Haemonculi - Notable Haemonculi: Urien Rakarth - The being known as Urien Rakarth, the "Sculptor of Torments," is twisted beyond measure, possessing such a mastery over the arts of the flesh that he has died and been resurrected back to life time and time again. Several thousand standard years old, he has been slain by nearly every known form of weapon and has suffered more grisly fates besides. A depraved genius in the fields of bodily manipulation and anatomical sculpture, Rakarth's skill as a fleshcrafter is legendary. Though he once enjoyed a senior position in the intrigues that bind Commorragh, he has transcended squabbles over power and prestige entirely. Now Rakarth exists only to revel in depravity. Ancient beyond the recollection of even the eldest Archon of the Dark City, Rakarth has been reborn from death so many times that even he can no longer keep count. So profoundly have these constant regenerations affected Urien's metabolism that his artificially-toughened flesh is able to reknit and heal at an incredible rate -- Rakarth welcomes all forms of injury, especially upon the battlefield, for they force him to improvise. He carries a variety of strange weapons to war, including a horrific tool with which he can inject his own foul ichor into his unfortunate victims, bestowing upon them a hideous and agonising death. Nonetheless, this demented fiend is most rightly feared for the repugnant creations that shamble from his flesh-pens. His menagerie of horrors strains the sanity of all who behold it, and is made available by Rakarth to the highest Commorrite bidder.Bellathonis - A master Haemonculus who has studied in the Haemonculi coven known as the Black Descent, as well as the ancient arts of the infamous Haemonculus Vlokarion, said to be second only to Urien Rakarth in his dark accomplishments. Bellathonis conspired with Archon Nyos Yllithian of the Kabal of the White Flames to resurrect the infamous Archon El'uriaq in order to usurp the tyrannical overlord of Commorragh, Asdrubael Vect. Following the teachings of Vlokarion, Bellathonis was able to utilise the tortured screams of a pure Exodite Worldsinger to draw the long-dead Archon's lingering spirit from the destroyed outer-realm of Shaa-Dom. However, despite maintaining his personality and charisma, the resurrected Archon was also unknowingly possessed by a powerful Daemon. The unstable El'uriaq destroyed the body of Bellathonis for a small slight, which forced the Master Haemonculus to spend many solar weeks in a regeneration chamber attended by his Wracks. When he finally emerged, partially healed, he did so in order to warn Yllithian that the reborn El'uriaq's body was, in fact, possessed and entirely controlled by one of the Neverborn of Chaos.Croniarch Sekh - Croniarch is a Haemonculus of the Haemonculi coven the Prophets of Flesh. He became bitter and wrathful with the Succubus Yctria Ghularis, known as the Flayer Queen, and ruler of the Cult of the Red Grief, after she killed his favoured gladiator-queen Kariasche. The Haemonculus conspired against her with Yctria's second-in-command, Idyliane. In the resulting Battle of Refusal, Sekh instrumented the mutation of Yctria, who was very vain about her appearance, into a hideous beast that would be forced to fight in Commorragh's gladiatorial arenas. The Drukhari in attendance got to their feet until the entire arena was united in a standing ovation, gratified to witness another's pain. Subtly, but unforgettably, the Prophets of Flesh had reminded the denizens of the Dark City that to cross the Haemonculi was to invite a far darker destiny than mere death.Drecarus - The Arch-Agonist of T'saevoym, Drecarus is an ancient master Haemonculus of the Haemonculi coven known as the Sutured Helix. Following his bickering with the Archons and the Haemonculi of the Dark City, Drecarus and his Coven took an exile into the Webway. Eventually, the Coven stumbled upon a group of Rak'Gol marauders while traveling the Koronus Expanse. Their damaged vesel was saved by Archon Zaergarn Kul of the Kabal of the Splintered Talon. Eager to add a Haemonculi Coven to his Dominion, the Nexus of Shadows, Zaergarn offered the crippled vessel an offer it could not refuse, and Drecarus grudgingly assented to become Zaergarn's ally and advisor.Faerughast - A Haemonculus of the Haemonculi coven known as The Altered, he took part in a realspace raid upon the Imperial Mining World of