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	== Modelling ==		== Modelling ==
	A slight issue with the Kroot range is that it's incredibly small and unsupported. In that, GW has only ever made a handful of kits for them, the majority being metal or resin. The only plastic Kroot kit is the ~~carnivores~~, while ~~knarlocs~~ and ~~great knarlocs~~, their most badass kits, haven't been supported in years.		A slight issue with the Kroot range is that it's incredibly small and unsupported. In that, GW has only ever made a handful of kits for them, the majority being metal or resin. The only plastic Kroot kit is the Carnivores, while Knarlocs and Great Knarlocs, their most badass kits, haven't been supported in years.

	However, there's a light at the end of the tunnel, my fellow bird-lovers! If you don't mind 3rd party, there's a seller on Etsy that makes off-brand Kroot models that are honestly pretty fucking fire. He's made remodels of the long-lost ~~knarlocs~~, resin prints of ~~hounds~~, alternative bits to make regular Kroot look sci-fi, and even has some GSC/Kroot prints. Honestly he does a good job, nuff said.		However, there's a light at the end of the tunnel, my fellow bird-lovers! If you don't mind 3rd party, there's a seller on Etsy that makes off-brand Kroot models that are honestly pretty fucking fire. He's made remodels of the long-lost Knarlocs, resin prints of Hounds, alternative bits to make regular Kroot look sci-fi, and even has some GSC/Kroot prints. Honestly he does a good job, nuff said.

	https://www.etsy.com/shop/MasterShaperFelix?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=1051976211		https://www.etsy.com/shop/MasterShaperFelix?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=1051976211

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	==Building list==		==Building list==
	Do you like to win more than you like to have fun? No? Good, you might enjoy a full Kroot list in the 9th ed. version of the Kroot Mercenaries / T'au Empire. With the welcome promotion of the shaper to an HQ unit, coupled with their own relics and warlord traits, you're free to run wild and eat your enemies to your heart's content.		Do you like to win more than you like to have fun? No? Good, you might enjoy a full Kroot list in the 9th ed. version of the Kroot Mercenaries / T'au Empire. With the welcome promotion of the shaper to an HQ unit, coupled with their own relics and warlord traits, you're free to run wild and eat your enemies to your heart's content.
	*A small note, however, is that including but a single ~~ethereal~~, despite being counter to a pure ~~kroot~~ army, goes a long way in the effectiveness of your ~~kindred~~. With a single floating hippy, you gain access to a <Sept> for the detachment, which should always be Dal'yth, so then your Kroot (and your ~~vespids~~ if you're feeling saucy) can benefit from Tactical Philosophies. On top of that, Ethereals can chant a prayer explicitly for upgrading Auxiliaries. It might be worth kitbashing an ethereal to look like a kroot shaman, but all-in-all, it should be a serious consideration, unless you're a die-hard fan of Predator and Halo's ~~jackals~~.		*A small note, however, is that including but a single Ethereal, despite being counter to a pure Kroot army, goes a long way in the effectiveness of your Kindred. With a single floating hippy, you gain access to a <Sept> for the detachment, which should always be Dal'yth, so then your Kroot (and your Vespids if you're feeling saucy) can benefit from Tactical Philosophies. On top of that, Ethereals can chant a prayer explicitly for upgrading Auxiliaries. It might be worth kitbashing an ethereal to look like a kroot shaman, but all-in-all, it should be a serious consideration, unless you're a die-hard fan of Predator and Halo's Jackals.
	*Secondly, unless you're willing to dip into Legends or used Unaligned units, your army won't end up being very diverse. While its very possible to get over 1k of mainline bords, your liable to field up to 80-100 models in carnivores alone, which is just. . . a lot to manage. But! If your gaming group is chill with it (and they should be because fighting an army of pure ~~kroot~~ seems like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity), the inclusion of the Legends units really helps make the list more well-rounded.		*Secondly, unless you're willing to dip into Legends or used Unaligned units, your army won't end up being very diverse. While its very possible to get over 1k of mainline bords, your liable to field up to 80-100 models in carnivores alone, which is just. . . a lot to manage. But! If your gaming group is chill with it (and they should be because fighting an army of pure Kroot seems like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity), the inclusion of the Legends units really helps make the list more well-rounded.
	**Unfortunately, with the transition into 9th, Dahyak Grekh got the axe as a unit, but not before leaving a lasting impression. His model can be used to represent a shaper with an alternative set of wargear, giving them them a pistol and grenade belt in exchange for their ritual blade. The kroot may have lost their Sly Marbo, but he shall never be forgotten.		**Unfortunately, with the transition into 9th, Dahyak Grekh got the axe as a unit, but not before leaving a lasting impression. His model can be used to represent a shaper with an alternative set of wargear, giving them them a pistol and grenade belt in exchange for their ritual blade. The kroot may have lost their Sly Marbo, but he shall never be forgotten.

