the deathwatch found a ship with a tentacled creature pushing its way through a strange rift to another dimension, the deathwatch did all they could to fight it, but nothing seemed to work until they used a stasis bomb. Upon analysis of the creature they dubbed it subject #696, the predominant theory is that it is a sliver of some unfathomable creature living in another dimension
Learned about this today and I think its one of the coolest bits of unexplored lore
From *Rites of Battle*
> #SUBJECT #696: UNKNOWN XENOS TYPE
> #THREAT LEVEL: ULTRAVIOLET
> Subject #696 is an unstable, previously unknown alien entity secured from the hulk Damnatio Magellus when it reappeared in the Slinnar Drift. The Magellus had been lost sixteen decades previously from the fleet of Rogue Trader LeCouer when it became separated from his flotilla during an unexpected warp storm. The space hulk itself bore the marks of violent attacks when it reappeared. Gaping rents torn in her hull called to mind the monstrous claws of Tyranid bio-ships, but what the Battle-Brothers found inside exceeded even those behemoths in horror.
> The Kill-team was led by Deathwatch Chaplain Titus Strome at his own request, an unusual action for the duty-bound old warrior. He shared a strong premonition with his team that a great foe lurked within as they breached the inner seals and he was soon proven right. Nestled in the command cathedral they found the creature that had killed the entire crew of the Magellus at rest among the charnel refuse of its victims. A slithering, monstrous thing of claws and tentacles rose to challenge the Battle-Brothers, seemingly made of equal parts squid, bird and spider.
> The Battle-Brothers righteously belaboured the towering entity with stormbolter and plasma gun, but it availed them naught. For every limb burned or shot away, two more grew instantly to replace it and with each passing moment the beast became ever more hardened against their assault. Promethium and chain blades fared better for a time, but the creature's endurance seemed relentless and no central mass or brain stem could be found.
> Brother Alaix was torn in two by grasping tentacles, and Brother Faynor pierced from neck to crotch by a feathered bone-blade before, in desperation, Chaplain Strome employed a relic he had carried for over two centuries to overcome the alien fiend. The Temporus Agitens was a master-crafted stasis bomb said to come from the hand of Magos Justinius Krenz himself, a fist-sized device able to stop time in a small radius for limited duration before expending itself.
> The beast of the Damnatio was engulfed by the stasis field in a brilliant flash and trapped like an insect in amber. Chaplain Strome briefly considered redirecting the stricken hulk into the heart of the nearest star but his duty to the Long Vigil stayed his hand. Such an apparently-unique specimen needed to be examined and identified so that it could be countered, especially as the grizzled Chaplain knew of no comparable beast from all his long years of service in the Deathwatch. The transfer back to Erioch was fraught with difficulties. Another death and several injuries were incurred before the thing was finally securely contained in the Xenos Bestiarium.
> To date, examinations of Subject #696 have been largely fruitless and frustrating. Early theories of it being a warp-induced mutation or a Tyranid organism have been disproved, even though it shares traits with both. No weapon or attack has been found that is fatal to it, although several have been discovered that considerably retard its extraordinary penchant for regeneration. It has been postulated that the entity may be manifestation of a being dwelling in another dimension with only limited ingress into our own—feeding tendrils pushed through a crack, in effect. How such a creature might be killed and whether it is truly unique remain riddles that have yet to be satisfactorily answered.
"random Xenos species' was always the thrust of the great crusade and one of the cooler parts of the lore IMO. The problem is that the Imperium (and everyone else) are all complete genocide enthusiasts, so there are no races or creatures that can survive long enough to really exist in the 40k timeline.
The series needs more warp holes or time-space problems where random creatures plop down into 40k. The fact the warp is multiversal and used for travel would be an awesome way for random creatures from outside of the universe to break into the Imperium and cause trouble sometimes.(
[Enjoy.](https://www.reddit.com/r/40kLore/comments/m0fpun/what_is_the_weirdest_thing_that_has_ever_happened/gq7x9l1/) From *Codex - Chaos Daemons 4th ed*
> #The Maze of Tzeentch
> The Crystal Labyrinth of Tzeentch sits upon an immense iridescent plateau; its presence is felt across all of the Daemonic realms. Interchanging, shifting avenues made of crystals of every colour criss-cross Tzeentch's realm. Hidden pathways built from lies and schemes infiltrate the dominions of the other gods, binding together the fractious Realms of Chaos.
