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Sometimes, a Mandrake of particular age and power will join a Dark Eldar raid and will lead others of its kind in the taking of slaves or in pursuit of one of its more esoteric desires. The Aeldari are the most psychically gifted of all sentient beings in the galaxy and as the hedonistic corruption gradually seduced them, the echoes of their ecstasy and agony began to ripple through time and space. Those Wracks who have served their masters the longest and are considered his chief minion are known as Acothysts. Turning off personalized advertising opts you out of these sales. Learn more in our Privacy Policy., Help Center, and Cookies & Similar Technologies Policy. - Howling bansheesLegs from Shadow Spectres (FW), female torso from guardians (40K), arms from the actual howling banshee kit (40K), head from dark eldar scourges (40K), and hair from witch elves (AOS). Vulkhere saw here a chance to eliminate his own long-time foes and give the appearance of making war upon the Ynnari without expending time and resources hunting down Yvraine herself. Typical raiding parties will have their ranks swelled further by hirelings or opportunists from the many mercenary subcultures that exist within Commorragh. In his arrogance, Lord Xelian had not reckoned with the resourcefulness of the Space Marines trapped within the stricken Strike Cruiser. The greatest of the Succubi seek through the art of death to transcend the brute violence of the arenas and become living avatars of the act of death, hoping to follow in the wake of the Dark Muses and become revered as the embodiment of a particular type of murder. Commorragh was originally the greatest of the Webway port-cities, impossibly vast and able to transport a fleet to any of the most vital planets of the Aeldari Empire by virtue of its many portals. It was roughly December 2016 when I looked at my Dark Eldar/Drukhari army and decided it was about time I built a Voidraven. And so it started. As such, they are arrogant and see themselves as far better than the majority of Dark Eldar, who are born in amniotic gestation tubes and whom the Trueborn call the Halfborn. This was added to with pieces from fantasy Wood Elf Dryads. This murder-artist is constantly moving, their every acrobatic step accompanied by a lashing blade. This area of Wilderness Space was well-known among the Human starfarers of the Segmentum Tempestus for the number of spacecraft that had disappeared within its confines. They sit at the apex of the Dark Eldar hierarchy that controls the Dark City and the Labyrinthine Realm of the Dark Eldar's portion of the Webway. These racks are hung with special syringes that channel their noxious concoctions directly into their spinal sump. Looked fun. Such raids will often be executed with a specific acquisition in mind, be it deadly new beasts for the arenas or esoteric living ingredients to render down into the potent cocktails of combat drugs that the Wych Cults favour. Rather than present one obvious target, Dark Eldar strike forces attack in waves, with a veritable horde of their skimmer craft pouring out of the Webway portals they open in the tortured skies of targeted worlds. Every Wych Cult is governed by 3 Succubi who collectively lead it in the form of a triune council. Hes an old school aristocrat. They rarely sully their tongues with the grunting languages of the lesser races, using translator technology on the occasions that communication is unavoidable. A Drukhari Kabalite Warrior slaughtering Orks. Their senses are extremely sharp, able to perceive incredible levels of detail. Because of the access it granted to the far-flung corners of realspace, this mighty metropolis was reckoned to be the most important location in the entire Webway. The Trueborn Kabalite Warriors are an elite group that excludes any "Halfborn" Drukhari birthed in an amniotic tube from their company. In matters of war the Drukhari are artisans supreme, their technology refined to such a point that it may as well be magical. Harlequins use a sophisticated Holo-suit to fragment their visual image and foil incoming fire and physical blows from the enemy. It was too valuable to the Aeldari as a whole to belong to any single aspect of their empire, so it existed outside the jurisdiction of the great Aeldari councils of that time. The omnipresent intrigues of the Dark City thrive on information, without which even the greatest of the Kabals is soon rendered impotent. The Raider's primary function is to serve as a troop transport during a realspace raid and it has a passenger capacity of 10 Dark Eldar warriors, whether they are drawn from a Kabal, a Wych Cult, a Haemonculi Coven or from one of the various mercenary Dark Eldar groups of the Dark City. Asdrubael Vect, Archon of the Kabal of the Black Heart. The Kiss can be punched into an enemy's body and the monofilament wire inside then uncoils, reducing the target's internal organs to a bloody spray in only an instant. At this point, the Grotesque has usually been clinically lobotomised, though some are left dimly aware of their situation the better to grasp the full horror of what has been done to them. In the Koronus Expanse it is different, as that lawless place has neither a fleet capable of guarding the uncharted wastes nor a tightly controlled network of worlds that can call upon one another in times of need. Most Wyches wield a close combat weapon and Splinter Pistol, while others may make use of Shardnets, Impalers, Hydra Gauntlets and the dreaded Dark Eldar Razorflails. Almost