Desolation Engines are monstrous constructs which feature in Wyrd Games’ Malifaux universe.
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The product of necromantic magics and industrial technology, Desolation Engines are colossal techno-organic monstrosities with no purpose other than slaughter. Standing far taller than even the largest of men, the Engines are nightmare creations first conceived by Outcast Master Leveticus. Sporting long, scythe-like claws, their hides are extremely difficult to penetrate, even where not armoured by the industrial detritus which is part of their makeup, and are capable of absorbing Steampunk Abominations into their body as a form of “healing.”
Other than a hunger for violence, the only emotion which crosses what passes for a mind in these creatures is the longing for oblivion which only death can grant them. This longing sometimes causes the organic components in a Desolation Engine to react violently against the mechanical parts, causing the creature to spasm violently, and making it potentially as dangerous to its allies as its enemies.
Even when destroyed, the threat of a Desolation Engine is not ended as, upon death, it will disintegrate into a number of the smaller Steampunk Abominations, each of which must be dispatched individually.