Drukhari/Dark Eldar. The DARKEST Faction In Warhammer 40k | Lore
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- Опубликовано: 5 июл 2024
- The Dark Eldar are easily one of the top contenders for most EVIL faction in all of 40k. That's saying ALOT, as this is an incredibly Dark Universe. Join me on this journey into the depraved as we figure out exactly what the Drukhari are all about!
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0:00 Intro
2:59 Drukhari Overview
5:44 Fall of the Eldar/Birth of Slaanesh
14:27 The Dark City
20:02 The Kabals
23:21 The Wytch Cults
27:11 The Homunculi Covens
32:15 Closing Thoughts
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Slaanesh didn't kill all of the gods; there are still 3 gods that live, the war god khaine, the laughing god Cegorach and isha the goddess, fertility, life, healing and growth and the divine mother, shes currently imprison by nurgle
You are correct! I'm still new to long-form content and I'm used to my shorts which are only a minute. Where I leave certain information out of a video in order to reveal it in the second one.
Kind of like how in my assassin video I say they never miss, and then I reveal in the follow-up video a creature that was able to dodge their shots 😅
That was probably a mistake for the deep dives. But I wanted to get into those 3 in my craft world Eldar deep dive
Correction.
Isha is imprisoned by Nurgle in a jar.
Isn't Khaine shattered into a million (hyperbole) pieces?
@@Eckskalibur oh no, oh no, *oh no*
@@jbark678 yes, which took form as the avatars of khaine
I feel Warhammer has a lot of 'they are good, but they are kinda evil' or 'they are evil, but they are actually good or neutral if you think about it'... But Drukhari are just plain evil. They chose evil, birthed an evil god, and instead of changing their ways, they decided to go more evil and made a living out of it
While you are true, it is possible to sympathize with them, if only slightly. Most drukari in current 40k lore weren't even born during slaanesh's awakening. Instead they were born into the only life they have ever known, and were taught to be like this. They could have been normal eldar had they been born anywhere else. Sure it's possible to leave and become a craftworld eldar, but the process is difficult and most wouldn't survive it. You could be chosen to be a harlequin, but that's IF your chosen more or less on a whim. Although with Yvranie and the Ynnari can make it so they can live without the pain, but since Vect hates them I imagine he tries to hide that fact from most dark eldar.
Drukhari aka the evil elf bastards
You can understand how they got there, and somewhat... oddly feel bad about the souldrain they are under- but there are definetlly other ways to keep Slaanesh away than just overfeeding them with pain of others.
It's a twisted way of sweeping the problem under the rug than adressing it directly (not disimilar to several "fixes" offered by upper eshalons in our world to many problems that are happening)
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The dark Eldar is like a rechargeable power bank for Slaanesh. Slaanesh drinks their souls, they rejuvenate themselves with the psychic energy produced by their tortured victims, the cycle goes on, it’s a literal food chain.
I would rather fall to chaos than to be captured alive by these guys.
Unless it’s slaanesh
@@cumunist2120 nah even with slanesh you gain powers
@@xray9745 big dic
Flirt with them, it may help
@@cumunist2120 One would expect someone with your handle would see the fun involved in joining Slaanesh.
I “played” Dark Eldar as a kid in sixth grade and loved them. I’m 31 now and don’t play the game but am still fascinated by their lore. This was incredible to listen to! Incredible work!
There's a pretty bit error in here. Dark elder souls are... leaky.. for lack of a better term. There's a hole in them, and She Who Thirsts has a straw in there slurping away. They found a way not to stop her from draining their souls for a time, but the refill them. When someone dies or is injured around them while they are in a state of heightened emotion, say, at a gladiatorial game, their souls refill.
How does this work? Do they pull some of their soul back from She Who Thirsts? Do they drain the souls/life-force of those who suffer? Most likely the latter but we don't know for sure.
As long as they keep themselves "topped up" they can basically live forever. They do tend to get more "Leaky " the older they get though. For a relatively young eldar the occasional gladiator game is more then enough to keep them healthy. For a twelve thousand year old Archon, thousands tortured to death every day might be needed.
