The GODDESS T'AU'VA Prepares To Take On NURGLE | NEW Warhammer 40k Lore

[@SandmanofTerra]

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[@lornbaker1083]

The T'au & allies made warp buddha!? .....welp... I am not often impressed being a follower of kryptman, but...... I AM DAMN IMPRESSED! WAY TO GO T'AU! maybe it might save the BIG E from his impending self consumption of his soul. he could probably uses a friend who isnt an angry drunk mushroom god like gork and mork, his sunday drinking buddies.

[@bigbangrafa8435]

*_"Khorne wants Farsight because he wears red, and kill things with a sword"_* We must find a canonical place to insert this quote, because IT IS HILARIOUSLY TRUE.

[@electronsympathy]

Khorne is a fanboy at heart. I imagine he's got figurines of people like Yarrick, Kais, and Farsight who are way better at punching things than they should be.

[@JeanLucCaptain]

the Orks want him becasue he is FASTA and Kills fings wiv a Choppa!

[@patrik9328]

Emperor: Yay, good Tau boi Khorne: FUCK OFF CORPSE, his MINE!! Emperor: NO!

[@thisgoddamusernamestoodamnlong]

Khorne always seemed to me like a joke about warhammer players themselves. He loves endless battle, he hates op, one-sided fights, and he picks favorite characters.@@electronsympathy

[@XaviusNight]

@@electronsympathy Him and Trazyn sit down every few centuries and trade figurines as they build up collections, both of them slowly collecting everyone interesting to them.

[@celdur4635]

I guess you could say Auxiliary forces complement the Tau perfectly "as god intended" they themselves are immune to chaos, but their auxiliary forces power up their believes with their souls as well as their bodies, and thus you can have "the best of both worlds" working together.

[@bigbangrafa8435]

Considering 40K is moving into a new meta of "Weaponized Faith", that might be truth. Also, by having a God to pray for the Tau also get the bonus of them not falling into chaotic corruption, in a similar way to the Imperium. It's a very dangerous and unpredictable thing to meddle with, but considering their whole Empire is basically inside the most genocidal faction in the galaxy I say It's worth the risk.

[@DominusNox106]

For the Greater Good endeed.

[@AAC1714]

Are the tau actually immune? Wtf is going on with farsight then?

[@celdur4635]

@@AAC1714 He has a weapon that has lifesteal but he doesn't know. I don't think they are immune, its more like the can't be easily targeted, almost impossible for demons to lock on.

[@Psychoangel-d23]

​@@celdur4635it's more that tau arent worth the effort of corruption or possession. Their souls have dim compared to human souls and far less potent. There are like two chaos cases I heard off with one being a tzeentch daemon possession whose main goal was to screw over an imperial operation.

[@TheCoolParnell]

I like this idea. The T'au themselves aren't strong enough for their combined belief in the Greater Good to have a tangible impact on the real world, but those other races in the Tau empire, who too believe in the Greater Good, can. It's kinda the ultimate embodiment of Tau diplomacy and disposition to friendship. Because so many others believe in the Tau, a god has been created based on those common ideals that unite Tau, vespid, kroot, human, and more: the Greater Good. It's a god that can only exist because the Tau are the only faction which chooses friendship over the sword.

[@BlackRaptor11.7]

Auxiliary:“So we have made this temples for a god in your image who is the embodiment of the greater good and-“ T’au:”Wait what?! You created a temple and a god in our image?! Why?!” Auxiliary:”C-cause you all were so kind to us 🥺👉🏻👈🏻”

[@FantasticMrFrog]

Not sure about having a deity within the T'au faction, but if this is an incentive for Games Workshop to push for more development of the auxiliaries aspect instead of yet another bunch of new battlesuits, I'm all for it.

[@jonharrison9222]

And ties in with the early Imperium. The hard light hologram standing in for slain leader Aun’Va is another parallel to the Imperium.

[@the11382]

I mean, there's the possibility the T'au get their own version of the Horus Heresy when the T'au get a psychic awakening(only ethereals become psykers).

[@faselfasel2864]

The auxiliary races are what separates the Tau from every other faction. If GW was smart they would expand on that aspect a whole lot more. Leveraging their ability to integrate races along a common goal goves them a unique advantage in the 40k setting that is almost criminally underexplored

[@RTL2L]

@@faselfasel2864 Exactly! Vespid, Kroot, Demiurg, humans and so much more possibilities!

[@TheCliffstudios]

@@the11382 The farsight books basically are the T'au version of the Horus Heresy, It's just more of a silent rebellion

[@eichler721]

The Tau empire has lost Farsight and now Shadowsun is questioning the leadership. The Tau are not in a good way.

