The Haemonculus Covens are the oldest power in the Dark City, and the Prophets of Flesh are the most exalted among them. Their members are ancient beyond reckoning, having cheated final death so many times that their original forms are long forgotten beneath layers of surgical modification, grafted limbs, and preservative alchemy. To the Prophets of Flesh, flesh is a canvas and pain is a language, and they pursue the perfection of both with the patience of beings who have all the time in the universe.
The Coven's true power lies in its monopoly over resurrection. The Haemonculi alone can reconstruct a slain Drukhari from little more than a preserved fragment, restoring even the mightiest overlord to unlife. This makes the Prophets of Flesh indispensable, for every ambitious noble in Commorragh knows that a pact with a Haemonculus is the surest hedge against oblivion. The Coven extracts a fearsome price for this service, binding its patrons in webs of obligation that can span centuries.
In war the Prophets of Flesh unleash their unholy handiwork: shambling monstrosities stitched from stolen bodies, hovering engines of torment bristling with syringes and blades, and clutches of half-mad wracks conditioned to feel ecstasy in their own suffering. The Coven fights to gather fresh subjects for its experiments, and each battle is, to its members, merely another opportunity to refine the endless art of pain.
Drukhari
Order of battle
The Prophets of Flesh field the units of the Drukhari — a detachment from the roster:
Kindred formations
Other Drukhari formations
Cult of StrifeThe most celebrated of all Wych Cults, the Cult of Strife rules the great arenas of Commorragh where captives are butchered for the roaring delight of the Drukhari elite. Its warriors are peerless gladiators, and its supreme mistress is the deadliest blade-dancer the Dark City has ever produced. The Cult of Strife supplies the spectacle that Commorragh craves, and its favour is courted by Archons who wish to lend their raids the glamour and lethality of the arena.
Cult of the Cursed BladeA treacherous Wych Cult that prizes betrayal above every virtue, arming its gladiator-killers with deceiving weapons; to welcome them into one's court is to invite one's own murder.
Kabal of the Black HeartThe oldest and most powerful Kabal in Commorragh, the Black Heart has dominated the Dark City through the millennia-long reign of its Supreme Overlord. Its endless coffers, sprawling armada, and web of spies make it the pre-eminent force among the corsair nobility. Where other Kabals rise and fall in a single lifetime of scheming, the Black Heart has endured for aeons, absorbing rivals and dictating the fate of Commorragh from behind a veil of paranoid secrecy and calculated terror.
Kabal of the Flayed SkullMasters of aerial slaughter who reign from the jagged spire called the Poisoned Crown, striking from the sky in clouds of jetfighters, bombers and winged mercenaries.
Kabal of the Poisoned TongueA kabal of venomous intriguers ruled by the Mazeweaver, Lady Malys, who weakens every foe with toxin and treachery long before a single blade is drawn.