Kenshi - Lore Master AMA

Given my extensive knowledge of Kenshi's in-game history as well as content log documenting it all, I thought it might be a cool idea to turn to the community and let you guys ask me your questions about the Lore that you might be interested in or confused about

#kenshi #kenshi2 #lore #gametheory

[Slippin]

Good stuff! Really pleased that the new blog has let me discover some great new creators

[andrewizbatista]

A theory I have about Agnu, is that he was someone close to Cat-Lon (maybe a friend, or a general). When Cat-Lon ordered the thralling of all skeletons, he spared his friend, but order him to be locked down instead. Eventually, due to the time Agnu spend imprisoned, his CPU lost capabilities making him the way he is.
Following this theory, a possible explanation for his wholesome relationship with Beep might be because he sees Beep as this pure, cheerful and innocent human like creature which gives him hope about the future.

Maybe in Kenshi 2 we could see a return of Agnu as an important character and finally learn the real lore around him. I would definitely like to know more.

[ics]

The Ashlands look like the remains of a HIVE CITY (not hiver city), like the ones you see in Hyperion and 40k, you even have a "sump" in the middle, right under the space elevator. This is exactly how these cities were builet.

The fact that the Second Empire domes look like hives may be a cultural remnance or a misseterpreted nomeclature of what their acestors used to live in. Imagine that all you have left from them is a name and you try to reproduce their success by mimicing everything they did, including terminology for things you don't understand.

We could even image a conversation between 2 Second Empire Yokel that might go on the lne of this:
Yokel: "What was a hive city?"
Yokel 2: "Well, it must have been made out of buildings shaped like Hives?"

[ericcloud]

you're a hero in my head to sir! your kenshi content is enrapturing. much love

[jamespruitt]

i can't wait for the new Kenshi...think it'd be kinda neat to see early sheks! also how much better the prosthetics would be...might even get my speed up to a flat 50mph!

[brianshissler]

Did you know that ironfist and beep used to be married?

Believe it or not, beep was top. This wore on iron fist, and he eventually grew tired of being bottom and erased beeps memory and sent him to mongrel.

[andrewizbatista]

I love your channel, keep up with the great work!

[AbnerHolsinger]

It has always been my theory that the moon of Kenshi is slightly smaller than earth, having a lighter gravity allows for the extreme geography we see (in terms of the steep gradients throughout). And that the planet is a superearth with significantly stronger gravity, based on it's size in the sky, and as such may not be suitable for human habitation, at least not on the surface.

[darindiv]

Glad Lofi got back to you! Great video!

[MatiasCirulli]

This is a very good video, the free camera really looks good as well

[georgemurdock]

Sad i missed the ama. Not that i have questions…
Great vid tho

Besides maybe do you think the world of kenshi will ever recover? And if so, wich faction do you think has the highest potential to make the moon live-worthy again.

[marltonmanks]

I just assumed Agnu was a recent captive of the Thrall Masters and was in the process of getting thralled when your group shows up. The inability to speak is a result of the voice box being damaged/destroyed/removed during thralling. Agnu's periodic bouts of uncontrollability seem to be either a trauma response (when entering venge again, starts freaking out like they don't want to be there) or celebratory relief at being free (when anywhere else, laughs like a crazy person). Just my interpretation

[sziklamester]

I liked this question answer video and I am happy the devs gave some life signs from a huge hiatus. Hopefully the game development time will not take as long and according to the blog they have something which is playable (for them) so possible we could see something in the next one or two year. The change for the latest unreal engine was logical step and hopefully the amount of features in it will speed up the development.

Beyond this my opinion Kenshi was a place that looked okay to the spacefaring civilization to settle down or they had no other options. In my opinion the other bodies had no life on their own surfaces otherwise they would have picked the planet and not the moons. Also the star what we see in the game is looks similar to the Sun so it is a similar star which means the planetary system of kenshi is roughly in the same place as Earth orbits from the Sun. +-10 million km.

I personally would want to know what characters will be in that time line and which new characters we would meet in the game. There are very few games which have notale characters and while in Bannerlord there are a lot of recruitable person but these characters are not as memorable as Deshavi or Klethi from Warband. What I mean by this I hope the new characters will get as much or more love from the devs and they will build up notable characters with more complexity. I am sure Beep will not be in the game so other memorable characters need to be written.

[lsswappedcessna]

If Kenshi 2 is right after the fall of the second empire, they could realistically retcon the Shek as having been genetically modified earlier. After all, Skeletons such as Iyo are known to be actively repressing knowledge of what actually happened throughout Kenshi's history, and every skeleton in general is very hushed about what actually happened, likely at least in part out of fear of another crusade against them a-la what happened during the war that destroyed the First Empire. Retcons could be played off as Skeletons having repressed knowledge of the past and substituting it with a more mild turn of events; such as the Enforcers being made near the end of the Second Empire when in reality they could have been made near the beginning, or even by the First Empire as super-soldiers to fight against the Skeletons.

Also, the Headless Body of Agnew in Futurama was Nixon's vice president, Spiro Agnew, who resigned from his position in 1973 over allegations of corruption and a criminal investigation involving his time as Governor of Maryland. He was one of only two VPs to resign during their incumbency. Not very Agnu-like.

[greggwebb]

What do you know about the Spider Forman? I can’t find anything on the guy.

[daha]

the communty wants hot shek waifus with horns and exoskelett in unreal engine 5 resolution !!

[MrShiki]

shek probably look like japanese oni....

[ladyeyegore]

why do you think hivers are second empire? they're alot less human than sheks even and they are capable of making electricals in the modern day for just selling, they should be more than capable of making an incubator, plus it's a hivemind, so the hivers would probably remember skeletons doing horrible things to them, ESPECIALLY if you think the hive queens are very old.

i find it alot more likely that the hivers are natives of the moon that migrated by sea to the continent we see in-game, the people of kenshi know boats exist so it's very possible