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A Haemonculus

Dark Eldar Haemonculi are masters of pain and agony, no form of suffering is unknown to them. They proclaim that the infliction of this is one of the highest arts, if not the highest, and gleefully create choruses of screams and wails of agony whilst taking delight in every aspect of the discomfort of anyone unfortunate enough to fall under their blades. Like most Dark Eldar groups they form into factions, these are known as Haemonculi Covens.

Equipment

Haemonculi are known of carrying lots of strange but lethal wargear unique to them. Some of these wargear are impossible to obtain even by archon of kabal. Some of Haemonculi prefer close combat over ranged combat. These Haemonculi might equip themselves with scissorhands, Animus Vitae or with more common weapons such as Venom Blade, power weapon, Agoniser, Electrocorrosive Whip, Husk Blade or Mindphase Gauntlet and might be accompanied by their own nightmarish creations known as Wracks or bulky Grotesques as retinue. Haemonculi who prefers ranged combat over close combat (as it may be too ordinary way to make pain) can be equipped with Liquifier Gun, Hexrifle or Stinger Pistol.

As every Haemonculi are old, perverse, and cunning they carry some "dirty tricks" in their tainted sleeves. As having access to arcane wargear of Dark Eldar they might possess some really dreadful weapons such as:

• Archangel of Pain
• Casket of Flensing
• Crucible of Malediction
• Dark Gate
• Orb of Despair
• Soul-trap
• Shattershard
• Vexator mask
• Webway portal

Haemonculus also employ many gruesome machines and minions in battle. Though often Wracks and Grotesques do much of their dirty work, Haemonculi consider Engines of Pain to be the pinnacle of their art.^2-p38-40

Haemonculi Covens

Main article: Haemonculi Covens

Haemonculi form themselves into factions known as Haemonculi Covens. There are ten (10) Covens known by name at the moment. Perhaps the most notable Haemonculi Coven is The Prophets of Flesh which was recently sighted in the Tau Empire during the War of Dark Revelations.

• List of Haemonculi Covens

Notable Haemonculi

• Urien Rakarth - Master Haemonculus of The Prophets of Flesh
• Gruemeneal - A Haemonculus of the Kabal of the Black Heart featured in Dawn of War: Soulstorm.
• Vlokarion

Images

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  A Haemonculus

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  Urien Rakarth

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  5th Edition Haemonculus

Sources

• Codex: Dark Eldar (3rd Edition)
• ²Codex: Dark Eldar (5th Edition)
• Dawn of War: Soulstorm