The Show of Force!

Blood Haemonculus?!

A faint glint flashed in Alvin's eyes.

Then he suddenly understood. No wonder Anna, a Succubus, had reacted so strongly to the sign for the "Pain Bank," as if she'd seen a cat.

Alvin knew quite a bit about the Blood Haemonculi, thanks to his interest in this "perverted" profession in his previous life.

Blood Haemonculi were an indispensable and extremely important profession among the Dark Eldar. They held a lofty position in Commorragh and usually operated as Haemonculus Covens, serving various Kabals while also enjoying a degree of independence.

For instance, an outstanding Blood Haemonculus could simply refuse to obey a Kabal Archon's orders—or even ignore the Archon entirely.

Their lofty status stemmed chiefly from their mastery of two crucial technologies, both of which could determine whether the entire Dark Eldar race survived.

The first was the technology for creating Half-born.

Population had always been an unavoidable weakness for the Dark Eldar. Trueborn of noble blood were exceedingly rare, forcing the Dark Eldar to find other ways to increase their numbers. That was where the Blood Haemonculi's Half-born production technology came in.

The vast majority of Dark Eldar were born in the Blood Haemonculi Covens. The amniotic tubes in those terrifying lairs produced these artificially bred Half-born, who made up most of the Dark Eldar population.

It was fair to say that without this technology, the Dark Eldar would have been driven to extinction over the years by war and plunder.

After all, no matter how noble or powerful the True Born Sons were, there were only so many of them. Even a moderately large war could wipe them all out in a single stroke.

The Blood Haemonculi's second technology was even more fundamental to the Dark Eldar's survival. It was also their way of resisting Slaanesh's