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CONTENTS Foreword . .

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The Military of the Protectorate of Menoth. . Theme Forces. .

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Avatar of Menoth . .

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Blessing of Vengeance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Warcasters of the Protectorate. .

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Warcaster Model Entries

Blood of Martyrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Eye of Truth.

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Fire of Salvation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Hand of Judgment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Scourge of Heresy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Judicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

High Allegiant Amon Ad-Raza.

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Sovereign Tristan Durant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Anson Durst, Rock of the Faith . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Feora, Priestess of the Flame . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Revelator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Soldiers of the Protectorate . .

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Unit & Solo Model Entries

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30

Choir of Menoth . .

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32

Daughters of the Flame.

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101

The Harbinger of Menoth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Deliverer Skyhammers. .

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102

The High Reclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Deliverer Sunburst Crew .

Feora, Protector of the Flame. Feora, the Conquering Flame .

Testament of Menoth .

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High Exemplar Kreoss. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Grand Exemplar Kreoss . . Intercessor Kreoss .

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Malekus, the Burning Truth .

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42

Flame Bringers . .

100

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103

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Flameguard Cleansers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Flameguard Cleanser Officer . .

107

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Holy Zealots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

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Monolith Bearer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

High Executioner Servath Reznik. . . . . . . . 48

Temple Flameguard.

110

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Servath Reznik, Wrath of Ages. . . . . . . . . . 50

Temple Flameguard Officer & Standard .

Grand Scrutator Severius. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Attendant Priest

Hierarch Severius. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Idrian Skirmishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 4

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Idrian Skirmisher Chieftain & Guide . . . . . . 1 1 5

Thyra, Flame of Sorrow . .

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Vice Scrutator Vindictus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Warjacks of the Protectorate. .

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60

Warjack Model Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Dervish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Devout . .

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Guardian .

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Deliverer Arms Master . . Hierophant

Castigator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Crusader.

Visgoth Juviah Rhoven & Honor Guard . . 1 1 6 Allegiant of the Order of the Fist

67 68

Paladin of the Order of the Wall Vassal Mechanik

High Paladin Dartan Vilmon

Reckoner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

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Initiate Tristan Durant . .

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Repenter . .

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Pyrrhus Flameguard Hero

Vanquisher . .

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Vigilant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

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Redeemer .

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125

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Nicia, Tear of Vengeance

Templar.

123

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Indictor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

121 122

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Purifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1

Sanctifier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

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The Covenant of Menoth

Revenger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

120

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Vassal of Menoth Wrack

119

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Reclaimer Gatekeeper

118

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Vessel of Judgment

Model Gallery . .

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Painting Your Army . . Templates . .

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FOREWORD A nation forged in singular devotion to Menoth, the Protectorate of Menoth pursues an unending crusade against all the lesser faiths of man. Boasting ranks of elite holy knights and disciplined Temple Flameguard, the bulk of the Protectorate army is composed of masses of untrained true believers who willingly take up arms against the heathens and blasphemers. Guided by the unflinching hand of Menoth’s chosen priests, the soldiers of the Protectorate wield their faith as both weapon and shield as they seek to carry out their god’s divine mandate. Alongside these warriors of the faith stride hulking warjacks, forged and consecrated by priests and artificers of the Protectorate to be physical manifestations of the Lawgiver’s sacred wrath. Imbued with the prayers of warpriests and armed with terrible weapons designed to harness and unleash Menoth’s holy flame upon their foes, these machines are more than a match for any enemy. Leading the armies of the Protectorate are its distinctive warcasters, from the shining Intercessor Kreoss to the indomitable High Executioner Servath Reznik to the deadly Thrya, Flame of Sorrow. These paragons of the faith have been blessed by the Creator of Man with the ability to control warjacks. Together with a battlegroup of sanctified ’jacks, each warcaster of the Protectorate can bring to the field the power of a small army.

Within its pages, Forces of WARMACHINE: Protectorate of Menoth Command gives you an extensive look at the background of the Protectorate and access to all of its holy warcasters and warjacks, as well as a range of units, solos, and battle engines to support them. In addition, this volume introduces two new warcasters—Feora, the Conquering Flame and Sovereign Tristan Durant—and a new character warjack, the fiery Eye of Truth. Along with a wealth of information about specific models that can form the cornerstone of any Protectorate army, this book also includes the first new theme forces for the Protectorate of Menoth. The Creator’s Might theme force marshals the full power of the Protectorate’s warjacks into a rolling tide of righteous flame and iron, while Guardians of the Temple spurs the ranks of the Flameguard to take up arms and carry out the divine will of the Lawgiver by inflicting his holy wrath upon the non-believers. United through faith, the true believers of the Protectorate are ready to heed your command. Call forth the faithful and cleanse the heresy of the Iron Kingdoms beneath a tide of righteous flame!

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THE MILITARY OF THE PROTECTORATE OF MENOTH FAITH, FERVOR & DEVOTION

No other nation in western Immoren has made such great advances from such humble beginnings as the Protectorate of Menoth, a nation wholly devoted to worship of the Creator of Man. The Protectorate has risen from a marginalized and oppressed Cygnaran sect to one of the great powers of the continent, stretching the reach of its military far beyond its original borders. While the Menite religion itself is rooted in antiquity, with ancient ceremonies and prayers taken from the earliest written words, the Protectorate theocracy is less than two centuries old and its military power has fully developed only within the last several decades. The Protectorate has been extremely successful in expanding and reshaping its military to compete in the modern era while staying true to its religious convictions. Its successes are all the more remarkable given that the Protectorate has the smallest population of the Iron Kingdoms, even with the recent influx of converts. Yet all can see proof of the triumph of its efforts in accomplishments such as repelling the Cygnaran assault on Sul, the unprecedented invasion of Caspia, and the seizure of large regions of Llael under the Northern Crusade. By the strength of its army, the Protectorate of Menoth has taken control of its destiny and demonstrated its ability to fulfill its promise to strike down all who refuse to bow to the Creator of Man. The Protectorate of Menoth’s leaders have methodically built its military strength for generations. The theocracy is now led by Hierarch Severius, the first warcaster to rise to absolute control of the military and then to absolute authority over the entire nation. Severius spent his lifetime working to see

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the Menite crusade realized. His people stand united behind him, willing to execute his orders and to destroy any enemy subjected to his wrath. The armies of the Protectorate are made up of forces old and new, coupling pragmatic discipline with religious ceremony. This is the nature of the Protectorate itself, which exists not for temporal power alone but also to further the Creator’s interests on Caen. The Protectorate is a theocracy on every level, with its priests assuming positions of rulership over daily governance as well as military doctrine. Although the majority of its standing army is made up of citizen soldiers, the Protectorate’s elite forces are drawn from ancient martial orders, each tightly integrated with the Temple of Menoth and its clergy. Its diverse makeup and the complexity of its ancient and modern influences, combined with its theological goals, make the Protectorate military difficult for its enemies to predict—a fact Protectorate leaders are adept at exploiting. While many of its military actions target expected priorities such as supply lines or an enemy’s headquarters, the Protectorate is just as likely to exert its strength for religious objectives. Some of these are comprehensible only to prophets who can interpret divine portents. The faithful on Caen are just a small part of the endless War of Souls fought in Urcaen among the gods. Via intermediaries such as the Harbinger of Menoth or members of the Reclaimant Order, Protectorate leaders have a unique perspective on divine will. Yet for all the power Menoth bestows on his believers, he remains distant; even those who can hear his words seldom receive

Temple of Menoth

Hierarch

Harbinger

Reclaimant Order

SEVERIUS

“Priest King”

of

Menoth “Prophet”

Scrutator Caste VICE SCRUTATORS

Vice Scrutator Senior Scrutator Scrutator

Priesthood SYNOD OF VISGOTHS

Visgoth Sovereign Potentate Priest

THE TESTAMENT

ill ” “Vessels ofDivine W

Armies of the Great Crusade INTERCESSOR MIKAEL KREOSS

Martial Orders Allocated to Crusades and Garrisons

Flameguard PRIESTESS OF THE FLAME FEORA

NUMBERS: 90,000

Commander • Captain • Preceptor • Arms Master • Flameguard

High Exemplar • Seneschal • Warder • Sergeant • Knight

TEMPLE FLAMEGUARD

FLAMEGUARD CLEANSERS

DAUGHTERS OF THE FLAME

INFANTRY KNIGHTS

NUMBERS: 80,000

NUMBERS: 8,500

NUMBERS: 1,800

NUMBERS: 10,000

INCENDIUM PRIESTS

MALEKUS, THE BURNING TRUTH

NUMBERS: 9,000

Knights Exemplar GRAND EXEMPLAR MIKAEL KREOSS

NUMBERS: 21,500

THYRA, FLAME OF SORROW

Order of the Fist GRAND HIGH ALLEGIANT HAVERON GRAYDEN

HEAVY KNIGHTS

VENGER CAVALRY

ERRANTS

NUMBERS: 2,000

NUMBERS: 3,500

NUMBERS: 6,000

(BASTIONS, CINERATORS)

NUMBERS: 900

Order of the W all GRAND PALADIN TRENTON BOURIDOR

High Allegiant • Senior Allegiant • Allegiant

High Paladin • Paladin

Levies, Militia, Support, and Irregulars Allocated to Crusades and Garrisons

W arPriests WAR SOVEREIGN HOLVEN MARGUILE

NUMBERS: 9,000

ZEALOT LEVIES NUMBERS: 200,000

LOCAL MILITIA

NUMBERS: 3,750

NUMBERS: 50,000

VARIOUS PRECEPTORS

CHOIR

HIEROPHANT SOVEREIGN GRAMM PARVON

DELIVERERS

DELIVERER PRECEPTOR EZEKIEL MARTVINE

NUMBERS: 2,000

VASSALS OF MENOTH

IDRIAN SKIRMISHERS

VISGOTH MISHIVA NESTORE

VARIOUS CHIEFS OVERSEEN BY HIGH ALLEGIANT AMON AD-RAZA

Preceptor • Arms Master • Deliverer

Armies ofthe Great Crusade INTERCESSOR KREOSS (AS HIERARCH'S PROXY)

Crusades and Garrisons Comprising the Armies of the Temple in Service of the Great Crusade

Northern Crusade OVERSEEN BY THE HIERARCH, INTERCESSOR & HARBINGER

Crusade of the Conquering Flame FEORA, PRIESTESS & PROTECTOR OF THE FLAME

The Awakening Crusade

("THE BEGGARS' CRUSADE")

LERYN GARRISON

CONVERSION INTERDICTION

EXECUTIONER INTERDICTION

NUMBERS: 50,000

NUMBERS: 5,000

NUMBERS: 1,500

Vice Scrutator Vindictus

SUL GARRISON

Harbinger of Menoth

IMER GARRISON

Visgoth Juviah Rhoven

Six Visgoths of Imer

NUMBERS: 70,000

NUMBERS: 42,000

AWAKENING FLEET

REFORMATION INTERDICTION

High Executioner Reznik

ICTHIER GARRISON Scrutator Sovereign Jarok Shaw NUMBERS: 15,000

Kreoss outranks Feora but her influence over the Synod affords her considerable autonomy.

TOWER JUDGMENT

Visgoth Enjorran Sollers NUMBERS: 53,000

FLAME OF VENGEANCE INTERDICTION Thyra, Flame of Sorrow NUMBERS: 250

direct instructions. Obeying the will of Menoth requires priests to interpret portents and make decisions by weighing the facts before them against doctrine. Still, this connection to the divine means Protectorate soldiers have learned to trust the priesthood and other Temple leaders implicitly. Those at the bottom of the chain of command are accustomed to fighting in ignorance of the ultimate purposes of their actions. Orders are not to be questioned but simply accepted and obeyed with the same faith that assures each Menite of the place waiting for him in the afterlife. Although not every Menite is equally pious, in the aggregate their beliefs bestow a degree of conviction, efficiency, and zealous fanaticism that strengthens them through the most difficult ordeals and setbacks. Their enemies fear this zealotry, as other armies must rely on less certain traits like loyalty and duty—traits sometimes bought with coin. The Protectorate military has proven that faith has a tangible power, and there is no army in western Immoren as singularly united.

The Sul-Menite Temple The Protectorate of Menoth is a pure theocracy, unique among the Iron Kingdoms. All aspects of the Protectorate are devoted to the glorification of Menoth, the Creator of Man. Religious and secular authority are indivisible, and all state functions are steeped in ceremony, ancient tradition, and faith.

While Menoth is worshiped across western Immoren in every human kingdom, not all Menites belong to the same sect. Most Menites in Ord, Llael, Cygnar, and Khador do not acknowledge the authority of the Protectorate’s hierarch and look instead to their own priests. The Great Crusade is intended to rectify this division by uniting the faithful under the dominion of the Protectorate of Menoth, as well as to convert the large numbers of wayward masses in these kingdoms who have forsaken Menoth for other gods. The Protectorate is a nation at war, and every industry is directed toward the Great Crusade. There is no separation between the government and the military: both are aspects of the Temple of Menoth, overseen by the clergy and supported by much of the population.

Hierarchy of the Temple The priesthood has a strictly defined, inflexible hierarchy that has endured for thousands of years. All are masked while performing their duties to reflect the unflinching and stoic nature of their god. This also serves as a sharp division between priest and congregation, as a priest is not allowed to convey the emotions to which mortals are prone. Without exception the Temple’s clergy wield more power than priests of equivalent rank outside the Protectorate. Regardless of their roles, even the lowest-ranking priests embody the authority of the Temple over all aspects of life within the Protectorate’s territories. Each step up the Temple’s hierarchy conveys greater responsibility and power,

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and this status is evident in the priest’s raiment, mask, and staff, each an important symbol of the office. Among the clergy are two groups whose responsibilities extend beyond that of the normal priests—the scrutators and members of the Reclaimant Order. A member of the clergy begins as an initiate, and most are trained at the Lyceum of the True Law in Imer. Upon completing his studies, a junior priest is recognized as a presbyter. Over time a priest may achieve the rank of potentate, overseeing a temple or significant shrine. This is the highest rank most priests can ever aspire to; even a potentate who has proven to be devout and exceptionally dedicated will be promoted higher only if a need arises to replace a more senior priest in the Temple’s hierarchy. Above potentates are sovereigns, influential and respected members of the clergy with considerable autonomy. A sovereign is responsible for potentially dozens of temples, their potentates, and hundreds of subordinate priests. Some sovereigns have oversight of a sizable town or even a lesser city. It is a tremendous honor for a citizen to be addressed by a sovereign, and few residents ever personally interact with a priest of higher rank. At the penultimate level of the ascending hierarchy are the visgoths. Currently nine in number, these governing principals of the Protectorate oversee major aspects of the government, industry, or territorial domains. Together they comprise the Synod, the governing body of the Protectorate and highest advisors to the hierarch. Visgoths are appointed by a hierarch or by a unanimous vote of the Synod. Strife among visgoths is not uncommon, since they seldom possess equivalent power and may have competing agendas. But in theory all seek to glorify and serve Menoth and his Temple. Drawn from the tradition of the ancient priest-kings, the hierarch is a singular office of peerless authority and absolute power. A visgoth rises to this position only when one can secure the unanimous endorsement of the Synod and commands the total obedience of the entire priesthood. The standards for a hierarch are almost impossibly high: he must be a priest of superlative faith, ambition, political acumen, and individual power. Only the greatest, most visionary priests emerge to lead the Protectorate to its rightful destiny. In the 127 years since the Protectorate was founded, there have been only six hierarchs: Sulon, Luctine, Turgis, Ravonal, Voyle, and Severius. Each of these figures is vaunted as a paragon of the faith and champion of the Lawgiver. Even after death, they are above criticism and beyond rebuke.

Scrutators Traditionally the scrutators were a caste of priests who served as the arbiters, judges, and executioners of the Menite faith. While they still occupy this role, their purview and authority has expanded within the Protectorate, making them the

ruling elite of the theocracy. Scrutators are selected from the ranks of the clergy and undergo even more extensive training and indoctrination. Scrutators follow their own code of behavior free from some of the constraints of ordinary priests. Their first priority is to protect and preserve the faith at all costs. They must sacrifice aspects of their humanity and excise emotions such as compassion, mercy, and forgiveness, for their office requires them to deal harshly with enemies of the faith. Some threats come from within, and scrutators bear the ultimate authority to enforce Temple doctrine and the True Law. All citizens are subject to their scrutiny, including the clergy themselves, thus ensuring that the priests and other high-ranking officers of the Temple do not fall prey to corruption or heresy. The scrutators are therefore the intelligence-gathering arm of the Temple, its internal police, and the ultimate court of law. This is their responsibility and their burden. Scrutators hold regular clerical ranks, which signify seniority within the hierarchy of the Temple. In addition to their ordinary responsibilities, they are often called upon to undertake specific tasks, as the hierarch and visgoths rely upon the scrutators to enact their will. Because of this unique function of their caste and their duties, all scrutators are treated with deference by ordinary priests.

Some scrutators bear a simple honorific within their own ranks: those who are more experienced are referred to as senior scrutators, and the leaders of the caste as vice scrutators. The singular title of grand scrutator was once held by Severius, but has not been reinstated since his elevation to hierarch. At present there are four vice scrutators; three of these are visgoths, and the fourth is Vice Scrutator Vindictus, a warcaster who is in the personal service of Hierarch Severius. In theory the authority of a scrutator is limited by his priestly rank; in practice, however, his words are often heeded regardless of rank. Such is the fear and respect scrutators command. While this power could open the caste to corruption, senior scrutators are always vigilant for abuses of authority committed by their subordinates. Any scrutator who puts his own interests ahead of the Temple will be sent to Tower Judgment to see the error of his ways, and few return. This does not preclude conspiracies within the scrutator caste as elements vie against one another, but given the degree of their indoctrination and oversight such politics almost never rise to the level of sedition. When scrutators conspire, it is generally to outdo some other faction within their caste to impress the hierarch or the vice scrutators.


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Reclaimers Since long before the Protectorate came to be, an unusual group of priests has stood apart from the rest—the Reclaimers. Members of the Reclaimant Order feel a unique calling to give up their identities and become empty vessels to be filled by Menoth’s will. Their responsibilities relate to the passage of Menite souls to Urcaen. Reclaimers surrender their humanity in an even more extreme fashion than the scrutators. Each dons an iron mask said to be a tomb for their thoughts that allows them to hear the voice of Menoth. They further swear a vow of absolute silence after speaking the Oath of the Reclaimer’s Last Breath, a promise to send the souls chosen by the Lawgiver to Urcaen on wings of flame and ash. Reclaimers surrender their names, divorce themselves from any contact with family, and have no true friends, although they will work alongside others of the Temple. They appear to be utterly devoid of human emotion, as both a matter of discipline and as an unavoidable consequence of their calling. Becoming a reclaimer is not a choice, but a true divine calling. The role requires absolute sacrifice of the self, abandonment of the comforts of the world, and acceptance of a life of ascetic simplicity and duty. Reclaimers can manifest at any time, including among regular clergy, who relinquish their rank and previous duties. All other considerations are abandoned as the individual hearing the call seeks out the nearest member of this order and makes himself known. The mark of this change is obvious to any who have gone through it, and those answering the call are recognized and initiated in ceremonies known only to the members of the Reclaimant Order. Because reclaimers are guided by the voice of Menoth, they are outside the hierarchy and structure of the Temple. Those in the order do not answer to superiors or command subordinates as all are guided directly by the Creator, though the former High Reclaimer, now known as the Testament of Menoth, is venerated by most in the Protectorate as the leader of the Reclaimant Order. The clergy does not interfere with their work, nor are reclaimers asked to execute additional duties, though they sometimes lend their skills to the Protectorate’s military forces to enact Menoth’s will on the battlefield, seeing to the needs of the slain and ensuring souls are swiftly guided to the City of Man. On rare occasions a reclaimer will hear the Creator’s voice commanding him to strike down a specific mortal and usher his soul to Urcaen. Such direct commandments are usually interpreted as Menoth claiming a soul for his own inscrutable reasons. Reclaimers are sometimes tasked to reclaim the souls of the clergy or others of great faith, and as long as they are enacting Menoth’s will, little can be done to gainsay them. On other occasions the Creator will call for the immediate death of an enemy of the faith, which may require the mustering of military forces. The Testament is the reclaimer most likely to receive such commands.

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Reclaimers are steeped in mystery. Because they do not speak and usually refrain from writing, communication with them can be difficult, though some convey meaning by gesture. There are also times when the faithful feel compelled to aid a reclaimer for reasons they do not themselves fully understand. In battle, reclaimers are often joined by disordered but united mobs of the zealots who take up arms to assist them. Reclaimers sometimes possess the ability to control warjacks on the battlefield. How they make their instructions known is not clear, yet their warjacks heed their voiceless commands.

Governance in the Theocracy Just as the clergy controls the Temple of Menoth from the top down, so too does it rule the Protectorate itself. Priests, and scrutators in particular, have the authority to take charge of aspects of the Protectorate government or military as they see fit. While a town or village may have its local secular or appointed leaders, if a ranking priest decides to intervene, he can supersede any authority except that of a more senior priest. As an extension of their function, scrutators are more likely to assume control of a populace than ordinary priests. For example, a scrutator potentate on a vital mission could enter a Menite town and assume authority from a local priest, taking charge of the town garrison and any other manpower he may require. Similarly, even a low-ranking priest could enter a fishing village and assume control over its inhabitants, most often to enlist them in the war effort.

Office of the Hierarch The office of the hierarch is the formalized reinstatement of the priest-kings of old, a position of absolute power within the Protectorate of Menoth. The hierarch is both head of state and the highest priest of the Temple, thus combining both secular and religious authority. While the process of becoming a hierarch is contentious and often bloody, all dissent ends once one is declared. The hierarch’s commands are law, and the scrutator caste is devoted to preserving him and removing any potential threats to his rule. It falls to the Synod of Visgoths to handle day-to-day governance of the Protectorate when the hierarch is occupied elsewhere, such as while leading an army in times of war. The hierarch relies on the scrutators to monitor the visgoths and inform him of their actions as well as report on the state of the Protectorate’s heartlands. When the hierarch is away from the capital, as has been the case for several years due to the Northern Crusade, scrutators endeavor to keep him well informed. Because of the distances involved, delays are unavoidable and the risk of important information or dignitaries being intercepted is high. The vice scrutators coordinate these missions to ensure vital intelligence is not lost, but there is no doubt Hierarch Severius’ direct control over the theocracy has been affected by his absence. The Synod has stepped in to help fill this void, increasing their relative power.

The Synod of Visgoths The visgoths are the ranking leaders of the Temple and serve as an advisory panel to the hierarch, entrusted with governing different aspects of the Protectorate’s bureaucracy in his name. All visgoths are members of the Synod. Because the standing Synod has had very little direct interaction with Hierarch Severius since he established Leryn as the headquarters of the Northern Crusade, the council’s advisory function has been essentially nullified. Since her arrival, the Harbinger has assumed this role instead. Nonetheless, the Synod retains control over governance in the south, which has allowed the southern and northern regions to operate virtually independently of one another. The Northern Crusade still receives periodic resupply and reinforcements from the south, but these come only infrequently, and the Northern Crusade has taken measures to be self-sufficient. The areas of oversight of the current visgoths were established by Hierarch Voyle and have remained unchanged since his death. Some speculate that a tenth visgoth might be promoted to govern the lands claimed by the Northern Crusade, but for now the hierarch rules those territories personally, with the assistance of Vice Scrutator Vindictus.

THE NINE VISGOTHS

VAR BODALIN First Visgoth of Imer, Vice Scrutator, Prime Curate over Scrutator Initiation

LARS ELIMON Fourth Visgoth of Imer, Scrutator, Overseer of Temple Defense and Armament

MORGIMER JASRUN Sixth Visgoth of Imer, Overseer of Mines, Quarries, and Wells

MISHIVA NESTORE Third Visgoth of Imer, Scrutator, Overseer of the Vassals of Menoth

ARK RAZEK Fifth Visgoth of Imer, Overseer of the Sul-Menite Artificers

JUVIAH RHOVEN Visgoth and Overseer of Sul, Vice Scrutator

BRONE SCARREL Visgoth of the South, Overseer of Ancient Icthier

ENJORRAN SOLLERS Visgoth and Overseer of Tower Judgment, Scrutator

DELCON VESHER Second Visgoth of Imer, Vice Scrutator, Head of the Lyceum of the True Law

One consequence of the hierarch’s absence has been the strengthening of the relationship between the Synod and Feora, Protector and Priestess of the Flame. For several years Feora has been the foremost military leader overseeing the southern garrisons, and she has been in frequent contact with the Synod. A number of its members have become her close allies, and while they are careful not to openly defy the hierarch, senior scrutators believe their loyalties may have been compromised.

Armies of the Great Crusade

The military of the Protectorate of Menoth is also an extension of the Temple and its Great Crusade, its soldiers counted as both guardians and crusaders. Each crusading army serving this cause is composed of dedicated, well-trained warriors drawn from numerous martial orders combined with combatants gathered from organized militias and conscripted zealots. As a result, the military of the Protectorate represents a wide range of skill and discipline, from dedicated knights who have devoted their lives to the Temple to untrained citizens armed and sent into battle with little preparation. The citizen-soldiers of the Temple Flameguard and the elite warriors of the Knights Exemplar comprise the core of the professional military. These two orders are joined by members of the Protectorate’s smaller martial orders, which include the Order of the Wall and the Order of the Fist. The Protectorate is also willing to field mercenary forces that are at least marginally respectful to the Creator of Man and willing to be supervised by priests to ensure they perform as required. But the bulk of their numbers arise from militia soldiers and zealot levies armed with simple weapons from numerous armament caches set aside for that purpose. The call to war created a need to define a clear chain of command among the Protectorate’s martial orders. Traditionally, as long as the leaders of each order demonstrated their loyalty to the Temple hierarchy, they had autonomy over their organizations. Though some degree of independence remains, Hierarch Voyle realized that his nation’s ability to conduct war on a larger scale would require the integration of the Protectorate’s various military arms. This task of restructuring the Protectorate’s military forces was entrusted to Severius during his tenure as grand scrutator during Hierarch Voyle’s rule. Knowing that reorganizing the Protectorate’s military structure required careful attention to logistics and planning, Severius created the office of War Counselor and appointed Bron Scisson to the post as the senior secular officer in the military to oversee auxiliary forces and to coordinate with the martial orders. In 608 AR, Hierarch Severius appointed Kreoss as his Intercessor, entrusting him with the oversight of the military that Severius himself once possessed as grand


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scrutator. Kreoss is considered the supreme commander of the Protectorate’s armies, working together with War Counselor Scisson and answering directly to the hierarch. While Feora, Protector and Priestess of the Flame, is technically subordinate to Kreoss, he is often preoccupied with matters in the north, which allows her to retain considerable autonomy in the south. It is no secret that the hierarch favors Kreoss over Feora, and this has created ongoing tensions that have yet to be resolved. For the most part these leaders have been able to put aside their individual differences in the interests of the Great Crusade.

Military Structure The Protectorate’s forces are organized into garrisons and crusading armies. Garrisons include the defenders of the Protectorate’s cities, towns, and facilities as well as its reserve forces. The garrisons are predominantly made up of Temple Flameguard and militia forces supported by smaller numbers of troops from other martial orders. Crusading armies require more integrated forces with a highly varied composition. Crusading armies are divided into interdictions, which are usually composed of phalanxes from a single martial order. Phalanxes are divided into detachments that vary in size

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depending on the martial order from which they are drawn. Cavalry and heavy knights form the smallest phalanxes of up to thirty knights, while infantry knights and knights errant assemble into medium-sized phalanxes of up to fifty knights, and the Temple Flameguard phalanxes are the largest, with up to a hundred Flameguard each. In some cases selected soldiers are gathered to create a mixed interdiction to serve a specific warcaster or to fulfill a specific mission. These special forces operate together for as long as is required before returning to their regular duties. Priests serve as commanders at all levels of the military. They command troops in the field and oversee logistics and supply lines. Experienced lay soldiers can be promoted to positions of authority within their martial orders, but they are expected to treat priests with respect regardless of their rank. In situations that present an unclear chain of command, ranking priests are obeyed before secular commanders.

The Northern Crusade The Northern Crusade is the Protectorate’s primary crusading army. It was sent into the war-torn lands of Llael in 606 AR to establish a permanent Menite holding there, which it has successfully maintained in the years since. During that time

the Northern Crusade has extended its control to much of eastern Llael, defending its territory against both Khadoran military forces and the undead minions of the Nightmare Empire of Cryx. Leryn is the headquarters for the Northern Crusade. Its impressive battlements, self-sufficiency, and near impregnability make it ideal for Hierarch Severius’ needs. Further, he was able to seize Leryn without directly assaulting its walls, taking the city intact. Though Khador plundered some of its wealth and resources, Leryn’s industrial facilities and defenses were left in pristine condition and ready to be converted to facilitate the hierarch’s war efforts. Leryn’s citizenry have learned to heed the Protectorate’s priests, and many have converted to the Sul-Menite faith. The Northern Crusade has been greatly reinforced since Severius became hierarch. Many of the Protectorate’s warcasters have joined the Northern Crusade, including the Harbinger of Menoth, the Testament, and Intercessor Kreoss. The intercessor oversees the day-to-day organization of the crusade and reports directly to Hierarch Severius, who takes great interest in its operations. Leryn’s standing garrison is commanded by Vice Scrutator Vindictus, who, like Severius, is blessed with the warcaster talent. The garrison supplies troops and material aid to the Northern Crusade throughout its ongoing battles.

The Southern Garrisons The southern garrisons include the forces stationed at Sul, Imer, Icthier, and Tower Judgment. Though visgoths and scrutators maintain oversight of these holdings, the military officers who command the garrisons are drawn from among Feora’s loyal subordinates. The Priestess of the Flame has established a protocol whereby members of the Flameguard’s Incendium serve as intermediaries between high-ranking priests and the officers commanding the garrisons. These measures allow Feora to control the flow of information and the allocation of resources to the bulk of the Protectorate’s southern military. Feora is able to draw upon these garrisons to form her own armies on very short notice. However, she is careful to maintain their essential function of defending the Protectorate’s borders and cities. Protecting Sul and Imer, in particular, is absolutely vital, as these are major industrial and government centers as well as sites of holy significance. Though their role is primarily defensive, the southern garrisons have participated in conflicts beyond the borders of the Protectorate in recent years. These battles were most often covert operations undertaken by the Daughters of the Flame under the leadership of Thyra, Flame of Sorrow as well as other forces led by Malekus, the Burning Truth—both operating under Feora’s orders. The largest action undertaken by a crusading army drawn from these garrisons was during the Second Cygnaran Civil War. Led by Feora, this army penetrated deep into Cygnar’s

interior and occupied its southern armies while Vinter and Leto Raelthorne contested for that nation’s throne. Feora had entered into a temporary arrangement with Vinter in the hopes of seeing the Morrowan faith weakened in Cygnar. While Feora’s army achieved its objectives of cutting off the Cygnaran railway and preventing reinforcements, Vinter failed in his bid to seize the throne. On the orders of Intercessor Kreoss, Feora eventually withdrew. The soldiers of this crusade returned to their garrisons as victors, having driven the sword of the faith deep into Cygnar, killing many unbelievers.

NAVY OF THE PROTECTORATE The Protectorate of Menoth is not a naval power, but it does maintain a small number of armed vessels to defend a coastline that stretches from Sul to Ancient Icthier. Many of these ships are crewed by native Idrians drawn to the creed of Menoth. The majority of the Protectorate’s ocean-faring vessels are working ships, including a fishing fleet based in Sul. Any of these could be rigged for battle if required, but the theocracy has largely surrendered control of the gulf to the Cygnaran Navy. The visgoths know they would lose in any substantial engagement against Cygnar’s formidable Eastern Fleet. This acknowledged weakness in the Protectorate’s defenses has not proved to be important enough to address. Most of the military clashes between the Protectorate and its enemies take place on land, and the Cygnaran Navy has made no substantial attempts to strike at the smaller settlements that dot the Protectorate’s coastline. Cryxian vessels occasionally raid settlements on the nation’s shores, but such incidents are rare. The Protectorate finds it more effective to allow Cygnar’s navy to intercept Cryxian raiders rather than expend its limited resources toward shipbuilding. In any case, most of Sul’s docks are well defended by imposing walls, and the capital of Imer and its vital industry and mines are a hundred miles inland. The most vulnerable Protectorate city is the blessed city of Ancient Icthier, whose relative isolation has thus far preserved it from attack.

Martial Orders The Protectorate’s military relies heavily upon elite forces drawn from the Menite orders allied with the Temple and its priesthood. By tradition, the martial orders have autonomy over their membership, and the heads of the orders answer only the ruling priests. Upon receiving the dictates of the hierarch and the Synod, it falls to the leadership of the order to convey these instructions throughout the ranks. However, forces drawn from these orders often directly serve individual warcasters or priests and are assigned to specific armies or the garrison of a city or town under the authority of the priesthood. In such cases, the individual THE MILITARY OF THE PROTECTORATE

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in charge conveys orders to the senior-most officer, who then commands his subordinates. For example, a warcaster leading an interdiction including both Knights Exemplar and Temple Flameguard might interact primarily with the ranking Exemplar seneschal and Flameguard captain, each of whom would then be entrusted to handle the disposition of their respective forces.

