The Aberrant is a beast with brute strength that the Genestealer Cult use to their advantage. Let’s find out more about this Xenos hulk.
They may be ugly and deformed but the Aberrant is brutally strong and will defend its brood with its life, therefore, it is a major asset to the Genestealer Cult. Let’s find out more.
Via: Lexicanum
Misshapen, lumpen, and inhumanly strong, the Aberrants are the repugnant offshoots of the Genestealer life cycle. Though dim-witted, their instinctive need to defend their brood makes them valuable assets to the cult. In battle, they fight with heavy industrial tools, moaning slurred praise to the Patriarch all the way. Not even the Magus himself knows what manner of strange processes gives rise to an Aberrant.
Some quirk of ancestry ordains their fate as the gene-cycle is somehow perverted. Perhaps the initial implantation of the ovipositor was interrupted or spoiled, perhaps the interbreeding happened during a Warp tumult, or perhaps the forbidden dabbling of curious bio-scryers gave rise to monsters that killed their creators upon birth. Whatever the circumstance that leads to their inception, these Aberrants soon seek out the lowest of the cult’s dungeon-like lairs, finding a Magus or Primus who gives them purpose. From that point on, they are used as pure muscle for the cult’s purposes.
Due to a strange psychic resonance from the Patriarch, cult members are fiercely protective and nurturing of these abominations. Thus rather than disposing of them, cultists will often find roles for Aberrants in their plans. In times of war, they are sent as attack dogs to spread terror and confusion. Smashing open the defenses of humanity, they commit grievous acts of destruction to impress their masters. In battle, they wield improvised heavy mining equipment like Power Hammers and Power Picks.
Aberrants are perhaps the most dangerous element the Cult has, for they are obviously non-human, and should they be discovered the entire brood risks annihilation by Imperial authorities.
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