[@carlzerris6566]

The question is where it goes from here. The Tau are able to survive because they are just small enough to not be a big enough threat to be actively taken out, but big enough that taking them down would be a drain on resources no one can really afford right now. The worst case scenario is they basically go down a 'horus heresy' route with a massive civil war. The best case scenario is that Shadowsun and farsight ally with like minded etherals (its heavily implied that the likes of Aun'shi is sympathetic to their ideals) to take down the ethereal caste from within and restructure the empire. Thing is, while they are always in danger, the Enclaves are thriving. It can be done. Either way though, it leaves the tau open to attack.

[@eichler721]

@carlzerris6566 ya the new Arks of Omen shows how weak the Enclaves are in respect to the factions in the Galaxy. They are doing well a single Necron Overlord or any Chaos Legion Astartes who wants them dead they are dead no questions, a splinter fleet of the Tyranids and they are likely dead. Huge Ork Waaaaagh and they are destroyed. Really the Eldar who don't care, Drukari who just raid occasionally and there are far better targets even in Tau space and GeneStealers they are insulated from as the first 2 just don't want that fight and the third struggles to infiltrate the Tau setup. As for the Imperium they are just a blip and as long as they don't become a major annoyance they have minor conflicts as far as the Imperium is concerned but still for the Tau. Luckily the Imperium doesn't even really know about the Enclave and as long as the Tau don't give them a reason then they are fine. So I am curious how GW will take the story.

[@chengkuoklee5734]

Maybe it's a good way. Now they have a small portion of warp power at their side.

[@eichler721]

@chengkuoklee5734 no cause Farsight was abandoned by them and has said they are on their own now and the Tau God is weak and can't save them at this point.

[@Larzang]

Continued T'au schisms could be a really good, or a really bad thing. I feel that it all depends on their future political discourse just as much as their military success. They have a serious chance to simultaneously grow stronger, more numerous, and more diverse. But regardless, I SERIOUSLY doubt that GW will just let them die. They're getting far too popular with folks like me who don't just blindly fanboy over The Imperium, and prefer keeping things more interesting in the long run.

[@ericwood1569]

Be interested to see if The Emperor runs into Tauva. I wonder if one of the reasons Tauva is able to gain a foothold in the warp is because The Emperor has awaken and started warring with the Chaos Gods, keeping their limited attention outside the Great Game focused on him.

[@martinramirez1856]

Tau'va: thanks emperor😊 Big E: shut up and protect the atheism

[@justacheese34yearsago28]

​@@martinramirez1856 "WTF do you mean Our God Emperor ask for help to a xenos???" -Local Ecclesiarch Church

[@martinramirez1856]

@@justacheese34yearsago28 no asking for help, obtaining allies to promote him anti-chaos agenda

[@jerethgryphon4244]

The tauva will tell them to ally with the imperium as a protected xenos (Lila jakero) and the emperor will give that order to the custodes and guiliman

[@cegesh1459]

The imateruim is endless, the 4 can not be everywere and there are older, dangerous things in the warp.

[@randomdude8202]

Well, it seems like it is unavoidable to create a warp entity as long as you have warp sensitive species. Hope Tau can handle it better than Imperium. This also explains how Orks make things into existence actually work.

[@Ryanfinder226]

Really all you need to be responsible with creating warp entities is to have your mass of consciousness be focused on benevolent themes. Because if you are, then the creature you spawn will be an embodiment and an avatar of those themes

[@LoudLoveTaps]

Bruh imperium is way older so this will just be the beginning. Considering how fast tau tech has come (with the help of Votann tho right) I'd say it wouldn't take them long to get corrupted. I guess you could say Farsight sort of sped run his own Horus heresy albeit no where near as much damage as the actual Horus heresy

[@rylanhaworth5662]

Gee this fits in nicely with the ol emperor worship and his return as a warp god@@Ryanfinder226

[@PJOZeus]

Better than the imperium? Eldar made Slaneesh, the others were around even before that - they are not of the imperium’s making, they are not an equivalent to a Tau god - if you want an Imperial equivalent, you’d have to look at the master of the Legion Of the Damned, not it’s commander within the unit, the being they answer to, the one which performs miracles for the Imperium (namely the Adeptus Sororitas) Many people believe the Emperor will become this being, this warp god, and if he will become it, like Slaneesh, he has been it throughout time, even if his past mortal body still lives his time bound life

[@mr.ashenfire2624]

​@@Ryanfinder226nah fam. Thats not possible. Even if that is the universal truth, that mindset has to withstand untold millions of years of purifying the Warp plane to its original setting. Anything positive that manifests in the Warp is either immediately snuffed out because it is too weak and outnumbered, cannot comprehend violence and thus will not even defend itself, or be corrupted and twisted into a dark form of its original intent.

[@Gorbz]

When I first heard of the T'au god (goddess now), I thought it was a stupid idea due to the aforementioned minimal warp presence of the Tau themselves. But, hearing it now as a manifestation of the auxiliaries and not the Tau, and their own reaction to it, it kind of makes sense. Don't know wht the Four would not have banded together to destroy it in its infancy, but that is a different issue entirely.