	In terms of list-building, the ~~kroot~~ benefit from the fact that no units are competing for slots. Shapers are your only options for HQs (unless you're taking an ~~ethereal~~, but we'll circle back to that), ~~carnivores~~ are your only troops, so on and so forth. This is because of the '''Kroot Pack''' rule that ~~carnivores~~ have, which means that for every squad of them you take, up to one unit each of ~~shapers~~/~~krootoxen~~/~~hounds~~ can be taken without filling a slot. Meaning that ~~hounds~~ and ~~knarloc riders~~ will never compete for fast attack slots (because you should just run the ~~hounds~~ as NOFOS), and if you're feeling adventurous, you can spam three ~~ethereals~~ for your obligatory HQ slots, and still take up to three ~~shapers~~ (for the same reason). Round out the list with some Great Knarlocs in your heavy support, and you have something that actually resembles an army.		In terms of list-building, the Kroot benefit from the fact that no units are competing for slots. Shapers are your only options for HQs (unless you're taking an Ethereal, but we'll circle back to that), Carnivores are your only troops, so on and so forth. This is because of the '''Kroot Pack''' rule that Carnivores have, which means that for every squad of them you take, up to one unit each of Shapers/Krootoxen/Hounds can be taken without filling a slot. Meaning that Hounds and Knarloc Riders will never compete for fast attack slots (because you should just run the Hounds as NOFOS), and if you're feeling adventurous, you can spam three Ethereals for your obligatory HQ slots, and still take up to three Shapers (for the same reason). Round out the list with some Great Knarlocs in your heavy support, and you have something that actually resembles an army.

	Gameplay wise, the Kroot benefit from being fast and having ok melee. Shapers, ~~carnivores~~, and ~~hounds~~ all get a pre-game move before the game begins, while both types of ~~knarlocs~~ can auto-advance 6", and ~~hounds~~ can re-roll advances and charges. Coupled with one of your ~~warlord traits~~, you can even still keep up all the shooting while they're all advancing up the board. At the same time, while they are realistically a horde army, the sheer volume of their melee should be enough to surpass some of the low-tier armies on the assault, but naturally you'll crumple against every army that's better at melee, as Kroot universally have shitty armor saves and no invulns, with your only durability boost coming from a ~~stratagem~~.		Gameplay wise, the Kroot benefit from being fast and having OK melee. Shapers, Carnivores, and Hounds all get a pre-game move before the game begins, while both types of Knarlocs can auto-advance 6", and Hounds can re-roll advances and charges. Coupled with one of your Warlord Traits, you can even still keep up all the shooting while they're all advancing up the board. At the same time, while they are realistically a horde army, the sheer volume of their melee should be enough to surpass some of the low-tier armies on the assault, but naturally you'll crumple against every army that's better at melee, as Kroot universally have shitty armor saves and no invulns, with your only durability boost coming from a Stratagem.
	*Ironically, however, a somewhat competent gunline can be made from massed ~~krootoxes~~, your best shooting unit, an attending ~~shaper~~ for re-roll 1s to hit, and at least one baggage harness Great Knarloc for exploding 6s to hit. With a potential 18 auto-cannon shots (plus more if you're adding Great Knarlocs with their own guns to the mix) you've got some pretty scary fire coming down wind.		*Ironically, however, a somewhat competent gunline can be made from massed Krootoxes, your best shooting unit, an attending Shaper for re-roll 1s to hit, and at least one baggage harness Great Knarloc for exploding 6s to hit. With a potential 18 auto-cannon shots (plus more if you're adding Great Knarlocs with their own guns to the mix) you've got some pretty scary fire coming down wind.

	You're not likely to win anything with this army, but you are basically free to goof around. You aren't strong or competitive in any way, but part of this hobby is fun, so shut up and have fun. [[Kroot Conga Line\|And on the occasion you do win, the loser will seethe even more.]]		You're not likely to win anything with this army, but you are basically free to goof around. You aren't strong or competitive in any way, but part of this hobby is fun, so shut up and have fun. [[Kroot Conga Line\|And on the occasion you do win, the loser will seethe even more.]]

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	Kroot also have shamans (psykers). They pilot warp ships called [[Warspheres]]; ''very'' large, spherical vessels of dubious quality but nonetheless capable of warp travel. Warspheres also double as mobile communities for the Kroot when they are away from Pech.		Kroot also have shamans (psykers). They pilot warp ships called [[Warspheres]]; ''very'' large, spherical vessels of dubious quality but nonetheless capable of warp travel. Warspheres also double as mobile communities for the Kroot when they are away from Pech.

