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InheritDistrust

How many Skulls are actually in the Skull Throne

So me and the boys have been talking and the question has come up of that, Khorne is huge, and his throne is usually depicted as a small mountain worth of human skulls. This begs the question of roughly how many human skulls go into such a throne, and is there some order to them? Like does khorne use the shittier skulls as a foot rest or use the softer, more supple skulls for better ergonomics for his back?

Now I know some of you are going to say this is heresy and that the inquisition is going to have us executed for asking such things but such knowledge is definitely vital for totally non heretical reasons!

Posted Oct 2, 2019, 4:14 PM UTC

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grayheresy•

It's at least 10

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Kingofkrakens•

You are not wrong

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Samuraidino2•

Imagine the most skulls you could possibly comprehend.

It's at least double that.

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The_Fallen_Star•

Reminds me when I used to chop wood. The saying was get wood and sticks until you are 100% satisfied you have enough for the night. And when you finally get enough, get 3 times more. Then it's enough.

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Cataclysmus78•

....to get to half.

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Jesterpest•

It’s like Dakka, if you think you have the right amount, you’re still too low.

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damnwilsonwtf•

Well over 9000

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Oystobix•

I see Dragon Ball Z reference. I up vote Dragon Ball Z reference.

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damnwilsonwtf•

I saw an opportunity and I had to go for it

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Andyjones99•

Imagine if every man, woman and child in the world today had a billion billion skulls. Now consider there are a million+ world's in the imperium. Add up all the skulls. You might just about be able to pad a cushion. A small cushion.

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Anteas_01•

How many skulls are in the skull-throne? Yes.

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Dark-Reaper•

This entire thread smells of Heresy. OP, you are dangerously close to a blamming as most good citizens shouldn't be asking about Khorne, much less his seating furniture. And you have suspiciously in depth knowledge.

I shall humor you for the moment with some forbidden knowledge. Perhaps if you prove your worth you can join my Inquisitorial retinue. Assuming your mind doesn't crack, you will travel across the galaxy fighting horrors the rest of humanity doesn't know about so they can continue to live their lives serving the Emperor in blissful ignorance. Otherwise you will be burned alive.

No one alive has seen the Skull Throne, but captured forces of chaos purport that his throne is forged of skulls taken from his favored skulls through all of history. Those skulls that displease him instead fill the world upon which his throne sits, forming the ground upon which his servants walk. So many skulls are there that a human mind simply can not fathom the specific number, as it would be larger than the entire population of multiple imperial hive world.

Now why then would you desire this information?

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borvir1287•

Inquisitor, you are being lax in the duties He has bestowed upon you. You should not be giving out such heretical knowledge, that is a greater heresy. I shall be contacting the local fortess.

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Dark-Reaper•

You dare question an Inquisitor? For your enlightenment I will let you know that I have been invested with the power and authority of the High Lords of Terra to do whatever I deem necessary for the defense of the Imperium.

Blam!

Now, on to recruiting a potential new inquisitor...

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borvir1287•

You dare attack an Inquisitor? Radical scum!!!

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HamSteamExtreme•

Just one big one

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adrian_nwb•

Enough to feel comfortable and confident...but not too much.

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smileimhigh•

All of em

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XR171•

Not enough.

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Asthaloth•

Never enough.

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dyre_zarbo•

I would say that it equals a fraction where the divisor = 0.

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robottikon•

Heresy is fine, really

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Cataclysmus78•

There are precisely enough skulls on the Skull Throne to make you want more skulls.

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boundone•

Well, Khorne isn't 'huge', Khorn is a Chaos god, he's got no size, and so could manifest at whatever size fits the ever growing throne.

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PeeterEgonMomus•

Okay, I'm going to make some crazy assumptions here to try and get an order of magnitude estimate on this. Let's say the skull throne is ~a cone that's as wide as Khorne is tall and half as high (that seems like a decent size seat, right?). So, let's say Khorne's at least primarch-sized: 10' or so. I think he's a big boy, so let's go with 12. That gives our cone volume of ~200 cubic feet. Approximating the average human skull as taking up a 6"x6"x8" volume in the stack, that's six skulls to the cubic foot. All told, that means we're looking at ~1200 skulls for a 12-foot wide throne. That's gonna scale with his height cubed, so a 24-ft pile would need close to 10,000, etc. etc.

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