immediately after the arrival of the Drukhari and its establishment as a port, the Nexus began to operate as a hub for trade and a base for raiding. Location: Australia. He walks with the grace of a stalking sabrecat and when he does so there is no sound, for his formidable warsuit is so perfectly designed that it subtracts from his native agility only slightly. The body is Warrior, the extra parts are again Dryad, and the gun is custom made from Plasticard rods. The other side has sections deliberately cut away to expose their pale flesh, as if to tempt Death himself. Each close combat attack is made with a melee weapon. They relocated their headquarters to the Labyrinth Dimension known as the Aeldari Webway, for so great was their political influence that they could command the construction of entire extradimensional sub-realms just for themselves. Any less will result in the unleashing of civil strife that will see entire Kabals and Wych Cults destroyed, thousands murdered amongst the spires of the Dark City and slavery and torture for almost all as the enemies of both sides seize their own advantage. Razorwings are brazen aircraft specifically designed to terrify the foe with their screaming approach. This will be updated based on comments from you guys. Each squad of Kabalite Warriors is led by an officer called a Sybarite, typically the most veteran and experienced among their number. A Talos Pain Engine is the most widespread of the Dark Eldar's many so-called Engines of Pain. The Harlequin prefer to dwell within the shattered corners of the original Eldar Webway, and they usually only interact with the other Eldar societies on the night before what they believe will be a particularly important battle for the Eldar race. These suits are donned during long, and usually painful pre-combat rituals, the better to ensure the Warrior's psyche has been honed to a single point of murderous intent, somewhat like those Eldar Aspect Warriors who "put on their war mask" when they go to battle, though Kabalite Warriors express only the darkest and most violent extremes of Khaine's battle-madness. While this is a ready source of slaves and victims for the raids of the region's Kabals, it is a realm largely inhospitable to the Drukhari, so strong is the presence of She Who Thirsts within the storm. He tore apart the Astra Militarum regiments garrisoning the planets of the Desaderian System, devastated their fortifications and disappeared with his living bounty into the depths of the Dark City, leaving nothing but utter ruin in his wake. They strike with little or no warning, using an interdimensional labyrinth known as the Webway to traverse the galaxy safely and far more quickly than most advanced starfaring species are able to with their Warp jumps. Vect, meanwhile, elevated himself to a position of total supremacy, borne to unimaginable heights upon an ever-growing mountain of cooling corpses. The Dark Eldar have no pity for the dead, whether their own or of other species. The need for labour or hard work in Aeldari society became nothing but a dim memory of a difficult past. Bone growth is accelerated by injections of osseovirals, which results in the excruciatingly painful growth of external bone spines from the massively muscled back of the nascent Grotesque. Next, another Executuoner body, but the musician this time, given a weird spirit creature coming out of the drum so that it looks like a container fore a beastly presence. However, it is now more correct to refer to the Aeldari of the craftworlds as simply "Aeldari," "Craftworld Aeldari," or when comparing them to the other Aeldari kindreds, the "Asuryani. The wool was wrapped around the inside of the circular space to provide a base, and the wires layed across for support. Quantity: Add to Cart. Even if the warrior survives this grueling procedure, he is still not yet a true Scourge, for he must then fly all the way to the corpse-strewn aeries of his new brethren. add to list The Drukhari are a plague upon the Koronus Expanse. Heedless of the brutal effects of overdosing, members of a Wych Cult may take a massive dose of combat drugs to further enhance their combat prowess. The true origins of those who now call themselves the Drukhari can be found in hidden enclaves amidst the atrocity and mayhem of the terrible time of the Fall of the Aeldari, the great cataclysm that nearly destroyed the entire Aeldari species. An almighty psychic shockwave scythed across the galaxy, destroying countless billions of Aeldari souls as Slaanesh's birth cries echoed through the material realm. Rather than let the box just sit in a cupboard, I set to restoring and salvaging as many as I could. A rich and daring Dark Eldar may surrender himself to the mercies of the Haemonculi and request that his bones be hollowed out by the drills of a Talos, that bands of new, vat-grown muscle be grafted onto his torso, and powerful avian wings and adrenaline dispensers be attached to his shoulders so that he is capable of undertaking true flight. The constant stream of individual selfishness and indulgence pouring into the Warp from the Aeldari Empire nourished and empowered that which lay within -- a nascent god of pleasure and pain, content to wait and to grow. ", Archon Salaine Morn, of the Kabal of the Shadowed Thorns. Mistweaver Saih (AoS), clip off her sword, paint the mist as bone and be good to go with very little effort. Caught between the hammer of the Drukhari assault and the anvil of the Astra Militarum -- amongst whose ranks were Vect's false Humans, who had engineered These were