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'''Warbeast''' is terminology from the [[Warmahordes]] line of wargames by [[Privateer Press]] that refers to the big beasties who make up the centerpiece of the "Hordes" portion of the line. Basically, the [[Iron Kindoms]] have always been full of various horrible monsters, but also luckily blessed with a particular strain of [[mage]]s able to mentally bond with and control such beasts - [[warlock]]s. In the modern era, the use of warlocks has largely been abandoned by the civilized races of humans, dwarves, elves and ogrun, who instead focus on [[warjack]]s and the [[warcaster]]s who can control them (and who can be argued as a substrain of warlock, one able to bond with these [[steampunk]] [[golem]]s). However, the "primitive" races of Immoren still make use of warlocks and their warbeasts in the constant battles for wealth, power and survival. And it says a lot about the kind of world Immoren is where these flesh-and-blood brutes can take on armor-clad smoke-belching gun-toting golem-tanks and ''win''.

Different kinds of warbeast are associated with the different factions of Hordes, as you might expect.

==Spawn of the Devourer Wurm==
The [[Circle Orboros]] is the only human faction that still uses warbeasts (although the various woodwolds, which are [[golem]]s made of stone, wood and rope fueled by [[Blood Magic]], are technically a kind of [[warjack]] if you squint), which makes sense since they revere the god of nature at its nastiest.

==Trolls==
The [[Trollbloods]] have a simple approach to getting help to deal with enemy [[warjack]]s and warbeasts: they keep it in the family. [[Troll]]s in the Iron Kingdoms are kind of like those in [[Warhammer Fantasy]]; big, dumb, hungry, and coming in a ''lot'' of different subraces. If regular trolls aren't muscle enough, then the Trollbloods turn to ''Dire Trolls'', which are even bigger, dumber and hungrier.

==Battle Hogs==
The [[Farrow]] are basically the [[Orc|P'Orc]] counterpart to [[Trollbloods]], so they have a similar approach; Farrow warbeasts consist of various species of killer pig, as well as [[abhuman|distinct mutant subspecies of their own race]], such as the two-headed Biboars, the oversized Brutes, and the aptly-named Giants. Unlike the Trollbloods, however, the Farrow are happy to embrace technology too, so they've taken to outfitting their warbeasts (or at least the mutant farrow ones) with guns, armor, and even primitive cybernetics.

==Swamp Horrors==
Like the Farrow and Trollbloods, the Gatormen of the Blindwater Congregation make use of living and undead versions of giant, predatory, bipedal gators who may or may not be related to them (canon never clarifies). However, they also tame ''other'' swamp-dwelling abominations, such as undead Boneswarms, [[kraken]]s, and Ironback Spitters, which are basically acid-spitting killer turtle-people.

==Skorne Slaves==
The [[Skorne]] make use of a wide variety of hideously tortured animals and giant humanoids to bolster their forces.

==Dragonspawn==
The [[Legion of Everblight]] is made up of the draconic abominations spawned from its master's blood.

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