. I feel like it'd be pretty easy to design a unique zonethroape

[@xkriegor]

It used to be playable(I think it was around 5th edition), it's really2 strong.

[@demonelf2094]

@@weshammer At least we got Parasite of Mortrex resently.

[@baldrodinnson4468]

I don't think there's been new tyranid models in like 4 or 5 years so I feel like it's overdue, but I just bought old one eye so I don't have the cash to throw at GW at the moment lol

[@florians9949]

@@weshammer I fell something like the Doom of Malantai would be too powerfull fot tabletop. Seriously that thing was abble to solo an entier craftworld, sure a bit beat up but still. It would be the ewuivalent of bringing the Emperor of Mankind.

[@sirknightmonday9286]

Holy god-emperor. That last story was straight out of a nightmare.

[@undefinedvariable8085]

Raises the question: why don't they carry service pistols? That would've come in clutch; to choose to end yourself rightly before the horror takes you.

[@winspyy]

He omitted some things, I guess for the sake of youtube monetisation, because it gets even more graphic and horrific than that.

[@SnugCheetah36]

@@winspyy like how so?

[@KhronicD]

@@SnugCheetah36 I would assume more detailed descriptions of the horrific way the characters died.

[@prdurnion83]

@@SnugCheetah36 Like... have you ever had anyone describe what being dragged 15 miles on asphalt feels like?

[@RabidlyTaboo]

I hate when SCPs get compared to everything, but the invisible creature in a possibly empty cell being guarded at max security gives me those vibes.

[@RubberbandEntertainment]

Man does anyone else want more dramatic readings from Wes? Like shit let this dude record an audiobook for war hammer his enthusiasm for the books really gets you into it

[@thehermitman822]

Hell Yeah. A collab of other loremasters would also be great.

[@snufflebunny539]

Best Tyranid moment is the first mission in dawn of war 2 where the guardsmen start panicking because this weird bug just *Took Cover*

[@mzamethodman7134]

Everybody gangsta till the bug starts having a big *THINK*

[@callumfinlayson-palmer8393]

I know I loved the line and thought it was really badass and scary. You have these hoards of mindless monsters attacking like a swam of wild animals, then these animalistic monsters are suddenly performing well co-ordinate tatical moments and strategy equal or superior to your own.

[@mzamethodman7134]

@@callumfinlayson-palmer8393 Imagine a new group of tyranids enter the galaxy that when the battle starts, they are very basic, but as the battle progresses, they learn and adapt RAPIDLY by watching the stuff they're fighting, so at the start they're just zerging, and mid way through they're counting their shots, flanking, strategically taking out structures, and worst of all, communicating. Idk if this is already a thing in 40k im a newbie to warhammer

[@Enja_Near]

@@mzamethodman7134 Usually at the beginning of an Invasion, there are ALOT of little bugs and very few Synapse creatures. As the invasion progresses more Synapse creatures will be dispatched. From the Victims' perspective the Nids' behavioral patterns is exactly as you described.

[@aleccarroll7328]

@@mzamethodman7134 sorta hive fleet jormagander is my fav stupid effective

[@SkitariusNoKD]

This is why I love tyrannids, just eldritch horror from an intelligence that sees humans as nothing but food, I hope the hive mind stay unknowable, for any attempts to explain it would just diminish it.

[@mrcaterpillow9926]

It will probably get the Emperor of Mankind treatment which I am fully here for.

[@gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954]

I agree completely - as Lovecraft himself said, the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest form of fear is fear of the unknown. GW should keep the Hive Mind as an unknown and unknowable alien gestalt consciousness, god like in power but so utterly alien that the Imperium doesn't even have a frame of reference by which to understand it.

[@raylenn4444]

That's impossible. Because eventually the setting will get closure one way or another

[@SkitariusNoKD]

@@raylenn4444 you can get closure of a franchise letting things unexplained, like the nameless thing in Lord of the rings. Also warhammer 40k getting closure sounds unlikely since it's GW biggest milk cow, but I would be down to a multiple ending finale were players choose what faction they want to win.

[@raylenn4444]

@@SkitariusNoKD that won't happen in 40K. Like they will have ti defeat the hivemind or at least confront it to give a climatcic conclusion to the tyranids. And you can't do that with a mysterious eldritch entity that seem unnatainable or uneplicable.