built using strong wire thread through a collection of spiky beads in tended for neckalces or something like that. His warriors emerged from cover as a single force, sending a Krak Missile soaring into each of the nine towering spars that held his craft captive with their beams of electromagnetic force. The history of the Drukhari is one of unrelenting horror. All Drukhari found this horrifying, for to them a Human form was ungainly and ape-like, a cruel mockery of a biped in comparison to the lithe and alabaster-skinned Aeldari anatomy. So the main abse is Kabalite Warrior armour, this one specifically from the old third edition plastic kit. Corsairs arms again, this time with a sword and Dark Elf Warrior shield, all topped with morathis head. Posted by Sideburner. Their ebon skins writhe with blasphemous runes and their faces shift and flow, one moment a featureless mask, the next parting to reveal a maw filled with sharpened teeth. The Drukhari have fallen from true grace in the most profound of ways. Only two more components left to sort out, and the first to be done was the crew. This models agoniser can be replaced with one of the following: 1 blast pistol; 1 splinter pistol. Such is the surety and confidence of its Dark Eldar occupants that they can hang onto the balustrades and trophy-hooks of the Raider with ease even as it races forward at breakneck speeds, rejoicing in the thrill of the hunt as the enemy's shrapnel bursts all around them. Other unfortunates are rendered down, their final fate to be imbibed as an elixir or narcotic by the monstrous beings who stole their lives. "Explain your meaning, slave, and in plainer words. The Cult of Strife Wych Cult Detachment is led by a Master Succubus. Yet through pure guile and murderous ambition he eventually rose to become the leader of a militant organisation that he named the Kabal of the Black Heart. Every Klaivex is a born killer whose skill in taking lives is so extraordinary that even other Dark Eldar believe there must be something supernatural about their power. Vect began his days as an Aeldari slave. Clad in a form of porous body armour called Ghostplate, they descend from above, shrieking with the sheer exhilaration as they ruthlessly scythe down those who seek to escape. These hideous creatures are called Nightfiends among the Dark Eldar and they may possess many powers of shadow that remain unknown even to the denizens of Commorragh. Two dozen strike cruisers, each appearing like a chunk of Gothic architecture reshaped for war, hammered though the wide-open portal into the shadowy skies of the Dark City. Return fire saw more than one gunship or transport explode in mid-air, shedding screaming bodies as its wreckage plummeted. Each communique is sealed with tailor-made toxins, the antidotes to which -- usually -- are only held by the recipient. For each, two lenths of wire, some wool, and some thread. The Harlequins' Flip Belts are personal anti-gravity devices that enable them to bound and somersault over even the most treacherous footing. Much of it is hidden in shadow, recorded only in allegory and fable by those intelligent races whose worlds they have ravaged. The power vacuum left by the vanquished ancient Drukhari noble houses of High Commorragh was quickly filled by Asdrubael Vect and his jubilant Kabal of the Black Heart, who had proven their superiority to their rivals in the crucible of war. Life on the Aeldari core worlds was idyllic, with fantastically sophisticated machines that took care of all the labour and manufacturing required to keep an advanced society functioning, leaving the Aeldari free to indulge in other, more aesthetic pursuits. Some Succubi also make use of Plasma Grenades for crowd control during realspace raids. Some of these feature labels which say Crewman built by Devilish. The Succubi are collectively called the ynnitach in the Eldar Lexicon, the "brides of death." How fitting that we, the Dark Eldar should kill them where they feel safest.". Yet the architects of this catastrophe were spared the worst of its wrath, hidden deep within the bounds of the Webway. The pilot had to be moved to the front, because I just think thats a better place for him and a small contorl rod, and the three gunners are collected in the side platforms with Scourge arms used to weapons. The Vortex is home to teeming hordes of daemon-worshippers and mutants, living and dying at the whims of warlords and sorcerers intent on murder and subjugation in the name of their dark gods. Male Wyches exist, but they ensure that their Wych Cult is never at a lack for strong or talented offspring; they are valued within the Cult, but rarely attain high rank or perform in the gladiatorial arenas of the Dark City. The death spasms of those captured propel the Talos towards its enemies as its unique Sting wildly spews death in all directions and its many-bladed arms cut through armour and bone alike with lashing blows. We've been lucky enough to receive a review copy and we'll be taking a close look at the contents in this article. In the Cult of Strife, the respect commanded by a Succubus is commensurate to her latest act of beauteous murder. Unknown to the Imperium, there existed a vast portal into a main arterial of the Webway within Desaderian space, shielded by holofields that made it appear to be nothing more than a shimmer in the starlight, perhaps a result of gravitational lensing. They relish breaking the bodies of their captives, but prize even more highly the crushing of their spirit, for nothing is more gratifying to a Drukhari than securing