🕷 THE ARACHNO-DAEMON CULT OF BELDAME ELYSSATHEX THE WEBMOTHER

 Backstory: The Whisper in the Silk

There are many names for the shadow-thing haunting Hive Solens’ under-levels: The Widow of the Deep, She-Whose-Web-Is-Screams.

In truth, Elyssathex, or the Beldame as she is usually called, is a minor but ascendant daemon-princess of the Immaterium, born of fear, obsession, and predation. Though not aligned to any one Chaos God, she is tolerated and even admired by Slaanesh for her artistry in torment.

Beldame’s realm in the Warp is an endless labyrinth of blackened silk strands stretching into impossible space. Mortals kidnapped into her domain are drained slowly, their memories becoming threads woven into her terrible tapestry — a living record of suffering.

Her influence leaked into Realspace through a crack in reality left by an ancient psyker device. Now, Beldame manifests physically in the ruined processing halls of Hive Solens, spawning three primary castes of daemon-spiders:

1. Silkspawn Swarms — Mindless, crawling nightmares who overwhelm by sheer number.

2. Brood-Walkers — Dark carapaced foot soldiers.

3. Razor-Limbs — Lightning-fast hunting spiders used for ambushes and flanking kills.

These creatures do not merely kill — they cocoon victims and drag them back to Beldame’s growing nest to expand her “brood tapestry.”

Now the Inquisition has learned of her presence.

And she knows.

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 DATASHEETS & RULES

All units have the DAEMON, BELDAME’S BROOD, and ARACHNID HORROR keywords.

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 BELDAME ELYSSATHEX, THE WEBMOTHER

Arachno-Daemon Princess (Unique HQ)

Points: 340

Statline

M WS BS S T  W  A Ld OC

9" 2+  3+  8  8 14  8 8+  4

Wargear

• Barbed Spinnerets (Shooting)

24", Assault 6, S6, AP-2, D2, Poisoned (2+), Devastating Wounds

• Web-breaker Limbs (Melee)

S14, AP-3, D4, Extra Attacks 4, Precision

• Shadow-Silk Veil

4+ invulnerable save; ranged attacks against her suffer -1 to Hit.

Abilities

Daemon Princess of the Endless Weave

At the start of each Command Phase, choose one:

Spawn Silkspawn: Add a destroyed Silkspawn unit back to the battlefield at half strength.

Web Snare: Select an enemy unit within 12". It counts as being in Difficult Terrain and cannot Fall Back next turn.

Dark Tapestry: Beldame regains D3+1 Wounds.

Queen of the Brood

Friendly BELDAME’S BROOD units within 9" gain +1 to Hit.

Command Ability — “Strands of Fate Unravelling”

Once per game, until the end of the turn:

Friendly BROOD units get Fight First and +1 AP in melee.

Enemy units within 9" halve their Movement.

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 SILKSPAWN SWARMS

Troops

Points: 65 per unit (10–30 models)

Statline

| M | WS | BS | S | T | W | A | Ld | OC | 

| 8" | 4+  |    - |  3 | 3  | 1  | 2 | 8+ | 1 |

Weapons

• Needle Fangs

S3, AP-1, D1, Anti-Infantry 4+, Sustained Hits 1

Abilities

Chittering Tide

If this unit has 20+ models, it gains +1 to Wound.

Skitter-Surge

Can Advance and Charge.

Brood Reconstitution

At the end of your Command Phase, roll a D6:

On 4+, return D3 models.

These are her tarpit and board-control unit.

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 BROOD-WALKERS

Troops

Points: 95 per 5 models

Statline

| M | WS | BS | S | T | W | A | Ld | OC | 

| 7" | 3+ | 4+    | 5 | 4 | 2  | 3 | 7+ | 2 |

Wargear

• Chitin Blades

S6, AP-2, D2

• Splinter Vomit (Shooting)

12", Assault 3, S4, AP-1, D1, Poisoned 3+

Abilities

Skittering Ambushers

This unit can be set up in Deep Strike.

Silk Trap Grenades

Once per game, when selected to shoot:

One enemy unit hit by Splinter Vomit suffers -2 Move and cannot Overwatch until end of turn.

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 RAZOR-LIMB POUNCERS

Fast Attack

Points: 115 per 3 models

Statline

| M   | WS | BS | S | T | W | A | Ld | OC | 

| 14" | 3+   | 4+ | 6 | 4  | 3  | 4 | 7+ | 1 |

Weapons

• Cutter Limbs

S6, AP-3, D2, Lethal Hits

• Web Harpoon (1 per 3 models)

18", Assault 1, S7, AP-1, D2

On hit: Target cannot Advance or Charge next turn.

Abilities

Hyper-Skitter Reflexes

5+ invulnerable save; -1 to Hit in melee.

Terrifying Leap

The turn they charge, they gain +2 Attacks.

These are her shock troops/flanking executioners.