Just thought I'd toss this in there! Love your vids!
you know who else does this ?
the emperor of mankind
You're right he totally messed up a lot of lore regarding Slaanesh. At 12:33 there's completely wrong info. Slaanesh doesn't feed on pain, it "drinks" souls. A soul in WH being an energy signature in the Warp. So in a Webway that is completely isolated from the Warp emotion/energy released from the torture victim can be harnessed by Dark Eldar, as they are extremely psychically sensitive beings and thus replenish their own drained soul.
There is absolutely no way an Eldar soul is being ignored by Slaanesh in favor of a random torture victim. She who thirsts was created by Eldar and covets their souls above everything else. Where the hell did he get that "lore" ? It's completely wrong.
@@tamarans.ns.ii.4968 I bet youre really fun at parties
@@catnium Incorrect. Humans aren't constantly weakened because their souls are being sanded down around the edges by the Emperor. In fact, quite the opposite, if they are faithful enough.
@@Beau74 I think they meant the thousands sacrificed to keep him alive
Dark Eldar’s lore is probably my favourite lore in the W40k-verse . MIGHT be second only to Titan’s lore ; Wraith Knight & Imperium’s Titans , especially the story on how they pilot their titans (or at least what it takes for them to pilot their titan)
Pacific Rim shit
Fantastic work Wes, your delivery and presentation is top tier. The passion really shows in the way you describe their lore. Definitely my favorite content creator just for your style of delivery alone. Thanks for your hard work!
Go watch Legend of Total War - much MUCH better
@@Baroque_cast briefly looked at their page and by all indicators, WesHammer does lore and maybe TTRPG for WH40k whereas LegendOfTotalWar does gaming/campaign exclusive for the Total War series (most recently TWW3), making them pretty much unrelated if not incomparable. But thanks for the recommendation.
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It seems only the Incubi come close to even being considered "honorable" amongst the Drukhari. Giant, spikey, sword-wielding muder-machines who would slice you into five separate pieces in the span of a breath are the most "merciful" of their kind, since they would not bother to torture you before slaying you (much).
*Crosses fingers* Space wolves lore, space wolves lore! Seriously though thank the Emperor I found your channel dude. Been bing watching all your shorts and love the long-form vids. Keep 'em coming!
Right! This is the Army I decided to field
Wow. I loved your shorts but these new longer videos are even awesome-er 🔥 thank you!
Waking up and having the lore of the faction i dreamed about fall upon me is a real honnor. Thanks Wes for all that great work
I know it’s been said before, but I’ll say it again.
I truly appreciate the energy you bring to your shorts, it makes them super engaging for the quick fact drops.
However, your delivery in these longer form videos is absolutely fantastic. The same passion still shines through but in a very comfortable way.
Thank you for doing what you do, keep up the good work!
Love your longer form stuff, your pace and immersive but chill tone and editing just really hooks me in like no other, great stuff.
Can we also get a video like this on just the eldar? Content is great, narration is perfect. Keep it up man!
Please continue your long form deep dive lore videos…your presentation is thought provoking as much as it is entertaining…i love the editing you done with music and visuals as well…very good work my man! 👍🏼
Dont stop making these, you do an amazing job at shorts as well as longer lore
I love all of your long formatted videos man, it's such a good contrast to the shorts keep doing what you're doing
I love this channel so much! I was about to play cod with some friends when I said hang on guys WesHammer uploaded a new video and we all got hyped and started watching it 😁
Another great video bro and these deep dives are some of my favourites. Keep up the great work!
Oh dang that's cool! I'll be real, I make these, throw them up on the internet and have no context on wether people watch them or not other than some numbers on my screen. So that's really cool to hear y'all enjoy them! 😃
Well I can safely say you have a loyal viewer in me as I saw a few of your shorts a while ago and got hooked 🙂 so you'll probably see me liking or commenting on most of your videos 😅
Your channel, with the music, and your vibrant and colorful way of narrarating. It's literally better than a movie. I can throw it on and listen and just almost vividly hallucinate the world's and events. Excellent job dude!
The amount of passion and care that goes into your videos is amazing keep up the good work Wes
Fantastic work, I prefer way more this type of long videos explaining well than the shorts but those are really good too
Either you've been collecting all this beautiful art for years, or it has become a full time job! I mostly come to hear about the lore but everything I look at the screen I go "Damn that looks cool."
