"Abomination! What manner of twisted creature is that?"
- —Description of Mutalith Vortex Beast in Total War: Warhammer III.[2]
A Mutalith Vortex Beast sucking the essence from an Imperial regiment.
A Mutalith Vortex Beast is an utter abomination of nature, a beast of Chaos. It is a terrifying fusion of monster and magic, a creature mutated beyond all reason by the powers of Chaos. Such creatures have been known to be used within the armies of the Warriors of Chaos, particularly those in service to Tzeentch, the Chaos God of change and intrigue, who sees the Mutalith as the perfect expression of the flesh-warping change he values.[1a][2]
Role
A Mutalith Vortex Beast as depicted in Total War: Warhammer III.[2]
In battle, a Mutalith Vortex Beast's tentacles smash into the ranks of the foe. Those not flung through the air are dragged screaming into the Mutalith's maw, where hundreds of needle-like teeth shred flesh and crunch bones to powder. As horrifying as such a fate is, though, it is not the thought of being eaten alive by a Mutalith Vortex Beast that gives its enemies waking nightmares.[1a]
Wherever a Mutalith treads, mutation and madness follow. A ball of raw magic is anchored into the creature's body, a seething orb of Chaos energy that warps and twists everything nearby. The flesh of the Mutalith itself is forever being healed and remoulded, sucked in and poured back out again by this vortex of raw energy. These same wisps of malign energy reach out across the battlefield, mutating everything they touch.[1a]
When facing a Mutalith Vortex Beast, enemy soldiers are wracked with random mutations. For every warrior who sprouts an extra limb, another is transformed into a gleaming crystal statue or a pile of squirming, three-eyed fish. Heroes have died as their own spines burst from their backs to strangle them, and warriors have watched on in horror as their flesh melts and falls off their bones.[1a]
Worse still are those times when the beast's vortex pulses, and entire regiments of enemy troops are engulfed by waves of mutating power that cause their bodies to twist together into the shape of a hideous Chaos Spawn.[1a]
Notable Mutaliths
- Aeson the Fallen - Aeson is the former king of the Norscan Baersonlings who was transformed into a Mutalith Vortex Beast.
Miniatures
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Sources
- 1: Warhammer Armies: Warriors of Chaos (8th Edition)
- 1a: pg. 46
- 2: Total War: Warhammer III (PC Game)