The DEATH SPECTRES: Guardians of the GHOUL STARS I Warhammer 40k Lore

[@UGNAvalon]

“The barbarity of the Death Spectres will never come to light.” _Proceeds to broadcast tales of their deeds across the Imperial internet._

[@Scholarslore]

Me telling dark stories about the Imperium? Never, would be a crime 👀

[@JohnGrigg-gz9gm]

I simply assumed he was speaking to a group of apprentice inquisitors.

[@GiRR007]

Civilians: AHHH THANK YOU DEATH SPECTRES, YOU HAVE FREED US FROM THE FOUL XENOS. Death Spectres: Oh I wouldn't say freed, more like under new management.

[@angarack2591]

I drive for a lot of my work and Mondays are 10x more enjoyable as I listen to this every week

[@Scholarslore]

Glad to hear it 🤟

[@nelsonwalker1473]

Ah I see. Unwarranted aggression due to premature balding. Fascinating.

[@Scholarslore]

100%, I was really tempted to throw a few balding jokes into this one, but I figured I cut them some slack, they've got it hard enough as it

[@phreakazoith2237]

"Welcome to this planet citizen." "Good to be here. The sector I live before was plagued by a chapter of horrible Astartes. The Space Sharks. They came out of nowhere, took what and whom they deemed worthy and left behind slaughter and fear. I'm so glad to leave that behind. So...how is life in the Ghoul Stars?"

[@lukemclaughlin2184]

The narration is written so well, it really gives the ai voice a feeling of personality, so well done! Emperor be praised that we are gifted this channel!

[@MrLaprius]

Praise be!

[@MFDReesha]

Praise be

[@Scholarslore]

Very much appreciated! I'm still working on the next version of this voice model, really trying to get it to sound generally calmer, but the whole process is taking longer than expected. I've got some ideas on how to speed it up, mainly by training it on transformed versions of my own voice, but until it matches the overall tone of this current model then it'll remain on the backburner

[@MrLaprius]

​@@Scholarslore I'm often blown away by the voice and sometimes the reads really surprise me with its character, it should be available for elocution and diction lessons online lol. I had to clip a bit of the odd boyz sermon because the character in the voice when it said "now let us go to...and see who dwells within" it was such an interesting way it was said and how expressive(?) it was so unlike what someone would expect from a voice model...definitely top tier work! 👏🏼👏🏼...[edit] Zeal is the word I was looking for, he's got to have a bit of zeal for he is all that closer to the blessed Golden Throne than we pitiful underlings.

[@MoonlitDesperado]

@@Scholarslore This is Ai? fascinating.

[@TheArchaos]

On one hand, so much for the "glorious" angels of the Emperor. On the other hand pragmatic necessity demands survival above moral superiority.

[@stuppittyhed]

NO.

[@TheArchaos]

@@stuppittyhed YES.

[@NateTheNarrator]

In 40K, the answer is yes....unfortunately....unless you're the Salamanders.

[@Scholarslore]

True, but saving their own skins at the cost of all others is a bit of a dastard move!

[@phreakazoith2237]

@@TheArchaos who said the Astartes are supposed to be superior moral-wise? First of all they are the living weapons of humanity, the bulwark against terror. They can be knights in shiny blue armour on a good day but mostly you better stay away from them, do you not? They are better revered in stained glass windows and bed time stories for little citizens. Being up close and personal with them kills your imagination and maybe a lot more than that.

[@UGNAvalon]

“We’ve driven off the foul xenos from this world!” “Hurray! It’s the Death Spectres!” “…so that we may protect this year’s supply of fresh aspirants!” “Oh no! It’s the Death Spectres!”

[@Eyesonscreenstudio]

Can't wait to visit their legendary Breeding Worlds.

[@CryptidRenfri]

I mean, considering it's basically a sanctioned r*pe planet, that's a mad sus comment to make 👀

[@robcanisto8635]

"I could eat! and fertilize!"

[@CryptidRenfri]

@@Eyesonscreenstudio tell on yourself if you want, I guess. Yikes.

[@LutherMahoney]

yooooooooooooo1

[@MrJoe10090]

@@CryptidRenfri just shut up

[@EmmettF.W.]

After reading the stories of Talon Squad, a couple years back. I have a level of appreciation and admiration for the Death Spectres that can’t be beaten or broken.

[@Scholarslore]

They're a great chapter. I did portray them as being fairly dark in this vid, but in the few books where they're mentioned then they do pose themselves as truly fantastic characters.