Parocheus sometime during the 36th Millennium, in retaliation against the Raven Guard Space Marine Chapter for the mortal wounding of their lord Viscount Syndriq. Although enough of Syndriq's latest fleshform was scraped together to effect his regeneration, the damage to the Coven's pride had already been done. During the second battle upon Parocheus, Syndriq was killed during the height of battle. Despite this temporary setback, the aristocratic Faerughast devised a far more inventive revenge against the Space Marines. The Altered managed to steal away into the darkness over a score of the Raven Guard's number by the very foe they had come to slay. Two solar days later, a Space Marine strike force blasted its way into the Webway tunnels that fringed Parocheus. After a brief skirmish with the Covenites in the otherworldly tunnels beyond, the missing Raven Guard were recovered to a man, their memories clouded but their bodies intact. A hundred standard years and a day after the clash upon Parocheus, the sudden mutation of Raven Guard gene-seed saw dozens of their finest warriors hatch into grotesque monsters. An entire generation of new recruits had to be put down. In the end, the vengeance of the Haemonculi had been wrought by the hands of those who sought to defy them.Gruemeneal - Gruemeneal is a depraved Haemonculus who works in the service of the Kabal of the Black Heart. Journeying with Archon Tahril to the Kaurava System, Gruemeneal sought to capture a multitude of slaves for his own means, to torture and inflict upon them a symphony of pain.Iridivyst - Iridivyst is a Haemonculus of the Haemonculi coven called the Prophets of Flesh, and a contemporary of the Haemonculus Croniarch Sekh. Iridivyst was notable for having committed the faux pas of experiencing the same death twice, and his subsequent resurrection had taken an impractically long time. When his contemporary Sekh became bitter and wrathful against the Succubus Yctria Ghularis, ruler of the Cult of the Red Grief, after she killed his favoured gladiator-queen Kariasche the Marred, Iridivyst helped to conspire against the Wych Cult. The Prophets of Flesh agreed to take part in a realspace raid upon the Imperial Fortress World of Refusal against regiments of the Astra Militarum's Cadian Shock Troops, where their twisted plan of vengeance against the upstart Succubus took dreadful shape.Kresthekia - Kresthekia was a notable Haemonculus who led a Carnival of Pain in 156.M35 upon the far-flung Hive World of Auxilion after he made a deal with Aeldari mercenaries, which eventually fell through due to a diplomatic gaffe, turning their alliance sour. Five standard years later, when Imperial authorities visited Auxilion to investigate its failure to pay its tithes, they find the world deserted, and not a single spot of blood or spent bullet casing which might explain the phenomenon.Maestru Thrylemnis - A Haemonculus of the Haemonculi coven called the Prophets of Flesh, Thrylemnis was known as a dark artisan of fleshcraft in the creation of his Engines of Pain. When his contemporary Croniarch Sekh conspired against an upstart Succubus named Yctria Ghularis, he willingly took part in the realspace raid upon the Imperial world of Refusal, leading his Engines of Pain against the woefully unprepared Human Astra Militarum troopers and their Ogryn support units.Quvelich - A Haemonculus of the Haemonculi coven called the Prophets of Flesh, Quvelich was scarecrow-thin, even for one of his wretched kind. Quvelich took part in the realspace raid upon the Imperial world of Refusal alongside his fellow Haemonculi, where his coven helped enact their vengeance against the upstart Succubus Yctria Ghularis and her Wych Cult.Quvelich - Quvelich the Emaciator, is a reed-thin Haemonculus of the Haemonculi coven known as The Altered. He took part in a realspace raid upon the Imperial Mining World of Parocheus sometime during the 36th Millennium, in retaliation against the Raven Guard Space Marine Chapter for the mortal wounding of their lord Viscount Syndriq. Quvelich was known to have been an ally of Syndriq for millennia. During the height of the battle Quvelich was decapitated by the Raven Guard Captain Yaroslan Medexus, but his decapitated head was recovered by a Wrack and taken back to the Coven where it was most likely regenerated.Viscount Syndriq - The senior master Haemonculus of the Haemonculi coven The Altered, he took part in a