[@UserRedZero]

“Eyes of the Hivemind” You know, he had the _EXTREMELY_ rare opportunity to communicate with the total Tyranid hivemind one-on-one in a safe and reliable way there, assuming it could hiss some sort of speech.

[@heliveruscalion9124]

also assuming that the hive mind is capable of comprehending the world like humans (or space marines) can, and that it isn't so far above us that communication is on a completely separate level

[@shadow8928]

the death leaper short story is also a good one, both horrifying and strangely enough hilarious

[@callumfinlayson-palmer8393]

"We have no evidence there is anything there, all equipment has failed to detect anything" "So what your saying is this is the stealthy monster we ever encountered" "No we would have detect at least something so I'm fairly sure nothing there" "By the Emperor we cant let it out."

[@BloopTheNoop]

I love hearing about the Tyranids. Your choice of music in the background is also amazing

[@shaderunner8220]

40k honestly makes for some of the most amazing horror content. And it comes in multiple flavors. From chaos demons, to drukhari... To the tyrarids.

[@EmperorPylades]

I think one of the most terrifying things about the 'Nids is the simple fact that the very thing that lets you know they've arrived in system means that its already too late. Once the Shadow in the Warp falls over you, you can't evacuate, reinforcements have almost no hope of getting to you in time, and for an Astropath to even attempt to get as SOS almost guarantees that they'll die or go mad in the process.

[@meric2]

You'd think they'd have a self destruct option in the event that your ship is being devoured

[@Tyranid_HiveMind]

Doofenshmirtz has proven that it's a bad idea

[@freekill1018]

Rather than self destruct why not massive electric charge around the ship to shock the monster eating the ship or massive flamethrowers

[@__-zo6qi]

@@freekill1018 flames be no good in space, and with the amount of time they had and what they had i'm going to go out on a limb and say they couldn't do the shock thing

[@freekill1018]

@@__-zo6qi what of emergency warp jumps while inside the tyranid

[@mattor300]

​@@freekill1018 shadow of the warp prevents warp drives, thing is the best thing you could actually do is have loads of explosives, it probably won't kill the ship, it mey even not damage it but at least you go out fast

[@JuggerToad]

This video came at a perfect time. Just got my Tyranids 40k MTG deck and I'm sleeving it up as I watch this

[@weshammer]

Oh that's awesome! I got mine in the other day as well, got a handful of games in already. The combos are nutty. I will say the gene stealer Cult lady works way better as your commander over the swarm lord

[@JuggerToad]

@@weshammer Yeah, she's insanely better. The Swarmlord is good but sadly doesn't work in the deck well. Hope you have fun as well, I can't wait to test the decks.

[@bryanchemini6221]

The First Tyrannic War card is nuts...I ended a game in one shot with a 42/42 Haruspex that was unable to be blocked because of another card. You can double your +1/1 twice with it.

[@RoxyGotMoxy.]

@@weshammer yeah, they did ol' Swarmy dirty with the MTG Card. Definitely at minimum needed Trample.

[@MrNewber01]

the unknown prisoner is the perfect mc'guffin... A empt jar filled with paranoia LOL

[@probablythedm1669]

If you want the full horror of a dramatization of the last story, look up "Flesh noose" by A vox in the void. I listened to that as I was going to sleep... not one of my best timed decisions, but it's really well done! I'm pretty sure that's the one.

[@romanquattrininunez9054]

thanks

[@Channel-23s]

The unknown prisoner sounds like a Hidden horror imagine a Tyrnid Powers that rival the best or maybe it’s capable of passing it’s powers

[@zacharyhawley1693]

I think the doom of milanti was most likely drawn into the warp at somepoint or it went there voluntarily.

[@will_f_j5638]

Mabye it managed to escape the Hivemind since it’s now powered by billions of powered souls.

[@headcrabo..2301]

@@will_f_j5638 doubt it, not even that would be enough much less would a Tyranid WANT to deny their master.

[@ddenozor]

@@headcrabo..2301 Yeah every Tyranid is essentially the Hivemind. And if Hivemind is an individual Tyrannid, I believe it might be above Chaos God levels of strength.

[@qwaeszrdxtfcgvbqwaeszrdxtf5733]

@@will_f_j5638 tyranids arent slaves of hivemind, they are it's body.

