Ur-Ghuls (Ghala troglodytes)[3] are a Xenos species that are native to the labyrinth ziggurats of the Dark Eldar city of Shaa-dom.[1] Ur-Ghuls are also known to inhabit Blackstone Fortresses.[3]
Overview
The Ur-ghul nature means that they are one of the many atavistic beings that can be recruited by an Archon for his or her court[1]. These creatures are noted for being the most hideous of all the creatures that a Drukhari Archon can command, and for the violence with which they undertake an Archon's orders.[3]
Ur-Ghul migrations are periodically purged by the Deathwatch, most notably one led by the Dreadnought Xenomortis on Plenitia.[2]
Biology
Described as humanoid, yet grotesquely hunched and cadaverous like flayed, reanimated corpses. They are preternaturally strong. They are blind; in place of eyes they have multiple olfactory orifices which they use to track their prey across great distances.[3]
Being sightless, yet quite agile, their tracking abilities are quite renowned and once a prey has been caught by the beast's quivering scent-pits, it is known that nothing is able to escape these whip-thin horrors.[3]
Notes
It is said in Archmagos Hekhten's Pharmacopolium Xenomalium that the teeth of an Archon, worn as a necklace or bracelet, will provide protection from Ur-ghul.
Images
Ur-Ghul miniature
Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress Ur-Ghul miniature
Sources
- 1: Codex: Dark Eldar (5th Edition), pg. 35
- 2: Codex: Deathwatch (7th Edition) — The Vigil of Aeons
- 3: Liber Xenologis, pgs. 52-53 - Extract from the Pharmacopolium Xenomalium: Ur-ghuls
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