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'''Vashtorr the Arkifane''' is a [[daemon]] unaligned to any of the [[Chaos Gods]] who holds dominion over the Forge of Souls; though he has no loyalty to any of the four major Chaos Gods, he has established himself as a demigod by acting as their shared [[Soul Grinder|arms dealer]], thus making him important enough to deter any of them from trying to attack him. A being born from humanity's drive to create and invent, his technological skills have made him not only a figure of adoration among the [[Dark Mechanicus]] and [[Warpsmiths]] among the dark powers, but also the mastermind behind the newfangled [[Arks of Omen]], weaponized [[Space Hulk]]s molded by his own flesh that are part of [[Abaddon]]'s renewed offensive on the Nachmund Gauntlet | '''Vashtorr the Arkifane''' is a [[daemon]] unaligned to any of the [[Chaos Gods]] who holds dominion over the Forge of Souls; though he has no loyalty to any of the four major Chaos Gods, he has established himself as a demigod by acting as their shared [[Soul Grinder|arms dealer]], thus making him important enough to deter any of them from trying to attack him. A being born from humanity's drive to create and invent, his technological skills have made him not only a figure of adoration among the [[Dark Mechanicus]] and [[Warpsmiths]] among the dark powers, but also the mastermind behind the newfangled [[Arks of Omen]], weaponized [[Space Hulk]]s molded by his own flesh that are part of [[Abaddon]]'s renewed offensive on the Nachmund Gauntlet. | ||
Curiously enough, Vashtorr might actually be more along the lines of [[Lawful Evil]] rather than whatever spectrum the big 4 decide to be on any given day. While the contracts he brokers with daemons willing to become Soul Grinders are never exactly fair, he's a stickler to the exact terms of each contract and will always uphold them. Often, it's the contracted daemons who grow too greedy and thus break the terms of their own accord. | Curiously enough, Vashtorr might actually be more along the lines of [[Lawful Evil]] rather than whatever spectrum the big 4 decide to be on any given day. While the contracts he brokers with daemons willing to become Soul Grinders are never exactly fair, he's a stickler to the exact terms of each contract and will always uphold them. Often, it's the contracted daemons who grow too greedy and thus break the terms of their own accord. | ||
Revision as of 18:24, 4 March 2023
Vashtorr the Arkifane is a daemon unaligned to any of the Chaos Gods who holds dominion over the Forge of Souls; though he has no loyalty to any of the four major Chaos Gods, he has established himself as a demigod by acting as their shared arms dealer, thus making him important enough to deter any of them from trying to attack him. A being born from humanity's drive to create and invent, his technological skills have made him not only a figure of adoration among the Dark Mechanicus and Warpsmiths among the dark powers, but also the mastermind behind the newfangled Arks of Omen, weaponized Space Hulks molded by his own flesh that are part of Abaddon's renewed offensive on the Nachmund Gauntlet.
Curiously enough, Vashtorr might actually be more along the lines of Lawful Evil rather than whatever spectrum the big 4 decide to be on any given day. While the contracts he brokers with daemons willing to become Soul Grinders are never exactly fair, he's a stickler to the exact terms of each contract and will always uphold them. Often, it's the contracted daemons who grow too greedy and thus break the terms of their own accord.
Notably, there's been no word about his presence in the Mortal Realms. On one hand, his presence is so recent that there was likely no chance for him to even appear in the most recent Chaos Battletomes, meaning that GW has plenty of time to write up some sort of plot hook to add him in and preserve the pan-universal theming of daemons. However, it's also likely that he just won't show up there as the forces of Chaos in that setting don't really have much on the tech angle - but c'mon, there's no way you wouldn't want Warp-corrupted steampunk dwarf zepplins. Also, Hashut is the one filling his niche of "evil god of industry" for fantasy/AoS. Not necessarily. Hashut in both Fantasy and Age of Sigmar is the Chaos God of Tyranny, whereas Vashtorr seems to be more of the embodiment of the innovative spirit. For Hashut, it is not the Dawi Zarr's use of technology that feeds him, but the subjugation and suffering that they use to fuel their infernal forges and their binding of technology with souls of the damned and daemons forever bound within Daemon Engines. Vashtorr does not operate in the same way, as he does not deceive or manipulate, but instead seeks to innovate, modify and grow as people are pushed to ever more dangerous extremes of development. In that sense, Hashut and Vashtorr are just complimentary in that tyarnny does not necessitate the harsh conditions of the forge, but in the grim darkness of the far future where technological innovation is dying, the two may overlap more than one would hope.
While holding considerable power in the Warp, his efforts to become a fifth Chaos God have so far been stymied by a lack of influence over the Materium, and so he sees his alliance with Abaddon as an opportunity to establish himself in realspace. Thus far, the only real opposition he faces is from Be'lakor, who undoubtedly does not like the competition for his own attempts in ascending to godhood. However, like his parents, even he hesitates at making a direct offensive lest he find himself thrown into a pit of thousands of daemon engines.
A small bit of dialogue between Hashut and Vashtorr
Hashut: "GET THE FUCK OFF MY LAWN WITH YOUR NEWFANGLED CYBERNETICS, YOU GODDAMN WHIPPERSNAPPER!"
Vashtorr: "THE FUTURE IS NOW, YOU OLD STEAMPUNK COOT!"
