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[[Image:HaemonculusArt.jpg|thumb|right|280px|A Haemonculus]]
*;'''Weapons'''{{Fn|4b}}**[[Agonizer]]**[[Destructor (weapon)|Destructor]]**[[Electrocorrosive Whip]]**[[Flesh Gauntlet]]**[[Flensing Blade]]**[[Haemonculus Tools]]**[[Hexrifle]]**[[Husk Blade]]**[[Ichor Injector]]**[[Khaïdesi Haemovore]]s{{Fn|2d}}**[[Liquifier Gun]]**[[OssefactorMindphase Gauntlet]]**[[Mindphase GauntletOssefactor]]**[[Poisoner's Ampule]]**[[Scissorhand]]**[[Stinger Pistol]]**[[Venom Blade]]*;'''Wargear'''**[[Animus Vitae]]{{Fn|2d}}**[[Archangel of Pain]]**[[Casket of Flensing]]**[[Crucible of Malediction]]**[[Dark Gate]]**[[Gnarlskin]]{{Fn|2d}}**[[Nightmare Doll]]{{Fn|2d}}**[[Panacea Perverted]]{{Fn|2d}}**[[Shattershard]]**[[Soul-Trap]]**[[Vexator mask]]**[[Webway Portal]]
*[[Mydilian]] — An [[Acothyst]]
*[[Vorsch]]
Source does not specify that Vorsch is a Haemonculus (or even a Drukhari at all, for that matter).
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The '''Haemonculi''' are [[Dark Eldar]] surgeon-alchemists, adept at torture and biological manipulation.{{Fn|1}}
==Overview==
[[Image:HaemonculusArt.jpg|thumb|right|280px|A Haemonculus]]
The first Haemonculi were originally the masters of the ancient [[Eldar Empire]].{{Fn|2b}}
==Equipment and Abilities==
[[Image:Haemonculus Art.jpg|thumb|right|220px|[[Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm|Dawn of War]] Haemonculus]]
Haemonculi are known for carrying strange but lethal wargear unique to them. Some of this wargear is impossible to obtain even by [[Archons]].
As every Haemonculus is old, perverse, and cunning, they carry some "dirty tricks" in their tainted sleeves. Having access to arcane wargear of the [[Dark Eldar]], they might possess some truly dreadful array of technology such as:{{Fn|4b}}
Haemonculi also employ many gruesome machines and minions in battle. Though often [[Wrack]]s and [[Grotesque]]s do much of their dirty work, Haemonculi consider [[Engines of Pain]] to be the pinnacle of their art.{{Fn|1}}
==Haemonculi Covens==
*{{Mainmain|Haemonculi Covens}}[[Image:Haemonculus Art.jpg|thumb|right|220px|[[Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm|Dawn of War]] Haemonculus]]Haemonculi form themselves into factions of like-minded individuals known as [[Haemonculi Covens. There are ten Covens known by name at the momentCoven]]s. Perhaps the most notable Haemonculi Coven is [[The Prophets of Flesh]] which was recently sighted in the [[T'au Empire]] during the [[War of Dark Revelations]].{{citethisFn|4c}}
==Disciplines and Factions==
Viewing themselves as artists and master craftsmen, Haemonculi have developed many disciplines and specialties specialities to their twisted work. These include:{{Fn|2a}}*'''Nemesines''': These Haemonculi seek the best ways to kill every creature in the material world and beyond. The 'Ever-Nemesines' (or ''Ilynneadhs'' in [[Eldar Language|Eldar]]) take this art a step further, seeking to kill off ephemeral concepts such as hope and joy across entire [[sector]]s, erase knowledge or enlightenment from the [[galaxyGalaxy]], or slay great visionaries and leaders.{{Fn|2a}}
*'''Black Cornucopians''': This discipline revolves around the concept that all of reality is theirs for the taking. As such, they are expert plunderers and are often architects of large-scale raids. Like [[Urien Rakarth]], they often stock their own private pocket dimensions with enough victims to see them through centuries of isolation.{{Fn|2a}}
*'''Nadirists''': These Haemonculi embrace sin and corruption more so than even their brother [[Coven]]s. For them, depravity is an aim in and of itself. They seek to become gods not by the creation of malefic angels but by becoming the embodiment of pure evil.{{Fn|2a}}
