"PREYSIGHT : SON OF DARKNESS" WARHAMMER 40K AUDIO - THE NIGHTLORDS

After years of terrorizing the Imperium in the aftermath of the Horus Heresy, the Night Lords Captain Azall Thalac has returned to Tsagualsa, heeding the summons of his primarch; but what lies in store is beyond anything he could have possibly imagined...
[a prequel story to 'Preysight']
an unofficial 40k Story by the ever talented Tod Townsend
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narrated and produced by A Vox in the Void
featuring the voice talents of Carla Mack as Ship Mistress Lezrytha
• Carla Mack - Commerci...
cover art by 'Goldenmpiece'
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art by D1sarmon1a
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Featuring music from Epidemic Sound and TuneTank
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#nightlords
#konradcurze
#avoxinthevoid

[@TodTownsend40K]

Greetings everyone! I'm glad you all enjoyed my latest Night Lords story. This is a prequel story set millennia before the events to the main story in Preysight parts 1 & 2. I wanted to focus on Captain Thalac in this one, as well as touch on his and Zvakka's relationship prior to Zarr and the gradual corruption of their warband. I've decided Preysight will work best as a series of episodic stories; this way I can focus on different characters during different time periods. But I do want to write other SM tales, not just Night Lords, so I can't say when the next Preysight story will be written. Still, I hope this one was worth the wait. A big thank you to Carla Mack as Shipmistress Lezrytha (she sounded perfect!), and Vox once more for his peerless narrating skills. Until next time, Ave Dominus Nox! ~ T.T

[@AVoxintheVoid]

Tod is the absolute man. Legend In the community. If you don't follow his work.... I have come for you

[@RED_Theory038]

I think your style would lend well for the legions/chapters that seemingly have little to no humanity like the Alpha Legion or the Iron Warriors. At least that's what I really like about your work. No memes, only tragedy in a grim dark future.

[@carlamack327]

I loved this story! And I loved voicing the Shipmistress :) Excellent work all around!

[@sergionunezcabrera]

Yet another amazing tale, Tod! I love how much depth these characters are developing! And my boi Vath doing what he does best: Being an absolute badass by existing alone. I've also liked your other stories in this channel, so anything you do gets an instant like from me. And OFC, we cannot forget Paul's and Carla brilliant performances. BTW, Paul... Now that it is fresh in your memory... What is the name of the track that sounds at the begining? I know it is the same one as Preysight Part I, but I've been trying to find it in Epidemic Sound, to no avail. Thanks in advance!

[@fahadhossain5705]

Loved this story, I've listened to it 3 times. Thank you

[@Magnus_Corvus]

I wonder if the assassin eventually showed up and was rolling around and flipping through hallways just really impressed with how stealthy she was. Meanwhile all the night lords are trying their best to pretend they don't see her.

[@AVoxintheVoid]

That is a damn good (and hilarious) point!

[@Nomadith]

That is literally what happened - M'shen(?) was being watched on visual feeds by the night lords who realllly wanted to kill her but were oathbound. She found Kurze, Kurze felt completely vindicated - she beheaded him and was on her way out with his head before one of the NOT CAPTAINS (I forget his name AND FIXED IT) persued and killed her, betraying kurze's last wish after his death.

[@karlwikman3874]

I like to think she was just walking down the halls, the night lords just glaring at her like gargoyles

[@theapex1622]

​@@Nomadith I think that his name is Talos. The Night Lord who killed the Assassin. Kurze gave him the nickname Soul Eater or something along those lines

[@Nomadith]

@@theapex1622 ahhh. It's been a while since I read the Talos trilogy, so I've forgotten who killed M'shen. I always thought Talos got that name because he had the power of foresight too (it just killed him slowly)

[@KomboAndy]

"Fear creates compliance, but not loyalty." -Trazyn the Infinite

[@YaBoyYeti]

Imagine a Nightlord getting so drunk he couldn't remember how he ended up wearing wearing a battle brother's armor.

