Daemonette
Daemonettes are lesser daemons of Slaanesh, the most numerous of the Dark Prince's subjects. [4a]
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Appearance
They share the androgynous or hermaphroditic depiction of Slaanesh and are known for their speed and for their sharp claws. They own a perverse beauty, unnatural and disturbing, but at the same time, undeniably potent. They have large, green eyes which glow with a malevolent inner light. Their hair and skin are naturally white but both their hair and bodies are frequently dyed various colours. [1][4a][5a] Gaudy tattoos form dizzying fractals of shape and colour as they surge across the battlefield on lithe legs. [6a]
Court of Slaanesh
Unlike the other gods of Chaos, Slaanesh surrounds iself with a full court of powerful daemonette emissaries and handmaidens. These heralds of their god attend to their masters varied desires and whims but also manifest in the mortal world returning with morsels of intrigue to Slaanesh. However even they must take care because the Dark Prince is tempesteous and capricous. [4a]
Daemonettes also stalk mortal battlefields, seeking the dead pledged to Slaanesh or those who lived a life of excess. They may then bring them to the palace of the Dark Prince in the Realm of Chaos where the faithful are rewardded with new immortal life in a paradise unbound by mortal strictures. For those who foreswore their dark lord however, eternal torment awaits. [4a][6a]
Magic
In their original (3rd Edition) version, units of daemonettes could cast spells, [1] this continued into 4th Edition. [5a]
Names
Their daemonic name is Q'tlahs'itsu'aksho.[1] They are also known as Bringers of Joyous Degradation, Children of Slaanesh, Debauched Ones, Decadent Seekers, Givers of Indescribable Delight, Seekers of Decadence, Young of Slaanesh'. [1][4a]
Summoning
Although a worshipper of Slaanesh may be able to summon them, they may in turn demand that they sacrifice one of their company before they will depart.[1]
Weapons and Equipment
Their claw hands can eacily pierce armour and flesh alike. [5a]
- 3rd Edition: Claw and Tail. May have Magic Item. [1]
- 4th Edition: May be mounted on Steed of Slaanesh. [5a]
- 6th Edition: Aura of Slaanesh. [3b]
- 7th Edition: Claws (Hand Weapon). May have Alluress, Musician, Standard Bearer. Standard Bearer may have a Daemonic Icon. [4b]
Gallery
Alluress
Alluress
Exalted Daemonettes
Daemonettes
Mounted Daemonette on Seeker
Daemonettes
Daemonettes
Bringers of Beguilement
Miniatures
Quotes
| Come to me. Come to me! You know it is what you have always desired. All your life till now has been a desperate dream of me.....awaken! Awaken, and come to me, for your reward awaits in my arms....
~ Leshtrigell, Daemonette.[1] |
Notes
Description Changes
Whether or not both arms of a daemonette end in claws varies from depiction to depiction, as does whether daemonettes have one breast or two. In addition, in Slaves to Darkness, daemonettes are described as possessing a perverse and unnatural beauty which caused loathing instead of admiration. [1] Hordes of Chaos and Daemons of Chaos describe daemonettes as possessing an aura which disguises their true nature and causes them to appear beautiful and beguiling.[2][3a]
Sources
- 1: Realm of Chaos - Slaves to Darkness, pgs. 31, 185.
- 2: Warhammer Armies: Storm of Chaos (6th Edition), pg. 30
- 3: Warhammer Armies: Hordes of Chaos (6th Edition)
- 4:Warhammer Armies: Daemons of Chaos (7th Edition) (2008)
- 5:White Dwarf 182 (UK)
- 5a: Daemonettes of Slaanesh, pg. 50
- 6: Warhammer Armies: Daemons of Chaos (8th Edition)
- 6a: Daemonette, pg. 51
Uncited
- Warhammer Armies: Chaos (4th Edition), pg. 52
- Warhammer Armies: Realm of Chaos (5th Edition), pg. 88
