Vashtorr the FIFTH Chaos God | Warhammer 40K Lore

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Today's episode is about Vashtorr the Arkifane - a demigod attempting to ascend to the ranks as the Fifth Chaos God.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:32 Arks of Omen (Campaign for the 5th Chaos God)
04:48 The Great Game
06:09 Forge of Souls
07:54 Birth and Creation
09:29 Abilities
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[@guilherme5094]

The idea of a fifth Chaos God of Machines appeals to me much more than the Emperor becoming the Dark King.

[@bluthammer1442]

empaaaarorrrr..jerky

[@SM-cv8sv]

It sounds silly. What emotion/mental state/concepts would it be powered by? ADHD, and Autism?

[@Adrian-vd6ji]

it would be powered by google...or farts

[@Zarozh]

@@SM-cv8svHe is powered by every though of invention, every step forward for ANY race etc that drives their technology forward... Imagin every new race discovers how to make a spear out of a rock and a stick, inventing the wheel... Vashtorr can grow ridicioulsy powerful. Since EVERY invention, every scientific advancement, every AI, every scholar or learning that progresses any race forward pushes Vashtorr into even more power. Just need to have a brain to think logicaly... Oh every LOGICAL though powers Vashtorr further. Together with the Dark King and Vashtorr, the other four gods are in a deep pit of shit.. Since Vashtorr ONLY cares for progress and logic, something that the Emperor/Dark King also strives to. These two together on diffrent sides against a mutual enemy that is the other chaos gods would devastate and crush them.

[@bruhed1117]

@@SM-cv8svinnovation and pioneering spirit

[@BlackLethalDragon]

'Every cog, every circuit' Throw an Ork gun at his feet and see him 404

[@thegametroll6264]

Vasthor: what is this... contraption? Big mek: 'S A SHOCK ATTACK GUN! vashthor: w... wha... Big mek: IT IZ WOT IT IZ!

[@MaDmOnStErQr]

@@thegametroll6264a gun that shots a flag that says “Shock”. Who ever touches it becomes an active lightning rod. They will then be hit by lightning, even if it is a clear day.

[@Twitch.tvMasterblou]

@@thegametroll6264Vasthor: "Oh, that's why we see grots flying in and out of the warp from time to time.. Makes sense, clever use of the warp too!." Big mek: "Oh Ey, boss!"

[@e.nordstrom3892]

The whole ”orks can make anything work by believing” is how the Mechanicus percieve it, since they can’t figure out how haphazard technology could work. Orks are degenerated Krorks, who’s thing was being genetically coded to build whatever they need with whatever materials encountered. Orks just don’t know it themselves, but they can build functioning equipment from basically anything due to genetic coding. Nothing that would be beyond the Dark Mechanicum or Vashtorr to grasp. Everything tech in 40k lore is mostly told from the perspective of AdMech weirdos.

[@Twitch.tvMasterblou]

@@e.nordstrom3892 Orks receive knowledge intuitively. They just know without being certain. It's the guy in his garage instead of Elon Musk kind of thing. They are more artists than engineers or real doctors.

[@nikolaizetrov617]

Peter Turbo: Finally a chaos god that suits my character and interest NOICE!!

[@OkThxBye1]

idgaf

[@vincentadultman6226]

I feel Perty should work with Vashtorr, and not under him. Then have a mexican standoff with Chaos, mankind and Vashtorr-Perty. Chaos has been too one dimensional so far, and throwing a perty sized wrench into the works working to ascend another to the highest echelon of Chaos would be crazy

[@Luchiop]

I really hope Perty turns Vashtor into his new set of living armor.

[@ishitrealbad3039]

as both a vashtor and iron warriors fan, i agree.

[@Luchiop]

@@ishitrealbad3039 it fits both characters

[@draknor353]

I really do hope that Vash'tor ascends and we see the Dark Mechanicum as an organized army force. It would also be great from a lore standpoint to see members of the Mechanicus having sudden crisses of faith or having to Crack down harder on innovation.

[@ImperiumArchive]

The Dark Mechanicum is definitely interesting and I wish they would expand on the lore.

[@GarC170]

Seconded chaos has been stale for a while now both the tabletop and the lore desperately need the dark mechanicum and Vashtorr is the perfect excuse

[@samiamtheman7379]

Dark Mechanicum could really use some more lore. Also, you know...models.

