I've always wanted a Necron to stroll through all the layers with little to no effort. Just to get in front of Slaanesh and say, " 'sup?"

Someone needs to do the Medusa meme, but with Slaanesh and Draigo: “I-Impossible! You should have turned to stone!” “Baby I’m already rock hard.”

Canonically, the only person to have "seen" Slaanesh was Fabius Bile. In his words? "There is nothing there"; "There are no gods. Only cold stars and the void." As in, he rejected looking at them utterly.

The faction of "I made a horrible choice in my life but I can make it much worse."

Pretty much of Slaneesh's realm is heavily based off of Dante's Inferno or Divine Comedy. Also it seems like the best way to go through the realm is to speedrun it

Imagine that you woke up one morning and felt drowsy. You never had coffee before but you needed the boost for work so you buy some instant coffee, down them and you're boosted, you feel more alive and you're good to go to work. But after a while, your body adapted, the instant coffee is no longer enough, but you wanted to feel alive again, so you start buying espresso from a local coffee shop. Things were fine for a while again but soon you adapted and don't feel that one shot of espresso is enough so you tried taking two at once and that did the trick. But again, your body adapted and you required more to feel that boost, to feel alive, so you went for three. Then four. Then five. Then, no amount of espresso felt enough, so you went to look for something stronger... And you went for meth. Swearing for Slaanesh is like skipping trying coffee and going straight for meth.

The one thing people forget about Slaanesh I've seen is his/her/it's greatest tool isn't feeding temptation, it's feeding pride. You earned this, the world owes you this. Pride is Slaanesh's favorite sin as if you feel you deserve it, or in your right, you're willing to go these excessive lengths to please yourself, no matter how horrible. Hence why the first three seem to be the standard sorts of temptation, but the last three feed on one's pride: Be it the desire of adoration, achievement, or the right to be able to finally rest from your duty.

Don't forget: TTS went with the theory that Slaanesh's Silver Knight is none other than Kaldor Draigo.

You know, thinking about there being a reward at the end of the tests, I actually think that might be the point. This might have been said before but I didn't see any comments mentioning it, and it's an interesting idea. Basically the first five rings are all deadly traps, but then the sixth is really nice besides eventual death and loss of potential. I think that last part IS the punishment. Basically if you survive the first five, you did it. You won, you're past the trials. And so Slaanesh will offer you paradise. If you accept it, you get your prize, and nothing more. It's a lifetime of perfect pleasure, but it's a mortal, earthly sort of pleasure. Likely far magnified through Chaos, but still of a mundane sort. Slaanesh is probably disappointed, but seeing you burn out when you could have shone so brightly is at least a yummy little consolation prize. But if you can resist that, turn down every happy ending you can imagine and still push through, than you've truly passed the test and shown a spirit that is truly beautiful and unique, and that's the point. When you see Slaanesh, you're filled with that utter bliss of true unmatchable perfection, and then you are frozen in that moment. The happiness in ring 6 will end one day, but this won't. Time has stopped for you and you can spend eternity experiencing that one moment of utter unimaginable joy forever. And, having shown that unique beauty in your unbreakable spirit, Slaanesh gets a new decoration for their palace, each soul capable of achieving that being a special work of art. I have no canon basis for this and have only skimmed the Liber Chaotica so I don't know if it's addressed there, but I really love the concept.

Slaanesh is by far the most horrifying of the chaos gods, like think about what it would be like if one of them won and took over the galaxy, Khorne would be constant war but thats not much different from what it is now, if anything making it sort of honorable combat would be an improvement , Tzeentch? his whole thing is his plans go against eachother, so if he wins it also means he loses, plus as the god of hope and change he kind of comes with the built in flaw that he has to create a scenario where its possible to overthrow him, Nurgle? ya turbocancer sucks but if you get his blessings you wont feel it, and if you dont you probobly wont be alive long so you only suffer a little, Slaanesh? your going to be raped and tortured to death, then your soul is going to be raped and tortured till your to broken to feel anything, then your going to get vored

There is the silver knight of slaanesh. No clue who/what they are but they got all the way to Slaanesh, then joined her. There was some stuff about him, like wanting to fall asleep on the final level but no way to wake. How when given their greatest dream it was parades and generals marching in his honour, and how he turned away. How he saw the river of wine and noticed the pale islands where the gluttons who failed

Im gonna say it Slaaneshs realm sounds like an artists Paradise AND HELL at the same time, so many unbelievably beautiful sights (ignoring the corpses) and if you make it to the very VERY END Slaanesh themselves for you to make art of yet at the same time never being able to fully capture its beauty.