*'''Phoenex''': A hidden offshoot of the [[Ever-Nemesines]]. They seek to forge the Eldar race anew by the means of exterminating their own kind, be they [[Commorragh]], [[Craftworld]]ers, [[Harlequin]]s, or [[Exodite]]s. They believe that should the Eldar become extinct, [[Ynnead]] will be awakaned and the spiritual malaise of the Eldar lifted forever. They are the most secret of all brotherhoods, for their eagerness to see their brethren slain could see them undone. It is rumored rumoured that their philosophy is not limited to Commorragh, and that the Harlequins and even Craftworld leaders may share their goal.{{Fn|2a}}*'''Scarlet Epicureans''': Perhaps the closest spiritual descendants of the old [[Eldar Empire]] that led to the birth of [[Slaanesh]]. They revel in ever every iota of sensation. Some of these maniacal orgiasts attack the military forces of realspace in order to invite unusual varieties of death, savouring the sublime moment when their lives are snuffed out. After drinking in their own last moments like a vintage draught, they will be regrown in the depths of Commorragh.{{Fn|2a}}
*'''Apparitians''': Make their lairs in mirrors and delight in the capture of the vain.{{Fn|2a}}
*'''Vilethi''': Named for the [[Dark Muse]] [[Vileth]], they take part in Realspace raids purely to showcase their own superiority.{{Fn|2a}}
==Notable Haemonculi==
*[[Bellathonis]]
*[[Croniarch Sekh]]
*[[Drecarus]]{{Fn|6}}
*[[Faerughast]]
*[[Gruemenael]] — A Haemonculus associated with the [[Kabal of the Black Heart]].{{Fn|9}}*[[Iridivyst]] — A gourmet who wishes to experiencing experience being killed in new and interesting ways.{{Fn|2f}}
*[[Khaeghris Xhakt]]
*[[Kresthekia]]
*[[Makaxev Xorl-Thodt]]{{Fn|8}}
*[[Malothrack]]
*[[Mydilian]] — An [[Acothyst]]
*[[Quvelich the Emaciator]]
*[[Shatterling Prince]]{{Fn|3}}
*[[Vakillar U'riss]]
*[[Vlokarion]]
*[[Xelxyx]]
*[[Xeryndtuil]]
*[[Yukor]] — Trained [[Lelith Hesperax]] and [[Morghana Nathrax]].{{Fn|10}}*[[Zykleiades]] — A Patriarch Noctis in the Coven of [[The Black Descent]].{{Fn|7}}
==Images==
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===Miniatures===<gallery heights="200px" widths="250px" mode="packed" caption="Artnolines">FileImage:Haemonculus.jpg|[[3rd Edition]] HaemonculusImage:UrienRakarthDEHaemonculus.jpg|Urien Rakarth[[5th Edition]] HaemonculusFileImage:VakillarHaemonculus7thE.jpg|Vakillar U'riss[[7th Edition]] Haemonculus
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==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Dark Eldar (5th Edition)]], pgs. 37-40
*2: [[Haemonculus Covens - A Codex: Dark Eldar Supplement]]:
**{{Endn|2a}}: ''Disciplines of the Haemonculi''
**{{Endn|2b}}: ''The Chronicle of Endless Woe''
**{{Endn|2e}}: ''The Theatre of Horrors''
**{{Endn|2f}}: ''A Hideous Beauty''
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex Supplement: White Scars (8th Edition)]], pg. 28 — ''Huntsmen of the Stars''*4: [[Codex: Drukhari (8th Edition)]]:
**{{Endn|4a}}: pg. 68
**{{Endn|4b}}: pg. 87
**{{Endn|4c}}: pgs. 34-35
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Rogue Trader: The Soul Reaver]], pg. 120
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Path of the Archon (Novel)]], Chapters 6, & 14
*{{Endn|8}}: [[White Dwarf 483]], pg. 53 — ''Heroes and Villains''
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Dawn of War: Soulstorm]] Dark Eldar Campaign — Gruemenael, Honour Guard unit info
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Lelith Hesperax: Queen of Knives (Novel)]], Chapter 2
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