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[[File:Doom of Malan'tai - Zoanthrope.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Tyranid]] organism known as the "Doom of Malan'tai"]]
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The so-called '''Doom of Malan'tai''' was a specially-adapted [[Tyranid]] [[Zoanthrope]] that had the ability to feed upon the psychic energy and souls of its victims. It played an instrumental role in the destruction of the entire [[Aeldari]] population of the [[Craftworld]] [[Malan'tai]] in the late 41st Millennium.
   
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==History==
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The Aeldari legend of the Doom of Malan'tai refers not only to the tale of an entire Craftworld's death, but also to the abominable Tyranid creature that caused it -- to the Aeldari, the two are indistinguishable. The lament speaks of a Tyranid creature unlike any other, a beast that gorged not upon flesh and blood, but upon the life-force of its victims, leaving only soulless oblivion in its wake.
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The Doom of Malan'tai was an adaptation of the Zoanthrope bioform, and its weak physical appearance belied its true horror. So it was that, when a lone, wounded bio-ship invaded Craftworld Malan'tai, the Aeldari did not at first realise that the true threat lay not with the towering Tyranid monsters rampaging through their home, but with the unassuming creature left relatively unhindered to feed on Aeldari souls. As it fed, the Doom of Malan'tai's power grew, the absorbed life-energy enhancing its fearsome psychic might.
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Once it had gorged on the spirits of the Craftworld's [[Infinity Circuit]], it was nigh invulnerable, possessing the power to pulp Aeldari warriors, snap [[Wraithbone]] [[Ghost Warrior|war-constructs]] and shatter towering spires with cataclysmic bolts of psychic energy. It was all that the few Aeldari survivors could do to escape Malan'tai, a Craftworld found adrift in space many Terran years later by the [[Grey Knights]] [[Space Marines]] of the [[Imperium]], reduced to nought but a cold, lifeless shell. Of the loathsome creature that had brought about its destruction, there was no sign.
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==Canon Conflict==
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According to ''Codex: Tyranids'' (5th Edition), the destruction of Malan'tai took place ''circa'' 808 or 812.M41. This conflicts with ''Codex: Grey Knights'' (5th Edition), as the Grey Knights supposedly encountered the ruin of Malan'tai in the aftermath of its destruction, in 800.M41.
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==Sources==
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*''Codex: Tyranids'' (6th Edition), pp. 107-108
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*''Codex: Tyranids'' (5th Edition), pp. 16-17, 58
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*''Iyanden - A Codex: Eldar Supplement'' (6th Edition), pp. 11-12, 58
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Latest revision as of 00:29, 21 October 2018

Doom of Malan'tai - Zoanthrope

The Tyranid organism known as the "Doom of Malan'tai"

The so-called Doom of Malan'tai was a specially-adapted Tyranid Zoanthrope that had the ability to feed upon the psychic energy and souls of its victims. It played an instrumental role in the destruction of the entire Aeldari population of the Craftworld Malan'tai in the late 41st Millennium.

History

The Aeldari legend of the Doom of Malan'tai refers not only to the tale of an entire Craftworld's death, but also to the abominable Tyranid creature that caused it -- to the Aeldari, the two are indistinguishable. The lament speaks of a Tyranid creature unlike any other, a beast that gorged not upon flesh and blood, but upon the life-force of its victims, leaving only soulless oblivion in its wake.

The Doom of Malan'tai was an adaptation of the Zoanthrope bioform, and its weak physical appearance belied its true horror. So it was that, when a lone, wounded bio-ship invaded Craftworld Malan'tai, the Aeldari did not at first realise that the true threat lay not with the towering Tyranid monsters rampaging through their home, but with the unassuming creature left relatively unhindered to feed on Aeldari souls. As it fed, the Doom of Malan'tai's power grew, the absorbed life-energy enhancing its fearsome psychic might.

Once it had gorged on the spirits of the Craftworld's Infinity Circuit, it was nigh invulnerable, possessing the power to pulp Aeldari warriors, snap Wraithbone war-constructs and shatter towering spires with cataclysmic bolts of psychic energy. It was all that the few Aeldari survivors could do to escape Malan'tai, a Craftworld found adrift in space many Terran years later by the Grey Knights Space Marines of the Imperium, reduced to nought but a cold, lifeless shell. Of the loathsome creature that had brought about its destruction, there was no sign.

Canon Conflict

According to Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition), the destruction of Malan'tai took place circa 808 or 812.M41. This conflicts with Codex: Grey Knights (5th Edition), as the Grey Knights supposedly encountered the ruin of Malan'tai in the aftermath of its destruction, in 800.M41.

Sources

  • Codex: Tyranids (6th Edition), pp. 107-108
  • Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition), pp. 16-17, 58
  • Iyanden - A Codex: Eldar Supplement (6th Edition), pp. 11-12, 58