	In the short story "Warsphere", which all of ten people have read, where Dahyak Grekh of Blackstone Fortress fame tricks a ~~dark eldar~~ Archon into giving up the location of said Blackstone Fortress, we gain a little bit of insight into the technology and culture of the Kroot on their eponymous space-cities. On a spiritual level, the Kroot believe in a warrior-spirit named Vawk the Huntress, who assumedly blessed the Warsphere of the story, and that vast chambers and halls of their ships are carved with the histories of the Kindred who made them. We also learn that the Kroot are incredibly proud of their heritage, and even think its funny that someone would try to repair a warsphere, thinking that no one but the Kroot could understand its technology. Oh, and that the Kroot can learn the memories of the things they eat, such as the location of a Blackstone Fortress. On a technological level, they are riddled with traps that are impossible to disarm without the aid of a Kroot, as their user manuals consist of memory-imbued scraps of flesh and totemic symbols. Oh, also, Warspheres have mechanical birds that defend the insides.		In the short story "Warsphere", which all of ten people have read, where Dahyak Grekh of Blackstone Fortress fame tricks a [[Dark Eldar]] Archon into giving up the location of said Blackstone Fortress, we gain a little bit of insight into the technology and culture of the Kroot on their eponymous space-cities. On a spiritual level, the Kroot believe in a warrior-spirit named Vawk the Huntress, who assumedly blessed the Warsphere of the story, and that vast chambers and halls of their ships are carved with the histories of the Kindred who made them. We also learn that the Kroot are incredibly proud of their heritage, and even think its funny that someone would try to repair a warsphere, thinking that no one but the Kroot could understand its technology. Oh, and that the Kroot can learn the memories of the things they eat, such as the location of a Blackstone Fortress. On a technological level, they are riddled with traps that are impossible to disarm without the aid of a Kroot, as their user manuals consist of memory-imbued scraps of flesh and totemic symbols. Oh, also, Warspheres have mechanical birds that defend the insides.

	The book Liber Xenologicus gives more details on the Kroot religion. In their origin myth, Vawk the Huntress flew across the primordial chaos of the Nothingsea until she encountered the rival god Gmork. This battle was so intense that it created the stars and planets of the galaxy. Vawk gained Gmork's strength by drinking his blood and so was able to defeat him, but it was a short lived victory as his blood was poisonous. Her last act before perishing was to descend to the planet Pech, where her feathers became the forest and bones became the mountains, and vomit a great flock of eagles into the sky. This is likely a crude genetic memory of the Kroot's original evolution into sapience by eating Orks.		The book Liber Xenologicus gives more details on the Kroot religion. In their origin myth, Vawk the Huntress flew across the primordial chaos of the Nothingsea until she encountered the rival god Gmork. This battle was so intense that it created the stars and planets of the galaxy. Vawk gained Gmork's strength by drinking his blood and so was able to defeat him, but it was a short lived victory as his blood was poisonous. Her last act before perishing was to descend to the planet Pech, where her feathers became the forest and bones became the mountains, and vomit a great flock of eagles into the sky. This is likely a crude genetic memory of the Kroot's original evolution into sapience by eating Orks.