[@0ne0fmany]

Or maybe since it evolved to eat souls, and after the eldar feast it grew so strong, that it went into the warp to become a new hive fleet, challenging the chaos gods themselves... Hive fleet Morpheus

[@atomicLord97]

That part at the end, where the station was swallowed whole? That gave me chills man! as well as ideas for the book I am writing, (not 40k related) that sense of horror has given me a few ideas.

[@cedo3333]

One of the truly powerful scare story is being devoured alive. That's instinct for you and since we don't dwell in nature that's limited in our psyche . I hope you will use this in your story that's powerful stuff there.

[@williamhart7942]

the unknown prisoner is definitely a deathleaper, a upgraded lictor

[@callumduckworth7490]

nah its definitely empty

[@crapparc]

There was just one Death Leaper, though.

[@Elmithian]

@@crapparc only one known death leaper.

[@dolphinerofachero3159]

It’s a virgin toaster

[@queencyrys6309]

@@crapparc there is never just one when it comes to Tyranids.

[@cnut7383]

I love that the deathwatch has such a variety of xenos that visible colours aren't enough to grade deadliness lol

[@lachlanfahy2429]

30 minutes of Tyranid lore hell yeah!

[@cobaltlance18]

Find the Nids player

[@omer-mo2ch]

yep and dark stories as black eyes of a shark love ever part of it(: especially the last 2

[@The_Archivist407]

WOOHOO! I love my baby bugs

[@PugMast3r]

That last story hit me hard, I don’t know if I will sleep tonight, Great Video as always though

[@weshammer]

Same. I was thinking about it for like a week after I read it.

[@kempolar9768]

That was with him redacting the worst parts?? Oh dear lord I see why you can't sleep Wes.

[@Big_Orc]

Guess I'm reading that book

[@ryandackiw9871]

What’s the books name ?

[@MagusFyre]

I think if I was part of that crew knowing we'd get swallowed by the ship, I would have just swallowed a live grenade before anything would have happened.

[@NinjaSkittlez]

The Tyranids having a deific presence which rivals or dwarfs the chaos gods, who themselves may be running from something infinitely larger than themselves, is lovecraftian as hell.

[@mr.revrac5602]

They aren’t running from anything

[@Endlessvoidsutidos]

the true trynid hive mind and endless nightmares endless nightmare deep in the shattered dark of the twisted cosmos

[@taddad2641]

nah i think its just dumb. just wann make it 'more grimdark' and nto really think bout it. Cause quite literally, this entity, would just make Slaanesh more powerful. we are talkign about an entire species of ravenous consumption. He'd match if not surpass this being and all the other chaos gods. but its not a serious work so plot holes be plot holes.

[@maryray4960]

@@taddad2641And just HOW is Slaanesh supposed to get a grip on the bloody thing?!

[@McChickenJOI]

@@taddad2641 i mean, the ravenous consumption part goes for the physical nids, who are basically animals no? with the hivemind itself not being affected by it and just controlling the different nids

[@UGNAvalon]

“I’m going to omit some of the more graphic parts.” “He removed her hands from her face.” “Still she screamed.” Ah, so her face melted off. Lovely.

[@blank4227]

that doesn't sound lovely at all wtf is wrong with you

[@UGNAvalon]

@@blank4227 It's called "verbal irony", sometimes known as "sarcasm". The use of an underwhelming/inappropriate reaction (in this case, saying "lovely") serves to highlight just how horrific the scene would be.

[@blank4227]

@@UGNAvalon No it's called "boring"

[@UGNAvalon]

@blank Oh really? You didn’t seem very bored in your initial comment; in fact, you seemed downright horrified. 🙃

[@blank4227]

@@UGNAvalon I asked what was wrong with you and you said you were boring.

[@batolley7435]

By the emperor the amount of raw lore and stories this universe could produce countless movies and shows.

[@richardbradshaw7067]

lots of lore and still none of it makes sense lol. what true now is false tomorrow.

[@cedo3333]

Please no! not now! The industry in those days is crap so gonna produce crap so please not now!

[@Zombiewithabowtie]

Starship Troopers is the best Tyranid movie.

[@nightigal]

The only way I could see this working is if they took a Clone Wars style approach and jump between characters and story lines.