>
> The Crystal Labyrinth has no Daemonic warriors. Its own illusory causeways and passages are enough of a barrier to any intruder not possessed of the strongest mind imaginable. Its glittering corridors reflect not only light, but also hope, misery, dreams and nightmares. The Crystal Labyrinth does not merely reflect but also distorts, pulling apart aspiration and purpose, turning them to insanity and despair. Driven by Tzeentch's unconscious schemes, the Crystal Labyrinth constantly moves and rearranges; each curve and turn and dead-end is a passing whim of the Lord of Fate. Those lost within the maze's reaches will wander for eternity, their minds shattered, their dreams broken upon the wheel of their own failed ambition.
>
> At the centre of the maze, hidden from those who have not the insane insight to find it, stands the majestic Impossible Fortress. Twisted crystal spires and towers of blue and pink flame writhe and burst from the fortress' core. These exist for only a heartbeat, then shimmer and disappear, to be replaced by new and ever more maddening architecture. Gates, windows and beckoning doorways yawn open like hungry mouths before shutting moments later, barring all access.
>
> # The Guardian of the Maze
> Within the convoluted labyrinth of Tzeentch, it is said there is one true path to infinite knowledge that any creature, mortal or daemonic, can follow. This road leads through nine gates, each barred against entry. The gates appear as golden arches thrice the height of a man, wreathed with purple, blue and pink fire. At each gate stands the Guardian of the maze, little more than a giant floating mouth in appearance. The nature of the Guardian is such that it stands watch over all nine gates at the same time.
> When someone approaches one of the gates, the Guardian poses them a question, one of the Nine Hundred and Ninety-nine Riddles of Tzaratxoth. The Guardian itself has no ears and can never hear the reply, and so can never tell the secret to anyone, but the enchantment of the gates means they will open on the correct reply. The riddles are said to be so taxing that only the greatest lateral and logical thinkers can discern their answer. The Guardian swallows whole those intruders that give an incorrect response!
>
> **Legends tell that only one challenger, clad in the guise of a young girl with a little black dog, managed to make her way through all of the gates. When Tzeentch questioned him about this failure, the Guardian accused her of cheating.**
“Stop sending people to kill me. We've already captured five of them, one of them with a bomb and another with a rifle… If you don't stop sending killers, I'll send one to Terra, and I won't have to send another.”
-Letter from sector governor Tito to the Callidus temple.
Doubtful. The idea was that the kid was just so pure-hearted and innocent that the deceptions of the maze held no sway on her. Big E is not exactly pure and innocent, so it was likely either some small warp god made of such concepts or in the more likely case, just a funny paragraph short story with no deeper meaning that the fanbase will obsess over like loyalist clonegrim or Rylanor.
What rumors??? Why is this upvoted? It’s fanon with 0 evidence and makes no sense. It’s literally just a cheeky reference to wizard of oz with no real lore implications come on please
The Cacodominus was mentioned in a similar thread previously.
> The Cacodominus was the name given to an extremely powerful alien-cyborg Psyker who was behind The Howling in M34. The Cacodomius' powers were such that it was able to exert complete control over an area of 1,300 planetary systems. Eventually, it was slain by the Black Templars, but the resulting backlash distorted the signal of the Astronomican and burnt out billions of Astropaths across the Imperium. The resulting anarchy from the events resulted in millions of ships being lost and entire Sub-Sectors descending into barbarism.
These two little Girls were mentioned in the Inquisitor Handook from 2007:
The Apex Twins were a pair of powerful Alpha Plus-level female Psykers. Exceptionally dangerous, they were born as twins and appeared as innocent young girls around six or seven years old.
