Is the Daemonculaba REALLY that bad?

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[@TheBoneZone40k]

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Hey, you're starting to get sponsors now! Good for you! (unless you have already been getting sponsors and I just haven't noticed, in which case im just a dumb goober)

[@MastemaJack]

The daemonculaba is based on a faction of humans in Dune that no longer have women. But birthing machines

[@piersonhall9197]

The first time i read this, i read secure your piracy with surfshark. this is now cannon

[@ewrodgers1518]

"Is the daemonculaba REALLY that bad?" Says the nightlord fan

[@Ballagorn_Ironblood]

One word to prove you that daemonculaba is not as bad as people claim DRUKHARI

[@dolphinerofachero3159]

Honestly the nite lords have a cool colour scheme

[@DoomStarRequiem]

​@Tigran-Abazyan The 8th legion made a part of their palace in Tsagualsa out of living flesh. At best the night lords would say, didn't know the trenchers had it in them. Then laugh or ask for some human skin capes.

[@Pink.andahalf]

​@Tigran-Abazyan Night Lords would look at it and say "Seems like a lot of work for not much reward. Just skin them alive and be done with it."

[@SanctifiedBlade295]

Are these the same Night Lords who torture children to death by skinning them while recording their agonized screams?@Tigran-Abazyan

[@flags5765]

There as few terrifying things as " an iron worrior had an idea"

[@Ballagorn_Ironblood]

As much "terrifying" it is, we all must admit its efficient

[@therudecanadian8068]

The only thing worse is when a Night Lord has an idea...

[@henrypaleveda7760]

@@therudecanadian8068 I would say that the iron warriors having an idea is worse because of the direction of the idea.

[@Ratman36]

Skaven: Industrial size daemonculaba

[@Ratman36]

And skaven yet?

[@InquisitorXarius]

Yep Skaven Broodmothers are the Daemonculaba of Warhammer Fantasy and AoS, I would argue they are worse in some ways.

[@vanessalaplaige8806]

I would’ve posted this if i hadn’t seen your comment

[@Ratman36]

@@InquisitorXarius thanquol once said "there's more than one way to skinned a baby."

[@pythonking16.59]

​@InquisitorXarius I don't see how the Skaven broodmothers would be worse than this? The harrowing part comes from the presumably sentient skaven women being drugged/lobotomized in early life, and then used as essentially breeding cows and/or war monsters for the rest of their existance. As disgusting as it is though, it is not too far off from how reproduction works for most mammals with the female usually having no say in the interaction and getting the short end of the evolutionary sticks. However THIS is looking at kidnapped, fully aware human women getting another human shoved in them and birthed back out again through a horrendous chaos ritual...

[@McFatson]

"Thanks to Surfshark for sponsoring this video, and if they're watching right now: I am sorry. I am so very, very sorry."

[@JRBDWD]

Perturabo: "I FOUND A USE FOR WOMEN"

[@Shoutatclouds]

Must be fiction

[@norddorian5791]

Well look where we are now 🤮

[@raithnor6007]

The sad part is this falls into the pile of "Things we stole from Dune and turned up to 11, because grimdark."

[@gerardmontgomery280]

Good old Dune Wars - The Xenomorph Strikes Back.

[@battyresonator2077]

...I'm sorry, what was that last part? An Ultramarine/Iron Warrior hybrid clone being trained by a Raven Guard...to kill loyalists. McNeill, wtf?!

[@InquisitorXarius]

Honestly its so weird its cool

[@jacklang3314]

The Raven Guard is a renegade.

[@AGaiman]

I like the story because the guardsmen agree to go back. The Imperial Guard goes where "His Angels" fear to tread.

[@InquisitorXarius]

Skaven Broodmothers are in my opinion more horrid than the Daemonculaba. For reference the sheer quantity of extreme exstacy and pain a Skaven Broodmother produces is not something even Slaanesh will not touch. That is saying a lot.

[@Icspiders247]

Oh, I think she/ he/ them would try.

[@reginlief1]

…if that’s true that doesn’t make sense.

[@InquisitorXarius]

@@Icspiders247 Slaanesh might try but they will always get backhanded by the Great Horned Pimp.

[@Icspiders247]

@@InquisitorXarius Slaanesh wouldn't mind that either.

[@kobold7466]

...that makes no sense, the Slaanesh part i mean. also from i know of brrodmothers they are barely sentient (whether thats natural/accidental mutation or on purpose is never stated) and their sheer size would make giving birth barely noticeable considering how small a skaven pup would be compared to the mother.

