Hullghast

Hullghast on a prowl^[1]

The Hullghast are mutants found aboard voidships. They share an origin with the Ghilliam, as both types are created by irradiated or polluted voidship decks, but are more mutated and removed from their human ancestors.^[1]

Hullghasts bear extensive physical mutations. They have hairless, leathery skin, and arms ending in vicious talon-like claws. Their faces have oversized mouths filled with layers of huge teeth. Their bodies are covered pustules of flesh, which erupt in tusks and horns. Hullgasts' mutations make them highly resistant to the various environmental hazards encountered within a ship's Black Holds or in derelicts drifting through space, and they display almost total immunity to most forms of toxins, mild radiation, and gravity fluctuations.^[1]

Hullghasts inhabit forgotten, abandoned decks of voidships, as well as space hulks. Unlike the furtive, scavenging Ghilliam, they are highly aggressive, and prefer feeding on crewmen that go too deep below decks; they are also known to prey on Ghilliam, although they seem to prefer the flavor of unmutated meat. When unable to do so, they feed on each other.^[1]

See Also

• List of sentient species

Sources

• 1: Dark Heresy: Creatures Anathema, pgs. 9-10