[@deron2203]

I love how vicious the tyranids are. All they want is to consume and they'll evolve efficiently to achieve that no matter what. It's just scary tbh there's so many and all they want is to consume.

[@elkpants1280]

Just like the typical American

[@AkselGAL]

We are not vicious. We don't want to consume all of you. Bad propaganda. We are just the white blood cells of the galaxy at work. ~Your friendly neighborhood Tyranids

[@Shadow30.]

Zergs that are (for my knolege) ispired by them are cute

[@FeedMeSalt]

Not all of them ;)

[@jeramahia123]

They don't want to consume... they NEED to consume. Dante himself said he felt pity for the Tyranids, because when he looked into the Hive Mind he knew the Red Thirst was NOTHING compared to the hunger of the Tyranids.

[@thegametroll6264]

They've been named the great devourer for a reason. They are said to be a force more voracious than the fires of hell themselves. A friend of mine asked his girlfriend " would we survive a war against the tyranids the way things are now?" I couldn't help but chime in saying basically what I just said earlier. 😅

[@slinkerdeer]

They appear to be spillovers from a Galaxy that has been overrun. Meaning those we encounter are mere scouts of a kind, assuming it is but a single Galaxy they have so far consumed

[@jamesverone1244]

​@@slinkerdeertheory is they already have put solar systems surrounded and slowly closing in

[@BigBinky_Gaming]

That story at the end was pure horror and it was great. Also I'm super glad the doom of Malantai was mentioned.

[@TypeJack]

I like to think that the unknown prisoner is just the trap has serious fucked up/a trick by tzeentch and that the imperium is putting all that effort in guarding an empty trap. 😂😂

[@Zombiewithabowtie]

Either that or Trayzn the Infinite has already half-inched it for his own collection.

[@ozymandiaz1002]

The timing is absolutely amazing! I am currently in the process of painting my very first miniature of warhammer 40k, after enjoying the lore for a bunch of months. Really nice to have a video to listen to while painting. Thank you very much wes!

[@ozymandiaz1002]

@Bob Bobinson i decided to buy the recruit edition starter set, since i dont have any form of opportunity to play against someone else who has an army. I have a friend who wants to get into the tabletop but cant really afford any miniatures of his own, so i bought the recruit edition for the two factions included, its enough for casual games. I am a huge fan of the lore surrounding the necrons, so i will expand on that side propably. The first model i painted though, was a space marine included in the set, to sort of practice before i start with the necrons. I painted one of the primaris marines, but didnt like the blue/gold. So i painted him with the color palette of the black templars (will use the primaris tactics propably).

[@ozymandiaz1002]

@Bob Bobinson well, i think i chose necrons because i just loved the lore the most. I started to get into the fandom by learning a lot about the lore of every faction, and the conzept of the necrons was just really enticing to me. What is your general army of choice?

[@therat9771]

@@ozymandiaz1002 general army choice: the one that you like the most 😎

[@neor473]

That last story was terrifying. I could imagine every part. Great job with that video

[@Heidao623]

Imagine if the unknown prisoner was actually the personal avatar of the Tyranid hivemind, that it uses to leisurely explore an area and carries the full might of its psychic potential to wander around on Dev Mode, no clipping on true invisibility. It might have seen the trap and "allowed" itself to be captured out of curiosity, only to be rewarded in being brought to the single greatest repository of genes from the most potent killing machines in this galaxy. Now it waits for the opportunity for any tyranid force to come for the harvest.

[@taddad2641]

which is dumb. i am sorry but warhammer has alwatys been a good bit dumb but that is extra dumb.

[@kayvaanmcsharrowkyn6901]

I had read that last story before....AND IT IS TRULY THE DEFINITION OF GRIMDARK....I'm glad you featured it at the end.... It really drives the point home to anyone new to the Lore that DOESN'T UNDERSTAND JUST HOW GODDAMN TERRIFYING THE ALIEN DINOSAUR BUGS OF SLAUGHTER TRULY ARE!!!! ONCE AGAIN WES MY BROTHER, YOU HAVE KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK WITH THIS ONE!! 🤘🏻😝👍🏻

[@afryanmahendra2055]

Considering they were able to hold off the warp influence when the great rift manifested make my head full of wonder that the hivemind actually the true lovecraftian horror of 40K. I mean they were able to fight the unreality that split apart dimensions/space/time.