[@jonharrison9222]

Not just that. It’s made clear that although the Tau are weak individually their singular focus as a species makes them a warp powerhouse. That is why Chaos is now taking a keen interest in them.

[@robertkeaney9905]

Probably Tzeenches Fault. He's Nurgles natural enemy. And he's probably very interested in having another player in the great game to mix things up.

[@dubuyajay9964]

Maybe Chegorach pulled a fast one on them out of spite? Possible cutting a deal to rescue Nurgle's "wife" in exchange for protecting the child as she grew?

[@rancidpickles499]

Guess would be that since emps has started reawakening in the warp the gods are now mainly focused on him and not on the entirety of galactic matters

[@thisgoddamusernamestoodamnlong]

It makes more sense when you take into account the auxillaries outnumbering the Tau like, 4 to 1

[@NHNWombat]

Credit where it's due, they made a Tau god in a few hundred years. While the Eldar have been trying to create their death-god for tens of thousands of years.

[@franlovelsimic8421]

Indeed... Also GW hates the Eldar so this isn't much of a surprise hahaha

[@stangerr0267]

There's also a lot more Tau and Auxiliary races than there are eldar

[@georgedang449]

Eldar created Slannesh.

[@koolunit]

Just proves all Tau are on the grind?

[@Psychoangel-d23]

They have others do it for them. Plus not having a chaos god constantly breathing down your neck makes things a lot easier.

[@nonyabisness6306]

We often encounter Species in Warhammer that where utterly corrupted by chaos, but not seemingly by the known Chaos Gods. Maybe this thing is an example of what happens to those races.

[@Keemperor40K]

While the jury is still up on whether the Goddess Tau'Va is good or evil, there are entities of order within the immaterium, but unlike their Chaos counterparts are not as strong and try to not interact as directly as the Chaos gods or true Chaos forces try to do the material plane. Also the Eldar Gods and indeed Gork and Mork prove that powerful warp entities need not be corrupting to be extremely powerful and indeed seek to aid their originators. Gork and Mork are semi-passive Gods, but they have fought all the other Chaos Gods at one point or another, just for the sake of the fight, but that is their nature. In this way, the Goddess Tau'Va has been created of the idea of the greater Good, that is a positive and helpful umbrella, that aids all in their time of need and is genuinely good in nature. Being an amalgamation of all these races idea of what is "good" Tau'Va seems to be so far a benevolent Goddess. She aided the 4th Sphere expansion forces in their time of need and created the Startide Nexus to aid in the spread of the Greater Good to other parts of the galaxy. This is of course self-serving to her nature of continuous growth, but it is a benevolent act. Similarly, the destruction of the Death Guard fleet is a benevolent action as it destroys a danger to it's "children" or "charges" and no one knows it has happened. Also her conversation with Shadowsun is one of assistance and counsel, more than forceful corruption, which is the Chaos Gods modus operandi and yet it could also be said to be duplicitous in the way the Ethereals are, yet it serves only to help the Tau grow as a species and spread its message far and wide. Again, we still don't know how the Goddess Tau'Va will be when she fully awakens, but so far it appears more helpful and benevolent than evil.

[@nonyabisness6306]

@@Keemperor40K Not sure the Eldar/Ork Gods are great examples as they're all engineered for a specific purpose. Well, the Eldar ones are for sure, I'd just argue the Ork ones are likely too considering the Origin of their species.

[@Keemperor40K]

@@nonyabisness6306 the point is, that there are entities in the warp that are not inherently evil. Yes, they are very few and far between, but they exist or can come into existence. The Warp (immaterium) being a mirror for all emotions, should have more order or good aligned beings (and of great power as well), but in order to maintain the Grimm Derp universe, these are rarely if ever mentioned. In this Tau'Va (so far) appears to be the first major departure from the Chaos dominated immaterium to one more balanced (or at least not explicitly evil all the time). Also the Emperor emerging as a (possible) nascent warp god of order and Humanity would change the warp forever and create a balance of sorts between order and chaos (not necessarily good and evil, because order tends to be unchanging and chaos is inherently self-destructive). Time will tell what will happen with the story of the Goddess Tau'Va and if she can generate some change in the warp or not.

[@CantusTropus]

Tau'Va seems, if not exactly Good, at the very least to have goals that align with the flourishing of the species that worship her. She's basically the Chaos Goddess of Unity.

[@nonyabisness6306]

@@CantusTropus In principle. Thing is you have no Idea what that looks like on a 20k years timeline. Maybe it wants to literally fuse everyone into a single flesh blob or smth.

[@acadiano10]

The Tau are closer to the Imperial Truth, doing all for the Greater Good, then the Greater Good showed up at their time of greatest need.

