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[[Image:40k-77-herald-of-slaanesh.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Herald of Slaanesh{{Fn|6}}]]
'''Heralds of Slaanesh''' are the most privileged and favoured [[Daemonette|Daemonettes]] by [[Slaanesh]]. They are Slaanesh's handmaidens and courtesans. Besides their role in the Lord of Pleasure's court, they are also the fastest and most deadly of their kind and can ride [[Seeker Chariot of Slaanesh|Seeker Chariots]] into battle.{{Fn|1}}

There are many titles borne by the Heralds of Slaanesh, such as [[Infernal Enrapturess]], '''Abbess of Avarice''', '''High Bacchante of Glut''' or '''Artisan of Pain'''.{{Fn|2}}

==Infernal Enrapturess==
[[Image:InfernalEnrapturessArt.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Infernal Enrapturess]]
'''Infernal Enrapturesses'''{{Fn|3}} (also named '''Muses of Agony, Bringers of Discord''' and '''Heralds of the Choir Infernal'''){{Fn|4}} are Heralds who play [[Heartstring Lyre|harps made from their victims]]. Playing the harp during battles allows an Enrapturess to bolster the summoning of her brethren and send out sonic waves that shred her enemies.{{Fn|3}}

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==Tormentbringer==
'''Tormentbringers''' come in three varieties, with each one commanding one of [[Slaanesh]]'s [[Daemonic]] [[Seeker Chariot]] forms.{{Fn|5}}

===Seeker Chariot===
'''Tormentbringers''' who ride [[Seeker Chariot]]s, are [[Daemonette]]s of ghastly beauty. Should a foe be even be able to fire upon the Heralds, they would have little chance of landing a hit upon them, as the Tormentbringers ride the hurtling and swerving vehicles. The Heralds are also known to whoop with wild exhilaration, as they slam Seeker Chariots into their enemies' ranks, which cause ecstatic eruptions of gore.{{Fn|5}} 

===Exalted Chariot===
'''Tormentbringers''' who ride [[Exalted Chariot]]s, are willfully vicious Daemonettes who delight in ploughing screaming souls into the churned dirt of the battlefield. They strive to travel faster, strike harder, and leave even their lightning-fast fellow charioteers envious in their wakes.{{Fn|5}}

===Hellflayer===
'''Tormentbringers''' who ride [[Hellflayer]]s, are cruel and merciless Heralds, who are tasked with mowing down rank upon rank of screaming foes amidst spumes of blood and tattered flesh. Obsessive about ensuring the eradication of their victims, these Tormentbringers seed the ripped-up battlefield behind them with corpse-flesh and corruption.{{Fn|5}}

==Tranceweaver==
'''Tranceweavers''' are favoured Heralds of [[Slaanesh]] that are raw manifestations of sensory excess and wilful cruelty. These [[Daemonette]]s flow across the battlefield with inhuman grace, keening gleeful war cries as they exhort their fellows to greater acts of sadistic bliss-giving and lay enemies low with the razor caress of their talons.{{Fn|5}}

==Notable Heralds==
*[[Mistress Azaela]]
*[[Drizha the Impaler]]
*[[Dryzla Lashlok]]
*[[Lustfury]]
*[[The Masque]]
*[[Scylza the Eviscerator]]
*[[Sha'ris]]{{fn|6}}
*[[Ssskri Ssskra of the Glistening Claw]]
*[[Syll'Esske]]

==Images==
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SlaanesHerald6.jpg|Herald of Slaanesh{{Fn|5}}
The Masque.jpg|the [[Masque of Slaanesh]] miniature (2008)
Masque8th.jpg|the [[Masque of Slaanesh]] miniature (2019)
InfernalEnrapturess.jpg|[[Infernal Enrapturess]] miniature (2019)
Syll'Esske.jpg|[[Syll'Esske]] (2019)
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==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Chaos Daemons (4th Edition)]], pgs. 32-35
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Chaos Daemons (8th Edition)]], pg. 63 — ''Heralds of Slaanesh''
*{{Endn|3}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/12/09/pre-order-preview-wrath-and-rapture/ Pre-order Preview: Wrath and Rapture]
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Wrath and Rapture]], ''Sourcebook'', pg. 16
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Codex: Chaos Daemons (9th Edition)]], pgs. 115-117 — ''Slaanesh Datasheets''
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000]] - ''Herald of Slaanesh''

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