Editing Daemon Engine

A '''daemon engine''' is, as the name suggests, a machine which has been constructed/fused with a [[daemon]]ic entity, resulting in the combination of the two into a living mechanical creature that often is all but unstoppable. 

Daemon engines can be found in many shapes and forms in a number of RPGs and miniature games, often representing some of the greatest horrors in those settings. 

== Warhammer 40,000 ==
In [[Warhammer 40,000]], daemon engines first appeared in the [[Gaiden Game]] ''Epic'', a sort of precursor to ''Apocalypse'' that used really small models to try and depict mega-huge conflicts. Daemon Engines were the Chaotic counterpart to the various non-Titan Imperial mega-mecha.

After Epic vanished into the mists, daemon engines were of little importance in the Chaos Space Marine codexes; for a considerable time, the only equivalent were "Possessed Vehicles", which were vehicles given an upgrade so that they were possessed and controlled by daemons.  This gave them a resilience to certain damage results (e.g. "crew shaken", as there was no crew to be shaken), at the cost of reduced BS (as daemons aren't great shots) and, for transports, a chance to eat a passenger.

The first "proper" daemon engine to grace the fields of Warhammer 40k was the [[Defiler]], a giant six-legged crab/spider walker with a big cannon, claws and an intense amount of terror added. Such was its popularity that further daemon engines have been added to subsequent codexes, allowing a Chaos army in 40K to unleash Defiliers, [[Maulerfiend]]s, [[Forgefiend]]s and [[Heldrake]]s. With the birth of ''Apocalypse'', many of the older daemon engines have also returned, and new ones have joined their ranks.

A current complete listing of daemon engines would be as follows...

Undivided:
* Defiler - A crab/spider tank created specifically for hosting daemons. Based on the Dreadnought, and brainchild of [[Abaddon]]. Appears in the [[Chaos Space Marine]] codex. Specific God-aligned variants known as the SLaughterfiend (Khorne), Desecrator (Nurgle), Debaser (Slaanesh) and Deceiver (Tzeentch) have appeared in other sources, mostly the Fanatic Online fan-zine.
* Soul Grinder - A defiler "reforged" in the Warp so the daemon has greater control over the machinery. Highly prized by the daemons themselves, to the point they actually form an independent faction in their own right. Appears in the [[Chaos Daemons]] codex.
* Decimator - A sort of daemon-controlled uber-Chaos Dreadnaught. A Forgeworld original unit.
* Forgefiend - Hulking bestial daemon engines that specialize in showering enemies with ranged death. Appears in the [[Chaos Space Marine]] codex.
* Maulerfiend - The Forgefiend's melee-specialist cousin, specializing in tank-killing and bunker-busting. Appears in the [[Chaos Space Marine]] codex.
* Heldrake - A dragon-like daemon-possessed flyer. Appears in the [[Chaos Space Marine]] codex.
* Death Wheel - A self-propelled, spike-encrusted siege weapon that basically rams its way through obstacles and over infantry. Appears in the Black Legion e-book supplement for the [[Chaos Space Marine]] codex.


Khorne:
* Lord of Battles - A Titan-sized mechanical replica of a Bloodthirster mounted on a giant tank for a lower body. Appeared in Warhammer 400000 Epic.
** Lord of Skulls - Essentially a revampled Lord of Battles created by Games Workshop for ''Appocalypse''.
* Cauldron of Blood - A huge tank/storage tanker fusion that sprays gouts of molten-hot daemonic ichor over foes. Appeared in Warhammer 400000 Epic.
* Tower of Skulls - A tank/cathedral cross featuring huge tower-turrets made from the skulls of slain enemies. Appeared in Warhammer 400000 Epic. Revamped by Forgeworld for Apocalypse.
* Death Dealer - A mechanized siege tower equipped with a mechanical warrior at the front for hitting things with. Appeared in Warhammer 400000 Epic.
* Blood Reaper - A huge mobile gun battery. Appeared in Warhammer 400000 Epic.
* Doom Blaster - A massive tank that sports four super-heavy mortars, used to bombard enemies from afar. Appeared in Warhammer 400000 Epic.
* Brass Scorpion - A daemon engine that resembles a huge mechanical scorpion with a supped-up gatling gun "stinger", a mouth-mounted Demolisher Cannon, two front-mounted "Hellmaw" pattern flame cannons, and a pair of giant mechanical pincers or motorized saws for ripping things up in melee. Appeared in Warhammer 400000 Epic. Revamped by Forgeworld for Apocalypse. Appears in the ''Tome of Blood'' sourcebook for [[Black Crusade]].
* Blood Slaughterer - A daemon engine vaguely resembling a blade-limbed spider or monstrous tick. First appeared as a "Chaos Robot" in the early 2nd edition/late 1st edition. Revamped by Forgeworld for Apocalypse. Appears in the ''Tome of Blood'' sourcebook for [[Black Crusade]]. 
* Skull Cannon - A Blood Throne (mechanized chariot used by Bloodletters) revamped into a motorized artillery piece that shoots bone fragments at its enemies. Appears in the [[Chaos Daemons]] codex.
* Skull Reaper - A legendary Titan-sized daemon engine that resembles a mechanical Bloodthirster with one arm bearing a chain axe and the other being a turbo-melta. Appears in the ''Tome of Blood'' sourcebook for [[Black Crusade]].