[@orraklbenedict1832]

I often think of the Tau Empire as being the Xenos equivalent to the Great Crusade of the Emperor, just lest xenocidal and mor oriented towards exponential growth of material well-being. They still conquer & assimilate, they're just not morons about it lol ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[@BrunoCampos0122]

​@@orraklbenedict1832 I agree.

[@Schinak]

LOL hell no they aren't

[@bolojohnson711]

Can you make a video and list each of the species that intergrade into the Tau empire and what is there role in terms of military and economic situations and what are there relationships with the Tau species

[@SandmanofTerra]

I can do, most of them we have very little lore on though I will say

[@Foostini]

I honestly think it's a great idea. Don't get me wrong, i'm a little tired of new gods, major entities, and overpowered monsters dropping every week but a God forming around the T'au based on the beliefs of the psychic races brought into the Empire makes a lot of sense and was honestly something i hadn't considered so good on them.

[@painlord2k]

The forming of an Warp entity is probably an a-temporal thing. They exist, never born, but they can manifest only if there is enough people believing/thinking them. Probably Taul'va was just able to intervene for Shadowsun at the time, as the Tau were a small race. As soon as their empire got bigger and started incorporating other, more psychic races, the people believing the Taul'va increased in number and power. Also, more ritualistic is the Greater Good ideology in the Tau Empire, more it strengths the warp entity incarnating it. What, probably, makes the Imperium possible is the Emperor. He is able to channel the faith and belief of the population and contrast the Chaos Gods. The Tau don't have one Emperor, so their warp entity is not based on the Materium and it is way weaker compared to the Emperor.

[@davecolwell725]

Imagine how powerful this makes the Emperor as god through all the worship of the heavily psychic race humanity across the whole galaxy. Surely he's much more powerful than the aspect gods of chaos.

[@dasji2]

@@davecolwell725 I mean, If he properly "dies" on his toilet, He will.... But Problem being it will be the fall of the eldar but for humanity. A TON of Human souls are gonna get consumed by him. And I say about 80% of humanity currently

[@Makorze]

@@painlord2k The thing that makes the Goddess possible is the fact it has a name. Shared belief will manifest in the warp but it will not take form until it is bestowed a name. This is why the "Imperial Truth" never manifested a God. The potential was there but the Horus Heresy happened it could be given a name and belief in it collapsed only to be replaced by worship of the Emperor as a god instead. What is interesting about the Emperor is ther prayer that makes him a god is "Only in death does duty end." - a mantra that has been spoken by citozens of the imperium for 10,000 years which is why he is literally "The Corpse God" - an entity so "wrong" that Mortarion - a daemon prince of nurgle, was horrified of looking at it.

[@inthefade]

Well strap in, because a Tyranid God of Hunger is inevitable at this point.

[@trinstonmichaels7062]

Hopefully GW gives us more non imperium books

[@mguy5923]

Hell yeah, give me more Tau, more Eldar, heck, give me a Harlequin book! Give me Necrons and Orks, Genestealer Cults, give me Daemons of Chaos book, give me Dark Mechanicum and Traitor Guard, just give me anything besides more SPEEEESSSSHHHH MARRRRREEEEEEENNNSSSSS!

[@Zaku706]

I'm just happy for more Tau lore and can't wait for some more.

[@thexenoist3493]

"What do mean these guys who wear red, fight in melee, and are invested in the number 8 aren't worshippers of me?" - Khorne probably

[@TheAndrain]

Really cool! This opens more Tau lore especially since now there's a three way fight for Farsight's soul.

[@carlzerris6566]

Eh? I know about Khorne but who are the other 2? Tzeentch and the Greater goddess?

[@TheAndrain]

@@carlzerris6566 Correct Tzeentch is interested in his ability to think freely and his tactical acumen.

[@carlzerris6566]

@@TheAndrain Ah fair enough. I thought Tzeentch was interested in all the Tau cause they are the only ones int he seeting actually progressing not just Farsight himself but good to know

[@khylerbane4523]

