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In [[M35]], Escher was created formally at the conclusion of the [[Two-faced War]] where the [[House Ulanti]] sect known as the [[Eschaki]] exiled themselves from [[Hive Primus]]'s Spire. Wars with [[House Goliath]] raged on and off until the [[Great Poisoning]] during the [[Mynerva Famine]], which killed thousands of Goliath warriors and saw them all but wiped out in the subsequent fighting.{{Fn|12a}}
However, during [[M39]], the house was infected with the Flesh Curse, and some nine out of every ten male children died before reaching their second cycle. Other clans tried to take advantage of their weakened position, and the House of Blades suffered many losses. It was left to the matriarchs of the clan to claim leadership and over the years, ; through means both subtle and violent, they have risen to reclaim their place among the Clan Houses.{{Fn|12a}}
Arrogant and heartless, the Escher have a reputation for cruelty, and are perhaps the most vicious Househouse. Their gangs may be all female, but they They are as tough and heavily armed as any all male other gang. They are , both fast and deadly, and tend to have a strong bias towards hand-to-hand combat. When choosing guns they prefer [[plasma weapon]]s for their high firepower.{{Fn|5a}}{{Fn|5b}}{{Fn|6}} The Eschers' gang-dialect is known as ''Argot''.{{Fn|23}}
House Escher's wealth depends upon the [[stimm]] trade, in particular the supplying of their Stimms stimms to [[House Goliath]] and medical elixirs to [[House Van Saar]]. 90% of all stimms produced on Necromunda come from House Escher's [[Chymistchymist]] clans.{{Fn|12a}} Its products are manufactured to the high standards of the Househouse's [[Alchemyst Covenalchemyst coven]]s under sanction by the [[Imperial House]]s.{{Fn|40a}}
Like all the other Clan Housesclan houses, Escher maintain maintains their own workshops , which, under the watchful eyes of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]], churn out weapons of numerous classes - those favoured by the Househouse's warriors appear lethal and artfully refined, just like their owners. {{Fn|16m}}
In [[Hive Mortis]] , Escher have has risen to dominance among their its peers (though their 'death-maiden' gangs are not unchallenged), extracting and fermenting drugs from the dead.{{Fn|16c}}
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