GW Rumor Engine: Carnivorous Plant Life
This new Rumor Engine is either a very interesting plant or a very interesting plant that can eat you. Take a look.
Imagine you’re a dehydrated camel in the desert. Think of this Rumour Engine image as a refreshing oasis. Drink it in.
It’s probably just a jungle plant and not a killer jungle plant, right? Or a desert plant. Either way it doesn’t lookin inviting. The carapace like structure on the backs of this plan remind me of Tyranids. Now, as a Tyranid player, I’m biased or at least predisposed to see Tyranids whenever there are segmented chitin-type sections. However, in the Grimdark Galaxy, there are LOTS of plants that are just as deadly. I’m sure you are all familiar with the Catachans and their Deathworld. It’s got some of the nastiest Flora that has been documented by GW.
I’m starting to wonder if this Rumor Engine could be one such plant. Here’s a few examples:
- The Spiker, another deadly plant, fires its spikes into its victims’ bodies, which then releases a mutative chemical which literally turns the person into another spiker.
- The Venus Mantrap is a giant carnivorous plant common to jungle Deathworlds. It resembles the Terran Venus Flytrap for which it is named, but is far larger, and unlike the flytrap, it is able to move its leaves to attack and consume its prey. The Mantrap consists of a number of mobile leaves attached to a single immobile stem.
- The Spitting Cactus, is a deadly form of jungle cacti, it is able to fire toxin-coated spines directly at nearby prey.
- Shardwrack Spines also known as “devil’s-teeth”, an evasive species of jagged formations of fossilized organic matter that have hardened over thousands of year forming razor sharp walls of crystalline growth bursting from the ground. A usual sight on any deathworld – menacing, bizarre battle zones that only the strongest or the most foolhardy would dare fight on. They form impenetrable barriers that hamper movement, able to mortally wound anything that might come near – their strange shapes and sharp spines can pierce armour as if it wasn’t there.
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The only clue from GW is that they made a desert reference. Maybe this plant has something to do with that. Whatever the case, we’re all just guessing together – so what do you think this plant is?
New Terrain Kit? Carnivorous Plants? Secret Tyranid Monster? Let us know you guesses in the comments!