I think it would be funny if there was a bunch of khorneite space marines who never talked, yelled or made noise because the silence offends slaanesh

With DK asking how Slaanesh isnt the most powerful god, Bricky is 100% on the money but theres another quote Id like to throw in there that shows the other chaos gods kinda fear that DK might eventually be right. Think this is from Fear the Dark Prince? "Though Khorne is the only god openly hostile to the Dark Prince, Nurgle and Tzeentch are also ill at ease in his presence, despite the fact that the most typical hierarchy of power between the four Chaos Gods sees Slaanesh at the bottom. Even they feel the magnetic pull of his matchless charisma, and are both attracted and repelled by their younger brother. This is due, in part, to the fact that all the Chaos Gods embody the excess for which Slaanesh is known: Khorne with his bloodlust, Tzeentch with his scheming, and Nurgle with his spreading of plague. Each is an obsession that Dark Prince can turn to his will with merely a whispered promise. Lurking deep within the psyche of each of his brothers is the suspicion that the influence of the Dark Prince is rapidly growing, and that Slaanesh will perhaps one day eclipse them all in strength." All the chaos gods obsess over their realm, and take a certain level of pride for every great deed done in their name, in the end all things feed She who Thirsts.

I hope you like loud noises, unending pain, nonconsensual everything and a deep feeling of never being satisfied and the ever creeping terror of coming depression. slannesh is actually the saddest god/dess because the other gods can feel some satisfaction in what they do, the dark prince of excess by nature can't feel satisfaction. Also being the god of the least effective worshippers probably doesn't help. Old loud colors noise marine was best.

lesson of today: don't go to the realm of slaanesh you won't gain any thing by traversing all the layers and resisting all the temptations, some times the only way to win is to not to play.

Slaanesh... It keeps reminding me of that pink bald guy who keeps on breaking perfectly fine wooden furniture and desks for the sake of slapstick jokes.. I have still not forgiven him.

was expecting a bait and switch with tzeentch considering the abundance of blue.

Dorne is canonicaly immune to Slaaneshi bs, not because his strength of will is great, he's just that boring. I love aDornable tho. Also, the idea that Slaanesh just beats you with a smile is such an ironic anti-climax.

I heard there was a grey knight who went through all the layers of the realm, and when he finally reached the end, he had seen so much debauchery, that he just wanted to see something innocent, so Slaanesh appeared as a innocent little girl, and the moment the Grey knight saw, he was weakened ever so slightly and was consumed. I don't remember if that is Canon or not tho lol

One aspect of Willpower that psychologists have discovered, through testing, is that it is finite. There's only so much mental will that can be exerted at a given time, before the body/brain is exhausted of its ability to do so. The tests show that when a person must resist temptation, they are less likely to resist further temptation later that same day. You must rest to replenish willpower. That's what makes the arrangement of Slaanesh's Realm in general, and the sixth realm in particular, so insidious. It's not just that each successive realm probes the invader for weaknesses, hoping to find the one temptation that will make them submit immediately. Instantly succumbing is ideal, but only half the process. The other half is the war of attrition against the invader's Will. Every time they resist temptation, that's a bit of their mental energy sapped. Every creature comfort denied wears a little more of their defenses away. Combine this with the kind of hyper-vigilance needed to avoid being ensnared is, itself, mentally and emotionally exhausting. The person who makes it all the way to the sixth layer of Slaanesh's Realm has had a hell of a day. Their journey was long, hard (giggity), and full of perils. They've had to face their deepest, ugliest desires. When they reach layer 6, most every person that has ever lived would be so tired. So utterly depleted. Not to mention, they know that when they reach Slaanesh's palace, they'll need all the strength they can muster. It is so, so easy to lie down. To let this placid, soft land embrace them like a warm bed. To even convince oneself that one _must_ rest, to regain one's strength for the fight ahead. Of course, the moment you fall asleep, you're done. Because you aren't going to wake up again. And even if you resist this, the last and most cruel of temptations, you're that much more tired when you face Slaanesh. At that point, you are trying to resist the Prince of Pleasure - the most perfectly desirable being - at the moment when you're at your very weakest.

As far as I remember, mortals don't become Daemons, so no becoming Daemonette or Keeper of Secrets. Sometimes, a being is considered worthy by the Chaos Gods and offered a change to become a Daemon Prince. However, most beings immediately fail this and become Chaos Spawns, soulless and mindless mob units with no change to go back. There is even a stratagem in game where a character can ask a boon from the Gods and gets to roll the dice: most of the results are some sort of buff, but rolling double sixes gets you to switch the model with Daemon Prince. However, if you roll a double-one, you get a Chaos Spawn instead.

about the 6th circle: sure you may live your life to its end perfectly. But lets not forget that in 40k its not the end. your soul is a thing... and Slaanesh will definitely have yours as a plaything once you inevitably kick the bucket. Whats a human lifetime to a timeless being?