[@russgyuras7485]

You sir, are a master orator. Your retelling of stories and dives into lore have encapsulated me and I’m sure countless others. Thank you for your videos and your dedication to the lore, your content is amazing. Again, thank you.

[@weshammer]

Thanks! I can't take all the credit though, that last passage was read Basically word for word 😅 So all credit goes to the author on that one!

[@rebel3896]

@@weshammer I imagine the part you skipped was describing the woman taking her hands away from her face, yeah?

[@weshammer]

Ya that and then the last guy had a much more gruesome depiction as well

[@pepperbunz9093]

As a Tyranid main who's getting back in after 4e (my army got stolen so I dropped it) I'm so excited to see lore videos about them. I love hearing about what happens

[@blaablup222]

Ouuff... i feel that pain as i can perfeclty imagine how expensive that stuff is. That and the fact that its dice based prevents me from taking warhammer up safe for the plentitute of games. Sad that the Tyranids arent featured prominently in a proper dawn of war game as well (like.. DoW1, the only good one, all of them even soulstorm)

[@UnprofessionalQualifications]

The absolute and unescapable terror is what makes the tyranids both fascinating, and haunting nightmares. The last story was very fitting. Dark...

[@ethanandrew5121]

That last story was so chilling I visually see everything happening

[@chupacabra304]

What a masterful combination of words that last part is. The first time I read it literally ruined my night & even now @Weshammer ‘s description gives me goosebumps.

[@W1LYKAT]

Fantastic a little slice of Weshammer to brighten a Meh day, where I'm stuck working and not painting mini's

[@W1LYKAT]

Wait this isn't bright .....

[@weshammer]

It never is when the bugs are involved :(

[@jordanwebb1543]

Yeah that’s definitely a Lictor Death Watch has. Who’s to say it’s not walking around that station just……watching

[@axios4702]

Honestly, I love to imagine the trap is just malfunctioning and empty and all this paranoiah is for nothing.

[@arandomsquidward7761]

Honestly been loving this more long and slow paced style of videos you've been making, your voice suits it.

[@eliasmolck5566]

The day Ordamael looked into the eyes of a Gaunt and saw the Hive Mind looking back was the most traumatic and existentially terrifying day of his life. But for the Hive Mind it was just... Tuesday.

[@IgaTenzen]

And then the Hive Mind looks at The Silent King and his bony buddies and insta leaves chatt : *The Hive Mind has left the chatt*

[@danielvasquez7951]

The unknown creature is the tyranid version of a false hydra

[@Sunmourn]

Milanthrope looks like a Zerg overlord

[@vincentlefur4490]

All these stories are why i love the tyranids. About the Unknown Prisonner, i believe it's a very advanced kind of Lictor that got trapped but managed to free itself without being spotted by the trap's sensors. It would mean that the trap is really empty but no one knows it.

[@Zenphoshen]

Fantastic video my dude! The Devastation of Baal is just an other prime example of why I love the Blood Angels. The last story just had me wondering if their station had any sort of self destruct capabilities. Also makes me wonder how much damage it could have potentially done. That Acid though, big yikes. Not a way I would want to go out.

[@zaer-ezart]

They do and it would've nuked the entire place, tyranid as well. But you run the risk of being sucked into the warp and end up with an even worse fate

[@Zenphoshen]

@@zaer-ezart At this point you're already dead so might as well take what just devoured your space station whole with you. If the space station had a way to go full critical meltdown into full explosion after it being swallowed whole, might as well hit that button and prevent others from suffering a similar fate.

[@zaer-ezart]

@@Zenphoshen Yeah but here's the thing. While being eaten alive is painful it will end at some point. But in the warp you don't even have the sweet release of death. Your soul will be raped for all eternity by one of the fucked up things roaming in the warp

[@Zenphoshen]

@@zaer-ezart If it's a self destruct system the Warp drive wont activate. It's just a really big nuclear explosion in the stomach of a big bug. No real threat of the Warp being opened. Would just be a big boom and potentially lots of dead Nids. It would be like a ship being destroyed in space it doesnt just automatically go into the warp it just goes Boom.

