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[[Image:HaemonculusArt.jpg|thumb|right|280px|A Haemonculus]]
*;'''Weapons'''{{Fn|4b}}**[[Agonizer]]**[[Destructor (weapon)|Destructor]]**[[Electrocorrosive Whip]]**[[Flesh Gauntlet]]**[[Flensing Blade]]**[[Haemonculus Tools]]**[[Hexrifle]]**[[Husk Blade]]**[[Ichor Injector]]**[[Khaïdesi Haemovore]]s{{Fn|2d}}**[[Liquifier Gun]]**[[OssefactorMindphase Gauntlet]]**[[Mindphase GauntletOssefactor]]**[[Poisoner's Ampule]]**[[Scissorhand]]**[[Stinger Pistol]]**[[Venom Blade]]*;'''Wargear'''**[[Animus Vitae]]{{Fn|2d}}**[[Archangel of Pain]]**[[Casket of Flensing]]**[[Crucible of Malediction]]**[[Dark Gate]]**[[Gnarlskin]]{{Fn|2d}}**[[Nightmare Doll]]{{Fn|2d}}**[[Panacea Perverted]]{{Fn|2d}}**[[Shattershard]]**[[Soul-Trap]]**[[Vexator mask]]**[[Webway Portal]]
*[[Mydilian]] — An [[Acothyst]]
*[[Vorsch]]
Source does not specify that Vorsch is a Haemonculus (or even a Drukhari at all, for that matter).
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The '''Haemonculi''' are [[Dark Eldar]] surgeon-alchemists, adept at torture and biological manipulation.{{Fn|1}}
==Overview==
[[Image:HaemonculusArt.jpg|thumb|right|280px|A Haemonculus]]
The first Haemonculi were originally the masters of the ancient [[Eldar Empire]].{{Fn|2b}}
==Equipment and Abilities==
[[Image:Haemonculus Art.jpg|thumb|right|220px|[[Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm|Dawn of War]] Haemonculus]]
Haemonculi are known for carrying strange but lethal wargear unique to them. Some of this wargear is impossible to obtain even by [[Archons]].
As every Haemonculus is old, perverse, and cunning, they carry some "dirty tricks" in their tainted sleeves. Having access to arcane wargear of the [[Dark Eldar]], they might possess some truly dreadful array of technology such as:{{Fn|4b}}
Haemonculi also employ many gruesome machines and minions in battle. Though often [[Wrack]]s and [[Grotesque]]s do much of their dirty work, Haemonculi consider [[Engines of Pain]] to be the pinnacle of their art.{{Fn|1}}
==Haemonculi Covens==
*{{Mainmain|Haemonculi Covens}}[[Image:Haemonculus Art.jpg|thumb|right|220px|[[Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm|Dawn of War]] Haemonculus]]
Haemonculi form themselves into factions of like-minded individuals known as [[Haemonculi Coven]]s. Perhaps the most notable Haemonculi Coven is [[The Prophets of Flesh]].{{Fn|4c}}
==Notable Haemonculi==
*[[Bellathonis]]
*[[Croniarch Sekh]]
*[[Drecarus]]{{Fn|6}}
*[[Faerughast]]
*[[Gruemenael]] — A Haemonculus associated with the [[Kabal of the Black Heart]].{{Fn|9}}*[[Iridivyst]] — A gourmet who wishes to experience being killed in new and interesting ways.{{Fn|2f}}
*[[Khaeghris Xhakt]]
*[[Kresthekia]]
*[[Makaxev Xorl-Thodt]]{{Fn|8}}
*[[Malothrack]]
*[[Mydilian]] — An [[Acothyst]]
*[[Quvelich the Emaciator]]
*[[Shatterling Prince]]{{Fn|3}}
*[[Vakillar U'riss]]
*[[Vlokarion]]
*[[Xelxyx]]
*[[Xeryndtuil]]
*[[Yukor]] - — Trained [[Lelith Hesperax]] and [[Morghana Nathrax]].{{Fn|10}}*[[Zykleiades]] — A Patriarch Noctis in the Coven of [[The Black Descent]].{{Fn|7}}
==Images==
<gallery heights="200px" widths="250px" mode="packed" caption="Modelsnolines">Image:Haemonculus.jpg|3rd Edition HaemonculusImageFile:DEHaemonculusUrienRakarth.jpg|5th Edition Haemonculus[[Urien Rakarth]]ImageFile:Haemonculus7thEVakillar.jpg|7th Edition Haemonculus[[Vakillar U'riss]]
</gallery>
===Miniatures===<gallery heights="200px" widths="250px" mode="packed" caption="Artnolines">FileImage:Haemonculus.jpg|[[3rd Edition]] HaemonculusImage:UrienRakarthDEHaemonculus.jpg|Urien Rakarth[[5th Edition]] HaemonculusFileImage:VakillarHaemonculus7thE.jpg|Vakillar U'riss[[7th Edition]] Haemonculus
</gallery>
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Dark Eldar (5th Edition)]], pgs. 37-40
*2: [[Haemonculus Covens - A Codex: Dark Eldar Supplement]]:
**{{Endn|2a}}: ''Disciplines of the Haemonculi''
**{{Endn|2b}}: ''The Chronicle of Endless Woe''
**{{Endn|2e}}: ''The Theatre of Horrors''
**{{Endn|2f}}: ''A Hideous Beauty''
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex Supplement: White Scars (8th Edition)]], pg. 28 — ''Huntsmen of the Stars''*4: [[Codex: Drukhari (8th Edition)]]:
**{{Endn|4a}}: pg. 68
**{{Endn|4b}}: pg. 87
**{{Endn|4c}}: pgs. 34-35
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Rogue Trader: The Soul Reaver]], pg. 120
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Path of the Archon (Novel)]], Chapters 6, & 14
*{{Endn|8}}: [[White Dwarf 483]], pg. 53 — ''Heroes and Villains''
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Dawn of War: Soulstorm]] Dark Eldar Campaign — Gruemenael, Honour Guard unit info
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Lelith Hesperax: Queen of Knives (Novel)]] - , Chapter 2
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