[@ImperatorSomnium]

This should not be a question...

[@teezzmegee972]

Trust me...there's much worse that hadn't been written.

[@InquisitorXarius]

@@teezzmegee972Agreed

[@vanessalaplaige8806]

@@teezzmegee972slaanesh… it’s much worse than what we are shown. Name any ILLEGAL S devience Slaanesh is probably into it

[@InquisitorXarius]

@@teezzmegee972Theres much worse that has been written, Clan Moulder Shenanigans, Drukhari Haemonculli, and Skaven Broodmothers.

[@marceloantunes998]

Honestly it's just your usual chaos shenanigans, tamer than usual, even. The poor women are higher than an eversor, so it's not like they feel anything or are even aware of what's happening to them.

[@jamesf3871]

Look at any of the Chaos gods, and you’ll find body horror. The Iron Warriors are Chaos Undivided, so it’s really no wonder that they would be up to something truly reprehensible in that department.

[@caseycarroll476]

I got into chaos when I first learned about Warhammer 40k. So I was curious about how more traitor Marines were made. That's when I was pointed towards this thing. Don't know if this is worse or better than Fabius Bile.

[@CoffeeMaus]

On the plus side this is just how some Iron Warriors are made. Not every chaos marine. I don't think World Eaters have the patience for any of this for example.

[@collecter343]

@@CoffeeMausWorld Eaters tend to go the route of volunteering Space Marines (loyalist and traitor) by shoving the nails in to whichever ones they can find convenient enough to be unconscious.

[@AFO666]

Worse

[@thecoopinater]

It’s worse than bile

[@nitthecroller]

I would like to formerly retract any statements I have ever made that sound something like: "The Iron Warriors are my favorite chaos marine legion."

[@henrypaleveda7760]

Honestly reasonable. I liked them in the heresy and prior, Perturabo is my favorite primarch (followed by Rogal Dorn) but have not read up on them much on the modern day. Honsu is twisted in a way that none of the others are.

[@averageskavenenjoyer3144]

weak.

[@EpicFiddleGuy]

Answer: yes. Before I even see the video; yes.

[@plasmyth5501]

For the record, I clicked on the video because I refreshed my home page and saw "uploaded 13 seconds ago" "OOOOOH bone new vid!"

[@henrypaleveda7760]

I am sorry for you and also had a similar reaction.

[@InquisitorXarius]

If you want true Body Horror from Warhammer look at Skaven and Drukhari Flesh Craft, imagine being captured, then every aspect of your form being riddle, wriggling, changing from warpstone or chemicals being injected or implied, this can result in variety of insanity you being turned into a flesh rug, a flesh room, a flesh box, or occasionally in the case of the Skaven being turned into some variety of their own kind which for some males or and all females of the Human, Dawi, or Eldari Persuasion that are partitioned from those captured for the purpose of enslavement creating new Skaven means being turned into a Skaven Broodmother.

[@SanctifiedBlade295]

Indeed. The Daemonculaba is pretty tame stuff when compared.

[@nkosig4995]

many peoples first experience with the franchise Lets be honest youtube is going to recommend this video to people new to the franchise

[@jasoncrowell8863]

And it will probably be the last experience for many of them as they take their computer and smash it to pieces and burn it and call in a priest to bless the ashes before moving deep into the woods.

[@therudecanadian8068]

Hey. Look at the bright side. It only gets better from here 😅

[@henrypaleveda7760]

Yeah I hope that youtube doesn't I want success for Arthur, but people new to the hobby would only benefit from not knowing what it is.

[@ElGordoBandito]

Again, when people try to say the traitor Astartes are not so bad, we point to this, and pretty much whatever the Night Lords are up to. Not that the Imperium isn’t like 1 step away from the same level of crime against humanity. I mean… have you heard that servitors may still be conscious after being lobotomized and made into a coat rack? Suboptimal

[@arnantphongsatha7906]

Tbf the latter is getting trumped around by people who can't distinguish fanfics from canon nowadays.

[@CAMSLAYER13]

The nightlords did the same shit as loyalists

[@InquisitorXarius]

The Daemonculaba Admittedly while Horrid at least serve a practicial purpose the creation of more Corrupted Astartes. Admittedly if not for the Chaos aspect then such a horrid but practical means of creating Astartes could be extremely useful. Especially because all evidence suggests that the creation of the Unfleshed is because of the Chaos aspect of the Daemonculaba. In theory without the Chaos corruption of the Daemonculaba it could be a very efficient way of creating Astartes with little chance of failure.

