When Current Leaders of major Kenshi factions Emerged | Kenshi lore Explained

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Art and Artists:
2 skeleton warriors - art by SChrisu
Rebirth phoenix statue - art by Sam Exterminator
62nd phoenix portrait(also thumbnail) - art by Steen The Leon
Kenshi bar (united cities) - art by bonefish
Kenshi bar 2(food and Izumi) - art by Janibitz
Garru and a Skeleton - art by Samgur
Bandits - art by 5518Studios
3 rebels - art by Sarasti
Slave market - art by Pavel Shvedov
Paladin reading the Light of Okran to a slave - art by 5518Studios
Esata The Stone Golem(also in Thumbnail) - art by steendel

[@archiethedog4515]

Reactive world is probably the best lore friendly mod out there where you can play a part of conquering towns. I wiped out ever United Cities and Holy Nation territory and now are either destroyed or taken over by the opposing factions.

[@DimitriSlobodianyk]

Is there a mod that let's you wipe out the fogmen or at least take forts back from them?

[@santiagotorresolmos9360]

@@DimitriSlobodianyk If you combine Reactive World and Take Over the World, you can take back any forts or settlements that the Dead Hive has conquered and rebuild them, but you can't completely wipe out the Fogmen, there will always be roaming squads in the fog islands if you do combine those two mods, keep plenty of back up saves cuz they sometimes glitch each other

[@robdabanks]

@Димитри Слободяник someone has released a fogman mod where you can kill an especially strong Fogman to dramatically reduce their numbers (spawn rate). They're my favourite part of Kenshi though so I'd never want to wipe them out entitely. They were my very first "I'm going to die here." Encounter that I narrowly escaped with my crew so they hold a special place in my heart.

[@zootlend1750]

Emperor Tengu is too busy rocking that drip to care for poor people

[@LP_Neptune]

More! I have 1k hrs of kenshi..im hooked and love lore. Kenshi 2 will be another rare gem.

[@Kruppuchino]

I feel like Kral never meant his last stand to be strictly taken as "if you don't die in battle you're a disgrace" and more in a "fight 'til the end when you've got no hope of survival" Nothing mindless but more in a way that a parent would sacrifice themself for their kid

[@burneraccount7052]

It’s implied that meaning of kral’s final battle was hugely warped throughout history, and maybe was even fake

[@keithkania3810]

Same could be said for the holy nation, with Kenshi 2 coming around in I would guess within next five years; we should get a clearer picture of the fall of civilization on the moon called Kenshi.

[@batuhantatlsert7733]

Thank you for Kenshi lore videos. Kenshi's lore is really deep and interesting. It is both fascinating to learn and experience it in-game and out-game.

[@ebrarertek7724]

Adam

[@boneman-calciumenjoyer8290]

Living with any faction in Kenshi is terrible. The holy nation: terrible for everyone who isn't human. The United cities: terrible for everyone who isn't rich. The shek kingdom: terrible for everyone who doesn't enjoy being beaten up by the shek on the regular. The western hive: great for everyone except filthy hiveless, "I hope you like fish and being eaten by beak things, because that's what we're getting!" The southern hive: terrible for everyone that doesn't like being mauled by a giant robot Gorillo. Black desert city: "I hope you don't need food and are acidproof..." Cannibals/fogmen: do I even need to explain why they're terrible? 2nd empire: terrible for everyone, they don't even care if you're a skeleton or not, they'll just beat the sh*t out of you and wait for the skin bandits to collect your remains... Tl;Dr: we need to build a wall to keep everything out, and we make the beak things pay for it!

[@elliejelly8815]

The inside of the wall would be nothing because all of them are too unpleasant to be allowed in

[@santiagotorresolmos9360]

Swamp Clans: basically just Mexico under total Cartel rule Mongrel: you're free from all other factions but stuck in there, or welcome to join the fogmen; I'm sure they'll be happy to make you dinner The Hub: comfortably neutral, if "comfortable" for you means complete squalor and poverty unlike anywhere else Flotsam: femdom guerrilla city-state..........actually that sounds lit, sign me up

[@elsgare8485]

If you dont wanna get beaten up by shek, just get stronger 4head

[@Arbaaltheundefeated]

Correction; Holy Nation; Terrible for everyone who isn't a male Greenlander.