I really enjoy your long form content. I just started getting into the tabletop, so having this video on in the background was a great way to multitask while painting my first ever army.
Thank you for your hard work, Wes!
Absolutely loving these long from videos. I can't wait for whatever you have up your sleeve for your next ones!
What about the Drukhari who have joined the Ynarri? Doesn't Ynnead, immature as she is now, protect their souls from She-Who-Thirsts just like Cegorach does for his Harlequins?
Also, given the drukhari can create perfect clones of each other, doesn't this mean that they can't die as a race?
Clones do fall apart and their madness will claim them
@yurikendal4868 I haven't seen this in the lore for them, and the way it's worded sounds like it's not pure replication, it's taking Gene samples, mixing them, and growing them in a artificial system.
I do often enjoy your "shorts" Wes. Right glad I am your able to extend your energy and passion to a longer format. Continue and reap the rewards sir!
Human pick-up line - "I like your dress. Would look better in a heap on my bedroom carpet"
Drukari pick-up line - "Imma skin you and make curtains. Don't look at me like that, you're gonna love it"
Great content as always, easy to understand for the new 40k group, please continue with this deep dives, many thanks
I started following on tictok you made this and followed you here too. I am so happy to see you making videos like this. Your knoledge of lore in a universe so vast blows my mind. With everything you do in the Warhammer universe be it playing making and painting the figures and models reading and this. Mind blowing
I love it, great video, great editing and absolutely great explanation. Your narration is borderline perfect. Great job, keep it up 👍
Considering the extreme hierarchy of Eldari society, keep in mind that the majority of the victims the Drukhari torture are Eldar themselves.
Also fun fact, the Eldar are probably one the of most liberal minded species in warhammer (practically on par with the Tau) as anyone who displays notable feats and wants to join the ways of the Dark Eldar are welcome, and in lore it is said that Drukhari do not discriminate who they torture. I imagine a lot of traitor mechanus would be interested in such twisted alchemy
They hire human mercs to bring them slaves, they have not paid humans and got attacked by the mercs with their enemies.
I still think followers of Tzeentch might be the most free, as he only cares about that the great game runs further and even turning against him serves him.
Tau: There is that caste system they have which defines most of their future life. With the Ethereal Caste (Aun) revealed as having most likely a kind of psychic mindcontrol over the other Castes I wouldn't be too sure that they are free. The exception of this and also of breaking some borders of ther Caste system down are the Farsight Enclaves.
Eldari might really be one of the most liberate. Craftworld Eldari might choose their path (profession) and change between them. Some of those paths lead directly into one of the sub-factions, like the path of the Outcast or Harlequins and while it seams to be possible for a craftworld Eldari to join most sub-factions I'm unsure how welcome they might be to come back, especially after they joined the Drukhari. Also after joining it might get more difficult to change the path anymore, also especially after joining the Drukhari.
Neat idea. A harmonculus would be quick to help a tech priest say fatewell to his flesh.
Fabius Bile studied under them.
Finally!!!🤗
The lengh of this explaines the waitng time. I know, it isn't easy and time consuming but who wants to wait more than nessecarry,for stuff as good as this?!?
Just watched your Necron lore video and then finished this one. These deep dive lore videos are awesome!
Super stoked to get home from work to find that you put up a long form video and a short. Fantastic!
All of your content is excellently written and well produced, but your long form lore explorations are easily where i think you really show your knack for the trade. Great work, i look forward to the next one!
Love your content man! Great job keep up bringing warhammer lore to the people
Your shorts have single-handedly introduced me to the fantastic and brutal universe that is 40k. Thanks dude, your work is greatly appreciated. Lovin the long form vids like this too!
I've been playing this money-sink of a game for 22 years bro. And, as a 40k veteran, let me tell you the one absolute truth that I've learned....
Fuck Matt Ward. He will completely destroy your favorite part of the lore with the most out of place bullshit, then totally ignoring (and, occasionally just doing the exact opposite) what the fans really want. So... Just prepare for a disappointment that you couldn't imagine you'd feel for a fandom\fictional universe.
