Warhammer Nippon concept fanart: Genbu

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This gigantic four-legged yokai known as a genbu is perhaps the greatest armored demon in the realms of chaos. It is a walking fortress, a bastion covered in skin as tough as chain mail and a natural armor on its shell formed of arcane minerals of such hardness and density that it can frustrate the attack of a greater demon of Slaanesh. Genbu are yokai born from the wind of the chamon, slow and rigid creatures whose intelligence is barely superior to that of a dog. These titanic mastodons travel through the realm of chaos and the material world feeding on the mineral veins in which the wind of the chamon is deposited, adding the properties of its last meal to the strange alloys that are generated in its shell. Many Oni like to forge their weapons and armor with the metals that are generated from the shell of these creatures, which is not an easy task because even with specialized tools it can take months to extract enough ore and then decades to shape the hard metal to forge a simple sword. However, for many it is well worth the effort because the weapons and armor taken from the genbu are of high quality and many have peculiar magical properties. Some humans, especially those from the Tetsuzuma region, consider genbu affable and friendly creatures and often help them by digging into rock to give these creatures access to ore veins, creating bonds of friendship so strong with each other that sometimes Sometimes the genbu go to battle to the aid of their human friends who ride great howdas with siege weapons. on top of them.

You can learn more about the Nippon the Oni shogunate fan project here: https://www.worldanvil.com/w/warhammer-fan-concept3A-nippon-the-oni-shogunate-danilagi7