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[[Image:CorpseGrinderArt.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Corpse Grinder Cultist[[Skrvovar]], '''Butcher''' of the [[Lodge of the Keen Edge]]{{Fn|2b2f}}]]The '''Corpse Grinder Cults''' are cannibal [[Khorne]] outlaw cannibalistic [[Helot Cult]]s found on [[Necromunda (planet)|Necromunda]]{{Fn|2b}} worshiping [[Khorne]] in its aspects of the ''Lord of Skin and Sinew'', ''Meat Father'' or ''Ravenous One''.{{Fn|2a1f}}

Corpse Grinder Cults are Khornate Cults that are initially formed from [[Corpse Guild]] workers who have gone mad from constantly rendering down dead bodies into [[Corpse-Starch]]. The Cults quickly discovered that they prefer the taste of fresh flesh to [[Corpse-Starch]] and easily expand their ranks with [[Necromunda (planet)|Necromundans]] who have fallen prey to insanity. Most of the Corpse Grinders only wield close combat weapons in battle, save for the Cults' Initiates, who are allowed to use pistols until they rise in the Corpse Grinder's ranks.{{Fn|2a2b}}

Under the nose of Guild overseers the Cult grows, avoiding notice until the time is right. In hidden places they worship the [[Khorne|Lord of Meat]]. As the cult is fed on meat so too does the head butcher feed the faithful on promises of freedom and power, echoing the whispered voice in their own head. Slowly, the cult begins to gather weapons and fresh recruits. When at last the Cult is ready to rise up, they emerge from their hidden lairs in their thousands.{{Fn|2a2b}}

At the heart of every Corpse Grinder Cult stands the [[Harvest Lord]], who sometimes becomes a vessel for [[Daemon]]s should he become successful enough. Under the thrall of this insane [[demagogue]] are scores of '''Butchers''', who in turn command the rank-and-file Cultists.{{Fn|2a2b}}

[[Image:CorpseGrinderCultist.jpg|thumb|250px|Corpse Grinder Cultist[[Death Encroaching on Ignorant Minds]], '''Cutter''' of the [[Lodge of Sinew's Faith]]{{Fn|3c1x}}]]The first Corpse Grinder Cult ever recorded was during the [[Great Road War]], when many hives were still to be brought under the unified control of the Imperial House. Out among the wastes, grave robbers picked over the remains of battles, repurposing the fallen to feed their cannibal clans. Their leader was an [[ash-rider]] by the name of [[Waz Bonepicker]], a savage blessed by the Lord of Meat. Even centuries later, Corpse Grinder Cults are raised in the name of the Bonepicker, their icon a bladed wheel mimicking the great machines of the ancient ash-rider clans.{{Fn|2a2b}}

One of the Corpse Grinder Cults overwhelmed [[Hive Arcos]]' defences in 934.[[M40]] and then gave its surviving inhabitants a choice - feast upon the bounty of the '''Meat Lord''' or become food for the Cult. Soon afterwards, cadres of Necromunda's [[Palanite Enforcers]] were sent to crush the uprising, but failed, which led the [[Hive World]]'s [[House Helmawr|Imperial House]] to decree that Hive Arcos would be lost to Necromunda for a generation. With the order given, an artificial ash storm was created that buried Arcos for a century and it was believed that this would cause its population and the Cult to starve to death{{Fn|13}}.

