Games - Hrud

	Games - Hrud

The Hrud in the Warhammer 40,000 universe are a race of space faring figures, mistakenly thought to be the equivalent to space Skaven. Their technology is based on plasma such as their warp plasma gun on miniature game of Inquisitor. A unique concept behind the Hrud is that they exist in a dimension outside our own. Because of this it is theorized that they are able to phase in and out of their planes to further infest areas. They were supposedly all but cleansed by the Iron Warriors during the Great Crusade.

Nonetheless, it's pretty hard to find out anything else about Hrud. They don't appear in any current books except for a very brief mention in the current 4th edition rule book. More recent material has asserted that the Hrud are based on the Jawas and Tusken Raiders from Star Wars because they are supposed to have originally come from a desert world and they are small and shadowy-looking creatures who drape themselves in rags and cloaks. They also travel using large transport vehicles similar to a sandcrawler. There is speculation that they may return as adversaries of the Ordo Xenos when their Codex is released.

One Other, although unlikeley bit of speculation is that the Hrud are meant to be Warhammer 40,000s equivalent of the Skaven, as they seem to share many charicteristics inherent to the underworld dwelling rat men that appear as a fully playable army in Warhammer Fantasy Battles. Points of note in this area of speculation include their use of warp plasma based weapons and their dirty, unkempt appearance.

Based upon more recent background information being published, the Hrud have been moved away from the space skaven appearance, yet still carry many rat-like freatures (nocturnal, stowaways on ships, unclean). Covered in filth and protected by armor plates, the Hrud also have a skeleton structure that allows for maximum flexibilty (nicknamed "bendies" by ships crews). Furthermore they seem to be able to blend in with their surrounding, not so much like a chameleon, but instead a passing shadow that a viewer would dismiss as nothing. In the novel Xenology (Spurrier, 2006), they are portrayed as slimy insectiods that are vaguely similar to the xenomorph in the movie Alien. However, it should be noted that this portrayal is clearly marked as 'speculative', and the images of the Hrud dissection do not include any portrayal of the creatures skin, which rapidly decays after death.

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