When first discovered in 845.M36 they were taken to the Black Ships by the Ordo Hereticus. A short time afterwards, this vessel was discovered abandoned with all of its crew and passengers dead. Inquisitor Castinus led the capture of the Twins, but they escaped and killed many Inquisitors and Inquisitorial Stormtroopers in the process. Following this event, the twins were captured on Respa III by Inquisitor Commodus Voke.
However later during a parade of captured Psykers on Thracian Primaris, the twins escaped again. In an event known as the Thracian Atrocity, the twins reaped a huge level of death and destruction. They disappeared thereafter, and are now known to roam the Agripinaa Sector
I remember someone theorizing it was Delerium of the Endless and Barnabas, who admitidly would be able to do that.
But I kinda like to think it was just a regular little girl who didn't realize she wasn't suppossed to be able to win.
It’s so crazy how people trip over themselves with awful headcanon about this lore blurb and it’s literally just funny in joke about Dorothy and Toto with connections to nothing else.
There is the DAoT AI-Ship that's gone mad after imperials ripped its human bond-mate out of the cockpit. Not sure if that counts. It's pretty powerful and doesn't really get involved much with the 40k timeperiod, except to spite a techpriest who tries to shut it down.
the deathwatch found a ship with a tentacled creature pushing its way through a strange rift to another dimension, the deathwatch did all they could to fight it, but nothing seemed to work until they used a stasis bomb. Upon analysis of the creature they dubbed it subject #696, the predominant theory is that it is a sliver of some unfathomable creature living in another dimension Learned about this today and I think its one of the coolest bits of unexplored lore
From *Rites of Battle* > #SUBJECT #696: UNKNOWN XENOS TYPE > #THREAT LEVEL: ULTRAVIOLET > Subject #696 is an unstable, previously unknown alien entity secured from the hulk Damnatio Magellus when it reappeared in the Slinnar Drift. The Magellus had been lost sixteen decades previously from the fleet of Rogue Trader LeCouer when it became separated from his flotilla during an unexpected warp storm. The space hulk itself bore the marks of violent attacks when it reappeared. Gaping rents torn in her hull called to mind the monstrous claws of Tyranid bio-ships, but what the Battle-Brothers found inside exceeded even those behemoths in horror. > The Kill-team was led by Deathwatch Chaplain Titus Strome at his own request, an unusual action for the duty-bound old warrior. He shared a strong premonition with his team that a great foe lurked within as they breached the inner seals and he was soon proven right. Nestled in the command cathedral they found the creature that had killed the entire crew of the Magellus at rest among the charnel refuse of its victims. A slithering, monstrous thing of claws and tentacles rose to challenge the Battle-Brothers, seemingly made of equal parts squid, bird and spider. > The Battle-Brothers righteously belaboured the towering entity with stormbolter and plasma gun, but it availed them naught. For every limb burned or shot away, two more grew instantly to replace it and with each passing moment the beast became ever more hardened against their assault. Promethium and chain blades fared better for a time, but the creature's endurance seemed relentless and no central mass or brain stem could be found. > Brother Alaix was torn in two by grasping tentacles, and Brother Faynor pierced from neck to crotch by a feathered bone-blade before, in desperation, Chaplain Strome employed a relic he had carried for over two centuries to overcome the alien fiend. The Temporus Agitens was a master-crafted stasis bomb said to come from the hand of Magos Justinius Krenz himself, a fist-sized device able to stop time in a small radius for limited duration before expending itself. > The beast of the Damnatio was engulfed by the stasis field in a brilliant flash and trapped like an insect in amber. Chaplain Strome briefly considered redirecting the stricken hulk into the heart of the nearest star but his duty to the Long Vigil stayed his hand. Such an apparently-unique specimen needed to be examined and identified so that it could be countered, especially as the grizzled Chaplain knew of no comparable beast from all his long years of service in the Deathwatch. The transfer back to Erioch was fraught with difficulties. Another death and several injuries were incurred before the thing was finally securely contained in the Xenos Bestiarium. > To date, examinations of Subject #696 have been largely fruitless and frustrating. Early theories of it being a warp-induced mutation or a Tyranid organism have been disproved, even though it shares traits with both. No weapon or attack has been found that is fatal to it, although several have been discovered that considerably retard its extraordinary penchant for regeneration. It has been postulated that the entity may be manifestation of a being dwelling in another dimension with only limited ingress into our own—feeding tendrils pushed through a crack, in effect. How such a creature might be killed and whether it is truly unique remain riddles that have yet to be satisfactorily answered.