Incendium priests serve as the highest-ranking officers of the Flameguard. They hold ranks identical to other priests but are not eligible to become scrutators. Some of the hierarch’s agents believe that members of the Incendium have become more loyal to Feora than to him, but they have not yet acted against these individuals.

Temple Flameguard

Devoted to carrying out the will of the scrutators, the Knights Exemplar first came to prominence during the Thousand Cities Era. The order, defined by its code of absolute obedience, now comprises the preeminent warriors of the Sul-Menite Temple. Those who weather intensive training dedicate themselves to serve as Menoth’s living weapons on Caen. Their sacred oaths absolve them of any harm inflicted in the pursuance of their orders, which allows them to serve the scrutators of the Protectorate without question. Newly invested Exemplar Knights are honored with blessed weapons such as ancient relic blades and sacred armor that have been passed down through the generations. Putting aside considerations of their pasts—including any family ties—the brotherhood is bound by the strongest of bonds. For a knight, the order becomes his true family.

Once solely charged with protecting temples and holy places, the Flameguard has been transformed over the last generation into the standing professional army of the Protectorate of Menoth. With shield and smoldering spear in hand, they march to battle in unprecedented numbers, forming the core of the theocracy’s garrisons as well as bolstering its crusading armies. Commanding absolute loyalty from her soldiers is Feora, the Priestess of the Flame and head of the Incendium, the priestly order charged with the administration and spiritual needs of the Flameguard. The capital of Imer hosts the Incendium’s central headquarters, but the order’s priests operate throughout the command structure of the Flameguard. Members of the Temple Flameguard begin as novitiates and devote six months to initial training, during which they rigorously drill in the use of their armor and weapons and receive training in maneuvers and formations. Afterward they are initiated into the Flameguard and are assigned to a garrison or crusading force. A veteran Flameguard may be promoted to arms master and given command of his own unit. A veteran arms master may in turn be promoted to preceptor and given charge of a detachment of scores of spearmen. Secular officers seldom see promotion beyond the rank of preceptor. Next come captains, who each command a phalanx composed of up to a hundred soldiers. Commanders oversee large garrisons of multiple phalanxes with thousands of Flameguard and answer directly to the Priestess of the Flame. The order has several branches whose members serve distinct roles. Flameguard Cleansers are the disciplinary arm of the Flameguard, safeguards of purity both within and beyond the Protectorate’s boundaries. Led by Malekus, the Burning Truth and wielding flame-spewing purifiers, the Cleansers sanctify the heretical with gouts of purifying fire. The Daughters of the Flame are an elite and incredibly specialized group drawn from the widows, daughters, mothers, and sisters of fallen Menite soldiers and were originally charged with the covert security of Menite holy places. Over time Feora has begun to call upon the Daughters to eliminate threats to the Protectorate, both internal and external. The Daughters are organized into small strike forces called hands, each led by a veteran captain. Though the Daughters employ a number of solo operatives, they lack any additional structure. The order is commanded by Thyra, Flame of Sorrow, who answers directly to Feora.

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Knights Exemplar

The majority of the Exemplar knights are trained to fight on foot, focusing on expertise with the blade. The order is quite large, however, and has several smaller disciplines with distinct roles, like the heavily armored Bastions, the Errants who serve as the order’s far-reaching advance strike force, and the vengers who serve as the Protectorate’s heavy cavalry. Exemplar knights begin as initiates and undergo many years of harsh training to become full knights. Veteran knights may be promoted to sergeants and charged with leading small detachments. The most accomplished and fanatical sergeants rise through the ranks, first to become warders, who lead phalanxes, then seneschals and ultimately high exemplars— the highest rank entrusted to command large numbers of knights, including full interdictions. The leader of the entire order is the grand exemplar. Though Mikael Kreoss was promoted to intercessor, he also still holds the title of grand exemplar and these roles and duties are considered cumulative and distinct. As grand exemplar, Kreoss oversees the knightly order, and as intercessor he speaks with the authority of the hierarch and can overrule leaders of other martial orders.

Order of the Fist The Order of the Fist is a group of monastic warriors who undergo a strenuous and extensive ascetic regimen meant to refine their bodies and minds. They seek to internalize the message of the True Law and to become an empty vessel for the will of Menoth. Over the course of their training, they learn to perform seemingly miraculous feats of strength and physical control. Although deadly with their bare hands and feet, some allegiants of this order employ weapons in battle as well.

Since it began, the Order of the Fist has served to maintain order within the population of the Protectorate. With their emphasis on unarmed fighting, and requiring no special armor or vestments, allegiants easily blend in with the general population. In this way they serve as an unobtrusive secret police force in towns and cities and complement the efforts of the scrutators in rooting out heresy and sedition. Allegiants study the strength of stone and the fluidity of sand until the application of deadly force becomes as natural to them as breathing. Though belonging to a relatively new order, allegiants consider their fighting style to be an evolution of ancient teachings gleaned from the first city of antiquity, drawing inspiration from some of the most ancient passages inscribed into the walls of Ancient Icthier. They learn their techniques at the order’s secluded monastery in the Vardhan province. Members begin as initiates and generally endure a decade of training and immersion in the order’s philosophies before being recognized as allegiants. Those who become particularly skilled may eventually become senior allegiants, then high allegiants. The leader of the order, Grand High Allegiant Haveron Grayden, has held his post since the order’s inception and has worked with Garrick Voyle, the former hierarch, in creating the martial art used by all allegiants.

Order of the Wall The Order of the Wall is the oldest but smallest of Menite knighthoods, an organization dedicated to preserving the faithful from the perils found outside of civilization. Its philosophies and fighting style are thought to embody one of the most vital of Menoth’s earliest gifts: the Wall itself, which stood between the light and the darkness. While battling enemies of the faith, the Order of the Wall stands alongside the other martial orders, but its paladins prefer to defend the faithful rather than marching to war. However, the order recognizes that protection sometimes requires the fire of faith to be wielded against those who embody destruction and chaos. Most paladins believe the order’s origins can be traced to Valent of Thrace, the priest-king who founded Calacia in 2800 BR. Though Valent’s great wall has long since fallen to ruin, Caspia and Sul endure, and the order considers these cities to be their most sacred places, and the walls themselves to be relics of the faith. Paladins of the order have long been heroes to the common people, seen as embodying the protective aspects of Menoth sometimes neglected by clergy. Indeed, the order has endured a difficult relationship with the priesthood in the Protectorate because it is one of the few martial groups that answers to a code not rooted in obedience to the priest caste. The scrutator caste came to view the Knights Exemplar as more useful tools, causing the Order of the Wall to suffer a long decline. Relatively few young Protectorate warriors can temper their rage with the mercy required of those who would wield the order’s blessed Firebrand blades. Paladins prioritize

forbearance and protection of the innocent, which can put them at odds with the scrutators. But so long as they do not openly interfere with or defy the hierarch or his agents, they are left to their ancient code. The order experienced a recent revival in popularity and widespread support after Cygnar invaded Sul in 606 AR, and efforts by the Harbinger have ensured they will likely always have a place, even if in small numbers. The order has a limited rank structure. An exceptional knight may be recognized as a high paladin, serving as a senior officer of the order. The master of the order is the grand paladin, who oversees its membership from Sul. The current grand paladin is Trenton Bouridor.

Auxiliary Militia & Levies In addition to the martial orders, nearly a third of the Protectorate’s population is capable of being armed on short notice and stands ready to fight as members of auxiliary militia and levied zealots. In most cases, they are trained in the use of simple weapons such as staves, maces, and short swords. The most disciplined and well-trained of the militia are the deliverers, who drill in the use of their rockets and are prepared to stand in support of regular soldiers like the Temple Flameguard. Zealot mobs are drawn from the most fanatical citizens and are led by priests who inspire and command them in battle. Joining the auxiliary are bands of Idrians, tribal groups dwelling throughout the Bloodstone Desert. Many Idrians were converted to the worship of Menoth during the reign of Hierarch Luctine. Under the hierarch’s guidance, the Protectorate brought the fires of conversion into the parched desert, taking in all who would accept the word of the Lawbringer and putting many others to the torch. While not every Idrian is a devout worshiper of the Creator of Man, many have given up their former heretical beliefs and have embraced the Sul-Menite religion. Many practice a slightly modified variant of the faith, a deviation the scrutators actively discourage but have never managed to eradicate. Idrians often fight alongside their Sulese brethren as irregulars and scouts. Leading their warbands are rhaz, the foremost warriors of their tribes. For the citizens of the Protectorate, service in a time of crusade is compulsory, and the clergy are issued quotas for able-bodied men and women required to fill the ranks of the auxiliary fighting forces. Initiates of the Order of the Fist have proven adept at rounding up and enlisting those who have not demonstrated the devotion and piety expected of a citizen. Nonetheless, the continual immersion of the populace in religious doctrine makes it easy to gather large numbers of willing zealots and soldiers of all ages and press them into service.


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PROTECTORATE THEME FORCE

THE CREATOR'S MIGHT

The word of the Creator of Man is law, and by the will of the faithful his designs are made material. The clergy of the Protectorate march to war arrayed as an army worthy of Menoth, channeling the power of Menite relics that predate the priest-kings while chanting prayers drawn from holy writ and ancient inscriptions. Their mighty sanctified machines rumble across the battlefield to clash with those who would deny the glory of Menoth. Great wheels bearing the weight of consecrated edifices grind ever onward, accompanied by the hymns of warpriests. In righteous splendor Menoth’s most devout servants go forth to battle blessed by his might.

ARMY COMPOSITION An army made using this theme force can include only the following Protectorate models: • Protectorate warcasters

• The Covenant of Menoth

• Non-character warjacks

• Hierophant solos

• Avatar of Menoth

• Initiate Tristan Durant

• Vassal models/units

• Wrack solos

• Choir of Menoth units

• Protectorate battle engines

• Visgoth Juviah Rhoven & Honor Guard

SPECIAL RULES • For every full 25 points of warjacks and battle engines in this army, you can add three Wracks or one other solo to the army free of cost. • Solos and Choir of Menoth units in this army gain Reposition [3˝]. (At the end of an activation in which it did not run or fail a charge, a model with Reposition [3˝] can advance up to 3˝, then its activation ends.) • Friendly models/units can begin the game affected by the upkeep spells of warcasters in this army. These spells and their targets must be declared before either player deploys any models. Warcasters in this army do not have to spend focus to upkeep their spells during your first turn of the game.

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PROTECTORATE THEME FORCE

GUARDIANS OF THE TEMPLE

The soldiers of the Flameguard Temple once found their purpose in defending the sacred sites of the Protectorate, but the turmoil of recent years has seen these former guardians forged into one of the most formidable fighting forces of the nation. Hearing and heeding Menoth’s call to service, thousands have swelled the ranks to take up arms and carry out the will of the Lawgiver. With the blessings of Menoth upon them, these faithful eagerly go to war against the non-believers, unified in their unwavering support of the Great Crusade.

ARMY COMPOSITION An army made using this theme force can include only the following Protectorate models: • Protectorate warcasters

• Reclaimer solos

• Non-character warjacks

• Vassal solos

• Flameguard models/units

• Wrack solos

• Choir of Menoth units

SPECIAL RULES • For every full 20 points of Flameguard models/units in this army, you can add one Flameguard command attachment or one small-based solo to the army free of cost. Free models do not count toward the total point value of Flameguard models/units in the army when calculating this bonus. • Warjacks in this army gain Girded. (A model with Girded and friendly models B2B with it do not suffer blast damage.) • Up to one Daughters of the Flame unit in this army gains Ambush. (You can choose not to deploy a unit with Ambush at the start of the game. If it is not deployed normally, you can put it into play at the end of any of your Control Phases after your first turn. When you do, choose any table edge except the back of your opponent’s deployment zone. Place all models in the unit with Ambush in formation completely within 3˝ of the chosen table edge.)

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WARCASTERS OF THE PROTECTORATE

The Protectorate military possesses far greater strength than their numbers alone might suggest, due in large part to their success at recognizing and fostering warcaster talent. It is no small frustration to their enemies, particularly the Cygnarans, that this fanatical nation is able to maintain such a strong and diverse retinue of powerful warcasters. For the Sul-Menites this is yet another confirmation of the Creator’s favor for the Great Crusade and the Sul-Menite faith.

Locating the Gifted

Many priests have learned to spot the warcaster talent among the faithful and see it as a sign of their god’s intervention. It seems likely that focused prayer and meditation among both clergy and ranking soldiers opens their minds to the possibility of contact with a cortex. The tremendous force of will required of priests to channel their holy powers reinforces this potential. Many priests, even those who do not possess the warcaster talent, have proven adept at recognizing that power in others before it manifests. Senior warpriests who have accompanied warcasters in battle for many years often develop an uncanny ability to sense latent potential. An individual capable of warcasting is rare even among the clergy, but the Protectorate has managed to unearth many such precious jewels from among its population and polish them to readiness. Had they been born in another kingdom, a good number of these individuals may never have had their true potential recognized. It doubtless helps that Protectorate citizens are required to join the war effort whenever asked;

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nearly a third of the population serves in the garrisons or crusades, which can bring them into close contact with both warjacks and those sensitive to the talent to control them. The Protectorate’s final advantage in the discovery of potential warcasters is derived from their unique culture. The priesthood keeps itself frighteningly well informed about the activities of the people. Indeed, no other nation of the Iron Kingdoms polices its citizenry as closely. With supernatural manifestations viewed as potential heresy, many parents willingly give up a child who demonstrates unexpected gifts. In the Protectorate there is a sharp divide in attitudes regarding the warcaster talent—seen as a blessing—and raw sorcery, which is considered profane. Discerning between these two sometimes similar talents requires testing and scrutiny, usually conducted by the scrutator caste. In the past, most of those with the nascent potential for sorcery were put to death. Now, those who harbor the talent for warcasting may instead find themselves placed under the tutelage of the masters of the Lyceum, where they are taught to use prayer to discipline their talents.

A Caste Apart

Though the path of a warcaster comes with its own set of challenges and responsibilities, those born with the ability to control warjacks escape many of the hardships thrust upon other gifted individuals living within the borders of the Protectorate. Even though summary execution is no longer the sentence for all “profane” practitioners of

magic, most such individuals are marked and set aside to live under careful surveillance and are never fully trusted. Those deemed controllable and repentant regarding the unholy nature of their power are inducted into the Vassals of Menoth, where they work to forge and maintain weapons and warjack-grade cortexes. Many are restrained by chains and shackles to remind them that their very existence is a mercy and that freedom is a luxury they are not allowed. While adequately pious Menite volunteers who join the Vassals are allowed greater freedoms than those who have been forcibly inducted, those serving in this role still regard their powers with shame. Not so warcasters, whose powers are linked to the same source as that which flows through the ruling priests of the theocracy—the god Menoth. Even for warcasters who are not themselves members of the clergy, their power is still considered divine rather than profane. This theological argument was made explicit soon after the founding of the Protectorate so its army could contend with its enemies. As a manifestation of Menoth’s blessing, a warcaster is to be celebrated rather than disparaged. In a nation where many subsist on minimal food and carve out a living from the harsh landscape as best they can, warcasters rarely want for anything. Their health and

well-being are a priority of the state, though they are not often given the time to savor or enjoy these benefits. Their place is on the battlefield, especially since the start of the Great Crusade. Those discovered to possess warcaster talent often have their world reshaped overnight, with even the poorest among them being elevated to the highest levels of society. The privileges of a warcaster’s station can be considerable, including relatively spacious living quarters in a barracks, adequate food, the best arms and armament Protectorate forges can produce, and access to education—with priests dedicated to steeping them in the Canon of the True Law. Greater understanding of their faith through these teachings not only grants budding warcasters the spiritual strength and resilience that accompanies a close relationship with Menoth but also gives them insight into the way the Protectorate is governed by its clergy. It was during the reign of Hierarch Luctine, the first to take that title after the formation of the Protectorate, that the theocracy began to exert significant effort to find and train warcasters. The nation’s government has experienced a shift since that time as these powerful and highly educated soldiers take up leadership roles both on and off the battlefield. By


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The development of a warcaster is as much a matter of martial training as it is of theological indoctrination and purification. All warcasters are taught to channel the magic given them by the Creator, but each possesses unique abilities and affinities. Whereas one warcaster may develop spells that can protect others from harm or make warjacks more efficient in battle, another might manifest the power to destroy the enemies of the Protectorate with tempests of all-consuming and cleansing fire. Though warcaster talents are diverse, some affinities are more common than others. The ability to manifest fire is particularly prevalent, likely due to the fact that Menoth’s Gift of Flame is ideally suited to wage war against the armies of the heretics. Some theologians within the Protectorate hypothesize that each warcaster represents a specific passage or interpretation of the Canon of the True Law; others believe that the warcaster’s own understanding of the Canon shapes his or her manifestation of the warcaster gift.

and large, the general populace has met this change with enthusiasm. There are those who believe it is only right that warcasters should rise to positions of importance, as Menoth himself chose to bestow their unique gifts upon them. Each is believed to possess a special destiny and to have a place awaiting them in Urcaen in the City of Man.

Responsibilities & Training

While they wear no shackles, warcasters of the Protectorate are bound instead by powerful responsibilities and expectations. Though most are grateful for the opportunity to perform the will of the Creator of Man, not all warcasters find their path easy to walk. Their prominent positions place tremendous demands upon them, and the price of failure is high. Even those among them who are priests face constraints—the life of pious introspection or tending to a flock is not for them, for their place is upon the field of battle leading soldiers of the faith. Still, whereas others within the Protectorate are expected to serve Menoth in specific capacities, warcasters are afforded greater self-determination, provided they do not shirk their military duties. Regardless of their personal disposition, warcasters are expected to be leaders on the battlefield and to use their powers as a burning brand against the heresies of other nations. They must be able to look beyond their martial order to the needs of the entire theocracy, to command soldiers in battle and to answer the commands of the hierarch.

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Warcasters who manifest their ability later in life, typically while training with one of the Protectorate’s martial orders, usually remain with their order. Otherwise those who were not already inducted into the military or part of the priesthood may be assigned to a suitable order after their talent is discovered. Receiving a fledgling warcaster into their ranks is viewed as a great boon by most martial orders, as it ensures they will have a powerful warrior and advocate by their side. Instructors in Imer and Sul stand ready to train new warcasters in the fundamentals of this discipline as well as general instruction in the skills and duties expected of all Protectorate military leaders. Most major monasteries and temples have senior warpriests capable of helping new warcasters learn to harness their abilities and integrate them into their fighting discipline. If a prospective warcaster requires more specialized training after this, he is sent to those capable of providing it. Once a junior ’caster is armed with the fundamentals, it is customary for a senior warcaster to be assigned to finalize his training, running him through a difficult gauntlet to ensure he is ready for the battlefield. Each warcaster has a different approach to this sort of training, and some, such as High Executioner Reznik, are especially brutal and unforgiving mentors. Regardless of where a warcaster trains or which martial order they associate with, each must learn how to lead mixed forces. As a vital piece of the nation’s military might, warcasters must be able to adapt to a wide range of situations, and their ability to work alongside both large and small forces with a variety of troops that have diverse combat roles is a crucial skill. A warcaster might lead a small border patrol comprised of Temple Flameguard, deliverers, and paladins for a stretch of time before being trusted with a full mixed interdiction of Flameguard, Knights Exemplar, and militia soldiers. This need for flexibility extends to the warjacks under a

warcaster’s control. Though some warcasters favor certain warjacks, each is expected to eventually become familiar and proficient with a wide range of these machines. During the final phase of training, warcasters travel to the capital of Imer where the Vassals of Menoth and the Sul-Menite Artificers work to familiarize them with the warjacks and weapons they will employ in battles to come. Each martial and spiritual order within the Temple of Menoth’s hierarchy has its own initiation and promotion ceremonies. A warcaster who has completed warcaster training will be immediately elevated to a sufficient rank in his order to command the soldiers he is expected to lead, but only if he is thought worthy of that responsibility. Given their unique powers and responsibilities, warcasters attain higher ranks quickly, as long as they remain true to their order’s code and obedient to the True Law. Several martial orders are led by warcasters, who are in turn subordinate only to the Synod, the hierarch, and his appointed intercessor. Indeed the present hierarch is also a warcaster—a first in the history of the nation. Some priests have interpreted the rise of Hierarch Severius to this position of authority as proof that the final crusades of their faith are upon them.

SACRED WEAPONRY Given the standing and importance of warcasters and ruling priests in the Protectorate’s military, it is no wonder the weapons they carry are singularly potent implements of war. Each of these priceless relics is more than a tool designed to kill; it is also a work of art and a symbol of station. These arms inspire the faithful even as they strike fear in the hearts of the enemy. Crafting a weapon perfectly suited to the individual fighting style, station, and needs of each warcaster is the purview of Visgoth Ark Razek, the overseer of the Sul-Menite Artificers. Each weapon is as unique as the warcaster wielding it, such as the spear Justifier borne by Grand Exemplar Kreoss or Feora’s fire-spewing halberd, Apocalypse. Sacred symbolism illuminates these weapons and is particularly elaborate on the great staves wielded by the highest-ranking priests. Every ruling priest has in his possession such a staff, which embodies his authority. The Menofix—the symbol of Man, Menoth’s greatest creation—is prominently displayed on these staves and other great weapons as a reminder of the god’s purpose, scrutiny, and wrath.


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HIGH ALLEGIANT AMON AD-RAZA PROTECTORATE WARCASTER Amon Ad-Raza learned to survive on the fringes of Protectorate society, his nomadic Idrian family constantly on the move in a futile attempt to escape Menite rule. If not for the hardships he endured early in life, it is possible the young man would never have found the strength to walk his true path as a servant of the Lawgiver. He first discovered the Word of the True Law while infiltrating a Protectorate settlement in search of food, where he overheard the sermons of Menite monks. Moved by the power of their words and heeding the acclamation in his soul, Amon entrusted his destiny to the will of Menoth from that fateful day forward. He soon found his true calling in the teachings and philosophy of the Order of the Fist.

FOCUS: 6 SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 6 8 7 4 16 14 8

AMON 1

OBLIVION RNG POW P+S 2 6 14 DAMAGE:17 WJ +29

FA C

BASE:SMALL

AMON 1 PARRY PATHFINDER TOUGH FIELD MARSHAL [PARRY] – Warjacks in this model’s

battlegroup gain Parry

.

PRETERNATURAL REFLEXES – This model cannot

be targeted by combined melee attacks or combined ranged attacks. Models do not gain back strike bonuses against this model. STEADY – This model cannot become knocked down.

OBLIVION CHAIN WEAPON DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL TRIP (HATTACK) – If this attack hits, the target becomes knocked down.

FEAT: UNION His spirit always centered even in the heat of battle, High Allegiant Amon Ad-Raza is able to open his mind utterly to the warjacks of his battlegroup. When the time comes, his calm erupts into a terrible storm that washes away all who would stand against him. For each focus point Amon spends this activation, allocate 1 focus point to a warjack in his battlegroup that was in his control range when he spent the focus.

SPELLS CONVECTION

COST RNG AOE POW DUR OFF 2 10 – 12 – YES

When Convection destroys a living enemy model, you can give 1 focus point to a warjack in the spellcaster’s battlegroup that is in its control range. FLASHING BLADE

1

SELF

–

–

–

NO

The spellcaster immediately makes one basic attack with one of its melee weapons against each enemy model in its LOS that is in the weapon’s melee range. These attacks are simultaneous. FORTIFY

2

6 –

– UP NO

Target warjack in the spellcaster’s battlegroup gains +2 ARM. The affected model and any friendly model B2B with it cannot become knocked down, be pushed, or be moved by a slam. MOBILITY

3 SELF CTRL – TURN NO

Models in the spellcaster’s battlegroup currently in its control range gain +2 SPD and Pathfinder for one turn. SYNERGY

2 SELF CTRL – UP NO

While in the spellcaster’s control range, models in this model’s battlegroup gain a +1 cumulative bonus on melee attack and melee damage rolls for each other model in the battlegroup that hit an enemy model with a melee attack this turn while in the spellcaster’s control range. This cumulative bonus cannot exceed +3.

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Amon’s combination of unshakable faith and unparalleled determination made him a prodigy among the order. He honed his body to achieve feats beyond the reach of most of his brothers: his flesh shattered blades as if he were made of stone, his graceful movements flowed like wind-blown sand, and his strength focused the unrelenting intensity of the desert sun. Amon’s ascension to the rank of high allegiant resonated with the will of a divinely guided hand, for in mere years he began counseling students beside the very same masters who had instructed him. It was the great Hierarch Garrick Voyle who took note of the young allegiant. Seeing the potential within Amon, Voyle pushed the monk to his limits to test every talent, ability, and aspect of the young man’s spirit. Surpassing the hierarch’s expectations, Amon triumphed over each trial, including conquering the cortex of a warjack with his mind. Using every ounce of his superior mental discipline and control, Amon projected his will into the mind of the machine, confirming the hierarch’s suspicions: Amon was a born warcaster. Voyle declared, “One who controls the titans of war should be an instrument of Menoth’s will, not cloistered in a temple tutoring monks and breaking stones!” Soon Amon was displaying his skills on the field, leading his battlegroup to war. As his legend grew among the Idrian tribes, more of his people began to convert, and in time Amon earned the esteemed rank of high allegiant. Amon wears little armor in battle, instead relying on his monastic conditioning to shrug off blows that would fell a lesser man while maintaining a calm that eludes description. Focusing the holy clarity of his training, Amon’s unstoppable attacks are charged with the very fury of his faith.

TACTICAL TIPS Convection – A warjack cannot exceed normal focus limits as a result of Convection. Fortify – Remember, even if a thrown model cannot be knocked down, it must still forfeit its Normal Movement or Combat Action if it activates later in a turn it was thrown. Steady – Remember, even if a thrown model cannot be knocked down, it must still forfeit its Normal Movement or Combat Action if it activates later in a turn it was thrown. Union – A warjack cannot exceed normal focus limits as a result of Union.

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SOVEREIGN TRISTAN DURANT PROTECTORATE WARCASTER FOCUS: 7 SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 5 6 6 4 14 16 9

DURANT 2

VERITAS RNG POW P+S 2 6 12 DAMAGE:15 WJ +28

FA C

BASE:SMALL

DURANT 2 FIELD MARSHAL [TRUE SIGHT] – Warjacks in this model’s battlegroup gain True Sight. TRUE SIGHT – This model ignores cloud effects when determining LOS. This model also ignores Stealth .

VERITAS DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL CRITICAL DISPEL – On a critical hit, upkeep spells and

animi on the model/unit hit immediately expire.

FEAT: PRAYERS OF WAR As Sovereign Tristan Durant raises his voice in the litanies of prayer, he and the warjacks under his command are suffused with holy power. Through prayer Durant becomes one with the divine will, empowering his machines to strike down the enemies of the Creator of Man. Warjacks in Durant’s battlegroup currently in his control range gain 1 focus point. Durant gains 1 focus point for each warjack in his battlegroup currently in his control range. He cannot have more focus points than his current FOCUS as a result of Prayers of War.

SPELLS CHASTEN

COST RNG AOE POW DUR OFF 2 8 – 12 – YES

Enemy upkeep spells and animi on target model/unit damaged by this attack expire. CLEANSING FIRE

3

8

3

14

–

YES

Cleansing Fire causes fire damage . On a critical hit, models hit suffer the Fire continuous effect . HAND OF THE CREATOR

3

SELF CTRL

–

–

NO

Remove d3 damage points from each friendly Faction model currently in the spellcaster’s control range. This spell can be cast only once per activation. INVIOLABLE RESOLVE

2

6

–

–

UP

NO

Target friendly Faction model/unit gains +2 ARM and cannot be moved by a push or a slam. Models are not affected while out of formation. MANIFEST DESTINY


While in the spellcaster’s control range, models in its battlegroup gain an additional die on melee attack and melee damage rolls. Discard the lowest die of each roll. Manifest Destiny lasts for one turn.

To many of the faithful, Sovereign Tristan Durant has become as much a savior as an instrument of war. With each new city or village he visits, the young warcaster gives rousing sermons to the inhabitants, crying out the tenets of his faith from town squares or the steps of local temples, and at each stop the crowds that gather grow larger. Rather than simply preaching glory through suffering and repentance in the eyes of Menoth, Tristan speaks of a future beyond the constant state of war. He describes his own experiences and conversion, demonstrating his humanity and compassion. He asserts that he feels the will of the Creator guiding his actions, lending him the surety needed to remain both stern and open-minded. That his message contrasts with harsher leaders lends his words weight, but in no way does it detract from his capability and decisiveness on the battlefield. Since becoming a full-fledged warcaster, Tristan has continued to serve the Creator in the Northern Crusade, though his part in the conflict differs from that of the Protectorate’s other warcasters. While Tristan knows the importance of striking down those who would willfully oppose Menoth and attempt to harm the faithful, he also looks to spread the word of the Creator to those who would hear it. Though his personality is very different, some of the faithful see in him a reminder of Severius’ youth, when that great priest ventured abroad as a missionary. Where others might become consumed by the demands of the crusade, Tristan has not forgotten the need to address those who have fallen under the Protectorate’s purview, often sharing meals with the impoverished, healing the sick, and holding council with local authorities so he might better understand their needs and concerns. He comprehends that the titanic changes necessary for the fulfillment of the Great Crusade leave much destruction in their wake. He does not condemn this unavoidable upheaval but intends to do his part to mitigate suffering and encourage rebuilding. The world he would erect in the ashes of cleansing fire would see the squalid hovels of perfidious unbelievers replaced by inspiring temple walls and communities made safe for worship. In his mind’s eye this transformation will leave all the people of Immoren closer in harmony to the Lawgiver, transfigured through faith and prayer. As his personal connection to the Creator has been strengthened, so too has his combat prowess and ability to command warjacks in battle. In just a few short years he has contributed to several major victories against the Khadoran forces occupying Llael, including holding the city of Bridoche against a force of Winter Guard outnumbering his troops two to one. Though compassionate, Tristan has no qualms about unleashing the holy wrath of Menoth upon his enemies, particularly when such foes threaten the safety and security of those under the warcaster’s protection.

TACTICAL TIPS Critical Dispel – Because they expire immediately, upkeep spells or animi that had an effect when the model was hit or damaged will have no effect.

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ANSON DURST, ROCK OF THE FAITH PROTECTORATE PALADIN WARCASTER Anson Durst is the rock on which the enemies of the Protectorate break, a bulwark to the faithful who weathers tides of violence to keep blameless Menites safe. Though he has no interest in the theosophical ruminations occupying some of his brothers, none can question his devotion to the paladin creed. His humility and sense of duty are an inspiration to the soldiers he commands, each of whom feels compelled to emulate his steadfast courage.


DURST 1

RECOMPENSE RNG POW P+S 2 7 14 DAMAGE:19 WJ +28

FA C

BASE:MEDIUM

DURST 1 BRACE FOR IMPACT – This model is not moved when

slammed. RETALIATORY STRIKE – If this model is hit by a

melee attack made by an enemy model during your opponent’s turn, after that attack is resolved this model can immediately make one basic melee attack against that model. This model can make only one Retaliatory Strike per turn. STURDY – This model cannot be pushed.

RECOMPENSE DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL WEAPON MASTER ERUPTION OF ASH – If a model is boxed by an attack

made with this weapon, center a 3˝ AOE cloud effect on the boxed model and then remove that model from play. The AOE is a hazard that remains in play for one round. Enemy models in the AOE when it was put in play are hit and suffer a POW 12 fire damage roll . Enemy models entering or ending their activations in the AOE suffer a POW 12 fire damage roll . Eruption of Ash damage rolls cannot be boosted.

FEAT: BASTION OF FAITH Through unwavering belief in the might of the Lawbringer, Anson Durst instills his own resolve in the very fabric of his warjacks, giving rise to an unshakable wall. When his forces close with the enemy, it is behind the shield of faith that they stand firm. While in Durst’s control range, warjacks in his battlegroup gain +4 ARM and Brace for Impact. When a friendly Faction warrior model in Durst’s control range is directly hit by an attack while B2B with a warjack in Durst’s battlegroup, you can choose to have the warjack be directly hit instead. The warjack is automatically hit and suffers all damage and effects from the attack. Bastion of Faith lasts for one round.