[@amadeokomnenus1414]

and wanting to throw himself out of an airlock lol

[@brooklynkeith2877]

*Fear is like a clean blade its cut disarms opponents without doing them harm* *Fear is the ally of compliance*

[@kiralight2929]

👏 well said

[@thesmilinggun-knight9646]

While a cool line it actually not correct to say terror is a clean blade, because in order to Instill fear in someone you must make them Believe that you will carry out your threat otherwise you are just all bark and no bite to the person you want to scare into submission.

[@aymanelkadouri8235]

Me playing sekiro here this cures fear remember the merchant sells them if you need more NOW then I have to go and kill that guardian ape

[@timwhite5562]

"and you have gained an appalling amount of weight." 😅 Good to see the warp hasn't wiped out that sense of humor. That was a great story! 👍

[@tonypecoraro9220]

"My fate cannot be altered!" He said, while putting enormous amounts of effort into making sure it isn't altered. The denial and delusion is so sweet with the Night Lords and you captured it perfectly. Juxtaposing the astartes trying to save their primarch with the astartes trying to save each other from their primarch is very delicious.

[@teekay1135]

well he did have the primarch verison of schizophrenia

[@IMASAURUS1996]

My man called a contemptor dreadnought a fat ass to his face! 😂😂

[@AVoxintheVoid]

He's got some balls on him that's for sure!

[@IMASAURUS1996]

@@AVoxintheVoid We are all grateful for your work. Ave Dominus Nox!

[@stepans20]

Depressed Dad gets state assisted euthanasia - the story.

[@richardvaldes3959]

These nightlord stories have always been great

[@ChillAssTurtle]

Always will be baby

[@anarchistjkd3382]

Nightlord stories will always be #1yet the most disregardarded marines

[@Normaneatsflounders]

Just finished the Night Lords book trilogy. It was pretty good imo.

[@sharks3010]

The 'Night Lords' videos have possibly been my favourite Vox series, but then again there is 'All Gods are Dead' as well as 'Gav and Bob'. It's really difficult to decide, so much amazing content! Well done as usual bro! 👍🏻👏👏👏

[@gagebland9263]

*sees a new vox post* “Well there goes whatever I was doing for the next 30 mins”

[@AVoxintheVoid]

Hope it's thirty minutes well spent!

[@connorriggs1518]

The preysight series is always something to lookout for cus it’s always quality storytelling

[@nix-cipher]

I couldn't agree more!

[@f...yafeelins]

I think you'll find Everything Vox narrates is good quality storytelling 💯 be ye for warned tho all the uninitiated...once one starts listening to this channel, one tends to stop listening to other channels as they don't deliver what one addicted to the GrimDark needs to slick the bloodthirst

[@connorriggs1518]

@@f...yafeelins fear not Good Sir I have been amongst we so gifted to have found Voxs channel for quite some time ever since his rendition of “Lair of the Beast” some two years ago

[@f...yafeelins]

@@connorriggs1518 I'm proud to admit I was only recently bumbling around this cursed app and was lucky enough to have liked enough of these..... lorests mediocre at best videos for Vox to be in my algorithm. Needless to say the first 30 seconds of hearing what Real GrimDark sounded like, it was as if I'd been sitting down all my life, and the next half hour of listening i had learned what it was to climb a tree... There is No going back my friend... I am here for The GrimDark... I am here to be delivered unto the Void. Vox will guide me, He will guide Us through the Void...

[@thomaslang3826]

Shoutout to both the author and narrator for capturing the utter sadistic horror of the 8th legion’s practices with the contrast of their principles and motivations, very compelling. Grimdark at its finest for everyone involved, Ave Dominus Nox

[@sauronmauron6965]

The dynamic between the Captain and his Champion was majestic,they're even more knit together than Talos and Xarl

[@Gr33nOfGrundleburg]

I thoroughly enjoyed how Kurze was depicted here. Your voice for him was fantastic.

[@AVoxintheVoid]

Thankyou so much! 🦇🦇🦇

[@nix-cipher]

Imo Curze was a tragic character, with him having the gift (or curse?) of foresight and knowing his own death was looming,but yet accepting it instead of fighting it. The Night Lords seem a breed apart from other traitor Astartes Chapters and Prey Sight gives a beautifully wicked deeper look into them. 🦇Ave Dominus Nox🦇

[@AVoxintheVoid]

Cheers nix! Tod has really inspired a deeper love for the night lords for me! Long may the stories continue!