Nurgle:
* Plague Tower - A daemon-infested, diseased pus-spewing mechanized siege tower. Appeared in Warhammer 400000 Epic.
* Contagion - A trundling daemon-possessed catapult that launches diseased projectiles. Appeared in Warhammer 400000 Epic.
* Plague Hulk - A Nurglite variant of the Soul Grinder with far more pestilential attacks. A Forgeworld original unit. 
* Blight Drone - Plague-spreading insectile VTOL hovercrafts. A Forgeworld original unit.


Tzeentch:
* Fire Lord - A daemon-possessed super-heavy assault aircraft that used lascannons, Flame Cannons and firestorm bombs to devastate opponents. Appeared in Warhammer 400000 Epic.
* Doom Wing - A daemon-possessed aircraft that uses a hellfire-spewing Flame Cannon to burn down enemy fliers and infantry alike. Appeared in Warhammer 400000 Epic.
* Silver Towers - Castles ripped out of the ground and carried along by the sorcery of daemons and sorcerer-cabals and used to rain psychic death on anyone below them. Appeared in Warhammer 400000 Epic.
* Aether Ray - A daemon engine that resembles a mechanical manta ray, created by the sorcerer-technocrats of Q'sal as a means of personal transport. Essentially an artificial Disk of Tzeentch that can be big enough to carry squads instead of one person. Appears in the ''Tome of Fate'' sourcebook for [[Black Crusade]].
* Mirrorfiend - A giant beetle-like daemon engine containing a raging Greater Daemon of Tzeentch that uses powerful psychic abilities, including an aura that makes viewers see their worst fears and darkest memories reflected in its shining surface, to kill those who oppose it. Appears in the ''Tome of Fate'' sourcebook for [[Black Crusade]].
* The Auruntaur - A unique daemon engine that resembles a monstrous, cyclopean Soul Grinder, created on Q'sal but impossible to control. Appears in the ''Tome of Fate'' sourcebook for [[Black Crusade]].


Slaanesh:
* Hell-Strider - A comparatively small corrupted Imperial Knight that uses a central lascannon and twin melta-beams to hunt down armored foes, relying on speed and mobility to get close, make an attack and escape. Appeared in Warhammer 400000 Epic.
* Hell-Scourge - The largest of the corrupted Daemon Knights of Slaanesh, these daemon engines hunt in packs using bristling bolters and their powerful Castigator cannon to scythe down whatever gets in their way. Appeared in Warhammer 400000 Epic.
* Hell-Knight - Corrupted Imperial Knights that use their speed, mobility and powerful (if short-ranged) Thermal Lance to slay enemy heavy armor. Appeared in Warhammer 400000 Epic.
* Subjugator - A corrupted Scout Titan that uses its daemonic Hell Claws, lascannon and brain-scrambling Psi-Pulse to suppress enemy units so other Chaos forces can advance behind them. Appeared in Warhammer 400000 Epic. Appears in the ''Tome of Excess'' sourcebook for [[Black Crusade]].
* Questor - A heavier corrupted Scout Titan that specializes in ranged firepower, most iconic being its rapid-fire Tormentor cannon. Appeared in Warhammer 400000 Epic.

== Warhammer Fantasy Battle ==

In [[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]], the [[Chaos Dwarfs]], always such cheery fellows, decided to get in on the action and create their own hell cannon, which is powered by feeding people into the maw of the cannon which then fires their spiritual remains as powerful barrages. For a while the chaos dwarfs that came with the cannon as crew were the only official ones made by [[Games Workshop]]. Thankfully, [[Forge World]] have now made a whole load of chaos dwarfs models so you field an army of the tusky psychos and whats more they have a whole host of daemon engines now, including a daemon train powered by death to pull all of your engines into battle. All hail the rape train of dwarfy death!

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