SPELLS BOUNDLESS CHARGE

COST RNG AOE POW DUR OFF 2

6

–

–

TURN NO

During its activation, target friendly Faction model can charge without spending focus or being forced and gains +2˝ movement and Pathfinder when it charges. Boundless Charge lasts for one turn. BULWARK


While in the spellcaster’s control range and B2B with one or more models in its battlegroup, models in the spellcaster’s battlegroup gain +2 DEF and cannot become knocked down. CLEANSING FIRE

3

8

3

14

–

YES

Cleansing Fire causes fire damage . On a critical hit, models hit suffer the Fire continuous effect . DECELERATION

3 SELF CTRL – RND NO

While in the spellcaster’s control range, friendly Faction models gain +2 ARM against ranged and magic attack damage rolls. Deceleration lasts for one round. HALLOWED AVENGER

2

6

–

–

UP

NO

Target friendly Faction warjack gains Righteous Vengeance. (If one or more friendly Faction warrior models were destroyed or removed from play by enemy attacks while within 5˝ of a model with Righteous Vengeance during the last round, during your Maintenance Phase the model with Righteous Vengeance can advance up to 3˝ and make one basic melee attack.)

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Arising from humble origins—his parents toiled among the countless farm laborers helping keep the Protectorate fed—Durst might have gone unnoticed if not for his unusual size and strength. After drawing the attention of a veteran paladin passing through his village, Durst was recruited into the Order of the Wall at the age of ten. He endured training that had been perfected to forge youths into unyielding guardians of the faith. He took readily to combat training, but his mighty temper nearly undid him. A rage-fueled scuffle at the age of twelve resulted in him killing another boy, and that tragic event scarred Durst deeply. Shame drove him to an intense commitment to the paladin code. He still seeks to atone for the stain on his soul, finding solace in the discipline of his order and employing his strength to protect others. His soldier’s life guarding the Protectorate’s border at a northern garrison was changed drastically by the late discovery of his warcaster gift. He was thrust into the role of military leader during the onset of the Cygnaran invasion of Sul. Durst earned his epithet fighting as part of a force of Temple Flameguard and paladins to repel wave after wave of invading soldiers. As the war raged on, countless times he used his powers to prevent harm to his men. His machines advanced in tight formation alongside his soldiers, ready to receive blows intended for them. This tactic fast became a hallmark of Durst’s approach to war, as the stalwart paladin views the men under his command to be far more valuable than the warjacks that fight alongside them. Though committed to his oaths, Anson Durst is first and foremost a military asset of the Protectorate. His main desire is to stand between the faithful and their enemies, but the Great Crusade requires him to obey priests who sometimes see him as a weapon with which to crush the faithless. Ever committed to his faith and his paladin oath, he continually seeks to reconcile his duty as a warcaster with the need to remain true to his code.

TACTICAL TIPS Bulwark – Remember, even if a thrown model cannot be knocked down, it must still forfeit its Normal Movement or Combat Action if it activates later in a turn in which it was thrown. Eruption of Ash – Because the boxed model is removed from play before being destroyed, it does not generate a soul or corpse token. Hallowed Avenger – An affected model moves after continuous effects have been resolved during your Maintenance Phase.

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FEORA, PRIESTESS OF THE FLAME PROTECTORATE WARCASTER Forged in the blessed fires of faith, Feora is known for her iron will and blazing temper. An unfathomable vessel of wrathful power, she demonstrates a ferocity in battle that is without compare. She is a living example to the Temple Flameguard, who attend her with absolute devotion.


FEORA 1

FLAME THROWER RNG ROF AOE POW SP 8 1 — 12

Feora was a child when she first manifested her affinity for and control over flame. Recognizing her ability as a gift directed by the hand of the Creator, her prominent family quickly stifled any disparaging rumors that her powers might be sorcerous in nature and therefore impure. They had long been associated with the Temple Flameguard and arranged for their young daughter to be tutored by the order’s most influential and powerful clergy.

TRUTH RNG POW P+S 0.5 6 13

CONSEQUENCE RNG POW P+S 0.5 6 13 DAMAGE:16 WJ +31

FA C

BASE:SMALL

FEORA 1 IMMUNITY: FIRE VETERAN LEADER [FLAMEGUARD] – While in this

model’s command range, friendly Flameguard models gain +1 to attack rolls.

FLAME THROWER CONTINUOUS EFFECT: FIRE DAMAGE TYPE: FIRE

TRUTH & CONSEQUENCE CRITICAL FIRE DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL

FEAT: SCORCHED EARTH Using her talent for controlling flame, Feora has learned how to focus her holy fury into a singular burst of fiery wrath. The resulting conflagration, guided by her will, engulfs any enemy unfortunate enough to be close by, forcing them to feel the smoldering hatred of her prayers. Enemy models currently in Feora’s control range suffer the Fire continuous effect .

SPELLS BLAZING EFFIGY


8

*

*

–

–

– NO

Enemy models within 2˝ of target friendly Faction warjack suffer a POW 13 fire damage roll . ENGINE OF DESTRUCTION 2

SELF

TURN NO

The spellcaster gains +2 SPD, +4 STR, and +4 MAT for one turn. HEX HAMMER


When an enemy model declares it is casting a spell while in this model’s control range, the enemy spellcaster immediately suffers d3 damage points. If the enemy spellcaster is destroyed as a result of this damage, the spell does not take effect. IGNITE

2

6 –

– UP NO

2 8 – 12 – YES

Immolation causes fire damage . On a critical hit, the model hit suffers the Fire continuous effect . WALL OF FIRE

2

CTRL WALL

–

UP

NO

Place the wall template anywhere completely within the spellcaster’s control range where it does not touch a model’s base, an obstruction, or an obstacle. When a model enters or ends its activation in the wall template, it suffers an unboostable POW 12 fire damage roll and the Fire continuous effect . Models within the wall template gain concealment.

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She prepared her temple for war since the day of her appointment and was instrumental in reshaping the order into a true fighting force. She considers the nation of Cygnar to be both inherently flawed and a bastion of heretical Morrowan teachings; that such a government would ever claim authority over the Protectorate galled her, and she was glad to enter into the Great Crusade when it was declared. Feora holds her people to the high standard of discipline she herself exemplifies. She is a captious commander, but because her actions mirror her words, she has the respect of her troops. As one might expect from such a driven and intense individual, Feora prefers to lead from the front, entering the fray with a zealot’s righteous fanaticism and laying purifying flame upon the wicked with fists fueled by her warcaster armor. Powerful though she is, Feora has one significant fault: her ambition and intolerance of disobedience have made her so possessive of power that she trusts no one else and has long resented those of higher station. Her promotion through the Flameguard ranks has seen her become increasingly distant as she cements her hold on the order. In truth, the Temple Flameguard answer to her alone, and it may be only a matter of time before Feora begins to believe herself the Protectorate’s true leader.

TACTICAL TIPS

Target friendly Faction model/unit gains +2 to melee attack damage rolls. Affected models gain Critical Fire on their melee attacks. IMMOLATION

Ultimately, Feora entered the ranks of the Incendium, a specialized body of the priesthood dedicated to the Temple Flameguard. Due to her exceptional abilities, Feora was chosen to receive both spiritual training and martial instruction. As Feora’s talents as a warcaster developed, several scrutators took particular interest in the powerful young woman, who in time became a preeminent leader among the Temple’s martial defenders. When the standing Priest of the Flame passed on to his reward in Urcaen, Feora was chosen to lead the Flameguard.

Ignite – When this spell is cast on cavalry models, it affects mount attacks. Wall of Fire – The wall is not an obstacle.

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FEORA, PROTECTOR OF THE FLAME PROTECTORATE WARCASTER Feora was both humbled and exalted by her travails during the Caspia-Sul War, the most important conflict at the outset of the Great Crusade. Throughout the fighting, she rallied her followers in defense of the besieged city’s sacred sites and led them to feats of uncommon bravery. She found, however, that before there could be victory, there must also be sacrifice and change.


FEORA 2

HEAVY FLAME THROWER RNG ROF AOE POW SP 10 1 — 12

APOCALYPSE RNG POW P+S 2 7 14 DAMAGE:16 WJ +28

FA C

BASE:SMALL

FEORA 2 IMMUNITY: FIRE CAUSTIC PRESENCE [FIRE] – Fire continuous effects

that affect enemy models in this model’s control range cannot expire. RIGHTEOUS FLAMES – An enemy model that ends its activation within 2˝ of this model suffers the Fire continuous effect .

HEAVY FLAME THROWER CONTINUOUS EFFECT: FIRE DAMAGE TYPE: FIRE

APOCALYPSE CRITICAL FIRE DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL

FEAT: WILDFIRE The ultimate master of fire’s all-consuming power, Feora can transmute flame into raw energy to strengthen her warjacks. She delivers her allies from the blazes around her by siphoning the flames and sending them leaping across the battlefield to her enemies. Feora gains 1 focus point for each enemy model currently in her control range suffering the Fire continuous effect and can immediately give that focus to warjacks in her battlegroup that are in her control range. Feora can then remove the Fire continuous effects from any number of models in her control range. For each Fire continuous effect Feora removes, choose one model in her control range to suffer the Fire continuous effect .

SPELLS CLEANSING FIRE


8

3

14

–

YES

Cleansing Fire causes fire damage . On a critical hit, models hit suffer the Fire continuous effect . CONVECTION

2 10 – 12 – YES

When Convection destroys a living enemy model, you can give 1 focus point to a warjack in the spellcaster’s battlegroup that is in its control range. ESCORT


Warjacks in the spellcaster’s battlegroup beginning their activations in its control range gain +2˝ movement when advancing as part of their Normal Movement. The spellcaster gains +2 ARM while one or more warjacks in its battlegroup are within 3˝ of it. FIRESTARTER

2

6 –

– UP NO

Target a model in the spellcaster’s battlegroup. That model’s melee and ranged weapons gain Continuous Effect: Fire . FIRE STEP

2

SELF

* 13 – NO

Enemy models currently within 2˝ of the spellcaster suffer a POW 13 fire damage roll . After the damage is resolved, place the spellcaster completely within 3˝ of its current location. Fire Step can be cast only once per activation.

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During Cygnar’s initial invasion into Sul, there was a moment in which Feora faced certain death. A confrontation with the Cygnaran warcaster Allister Caine left her buried beneath the wreckage of her Devout. Trapped, helpless, and surrounded by enemies, she experienced full self-awareness—and did not like everything she saw. She realized her drive and ambition, though necessary to transform an unready populace into a viable army in the name of Menoth, had distracted her from her true path: forging the Flameguard into the greatest fighting force in the Protectorate and rising on their efforts to a position where she could lead the theocracy. She was also reminded that the original purpose of her order was the protection of the great holy places of Menoth, now threatened by the invading Cygnaran army. With this clarity of purpose burning anew in her heart, Feora managed to find the strength to escape the warjack’s impossible bulk even as the Daughters of the Flame who had witnessed her fall rushed to her side. She insisted they take her to one of the beleaguered outer garrisons and gather the surviving Flameguard. At the head of this ragged force Feora marched to the courtyard of the Great Temple of the Creator, where the Cygnarans pressed forward in a seemingly unstoppable advance. As she led her warriors into the Cygnaran flank, Feora unleashed the full fury of flame backed by renewed faith and pain, filling her warjacks with power and annihilating whole ranked masses of the enemy. The Cygnarans balked and were routed, and the temple was preserved. Only months later, Feora marched alongside Hierarch Voyle into the heart of Caspia itself. The armies of the Lawgiver seemed unconquerable as they laid waste to their enemies in Cygnar’s capital. In their moment of triumph Feora saw Lord Commander Stryker defeat Voyle—and with him their seemingly assured victory. Grand Exemplar Kreoss withdrew the army in response, and Feora reluctantly joined the retreat to Sul. Feora was shocked by Voyle’s death, as he had been instrumental in her rise to power. That such a powerful man could be killed in the moment of his triumph was troubling. Feora’s ambition to take the hierarch’s place seemed to be dashed when Severius, a man with little patience for disrespect and whom she had personally insulted, ascended to supremacy. Nevertheless, Feora’s ambition remained undimmed, and she set about consolidating her political influence in the southern garrisons while the hierarch focused on extending his crusade in the north. Her eyes remained fixed on Cygnar, the great enemy, and she began to align the pieces by which she would gamble her future on proving to her army that she should rule supreme. Though some of these risks did not pay off as she had hoped, nonetheless she demonstrated her cunning, her boldness, and her utter fearlessness in the pursuit of her goals. The soldiers of the Temple Flameguard still look to her as the ultimate protector of the Temple, as embodied by the immortal flame.

TACTICAL TIPS Convection – A warjack cannot exceed normal focus limits as a result of Convection. Wildfire – A warjack cannot exceed normal focus limits as a result of Wildfire.

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FEORA, THE CONQUERING FLAME PROTECTORATE WARCASTER Feora has always been certain of her course, beholden to no one and answering primarily to her own ambition. These qualities are remarkable in a society that so often crushes personal initiative and forces obedience. From the beginning Feora was destined for greatness, her influence affirmed when she became leader of the Incendium and Temple Flameguard, her authority magnified by her status as a warcaster with an army at her beck and call. Her aspirations have always been higher—to rule the theocracy—and the time has come when her flame may rise to its ultimate ascendancy.


FEORA 3

HEAVY FLAME THROWER RNG ROF AOE POW SP 10 1 — 12

APOCALYPSE RNG POW P+S 2 7 14

When Feora went against orders and led an invading army deep into Cygnar for the first time since the Caspia-Sul War, there were those among the scrutators who predicted the end of her aspirations. Her actions were in open defiance of the orders of the hierarch, necessitated by the tenuous alliance she made with the former king of Cygnar, Vinter Raelthorne IV. For Feora the die had been cast—she had seen an opportunity to demonstrate her resolve to the Great Crusade and a chance to force Cygnar to abandon its support of the Morrowan faith. Though Vinter ultimately failed and was defeated, Feora felt no regret over the choices she had made.

MOUNT RNG POW 0.5 12 DAMAGE:18 WJ +27

FA C

BASE:LARGE

FEORA 3 ASSAULT CAVALRY IMMUNITY: FIRE FLAME TRAIL – When this model advances into B2B contact with an enemy model during its activation, the enemy model suffers the Fire continuous effect . REPOSITION [3˝] – At the end of an activation in which it did not run or fail a charge, this model can advance up to 3˝, then its activation ends.

HEAVY FLAME THROWER CONTINUOUS EFFECT: FIRE DAMAGE TYPE: FIRE

APOCALYPSE CONTINUOUS EFFECT: FIRE DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL

FEAT: CLASH OF FLAMES The Conquering Flame can invoke the most sacred rites of the Temple of the Flame, stoking a white-hot blaze that encircles all under her command and inspiring these crusaders to race like wildfire through the armies of her foes. Feora immediately casts Incite without spending focus. Additionally, while in Feora’s control range, friendly Faction models gain Flame Trail. Clash of Flames lasts for one turn.

SPELLS BANISHING WARD


6

–

–

UP

NO

Enemy upkeep spells and animi on target friendly model/unit expire. Affected models cannot be targeted by enemy spells or animi. FIRE STEP

2

SELF

* 13 – NO

Enemy models currently within 2˝ of the spellcaster suffer a POW 13 fire damage roll . After the damage is resolved, place the spellcaster completely within 3˝ of its current location. Fire Step can be cast only once per activation. INCITE

4 SELF –

– TURN NO

Friendly Faction models gain +2 to attack and damage rolls against enemy models while the enemy models are in the spellcaster’s command range. Incite lasts for one turn. MOLTEN METAL

2

10

–

–

Target warjack suffers 1 point of fire damage column on its damage grid. REDLINE

2

6 –

–

YES

to each

– UP NO

Target warjack in the spellcaster’s battlegroup gains +2 STR and SPD and can run, charge, or make slam or trample power attacks without spending focus. At the end of each of its activations, the affected warjack suffers d3 damage points.

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She believes Vinter’s defeat could have been avoided if not for the untimely interference of Intercessor Kreoss, who confronted Feora at the Battle of Fharin. Speaking with the authority of the hierarch, he ordered Feora to withdraw. She felt compelled to obey in this instance—the alternative would have been a bloody feud between the Temple Flameguard and the Knights Exemplar, a conflict that would have divided the armed might of the Protectorate and left them vulnerable to their enemies. When Feora was subsequently brought before the Synod, she passionately argued the merits of her course with rhetoric that stirred the hearts of the gathered visgoths. Though they would not speak ill of the hierarch, the majority of those who witnessed Feora’s testimony were convinced. Her words revealed his choices as short-sighted and timid against the blazing glory of Feora’s lofty aspirations. The end result of this trial was not Feora’s punishment and disgrace, as the scrutators predicted, but her ennoblement in the eyes of soldier, clergy, and commoner alike. Against such a groundswell of support, the scrutators were powerless to rebuke her. The majority of the Synod deemed her disobedience forgiven as an attempt to answer the divine will of Menoth as she saw it, a duty every priest must obey. Feora continues on her rising trajectory within the Protectorate. Since being absolved of her alleged crimes, she has taken the reins of the southern armies like never before and has extended her participation in crusades abroad. Though she has considerable support in the Synod, there is no denying a strain exists between the priestess and the aging Hierarch Severius, whose authority was undermined by her actions. Some fear conflict is inevitable. With Severius nearing the end of his life, Feora continues to solidify her place at the heart of the nation’s dawning golden age.

TACTICAL TIPS Molten Metal – If a damage column is full, apply the damage to the next column to the right. If column 6 is full, continue recording damage in column 1.

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THE HARBINGER OF MENOTH PROTECTORATE WARCASTER FOCUS: 10 SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 6 4 3 1 14 14 10

HARBINGER 1

PROVIDENCE RNG POW P+S 0.5 8 12 DAMAGE:17 WJ +24

FA C

BASE:LARGE

HARBINGER 1 AWE – While in this model’s command range, living

enemy models suffer –2 to attack rolls. DIVINITY – This model cannot become knocked down

and never suffers Blind. Models do not gain back strike bonuses against this model. MARTYRDOM – When a friendly Faction non-warcaster warrior model in this model’s command range is disabled, this model can suffer d3 damage points to remove 1 damage point from the disabled model. This model cannot spend focus points to reduce this damage.

PROVIDENCE DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL GUIDED – Attacks made with this weapon automatically

hit.

FEAT: GODHEAD Calling upon Menoth’s blazing glory, the Harbinger becomes a radiant beacon on the battlefield that burns away the impurities of any heretic who dares to approach her sacrosanct form. For one round, advancing enemy models that end their movement in the Harbinger’s command range closer to her than they began suffer an unboostable POW 14 fire damage roll .

SPELLS CATACLYSM

COST RNG AOE POW DUR OFF 4 8 5 20 – YES

Reduce the base POW of Cataclysm by 1 for each full inch between the target and the spellcaster. Blast damage affects only enemy models. Cataclysm has no effect if the target model is out of range. CRUSADER’S CALL


Friendly Faction models beginning a charge in the spellcaster’s control range gain +2˝ movement. Crusader’s Call lasts for one turn. GUIDED HAND

2

6

–

–

TURN NO

Target friendly Faction model/unit gains an additional die on each model’s first melee attack roll this turn. PURIFICATION

4 SELF CTRL – – NO

Continuous effects, animi, and upkeep spells in the spellcaster’s control range immediately expire. REBUKE

2

10 –

– UP YES

Target model/unit cannot give orders, receive orders, or make power attacks or special attacks.

In late 603 AR, three scrutators and a score of Knights Exemplar arrived in a small village just north of Ancient Icthier to escort a teenaged girl to Imer. Calling herself the Harbinger of Menoth, she said the Creator had come to her in a vision and declared her too holy to touch the earth, and she had floated above it ever since. As the Harbinger traveled to Imer, word spread and whole communities emptied as the faithful followed her. At sunset the visgoths assembled in the Sovereign Temple of the One True Faith and faced the young woman floating in the blood-red sunlight. She described her visions and the voice that filled her. She singled out individual visgoths by name, speaking of things they hid even from each other. Finally she turned to Hierarch Garrick Voyle and smiled just as the great sand clocks struck the tenth hour of her trials. The hierarch pointed to the floor where her shadow lay, unchanged after all that time. Voyle bent his knee and asked if she would serve as his personal spiritual advisor. The years that followed reinforced the fact that the Harbinger is a direct conduit of Menoth, as countless miracles have transpired in her presence. She unreservedly endorsed Hierarch Voyle when he called for a pilgrimage for all Menites to witness her divinity. The appearance of the Harbinger is heralded as the single greatest religious event in western Immoren since the discovery of the Canon of the True Law. The Harbinger proved her commitment to the faithful when she went forth to confront a darkness in the Thornwood prophesied to threaten all Menites, both living and dead. There she gave her life to release the souls of thousands of Menites captured and enslaved by the Orgoth before they could be used as fuel for an even greater evil instigated by the lich lords of Cryx. All of the Protectorate mourned when her body was returned to Imer, and hundreds of thousands witnessed the miracle of her resurrection. Menoth’s message was clear: the Harbinger had not yet fulfilled her divine destiny on Caen. When Voyle prepared to lead a crusade into Caspia itself, the Harbinger reminded him of Sulon’s final prophecy: doom would befall any hierarch who entered Caspia before the divided city was made whole. Voyle ignored her warning, and she silently accompanied him in what he believed would be his moment of triumph. Hours later Voyle stood on the edge of total victory in Caspia when hubris overwhelmed his devotion to the Lawgiver, leading to his death. Recovering from her own wounds received in the conflict, the Harbinger saw Hierarch Voyle buried with full state honors and decreed Severius his replacement, ensuring a smooth transition. Following the onset of the Great Crusade, the Harbinger journeyed north to join the new hierarch and renew their efforts to reach the faithful in enemy lands. There she proved her willingness to personally wade into battle, where she is immeasurably powerful and possesses the ability not only to command warjacks but also to decimate whole companies of men with divine magic and her unerring sword, Providence. Infused with the glory of Menoth, she is a beacon to the devoted that has reinvigorated all Menites who have beheld her. With the Harbinger leading the way, the crusade continues to storm across western Immoren uniting the faithful while releasing the wrath of the Lawgiver on those who defy Menoth.

TACTICAL TIPS Cataclysm – Modify the POW before calculating blast damage. Even if this spell is channeled, its damage is still based on the distance of the target from the Harbinger. Divinity – Remember, even if a thrown model cannot be knocked down, it must still forfeit its Normal Movement or Combat Action if it activates later in a turn in which it was thrown. Martyrdom – Remember, if a damage point is removed from a disabled model, the model is no longer disabled.

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THE HIGH RECLAIMER PROTECTORATE WARCASTER Menoth creates, and he destroys. It is the job of the Reclaimant Order to assist in the latter. They are an extension of Menoth’s will, and they return souls to the Shaper of Man to add strength to his wars in Urcaen.


HIGH RECLAIMER 1

Even other religious orders of the Protectorate balk at the unbending standards and principles to which reclaimers adhere. Before walking from the unadorned cells in which they live and eat in solitude, they don masks of iron they will never remove. Their last spoken words are their oath to the order before their masks are sealed, and forever after no words escape their lips. Even their prayers are silent.

CREMATOR RNG POW P+S 2 7 14 DAMAGE:18 WJ +32

FA C

BASE:SMALL

HIGH RECLAIMER 1 SOULSTORM – While this model has one or more soul tokens, enemy models entering or ending their activations within 2˝ of it immediately suffer 1 point of magical damage . SOUL TAKER: RECLAIM – This model can gain souls. When a friendly living Faction model is destroyed by a continuous effect, an enemy attack, or collateral damage from an enemy attack while in this model’s control range, this model gains the destroyed model’s soul token. After this model replenishes its focus during your next Control Phase, replace each soul token with 1 focus point.

CREMATOR CONTINUOUS EFFECT: FIRE DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL

FEAT: RESURRECTION Though the High Reclaimer’s primary purpose is to usher souls into the next existence, he has been given the authority to return them from death in order to carry out Menoth’s will. This is among the greatest of miracles granted by the Creator of Man, bestowed only on those who will fight to preserve the faith. Return d3 + 5 friendly destroyed Faction troopers to play. Place those models in formation in their original units completely within the High Reclaimer’s control range.

SPELLS ASHES TO ASHES


8

*

10 – YES

3

–

If target model is hit, the d3 nearest enemy models within 4˝ of it suffer a POW 10 fire damage roll . These additional damage rolls are not considered to have been caused by an attack. Ashes to Ashes damage rolls are simultaneous. BURNING ASH

2

CTRL

RND NO

Place a 3˝ AOE cloud effect anywhere completely within the spellcaster’s control range. While in the AOE, living enemy models without Immunity: Fire suffer –2 to attack rolls. The AOE remains in play for one round. HAND OF FATE

2

6

–

–

UP

NO

Target friendly Faction model/unit gains an additional die on attack and damage rolls. Discard the low die in each roll. IMMOLATION

2 8 – 12 – YES

Immolation causes fire damage . On a critical hit, the model hit suffers the Fire continuous effect . SACRIFICIAL LAMB

1

CTRL

–

–

–

NO

Remove one friendly Faction warrior model in the spellcaster’s control range from play. Each warjack in the spellcaster’s battlegroup that is currently in its control range gains 1 focus point. Sacrificial Lamb can be cast only once per activation.

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One man who took the Oath of the Reclaimer’s Last Breath has risen above his peers. Through this man the divine power of Menoth flows without effort as he sends forth clouds of burning ash and causes the unworthy to burst into flame, consumed with brutal agony before their lives are snuffed out and their souls sent to Urcaen. Early in his reign, Hierarch Voyle publicly recognized him as the High Reclaimer, a title denoting absolute unity with the will of the Lawgiver. Never before had a man of this order demonstrated the warcaster talent, and it was immediately obvious that he would bring tremendous strength to the upcoming crusades. Those soldiers who have marched at the High Reclaimer’s side in battle attest that they know his will without being told. To prepare for each upcoming conflict, he spends countless hours in meditation and tests his limits with a rigorous regimen of exercises and fasting that tempers his body into corded muscle and sinew akin to iron. In battle his sole weapon is a ceremonial torch called Cremator that is kept aflame by a continuous supply of concentrated Menoth’s Fury. One crushing blow from this great weapon smashes limbs and collapses torsos, rends warjack armor like mortified flesh, and ignites anything it does not immediately demolish. No one is safe from reclamation. It is said Menoth whispers to the High Reclaimer during his prayers, naming those who are to be returned to him. Enemies, allies, and even so-called innocent bystanders are oft reclaimed with no more foreknowledge than the sudden pressure of a crusader’s grip or Cremator’s hiss as it delivers a killing blow. Even lesser reclaimers know they must not be deficient in their duties, for failure means their own reclamation, perhaps by the High Reclaimer himself.

TACTICAL TIPS Resurrection – You cannot return models to a unit that has been completely destroyed. Remove all damage from returned models. They can activate normally this activation. Soul Taker: Reclaim – A model can have more focus points than its FOCUS as a result of Reclaim. Remember that if more than one model is eligible to collect a model’s soul token, the closest eligible model collects the token.

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TESTAMENT OF MENOTH PROTECTORATE WARCASTER When the man known only as the High Reclaimer pushed open the gates of Imer and disappeared into the blasted wastes of the Stormlands, most believed he had gone to his death. Many feared he had chosen to reclaim himself in this time of great need. They were not wholly mistaken.


HIGH RECLAIMER 2

REQUIEM RNG POW P+S 2 7 14 DAMAGE:18 WJ +27

FA C

BASE:SMALL

HIGH RECLAIMER 2 APPARITION – During your Control Phase, place this

model anywhere completely within 2˝ of its current location. SOUL TAKER: RECLAIM – This model can gain souls. When a friendly living Faction model is destroyed by a continuous effect, an enemy attack, or collateral damage from an enemy attack while in this model’s control range, this model gains the destroyed model’s soul token. After this model replenishes its focus during your next Control Phase, replace each soul token with 1 focus point. SOUL WARD – Enemy models cannot gain soul tokens from models destroyed in this model’s command range.

REQUIEM CONTINUOUS EFFECT: FIRE DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL

FEAT: ESSENCE OF DUST The Testament of Menoth opens the intangible gates between Caen and Urcaen as easily as drawing back a curtain. Using these supernal portals, he moves his army between worlds, rendering the living no more substantial than dust in a guided wind. Friendly Faction models currently in the Testament’s control range gain Incorporeal . When declaring charges and slam power attacks or when making attacks, friendly Faction models can ignore models in the Testament’s control range when determining LOS. Essence of Dust lasts for one turn.

SPELLS CLOAK OF ASH


6

–

–

UP

NO

Target friendly Faction model/unit gains Ashen Veil. Models are not affected while out of formation. (A model with Ashen Veil has concealment. Living enemy models without Immunity: Fire suffer –2 to attack rolls while within 2˝ of a model with Ashen Veil.) DUST TO DUST

2

10

–

12

* YES

When an enemy warrior model is boxed by Dust to Dust, center a 3˝ AOE cloud effect on it, then remove the model from play. The AOE remains in play for one round. HALLOWED AVENGER

2

6

–

–

UP

NO

Target friendly Faction warjack gains Righteous Vengeance. (If one or more friendly Faction warrior models were destroyed or removed from play by enemy attacks while within 5˝ of a model with Righteous Vengeance during the last round, during your Maintenance Phase the model with Righteous Vengeance can advance up to 3˝ and make one basic melee attack.) RAISE THE DEAD

2

CTRL

–

–

–

Battling the whipping winds and flesh-scouring sands of the marches, the High Reclaimer pushed himself to the limits of life to open the forgotten and unseen Gates of Urcaen through which he would be reborn. Stepping into the dominion of the dead beyond the walled City of Man where the faithful are protected in death, he waded through relentless hordes of unclaimed, suffering terrible wounds as they clawed at him for the warmth of his living body. He fought back their press with his weapon Cremator, baptizing it in the ephemeral ichor of ghosts and fallen souls and transforming the metal with every strike, earning it the new sobriquet “Requiem.” Finally the dead thinned to reveal an ancient tomb-like city, a shadow of Icthier, inscribed with Menite scripture never before seen by mortal eyes. The throng of ancient faithless was thwarted by the perimeter of the hallowed grounds, allowing the High Reclaimer respite to discover a temple dedicated to the Creator. At his arrival, the heavy doors to the vast shrine opened, revealing a lone tablet atop an ancient altar: the Omegus. Lifting the ancient tablet from its resting place of eons, the High Reclaimer began to read the text inscribed there in a tongue unknown to men. His mind reeled as it filled with the Creator’s laws of the dead. Saturated with holiness as old as life itself and imbued with the knowledge to wield it, the High Reclaimer set out to pass through Urcaen’s gates back into the world of the living. He was prepared for an arduous return through the masses, but when the High Reclaimer exited the temple he found an army of Menite souls holding back the restless tides—fallen soldiers of the faith had cleared a path for him. As he walked, they moved with him as a barrier against the raging unfaithful. As one fell, two more replaced it, until the High Reclaimer again reached the gates between worlds. Once again among the living, the High Reclaimer had become something else—a testament of Menoth’s will. He was bestowed this title by the Harbinger and his given name buried so that he exists only as an embodiment of the True Law. Clad in new vestments and wielding his otherworldly weapon, the Testament of Menoth is a champion of faith unlike any other. Having accomplished the impossible— crossing the gates between life and death—he is able to step between those worlds for a short time without paying heed to either as long as a soul lights his way. The Testament’s divine power was forged in the fire of sacred oaths and tempered by the ancient words writ on the Omegus. With a mere gesture he can draw back the curtain between worlds to return fallen Menites to life and banish infidel souls to the hellish wastelands of Urcaen, far from the reach of their lesser gods. The living fear him, the dead remember him, and Menoth’s will guides him. The Testament has come to bring a new word to the realm of man.

TACTICAL TIPS NO

Return one destroyed Grunt to a friendly Faction unit with one unmarked damage box. Place the returned Grunt in the spellcaster’s control range, in formation, and completely within 3˝ of another model in its unit. The Grunt must forfeit its Combat Action the turn it is returned to play.

Dust to Dust – The boxed model does not provide a soul or corpse token. Essence of Dust – Remember, models lose Incorporeal when they make melee or ranged attacks. Hallowed Avenger – An affected model moves after continuous effects have been resolved during your Maintenance Phase. Raise the Dead – Remember, the Grunt can activate normally with its unit this turn. If all models in the Grunt’s unit have been destroyed, it cannot be placed within 3˝ of a model in its unit and therefore cannot return to play. Soul Taker: Reclaim – A model can have more focus points than its FOCUS as a result of Reclaim. Remember that if more than one model is eligible to collect a model’s soul token, the closest eligible model collects the token.

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HIGH EXEMPLAR KREOSS PROTECTORATE WARCASTER Though few are blessed enough to know Menoth’s will directly, the god’s mandates are set in stone and passed from one generation to the next by orders devoted to divine service. These groups have perfected the means to prepare the Lawgiver’s chosen followers for the wars of Caen. Mikael Kreoss, a high exemplar of the Knights Exemplar, is a prime example of Menoth’s worldly influence embodied by mortal man.


KREOSS 1

SPELLBREAKER RNG POW P+S 2 7 14 DAMAGE:18 WJ +29

FA C

BASE:SMALL

SPELLBREAKER CHAIN WEAPON DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL DISPEL – When this weapon hits a model/unit, upkeep spells and animi on that model/unit immediately expire.