[@DeathBYDesign666]

I was looking for a chaos god to be the god of the men of iron and I honestly forgot about this guy. Interestingly he has a rival in the material universe that has become known as the void dragon. For the AdMechs this would be their true God and for the dark mechs they might worship both willingly. One could see these two beings making an alliance since they represent different aspects of reality. Vashtorr could use his infinite technological knowledge of the material realm, since he seeks devices that he himself helped to create. Anyway I am designing a DAoT sun snuffer and trying to find a way to bring it into the current setting, I'm stuck at it got into a massive battle after draining a star and ended up expanding all of it's energy in the process, so it has just been sitting there for thousands of years orbiting a dead star. I need a being of incredible power to get it going again and he will do, or some Necron lord finds it or something like that. This is a massive construct mind you, I am using the greater Halo rings as a starting point because they supposedly expand to a little larger than the rings of Saturn, several hundred thousand miles in other words. I'm thinking that the men of iron took inspiration from Necron technology or at least C'tan technology which is basically the same thing, they were inspired by the void dragon who whispers to them from it's slumber to build this thing, this being used to do this for sustainance mind you. I'm also thinking about giving it an inertialess drive since it's obviously too massive to enter the warp safely, plus it would come in handy for handling the massive gravity of a star with such a massive construct. I see no reason why they didn't have some slower alternative FTL travel, the Necrons certainly did. Certain factions could have had webway tunnels for all we know. I think the emperor just took over the webway project from the DAoT and some factions may have had working prototypes for it already. Input and ideas in this regard are always appreciated btw, my lore still has a long way to go.

[@user-fj5gk9ct1r]

I smell techno plagues afoot!

[@dubz4828]

Thank you human narrator. As a fellow human myself it is comforting to hear human who is not an a.i make video. very good. have a nice day.

[@DeathBYDesign666]

Huh nice joke! It took me minute to get it! 😂

[@hoboaustin109]

I cant unsee Vashtorr as the robot devil from Futurama

[@cairdin12]

he just sings "welcome to robot hell" in his great forge in the immaterium

[@samiamtheman7379]

We all know that GW is too cowardly to put the true 5th Chaos god in the 40k setting. All hail the Great Horned Rat!

[@ditmarvanbelle1061]

Yesyes! The Rat preside-sits on the throne on Terra-Earth. The 13 do His every bidding-will, in a backstabby fashion-way! NYUK!

[@GustavoTovarheraldgustav]

YES-YES! Human things must bow to the Great Horned Rat!

[@fragfmgill]

5th god is Hashut.

[@thehowlingjoker]

Crush crush warpstone to sniff sniff!

[@seanturner1197]

Malaal/malice, is very angry that Vashtorr is about to steal his coveted position.

[@NoConsequenc3]

no hes not because he's not a thing, let it go

[@demonwind5030]

​​@@NoConsequenc3He IS a thing. The Sons of Malice are very much canon. I'm new to WH 40K, but I'm getting the same vibe from this as Disney: firstly, they hate their fans, and secondly, they hate this thing called "pre-established continuity". Basically, the thing that makes the world/setting have consequences.

[@darkly7378]

​@@demonwind5030Then maybe start with learning actual lore if you are new? Malal not a thing for many years already (30+). Because his creator left company. Sons of Malice is exist only "on paper", and was last mentioned in codex around 2003-04.

[@kennypowers4840]

🔥 OUCH! 🔥

[@kennypowers4840]

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[@Ironknuckle100]

Nothing is scarier for a real world fighting force than a manifestation of logistics.

[@Foreman12346]

Lol

[@ironclad4451]

which would be the antithesis of chaos, because good logistics are orderly, and therefore it wouldn't make a shred of sense.... godamn it GW. lol

[@ShreddedSteel]

Never thought i would be one of the retcon crew but... Im one of them now i guess MALAL IS THE 5TH CHAOS GOD, I REJECT THIS

[@highwaytoheaven99]

I like to think that the Four Chaos Gods are not the ONLY Chaos gods and there are, in fact, countless gods in the Warp, its just that most of them don't have any real grip in the Materium. So Malal, the Dark King, and whatever other potential Chaos Gods? They're all real and already exists, they just didn't have any "birth" event (like Slaneesh) that solidifed their presence in realspace, YET...

[@nomore2226]

Chaos symbol has eight points right? I believe there is a chaos God for each point on their symbol.

