A CHAOS GOD Of Machines? Vashtorr EXPLAINED! | Warhammer 40k Lore

the new arks of Omen campaign in Warhammer 40k is shaping up to be pretty wild. The first book has introduced us to a brand new villain, Vashtor the Arikifane. a mechanical demigod of the soul forge who has joined with Abaddon and the chaos Space Marines of the black legion in the hopes of fulfilling some kind of ancient prophecy. apparently he plans on ascending to the level of the other four chaos. gods and eventually overthrowing all of them. let's take a look at this guy and figure out what he's all about.

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Time stamps
0:00 Intro
1:02 Into the AM
2:32 Vashtorr Origins
8:12 The Soul Forge
11:43 What is He all About?
15:37 My thoughts on this dude.

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[cringe_lord]

"Remember kids, before you do some logical task praise the emperor three times and praise the Omnisiah three times, or you will get like Timmy get corrupted by Vashtor"

[dingodave]

I can see Vashtorr being a good way of bringing Perturabo back into the setting as he would be the perfect "God" for the Iron Warriors to worship/follow

[seal]

He is my greatest hope for the setting. The dark mechanicus should be a much bigger presence in the setting. Vashtor should become the chaos god of technology.

[itshawx]

As an avid Doom fan I love how the concept arts of Nekravol and the Crucible just seamlessly fit into Warhammer

[hanspeter]

When I first heard about him, my little Iron Warrior heart skiped a beat.

[PelinalDidNothingWrong]

Vashtorr is one of the models and characters I'm most looking forward to as of late. He's got such a cool design and I love the idea of him being "the arms dealer of Chaos" who now wants in on The Great Game.

[whitlocktherevanchist]

Ya know, vashtor is basically the chaos equivalent of guillimans logistical mathematical skill combined with pertys engineering skill. Which is a major problem being chaos has never had a character capable of the patience and logical ability to counteract someone like guilliman. Or that's how I see him

[jeanannd]

This demon really seems more lawful than chaotic. More like a legendary Devil of Hell, than a demon of chaos. He's still very terrifying, perhaps more so because of this. Wonder when the second book will be out?

[thesilentgod]

I hope vashtorr becomes the 5th. I would love to see how the void dragon (or whatever remains of the void dragon) and vashtorr interact

[robertkramer]

As a guy who normally tries to run dark Admech, I am super stoked for this model to come out and will get it once I see it. The lore from this video has made me check the site for preorders, and super hyped to get it. It just sits right with who I am as a person

[TechNinjaSigma]

I like to choose a favorite army for each faction, but I've never been able to settle on any of the 4 factions for Chaos, and choosing Undivided feels like a cop out to me. Vashtorr is now definitely my choice for Chaos

[draknor]

I really want to see Vashtor to ascend to Godhood. I need an army of hereteks, tech-marines, and tech-demons all under one banner on the battlefield. It would also be pretty cool to have some xenos defect to his banner as well, like a Dark Eldar homunculus or a Necron Tomb World becoming corrupted. Would be awesome!

[notani]

I always thought that Chaos might be needing a faction like the mechanicus when it comes to providing arms, with Vashtorr make an appearance that means we're getting a daemon arms dealer and the dark mechanicum is making more actual appereance.

[p.f]

The chaos god of hubris, basically. I think he is what the chaos pantheon needs. Some villain that has a changed modus operandi. The fact he just tells you straight up what's going on, and you still find yourself intrigued, is *chefs kiss*

[OneReallyGrumpyJill]

What I really love about Vashtorr, and I hope that they stick with it, is how brutally honest he is. Usually, it is characters like Khorne who are expected to be brutally honest, so I am glad that we got a smart guy who is honest. I just think that it helps him stand out more: magic is always positioned as opposed to science and logic, but to a creature made of magic, it would be as natural as math is to us, so I think that it's just a cool and underused trope, that of "logic demon", creature that sees, instead of "threads of magic", rows of numbers and concepts.
Also, if he becomes chaos god, I say Vashtorr's number should be 5.







Edit: on the topic of the line "at least our rebellion was just", or something like that, the thing that Abby said, I keep going back to rebellion of the Man of Iron. Some threw out idea that Vashtorr could've been behind it, some liked it and some don't, but what if Emperor (or Malcador or the organization that he belonged to) actually struck a deal with Vashtorr to fuck over the Men of Iron because they believed that bioengineering was the only way to properly fight Chaos (or something along those lines)

[satellitecannon]

Weshammer: new video drops.
Dreadnought: I AM AWAKE.

[Lancersilva]

As someone who’s starting aviation mechanics school, I’m glad to have a patron chaos god.

[toportime]

Sounds like an awesome addition to the 40k Universe, the Empire of Man has vilified technology so much it makes sense it would echo in the warp.

[Luciferian.Latino]

3:25 the slow pan to Nicolas Cage was truly a sight to behold

[weshammer]

I have been sick as a dog for a week straight, (finally getting better) so ignore me desperately trying to hold it together and not look/ sound sick for this video haha. Arks of omen deep dive should be up within a week.