A Fiend of Slaanesh is a hideously enrapturing Daemonic Beast.
The Fiends of Slaanesh, also known as "Beasts of Slaanesh," "Hunting Beasts of Slaanesh," "Rams of Slaanesh," "Bestials," "Unholy Ones," "Chimerial Leapers," and "Fiends of Exaltant Excess" are Lesser Daemons of Slaanesh, the Chaos God of pleasure and pain, spawned directly from the mad mind of the Serpent.[1a]
Fiends of Slaanesh are base creatures that, when they enter the mortal world, scour the Chaos Wastes in search of victims (innocent or otherwise) to torment. Barely above the mutated mortal predators that share the same grounds in terms of intellect, these bestial Daemons are vicious omnivores, taking great pleasure in sampling the flesh of their still-living victims.[1a]
In some adaptions and sources, those Chaos Spawn which are dedicated to Slaanesh are also called "Fiends of Slaanesh." However, these creatures are mutated mortals, not Daemons.
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A Fiend of Slaanesh as depicted in Total War: Warhammer III.[3]
Fiends of Slaanesh are incredibly swift beings, able to skitter and scuttle across all manner of terrain at frightening speed. There is something unnameably disturbing about a Fiend's gait, for its twitching dance rocks it from side to side. In this way, a Fiend will take at least three or four steps for every pace it advances, splayed legs beating out an arrhythmic toccata that praises the glory of the Dark Prince of Chaos. The Fiends sing to one another as they run, emanating a high-pitched and pervasive chitter that few mortals consciously hear.[2a]
Though a Fiend is perhaps frailer than other Daemons of the same stature, only a fool would underestimate its combat prowess. Quite apart from the significant peril posed by the Fiend's deadly claws, an adversary should also be wary of the venomous, scorpion-like stinger atop its supple and segmented tail. This barb is laced with soporific venom capable of sending even a battle-maddened Bloodletter into a deep coma. Similarly, the Fiend exudes a pervasive and oily musk that, when inhaled, courses through its victim's body, gnawing away at centres of reason and numbing the foe to all but the most extreme of stimuli.[2a]
A corner of the battlefield under attack from Fiends of Slaanesh is often quiet, with musk-addled victims waiting insensate for the Fiends to deliver the fatal blow. This oblivion can be a time coming, for Fiends are no less given to torture than the Dark Prince's other minions. When the effects of the Fiend's musk fade, the victim experiences simultaneous agony from a dozen wounds.[2a]
Appearance[]
A Fiend of Slaanesh
These creatures combine the traits of a scorpion, a Human and a reptile in the sleek form of an unholy abomination. The main body is white or some other pastel hue and segmented, ending in a broad stinger tail that drips with venom. Four roughly humanoid legs branch out from the rear body to give the creature stability.[1a]
From the front of the lithe body grows a humanoid torso covered in a row of breasts and a pair of arms. The Fiend's head is reptilian, not too unlike that of a monitor lizard, but with a longer, prehensile tongue. Its emerald, alien eyes perch on either side of its head, rolling about in its skull.[1a]
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- 1: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 2nd Edition: Tome of Corruption (RPG)
- 1a: pg. 229
- 2: Warhammer Armies: Daemons of Chaos (8th Edition)
- 2a: pg. 53
- 3: Total War: Warhammer III (PC Game)
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