[@e.nordstrom3892]

I think it’s pretty cannon that there’s plenty of lesser deities within the warp, and even the realm of Chaos. The four proper gods are just the main pantheon, and there’s probably something that dictates who can be a true god. Gork and Mork are gods within the warp, but not in the realm of Chaos. There’s nothing saying that the realm can’t expand AFAIK. I think there’s room to feel free making up minor deities, aspects of the gods and anything but a new major player. The big four feed of the strongest emotions/concepts, so it’s about proportionality. There’s bound to be some warp entity of failed rigid bureaucracy and anything else you can imagine. Whatever humans engage the most with will grow. That’s the beauty of 40k: there’s always room for you to make it your own!

[@ImperatorFreedomFries]

I like the idea of multiple "lesser" gods contending for full divinity. It allows really odd niche chaos gods

[@Ultramar565]

Cawl,Bile,Perturabo and now Vash'tor the world of warhammer has some mad scientists let's not forget the Emperor himself is the wildest one of them

[@damianolandi5003]

Szeras has joined the conversation.

[@jprp999]

None of them can match Rick.

[@100kejimaeda]

Sauro- I mean Vashtorr sound like he's going to forge a ring to rule them all.

[@daneyal7162]

As someone who prefers machines over organics as an enemy faction, the idea of a chaos god that controls machines sounds...VERY appetising!😁)

[@Xcyper33]

I'm all for Vash'tor. He seems so much more interesting than the other Chaos Gods.

[@Enigma..]

A new deity for the dark mechanicum to get behind would increase their power and prowess, plus the only chaos being that could potentially persuade Perturabo to form an alliance (chaos within, chaos without). Plenty of opportunity for a rise of the dark harbingers of iron 😎

[@propjam2]

Thanks for doing this, I been after a video that gives a run down the Vashtorr for a while.

[@ShadowWolfRising]

'Bel'akor helps the Imperium.' The FUCK? Also where's my homeboy Malice in all this?

[@RebelWvlf]

Isn't Malice deemed non-canon because of some copyright problems between GW and Malice's writer?

[@ImperiumArchive]

I don't think he was helping the Imperium per se. It was more like the enemy of my enemy is my friend...and only for this one instant to screw over Vashtorr

[@draknor353]

@RebelWvlf Malal is the entity that Malice is based on. Malal is not cannon due to copyright issues from 1st edition warhammer shenanigans. Malice however is cannon. Malice in 40k is only a minor warp God, and rarely has any influence on things. Even the sons of Malice are not seen often. Partially because the writers don't want too many parallels drawn to bait any copyright questionability, and partially because from a lore perspective the Sons of Malice actively thin thier own numbers in rituals to try and summon Malice to real space. That and they are against EVERYONE. A small force with no allies usually don't do too well in 40k. In a nutshell. Malice is cannon, but will most likely be forever irrelevant to the story unless GW gains ownership of Malal and they want to start an Anti-Chaos vs. Chaos story arc.

[@ShadowWolfRising]

@@draknor353 They need to do so already. Finally add some more depth to Chaos.

[@Overanalyse_This]

I've been a copywriter for 19 years and I am super impressed with the writing. Whether it's a person or AI, it's just great!

[@ImperiumArchive]

I appreciate it! The script is written by a lowly human. The voice on the other hand....

[@Overanalyse_This]

@@ImperiumArchive lol yeah, I was pretty sure about that. I've been experimenting with it at work. It great if you need a straightforward and straight delivery but impossible to get any emotion. Anyway, congrats on the writing. I'm kinda jealous lol. Good job.

[@LordOfCrabz]

I wonder if he and the Dark King would be friends.

[@guilherme5094]

I wouldn't say 'friends', but if they both came together and actually cooperated, the other gods would have serious problems.

[@jamesgordley5000]

I'd be okay with a fifth Chaos God on two conditions: 1. They're centered around an *actual* specific human vice/depravity which they advance, *not covered by the previous four.* 2. There's an additional sixth Chaos God, whose domain of vice is in opposition to that of the fifth. If Vashtorr could represent a will for some deep form of cold industrial dehumanization (though that may come off as too Necron?) with a rival in the form of a mindlessly wild animalistic degenerate, maybe there's some possibility. I'm not sure.

[@drago939393]

So if there was a Tyranid god for hunger... What would be their rival/opposite?

