Master Doc of the Xenos of the Ere

Master Doc of the Xenos of the Era

This article is master collection of the aliens found during the Age of Strife and Great Crusade Periods

Major races

Orks - https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Ork Eldar – Not “real” dark eldar yet, just neo-dark eldar - https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Aeldari Men of Iron Remnants - along with the remnant men of iron encounter across the galaxy, the imperium would encounter Necrons and mistake them for men of iron https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Men_of_Iron https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Necron Other races
These races have art and or models for them.

Autochthonar

ancient progenitor of the Khrave species

Barasonilash

of four-armed bipeds with short legs, six eyes and a gill-like slit in place of a nose. Their existence may also predate the origins of the Aeldari, making them possibly among the oldest sentient species known to exist. Little contact with the imperium.

Barghesi

– intelligent hyperaggressive alien.

Enslaver

– warp-born mind control brain bugs

Hrud

– greasy “swampmen”

Jokaero

Orangutan, weapons experts

Khrave

gargoyles vampire

Lacrymole

– shapeshifting Vampire / Bug / Humanoid

Laer

snake people

Megarchnids

– aliens from planet murder

Saharduin

– shark, eel, men things

Slann

– lizard/frogmen

Slaugth

– maggot men

Tarellians

– dog soldier of the northern ghoul stars, native american guerilla fighters

Umbra

– black death orbs A interesting Article and list in the comments or many lore friendly alien speiece https://www.reddit.com/r/40kLore/comments/j9xp20/on_the_necessity_of_xenocide

My Own Alien Designs for Lore Friendly Xenos

Lore friendly – “Completed” Designed

Bernean Empire

‘’ Perhaps their most enduring relationship was with the Iron Warriors. Perturabo made good use of the Legion, sending them against the towering fortresses of the Bernean Empire to disrupt artillery fire while Iron Warriors breached the walls and moved in.’’ ‘’Beroea’’ is a city in ancient Greece. Important Christian place.

The Chroxius Myriad

was a Xenos-forged Abominable Intelligence, which had command of mechanical hordes.

Antedil

– The Antedil are a race of the galaxy. These beings appear no larger than an Astartes palm, and resemble a seven-fingered hand with no thumb. Antedils are psychic beings who possess empathic powers that not even a Primarch can block. Their appearance and abilities are a result of their gas giant homeworld far in the galactic north, where crushing gravity made normal limbs and sensory abilities impossible. Outside of their homeworld, Antedils house themselves in floating orbs that contain artificial atmospheres member of the cabal. Hand with no thumb

Carnoplasm

The Carnoplasm are a thankfully rare Xeno species, that attack worlds for prey to devour. They feed by liquifying and then drinking the flesh of their victims, leaving nothing of their bodies except a few scraps of brain and cerebrospinal tissue. Spiders??? Spider Bear!!!

Drugh

large, worm-like intelligent xenos species that lived on the world of Pyrus I and was known to possess potent psychic abilities. An examination of Drugh "mouthparts" by Magos Biologis Sharle Darvus revealed that this part of the species anatomy served a dual function as both a source of defecation and the primary means of consumption.

The Drahendra

were one of the Xenos races comprising the Cabal. Their bodies were made from sentient, energised dust and they lived on dying gas giants, forming membranous skins around them. Their intellects were inscrutable even to other Cabal races, perceiving the universe very slowly. As a race, they were almost extinct by the last years of the Great Crusade, at the time the Horus Heresy began to unfold. Sacks of floating sand and light

Ecto-Saurids

–reptiles, dinosaur looking. “Ecto” meaning outer; external; on the outside. “Saurids” meaning dinosaur. The Ecto-Saurids were a Xeno species that were driven to extinction, when their Homeworld of Verikhonia was invaded, by the Iron Warriors Legion during The Great Crusade. The Horus Heresy Book Three - Extermination, pg. 110

