"We can't stand before that abomination! In the name of Sigmar, where are my cannons!"
- —Last words of Count Erich von Wittengast.[1a]
Giant Spined Beast.
Many horrible creatures have been altered by the mutating powers of Chaos and the Giant Spined Beast is one such monstrosity. It is a foul, four legged beast that prowls the strangely lit wastelands near the great Chaos rift seeking to vent the all-consuming rage of its pained existence upon anything that it can see or scent.[1a]
Overview[]
The Giant Spined Beast is similar to a Chaos Hound, only grown to insane proportions in that magic-soaked realm. This beast's skin seems stretched too far and it frequently tears, ripped asunder by the sudden growth of newly forming muscles or spiny protrusions. Such rapid development exposes glistening raw tendons any angry new layers of skin, reknitting anew over the gaping holes.[1a]
The Giant Spined Beast takes its name from the bony protrusions that sprout from its hide, new spikes regularly bursting forth. The creature's interlocking sabre-like teeth can also be seen growing, brutally jutting out of the Giant Spined Beast's blood-dripping maw. In a span of moments, each fang expands until it is taller than a man, before it is painfully pushed out by a newly emerging fang, which repeats the process.[1a]
Constantly howling, the monster shudders in pain-wracked agony. The throbbing ache only subsides when the Giant Spined Beast kills - so its keen nostrils constantly sniff for the scent of potential victims. It can swallow a man whole, but against larger quarry the Giant Spined Beast will dig in deeply with its great fangs before viciously shaking its head, so that when its locked jaws twist free, they will be accompanied by a vast hunk of flesh from the sundered victim.[1a]