[@maxdragonslayer]

Chaos, god of death or undeath?, could be a good one to add an army of undead of all races (make him an enemy of all, including other chaos gods) "Everything came from death, and so it shall return to death willingly and unwilling alike," unknown dark chaos god of death

[@jamesgordley5000]

@@drago939393 The fashion runway goddess of anorexia, obviously. JK. In actual seriousness, I don't think the base instinctual drive of the Tyranid hive mind qualifies as a "vice". Vice would need to arise from a being which actually possesses some sense of self, not simply living out a mere animal compulsion. Even if we were to judge the Hive mind as a single thinking and self-aware individual, we have no reason to think that it's hunger is due to any form of excess on it's part. Rather it may simply be living out it's biological prerogative to eat and propagate itself, as any creature does.

[@jamesgordley5000]

@@maxdragonslayer What real-world vice would a Chaos God of death/undeath be based on, though? Even Nurgle is driven by human negativity (depression, apathy, rejection of anything constructive, etc.).

[@maxdragonslayer]

@jamesgordley5000 suicide ,fear, the abyss, the unknown, death, shadows , darkness, necrofillia,devouring souls, taboo, hexes, necromancy, rot and decay, vengence?, regret, loss, curses, unfeeling?, not wanting to die or move on after death, unfinished business, sacrifice, lonleness, anarchy, destruction he could take malice spot that way its same but different then malice cause he is not cannon (still working on it but i hope it helps) I think Abyss should be the name or something that invokes dark images They made of shadows form ever changing and evolving he also devours souls and uses black flames that burn a soul "The more you stare into the abyss, the more it stares back into you"

[@Regunes]

Him not "spawning" earlier during the age of strife is intriguing...

[@franwex]

Love these videos

[@Ultramar565]

A video on the Lorf of Iron would be awesome

[@maxdragonslayer]

I wanna see a chaos god of death/ undeath leading armies of zombies against all factions "All came from death, and so it shall return to death willing and unwilling alike"

[@Yoshwayy]

Finally a god Perturabo can get behind.

[@rippinandtearing]

Vashtorr seems like the 40K version of Hashut from Warhammer Fantasy.

[@moodyowlproductions4287]

Vashtor"I WANNA BE A CHAOS GOD...I WANNA, I WANNA,I WANNA"!!!!!!!

[@IceLizardsUnited]

Malal: "There there, Vashtor, there there..."

[@moodyowlproductions4287]

​@@IceLizardsUnitedVashtor"DON'T YOU DARE GO PATRONISING ME...EHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEH....EHEHEHHEHEHEHEH....I DON'T WANNA LIVE...EHEHEH"!!!!!!(Crying)!!!!

[@vincentadultman6226]

I would love to see Perturabo flip the bird at both regular Chaos and the Imperium and work to help Vashtorr ascend, like a third party in the Chaos v Imperium that wants to burn both to thr ground, with Perty and Vashtorr emerging from the ashes. Oh Lord pls have Perturabo use a defeated Demon Prince Fulgrim to run his toaster, it would humiliate Slaneesh to no end and maybe gives Vashtorr a boost

[@christmasham4312]

good video!

[@Terribads]

Guessing Vashtorr is the shard of the Emperor that was cast off, but in disguise; The perfect hiding place.. A dark king

[@ondrastonis2944]

Where can I get the thubnail art please if someone knows

[@user-zg2od2eb9h]

Perfection.

[@diezray]

Hydra is the 5th chaos god, explained over 20 years ago in "The Inquisition War" by Ian Watson.

[@thetraitorguardsmen.5321]

Thank you Oh ! Great god of the forge. For my shiny new Macharius Vulcan. Happy Heretic Noises. 🖤

[@bdemar2k12]

Maybe the mechanicus guys are unknowingly worshipping him thinking he's the omnissiah

[@5Dworld]

Vashtor is the sixth chaos god. The fifth has always been the Horned Rat.

[@timwhite5562]

"you know Klaus? That…changes…everything. Are you familiar with the abominable sciences??"

[@bradymartin5647]

The demon of machines who can tell other machines to do his bidding

[@dr_yeet9399]

Belakor to Chaos - Am I a joke to you? Jokes aside its funny to me that Belakor was given powers from all 4 Chaos Gods as a pseudo first of his kind experiment and then he rebelled against them for obvious power reasons, they then tried to take his powers back from him but realised he was way too powerful and couldn't before saying "It is what it isssss" and deciding to NEVER let someone serve all of them as an Undivided Ascended Daemon Prince again. With that in mind if we do get a new Chaos God anytime soon I wanna just have some written confirmation of Belakor's salt lmao it would be insane.