Slaanesh is probably the easiest Chaos god to fall for. The same way 'Brave New World' is waaaaay more acurate than '1984' in portraying grimdark, imo.

DK never understanding the quote and then Bricky giving him shit for it is always my favorite part of the episode

I'd love to read a story of a huge group going into Slaanesh's realm composed of absolute badass space marines and loads of other shit and a single guardsmen makes it to Slaanesh herself, says something like "a face of almost perfect beauty, missing but a single thing" and shots them in the fucking face. It wouldn't do shit but still

Love how every episode these days kicks off with the boys bickering like they’ve been married for 20 years

Glad you saved the best chaos god for last. OR IS HE THE BEST? Is being the best truly a thing? or is it delusion?

Honestly, the Palace of Slannesh is such a good way to explain Slannesh without (ironically) the excess of memes that often pollute the common views of Slannesh, which is a sin I to am guilty of

Would Slaanesh unironically use the term 'bussy'?

Imma finna prepare for this video by watching your Khorne one. *_BETTER NOT MAKE ME REGRET THIS!!!_*

Bricky forgor about the Silver Knight of Slaanesh, what a bingus

About the sixth layer of Slaanesh's realm, there's also a angelic quior that's heavenly soothing. It turns out those are the souls of those who have died there and are trying to warn other travellers. Also the beautiful people giving you massages are actually demons once who reveal themselves you are fully relaxed to strike total fear in the relaxed traveller.

There's the account of the silver knight that made it all the way to Slanesh and just gave up after seeing him/her/it.

The 4th layer has so many bodies because to an invading army, the first 3 are obvious traps. But the 4th convinces you that you already won.

so fun fact there's a guy called the silver knight who is theorized to be *the* kaldor draigo who fights for slaanesh, all we know is that he was once a grey knight who made it all the way to slaanesh itself, but slaanesh presented itself as a child, which made this guy hesitate for a split second and get taken over by slaanesh

There is one account of someone making it to the palace and attempted to fight slaanesh but failed, it is the tale of the silver knight of slaanesh who was a grey knight that managed to go through all the layers but when they finally got to slaanesh, they hesitated and that was enough to corrupt the supposedly incorruptible grey knight into become the silver knight

In Total War: Warhammer 3 part of the main quest has you going to each of the Chaos Gods realms to get a soul to fight Bel'ekor and Slaanesh's realm is the coolest because as you go down the six realms, Slaanesh offers you insane campaign buffs in order to get you to leave. These include really good weapons, an insane amount of income and upkeep reduction and more and its kinda cool how there done in a way to tempt the player to leave. Like yes you need the soul buuuuut that sword they offer is really really good or how much land you could take with the armies you could fund and upkeep.

that feasters beaing a part of the feasts feels just right at home in little nightmares

I love DK's enthusiasm about the most horrible space marine legion in 40k and their fun antics.

"No personal accounts, then how do we know about it?" You see, the Lord Slaanesh videotapes their predation from flattering angles and sends scores of anonymous VHS tapes across the galaxy. For those with the understanding of such high technology, the Great Throbbing One is on full glorious display scouring turds from their lofty front yard with a blissfully agonizing presence akin to an industrial pressure washer.

I've got this idea for a story revolving around a very particular ork who is on the space hulk once it smashes into armageddon. He looks at the WAAAGH!! in unfolding before him, and he finds himself inadequately equipped; can't find enough daka. As he wanders through the wreckage he stumbles apon a warp rift that is still open, and walks through into the realm of chaos. After a bit more aimless wandering, he stumbles into Slaanesh's realm. Being an ork and having such a singular mind that he is, he is particularly resilient to the earthly pleasures of each of the rings. He arrives at the excess of addoration and achievement and is given visions of himself killing his warboss and ruling over armageddon, but is unsatisfied with the ammount of daka and carries on. Slaanesh's realm can't seem to comprehend the limitless want this ork has, or perhaps the ork's mind is just too small to formulate a proper desire. Eventually, he reaches the final realm, rather annoyed at the fruitlessness of his quest, and comes face to face with Slaanesh, who offers the promise of limitless daka. Having never learned what a limit is, never mind the concept of the lack of one, he instead simply steals shiny tree and swings it around like a club. Satisfied, he rips a hole in the realm and jumps back through to armageddon, leaving Slaanesh dumbfounded. This ork would never stay on armageddon though, as their unnatrual longing for more daka drives him to boredom of the unimpressive WAAAGH!! and he leaves the planet. What adventures will our little green friend go on next?