FEAT: MENOTH’S WRATH High Exemplar Kreoss stands in perfect harmony with the Lawgiver. With but a few chanted words from an ancient litany, Kreoss unleashes the anger of man’s creator to smite all who oppose him to their knees. Enemy models currently in Kreoss’ control range become knocked down.

SPELLS CLEANSING FIRE


8

3

14

–

YES

Cleansing Fire causes fire damage . On a critical hit, models hit suffer the Fire continuous effect . DEFENDER’S WARD

3

6

–

–

UP

NO

Target friendly Faction model/unit gains +2 DEF and ARM. Models are not affected while out of formation. IMMOLATION

2 8 – 12 – YES

Immolation causes fire damage . On a critical hit, the model hit suffers the Fire continuous effect . LAMENTATION


When an enemy model casts a spell while in the spellcaster’s control range, double the COST of the spell. Additionally, enemy models must pay double to upkeep spells on models/units in the spellcaster’s control range. PURIFICATION

4 SELF CTRL – – NO

Continuous effects, animi, and upkeep spells in the spellcaster’s control range immediately expire.

Kreoss was born into a community of the Old Faith in the rugged north of Khador. Bereft of his mother from birth, the young Mikael aspired to become a paladin of the Order of the Wall to serve as a guardian of the people after debtors conscripted his father into forced labor. The elder Kreoss was overwhelmed with the unrelenting work to reduce his debt while trying to raise his son alone. At last, in hopes of giving his child a better life, he entrusted Mikael to the care of a group of visiting Menite pilgrims, who took the boy south to the Protectorate to provide him a proper upbringing surrounded by the faithful. Mikael channeled the pain of separation from his family into a quest for perfection. So strong was his conviction that he sought to enter the priesthood. As an acolyte, he encountered a band of heathens robbing a sacred crypt. Enraged, Mikael assailed them with no more than his fists and his faith, cracking bones with his bare hands. The Khadoran-born Menite seemed a wrathful, unstoppable giant as he towered over his quaking foes. After crushing these desecrators, he prayed to Menoth for direction at the adjoining temple. Mikael Kreoss realized his destiny rested with neither the clergy nor the paladins he had admired as a youth. A visiting member of the Knights Exemplar overheard the acolyte at prayer and was impressed enough to invite Kreoss to join the brotherhood. Exemplars say their initiation is their true birth, when old lives and family are put aside, and Kreoss left his past behind to pursue his true calling. Mikael Kreoss quickly rose in Menoth’s grace and in the opinion of the ruling visgoths. His efforts were effective in stamping out heretics and blasphemers wherever they were rooted. Even before the Protectorate initiated its larger crusades, Kreoss dedicated himself to going where “the wayward masses spurned Menoth’s laws.” Kreoss believes every man and woman lives as a gift of the Creator, and those who take Menoth for granted are unworthy of their flesh. He has sent many a dissenting soul to Urcaen for judgment. High Exemplar Kreoss’ concentration is unmatched as he directs interdictions of thousands of zealous soldiers and warjacks to key points in a battle. So strong is his faith that a mere touch from his blessed weapon can revoke the unwholesome sorcery granted by lesser gods to their wayward followers. Among the people of the Protectorate, Kreoss has become a living legend. When the decision was made to renew war with Cygnar, thousands gathered to listen to him stir the faithful in preparation for battle. His flowing robes and thick runeinlaid armor enhance his impressive physique, while his unwavering faith makes him a leader upon whom the scrutators can rely with absolute confidence.

TACTICAL TIPS Dispel – Because they expire immediately, upkeep spells or animi that had an effect when the model was hit or damaged will have no effect.

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GRAND EXEMPLAR KREOSS PROTECTORATE WARCASTER Mikael Kreoss is a man of faith and few words who lives his life according to a strict code, the oath of the Knights Exemplar. Duty to the Creator and fealty to his priests on Caen have consumed him and burned away whatever imperfections once corrupted his mortal soul. No other man alive so perfectly exemplifies what it means to be a loyal warrior of the faith serving in Menoth’s name.


KREOSS 2

JUSTIFIER RNG POW P+S 2 7 14 DAMAGE:18 WJ +28

FA C

BASE:SMALL

KREOSS 2 IMPERISHABLE CONVICTION – When a friendly Faction model in its control range is destroyed by an enemy attack, this model can remove 1 damage point. TACTICIAN [EXEMPLAR] – While in this model’s command range, friendly Exemplar models can ignore other friendly Exemplar models when determining LOS. Friendly Exemplar models can advance through other friendly Exemplar models in this model’s command range if they have enough movement to move completely past them.

JUSTIFIER DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL SMITE (HATTACK) – The model hit is slammed d6˝

directly away from this model. If the model hit has a larger base than the attacking model, it is moved only half the distance rolled. The POW of collateral damage is equal to the STR of this model.

FEAT: STRENGTH OF ARMS In battle Grand Exemplar Kreoss issues commands underscored by a righteousness impossible to ignore. Following his divine example, Kreoss’ forces push themselves beyond normal limitations. When a friendly Faction model makes a melee attack against an enemy model while the enemy model is in Kreoss’ control range, the attack automatically hits. While in Kreoss’ control range, friendly Faction models can make one additional melee attack during their Combat Actions. Strength of Arms lasts for one turn.

SPELLS CASTIGATE

COST RNG AOE POW DUR OFF 2 SELF CTRL – RND NO

Enemy models cannot be used to channel spells or be forced to cast an animus while in the spellcaster’s control range. Castigate lasts for one round. CHASTEN

2 8 – 12 – YES

Enemy upkeep spells and animi on target model/unit damaged by this attack expire. CLEANSING FIRE

3

8

3

14

–

YES

Cleansing Fire causes fire damage . On a critical hit, models hit suffer the Fire continuous effect . INVIOLABLE RESOLVE

2

6

–

–

UP

NO

Target friendly Faction model/unit gains +2 ARM and cannot be moved by a push or a slam. Models are not affected while out of formation. SACROSANCT

2

6 –

– UP NO

Target a friendly Faction model/unit. When an enemy non-warcaster, non-warlock warrior model destroys one or more affected models with an attack while the affected model is in formation, immediately after the attack is resolved the attacking model becomes knocked down. Models in the target unit are not affected while out of formation.

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When Grand Exemplar Bane Hurst gave his life to protect the Harbinger of Menoth against Cryxian despoilers, Hierarch Garrick Voyle did not hesitate to appoint Kreoss as the new leader of the Knights Exemplar. For ten days and ten nights, Kreoss remained in isolation at the Sovereign Temple of the One Faith, praying and purifying himself. Priests attended him, and he was set to trials that pushed his spirit and tugged at the very fabric of his soul. Scrutators watched him, measured his actions, and weighed his prayers. Finally satisfied in his absolute commitment to his faith, the scrutators released him to take his new vows. Kreoss emerged from the Temple wearing brilliant armor of gold and steel and holding aloft the shining spear Justifier. Since that day, Kreoss has led the exemplars at the fore of the Great Crusade. He thrusted his legions through Cygnar’s defenses like Justifier’s piercing blade, leaving a swath of ash and cinders where infidel encampments once stood. The Protectorate’s forces look to him as a guiding light of righteousness, and the scribes of the True Faith record each of his valorous deeds, keeping a careful tally of the dead he sends to Urcaen. This grand exemplar is an enigma to other leaders of the Protectorate. While he does his duty without hesitation, he is not above questioning the actions of the church. Kreoss is a courageous and fearsome warrior but does not possess the ruthlessness common to the Menite hierarchy. This may, in fact, be one of his greatest strengths, and it has already made him a hero to the common people of the Protectorate. Kreoss joined others in mourning the loss of a great leader when Hierarch Voyle was killed, but he had little sympathy for the hubris and callous disregard displayed by the late hierarch toward those who shared his faith. Yet he performs his duty and serves the position of hierarch, regardless of the man who bears that title. He knows that sometimes duty is best carried out by asking questions no other would dare. Menites are often the instrument of their own contrition, and Grand Exemplar Kreoss is no exception. He takes the weight of the crusade on his own shoulders, continually pushing himself to assure its success, even at the cost of countless sleepless nights of prayer and contemplative vigil. Over the years, many friends have bled out their last under his command, and he has always been grateful for their sacrifice. All Menites and especially the Knights Exemplar are his brothers in battle, and he is determined to avenge the fallen and the lost. With every death stoking the warrior’s furnace within him, his rage and fury have become the spear and shield of Menoth’s vengeance.

TACTICAL TIPS Tactician – Remember, a model is within its own command range.

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INTERCESSOR KREOSS PROTECTORATE EXEMPLAR WARCASTER There is no greater honor among the faithful than to take part in the Great Crusade, and there is no mightier crusader than Mikael Kreoss. As grand exemplar, he led his order to retake Sul and then bolster the Northern Crusade. As intercessor, he now leads the greatest army of the faithful ever gathered for a single cause.


KREOSS 3

CONVICTION RNG POW P+S 2 8 14

After the death of Hierarch Voyle, Kreoss answered Severius’ call to lead the Northern Crusade. His unyielding resolve and the compassion with which he carries out his duties have made him a popular figure even beyond his brother knights; common Menites and soldiers also revere him. More importantly, Kreoss’ sense of honor has never interfered with his loyalty to the priests of Menoth. Hierarch Severius looks upon the crusading knight as an essential pillar of his rule.

MOUNT RNG POW 0.5 12 DAMAGE:18 WJ +28

FA C

BASE:LARGE

KREOSS 3 CAVALRY DIVINE INSPIRATION – This model gains an additional

die on melee attack and melee damage rolls. Discard the lowest die of each roll. ELITE CADRE [EXEMPLAR VENGERS] – Friendly Exemplar Venger models gain Divine Inspiration. REPOSITION [3˝] – At the end of an activation in which it did not run or fail a charge, this model can advance up to 3˝, then its activation ends.

CONVICTION BLESSED DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL BRUTAL CHARGE – This model gains +2 to charge attack damage rolls with this weapon.

FEAT: INVOCATIONS OF THE TRUE LAW The invocations of the True Law as spoken by Intercessor Kreoss linger and resonate in the air as a holy manifestation of the Creator of Man. Before their truth, enemy glyphs and sigils are purged from existence, while allies of the Intercessor are instilled with righteous wrath and renewed zeal. Enemy upkeep spells and animi in Kreoss’ control range immediately expire. Then Kreoss can immediately cast each of his upkeep spells without spending focus.

SPELLS ARCANE WARD


6

–

–

UP

NO

Target friendly Faction model/unit gains +2 DEF and cannot be targeted by enemy spells. Models are not affected while out of formation. ASSAIL

2

6 –

– UP NO

Target friendly Faction warjack can charge or make slam or trample power attacks without spending focus. The warjack gains +2˝ movement when it charges or makes a slam or trample power attack. Models slammed by the warjack are moved +2˝. CREVASSE

3 8 – 12 – YES

If Crevasse boxes its original target, you can make a SP 6 attack using the boxed model as the attack’s point of origin. The SP 6 attack can target models in the boxed model’s back arc. Models hit suffer a POW 12 magical damage roll . Models boxed by Crevasse are removed from play. DEATH SENTENCE

2

8

–

–

UP YES

When a friendly Faction model misses target enemy model/unit with an attack, it can reroll the attack roll. Each attack roll can be rerolled only once as a result of Death Sentence. FORCE HAMMER

4

10

–

12

–

YES

Instead of suffering a normal damage roll, a nonincorporeal model Force Hammer hits is slammed d6˝ directly away from the spell’s point of origin and suffers a POW 12 damage roll. Collateral damage from this slam is POW 12. IGNITE

2

6 –

– UP NO

Target friendly Faction model/unit gains +2 to melee attack damage rolls. Affected models gain Critical Fire on their melee attacks.

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After the grand exemplar’s return to Leryn from the defense of Menite temples in Llael, Hierarch Severius gathered the Northern Crusade to witness Kreoss’ elevation to intercessor. The ancient title had gone unused for many centuries but demonstrates Severius’ implicit trust in Kreoss, who can now act and fight on the hierarch’s behalf. Upon Severius’ eventual demise, Kreoss is tasked with maintaining the stability of the Protectorate by preventing the martial orders from turning on one another at the behest of ambitious leaders. He also must ensure that the Great Crusade continues and that the theocracy and its army remain unified at any cost. Kreoss did not rest upon this promotion but immediately marched his army into the field, alongside Severius, to confront enemies of the Protectorate. He played an instrumental role in guiding the Northern Crusade through Khadoran-held lands, and then joined Hierarch Severius in his unusual temporary alliance with the Umbrean Vladimir Tzepesci against Cryx in the Thornwood. Were it not for the zeal and faith of knights like Kreoss, darkness might have swallowed this portion of the mainland. Instead, the Cryxians were driven from this region, their immortal master toppled by mortal flesh and blood. Even with his unrivaled tactical brilliance, Kreoss prefers to lead his men personally and still conducts cavalry actions from atop his great steed, Agon, alongside a hand-picked vanguard of his Exemplar venger brothers. At the onset of a conflict he determines the most critical point on the battlefield and rides to confront the faithless there, crushing lesser warriors beneath Agon’s hooves as he advances. Bearing his spear, Conviction, Intercessor Kreoss acts as Menoth’s rightful judgment made manifest upon the world.

TACTICAL TIPS Crevasse – Because a boxed model is removed from play before being destroyed, it does not generate a soul or corpse token. Force Hammer – Incorporeal models are not moved by a slam. They just suffer a damage roll. Ignite – When this spell is cast on cavalry models, it affects mount attacks.

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MALEKUS, THE BURNING TRUTH PROTECTORATE WARCASTER Determined to bring Menoth’s glory to the world, Malekus, the Burning Truth carries with him the righteous fire of the Creator. His arrival is announced by his booming voice reading passages aloud from the Canon of the True Law, his departure accompanied by the ashes of non-believers.


MALEKUS 1

SCOURING FLAMES RNG ROF AOE POW SP 10 1 — 13

Malekus spent his youth in a Morrowan orphanage in a small town just outside Caspia where he was subjected to hard labor and unspeakable abuses by the authority of an unscrupulous headmaster. This early experience instilled in Malekus a hatred of the corruptible Morrowan faith. It was not until he heard the word of Menoth shouted out by a zealous street preacher that the boy saw a means to end his horrid existence; the Creator’s righteous fire would cleanse his past to make way for a better future. After setting fire to the orphanage, he made his way to the Protectorate and pledged his life to the service of the Creator. He felt particularly captivated by the notion of the holy Flame and the freedom it granted him.

BURNING BLADES RNG POW P+S 1 5 12 DAMAGE:18 WJ +30

FA C

BASE:MEDIUM

MALEKUS 1 IMMUNITY: FIRE ASHEN VEIL – This model has concealment. Living

enemy models without Immunity: Fire suffer –2 to attack rolls while within 2˝ of this model.

SCOURING FLAMES CONTINUOUS EFFECT: FIRE DAMAGE TYPE: FIRE

BURNING BLADES CONTINUOUS EFFECT: FIRE

FEAT: RAGING INFERNO Few Menites have hearts as filled with righteous conviction as Malekus, the Burning Truth. When he unleashes the cleansing fires of judgment, flames leap ever higher and their roar becomes a chorus that is silenced only once the faithless have been consumed. When an enemy model suffers a fire damage roll while in Malekus’ control range, add an additional die to the damage roll. Additionally, Fire continuous effects that affect enemy models in Malekus’ control range cannot expire. Raging Inferno lasts for one round.

SPELLS BANISHING WARD


6

–

–

UP

NO

Enemy upkeep spells and animi on target friendly model/unit expire. Affected models cannot be targeted by enemy spells or animi. IGNITE

2

6 –

– UP NO

Target friendly Faction model/unit gains +2 to melee attack damage rolls. Affected models gain Critical Fire on their melee attacks. IMMOLATION

2 8 – 12 – YES

Immolation causes fire damage . On a critical hit, the model hit suffers the Fire continuous effect . OPEN FIRE

2

CTRL

–

–

–

NO

Target warjack in this model’s battlegroup that is in its control range can immediately make one basic melee or ranged attack. A model can be targeted by Open Fire only once per turn. SCOURGE

4 8 3 13 – YES

Models hit by this attack become knocked down.

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Malekus spent the next years in the halls of the Flameguard Temple and initially trained in combat, expecting to become a soldier. It did not take long for his instructors to discover his budding warcaster talent, at which point Feora, Priestess of the Flame herself requested his admittance into the Incendium. There he would ultimately serve as both priest and cleanser, tasked with burning away impurity both within the borders of the Protectorate and outside them. Malekus was elated at being singled out among his peers for this work, and he never forgot Feora’s role in shaping his path. From the moment he entered the Incendium, Malekus has dedicated himself to Feora’s service, a dedication that has aided his rise. He now serves as the primary intermediary between Feora and her cleansers. Through the eternal fires of Menoth, Malekus has seen himself reborn into an existence free from the pain and misery that once tormented him. He has made it his life’s work to bring this same release to those oppressed by the worship of other gods. Malekus is ever willing to intercede on behalf of those willing to return to Menoth’s embrace, but he has only scouring flames for those who persist in blind heresy. The Northern Crusade has opened new avenues for the warcaster as he attempts to guide the wayward back to the worship of the Creator. As much as Malekus detests the corruption he finds rampant in others, he has never conquered his fear of the weakness inherent in himself. All too aware of how quickly impurity can take root, he regularly cleanses himself through flagellation or selfinflicted burns to maintain clarity of mind while performing his essential duties. Scars riddle his flesh beneath his armor, like a road map of past transgressions.

TACTICAL TIPS Ignite – When this spell is cast on cavalry models, it affects mount attacks. Scourge – This means every model in the AOE is knocked down, friendly and enemy alike.

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HIGH EXECUTIONER SERVATH REZNIK PROTECTORATE WARCASTER FOCUS: 6 SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 5 7 7 4 14 17 7

REZNIK 1

CONFESSOR RNG POW P+S 2 7 14

EXCRUCIATOR – When this model boxes a living enemy

The high executioner embodies ancient ways of the faith, and his masked visage recalls the time before the rise of the Twins, when priest-kings reigned and citizens understood that impiety would be met with suffering and death. He was raised in Khador’s northern mountains among the strictest sects of the Old Faith, who saw the local scrutator as judge and jury.

warrior model with a melee attack, you can place a Wrack into play completely within 4˝ of this model. If you do, remove the boxed model from play. WITCH HOUND – When an enemy model hits one or more models in this model’s battlegroup with a magic attack, immediately after the attack is resolved one model in this model’s battlegroup in its control range can advance up to 3˝ and make one basic attack.

There he learned that the ministrations of wrack or execution invoked with the proper prayers might divest a soul of guilt as it fled to Urcaen and grant redemption in the City of Man despite mortal failings. The way of the priest did not suit Reznik, however, and he soon abandoned the north. He journeyed south, where he had heard that those of purer faith had carved a nation amid sun-blasted sands.

CONFESSOR

At that time not yet hierarch, the monk and scrutator Garrick Voyle saw Reznik’s true soul in his eyes: here walked an instrument of faith who could kill eagerly and without mercy. In that hour Servath Reznik became high executioner, and in the early days of Voyle’s hierarchy Reznik proved by numerous examples the hierarch would brook no insubordination or lack of resolve. To this day stories still circulate of Menite villages burned to the last man, woman, and child at Reznik’s hands, with none left to describe the reasons for such punishment.

DAMAGE:17 WJ +28

FA C

BASE:MEDIUM

REZNIK 1

DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL PURGATION – Gain an additional die on attack and

damage rolls with this weapon against models with an enemy upkeep spell or animus on them.

FEAT: JUDGMENT DAY Heresy and blasphemy provoke the righteous wrath of High Executioner Servath Reznik, who delivers Menoth’s final fire of judgment to those who would draw upon sorcerous power in defiance of the Lawgiver. Reznik strips away the arcane strength of his enemies and leaves them quaking and frail, awaiting the sentence of death. Enemy models currently in Reznik’s control range lose all focus and fury points. While in Reznik’s control range, enemy models cannot upkeep spells or be allocated focus and those casting spells suffer the Fire continuous effect . Judgment Day lasts for one round.

SPELLS BRAND OF HERESY


8

–

–

UP YES

Warjacks in the spellcaster’s battlegroup gain boosted attack and damage rolls against target model/unit. ENGINE OF DESTRUCTION 2

SELF

–

–

TURN NO

The spellcaster gains +2 SPD, +4 STR, and +4 MAT for one turn. HEX BLAST

3 10 3 13 – YES

Enemy upkeep spells and animi on the model/unit directly hit by Hex Blast immediately expire. IGNITE

2

6 –

– UP NO

Target friendly Faction model/unit gains +2 to melee attack damage rolls. Affected models gain Critical Fire on their melee attacks. PERDITION

2 10 – 10 – YES

When an enemy model is damaged by Perdition, immediately after the attack is resolved one warjack in the spellcaster’s battlegroup that is currently in its control range can make a full advance toward the nearest enemy model. A model can advance as a result of Perdition only once per turn.

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Those who have spurned the Lawgiver often enjoy a false sense of security outside the Protectorate of Menoth, thinking themselves safe from the scrutators. These faithless learn their mistake at the edge of the high executioner’s sword. Servath Reznik readily imposes his will on foreign soil. He brings sworn writs demanding the execution of those guilty of sacrilege, sorcery, or religious treason, both inside and outside the Protectorate’s borders.

The Protectorate’s leaders have little love for Reznik. Only Voyle’s successor, Hierarch Severius, tolerates his presence, understanding what sort of weapon his predecessor wrought in the man. Reznik’s single-mindedness and almost inhuman appetite to punish the faithless have earned the enmity of Grand Exemplar Kreoss. Word of his purpose has spread to every Menite community across western Immoren. He has earned fearful adoration from those who relish divine retribution, and they bring him the names of suspected heretics. Severius’ great work in Llael has prompted Reznik to swear anew his vows of service. He has joined his strength to the Northern Crusade to carve a stronghold from this stubborn soil. The days ahead will provide ample opportunities to exercise his function and spread the fire of the Lawgiver across the darkened lands.

TACTICAL TIPS Excruciator – This Wrack does not enter play with a focus point on it. Because the boxed model is removed from play before being destroyed, it does not generate a soul or corpse token. Hex Blast – Because they expire immediately, upkeep spells and animi that had an effect when the model/ unit was hit or damaged will have no effect. Ignite – When this spell is cast on cavalry models, it affects mount attacks.

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SERVATH REZNIK, WRATH OF AGES PROTECTORATE BATTLE ENGINE WARCASTER FOCUS: 7 REZNIK 2 SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 7 8 7 4 13 18 8

VERDICT RNG POW P+S 2 6 14

—

MOUNT RNG POW 0.5 12

—

DAMAGE:20 WJ +29

FA C

BASE:HUGE

REZNIK 2 CAVALRY PATHFINDER CURSE [BATTLEGROUP] – This model can use Curse once per activation at any time. Choose an enemy model/unit in this model’s command range. Models in this model’s battlegroup gain +2 to attack rolls against the chosen model/unit. Curse lasts for one turn. LAMENTATIONS OF SUFFERING – While this model has 1 or more focus points, non-magical ranged attacks targeting it automatically miss.

REPAIRABLE – This model can be targeted with

Repair special actions as if it were a construct model. REPOSITION [3˝] – At the end of an activation in which it did not run or fail a charge, this model can advance up to 3˝, then its activation ends.

VERDICT DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL WEAPON MASTER

MOUNT CONTINUOUS EFFECT: FIRE CRITICAL KNOCKDOWN – On a critical hit, the

model hit becomes knocked down.

FEAT: PURGE THE FAITHLESS Atop his blessed chariot, Servath Reznik has been authorized to dispense summary judgment in the name of Menoth. He brings the fire of the Creator to consume and obliterate all those who blaspheme by defying the Great Crusade. When an enemy model is boxed by a melee or ranged attack in Reznik’s control range, center a 4˝ AOE on the boxed model, then remove that model from play. Enemy models in the AOE are hit and suffer an unboostable POW 14 fire damage roll . This damage is not considered to have been caused by an attack. Purge the Faithless lasts for one turn.

Perhaps no man so perfectly expresses the spirit of the Great Crusade as Servath Reznik, a living weapon of his faith. Fanatical even by the standards of the Sul-Menites, he stands as an embodiment of absolute devotion. For Reznik the world is a crucible of flame, and humanity stands at the precipice of self-inflicted annihilation. And yet Reznik is no mere man. He is a furious legacy of the ancient world, a pitiless instrument of Menoth’s divine justice and the reckoning of heresies from ages long past. Reznik has served the will of the hierarchs for decades, seeking neither glory nor recognition in his deeds. In Menoth’s name he has slain or broken thousands, and without question he will continue to do so as long as he draws breath. The Great Crusade has unleashed this fury upon the inequities of the faithless who would seek succor in science, misguided philosophy, and the words of false prophets. He has taken it upon himself to serve as the standard bearer of the faith, an emissary of righteousness ready to ignite the fires of truth across the whole of Immoren. Woe to those who would defy the True Law! Reznik is a spirit of wrath bound to the flesh of a man. Mounting his iron chariot like an angry god, he is a vision out of a time when the dominion of Menite priest-kings stretched across western Immoren and the word of Menoth was the very fabric of civilized order. The truth of his power was seen by all who stood in his path when he joined the Harbinger of Menoth on an extended interdiction into Umbrey, allowing the miracle of Menoth’s prophet to be seen by these stubborn northmen. It was Reznik who greeted the wayward soldiers

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SPELLS BOUNDLESS CHARGE


6

–

–

TURN NO

During its activation, target friendly Faction model can charge without spending focus or being forced and gains +2˝ movement and Pathfinder when it charges. Boundless Charge lasts for one turn. DEATH MARCH

3

6

–

–

UP NO

Target friendly Faction unit gains +2 MAT and Vengeance. (During your Maintenance Phase, if one or more models in a unit with Vengeance were damaged by enemy attacks during the last round, each model in the unit can advance 3˝ and make one basic melee attack.) THE FLESH IS WEAK

3 8 4 13 * YES

Living and undead models hit by The Flesh Is Weak cannot run, charge, or make slam or trample power attacks for one round. LAMENTATION

3

SELF CTRL –

UP NO

When an enemy model casts a spell while in the spellcaster’s control range, double the COST of the spell. Additionally, enemy models must pay double to upkeep spells on models/units in the spellcaster’s control range. SPELLPIERCER 2

SELF CTRL –

TURN NO

While in the spellcaster’s control range, the weapons of friendly Faction models/units gain Blessed and Damage Type: Magical . Spellpiercer lasts for one turn.

who sought to stop their holy pilgrimage, driving into them as a vision of flaming destruction and littering the smoking battlefield with corpses. Behind him came the Harbinger, who granted the miracle of life to those whose souls she perceived would convert and therefore be worthy of another breath, a second life. By this crusade hundreds of Umbreans joined the Protectorate cause, and thousands of shattered unbelievers were left to be buried. Despite the singular purposefulness with which Reznik conducts his duty, he awaits the day when he will be given sanction to blaze a path of destruction through all heretics that stretches from the world of the living to Urcaen. There he will at last join his Creator in the City of Man and will fight on in the War of Souls in his name.

TACTICAL TIPS Curse – This model also gains these benefits when attacking a cursed model. Purge the Faithless – Because the boxed model is removed from play before being destroyed, it does not generate a soul or corpse token.

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GRAND SCRUTATOR SEVERIUS PROTECTORATE WARCASTER Scrutators require a singular strength of presence; they belong to the inner circle of priests responsible for policing the clergy itself, who in turn control the entire Protectorate of Menoth. They must be able to overwhelm the minds of the faithless and instill in them feelings of piety, servitude, and fear of a divine reckoning. Scrutators cannot show the slightest weakness or doubt. Grand Scrutator Severius is the stoutest pillar holding up the grand Temple of Menoth. He commands the entirety of the Protectorate’s military and answers only to the hierarch.


SEVERIUS 1

STAFF OF JUDGMENT RNG POW P+S 2 8 13 DAMAGE:16 WJ +28

FA C

BASE:SMALL

SEVERIUS 1 EYE OF MENOTH – While in this model’s control range, friendly Faction models gain +1 to attack and damage rolls. SACRED WARD – This model cannot be targeted by enemy spells.

STAFF OF JUDGMENT DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL

FEAT: DIVINE MIGHT Endowed with the authority to pass judgment on his fellow man, Grand Scrutator Severius may invoke the prohibitions of Menoth to deny the use of profane magic in his presence. While in Severius’ control range, enemy models cannot cast spells or be used to channel spells and enemy warcaster/warlock models suffer –2 FOCUS and FURY. Divine Might lasts for one round.

SPELLS ASHES TO ASHES


8

*

10 – YES

If target model is hit, the d3 nearest enemy models within 4˝ of it suffer a POW 10 fire damage roll . These additional damage rolls are not considered to have been caused by an attack. Ashes to Ashes damage rolls are simultaneous. DEATH SENTENCE

2

8

–

–

UP YES

When a friendly Faction model misses target enemy model/unit with an attack, it can reroll the attack roll. Each attack roll can be rerolled only once as a result of Death Sentence. DEFENDER’S WARD

3

6

–

–

UP

NO


2 8 – 12 – YES

Immolation causes fire damage . On a critical hit, the model hit suffers the Fire continuous effect . INFLUENCE

2 10 –

– – YES

Take control of target enemy non-warcaster, nonwarlock warrior model. The model immediately makes one basic attack, then Influence expires. A model can be affected by Influence only once per turn. VISION

2

6 –

– UP NO

When target friendly Faction model is directly hit by an attack, you can choose to have it suffer no damage roll from the attack, then Vision expires.

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Severius has single-handedly converted thousands of heathens and infidels to the True Law. In past decades he marched far afield into other nations as an unofficial ambassador of the faith—one too powerful to ignore and too dangerous to confront. After a particularly fruitful trip to Khador in the 570s he was banned from that nation, for thousands abandoned the Motherland and answered his call to join the Protectorate. Because the Protectorate has since mounted increasingly militant and aggressive crusades, Severius has ceased these missions in order to focus on leading Menite forces in battle. Conversion remains a priority, but he conducts it now on subjugated villages and towns whose defenders have been slaughtered or driven away. In a parallel to Menoth’s ancient war with the Devourer, Severius lives to battle the enemies of his faith. He has a powerful thirst for the destruction of blasphemers and brings a commanding presence and undeniable genius to the battlefield. His warjacks come alive with the same fervor as his converts. His plans are laid well in advance, for he has a brilliant grasp of both strategy and tactics. Indeed, Severius has a plan in motion that will not come to fruition until far past his lifetime. While he is a visionary, he is also deeply traditional and strives to return the world to a state ordained by Menoth at the dawn of civilization. Age may have withered the warcaster and stolen his former strength, but what he lacks in bodily prowess he makes up for with divine power. As the blaze of Menoth’s wrath, he is able to breach the minds of non-believers with a single word. So potent is his righteousness, he wades through otherwise deadly arcane attacks as if they were no more than illusion. Severius is the eye of the hurricane and a center of focused spiritual control willing to annihilate anything around him that threatens his faith. Severius’ divine nature is so strong that if he so chooses, he can thunder out the Litany of Menoth declaring the Creator’s glory. With a great boom, this divine rite reverberates to all enemy warcasters within earshot, rending their blasphemous connection to their impure mechanika. The litany proves that all things are Menoth’s and neither pagan sorcery nor heathen witchcraft can stand against him. Through Grand Scrutator Severius, Menoth’s glory is unmistakable, and his voice shall be heard.

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HIERARCH SEVERIUS PROTECTORATE WARCASTER Demonstrating steadiness and surety that belie his age, Severius inspires his followers to transcend their humanity and become an extension of the Creator’s will. Those who attend him can feel the power of unchecked divinity in his words and deeds. When he raises his hand against his enemies, righteous fire blazes forth to grant them a final lesson in pain and humility. While believers look on his robed form with an awe and adoration that gives rise to tears, others see him as an incarnation of pure terror and a reminder that the Shaper of Man can just as easily reduce his creation to ash if it displeases.


SEVERIUS 2

STAFF OF AUTHORITY RNG POW P+S 2 8 13 DAMAGE:16 WJ +26

FA C

BASE:SMALL

SEVERIUS 2 ARCANE POWER – Once per activation, this model can cast a spell without spending focus points. FIELD MARSHAL [ORACULAR VISION] – Warjacks in this model’s battlegroup gain Oracular Vision. ORACULAR VISION – Once per turn when this model is directly hit by an attack, it can immediately spend 1 focus point to not suffer a damage roll from the attack.

STAFF OF AUTHORITY DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL ADMONISHER – When an enemy model is directly hit

by an attack with this weapon, the d3 nearest enemy models within 4˝ of the model hit suffer a POW 10 magical damage roll . These damage rolls are not considered to have been caused by an attack. Damage resulting from Admonisher is simultaneous.

