Ghassulian

were a Xenos species that ruled a small empire during the Great Crusade known as the Ghassulian Sub-Realms. The aliens lived in fortified bastion-cities which proved difficult to capture, resulting in the Space Wolves requesting the development of the Whirlwind Scorpius to try and counter them. “Ghassulian” refers to a culture and an archaeological stage dating to the Middle and Late Chalcolithic Period in the Southern Levant (c. 4400 – c. 3500 BC). ... The Ghassulians were a Chalcolithic culture as they used stone tools but also smelted copper. Tall, skinny, spindly humanoids