I always wanted to make a Imperial Guard regiment that partied all the time. They had celebrations after celebrations, but it was the SAME every time. The Commissars had rules on how you partied and the point was to party until you were just sick of it. So they were immune to slaanesh because the guard members were so jaded they just didn't care.

If I remember correctly the circle of repose has sweet music playing that is actually the distorted screams of Slaanesh's victims

in dk's defense all the slaanesh stuff he's encountered has been focused on hedonism, the fanbase kind of downplays the torture fuckery

I was drinking my tall glass of Slaneesh, and almost choked on the My Little Pony.

Just realized three of the layers are designed to be unpassable by one of the chaos gods

I can imagine a space marine would see the emperor on the throne as defeat

a tall glass of slaanesh, extra thicc

There is a story where a Grey Knight made it to the palace and became a worshiper. Also, it is theorized that the Dark Prince also takes the form of someone the person who makes it to the palace cares about so much that they can’t hurt them.

I cannot help but think that the fourth circle is itself part of a layered trap. It leads you to think that you were better than the others, that you were able to escape, to resist when the rest could not. Then you get to the next circle and the realm suddenly has an achievement, fresh in the minds of its potential victims, to prey upon.

I think the problem with the concept of slaanesh is that pleasure drives us, even when a chaos cultist serves the other gods they still take pleasure from that act.

I'm liking on how some of the pictures in the background of Slaneesh is from Age of Sigmar which has the best Slaneesh champion : Sigvald the Magnificent. Glutos is also cool.

So, if Slaanesh is about sensations, would extreme boredom be a sensation? So like, would there be pits of just mega accounting or something where people are mind meltingly bored?

There's something hilariously appropriate about how Shy's avatar is staring at the projector screen when the image comes up at 0:48 of the video. The kind of look that says "What have you filthy degenerates done this time?"

the main massage of Chaos gods: Khorne: be brave, Tzeentch: be curious, Nurgle: love life, Slaanesh: enjoy life

Slannesh in a nutshell: I love being bad, it makes me feel good 😈

Question, would korne help the elves wipe out slaanesh? Like he overhears that the elves are about to kill slaanesh and he goes “did my invite get lost in the mail?”

SKARBRAND HATES SLANNESH, SKARBRAND HATES LOUD NOISE, SKARBRAND HATES SUBSTANCES BECAUSE HE IS A RESPECTABLE MEMBER OF SOCIETY.

I like the idea of someone making it all the way through to encounter Slaanesh in person and becoming a daemon prince of Slaanesh. To make it all the way through all the circles would require an UNBELIEVABLY pure heart and strong will and Slaanesh would absolutely love to corrupt such a being to their will. Also he/she/they/it would totally get off on them realising that their entire journey was for naught. As for depictions of Slaanesh's realm: Total War: Warhammer III. I know it's fantasy and not 40k but there is a lot of crossover where Chaos is concerned.

Now I kinda want a 40k odyssey following a group of guardsman through the realm of slaanesh

Daemonitized.

It's not the Emperor's Children, but it'll do!

I think Skarbrand actually made it to the palace and smashed his house up just to please Khorn.

There IS an account of someone going through the palace of the Dark prince. He's called the silver knight and it's not confirmed if it was a Grey knight or no.

After the Demonculaba episode, the realm of Slaneesh seems really really tame.

When you expected Army of kinky woman but just get crabs both claws and the other way most likely

I think there was a Grey Knight than got into Her/his palace but instead of turning into a statue Slaneesh was so impress he was able to rise his sword even before the smile he got knighted as the SILVER KNIGHT of Slaneesh

If you throw enough Necron Warriors at the problem I am sure it'll end The Dark Prince. They have no sole to corrupt nor programming to Twist so long as the Pharon can keep a distance he could end the threat.

I just noticed how fast these guys have attitude changes. One second they’re yelling at each other, and a split second later they’ve chilled out.

It sounds like all you need to go through the realm of slaanesh is countless flamethrowers advancing forward and heavy guns behind you to keep the soldiers awake and congniscent

I think there was a case of a grey knight making it all the way to Slaanesh’s palace, going all the way without faltering before instantly dropping to his knees and surrendering himself to Slaanesh. But I know he’s now called The Silver Knight now

I think the 6th circle’s scariest bit about it being peace is that you’d naturally think that something is up that you would run from the eternal peace not knowing it isn’t an illusion or trick.