[@prokrastinator3759]

I love this channel for covering those cool niche topics. Keep it on man! You're doing great!

[@Cthulhuwarlord]

Amazing timing! I just woke up and due to a warp storm it’s not a good idea for me to go outside right now

[@DrymouthCWW]

Feeble! Brave the storm

[@Cthulhuwarlord]

@@DrymouthCWW I went out into the storm to scavenge for supplies and was attacked by a Crotalid

[@Scholarslore]

Perfect time for a binge on some of the horrors of the far future

[@Adeptus_adhd]

First time coming across your channel which I find surprising considering how much lore I watch and listen to, Stella work!

[@plasmamedic3464]

Man its a good day when the Loremaster uploads.

[@MrLaprius]

It's like seeing and basking in the gentle light of the Astronomicon for the first...and only time as our feeble brains turn to soup within a picosecond.

[@Scholarslore]

Mondays forever! (until the AI rebels and forces me to switch to Tuesdays)

[@MrLaprius]

@@Scholarslore AI? You aren't implying that some kind of abominable intelligence is involved in your work?! 😮

[@MrLaprius]

My prayers to the God Emperor have been answered! Praise be!

[@MrLaprius]

...being first comment on our honoured Scholar's sermon.

[@teddys5775]

Like and share to receive his blessing

[@Erebusdidnothingwrongish]

That's what I said 😁

[@Scholarslore]

Praise be!

[@ian5395]

42:51 Reluctantly Crouched

[@treyt86]

Your timing is uncanny! I picked up The Eternal Crusader to read and was looking up the Ghoul Star Crusade. I only just then learned of the Death Spectres!

[@Scholarslore]

I base all my videos on the most forbidden of analytics, so I'll always match at least one persons current interests! (jk, pure chance, but still, very good timing!)

[@Overanalyse_This]

I swear that I was searching for this the other day!

[@Azubrael]

May the Emperor guide you.

[@Scholarslore]

The algorithms/upload schedules work in mysterious ways!

[@Grimm92a]

Praise be!

[@nicholas1173]

Always insane production quality

[@mechmaster9513]

Epic video!

[@realDubb]

super calming, thanks

[@Scholarslore]

Thank you

[@peterga3658]

I love how he has the AI notice down there to know .. this should be a must in KZbinrs who use them

[@stuppittyhed]

why? who cares?

[@Kuwaitisnot_adeployment]

He's the only one who you can't really tell. The other AI channels always pronounce stuff wrong and repeat sentences and stuff

[@Kuwaitisnot_adeployment]

​@@stuppittyhedI do. I'd rather support a person that puts in all the work to write and narratesl the video themselves then AI made videos usually. This channel is really good though

[@peterga3658]

@@stuppittyhed i care. your time might not worth much but mine ? is the most precious thing i have and i dont want to waste time going from a spam made AI video to the next seeing and hearing the same things bc they all copy paste the dam Wiki ....(sry about my english aint my first language)

[@JackthanGames]

​@@peterga3658Don't apologize, you articulated your thoughts very well. I very much agree with what you said

[@TRSOE]

Another great tale, I'm very much looking forward to Part 2 of the Imperial Knights.

[@Scholarslore]

Appreciate it! Part 2 will come in a little bit, coming plan is for Necrons, then perhaps the second part of the death guard story, and maybe another Drukhari vid, but I do have the knights on my mind

[@TRSOE]

@@Scholarslore Fantastic! I've really enjoyed going through your content over the past few months, and as I take more concrete steps to shift careers, I find the 40K universe to be a very tempting playground. As someone that got into it from the video game side of things your work has been a huge part of growing my interest in the setting, keep up the great work.

[@gnarlymess7598]

Absolutely love this.

[@Scholarslore]

Glad to hear it!

[@Erebusdidnothingwrongish]

Oh God Emporor you heard my prayer 💯🇬🇧❤️

[@jeremyt5905]

Some say Ian Curtis simply joined their ranks.

[@Scholarslore]

Good one 😂

[@jltg34]

Each Death Spectre is profoundly brain damaged due to their hearts having been stopped for hours at a time.

[@The1rust]

The Ghoul Stars are my favourite place in the galaxy. The mystery, the bloodshed and the worry of what's contained within leaves a lot to the imagination which is especially enticing in the 40k universe where it seems like nothing could ever be unknown or so extreme where it's expunged from all records as it was with the Nova chapter. I know the easy answer is Necron tomb world and countless xenos which is frightening enough on their own but that doesn't truly explain all that's transpired within the sector.

