Creepy Minor Xenos in Warhammer 40K Deep Dive

[@sebs-shenanigans]

To those curious: I couldn't find the link to the creature seen in the thumbnail to this video in the description. The artist is "Mike Franchina" and the creature is called "The Mother of Beasts" He makes cool shit

[@C.D.V.E.610]

Hell yeah dude, MF is next level.

[@SecuR0M]

He's based

[@Fyre19]

i was about to say i saw the art and knew where it was from hes got a art station look him up folks

[@quint3ssent1a]

5:28 That art is actually from another wargame called AT-43 (sadly it's discontinued). One of the races in that game is power-armoured sentient gorillas. In space.

[@Xenomrph]

Glad I’m not the only person who noticed that

[@hayuseen6683]

0:45 Jokero - cyberninja monkee 6:44 Lackremorhl - space vampire doppelgänger 12:00 Frau - mindblade edgelords 15:19 Megarachnids / Interex teaser - not your average spider waifus 21:28 Smelrats - cyborg scavenger rats 25:14 Bonedrinker - moopsy mushroom 29:12 Vespids - most original wasp aliens award

[@SpydrXIII]

"moopsy"?

[@hayuseen6683]

@@SpydrXIII Star Trek Lower Decks Moopsy is a creature from the episode “I have no bones and I must flee” It’s the cutest little bone drinker ever

[@NieroshaiTheSable]

I love how Tau feature so much --plagiarism-- inspiration from Marathon and Halo

[@arcotroll8530]

​@@NieroshaiTheSableHey, it's not like the rest of the setting has not plagiarized just about everything shamelessly

[@arcotroll8530]

Smellrats= Space Skaven finally confirmed

[@johnsmith8906]

Jokaero sound like they should be prime targets for Tau Water Caste.

[@karsonball2619]

monke not care. monke make boat. boat go space. life good.

[@johnsmith8906]

Has monke ever wondered about their part in the Greater Good? We have some pamphlets we'd like to show you.@@karsonball2619

[@olenickel6013]

@@karsonball2619 For the Greater Good Monke get lots of material to make boats. Some of Boats go space with water caste. Life better for both!

[@karsonball2619]

@@olenickel6013 monkey break causality to make boat from compressed reality. monke happy.

[@tamlandipper29]

Monke not dumb enough to believe Tau.

[@GaryDowns-sc6wd]

Is a Jokero really creepy? I feel like they shouldn't be on the list

[@eliasravanetti9931]

A giant orangutan is creepy. Big Foot, the Yeti!

[@wyliebutler9570]

YES

[@halthammerzeit]

​@@eliasravanetti9931To them we are apes.😂

[@DeathBYDesign666]

They are creepy in a planet of the apes kind of way. The similarities to apes on earth can't be an accident either, this kind of implies that all apes are created by the old ones. Perhaps a common ancestor for all humanoid apes isn't that far fetched.

[@Ironbattlemace]

Beyond scary. *MONKE!*

[@Khornecussion]

" Retinue. Unleash... the trunk Jokaero. "

[@Einhauser]

Part 2 has to have the Yu'vath, Rak'Gol, Slaught, and especially the Q'orl, my pick for the most horrifying race in 40k

[@arcotroll8530]

The Q'orl in my opinion are not that different from the Megarachnids. The Rak'gol on the other hand, are Hell raiser/xenomorph/lizard/insect hybrids with an attitude and intelligent to boot . I don't know about you, but they seem rather more interesting to me.

[@arcotroll8530]

Tarellians too

[@tvorogmoloko7969]

It would be so nice if GW paid more attention to these minor races, especially since some of them are said to have their own empires of unknown size and power. It's a bit sad when the whole galaxy seems to be populated by 5-6 major races, as if it is very small and non-misteriois.

[@luketfer]

This was my biggest disappoint when they made the Battlesuits the main focus of the Tau and not the 'Confedracy of Aliens' aspect with lots of weird minor races, sort of like the Covenant from Halo or Advent from Xcom 2.

[@SpydrXIII]

agreed. KREMLO CAME FROM SPAAACE...!!!

