Beast of Khorne



The Beast of Khorne, also known as Bloodbeast, the Monstrous Ones, Bloodspawn, The True Form, The Shapeless and the Beasts of Blood are massive daemonic beast in service to the Blood God Khrone. Of all the cursed of Khorne, these creatures are at once the most twisted and brutal and yet most mysterious, for none can tell their true nature, whether they be daemon or mor-tal. Some mage-scholars suggest that they be mortal, for they can detect in them no con-nection to the other realm, like those pos-sessed by a daemon. A few go further, claim-ing them to be some monstrous race unto their own, broken and enslaved beneath the Chaos yoke. Others, those who have faced them in battle or taken up arms to hunt them to the ground say otherwise, for with such terrible magicks torturing and twisting their bodies at every moment, how can any flesh be considered mortal? 1, who have seen this world as none other, can say the truth: that they are still both and neither. They are the very raw energy of the vastness of Chaos, cloaked within the ves-tiges of the mortal damned.

Apperance
The Bloodbeasts, and others of its ilk beholden to the Ruinous Powers, are wildly diverse in their appearance. If they are dae-mons then they care not as others of their type do to maintain a preferred form. Some are little more than a writhing mound of pulsating flesh, gaping maws and vicious spines, while others may be almost human except for in the blankness of their eyes. The truth of Chaos is in its corruption, and these spawn are the manifestation of this truth.

As with spawn of allegiance, there are those attributes by which one may cate-gorise them. The Bloodbeasts of Khotne are masses of muscle and tendon, with pulsing veins and whip-cord sinew. Their every ori-fice is ringed with sharp teeth that tear into the flesh of those who become entangled within their elongated limbs. These limbs and tails are often armoured or scaled, while at their ends they transform into the shapes of crude but deadly weapons, flattening into blades and knives or bulging outwards into spiked maces. The Bloodbeasts are always hugely mus-cled, and are often emblazoned with the skull-mark of their lord somewhere upon their bodies.

Their means of locomotion will vary from creature to creature, some may walk upright, others on all fours as horses or dogs. Those whose limbs have atrophied beyond all usefulness may drag themselves forwards by their vestigial arms or bunch and ripple along the ground as worms or slugs or snakes. A few may even have wings, although these are not so common among the Bloodbeasts, and if they are present may well be useless for flight. They wear no armour, nor hear arms, but their marks of evil are such to overcome even the strongest of foes.

Warfare
Bloodbeasts may be found travelling among the multitude of small warbands that cross back and forth over the Shadowlands. They may be treated as beasts of war or of bur-den, depending upon their temperament and the nature of the corruption inflicted upon them. A few are even venerated by these warbands and carried or dragged in gilded throne-cages, from which their trust-ed followers do interpret their gibberings as commands and prophecies. When these warbands join together into a horde the spawn may remain with their trusted masters, or they may be gathered into herds. There they may be controlled en masse before being goaded to crash into the enemy's lines, creating terror and confusion.

Source

 * : Liber Chaotica (Volume I)
 * : pg. 74

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