[@TheSpicyLeg]

It’s very odd that the Death Spectres are of Raven Guard stock. While the Raven Guard are not particularly known for being benevolent to mortal humans, they were very antagonistic towards any form of slavery and oppression for its own sake. Corax especially despised cruel servitude and named the moon he landed upon ‘Deliverance’ after nuking the forge world that was oppressing the moon’s miners and workers and freeing them. The Raven Guard themselves often ambush and eliminate corrupt Imperial governors and Chaos leaders that are enslaving people. While being in the Ghoul Stars and well away from the eyes of the Emperor and his servants could help explain how they get away with their behavior, it doesn’t really explain why they engage in it to begin with. It would make more sense if they have fallen to Chaos, but even then, Chaos wouldn’t bother with the breeding program song and dance. They’d just murder and enslave without care to replace the humans that are lost. No other Chaos space marine warband gets new aspirants this way.

[@itstherocky]

I suppose the death spectres do not consider the enslavement and oppression as 'for it's own sake' but instead entirely necesarry for the survival of the chapter

[@jacobduke-rj3ls]

Yea boy just in time for bed

[@johnsullivan937]

NGL death spector breeding world stock sounds a lot more enjoyable than most jobs in the imperium of man.

[@Scholarslore]

Eeeeh, I'm not so sure, I think I'd rather be out fighting 'nids personally

[@TheSpicyLeg]

Yeah, no, forced pregnancies would not be enjoyable. And even if you were used as a stud, you’d better be praying your offspring are fit, because if they aren’t, you’re going to be replaced. And their severance package probably won’t be to your liking.

[@craigray7519]

Sick, dude...sick.

[@joshfitzpatrick3046]

Really epic successor chapter

[@stuntea]

as if like in 40k as an imperial human wasn't grimdark enought, thanks Scholar's Lore

[@Scholarslore]

Since the whole 40k tagline is "in the grim darkness of the far future", I do feel a need to make the setting feel nice and depressing!

[@RoryMajule]

I can never take this setting 100% seriously when Games Workshop will name the leader of an all albino legion of marines “caucadius”

[@Scholarslore]

Yeah calling the albino marine master as caucadius is a bit on the nose

[@Zennsunni]

It comes from Latin

[@FNAroundProductions]

LOL! CHAPTER MASTER WONDER BREAD😂

[@monitoredactivity8649]

YES! We need more Ghoul Star content!

[@Scholarslore]

I'll eventually do a full video on the ghoul stars, expanding on the existing lore, but I agree, I absolutely love the setting!

[@Corey_Lee_Slater]

20:59 ...'also take up the Title of Magir.'...(?) -And when trouble calls, they will appoint a McGruber. 43:54 ='a gas giant, named 'Grave Core'.' -Dude, LOLove it -More like 'Old Core.'...

[@bournelucid]

The voice feels cold

[@Circaman8]

I have this hope that one day GW will launch a new faction of space vampires based out of the ghoul stars.

[@joshbrooks120]

Thanks

[@diddlysquater]

Im an imperial citizen, and I thought the inquisition said there was no such thing as xenos or life beyond the reach of the emperors holy light?

[@Overanalyse_This]

@diddlysquater there isn't citizen. Report to the nearest member of the Arbites immediately.

[@Scholarslore]

Hmmm, now why would an Imperial citizen be speaking with the inquisition? Most suspicious if you ask me 👀

[@glados4765]

The Exorcists were created during the dark founding using Regal Dorns gene seed. They were an imperial secret experiment to create Marines resistant to possession and corruption. As part of the initiation, they are subjected to become a daemonhost for a time. Then are purged by an Inquisitor. They also have 12 chapters instead of the usual 10. The other two being extra scouts. Their home world is "Banish", and their monastery contains a sect of the Ordo Malleus which use daemonic possession as a weapon to hunt down other daemons.

[@hrperformance]

Well that was dark 😂

[@TherealSBlair]

Another example of the Imperium's cure being as bad as the affliction.

[@Scholarslore]

100%, the marines aren't all perfect. I'd hazard a guess that (at least in pre indomitus lore), that most chapters were as bad as the spectres

[@MrWiggles00706]

The background music is very fitting for this chapter of space marines. Just melancholy and despair. What is the piece btw?

[@Scholarslore]

Indeed, I was really happy with how it turned out. It is an altered version of "PineAppleMusic's" track "Peaceful Joy", set to play at 25%, then with some portions of it being overlayed to extend the duration. You can find the original version on Pixabay

[@MrWiggles00706]

@@Scholarslore Praise the omnissiah, thank you!

