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Urien Rakarth

2017-12-24T17:26:19Z

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[[File:UrienRakarthart.jpeg|300px|thumbnail|right|You better start running...]]

''"You should be grateful. Once I remove your skin, you will feel so much cooler. And when I'm done with you, you shall serve a greater purpose."''

Urien Rakarth (to a random captive Space Marine he was experimenting on in the 3rd edition Dark Eldar Codex)

The... thing known as Urien Rakarth is truly one of the sickest freaks within the 41st Millenium and we are talking the grimdarkness of the far future, where sick fucks like [[Fabius Bile|FABULOUS Bile]], [[Slaanesh]], and [[Illuminor Szeras|mad skeleton robot spider scientists]] exist.

He is one of the [[Haemonculi]], those fun-loving [[Dark Eldar]] who enjoy nothing more then exploring up to and beyond the limits of your pain threshold, just for the sake of it (and their own perverted amusement/curiosity/boredom). Urien is amongst the oldest of his brethren and a genius in his field, regardless of if this field were torture, flesh-sculpting or anatomical body mutilation. The fact that he is a genius, but has hardly ever produced anything of note, says worrying things about the skills of the Haemonculi. He no longer cares about the Dark Eldar's politics; he just wants to be as depraved as possible now. He is utterly mad, often wandering around his laboratories gibbering crazily to himself about finding more experiments, sometimes even while already torturing someone. In one White Dwarf battle report (after a Dark Eldar victory over Craftworld Eldar), there's a piece of fluff where Urien's thrilled at the chance to eat a Farseer's bones because he likes the taste and eating them can grant visions. So not only is he the only canon example of an Eldar cannibal (souls may not count, it's because he will eat other Eldar), he's one of the few Dark Eldar who'll violate one of Commorragh's ''very few'' laws.

How black a soul is he? He laughs at all the examples of 'horror' movies mankind makes. He shakes his head with paternal tolerance at the idea of a human centipede, simply asks if that is all, and suggests further ways to add to it. Anything taboo he yawns at and says been there, done that. There are Dark Eldar and then there is Urien Rakarth.

He has been reborn into new bodies countless times and actually now comes to relish the feeling of dying each time, just another experience to the crazed scientist. However, something has gone wrong in his reincarnating process, or it could be his utterly twisted soul is now affecting his physical form, but he is now as much of a monster in body as he is in mind and spirit. His spine is a twisting compound wreck that leaves his posture constantly sloping, and he has multiple limbs, some decaying or dead, poking out of every angle of his back. His face itself is now held onto his skull with pieces of leathery flesh. In a way he now resembles a puppet, his broken and yet functioning body moving at his commands despite it it not being possible in any realistic way.

Despite his madness he is still as expert in his craft as ever, able to create constructs that outshine his fellows, and he's considered arguably the most skilled of Dark Eldar Haemonculi. The lore heavily implies he's the one who came up with the Dark Eldar's ability to physically regenerate by feeding on suffering, and if even a single one of Rakarth's bones is found (right down to a single digit bone from one of his vestigial hands), he can regenerate from that. His über [[Grotesque]]s are stronger, tougher, and, although it makes no sense considering what he must do to them, are saner and more able to follow commands. It is no surprise then he is still regarded as the most senior of the haemonculi masters, and still leads his own coven, the [[Prophets of Flesh]].

It is believed [[Slaanesh]] is desperately trying to scout out his talent for a position at his palace as head torturer/plastic surgeon to the daemonettes. So far Urien has declined these most generous offers but like with all Eldar, Slaanesh will eventually get his/her/its man. Assuming Urien is ever going to die for good, which we may safely bet would never happen ([[Story: A cage, shattered|though the Imperium may have one way of doing it]]).

Since the stirring of [[Ynnead]] Urien has, like all the Haemonculi, made clear their opposition and fear of this new God and its followers, and remains firmly aligned to [[Asdrubael Vect]] in Commorragh, opposing any sort of cooperation or alliance with the Ynnari whilst, simultaneously, being interested in their abilities to cheat death.

== Gallery ==
[[File:Urienoldmodel.jpeg|200px|thumbnail|left|Old Model]]
[[File:Uriennewmodel.jpeg|200px|thumbnail|left|New Model]]

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Lady Malys

2017-12-24T17:24:34Z

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[[File:Ladymalys1.jpeg|thumb|right|300px|You only wish your archon is as hot as her. This model was converted from the old Isabella von Carstein, as much we like it it to be there is no canon model or image.]]

Amongst the [[Dark Eldar]], there is one that reigns supreme; [[Asdrubael Vect]], lord of the [[Kabal of the Black Heart]]. He is the most cunning Dark Eldar to have lived and takes pleasure in reducing would be usurpers to warp hound chow. Once chief amongst his underlings was the '''Lady Aurelia Malys''', who was his consort and displayed remarkable intelligence. For a while she was one of the prominent members of his inner circle and displayed her talents during the Panacea wars (see section below).

