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Ripper

2019-06-19T22:39:06Z

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[[File:Tyranid_Rippers2.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Alongside the [[Mawloc]] and [[Haruspex]] the very personification of OMNOMNOMNOM.]]
The '''Ripper''' (''Minoris omniphagea'') is a type of [[Tyranid]] organism which is essentially a small, worm-like body with a mouth with rows of sharp teeth, and not much else. Hell that latin name up there? It means "Little-Eats everything".

Rippers are generally deployed in the later stages of a planetary invasion, when the Tyranids' hold over a planet is ensured and "tyranoforming" starts in full force. They will eat the planet's native life-forms (and Tyranid casualties, if need be) and once they have gorged themselves they crawl back to the digestion pools and jump in; there, they and the biomass they have consumed get digested, broken down, and later slurped up the capillary towers to the hive-ships above. Note that Rippers lack digestive systems themselves; the swarm is nothing if not efficient, and Rippers are only equipped with the minimal organs required to retrieve biomass and bring it to be processed. Consequently, they rely solely on the Hive Mind to do all the thinking for them and are highly unlikely to survive being seperated from the Hive Mind (e.g. through the death of a Synapse Creature). However, there have been recorded cases of Rippers reacting to the withdrawal of the Hive Mind by burrowing underground, where they use the biomass they've accumulated to metamorphose into just about any other kind Tyranid bioform, from a [[Hormagaunt]] to a [[Hive Tyrant]].

In a nutshell, this means that the Tyranids regularly eat their own babies. Or baby siblings. So [[grimdark]].

While small, Rippers can still be a formidable threat to most infantry in large numbers, where they'll drag down and chew the unlucky sods to death. Hell, there's even an instance where even tanks were overwhelmed by massive waves of Rippers that were spawned by the Parasite of Mortrex. The fact that they don't balk at the sight of tanks rolling over them make them an excellent [[tarpit]], provided a synapse creature is nearby to give them directions or the enemy isn't employing massed weapon fire, in which case they'll be nothing more than a minor annoyance.

==Collecting==
Rippers are an unusual unit in the Tyranid army since you cannot buy them in a box. Instead they have to be assembled using [[Termagant]], [[Hormagaunt]] and [[Genestealer]] boxes. The first has 7 Rippers, the second has 4 and the latter has 2. [[Tyranid Warrior]]s used to have them as well, but with the new Warriors equipped with Bone Swords and Lash Whips the sprue they used to be on has been taken out, so you're stuck with the aforementioned units. But that's okay, since as a Tyranid player you'll be needing a boatload of Gaunts anyway. All you'll need is a bunch of bases and you're good to go. If you're stingy you can get clever with modeling and create a hole in the ground or a bush or something with a Ripper popping out or get creative with those spore things on the Genestealer sprues: this takes more work but you can really get a lot of mileage out of those Rippers of yours this way. Do keep the ''50% of the model has to be [[GW]]'' rule and you should be alright.

Alternatively, should you A. Be Drug Dealer or B. Have a few spare kidneys/children you are willing to part with, you can buy packs of 3 swarms each from [[Forge World]] for [[GW|£23 each]].

==On the Tabletop==
Rippers work best in swarms. Coming in units of 3-9, Rippers put you back a mere 11 points each. This does not grant you a very specatcular profile: A4 looks interesting, but at S3 AP0 D1 attacks paired with WS5+ means you'll rarely hit more than 2 attacks per base, and a 3 model unit will hit 4 times on average. And while they have 3 Wounds with a mere T3 and a 6+ save means that they are one of the flimsiest units in the game. For two additional points per model in the unit you can give them Spinemaws, a Pistol 4 that shoots at S2 AP0 D1 at a mere 6" range. This might seem even more pathetic until you realize that this doubles the number of attacks you get at very close range. Do note that at S2 you'll be needing 6+ to even wound a [[MEQ]] or anything with T4, so don't expect a lot of mileage out of these guns against Marines. Against the IG or Tau however this is a whole other story, since against T3 you need a 5+ instead. Before you try and take down enemy tanks with 9 Rippers, consider doing the math: 36 attacks at WS5+ means 12 hit, and only 2 wound since you'll need 6+. After that the enemy gets their full save, so if you're lucky you'll land 1 wound. And that's ONLY if you lose no Rippers when you charge.