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	==Physiology==		==Physiology==
	[[File:OW EOI Kroot Shaper.png\|thumbnail\|right\|300px\|''By instinctively isolating and analysing the DNA contained with the flesh of potential food sources, these exceptional Kroot, known as Shapers, can determine whether the prey’s characteristics are favourable or detrimental to the genetic advancement of their Kindred, and can thereby guide the development of the other Kroot. They are the wardens and caretakers of their Kindred’s genetic inheritance, and they guard it against regression, corruption, and unwanted mutation.'']]		[[File:OW EOI Kroot Shaper.png\|thumbnail\|right\|300px\|''By instinctively isolating and analysing the DNA contained with the flesh of potential food sources, these exceptional Kroot, known as Shapers, can determine whether the prey’s characteristics are favourable or detrimental to the genetic advancement of their Kindred, and can thereby guide the development of the other Kroot. They are the wardens and caretakers of their Kindred’s genetic inheritance, and they guard it against regression, corruption, and unwanted mutation.'']]
	[[Xenology]] suggests that the reason Kroot are humanoid, able to walk and think, and able to build weapons and spacecraft is because at one time in their history, an [[Ork]] ship crashed on [[Pech]] (the Kroot's home planet). The Kroot promptly started eating the dazed survivors of this crash (how they managed to not end up with a full-blown Ork infestation remains anyone's guess. Maybe the kroot lick their plates when they are done eating, leading to no spores left behind, anyone's guess.) and subsequently managed to gain some of the Orks' innate understanding for technology, as well as a measure of their resilience. Oh, and the basic humanoid body layout on top of that. Two arms, bipedal gait, the whole shebang. Evidence for this are pieces of wreckage marked with Ork glyphs scattered all over Pech that the Kroot regard as sacred objects, as well as the presence of hybrid fungal matter in parts of their body. It could thus be argued that the Kroot are an entire race of "Half-Orks", or at least Hybridized with the Orkoid Fungus genetic genome to a degree. Also, "Kroot" spelled backwards is "To ork." It is unknown if this is intentional. The "Mother" of the Kroot race in their Legend is called '''Vawk the Huntress''', and her rival, '''Gmork''', whose description matches Gorkamorka/Gork and Mork, along with the name sounding like Gork and Mork smashed together. When Vawk took bites out of Gmork, his blood poisoned and killed her, but as she dies, she vomited forth the Ancestral '''Kroothawks''' out upon Planet '''Pech'''. Also, Kroot starts like Krork, the original Orkoids who devolved into modern Orkoids.		[[Xenology]] suggests that the reason Kroot are humanoid, able to walk and think, and able to build weapons and spacecraft is because at one time in their history, an [[Ork]] ship crashed on [[Pech]] (the Kroot's home planet). The Kroot promptly started eating the dazed survivors of this crash (how they managed to not end up with a full-blown Ork infestation remains anyone's guess. Maybe the kroot lick their plates when they are done eating, leading to no spores left behind, anyone's guess.) and subsequently managed to gain some of the Orks' innate understanding for technology, as well as a measure of their resilience. Oh, and the basic humanoid body layout on top of that. Two arms, bipedal gait, the whole shebang. Evidence for this are pieces of wreckage marked with Ork glyphs scattered all over Pech that the Kroot regard as sacred objects, as well as the presence of hybrid fungal matter in parts of their body. It could thus be argued that the Kroot are an entire race of "Half-Orks", or at least Hybridized with the Orkoid Fungus genetic genome to a degree. Also, "Kroot" spelled backwards is "To ork." It is unknown if this is intentional. The "Mother" of the Kroot race in their Legend is called '''Vawk the Huntress''', and her rival, '''Gmork''', whose description matches Gorkamorka/Gork and Mork, along with the name sounding like Gork and Mork smashed together. When Vawk took bites out of Gmork, his blood was poisoned and killed her, but as she dies, she vomited forth the Ancestral '''Kroothawks''' out upon Planet '''[[Pech]]'''. Also, [[Kroot]] starts like Krork, the original Orkoids who devolved into modern Orkoids.

	For some reason, the fluff likes to point out how revolting the Kroot are for their carnivorous practices, even though, when you really stop and think about it, the Kroot are one of the more morally upright races around. They're explicitly not xenophobic racists, they ''have to'' eat dead sapients to stay intelligent (unlike, say, [[Space Marines]] and [[Tyranids]] who also eat people's brains to gain knowledge, or the fucking [[Dark Eldar]], who do it purely for lulz), and they're not notably more cruel than anyone else but the Tau, who seem to be the only people in the universe who more or less tolerate them. Although this may have to do with point of view, most of the time it's the Tau or [[Imperial Guard]] who would find the eating of the dead, friend or foe, gross. Tyranids are viewed as mindless animals, so eating things isn't as "wrong" for them, and most people forgot Space Marines can gain knowledge by eating brains [[Blood_Angels#Red_Thirst\|(occasionally chasing it with fresh squeezed blood)]]. Most who do spend their time around Kroot generally seem to like them, though. The "revolting" part may be more of a knee-jerk reaction from people not used to seeing bird people eating dudes.		For some reason, the fluff likes to point out how revolting the Kroot are for their carnivorous practices, even though, when you really stop and think about it, the Kroot are one of the more morally upright races around. They're explicitly not xenophobic racists, they ''have to'' eat dead sapients to stay intelligent (unlike, say, [[Space Marines]] and [[Tyranids]] who also eat people's brains to gain knowledge, or the fucking [[Dark Eldar]], who do it purely for lulz), and they're not notably more cruel than anyone else but the Tau, who seem to be the only people in the universe who more or less tolerate them. Although this may have to do with point of view, most of the time it's the Tau or [[Imperial Guard]] who would find the eating of the dead, friend or foe, gross. Tyranids are viewed as mindless animals, so eating things isn't as "wrong" for them, and most people forgot Space Marines can gain knowledge by eating brains [[Blood_Angels#Red_Thirst\|(occasionally chasing it with fresh squeezed blood)]]. Most who do spend their time around [[Kroot]] generally seem to like them, though. The "revolting" part may be more of a knee-jerk reaction from people not used to seeing bird-people eating dudes.

