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Hi, my name is Robert Lamb, and this is The Monster Fact, a short form series from Stuff to Blow Your Mind in on mythical creatures, ideas, and monsters in time.

On today's special omnibus episode of Stuff to Blow Your Minds, The Monster Fact, we're going to dive into a little chaos undivided, if you will.

We have all four previously published episodes of the Monster Fact

concerning the chaos demons of Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 universe,

rank and file beside each other.

So up first, let's get to know the blood god, corn.

In this episode, I'm beginning a four-part monster fact series on the four main demonic factions in Games workshops Warhammer 40,000 universe.

So first, a little background.

The fictional far future 40K setting depicts an interstellar human

imperium with various dark fantasy and medieval elements. This aggressive imperium is challenged

on all sides by equally warlike alien societies, but they also face the threat of chaos.

In the 40-K setting, the demons of chaos exist in a psychic dimension called the warp, but they

can spill over into what is called real space through various methods and exploits.

So in this setting, demons are not the mere creation of religion or occultism,

but an actual spiritual and physical threat to humanity. Heretical drift on a far-flung planet

can mean far more than just mere rebellion. It can lead to a demonic incursion that consumes

billions of souls.

There are various ways to divide up demonic factions in a created world like this,

but 40K largely splits the forces of chaos into four distinct flavors.

Red, blue, green, and purple, representing bloodthirst, chaotic change, pestilence, and hedonism, each a major

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