These little critters do have one edge: they can burrow and pop up at the end of your movement phase more than 9" from any enemies away. This means that you won't get any shots off in your first turn, and you need quite a bit of luck if you want to be able to charge. Slapping a use of Onslaught onto them once they pop up is all but required if you want to get their charge off and fire their Spinemaws. As for Hive Fleet Adaptations, Behemoth and Kraken really help their speed, Leviathan is good for survivability but is situational because of its range, Gorgon is immensely useful to actually wound in combat, using Jormungandr means you messed up, Hydra is useful but situational and Kronos is trash on Rippers.

The best way to use Rippers is to slap Kraken onto them, have them pop up and tie up an enemy ranged unit. This gives them the choice to either break off and forego shooting the next turn (barring certain rule breakers) or try and kill off the Rippers. In either case the Rippers will be subject to a massive amount of small arms fire, which is exactly how you want it: if the Rippers are being shot your large blobs of infantry aren't and you can close in for the kill. If the Rippers aren't killed off and they lose their initial target they can use their speed to get to another infantry unit and try and tie them up. As such, it's best to use Rippers as a single large unit preferribly at max size: for less than 120 points you're getting a bullet sponge of 27 wounds. This might not seem much given that for 3 points more you can get 30 Termagants with Fleshborers, but those don't enjoy the fun being able to [[Deep Strike]] in and distract the enemy without a major point increase and are 6 attacks behind.

Note an interesting loophole: as Rippers are Swarms and not Infantry, a lot of rules that would affect most units won't do dick to them. Like a Knight's ability to fall back over ''infantry'', for example. Use this to your advantage.

===Power Rating===
3 Rippers clock in at 2 points, and 6 at 4. Interestingly 7-9 Rippers cost only 5 points total, meaning you'll get almost a full point discount on your unit when taking 9 Rippers with Spinemaws.

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Thunderbarge

2019-06-19T21:57:07Z

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[[File:Thunderbarge Official.jpg|thumb|right|400px|The Thunderbarge example model.]]
The Thunderbarge is a [[Warhammer Fantasy]] option for the [[Dwarfs]] army...which only exists in the 8th Edition [[Big Red Book]] as an example for scenario games. Despite this, the idea was popular, earning quite a few fan creations and a spiritual successor post warhammer with the [[Kharadron Overlords]] who take the idea of a steam powered airships and run with as fast as there short legs can carry them!

==The Lore==
Dwarfs are resistant to new ideas generally. This was part of their gift from the [[Old Ones]], which was designed to prevent them from falling to [[Chaos]] or being manipulated by it. Sadly, although Dwarfs have pioneered basically all technology in the setting (what, you thought [[The Empire (Warhammer Fantasy)|the Germans]] invented anything? That shit was welfare because they owed [[Sigmar]] a favor) they require centuries of something sitting in the prototype stage before they put it into field tests, and even then the gray-bearded Engineers are pissed off about it.

Thanks to [[Thorgrim Grudgebearer]] and his realistic approach to attempting to bring back the golden age of the Dwarfs quite a few experimental things that haven't even gathered dust have been pressed into use, before the technology has been perfected. Among this new tech is flying machines, and among the many designs of flying machines is the zeppelin. What's the zeppelin good for exactly? The crazy fucking Engineer that designed it took everyone else's designs (360 degree swivel guns, cannons, bombs) and said "Why can't it also ram things?" then sent out the blueprints. Only the craziest of Engineers have it in them to build one, let alone actually take it into battle.

Zhufbar has launched three so far. The first was shot down in the Black Vale, the second was sent on a diplomatic mission to [[Nulndon|Nuln]] and disappeared, and the third has so far managed to survive three battles including one where it obliterated the Knuckle Scrapers tribe of [[Orcs & Goblins|greenskins]] with bombs. Its called the "Wrath Of Thunder", built and piloted by Sven Hasselfrapp.

Oh, thought the above was a bit crazy? Those insane motherfuckers in Barak Varr also managed to build a gigantic submarine aircraft carrier that launches them in [[Dreadfleet]].

==The Crunch==
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! Model Part || Mv || WS || BS || S || T || W || I || A || LD
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| Thunderbarge || - || - || - || - || 6 || 10 || - || - || -
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| Crew || 4 || 4 || 3 || 3 || 4 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 10
|}
War Machine, 10 Crew, Unbreakable, Large Target, Magic Resistance (3), Ward Save (6+), Hover

Uses a Chariot base.