[@CoffeeMaus]

Theoretical: Yes Practical: [Orbital Bombardment]

[@gasmonkey1000]

The Daemonculaba uses Chaos sorceries as part of the transformation of women into those damn things. The Dark Mechanicus uses Chaos like our tech uses lithium batteries. If the Adeptus Mecahnicus tries that it will just be torturing a bunch of women for nothing but an exterminatua as soon as theyre ratted out to the Ordo Mechanicus. Besides, remember Legienstrasse? I doubt the Imperium's gonna risk something like that again

[@berilsevvalbekret772]

....what the FUCK is wrong with you? Or have you forgotten the parts it kill rate is over %95??

[@NoOne-us9os]

@@CoffeeMaus This is Warhammer practical is optional

[@freelancegyno2254]

I remember you mentioning when you were streaming that you were reading the Uriel Ventris series, and was just waiting for you to get to this part... So glad you made a video lmao, honsu is so awesome

[@Reyokultsia]

Skaven Broodmothers: AM I A JOKE TO YOU?!

[@DaKapaPreta.]

Mr. Bones: Daemonculaba is one of the most disgusting things in 40k Me: *starts eating chicken*

[@klaykid117]

Finally, you're incredibly apprehensive voice actually fits the topic! I love how this is from the iron warriors too, The least chaos out of the original traitor legion

[@ct7567CaptRex]

The iron warriors are one bad cocain trip.

[@dudeboydudeboy-zj8kd]

after seeing the other grimdark stuff in warhammer 40k the daemonculaba for me now feels slightly less terrifying when compared my first reaction of it (still messed up though).

[@honestwarmonger4662]

“ prepare to be rebirthed” - Honsu

[@quintinjansevanvuuren9638]

Graham McNeil took tea breaks while Clive Barker wrote the Daemonculaba sections

[@Salantor]

"40K is too dark because of Daemonculaba" I guess Commorragh and its inhabitants, nuking entire Tyranid infested planets from orbit and everything related to Slaanesh is not dark enough.

[@cnut7383]

Not personal enough. Things on a such a large scale are incomprehensible and incomprehensible things are incomprehensible. Drukhari are the worst ever a daemonculaba would be a kids school project but afaik nothing they do has been described in detail and it would just get so extreme and avant garde because of how far they've developed.

[@stevechumita5283]

The really freaky thing Is this concept shows up in quite a few sci if stories. In fact this is almost 1 to 1 how the tleilaxu in dune make clones.

[@connorm997]

The Axlotl tank.

[@Audios2010]

I really wish Iwas the man I was 12 minutes ago.. 😨

[@myonlyfriendtheend4958]

Its just a casual goon session brah Also i wanna bring up graham mcneil's 2nd most controversial scene vs this when fulgrim had his soul "purged" and it turned out he just wanted to goon with his pals it was disturbing like most EC bits is them just being edge etc with the iron warriors you 100% see why they would do this adding to the terror

[@angelsantiago7712]

Oh boy, it's time to talk about my transition goals.

[@aarovit4257]

Maybe I shouldn’t have been eating while watching this

[@bbbbKeJodddd]

"I am so proud of that boy😢"---Papa Fabius

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[@The_Libationist]

Short answer: Yes Long Answer: No, it’s worse

[@triples2745]

I do find the Daemonculaba very out of character for the Iron Warriors, I can see many other traitor legions committing such horrible acts like these but Iron Warriors would be the last I would assume because they hate mutations.

[@henrypaleveda7760]

They do hate mutations, but the end product (rapid, low mutation rate., stable astartes production) for the resources put into it makes the whole system "worth the investment" to them. they have much in common with fabius bile in what tools they are willing to use as a means to their ends.

[@cnut7383]

They hate chaos and mutations to themselves. They dont care what happens to others if its beneficial. Any means necessary.

[@hacksawDDS]

Thanks for this lighthearted topic today bud!

[@maxkordon]

i would argue berserk has basically the same idea except more gruesome

[@eltriunvirato66]

"Is the Daemonculaba REALLY that bad?" Boy, read Requiem Infernal. The Daemonculaba is child´s play by its side

[@robrib2682]

for anyone who dosn't know what the thing in the title is and is squeamish/ has trouble with body horror, the answer is yes. And by body horror I mean the slimy, malformed wet kind

[@theodorehodbor5080]

My thing about it is the daemonculaba is horrible but *as far as we know* that one attempt with Honsou was the only time it ever occurred. And while theoretically it could likely be redone somewhere else I get the feeling its the sort of setup that is kinda hard to get working right given that Honsou's own setup was regularly fucking up. Moreso something I think is a lot worse is just the general idea of Genestealer cults because they're literally everywhere and 90% of them are at a fundamental level breeding cults, something that lends itself easily to...bad things happening on a large scale. Even worse the book Deathwatch shows you people don't *need* to be brainwashed by the Patriarch in order to make hybrids/purestrains, which is honestly kinda fucking horrifying to think about.