utter dominion over one who has resisted them. Furthermore, all Wyches are skilled knife-fighters who can kill a foe many times their size with the smallest of blades. Their alabaster skin is corpse-like in its pallor, for there is no true sunlight within their shadowy realm. Yet Kraillach's rampage was ultimately halted by a "stray" blast from a Dark Lance that vapourised him where he stood. When it comes to war, the Drukhari are veritable artists. Raids are planned in meticulous detail by the archons and Succubi that lead them, and hidden routes through the Webway are opened in readiness for the assault. Sprays of arterial blood and explosively dismembered corpses mark their passage, the laughter of these merciless warriors the last thing their victims will hear. He worked instead through puppets and whispersmiths, layering intrigue and rumour atop one another until Drukhari Kabals, Haemonculus Covens and Wych Cults alike moved against the Ynnari without ever realising that they did so at Vect's behest. The shapes set into their flesh are Eldar sigils of destruction that pulse with a venomous green brilliance when the Mandrake feeds upon the terror and pain of its victims. To understand the reasons for the Fall, it is necessary to know something of the Aeldari mind and soul. Spearheads of grav-craft slid through the greenlit gloom around the spire, staying low amidst the lambent fog so that their sails cut through the fume like the fins of oceanic predators. Yet the carnage they leave in their wake is breathtakingly real. In the end, I settled on a design which featured massive holes in them, intending to fashion some kind of webway portal within each hole as both a weapon and power source. They are at their most dangerous when the foe believes them surrounded, but this simply gives them more victims to practice their killing art upon. Before they enter combat, many traditionalist Wych Cults invoke the Red Crone Hekatii, or make sacrifices to Qa'leh, Mistress of Blades. The Aeldari were capable of becoming just as irredeemably corrupt as they were of transcending their flaws and touching the divine. Only the most capable are recruited for each realspace raid, which is why Drukhari warriors are such determined opponents, and why their bitter rivalries are set aside during battle. Similarly, the vile Haemonculus covens that lurk in the bowels of Commorragh have standing armies of their own. - WracksBloodletter upper body (AOS/40K), Flagellants lower body (AOS), Wrack mask, Wrack or bloodletter or crypt ghoul arms, (Drukhari) bits or plastic card conversions for weapons. In the end though, i decided that a better look would be an electrical web. Hellions gather together into large gangs to better ensure their survival, some of which can be as large as a lesser Kabal. Thugh they are trained in the use of every form of blade and ranged weapon, they favour the use of the potent Power Swords they call Klaives. The DRUKHARI and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Drukhari datasheets: The DRUKHARI and BEAST keywords are used in the following Drukhari datasheets: Exotic chemical stimulants are widely used to heighten combat performance, despite the risk of a deadly overdose. Enemy pilots are equally helpless, their comms filling with panicked shouts as they try to hunt fast and deadly ghosts that their instruments insist simply do not exist. These alien pirates strike hard and fast from the shadows of the Webway, vanishing again before the foe can fight back. A Talos Pain Engine searches for its next unfortunate victim. Id need a Succubus. You can go for "Murder of Crowz black plague": Link or "Murder of crowz": Link. Their athletic bodies are defined by whipcord muscle, shaped and enhanced until they are physically stronger on average than their Craftworld Aeldari counterparts, as the Drukhari prize physical and martial prowess highly. Hekatrix Bloodbrides are armoured in Wychsuits, and normally make use of Plasma Grenades, a Splinter Pistol and close combat weapons like Razorflails, Hydra Gauntlets, Shardnets and Impalers. The Expanse is a playground for the Drukhari, where along with the myriad of other alien menaces they can raid worlds and take voidships with relative impunity, slipping away into the night from whence they came. A Kabalite overlord surrounds himself with retainers and personal bodyguards at his court. But the Supreme Overlord of Commorragh found himself in something of a quandary. They are all of an ancient age, even for Eldar, and their withered and horrific appearances speaks of a Dark Eldar so old they have passed beyond the ability to regenerate a youthful appearance no matter how much of others' torment and agony they immerse themselves in. and our This descent into decadence spanned Terran millennia. This reality is magnified in the Wych Cults, whose curved, envenomed blades extend the exquisite pain of every perfect cut. They are built from very lightweight materials, with blades honed to a mon-molecular edge capable of cutting through even ceramite armour plating when sufficient force is employed. Demi-Archons if you will, you have either sworn fealty of been subjugated under the strength of the Kabal Of The Eternal Night. In these "false Humans," Vect saw opportunity -- one so twisted and sadistic that Urien Rakarth agreed to orchestrate it on his behalf. Whilst toying with the pieces of Raider hull left over from a different project, the idea struck - an actually open-hulled weapons platform with massive, silly wings.

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