* High Flyer: Can only be targeted by other Flyers.
* Gun Platform: May fire its Organ Gun and drop bombs even if it moves.
* Bedecked With Cannons: Has five Organ Guns, one may fire per two crew rounded up. Line Of Sight and Range are factored from the gun barrel.
* Bombs Away: Every turn it can fire a bomb like a Stone Thrower with 3-12 inch range, Strength 3(6), Multiple Wounds (D3) measured from any point on the base.
* Misfires: If the Organ Gun or Bombs suffer a Misfire, the weapon stops working and its takes D3 Crew of damage.
* Disaster!: When destroyed the Thunderbarge Scatters 3D6 in a random direction causing a Strength 8 Hit to any model under its landing place.

==Gallery==
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Image:Thunderbarge Art.jpg|Art of the Thunderbarge.
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[[Category:Warhammer Fantasy]][[Category:Dwarfs]]

Inevitable

2019-06-19T21:39:59Z

2601:1C0:5C80:28EF:8058:1D83:3BE8:241E: /* Anhydrut */

[[File:Inevitables Regular.jpg|400px|thumb|right|A Zelekhut, a Kolyarut and a Marut; the lovely angels of Justice.]]
An '''Inevitable''' is a type of Outsider from [[Mechanus|The Clockwork Nirvana of Mechanus]], an Outer [[Plane]] in the [[Planescape]] setting and several cosmologies in [[Dungeons and Dragons]]. They are the upholders of the fundamental rules of the multiverse, and track down and [[Anal Circumference|punish]] those who would seek to break them.

==Creation and personality==
Inevitables are made in great crèche-forges located in several locations throughout Mechanus. Here they are built through unknown ways and given intelligence. While they are technically Constructs, they are capable of learning and gaining a personality, though the process is slow.

After its creation, an Inevitable is given a target by a special set of Inevitables who divine the cosmos for any lawbreakers and is sent out to mete out justice. Upon their creation, they know nothing but how to use their abilities and their target. Given their lack of social skills, asking people for directions towards its target can be a very awkward affair. From its interactions with the world, an Inevitable begins to foster a personality, though as a being of Law this makes it at best a little unhinged and detached. They often get these personalities from hunting down several targets: the more they find the less of an automaton they become. However, the more independent they become, the more they long to return to their crèche-forge. When they do so, they have their personalities wiped and are given a new target. These beings are certainly [[Lawful Stupid]] at first glance, but given that they're [[Necron|mostly-robots]] that are made partially out of the literal essence of Law, their actions are only a little more stupid than when your computer crashes because of a glitch.

==Models==
Inevitables exist in several different kinds of models, each with their own specialty. It is not known if each individual crèche-forge makes only one model, or if several are made within the same facility.

===Kolyarut===
Kolyarut are designed to uphold oaths both spoken and written. They appear like humanoid constructs made of black metal: they often have a half-finished look with many exposed parts jutting out here and there. Their heads often have their back exposed, and two glowing red eyes look forward from the skull (unless you were to consult the picture provided.)

Kolyarut track down oathbreakers and use intimidation, magic, or outright force to browbeat someone into upholding their bargain. They only kill if it is part of the bargain in question: otherwise they use spells like Suggestion or Geas in order to get the job done. Kolyarut hold all bargains to be equal in their importance: from the repayment of a monetary debt to [[Lawful Stupid|the promise of an extradimensional horror to destroy the gods]]. They are the most talkative kind of Inevitable: they often speak with people in places where oaths are normally sworn, such as courts of royalty or law, temples and other such places. As such, they return back to their crèche-forges regularly.

They do not differentiate between those who have no intent on upholding their oaths, those who unwillingly broke their oaths or those who are not able to uphold their oaths for some reason. If possible, they first inform their targets of them being in breach: if they are willing to uphold their parts of the oath the Kolyarut will make sure they do so. Those less willing are made to uphold their bargain through force or magic. But if the Kolyarut discovers that both parties do not keep their ends of a bargain, it treats the bargain as void and dismisses it.

In 5e, kolyarut does not refer to a subtype of inevitables but a single mechanical engine of absolute jurisprudence located in Sigil's Hall of Concordance. The Kolyarut (with a captial K) acts as the mediator between two parties who form a contract, which is then placed in the chest of a marut that enforces the contract.