[@craniifer]

@@luketfer So many missed opportunities, indeed. At least with them missing the mark that hard I don't have to worry about being tempted into playing Tau. I imagine half of what's stopping it from being a truly cosmopolitan empire is what a nightmare it would be to balance all of that at this point.

[@MichaelOxlongerThanYours]

At the current rate GW is going I'm hopeful but not exactly optimistic. Especially with Tau battle suits or Age of Sigmar it seems their content to ignore anything that doesnt wear big (preferably blue) power armor.

[@romualdcaffeserre6230]

sadly, the purpose of the lore is to bait people into buying their overpriced stuff. They have no reason to expand on the lore of things that arent for sale.

[@Rodrigo_Vega]

The idea that Horus would have used xenos as minions and lackeys is a very interesting idea for the chaos-obsessed lore of 40k. It perfectly fits the paranoia and inform the origins of the rampant xenophobia within the Imperium of Man.

[@arcotroll8530]

However, it's not like they weren't already xenophobic before the heresy...

[@Rodrigo_Vega]

But why though. I mean, metanarratively it's because that's the spirit of 40k: "There is no peace amongst the stars" and all that. Within the fiction there's plenty of dangerous races and from what I googled there's a bunch of stories that vaguely adress the subject. Narratively however I feel some more substantial event would give some more emotional grounding to that aspect of the lore. It would be interesting for example if during the Age of Technology, a more enlighted time, humans could have had some possitive relationships with xenos. I imagine a sort of "Star Trek in Warhammer" period where humans and maybe the eldar worked together and had some sort of "Federation" thing going and fought off the Cybernetic Revolt or whathaveyou, only to be _betrayed_ by them at some point. This would set a record that "even the good ones are bad" or something like that...

[@LordVader1094]

@@Rodrigo_Vega "But why though" It's been stated that all of Humanity's alien allies betrayed them when the Age of Strife began, and that betrayal is a big reason Humanity was fragmented even more and nearly pushed to extinction. So yeah, your imagining is essentially what it was. Though humanity at the time was far beyond Star Trek or even anything from 30k/40k in terms of technology. And while the Eldar did also attack Humanity, it was their inadvertent creation of Slaanesh that REALLY screwed Humanity over rather than a direct betrayal. Almost every element of the Imperium's fears relates to the Age of Strife and what caused it, from anyone who accepted psykers resulting in daemon invasions to xenos betrayal to even the prior AI betrayal.

[@Rodrigo_Vega]

@@LordVader1094 Then I would like that betrayal being fleshed out a bit more. More than "Yea, everyone started sort of screwing over us around this period". Compared to the betrayal of Horus it still feels kind of vague. Give us some personal names, locations, battles and motives, you know? Small chapters in the Imperium vs. Chaos bit seems to get more attention and detail than their conflict with literally _every other race_

[@HeilSol]

sure, the 'rampant xenophobia' doesn't have anything to do with the overt reality that all non-Humans want to kill humans. Derp People like you make me worry about Humanity's future in reality. Imagine, aliens show up and you'll want to treat them like "other people" as opposed to what they will always be; Humanity's enemies. At best, they're in our region of space, so they're attempting to exploit the same resources. Chances are, they'll see us a resource. I imagine there are billions like you, who will likely prefer to worship the aliens vs. kill them to maintain human supremacy. the greatest modern sin is tolerance.

[@kbo8029]

Probably my favorite video on the channel. I love the minor xenos and the narrative depth they bring when not having to make a playable army out of something. Especially the creepy ones from the RPGs.

[@theloweffortchannel7211]

The decision for Jokaero to be orangutans makes sense when you see them using saws and driving cars irl

[@Beatnik59]

I think a deep dive is needed for the Zoats, the Enslavers, and the Cythor Fiends as minor races of significance.