[@oodlesofnoodles1700]

I guess that Death Watch never watched the invisible man. Just throw flour or something similar in the cell. Can't be camouflaged when you're covered in flour or some other powder based substance. Imagine having all that tech and some asshat just grabs a sack of flour and ruins your whole plan.

[@Lionfromkrypton]

The codex astartes dont allow ''flour tactics"

[@renevil2105]

Or just use a flamethrower to burn the whole room.

[@Medved725]

Considering that it might be psychic camouflage, it might just trick your brain into thinking the flour landed on nothing.

[@Drakio95]

Well Weshammer you've actually conveyed Tyranids as quite disturbing. As Nid fan I'm pleased :) Btw. Doom of Malan'Tai is a character unit - a Neurothrope. I think it was mentioned in Shield of Baal campaign books where it was introduced. Also it does work similarly, siphoning life force during psychic phase and healimg itself and other Zoanthropes.

[@TheMagicalPinata]

It's an old unit from 6th or 7th edition that never had a model, so was removed before 8th ed. The Neurothrope is kind of a replacement, but nowhere near as deadly

[@Superkaiju]

I genuinely hope that the box in the deathwatch holden is in fact just empty. Could use a legit comedy of something so stupid in a world of grim dark

[@grimmy2347]

The amount of details on the last one were soooo good, loved every second of it.

[@uncontrollablefire]

Before I start the video, Tyranids are my personal favorite aliens in Warhammer 40k, they're so unique and terrifying, and I *LOVE* it

[@alexclarke336]

Tau rnt fish please bring me peace

[@threenurglingspretending]

They are not fish my dear friend

[@wastelandcourier4645]

They are fish my dear friend

[@threenurglingspretending]

@@wastelandcourier4645 they are not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@friendlyheathen9196]

Well....... They do have hoves

[@alexclarke336]

Fish taste mad tau have good food not the same

[@sirsiriuss4010]

the last one was terrifying. Good job covering that, as always!

[@erikbuchanan4648]

That last story was great. The whole falling picture at the end is right out of a movie!

[@boxdoge4030]

I absolutely LOVED this video! I know videos are difficult to make, but WH40k story and lore videos are AMAZING. Keep up the great work king! 👑

[@TheRenolius]

I love how SCP foundation still exist in the grimdark universe of 40k trapping and containing everything from the most benign species to the most horrifying lovecraftian beings to the beastiarium

[@grindamadurin]

Oof, that last story got me.. the hopeless terror of the entire situaton really felt like a drawn-out panic attack. The fact that they were all named characters made it feel like they were all real people that you never got the chance to know.

[@ICryWhenICum001]

It’s crazy cool seeing your progression as a content creator I remember following you when you first started on TikTok to now getting hundreds of thousands of views per videos on KZbin, congrats man.

[@jillianschroeder9193]

18:51 moments like these, the deeply passionate, almost romantically expressed and deeply detailed explanations for everything and so clearly wanting each of us to know and fall in love with all of it as much and deeply as you do, is so amazing and some of the things + reasons that are what set you aside as a youtuber, and even as a fan... are among the reasons that you deserve every like, fan, bit of support, dollar, and so much more, that comes to you. I love watching each of your videos and learning and ***feeling*** the passion that you have for all things and all aspects of WarHammer..... Long live WesHammer!!!!!

[@weshammer]

Hey, thanks a lot I really appreciate that!, I'll be honest I wasn't having the best night. And this made it all better 🥲 You're an awesome person!

[@jillianschroeder9193]

@@weshammer glad I could help!! You have most definitely fueled both my and my partner's interest and turned something that, before you, was a vague interest, into one of our primary interests, and nobody we've come across really puts the same level of passion into it in a way a viewer can feel. Keep it up, you deserve everything good that comes your way and more!!

[@kethrill7223]

This was amazing! I never comment on anything. But I would love more stories like this. I am not a Tyranid player but this made me reconsider for sure.

[@carolheward6479]

Malanthropes search battlefields for unique or useful biomass. They appear after battles are over and most of the time it would be absorbing dead bodies or bits of bodies rather than living victims. Good vid

[@ToniFarious]

bro your choice of music is amazing. It creates the perfect atmosphere for these kinds of videos!

[@Fractal_dust]

Love you're videos! And btw since you made a video talking about imperial Titans you HAVE to make one about the Tyranid titans like the hierophant ,Dominatrix and stuff.