FEAT: FIRES OF COMMUNION With his divinely appointed authority, Hierarch Severius can invoke the most sacred rites of his faith to call down curtains of holy fire from on high. Unholy blasphemies are transfigured to ash. Choose d3 + 2 enemy non-warcaster, non-warlock living or undead warrior models currently in Severius’ control range. The chosen models suffer a boostable POW 12 magical damage roll . If a model is boxed by Fires of Communion, center a 4˝ AOE cloud effect on the boxed model and remove it from play. The AOE is a hazard that remains in play for one round. Enemy models entering or ending their activations in the AOE suffer a POW 12 fire damage roll and the Fire continuous effect .

SPELLS ARCANE WARD


6

–

–

UP

NO

Target friendly Faction model/unit gains +2 DEF and cannot be targeted by enemy spells. Models are not affected while out of formation. ASHES TO ASHES

3

8

*

10 – YES

If target model is hit, the d3 nearest enemy models within 4˝ of it suffer a POW 10 fire damage roll . These additional damage rolls are not considered to have been caused by an attack. Ashes to Ashes damage rolls are simultaneous. AWARENESS

2 SELF CTRL – RND NO

While in the spellcaster’s control range, models in its battlegroup ignore cloud effects, forest terrain, and intervening models when determining LOS. Awareness lasts for one round. CREATOR’S WRATH

2

SELF

–

–

UP

NO

The spellcaster gains an additional die on melee attack and melee damage rolls. When making a melee attack, the spellcaster ignores spell effects that add to the target’s DEF or ARM. HEX BLAST

2

10 –

– UP YES

Target model/unit cannot give orders, receive orders, or make power attacks or special attacks.

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Severius no longer refuses authority as he had as grand scrutator, when he had removed himself from the political arena to demonstrate his determination to fight on the battlefield. He takes the burdens of leadership in stride, knowing the Protectorate must heed a single voice in this time of war. Likewise, Severius knows his place remains at the fore of his crusade. He is determined to remain on the field of battle in his role as the anointed priest-general. His hierarchy has proven to differ dramatically from Ravonal’s and Voyle’s. Theirs was a time of preparation, of building the machinery of war, readying the martial orders, and constructing factories and mines to support the coming crusades. Hierarch Severius has taken up the weapons his predecessors forged and decided to leave the trivial matters of the Temple bureaucracy to the Synod in Imer. Before his elevation to hierarch, Severius spoke the words inscribed in script of blazing fire within the Covenant of Menoth outside Leryn, invoking its terrible power as foretold by prophecy and confirmed by the visions of the Harbinger. This unleashed power awaits his command to turn any enemies of the faithful to ash. The pyres of these heathens transforming the land into fire stirs the hearts of those who have faltered in their faith, restoring them to righteous worship of Menoth. He has witnessed the return of the Testament from Urcaen and has vowed to employ the Harbinger to swell the ranks of the faithful. The path of the future lies open and clear to him. The hierarch has taken it as his life’s work to unite the Menites of western Immoren and spread the True Law to all humanity. Those answering his call will usher in a new age by hammering the cathedrals of Morrow to rubble and erecting new temples to the Lawgiver. The younger, wayward faith will bow to Menoth or perish utterly.

3 10 3 13 – YES

Enemy upkeep spells and animi on the model/unit directly hit by Hex Blast immediately expire. REBUKE

The death of Hierarch Voyle could have been a cataclysmic blow to the Protectorate. To see the most potent Menite since the days of the priest-kings struck down by a heathen the very moment victory over their oppressors seemed assured was staggering. The priesthood froze in despairing disbelief in those first terrible hours. The visgoths and senior priests remembered too well the years of chaos and uncertainty in the wake of Hierarch Ravonal’s passing and the bloody struggle that had followed as Voyle seized the reins of power. The presence of the Harbinger of Menoth, however, reassured the priests in Sul and Imer and reminded them they did not lack for guidance. To them she said, “The next hierarch walks among you, carving a new domain in the north, uniting the faithful.” The rise of Severius marks the first time a hierarch gained power so quickly and with such irrefutable approval from the Creator of Man.

TACTICAL TIPS Fires of Communion – Because the boxed model is removed from play before being destroyed, it does not generate a soul or corpse token. Hex Blast – Because they expire immediately, upkeep spells and animi that had an effect when the model/ unit was hit or damaged will have no effect.

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THYRA, FLAME OF SORROW PROTECTORATE WARCASTER Tragedy grants strength and conviction to the survivors. Few have learned this bitter lesson as well as Thyra, called the Flame of Sorrow. Among a sisterhood united by loss, she epitomizes the strength bestowed on those who have lost everything. Thyra has become a living weapon of the Menite cause. She moves with a surety of purpose, the precision of her blade strikes sharpened by the focus of a mind repressing inner turmoil. She offers Menoth sacrifices in the blood of those deserving vengeance.


THYRA 1

GRIEF RNG POW P+S 0.5 5 11

LAMENT RNG POW P+S 0.5 5 11

Try as she might to banish the memories, Thyra cannot stop revisiting the bloody battle that destroyed her village and killed her family. Their deaths were senseless; the community fell prey to war simply for living in the proximity of a sizable Protectorate garrison. Cygnaran nobles decided those Menite soldiers were situated too close to the Black River and hired several disreputable mercenary companies to assist the soldiers of Eastwall in attacking the garrison. Thyra’s village priest exhorted all able-bodied adults to rally to assist.

DAMAGE:15 WJ +29

FA C

BASE:SMALL

THYRA 1 PARRY STEALTH ACROBATICS – This model can advance through other models if it has enough movement to move completely past their bases. This model ignores intervening models when declaring its charge target. ELITE CADRE [DAUGHTERS OF THE FLAME] – Friendly Daughters of the Flame models gain Vengeance. (During your Maintenance Phase, if one or more models in a unit with Vengeance were damaged or removed from play by enemy attacks during the last round, each model in the unit can advance 3˝ and make one basic melee attack.) OVERTAKE – When this model destroys one or more enemy models with a basic melee attack during its Combat Action, after the attack is resolved it can immediately advance up to 1˝.

GRIEF & LAMENT DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL WEAPON MASTER

FEAT: SHADOWS OF URCAEN When the Flame of Sorrow vows to bring ruin to those who stand against the will of the Creator, the faithful are transformed into living shadows to strike deep in the enemy’s heart. Immediately place Thyra anywhere completely within 2˝ of her current location. When a friendly Faction model activates in Thyra’s control range, at the start of its activation you can place it anywhere completely within 2˝ of its current location. Shadows of Urcaen lasts for one turn.

SPELLS CARNAGE

COST RNG AOE POW DUR OFF 2 SELF CTRL – TURN NO

Friendly Faction models gain +2 to melee attack rolls against enemy models in the spellcaster’s control range. Carnage lasts for one turn. GATES OF DEATH

2

SELF

–

–

UP

NO

At the end of your turn, place the spellcaster anywhere completely within 6˝ of its current location. OCCULTATION

2

6 –

– UP NO

Target friendly Faction model/unit gains Stealth . Models are not affected while out of formation. SILENCE OF DEATH

2

6

–

–

UP

NO

Target friendly Faction model/unit gains +2 STR and Take Down. (Models disabled by a melee attack made by a model with Take Down cannot make a Tough roll. Models boxed by a melee attack made by a model with Take Down are removed from play.) STRANGLEHOLD

2 10 – 11 * YES

A model damaged by Stranglehold forfeits either its Normal Movement or its Combat Action during its next activation, as its controller chooses.

Seeing militia at their flank incensed the bloody-minded mercenaries, who retaliated with a brutal counterattack. When the militia retreated, the mercenaries followed, killing anyone who stood in their way. Thyra was among the armed defenders in the streets and saw a barrage of indiscriminate mercenary rifle fire shred through her house. Everyone Thyra held dear died on that day. It was the sight of her own children bleeding to death amid the ruins of her home that broke her mind and changed her utterly. Thyra’s powers awoke in what she sees as nothing less than the direct blessing of Menoth in answer to her anguish and prayers for vengeance. In mindless fury she set upon those who had killed her family; though having no formal training in their use, she wielded her blades so fluidly they seemed extensions of her body. She became an incarnation of retribution as she leapt from the shadows to strike down every soldier in reach. Her warcaster potential had awoken without her realizing it. Others among the village survivors followed her lead and zealously fought to drive away the Cygnaran mercenaries, who tried to retreat but were hunted down like rabid dogs. Driven by the certainty of Menoth’s approval, she devoted herself to killing heathens in the god’s name. Many felt drawn to her cause, and from these volunteers she assembled a band of zealots, many of whom had suffered similar losses. These guerilla fighters had no sanction from the Menite Temple and followed Thyra across the river in daring night raids and strikes against isolated Cygnaran outposts and towns. This might have gone on if a more moderate priest had not come to her demanding she end the raids, concerned about retaliations. Enraged at his attempt to halt what she saw as a divine mandate, Thyra struck the priest. Though he lived, this assault brought Thyra to the attention of the Knights Exemplar and soon resulted in her arrest, incarceration, and pending execution. Such would have been her fate if not for the intervention of Feora, Priestess of the Flame. Feora confronted the imprisoned zealot leader, in part to test the strength of the woman’s resolve. Despite her sentence, Thyra argued she had been chosen for this cause and could not surrender her purpose. Feora was able to sense warcaster power flowing through the passionate warrior and ascertained her potential usefulness. The Priestess of the Flame used her authority to set the woman free, telling Thyra she could have her vengeance so long as her anger was properly channeled. Thyra would become leader of the Daughters of the Flame, her bloody cause sanctified as part of the Protectorate’s crusades.

TACTICAL TIPS Silence of Death – Because the boxed model is removed from play before being destroyed, it does not generate a soul or corpse token.

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VICE SCRUTATOR VINDICTUS PROTECTORATE WARCASTER No Menite alive is so occupied with the fate of the souls of heathens as Vice Scrutator Vindictus. Where others among the Protectorate leadership may perceive only a sea of faceless heretics, the vice scrutator sees throngs of potential devotees ready to swell the ranks of the faithful. Vindictus preaches with word and deed together; when an unbeliever cannot hear the truth of Menoth’s words, he is well prepared to communicate in the language of agony.


VINDICTUS 1

LAWGIVER RNG POW P+S 1 6 12

The vice scrutator feels compelled to reveal to the wicked the truth of the True Law wherever he finds them. He sees it as his holy duty to tend to the flocks of mankind born without a chance to witness the glories of Menoth’s nation on Caen. Thousands of priests tend to the Protectorate’s flocks, but few make it their life’s mission to spread the Creator’s word across the face of Caen. To this end, Vindictus periodically travels far from the borders of his homeland, bringing armies loyal to the Lawgiver against the faithless and capturing those he believes he can convert by the ministrations of pain.

SOLACE RNG POW P+S 1 6 12 DAMAGE:16 WJ +29

FA C

BASE:SMALL

VINDICTUS 1 PATHFINDER CALL TO SACRIFICE [HOLY ZEALOT] – If this model is

disabled by an enemy attack, you can choose a nondisabled friendly Holy Zealot model within 5˝ of this model to be destroyed. If another model is destroyed as a result of Call to Sacrifice, remove 1 damage point from this model.

LAWGIVER BLESSED DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL DEATH TOLL [HOLY ZEALOT] – When this weapon boxes a living enemy warrior model during this model’s Combat Action, remove that model from play and add one Grunt to a friendly Holy Zealot unit in this model’s command range. Place the Grunt in formation and in this model’s command range. The Grunt must forfeit its Combat Action the turn it is put into play.

SOLACE CHAIN WEAPON DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL DEATH TOLL [HOLY ZEALOT] – See above.

FEAT: DIVINE PROTECTION Calling on his power as one of the dark protectors of the Menite faith, Vice Scrutator Vindictus can invoke the holy power of the Creator to ensure the faithful remain untouched even amid a storm of bullets or a tempest of profane magic. While in Vindictus’ control range, friendly Faction warrior models cannot be targeted by charges, slam power attacks, enemy spells, or non-magical ranged attacks. Divine Protection lasts for one round.

SPELLS ADMONITION

2

6 –

– UP NO

3

6

–

–

UP

NO


2 8 – 12 – YES

Immolation causes fire damage . On a critical hit, the model hit suffers the Fire continuous effect . PENITENCE

3

8 –

– UP NO

Target friendly Faction model/unit. When one or more affected models are damaged by an enemy attack, immediately after the attack is resolved the attacker suffers 1 point of fire damage . TRUE PATH


The spellcaster and friendly Faction warrior models/ units beginning their activations in its control range gain +2˝ movement when advancing as part of their Normal Movement and Pathfinder during their activations. True Path lasts for one turn.

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In addition to being a powerful warcaster, Vindictus possesses a singular clarity of vision, and the scope of his lore is vast and impressive. He has studied the enemy and understands their heresies and occult rituals. He has taken on the burden of understanding the tainted agreements and pacts made by those who have turned from Menoth and sought easier and more corrupt paths to power. These are dangerous studies, but Vindictus has proven he has the strength of will and conviction to confront them and to use this lore to root out and punish the blasphemous. He is a master at finding the weakness in the hearts of his enemies and using their faltering convictions to destroy them. Vindictus intends to show all people of Caen the Creator’s glory—or personally send their souls to the afterlife.

COST RNG AOE POW DUR OFF

When an enemy model advances and ends its movement within 6˝ of target model in the spellcaster’s battlegroup, the affected model can immediately advance up to 3˝, then Admonition expires. The affected model cannot be targeted by free strikes during this movement. DEFENDER’S WARD

Vindictus has traveled deep into the heartlands of the enemy to preach and has delivered many zealots to the faith since the beginning of the Great Crusade. His sermons are filled with the language of penitence to best evoke the wrath of Menoth toward those who spurn their creator. More than one Cygnaran farm town or Khadoran mining village has been torn apart by new converts who are desperate to prove their devotion with the blood of their unrepentant neighbors. The holy zealots who follow Vindictus fight with the strength of fanatics and martyrs, eager to emulate the man who opened their eyes to Menoth. The vice scrutator himself can be more forgiving. Even in the chaos of battle he will stay his hand, sparing those who fall before him should they accept the Creator as their rightful master.

TACTICAL TIPS Call to Sacrifice – Remember, if a damage point is removed from a disabled model, the model is no longer disabled.

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WARJACKS OF THE PROTECTORATE

While the warjack has become a symbol of the Protectorate of Menoth’s military might in the same way it is for other nations of the Iron Kingdoms, it was not always so. In the early years of the Protectorate, after the first Cygnaran Civil War and the mass migration of Menites across the Black River to their newly founded home, warjacks and all other mechanika were viewed with contempt by the faithful. A strict interpretation of the Sul-Menite faith’s doctrine indicated that all arcane and mechanikal works were heretical. Those who sought to carve a new nation from the harsh desert did so through a combination of unshakable faith and backbreaking labor. According to the priests, the human body was a gift from the Creator and should be sufficient to accomplish any task. As the budding nation worked to expand its borders and build new towns and villages from the unforgiving environment, it did not take long for this stance to be challenged and eventually changed. Steam-powered ’jacks made possible feats of construction, agriculture, and ultimately war that would otherwise have been impossible. Two decades after the Protectorate was created, the nation began to allow the use of laborjacks. Steamjacks soon became a common sight in the great city of Sul, and their strength increased the nation’s progress exponentially. The clergy sought to reconcile their beliefs by conducting rituals of purification over these machines and inscribing prayers drawn from the Canon of the True Law into their hulls. Impure they might be, but those flaws could be cleansed. Some clung to the older, stricter interpretations of the faith and viewed the adoption of the machines as a slight against the

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Creator of Man. Vehement detractors protested on the steps of temples and preached their beliefs on street corners, some even going so far as to sabotage steamjacks. These acts came to a stop after Hierarch Luctine gave a direct order early in his reign that any who committed such destruction would be taken away by the scrutators and educated until they saw the error of their ways. This decree, along with writs declaring that purified steamjacks were acceptable tools and weapons of the Temple, conclusively ended the theological debate.

Evolution of the Warjack

Though the Protectorate of Menoth considered itself mostly independent from Cygnar after the first Cygnaran Civil War, the treaties ending that war contained troublesome restrictions. The most significant of these was a prohibition against the formation of a standing army and the manufacture of warjacks. Some of these concessions had been made before the Protectorate found its strength, and soon the ruling priests discovered ways to avoid or subvert them. Such mandates came from mortal agencies, while the priesthood knew they must obey a higher authority; the Temple must arm and protect itself against the unbelievers. Even then the embers that would one day stoke the fires of the Great Crusade had begun to kindle. While the fielding of warjacks for defense was technically illegal, the Sul-Menites were allowed access to laborjacks, deemed a fundamental necessity for the industrialization of

the Protectorate. This opened the way to create weapons of war that did not initially betray their function. For a time, before the Protectorate developed its manufacturing capacity, many of its earliest ’jacks were bought or donated from elsewhere, originating either in Cygnar or Khador. In many cases these machines were assembled in the Protectorate from finished parts built in other kingdoms. These parts included cortexes smuggled into the Protectorate—an especially valued resource that the Sul-Menites would not be able to manufacture on their own for decades.

Early Protectorate warjacks were tested not against Cygnaran defenses but against the Idrian tribes native to the wastes of the Bloodstone Marches. These battles were fought both to subjugate those who had not yet converted to the worship of the Creator and to field test new weapons away from the prying eyes of Cygnar. The ’jacks wielded crude iron maces and flails capable of inflicting horrendous damage despite their rudimentary nature, but over time these weapons were improved to utilize other technology and resources at the Protectorate’s disposal.

As the Protectorate became more industrialized, it began to produce greater numbers of laborjacks. These machines were engineered with a dual purpose—able to perform work but also to fight. These ’jacks were outfitted with substantial layers of armor, their plates adorned with religious markings but built to deflect blows. The Protectorate was able to fool cursory inspections and pass off these machines as simple laborjacks. Cygnaran officials who could not be fooled were bribed with gemstones unearthed among the desert sands. Menites worked numerous hidden forges night and day to create weapons for the mighty iron automatons to wield in battle when the time was right. Aspects of these early designs, born out of necessity and secrecy, are still present in the Protectorate’s modern warjacks.

A number of innovations came with the discovery and refinement of a volatile oil into “Menoth’s Fury.” Highly flammable, the oil proved to be abundant below the arid sands and was viewed as a gift of the Creator. It was tapped and refined in great quantity and soon became one of the Protectorate’s foremost weapons. Flamethrowers armed with the crudest Menoth’s Fury were affixed to warjacks, though initial designs were nothing more than pipes and ignition systems attached to simple pumps. Later versions utilized fanning spray nozzles with refined systems to propel the blazing fluid further, and external igniters gave way to venting superheated heartfire directly into the fuel.


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Other weapons, such as the inferno mace wielded by the Crusader heavy warjacks, were likewise developed to utilize Menoth’s Fury. The development and implementation of these new weapons became more prevalent leading up to the Caspia-Sul War. With the shackles of the Cygnaran mandates thrown off after the declaration of the Great Crusade, the Protectorate now develops such advances openly, paying no heed to the treaties that once bound them.

The Fires of Industry

Determined to compete with nations far larger than itself, the Protectorate has quickly built up several substantial industrial complexes and organizations. At the center of warjack production are two groups: the Sul-Menite Artificers and the Vassals of Menoth. The Sul-Menite Artificers see to the Protectorate’s war industry, including warjack foundries and forges for weapons and armor. Indeed, creating and arming warjacks stand among this organization’s highest priorities. The Artificers include thousands of individual workers, from unskilled laborers performing simple tasks to exceptionally talented and specialized craftsmen. Due to their substantial body of engineering knowledge and many skilled metalworkers, the

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Artificers often consult on matters beyond their main purview, including helping to draft plans for building new factories or other complex structures. In the shadow of Tower Judgment is the Factorium, a massive complex that serves as the central compound of the Sul-Menite Artificers. The sprawling metalworks is part temple and part war foundry, housing dozens of forges and smelting furnaces as well as all the apparatus required for war. Hundreds of faithful Menites labor within, their efforts guided by priests subordinate to Visgoth Ark Razek. The Factorium is the largest single manufacturing complex ever constructed by the Protectorate, and its operations are aided by smaller facilities producing machined parts in Imer. Many of the Protectorate’s newly developed and mostsophisticated warjacks are assembled here. Despite the considerable skill of the artificers, their lives are regarded as expendable when compared to the necessity of the tasks to which they are assigned. Relentless production schedules are the norm, and those who fall behind in their duties suffer the lash or are wracked, their lack of faith and conviction put on display for their fellows. It is not uncommon for artificers to work from before sunup to after sundown, sometimes collapsing from exhaustion or heat stroke. Yet these artificers know the importance of their role

in the Creator’s work, gladly giving their lives in service of Menoth as readily as soldiers of the faithful sacrifice themselves on the field of battle. The Vassals of Menoth were established to free the Protectorate from reliance on smuggled or stolen foreign cortexes for warjack production. The foundation of this order was timely and necessary, as sources for smuggled cortexes dried up when Khador instituted tighter controls over its military assets. The Vassals are the only organization sanctioned to practice arcane magic within the Protectorate, and they can wield this power only to further the Temple’s mandate. This tightly controlled and closely watched order exists primarily to make cortexes for Protectorate warjacks, but it is also involved in constructing other necessary mechanika. The Vassals of Menoth are the arcane mechaniks of the Protectorate and are based out of Imer in the House of Truth, a walled complex where initiates are brought and closely watched during training. Fully indoctrinated Vassals are frequently sent elsewhere; common destinations include the city of Leryn, where they join the Northern Crusade, and the Factorium near Tower Judgment, where they help the SulMenite Artificers produce vital weapons of war. In recent decades the Protectorate has been able to cultivate sufficient arcanists within its borders to fill the ranks of the Vassals of Menoth. Prior to this, arcanists required for the creation of warjack cortexes were abducted from neighboring lands and forced into servitude, and occasional enslavement of foreign arcanists persists, since such individuals can contribute useful lore and expertise. Disreputable smugglers visiting the black market around Deadsands Bay on the Protectorate’s coast still engage in this arcanist slave trade, enticing pirate crews to sell gifted captives with the promise of coin and jewels. Members of the Synod were so intent on the production of warjack-grade cortexes at one point that a single arcanist would fetch slavers enough coin to feed the entirety of a Menite village for a year.

Divine Inspiration & the Dawn of the Colossals

Warjacks remain at the fore of the armies of the Iron Kingdoms, but the recent development of modern colossals has elevated the conflicts between nations to a new scale. Similar towering machines were once employed in the battles to drive out the Orgoth centuries ago, but the current generation is considerably more advanced and fearsome, if somewhat smaller in scale. Entire armies tremble at the sight of colossals like the Judicator and Revelator. For the Protectorate, the call to build new colossals came as a divine imperative. Receiving a vision of these impressive machines from the Creator of Man, the Harbinger of Menoth

communicated dire portents to the hierarch and the Synod of Visgoths. By order of Hierarch Severius and under the direction of Visgoth Ark Razek and the Sul-Menite Artificers, the Foundry of the Sacred Flame was built east of Imer in the span of months. Many Menites lost their lives to accidents or exhaustion during the rush to complete the towering complex. With fewer specialized arcane mechaniks than the larger nations of Khador and Cygnar, the Protectorate relied upon their unshakable faith to bestow upon them the divine inspiration required to create a cortex suitable for a colossal. By outfitting the colossals with reliquaries and feretories containing the sacred remains of great Menite priests or fragments of holy relics, the Artificers were able to channel divine energies into the cortexes and bestow upon them sufficient awareness to control their great frames and an impressive array of weaponry. They selected armaments that did not require precise targeting, allowing each cortex to fire those weapons with minimal thought while focusing its attention on crushing foes. Like the warjacks before them, colossals have been a vital continuation of the Great Crusade, already proving their worth against the faithless. Cloaked in fire and ash, the mighty machines of the Protectorate march forward to carry out the will of the Creator of Man. While the nation’s war industry is limited in comparison to its foes, it is no less capable, and every Menite pours his blood and sweat into building machines worthy of Menoth that will bridge the gap and see the Protectorate victorious.


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CASTIGATOR PROTECTORATE HEAVY WARJACK CASTIGATOR SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 5 11 6 5 10 19 —

FLAME FIST RNG POW P+S 1 5 16

L

FLAME FIST RNG POW P+S 1 5 16

R

DAMAGE

L

PC 12

L R L M C R

R

M M C C

FA U

BASE:LARGE

CASTIGATOR CONSTRUCT IMMUNITY: FIRE ASHEN VEIL – This model has concealment. Living enemy models without Immunity: Fire suffer –2 to attack rolls while within 2˝ of this model. COMBUSTION (HATTACK) – This attack does not need a target. Other models within 2˝ of this model suffer a POW 12 fire damage roll and the Fire continuous effect . Combustion damage is simultaneous. This model can make additional melee attacks after making this special attack.

FLAME FIST CONTINUOUS EFFECT: FIRE OPEN FIST

606 12

5.5 8.4

TWIN FLAME FISTS VASSALS OF MENOTH

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The Castigator is a product of the expanding wartime industry demanded of the Great Crusade. The impressive warjack is based on the same chassis as the Reckoner, which is renowned as the first warjack entirely of Sul-Menite design. Few outside the Vassals of Menoth know the Castigator was actually conceived before the Reckoner, but problems with its weapon system delayed its unveiling. The displeasure of Visgoth Ark Razek at this failure was so great that he had every mechanik on the project wracked within a breath of death before being restored and put back to work with renewed and terrified determination. Miraculously, the problems were resolved almost immediately. The Castigator’s fists blaze continuously in combat, the intense heat sending rippling waves of distortion through the air as the warjack charges into the enemy. Each fist is equipped with a sophisticated delivery system for Menoth’s Fury, which is compressed and piped into direct contact with the ignition temperature of the warjack’s powerful furnace. If beset by multiple foes, the Castigator ignites the air around itself in a powerful explosion of incinerating heat that instantly melts iron and cremates living flesh. One major advantage of the Castigator is the ease with which it is refueled. Its fists need only a fresh supply of Menoth’s Fury to be ready again for battle. Freed from reliance on support from Imer, the Castigator has been dispatched to the front lines of the Protectorate’s crusades to bring the justice of an inferno to all who have forsaken the Creator of Man.

TACTICAL TIPS Combustion – This model cannot use Combustion if it charges, because Combustion is not a melee attack.

CRUSADER

PROTECTORATE HEAVY WARJACK In its peace terms after the Civil War, Cygnar decreed the Protectorate could not keep a standing army. Visgoth Ozeall acquiesced but secretly commanded engineers to build warjacks using cortexes smuggled down the Black River from Khador and Cygnaran parts salvaged from fields of battle. Those early ’jacks were designed with open hands to pass as laborjacks in casual inspection. Meanwhile, artificers worked to forge weapons for them to wield as Menoth willed. The greatest of the new Protectorate designs was the Crusader, a massive warjack boasting heavy armor and capable of crushing attacks. The chassis originated during the reign of Hierarch Luctine, who devoted himself to subjugating outlying Idrian tribes. Even when most Idrians converted after the earthquake of 504 AR, many tribes resisted and continued to harass the young nation. The Crusader was unleashed to provide an unstoppable force in the battles to come. It also proved its strength against Cygnar when friction between the two nations prompted clashes along the Black River. Already possessed of an immensely durable armored frame and powerful laborjack arms, after the development of Menoth’s Fury the Crusader was enhanced by the inferno mace. This weapon, inspired by the blazing maces of the reclaimers, can easily rend most armor into flaming scrap. When the call to arms sounds, Crusaders assemble at the front line ready to hammer and burn the foes of Menoth to dust and ash.

CRUSADER SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 4 11 6 5 10 19 —

OPEN FIST RNG POW P+S 1 3 14

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INFERNO MACE RNG POW P+S 1 7 18

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CRUSADER CONSTRUCT

OPEN FIST OPEN FIST

INFERNO MACE CRITICAL FIRE

MODIFIED BY

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khadoran mechaniks assembly

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759

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INFERNO MACE VASSALS OF MENOTH (CURRENTLY)

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DERVISH PROTECTORATE LIGHT WARJACK DERVISH SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 5 9 7 4 13 16 —

SWORD RNG POW P+S 1 4 13

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SWORD RNG POW P+S 1 4 13

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The light and agile Dervish is the perfect addition to a crusading army on the move. It possesses greater reflexes than any other Protectorate warjack developed to date and is constructed to have supreme flexibility. Bringing its blades to bear at blinding speeds, the Dervish weaves through battle, sidestepping attacks in the same motion it uses to dispatch enemies in its path. This killing machine of the first order was obviously designed solely for war. Unable to justify the existence of the machine as part of any Protectorate defensive force, the Synod decreed the Dervish would be constructed in secret and only in small numbers. Now in the days of the crusade, these warjacks have been called to the front lines to carve a bloody swath through the Protectorate’s enemies.

TACTICAL TIPS

DERVISH CONSTRUCT PARRY SIDE STEP – When this model hits an enemy model with an initial melee attack or a melee special attack, it can advance up to 2˝ after the attack is resolved.

SWORD COMBO STRIKE (HATTACK) – Make a melee attack. Instead of making a normal damage roll, the POW of the damage roll is equal to this model’s STR plus twice the POW of this weapon.

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SWORDS VASSALS OF MENOTH

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A work of divine inspiration, the Dervish uses the unparalleled reflexes of its Devout chassis wholly for offense: instead of protecting, every motion of the warjack is meant to end life. The ’jack falls upon the enemies of the faithful like an iron-forged butcher, its twin blades working in tandem to sow death across the battlefield. The Dervish has marked its successes with a wake of shorn limbs and fallen soldiers since the day it emerged from the hidden foundries, becoming notorious for its death-dealing capabilities during the vicious fighting between Protectorate and Cygnaran forces in the streets of Sul.

Combo Strike – A model with a crippled weapon system cannot use it to make chain attacks, special attacks, or power attacks.

DEVOUT

PROTECTORATE LIGHT WARJACK Faith alone is not always sufficient to shield the righteous from their enemies, and so the Devout was crafted to guard the Protectorate’s leaders from heretics. Every component lends to the Devout’s ability to protect its master: It is light enough to keep up with fleet-footed warcasters, and it uses its enhanced mechanikal reflexes to intercept attacks or bring weapons to bear against a foe drawing too close to its ward. Its massive shield is sanctified with holy inscriptions from the Canon of the True Law to protect its controller from the accursed magic of heathen sorcerers.

DEVOUT SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 5 9 7 4 13 16 —

SHIELD RNG POW P+S 0.5 2 11

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POLE AXE

When the Vassals of Menoth were commanded by the Synod to produce a warjack capable of guarding a warcaster, they wasted no time in applying their considerable expertise to the task. After rejecting the workhorse Repenter chassis as too cumbersome, they chose instead to design the Devout from the ground up to ensure its suitability to its vital purpose. Though the Devout prototype still made extensive use of smuggled components, its cortex was developed entirely within the Protectorate. More advanced than older counterparts, this cortex allowed the Devout to develop whip-like reflexes and a watchful intensity, which together with its heavy shield make it the perfect bodyguard. Like a faithful hound, its every reaction is tuned to the flow of battle as it positions itself between the warcaster and those who would strike him.

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DEVOUT CONSTRUCT DEFENSIVE STRIKE – Once per turn, when an enemy

model advances into and ends its movement in this model’s melee range, this model can immediately make one basic melee attack against it. SHIELD GUARD – Once per round, when a friendly model is directly hit by a non-spray ranged attack during your opponent’s turn while within 3˝ of this model, you can choose to have this model directly hit instead. This model is automatically hit and suffers all damage and effects. This model cannot use Shield Guard while it is incorporeal, knocked down, or stationary. SPELL BARRIER – While this model is B2B with its controlling warcaster, its warcaster cannot be targeted by enemy spells.

SHIELD SHIELD

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POLE AXE, GREAT SHIELD VASSALS OF MENOTH (CURRENTLY)

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GUARDIAN PROTECTORATE HEAVY WARJACK Covered in holy script and able to channel the divine power of Menoth’s clergy, the Guardian is a walking icon of the Creator’s might. Originally constructed to help defend Menoth’s most sacred sites, the Guardian has since become one of the most versatile weapons in the Protectorate’s arsenal. At the forefront of crusading forces, the Guardian and its battle banners rise over the Menite army, inspiring the faithful to righteous fury.

GUARDIAN SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 4 11 7 5 10 19 —


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Although only a small number of Guardians were initially constructed, the utility of a Divinity arc node augmenting the resilience of a heavy warjack could not be ignored, and Protectorate warcasters soon requested an increase in production. Even so, the tremendous cost of arc nodes is prohibitive to producing them in great numbers.

FLAME PIKE RNG POW P+S 2 7 18

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DAMAGE

Inspired by the traditional weapons carried by the guardians of Menite holy sites, the ’jack’s primary weapon is a large pike superheated to penetrate even the heaviest armor. With this smoldering implement of destruction in hand, the Guardian wades through battle incinerating any who stand in its way.

