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[[Image:Scythed hierodule1.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Tyranid Scythed Hierodule model by '''Forge World''']]
The ''' Hierodule''' is a large [[Tyranid]] Bio-construct, around the size of an [[Imperial]] [[Super Heavy Tank]].
==Overview==
Like many Tyranid creatures the Hierodule seems to be a mutable breed, able to be created in different forms depending on the needs of the [[Hive Fleet]]. There have been two different forms of Hierodule observed my Imperial forces so far, namely the '''"Scythed"''' and the '''"Barbed"''' variants.
==Scythed Hierodule==
[[Image:Heirodule Scythed fronthierodule2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Tyranid Scythed Hierodule]]
===History===
The '''Scythed Hierodule''' was first encountered on the [[Imperial]] planet [['''Hamman's World]]'''. In the [[Tyranid#Planetary Assimilation|assimilation]] of Hamman's World, the Scythed Hierodule was in the Vanguard of the [[Tyranid]] forces beside masses of [[Gaunts]]. They were especially effective against prepared defenses, such as bunkers.
The Scythed Hierodule has only been encountered in a single tendril of [[Hive Fleet Kraken]] and there infrequently.<sup>1</sup> [[Xenos Biologist]]s have tried to capture a live sample, but have, so far, failed (as every Xenos Hunter team, on this quest, have failed to return).
===Observations===
The '''Scythed Hierodule''' is armed with four huge razor sharp claws, each capable of slicing through a battle tank, and heavily protected by chitin plates, in places up to 30 cm thick. A Hierodule is far larger than a [[Carnifex]]. As well as its claws, the Hierodule also bears a symbiote creature which appears to live in its back, growing out between the armour plates. This toxic creature helps defend its host from attack, squirting a jet of potent mutagenic acid against any enemy that gets too close.
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==Barbed Hierodule==
[[Image:Tyranid Hierodule.jpg|thumb|right||300px|Tyranid Barbed Hierodule]]
===History===
After losing Harmman's World to Hive Fleet Kraken, the Imperial forces reinforced the [['''Moran]] ''' system. The assault, by Hive Fleet Kraken, was soon manifested. While the Imperium had learned from its losses, the Tyranid had evolved. The Hierodule had evolved into the '''Barbed Hierodule''' with a powerful ranged attack. It was quite a shock to the Imperial forces when it appeared on [['''Maxima Moran]]'''.
===Observations===
The '''Barbed Hierodule ''' replaces two of the Scythed Hierodule's claws with a pair of massive [[barbed-strangler]] bio-cannons. It Unlike the Scythed variant, it has no symbiote acid creature spray but instead has thicker armour plates.
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==Epic Scale==
The original epic scale '''Hierodule''' model produced in the mid 1990s depicted the creature to be larger than its more modern '''Forge World''' counterpart. In this incarnation it was only slightly smaller than the [[Hierophant]], therefore closer in size to a [[Titan]] compared to the current creature which is closer in size to a [[Super Heavy Tank]].<sup>3</sup>
[[Image:EpicHierodule.jpg|thumb|center|300px|An Epic Scale Tyranid Hierodule]]
==Sources==
*<sup>1</sup> : [[Imperial Armour Update 2002]]*<sup>2</sup> : [[Imperial Armour Volume Four - The Anphelion Project]]*<sup>3</sup>: [[White Dwarf 189]]
==See also==
