Editing Hashut (section)

==Nature==
[[File:Warhammer Hashut.png|right|thumb|A bronze effigy of the Father of Darkness.]]
Hashut is an interesting being, because even though he's technically a "god", he's nowhere close to the Big Four. Rather, much like the [[Horned Rat]], Hashut is more likely a very powerful daemon who hit on a good thing and grew even more powerful because of it. Whether he embodies a specific aspect of the emotional spectrum is unclear because even though he seems to feed mostly on suffering and subjugation, that's not necessarily a unique trait when it comes to Chaos. Hashut seems to have an explicit connection with fire, heat, and bulls, with his sacrifices usually combining all three as chosen victims are cooked in bull-shaped cauldrons full of lava or roasted alive in bull-shaped burning chambers. One Chaos Dwarf Sorcerer Lord even has a bull-shaped wall that he attaches his victims to before spraying them down with lava pumped through pressure hoses. Exactly why Hashut loves fire and bulls so much is also unclear, but hey, a Chaos god's gotta have an aesthetic and apparently nobody had done flaming bulls yet so here we are. Though explanation for it can be quite simple: Hashut was most likely modeled after the Biblical Moloch that was associated with everything mentioned above, with burning human sacrifices to it continuing to up until Romans [[Exterminatus|EXTERMINATUS'D]] Carthage, though Moloch actually one-ups Hashut in evilness since his human sacrifices were exclusively required to be _children_ . Aside from this, "burning people in a bull shaped statue" is also related with torture device called the "Brazen Bull" designated by orders of an ancient schizoid tyrant of Sicilian city of Akragas, Phalaris.

Oddly enough, of all the Chaos "gods" in the setting, Hashut arguably seems to count among the ''least'' brutal when it comes to how he treats his followers. Though the Chaos Dwarfs are undoubtedly twisted and incredibly evil thanks to his patronage, Hashut doesn't go out of his way to [[Tzeentch|mess with them like a certain blue, bird-lovin' mofo]], [[Khorne|force them to fight for eternity for his favor]], [[Nurgle|"bless" them with horrific diseases]], [[Slaanesh|murder-rape them]], or [[Horned Rat|encourage constant scheming and backstabbing to the point of near-permanent paranoia]]. Even though some Chaos Dwarfs are mutated, it's usually seen as a good thing, with Bull Centaurs forming a sort of "holy warrior" caste within the society of the Dawi Zharr. The only exception would be the slowly-turning-to-rock mutations of the Sorcerer caste, but then again, that might not be Hashut's doing as Dwarfs were never intended to use magic, and they do gain pretty impressive powers in return for that trade off. So even though he's a grim, malignant dude, in general Hashut seems to be happy to back the Chaos Dwarfs up on their business as long as he gets the cut he wants. That and he did basically save their race from destruction, though at the price of their souls and sanity, but the Chaos Dwarfs honestly don't seem to mind that much all things considered. Honestly, it's nice to see such a positive working relationship in the setting.

Given that the Chaos Dwarfs follow Hashut exclusively, it could be argued that he was uniquely qualified for the job. He had just the right combination of dark power, personality and made the right demands in exchange for his blessings to get at least a few of the normally unyielding Dawi to bend the knee to his cause when in extremis.

It is currently unknown whether Hashut is responsible for the super tall hats that the Chaos Dwarfs like to wear, but honestly, it was probably part of the pact that they had to wear ridiculous headgear. Depending on your point of view, that might have been the most evil or kindest thing he ever did to them.