	You may have noticed that this article talks a lot about eating. According to Chapter Approved in [[White Dwarf]], the Kroot physiology basically revolves around their mouth. They have multiple stomachs, no excretory organs (what they can't digest, they puke up), and females even breed by transforming a stomach into a womb and then vomiting up the baby/babies when it's/they're full grown. [[PROMOTIONS\|Take a wild guess how they conceive]].		You may have noticed that this article talks a lot about eating. According to Chapter Approved in [[White Dwarf]], the Kroot physiology basically revolves around their mouth. They have multiple stomachs, no excretory organs (what they can't digest, they puke up), and females even breed by transforming a stomach into a womb and then vomiting up the baby/babies when it's/they're full grown. [[PROMOTIONS\|Take a wild guess how they conceive]].

	...The answer is back rubs. Male Kroot have specialized pores that secrete a gene-bearing bio-fluid (what experts refer to as "alien bird-jizz") on their palms, whilst female Kroot have "receptor pores" for this fluid on the smalls of their back. So when two Kroot make babies, the male has to give the female a back rub. Yeah, we thought it would be [[Heterosexual Sex in the Missionary Position\|kinkier]], too. The main question though is why would they need sexual reproduction in the first place, since it's goal is intermixing genomes to spread useful genes, and they already have controlled horizontal gene transfer on par with fucking Tyranids, which is orders of magnitude more efficient. Guess, ~~noone~~ in GeeDubs attended Genetics 101.		...The answer is back rubs. Male Kroot have specialized pores that secrete a gene-bearing bio-fluid (what experts refer to as "alien bird-jizz") on their palms, whilst female Kroot have "receptor pores" for this fluid on the smalls of their back. So when two Kroot make babies, the male has to give the female a back rub. Yeah, we thought it would be [[Heterosexual Sex in the Missionary Position\|kinkier]], too. The main question though is why would they need sexual reproduction in the first place, since it's goal is intermixing genomes to spread useful genes, and they already have controlled horizontal gene transfer on par with fucking Tyranids, which is orders of magnitude more efficient. [[FAIL\|Guess, no one in GeeDubs attended Genetics 101.]]

	Fun Fact: they are the only nonhuman species that can have [[Blank]]s, likely because they ate one at some point.		Fun Fact: they are the only nonhuman species that can have [[Blank]]s, likely because they ate one at some point.

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	==Physiology==		==Physiology==
	[[File:OW EOI Kroot Shaper.png\|thumbnail\|right\|300px\|''By instinctively isolating and analysing the DNA contained with the flesh of potential food sources, these exceptional Kroot, known as Shapers, can determine whether the prey’s characteristics are favourable or detrimental to the genetic advancement of their Kindred, and can thereby guide the development of the other Kroot. They are the wardens and caretakers of their Kindred’s genetic inheritance, and they guard it against regression, corruption, and unwanted mutation.'']]		[[File:OW EOI Kroot Shaper.png\|thumbnail\|right\|300px\|''By instinctively isolating and analysing the DNA contained with the flesh of potential food sources, these exceptional Kroot, known as Shapers, can determine whether the prey’s characteristics are favourable or detrimental to the genetic advancement of their Kindred, and can thereby guide the development of the other Kroot. They are the wardens and caretakers of their Kindred’s genetic inheritance, and they guard it against regression, corruption, and unwanted mutation.'']]
	[[Xenology]] suggests that the reason Kroot are humanoid, able to walk and think, and able to build weapons and spacecraft is because at one time in their history, an [[Ork]] ship crashed on Pech (the Kroot's home planet). The Kroot promptly started eating the dazed survivors of this crash (how they managed to not end up with a full-blown Ork infestation remains anyone's guess. Maybe the kroot lick their plates when they are done eating, leading to no spores left behind, anyone's guess.) and subsequently managed to gain some of the Orks' innate understanding for technology, as well as a measure of their resilience. Oh, and the basic humanoid body layout on top of that. Two arms, bipedal gait, the whole shebang. Evidence for this are pieces of wreckage marked with Ork glyphs scattered all over Pech that the Kroot regard as sacred objects, as well as the presence of hybrid fungal matter in parts of their body. It could thus be argued that the Kroot are an entire race of "Half-Orks", or at least Hybridized with the Orkoid Fungus genetic genome to a degree. Also, "Kroot" spelled backwards is "To ork." It is unknown if this is intentional. The "Mother" of the Kroot race in their Legend is called '''Vawk the Huntress''', and her rival, '''Gmork''', whose description matches Gorkamorka/Gork and Mork, along with the name sounding like Gork and Mork smashed together. When Vawk took bites out of Gmork, his blood poisoned and killed her, but as she dies, she vomited forth the Ancestral '''Kroothawks''' out upon Planet '''Pech'''. Also, Kroot starts like Krork, the original Orkoids who devolved into modern Orkoids.		[[Xenology]] suggests that the reason Kroot are humanoid, able to walk and think, and able to build weapons and spacecraft is because at one time in their history, an [[Ork]] ship crashed on [[Pech]] (the Kroot's home planet). The Kroot promptly started eating the dazed survivors of this crash (how they managed to not end up with a full-blown Ork infestation remains anyone's guess. Maybe the kroot lick their plates when they are done eating, leading to no spores left behind, anyone's guess.) and subsequently managed to gain some of the Orks' innate understanding for technology, as well as a measure of their resilience. Oh, and the basic humanoid body layout on top of that. Two arms, bipedal gait, the whole shebang. Evidence for this are pieces of wreckage marked with Ork glyphs scattered all over Pech that the Kroot regard as sacred objects, as well as the presence of hybrid fungal matter in parts of their body. It could thus be argued that the Kroot are an entire race of "Half-Orks", or at least Hybridized with the Orkoid Fungus genetic genome to a degree. Also, "Kroot" spelled backwards is "To ork." It is unknown if this is intentional. The "Mother" of the Kroot race in their Legend is called '''Vawk the Huntress''', and her rival, '''Gmork''', whose description matches Gorkamorka/Gork and Mork, along with the name sounding like Gork and Mork smashed together. When Vawk took bites out of Gmork, his blood poisoned and killed her, but as she dies, she vomited forth the Ancestral '''Kroothawks''' out upon Planet '''Pech'''. Also, Kroot starts like Krork, the original Orkoids who devolved into modern Orkoids.

