Hive Tyrants

A Hive Tyrant (Tyranicus praefactor) is the massive Tyranid bioform that serves as the main battlefield commander of a Tyranid swarm, a synapse creature that stands above the rank and file Tyranids. They wield potent psychic powers but are unaffected by the Daemons of the Warp, a condition that would indicate a lack of a soul at the individual level for most Tyranids. However, the species’ gestalt consciousness brings into being a truly potent psychic presence in the Immaterium called the Tyranid “Shadow in the Warp” which is produced by the collective Tyranid Hive Mind.