Ghassulian Sub-Realms

- were a Xenos species that ruled a small empire during the Great Crusade known as the Ghassulian Sub-Realms. The aliens lived in fortified bastion-cities which proved difficult to capture, resulting in the Space Wolves requesting the development of the Whirlwind Scorpius to try and counter them. “Ghassulian” refers to a culture and an archaeological stage dating to the Middle and Late Chalcolithic Period in the Southern Levant (c. 4400 – c. 3500 BC). ... The Ghassulians were a Chalcolithic culture as they used stone tools but also smelted copper. Tall, skinny, spindly humanoids

Gykon

were an intelligent xenos species mentioned by the Warmaster Horus during the Great Crusade, when he debriefed Captain Garviel Loken of the 10th Luna Wolves Company. Horus mentioned the Gykon after Loken reported that one of his Space Marines became a Daemonhost to the Daemon known as Samus during a battle with the last of the insurgents on Planet 63-19. Maybe this will be my Dark European race. Birds?

Jindari

cunning nomadic and tribal bio-mechanical hunters. Means ‘life’’ in Punjabi, Indian. Definitely inspired by the Predator. Predator mixed with alien and raptors

Jorgall

- The Jorgall were radially symmetrical with three arms and legs, scaly and horned skin, and an egg-shaped head with fleshy notches for mouths and noses atop an extensible neck. The nervous system was centralized in the torso and their circulatory systems pumped foul-smelling crimson blood. A mature adult stood 4.5 metres tall. All Jorgalli encountered had extensive cybernetic augmentation including wheels for feet, claws for hands, teleoptic cameras in place of eyes, subdermal armour, or implanted needler weapons. A group encountered by the Death Guard had two legs replaced with wings. The children of the race possess psychic abilities, which may be lost once they reach adulthood. The Jorgall were an insectoid species that lived hive like societies, with all different members showing different anatomy depending on their role in the colony. Usually the adults could reach a height around 4.5m tall, though that varied. They were born with three arms and three legs, scaly skin and with brains inside their torsos and not their heads. The atmosphere of their ships was composed primarily by chlorinated compounds, which suggested they breathed chlorine instead of oxygen. They frequently showed different augmetics, once again, designed to fulfill a particular role within the colony. Some of them could even develop psychic abilities, though whether their hive behaviour was psychic-based or pheromone-based is up to speculation. Their reproduction was similar to that of ants or termites, with a Jorgall queen dedicated to egg production.

Keylekid

– single planet species- Keylekid were described as "dragonmen" by the human invaders. They were a reptilian race with an average size so large that one was large and strong as a Space Marine. Their hides were incredibly tough requiring three or four rounds from a bolt weapon to kill one.

Kala Sistrum

a Xenos species that wield psycho-mobius claw-guns. Space marines really like them - Kala is a Sanskrit term with dual meanings. The first meaning is translated as "black" or "dark colored," and the second as "time," "destiny," "fate" or "death." Kala is also used in reference to one of the forms of Yama, the Hindu god of death

Kehletai

makes really, really good melee weapons, good enough that human want to uses them. humanoids with human like hands. Hard shell/hide. from Redditer DirgeOfCerberus; Kehletai. Culture is a mix of martial enlightenment and extreme Darwinism? Cities were ornate and beautiful but warfare is near constant but strictly controlled to not spiral out and cause societal destruction? Believed that when they are killed their spirit and strength joins with the stronger warrior creating a kind of immortality? Japanese Turtles, TMNT!

Kinebrach

– The Kinebrach were hefty, simian aliens with sunken eyes and big brow ridges. Their mouth and nose were one organ, and their mouths were filled with many small teeth. The skin of the Kinebrach was blue-black in color with thrums of russet hair resembling feathers. Kinebrach had angular, heavy craniums, and a strange and distinctive smell. part of the interex – gorilla men

Kral'ac Star Empire

? Crab people? Or maybe alien cats, Sorbian Germans aesthetic?

