Celeja
From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
The celeja are winged, beetle-like warp parasites that live inside their host's bloodstreams, absorbing their genetic information.[1]
They do so for many years and are only occasionally visible as a swelling that moves beneath the host's skin. When the celeja has absorbed enough genetic information, it sends its victims into a catatonic state. It then cocoons the host in silk-like material it excretes from the body's pores. A few days later, the celeja emerges, transformed into a perfect likeness of the host, who is left behind as a lifeless husk. The celeja then masquerades as the deceased host, while working toward some agenda that only it understands.[1]
Sources
- 1: Liber Xenologis, pgs. 168-169 - Medusae
