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Incubi lead rigorously disciplined lives; and some even whisper that they can be trusted to keep their word. As such, their services are regularly sought after by the powerful within Commorragh. But despite their prowess as shock troops and duellists, even Incubi scorn a fair fight and will concentrate solely upon killing in the most efficient way possible. They are trained in multiple forms of combat with a wide variety of weapons.{{Fn|9}}
===Klaivex===[[Image:KlaivexMini2.jpg|thumb|right|150px|A [[Ynnari]] Klaivex{{Fn|17}}]]The leaders of the Incubi are known as Klaivexes due to their unparalleled skill with the klaive. Each shrine has a different ritual for how a Klaivex is chosen, but all revolve around displaying absolute mastery of the ritual weapon. In the [[Shrine of Naked Hatred]], those who would become leader must first disable an incumbent Klaivex in single combat. They must then show their skill by flaying the defeated in but four strokes of the blade – if they fail, they themselves are skinned with their klaive.{{Fn|9}} ==Shrines of the Incubus===
Incubi, like [[Mandrake]]s or [[Haemonculi]], do not swear allegiance to any specific [[Kabal]] or [[Wych Cult]]. Instead, Incubi are trained in their dark shrines. These obsidian crafted shrines, all presided over by [[Hierarch]]s, are thronged by patrons and aspirants eager to steep themselves in the murderous arts. The smallest shrines have only a handful of Incubi, the larger ones are sprawling bastions full of howling marble statues with a central shrine where aspiring Incubi and other Dark Eldar come in their thousands to bargain for services or to join the order.{{Fn|7}}
Training is extremely hard and grueling. Due to this, not every aspirant survives the training. These weaklings are burnt as an offering to the iron statue of [[Khaine]] at the heart of each shrine. The only way to stay alive is to quickly master everything taught. Should an aspirant live long enough to best a proven Incubus and take his armour, the final training will begin. Every aspirant must then kill an [[Aspect Warrior]] of the [[Eldar]] [[Craftworld]]s in single combat, shatter their quarry's precious [[Spirit Stone]] and rebuild it into a psychic torture device known as a [[Tormentor]].{{Fn|2}} Others talk of a requirement to kill an existing warrior of the shrine and to take his wargear.{{Fn|19}} After that, the aspirant can be considered an Incubus.{{Fn|2}}
[[File:Blood-of-the-Phoenix.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Incubi fight beside [[Drazhar]] against [[Jain Zar]] and her [[Howling Banshee]]s{{Fn|21}}]]
*[[Shrine of the Black Lotus]]{{Fn|15}}
*[[Shrine of the Sublime Murder]]{{Fn|14}}
*[[Shrine Unmade]]{{Fn|19}}
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