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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 grueling. 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.{{Fn|2}}
====Known Incubi Shrines====
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Dark Eldar (3rd Edition)]], {{Cite This}}
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Dark Eldar (5th Edition)]], {{Cite This}}pg. 31
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Path of the Incubus (Novel)]], ''Cover illustration by [[Neil Roberts]]''
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Path of the Renegade (Novel)]], Chapter Five