Losh

“Lord” - 1 : elk hide. 2 : a hide dressed only with oil losh leather. I think a ‘’wendigo’' of Leshen

Mitu Conglomerate

– link ruled both Human and other xenos worlds. The Mitu were pseudo(meaning “fake”) - actinaric (relating to or denoting light able to cause photochemical reactions, as in photography, through having a significant short wavelength or ultraviolet component.) psychic beings who are believed to have evolved from common (live)stock. They were capable of manipulating the Warp thanks to advanced technologies which were biological in nature. They forbid any attempt of space travel by the enslaved worlds of their pocket empire and viciously purged all Psykers they came across. The Mitu were known to periodically cull the population of their slave worlds and demand a tribute of flesh which is believed to have powered their arcane technologies. all Mitu were pseudo-actinaric entities evolutionarily analogous to the sea anemones of ancient Terra that proved psychically-empowered, highly-intelligent and masters of both biomechanical and arcane technologies. Descriptions of their physique have sadly all been lost, though they are confirmed to have resembled walking, fungal sea anemones with legs, with some variation between different breeds. Though the amount and orientation of limbs varied, they were bisymmetrical, aside from their misshapen, tentacled heads.

Nephilim

– The Nephilim had round torsos, flat on the back and the front, their heads being little more than lumps atop their torso, with a pair of beady black eyes nestled into their otherwise featureless face. At the end of their long, thick arms the Nephilim had hands with three stubby fingers and their legs were similar in form. The Nephilim social hierarchy was defined by the different colours of their bloated, oblate bodies: blue represented the "rank and file", green the "squad sergeants", and grey the Nephilim's "commanders". Sonic Weapons. The Nephilim were a minor but malevolent xenos species. They fed on the mental emanations of adoration and religious ecstasy and subjugated the populations of many other worlds in the region colonized by Mankind -- in order to satisfy this constant psychic hunger. The Nephilim had round torsos, flat on the back and the front, their heads being little more than lumps atop their torso, with a pair of beady black eyes nestled into their otherwise featureless face. At the end of their long, thick arms the Nephilim had hands with three stubby fingers and their legs were similar in form.

Osirian Psybrids

were the term given by Imperial authorities to a race of highly psychic xenos. Glad in baroque armour containing ghastly barely-corporeal forms of mist, the Psybrids psychically traveled in hourglass-shaped vessels and mentally enslaved other species such as Humans and Orks. After inflicting severe losses on the early Ultramarines in the Osiris Rebellion during the Great Crusade, they were destroyed by Roboute Guilliman at the Battle of the Eurydice Terminal.

Rykogene

The Rykogene were a Xenos species that was encountered by the Imperium in the Great Crusade, and which later attempted to kill the Emperor during a boarding attack on his flagship, the Bucephelus. The attempt failed; following this, the Imperium launched a campaign of annihilation against the Rykogene, which caused their species extinction. Ryko mean ‘’dragon of the wind’’ in Japanese in origin. Might be false. Japanese dragon like

Spinedorians

– “Spine” meaning spine. “Dorians" meaning a member of a Hellenic people speaking the Doric dialect of Greek, thought to have entered Greece from the north c. 1100 BC. They settled in Peloponnesus and later colonized Sicily and southern Italy. I am thinking Spine monster. A Centipedes, predatory arthropods that looks like a human spine

Scandrane

– lead by a warrior queen.??? From Redditer DirgeOfCerberus; The Scandrane had a queen. So you could either go for a insectoid eusocial route. Or perhaps it was a warrior-queen. Heck, could still be insectoid with a warrior culture. Mixture of insects, celts or huns, and maybe something else? Mix of locusts and huns? Humanoid bug people

Taralais

? Might be Hindu. Brainstorming, maybe Indonesian culturally based, maybe monkeys

Tushepta

came into contact but not wiped out. “Tushepta, resemble shaggy furred humanoids with a pair of beady, squinting eyes, a wide piglike nose, and descending tusks being their only notable facial characteristics. They're pretty much a wookiee mixed with a walrus and given even more fur.” from 4chanwiki, suspect but interesting.

Ubergast

horrific breed of Xenos. Feared by the Imperium, Man-Spider horror/abomination

Vrakk

meaning wreak in Swedish, Scandinavian in them. Maybe trolls or zombie warriors, ROCK TROLL/GAINT! Scandinavian, reproduce through division, it's why some trolls have two heads and the like.

