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'''Old One Eye''' is a unique [[Tyranid]] [[Carnifex]] with the ability to regenerate itself from mortal wounds. Its body bears the scars of many blows that should have killed it, and rumours persist of Old One Eye being killed more than a dozen times. It is armed with a pair of huge, [[Crushing Claws|crab-like claws]] capable of ripping even the hardest foe to pieces.{{Fn|1}}
=== History ===
Old One Eye spearheaded [[Hive Fleet]] [[Behemoth]]'s assault on [[Calth]], swatting away [[Leman Russ Battle Tank]]s as if they were insects. Its rampage was stopped when a forgotten hero of the [[Imperium]] fired a [[Plasma Pistol]] through its eye and into its brain. This shot was the first time Old One Eye was brought down, and it is still unable to regenerate its eye and is permanently scarred with a plasma burn running across its skull. Decades later after Behemoth had been driven from Calth, a band of smugglers stumbled across its body frozen intact in the ice-packs of Calth. They thawed it out hoping to get a bounty for the corpse, but Old One Eye's grievous wounds instantly began to heal. It soon awoke and slaughtered the smugglers. Isolated from the [[Hive Mind]] a Carnifex reverts to its instinct to mindlessly kill, and so Old One Eye's release heralded a series of Tyranid raids on Calth. Land convoys were destroyed, hab-domes smashed and entire populations massacred. Lesser Tyranid creatures such as [[Termagant]]s and [[Genestealer]]s, also left behind from Behemoth's invasion, were drawn to Old One Eye's presence as a dominant leader. The people of Calth cried out for aid, and they were answered by Scout Sergeant [[Telion]] of the [[Ultramarines]]. Telion tracked down Old One Eye, but found it difficult to pierce its armoured flanks. As Telion's warriors were cut to pieces by the beast, Telion made a one-in-a-million shot that hit its ruined eye-socket. Old One Eye was overcome with pain and stumbled into a cavernous ravine. Telion led a search for the body, but Old One Eye was never found.{{Fn|1}}
Old One Eye's ability to heal damage inflicted on it during combat has given rise to theories of it being an unstable mutation, an experiment in rapid cell regrowth, abandoned by the Hive Mind. But with the arrival of the [[Hive Fleet]] [[Leviathan]] this mutation has become nearly a standard on every Carnifex.{{Cite This}}
The most recent sighting of a creatureresembling the Beast of Calth was uponthe world of [[Tartoros]], during [[Hive Fleet Leviathan]]'s assault on the [[Cryptus System]]. Ignoring the fire from [[Cadian Shock Troopers|Cadian]][[heavy weapon teams team]]s that spattered offits scarred carapace, this alpha [[Carnifex]]smashed apart several of the [[void shieldgenerator]]generators s that kept Tartoros protectedfrom devastating solar storms. Not asingle Imperial soldier survived theresulting cataclysm. If this is the same creature, it is unknownhow it escaped the confines of Calth, butthe fact remains that, wherever Old OneEye is sighted, carnage and slaughter followin its wake.{{Fn|2}}
===Images===
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Old One Eye mini.jpg|Old One Eye miniature ([[Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition)|3rd Edition]]){{Fn|3}}
OldOneEyeNew.jpg|Old One Eye miniature ([[Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition)|5th Edition]]){{Fn|4}}
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===Related ArticlesSee also===
*[[Species of Tyranid]]
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (8th Edition)]], pg. 61
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Citadel Bitz & Collectors]], pg. 31
*{{Endn|4}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20171108041501/https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Old-One-Eyes-Carnifex-Brood-2017 Games Workshop webstore : Old One Eye's Carnifex Brood] (saved archive, last accessed 16/04/23)*{{Endn|5}}:
[[Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000]]
- ''Old One Eye''- for details see [[Old One Eye/Sources]]
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*[[Codex: Tyranids (3rd Edition)]], {{Cite This}}
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