[@henrypaleveda7760]

Yeah, the nids themselves may be animals, but they cause a great deal of harm and evil in the setting. lets not forget that where everything else (including the forces of space hell) has a soul, they have a giant shadowy hole surrounded by teeth.

[@cnut7383]

Genestealers cults just want to fuck.

[@Ottersanity]

I’ll say it, this is my favorite story for 40K. I don’t care what anyone says, Chaos is fun when they are like this.

[@carlosesparza8641]

Mr. Bones on the 10 mins work break, oh yeah!

[@chainsawsubtlety9828]

The worst part about the Daemonculaba? The fact that someone, out-of-universe, IRL, thought this sh!t up.

[@scarecrow2097]

"taken aback" bro cried! This thing was so traumatic that it made a freaking Space Marine fall down in all fours and start sobbing by the trauma he went through!

[@patrickiamonfire965]

Oh it’s like Scorn.

[@iam_sriracha2400]

I’m just here for the audible gasps

[@christoffermagnusson8444]

Eyy yo!!! Gratz on 50k subs!!!

[@docomalleyd4279]

*Internal screaming intensifies*

[@HundredDaysMusic]

The wildest thing to me is that there is shit in real nature that puts things like the Daemonculaba to absolute shame, particularly in the world of insects. Imagine having a fly lay its grubs in you and, after they hatch, they eat you alive from the inside out. You don't have to imagine that. Mother Nature already did.

[@JordoValentino]

An interesting take would be a chapter from the view of one of the "mothers", describing how she loves all her children, but only the Unfleshed are worthy. Trying to live long enough to sire worthy children, yet seeing only the unworthy raised up.

[@invictarussuzerain]

Smart using the advert to get past that first minute and a half in this video 😂

[@ivanivanovic5586]

Is it? Holy demon, ofc it is! Sofar I've found only 1 existing artwork(by an unknown russian artist) of said demonculaba, on the 1d4chan's(or try 2d4chan if first is unavailable) page - and even they were not willing to show said artwork, instead they provide you with a link to it with words "you were warned". The Uriel Ventris series is directly intertwined to the Honsou series by same author. Latter begins with a masterpiece that is Storm of Iron novel. Say, now there's an idea - a video for both uriel ventris and honsou in the future, hm, yes-no?

[@YourHighnessIV]

Thanks. Broodmother venom crawler is now a thing of my nightmares

[@rocks7263]

This man really is getting a sponsor on a video about the FUCKING DAEMONCULABA. Bless.

[@kbennett2587]

.........I think even Magnus would take one look at that that plant and go "brother.....what the $#@%!"

[@barlotardy]

Welcome, fellow American! Here's your handgun and Kid Rock album.

[@RecoveringLoLAddict]

Uriel Jr. was created by a Iron Warrior with hybrid Imperial Fist geneseed, using a human mother, a lot of daemon juice and Ultramarine boyscout Uriel Sr. DNA after being unbirthed. Let me repeat that, Uriel Jr is a Ultramarine daemon created by an Iron Warrior Chimera unborn from a human mother and the best part? Trained by an angsty Raven Guard traitor. This shit doesn't get more main protagonist than it is, GW pls Daemonculaba anime.

[@henrypaleveda7760]

watch jr turn on this master and just be guts in space. I want that so badly.

[@gerardmontgomery280]

I don't know if you know Arthur but the third Ultramarine book was also the third (I think) Iron Warrior book. With the Iron Warrior books following Honsou's journey from reject halfbreed to sick and twisted individual. They're also a good read. As for not going all in on the body horror, GW has a huge teen and young adult fan base. This was even more true when the book first came out. They always toe the line between sick and disturbing but also what parents will let slide.

[@jl9782]

its not, however I vacation in Commorragh

[@luciusireckon2469]

When I first heard about this I thought oh what kind of horror is it only to find out it's just milder berserk and milder Dragon Age origins. Read up on the Daka from beserk.

