Grimfang's Kult

"Ferget Gork an' Mork, what 'ave doze two eva done fer us? Youz be wantin a reel God, den youz best follo Da Great Beast! Now dat's a God who getz da job done!"

- Brood Boy 'Eadmuncha, spreading the Kult's "prop'pe'ganda"

Grimfang's Kult is a particuarly notorious group of Orks, known amongst their kind as the singularly most "un-orky" Orks in existance. This is due to the fact that Grimfang's Kult is in fact a Orkoid Genestealer Cult, the result of an unfortunate cross-breeding between th two species which in turn has only served to combine the worst aspects of both Genestealer and Ork. Utterly devoted to the worship of "Da Great Beast" (their version of the Great Devourer), these fanatical Ork Hybrids have sown terror and turmoil throughout the Segmentum Tempestus, spreading Genestealer infestations far and wide.

A Chance Encounter
At the dawn of the 41st Millennium, a Space Hulk of gargantuan proportions appeared in the skies above the Hive World Sauris. Months later, the planet was in turmoil, as Genestealer Cults began to rise up within the Underhives, plunging the entire planet into turmoil as it was wracked by civil war on a massive scale. When the Imperial Guard finally did arrive, they found a blasted, war-torn wasteland where a prosperous Mega-city had once been, yet of the Space Hulk that had wrought this devastation, there was no trace. Thus, even after Suaris was liberated from the Genestealer threat after a long campaign, the Hulk would forever be known as the Devastation of Sauris.

Meanwhile, the Space Hulk itself exited the Warp on the other side of the Segmentum Tempestus... and had nearly ran straight into a Ork Kroozer as a result. The Kroozer in question belonged to an Ork Warboss of the Deathskulls Klan, by the name of Stangraz Scrapsnatcha, and his crew of Lootaz. Stangraz, still extremely surprised by this enormous craft's sudden appearance, responded to the sight of the Space Hulk the way any good Deathskull would, by seeing yet another potential source of loot. He and his Boyz immediately boarded the Devastation, completely unaware of the the dangers that lay within (or simply not caring).

Within the Space Hulk's labyrinthine passageways, the Lootaz quick;y became separated from one another, much to Stangraz' annoyance. It was there that the Devastation of Sauris' Genestealer inhabitants came across the Orks, and yet, rather than simply outright attack the Orks, the Great Devourer decided to be more subtle in it's methods. Sneaking up on the dim-witted Greenskins, the Genestealers ambushed and subdued the intruders, and deposited their vile DNA within them. These unfortunate Orks would awake several hours later, with no memory of their encounters...

Physiology
"Awww... look at 'im. Ain't he cute?"

- A Brood Boy observing a newly-born Genestealer Hybrid burst from it's Fungus-Womb

The intergration of Genestealer DNA into the Ork genotype has had a peculiar effect on the Orks of Grimfang's Kult to say the least. Like all Orkoids, the Greenskins of the Kult reproduce via fungal spores, but as a result of the added Tyranic genetics, all creatures birthed from these fungal wombs share genestealer-like characteristics weather they be Ork, Grot, or Squig. Only one out of every hundred of these Orkoids is born a fully-fledged Genestealer Hybrid, who are typically identified by the abnormal amounts of affection it receives from it's fellow Orks, as well as it's more Genestealer-like characteristics.

A typical Ork Boy of Grimfang's Kult exibits characteristics such as purple-colored skin, enlarged craniums webbed with bluish veins, chitin-ridged foreheads, and large, claw-like hands. Other than their physical appearance, these Orks defer little from the standard Greenskin, as they are not Genestealer Hybrids but merely share some Genestealer DNA. Grots and Squigs of the Kult also share some of these characteristics, but they too are not Hybrids.

Genestealer Hybrids of Grimfang's Kult tend to resemble Purestrain Genestealers, save for more muscular forms and pronounced lower canines. Like Purestrain Genestealers, these Hybrids reproduce asexualy through the use of their Ovipositors, rather than through spores.