11:28 On the topic of the Deathguard coming to the Tau Empire, imagine if Mortarion decides to join to vent his frustration. I imagine it would go something like this… Shadowsun looked on a the horrifying abominations advancing towards her. For all the firepower they had, all the hits they took they would not stop moving. As if they were immune to damage. ‘What are these things’ she wondered to herself, ‘These tainted Gue’vesa?’ She would not get to ponder for long. For then a voice rang out… “XENOS!” All attention was turned to were the vice came from. And what they all saw stunned every Tau fighter present. It was a Gue’vesa. On of the tainted ones, but much more than that. It was enormous. At least 20 feet tall, with moth like wings, a torn cloak, massive scythe, clad in the green rustic infected style armor as the rest and, like many Gue’vesa, wore no head protection of any kind. It was reminiscent of the the Astarte chapter master that the empire killed in the Damocles Gulf war. But the comparison didn’t do the being justice. It was as more that chapter master was to this being what a normal Astarte, or even basic Gue’vesa, was to a chapter master. In fact, in perhaps a in a ironic twist of both fate and history repeating, had it not been tainted she would have assumed that such a person could *only* be the Emperor that the Imperials go on and on about. Just like with the Chapter Master all those years ago. But then the being spoken once more… “I am Mortarion! Primarch of the Death Guard, Champion of Nurgle, Lord of the 14th legion, and Son of the Emperor.” That last part caught Shadowsun’s attention. Son of the emperor? If this is his son, what was he like? “Rejoice, for your suffering and misery has come to a blissful end. For I spread upon you the gifts of the the unholy grandfather himself.” As he spoke green mist spread out from his being and onto the closest front line combatants. They screamed in agony and pain all the while physically melting and turning to literal mush of meat and bones. Never in all her years had the commander see such horror. “Do not cry” the gaint continued, “You not dying, it is merely the consequence of rejecting the Plague father’s embrace. Embrace Nurgle, join our family, embrace his love, accept his gifts, and You will know no pain. No more suffering, no more loneliness, no more death. Only euphoria, acceptance, love, peace, and happiness. For Poppa Nurgle loves us all for who we are, and all you need to do is love him back and you too be part of a world of truly pure perfection.” Shadowsun was no fool. This “Mortarion” was a liar. His words may be honeyed and sweet, but his actions showed the truth. He was no herald of a benevolent god, but a reaper of souls. Shadowsun looked at her troops and saw a horrifying sight as some began to mutate into a similar form as the invaders. They were weak willed and sought the easy way out. Turning their backs on the Greater Good. But to the Tau commander there was only one choice too make. Calmly, she rose her arm, aim her cannon at the Tainted Gue’vesa leader, and fired at him. "Never" she yelled, 'I will never lower myself! I am Shadowsun and I serve only the Greater Good!" The shot hit him square in the upper chest. And didn’t even register as a speed bump. “So you have chosen death” the one called Mortarion replied. “We offered you friendship and you spit in your face. Well then, let me enlighten you as to what happens to those who reject Nurgles gifts.” “I have faced your kind before, Human” Shadowsun said in Gothic. “I know how to face Astartes.” Mortarion just laughed. "You may have met a space marine chapter before Shadowsun” he said gleefully, “but you've never met a Legion." Imagine Mortaion sounds like John Noble's Scarecrow from Arkham Knight. And Shadowsun sounds like FemShep from Mass Effect.

[@AngerOfTheLand]

Incase your wondering. THIS right here, is where the Ommnisiah (the real one, not the emperor) came from as well. Every now and then a human looks at his AI bodyguard/worker/whatever and thinks "Do machines have a god?". Couple thousand years later... Why yes they do, thanks to you.

[@iloveplayingpr]

I hope they expand more on the Tau's still-forrming god.

[@quazarKiragon]

Basically 40k where buddha is a chaos god made by the tau

[@danmorris5498]

I absolutely love this take as it creates tension in the faction on one hand you have the ethereals who let's be honest wouldn't like the notion of a god as it would take away from their own power and you have the Faithful.

[@papiagua]

I hope they expand on the Ethereals. Who TF are they really and what is their game

[@Shideous]

42k: The Age of Gods is upon us? I can see Shadowsun becoming the Goddesses avatar and needing to split from T'au command when the Etherials can't control T'au'va.

[@tssteelx]

Im going to say its one of the peices of the emperor. Its been there ever scince his fractioning nurturing the tau, helping them grow.

[@brendanmatthews8236]

Nuture/Destroy does fit nicely into that emperor-shaped robe...

[@drewwilson8756]

Sooo the Tau have found religion, or more accurately, religion has found them.

[@ArmandoEnfectana-bp6jo]

Atheist to Thiest

[@ludantikasmith2869]

this is indeed interesting. with the tau lack of psychic energy how it will develop is an interesting tpoic. i doubt that the ethereals will be pleased as it inevitably will put their authority into question and how tau society will progress

[@jonharrison9222]

Individually they’re weak, but as whole they’re a powerhouse. This is why Chaos is now interested in them.

[@rahulbinov1987]

You have an incredible voice mate, you should look into more voiceover work!

[@SandmanofTerra]

Very kind!

[@stevetrent4638]

Seriously though. I would listen to entire audiobooks with him narrating.

[@lordoblivion8038]

@@SandmanofTerra You could have made a asmr videos

[@cegesh1459]

Indeed

[@mongoliandude]

Hard agree. You have options to branch out into other areas (new channel) or to do some VO work for commercial, info or for other content creators.

[@eotwkdp]

Tau create a stable belief Other species within the Tau empire think of it as a god of some sort. Mostly humans

[@missjayspeechley9213]

An interesting line of thought. Humanity had pantheons of gods before our psychic awakening. The Tau now have a god, will they start their psychic awakening soon, growing their souls. Or in simpler terms, which came first, the psycher or the god?