[@narumaneterallord4167]

23:36 skaven returns

[@arandominternetuser455]

I was actually about to say that

[@autumn948]

so many pictures in this video were of the wrong species 🤦‍♀

[@Necromediancer]

Love the Stellaris portraits being used for the Bonedrinkers

[@salomonofhungary5593]

I love Minor Xenos races and they are by far my favorite part of the setting. They're also why I prefer AoS and Fantasy, because GW will never do anything with these interesting and creative alien races, and most of their lore is a couple sentences long that typically ends with "Space Marines killed them all". What I would give for the Hrud, Q'orl, Rak'gol, or even Kroot to be expanded upon/given armies. Instead of the painfully overdone Human factions (mainly the Space Marines).

[@autumn948]

I will be cheering from the rooftops if the Kroot or the Hrud finally get more lore. Especially with how both of them have really interesting religions, I wanna know what happened to Vawk the Huntress and Qah! Why was Qah shattered, what happened to the Kroot gods, where's all the lore‽

[@coreytrevor1920]

Wow man what a great video. I thought I knew all the weird stuff but man the Jokero and the shapeshifters are so cool

[@vinalan6643]

Great narration on this video. You’ve clearly done thorough research and put a great amount of effort into your findings and presentation. I was hooked watching this, really enjoyed it. Thanks for uploading this!

[@quint3ssent1a]

I think creepiest shits of them all were Rangdan xenos, they were such a threat to humanity that it's mentioned that Emperor had to speed up development of Astartes legions because he knew sooner or later Rangdan would show at the door. Their empire was so technically advanced, war with it almost wiped out two of early legions, and they got various other xeno mercs backing them up. Sadly, info about Rangdan themselves is kinda scarce and contradictory (or maybe GW plays "unreliable narrator" and writes from POW of someone who just conflates every enemy they fought as members of one race). Apparently some of rangdans (or their mercs, it's unknown) were taller than Astartes, somewhat "vulpine" in shape (space furries?) and could stand their ground against superhumans, while others were cowardly masterminds who controlled the army of drones. Also, name of Rangdan (they were called Cerabvores) implies that they ate people's brain... Or maybe not.

[@krispingle]

Why are my people on this list? Are you to dare insinuate orangutans are creepy?

[@AllHailDiskordia]

Talking ones are😮

[@krispingle]

@@AllHailDiskordia all orangutans talk we just don't so the IRS doesn't make us pay taxes. I'm sure you've heard this before 😂

[@carto4028]

No xeno scum can scare the imperium of man

[@NecroGoblin-yl2fx]

would love to see more of the Tau auxiliaries :)

[@diamondhamster4320]

Top Ten Warhammer 40k Cr@ckPot Lore Theories - Jakkero Monkies are actually ancient ancesotrs of humanity hence why Humanity has such crazy almost all-powerful tech during the Golden Age of Technology and that is why Big E does not want to know the origin of Mankind cause people would explode knowing that Space Racist Elves where not being mean saying mon-keigh but actually genetically they were true all along.

[@tamlandipper29]

Except we already know we came from apelike ancestors

[@diamondhamster4320]

@@tamlandipper29 Yes, but that means than Humanity has legit rights to rule the galaxy and sh@t being indirectly created by the Old Ones, mate.

[@shalax7881]

@@diamondhamster4320 So too for the Eldar, you know

[@diamondhamster4320]

@@shalax7881 Well, Orks if instead of Warbosses they would be lead by Krorks.

[@Otgel]

​@@tamlandipper29the big races in warhammer are usually related to the gods, besides the humans and the tau, we understand why the tau are so powerful, they are like humans but more consistent. As for humans? We started out as amazing, and within warhammer, have only been getting worse for tens of thousands of years, whereas the tau have been improving. We have more in common with the eldar than we do with the tau... Except the reason for our downfall isnt moral degeneracy, more like an intelligence issue.

[@kuribo1]

The lacromol are john carpenters "the thing".

[@AkosKovacs.Author.Musician]

So, the skavens did make their way into 40k, after all.

[@davidjankraayveld7784]

Really love these kind of video s about "unknown" xenos

[@KagaiYami]

should do a bit about the rak'gol in your next video on this subject

[@trose77]

Love your videos. One suggestion: please work on balancing audio level. I listen when going to sleep or while working. Spikes or drops in volume are tough on the ears. Again, absolutely loving your content!!!!!

[@OneMindSyndicate]

Noted!

