Dramatis personae

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Old Growler

Dramatis personae

 'Old Growler' is the Imperial nickname for a notorious Hive Tyrant bioform commonly encountered leading the swarms of Splinter Fleet Cerberus into battle.

 

Appended dataslate inload – M41.150313.1229

Scribator ident: Howtopher Buxcraft

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++ FRIGIA > TYRANID > SYNAPSE CREATURE > TYRANID PRIME
+++ DESIGNATION: "OLD GROWLER"

The Tyranid bio-form known colloquially as 'Old Growler' – due to the low growl of challenge he emits when encountering enemy leaders – has been proving a significant menace to all forces involved in the Frigia campaign. He seems to have been spawned by the Hive Mind with the primary purpose of eliminating hostile commanders, which is a role he has achieved with some success. There has been some speculation that as the Tyranids acquire more DNA, 'Old Growler' will become a steadily more deadly foe...

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