[@321lionheart8]

Did he die? ... It was only ASSUMED that he died.

[@hieioni3354]

@@321lionheart8 Yes, he was dead. As dead as Sanguinius and Horus.

[@lXenn0nl]

Night Lords stories are just the best! Great work! Ave Dominus Nox! I wish Lord of the Night was an audiobook

[@AVoxintheVoid]

I couldn't agree more, Nightlords tales are supreme

[@lXenn0nl]

@@AVoxintheVoid It can only be voiced by you my dude. You're my headcannon Curze and his sons :D

[@rogershaftly6976]

Absolutely love this series ❤️. Also imagine how scary a regular dreadnought is, now imagine a damn Nightlord dreadnought chuckling at you that's horrifying lol

[@alphariusalpharius3921]

Seeing two chaos marines have such a devotion to eachover is so heartwarming I literally cannot express it

[@houseadams4841]

Even twisted murderous Space Marine Night Lords need their father… Happy Fathers Day (coming soon) Konrad Curze.

[@AVoxintheVoid]

I missed a trick with not releasing on father's Day!

[@blackbuddha9997]

By the gods!! The nightlords have a… sense of humor. They dare I say “ banter”.😮

[@AVoxintheVoid]

They do indeed! I'm glad I could portray it!

[@Saurophaganax1931]

I always assumed they had a bit of gallows humour in them.

[@Hastur805]

The 8th. The Night Haunter. What a great journey they take me on.

[@HellFox83]

This was pretty awesome Vox. I enjoyed the brotherhood between these two Nightlords. Even facing down Konrad Kurze at the height of his madness for the sake of their friendship and love for their father.

[@AVoxintheVoid]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@colbyjackson6500]

This series have made the nightlords my favorite legion, before I thought they were just a bunch of serial killers. Now I know they’re more noble than most of the other legions (well at least the beginning nightlords were).

[@ethancrompton7500]

The og night lords truly were noble knights in their own right there stories are always amazing thanks for another amazing listen, Vox

[@AVoxintheVoid]

Glad you enjoyed it Ethan!

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

What I found funny was that they are so Masefield up in every way that they go full circle . . . their gene seed is some of the most pure even now, their forces had lower body counts with more intact worlds being brought into the empire of man and they all can’t stand each other, their father the most of them all and yet there was no purge of his men while his men truly loved their gene father in return.

[@3goats1coat]

​@@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus*what you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals* - quote by an infamous man I don't wish to name

[@isaacatkinson1882]

I genuinely don't understand how you haven't blown up yet. Keep going Vox! You are the best at what you do! (My humble opinion)

[@AVoxintheVoid]

Thankyou my brother! I'm happy where I am at this point! Means a lot though

[@ironduke5058]

Dude same, I think mayhe certain voice acting channels don't get enough love since they don't deal with the lore which is very popular

[@mattbaxter688]

Best quality audiobooks out there, storytelling and voice acting is 10/10. Love that by the end the friendship and sorrow they share is heart warning, but then you remember they littery skin people alive for fun

[@friendlyneighbourhoodsunwheel]

Yet another great Nightlord story you really make the atmosphere erie and ominous it's very nice. Ave dominus nox

[@MrBkatt]

I absolutely loved this. Great narration and story writing. I especially like the part, where Kurze chastise his son for not wanting to give his oath. It really is very well written, and gives a damn good description of actually how damn strong and fast Primarchs are, even paired up with Space Marines.

[@dattebenforcer]

Heartwarming, it's a story about family, and that's why it's so powerful.

[@matt1700]

The night lord stories always hit different. I love them

[@jokerswild469]

My respect the the author and voice actors as per usual. I’m always excited to hear more from these night lords, very well done!