Been following you for a couple years on TT was so excited when you started doing these and subbed immediately. Shamefully hadn’t watched any long vids yet. This was my first video I’ve watched and about a race I’ve always wanted in-depth lore in. Brother absolutely amazing job! Keep doing what you do it’s very much appreciated!
I love your channel man! I’m new to War Hammer and I have been devouring lore videos since discovering it. Yours are some of my favs.
Keep up the good work!! Loving your long format content!!!!!!
I love the shorts but these are so helpful. I watch TTS emperor and know a “bit” of lore but don’t know the nitty gritty. There’s so much that just swings by before I can remember to go back and look further. I’ll comment about what questions I have later but vids like this usually cover what I’m looking for.
Always excited when I see a new long-form video come up! Thanks for working hard to give us content mate.
Nice work! Love in depth lore vids. More like this please. Your delivery is class.
I'm always waiting for you to release new content. I actually got into 40k thanks to your shorts lol the delivery and way you add emotion to your descriptions is by far the best I've seen so far. Keep it up man. I can't wait to see what you come out with next.
This was amazing! You did a wonderful job, I couldn't believe it was 30mins long. You had my attention from start to finish and im ADHD AF.
I absolutely LOVE your content. Just found your channel like a day ago and I've binged all your stuff. Keep it up
Great video. Dark Eldar have been my personal favorite faction since they came out. People have argued with me before about them not really being the "bad guys" of 40k. Maybe they need to watch your video. Out of all the factions, they are the closest thing to "bad" that you could ask for.
Already at 200k. You're channel's growing incredibly fast Wes. Keep up the amazing content!
*630k
Great video man. Would love to see a video explaining the sisters of battle and their orders.
Bro i legit smiled to the brim when i saw this upload and that it was 35 mins, dont stop homie u got it.
Love your content!!! Plus you are the only channel where I am caught up on all your videos including shorts! Keep up the great work!!!
I honestly prefer a relatable evil, but a cartoonish evil has its place. I mean, I believe there people who are fully evil for the complete sake of being evil, and that's there choice, but the Dark Eldar are the kind of people that after knowing what I do abou them, it's just kind of a shoot on sight.
I mean it's basically Darwinism for them and if that's how you wanna view life, then it's Danny Devito time.
"So anyway, I started blastin"
There are people who are evil for evil’s sake. They’re called Republicans.
Please more. Really enjoying how u explain everything. Huge fan of this long videos. Also like the shorts btw
Thank you very much for your hard work
Good video, btw your shorts got me into Warhammer 40k lore. Can't ever thank you enough for that!
I don’t know why but I used to hate your content on my feed. But now I watch your reels 24/7 and I genuinely think you’re one of the better 40k you tubers out there. Keep up the good work dude, you’re growing super fast and it’s not gonna stop if you keep doing what you’re doing
I love your stuff, your shorts got me into warhammer, keep it up!
Only just discovered this channel today and already watched all the long form videos!
Nice man
Glad you liked them!
Awesome video! Your videos have Basically started me on 40k, just a few days ago!
I love high quality content like this, you are one of the greats in my opinion I look forward to all of your videos
Excellent video!
The lore here makes sense, when it comes to explaining how my cousin uses his armies, now.
Another cool vid! And that's the Dark Eldar. They are the seduction of evil. They are the pull of the void. Cool as hell, cruel as can be. You should pick the Craft World girl. She's sweet. She cares about her people. She regrets the genocide of Chaos gods. She mourns the fallen,and loves the soul\mind. But that Dark Eldar Wytch is so tempting,having a smoke at the arena. She's into some really extreme stimuli though.You'll probably give up the ghost. But hey,it's a grimdark future...
I actually feel very strongly that the Dark Eldar should stay evil too. Their temptations should endeth badly. In the extreme mythic opera of 40k,giving folks a "grey area" out would just feel cheap. 40k characters are mythologized,they act as such,often consciously.
Owhhh Hell Yeah Baby !!! Been waiting a long format for a long time... Now it's time !!! Thanks as always WesHammer n
The long form videos are awesome bro. It is such a great way of learning about the great lore of this epic setting.
