There should be a game where you play as Genestealer Patriarch, start your own cult and spread anarchy and terror across Imperial Planet

It's also worth to be noted that while Genestealers are extremely effective against the Imperium due to the sheer numbers of humans and the general lack of organization they have a significally harder time when it comes to the rest of the factions (even tho it is possible to infect most of them). Orks: Usually are able to sense the ones that are infected since they do not act "orky" enough and thuss they kill them very early on. As a result Genestealers can only infect them in smaller numbers (freebooter crews) which kinda defeats the purpuse of the genestealer. At best they can use them to spread to other planets Eldar: Due to how fortified the Craftworlds/webway are and since they keep a close tab on the inhabitants, the infected rarely are able to infiltrate much less grow in numbers (the Eldar slow reproduction doesnt help either) Tau: They keep close tabs to every citizen withing the Empire and everyone is subjected to mandatory health/bio scans yearly (the leaders even more regularly). Furthermore the kroot have learned to detect the infected by smell and thuss are placed everywhere to sniff them out. Pluss research has been made to halt the progress of the infection. Necrons: Straight up immune in every way Chaos: One can not worship the hive mind and the chaos gods at the same time

The moment that he described how the link was severed was genuinely horrifying to me. The idea that your divine being that you have been worshipping for years and has brought you such comfort has its illusion broken and you realize it’s just a horrific mass of flesh and it just stares at you as the world ends is some great horror!

Hearing that Terrans had a seemingly supernatural resistance to the Gene-stealer's mind control filled me with a bit of joy. Though it may be filled with spineless greedy bureaucrats, the Emperor still protects.

i really like the energy in the shorts and these long vids are a real contrast to those but even more awesome.

I think the Tyranids are the single most terrifying thing in the galaxy because they have a singular focus. Every other faction has inner squabbles that hobble their effectiveness. Need more Tyranid lore

I think this is one of the few times that the Inquisition did something right, surprised they didn't kill a large amount of civilians just because. They probably did.

I’ve already gotten the basic gist of the genestealers before, but the way that you presented your information and the atmosphere you created with the music enthralled me and sucked me back in as if I was learning about them for the first time all over again. It even has me entertaining the idea of starting a genestealer army! Marvelous video, and I will definitely keep up with your work in the future.

Fantastic so see a long video from you! Congrats on the success mate! If you ever need to talk about this whole youtube journey feel free to reach out :)

I just finish watching Angels of Death, and the background story on how Genestealer can take down one planet with the survivor being a Mechanicus and some of her servitors is kinda terrifying

I love Genestealer Kelemorphs. They're essential genestealers that look like cowboys and are seen as free, spirited heros repelling against the Imperium's authoritarian rule, when in actuality they are ruthless monsters designed that way in order to appeal to humanity 's fantasies. It shows how the Imperium's greatest enemy is, as always, themselves, as well as the ruthless adaptability of the Tyranids to even evolve in ways to replicate human ideals.

I got a wes ad for Tacticus before the vid and it was very confusing, like "Shut up Wes, I'm trying to watch Wes"

What's terrifying is that the Hive mind has decided that this is one of the easiest ways to win human planets

I remember reading a very compelling argument that the Orkz are the most powerful faction. The only problem is that they can't unite under one banner because they're always fighting each other... that is until Ghazghkull became a warboss.

You're the perfect middle ground between majorkill and Luetin. I love it dude! Keep up the good work!

I dimly recall hearing somewhere that on absurdly rare occasions a genestealer cult manages to break free from the hive mind and rebels. Cause they did the math and figured out what's gonna happen when their gods arrive. From what I understand this is a thing purely to justify Warhammers idea that you need an excuse for every faction to fight every other faction. Even itself.

This human is the last, great reciprocal of knowledge, may he be blessed with the golden light of The Emperor of Mankind. May he be called from this moment forth: Wes, The Great Wise One. On the real, great video man, looking forward to more of your deep dives of 40k lore

This made my day!! Was so disappointed when i saw you only had 3 long vids. Glad to see number 4!! I’ve become interested in 40k thanks to you. Keep up the good work!

