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==Orders of the Incubus==
Incubi, like [[Mandrake]]s or [[Haemonculi]], do not swear allegiance to any specific [[Kabal]] or [[Wych Cult]]. Instead, Incubi are trained in their dark shrines. These obsidian crafted shrines, all presided over by [[Hierarch]]s, are thronged by patrons and aspirants eager to steep themselves in the murderous arts. The smallest shrines have only a handful of Incubi, the larger ones are sprawling bastions full of howling marble statues with a central shrine where aspiring Incubi and other Dark Eldar come in their thousands to bargain for services or to join the order.{{Fn|7}}
Training is extremely hard and gruelling. Due to this, not every aspirant survives the training. These weaklings are burnt as an offering to the iron statue of [[Khaine]] at the heart of each shrine. The only way to stay alive is to quickly master everything taught. Should an aspirant live long enough to best a proven Incubus and take his armour, the final training will begin. Every aspirant must then kill an [[Aspect Warrior]] of the [[Eldar]] [[Craftworld]]s in single combat, shatter their quarry's precious [[Soul Stone]] and rebuild it into a psychic torture device known as a Tormentor. After that, the aspirant can be considered an Incubus.
Incubi are the best warriors in Dark Eldar society. They are warrior-mercenaries living only to kill. [[Archons]] favor Incubi as bodyguards. They are also used extensively as enforcers in the city of [[Commorragh]]. Many pleasure dens or smuggler's spires have been brutally destroyed by a host of Incubi to send a message to their employer's rivals. The reason for this is that in Dark Eldar society, one's place in the chain of command is only improved by assassinating the person above you{{Cite This}}. Therefore, the majority of Kabal leaders find it too dangerous to leave the protecting of their lives in the hands of a member of the same Kabal, as the bodyguard would have ulterior motives for not sufficiently protecting the [[Archon]]. Incubi, on the other hand, are completely neutral in matters of Kabal hierarchy, follow the code of their contract and their Klaivex leader zealously, and are elite warriors, all of which make them perfect bodyguards. But in Commorragh, even the finest blade can still sometimes cut both ways.{{Fn|7}}
===Armour===
Another aspect of Incubi equipment that is fairly unique is their use of [[power armour]] like the [[Incubus Warsuit]]. This warsuit is used only by Incubi and not even Archons have access to this kind of armoury. The warsuit is as tough as power armour and so perfectly designed it barely inhibits dexterity at all.
[[Image:Incubus2drawing.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Incubi with klaive]]
==Known Incubi Shrines==
*The '''Shrine of the Cursed Night'''{{Fn|5}}
*The '''Shrine of the Coiled Blade''' - — Follow the [[Ynnari]]{{Fn|8}}
*The '''Shrine of Naked Hatred''' {{Fn|9}}
==Notable Incubi==
*'''[[Dark Father]]''' - — The leader of the Incubui
*'''[[Drazhar]]''', known as the ''Master of Blades'', is the champion of his order. Drazhar is positioned as an ''Executioner'' and is probably the deadliest mortal in the galaxy... if he is mortal at all.
*'''[[Morr]]''' is a loyal Incubus in the service of the [[Kabal of the Realm Eternal]]{{Fn|5}}
==Images==
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==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Dark Eldar (3rd Edition)]], {{Cite This}}
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Dark Eldar (5th Edition)]], {{Cite This}}
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Path of the Incubus (Novel)]]: cover illustration by [[Neil Roberts]];
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Path of the Renegade (Novel)]] by [[Andy Chambers]], Chapter Five
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook]], pg. 209
*{{Endn|6}}: ''[[Dark Son (Short Story)]]'' by [[Gav Thorpe]] - — [[Path of the Eldar (Omnibus)]], pg. 765*{{Endn|7}}: [[Codex: Dark Eldar (7th Edition)]] pg. 20-21 20–21 ''The Shrines of the Incubi''*{{Endn|8}}: [[Gathering Storm: Fracture of Biel-Tan]] - — Part 3
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Codex: Drukhari (8th Edition)]]
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