As someone with chronic pain, the idea that pain can be used to keep the mind sharp makes me roll my eyes so hard they should fall out of my head.
Thank you! I am in brutal pain every day and it literally distracts you from even the most basic tasks. I struggle particularly cause one of my sources of pain is an absolutely horrendous literally constant headache i've had every second of every day for over 9 years, and they are easily 50 times worse than a migraine (i have had migraines before, that's how i can compare them) from serious head trauma in a hit and run, and thinking takes actual effort, and thinking quite literally physically hurts to do.
@@daltonevans3412 bro. You should look into cycocilibin ( mushrooms) there's some pretty interesting research on them treating neural and brain injuries
@@botep5529 i have actually looked into it quite extensively, but as it stands there are still too many unknowns for me to do it at this point. And i wouldn't be willing to do it out of the confines of it being done through the medical system and as of now my country has not cleared it for trials.
@@daltonevans3412 ah. I see. Well I wish you the best of luck
Kinda the point? You’re too weak and letting your pain keep you from greatness. You play/watch warhammer lore videos so more than likely you do t physically push yourself enough. Even this lore video is pushing pain=pleasure a bit too much. Ignore it
When I collected the Blood Ravens when I was younger, I pitched them against the Tyrannids and Chaos on table top and thought they were as bad as they got as an enemy (lore-wise). Traitors and demons living in a dimension of madness and Alien on steroids. What could be worse? The Drukhari lore has answered that. Their calculated sadism and depravity is bone-chilling.
Can you make future videos this long or longer pls, I love the indepth way you tell the lore and history of each faction.
These long factor format is perfectly presented by you. Keep up the good work.
If you did these longer videos my man, people would love you more, and sub more. Its the " LOOK AT ME " short vids you do that turn people off. Please do more of these cuz I love them, and I think more people do as well
Well considering I gained like 225,000 subscribers in a month because of those shorts I don't think that's true. But I appreciate the compliment
@@weshammer my man I’m just trying to say if you put the effort into longer videos you’d get more legit subs. Tictok and YT are different things. I’d love to seee more of you on longer vids!! I appreciate your efforts my man keep trudging on. I hope you hit it big on YT soon
Finding images for the first section describing the Eldars fall seems like it was probably pretty enjoyable.
Nicely Done! Great exposition!
Keep doing this long videos pls....they are just amazing and your way of historytelling.......10/10
Duuuude, your lore content is perfect. It doesn't recurring repeat the same words and information, or only parrot official text, you don't rely on images to make your point, to the point that I for one can just listen to your faction breakdowns like a podcast and actually understand what you're communicating. Your work is stellar and you should be proud
Yep, pretty descent. What are your thoughts on Majorkill and other content creators in this space?
@@undefinedvariable8085 the other warhammer creator I like is pancreasnowork, but that's about it
Wonderful stories man keep it up
I made a comment about how your channel was gonna blow up a little while ago when you were a little over 100k now you’re well past 200 🤯. You have a way of doing longer videos that is very unique and interesting all the way through. Don’t stop! You’re destined for the top!
What a great video! I enjoy these a lot and all your other RUclips shorts they’re so informational
I would love to see a long video on the tech of this universe, it blows my mind how each factions weapons are completely different but all devastating. It's awesome. Deep dive would be sick👍
They remind me of death knights in wow with the need to cause suffering . Love the lord behind them, the will to survive and the desire to be on top, what's not to love, use to run a mostly wytch army lead by lelith Hesperax. Didn't win often but always enjoyed playing them
So good man! Love the artwork that you coupled with your narration. Some creators will just film themselves talking to the camera in their room.
Keep up the long form lore! Great job!
Am I the only one who feels like the Reavers from Firefly for sure were influenced by the Drukhari?
Also, awesome vid! Once again, I thought I knew a lot about the Drukhari, but I learned even more from this vid.
These are basically the most evil faction. I always look at them and think that a 15-year old created them
Same.
so what would an " Adult " bad guy faction look like ?
@@Troupe_Master Imperium? But they are not evil just astray and don't know any better, just like real life. Also lesson to real life humans that authoritarian regime is no good in long perspective even is ruled by greatest being in the history of universe.
