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As the Abattoir Tree is specifically stated to be a woe-machine, whereas the Spike was merely created by Asphodel but not described as a woe machine, I have moved Abattoir Tree to its own section (along with the other machines with articles).
Besides being a brilliant tactician, Asphodel's talent for designing war machines was so great that some [[Imperial]] analysts speculated a past connection with an Imperial [[Forge world]] or even with the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] (though the latter speculation was hotly denied by Mechanicus adepts).{{Fn|1a}}
==Overview==Like their creator, these machines were both destructive and terrifying in appearance. They were first encountered on [[Ashek II]], against which the [[Imperial Guard]]'s infantry forces proved so impotent that [[Marshal_Marshal (Imperial_Guard)|Marshal]] [[Blackwood]] transmitted urgent pleas to [[Warmaster]] [[Slaydo]] for [[Titan]] reinforcement. The "duels" between the Imperial Titans and Asphodel's Woe Machines traumatized many of the witnessing [[Guardsmen]] far beyond any wounds they had taken.{{Fn|1a}}
These grotesque machines were later encountered during the [[Battle of Balhaut]] in 765.M41, when Asphodel unleashed them against the Imperial forces assaulting the Oligarchy citadel. They were powerful enough to drive back even the [[Silver Guard]] [[Space Marines]].{{Fn|1c}}
Still later, Asphodel produced several new woe machines from the manufactories of [[Hive]] [[Ferrozoica]] on [[Verghast]], where the Heritor mobilised the city's entire population to exterminate its neighbour, [[Vervunhive]].{{Fn|2a}}{{Fn|2b}}
==Known Types of Woe Machine==
===Hammerstone Kings===
*[[Blighting King]]{{Fn|3}}
*[[Inheritor King]]{{Fn|3}}
*[[Poison King]]{{Fn|3}}
*[[Treading King]]{{Fn|3}}
===Other===
*[[Abattoir Tree]]{{Fn|3}}
*[[Blight-Ball]]{{Fn|3}}
*[[Coffin-Worm]]{{Fn|3}}
*[[Flensing-Wheel]]{{Fn|3}}
*[[Gallowspider]]{{Fn|3}}
*[[Murdernaut Assault Machine]]{{Fn|3}}
*[[Nadzybar’s Fist Assault Engine]]{{Fn|3}}
*[[Rackmouth]]{{Fn|3}}
*[[Skybreaker Gun-Train]]{{Fn|3}}
==See also==
*[[The Spike]]
*[[Abattoir TreeFlat-crab (Siege Weapon)]]*[[Spider (Siege Weapon)]]
==Sources==
**{{Endn|2a}}: Chapter Seven
**{{Endn|2b}}: Chapter Eleven
*{{Endn|3}}: [[The Headstone and the Hammerstone Kings (Short Story)]] — [[Sabbat Worlds (Anthology)]]
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