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Each Guardian is a finely crafted instrument of war painstakingly engraved with ornate liturgical verses and illuminations. These warjacks are so infused with holiness that some warpriests use them as battle altars when far from their home temples.

M M C C

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GUARDIAN ARC NODE CONSTRUCT SET DEFENSE – A model in this model’s front arc suffers –2 on charge, slam power attack, and impact attack rolls against this model.

OPEN FIST OPEN FIST

FLAME PIKE CRITICAL PITCH – On a critical hit against a model with

an equal or smaller base, the model hit can be thrown d6˝ directly away from this model. The model thrown does not deviate. The POW of collateral damage is equal to the STR of this model. POWERFUL CHARGE – This model gains +2 to charge attack rolls with this weapon.

REFITTED BY

ADDITIONAL MFG

sul-menite artificers

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steamwerks union

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60

FLAME PIKE, MARK II DIVINITY ARC NODE VASSALS OF MENOTH (CURRENTLY)

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INDICTOR

PROTECTORATE HEAVY WARJACK The sanctification process whereby warjacks are made clean and pure to join the Great Crusade has become an essential aspect of their fabrication. Yet the Indictor stands apart from the rest. Crafted as a bastion of spiritual power against which the foes of the Protectorate must tremble, it is the bane of spellcasters wherever the leaders of the Great Crusade confront them.

INDICTOR SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 4 11 7 5 10 19 —

SHIELD RNG POW P+S 1 2 13

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The Indictor was built on the venerable Crusader chassis; a portion of those most loyal of machines was set aside to be transformed into something still greater by the Sul-Menite Artificers. Though it starts with an ancient frame, each Indictor becomes a marvel of modern engineering as old elements are painstakingly replaced and purified. Imbued with disruptive mechanika and covered in passages from the Canon of the True Law, the Indictor has a discordant presence that disperses blasphemous magics set against the faithful.

BANISHER RNG POW P+S 1 6 17

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DAMAGE

In addition to its mystical defenses, each Indictor is equipped with a massive shield and a blessed blade. The Banisher’s holy runes empower the weapon to penetrate arcane defenses erected to shield the enemies of the True Faith from the Creator’s wrath. Some leaders, such as Visgoth Ark Razek, consider the mighty Indictor proof that they have moved beyond merely cleansing these fighting machines. Such leaders see warjacks as integral and sacrosanct elements of the Protectorate’s holy crusades, an inspiration to the faithful as well as a terror to their enemies.

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INDICTOR CONSTRUCT CONSECRATION – While within 5˝ of this model, enemy

models cannot cast, channel, or upkeep spells. SACRED WARD – This model cannot be targeted by

enemy spells.

SHIELD SHIELD

BANISHER BLESSED DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL

MODIFIED BY

ADDITIONAL MFG


12

1 607


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SHIELD, BANISHER VASSALS OF MENOTH

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PURIFIER

PROTECTORATE LIGHT WARJACK Crafted as a literal interpretation of the most wrathful passages in the Canon of the True Law, the Purifier possesses a singular drive to eradicate unbelief through the cleansing fires of the Creator. In battle the ’jack rushes enemy formations with startling speed, brutally whipping its flails through the opposition in comets of ash and flame that streak around the machine’s form as it darts and dives. Wherever blows from these weapons land, the air fills with the sharp crack of bone and the tortured screams of men as the force of impact drives their charred and broken bodies into the earth beneath them.

PURIFIER SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 5 9 7 4 13 16 —

IMMOLATOR RNG POW P+S 1 4 13

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IMMOLATOR RNG POW P+S 1 4 13

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A trail of flaming footprints marks the Purifier’s passing, and any opponents it encounters that were not crushed under the weight of its flails soon meet an even less merciful death. Roaring fires conjured by the holy passages inscribed upon the chassis of the Purifier carry out this duty, quickly devouring one unbeliever after another in a feast of sizzling flesh. The uncompromising ferocity of the machine and the hunger with which it applies its flame have made even faithful Menites afraid to witness the passage of these warjacks, lest their wrath spill over to ignite those of inadequate faith.

DAMAGE

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PC 8

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PURIFIER CONSTRUCT IMMUNITY: FIRE FLAME TRAIL – When this model advances into B2B contact with an enemy model during its activation, the enemy model suffers the Fire continuous effect . OVERTAKE – When this model destroys one or more enemy models with a basic melee attack during its Combat Action, after the attack is resolved it can immediately advance up to 1˝.

IMMOLATOR CHAIN WEAPON CRITICAL FIRE

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390

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7

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IMMOLATOR VASSALS OF MENOTH

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RECKONER PROTECTORATE HEAVY WARJACK RECKONER SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 5 11 6 5 10 19 —

The Codex states, “He who is the Grand Reclaimant is, too, the reckoner of Man, burning away the sins of the faithful with but the merest glance.” Designed with this image in mind—and said to be an agent of Menoth in the End Times—the Reckoner is a titan of steam and steel. From within the haze of incense that issues from its brutal mace, the Reckoner lights the way for the faithful with the blinding fury of its Condemner cannon as it charges across the battlefield, smashing through anything that stands in its way.

CONDEMNER RNG ROF AOE POW 12 1 — 14

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CONSECRATOR RNG POW P+S 2 6 17

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DAMAGE

The Reckoner was once constructed in secret, a triumph of Sul-Menite will and dedication. A significant addition to the cache of weapons stockpiled while the Protectorate remained under the thumb of Cygnar, the Reckoner played a crucial role in the Caspia-Sul War and helped pave the way for the faithful to cast off the chains of the non-believers.

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RECKONER CONSTRUCT IMMUNITY: FIRE ASHEN VEIL – This model has concealment. Living enemy models without Immunity: Fire suffer –2 to attack rolls while within 2˝ of this model.

CONDEMNER CRITICAL FIRE DAMAGE TYPE: FIRE FLARE – Models hit by this attack lose Stealth

suffer –2 DEF for one turn.

CONSECRATOR CRITICAL FIRE

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Its name derived from scripture, the Reckoner is heralded in the annals of Protectorate history as the nation’s first purely purposed Menite warjack, a symbol of the holy crusade and an icon of the Lawgiver.

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REDEEMER

PROTECTORATE LIGHT WARJACK Armed with numerous devastating long-range rockets, the Redeemer was designed to deliver judgment from afar. This warjack carries an ample supply of Protectorate-manufactured explosives and a mechanikal rig to launch them. Borrowing technology developed for the Repenter’s ignition system, the Redeemer uses vented heartfire to light the propellants. The simple rockets are launched in great number into enemy ranks to explode in a cascade of deadly debris that leaves survivors with horrible lacerations and extensive burns that are notoriously difficult to heal. The Redeemer can deliver devastating salvos of rocket fire, though the inaccuracy of its weapon usually spreads the projectiles across a wide area, and it wields a brutal mace for close fighting.

REDEEMER SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 5 9 6 5 12 17 —

SKYHAMMER RNG ROF AOE POW 16 3 3 12

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BATTLE MACE RNG POW P+S 1 4 13

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DAMAGE

In the earliest decades after its production, the Redeemer was instrumental in expanding the borders of the Protectorate to the east and south. It was often employed against rugged and determined bands of Idrian holdouts who refused to convert. Since that time the warjack has been more actively turned against Cygnar and other enemies of the Protectorate, deploying to support both border defenses and active assaults abroad. Many Cygnarans still wait hopefully for long-lost kin, not knowing their bodies lie unrecognizable in the battlefields, torn apart by Redeemer fire.

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M M C C

FA U

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REDEEMER CONSTRUCT

SKYHAMMER INACCURATE – This model suffers –4 to attack rolls with

this weapon.

MODIFIED BY

ADDITIONAL MFG


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10 545


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385

5.5

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SKYHAMMER ROCKET POD, BATTLE MACE VASSALS OF MENOTH (CURRENTLY)

73

REPENTER PROTECTORATE LIGHT WARJACK The Protectorate of Menoth uses the volatile oil known as “Menoth’s Fury” in great abundance, a fiery reminder of the faith’s burning wrath. Older warjacks like the Repenter are outfitted with the crudest and least refined supply of Menoth’s Fury, as it is readily available in quantity. The Repenter was first used to police the borders of the Protectorate, and it brought these scourging flames to bear against any who dared to trespass.

REPENTER SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 5 9 6 5 12 17 —

FLAMETHROWER RNG ROF AOE POW SP 8 1 — 12

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When they designed the Repenter decades ago, the Sul-Menite artificers armed the light warjack with a great three-headed flail. Into its other arm they integrated a rudimentary flamethrower. That first model was little more than a pipe and an ignition system attached to a reservoir with a simple pump, but later versions utilize fanning spray nozzles and refined mechanikal systems to propel the blazing fluid a considerable distance. The current weapon design foregoes an external igniter and instead vents superheated heartfire directly into the fuel.

WAR FLAIL RNG POW P+S 1 4 13

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DAMAGE

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PC 8

Arguably as important as the damage wrought by this fire is the impact of a Repenter’s blaze on enemy morale. Those of weak faith who face the Protectorate in battle have no fortitude for seeing their friends burned alive, screaming in terror while allies try desperately to extinguish the hungry flames. The Repenter is a favored vehicle for delivering Menoth’s wrath to any enemies who defy his will.

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REPENTER CONSTRUCT

FLAMETHROWER CONTINUOUS EFFECT: FIRE DAMAGE TYPE: FIRE

WAR FLAIL CHAIN WEAPON

MODIFIED BY

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FLAMETHROWER, WAR FLAIL VASSALS OF MENOTH (CURRENTLY)

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REVENGER

PROTECTORATE LIGHT WARJACK The prayers of Protectorate warcasters have long been among the greatest weapons of the theocracy, and finding a means to extend the reach of these holy warriors has always been a top priority. The capture of several Cygnaran Javelin warjacks and their arcantrik relays in 543 AR aided that research. In a fit of spiritual inspiration, Menite mechaniks reverse-engineered the devices and laid the groundwork for the creation of the Revenger.

REVENGER SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 5 9 6 5 12 17 —

REPULSOR SHIELD RNG POW P+S 0.5 2 11

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Though these warjacks are celebrated openly today, their origin was plagued with controversy about the wisdom of using any materials or designs derived from Cygnaran mechanika. Employing the same procedures used to sanctify warjacks, mechaniks disassembled the arcantrik relay while the supervising priests purified the mechanism with prayer. As they rebuilt this new “divinity node,” they added refinements allowing it to channel divine power properly. This remarkable achievement once again confirmed to the visgoths the divine endorsement of these weapons of war.

HALBERD RNG POW P+S 2 4 13

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DAMAGE

Sul-Menite artificers crafted the powerful repulsor shield to protect this vital weapon in battle. Aided by priests, the artificers inlaid runes of protection on the warjack’s shield. If the powerful runes come into contact with an enemy, the foe is immediately rebuked and hurled away. This has given the Revenger the ability to distance itself from superior combatants like heavier ’jacks so that it may retaliate from a distance.

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REVENGER ARC NODE CONSTRUCT

REPULSOR SHIELD SHIELD REPEL – When this model hits an enemy model with

this weapon during its activation, the model hit is pushed 1˝ directly away from this model. When this model is hit with a melee attack made by a model in its front arc, after the attack is resolved the attacking model is pushed 1˝ directly away from this model. This model loses Repel while this weapon system is crippled.

HALBERD POWERFUL CHARGE – This model gains +2 to charge

attack rolls with this weapon.

MODIFIED BY

ADDITIONAL MFG


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8 546


4.45

412

5.5

72

REPULSOR SHIELD, HALBERD, ARC NODE VASSALS OF MENOTH (CURRENTLY)

75

SANCTIFIER PROTECTORATE HEAVY WARJACK SANCTIFIER SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 5 11 6 5 10 19 —


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GRAVE MAKER RNG POW P+S 2 5 16

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DAMAGE

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SANCTIFIER CONSTRUCT IMMUNITY: FIRE ASHEN VEIL – This model has concealment. Living enemy models without Immunity: Fire suffer –2 to attack rolls while within 2˝ of this model. EXORCIST – While within 10˝ of this model, enemy models lose Incorporeal . SOUL TAKER: CENOTAPH – This model can gain souls. When a friendly living Faction model is destroyed within 5˝ of this model, this model gains the destroyed model’s soul token. This model can have up to five soul tokens at any time. At the start of this model’s activation, you can remove soul tokens from this model to give it 1 focus point for each token removed.

OPEN FIST OPEN FIST

GRAVE MAKER DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL

606 12

5.6 8.5

GRAVE MAKER VASSALS OF MENOTH

76

710 60

The battlefields of the Iron Kingdoms are places of unthinkable violence, where even death may not grant escape from the enemy. The faithful crusaders of the Protectorate of Menoth do not fear death in service of the Creator, provided their souls might join those of their brethren in the City of Man. Thus, the Protectorate dispatches Sanctifiers to the most desperate battles in order to ensure the spirits of the righteous do not fall prey to necromantic blasphemies such as enslavement by Cryx. Sul-Menites revere these walking tombs as tangible manifestations of Menoth’s will on Caen. The Reclaimant Order blesses each hulking warjack with silent benediction, making Sanctifiers the mechanikal counterparts to those Menites chosen to usher the dead into Urcaen. The presence of a Sanctifier indicates the Reclaimant Order expects a conflict to be especially bloody regardless of whether it ends in defeat or brings victory. Each Sanctifier is armed with a simple but potent weapon—a massive cudgel in the form of a Menofix. Any enemy of the faith that ventures too near is crushed beneath this symbol of the unconquerable Creator. As battle wears on, a Sanctifier becomes a repository for the souls of numerous brave Menites. These souls resonate within a Sanctifier’s blessed cenotaph, manifesting the power of Menoth in Urcaen upon the world by revealing the spectral undead and other incorporeal abominations that walk between worlds. A Sanctifier forces these creatures to solidify in the realm of the living in order to smash them beneath its grave maker as an undeniable demonstration of Menoth’s power.

TACTICAL TIPS Soul Taker: Cenotaph – This model cannot exceed normal focus limits as a result of Cenotaph. Remember that if more than one model is eligible to collect a model’s soul token, the closest eligible model collects the token. If this model already has five soul tokens, it is not eligible to collect another soul token.

TEMPLAR

PROTECTORATE HEAVY WARJACK The Templar embodies the Protectorate’s simple philosophy of war: smash enemies with overwhelming force from an unassailable position. The strength with which this warjack wields its iron flail is such that its adversaries are hurled back, their shields smashed from their hands and their armor crushed. Even as the Templar beats down enemies of the Faith, it advances farther into their midst with unstoppable wrath. Those lucky few who survive its initial onslaught are doomed to fall beneath its inexorable enforcement of the Lawgiver’s will.

TEMPLAR SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 4 11 6 5 10 19 —


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FLAIL

When former Hierarch Caltor Turgis reunited the Temple in 535 AR, he broadened the Protectorate’s borders and ordered the construction of Tower Judgment, with the first Templars created to guard this edifice. The isolation of the Tower was such that the Temple dispensed with the usual practice of convincing the Cygnaran authorities the warjacks were actually laborjacks. Freed from this pretense, the Protectorate’s artificers armed the Templars with simple but impressive weaponry—forever associating the warjack with defending the Protectorate’s most important fortifications. Now Templars are a common sight marching among the crusading ranks of the faithful.

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TACTICAL TIPS

PC 15

Beat Back – You cannot move toward a model you destroyed.

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M M C C

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TEMPLAR CONSTRUCT SHIELD GUARD – Once per round, when a friendly

model is directly hit by a non-spray ranged attack during your opponent’s turn while within 3˝ of this model, you can choose to have this model directly hit instead. This model is automatically hit and suffers all damage and effects. This model cannot use Shield Guard while it is incorporeal, knocked down, or stationary.

SHIELD SHIELD

FLAIL CHAIN WEAPON BEAT BACK – Immediately after a basic attack with

this weapon is resolved during this model’s Combat Action, the enemy model hit can be pushed 1˝ directly away from the attacking model. After the enemy model is pushed, the attacking model can advance up to 1˝ directly toward it.

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SHIELD, FLAIL VASSALS OF MENOTH (CURRENTLY)

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VANQUISHER PROTECTORATE HEAVY WARJACK The Vanquisher is one of the more recently designed warjacks in the Protectorate’s arsenal. Originally assembled in secret in the late 590s from imported parts and armed with distinctive Menite weaponry, this heavy warjack is as subtle as the faith it serves—in other words, not at all. Some say the Vanquisher was the first sign of the full crusade that would later come.

VANQUISHER SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 4 11 6 5 10 19 —

FLAME BELCHER RNG ROF AOE POW 10 1 4 14

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The Vanquisher is a towering behemoth, its great flail a whirling harbinger of death. One arm wields a length of chain nearly as long as a man is tall, its end capped with the “blazing star”—a viciously spiked sphere. It visits swift justice upon infidels, crunching limbs, heads, and torsos in one devastating movement.

BLAZING STAR RNG POW P+S 2 5 16

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In addition to the perilous blazing star, the Vanquisher also wields a flame belcher to send destruction from afar. The flame belcher uses heavy cannonballs filled with a refined form of Menoth’s Fury that requires only exposure to air to ignite. These shells burst on impact, spreading an oily blaze hot enough to melt metal before consuming itself.

DAMAGE

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M M C C

TACTICAL TIPS Thresher – These attacks are not optional.

PC 17

FA U

BASE:LARGE

VANQUISHER CONSTRUCT

FLAME BELCHER CONTINUOUS EFFECT: FIRE DAMAGE TYPE: FIRE

BLAZING STAR CHAIN WEAPON THRESHER (HATTACK) – This model makes one melee

attack with this weapon against each model in its LOS that is in this weapon’s melee range. Thresher attacks are simultaneous.

MODIFIED BY

ADDITIONAL MFG


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0 598


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825

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FLAME BELCHER, BLAZING STAR FLAIL VASSALS OF MENOTH

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VIGILANT

PROTECTORATE LIGHT WARJACK Built on one of the oldest Menite warjack chassis designs still in service, the Vigilant was among the first warjacks to serve alongside the nascent Protectorate military. In those days the Protectorate still outwardly adhered to Cygnaran prohibitions against the creation of steamjacks dedicated to war. Armed defensively, the Vigilant obeyed those proscriptions nearly to the letter while providing Protectorate warcasters with a weapon of brutal simplicity.

VIGILANT SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 5 9 6 5 12 17 —

SHIELD FIST

Its twin fist-mounted shields make the Vigilant incredibly durable, able to withstand punishment that would cripple much heavier machines. The tremendous area covered by its towering shields provides nearly unassailable shelter from enemy artillery fire, making it a favorite among warcasters; indeed, more than one ’caster has been saved by a Vigilant’s armored presence. Warcasters also appreciate the ’jack’s low-maintenance operation and utility: a Vigilant is as adept at carrying loads in a supply train as it is at hurling enemy combatants about like rag dolls. The relatively small warjacks’ ability to maneuver nimbly around barricades and weather tremendous fire in vicious street fights made it crucial to the Protectorate’s defense during the siege of Sul. After decades of service, the Vigilant is as dependable today as it was the day it first walked off the assembly line. Some Vigilants have been in continuous military service more than fifty years. The Vigilant’s uncomplicated weaponry and cortex make it easy and inexpensive to manufacture, ensuring its place in the Protectorate military for years to come.

TACTICAL TIPS Shield – While both its Shield Fists are non-crippled, this model has a +4 ARM bonus from its shields.

RNG POW P+S 0.5 2 11

L

SHIELD FIST RNG POW P+S 0.5 2 11

R

DAMAGE

L

PC 9

L R L M C R

R

M M C C

FA U

BASE:MEDIUM

VIGILANT CONSTRUCT GIRDED – This model and friendly models B2B with it

do not suffer blast damage. ROADBLOCK – This model provides cover to friendly models as if it were an obstacle. This model loses Roadblock while it is incorporeal or knocked down.

SHIELD FIST OPEN FIST SHIELD

MODIFIED BY

ADDITIONAL MFG


9

10 535


5

445

5.5

70

TWIN SHIELD FISTS VASSALS OF MENOTH (CURRENTLY)

79

AVATAR OF MENOTH PROTECTORATE HEAVY WARJACK AVATAR 1 SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 5 12 8 6 10 19 —

DIVINE SHIELD RNG POW P+S 1 2 14

L

BURNING WRATH RNG POW P+S 2 7 19

R

DAMAGE

L

PC 20

FA C

L M R

R

L M M R

BASE:LARGE

AVATAR 1 CONSTRUCT AVATAR – This model cannot be part of a battlegroup

or be ’jack marshaled and does not have a functional cortex. This model can have up to 4 focus points at any time. During the focus allocation step of your Control Phase, this model receives d3 + 1 focus points. MENOTH’S GAZE – This model can spend 1 focus point at any time during its activation to use Menoth’s Gaze. For one round, enemy models that begin their activation within 8˝ of this model and in its LOS can advance only toward this model. SACRED WARD – This model cannot be targeted by enemy spells.

DIVINE SHIELD DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL SHIELD

BURNING WRATH DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL FLAME BURST – When this model boxes an enemy

model with this weapon, enemy models within 1˝ of the boxed model suffer the Fire continuous effect .

606 13

5.5 9.75

DIVINE SHIELD, BURNING WRATH NONE (GUIDED BY DIVINE WILL)

80

883 75

A sanctified instrument of divine wrath, the Avatar of Menoth is a warjack said to be guided by the Creator’s hand alone. It walks unfettered through the carnage of battle heedless of mortal will or interest. The Harbinger of Menoth personally supervised the construction of this holy engine of war. The vassals who built the Avatar are said to have been driven by some unseen force that completely dominated their wills. They labored endlessly amid wafting fumes from sanctified censers, enraptured by the prayers spilling from the Harbinger’s lips, even though they were unable to fully fathom the mechanism they assembled. Menoth’s will guided their hands as they painstakingly crafted each part to divinely inspired specifications before offering it to be anointed by holy blessings. The schematics of the Avatar’s design were stricken from their minds as sections were completed, leaving nothing but a sense of awe and foreboding. At the end of their labors, the Harbinger placed her hands on either side of the warjack’s helm and whispered the Creator’s final imperative to his newest creation. The massive construct filled with soulfire and roared to life, growling like a beast awakened from the depths of ancient slumber. The Avatar lumbered through the portals of the foundry into the night of the Sulese desert, an inferno of divine light in the darkness. The Harbinger and a legion of aspirants and acolytes proudly followed in its smoldering footsteps, their prayers resounding with the words of the Canon of the True Law. In its right hand the Avatar wields a massive Sulese blade whose name translates from the ancient Icthier tongue as “Burning Wrath.” It is inscribed with the words of prayers that have not been spoken aloud in millennia. With each strike, it sunders those who would oppose Menoth’s will, casting the impure down in fire and ruin. To fall beneath this weapon is to suffer the unmediated judgment of the Creator. In its left hand the Avatar bears the Divine Shield. This aegis carries the words of the Lawgiver spoken to the first Menites as he raised the first wall. Indeed, those who observe the Divine Shield liken it to that very wall. Unconquerable and insurmountable, the shield is Menoth’s own protection. A lesser warjack is animated by a mechanikal cortex and guided by the mind of a mortal—but not the Avatar. So far as the faithful are aware, its name is no mere hyperbole; it is believed to be the walking incarnation of Menoth’s wrath on Caen. Even the Harbinger cannot guide this supreme manifestation of Menoth. Where the Avatar treads, the faithless fall.

81

BLESSING OF VENGEANCE PROTECTORATE LIGHT WARJACK BLESSING OF VENGEANCE 1 SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 5 9 7 5 12 17 —

REPULSOR SHIELD RNG POW P+S 0.5 2 11

L

HALBERD RNG POW P+S 2 4 13

R

DAMAGE

L

PC 13

L A A R L M C R

R

M M C C

FA C

BASE:MEDIUM

BLESSING OF VENGEANCE 1 ARC NODE CONSTRUCT BOND [SEVERIUS] – If this model begins the game in Severius’ battlegroup, it is bonded to him. This model is not considered to be bonded while under your opponent’s control. Once per turn, when Severius channels a spell through this model, he gains +2 to that spell’s attack and damage rolls. DEFENSIVE STRIKE – Once per turn, when an enemy model advances into and ends its movement in this model’s melee range, this model can immediately make one basic melee attack against it. SHIELD GUARD – Once per round, when a friendly model is directly hit by a non-spray ranged attack during your opponent’s turn while within 3˝ of this model, you can choose to have this model directly hit instead. This model is automatically hit and suffers all damage and effects. This model cannot use Shield Guard while it is incorporeal, knocked down, or stationary.

REPULSOR SHIELD SHIELD REPEL – When this model hits an enemy model with

this weapon during its activation, the model hit is pushed 1˝ directly away from this model. When this model is hit with a melee attack made by a model in its front arc, after the attack is resolved the attacking model is pushed 1˝ directly away from this model. This model loses Repel while this weapon system is crippled.

HALBERD POWERFUL CHARGE – This model gains +2 to charge

attack rolls with this weapon.

9

574

445

8

5.5

4.7

75

HALBERD, HEAVY REPULSOR SHIELD GREYLORDS COVENANT (MODIFIED)

82

Blessing of Vengeance has served for more than three decades as a direct conduit for divine prayers and miracles. It has channeled invocations of destruction onto the heads of the faithful’s enemies and blessed and bolstered the resolve of countless thousands of devoted soldiers. No wonder, then, that the benedictions of Hierarch Severius fly with particular potency when directed through this warjack. Its eyes glow with fervor when it beholds enemies blasted to ash or lit afire by the holy power of Severius or others authorized to pass judgment through it in the name of Menoth. Zealots whisper that Blessing of Vengeance can see straight into men’s souls and stands ready to smite the impious. Hierarch Severius has overseen the maintenance of this Revenger personally throughout its service, though none in the Protectorate would accuse him of sentimentality. Instead, the decision is purely practical: the ’jack contributes significantly to battle, has learned to gauge threats to its master accurately, and has become well tuned to channeling Severius’ prayers. The Vassals of Menoth have invested much time and many precious resources rebuilding the warjack countless times, a reflection of the great value the hierarch places on the machine. Severius greets each dawn as a reminder of the countless unbelievers awaiting punishment, and he orders Blessing of Vengeance made ready for him every day when he takes up his staff to conduct battle. Blessing of Vengeance seems aware that its function as intermediary for holy power requires it to stand unmolested on the field of battle. It perceives the approach of the enemy with a palpable hostility and enthusiastically batters away intruders with its shield or obliterates them with unerring swings of its halberd. It will go to any lengths to avoid distraction in order to answer its master’s needs, ready to channel a final reckoning deep into the heart of the enemy. Since Severius’ ascension to hierarch, keeping Blessing of Vengeance pristine and ready for battle has become an even higher priority. An entire choir and a dedicated Vassal of Menoth attend the ’jack at all times, forgoing food and rest if necessary to prepare it for the next day’s battles. It stands as the final line of defense against those who would harm the leader of their nation and faith, both a dauntless bodyguard and an intimidating weapon. It has traveled from Ancient Icthier to join the fray in many far-flung battlefields from the Thornwood to Leryn and Umbrey, always at Severius’ side and untiring in its loyal vigilance.

83

BLOOD OF MARTYRS PROTECTORATE HEAVY WARJACK A warjack absorbs and learns from the personality of its warcaster over time. Emotions bleed into its cortex, informing its behavior and disposition. It is no surprise, then, that the favored warjack of the Flame of Sorrow fights with all the bitter resolve of its mistress. The death of Menites by infidel hands spurs the machine to violence. Its hull spattered with the blood of the faithful, the ’jack weaves through the midst of the enemy, eluding their strikes with the impunity Menoth grants his servants. Blood of Martyrs unfailingly seeks out those who have laid low the righteous and delivers unto them the consequences of their transgressions. The ’jack’s desire for vengeance is insatiable; the Protectorate’s scribes have likened the machine to the first knights of Menoth, who lived only to mete out retribution upon enemies of the faith.

BLOOD OF MARTYRS 1 SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 5 11 7 5 10 19 —

BLADE RNG POW P+S 1 5 16

L

BLADE RNG POW P+S 1 5 16

R

DAMAGE

The warjack originally entered Thyra’s service in the closing months of Cygnar’s occupation of Sul. The young warcaster and her forces fought tirelessly against the invaders, pushing them back street by bloody street. Although scores of her ’jacks were reduced to scrap, her favored Crusader survived. During a particularly savage engagement in which the majority of Thyra’s soldiers fell, the ’jack laid into the enemy with such violence that the Cygnarans fled just when their victory seemed assured.

L

PC 16

L R L M C R

R

M M C C

FA C

BASE:LARGE

BLOOD OF MARTYRS 1 CONSTRUCT BOND [THYRA] – If this model begins the game in

Thyra’s battlegroup, it is bonded to her. This model is not considered to be bonded while under your opponent’s control. While bonded to Thyra and in her control range, this model gains Apparition. (During your Control Phase, place models with Apparition anywhere completely within 2˝ of their current locations.) HAND OF VENGEANCE – When one or more friendly Faction warrior models are destroyed or removed from play by enemy attacks while within 5˝ of this model, this model gains +2 on melee attack and melee damage rolls for one round. SIDE STEP – When this model hits an enemy model with an initial melee attack or a melee special attack, it can advance up to 2˝ after the attack is resolved.

BLADE GRIEVOUS WOUNDS – A model hit by this weapon loses

Tough and cannot have damage removed from it for one round.

MODIFIED BY

ADDITIONAL MFG


12

0 584


8.2

765

6

60

BLADES VASSALS OF MENOTH

84

The young warcaster recognized that Menoth had sent this warjack to guard her and mirror the rage she felt. She rearmed it with the weapons required to carry out its holy destiny and named it Blood of Martyrs, knowing its two blades would strike down an unbeliever for every drop of righteous blood the enemy had spilled. It has since joined her in countless difficult and harrowing engagements, sometimes cloaked by Thyra’s magic to pass unseen among the faithless before she urges it to strike. Thyra has conducted an unceasing series of incursion strikes behind enemy lines, taking only a few troops and her most trustworthy machines as she seeks out key enemy leaders to eliminate. In these fights Blood of Martyrs has served many roles, including heavy-hitting finisher, fearsome diversion to draw away foes, and interceptor of enemy ’jacks that would otherwise have thwarted its mistress. There have been many times it might have fallen and been left behind, as has been the fate of other, lesser machines, yet Blood of Martyrs still stands, as though touched by the same greater purpose as Thyra herself.

85

EYE OF TRUTH PROTECTORATE HEAVY WARJACK Resplendent with the glory of Menoth, the Eye of Truth banishes the foul sorceries of unbelievers with the might of divine will. When this magnificent warjack fights alongside Malekus, the Burning Truth, there is no place for the wicked and unrepentant to hide, and their perfidies are soon cleansed from the world. It is a machine that has transcended its humble origins as a simple weapon of war to become a true instrument of the Great Crusade.

EYE OF TRUTH 1 SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 5 11 7 6 10 19 —

GAZE OF JUSTICE RNG ROF AOE POW 8 1 — 14

H

Assigned as a guardian of the Great Temple of the Creator at the heart of Sul, the warjack that would become the Eye of Truth was among those serving in Feora’s battlegroup as the Cygnarans made their push to take the ancient holy structure, which had long stood as a symbol of the city’s history and devotion to Menoth. When the fighting grew thickest and the sweep of battle forced the Priestess of the Flame elsewhere, the warjack was left to fight without her guidance. It was at this point that Malekus, who had only recently discovered his warcaster talent, witnessed the battered machine perform a miracle he ascribed to divine intervention.


L

HOLY WRATH RNG POW P+S 2 7 18

R

DAMAGE

Acting of its own volition, the warjack moved to bar the main entrance to the temple with its massive frame. It beat back waves of the faithless intent on defiling the sacred structure, which was not only a place of worship but also a crypt for ancient Menite kings and priests, housing countless relics stretching back to the time of Calacia. With sword and shield it held its ground, and a holy light burned within the machine’s eyes as flames leapt through the throngs of enemies to char them where they stood. Just as the warjack finally fell, reinforcements arrived. The Cygnarans were defeated, and the Great Temple was preserved. Though the machine lay battered and destroyed, a holy light had touched it, and Malekus was determined to see it restored.

L

PC 20

L H H R L M C R

R

M M C C

FA C

BASE:LARGE

EYE OF TRUTH 1 CONSTRUCT IMMUNITY: FIRE ASHEN VEIL – This model has concealment. Living enemy models without Immunity: Fire suffer –2 to attack rolls while within 2˝ of this model. BOND [MALEKUS] – If this model begins the game in Malekus’ battlegroup, it is bonded to him. This model is not considered to be bonded while under your opponent’s control. While this model is bonded to Malekus and in his control range, he can channel spells through it. HOLY LIGHT – While within 5˝ of this model, friendly models ignore bonuses from spells that add to an enemy model’s ARM or DEF. ORACULAR VISION – Once per turn when this model is directly hit by an attack, it can immediately spend 1 focus point to not suffer a damage roll from the attack.