[@n0social]

Nice

[@daneyal7162]

I think that I just found my favorite villain (so far) in Warhammer 40K.

[@Demoncorp]

i am fate come round again!

[@kgnll87]

What happen to the machine god the adeptus mechanicus praises in other words would this make the imperium of man weapons and gear immune to this chaos gods abilities

[@theodorebear6714]

*The mechanicus is in trouble.*

[@Neardarkphotography]

It makes sense. A whole bunch of new models for them to sell. Will also appeal to iron warriors fans. Have them follow. Sorted.

[@michaelanderson3813]

Very interesting twist GW are considering

[@disgruntled_veteran]

There already is a fifth chaos god, Malice. He is old school 40k chaos.

[@darkly7378]

Malal non canon for like 30 years (because of copyrights). Maybe stop already?

[@JustALittleGhostOfHallownest]

@@darkly7378Malal is non-canon due to copyright, so he was replaced with malice. There is a difference, and by technicality malice still exists but is so minor it makes no difference. Malal, on the other hand, does not because Malal was the copyright issue.

[@yeahmansoul]

Surprised to see they are not more people nerding out in the commente like me over Malice

[@user-zg2od2eb9h]

Everyone needs a place they can call home

[@bdemar2k12]

I was thinking its just some weird British pronunciation but now that you point that out i think your right

[@Xepent]

The Shadow in the System Ender Veiled in Steel Mischance of Innovation Chaos Code, Kneel.

[@morbidone88]

I hope Malal shows up and beats the hell out of Vashtor 😂

[@zawwin1846]

Best chaos god.

[@nickjackson3688]

What if he was created by or during the dark age of technology?

[@skweetis]

Is this voiced by Abominable Intelligence? I swear it pronounced "Abaddon" differently every time.

[@werkshop131]

Vashtor, aspect of Tzeentch.

[@123loeser]

Don't know how to feel about this. I like the four gods because they embody something way older than even humanity itself. Raw truths of the universe and souls that inhabit it. Machines don't have souls (normally) and aren't really chaotic but predictable. So ye, unless they make him awesome in some way i really don't care. And for me this probably isn't going in my headcanon.

[@blairshort1098]

I think Tzeench is about to sue.

[@tombkingsethbattlechannel9419]

If they ever truely implement him as a full or nealy full God it would be damn hard to explain why doenst insta win. Just imagine hes gonna simply switch off the power armor of the space marines. Or turns off the live support systems on all Space ships.

[@sobrietyliiving]

Imagine what Vashtors daemon princes/ daemons would look like

[@ishitrealbad3039]

i wonder if our boy Peter Turbo will join him and swear allegiance to him, probably not tho

[@joespinella7773]

I theorize this will bring about Peter Turbo and not to the aid of Vashtor.

[@user-zg2od2eb9h]

Vashtorr looks as if he was sculpted from chocolate .

[@jacobmosovich]

So if this god denies the other 4 gods he may turn to the emporer to support him or ussurp the hole in the warp that will surely occur when he dies to sunder the remaining four

[@inquisitorkrieger8171]

Uh oh. I think the iron warriors just got their patron.

[@eazypeazy8559]

chaos god of Silicon Valley

[@bobby6009]

Warhammer Making Malice Like Sargeras In Warcraft maybe they're gonna bring him back after idk 30yrs

[@texastyphun]

Seems like this will cause some friction between the Ad Mech & Imperium

[@michealsoh8432]

Looks like hashut is gonna be a thing

[@micho_3715]

Oh man, how will the ad mech react to this god? Will they think vashtorr is the omnissiah? Will we get chaos/dark ad mechs? Oh boi…

[@silent_stalker3687]

Wouldn’t be just be the DM of the great game since nobody goes against him and they all rely on him for some good stuff to be made?

[@Geff11733]

Sorry guys, i dont really get the fundamental difference between this new god and tzeentch. Does tzeentch not embody change throught technology already? Seems to me this new recruit is a bit redundant regarding his older bro...?

[@JustALittleGhostOfHallownest]

This guy is technology and science, while the scatterbrained squid embodies constant change.

[@Geff11733]

@@JustALittleGhostOfHallownest thanks for your reply, but, is technology not a tool of change? I mean if tzentch is embodying change, then he embodies all things which represent change through chaos and evil. And if we take the example the atomic bomb technology, i believe tzentch is 100% represented in, no? But anyway thank you again for highlighting my understanding on the subject. Cheers mate!

