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[[Image:BeastmenArt.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Beastman{{Fn|6}}]]
'''Beastmen''' (''Homo sapiens variatus'') are bestial [[abhuman]]s combining the forms of animal and human. They are considered to be fairly genetically stable compared to those afflicted by more random, unpredictable [[mutant| mutations]].{{Fn|11}}

==Overview==
Beastmen are known to have first appeared during the [[Age of Strife]].{{Fn|8}} At some point in their ancestry they merged with animal strains. In general they have cloven hooves, digitigrade legs (legs that appear to be backwards jointed, like the hind legs of a goat) and faces that resemble animals. Their arms and hands are usually similar to a standard humans, allowing them to use human weapons and tools.{{Fn|6}}

They were formerly freely recruited in number for the [[Imperial Guard]], where they were valued mainly for their bloodlust; they fought for the Emperor in order to atone for their sin of being born mutants. They were led by Beastmen called '''Packmasters'''{{Fn|7}} and included in the [[Militarum Auxilla]].{{Fn|17}} However, Beastmen are seen less in Imperial service than they were before. They are now subject to severe Imperial persecution and have been placed on the '''Register of Proscribed Citizens (Class A-G worlds)''' by the [[Adeptus Arbites]]. As such, they are effectively precluded from settlement on, or transportation to or from, more than three hundred thousand worlds of the Imperium and are forbidden from being conscripted as an [[Imperial Tithe]] obligation.{{Fn|4}} These restrictions are a sure sign that Beastmen will soon lose their abhuman status completely and be reclassified as [[Xenos Horrificus]] and marked for eradication.{{Fn|6}}

Despite this, and partly due to the exigencies of the [[Great Rift]] and the difficulties faced by the Imperials in [[Imperium Nihilus]], while beastmen face further discrimination in the Imperial Guard faithful Abhumans are still recruited into the [[Frateris Militia]] as of the [[Era Indomitus]]. Lead by a [[Confessor-Sergeant]], they are often given [[autoguns]] by the [[Ecclesiarchy]], as they are deemed "unworthy" of wielding [[lasguns]]. They gladly lay down their lives for their beloved [[God Emperor| "Goat-Emperor"]] (possibly an unfortunate dialect and pronunciation issue) {{Fn|12}}

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Many Beastmen worship the [[Chaos God]]s and frequent the armies of the [[Lost and the Damned]].{{Fn|2}} Of these corrupted Beastmen warriors, those that worship [[Khorne]] are known as [[Bloodgor]]s, those that worship [[Tzeentch]] are known as [[Tzaangor]]s, those that worship [[Slaanesh]] are known as [[Slaangor]]s{{Fn|5}}, and those that worship [[Nurgle]] are known as [[Pestigor]]s.{{Fn|3a}}

There is also an unusually large and aggressive strain of giant Beastman known as a '''Minotaur'''. It is comparable in strength to an [[Ogryn]].{{Fn|1a}} '''[[Trolls]]''' are another large strain of Beastmen.{{Fn|10}}

Some beastmen feel they have risen to be a cut above their herd-fellows in the eyes of their Dark Patrons. The [[Fellgor Ravagers]] are one such Chaos-worshipping beastmen herd.{{Fn|15}}

==Notable Beastmen==
*[[Gor Half-Horn]]
*[[Brutus (Beastman)|Brutus]] - A minotaur servant of [[Fabius Bile]]{{Fn|18}}

==Trivia==
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Given that Frateris Militia bands fight in support of armies of the [[Adepta Sororitas]], the feasibility exists that one may indeed find Sisters of Battle fighting side by side with Beastmen Frateris Militia.{{Fn|13}}  It is not unimaginable they do so with great reluctance or even scorn, given one of the key tenets of the [[Imperial Cult]] is to "beware the mutant".{{Fn|14}}

==Images==
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Beastmen1.jpg|Beastmen
Beastmen.jpg|Beastmen miniatures{{Fn|1d}}
TzaangorSquad.jpg|[[Tzaangor]] miniatures (7th Edition)
BeastmenBF.jpg|Beastman miniature ([[Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress|Blackstone Fortress]])
KTBeastmen.jpg|Chaos worshiping Beastmen ([[Fellgor Ravagers]])
BeastmenEpic.jpg|[[Epic]] Scale Beastmen
WD 303 - Beastman model.jpg|Imperial Guard Beastman miniature{{Fn|9}}
Beastmen_Frateris_Militia.png| Beastmen [[Frateris Militia]] (Zealots) lead by a Confessor Sargeant{{Fn|12}}
Beastmen_Imperial_Guard.png| Beastmen in the Imperial Guard, fighting alongside [[Ogryns]]{{Fn|1c}}
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GallowdarkBeastmenVotann.jpg| [[Fellgor Ravagers|Chaos Beastmen]] battle [[Hearthkyn Salvagers]].
FellgorRavager-FluxbrayArt.jpg| [[Fellgor Ravager]] Fluxbray{{Fn|16}}
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==Sources==
*1: [[Warhammer 40,000: Compendium]]: 
**{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 49
**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 150
**{{Endn|1c}}: pg. 152
**{{Endn|1d}}: pg. 159
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Six - The Siege of Vraks - Part Two]], pg. 135
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Realm of Chaos: The Lost and the Damned]], pg. 174
**{{Endn|3a}}: pg. 261
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition Rulebook]], pg. 279 - ''Appendix Abhumans''
*{{Endn|5}}: [[White Dwarf 124 (UK)]], pg. 69
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Liber Xenologis]], pgs. 30-31 - ''Abhumans: Beastmen''
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook]], pg. 404
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 10th Edition Rulebook]] pg. 47 - Ages of Mankind
*{{Endn|9}}: [[White Dwarf 303 (UK)]], pg. 44
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Firepower Issue 1]], pg. 82 - ''Daemonic Legions'' by [[Gav Thorpe]]
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader]]
*{{Endn|12}}: [[White Dwarf 476]] pg. 34
*{{Endn|13}}: [[Codex: Sisters of Battle (2nd Edition)]] pg. 59
*{{Endn|14}}: [[Dark Heresy: Blood of Martyrs]] pgs. 18-19
*{{Endn|15}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20250110145630/https://www.warhammer.com/en-US/shop/kill-team-fellgor-ravagers-2024 Games Workshop Storepage - Kill Team: Fellgor Ravagers] ''page save to archive 10 January 2025, original link: https://www.warhammer.com/en-US/shop/kill-team-fellgor-ravagers-2024 (last accessed 10 January 2025)''
*{{Endn|16}}: [[Kill Team: Gallowfall]] rule book{{citethis}}
*{{Endn|17}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20250110231215/https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/35TlRgiD/beastmen-are-back-the-fellgor-ravagers-return-to-the-41st-millennium-at-their-braying-best/ Warhammer-Community: Beastmen are Back! The Fellgor Ravagers Return to the 41st Millennium at their Braying Best] ''saved to archive 10 January 2025, original link: https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/35TlRgiD/beastmen-are-back-the-fellgor-ravagers-return-to-the-41st-millennium-at-their-braying-best/ (last accessed 10 January 2025)''
*{{Endn|18}}: [[Genefather (Novel)]], Chapter 2

===Uncited===
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*[[Codex Imperialis (Background Book)]]
*[[Codex: Eye of Terror (3rd Edition)]]

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