[@Reddotzebra]

Using a picture of the Librarian for the Jokaero section is not really appropriate. He can be PLENTY aggressive if you accidentally refer to him as a monkey.

[@LSWoOz]

Ooook!

[@ragmt09]

33:50 adding a literal giant bell ding and hip hop scratches at the end makes this difficult to sleep to :(

[@permeus2nd]

I didn’t hear it in the video but in the older lore the imperium tried to imprison some of the Jokero to use them to mass produce digi weapons but no prison the empire could build could hold them for longer than a day as any time they were given anything with the hope that they would build weapons they instantly made a device to escape from simple lock picks to short ranges teleportation devices that one worked once.

[@newtybot]

“Six major super powers” Chaos: 😔

[@RustyKnightGaming]

Smelt rats are clearly ikit klaw first dabbling in the 50k universe

[@Mbeluba]

Horned rat will dominate-taint the space-cosmos, yes yes!

[@2013Arcturus]

I really want the Hrud to make an appearance. Space Skaven/Evil Jawa would make an awesome techno chaos swarm army

[@SpydrXIII]

and it's just a massive universe, and so boring to only focus on 6 factions (i'm kidding. we know they only focus on one faction). instead of remaking the same space marines over and over, we'd all appreciate more new original xenos.

[@salomonofhungary5593]

@@SpydrXIII I could not agree with this more. The sole focus on a handful of factions in 40k is what makes the setting painfully boring to me, I'm sick of the same marie-sue Space Marine factions and characters, who eat Avatars of Khaine for breakfast and can beat Bloodthirsters in arm wrestling contests because of the sole fact that they have a name and are human. 40k has so much potential for creativity, arguably more than AoS and Fantasy, yet they do absolutely nothing with this potential because they stick to Space Marines and the like.

[@arcotroll8530]

But now the Smellrats are confirmed as space skaven

[@HighOnScience]

A fantastic experience, well and uniquely done Sir...fineI had a really great conversation to ChatGPT about the implications of the Jaro on the Warhammer world, had no idea until now😄

[@ZY1982]

13:13 Why the Hell are you showing a Blizzard’s StarCraft Terran battlecruiser in a Warhammer 40K video?? 😡

[@BenAbrigil]

Yeah what the fuck man

[@IberianCraftsman]

Megaarachnids sound like something ro keep away from the Tiranids to absorb... Maybe the imperium could use their DNA for some extra Space Marine organs, like super hearing, or way harder bones

[@brendano4196]

I feel like being a shapeshifter who cant mimic voices makes it limited in the damage you could do. 🤷‍♂️

[@PlumbVibes]

I disagree, in such a religion obsessed faction one can very easily claim vow of silence.

[@r3gret2079]

🎵Digi-Weps. Digital weapons. Digi-Weps are the champions!🎶 Who remembers that shit? Lol man thems were the days.

[@krispingle]

I couldn't help but sing it in the voice 😂

[@r3gret2079]

@@krispingle you, friend, are a fuggin LEGEND!

[@davidahlberg7017]

Loving your videos about the more unusual and nische parts of 40k!

[@OneMindSyndicate]

Glad you like them!

[@Jacksonmoonstar1714]

25:39 you thought we wouldn’t notice the Stellaris fungoid portrait you put there on the left 😎

[@enxman7697]

As a short story writer, those exemples are really helpful ^^

[@Sapeidra]

Doppelganger operating on DNA won't minic scars, implanted Bionics or Space Marine implants. Kind of limited, if you think about it.

[@Xenomrph]

5:29 I’m pretty sure the artwork is of the Karmans from the game AT-43

[@stefansjoholm8719]

At 1:08 - isn't that the Librarian from the Unseen University in Discworld?

[@zondervonstrek]

I never thought I would see AT43 art used as stand ins for Warhammer 40K, but it works well.

[@Xenomrph]

Glad I’m not the only person who spotted that

[@lazymansload520]

1:51 “valjeanius, at last! We see each other plain! Magos technicus! You wear a different chaaaaain!”

[@yaelz6043]

Why do the astartes even use ceramite if everyone and their dog can punch right through it?

