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{{ | {{Topquote|It is better that the masses do not know the truth behind what they consume; for many find their sanity overwhelmed by the necessity of our great work. That is what the Corpse Grinders are; weak-willed fools who have seen the truth and seek now comfort in the arms of heretics.|Quirinos,Mercator Pallidus}} | ||
'''Corpse Grinder Cults''' are a faction within the [[Necromunda]] tabletop game, introduced in the 2019 splatbook ''Book of Ruin''. | |||
They are a very specific kind of [[Chaos Cults|Chaos Cultist]] in that they are crazed cannibals that typically gravitate together out of the madness of realizing that the primary food source in on the Hive World is other people. | |||
While they devote themselves to [[Khorne]], the connection is somewhat stretched. It is more likely the case that their patron is a powerful daemon acting under various other guises such as the ''Lord of Meat'' or the ''Lord of Skin and Sinew''. | |||
==History== | |||
Corpse Grinders are not new to the world of Necromunda, they arise with regular frequency, in part due to the nature of hive living. Fresh food is a rarity, and agriculture is unknown on polluted hive worlds. Imperial sanctioned '''Corpse Guilds''' are legally entitled to collect the bodies of the dead and recycle them into more useful materials, such as "Corpse Starch" or ''Soylens Viridiens''. | |||
The knowledge that you are eating your former colleagues and loved ones is often too much for many to handle, and they become the perfect candidates for charismatic demagogues to turn to the forces of chaos. | |||
[[Category: Necromunda]] | |||
[[Category: Warhammer 40,000]] | |||
Revision as of 13:53, 11 March 2020
"It is better that the masses do not know the truth behind what they consume; for many find their sanity overwhelmed by the necessity of our great work. That is what the Corpse Grinders are; weak-willed fools who have seen the truth and seek now comfort in the arms of heretics."
- – Quirinos,Mercator Pallidus
Corpse Grinder Cults are a faction within the Necromunda tabletop game, introduced in the 2019 splatbook Book of Ruin. They are a very specific kind of Chaos Cultist in that they are crazed cannibals that typically gravitate together out of the madness of realizing that the primary food source in on the Hive World is other people.
While they devote themselves to Khorne, the connection is somewhat stretched. It is more likely the case that their patron is a powerful daemon acting under various other guises such as the Lord of Meat or the Lord of Skin and Sinew.
History
Corpse Grinders are not new to the world of Necromunda, they arise with regular frequency, in part due to the nature of hive living. Fresh food is a rarity, and agriculture is unknown on polluted hive worlds. Imperial sanctioned Corpse Guilds are legally entitled to collect the bodies of the dead and recycle them into more useful materials, such as "Corpse Starch" or Soylens Viridiens.
The knowledge that you are eating your former colleagues and loved ones is often too much for many to handle, and they become the perfect candidates for charismatic demagogues to turn to the forces of chaos.