===Marut===
{{Main|Marut}}
The most recognizable of the bunch (and the one who has existed the longest, dating back to the original [[Manual of the Planes]]), the Marut, is tasked with hunting down those who cheat death and granting them the end they escaped. As such, the enemies of the Marut are beings like [[lich]]es, [[necromancer]]s, cult leaders, extremely long-lived [[wizard]]s, those who restore the dead back to live over and over (either willing like with [[adventurers]] or on a mass-scale on the unwilling, like [[necromancer]]s).

Maruts are patient in their hunts, biding their time until they are ready to strike, where they strike targets with lightning-charged fists. Because of the solitary nature of many of their targets, Maruts have little opportunity to practice their social interaction, and as such are the slowest to develop personalities.

Maruts are large and broad, with heavy frames and strong limbs to better fight for justice with their bare hands. They have what looks like Greco-Roman inspired armor with huge axe-helmets that look like low tier Warrior armor from [[World of Warcraft]].

In 4e, Inevitables as a whole were swept away; only Maruts remained, and they were initially given a backstory as astral mercenaries, before the Astral Sea sourcebook clarified that they were originally created at the dawn of creation by the gods to serve as the ultimate impartial arbitrators and enforcers. Dedicated exclusively to the promotion of law and order, Maruts in the Astral Sea serve as mercenaries to promote their vision, with the theory that they seek payment in reciprocal favors because they hope to eventually hold the entire multiverse in their debt, allowing them to reshape existence into something much more orderly.

In 5e, Inevitables returned to their original purpose in earlier versions as Primus's enforcers. Only maruts have been shown thus far, though other inevitables are explicitly stated to exist. They behave more like kolyaruts in this edition, enforcing contracts that the Kolyarut has mediated and bringing in those who broke their oaths to the Hall of Concordance for punishment.

[[File:Inevitables Powerful.jpg|400px|thumb|A Varakhut and a Quarut, the more potent and rare variants of Inevitables.]]

===Quarut===
The Quarut are tasked with delivering justice to those who meddle with time and relative dimensions in space, causing rippling effects and distort space and all kinds of other magibabble stuff you normally see on [[Doctor Who]]. The foes of the Quarut are potent indeed, and as such they keep their distance until they better understand their quarry. They often engage their foes by matter of proxies, interrogate associates and minions and seek weaknesses in their foes. While the Quarut are formidable in battle, the easiest way to deal with them is to determine what they want and fix the damage you've done. This is often easier said than done, and may require anything up to and including time travel to undo some calamity.

Quarut look like warped marionettes with slender brown frames and complex, green-gold plating. They tend to employ magic in order to gain the upper hand in battle, even spells like Wish and Time Stop in order to seize their targets. They seem to conveniently ignore the fact that the use of these spells is what they're created to combat.

===Varakhut===
The most potent and rare kind of Inevitable, the Varakhut are meant to uphold the divine order. All those who would seek to destroy the gods, or become one themselves, will eventually get into conflict with these potent beings. They are the most lethal of their kind, employing powerful magic and physical prowess in order to destroy their enemies. Those with a legitimate bid for godhood eventually come to blows with a Varakhut, but beings who only think they do are safe. While a Varakhut is powerful, it is likely no match for a god-to-be in single combat. Instead they aim at artifacts, followers and other sources of power or reverence for the wannabe-god.

There are only a few ways to stop a Varakhut: by destroying it, to ensure that you no longer have a bid for godhood, or by actually becoming a god. If one were to become a demigod or more, you become part of the order the Varakhut is sworn to protect, and as such are no longer a valid target. Varakhut look the most alien of the bunch: their bodies have sharp geometric shapes with elongated pyramids for arms. Instead of legs, the torso terminates into a single geometric point. The head is a flat disc on top of a slightly raised tube, giving an alien and inorganic appearance.

===Zelekhut===
Zelekhut are centaur-shaped beings with porcelain skin, golden clockwork, mechanical wings and long, bladed chains that can extend from their forearms. They are tasked with hunting down fugitives of the law, to either bring them in for their proper punishment or, if deemed necessary, carry out the death sentence they escaped. For this they employ their long chains to disarm and incapacitate foes, then either use spells like Mark of Justice or Geas to ensure compliance. Failing that, they simply kill their quarry. They are the fastest Inevitables as well: their legs and wings allowing them superior speed to chase those who would deny justice.