Unfortunately for [[Necromunda (planet)|Necromunda]], another Corpse Grinder Cult later appeared in the [[Underhive]] of [[Hive Primus]] and is now being fought, once again, by the [[Palanite Enforcers]].{{Fn|13}}

*[[M34]] - [[Great Road War]], the appearance of the first Corpse Grinder Cult ever recorded{{Fn|2a1u}}{{Fn|3b2b}}*[[M40]] - [[Fall of Hive Arcos]]{{Fn|3a1b}}{{Fn|1h}}*Rebellions during the [[Hive Mynerva]] famine.{{Fn|3b1u}}

*[[Eightfold '''Harvest Lord|Harvest Lord]] ''' - The supreme demagogue of a Cult.{{Fn|2a1u}}{{Fn|2b}}*'''Butchers''' - The leaders of the Corpse Grinder Cult gangs. They are some of the best close combat fighters on [[Necromunda (planet)|Necromunda]].{{Fn|1u}}{{Fn|2c}} *'''Cutters''' - The Cults' equivalent of Champions in other gangs.{{Fn|1u}}{{Fn|2c}}*'''Skinners''' - The Cults' equivalent of regular gangers.{{Fn|1u}}{{Fn|2c}}

*[[Eightfold Harvest Lord]] – Wandering [[Harvest Lord]] and outlaw [[bounty hunter]]{{Fn|2d}}*[[Waz BonepickerFelkormog]] – [[Harvest Lord]] of the [[Lodge of Tearing Hands]]{{Fn|2a1q}}*[[XorHand of Crimson]] – ‘‘‘Butcher’’’ of the [[Cult of the Primal Cut]]{{Fn|Xor 1a}}*[[Nightmare of a Thousand Widows]] – ‘‘‘Butcher’’’ of the Keeper[ [Lodge of Decaying Flesh]]{{Fn|3a1o}}*[[Ravenous One]] – [[Harvest Lord]] of the [[Cult of the Ravenous One]]{{Fn|7}}*[[Skrvovar]] – ‘‘‘Butcher’’’ of the [[Lodge of the Keen Edge]]{{Fn|2f}}*[[Slokorgamul]] – ‘‘‘Butcher’’’ of the [[Lodge of the Sawing Hand ]]{{Fn|1p}}*[[Waz Bonepicker]] – Leader of the Corpse Grinder cultists during the [[Great Road War]] in [[M34]]{{Fn|1u}}{{Fn|2b}}*[[Xor the Keeper]] – Leader of Crimsonthe [[Hive Arcos]]uprising{{Fn|1g}}

*1: [[Necromunda: Dark Uprising#Rulebook|Necromunda: Dark Uprising]]**{{Endn|1a}}: Front cover interior**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 6**{{Endn|1c}}: pg. 7**{{Endn|1d}}: pg. 8**{{Endn|1e}}: pg. 9**{{Endn|1f}}: pg. 10**{{Endn|1g}}: pg. 11**{{Endn|1h}}: pg. 12**{{Endn|1i}}: pg. 13**{{Endn|1j}}: pg. 24**{{Endn|1k}}: pg. 30**{{Endn|11l}}: pg. 40**{{Endn|1m}}: pg. 44**{{Endn|1n}}: pg. 50**{{Endn|1o}}: pg. 57**{{Endn|1p}}: pg. 60**{{Endn|1q}}: pg. 61**{{Endn|1r}}: pg. 75**{{Endn|1s}}: pg. 91**{{Endn|1t}}: pg. 106**{{Endn|1u}}: pg. 107**{{Endn|1v}}: [[Necromundapg. 108**{{Endn|1w}}: Underhive (2017)]] Updated Rulebook, pg. 36 — ''Necromunda Timeline109**{{Endn|1x}}: Rise of the Corpse Grinders''pg. 112

**{{Endn|2a}}: pgspg. 14-164 a**{{Endn|2b}}: pgpgs. 12514-16 b

**{{Endn|2d}}: pgspg. 21*3: [[Necromunda: Dark Uprising]] rulebook:**{{Endn|3a2e}}: pgspg. 12–13 — ''The Fall of Hive Arcos''83**{{Endn|3b2f}}: pgspg. 106–107 — ''Corpse Grinder Cults''125**{{Endn|3c3}}: [[Necromunda: Underhive (2017)]] Updated Rulebook, pg. 11236 — ''Necromunda Timeline: Rise of the Corpse Grinders''