	For some reason, the fluff likes to point out how revolting the Kroot are for their carnivorous practices, even though, when you really stop and think about it, the Kroot are one of the more morally upright races around. They're explicitly not xenophobic racists, they ''have to'' eat dead sapients to stay intelligent (unlike, say, [[Space Marines]] and [[Tyranids]] who also eat people's brains to gain knowledge, or the fucking [[Dark Eldar]], who do it purely for lulz), and they're not notably more cruel than anyone else but the Tau, who seem to be the only people in the universe who more or less tolerate them. Although this may have to do with point of view, most of the time it's the Tau or [[Imperial Guard]] who would find the eating of the dead, friend or foe, gross. Tyranids are viewed as mindless animals, so eating things isn't as "wrong" for them, and most people forgot Space Marines can gain knowledge by eating brains [[Blood_Angels#Red_Thirst\|(occasionally chasing it with fresh squeezed blood)]]. Most who do spend their time around Kroot generally seem to like them, though. The "revolting" part may be more of a knee-jerk reaction from people not used to seeing bird people eating dudes.		For some reason, the fluff likes to point out how revolting the Kroot are for their carnivorous practices, even though, when you really stop and think about it, the Kroot are one of the more morally upright races around. They're explicitly not xenophobic racists, they ''have to'' eat dead sapients to stay intelligent (unlike, say, [[Space Marines]] and [[Tyranids]] who also eat people's brains to gain knowledge, or the fucking [[Dark Eldar]], who do it purely for lulz), and they're not notably more cruel than anyone else but the Tau, who seem to be the only people in the universe who more or less tolerate them. Although this may have to do with point of view, most of the time it's the Tau or [[Imperial Guard]] who would find the eating of the dead, friend or foe, gross. Tyranids are viewed as mindless animals, so eating things isn't as "wrong" for them, and most people forgot Space Marines can gain knowledge by eating brains [[Blood_Angels#Red_Thirst\|(occasionally chasing it with fresh squeezed blood)]]. Most who do spend their time around Kroot generally seem to like them, though. The "revolting" part may be more of a knee-jerk reaction from people not used to seeing bird people eating dudes.