[@Viper6332]

It makes sense that every race would leave some kind of image in the warp that a god could form from just in the case of the tau it took longer

[@Viper6332]

@@theviewbot the reason i said longer is its not supposed to be a fully formed god yet not like when slaanesh was born

[@diegomata1062]

I bet is the Emperor of humanity the Tau will play a pivotal role in the end times im sure of it

[@mitchjames9350]

The Humans, Eldar, Tau and Necron will most likely ally against Chaos and Tyranids.

[@the11382]

I wonder if Ethereals have a higher warp presence, something tells me Ethereals will get a psychic awakening.

[@SaviourSword995]

It is suspected that Ethereals are psychic. The reason they are not corrupted is due to their biology and that diamond shaped organ on the forehead that acts some sort of faraday cage. But that is still speculations

[@dmgrimes69]

He went in the warp as Tau commander and got out as a man of the glorious imperium, purge the aliens!

[@Adrian-vd6ji]

A tau knocked on my door and asked what i knew about jehovah. I ran screaming in to the warp

[@Jimmy-p9n]

Interesting that inside that thought produced an entity. From the worship of the entity the form continues to be created until its final form. Is the entity good or bad? Will it be another chaos god if the people turn bad with their decadence etc like the Eldar?

[@geertbeekman8680]

YOU HAVE A NICE VOICE TO HEAR. GOOD FOR AUDIO BOOKS :)

[@Youwish187]

If the taus god was formed from the belief of so little power isn’t that confirmed that the emperor is at chaos god strength at this point?

[@Psychoangel-d23]

He should be able to go toe to toe with a god if he would fully ascend. But considering how GW has been treating him as if late... I'm more worried that they will kneecap him. Hard.

[@CrowbornChaos]

@@Psychoangel-d23 Good.

[@Psychoangel-d23]

@@CrowbornChaos I dont think you get what that means. Big E is the counterpart to the chaos gods. The more he gets nerfed the more pathetic the chaos gods look. You do NOT want big E look like a joke, otherwise it means that the chaos gods are utterly pathetic creatures who survived through sheer dumb luck.

[@CrowbornChaos]

@@Psychoangel-d23 being a bit melodramatic there. Little E and the four Dramas are kinda overdone anyways. I understand the importance of Little E, but honestly the writing for him has been burning garbage lately.

[@Psychoangel-d23]

@@CrowbornChaos big e has the "to many cooks" problem. It doesn't help that they also let dembsky Bowden write him on top of that, the guy has a serious dislike to big E and it shows.

[@321lionheart8]

*WHEN ARE WE GONNA GET AND IRON WARRIOR WARP GOD CONSIDERING THEY HAVE AN ENTIRE BELIEF SURROUNDING THE IRON WITHIN* ? *LIKE A CONAN THE BARBARIAN CROM TYPE-OF-THING* ?

[@jyggalag_]

Vashtorr comes to rescue

[@freakindirt12341]

That's literally Vashtorr dude, it's like peanut butter and chocolate

[@321lionheart8]

@@freakindirt12341 well... I'm actually thought about that. That demon is actually a forgemaster. I can understand if it was the iron hands but I'm talking about the iron Warriors. They don't have a belief or an obsession of forging things like the iron hands or even the salamanders more specifically Vulcan. You know what I mean? It's a little bit different. Especially if you understand the Conan the barbarian god, CROM: God of steel, god of the earth.

[@morzorkatvfm]

A Kroot rebellion would make for amazing story opportunities.

[@sylvia_laroux]

Great video! I find it odd tho, that the psychically more "well-endowed", Warp-knowing/sensitive races who are Tau allies, such as the Nicassar and Kroot (and indeed, Human Gue'las) wouldn't have some Gellar Field or equivalent technology/knowledge to contribute to the Tau 4th Exp Sphere, potentially mitigating the consequences of unprotected Warp-play? 😅

[@fennec428]

My guess is they have no clue how Gellar fields work, and Tau can't reengineer it since they don't have anywhere near that much awareness of the warp. After all, why would Mechanicus ever support the Tau? It goes against everything their creed offers

[@jeffy1862]

I’m pretty sure the Mechanicus are the only ones amongst the Imperium that know how to make a gellar field generator anymore and they hate xenos just as much as any other Imperial.

[@sylvia_laroux]

@@jeffy1862 haha true- though I could easily see a non-Chaos aligned Heretek being seduced by Tau technology. :P Anyways, I originally meant that "Minor" Xenos races with Warp Drive must have some sort of equivalent device to a Gellar Field generator to protect themselves (or utilize something derivative, potentially stolen/scavenged/ reverse-engineered from Imperial ones).

[@N0TYALC]

Well they advanced from the Stone Age to an interstellar empire in just 10K years. It’s not exactly surprising that there are some gaps in their tech that haven’t been discovered quite yet.

