Necromunda is a Hive World in Segmentum Solar and a major producer of munitions for the Astra Militarum. Necromunda's forges never tire, producing lasguns, autoguns, shotguns, and even boltguns for the famed Adeptus Astartes. The planet also levies huge numbers of troops for the Astra Militarum, as well as other supplies. Necromunda is typical of most hive worlds: resources are scarce, life is cheap, and its hive cities rife with powerful gangs.
The factories on Necromunda run deep beneath the planet's surface with these lower levels are referred to as the Underhive. Littered with a network of interlocking corridors and passageways, the Underhive forms a maze of walkways and sheer drops into bottomless caverns. A dangerous place to live that is rife with crime and violence, the Underhive is controlled by Multiple Clan Houses or gangs. The chances of survival are greatly increased by joining one of the many gangs that inhabit all Hive Worlds.
There are six pre-eminent Clan Houses: House Cawdor, House Escher, House Goliath, House Van Saar, House Orlock, and House Delaque. Many lesser clans exist but none are as significant as these six. Many lesser clans pledge their loyalty to a House, but others might be outcasts or upstarts. Each of the Clan Houses controls countless subservient gangs,with their fighters serving as the disposable foot soldiers in the endless Gangwars fought in the darkness over supplies, resources, and territory. This fighting beneath the surface allows the Clan Houses to continue business with one another with a semblance of civility in the spires above.
A Genestealer Cult is a community of Genestealers, hybrids and human convert-hosts. Cults form when a Genestealer infects members of another species with its genotype. The resultant changes in the genome of the host cause a fanatical loyalty to the Genestealers along with a drastic change to their reproductive systems. Their firstborn children will be Hybrids, a grotesque mixture of the host's race and the Genestealers. These hybirds infect further victims, and the infection spreads exponentially. Fourth generation hybrids produce Purestrain Genestealers, and the cycle starts once again.
The resulting brood of Purestrains, hybrids and humans convert-hosts is held together by strong psychic and genetic bonds and assembles around the original Genestealer which becomes the Patriarch. Because the cult is often hidden behind the facade of a religion or political movement, it is branded a Genestealer Cult by the Imperium.
The monstrous Malstrain, a unique plague afflicting Necromunda, is the twisted legacy of the deceased Heretek Magos Biologis Hermiatus. These depraved Genestealers are ferocious beyond measure, capable of tearing even a Goliath powerhouse to pieces in an instant.
Contents:
1x Malstrain Genestealer Abomination Gang
6x Malstrain Genestealers
4x Malstrain Tyramites
4x Malstrain Genestealer heads
10x Brood Scum heads
6x Necromunda 40mm Bases
4x Necromunda 25mm Bases
6x 35mm grove stems
Please Note:
Miniatures are supplied unpainted, and some assembly may be required.