realspace raid upon the Imperial Mining World of Parocheus in 018.M36. Unfortunately, the Raven Guard Space Marine Chapter lay waiting in ambush. They launched a blisteringly effective attack that had seen the Covenites maimed, disfigured, or -- in the case of Viscount Syndriq -- blasted into messy chunks by a volley of Heavy Bolter shells. Though the surviving Haemonculi had fled to the nearest Webway portal and escaped back to Commorragh, and enough of Syndriq's latest fleshform was scraped together to effect his regeneration, the damage to the Coven's pride had already been done. Viscount Syndriq in particular took the defeat hard. His rage was so great that he discharged himself from his regeneration sarcophagus long before his regrowth was complete. So it was that when the Altered returned to the planet of Parocheus in 522.M36, Syndriq was still a pale and hairless fiend, his knife-sharp teeth bared in a permanent rictus grin that was unsettling in the extreme. During the subsequent fighting upon Parocheus, Syndriq was killed again during the height of battle by missile fire from a Stormraven gunship. It is unknown if there was enough of his remains to recover after the battle for another regeneration.Vakillar U'riss - Vakillar U'riss, called "the Excrutiatress" across a dozen and more Imperial sectors along the Eastern Fringe, is a notorious Haemonculus of whom bloody folktales have been told for several thousand standard years. U'riss takes great delight in her work, which she undertakes for any Kabal willing and able to pay her unearthly price. Frequently, that price is yet more flesh for her infernal theatre of pain, wherein she creates the most spectacular tableau vivants ever witnessed in the Dark City. Despite her unspeakable obsession with crafting such theatrical excess, U'riss is known by the inner circle of the Dead Cabal to be a member of the Conclave of Tears. Exactly what the Haemonculus seeks to attain by association with this mysterious group is not known, but certainly it must offer her some advantage or prize she could not otherwise attain for herself. The Drukhari are, after all, the most selfish of all species, known for their limitless self-interest, and so it seems unlikely in the extreme that she is acting out of altruism. While it might seem unusual that a Drukhari should become embroiled in the activities of the Conclave of Tears at all, it makes a certain sense that should such a thing come about, it would be a Haemonculus that represents the denizens of the Dark City in this ancient coalition. U'riss and her peers generally exist outside of the eternal and lethal power struggles of the Kabals, selling their services to those most willing to meet their exorbitant prices. The Haemonculus move in circles other Drukhari would flounder in, having the ear of the very highest-ranked of nobles, some even of Asdrubael Vect, the Supreme Overlord of Commorragh. Though U'riss would think twice before attempting to manipulate Vect, there are a great many lesser Drukhari nobles willing to act upon whatever shreds of counsel she might offer. The Excrutiatress is therefore able to wield great influence, and at her word overwhelming raids into realspace can be launched and thousands upon thousands of bloodthirsty murderers unleashed upon the galaxy. It is not only large realspace raids that are undertaken upon the Excrutiatress' command, for most of her activities are far smaller and more subtle, in keeping with the modus operandi of the Conclave of Tears. Accompanied by a small force of Wracks and Grotesques, U'riss has trod numerous forbidden places in the Outer Reach.Tervantias the Archmachinator - Tervantias is a Drukhari Haemonculus located in the Dark City of Commorragh who, like most of his foul kind, is a master torturer and expert poisoner and capable in some instances of using his mastery of biology and physiology to transcend death itself. His domain in the bowels of Commorragh was known as the "Anatomical Opera," for Tervantias believed himself to be a type of artist, whose foul fleshsculpted creations were actually a type of ongoing opera  that he conducted with portions of his victim's anatomy. Tervantias was always eager to create new monstrous beings from the flesh and organs of others. He often captured unusual specimens to use in his fleshcrafting, including Ulfar, a Lone Wolf Space Marine of the Space Wolves Chapter taken by the Haemonuculus' servants