List of factions I would love to see 1:Orks(aka Da Boyz sorry if I spell that wrong) 2:Necrons(aka undead robots) 3:Salamanders(aka one of the only space marine chapter to care for human life) And finally the Chaos Marines

I really love the Genestealer Cults and have been saying for a long time that GW needs to license a scifi horror movie that showcases the process of a Genestealer Invasion in all it's horror as the antagonists of the movie. Maybe have two narratives where one lone Inquisitorial candidate makes a name for himself by rooting out cults before they get off the ground on multiple worlds and eventually becomes a dedicated Inquisitor of the Ordo Xenos over the course of a few generations, have him do those youth treatments so that by the end of the movie when he's facing the genestealers with his team from the Deathwatch he's old but still kicking. Meanwhile at the opening of the movie, a lone purestrain Genestealer stows away on a cargo ship and infects one of the crewman. Then the next time we see him and his crewmates they've arrived at their destination and they decide to settle down there, and we the purestrain scuttle off the ship into the sewers, and we see the crewmen meet some ladies at a bar and get freaky spliced in one scene with the purestrain Genestealer picking off a few isolated citizens to infect them, smash cut to the birth of the crew's children being horrible looking but the couples just adore their children. Then the next time the film focuses on this planet have some of the crewmen much older inviting some friends at their new jobs to come to their place of worship, pitching it vaguely as being part of the Imperial Cult, and how creepy it would be as they actually descend down into the sewer system, maybe the new victims barely seeing something just beyond the light now and then, but rationalizing that as weird as this is there's no way their longtime friend and mentor figure would ever be a heretic, until eventually they get to the chamber where the sermon is being given about the "true gods" and the new victims are corraled together for some sort of baptism, halfway through the sermon the first few generations of infected Genestealer offspring emerge from the shadows to join the worship and the victims realize much too late that something is horribly wrong and they've made a terrible mistake as the original purestrain Genestealer emerges from a vast cavern behind the altar in his immense, horrifying massiveness and the sermon begins talking about the glorious kiss off the angels, fade to black screaming. Next time we get to see this planet a new group of victims are working the mines and are dubious of a few of their coworkers who they slowly realize they haven't seen without their gear, always obscure their features, never come with them to the surface on breaks, seem to leave work earlier than them, they get suspicious and start to think maybe it's heresy, one of the guys tries to strike up a conversation more personal than shooting the shit at work and cooperating while mining and the strange coworker is dodgy. Frustrated the miner grabs their coworker by the shoulder and turns them to the light and sees that they're not quite human, eliciting a hiss from the dodgy guy and getting overpowered, knocked down and the suspect fleeing deep into the mines. The miner and his cohorts immediately flag down an Arbites Judge and report the mutant in a panic and the judge calls for backup. When backup arrives, they deputize the miners and all go into the tunnels to hunt down the mutants only to eventually be drawn on by the judges and forced to line up when, to their horror, several purestrain Genestealers far more hideous than their mutant coworkers descent from the rock ceiling and they realize these judges are heretics, they're working with the mutants and these Xenos are going to kill them... except they don't. The first miner gets pounced on by a purestrain Genestealer which shoves it's long tongue into his mouth as the rest of the purestrains dogpile on the miners and the scene cuts to black... All this shit goes on as the movie swaps between the aging Inquisitor as he rises and then rides along on his glory and then slowly age catches up to him, the youth infusions becoming less and less effective as he discovers he has some sort of condition that prevents them from working after so many all the while watching this slow and horrifying invasion of the original freighter crew's new homeworld until eventually the two storylines combine and the Inquisitor and his retinue investigate the world where the invasion is underway only to slowly realize they are far too late, most of the government and the military there on world have been infiltrated and then the Hive Fleet arrives, and the Cult comes out like insects in a frenzy under an overturned rotting log and the Ordo Xenos retinue make a defiant and heroic last stand as they're overwhelmed by enemies from above and below and in the end as he lay dying the Inquisitor makes a desperate call to his ship that the world is overrun, the ship needs to flee, but first his final orders: Exterminus. Incinerate every last bastard Xenos and this whole damned world. Sacrificing his life and awaiting Exterminatus the Inquisitor delivers an epic and tragic speech about how it was an honor working with his crew, to get to safety, leave him and his retinue behind and blow this Throne forsaken planet to kingdom come and with tears in their eyes the ship returns to orbit and blasts the whole planet to smithereens, killing the tendril of the hive fleet, the cult, the citizens of the Imperium and the Inquisitor's entire landing party in one massive explosion. A funeral service is held on the command deck of the ship and then the crew drink to the Inquisitor's glory, swapping stories of their experiences under his command and showing how much they loved and admired their Inquisitorial superior. Eventually the Captain makes his drunken way back to his quarters but gets turned arouyand disoriented but eventually finds his room... Only to be attacked by a purestrain Genestealer stowaway before he could open the door. Ending the film but starting the cycle anew. GIVE US THIS MOVIE, GW, YOU COWARDS!!!