[@AVoxintheVoid]

That's such a great message to read! Thankyou 🦇🦇🦇

[@lexisjones0411]

The more lore I learn about the night lords the more I have a soft spot for the traitors 😂

[@demoiselle_chris9466]

Night Lords and World Eaters are supremely good when coveres by the community, they're my favorite factions / legions by far because of how they are portrayed in your videos / in the best books

[@Nomadith]

Besides the Talos series, I've not found anything that gives the Night Lords and World Eaters good tales outside of the community. It's fantastic

[@AVoxintheVoid]

@@Nomadith I'm glad that I can help bridge the gap regarding lore for these amazing legions

[@KnifeCursed]

A beautiful and stirring story of the bonds between family. 😂 I absolutely loved it.

[@AVoxintheVoid]

I'm glad!

[@crayvun2196]

I've listened to all of the Preysight series. Honestly, spectacular stuff. I really hope we hear more from Thalac and Zvakka. My appreciation to Tod Townsend and A Vox in the Void!

[@whosyourmate8292]

How can Chaos provide the most wholesome story in the entire setting 😂

[@jamesbuckenham2803]

I’m sitting in my garden cooking burgers on the bbq listening to this story and I have goosebumps and a huge smile on my face you are the best story teller out there by far you bring the night lords to life in a way I’ve never experienced keep up this amazing work!

[@AVoxintheVoid]

You absolute legend. Such a great message

[@81hewp]

Ave Dominus Nox. Even Night Lords know loyalty.

[@AVoxintheVoid]

We have come for you! 🦇🦇🦇

[@alastor8091]

>Literally a traitor legion Lol

[@darkhorse13golfgaming]

I hope my beloved Iron Warriors will get this kind of excellent storytelling. I love this series.

[@hieioni3354]

Iron Within! Iron Without!

[@houseadams4841]

Long live The Night Haunter…. I hate to get on the “the next Primarch to come back” thing…. But man I’d love for Curze to somehow be reborn and return…. Maybe many years down the road they will find the right storyline to do so… fingers crossed 🤞🏻

[@AHart7853]

As much as I love to see my primarch of the VIII return. know he doesn’t want to.

[@Fisthammet]

In my headcannon he's spent 10k years as an angry warp ghost just fucking with his Legion.

[@ragnarian]

If his legion gathered, they could likely restore his soul, maybe their veneration/worship could give him some semblance of sanity Make him a minor warp deity/entity of justice and vengeance Maybe not even a Daemon prince of chaos, but a non-chaotic war entity

[@ragnarian]

@@alsonallu8642 or he could see that he is free of fate now So focuses his legion on anyone he considers corrupt or evil Which would be 90% of the imperium's leadership, all of chaos, all the eldar are guilty of making slaanesh and so on

[@fierymongoose]

Most excellent! Even though I’ve heard this story before (through lore mainly) knew what was coming, knew how The Night Haunter met his end, hearing the raw emotion of his final son to arrive, picturing in my mind a son being drug away from his father and told he’s no longer his son when all he wants to do is save him from death, utterly heart wrenching. Hearing it told like this really brought the “human” side to the forefront, great narration to a great story!

[@samueldoran7712]

Conrad Curze/Nighthaunter has always been my favorite! Death is nothing compared to vindication! (Wrote it wrong)

[@AVoxintheVoid]

He's my favourite primarch also

[@MiroslavBrkic]

Another great offering good sir, keep it up

[@AVoxintheVoid]

Thankyou so much!

[@CaymenLeP]

I can’t believe the night lords story has a happy ending

[@burnpitcav1519]

I just wanted to say how much your stories remind me of being in the military again. It doesn’t take a trans human super soldier to know what his teammates boot strikes sound like, how they smell, how to pick up there subtle cues, how they are feeling by sight only, what they are thinking and so on. The right Humans are more than capable of understanding those things. When you spend years upon years no more than 5 feet from your brothers there is a psychic tether between your minds. Years of training, fighting, laughing, and sharing every moment with them builds a bond no one can understand. Your lover doesn’t even know as well as your battle brother does. It makes me tear up sometimes in your videos to feel that again. Just keep gav and bob going forever. That’s my only want from you besides merch.

