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[[Image:Ambull Mini.jpg‎|thumb|right|Ambull miniature]]
[[Image:Ambull_Mini.jpg‎|thumb|right|Ambull miniature]]
 
'''Ambulls''' are subterranean alien creatures native to the [[Death World|death world]] of Luther McIntyre IX.
 
  
They can easily survive extremely hot temperatures, which has led to attempts at domestication on several hot desert planets. As a consequence, Ambulls are one of the Imperium's more common alien creatures.
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'''Ambulls''' are subterranean [[xenos]] creatures native to the [[Desert World|desert]] [[Death World|death world]] of [[Luther McIntyre IX]].{{Fn|1}}
  
Ambulls have huge barrel chested bodies and an ape-like stance. Their arms reach almost to the ground, while their legs are crooked and short. Their limbs end in iron hard claws used for digging through the soft stone of their homeworld. Ambulls will excavate tunnels in which to live, spending most of their time underground. Due to the intense heat of Luther McIntyre's sun, the Ambull's subterranean lifestyle is shared with many of the death world's inhabitants, including the Ambull's favorite food, the Crawler. Ambulls will pursue prey through soft rock by tunneling at considerable speed.
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== Biology and Behavior ==
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Ambulls can easily survive extremely hot temperatures, which has led to attempts at domestication on several hot desert planets. As a consequence, Ambulls can be found on desert planets throughout the Imperium.{{Fn|1}}
  
The Ambull's most characteristic feature are their huge expandable jaws. Their eyes are able to sense heat.
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Ambulls have huge barrel chested bodies and an ape-like stance, their arms reaching almost to the ground, while their legs are crooked and short. The Ambull's most characteristic feature are their huge expandable jaws. Their eyes are able to sense heat.{{Fn|1}}
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The Ambull's limbs end in iron-hard claws used for digging through the soft stone of their homeworld. Ambulls will excavate tunnels in which to live, spending most of their time underground. These burrows can often form extensive underground complexes.{{Fn|1}} Their tunnelling abilities have also defied attempts on many Imperial worlds to domesticate or corral them{{Fn|2a}}.
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Due to the intense heat of Luther McIntyre's sun, the Ambull's subterranean lifestyle is shared with many of the death world's inhabitants, including the Ambull's favorite food, the Crawler. Ambulls will pursue prey through soft rock by tunneling at considerable speed.{{Fn|1}}
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Ambulls were sighted on the [[Ice World]] [[Simia Orichalcae]] while the [[Valhallan 597th]] were protecting a valuable [[promethium]] refinery.  It was later speculated that they had arrived through a warp portal opened from some unknown desert world by a [[Necron]] scouting force that deployed to Simia Orichalcae.  These rogue ambulls killed several promethium miners in the lower tunnels, while [[Commissar]] [[Ciaphas Cain]] and a Valhallan scouting party slew a great number of the beasts in the tunnels.  It was noted that they could tunnel through ice as easily as sand or rock, and were remarkably survivable away from their normal desert environment{{Fn|2b}}.
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After the Simia Orichalcae campaign, Cain dined with [[Inquisitor]] [[Amberley Vail]] at an upscale hotel, which offered ambull steak on its room-service menu{{Fn|2c}}.  [[Logash]], a [[Tech Priest]], had earlier told Cain's aide [[Ferik Jurgen]] that ambull meat tasted much like [[grox]]{{Fn|2a}}.
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==See also==
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*[[List of Fauna]]
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==
*[[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader]]
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*{{Endn|1}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader]] p. 207
*[[WD99]]
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*2: [[Caves of Ice (Novel)]] by [[Sandy Mitchell]]:
*[[Warhammer 40,000 3rd Edition Rulebook]] (appear as one of the species of "Other Dangerous Aliens")
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**{{Endn|2a}}: Chapter 6
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**{{Endn|2b}}: Chapters 5, 6
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**{{Endn|2c}}: Chapter 16
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===Uncited===
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{{Uncited}}
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*[[White Dwarf 99 (UK)]]
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*[[Warhammer 40,000 3rd Edition Rulebook]] p. 116
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*[[Warhammer 40,000 4th Edition Rulebook]] p. 139
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*"Down Amongst the Dead Men", [[The Citadel Journal 38]], pp. 12–16
  
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[[Category:Ciaphas Cain (Novel Series)]]
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[[Category:Flora and Fauna]]
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Revision as of 09:31, 15 May 2015

Ambull miniature

Ambulls are subterranean xenos creatures native to the desert death world of Luther McIntyre IX.[1]

Biology and Behavior

Ambulls can easily survive extremely hot temperatures, which has led to attempts at domestication on several hot desert planets. As a consequence, Ambulls can be found on desert planets throughout the Imperium.[1]

Ambulls have huge barrel chested bodies and an ape-like stance, their arms reaching almost to the ground, while their legs are crooked and short. The Ambull's most characteristic feature are their huge expandable jaws. Their eyes are able to sense heat.[1]

The Ambull's limbs end in iron-hard claws used for digging through the soft stone of their homeworld. Ambulls will excavate tunnels in which to live, spending most of their time underground. These burrows can often form extensive underground complexes.[1] Their tunnelling abilities have also defied attempts on many Imperial worlds to domesticate or corral them[2a].

Due to the intense heat of Luther McIntyre's sun, the Ambull's subterranean lifestyle is shared with many of the death world's inhabitants, including the Ambull's favorite food, the Crawler. Ambulls will pursue prey through soft rock by tunneling at considerable speed.[1]

Ambulls were sighted on the Ice World Simia Orichalcae while the Valhallan 597th were protecting a valuable promethium refinery. It was later speculated that they had arrived through a warp portal opened from some unknown desert world by a Necron scouting force that deployed to Simia Orichalcae. These rogue ambulls killed several promethium miners in the lower tunnels, while Commissar Ciaphas Cain and a Valhallan scouting party slew a great number of the beasts in the tunnels. It was noted that they could tunnel through ice as easily as sand or rock, and were remarkably survivable away from their normal desert environment[2b].

After the Simia Orichalcae campaign, Cain dined with Inquisitor Amberley Vail at an upscale hotel, which offered ambull steak on its room-service menu[2c]. Logash, a Tech Priest, had earlier told Cain's aide Ferik Jurgen that ambull meat tasted much like grox[2a].

See also

Sources

Uncited