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"Come to me. Come to me! You know it is what you have always desired. All your life till now has been a desperate dream of me... awaken! Awaken, and come to me, for your reward awaits in my arms..."

—Leshtrigell, Daemonette[3a]
Warhammer Daemon of Chaos Daemonettes

The Deamonettes of Slaanesh spread exquisite suffering to mortals across the battlefield.

A Daemonette, known also as one of the "Children of Slaanesh," the "Debauched Ones," the "Bringers of Joyous Degredation" and the "Decadent Seekers," is a Lesser Daemon of Slaanesh, the Chaos God of pleasure and pain, and the most numerous of all the Dark Prince's servants.

Role[]

Like all the Daemons of the Lord of Pain and Pleasure, Daemonettes are horrific and disturbing beings. No right-thinking creature should find beauty in these merciless killers, and yet these Daemons somehow transfix and beguile onlookers, bending them to their unspeakable will.[2a]

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A Daemonette as depicted in Total War: Warhammer III.[4]

They are shrouded in a hypnotic glamour, seditious magics that bestow their repulsive features with perverse beauty. They have creamy, pale skin and large, emerald pools for eyes, but instead of hair, most have horny bone ridges. Instead of hands, their arms end in scythe-like talons, much like a crab's claw. These man-sized Daemons stand upon two legs that end in two-toed feet fitted with black talons.[2a]

Given their grotesque appearances, it's hard to imagine these beings as among the [2a]most potent of seducers. Yet history has proved time and again that their entrancing presence and honeyed words have lured many a mortal to an agonising death. The Daemonette transfixes the weak-willed as a snake charms a mouse, drawing ever closer, moving surely, forming sensual words on her perfect lips, deluding, seducing, until she can plunge her talons into her foe. As the mortal dies, their life-blood spilling out in torrents, she laughs, the thrill of the kill and the ecstasy and pain of the mortal's death titillating her capricious whim.[2a]

Existing only to serve Slaanesh's twisted will, in some ways they are but extensions of the Prince of Pleasure, exulting in the sensual experiences they enjoy and inflicting pain to excite their depraved sensibilities. On occasion, the Serpent may bestow one of these creatures onto a mortal as some kind of perverse gift that almost always kills its recipient.[1a]

None can say what unearthly delights a Daemonette is believed to pleasure the soul with, but they are often used as soldiers of Slaanesh, and in war, upon the reeking field of battle, pain is the gift they bring. Daemonettes surge across the battlefield on lithe legs, the whorls of pigment from their gaudy tattoos forming dizzying fractals of colour and shape. Capering troupes of the perverse creatures dance from foe to foe, claw-hands slicing through flesh and armour to bestow a savage and sensation-filled death upon the foe.[1a]

Exalted Daemonettes[]

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Exalted Daemonettes in combat as depicted in Total War: Warhammer III.[4]

Exalted Daemonettes are those amongst Slaanesh's Daemonette servants that have earned but a glance from the Dark Prince and gather souls with which to entertain him for the briefest moment. Merciless, abominable, cruel -- no right-thinking creature should find beauty in these ultimate hedonists, yet they somehow transfix and beguile onlookers, bending them to their unspeakable will. Once they make contact with the enemy these are inmediately charmed, reducing their ability to fight back as they are cut to ribbons.[4]

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An Exalted Daemonette as depicted in Total War: Warhammer III.[4]

Unlike the claws of their lessers, Exalted Daemonettes wield large, blade-like protrusions with which they tear through their foes' armor with ease and boast more prominent horns. Exalted Daemonettes can detect the scent of their adversaries losing morale, and as more of them try to flee these Daemonic fiends go into a frenzy, falling upon the foe with even greater speed and savage skill.[4]

When battle is done, Exalted Daemonettes stride amongst the fallen, and bring their souls to the Dark Prince's Realm, where those who made pacts with Slaanesh and fought well in battle are anointed as Daemon Princes. Those who foreswore Slaanesh or proved craven upon the field are damned to dwell in the otherwordly Palace of Pleasure for an eternity of torment.[4]

Exalted Daemonettes will often mount Steeds of Slaanesh and ride them into battle, and are then known as "Heartseekers." They have also been given the honour of riding atop Hellflayers of Slaanesh and Exalted Seeker Chariots.[4]

Notable Daemonette Regiments[]

  • Bringers of Beguilement[4]

Sources[]

  • 1: Warhammer Armies: Daemons of Chaos (8th Edition)
    • 1a: pg. 51
  • 2: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 2nd Edition: Tome of Corruption (RPG)
    • 2a: pg. 230
  • 3: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 2nd Edition: Old World Beastiary (RPG)
    • 3a: pg. 20
  • 4: Total War: Warhammer III (PC Game)

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