GAZE OF JUSTICE CONTINUOUS EFFECT: FIRE DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL

SHIELD SHIELD

HOLY WRATH CONTINUOUS EFFECT: FIRE DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL FLAME BURST – When this model boxes an enemy model with this weapon, enemy models within 1˝ of the boxed model suffer the Fire continuous effect .

MODIFIED BY

ADDITIONAL MFG


12

2 604


8.5

710

5.5

60

HOLY WRATH, SHIELD VASSALS OF MENOTH

86

Malekus ordered the twisted and smoldering remains removed and taken to the artificers at the Incendium’s disposal. With the approval of the Priestess of the Flame, he made the reconstruction of the warjack his personal project. In addition to overseeing the work of the artificers tasked with rebuilding the chassis, Malekus performed extensive religious rites over the cortex and frame. The warcaster spent weeks laboring over the intricacies of inscriptions and blessings, all the while relishing the time spent with a machine he knew had been a vessel of the Lawbringer’s power—a machine he now called the Eye of Truth. Made even more resplendent through the efforts of Malekus, the Eye of Truth retains vestiges of the divine power that guided it in the defense of the Temple. It has since manifested a number of surprising capabilities that even the most experienced Vassals of Menoth and Sul-Menite Artificers cannot explain. Enemies burst into flame before its gaze, and the warjack serves as a conduit for Malekus’ own prayers, extending his powers on the battlefield.

87

FIRE OF SALVATION PROTECTORATE HEAVY WARJACK Those who have joined Grand Exemplar Mikael Kreoss in battle and fought alongside this peerless machine describe its dedication and loyalty as if speaking of another soldier of the faith rather than a creation of iron and steel. Indeed, the eyes of this aureate Crusader carry a weight of presence more akin to a zealot’s than to that of a soulless construct. Its fervent wrath strikes terror in unbelievers and kindles rapture in followers of the True Law as they witness its fiery mace Absolver incinerate entire ranks of heathens.

FIRE OF SALVATION 1 SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 5 11 7 5 10 19 —


R

ABSOLVER RNG POW P+S 1 7 18

R

Driven to vengeance by the dying of the faithful around it, Fire of Salvation swings its flame-wreathed weapon until every foe lies shattered and burned. Menites of other nations who have witnessed its righteous fury have been known to fall to their knees, lay down their weapons, and forsake old loyalties. Groveling before the grand exemplar, they beg him to restrain this relentless warjack from executing its just punishment.

DAMAGE

The choir priests attending Fire of Salvation know every detail of its chassis. Each rod, piston, and steel plate stands as part of a proud legacy, and the warjack’s densely inscribed surface reveals the long and storied history of its participation in the wars of the Protectorate. After every battle, armorers etch new lines into the layers of plated steel to describe its mighty deeds.

L

PC 16

L R L M C R

R

M M C C

FA C

BASE:LARGE

FIRE OF SALVATION 1 CONSTRUCT BOND [KREOSS] – If this model begins the game in

Kreoss’ battlegroup, it is bonded to him. This model is not considered to be bonded while under your opponent’s control. While this model is bonded to Kreoss and in his control range, its weapons gain Dispel. (When a weapon with Dispel hits a model/ unit, upkeep spells and animi on that model/unit immediately expire.) IMPRINT: HOLY FERVOR – At any time during its activation, this model can spend 1 focus point to use Holy Fervor. This activation, this model’s melee attack rolls are boosted. When this model destroys one or more enemy models with a basic melee attack this activation, immediately after the attack is resolved this model can make one additional melee attack. RIGHTEOUS VENGEANCE – If one or more friendly Faction warrior models were destroyed or removed from play by enemy attacks while within 5˝ of this model during the last round, during your Maintenance Phase this model can advance up to 3˝ and make one basic melee attack.

OPEN FIST OPEN FIST

ABSOLVER CONTINUOUS EFFECT: FIRE

MODIFIED VARIANT BY

ADDITIONAL CORTEX

vassals of menoth

12

0 590

liberated

/ wiped / reconditioned

8.3

755

5

55

ABSOLVER VASSALS OF MENOTH

Kreoss and Fire of Salvation fought in some of the most dangerous actions in the early days of the siege of Sul, often alongside just a handful of exemplars. Few knights survived these desperate rearguard actions, and Kreoss himself would surely have died had it not been for his favored warjack. Time and again, Fire of Salvation stood between the retreating Menites and the crush of Cygnaran trenchers and storm knights. Its hull already a memoir of the Caspia-Sul conflict, Fire of Salvation’s armor was further ornamented in the days after Hierarch Voyle’s death. Its armor plates tell of the countless battles through which it persevered alongside Kreoss as the Protectorate pushed back the invading Cygnarans and laid siege to Caspia. The vaunted Crusader and its master fought their way through the press of heretics again and again, inspiring the other exemplars to follow. Though its cortex and weaponry are of more recent design, several of the ’jack’s armored plates once protected machines that fought in the original Protectorate crusades, those bloody battles that brought conversion or death to the savage Idrians who foolishly opposed Menoth’s will. Many of those warjacks were left to the southern sands after their destruction in battles north of Icthier, including the desperate last stand where Hierarch Luctine fell in 521 AR. Lying for decades in blessed proximity to Luctine, these artifacts were imbued with a sanctity whose strength is almost palpable. The priests of Sul considered it only proper that such relics should gird a warjack that has fought faithfully alongside Grand Exemplar Kreoss since his earliest days of service to the Protectorate. During the ceremony where Kreoss was promoted to grand exemplar in 605 AR, priests affixed these plates along with blessed parchments illuminated with passages from the Canon of the True Law onto its chassis. These formalized and recognized the sanctity Fire of Salvation has earned by righteous conflict while fighting alongside its master. Fire of Salvation has learned much from fighting alongside Kreoss for two decades, and it echoes his footsteps in battle. Its presence inspires his Knights Exemplar, who welcome it to their engagements. It fights as fiercely as a brother knight, seeming to become enraged at the sight of allies laid low and moving to intercept enemies and deliver blazing retribution.

TACTICAL TIPS Bond [Kreoss] – Because they expire immediately, upkeep spells and animi that had an effect when the model was hit or damaged will have no effect.

88

Righteous Vengeance – This model moves after continuous effects have been resolved during your Maintenance Phase.

89

HAND OF JUDGMENT PROTECTORATE HEAVY WARJACK HAND OF JUDGMENT 1 SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 5 11 7 5 10 19 —

IMMOLATOR CANNON RNG ROF AOE POW SP 10 1 — 13

L

FLAME OF TRUTH RNG POW P+S 2 7 18

R

DAMAGE

L

PC 18

L R L M C R

R

M M C C

FA C

BASE:LARGE

HAND OF JUDGMENT 1 CONSTRUCT IMMUNITY: FIRE BLAZING WRATH – This model can charge enemy models suffering the Fire continuous effect without spending focus. BOND [FEORA] – If this model begins the game in Feora’s battlegroup, it is bonded to her. This model is not considered to be bonded while under your opponent’s control. While this model is bonded to Feora and in her control range, it gains boosted ranged attack rolls. FUEL FOR THE FLAMES – When a model suffers a fire damage roll while within 5˝ of this model, add +2 to the roll.

IMMOLATOR CANNON CONTINUOUS EFFECT: FIRE DAMAGE TYPE: FIRE

FLAME OF TRUTH CRITICAL FIRE FLAME BURST – When this model boxes an enemy

model with this weapon, enemy models within 1˝ of the boxed model suffer the Fire continuous effect .

607

830

8.5

60

12

6

IMMOLATOR CANNON, FLAME OF TRUTH VASSALS OF MENOTH

90

Hand of Judgment exists for a single purpose: to execute the will of Feora, Priestess and Protector of the Flame. Armed with an immolator cannon and a massive mace, this mighty warjack brings Menoth’s cleansing fire to those arrayed against the Protectorate. Through her station and her influence with Visgoth Ark Razek, overseer of the Sul-Menite Artificers, Feora commissioned Hand of Judgment as a testament to her political and martial authority. Feora’s detractors in the Synod argued against this request, viewing the demand for such an elaborate weapon as a sure sign of arrogance and glory-seeking, but ultimately Visgoth Ark Razek committed the SulMenite Artificers to the project. He saw the fulfillment of Feora’s request to protect the Temple as a sacrosanct duty of his station. Crafted by experienced artificers according to Feora’s exacting specifications, the Hand of Judgment exemplifies her disdain for the enemies of the Temple. The road to develop the Hand of Judgment was arduous. Numerous cortexes for this warjack were offered and found wanting. Feora craved a warjack with a passion and skill for battle rivaling her own. Fearing failure, the senior artificer on the project spent weeks in pious contemplation, finding himself among the wracked penitents for days at a time and listening to their cries in hopes of gleaning some holy guidance. It was only after a lengthy period of fasting and self-privation that he saw how to improve his design and at last crafted a cortex capable of channeling the fury Feora demanded. The sacred magic that radiates from the machine’s chassis stokes even the smallest flames into roaring fires, turning the stream of its flamethrower into a firestorm. During its short term of service, Hand of Judgment has demonstrated a dangerous temper only Feora can keep in check. Under her control, its wrathful temperament is brought to heel and replaced with a more calculated aggression. Wherever the warcaster treads, Hand of Judgment follows, eager to slip its leash and destroy those who displease its master.

91

SCOURGE OF HERESY PROTECTORATE HEAVY WARJACK Arcane invocations are dangerous and profane when performed without the Creator’s strict guidance. Most mortals are too weak to utilize the blasphemous gift of magic without falling to corruption, a truth High Executioner Servath Reznik knows all too well. Scourge of Heresy aids him in his divinely inspired vigilance. The hulking warjack relishes purging the world of the occult’s shadow with an intensity rivaling that of the high executioner himself. Its heartfire blazes with a terrible enthusiasm as it mortifies the flesh of the unclean with the flames of its holy blade, Punisher. As Reznik is a weapon guided by the will of the hierarch and ultimately Menoth, so too is this instrument of judgment sent against the Creator of Man’s enemies. It is a vessel through which the Wrath of Ages embodies his hatred and sates his hunger to punish the faithless.

SCOURGE OF HERESY 1 SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 4 11 7 5 10 19 —

PUNISHER RNG POW P+S 2 7 18

L

BLAZING STAR RNG POW P+S 2 5 16

R

DAMAGE

Reznik chose the chassis, cortex, and weapons of his instrument with care and had priests in service to the Sul-Menite Artificers bless every component even beyond the normal rites used to sanctify mechanika. Sacred passages written on the walls of Ancient Icthier were intoned over the machine as its heartfire was ignited for the first time. When Reznik bonded his will to the warjack, he could feel the sanctity of those words resonating within the cortex of Scourge of Heresy, as well as its unquenchable loathing for the perfidy of heretics. It was taught to express a very narrow range of acceptance for those it would consider allies rather than enemies.

L

PC 16

L R L M C R

R

M M C C

FA C

BASE:LARGE

SCOURGE OF HERESY 1 CONSTRUCT ARCANE VORTEX – This model can immediately negate any spell that targets it or a model within 3˝ of it by spending 1 focus point. The negated spell does not take effect, but its COST remains spent. BOND [REZNIK] – If this model begins the game in Reznik’s battlegroup, it is bonded to him. This model is not considered to be bonded while under your opponent’s control. Once per turn when Reznik destroys an enemy model or causes it to be removed from play as a result of a melee attack while this model is bonded to him and in his control range, immediately after the attack is resolved this model can make a full advance.

PUNISHER CONTINUOUS EFFECT: FIRE PURGATION – Gain an additional die on attack and

damage rolls with this weapon against models with an enemy upkeep spell or animus on them.

BLAZING STAR CHAIN WEAPON THRESHER (HATTACK) – This model makes one melee

attack with this weapon against each model in its LOS that is in this weapon’s melee range. Thresher attacks are simultaneous.

MODIFIED BY

ADDITIONAL MFG


12

3 603


10.26

885

5.2

60

BLAZING STAR, PUNISHER VASSALS OF MENOTH

92

Scourge of Heresy has proven its hatred of profane spellcasters in battle. Their spells wither in its presence, allowing the ´jack to crush them with a blow from its blazing flail that flares with burning Menoth’s Fury or with a strike from the white-hot blade of Punisher. With this consecrated weapon, Scourge of Heresy scours Caen of heretical spellcasters. Like its master, it cannot relent in its hunt of their kind. To stand before the Scourge of Heresy is to be judged—and, if found wanting, condemned.

TACTICAL TIPS Thresher – These attacks are not optional.

93

JUDICATOR PROTECTORATE COLOSSAL WARJACK To the Sul-Menites, the Judicator channels Menoth’s wrath by delivering the punishment of fire unto heathens. In support of its holy mission, prayers are inscribed upon each armored plate, upon each fist and flamethrower, and upon every rocket—blessings that help sear judgment into the flesh of the faithless. Its engines and armament roar to the beat of its step and the melodies sung by the great choirs of Menites that follow it into battle.

JUDICATOR SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 4 18 6 5 8 19 —

ROCKET POD L

RNG ROF AOE POW 14 1 3 14

R


L

RNG ROF AOE POW SP 8 1 — 12

R

RNG ROF AOE POW SP 8 1 — 12

The vision that led to the creation of the Judicator came to the Harbinger of Menoth in the days after the conquest of Leryn. She foresaw a coming conflict wreathed in smoke and fire, with immense machines bearing the banners of the enemies of the faith. Where they clashed, the earth itself was sundered. She knew those machines would exact a terrible price from the faithful should her nation be caught unprepared.

ROCKET POD

FLAMETHROWER

At first the Synod was reluctant to act on her vision, but Hierarch Severius brooked no dissent. Efforts to construct the required weapons began at once under the direction of Visgoth Ark Razek and his artificers. When Razek concluded that existing facilities were insufficient for the demands of such a tremendous undertaking, the Foundry of the Sacred Flame was conceived.

FLAMETHROWER

FIST L

RNG POW P+S 2 3 21

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RNG POW P+S 2 3 21

Using the endless resources of Protectorate toil, dedication, and faith, the great edifice was erected in the sands east of Imer in mere months. The nation spared no expense in this construction, though the lives of many laborers were lost in the rush to completion. The manufacture of the Judicator began even as the first choirs arrived to bless the factory, its laborers, and the products of the great work.

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JUDICATOR CONSTRUCT PATHFINDER RELIQUARY – This model can boost attack and damage rolls after rolling. While its S system is disabled, this model loses the benefits of Reliquary.

ROCKET POD INACCURATE – This model suffers –4 to attack rolls with

this weapon. SECONDARY BLAST – After determining the point of impact, roll deviation for one additional 3˝ AOE from that point. A model hit by the additional AOE suffers a POW 7 blast damage roll.

FLAMETHROWER CONTINUOUS EFFECT: FIRE DAMAGE TYPE: FIRE

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The Sul-Menite artificers faced numerous challenges in the design of the Judicator. Lacking the industrial resources of Cygnar or Khador and possessing fewer specialized arcane mechaniks, the artificers found themselves unable to create a colossal-grade cortex similar to that of either nation. They turned instead to their faith, praying for inspiration to craft a device that would channel the power of the Creator into the finest cortex they could produce. As with the Vessel of Judgment, they outfitted the Judicator with a holy reliquary containing the interred remains of a favored priest who had died in battle and whose essence would serve as a reservoir for divine energies. These would be humble servants of the faith whose loyalty to the Creator outlasted death. A mechanikal conduit connects this receptacle to the cortex in order to fill the machine with spiritual power and guide its actions in combat. Though the Protectorate still lacks the resources to produce Judicators in great numbers, each can be sent forth to its predestined battles by the guidance of the Harbinger. Their success is seen as proof that Menoth approves such weapons when sent forth on righteous crusades. The Judicator proved too large to be assembled behind closed doors, even at the massive Foundry of the Sacred Flame, and the artificers moved its final stages of construction outdoors. Under the desert sun, expert mechaniks and chanting priests oversaw the assembly as teams of laborjacks operated winches and hoists that lifted the massive limbs and armor plating into place. Choirs gathered to sing benedictions as workers stoked the Judicator’s heartfire for the first time, and the great weapon of the faith took its first steps. Bearing shoulders filled with dozens of rockets, the colossal can fire withering barrages without concern for precision: the weapons can reduce entire columns of troops to blasted ruin. The machine sprays Menoth’s Fury into otherwise unassailable trenches and uses its mighty fists to crush the few who survive. If innocents perish amid the Judicator’s unleashed wrath, they will find solace serving Menoth in the City of Man. Those who follow the machine into battle fearlessly chant and pray their devotion, knowing they walk in the footsteps of their god’s will.

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REVELATOR PROTECTORATE COLOSSAL WARJACK To face the Revelator is to be stripped of pretense and laid bare before the fires of judgment. In its presence the flames of an angry god refuse to wane, persisting to cleanse the world. The screams of the guilty serve as its litanies, the crackle and hiss of their flesh an enduring choir. For those who have turned aside from the Creator, this colossal represents the inevitable termination of tragic and misguided lives.

REVELATOR SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 4 18 6 5 8 19 —

CONFLAGRATOR RNG ROF AOE POW 10 1 4 15

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The Protectorate has once again shouldered the burdens demanded by its faith to outpace the industry of larger nations through sheer will and determination. Forged in the fires of faith and empowered by some of the nation’s holiest relics, the fires of this new colossal burn brightly. Each Revelator contains a feretory within which is sealed a precious fragment of the shattered altar recovered from the first great temple of Calacia, where Priest-King Valent of Thrace brought the words of the Creator to his congregation. Previously the remnants of that altar had been preserved within the Great Temple of the Creator in Sul. The visgoths decided such relics would be better employed in active service, bringing their holy power to the front line of the crusade through these towering machines. Just as the Judicator harnessed the holiness of sacred remains, the Revelator harvests the concentrated faith and sanctity of ancient artifacts to spectacular effect.

CONFLAGRATOR R


L

RNG ROF AOE POW 14 1 — 12

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RNG ROF AOE POW 14 1 — 12

LIGHT BRINGER

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RNG POW P+S 2 3 21

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C S R R

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REVELATOR CONSTRUCT PATHFINDER FERETORY – This model ignores concealment and Stealth . Additionally, this model’s weapons gain Damage Type: Magical . While its S system is disabled, this model loses the benefits of Feretory.

CONFLAGRATOR CRITICAL FIRE DAMAGE TYPE: FIRE BURNING GROUND – On a direct hit against an enemy model, this attack’s AOE becomes a hazard that remains in play for one round. Models without Flight entering or ending their activations in the AOE suffer a POW 12 fire damage roll and the Fire continuous effect .

LIGHT BRINGER DAMAGE TYPE: FIRE FIRE BEACON – A model hit by this weapon loses

Stealth

for one turn.

FIST OPEN FIST

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Through the holy power accumulated in its feretory, the Revelator renders all heathen attempts at concealment futile. The pious believe this power is a gift from heroes of the faith watching from Urcaen. Hidden foes seen by a Revelator can be revealed to Menoth’s crusaders through a pair of Light Bringer cannons; any that survive direct fire are emblazoned with holy illumination, marking them for destruction. Each of these blessed cannons is painstakingly engraved and then anointed with hundreds of hours of intensive prayer by novice and initiate priests led by those who supervise the cleansing of all mechanika that is produced by the Sul-Menite Artificers. Once transgressors have fallen beneath its all-seeing gaze, the Revelator unleashes the fury of its Conflagrator cannons, each firing ordnance containing refined Menoth’s Fury. Before being encased in the ammunition, the volatile substance is treated with a thickening agent, allowing it to burn for longer periods of time once set alight. Enemies of the true faith who meet the colossal in battle are awestruck at the sight of its holy wrath—though such enemies persist as little more than ashes on the wind.

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SOLDIERS OF THE PROTECTORATE

That the Protectorate of Menoth has been able to establish itself as one of the great military powers in western Immoren is the result of a century of effort and dedication. Lacking the larger populations of their rivals, the Sul-Menites compensate with fanatical resolve. Nowhere else in the Iron Kingdoms does such a high percentage of the population stand ready to fight and die for their nation and their beliefs. The Great Crusade creates a constant need for armed combatants. The Protectorate’s fighting forces come from diverse martial orders, each with its own role, tradition, and hierarchy. The specializations of these orders can be combined to allow the Protectorate to field surprisingly flexible armies well suited to meet any enemy in the field. Such armies often include a mix of hardened elite forces who have trained their entire lives for battle, relatively unskilled volunteer militia who are nonetheless armed with formidable weaponry, and priests who tend to the spiritual well-being of the army and provide support through powerful battle prayers. All citizens within the Protectorate of Menoth are expected to contribute to the nation’s military might when called upon. Common citizens not enlisted in any of the martial orders can be levied at a moment’s notice by local priests. A simple ringing of bells can summon an entire village to retrieve hidden stashes of weapons, and these same priests lead these zealots into battle. Among the Protectorate’s citizens are thousands who enroll in local militias, volunteering a portion of their time to more active service. The largest such group are the deliverers, who practice military drills to effectively use their weapons.

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Most rank-and-file deliverers alternate between this service and providing civilian labor for their nation. Deliverer arms masters and other leaders are more likely to have committed to this service as a career, giving up other pursuits to organize and train fresh recruits. While the military of the Protectorate relies on militias and citizen levies for defense, such groups do not make up the heart of its army. The Protectorate retains several major military orders whose members dedicate their lives to battling the faithless. The largest of these groups is the Flameguard. These career soldiers comprise the core of the Protectorate’s garrisons and many crusading armies. Any citizen of the Protectorate may apply for induction into the Flameguard, but not all are accepted. Those most likely to be welcomed into training are healthy youths aged sixteen to eighteen—those in their prime who are ready to be forged into Temple defenders. All who endure the rigorous regimen serve first among the Temple Flameguard, learning the spear and shield. Most soldiers serve six to ten years before returning to civilian life, released to start a family and perform other labors for the Protectorate. The most dedicated continue in this role until death or old age prevents them from fulfilling their duties. The Flameguard is a large and versatile organization with several specialized branches. Some of its soldiers who display the proper temperaments are chosen for these more focused roles. Those with unshakeable faith and unflinching resolve might be appointed as Flameguard Cleansers, specializing in applying cleansing flame to heretics both within and

outside the Protectorate. Those who show both a capacity for leadership and the ability to channel the holy power of Menoth might be initiated as priests of the Incendium, a branch of the clergy dedicated to the Flameguard and connected to its upper leadership. Fewest in number are the Daughters of the Flame, hand-picked women selected for their drive and aptitude for inflicting vengeance. Most Daughters have lost family members to the Protectorate’s enemies and are willing to sacrifice their lives to see this injustice rectified. The most elite martial orders of the Protectorate are the Knights Exemplar, the Order of the Fist, and the Order of the Wall. The training and duties associated with these orders are far more intensive, and those who enter their service commit for a lifetime. Members are recruited and begin training at a very young age, with initiates of the Knights Exemplar typically joining at the age of twelve and paladins of the Order of the Wall at age ten. There is no specific age for joining the Order of the Fist, but many of its initiates were passed to its monastery while still young children, including a number of orphans who have known no other upbringing. While some youth display an eagerness to serve their nation in this capacity, many are turned over by parents eager to see their children attain honorable positions and serve Menoth. The Knights Exemplar accepts the largest number of new initiates every year to sustain the needs of the far-flung crusades.

These elite orders shape and mold their young initiates, transforming them into embodiments of each order’s essential principles. The extensive martial training requires habits and instincts that can only be drilled into them over many years; it is rare to find a mature adult with the temperament to complete such training later in life. Knights Exemplar must learn to become perfectly obedient instruments of the priesthood and the scrutator caste, unflinching in their execution of orders. Allegiants of the Order of the Fist are steeped in an unforgiving martial philosophy that lets them transcend the limits of ordinary flesh and bone. Paladins of the Order of the Wall have a unique and ancient code of behavior based on protecting the faithful that sets them apart from the rest of the Temple and often puts them at odds with the ruling scrutators. For this order even more than the others, it is a priority to forge within their recruits mental fortitude and deeply ingrained morality, qualities equally as vital as martial prowess. The combined might of martial orders both new and old, along with the masses of the faithful willing to take up arms at a moment’s notice, has catapulted the Protectorate of Menoth into a position of power among the Iron Kingdoms. Guided by their faith in the Creator of Man, the armies of the Protectorate march forth to see Menoth’s will done.

SOLDIERS OF THE PROTECTORATE

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CHOIR OF MENOTH PROTECTORATE UNIT LEADER & GRUNTS SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 6 4 4 4 12 12 6

BATTLE STAFF RNG POW P+S 2 2 6 PC

Leader & 3 Grunts Leader & 5 Grunts

4 6

FA 3

BASE:SMALL

LEADER & GRUNTS HYMN – RNG 3. Target friendly Faction warjack. When

a model in this unit performs a Hymn special action, choose a hymn. Each activation, all models in this unit performing a hymn must perform the same one. If the target warjack is in range, it is affected by the hymn. A warjack can be affected by only one hymn at any time. • BATTLE (HACTION) – The warjack gains +2 to damage rolls. Battle lasts for one turn. • PASSAGE (HACTION) – The warjack cannot be targeted by non-magical ranged attacks. Passage lasts for one round. • SHIELDING (HACTION) – The warjack cannot be targeted by enemy spells. Shielding lasts for one round.

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The Protectorate has long had an uncomfortable relationship with the mechanikal tools upon which its military relies. Since the first Cygnaran Civil War, the Menites have seen the need to use the laborjacks and warjacks they had collected, cobbled together, armored, and modified for battle. By the strict interpretation of the tenets of their faith, however, such fabrications are inherently blasphemous. Hierarch Luctine first derived the means to sanctify the use of these arcane machines of war, purifying profane artifices with fervent prayer and blessings. Successive accomplishments in battle are taken as a sign that the Creator smiles on their efforts. Often choirs of Menoth march alongside the iron-and-steel giants to further empower them with holy chants and prayers. Sacred scrolls in hand, devout warpriests lead the choirs onto the field of battle. These valiant faithful are chosen from among those deemed most likely to demonstrate the rare gift of connecting to and controlling warjacks in battle. The warpriest directs a powerful, ancient canticle reinforcing the existing bonds between warjacks and their warcaster masters. The choir’s prayers turn aside incoming projectiles, unravel enemy spells before they can reach their targets, and divinely guide warjack weapons to smite unbelievers. Requiring unassailable concentration and great effort to achieve, these perfect, meditative chants are the choir’s sole purpose on the battlefield.

DAUGHTERS OF THE FLAME PROTECTORATE FLAMEGUARD UNIT The Daughters of the Flame are feared even within the Protectorate, as much for their origin as for their well-earned reputation for being silent killers. The order was founded in secret by the Priestess of the Flame with the consent of Hierarch Voyle and was originally charged with the security of Menite sacred places. Over time, this secret order evolved into a precision tool adept at removing both internal and external threats to the Protectorate. Organized into small strike forces called “hands,” the Daughters stalk enemies of the faithful with single-minded devotion, emerging from the shadows only to spill the blood of heretics. The Daughters are chosen from among fresh Flameguard recruits based on their raw potential and total dedication. Many count husbands or betrothed among the thousands of Menite soldiers who have died defending their faith; others grieve fallen parents or siblings. Though considered part of the Flameguard, those who are accepted into the ranks of this order are trained separately in an exhaustive regimen of physical and mental conditioning. Possessing peerless proficiency in the art of obfuscation, Daughters of the Flame are difficult to follow on the battlefield. They dart from obstacle to obstacle at blinding speed, bending and contorting to maximize available protection and avoid the eyes of the enemy. They are rumored to have been schooled in martial techniques by the Order of the Fist, and in battle they are a blur of fluid motion. Weaving through the enemy, Daughters engage in synchronized strikes, their blades cutting through flesh and penetrating narrow spaces between plates of armor.

LEADER & GRUNTS SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 7 5 6 4 14 12 8

SWORD RNG POW P+S 0.5 4 9 PC Leader & 5 Grunts

10

FA 2

BASE:SMALL

LEADER & GRUNTS ADVANCE DEPLOYMENT COMBINED MELEE ATTACK PARRY STEALTH ACROBATICS – This model can advance through other models if it has enough movement to move completely past their bases. This model ignores intervening models when declaring its charge target. ANATOMICAL PRECISION – When this model’s melee damage roll fails to exceed the ARM of the living model hit, that model suffers 1 damage point. A model disabled by a melee attack made by this model cannot make a Tough roll.

Though some claim Feora overreached her authority by expanding the role of the order, none would claim it has not been a boon to the Protectorate’s war effort. Since the start of the Great Crusade and the subsequent Cygnaran invasion of Sul, the Daughters have served on the battlefield alongside the Temple Flameguard and Flameguard Cleansers. In addition to conducting precision strikes against the enemy, Daughters also provide Protectorate field commanders with vital reconnaissance.

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DELIVERER SKYHAMMERS PROTECTORATE UNIT LEADER & GRUNTS SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 5 4 4 5 12 11 7

SKYHAMMER RNG ROF AOE POW 16 1 3 8

SWORD RNG POW P+S 0.5 3 7 PC


8 13

FA 2

BASE:SMALL

LEADER & GRUNTS COMBINED RANGED ATTACK

SKYHAMMER INACCURATE – This model suffers –4 to attack rolls with

this weapon.

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Whistling through the air in long and deadly arcs, the Skyhammer rockets of deliverers rain down across the battlefield to bring the wrath of the Lawgiver in fiery, thundering explosions. Few enemies are brave or hardy enough to face a withering barrage of deliverer fire long enough to close, knowing entire formations can be consumed in roaring blossoms of flame. Expanding the deliverers from a niche auxiliary unit into a mainstay of the Protectorate was one of several achievements made during Hierarch Garrick Voyle’s push to reform the Protectorate military. After assessing the effective Redeemer, Voyle realized the essential role long-range explosives would have on the modern battlefield. Unlike expensive warjacks, the faithful could be easily replaced and thus could be deployed in far greater numbers. Early deliverers launched the dangerous, self-propelled explosives by hand, holding a length of wood aloft until the fuse burned down and the rocket spiraled into the air. Most of the time the rockets landed beyond enemy lines before exploding in a shower of fiery shrapnel. Sometimes, however, they detonated immediately or fell to the ground woefully short of the foe. Ranking arms masters developed reinforced cylindrical tubes that could be aimed at the enemy and provided more control. Even with these improvements, only the most devoted become deliverers: walking into battle loaded down with explosives requires deep and abiding faith and courage.

DELIVERER SUNBURST CREW PROTECTORATE WEAPON CREW UNIT Sunburst crews support the armies of the Lawbringer from afar, hurling flaming death upon their enemies. The annihilating bolts detonate on impact, creating a wide area of devastation that blasts holes in enemy formations and rends warjacks into scrap. The Sunburst is a product of the disarmament agreement between Cygnar and the Protectorate made centuries before the Sul-Menites threw off the yoke of Cygnaran governance. Prohibited from constructing dedicated weapons of war, the Temple of Menoth’s weaponsmiths did not have the luxury of munitions factories to fabricate complex items. Whereas other nations could experiment with cannons and more advanced arms, the Protectorate required artillery that could easily be built from the simple materials found in their resource-poor country. The Sunburst’s design thus integrates ancient ingenuity and modern science. The ballista is one of the oldest siege weapons in western Immoren, dating to before the Thousand Cities era; the vassals of the Protectorate have simply refined it for use on the battlefields of their crusades. Rather than propelling a shell with a charge of blasting powder, the platform mechanically pitches its explosive payload, allowing for the use of a heavier and more destructive charge. The charge itself is contained within a roughly spherical orb holding refined Menoth’s Fury surrounded by a lattice of metal designed to splinter into deadly shrapnel upon detonation. Working in tandem, a Sunburst gunner and his crew can range and attack targets easily as long as they stay in close communication. Deliverer Sunburst crews are proud of the part they play in the Creator’s army, knowing their weapons represent the long reach of Menoth’s fiery judgment.

GUNNER SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 2 4 4 5 12 11 5

SUNBURST RNG ROF AOE POW 16 1 4 15

SWORD RNG POW P+S 0.5 3 7

GRUNTS SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 4 4 4 5 12 11 5

SWORD RNG POW P+S 0.5 3 7 PC Gunner & 2 Grunts BASE (GUNNER): BASE (GRUNT):

5

FA 2 LARGE SMALL

GUNNER OFFICER MAN-SIZED – This model is treated as a small-based

model and occupies the space from the bottom of its base to a height of 1.75˝. MOBILE ARTILLERY – When this model advances as part of its Normal Movement, it gains +1˝ movement for each Grunt in this unit within 2˝ of it at the start of its advance. TAKE UP – If this model is destroyed, you can choose a Grunt in this unit within 1˝ of it to be destroyed instead. Effects on this model expire, and it gains the effects on the chosen Grunt. Remove the Grunt from the table instead of this model. This model has the same number of unmarked damage boxes as the chosen Grunt.

