Bounty Hunter
Bounty Hunters are Imperial or Xenos citizens who are licensed by their worlds to capture or kill fugitives, criminals and creatures for a bounty.[1a] Some Imperial worlds are known to even allow mutants, abhumans and xenos to serve as Bounty Hunters as well.[3a]
Necromundan Bounty Hunters
On Necromunda, they are amongst the toughest and most dangerous of all Underhivers and are drawn from a wide range of backgrounds. They tend to be loners who neither need nor want to be associated with a gang, though some are erstwhile gangers and might still bear some of the distinctive trappings of their former Clan House. Many Abhumans on Necronmunda also find the life of a Bounty Hunter suits them well, for the Blood Warrant that serves as their license and writ allows them to go where others of their kind might ordinarily be barred. Thus, it is not uncommon to see Beastmen, Squats and other stable Abhuman strains operating as Bounty Hunters far from those areas on Necronmunda that are set aside for their kind.[1a] The Merchants Guild also has their own private order of Bounty Hunters, known as Adurators, who are granted special privileges and are equipped with the best weaponry and equipment the Guild has to offer. While they normally work on Guild bounties, it is not unusual for an Adurator to also collect bounties in the Underhive, where they can more easily throw their Guild authority around.[1b]
The majority of official bounties on Necronmunda are displayed at Trading Posts in the Underhive, and offer rewards to anyone who brings in outlaw leaders, gangs, mutants and other criminal types. The rewards offered are good, but the job is a perilous one and many Bounty Hunters die out in the wastes, slain by the outlaws and mutants they set out to hunt.[1a] While they tend to work alone, some bounties may be so dangerous that it requires several Bounty Hunters to work together in brief alliances called Venators.[2] Though some can become permanent partnerships and it is not unusual to see Venators, composed of blood relatives whose families have bounty hunted for generations[3a]. It is also common for Bounty Hunters to hire their services to a gang leader, if there are no decent bounties to be had or if their interests and the gang's are aligned, but such allegiances tend to be temporary.[1a]
The Hive World also has the Psi-Hounds, which are bounty hunting Psykers created and controlled by Lord Helmawr's Psykanarium program, and the Psylock Cabals, who offer to hire out their Psykers to Bounty Hunters.[3a]
Notable Bounty Hunters
- Kal Jericho
- Scabs
- Yolanda Catallus
- The Deserter
- Kria Kytoro
- Harlon Nayl
- Yolanda Skorn
- Yar Umbra
- Jiynet Oporal - Leader of the Sump Snakes[3b]
- 'Kilo' Grendel - Former member of House Orlock[3c]
- Markus Hered - Member of the Jaws of the Emperor[3d]
- Ortruum 8-8
- Belladonna
- Bonnie Annerson[6]
- Krotos Hark
- Apollus Kage
- Mortanna Shroud
- Eyros Slagmyst
- Freikstorn Strix - Exile of House Van Saar, where he was once a Clan Archetek.[Needs Citation]
- Thaetos 23-2
- Baertrum Arturos III
- Lucius Worna
- Betti Banshee[5]
- Grendl Grendlsen - Squat
- Gor Half-Horn - Beastman
- Yageloth - House Delaque
Notable Venators Gangs
- Broken Blades
- Hammer of Psykers
- Janus Clan - One of the Executioner Families
- Jarlgar Headhunters - One of the Executioner Families
- Jaws of the Emperor[3d]
- Red Brothers[3a]
- Sump Snakes[3b]
- Wu-Kang - One of the Executioner Families
- Wyrd Brethren - Psyker Venators Gang
- Brayhorn Boys - Abhuman Venators Gang[2]
- Sons of Grindel - Abhuman Venators Gang[2]
- Kal Jerico's Profiteers[7]
- Hammer of Psykers[3a]
- The Underhive Cutters[8]
Sources
- 1: Necromunda: Gangs of the Underhive — Hired Guns
- 2: White Dwarf May 2018, pg. 109 – Necromunda: Venator Bands
- 3: Necromunda: The Book of Peril
- 4: Kal Jericho: Sinner's Bounty (Novel), Cover art
- 5: Warhammer Community: Underhive Informant: Death Made in the House of Blades (Posted on 14/07/2020) (Last accessed on 14 July 2020)
- 6: Fanatic Online 59 - Necromunda: New Rules - Special Characters
- 7: White Dwarf April 2019, pg. 106 – Battle Report : Necromunda: Calling in the Hit
- 8: Necromunda Facebook Page: NecroMonday