[@Orannis01]

Cos normal humans can't, so they can put down rebellions, and kill heretics without respite.

[@autumn948]

I gotta say, the Jokaero sound a lot like the T'au. lightning fast technological advancements, a preference for ranged weaponry, the big difference is that they were made by the old ones

[@josmeijers2818]

Loved it, part 2 plz.

[@sstsaldana24]

Great video brother! I always enjoy the content.!

[@SoonGone]

I remember there being a powerful ring weapon in Legion by Dan Abnett. Was that a Jokero ring?

[@haritc8462]

Could someone tell me what the name of the song at the very end of the video is called ? I couldn't find it in the description links.

[@davidmiller1354]

better vids like you use to do. Will start watching again fellas...

[@theonepieceguy9081]

Are the megaraknids not just cut off hive fleet? Using old models

[@MakintheMeats]

how do you spell that Frau, or Fraw or Frow

[@OneMindSyndicate]

Yes

[@FathomLordKarathr]

Fra'al

[@saladinbob]

I thought space-Skaven got retconned decades ago?

[@jaredjordan9863]

Do you suppose there's a connection between the lacrimal and the polymorphine of the Callidus Assassins? It's never explicitly stated where polymorphine comes from and the Callidus don't seem to shy away from using xenos technology. Perhaps they have some lacrimal stashed away in their temple and that's part of their extreme secrecy. Just a bit of a fan theory there.

[@ndlmous]

If it were regular, non augmented, humans who would had found the giant space spiders the official name of the species would have been "kill it, kill it right the fuck now with fire!"

[@vermilion7777]

5:40 Everytime Rackham artwork is used for 40k, a kitten dies...

[@Kinglizard220]

?

[@vermilion7777]

@@Kinglizard220 Only people active during the Confrontation era will get that...

[@Kinglizard220]

@@vermilion7777 I guess so cus I have no clue what you're talking about. Twice now lol.

[@vermilion7777]

@@Kinglizard220 The french company Rackham was the main competitor of GW in the early 2000s. Similiar to Privateer Press today. The fantasy game "Confrontation" was their main product. Later they released a new prepainted (vomit) Sci-Fi game, called AT-43 (great name...). The white gorillas from the illustrations where one of their fractions. Imagine today someone chosing Warjack illustrations to show a Space Marine dreadnought. Would be the same.

[@Kinglizard220]

@@vermilion7777 oh. That makes sense, yeah I was a literal baby during the start of early 2000s lol. Cool to know the lore of gw and their competitors

[@18videowatcher41]

Man, I would love to have access to the weapons and technology of the 40k universe, along with a Jokaero friend to maintain and improve it for me.

[@phgamer4393]

that frau battle cruser image you showed looks like a starcraft II terran cruiser.

[@beagle3247]

5:57 definitely seems like a chill dude

[@samateus1987]

You used quite a few images from the StarCraft franchise on this, you get my watch through as I'm still interested in this one.

[@roulejj1342]

Cyborg rats with chainsaw fingers ripping you apart for your precious titanium hip replacement 💀

[@fumarc4501]

I really like the Smelt Rats. How they’re not human mutants and are ignored until it’s too late. Very Skaven.

[@thevoidaintdeep6475]

21:28 are you telling me space skaven are real?

[@gavinbrandgavin581]

The Megarachnids just gobble you, the Bone Drinkers drink your bones!

[@rigelcummins1460]

Moopsy!

[@RvEijndhoven]

A small point of interest: Jokaero Digital weapons aren't 'any size, even as small as a ring', they're always rings (but they can be any size of ring, be it for slender Aeldari hands or massive Ork fists, not that Orks are likely to appreciate digital weapons, due to their lack of dakka). They're called 'digital' because they're supposed to go on your digits. 'Implanted' digital weapons are a cleverly disguised reference to piercings.

[@FeedMeSalt]

So...how exactly did the blood clones equip the marine armor. Or.. harm a janitor of the emperor for that matter. If you take astartes blood you still have to open their suit without setting off alarms

[@TheEthanEdge]

So the lacrymole are the thing?