[@JustALittleGhostOfHallownest]

@@Geff11733 yes and no. Technology in of itself is neutral, it can be used for many things. It can be used to change the status quo, it can be used to trap people in an unchanging dystopia, it can be used to wage war, or to manufacture drugs. Hence why vashtorr funds the four in the great game.

[@kevlarburrito6693]

Meanwhile, in the warp: "...Vashtorr, the FIFTH Chaos God..." Malice: .........oh this is BULLSH**

[@linkdancer3890]

Me to malice: THEN GET YOU’RE ASS UP AND REVEAL YOURSELF THEN YOU LAZY F**!

[@JustALittleGhostOfHallownest]

*retconian

[@FieldDay-cj3tv]

No my mate Zim

[@damianolandi5003]

Vashtorr remembers the War in Heaven. He might even have been birthed by the torment of the wasted Necrontyr souls at the time of the biotransferance (note: C'tans feed on materium's energies, not on warpspawned souls).

[@DeathBYDesign666]

Though it isn't clear what sustainance they gained from souls they definitely ate them as well. It's arguable that they didn't devour them completely and merely drained a part of their essence that resides in the material realm. I think it's that transfer of energy from the material to the warp that they ate and since they can never consume them entirely they just used that constant energy flow. Perhaps it is what made them susceptible to warp energy, otherwise it is totally neutral to them.

[@damianolandi5003]

​@@DeathBYDesign666 I refer you to "Visions of the Sleeping God", where it is clearly stated that the bodies are consumed but the souls are left to wander. While from a Necrontyr/Necron POV it will look and feel as if the C'tans ate their souls (9th and 10th editions heavily shifted the POV from Imperial/neutral-centric to the inside knowledge and biases of the different races), the warp is an anathema to these beings (see codexes 3rd through 8th edition); they cannot interact with it more than a demon (sensu pop-culture) can handle Holy water, less so gain nourishment from it. I like your interpretation, as in various versions of their descriptions C'tans are said to feast on either "life essence" or "life energies", so they could devour the material equivalent of the soul or that and the multidimensional (still Materium, but n-dimensional) link to the warp. This would also go hand in hand with Szeras’ failures, since their souls and grasp on them seem to be utterly lost: as the C'tans had no link or knowledge of the means of the warp, the biotransferance process severed (and swallowed) that thread, as it was never part of the design. That said, Necrontyrs always had a tenuous link to the realm of souls (similarly to the T’aus), and it goes to show how much the Warp influences the psyche of a species in the 40K setting, even before it stirred and spawned actual daemons.

[@Venim85]

Chaos Hephaestus

[@KuddlesbergTheFirst]

Skarbrand can also become a demigod after Khrone banished him?

[@shadedreaver]

Vashtorr is in the wrong god damn codex.

[@hmmmnope1546]

All powerful and his weakness is being hit with low tech stick as no technology involved

[@nimmha6708]

But wouldn't that cause huge issues with the whole "Machine spirit" thing, if he can just control all machines with ease? No more Land Raiders and such?

[@scientist1417]

Is this Tobiaz Mendiez voice???

[@JustALittleGhostOfHallownest]

You see, it wouldn’t benefit him to be a god. He is not a god, and therefore is not opposed to the others. Therefore he can still profit off of all of them.

[@jprp999]

So Hashut?

[@Tacatgo]

This is the 5th or 6th "5th chaos god" i have heard about

[@LORDSofCHAOS333]

ho we have some new lore on 40k

[@Darksky1001able]

So Vashtorr vs the Omnissiah?

[@ChromaticLion]

So ... Hashut basically ?

[@dino6886]

Vashtorr but be a big fan of Cawl

[@nicholasd263]

What if he was born to be the machine spirit?

[@robertc8425]

Vashtorr is like Skeletor?

[@colostomybaguette6122]

the fifth chaos god will be the emperor of mankind.

[@Zalachean]

He is technically the sixth if you count malice as he is canon

[@llllB06llll]

6th chaos god

[@jkee9760]

Idk i think Belakor will stop it out of spite

[@elephantspaintingelephants]

Skaven?

[@fragfmgill]

Vashtorr is literally Hashut.

[@sasu.nohmercy.4616]

Me still waiting for Malhal to appear again (he wont)

[@DoomLev]

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[@fanboygamer3e]

Vashtorr. “I shall become the 5th god of chaos.” Malal. *Rips his way out of oblivion* “Listen here you little shit.”