Vect grew bored of her after a couple of centuries (and maybe partially out of fear of her ambition) and kicked Malys out of her court. A woman scorned, Malys and her followers left [[Commorragh]] into another expanse of the [[Webway]] to get her hell-no-hathing fury on. There in the depths of the Webway she met one of the strange beings that inhabited that realm, who banished her followers and challenged Malys to a game of wills, the loser of which would give their heart to the winner. Malys was victorious and the glowing being vanished, leaving a blade and its crystal heart. Then, in a turn of events that was completely sensible, she used the blade to remove her own heart and place the crystal one inside herself, because, you know, crystal works just as well as flesh with blood. (We're talking about the unrelentingly weird world of 40k here; she could have stuck a muffin in there and it probably would have worked.)

From there she returned to Commorragh with revenge in mind against Vect and began to build up her power, until she became the Archon of the Kabal of the Poisoned Tongue and one of the most powerful rulers in the Dark City.

Her keen mind is truly a byzantine labyrinth, hatching countless plots and always preparing to take advantage of a situation. She is described as polite, aloft and haughty, which only matches the image we have of her as one of those Victorian English ladies or anime noblewoman villainesses with an annoying laugh hidden behind a razor fan, unflattering polite while she plans how best to serve your brains on a platter at the next dinner party. She has matched wits with Asdrubael countless times and has an incredible sense of precognition. She may indeed in time be the one to finally dethrone Vect himself…

No seriously, she has a razor-bladed fan. Classy as shit, the Posh Spice to [[Lelith Hesperax]]'s Sporty Spice.

Oh and it is claimed in rumours that she can often be heard laughing hysterically from her private quarters. Strange glowing being found in the webway that didn't try to nom nom an Eldar… hysterical laughter… powers of precognition… yeah, this has [[Cegorach]] written all over it. The release of Codex: Harlequins confirms it; the Veiled Path takes credit for the encounter, though it is vague as to why.

==The Panacea Incident==
Malys was desperate to become the first female member of the [[Troll|League of Extraordinary Dickery]]; at the time, membership included the [[Emperor]], [[Tzeentch]], [[The Deceiver]], [[Cegorach]], [[Asdrubael Vect|Vect]] (who is most likely trying to oppose Malys' membership), and [[Eldrad]]. Her admission entry into the league was her actions during the Panacea wars. Vect, desiring to weaken the lesser kabals, gave them the challenge to poison the entire [[Imperium]]. Malys, discovering that the Imperium had recovered a precious STC, knew this was the perfect chance. She made it so that a large fleet of [[Ork]] Roks crash-landed into the Imperial forge world where the [[STC]] had been found and while both sides were butchering each other Malys and her bodyguard waltzed in and plucked the STC off a dead Ork Mekboy’s hands with a flourish and a kiss. Vect was highly pleased with this textbook example of evil and after that Malys enjoyed increased influence in the dark city.

Why did stealing this particular artifact qualify? The STC, called the Panacea [[Noblebright|(which could basically cure every disease, ever)]], was one that could have saved countless billions of human lives through miraculous medical technologies and seriously given Nurgle a run for his money. Malys knew fully well what the STC could have done, but she keeps it locked away in her private gallery, a potent discovery that will forever be kept out of the Imperials’ hands and which gives Malys enormous satisfaction, knowing she is causing lots of suffering. The league is currently assessing such an entry for full membership.

Oh and to weaken some other Orks she was fighting another time, she developed a powerful chemical agent that works on their reproductive cycle and let it loose through a couple of Ork-held planets. Again, this was done for giggles. Also, the fluff mentioned it was with help from the [[Lhamaean]]s (an all-female sect of Dark Eldar courtesans/poison experts) in her entourage, implying that Malys is bisexual since these ladies are renowned for being high-class, nobility-exclusive prostitutes.

The 7E Haemonculus Coven supplement, while having Malys removed from play like most other named characters, does at least mention this spectacular tool as a new artefact for the Haemonculi. Apparently, one of the flesh-makers found out Malys had this tool and instantly lusted for it like a Techpriest over an STC. While she didn't let him have it, the guy was still more than willing to reverse-engineer it so that it could be useful. What resulted was the Panacea Perverted, a tool that gives a massive boost to IWND as well as forcing all poisoned weapons to wound on a 6+. That latter bit comes extremely useful for other Dark Eldar, Nids, or Nurgle, who get all the poisoned stuff.

==Current Status==
Like everything else without a model, Malys is no longer playable on the tabletop. In spite of this (or possibly because of this, if you consider GW's possible fluff reasoning for making Vect not playable either), her fluff role has expanded and she's now basically Vect's distaff counterpart. Commorragh has entered its own "End Times" of a sort as she and Vect fight an internal, out-and-out-street war in the city over a warp gate that threatens to break, [[fail|neither of them wanting it to open]] [[grimdark|but mistakenly believing the other one does.]] Why any Dark Eldar would try to unplug the cork in the anus of Commorragh remains a mystery.

During the events of the Gathering Storm, and the Great Dysjunction which threatened to destroy Commorragh, Lady Malys took advantage of the Daemon Invasion to rally more factions to her side, laying the blame for the invasion on Asdrubael, particularly on his inability to contain or manage the threat.

Although the invasion was ultimately dealt with thanks to the [[Mandrakes]] and [[Haemonculi]], Malys' position has increased in strength, particularly as a result of Asdrubael's own faltering support base. Interestingly Malys had been a patron of [[Yvraine]], indicating that perhaps the Harlequins required, or do still require, something from Malys with regards to the Opener of the Seventh Way.

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Lady Malys

2017-12-24T17:24:00Z

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