[@yaqbulyakkerbat4190]

You forgot about space butts. They were butts, IIN SPAAAACE

[@crowboy9818]

Jokero's need fleshed out into an entire faction. Maybe they've had enough of being pushed around and forced to be the servants of the Imperium so have assembled a fighting force of battle suits that are more melee based as opposed to the tau's ranged battle suits. I'd spend money on that.

[@thisguy35]

any of those in the rogue trader game? without spoiling.

[@stratojuice8639]

13:40 O, ya, the spider people. O, hay, I didn't know they had that many different forms, nice, I geuss. O, they fallow the bigger... ancient evil... endless numbers... cerimite breaking... wait a minute.

[@AdamReade]

I actually have a Sarharduin figure in my 40k pirate army.Only one i've ever seen.

[@mobilegamersunite]

Vespids have thermal 😂 great video!

[@archiepurkis1803]

25:25 Stellaris picture haha

[@charleshodge6920]

Only super powers are Nids, Necron, Orks and Chaos. Everyone else is dying a slow death or just turned up to the party late

[@stingray5555]

So the creature in the thumbnail is not in the video?

[@cameronbaughman2090]

I would welcome a jokero on my voidship if I still played rogue trader.

[@cameronbaughman2090]

And yes before anyone calls me a heretic, this is one of the few aliens the inquisition doesn't kill on sight.

[@ghoulishgoober3122]

​​@@cameronbaughman2090it's not even really an alien. I mean, its origins are alien but that's just an orangutan, a human world animal that wouldn't be xenos

[@BackroomBandit]

God i hate space marines. they get warnings and advice to not do something, do it anyways, get their shit kicked in and then play the victim ?

[@rileymcmanus6666]

No space dwarves?

[@themainman2827]

Theyre not xenos, but abhumans.

[@johnnywoods5549]

Where did you find the lore on the smelt rats? I can't find any information about them.

[@Shard113]

>tau >superpower Pick one

[@malcire]

The Interex aren't the cyborg society. That's the Olamec Quietude. The Interex were the Chaos aware society that lived alongside the Kinebrach. The ones with the Centaur like power armor with power bows. The one Eribus steals the anathame from.

[@spencernolan4095]

Going to have to make a Bonedrinker Fungi empire in Stellaris now.

[@bendeugron3573]

13:17, I am sorry I am a huge nerd for that game. That isn’t that species’ battle Cruiser, it’s the terran’s Battlecruiser from the Starcraft universe, not warhammer’s universe. 18:15, please, no more. Those are Also the Zerg species from the Starcraft Universe, not Warhammer. 20:10, …

[@celem1000]

The Librarian was a Jokero? So they're badass...

[@j-rod5930]

Not going to lie, when I saw the thumbnail I thought it said "Oldest Minor Xeno Races"

[@thomaskovacs5094]

Dang mane what about the hrud??

[@atreidesson]

The terms "Patriarch" and "Matriarch" make sense only when they don't interchange with each other. If they are just a good clan member regardless of their sex, then they're just a leader or chieftain. Matriarchy is when all the leaders are female.

[@hbsavage0387]

You are half right. If he used patriarchy or matriarchy to describe their society as a whole then yes you would be right. But using the singular in reference to the fact they have an individual familial clan structure is proper usage because each clan can vary on which is in charge. Thusly using patriarch and matriarch both makes sense and is proper.

[@metalbass5]

Those gorilla screens are art from a miniature game called AT 43, if anyone is wondering.

[@Ratstail91]

Wow, the vespid are cool as heck.

[@EthanDavis89]

The Agumon cameo is a W

[@janbaltes2863]

This is a very interesting topic. Thank you for the good time :))

[@hknova683]

Space skaven

[@Eyytujty]

SmeltRats You mean 40k Skaven

[@fafnir7149]

14:30 yeah send the culexus and they're gone

[@kenny7880able]

Seems like everything pierces ceramite

[@DGneoseeker1]

Hold on a damn minute. You're telling me WH40K has Skaven?

[@Noughtbutashadow]

Just found the video, recognized the thumbnail as Mike Franchina art