[@sylvia_laroux]

@@N0TYALC very true, mate. I think there's been a little bit of confusion on what I was originally going on about, lol: not how or why the Tau specifically lack a Gellar-equivalent as a product of their own science, but rather the curious oversight of something like Gellar Fields developed by their client/vassal races with greater psychic presences, such as the Kroot, Nicassar, or Demiurg. All three have knowledge of the Warp and Warp drive technology from before their entry into the Tau Empire, one could thus safely infer *they'd* have to have something like a Gellar Field to protect themselves, you know?

[@bauerleinjohn]

I’m currently reading war of secrets, now I want to read faster to get to that part!

[@SandmanofTerra]

Check out Shadowsun the patient Hunter next!

[@bauerleinjohn]

@@SandmanofTerra awesome thanks for the suggestion. I’ve just been getting into the space marine conquest books because they’re just one off stories I don’t need background on. I did just finish apocalypse though, and was wondering, is there some sort of continuation to that story at all? Because the anchorite and him (lorgars teachings) being the basis for the ecclesiarchy is a huge deal, if you have any idea where to go from there I’d be very thankful

[@MichaelLewis-fx8eq]

Your voice is simply amazing. Before I started watching your larger form videos with you in person I thought the voice on the shorts was altered by software😅 Wish my voice had that amount of bass😂

[@djj949]

This story was new to me, enjoyed it

[@chalkdemon8019]

I still hope they make a psyker powered Riptide suit kinda like a Gundam, like the Unicorn.

[@jamesmcallister5562]

Awesome video! Man this makes me what to know more about Tau lore, havent ready anything about them to date really, might need to change that!

[@SandmanofTerra]

Cheers James!

[@-Ravenscroft-]

why do all these lorehammer youtubers have such great voices? it's not fair. i wanna be one, too. lol

[@hakim6933]

About time a force of Good counters all the evil in the universe

[@adrianmillard6598]

It's the flying spaghetti monster.

[@daverage4729]

All tremble in awe at the goddess of the mighty Tau empire..."TAL'VA (aka FACELESS GLADYS!!)"...otherwise she'll tickle you with her extra fingers and tentacly bits!

[@Ng-zg4dq]

Nurgle has been having a tough time. He will be over taken by Slaanesh soon

[@SandmanofTerra]

The power levels of the gods constantly waxed and wanes. He'll be back on top soon enough!

[@alexanderdavidov6465]

I like why Khorne desires Farsight.

[@informationyes]

The audible chocolate that is that voice

[@ananonymousnerd.2179]

"Because Farsight wears red, and kills stuff, with a sword."

[@chalkdemon8019]

I wonder if the Tau’s god is kinda like the Omnisiah? Kinda like the tech god of Mankind?

[@CTRLVCatMemes]

I dont really like a Tau deity as a player myself, but then I didnt like the grimdarkening of the Tau in the first place either. I think my biggest issue is now Tau players will have to constantly hear how "weak" our new god is, and how "bullshit" it is that they might win an encounter with another god... despite Slannesh being busted OP as soon as they were born 🙄

[@funbro99]

We about to watch nurgle slap a tau silly? Excellent.

[@Mr.Beanyuwu]

If only GW allowed the xenos to be cool and expanded the TAU Empire properly, like allowing them to be like the Covenant, they could make the tau sOOOOO COOL

[@speedytypermananswers5551]

lol tau discovers a god. It’s like when you open the news and there’s a “Florida man”/“Florida woman” story on the news. When you see 40k update in this update of “tau discovers” tau made a god by accident lol

[@lucasottens8506]

I love how the Tau's entire aesthetic is just stolen whole cloth from _Homeworld._ Even their insignias. Lol

[@ruugyaku5347]

Muchos odian a la diosa del bien supremo, a mi todo este asunto me encanta.

[@Kollthecasual]

Really good video man. I came across your content relatively recently and i'm enjoying your lore analysis. Here's a comment for our very own god of the warp: the almighty Algorithm.

[@SandmanofTerra]

Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoy it

[@oscarcordero7811]

What if this being is the God emperor? Trying to unite all life against Chaos and the Tyranids

[@chengkuoklee5734]

That will be the greatest plot twist.

[@theswarmsquad3606]

I really hope that this god remains a benevolent entity. Not a shitty god like the emperor or an evil god like Chaos, but a truly benevolent entity looking out for each one of his followers, or a guardian angel, which is something that the setting lacks. A god who actually answers prayers.

[@jessl1934]

Isha

[@engelostermann7203]

The Tyranid Hive Mind answers prayers.

[@Florkl]

Tzeench answers prayers. What the answer means is a different question.

[@bauerleinjohn]

What about the ork gods? Gork and mork I think? They don’t seem especially terrible

[@demonic_myst4503]

Chqos gods answer preyeds so does the emperor but the warps complicated also she allready isnt benevelent it loteraly stated she wants to consume alll and the conceot of greater good is inherently menevelent its forcing ones goals onto others by forcing kthers to sacrifice for your goals

[@Pridefallen975]

Finally Tau have a God

[@laggaming127865]

The Tau will prevail over the dying empire of man, all will join us or all will perish.