[@ironduke5058]

Now this is peak writing and voice acting. Absolute masterpiece man, well done I loved it

[@unatco6554]

Wow. This story was exceptional. Stands out from the rest. The music, effects and VA is truly phenomenal. The Night Lords are truly a damned legion but somehow the most human of the traitors.

[@Tzengor]

Ive been listening to your audios recently. You’ve outdone yourself with this one. The Author as well with the writing. I can’t put my finger on it exactly, but this story was somehow the saddest or deepest of all the stories I have listened to so far. Although its “just” about two astartes returning to their primarch, the loneliness, the betrayal (real or not) and despair felt very real to me, more than in any other story. I don’t know, this one hit deeper, more depressing. On a meta level, I also liked the theme of the father forsaking or leaving his sons, and the utter destruction in each astartes caused by him abandoning by his sons. 10/10 great work.

[@ThePraetorianOfTerra]

That is brotherhood in its purest form.

[@BigAndGreen]

The Preysight series is just about my favorite thing on KZbin right now. Thanks for doing these, Vox. Ave Dominus Nox!

[@klaiken989]

This was good! Listening to this and LordBaldermorts version of the Nightlords really encompass the whole truth of the Nightlords

[@RED_Theory038]

Love the cameos from the Nightlords novels. Legendary! Hope theres more for these boys

[@AVoxintheVoid]

I hope so too!

[@andreschu5670]

The consonance in this is poetic AF. Amazing spoken poetry/story telling

[@ElenaWraithSevatarion]

Oh my god I'm crying. Perfection. I love the Night Lords so much

[@colescott9982]

This just made the first 2 come together so well great job vox man

[@inquisitorgarza312]

The Night Lords are creatures of habits when it comes to their vices and their hunts, but they are pathetic creatures that only hunt when they are the superior position and numbers, and with the death of the Primarch forever shattered any hope of unity that they had is gone for good.

[@odiousorison1261]

This series made me fall in love with the Night Lords! AVE DOMINUS NOX!

[@fahadhossain5705]

You have the best narration voice. Of all the Warhammer story channels I appreciate your efforts the most. The sounds, the BGM, the calming cadence. Thank you as always Vox 🎉

[@AVoxintheVoid]

No, thank you! Means so much to me to receive comments like this

[@thewolfpoet]

Getting outright disowned and banished by one's primarch has got to be one of the psychologically devastating things that can happen to an Astartes. This is probably what led to Thalac’s seduction by Chaos; another awesome story Vox and Tod, I especially enjoyed the banter and I loved all the cameos/references to canonical Night Lords

[@gravebird398]

The story is masterpiece. Voice acting more than captivating. Thanks, Vox, this sweetened my nightshift.

[@AVoxintheVoid]

Thankyou so much. What a lovely comment to read. Glad I could help with your shift!

[@301syedfaizansattar5]

PREYSIGHT! PREYSIGHT! PREYSIGHT

[@ChaoticVoicesofAndreas]

I know what I'll be listening to tomorrow morning!

[@nix-cipher]

A good way to start the day!

[@more4yourbuck]

Ave Dominus Nox! God I love these night lords stories. They're phenomenal

[@AVoxintheVoid]

I'm glad you enjoyed it my friend!! 🦇🦇🦇

[@johnnymorgan9084]

That was just a bloody spellbinding narration Vox.. thank you to both of you.. yet again Todd has 100% nailed it.. So you're up past 53k now..that is phenomenal you absolutely deserve every sub you get..

[@AVoxintheVoid]

Cheers johnny. Yeah it's been a great couple of months for the channel. ☺️ Tod is incredible at bringing his characters to life through his writing. It's an absolute pleasure to narrate his work!

[@dereksanders9810]

I like how he said sevetar is lost to him not dead good touch ❤

[@NoName-lo9ym]

Awesome story, actually fills a nice bit of lore before Kurze's death. 👏

[@burnheretic3950]

Need to get the Raptor cults involved in some of these again. The Raptor cult of the Bleeding Eyes was pretty well written in the Soul Hunter series.

