Hashut

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Hashut is the god of the chaos drawfs

[edit] Father of Darkness

Hashut known as the Lord of the Forge, or as the Father of Darkness, is the bull headed god of the Chaos Drawfs. Inspired by Minoan and Babylonian cultures, Hashut is a being reminiscent of the Minotaur.

Hashut has been referenced many times as a fallen Bloodthirster of Khorne. He was a dangerous Bloodthirster in that unlike many other greater daemons, gained his own mind. His thirst for power led him to dabble in magic, in an attempt to surpass his master and secure his own godhood. This foolish gambit made him hated among to court of the blood god, and was hunted down for the sins he has committed. For in the eyes of Khorne, magic is cowardly and an insult to the honour of fighting.

In his bid to escape, Hashut made allies with many of the greenskin tribes of the worlds edge mountains. There he made his stand in the darklands. The savage battles they fought boiled away the rivers and left the land a desiccated ruin. To deny Hahut any further allies the followers of Knorne destroyed any greenskin village within the vincinity. So he stood and fought like the aspect of Knorne he is. Though he was mighty, and one of the most powerful of bloodthristers, he was no match for the tide of enemies Khorne sent. So though Hashut killed many, Khorne always sent more.

Knowing they would eventually overwhelm him, Hashut withdrew into the underground darkness to rebuild his strength. But Khorne’s slaves followed and finally cornered Hashut in a large underground cavern. Though like Hashut, suffering themselves from their own wounds. The followers of the Blood God instead imprisoned Hashut behind a great door of brass and darkened iron to hold him till Khorne saw fit to exact his vengeance in person.

For centuries Hashut lay in that darkness, and his thirst for vengeance growing every passing day. Probably forgotten by Khorne as there was always a battle worth fighting. So Hashut fell into myth, and from myth, forgotten.

[edit] Trying to clear it up, here follows what I have yet to look through

"...Unlike their western brethren, the Dwarf clans of the Mountains of Mourn didn’t receive Grungni’s warning before the Warpgates collapsed and Warpdust seeped into their settlements. Yet, the eastern Dwarfs realized that something was amiss and closed their doors. A surge of Warp matter obliterated the Dwarfs’ surface entrances and entrapped them below. For hundreds of years, the Dark Lands Dwarfs were trapped underground. No matter where they tunneled, impenetrable rock prevented them from reaching the surface. The Dwarfs burrowed ever-deeper, always seeking a way past the rock that trapped them.

They eventually tunneled into a magnificent underground gallery with walls of obsidian. Carefully exploring the cavern, the Dwarfs found a huge sealed door made of brass and darkened iron with arcane writings inscribed on it. Rune Lord Grimdalf the Grey took it upon himself to translate the glyph learn what was beyond the door. After many years, Grimdalf successfully read the script and, as he mouthed the last syllable, the resulting blast tore him apart. The sound of it reverberated throughout the tunnels, as did the roar of whatever it was Grimdalf had set free.

The thing from behind the door was free and Dwarfs were dying. Even when they finally tunneled out of the earth, the killings continued during the night. In time, fewer died and some Dwarfs were even allowed to return to their fellows with tales of a gigantic creature from the Darkness. With their Dwarfking dead (one of the beast’s first victims), the remaining clan leaders selected a delegation to approach the creature in its lair to learn its intent. It told them that its name was Hashut, Father of Darkness, and that he would grant them great power if they worshiped him alone. Hashut told the Dark Lands Dwarfs that their Ancestor Gods abandoned them to the onslaught of Chaos. Should they refuse, promised Hashut, their lines would come to an end and their achievements would be forgotten.

A heated argument broke out between those who saw wisdom in Hashut’s words and those who saw forsaking the Ancestor Gods as the first step to damnation. At the height of the debate, weapons were drawn and Dwarf slew Dwarf. Seeing the fight from afar, Hashut granted sorcerous powers to those elders who favored him, tipping the battle in their favor. To honor their new god, the victors sacrificed many of their brethren to Hashut, while they gave others to him as slaves. Some of these he mutated into the beasts that serve him: the Great Taurus and Lammasu. Hashut also took the most ferocious fighters for his cause and shaped them into the Bull Centaurs, his distinguished servants. Lastly, the victorious clan elders were permanently rewarded with powerful sorcerous abilities, which they used to Hashut’s glory.

In a final desperate act against their now debased rulers, the remaining Runesmiths revolted against Hashut’s new order. But, the corruption of the Dark Lands Dwarfs had even affected the power of the Runesmiths. The battle raged for months, but the Sorcerer-Priests were too strong. The Runesmiths were broken and enslaved, while the more powerful among them were sacrificed to Hashut after several days of ritual torture. With the last vestiges of their former culture removed, the corruption of the Dark Lands Dwarfs was completed. Hashut rewarded them with tusks to mark them as his own, while he granted the most devout

[edit] Links with Khorne

Hashut was trapped by Khorne. Though the reasons are unknown, it has been hinted that objects such as juggernauts where forged by Chaos Drawfs or by Hashut.
Some have suggested this might make Hashut a Bloodthirster who gained his own mind, and rebelled against his master choosing to become his own god. This would explain why Khorne was so determined to punish him and trap him away.
The following passage may or may not be linked to Hashut, though it tells of a Prince of Blood who used magic. Considered a sin to worshipers of Khorne, the ultimate rebellion. Although this section seems to be more akin to the bibles Revelations and the seven plagues. Everything is symbolic and not meant to be taken literally - it has to be interpreted.
This is the entire passage for the second creature:

And the Lord of Blood did stand before the second creature, which was a bull of fire and flowing metal, which had four legs and four legs more, and had a gaze of fire that scorched whatever its gaze fell upon. And this second creature did bow down before his master. And the Lord of Blood did raise his sword and strike the head of this second creature from its body. And as the blade cleaved through its neck there blossomed a pillar of fire that reached up high above the world and then dove down to bore into its heart. Upon which each hill and mountain of the world was consumed in its flame which shattered their peaks and threw them high into the air to fall upon the peoples fleeing from their hidden homes. Thus none could hide from the final wrath.

The full article tells of the end of world at the hands of Khorne. Each creature is said to look in each direction, this is a representative of how each creature will inflict destruction upon every corner of the world. Eight is also the favored number of Khorne, with there being eight directions eg W, SW etc.

The second creature is Hashut. It is clear who he serves or will serve eventually. It is interesting because it refers to Hashuts brand of magic - fire. And even a possible reference to the Hellcannon - possibly a great catastrophe with an experiment. It will effect all those that have their homes beneath the surface, since the first creature took care of those above.

The reason why a bull was chosen is because it goes with the old saying - A Raging Bull. What other animal is there that comes to mind when thinking of anger and hatred.