while searching for his lost pack in the Koronus Expanse and later, the newly ascended Rogue Trader of House von Valancius and their retinue following the events on Rykad Minoris. It was Tervantias who unleashed the ultimate destruction of the Imperial Civilised World of Rykad Minoris in the Expanse when he had his forces steal the system's star to power more of his foul experiments. It was not uncommon for the Drukhari to steal new suns to power Commorragh from frontier regions like the Koronus Expanse.Ylgasuil Vharc - The Haemonculus who goes by the name of Ylgasuil Vharc has worn a thousand forms over his long existence, each an excellent example of the fleshcrafter's art. When making his forays into realspace, his limbs are typically worn at least six at a time, each armed with its own diabolical tool of death. Vharc has in the past shown great variety in the appendages he chooses before each battle. However, much like his brother Haemonculi, he has certain weapons and extremities that he prefers to use when visiting pain upon the lesser races of the universe.Vlokarion - Second only to Urien Rakarth in his twisted accomplishments, Vlokarion was an infamous Haemonculus of Commorragh of some renown. The twisted Haemonculus was fascinated with the Aeldari Exodites, the members of the Aeldari race that rejected the slow degeneration of their ancient civilisation before the Fall of the Aeldari and exiled themselves from the core homeworlds of the star-spanning Aeldari Empire for the newly-terraformed colony planets called Maiden Worlds. Vlokarion believed that during The Fall, the racial soul of the Aeldari was divided -- with each portion embracing a specific aspect of the Aeldari nature. The Haemonculus theorised that the Exodites embraced the purity of the Aeldari goddess Isha, and therefore, the dark energies extracted from their torments would be far more potent than those harvested from their Craftworld cousins or the lesser races of the galaxy such as the Mon-keigh (Humans). He believed that by harnessing these captured energies one could potentially resurrect a mortal after he or she had been dead for millennia.Xeryndtuil - A Haemonculus of the Haemonculi coven called the Prophets of Flesh, Xeryndtuil took part in the realspace raid upon the Imperial world of Refusal alongside his fellow Haemonculi. He led a unit of flesh-crafted Grotesques against the Human Astra Militarum forces arrayed against them.Maeloch Xholl - A powerful ancient within the coven known as the Prophets of Flesh, Xholl regenerates the fallen warriors of the Kabal of the Flayed Skull. Some believe that he now owns more of those Kabalites' souls than they do themselves.Shatterling Prince - The Shatterling Prince is a Haemonculi who in the early centuries of the 41st Millennium became a target for the White Scars Master of the Hunt and Khan of the 3rd Brotherhood, Khajaten Khan. The Khan and his strike force finally tracked the Shatterling Prince down in the Asmari System, where the Haemonculi's Drukhari forces were wrecking havoc. Under the Shattering Prince's orders, the Drukhari had been raiding Asmari's vital Agri-worlds and seeding biomutagenic phages into food supplies bound for multiple Imperial war fronts. They had also been snatching up local garrisons as slaves for the barter-pits of Commorragh. All this ended when Khajaten Khan's strike force swept in and defeated the Haemonculi's forces. The Shatterling Prince himself remained safe within the Webway and though Khajaten had access to Webway portals located in the Asmari System, he refused to enter them. The risk of getting lost within the labyrinthine dimension was too great, and the example of Jaghatai Khan's own disappearance was much on Khajaten's mind. Instead the khan left a garrison to watch over the Asmari System. Less than a Terran year later, the Shatterling Prince gained his revenge and killed Khajaten Khan within his mediation cell in the White Scars fortress-monastery of Quan Zhou. The khan's expression was twisted in horror, his throat was slit ear-to-ear and his blood was frozen in a macabre waterfall down his chest. When every mirror and window within three levels of Khajaten's cell shattered at the moment of his death, the White Scars knew the Shatterling Prince was responsible. A fresh hunt was then launched by the Chapter to slay the Shatterling Prince and gain the vengeance honour demanded for their murdered khan.