You should cover the Legion of the Damned. It’s rarely covered and really unknown in the lore. Awesome paint style too.

I mentioned on a short, could you do a long form deep dive on the beginnings of humans expanding from earth and how the gods came to be and how the wars started. Cheers mate.

Love the video. You have successfully done what most failed to do, make the genestealer cult absolutely terrifying.

I was under the impression that when the Custodes heard of the inflitration of Earth they booted everyone else out and took care of it themselves, albeit at great cost to themselves.

Dude all your videos are fantastic! So stoked for more long form 40k breakdowns!

I’ve never heard of 40k before u. Now I’m thinking of buying a book to read. I love how you make the 40k universe accessible and interesting for new people.

You are easily my favorite Warhammer 40k channel out there. Love both your long and short form content keep up the grand content.

What a great video, amazing atmosphere, the genestealers are so spooky as are the nids. You really made them seem powerful force and a scary one. Would really like to see a more indepth video about the stinky bois of the death guard, i personally like the the most in the universe and feel like they have one of the best fall to chaos stories of the traitor legions.

The real horror is why the Genestealer cult has reached Terra. Those hybrids of the cult which link is never severed allow the Hive Mind to absorb their memories, their knowledge, their personalities, and add them into a gestalt that grants the Tyranids an awareness about their hunting grounds. But it also does point out that the Hive Mind does have indeed a Divine Complex and is determined to bring down the competition in its quest for divinity.

While I knew some information about the genestealers, this opened my eyes on much a treat the tyranids and their minions are. For in the shadow, the patient work and wait, the return of the star children.... It also justifies the paranoia of the inquisition on many levels..A great video and good vibe throughout.

First off I love your long lore videos, I feel they rival the top channels and you bring an interesting perspective to the lore that not a lot talk about. Second, I think that the Gene Stealers are a SUPER underrated threat and have always fascinated me. Who knows if there is more than one cult on Terra, or how many worlds are actually infected? This could be what might bring the emperor from his coma to fight again.

I can't get over how good your long form videos are! I love your tiktok and I'm so excited to watch your channel grow into a warhammer powerhouse!

This video was truly amazing to watch. Keep up with the good work! I would love to watch more videos in this format. The ambience fits the theme perfectly.

Amazing video! Your shorts got me into 40k and I'm glad you're making longer videos.

Subscribed! Absolutely incredible! When other channels simply read the wiki in a montone voice, or at best, paraphrase and adds slightly to the given narrative, you give an absolutely enthralling narrative with great production, excellent voice over, and compelling synthesis of lore, extrapolations based on previous lore examples, and nuance with great care of detail! That combined with a unique personality and approach easily makes this one of my favorite lore channels! Praise the Omnissiah!

It was the Ciaphas Cain novel For the Emperor where I was first exposed to 40K and Genestealer Cults. A few years later the new models dropped and I knew they would be amazing!

Very happy to see a new long form video! They've all been great so far and very interesting! Well put together too!

Awesome video! It's great to see more about tyranids/genestealers on KZfaq. Keep it up mate!

Very well made, would love to see more in this format. Great job Wes

Hello Wes, first of all thanks for the content. You were able to create a real interest in 40k lore in me. Second, can you do something of a tech analysis. How does man kind compete with xenos if development is stagnant? How far did man kind get before all advancement stoped? How far are we falling behind in the whole scheme of things?

Absolutely outstanding work! I love this format of videos so much, continue!

love these was waiting for long content i liked the short lore videos but i want more in depth. this game is too expensive for me right now in my life but learning the lore is getting me interested in it

This has to be the best lore vid not only the vibe, background music and voice is top tier this topic is generally interesting, well done, should do more of these vids

Hey! Just wanted to thank you for getting me into the 40k universe. Because of you I ordered my first 40k books!!!. Very excited to see more from you and to see you grow as a KZfaqr!!!