Xshesians

– The Xshesians were a race of small insectoid Xenos belonging to the Cabal. They could speak many languages fluently. “Tranquility” aliens
- Each xenos of this race existed in the form of a many pronged star of transparent crystal, that moved by a strange process of expansion and contraction of its shape and mass. Unbelievably fast, each xenomorph was able to project an energy beam capable of cutting through ceramite, flesh and bone. The race possessed starships and emerged through the nearest Warp Gate.

Zlasslr Empire

Voidsingers? Lovecraftian squid / jellyfish The Zlasslr Empire was a Xenos empire that fought the Imperium, during the Great Crusade. Adeptus Titanicus: Traitor Legios, pgs. 109-110 - Legio Audax

Lore friendly - No pictures

Adarnian

Adarnians were spared from extermination as the aliens were deemed harmless and given protectorate status. Adarnians genetic makeup possessed miraculous restorative effects on Humans. I am thinking “Cute slug people”

Ak'Haireth or Bone Drinkers

fungoid parasite alien. a fungoid predatory parasitic lifeform whose sentience was only acquired from operating as psychically interwoven gestalt blooms, and whose existence was fueled by a the slow and agonizingly painful siphoning of nutrition from living animals. The Ak'Haireth, or 'Bone Drinkers', I am thinking it’s a fungi trap organism, once attached to its host it takes control of the host body and begins to eat away at it.

Cryptosi

The Cryptosi were an exotic meta-dimensional Xeno species that came into conflict with the Imperium, after attacking several of its colony worlds, during The Great Crusade. What became of the Cryptosi after a Sub-Company of the Alpha Legion was sent to investigate the atrocities they committed is unknown; though the Imperium soon lost contact with the colony worlds they attacked, due to the actions of the Legiones Astartes. Energy beings

Gransathian Dominion

The Gransathian Dominion was a Xenos empire, that clashed with the Imperium during the Great Crusade. Though it employed Bio-colossi against the Imperium's forces, the Dominion was finally destroyed after a 7-year war. I am thinking “evangelion” inspired. BUT the actual race is anime childlike. Imperial Japan but modern fashion.

Hykosi

– ???

Noman

The Noman were a Xenos civilization that enslaved a portion of humanity for millennia during the Age of Strife. During the Great Crusade, their stronghold on Nova Borilia was crushed by the Space Wolves. The STC for the Leman Russ Battle Tank was recovered in the ruins. “Noman is a Muslim name for boys meaning Men with all blessings of Allah.’’ brainstorming, Islamic jinn, Islamic demons, kligon-esk... Tieflings?

Phenaem

The Phenaem are a Xenos species, that build tunnel structures that contain hydrogen-rich vents. The 3rd Saturnyne Rams of the Solar Auxilia, later used that against the Xenos on Hekrun, during the Great Crusade, by using Volkite weaponry to ignite the vents. The resulting explosions, not only completely destroyed the Xenos structures, but also killed all of the Phenaem that dwelled within them. Maybe more bugs, smaller. Maybe

Unkerhi

were a race mentioned in the The Chronicles of Ursh. They were supposedly evil and were defeated by the "Thunder Warrior". Supposedly their remains became a range of mountains somewhere on the Merican continent – maybe North American in origin???

Vektates

They had the ability to form an overmind, which they used to enslave the Human population that also resided on their Homeworld. However, during the Great Crusade, the Ultramarines Captain Hektor discovered Arkenath and launched a three-year war to free the enslaved Humans. When the last of the Vektates were killed, the Humans of Arkenath were finally freed of their mind control and they eagerly joined the Imperium. I am thinking more borg or cybermen hive mind rather than insect hivemind. “Geth” like hivemind. “Consensus democracy”

Rangdan

– halo; Hunts, aliens from edge of tomorrow? Cybernetic and biological specialist. Could go toe to toe with a space marine.

Other aliens for my research

Chuffian

– only reference is a 3rd edition weapon

Psy-Gore of Persus