That last bit where Slaanesh comes to greet people to their castle is really bitter sweet to me. Cause I think (own theory here) They are truly glad to see someone as no one that see's them lives for very long as their presence would be under the effect of a constant Orgasm.. so they don't allow any of their minions near and those few short hours is the only company that Slaanesh will ever know.

I feel as though the death korps would be relatively immune to most of theses temptations, since they have no other motivation but to fight, kill, and die for the emperor, even the excess admiration wouldn't work for they do not believe themselves capable of being forgiven unless through death.

They are making a strategy RPG of the grey knights fighting daemons...though it seems Nurgle is the one being fought against in it. It looks very much to be like the Mechanicus style

After hearing the sound of the disappearing screams bit made me think of a dark my favorite things cover. The sound of the water as it cuts off their screams, these are a few of my favorite things~

The realm of Slaanesh. *Oh, we have such sights to show you!*

Shlannesh is like that one type of girlfriend everyone had where when you speak about your pretty basic fetish and then ask her what she likes you just get a whole Wikipedia page full of the wierdest stuff that is so fucking kinky that everything you just think about is a chastity belt

Slaanesh is just the chaos god of "THAT'S AWESOME... oh nevermind"

Shy's editing and meme-ery was on goddamn FIRE this episode. Great work!

You know, a chaos themed backdrop instead of the normal one would be nice for chaos things because why not

I'm surprised they went through this whole episode of Slaanesh without mentioning feet.

Part of the reason Khorne and Slaanesh go to war is because they have overlap in their realms: the greatest of warriors seek bloodshed but also martial prowess and perfection. This is embodied in Slaanesh’s birth, where Khaine, Eldar god of war, was spared because Khorne and Slaanesh quarreled for his soul.

I decided to start watching/listening through the pod cast recently and all the lore and stories and especially seeing you three in the hobby finally gave me the push I needed to get into Warhammer (painting models and gaming). So I just wanted to say that from here on out this is all your fault and I will never financially recover from this. Thank you guys and keep up the great content.

Considering Trazyn wanted to go into the warp at the end of infinite and the divine would be nice to see the next book with him going through the layers of Slaanesh, maybe he's the silver knight.

I always imagined Slaanesh´s realm to pretty much look like a mix between The Ingestion from the comic Concession and whatever place it is the Xenobites come from.

no one has ever managed to storm the castle , Matt ward: so this one ultramarines recruit grabbed only his knife ....

Oh boi, another legion episode! I can't wait for the Fulgrim, Rylanor and the Emperor's Children episode! Then they should do the Sanguinius and the Blood Angels episode next! (Reset the clock! Reset it until they have nothing left to talk about!)

I heard that Slaanesh was imprisoned by the Aeldar so the “throne realm” sits empty. They put some odd number of chains and locks/ seals on it which leads to the story of the Newborn. If this is completely removed from the original narrative, my bad. I would just love to hear DK react to Slaanesh’s capture, what the seals are, the breaking of a couple seals (especially the one that pissed off Khorne, dog*), and the Newborn. Wishing all the best

Ok now I want to write a short where 9 space marines are captured one from each main chapter by the emperors children who are told if they can reach slinesh he will grant one wish to each who reaches them but only the salamander makes it and his wish is super just 40k lol

I believe kaldor draigo has indeed been to all layers.

36:30 The fourth circle would be easy for me to traverse, because there's no way Slaanesh could make me being adored *without* being outlandish and unbelievable.

Today is my Birthday and I just got home so time to watch my present from the Adeptus Ridiculous team.

Lovely venom sacs...that's actually hilarious I choked on my tea. I needed this brush with laughter induced death.

My favorite theory is that Kaldor Draigo made it into slanish's presence in an attempt to kill them, and instead of turning to stone at their presence fell to become their champion. Unfortunately I don't remember whose theory it was. The theory was based off of text that slenesh has a champion in their Palace and that the champion was not a demon but a nameless someone who went there to kill the lord of excess. The primary reason it stated for Kaldor being the nameless person was there aren't that many people we know of strong enough to make it all the way there and think they could attack/defeat a chaos god. It is in no way cannon but the bases of a champion I believe is from one of the books.

Bricky - “Snap back to reality ope there goes gravity” Slaanesh - “ You better lose yourself in the music, the moment, you own it you better never let it go. You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to do this blow”

Tzeench episode pls he's the only choas god you haven't covered in depth and I find him the most interesting

Even I started fantasizing when I heard the description of the last layer. God damn, I need a vacation.

I like to believe that Custodes do speedrun of this place