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'''Devourers''' are a [[Tyranid]] [[Bio-weapon]].
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[[Image:Dev6.jpg|thumb|right|Tyranid Devourer{{Fn|6}}]]
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A '''Devourer''' is a [[Tyranid]] [[bio-weapon]], typically carried by [[Tyranid Warrior]] breeds and their variants (including [[Tyranid Shrike|Shrikes]] and [[Tyranid Prime]]s){{Fn|1a}}, [[Carnifex]]es{{Fn|8a}}, [[Ravener]]s{{Fn|8b}}, as well as [[Termagant]]s.{{Fn|1c}}
  
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In [[4th Edition]] and [[3rd Edition]] Devourers are formed of a conical lump of flesh filled with worm-like organism, with shiny black heads, which are launched at the enemy and burrow into their body, consuming their nervous system and brain and driving the victim insane.<sup>1-p30</sup>
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== Overview ==
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The devourer is a conical lump of partly rotted flesh, infested by writhing '''flesh-worms''', [[Ripper]]-like larvae with black, shiny heads. The cone is dotted with holes which serve both as breathing tubes and firing barrels. When the weapon is triggered, a bio-electric jolt signals the brood to attack, hurling a shower of the creatures at the enemy. When they strike an enemy, they immediately start burrowing into the flesh, eating their way through the victim's nervous system towards the brain. The agony caused by this process is enough to drive the victim insane, though death is usually quick.{{Fn|1b}}{{Fn|2}}{{Fn|3}}{{Fn|7}}
  
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In [[2nd Edition]] Devourers were one of the most horrific weapons available to the Tyranids. It looks like a cone of flesh coming out of the jaws of another creature. The flesh is infested with worms-like creatures with shiny black heads, known as fleshworms. A bio-electrical shock launches hundreds of these worms towards the enemy and they will either shatter against the target and spread acid and poison over it or pierce the armour and burrow into the body of the target. The agony caused drives the victim insane and the worms devour its nervous system until they eventually devour its brain.<sup>2-p56</sup>
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When the worms are launched at the target, in a swarm of hundreds at a time, they either shatter against the target and spread acid and poison over it, or pierce the armour to burrow into the flesh as described above.{{Fn|4}}
  
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This weapon is more of a hive than a distinct organism. The weapon is meshed with the host in such a way as to provide food and incubation for a host of malformed Ripper larvae; it is these larvae which form the ammunition for the weapon. A large conical horn is perforated with multiple breathing tubes that also serve as avenues of egress in times of danger. Pheromone signals call the larvae to the breather tubes when the host senses the need to utilise the weapon. A bio-electric surge signals the brood to attack. When they encounter any object they immediately begin biting and burrowing in a frenzied attack while secreting highly corrosive bile. These creatures show a distinct taste for neurological tissues and move to the spinal column and brain with extreme haste causing an agonizing but mercifully quick death.
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Devourers wielded by the largest Tyranid organisms are loaded with hives of '''brainleech worms''', a more aggressive and voracious breed of worm.{{Fn|1b}}
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==Images==
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<gallery heights="200px" mode="packed">
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DevourerWarrior.jpg|[[Tyranid Warrior]] with a Devourer{{Fn|5}}
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Tyranid Twin-linked Devourers 01.jpg|Twin-linked Devourers
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devourer.jpg|A Devourer<br>Inset: Devourer larvae{{Fn|7}}
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==Sources==
 
==Sources==
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*<sup>1</sup>:[[Codex: Tyranids (4th Edition)]] (and [[Codex: Tyranids (3rd Edition)]] p8)
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*1: [[Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition)]]:
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*<sup>2</sup>:[[Codex: Tyranids (2nd Edition)]]
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**{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 36
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**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 81
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**{{Endn|1c}}: pg. 39
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*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (4th Edition)]], pg. 30
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*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (3rd Edition)]], pg. 8
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*{{Endn|4}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (2nd Edition)]], pg. 56
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*{{Endn|5}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?prodId=prod1050114 Tyranid Warrior Brood]
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*{{Endn|6}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook]], pg. 217
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*{{Endn|7}}: [[White Dwarf 257 (UK)]], ''[[Tyranid Bio-Weapons Thesis]]'', pg. 77
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*{{Endn|8}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (8th Edition)]]
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**{{Endn|8a}}: pg. 104
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**{{Endn|8b}}: pg. 98
  
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Latest revision as of 05:31, 23 September 2024

Targetdrone.gif This article is about the the Tyranid infantry weapon. For other uses of Devourer, see Devourer (disambiguation).
Tyranid Devourer[6]

A Devourer is a Tyranid bio-weapon, typically carried by Tyranid Warrior breeds and their variants (including Shrikes and Tyranid Primes)[1a], Carnifexes[8a], Raveners[8b], as well as Termagants.[1c]

Overview

The devourer is a conical lump of partly rotted flesh, infested by writhing flesh-worms, Ripper-like larvae with black, shiny heads. The cone is dotted with holes which serve both as breathing tubes and firing barrels. When the weapon is triggered, a bio-electric jolt signals the brood to attack, hurling a shower of the creatures at the enemy. When they strike an enemy, they immediately start burrowing into the flesh, eating their way through the victim's nervous system towards the brain. The agony caused by this process is enough to drive the victim insane, though death is usually quick.[1b][2][3][7]

When the worms are launched at the target, in a swarm of hundreds at a time, they either shatter against the target and spread acid and poison over it, or pierce the armour to burrow into the flesh as described above.[4]

Devourers wielded by the largest Tyranid organisms are loaded with hives of brainleech worms, a more aggressive and voracious breed of worm.[1b]

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Tyranid Biomorphs
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Armour Armoured Shell • Bonded Exoskeleton • Chitin • Extended Carapace • Hardened Carapace • Reinforced Chitin • Toughened Exoskeleton
Support Abhorrent Pheremones • Accelerated Digestion • Acid Blood • Acid Maw • Adaptive Exoskeleton • Adrenal Glands • Adrenaline Sac • Adrenal Webs • Bio-Metallic Cyst • Blinding Venom • Chameleonic Skin • Containment Spines • Dermic Symbiosis • Dynamic Camouflage • Enhanced Resistance • Enhanced Senses • Frag Spines • Hypermetabolic Acceleration • Implant Attack • Membranous Mobility • Metamorphic Regrowth • Morphic Sinews • Neuronode • Neuropredatory Crest • Optic Membranes • Regenerate • Secretion Goad • Sporemist Spines • Symbiote Rippers • Synaptic Augmentation • Synaptic Enhancement • Thornback • Toxic Miasma • Toxin Sacs • Venom Sacs • Wings
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