This all goes to prove that the tyranids are quite possibly the scariest villains in all of fiction.

Hello there I just want to say to keep up the great content! Loving these longer videos! (:

Loving your channel! The shorts got me hooked on both Warhammer 40k and your channel, but these long form videos are amazing and you'll have my view on all of them. I was uninterested in the genestealer cult until I watched this, and I gotta say they definitely seem more dangerous than the obvious threats.

I've known and liked your shorts for a while, but your longform content definitely is top notch too. Great job at setting the 40k mood man!

This is the perfect length, other channels have felt way too long and irrelevant to what I was looking for. Additionally this video reminds me of the Alpha Legion maybe one day you’ll cover them eh? Great Video!

you know something the only being in this situation that can be seen as truly evil is the original Gene stealer because the ones who actually raise the world to ruin feel like they're saving it they've been lied to

Love all your videos hope you keep it up! I already know most of this 40k lore but you cover and present it so well that your videos are always worth a watch!

I just found your channel and absolutely enjoy your productions. I can understand what your saying without having to pause and rewind. Great Job!!!

You're killing the competition! It's nice listening to warhammer lore without the same tired joke repeated every episode. Keep up the good work man!

I'm really enjoying your videos, I appreciate the level of effort you clearly put into them! I Love the Genestealer cults too, in my mind one of the creepiest, most insidious factions, very Alien, very the Thing, their lore is awesome!

This is awesome! You have a different pace and I enjoy it a lot. Can’t wait to hear more!

Just found this channel from the shorts which are great! But I love deep dives way more. You videos are greatly written keep it up man.

I wouldn't exactly call it brother against brother or mother against child because..... you know, same family, same business, same cult... ain't no way someone in the family's a genestealer without the whole family being genestealers 😂(well, maybe except the first generation) But yeah, I got what you're trying to say. 👍

Anyway amazing vid, it makes me happy to hear that you mentioned the pauper princes. But in some cases the tyranids leave 2 and 3rd generations be since they a great with their technological skills

About to finish all your long form lore videos. keep them coming! I work 12hr shifts and they help me get through the grind. Your voice is easy to listen to and you present the information in a way that I find more impactful than the Warhammer books I have read. Keep em coming and all keep watching. Definitely need a video on the Horus heresy, because I don't know anything about it other than the fact that it is fundamental to Warhammer lore.

Those Custodian warriors must have been absolutely pissed off that a group of Gene Stealers was hiding on Earth.

I only started to learn about 40k lore after watching your "Are the Chaos Gods the good guys?" video since I am a Warhammer Fantasy Enthusiast and I saw tons of paralleles. Well I mean it is obvious since they are essentially the same enteties in both univereses. First of all I love this erie and primordial vibe you were able to give off with this video and also made great use of music. It reminded me of this deep rooted fear we all have as humans, the fear of the Unknown and I think that is also why I enjoyed this lore telling so much because it taps into this fear. I think you could even argue that this story or lore bit for lack of a better term could be categorized as cosmological horror. These reasons named here are also the reason why I like the Skaven of Warhammer Fantasy so much though they are more graspable compared to the genestealers as species. On that note I again see some similarties between the Skaven and Genestealers in the fact that they are this hidden threath festering far beneath the cities of mankind and possibly other races waiting for the right moment to srtike to devour the surface world and that all they care for is to devour all that lives. But I don't know how familiar you are with Warhammer Fantasy lore.

Honestly I think this is the best Warhammer lore channel right now. The way you explain things is clear and concise and you make it interesting! Well done!

Really hope you continue with these longer videos man, shorts are great but these I can fall asleep to 😂 keep up the good work my guy!

This is possibly my FAVOURITE of your videos so far. I always knew of the Genestealers since the early 1990s table top game Space Crusade but always viewed them as just mindless drones. This new element of subterfuge is truly terrifying. SUPERB VIDEO DUDE! :D

Hey man great content. I have never played Warhammer but play d&d, this is a easy way to take in the lore.

Wo finally a did dive into the lore of the Cults of Tyranids called the Genestealers

Finally a long vid!! Keep making shorts as well as longer ones. Love the variety bro!!

Hey wes pls continue this long takes. I like to listen to them while doing stuffs. Also your shorts are charming and phenomenal. Keep doing the emperor's will.