Zelekhut take a more intense approach to their searches: they question passersby with impunity and will resort to violence if they think they are being held out on. More experienced Zelekhut observe those they have interrogated to determine if they were being lied to. Because of their frequent and intense interactions with people, they develop personalities the fastest of all Inevitables, and as such visit their crèche-forges very regularly.

===Anhydrut===
[[File:Anhydrut.jpg|400px|thumb|right|An Anhydrut, the weirdest inevitable.]]

Anhydrut, or Waste Crawlers, <s>[[Brass Scorpion|are powerful war machines of the chaos god Khorne]]</s> were a type of Inevitable in 3.5 splatbook sourcebook Sandstorm. Anhydruts are charged with the sacred duty of hunting down and killing anyone who... tries to irrigate a desert, and they named it the Un-Hydrant to make sure there was no confusion about it's purpose. While this may appear surprising at first, there are two perspectives one should consider. First is just what kind of role deserts play in the earth system. While humans might really hate having to live with and deal with desert conditions, they are a natural part of the planet's biosphere and if you mess with a desert the repercussions can be planetary. Famously the real life Sahara Desert dust is what in part feeds the biosphere of the amazon rain forests, while at the same time deserts are fairly fragile ecosystems and can be ruined by too much human activity. But unlike a forests which can generally count on druids to protect it. . .well deserts SUCK for most forms of D&D sophonts with only select sentient species really calling it home. In this context, while it maybe overkill, the Anhydrut's quest to protect the biosphere of the desert, and that of the wider planet from short sighted mortals makes a fair bit of sense, especially considering magic in D&D that can 'green' a wasteland with ease.

Which get's us to the likely actually doylist, reason for the Anhydrut's existence. It has a CR of 9 and it's probably because by about level 12ish there is a whole host of ways a caster (arcane or divine) could potentially make the setting of Sandstorm much more present and fertile, which sort of defeats the purpose of actually playing in the setting in the first place. Anhydrut then are a good way to discourage this kind of [[NobleBright]] thinking without having to re-balance half the system and spells and serve as an answer to the, excuse me, inevitable question of why no other caster before you has done anything about it.

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==Pathfinder==
Amazingly, Inevitables appear in [[Pathfinder]] as well; here, they are a kind of [[angel]]ic [[golem]] created by the [[Axiomites]], the Outsiders of Axial, the Plane of Pure Order in the [[Golarion]] [[multiverse]]. Inevitables were originally soldiers used to bulk out the Axiomite armies in their great war against the [[Protean]]s, but in the modern era, each model now concerns predominantly with enforcing a particular kind of order, more subtly reinforcing the existence of the cosmos and the power of Law.

Arbiters, Kolyaruts, Lhaksharuts, Maruts and Zelekhuts all appeared in the Pathfinder Bestiary 2. Kastamuts appeared in the Ironfang Invasion adventure path, in the module "Seige of Stone". Hykariuts and Impariuts appeared in the War for the Crown adventure path, in the module "The Reaper's Right Hand". Novenaruts and Valharuts appeared in the Planar Adventurers splatbook.

'''Arbiters''' are the least of the Inevitable race, appearing as clockwork orbs dominated by a single central eye, with two small hands and a pair of metallic-feathered wings that keep them aloft. They serve the Inevitables as scouts and diplomats, spreading through the cosmos and keeping an eye on the forces of chaos, whilst also striving to convince people to adhere to the principles of order. To this end, they often allow themselves to serve as [[familiar]]s to powerful [[mage]]s. Since they have regeneration and can only be killed by Chaotic damage (Only [[Demon]]s, [[Protean]] and specially made magic items can do that, and only Demons are common threats) they effectively double the entire party's HP if given a wand of Shield Other and kept safely in their master's gear.

'''Kolyaruts''' are one of the most common and low-ranked of the Inevitables, appearing as humanoid shapes comprised partially of stone and partially of clockwork machinery. As in the [[Great Wheel]], their focus is on preserving the sanctity of contracts, punishing oathbreakers and ensuring that a contract's terms are kept. They care little for the terms of the agreements in question, only that promises are fulfilled, debts are paid, and balance is maintained. They are considered one of the more talkative breeds of Inevitable.