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	As of the most recent [[Dark Eldar]] codex, the [[Haemonculus]] Covens has taken a liking to the way Kroot gastronomy reacts to evolution and had conducted a gigantic raid which, to put it lightly, [[Rape\|utterly tore Pech a new one]]. The Dark Eldar pretty much [[Looted]] a new one, stealing dozens of Shapers and whole raiders full of Kroot corpses for their experiments. Suffice it to say, Pech was saved by a counterattack by the Tau and viscious reprisals from the native Kroot, but by then it was too little too late, the invading forces having gotten what they needed withdrew as quickly as they arrived. The Kroot's homeworld recieved one of its worst invasions to date and the rescuing Tau party was greeted with a grisly scene of mutilated Kroot corpses laid out in Eldar Lexicon which translates to, "[[Rape\|Welcome to the feast.]]" The Tau in all their naive weeaboo hats, promptly shat themselves a brown stinky brick whilst the captured Kroots were promptly turned into KFC.		As of the most recent [[Dark Eldar]] codex, the [[Haemonculus]] Covens has taken a liking to the way Kroot gastronomy reacts to evolution and had conducted a gigantic raid which, to put it lightly, [[Rape\|utterly tore Pech a new one]]. The Dark Eldar pretty much [[Looted]] a new one, stealing dozens of Shapers and whole raiders full of Kroot corpses for their experiments. Suffice it to say, Pech was saved by a counterattack by the Tau and viscious reprisals from the native Kroot, but by then it was too little too late, the invading forces having gotten what they needed withdrew as quickly as they arrived. The Kroot's homeworld recieved one of its worst invasions to date and the rescuing Tau party was greeted with a grisly scene of mutilated Kroot corpses laid out in Eldar Lexicon which translates to, "[[Rape\|Welcome to the feast.]]" The Tau in all their naive weeaboo hats, promptly shat themselves a brown stinky brick whilst the captured Kroots were promptly turned into KFC.

	It is uncertain, and probably unlikely, that we will ever get a Kroot codex thanks to the Imperium centric focus of the setting. ~~Thanks~~ [[FAIL\|Geedubs]]. However, we ''did'' get Kill Team rules for a Kroot Mercenary faction in the January 2019 White Dwarf. Strictly fun and noncompetitive, but it's ''something''.		It is uncertain, and probably unlikely, that we will ever get a Kroot codex thanks to the Imperium centric focus of the setting. [[FAIL\|Thanks Geedubs]]. However, we ''did'' get Kill Team rules for a Kroot Mercenary faction in the January 2019 White Dwarf. Strictly fun and noncompetitive, but it's ''something''.

	GOOD NEWS! With all the new options with Ninth edition, it is now possible to run a <strike>mostly</strike> Kroot Army! EDIT: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/01/26/field-an-entire-army-of-upgraded-kroot-with-codex-tau-empire/ \| Now you can run an <i>entirely</i> Kroot army!]		GOOD NEWS! With all the new options with Ninth edition, it is now possible to run a <strike>mostly</strike> Kroot Army! EDIT: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/01/26/field-an-entire-army-of-upgraded-kroot-with-codex-tau-empire/ \| Now you can run an <i>entirely</i> Kroot army!]

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	For those interested, there's [[Codex - Kroots: /tg/'s 9th Edition]]. Most people will let you use it in a friendly game.		For those interested, there's [[Codex - Kroots: /tg/'s 9th Edition]]. Most people will let you use it in a friendly game.

	As of the most recent [[Dark Eldar]] codex, the [[Haemonculus]] Covens has taken a liking to the way Kroot gastronomy reacts to evolution and had conducted a gigantic raid which, to put it lightly, utterly ~~destroyed~~ Pech a new one. The Dark Eldar pretty much [[Looted]] a new one, stealing dozens of ~~shapers~~ and whole raiders full of Kroot corpses for their experiments. Suffice it to say, Pech was saved by a counterattack by the Tau and viscious reprisals from the native Kroot, but by then it was too little too late, the invading forces having gotten what they needed withdrew as quickly as they arrived. The Kroot's homeworld recieved one of its worst invasions to date and the rescuing Tau party was greeted with a grisly scene of mutilated Kroot corpses laid out in Eldar Lexicon which translates to, "[[Rape\|Welcome to the feast.]]" The Tau in all their naive weeaboo hats, promptly shat themselves a brown stinky brick whilst the captured Kroots were promptly turned into KFC.		As of the most recent [[Dark Eldar]] codex, the [[Haemonculus]] Covens has taken a liking to the way Kroot gastronomy reacts to evolution and had conducted a gigantic raid which, to put it lightly, [[Rape\|utterly tore Pech a new one]]. The Dark Eldar pretty much [[Looted]] a new one, stealing dozens of Shapers and whole raiders full of Kroot corpses for their experiments. Suffice it to say, Pech was saved by a counterattack by the Tau and viscious reprisals from the native Kroot, but by then it was too little too late, the invading forces having gotten what they needed withdrew as quickly as they arrived. The Kroot's homeworld recieved one of its worst invasions to date and the rescuing Tau party was greeted with a grisly scene of mutilated Kroot corpses laid out in Eldar Lexicon which translates to, "[[Rape\|Welcome to the feast.]]" The Tau in all their naive weeaboo hats, promptly shat themselves a brown stinky brick whilst the captured Kroots were promptly turned into KFC.

