Kenshi - The Origins of the Cannibals

Hello all,
Your master of lore is here once again to unearth the secrets long since buried beneath the sands of Kenshi.
This time I have chosen to turn my attention towards a particular group of anthropophagists who have since darkened the doors of any denizens dwelling in the darker regions of the North. A group of devolved and degenerate demons whom have spent more than a millenia partaking in horrific and grotesque acts of violence and carnage.
#kenshi #kenshi2 #gametheory

[@HeroInHisHead]

Im back to the Kenshi Content grind and hope everyone enjoys this newest lore video on Kenshi, now in glorious 2k. Im super stoked about this one as it took a lot of time to put together. Stay tuned as i have much more content on Kenshi coming your way!

[@jesshorn257]

I'm convinced it is a prion so any human that moves in will suffer "mad cow" makes sense you get the cannibals and shrieking bandits

[@HeroInHisHead]

Yeah all my findings pointed to an initial madness due to Toxic Crops and then further decline due to Prion build up.

[@larrybrock6811]

@@HeroInHisHead There is a series of journals in the chests at cannibal capital from the viewpoint of a captive. After watching their family be hacked up and eaten and being forced to eat human meat by the cannibals the captive slowly becomes a meat-crazed cannibal over the course of about 26 days

[@alissiarosadelaguatl6140]

​@larrybrock6811 the little brother didnt though? I don't think thats what occured. The little brother of the guy who wrote it is the leader of the cannibal hunters.

[@andresyepes367]

The shrieking bandits are Misunderstood nomads? That was quite a surprise. Thanks for the lore my good friend and cheers.

[@HeroInHisHead]

Yeah that was a shocking thing for me to find as well.

[@j.avance9031]

Great video! You should consider doing an in-depth study on Tinfist! While many consider him to be one of Kenshi's greatest heroes he can also be considered one of the most destabilizing forces in Kenshi. If you do as Tinfist says and start taking out nobles, you'll quickly notice how quickly the UC falls into pure chaos, but if you turn in Tinfist to the UC they able to expand their territories and settle more dangerous areas; showing that the anti-slavers are impeding the nations progress. (Whether or not the UC deserves that is up to you.) Would be awesome to hear both sides of the argument.

[@HeroInHisHead]

He is definitely and interesting and dichotomis character as while he is actively trying to end slavery, something great overall. He openly admits he kills more innocents than he helps in the process and is more than OK with that if it means he can kill more slavers. He is mad and obsessed to the point of almost being a villian himself due to his CPU burn out. Very good stuff

[@GrimDarkHalfOff]

Sweet! Been dying for more Kenshi content!

[@HeroInHisHead]

Welcome back my guy. Glad you're still enjoying the dark world of Kenshi!

[@corvusaflame713]

Well, now I'm stuck with this head cannon till kenshi 2. 😆

[@HeroInHisHead]

Maybe we will get more details and I'll be able to revise this upon its release. Can't wait

[@mban2748]

Your reasoning is very good. Good theory, backed up by facts and lore. I agree with everything except the origin of the holy flame icon. Following your logic about real world historical parallels. The flame icon on the woman's belly reminds me of the mother goddess idea. The beliefs that sprang up independently, across several cultures and continents. The small stone female statuettes with large breasts and a big belly. My theory: After the fall of the first empire, people in the northwest, became hunter gatherer clans, in a subsistence culture. Worshiping pregnancy, birth and child rearing. Probably matriarchal. Then everything else you said, with the addition of, as a robot may cannibalize parts from a another, they may have encouraged people to supplement their diet with their dead, starting the cannibalism. The Holy nation would originate from people who escaped the northwest containment by the skeletons. If so, plenty of reasons to call them demons. I didn't connect the screaming bandits, that was very interesting. The holy nations prejudice against woman, maybe a perversion of the female cult, replacing what was with what should be. As the zealots remade their faith to explain past trauma.

[@NickolaiFury]

Damn! Very good stuff. I need to go back and watch your older stuff.

[@Alkovin]

Bro thank you for making these lore videos! They are awesome! The lore videos you put out are chefs kiss quality.

[@Daczster]

Great vid! Missed your Kenshi content!

[@moosehoodie4661]

Was wondering the origins of the Shrieking Bandits just yesterday. Great video & welcome back!l

[@ace6967]

Great video!