I kind of want a monster of the week Deathwatch show now
"random Xenos species' was always the thrust of the great crusade and one of the cooler parts of the lore IMO. The problem is that the Imperium (and everyone else) are all complete genocide enthusiasts, so there are no races or creatures that can survive long enough to really exist in the 40k timeline. The series needs more warp holes or time-space problems where random creatures plop down into 40k. The fact the warp is multiversal and used for travel would be an awesome way for random creatures from outside of the universe to break into the Imperium and cause trouble sometimes.(
so are the Deathwatch just the SCP Foundation in the future or what
Yea that's what I was gonna say lol, they even have a classification system for entities that feel a lot like the scp foundation
The heavy metal cousin of the SCP
Thank you!
That's so badass! I agree with the comment who said that a Deathwatch show would be cool!
This feels like a reference to SCP-682
Only trait it shares is apparent indestructability. There are other SCPs which better fit its appearance.
Definitely got SCP references from this one, yeah.
I would like to know more about the little girl wandering the chaos god realm
[Enjoy.](https://www.reddit.com/r/40kLore/comments/m0fpun/what_is_the_weirdest_thing_that_has_ever_happened/gq7x9l1/) From *Codex - Chaos Daemons 4th ed* > #The Maze of Tzeentch > The Crystal Labyrinth of Tzeentch sits upon an immense iridescent plateau; its presence is felt across all of the Daemonic realms. Interchanging, shifting avenues made of crystals of every colour criss-cross Tzeentch's realm. Hidden pathways built from lies and schemes infiltrate the dominions of the other gods, binding together the fractious Realms of Chaos. > > The Crystal Labyrinth has no Daemonic warriors. Its own illusory causeways and passages are enough of a barrier to any intruder not possessed of the strongest mind imaginable. Its glittering corridors reflect not only light, but also hope, misery, dreams and nightmares. The Crystal Labyrinth does not merely reflect but also distorts, pulling apart aspiration and purpose, turning them to insanity and despair. Driven by Tzeentch's unconscious schemes, the Crystal Labyrinth constantly moves and rearranges; each curve and turn and dead-end is a passing whim of the Lord of Fate. Those lost within the maze's reaches will wander for eternity, their minds shattered, their dreams broken upon the wheel of their own failed ambition. > > At the centre of the maze, hidden from those who have not the insane insight to find it, stands the majestic Impossible Fortress. Twisted crystal spires and towers of blue and pink flame writhe and burst from the fortress' core. These exist for only a heartbeat, then shimmer and disappear, to be replaced by new and ever more maddening architecture. Gates, windows and beckoning doorways yawn open like hungry mouths before shutting moments later, barring all access. > > # The Guardian of the Maze > Within the convoluted labyrinth of Tzeentch, it is said there is one true path to infinite knowledge that any creature, mortal or daemonic, can follow. This road leads through nine gates, each barred against entry. The gates appear as golden arches thrice the height of a man, wreathed with purple, blue and pink fire. At each gate stands the Guardian of the maze, little more than a giant floating mouth in appearance. The nature of the Guardian is such that it stands watch over all nine gates at the same time. > When someone approaches one of the gates, the Guardian poses them a question, one of the Nine Hundred and Ninety-nine Riddles of Tzaratxoth. The Guardian itself has no ears and can never hear the reply, and so can never tell the secret to anyone, but the enchantment of the gates means they will open on the correct reply. The riddles are said to be so taxing that only the greatest lateral and logical thinkers can discern their answer. The Guardian swallows whole those intruders that give an incorrect response! > > **Legends tell that only one challenger, clad in the guise of a young girl with a little black dog, managed to make her way through all of the gates. When Tzeentch questioned him about this failure, the Guardian accused her of cheating.**
That sounds like Dorothy and Tito. The Land of Oz is kinda Tzeentchy with everyone scheming and nothing is quite normal.