[@ethansmith2360]

I could have not watched this before bed but I did. Gentlemen, wish me luck with the dreams I’m about to have.

[@MLCrisis1790]

Me, calmly eating my steak: "Yeah, this is kinda fucked up (chomp chomp)."

[@s7even753]

Are there any Iron Warrior characters we know about that come from the Deamon Khabab like Hansu or something?

[@irish-italianintrovert.8600]

The only people that would ever find this hot are the Drukari.

[@blackcrafter99]

The process of becoming a daemonculaba is left blank and an exercise for the reader.

[@TimeTravelingBunnis]

Oh, 40k Axolotl Tubes from Ix in Dune.

[@getalife805]

I had such a delightful breakfast listening to this.

[@wilberator9608]

It's good to see chaos astartes being enterprising. The question of how they replenish soldiers and equipment often goes unanswered

[@John-jc3ty]

it did cost 0$ to the author of this shit to not write it, but he still wrote it

[@qutini]

"Um.. Yeah it's probably not enough!" 🤣🤣

[@TheWabbaGhoul]

I miss the old Arthur that says his intro slowly

[@alexfgenualdi]

When I read the book, the only thing I could think was that "you can grow skin on frames", they don't even need the skin farms.

[@ShadowOfMoria]

i had a bit of a hard time finishing my breakfast after the description i must admit

[@darnis6497]

Uriel Ventris is basically the template for Captain Titus.

[@angeredgnome]

never knew about the second part with the skin and all that

[@Jurgen_Wulf]

Even old school Night Lord veteran would ask IW some questions about it

[@josephpollard5918]

I looked up the brood mother, and I wish to live a world in which I didn't do tgat.

[@Pizzamemes69]

I saw someone talking about this on Instagram and the top comment was "smash next question" and I just closed the app.

[@williamtatum1685]

I was just listening to some music by the Band called lamb of God and one of their songs. Now you have something to die for has so much unintentional synergy with the 40K Universe, it's kind of scary. The lyrics go as follows. Now you've got something to die for Infidel Imperial Lust for blood, a blind crusade Apocalyptic, we count the days Bombs to set the people free Blood to feed the dollar tree Flags for coffins on the screen Oil for the machine Army of liberation Gunpoint indoctrination The fires of sedition Fulfill the prophecy Now you've got something to die for Now you've got something to die for Send the children to the fire Sons and daughters stack the pyre Stoke the flame of the empire Live to lie another day Face of hypocrisy Raping democracy Apocalyptic We count the days

[@vokkera6995]

It’s literally turning a person into one of those fleshy sacks from lord of the rings that the Uruk-hai come out of. I feel like that’s pretty par for the course in 40k stuff (at least in the chaos side of things). I think the process of creating a servitor is about the same level

[@drgonzo305]

“It’s not that bad” ~ Talos

[@bingusmingus2937]

Goddamnit of course you’re gonna bring up the broodmother lmao

[@robdenini6972]

This man described a daemonculaba and really was like eh, seen worse, "lost a few points". Subscribed

[@jahahahaha]

I refuse to believe that the Night Lords, Emperor's Children or Dark Eldar don't do worse on a daily basis. Also I'd imagine suffering Nurgle's gifts without being able to die and without him blessing you with being able to feel no pain would be a significantly worse experience.

[@LOBricksAndSecrets]

To quote a tumblr meme, "DEAD DOVE DO NOT EAT"

[@kingtreck7117]

Be so cool if they made a mini of it

[@mrtortoise3766]

Honestly I find myself more disturbed by things like what nurgle does to people (especially the unwilling people) than the daemonculaba

[@williammiller4768]

God dammit, we talked about not talking about this. We had a meeting and everything!

[@LinkiePup]

You know what’s really scary?? Some people are into the Daemonculaba.

[@HumbleDirtMerchant]

Ah the Daemonculaba. The 2G1C of 40k.

[@Marlun42]

Apparently, the scariest thing in the galaxy is a bored Iron Warrior.

[@sheevpalpatine2128]

Cue the music "If you like Daemonculabas ........ 😂"

[@ariels3372]

i rember some of them were loyel? i got a idea on big e its like nagash but in a good way

[@raushan3443]

you unloked a memory with dragon age and regret

[@totallynotlordemperorstars9531]

it was my first experience with iron warriors in 40k. safe to say i have 4k points of my custom warband "relics of the culaba"

[@randomomega9966]

I am scared. I am petrified. I... am not safe.

[@steveharrison76]

I agree. When I first heard about this, I thought “so… they played Dragonage Origins, then.”