The splinter fleet had only had a few dozen Norn queens to begin with, and it needed them in order to create and engineer new strains of tyranids. 40K Lore: Tyranid Norn-Queen & Dominatrix - Bell of Lost Soul It is said that they lead the Tyranid forces and direct the. All Tyranids have links back to a Norn-Queen, as the only way for Tyranids to reproduce is via this cloning technique. They live upon massive Hive Ships in huge chambers at the centre of the Hive Fleet and ingest genetic materials, churning out all the countless types of creatures that make up the Tyranid Hive Fleet.
Norn-Queens (also known as Splicer-Beasts) are the productive parts of the Tyranid swarm. It is said that they lead the Tyranid forces and direct the evolution of the.
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