'''Lhaksharuts''' are powerful Inevitables charged with preserving the balance of reality by enforcing the stability of the [[plane]]s themselves. This doesn't mean they punish every [[conjurer]] or [[planeswalker]]; neither summoning creatures, nor visiting other planes, nor even the occasional creation of a pocket plane or hijacking of a chunk of one reality to serve as a base within another concerns them - these are petty infringements that ultimately matter little to the multiversial balance. No, the lhaksharut's charge is to keep the plane as a whole separate and distinct from other planes; what concerns them is wide-scale planar integration, such as the formation of a permanent link between planes, or a wide-scale interplanar invasion. A typical lhaksharut is a six-armed construct that appears to be made of a mix of metals and stone. Where a human would have legs, it instead possesses a complex orb of spinning rings similar in shape to an orrery—it is this whirling machine that grants the lhaksharut the ability to fly. Though a lhaksharut has huge, metal wings, they serve as little more than stabilizers when it’s in flight. Four of the construct’s arms end in functional hands that it normally uses to carry a mix of weapons. The lhaksharut’s lower two arms hold large, flaming metal spheres in their hands—it uses these spheres to generate elemental bolts of energy that it can hurl great distances to damage foes.

'''Maruts''' are their iconic 3rd edition selves, as you'd expect in the edition made to serve as 3.75; hulking stony giants charged with preserving the sanctity of the order of life and death.

'''Zelekhuts''' are, again, just reiteration of their 3rd edition selves. They are mechanical [[pegataur]]s who seek to punish those who continually escape justice.

'''Kastamuts''' are an Inevitable breed who resemble clockwork statues of [[dwarves]], which many have speculated about a deeper meaning behind. In an essence, they are embodiments of conservatism; a kastamut's charge is protecting a civilization's traditions and customs. They oppose sudden, radical changes in the course of a culture’s traditions, and work to prevent the destruction of established belief systems, rites, and social customs. That said, like Lhaksharuts, they do have the ability to prioritise; a petulant child resisting his parent’s teachings draws no attention from Axis. Even fundamental shifts in the beliefs shared by a large group of people are allowed, so long as they progress along the lines of a normal cultural development. What kastamuts do work against are immediate, substantial changes, such as when a new ruler outlaws a nation’s long-standing religion and seeks to wipe out all practice of the old faith in favor of a new one, especially if the new religion has no precedent. Turning slowly from old ways to new ones can be part of the natural order, but violently rebelling against traditional practices in favor of untested systems gives rise to chaos, which the powers of Axis cannot abide.

'''Hykariuts''' and '''Impariuts''' are two sides of the same coin. Both are enforced with preserving order by preventing riots, revolutions, and other sudden, violent changes in government. The difference is in they tackle it. Both appear as imposing, strongly built humanoid statues of stone, but the Hykariut specifically focuses on putting down the riot, and the Impariut focuses on preventing riots by rooting out governmental incompetence and corruption. Despite their appearance and reputation as blunt objects that exist to simply crush revolutions by force, not helped by the fuck-off huge hammer they carry, hykariuts are neither dumb, nor as single-minded as lhaksharuts - using a sledgehammer when a scalpel will do only serves the forces of chaos. As such, hykariuts prefer to talk first and dissuade rebels and rioters, and if forced to violence, prefer to subdue non-lethally rather than massacre their foes. They typically take the attitude of a stern parent scolding a naughty child, but if things are serious enough, they are not afraid to make dramatic points by pulverizing stubborn demagogues. Impariuts are similarly flexible, by Inevitable standards; they understand that a lack of give-and-take, or an all-stick approach, will only worsen the problem. Stern but usually fair, they tend to prefer to subtly approach the corrupt or incompetent rulers whose efforts have called them forth, and try to redeem them. If redemption is impossible, they will publicly dethrone them and see to their replacement with a better candidate.

'''Novenaruts''' are one of the stranger Inevitable models; these Inevitables are charged with overseeing cultures that have developed a tradition of [[honor]]-dueling. Wherever mortals will settle matters of dispute through combat, Novenaruts are subtly dispatched to the protect the sanctity of these duels - though, understandably, they usually focus on conflicts or duels that have higher stakes, such as an honorable battle that determines the fate of a kingdom. They take the appearance of silver-and-green suits of [[samurai]] armor overlaying a clockwork endoskeleton, with their face blank save for six green gemstone-like eyes.

'''Valharuts''' have no greater purpose; they are the oldest form of Inevitable, serving as the soldiers of Axial and fighting an endless battle against the powers of chaos. They appear as four-armed, blank-featured humanoid statues of marble.