Whether a person's essence lay in their soul or their body could spark hundreds, even thousands, of replies on a forum. It might even draw plenty of scientists into the discussion.
In a normal worldview, the soul was undoubtedly pseudoscience. Instead of pondering its nature, people might as well think about what to have for dinner—or whether they'd live long enough to collect their retirement pension.
But in the Warhammer World, souls undoubtedly existed, and were even more important than bodies. Warp corruption and daemonic temptation, for instance, both targeted the soul. Even when the C'tan devoured a Necrontyr feast, they would drain their life force and sneak a lick of their souls at the same time.
The essence of psychic power was to use one's will as a guide to channel the energy of heaven and earth—the Warp—and create miracles of one's own according to the desired outcome. The soul was like the SIM card in a phone that sent the signal.
That was why Hogg still couldn't use even a trace of psychic power. He had no soul at all, just an amorphous lump of flesh with self-awareness. Even his ability to wield Psionic Energy had only gradually developed after he devoured an excessive number of C'tan Shards.
Long ago, Hogg had conceived of a way to make use of psychic power. If it was so useful, but he couldn't wield it himself because he had no soul, could he use his own unique nature to control bodies that were skilled in psychic arts?
Then Hogg came to Nuceria for the first time. During his attempt to rescue Angron, he witnessed the local Butcher's Nails and officially began a new round of human experimentation.
But every one of these experiments failed without exception. Hogg's corruption was too powerful,