Genestealers aren't very dangerous/effective agents orks because they try to infiltrate them but the ork hybrids are easily found and ended by all the other orks before they can become anything near a threat

Wouldn’t it make sense if one day literally every faction maybe even the chaos gods would form an alliance against the tyrannids. I mean no one even the chaos gods are benefiting from the tyrannids and considering that the galaxy might already be surrounded isn’t such a coalition inevitable.

Randomly found you on the shorts, and omfg, I love your channel so much. I've been looking for a 40K lore channel for so long. Thank you for having made this channel. This vid scares me though, I don't think I'd be able to live in 40K, cool lore, but nope, don't wanna live there.

THESE ARE SO GREAT!!!!! I could watch these all day! I like the way you dramatize everything a bit. Its almost like a Audio book. Keep it up man!

WesHammer: "What the Imperium is not prepared for is a threat that comes from within" Inquisition: "Am i a joke to you?"

I kinda liked more when stealers were their own thing instead of a Tyranid branch, but he'll i loved this video.

Great content sir! Looking forward to seeing shorts and long content videos as well. Can't wait to see the WesHammer MajorKill collaboration!

Keep them coming! I'm a huge fan. Your the first lore channel that's gotten me excited for your next video!

I love Tyranids and Gene stealers cuz they remind me of a combination of Necromorphs, Xenomorphs, and Slither. Thanks for the lore; keep ‘em coming plz

I've never even heard about Warhammer until I've seen ur shorts and now I've watched all ur videos and I'm waiting for more lol you explain everything so well it's helpful in Immersing myself in the warhammer universe so thanks for that looking forward to the next one and this was crazy.!

I love your short videos but I REALLY love this longer format.

Absolutely loving the long form videos it's really fun to watch

"There's nothing subtle about Orks" Well he's obviously never seen a purple one! Well, no one has I guess, that's impossible.

These videos have gotten me fully into the 40k universe. Thank you so much for your efforts!

I really enjoyed this video and will be checking out more of your content. It was put together really well and I almost never clicked it due to how clickbaity the thumbnail looks. I only clicked it due working through pretty much every other lore video on the genestealer cult (surprising how little there it). Really love the style of your video and the video essay style of it. Keep up the amazing work and your thumbnails do a massive disservice to you.

Absolutely amazing Wes. I love your storytelling ability. I’m new to the lore of 40K and you make it interesting and easy to understand and get into. Thanks again

Thanks for this insightful video! Great writing, narration and art direction!

I was on board for the shorts. These have a different energy that I didn’t know I wanted but absolutely do.

Great video as always. Thanks dude. You should be proud of your handwork, this is fantastic

WOW I didn’t not know you had a KZfaq channel I’ve been following you from TikTok I’m glad I found this. The Longer lore vids are refreshing !

I really love these long videos because you have a beautiful narrator voice and you don’t dumb it down like in the shorts

I enjoy Your long videos way more then the shorts on here. I was a big Warhammer 40k painter and player as a kid, I'm 41 now and no real time to spend hours painting. Space Wolf's were my go to guys. I found my old models a few weeks ago, plus very dried paints and codexs KZfaq searched and here I am. Would love for you to do other videos like this, space marines factions, Chaos.. Keep them coming!

Great video, found you through the shorts. But love the long form.

I was literally thinking when you were going to do these long essays because your shorts are awesome

Love your lore videos and short videos. Been a fan of 40k since some d friends from high school introduced me to it about 14 years ago. Haven't played in a long time now but still love the lore of the universe.

I was hooked to my chair while listening to this and painting mini’s. Loving every second, keep up the good work!!

Absolutely amazing video! You really got me hooked into wanting some genestealer cult models

Absolutely love the long videos they are what made me subscribe and I would love to see more!

New listener here! Really enjoying your vids. The longer ones are fantastic!!!

Wow what an amazing lore video. Gonna have freakin nightmares! Now I gotta put everything on hold and go paint my GSC Combat Patrol box! Excellent job!!

Let's goo!!!!!! Fresh new content from the one and only. Thanks for my daily dose of 40k lore.

Damn your narration brings the horror and dread to Warhammer 40k really cant wait to see the lore for Chaos Cultist or Dark Aeldari next 🤩