[@kaiokensei7861]

Well damn, I’m suddenly a Nightlord fan

[@kinnusai4432]

That was amazing. Both the writing and the voice acting. Thoroughly enjoyed it, thanks for posting!

[@SupermanPrime-vb2un]

By the Emperor , this was amazing. Thank You Sir.

[@Bollthorn]

I love these Night Lords stories; they add layers of depth and humanity to the most monstrous and inhuman of Space Marines.

[@g.leeten1611]

The you gain weight part got me dead 😂😂 I love the NL and great storie

[@anthonydelpratt7276]

PREYSIGHT SON OF DARKNESS series is some of the best combination of the writing and narration really grabs the attention and many more stories in a long list of stories magnificent looking forward to to more 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@AVoxintheVoid]

I'm glad you enjoy the series! Tod is a fantastic author and brings every single piece to vivid life! Can't wait to continue it one day!

[@Arkenrae]

Thank you Vox for this masterpiece.

[@AVoxintheVoid]

Thankyou my friend!

[@daveg9710]

We shall stand in midnight clad. Our claws forever red.

[@Gwolfsoun]

Just tossing this one out here. It would be insane and hilarious if the nightlords exiles eventually became the Carcharadons. All that angst and rage turned against the enemies of mankind as a whole. Not out of redemption or loyalty but just sheer madness.

[@Overanalyse_This]

Another amazing Night Lords piece of work! I've said it before and I'll keep saying it while it's true - you do the best Night Lord voice work. Most people overdo it and they sound like a mustache twirling villain that's always one piano riff away from tyinh a helpless woman to train tracks. You give them depth and even convey their conflict and last shreds of dignity. Now, bearing all of these compliments, can you PLEASE give us a story focused on the Carcharadons? Maybe in a situation involving them and the Minotaurs? Tyberos vs Asterion Moloc?

[@tk-7784]

Another great video ❤

[@AVoxintheVoid]

Thankyou my friend

[@robertdrews8826]

That was Phenomenal! More more more!!!

[@finalgirl640]

Ive been waiting all day for this!

[@Cobblerfiend]

always good to see content for my favorite Legion

[@greysaku]

"No shit, You should've left your helmet on" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mrw1783]

I've just finished listening to it. What a story. This is my favourite 40K series.

[@TalesOfTerraVA]

Awesome! The first I heard from you was one of the Preysight videos. Night Lords are so antagonistic it always makes for great dialogue. Really enjoy the atmosphere you achieve with these.

[@houseadams4841]

Excellent story… One of my favorite Legions and Primarchs…. Such great material from the Night Lords when written correctly…

[@the36lessons11]

No, daddy, no!!!!

[@AVoxintheVoid]

I feel every legion has daddy issues

[@funbro99]

Like a fine sweet wine during a bloodmoon. Greatly written and a I need more to sate my hunger for this NL warband. Truly well voiced acted and my compliments to all of you.

[@thorshammer8033]

Daaaaaamn. Great story and voice acting. Smashed it way out the park with this one

[@adams5613]

It always amazes me how tight nit the night lords seem to be on the squad level. Wonderfully done Vox!❤

[@jayallen5599]

This was incredible, you never fail to impress 🙏🙏🙏

[@GosalFam]

Keeps getting better and better!

[@shocker6093]

Regardless that champion has balls of steel standing up to kurze knowing he could murder them in half a second naked.

[@TheSorrowOfTheReaper]

Great story, and what an ending!

[@afriendlyonionbro4621]

Amazing! Cannot wait for the next one!

[@Diarmuhnd]

This was awesome going to listen to it twice tonight. Thanks.

[@alexanderg.s2652]

Best stuff I’ve heard in years, you keep impressing.

[@WarwickMcGhie]

Another exceptional reading Vox. Thank you for all the time and effort you put it. Love your work.

[@Malkav]

Gamesworkshop, MAKE THIS OFFICIAL CANON PLEASE! Ave Dominus VOX!

[@AVoxintheVoid]

Thankyou for the continuing support brother!! 🦇🦇🦇

[@UnprofessionalQualifications]

Amazing work!