[@ForestRaptor]

Love the interconnected information you bring up when delving into different topics of Kenshi! I hope Kenshi 2 will have as much meat *hehehe* on its lore bones :)

[@HeroInHisHead]

I appreciate that! I really try to dive into all facets of the game, and the inspirations behind it, to make sure everything is coherent and cohesive when documenting the lore. I have to make sure the cause and effect makes sense in the greater scheme, and part of that means making sure you know all of the overarching history and things going on, and how it relates to the topic you're exploring. As for Kenshi 2. I have some really high hopes for it as well. I can't wait to see how the lore evolves and the new details we get. Maybe I'll be able to update some of my other videos with newly uncovered information. Would be great.

[@justanotherhuumon]

Absolutely stellar video. Thank you for my much craved Kenshi lore injection. I have to say I never noticed the symbols on the cannibals. Nor had I ever considered the link between them and the shrieking bandits. Also the pointing out of the changing water levels and their relative effects on the first and second empires, as well as present day Kenshi is mind blowing.

[@HeroInHisHead]

Thank you so much! A lot of time and energy goes into my research for these videos (which is the gap between them can be lengthy), so I am always happy when I can find and present information that is otherwise not discussed or noticed.

[@ND._o]

Another link which ties the Holy Nation to the Cannibal Plains are items found in the abandoned village. Found inside the buildings are an abundance of food, as well as Okranite religious items like the Holy Flame and those Lord Phoenix statues. Lots of food and religious iconography- 2 signature Holy Nation things. It leads me to believe that the Cannibal Plains either used to belong to the HN, or that the HN unsuccessfully tried to colonize the Cannibal Plains, possibly because the region has high green fertility that could be used for farming. This again draws inspiration from the history of the Roman Empire, more specifically the extremely short lived Roman province of Germania Antiqua, which Rome had to abandon after only controlling it for 12 years due to the extreme hostility of the Germanic tribes living there.

[@DeanoBeano2077]

Awesome video man thank you for the kenshi content!!

[@HeroInHisHead]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@georgemurdock7670]

Makes one really reconsider settling the cannibal territories... great video nonetheless

[@saintmocha139]

Earliest ive been to a video!

[@Jozztime]

Oh hell yeah, friday early finish at work and i come home to a new Kenshi vid 😍

[@HeroInHisHead]

Sounds like a pretty solid way to start the weekend my friend! Hope you enjoy this one. Took a lot of time and research to put together

[@Jozztime]

@@HeroInHisHead Fuck yeah bro, I watch your lore playlist while I play Kenshi. Great for immersion. Thanks again for the solid content as always my man ❤️

[@cmddraven7539]

A point of note on Cannibalism and insanity: Consumption of human meat alone would not cause insanity, the danger of that only comes in to play if we assume the cannibals are consuming the CSF (Cerebro-spinal-fluid); or if they eat the spine/brain. If their only interest is the meat itself, cannibalism would not have contributed to their mental degradation.

[@olw3375]

Nice

[@rainydayhype]

Yay, Kenshi!

[@cobyhoyle1086]

I really like your videos and appreciate the effort you put into finding all of this info but i think your videos would be better if you didn't take such a serious vibe to the dialog. Either way great vid and I hope you get more recognition

[@themissinggene]

Nice alliteration

[@mankovitch1130]

guess more work for the dev to put more indepth into the lore

[@HeroInHisHead]

But that's why they have me lol

[@lokepettersen2703]

I’m assuming their origin is “they got hungry”

[@mnk9073]

The Cult of Stobe could have suffered a schism and split at some point of the revolt into the Okran and Narko denominations, the Okranites in a male dominated society led by the Phoenix in the fertile lands of the Holy Nation and the female inclusive or even dominated Narko branch led by the Great Wizard who did an exodus into the presumably fertile North West, where things went oh so very wrong.

[@KordianKordian007]

Whats the mod for the badass Holy Nation armor?

[@HeroInHisHead]

Make the Holy Nation Great Again on the Steam Workshop

[@KordianKordian007]

thanks@@HeroInHisHead

[@StreamSG_TV]

First

[@TheLostODST]

First?

[@CornPop309]

The Grand wizard is actually the top rank in the KKK i believe thats what it was in reference too considering how evil both groups are lol love the lore tho bro needed more on the cannibals!

[@HeroInHisHead]

I would agree but other than that there isn't really any similarities between them. The pointed Cannibal hoods that are seen in some of this video are from a mod. In vanilla, other than the GW. All Cannibals are naked. Also much appreciated and glad you enjoyed it!

[@GreatestManfromRokiskis]

​@@HeroInHisHeadis the grand wizard just narko?

[@darthbrooks4933]

Jesus bro, speak up and stop the semi ASMR BS