[@diegodelacruzanaya537]

Shek is my favourite, i enjoy getting beat by them, good for training

[@theshirtman7232]

This is one of my top 10 favorite channels. Also, just saying, the Shek are absolute chads

[@TheRealRusDaddy]

At 4:49 oh hey its my first character in kenshi 20 seconds after i spawned first slave in front

[@jeremytroxel3041]

I would love to see more about each of the factions in your style man keep it up!

[@Smittenz1]

Love the videos mate, they definitely help understand the world of Kenshi which I have grown to love in my first play through. I look forward to your future videos!

[@kamykrak9031]

thanks for the videos man, this is awesome

[@kaleidoscope3234]

I always side with Seta in almost all playthrough. In all of the leaders in Kenshi she is probably the most sane and upright one.

[@myonlyfriendtheend4958]

I play with her too She looks great in a cage

[@1thevm1]

Also you get to have her daughter, for whom there's a good dialogue mod too.

[@craigunshallach4951]

Yeah, going to spread war in the world in that moment when these bloodthirsty barbarians have refilled their ranks. Very sane

[@zidane0017]

I cant bring myself to attack the Shek Kingdom, their bakery is just too good.

[@barrybender3377]

Great video man, look forward to more (:

[@EaGilgamesh]

Great video man!

[@sethleoric2598]

Me when i first started the game: damn these Holy Nation guys do horrible stuff, i bet they're the main bad guys. Me after playing the game: Damn these Holy Nation guys aren't so bad, they even gave me a ton of rations and food.

[@watersnortmoment3734]

Now try going into the Holy Nation as a skeleton

[@Emperor_D0nk]

This sounds like saying "Maybe racists aren't so bad"

[@sethleoric2598]

@@Emperor_D0nk me when supporting the Shek/Merchant guild people:

[@watersnortmoment3734]

@@Emperor_D0nk I mean, if you were poor, lonely, and starving and a bunch of racists brought you back up, you'd probably think racists weren't so bad. Not saying racists are good people, but the good actions that help you survive may distract from the blights of that group.

[@99bulldog]

Honestly after all the crap that many of those people that formed the HN went through at the hands of the skeletons and Shek during the second empire it's understandable that they would be so reactionary against other races. I'm not saying I agree with it but it's understandable. It's a sad fact that those who are oppressed often become the oppressors when they end up in control. But seriously every major group are 💩in this world, but just in different ways, and afaik everyone is racist at against at least one other race. It's kind of nice not having a clear "good guys" vs "bad guys". You make you choices and deal with it or kill em' all and let Okran sort em' out. 😉

[@martinsvatos5808]

I love kenshi, now I'm doing only skeleton run with one scorchlander as quartermaster, who is crafting armor for us. I have only 5 combat characters, my main one, Burn, Saidneil, Angu and one other skeleton I was lucky enought to find (only one I was able to find). We defeated much of the threads and now going for Phoenix. I love Kenshi lore, hope you keep posting videos! Subscribed.

[@martinsvatos5808]

Only one thing. United cities would not be able to survive without slaves. As Tengu said, there is not enought food for everyone to live freely. That's what I love about Kenshi. It's not black and white. Holy Empire is build on rebelion against skeleton. They are afraid that skeletons will oppress (changed from enslave based on your other video) them again. United Cities have problems with food, they can either have slaves or all starve to death. Sheks pretty much tolerate other races, but they see them as weak and useless. It's really grey. You can get behind any of major factions with good intend. It's like real world, nothing is just evil or just good, there are always reasons and pressures on leaders.

[@boneman-calciumenjoyer8290]

@@martinsvatos5808 The shek are really unfriendly when it comes to other species, they would like to beat the sh*t out of you and even do it sometimes, but they won't sell you to slavers, so thats a plus.

[@Quanbe77]

@@martinsvatos5808 don't forget that the holy nation hated skeleton even though they pray a "god" who was on reality a giant robot/skeleton (Stobe) who somehow saved humanity from destruction

[@MrJudeWanamaker]

great videos !!!