[@kirostus6720]

Hello! I have been watching your channel for a long time especially the shorts (they are super funny and interesting) and today I decided to buy my first ever set! It's not much at all, it included 6-7 paints, a brush and 3 space marines to start/practice with. Without you I wouldn't have discovered this amazing hobby and I thank you for it! (ps your video about finishing a dethguard member was the one that made me go "yep, i'm definitely buying a set of my own)

[@weshammer]

Oh that's awesome dude! Good for you! Is hobby is wonderful and super rewarding! If you need help painting, there are tons of wonderful creators here on KZbin that have step-by-step guides that make it super easy.

[@kirostus6720]

@@weshammer thank you! Do you have any preferences with races/factions? Chaos space marines are my favorite by far (the raptor set is my fav)but idk if they are good to play with.Also can the chaos space marines be played together with a Helbrute?

[@tvw4951]

God I gotchills hearing you describe the blood Angel's encounter, that was wild.

[@joshuasimpson6374]

😲 I'm not often speckless, but that last one was incredible! Both story and how you made it fell Weshammer. Thank you for doing this.

[@Theotherone89]

Big props for putting all the sources in the video. More lore videos need to point us to which book it comes from like this does.

[@aguywithalotofopinions412]

I like to think that the Blood Angels story shows our power, not our weakness. After all, that Gaunt died and the Hivemind lost that fight. It shows that no matter how insignificant we are to it, no matter how small our entire species may seem compared to the power of the Hivemind, we still fight on, refusing to go quietly into the night. We’re the prey that bites back. And you know what happens when a zebra looks at a lion in the eye? The lion goes away

[@jadenepia5960]

replace lion with week old kitten, a lion would be a warrior or carnifex

[@SickOfItAll1988]

Thanks for your content! I stumbled over your channel while watching a bunch of shorts while falling asleep. I play magic and bought the 40k commander deck, while doing research for it I watched some videos, do that's probably why the algorithm send me to you. Having one expensive & time consuming nerdy hobby is enough for me, but listening to you explaining the lore makes me want to buy some Warhammer books.

[@KyoKiaNexus]

ty for putting the eaten by the ship last i couldnt have continued otherwise adn it was very well read @weshammer

[@tassadar9623]

We need someone going into a collison course with the hive mind.

[@arsenysobiev4656]

Speaking of blood Angels and Tyranids, there's a short story where they find a tech priest merged with a hive tyrant (with the priest seemingly in control) on a dormant Tyranid ship. Interesting short story.

[@Tyranid_Hive_Mind]

Bro, what?

[@uNhAzArDoUs]

i love how u tell the story. this gonna be my second fav story teller after mrballen

[@rob5541]

Like your channel. He best videos are the focused single stories, like the recent death guard videos. That was incredible.

[@user-nd4du4tq3t]

The thing i don't understand about tyranids is why do they have to make it all so painful? They see everything as just biomass to consume. Then why do they kill so painfully? I don't think the hive-mind even has a concept of sadism yet they kill in the most painful and horrific ways possible.

[@captiancholera8459]

My understanding is that because the hive mind prioritizes coming out with a net positive in biomass from its encounters, somewhere along the line it figured out psychological warfare can make successful invasions easier. If you’re a guardsmen under attack by the nids, your commissar is dissolved right before your eyes, your comrades impaled on the spines of a larger bioform, others being eaten alive by the tryanids ranged weaponry and others yet cut to ribbons and relative safety right behind you. This type of pressure will break most people, and once an already set upon and suffering units moral breaks, it becomes a slaughter. Like seriously. To this day when an army retreats and is perused, it will tend to take disproportionate casualties compared to who they’re running from. And Seeing as how the tyranids are basically an amalgamation of the flood and xenomorphs on super steroids, they probably figured being scary and making shit really painful works pretty well.

[@qiushuang239]

Keep in mind the reason why the nids make your death painful is to most likely shatter the morale of your fellow men, it knows your fear and use it against you as it likely did against countless other galactic empires. Another example is the tyrant guards goes into a frenzy when the hive tyrant they are guarding is slain, they don't do this out of shame or anger, but to make sure whoever slayed the hive tyrant won't live to pass on the knowledge.

