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A '''Mandrake''' is a type of [[Drukhari]] native to the region of [[Commorragh]] known as [[Aelindrach]].{{Fn|5}} Mandrakes are often cannibalistic and wild, living separate from other [[Drukhari]].{{Fn|1a}}

A Mandrake's physique has adapted to make himself or herself camouflaged almost anywhere. They have evolved the so-called shadow-skin, which makes them nigh-invisible out of direct light. They also exist within a different reality itself and are capable of entering into reality straight out of another person's shadow. No-one knows how this dramatic change has occurred, not even their [[Drukhari]] kin. While the shadowskin could be just the result of [[warp]] exposure, other theories exist. Some consider them to be the very shadows brought to life, while others claim that Mandrakes are the descendants of a forbidden cult that found a way to pass into shadow to avoid the [[Fall of the Eldar|Fall]]{{Fn|3}}, yet other rumors tell of a union between [[Eldar]] and [[Daemon|Unholy Entities]]{{Fn|3}} created when the [[Eldar Empire]] was at it's most decadent.{{Fn|3}} Other rumors hold that the first Mandrakes were created by [[Haemonculi]] employed by the [[Cult of Grief|Wych Cult of Grief]].{{Fn|6}}

Even [[Asdrubael Vect]] was not safe from the reach of the Mandrakes, who were able to penetrate the Supreme Overlord's inner sanctum to butcher him at the dawn of [[M42]]. When Vect once more appeared and declared himself the [[Living Muse]], he enacted swift retribution upon all who had shown disloyalty during his supposed death. Yet his wrath was not visited upon the Mandrakes. Perhaps it was because they were players in his grand plan, or perhaps because they strike fear in even Vect's heart.{{Fn|10}}

Mandrakes have a unique hierarchy that only themselves understand{{Fn|8}} :

*'''Nightfiend''', the leader of a Mandrake unit, a being whose presence can cause its enemies’ blood to curdle.

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*[[Blightsoul]]{{Fn|9}}

*[[Dreameater]]{{Fn|9}}

*[[Xhakoruakh]]

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