[@jaceya8547]

Amazing!

[@razielvingrimm]

Thank you!

[@spinweee878]

I spam play this video and watch the ads so that you can get money

[@mitchell874]

Bro keep making vids, this shit awsome

[@timothyhoban4650]

Hey man! Great video! Maybe change up the music or keep the main song you’re using for an intro :)

[@swag-bw5ei]

How about a video about the gurggelers and fishman island?

[@phoenixdash549]

I will add to my to do list for sure

[@rogaldorn5486]

I like the shek lore a lot, it fits them and the japanese inspired setting very well that they follow an very extreme version of the bushido Code wich also is intendet to lead to a live of responsibility and strength of character but becomes "if you like living, you a pussy" very fast if you twist just a little and from listening to lore videos and the game, conversatios etc that seams exactly what he was going for, also i just think its more sensible that the final stand was misunderstood by shek, possibly from the start but shurly over time it got twisted.

[@seras1235]

Who made the art for this video

[@serronserron1320]

This is amazing What artists made these amazing pictures.?

[@LewisB3217]

Check the desc smh

[@BonLaPeach]

The history of the Shek should be a sad one piece arc

[@thehillz726]

what's the background music in these vids?

[@omganotherun]

Kenshi game soundtrack

[@Moth86]

Just found your videos the art is amazing

[@garisin7464]

What was the music you used for this video??

[@phoenixdash549]

Ingame soundtrack

[@TurKlack]

And then you have the Hivers. On their own, pretty big faction, but weirdly enough so irrelevant that they aren't a Major Faction. It's so ironic. They fit so perfectly unto Kenshi that it seems impossible for them to be a natural evolution. I'm certain that they must have been created.

[@soroyo1536]

So king shaggy died in his fight with stone golem?? Or no??.. If no..so where can I find him?

[@t34r]

He died. The stone golem killed him.

[@TeleClassy2]

where are you getting all this lore from? great work on these videos

[@omganotherun]

Check the Kenshi wiki. All dialogue is sourced right from the game files. You can hear it all in-game but it is VERY scattered and fragmented.

[@biggie1675]

Why there are no guns in the game ? even after all this years someone shoud make the most primitive one's instead of crossbows..

[@rymle]

I think it goes against the game's theme. Though, a Gauss rifle wouldn't be that bad tbh

[@thehillz726]

the idea is they are working there way back up

[@seyhuncelik9584]

There are rotating harpoon turrets. They are not portable but they work very well.

[@Canukles]

Perhaps due to resource scarcity. It's probable that most naturally available nitrogen was used up in ancient wars, with such sparse wildlife no meaningful quantities replenish it, and even if you had fertilizer you'd probably much rather use it to actually fertilize crops in such a barren wasteland where food is so sought after. Surely the means to sythnethize it were also lost to time, so that means no gunpowder even if they had the metallurgy and invention to make guns.

[@aldoandresmendozaguerra8651]

This wolrd lacks of gunpowder

[@noahmarshall8041]

Every gameplay im at war with the holy nation i hate them so much 😂

[@t34r]

Heeretiiiik! Burn him for Ocran!

[@ravenknight6363]

Blah Shek Empire is the best, I also like the Dead Cat factions.

[@adrianyates1789]

:| I never played this game but so far by watching your Kenshi lore videos show it's *MORE* interesting than fallout

[@elgringo993]

I thought the shek king was called "kral"

[@divifilius4957]

The first one

[@t34r]

Kral was the first King who united the Sheck hundreds of years ago.

[@ThouguohT]

Food is wayyyyy to expensive in Kenshi, that's why I play as a noble and sell food

[@ekaprasetya2764]

Ok...first thing first... 2:57 How.I make my character like that...? The male such badass, and the female so cute...? 2nd I just bought this game from GOG. Total awesome and definitely not hand holding, dictated, must-be-played-like-what- dev-wanted nowadays game. Favorite city is MOURN... =D

[@fuckoffgoogle1657]

Love the random anime girls throughout they look like the belong. Maybe the jrpg mod isn’t so lore breaking after all 😂