[@camd1518]

Factor is actually legit, I recommend getting the cold press juices with as it's a nice breakfast on the go and gives you a little pick up in the a.m.

[@weshammer]

I havent tried that yet! I'll add it to my next order from them!

[@jacksoncurb7003]

Just curious;are their any good books from the Tyranids perspective

[@cristianbernal8009]

None as they dont communicate like we do. Closes you get is Genestealer Cults

[@weshammer]

devestation of baal has a few chapters that are from the perspective of a lictor which was pretty cool.

[@fluphy_cloudz7220]

That last story gave me much more insight about just how dark and grim warhammer 40k really is. It went into so much detail about their helplessness and agony the entire time without sparing a single detail. And if you say you left out some of the more gruesome parts, I fear to read it myself

[@jttate1419]

Keep it up man, doing great! don't stop and remember to enjoy it

[@odd_ball]

Keep it up I love your vids

[@bmorebread8993]

At first I thought the tyranid blood was some way to wage war against the thirst water on a molecular level lol

[@screamingcactus1753]

My guess is the the hive mind killed a couple gaunts to send their blood into the "water" to see what would happen, but when its host was killed its connection to that hive fleet was momentarily severed, driving the nids berserk and causing them to charge thoughtlessly into the trap. It probably recognized some novel form of life it hadn't encountered before and wanted to see it first hand. The larger nids who are a little smarter even without the hivemind knew to hold back and retreated when they realized all their cannon fodder was dead

[@oxford0503]

This video was what made me want to really learn about War Hammer, Thank you my dude

[@Garf696]

It normally takes a lot to disturb me even a little. But that last one... I'm stunned for words. Thankyou.

[@mat4039]

Wes I hate that u got me into tacticus ... .on a side note what do you think the Tyranid faction would look like in the game

[@weshammer]

Hmmm I think the common unit would be a genestealer, followed by ravager, deathleaper, a zoanthrope, and the legendary character would be a carnifex. Probably ole one eye. They can't do a swarm lord, or a hive tyrant since they already use that as a raid boss

[@magicgroovy]

WAZZAAAHHHHHHHHH

[@weshammer]

🥇

[@V0IV0DE]

Alas, someone telling the story of the Named Tyranid: Doom of Malan'tai. This creature was really concerning at 5th edition, I saw many miniatures die in the table(multiple times) because of him with some combos of zoanthropes and the mycetic spore pod.

[@Wally480]

My friend! So glad I just found this channel! Happy to subscribe. 😁

[@Hawkmoon26933]

Forgive me if you have already covered this because I haven’t seen all of your videos. Just getting into Warhammer 40K and I noticed there is a fantasy version. I’m wondering if you are planning on doing a video covering how the two are connected or if they are. I only found three videos on it on KZbin and they gave conflicting information on it and my search on Google hasn’t shed much light on it either. Great videos, thanks again.

[@North_Of_Nowhere]

I want this aswell

[@screamingcactus1753]

In short, 40K and Fantasy used to be connected, but those connections were slowly severed over the years until they were canonically entirely separate universes. 40K actually started out its life as a parody of Warhammer Fantasy, or just Warhammer at the time as it wasn't sharing its name with anything else. It was literally Warhammer 40,000 years in the future, but over time, 40K was fleshed out as a setting, and now shares very few similarities with Fantasy apart from the Chaos Gods and a handful of renamed races.

[@treeherder42]

That last story reminds me of one of my favourite creepypastas that I found a few months after starting to get into 40k. It's called "we never should have travelled to the stars, they found earth" and has a reading on KZbin, narrator kinda butchers the pronunciation of tyranids but in an understandable way for someone unfamiliar with 40k. It's basically a tyranid attack, short and simple for those not interested is it starts out with the main character waking from a stasis type chamber, no idea what is going on and is told its a side effect of the untested tech, later it turns out they are testing a way out of 40k timeline warp drive, they leave the galaxy, find the tyranids, horror ensues. Not going to spoil the story and the conclusion is a little out there but returns the stories timeline to that of reality/40k at the same time. Its pretty good for a short free story on the horrors of the tyranids.

[@UserRedZero]

“Perfectly invisible, possibly psychic camouflage” See people, this is why you need at least one Pariah on the rotor for Deathwatch.