@@Troupe_Master Imperium is scary af tho, what makes it worse is that its our ONLY option in the 41st millennium to survive, even tau will make humans sterile so that they wont take over.
The shorts are great fun, but these vids are the real meal of the channel. Great synopsis.
doing great my man keep it up!
Should do a vid on noise marines mate! THIS SILENCE OFFENDS SLAANESH!
THINGS SHALL GET LOUD NOW! REEEEEERGWHAJJANANRREEEEEEEE
Hey Wes!! Phenomenal Job with the video, it really taught a lot about the Drukhari. One point of correction is towards the pronunciation of Asdrubael Vect's name. Most times I've been it pronounced as "As-drew-bay-el" Vect.
Oh yeah I realized that I absolutely butchered it after posting. To be completely honest with you I thought that's what his name was, I think I completely dyslexia it because I've seen it written on paper 100 times but I've always just pronounced it that way, completely dropping a whole bunch of letters 😅
@@weshammer it's a warhammer name my dude they take a PHD in linguistics to read properly the first time around xD
Ah nice a new video! Love your content Wes!
I thought your shorts were dope but these long vids are amazing especially when hobbying. Looking forward to more Aeldari vids.
I feel like I need to make one correction: Asdrubael Vect (As-Drew-Bae-el), not Abduel.
Otherwise, exceptionally done. Someone clearly has a passion for warhammer lore, it's nice to see others taking an interest in it and trying to share it with others.
Also the fact that the eldari gods aren't dead, with 3 still existing in one form or an other, and a '4th' possibly being near at hand... but that's touched on by others in the comment section already, so I'll gloss over that.
I love the dark eldar. I started collecting them after watching a roundtable with their designers Jess Goodwin and Phil Kelly in 2011. They talked about how the were psychic vampire pirates with heavy influences of dark fae, striking in the dark and disappearing before dawn...
But I feel they lean far too hard on the torture porn aspect in the fluff since then. They don't just torture people! They do other stuff too! They get power from consuming life-force. Torture is just one way of extracting it.
Thanks so much for putting another one out
Great channel . Also I think you do a awesome job of explaining everything and breaking it down .
Oddly enough I found Luetin09's way of describing Drukharis somehow being less stressful than your video about such unnecessary existence as The Drukharis
I guess it's time to deploy some Ultramarines, White Scars' remains, Space Wolves regiments and uneasy alliances with Ynnari missionaries and Tau peacekeepers to straighten up the Dark Eldars' twisted natures, might as well force them to became soul catalysts for Ynnead's awakening for Emperor's birthday party
Wonder if the kriegsman would have a good time destroying them
@@dsyrdragon3309 Probably not, drukhari are all about suffering and wont give death so easily to some korpsmen and they are unholy levels of fuckin fast to the standard human eye, so the korps artillery and slow/static high armor will be worthless.
But korpsmen also will send trillions of soldiers to die if it means winning , so they’d have a massive numbers advantage
@@dsyrdragon3309 but the DE have levels of tech that aren’t compatible to that of the Korps/Imperium as a whole. Through manipulating the web way they could stem the flow of forces even arriving at Commorah. Then they just throw black holes at the dropships as they arrive.
Dark Eldar surpass even Craftworld Eldar in tech and trickery. The Korps would need a lot of backup, possibly even Eldar assistance just to make planetfall.
Just destroy the universe and remake it. The 40k universe is too far gone to be saved.
You should make a video about current events involving the Ynnari and the awakening of Ynnead
You are doing great on RUclips man. Keep up the great work!
Wes! You absolutely nailed that video! You can really hear the passion when you talk! 10/10!
Amazingly comprehensive video! But aren't the harlequins also part of the Dark Eldar faction?
The Harliquens are their own thing but can bounce back and fourth between all Eldar factions. Often acting as emissaries
Wouldn't a fetish or taste eventually go back to more vanilla stuff? Like they get tired of extreme shit and the idea of vanilla sex would be hot to them?
Honestly this is probably more true.
I LOVE THis long form voice over content. This is amazing.
Listening to your narration paints a very clear picture in the mind ...VERY entertaining and informative 💯💯💯