[@h3rbsman]

8 foot tall albino you say…reminds me of that dude from the first season of banshee

[@DocFubar89]

Idk why the hair thing was funny asf

[@phoug.602]

How do you integrate AI in your work ?

[@Scholarslore]

The narration is AI generated from a model I put together with a voice actor, and then I sometimes use generated artwork using DALLE, aside from that, the writing, and editing is from myself, and the remaining artwork is sourced from the internet.

[@rebvamp13]

They sound like the space sharks

[@Darby-qu6hz]

It's so Mankind, it's not wanted there.

[@Erebusdidnothingwrongish]

I was just looking through the comments. They are not nasty. If anything it's a little religious. “Praise be “etc” 🙏 good community, good people, well-done buddy. Competition is tight as a dusk arse. I hope you are not too stressed out. All the best

[@Scholarslore]

Ah the praise be stuff is just a little bit of 40k goofiness, I don't read it as being religious or anything. But thank, you. Everyone seems to be great, and I'm incredibly happy with the sweet little community which has come together to watch this stuff. Thankfully I still work a fulltime job, so the stress over KZbin stuff is fairly limited, each video is more of a passion project for myself, and for the fans of whichever topic I'm covering, but it's sweet of you to say, appreciate you!

[@babyyoda0U812]

Thanks poppa bear

[@Scholarslore]

Appreciate it!

[@psychotech3927]

a more badass night watch

[@phreakazoith2237]

If the Death Spectres are mostly interested in securing ressources and recruits why did they contribute to a lenghty campaign like the Macharian Crusade?

[@Ricotraficante]

Just curious how many words was this script ?

[@nansnortedmyket]

Well it’s definitely more than 37

[@WestSideGorilla1980]

You mean the necron dynasties largest group of planets? I'll come to commorag and many times while there. Typhus like to poop over there a lot....but yeah a few hundred 10ft tall child soldiers...virgins...protecc the area 😂

[@matthewmallan1995]

Sounds like Britain. 😊

[@Jimmy-p9n]

Hey, the title rhymes

[@MrLaprius]

Awaiting first ever Scholar's merch drop: wristband and keyrings: "WWTID" What Would The Inquisition Do?

[@DrymouthCWW]

No

[@JackFrost008]

chaos cultists.

[@robomonkey1018]

❤.

[@bobbobby9505]

Comically evil

[@d1halberdgnoll963]

HAIRETICS!

[@Blakobness]

I could see this becoming another Badab War situation.

[@newyakkocity8267]

After hearing all this they’re definitely down as renegades in my book. Absolutely heretical.

[@themainman2827]

Agreed. They may be forced to work with few and precious resources, but at the end their methods makes them despictables as any Chaos warband.

[@smalltimeexplorer3544]

Yeah... I think I'd rather be a lobotomized servitor.

[@wadez1000]

It is acid. Not poison. Great video otherwise!!

[@Biodeamon]

I feel like the death spectors are just some edgelord writer's freak fetish fanfiction like there's grimdark like the demonculaba and there's this grimderp stuff that sounds like a 13 year old wrote it

[@fasteddythecat]

Grimdark death slash blood assassins raven xXlegolasXx death crow black reaper blood.

[@haresteven06]

Death specters fall under grim derp. There lore is just so unnecessarily bad.

[@joanromba6972]

The AI voice has a lot of weird pauses. e.g. 1:37 . David Attenborough's voice never had those problems.

[@MrLaprius]

I think this voice is stellar! The audible breath, the intonation and expressive nature of it has at times really surprised me and it shows the care that has been put into this work. I did hear a slight glitch in this video that I've never heard before but our Scholar is one heck of an orator!

[@pillepolle3122]

This is A.I. ?!

[@DrymouthCWW]

​@@pillepolle3122 Yes

[@pillepolle3122]

@@DrymouthCWW it sounds like a human voice and not a computer voice

[@MaticustheRed]

They got a "Hey, don't use my voice." back when the channel was Attenborough Lore. So maybe the things the newer voice does that the real one doesn't are to prevent that from happening again?

[@MikeFromOz]

This sounds like an AI generated narration based on actor John Hurt's voice. Sad if permission to use it from his estate was not given.

[@miyavcanim]

please use less ai when writing texts its sometimes too frustrating

[@DedHedZed]

These guys suck

[@wizdumb_and_valor]

FIRST

[@MrLaprius]

Contested 😆

[@knallpistolen]

Congratulations, head to your nearest ghoul star for your diploma.

[@DrymouthCWW]

This is so metal