Daemon Engine

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Forgefiend and Maulerfiend Daemon Engines

A Daemon Engine is a part-technological, part-daemonic vehicle employed by the various forces of Chaos.

Overview

Daemon Engines can vary greatly in form and function, but they are unified by one factor - the physical shells of the vehicles contain bound Daemons which control their actions. Daemon Engines have an insatiable bloodlust and revel in violence and destruction. Often they will destroy anything that lies in their path, regardless of allegiance, and so must be chained up until they can be unleashed upon the enemy. Like all entities of the Warp, Daemon Engines exude an aura of death and hatred that can overwhelm a lesser man. Untainted humans near one of these beasts often fall to their knees in horror and the demons presence fills their minds.^{[Needs Citation]}

Creating a Daemon Engine requires that the entity be summoned by one who has knowledge of such things, such as a Chaos Warpsmith, sorcerer or priest. The Daemon is summoned into the hull of the machine so that the corruption spreads throughout its circuits, gaining complete control of all functions.^{[Needs Citation]}

Known forms of Daemon Engines

A Soul Grinder Daemon Engine

Unaligned / Variable alignment

• Soul Grinder^[6]
• Defiler^[5]
• Decimator^[10]
• Maulerfiend^[11]
• Forgefiend^[11]
• Heldrake^[11]
• Venomcrawler
• Helstalker

Daemon Engines of Khorne

• Lord of Battles^[1]
• Cauldron of Blood^[1]
• Tower of Skulls^[1]
• Death Dealer^[1]
• Blood Reaper^[4]
• Doom Blaster^[4]
• Brass Scorpion^[2]
• Blood Slaughterer^[2]
• Blood Throne
• Skull Cannon
• Lord of Skulls
• Kytan

Daemon Engines of Nurgle

• Nurgle Plague Tower^[7]
• Contagion
• Plague Hulk^[8]
• Blight Drone^[2]
• Foetid Bloat-Drone^[12]
• Plagueburst Crawler
• Myphitic Blight-Hauler

Daemon Engines of Tzeentch

• Fire Lord^[3]
• Silver Tower of Tzeentch^[3]
• Doom Wing^[3]

Daemon Engines of Slaanesh

• Slaanesh Subjugator^[9]

Related Articles

• Forge of Souls
• Warpsmith

Sources

• 1: White Dwarf 148 (UK)
• 2: Imperial Armour Volume Seven - The Siege of Vraks - Part Three pg. 151
• 3: White Dwarf 156 (UK)
• 4: White Dwarf 164 (UK)
• 5: http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?prodId=prod1090581
• 6: http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?prodId=prod1170229
• 7: http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1181460_Chaos_Space_Marines_Datasheet_-_Nurgle_Plague_Tower.pdf Games Workshop Official Site
• 8: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Chaos/DAEMONS_AND__BEASTS/NURGLE-PLAGUE-HULK.html
• 9: http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1181266_Chaos_Space_Marines_Datasheet_-_Slaanesh_Subjugator.pdf Games Workshop Official Site
• 10: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/CHAOS_DECIMATOR_DAEMON_ENGINE.html
• 11: White Dwarf 394 (UK), pgs. 6–10
• 12: Warhammer Community Site - New Warhammer 40,000 Edition Launch Date Announced (last accessed 23 May 2017)

Uncited

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