Games Workshop-LTD

The enigmatic members of House Delaque are infamous for cooking up unfathomable plots and schemes to gain any advantage for the House of Shadow.

The Malstrain is an insidious mutation of the Genestealer Curse. Experiments meant to create a vaccine against the xenos plague merely warped it into something new and terrible, an alien cancer that still lurks within Hive Secundus. The Genestealers of the Malstrain are terrible evolutionary missteps possessed of extreme speed and aggression, capable tearing a full-grown Goliath into bloody meat in seconds. They accompany the gangs and Brood Scum they have infected, joined by Malstrain Tyramites – overgrown insectoid parasites, bloated on Malstrain infection, who follow their chosen masters like faithful chittering hounds.

Hive Secundus is a crumbling wasteland, infested with twisted Malstrain Genestealer broods. There are very few reasons to go there, but data crystal stacks are a compelling trophy for those with the will to secure them. Ancient structures remain each housing a number of these stacks in armoured alcoves, which allowed many of them to survive the destruction. They may look like junk, but they're a veritable gold mine for the savvy.

Spyrers are lethal hunters, noble children of House Helmawr equipped with an advanced hunting rig and sent into Necromunda's perilous depths to prove themselves. These cybernetic predators seek to rack up a body count worthy of their status, and enjoy the thrill of the hunt into the bargain. Malcadon, Yeld, and Jakara are light classes of Spyre warsuit, contrasting the heavy Orrus-class rigs. The Malcadon is a hyper-mobile brawler with grapnels and claws, while the Jakara duels with a shield and blade, and the Yeld soars above its prey. Veteran Spyrers may become Hunt Masters, entrusted with a rare Sovereign hunting rig capable of adapting to many different loadouts.

Spyrers are terrifying predators, wealthy scions of House Helmawr gifted with an advanced hunting rig and an array of deadly equipment. These consummate hunters care only for the kill, driven to accrue a gruesome body count in order to prove their mettle – and alleviate the crushing boredom of noble life. Orrus Spyre Hunters favour brute strength and armour over finesse, with warsuits designed to to bulldoze through lesser enemies in search of worthy prey. Spyrers are often accompanied by Caryatids, mildly psychic winged cherubs that tend to attach themselves to powerful figures.

Hive Secundus was devastated long ago. While it's hardly habitable now, there are always those willing to venture into it for plunder and profit, heedless of the danger posed by crumbling walls, live wires, ruptured pipes, and the like.