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The '''Cult of Seventh Woe''' is the name of a [[Dark Eldar]] [[Wych Cult]].<sup>1-p23</sup>
The Seventh Woe, in the ancient myths of the Eldar, refers to the destruction of the maiden-god Heath's hearth-moon at the hands of Kaela Mensha Khaine. The legend is synonymous with the end of innocence, a tenet that the Seventh Woe embraces wholeheartedly by teaching those born into their cult to wield a blade before they can talk. Each of its members has been learning to fight and kill since infancy, and although a great many of the Seventh Woe's warriors defect from the oppressive and controlling weapon-regime of their masters to join the Hellion gangs, those that remain are counted amongst the most deadly of all Wyches.
This group of [[Wych]]s gained in prominence in the arena districts by late [[M41]] when they became experts in a strange [[xenos|alien]] species called [[Tyranid]]s that had been attacking the eastern part of the galaxy. After learning these creatures were attracted to rich biomass, the cult poisoned the skies of the [[Imperial]] world of Eurydix Secundus with high-yield metasteroids. This turned the citizens of the [[Hive]] into deformed giants after they drank the water. During the invasion of the planet, the Cult of Seventh Woe emerged from the clouds during the fighting between the Imperials and the Tyranids. In the resultant chaos, they managed to capture some of the Tyranid weapon-beasts after some of the more larger and dangerous creatures were unleashed. Trapping these beasts in runic hexcages and escaped into the [[Webway]] with some of them and left Eurydix Secundus to be tyrannaformed and harvested by the [[Hive Fleet]]. Thus, this Wych Cult maintains the reputation of holding creatures the likes of which are not seen in the rest of [[Commoragh]].<sup>1-p23</sup>
