Flayed Ones are Necrons who have succumbed to the Flayer Virus of the C'tan Llandu'gor, a process which drives them insane with hunger for blood and gore. They wear the skin and body parts of their opponents, spreading mass terror across enemy lines.[1a]
Flayed Ones are loathed by other Necrons, fearing their virus. Due to this, any Necron infected will be exiled or destroyed, although some of them will always escape into another dimension to join their degenerate kind. They have no regard for strategy nor tactics, just appearing on battlefields, lured by the smell of blood and carnage, and will attack anything they get their eyes on. This being said, they are not dumb: Flayed Ones have been known to stalk prey and wait for long periods for an exposed weakness, giving them the perfect oppurtunity to attack.[1a]
A nemesor won't rely on Flayed Ones, nor change his tactic, as they are far from predictable, and won't take orders. When a battle is over, the commander usually orders the destruction of the Flayed Ones, but just like before, some of them always escape back to their dimension, waiting to once again materialize onto the battlefield to slake their eternal thirst and hunger for blood and flesh.[1a]
In the northeast corner of the galaxy exists an old Necron kingdom known as the Bone Kingdom of Drazak, which is a haunt for Flayed Ones; every Necron save it's ruler, Valgûl, the Fallen Lord, is a Flayed One. Whenever the kingdom suffers from "food shortage", Valgûl issues a time of bounty, sending his people out in search for more.[1b]
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Flayed One (5th Edition)[2]
Flayed Ones pack
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| Leadership | Necron Overlord • Necron Lord • Cryptek • Destroyer Lord • Skorpekh Lord |
|---|---|
| Elites | Pariahs • Deathmarks • Lychguards • Triarch Praetorians • C'tan Shard • Flayed One Pack • Triarch Stalkers |
| Troops | Necron Warriors • Necron Immortals |
| Fast Attack | Canoptek Wraiths • Canoptek Scarabs • Tomb Blades • Necron Destroyers • Tomb Stalker • Acanthrites |
| Heavy Support | Doomsday Arks • Annihilation Barges • Monoliths • Doom Scythes • Night Shrouds • Canoptek Spyders • Tomb Sentinel • Serapteks • Tesseract Vault • Obelisk • Pylon • Sentry Pylon • Megalith • Abattoir • Æonic Orb |
| Transports | Catacomb Command Barge • Ghost Ark • Night Scythe • Tesseract Ark |
| Special Characters | Imotekh the Stormlord • Nemesor Zahndrekh • Vargard Obyron • Illuminor Szeras • Orikan the Diviner • Anrakyr the Traveler • Trazyn the Infinite |