Hellcannon are daemonic engines of destruction which feature in Games Workshop’s Warhammer Fantasy setting.
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Created by certain skilled artisans amongst the worshipers of Chaos by fusing biological and mechanical components together, the resultant monstrosity is then brought to full sentience by a malevolent sorcerer who binds the soul of a mighty daemon within the shell of their creation. This creates a horrific blend of war machine and monster which wishes nothing more than the absolute destruction of its enemies.
On the battlefield, Hellcannon are coaxed into position by a group of handlers who are often required to stake the beast to the ground to prevent it going on a bloody rampage, where it will gore and trample everything in its path. It’s primary purpose in a Chaos army, however, is the launching of blasts of magical energy at the enemy. To this effect, it’s handlers will feed the bodies of the fallen into the machine, where the daemon will strip the cadavers until nothing is left but the souls of the poor unfortunates. The daemon will then vomit this raw power in a gout of pure eldritch energy at its target, immolating them and leaving nothing more than charred corpses to be fed back to the insatiable creature, where the process will begin anew.