[@rlycervano8934]

This is nice! New things to look out for

[@orestislazanakis4960]

I hope the Tau community likes this new lore, because imho it's not as bad as new Imperial lore. This one actually presents us with an advance in the timeline rather than the complete inversion of it.

[@anthonyramirez9925]

So is this before or after she meets Kitten?

[@BlackRaptor11.7]

Auxiliary:”For the love of T’au’Va- T’au:”Excuse me, of who?” Auxiliary:”Oh, T’au’va, the embodiment of the greater good” T’au:”There’s not such thing as a-“ T’au’Va:”Yo” T’au’Va:”… your psychic presence created a GOD IN OUR IMAGE?!” Auxiliary:”Yeah! Isn’t it cool?! You got a god without even trying! :D” T’au:”I- You- WHAT?!”

[@Jaeger_Bishop]

Big-E: "Now you blueberries know why I tried banning religion, you cheese doodles"

[@totallylegit4092]

The Greater Good…in man’s history, there have been few evils as great as the greater good fallacy. I think the Tau are about to learn this lesson.

[@xenoblad]

Do you often do retakes? The voice quality is very good.

[@SandmanofTerra]

This video I actually had to smash out quite quick!

[@iancowan3527]

Imagine each major faction is the link to a key Chaos God...

[@kuuro_7712]

I have high hopes that the farsight enclaves become khornate. Imagine hordes of red tau using heavy swords and high tech deamon battlesuits, and a sibling rivalry between demon princes farsight and angron

[@shamegawd5404]

Sandman content top tier 👌🏾🔥

[@pvtj0cker]

Would you prefer fighting Chaos forces or a space faring version of the Spanish Inquisition?

[@1973Washu]

Man creates god in his own image?

[@painlord2k]

Whatever else?

[@aidandoyle5075]

Great video, you’ve got an awesome story telling voice 👌😊

[@SandmanofTerra]

Thank you so much!

[@chengkuoklee5734]

Hi, late to the party. I find this Tau'va story very interesting because I'm pretty sure the writers got inspiration from real life Buddhism history. The Tau'va goddess really like Thousand Hands Guan Yin Bodhisattva. The belief & emphasis of Bodhisattva saviour was born out of social upheaval and war. This belief was very popular in Northern India, large part of central Asia, then China. It was a prominant belief in Mahayana Buddhism which Theravadan Buddhism doesn't share. So... if the writers stick to India Buddhism history idea, I'm quite sure Tau would not suffer their version of Horus Heresy. It's not conflict free of cause. I don't believe Buddhism didn't have civil war between the sects but so far as I know, the war was so least vicious, it's largely ignorable.

[@Daedricbob]

"For the Greater God"

[@LisaWalked]

What does the tentacle represent in terms of a client race

[@Jimmy-p9n]

I guess it comes down to what the T'au god will do. Will it be good or evil? It would be cool have a god of the greater good with all the evil in the 40k universe

[@wolfbane7497]

Gilman best said it himself God's always complicate things in God's always want to hold people in charge accountable

[@Salteroni]

"On the other hand Khorne desires Farsight, because Farsight wears red. And kills stuff. With a sword." 🔥

[@carlzerris6566]

I dont care what lore exisits. In my mind that is canon.

[@marcuswolfe5232]

Great video.. an interesting lore snippet..

[@Mosxutus]

Source please! I would like to know more!

[@SandmanofTerra]

The main books are War of Secrets and Shadowsun: The Patient Hunter

[@matthewgibbs6886]

PUNY GODS. as bjorn piledrives them into the floor

[@jonathaslopes8038]

All hail the only Good Deity in 40K

[@magnusmaximus1415]

The great plan go as planned, hail great snake may you save us

[@kraniumskull357]

Very nice video

[@fordmodelT1957]

15:13 mount congee??

[@briharrisWarhmmer40kfan]

Fantastic 👏👏👏

[@bruhistantv9806]

The T'au independently discover why the Imperium is so xenophobic

[@umbraviventem]

Plot Twist: it was the Emperor. Which are the books with the goddess that you are referencing? I would like to read them.

[@murphy7801]

Im ok if leads to more aux stuff.

[@milosstojakovic7586]

Is god of Tau some sort of Tyranid?

[@hrushikeshsawant6193]

No it's not, it is somewhat like amalgamation of all the species allied with tau

[@anthraxcrab2222]

Imagine the Tau save isha not leeman Russ

[@Kugal83]

TAU FOREVER!

[@madmank7881]

So now this infant god is in the presence of 5 dangerous beings who will destroy it if they can the 4 andthe emperor

[@painlord2k]

Add vashtorr and