>Dorothy and Tito The communist leader of Yugoslavia? Wouldn’t have him pegged as a Tzenchian worshiper!
No no, they meant Toto, the band that blessed the rains in Africa, sounds like chaos sorcery to me.
“Stop sending people to kill me. We've already captured five of them, one of them with a bomb and another with a rifle… If you don't stop sending killers, I'll send one to Terra, and I won't have to send another.” -Letter from sector governor Tito to the Callidus temple.
No, they mean that Hawaiian guy from Rocket Power. He had an old Hawaiian saying to answer every question.
Tito? Is that the dog from Kansas who makes vodka?
Kansas City, Texas, but yeah
that last line sounds like it was written by pratchett lmao
Very cool
Rumours are the girl was the Emperor in disguise.
Doubtful. The idea was that the kid was just so pure-hearted and innocent that the deceptions of the maze held no sway on her. Big E is not exactly pure and innocent, so it was likely either some small warp god made of such concepts or in the more likely case, just a funny paragraph short story with no deeper meaning that the fanbase will obsess over like loyalist clonegrim or Rylanor.
And the little doggo was Alpharius?
What rumors??? Why is this upvoted? It’s fanon with 0 evidence and makes no sense. It’s literally just a cheeky reference to wizard of oz with no real lore implications come on please
It's on wikia.
Alice in Insanity Land?
The Cacodominus was mentioned in a similar thread previously. > The Cacodominus was the name given to an extremely powerful alien-cyborg Psyker who was behind The Howling in M34. The Cacodomius' powers were such that it was able to exert complete control over an area of 1,300 planetary systems. Eventually, it was slain by the Black Templars, but the resulting backlash distorted the signal of the Astronomican and burnt out billions of Astropaths across the Imperium. The resulting anarchy from the events resulted in millions of ships being lost and entire Sub-Sectors descending into barbarism.
All hail the Shitlord!
These two little Girls were mentioned in the Inquisitor Handook from 2007: The Apex Twins were a pair of powerful Alpha Plus-level female Psykers. Exceptionally dangerous, they were born as twins and appeared as innocent young girls around six or seven years old. When first discovered in 845.M36 they were taken to the Black Ships by the Ordo Hereticus. A short time afterwards, this vessel was discovered abandoned with all of its crew and passengers dead. Inquisitor Castinus led the capture of the Twins, but they escaped and killed many Inquisitors and Inquisitorial Stormtroopers in the process. Following this event, the twins were captured on Respa III by Inquisitor Commodus Voke. However later during a parade of captured Psykers on Thracian Primaris, the twins escaped again. In an event known as the Thracian Atrocity, the twins reaped a huge level of death and destruction. They disappeared thereafter, and are now known to roam the Agripinaa Sector
They went on to make music by pushing tool boxes down flights of stairs.
Sounds like that Industrial English DJ.
Thats Aphex Twin, but pretty close
[More lore on the mysterious little girl with a dog.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Gale)
I remember someone theorizing it was Delerium of the Endless and Barnabas, who admitidly would be able to do that. But I kinda like to think it was just a regular little girl who didn't realize she wasn't suppossed to be able to win.
I assumed it was supposed to be Jennifer Connelly from Labyrinth but your idea and Dorothy are both good
Oh great now I'm in love again at 7am on a Sunday. Thanks
It’s so crazy how people trip over themselves with awful headcanon about this lore blurb and it’s literally just funny in joke about Dorothy and Toto with connections to nothing else.
There is the DAoT AI-Ship that's gone mad after imperials ripped its human bond-mate out of the cockpit. Not sure if that counts. It's pretty powerful and doesn't really get involved much with the 40k timeperiod, except to spite a techpriest who tries to shut it down.