	It is uncertain, and probably unlikely, that we will ever get a ~~kroot~~ codex thanks to the Imperium centric focus of the setting. Thanks Geedubs. However, we ''did'' get Kill Team rules for a Kroot Mercenary faction in the January 2019 White Dwarf. Strictly fun and noncompetitive, but it's ''something''.		It is uncertain, and probably unlikely, that we will ever get a Kroot codex thanks to the Imperium centric focus of the setting. Thanks [[FAIL\|Geedubs]]. However, we ''did'' get Kill Team rules for a Kroot Mercenary faction in the January 2019 White Dwarf. Strictly fun and noncompetitive, but it's ''something''.

	GOOD NEWS! With all the new options with Ninth edition, it is now possible to run a <strike>mostly</strike> Kroot Army! EDIT: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/01/26/field-an-entire-army-of-upgraded-kroot-with-codex-tau-empire/ \| Now you can run an <i>entirely</i> Kroot army!]		GOOD NEWS! With all the new options with Ninth edition, it is now possible to run a <strike>mostly</strike> Kroot Army! EDIT: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/01/26/field-an-entire-army-of-upgraded-kroot-with-codex-tau-empire/ \| Now you can run an <i>entirely</i> Kroot army!]

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	As of the most recent [[Dark Eldar]] codex, the [[Haemonculus]] Covens has taken a liking to the way Kroot gastronomy reacts to evolution and had conducted a gigantic raid which, to put it lightly, [[Rape\|utterly tore Pech a new one]]. The Dark Eldar pretty much [[Looted]] a new one, stealing dozens of Shapers and whole raiders full of Kroot corpses for their experiments. Suffice it to say, Pech was saved by a counterattack by the Tau and viscious reprisals from the native Kroot, but by then it was too little too late, the invading forces having gotten what they needed withdrew as quickly as they arrived. The Kroot's homeworld recieved one of its worst invasions to date and the rescuing Tau party was greeted with a grisly scene of mutilated Kroot corpses laid out in Eldar Lexicon which translates to, "[[Rape\|Welcome to the feast.]]" The Tau in all their naive weeaboo hats, promptly shat themselves a brown stinky brick whilst the captured Kroots were promptly turned into KFC.		As of the most recent [[Dark Eldar]] codex, the [[Haemonculus]] Covens has taken a liking to the way Kroot gastronomy reacts to evolution and had conducted a gigantic raid which, to put it lightly, [[Rape\|utterly tore Pech a new one]]. The Dark Eldar pretty much [[Looted]] a new one, stealing dozens of Shapers and whole raiders full of Kroot corpses for their experiments. Suffice it to say, Pech was saved by a counterattack by the Tau and viscious reprisals from the native Kroot, but by then it was too little too late, the invading forces having gotten what they needed withdrew as quickly as they arrived. The Kroot's homeworld recieved one of its worst invasions to date and the rescuing Tau party was greeted with a grisly scene of mutilated Kroot corpses laid out in Eldar Lexicon which translates to, "[[Rape\|Welcome to the feast.]]" The Tau in all their naive weeaboo hats, promptly shat themselves a brown stinky brick whilst the captured Kroots were promptly turned into KFC.

	It is uncertain, and probably unlikely, that we will ever get a Kroot codex thanks to the Imperium centric focus of the setting. ~~Thanks~~ [[FAIL\|Geedubs]]. However, we ''did'' get Kill Team rules for a Kroot Mercenary faction in the January 2019 White Dwarf. Strictly fun and noncompetitive, but it's ''something''.		It is uncertain, and probably unlikely, that we will ever get a Kroot codex thanks to the Imperium centric focus of the setting. [[FAIL\|Thanks Geedubs]]. However, we ''did'' get Kill Team rules for a Kroot Mercenary faction in the January 2019 White Dwarf. Strictly fun and noncompetitive, but it's ''something''.

	GOOD NEWS! With all the new options with Ninth edition, it is now possible to run a <strike>mostly</strike> Kroot Army! EDIT: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/01/26/field-an-entire-army-of-upgraded-kroot-with-codex-tau-empire/ \| Now you can run an <i>entirely</i> Kroot army!]		GOOD NEWS! With all the new options with Ninth edition, it is now possible to run a <strike>mostly</strike> Kroot Army! EDIT: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/01/26/field-an-entire-army-of-upgraded-kroot-with-codex-tau-empire/ \| Now you can run an <i>entirely</i> Kroot army!]