SUNBURST CONTINUOUS EFFECT: FIRE DAMAGE TYPE: FIRE

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FLAME BRINGERS

PROTECTORATE FLAMEGUARD UNIT A detachment of flame bringers crosses the field of war like a raging wildfire, each wielding two razor-sharp swords and gaining momentum with every foe claimed by her insatiable assault. Serving as the light cavalry of the Daughters of the Flame, these trick riders are nimble combatants atop their war horses, which are bred on the southern Idrian plains and thoroughly vetted for temperament, endurance, and speed. Those who see flame bringers in action for the first time are struck by their astonishing dexterity. A combination of swift steeds and light, expert riders allows the flame bringers startling speed and maneuverability. Enemies who think themselves out of reach are soon surrounded and set upon by these blade experts. These soldiers bring the tremendous athleticism and acrobatics of their sisterhood to horseback, able to evade blows by dangling from the sides of their steeds or vaulting off to strike down an enemy before swiftly leaping back astride their mounts to race away. The mortal wounds they deal are invariably lethal, opening arteries and damaging internal organs so victims can take no benefit from surgical or even mystical intervention. Flame bringers are notorious for circling behind the enemy line to strike an army’s vulnerable flanks, a terror to lightly armored troops who thought themselves safe. A unit of flame bringers is more than capable of sowing chaos and confusion among even the most disciplined opponents.

TACTICAL TIPS Reposition – If a model is part of a unit, its activation does not end until all models in its unit have completed their activations.

LEADER & GRUNTS SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 9 5 7 4 14 15 9

SWORD RNG POW P+S 0.5 4 9

MOUNT RNG POW 0.5 10 DAMAGE: PC


5 EACH 11 17

FA 2

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LEADER & GRUNTS CAVALRY PARRY PATHFINDER REPOSITION [5˝] – At the end of an activation in which it did not run or fail a charge, this model can advance up to 5˝, then its activation ends. SIDE STEP – When this model hits an enemy model with an initial melee attack or a melee special attack, it can advance up to 2˝ after the attack is resolved.

SWORD WEAPON MASTER CRITICAL GRIEVOUS WOUNDS – On a critical hit, a

model hit by this weapon loses Tough and cannot have damage removed from it for one round.

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FLAMEGUARD CLEANSERS PROTECTORATE UNIT LEADER & GRUNTS SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 5 6 6 5 11 14 8

PURIFIER RNG ROF AOE POW SP 8 1 — 12

PURIFIER BLADE RNG POW P+S 1 4 10 PC


9 15

FA 2

BASE:SMALL

LEADER & GRUNTS IMMUNITY: FIRE ASHEN VEIL – This model has concealment. Living

enemy models without Immunity: Fire suffer –2 to attack rolls while within 2˝ of this model.

PURIFIER CONTINUOUS EFFECT: FIRE DAMAGE TYPE: FIRE

PURIFIER BLADE CRITICAL FIRE

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Not originally intended for foreign fields of war, the infamous Flameguard cleansers were born from the seeds of domestic conflict. They stand as the disciplinary arm of the Flameguard Temple and as such are merciless and unyielding. It is their job to sanctify the land from the touch of heresy, to purify those accused of blasphemy by scouring them in holy fire. The sight of cleansers solemnly marching through a Protectorate settlement is enough to make all but the most pious cringe and hide. Once called to duty, cleansers sanctify the homes and hiding places of heretics with their flamethrowers, reducing buildings and inhabitants to ash as the scrutators decree and taking the taint of corruption with them. Cleansers stand watch over their blazes, ready to cut down those who might try to escape, though most choose to wound or hobble a burning escapee in order to intercept him and toss him back into the inferno, thus carrying out their holy writs to the letter. The Purifier, the signature weapon of the cleansers, is one of the few mechanikal advances to originate within the Protectorate of Menoth. Designed by vassal mechaniks directed to create a portable weapon that could deliver Menoth’s Fury at range, the Purifier is exceedingly deadly. The people of other nations are horrified that this weapon is used against the Protectorate’s own people, which reinforces the cruel reputation of the Sul-Menite theocracy. Though cleansers were created to purify the lands of the Creator, the expansion of hostilities with the crusades has called for the deployment of cleansers against heretics outside the Protectorate’s borders. Taking to the field with the same zealotry displayed in the execution of their sacred duties, the cleansers have proved themselves worthy soldiers. Individually, each is capable of clearing a swath through the enemies of the faith. Wreathed in the ashes that once were the homes and bodies of their heathen enemies, the cleansers wash away iniquities with sheets of purifying flame.

FLAMEGUARD CLEANSER OFFICER PROTECTORATE COMMAND ATTACHMENT Years of war have forged the cleansers of the Flameguard into hardened soldiers. Though their order was originally created to purge the blasphemous from among the Protectorate’s own subjects, these citizen-soldiers have embraced their new duties on the battlefields of western Immoren. The life of a cleanser is often short, for enemies of the faith abhor him as a fearful reminder of Menoth’s final judgment. Those cleansers who survive to become officers believe they have been preserved to guide their subordinates and ensure the order’s purifying flame is directed where it is most needed. The weapon of the Flameguard Cleansers is a challenging instrument of war, but the officers of the order have utterly mastered it. During their extensive field experience they have developed a number of techniques that exploit the ravenous nature of the fire they unleash. An officer can direct the cleansers to coax the same qualities out of their own weapons, utilizing precise amounts of fuel to create highpressure jets of roaring flame. At the officer’s order, his men rush into the fray releasing torrents of liquid flame, creating a conflagration that rises into the sky as it purges the unholy with the cleansing touch of the Creator.

TACTICAL TIPS Officer – Because this model is an Officer, when it is destroyed it does not replace a Grunt in its unit. Instead the Leader becomes the new unit commander.

OFFICER SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 5 6 7 6 11 14 9

PURIFIER RNG ROF AOE POW SP 8 1 — 12

PURIFIER BLADE RNG POW P+S 1 4 10 DAMAGE:5 PC 4

FA 2

BASE:SMALL

ATTACHMENT [FLAMEGUARD CLEANSERS] – This

attachment can be added to a Flameguard Cleanser unit.

OFFICER IMMUNITY: FIRE OFFICER ASHEN VEIL – This model has concealment. Living enemy models without Immunity: Fire suffer –2 to attack rolls while within 2˝ of this model. SCOURING FLAMES – This model can use Scouring Flames once per game at any time during its unit’s activation. This activation, the base RNG of Purifier weapons in this unit becomes SP 10. TACTICS: ASSAULT – Models in this unit gain Assault .

PURIFIER CONTINUOUS EFFECT: FIRE DAMAGE TYPE: FIRE

PURIFIER BLADE CRITICAL FIRE

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HOLY ZEALOTS PROTECTORATE UNIT LEADER & GRUNTS SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 6 4 5 4 12 12 6

FIRE BOMB RNG ROF AOE POW 6 1 3 12

MACE RNG POW P+S 0.5 3 7 PC


8 13

FA 3

BASE:SMALL

LEADER & GRUNTS PRAYERS – The Leader can use one of the following prayers at any time during each of its unit’s activations. Each model in this unit gains the benefits listed. • FERVOR – Affected models gain +2 to damage rolls this activation. • PATH OF FLAMES – Affected models gain Immunity: Fire for one round. Models are not affected while out of formation. • WARDING – Affected models cannot be targeted by enemy spells for one round. Models are not affected while out of formation.

FIRE BOMB CRITICAL FIRE DAMAGE TYPE: FIRE

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One of its concessions in the treaties with Cygnar was that the Protectorate was not permitted to retain a standing army. Even as Visgoth Ozeall penned his name to those papers, he knew that should any leader of the Protectorate put forth the call to arms, he would not lack for enthusiastic volunteers. Many regular citizens feel the stirrings of their religion so strongly they would gladly give their lives to confront the enemies of the faith. They are willing to employ any weapon, even bare hands if need be, to serve that cause. The Sul-Menite clergy prepared their citizens, secretly training them for combat and creating massive stockpiles of weapons with which to arm them at a moment’s notice. When the zealots heard the call, they knew to rush to one of these weapon caches and prepare to hurl themselves into the chaos of battle. Even after the need for secrecy had passed, this effective system was retained. Protectorate citizens are given the liberty to go about their normal lives, be it farming or other industry, so long as they are ready to fight when called. To bolster the faith of their people—and remind them of the torments of a coward’s death—Menite priests walk among the zealots in combat, sermonizing and leading them in prayer. Should a priest fall in battle, one among the zealots will invariably take up his prayers and lead the faithful. Although these volunteer forces were at first dismissed as a serious threat, the enemies of the Protectorate soon learned the power of a zealous population. If one fanatic is a dangerous foe, a hundred thousand promise to be cataclysmic.

MONOLITH BEARER

PROTECTORATE HOLY ZEALOT COMMAND ATTACHMENT The Menofix embodies the creation of humanity itself, as well as generations of piety, ancient history, and the inevitability of service in the afterlife. Its presence on the battlefield sways the actions of the faithful to greatness. Some feel the call of the Menofix with such fervor they are compelled to acts bordering on the miraculous. As a show of their tremendous faith, these zealots bear massive Menofixes of granite or basalt into battle while praying loudly and singing hymns, driving fellow Menites into ecstatic frenzy. Often, the stone Menofix was the focus of devotion in a Menite church or monastery until one zealot was divinely compelled to lift it on his back as a sign of the limitless power of his faith. To the masses, a monolith bearer is a reminder of the strength made possible through Menoth’s bestowal of miracles. To the crusading zealots, he is an assurance of the righteousness of their cause. Their devotion reaches a fever pitch as the Creator’s will is revealed to them, turning aside the blades and bullets of any heathen who would oppose his will. Such a conspicuous beacon of faith draws the ire of the Protectorate’s enemies, and zealots who carry the monoliths rarely survive more than a single battle. Enemies go out of their way to eliminate these living paragons of faith, but those who carry a Menofix are prepared to die with a prayer of vengeance on their lips, entreating the Creator to protect the faithful long enough to carry out his divine mandates.

TACTICAL TIPS Greater Destiny – The returned models can activate normally with the unit this turn. Officer – Because this model is an Officer, when it is destroyed it does not replace a Grunt in its unit. Instead the Leader becomes the unit commander.

BEARER SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 6 6 5 4 12 12 8

MACE RNG POW P+S 0.5 3 9 DAMAGE:5 PC 3

FA 3

BASE:SMALL

ATTACHMENT [HOLY ZEALOTS] – This attachment can be

added to a Holy Zealot unit.

BEARER OFFICER GREATER DESTINY – This model can use Greater

Destiny once per game at the start of its unit’s activation. Immediately return all models to this unit that were destroyed during your opponent’s last turn to play. Place them completely within 3˝ of this model. HOLY MONOLITH – When one or more other models in this unit are destroyed by an enemy attack, after the attack is resolved models in this unit gain +4 ARM for one turn. Models are not affected while out of formation. SACRIFICIAL PAWN [HOLY ZEALOT] – When this model is directly hit by an enemy ranged attack, you can have one friendly, non-incorporeal Holy Zealot within 3˝ of it directly hit instead. That model is automatically hit and suffers all damage and effects.

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TEMPLE FLAMEGUARD PROTECTORATE UNIT LEADER & GRUNTS SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 6 6 6 4 13 13 7

FLAME SPEAR RNG POW P+S 2 4 10

SET DEFENSE – A model in this model’s front arc suffers

Garbed in heavy, flowing white tabards and gleaming helms and trained to use spear and shield, the Flameguard protect temples and holy sites and preserve the sacred flame burning in each. In return for making themselves useful to Menoth, they are granted indulgences by order of Sulon and earn favored status and comfort for their families.

–2 on charge, slam power attack, and impact attack rolls against this model. SHIELD WALL (ORDER) – Until the start of their next activation, each affected model gains +4 ARM while B2B with another affected model in its unit. This bonus does not apply to damage originating in the model’s back arc. Models in this unit can begin the game affected by Shield Wall.

The Flameguard train ceaselessly with their seven-foot steel spears, the hafts of which are filled with reservoirs of the fiery Menoth’s Fury developed under Hierarch Turgis. The liquid is piped to surface vents in the barbed tip and ignited by a mechanism triggered from the base of the spear. In battle, the spears drip oily fire and are capable of inflicting excruciating wounds.

FLAME SPEAR

Since the time of Sulon, the stated purpose of the Flameguard has increasingly been a justification for creating a well-trained, well-armed military. Over time, these pious soldiers have become elite infantry prized as both the first and the last line of defense in battle, where they become a living wall protecting the clergy from harm.

PC


7 11

FA U

BASE:SMALL

LEADER & GRUNTS COMBINED MELEE ATTACK

CRITICAL FIRE

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Outside the temples of Menoth, the Flameguard stand ever vigilant. The great Hierarch Sulon created the order as it is presently known by conscripting ablebodied Menites in the days leading up to the Cygnaran Civil War. Though the temples had long gathered armed guardians from among the faithful, the Flameguard was something new, unified in instruction and discipline to become true soldiers of the faith.

TEMPLE FLAMEGUARDPROTECTORATE OFFICERCOMMAND & STANDARD ATTACHMENT With the transformation of the Flameguard from a defensive militia to the core of the Protectorate’s standing armies complete, Feora, Protector of the Flame has empowered the preceptors to lead the Flameguard into battle. These veteran officers have honed their martial prowess to a razor’s edge. Flameguard preceptors spend their lives mastering the flame spear, and the soldiers under their expert supervision are capable of singular acts of martial prowess. Under their command, the Flameguard move deftly on the battlefield to intercept threats that might otherwise compromise the Protectorate’s assault. The preceptors’ standard bearers are chosen from among the ranks for their uncompromising faith. They carry standards engraved with a passage from the Canon of the True Law: Stand strong as the walls of My cities, and I will protect you always. Push against the tides of chaos, and I will move you. You are My will made flesh. This message drives the Flameguard forward with faith in their hearts and fire in their veins.

OFFICER SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 6 6 7 4 13 13 7


STANDARD BEARER SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 6 6 6 4 13 13 7 OFFICER’S DAMAGE: PC Officer & Standard

5 4

FA U

BASE:SMALL ATTACHMENT [TEMPLE FLAMEGUARD] – This

TACTICAL TIPS Iron Zeal – Remember, even if a thrown model cannot be knocked down, it must still forfeit its Normal Movement or Combat Action if it activates later in a turn it was thrown. Officer – Because this model is an Officer, when it is destroyed it does not replace a Grunt in its unit. Instead the Leader becomes the unit commander. Remember, this model can issue the Shield Wall order to its unit.

attachment can be added to a Temple Flameguard unit.

OFFICER COMBINED MELEE ATTACK OFFICER GRANTED: PRACTICED MANEUVERS – While this model is in formation, each model in this unit can ignore other models in this unit when determining LOS and can advance through them if it has enough movement to move completely past them. IRON ZEAL – This model can use Iron Zeal once per game at any time during its unit’s activation. Models in this unit gain +3 ARM and cannot become stationary or knocked down. Models are not affected while out of formation. Iron Zeal lasts for one round. SET DEFENSE – A model in this model’s front arc suffers –2 on charge, slam power attack, and impact attack rolls against this model.

STANDARD BEARER STANDARD BEARER – While this model is within 5˝ of its unit commander, the unit commander gains +2 CMD. TAKE UP – If this model is destroyed, you can choose a Grunt in this unit within 1˝ of it to be destroyed instead. Effects on this model expire, and it gains the effects on the chosen Grunt. Remove the Grunt from the table instead of this model. This model has the same number of unmarked damage boxes as the chosen Grunt.

FLAME SPEAR CRITICAL FIRE

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ATTENDANT PRIEST

PROTECTORATE COMMAND ATTACHMENT The Protectorate’s crusades are tremendous undertakings that stretch the limits of the small nation’s resources. Although almost every able-bodied citizen can be counted upon in time of crisis, the numbers of the faithful are not always sufficient to wage the holy wars their god and his priests require of them. The war counselor’s logisticians know that where the lion’s skin does not reach, it must be supplemented with that of the jackal. Many within the Protectorate frown upon hiring mercenaries, but the realities of modern war force pragmatism. Still, all within the hierarchy of the Protectorate’s army are more comfortable when these godless hirelings are guided and monitored by a pious overseer. Often, attendant priests rise from the choir’s middle ranks, having seen enough service to be formidable combatants but not yet being so advanced in years and spiritual power that they are more valuable behind the front lines. In order to best control their amoral charges, attendant priests must become convincing proselytizers. While many mercenaries balk at the idea of being led by a clergyman, the miracles the priests perform are difficult to dismiss. Under a priest’s psalmody, the dangerous arts of the occult cannot find purchase on his subordinates, and they are warded from hazards to the flesh like roaring fire or unholy corrosive bile. Weapons glowing with the power of the Creator lay waste to the unclean creatures of night and shadow. It is not unheard of for a group of foul-mouthed, bloody-minded mercenaries to fall to their knees after battle, beseeching the attendant priest to cleanse them of their sins and offer them Menoth’s protection in Urcaen.

PRIEST SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 6 4 4 4 13 13 9

BATTLE STAFF RNG POW P+S 2 3 7 DAMAGE:5 PC 3

FA 2

BASE:SMALL

ATTACHMENT [SMALL- OR MEDIUM-BASED MERCENARY] – This attachment can be added to a

small- or medium-based Mercenary unit.

PRIEST OFFICER PRAYERS – This model can use one of the following

prayers at any time during each of its unit’s activations. Each model in this unit gains the benefits listed. • AEGIS – This model is immune to continuous effects. • IMBUED FORCE – Affected models’ weapons gain Damage Type: Magical for one turn. • WARDING – Affected models cannot be targeted by enemy spells for one round. Models are not affected while out of formation. RANKING OFFICER – This model is a Ranking Officer. While this model is in play, models in its unit are Protectorate models instead of Mercenary models.

TACTICAL TIPS Officer – Because this model is an Officer, when it is destroyed it does not replace a Grunt in its unit. Instead either another Officer in the unit or the Leader becomes the unit commander.

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IDRIAN SKIRMISHERS MERCENARY UNIT LEADER & GRUNTS SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 6 6 6 5 13 12 7

MILITARY RIFLE RNG ROF AOE POW 10 1 — 11

KOPIS RNG POW P+S 0.5 4 10 PC


9 15

FA 2

BASE:SMALL MERCENARIES – This unit will work for the

Protectorate. PARTISAN [PROTECTORATE] – When included in a

Protectorate army, this unit is a Protectorate unit instead of a Mercenary unit.

LEADER & GRUNTS ADVANCE DEPLOYMENT COMBINED RANGED ATTACK PATHFINDER

KOPIS BRUTAL CHARGE – This model gains +2 to charge attack

damage rolls with this weapon.

Few regions in western Immoren are more dangerous or unpredictable than the sweeping barrens east of Cygnar and the Protectorate of Menoth known as the Bloodstone Marches. For centuries, the only humans to live amid these dunes were the Idrians. Their ancient legends speak of a “desolation across the land” that wiped out most of their tribes. Descendants of the tenacious few who weathered this fabled apocalypse, the Idrian people of today have inherited the traditions that allowed them to survive those dark times. These brave nomads carve out a life they share with the many hostile creatures stalking the sands. Idrian skirmishers, noted for their skill with both rifle and blade, have long guarded their homeland. Years spent leading ambushes in silence among shifting sands have instilled deadly coordination and adaptive cunning into the rhaz who lead these warriors. They rise from the desert landscape to intercept enemy forces sent to root them out. Closing swiftly with a startling battle cry, they often slay their enemies before they can react. Though many skirmishers’ kopis blades have been passed down from generation to generation, these warriors have more recently mastered the rifles picked up in trade at border towns like Ternon Crag. Though the majority of the varied Idrian peoples converted to the worship of Menoth a century ago, not all joined the Protectorate. Some tribes took up the word of Menoth but kept to the dunes and oases of their ancestors. A number of tribesmen have risen to prominence within the Protectorate, and every year more Idrians join the Sul-Menite faith. Settled Idrian pilgrims from within the Protectorate have also at times ventured forth to meet with distant kinsmen in hopes of convincing them of their common cause. Altogether these developments have resulted in a broad acceptance of the Sul-Menite faith even among those who maintain more exclusively Idrian traditions. While some skirmishers fight pragmatically for coin, others display true faith. They eagerly strive to end the lives of blasphemers by the explosive report of their rifles or the silent strike of a kopis.

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IDRIAN SKIRMISHERMERCENARY CHIEFTAIN & GUIDE COMMAND ATTACHMENT Only a man who has won many victories and possesses great force of will can hope to unite Idrian tribes under his leadership. Such a leader can carve a fiefdom from the sands and defend it against his rivals. These great chieftains lead skirmishers in coordinated strikes that outmaneuver and overwhelm their opposition, using the lay of the land and sudden ambushes to contend against numerically or technologically superior foes. In these days, a chieftain proves himself through combat, not birth. The support of a knowledgeable guide is key to a chieftain’s success. These desert guides are peerless trackers with flawless knowledge of the land. The greatest among them can predict the weather a week in advance and possess senses so keen they can translate the slightest trembling of the sands underfoot into a precise count of an approaching army. Pious Menites sometimes feel uncomfortable around these guides, as their long solitary hours amid the dunes give rise to wildness in their eyes. They prove their worth, however, by locating the enemy with unerring precision.

CHIEFTAIN SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 6 6 7 6 13 12 8


KOPIS RNG POW P+S 0.5 4 10

GUIDE SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 6 6 6 5 13 12 7


KOPIS RNG POW P+S 0.5 4 10

TACTICAL TIPS Officer – Because this model is an Officer, when it is destroyed it does not replace a Grunt in its unit. Instead the Leader becomes the unit commander. Tactics: Reposition – If a model is part of a unit, its activation does not end until all models in its unit have completed their activations.

DAMAGE:

5 EACH

PC Chieftain & Guide

5

FA 2

BASE:SMALL ATTACHMENT [IDRIAN SKIRMISHERS] – This attachment can be added to an Idrian Skirmisher unit. PARTISAN [PROTECTORATE] – When included in a Protectorate army, these models are Protectorate models instead of Mercenary models.

CHIEFTAIN ADVANCE DEPLOYMENT COMBINED RANGED ATTACK OFFICER PATHFINDER GO TO GROUND – This model can use Go to Ground once per game at any time while in formation during its unit’s activation. For one round or until they move, are placed, or are engaged, models in this unit that are currently in formation gain cover, do not suffer blast damage, and do not block LOS. TACTICS: REPOSITION [3˝] – Models in this unit gain Reposition [3˝]. (At the end of an activation in which it did not run or fail a charge, a model with Reposition [3˝] can advance up to 3˝, then its activation ends.)

GUIDE ADVANCE DEPLOYMENT COMBINED RANGED ATTACK PATHFINDER GRANTED: PREY – While this model is in formation,

models in its unit gain Prey. (After deployment but before the first player’s turn, choose an enemy model/ unit to be this unit’s prey. A model with Prey gains +2 to attack and damage rolls against its prey. When the prey is destroyed or removed from play, choose another model/unit to be the prey.)

KOPIS BRUTAL CHARGE – This model gains +2 to charge attack

damage rolls with this weapon.

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VISGOTH JUVIAH RHOVEN & HONOR GUARD PROTECTORATE UNIT RHOVEN 1 SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 5 6 8 4 12 16 6

STAFF OF SULON RNG POW P+S 2 6 12

GIUS 1 & CASSIAN 1 SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 5 6 8 4 12 16 6

CONSECRATED HALBERD RNG POW P+S 2 5 11 DAMAGE (RHOVEN): DAMAGE (GIUS & CASSIAN): PC Rhoven, Gius & Cassian

9

5 8 FA C

BASE:SMALL

RHOVEN 1 OFFICER BATTLE WIZARD – Once per turn, when this model

destroys one or more enemy models with a melee attack during its activation, immediately after the attack is resolved it can make one Magic Ability special attack or special action. MAGIC ABILITY [8] • CLEANSING FIRE (HATTACK) – Cleansing Fire is a

RNG 8, AOE 3, POW 14 magic attack that causes fire damage . On a critical hit, models hit suffer the Fire continuous effect . • MENOTH’S SIGHT (HACTION) – Choose a friendly Faction model. While in this model’s command range, the chosen model gains Eyeless Sight . Menoth’s Sight lasts for one turn. • PURIFYING PRAYER (HACTION) – Animi and continuous effects on models/units in this model’s command range immediately expire.

STAFF OF SULON CONTINUOUS EFFECT: FIRE DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL

GIUS 1 & CASSIAN 1 EXEMPLAR – This model is an Exemplar model. SET DEFENSE – A model in this model’s front arc suffers –2 on charge, slam power attack, and impact attack rolls against this model. SHIELD GUARD – Once per round, when a friendly model is directly hit by a non-spray ranged attack during your opponent’s turn while within 3˝ of this model, you can choose to have this model directly hit instead. This model is automatically hit and suffers all damage and effects. This model cannot use Shield Guard while it is incorporeal, knocked down, or stationary.

CONSECRATED HALBERD BLESSED DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL WEAPON MASTER

As ranking priests of the Protectorate, visgoths serve the hierarch directly. Their position affords them almost unparalleled influence and the power of life and death over every citizen. Though such men have traditionally rarely taken to the battlefield, the stakes in the current crusade have simply risen too high. More than ever the fate of the Protectorate’s war effort rests on the shoulders of its greatest priests. Visgoth Juviah Rhoven has spent a lifetime upholding the True Law in the walled city of Sul and preparing its garrisons for the crusade. Sul is his domain, and he took its invasion during the Caspia-Sul War as a personal affront. Since proving his capabilities in battle during that conflict, he continues to support true believers in battle as living proof that all clergy, no matter their station, should bear arms against the faithless. In addition to his authority as visgoth, as one of four vice scrutators Juviah Rhoven has access to the inner circle of the faith’s dark protectors. He was the first visgoth to support Garrick Voyle for hierarch, having immediately recognized the divine mandate that had called Voyle to act. Rhoven brought down several key threats in the wake of Voyle’s consolidation, and he added scores of names to High Executioner Reznik’s death warrants. Though Voyle appreciated Rhoven’s ruthless support, it was the visgoth’s leadership in the aftermath of these struggles that earned him his place governing Sul. This strategically vital city prospered under Rhoven’s uncompromising direction to become a shining example of industry and faith and a pillar of the Protectorate. Juviah Rhoven has spent most of his tenure more feared than loved—as is expected of a scrutator. The silence in Sul’s streets after curfew and the pristine condition of its walls and avenues are signs of the terror Rhoven inspires. Most who live there know of friends or family who were suddenly taken for violating even the most benign of laws or for being suspected of impiety, to suffer brutal penance in dungeons below the visgoth’s palace. After Cygnaran soldiers shattered the city walls and marched through the rubble-strewn streets, Rhoven’s merciless nature became his most lauded quality, and fear transformed to adoration. Visgoth Rhoven’s tireless honor guard accompanies him wherever he marches. These veteran exemplars bear consecrated halberds anointed with holy oil drawn from the same reservoir that feeds the sacred flame in the Great Temple of Sul. Two decorated senior Sulese knights, Darvik Gius and Martus Cassian, lead the honor guard. Never far from Rhoven’s side, these men stand ready to intercept any who would harm the visgoth. Both possess a quiet sternness and are widely admired. Many know the story of how Cassian nearly lost his eye to the blow of a Caspian battle blade during an engagement near the Marchfells. Cassian has refused to repair the damage to his helmet in memory of the event, to ensure he remains vigilant. Rhoven has been a frequent sight on battlefields since the onset of the Great Crusade. He raises the Staff of Sulon to inspire the faithful with memories of that martyred hierarch, who was instrumental to the foundation of the Protectorate. During the siege of Sul he orchestrated a fervent defense of the city’s holy sites, in particular Sulon’s Remembrance and the seat of his authority at the ancient Great Temple of the Creator. To the faithful Rhoven embodies grim and unyielding resolve, the unwavering fire of Sul.

TACTICAL TIPS Magic Ability – Performing a Magic Ability special action or special attack counts as casting a spell. Officer – Because Rhoven is an Officer, when he is destroyed he does not replace Gius or Cassian. Instead Gius or Cassian becomes the unit commander.

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ALLEGIANT OF THE ORDER OF THE FIST PROTECTORATE SOLO ALLEGIANT SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 7 7 7 4 14 12 6

PUNCHING GAUNTLET RNG POW P+S 0.5 2 9 DAMAGE:5 PC 3

FA 2

BASE:SMALL

ALLEGIANT ADVANCE DEPLOYMENT PARRY TOUGH SHIFTING SANDS STANCE – During its activation, this model can forfeit its Normal Movement or Combat Action to gain +4 DEF. If an enemy attack misses it at any time except while it is advancing, after the attack is resolved this model can immediately make a full advance. Shifting Sands Stance lasts for one round. SIDE STEP – When this model hits an enemy model with an initial melee attack or a melee special attack, it can advance up to 2˝ after the attack is resolved. STEADY – This model cannot become knocked down.

PUNCHING GAUNTLET WEAPON MASTER

No warrior looks more unassuming at rest or more devastating in motion than a monk of the Order of the Fist. Disdaining weapons and wearing little armor, these expert pugilists effortlessly evade rifle fire, deflect enemy blades, and counterattack with rapid kicks and punches. An allegiant monk has fused his faith with unwavering discipline and absolute self-control to become one of the most dangerous weapons in the Protectorate’s arsenal. The order was founded by Garrick Voyle a decade before he seized rule of the Protectorate. Voyle deciphered the lost secrets of the ancient priest-kings and their guardians and melded them with the martial skills of the Idrian people to create techniques that unite a mortal body with the eternal will of Menoth. Allegiants study the strength of stone and the fluidity of sand until the application of deadly force becomes as natural to them as breathing. The Order of the Fist proved its unique strength to the other martial orders during the bloody months Voyle spent consolidating his power, when its members served as his inner guard. They prowled the streets continually, listening for treason and rooting out insurrection before it could begin. Men and women dragged away by monks in the night simply vanished. Though lesser members of the order still serve the Temple by blending into the populace, allegiants have joined the active war against the faithless. Monks fought alongside Voyle in the streets of Sul and Caspia and with Hierarch Severius in the battles of the Northern Crusade, and they will continue to assist the Protectorate’s armies in the destruction of their myriad enemies.

TACTICAL TIPS Steady – Remember, even if a thrown model cannot be knocked down, it must still forfeit its Normal Movement or Combat Action if it activates later in a turn it was thrown.

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DELIVERER ARMS MASTER PROTECTORATE SOLO There are many among the Protectorate who eagerly take up the mantle of a deliverer—but far fewer who manage to survive long enough to gain any true mastery with their inaccurate armaments. Those men and women who do endure, however, can earn the distinguished title of arms master. Tasked with not only the upkeep and repair of Skyhammers and Sunbursts but also the training of the faithful in the use of those weapons, arms masters are wholly dedicated to bringing the judgment of the Lawbringer down upon the heads of unbelievers. The military leaders of the Protectorate know well the deadly effectiveness of the deliverers’ explosive weaponry as well as the challenges of focusing this firepower. They look to the arms masters to ensure these weapons serve as a tactical instrument of victory rather than a chaotic element as likely to harm the faithful as the faithless. This trust is a heavy burden, as the majority of the Protectorate’s ordnance is both volatile and wildly inaccurate. The arms masters focus their keenest attention on directing the faithful in combat. They are most often found patrolling the back lines, shouting commands to their men and pointing out key targets for bombardment to their commanding officers. The demand for the unique talents of these veteran deliverers increases with the continued progress of the Northern Crusade. Where the cities of unbelievers stand as an affront to the Lawbringer, the arms masters take charge and lay siege to their battlements. Only once these bastions of the faithless are reduced to smoldering ruins do the priests and scrutators go about their holy work, turning the eyes of surviving converts to the true glory of the Shaper of Man.

ARMS MASTER SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 5 4 5 6 13 12 9

FIRE BOMB RNG ROF AOE POW 6 1 3 12

SWORD RNG POW P+S 0.5 3 7 DAMAGE:5 PC 3

FA 2

BASE:SMALL

ARMS MASTER TOUGH COMBAT COORDINATION [DELIVERER] (HACTION) –

RNG CMD. Target friendly Deliverer model. If the target model is in range, during its activation this turn it can reroll one attack or damage roll, then Combat Coordination expires. HIGH-ANGLE FIRE (HACTION) – Choose a friendly Faction model. While in this model’s command range, the chosen model’s AOE ranged weapons gain Arcing Fire. High-Angle Fire lasts for one turn. (When attacking with a weapon with Arcing Fire, a model can ignore intervening models except those within 1˝ of the target.) VETERAN LEADER [DELIVERER] – While in this model’s command range, other friendly Deliverer models gain +1 to attack rolls.

FIRE BOMB CRITICAL FIRE DAMAGE TYPE: FIRE

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HIEROPHANT PROTECTORATE SOLO HIEROPHANT SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 5 5 5 4 13 13 5

STAFF RNG POW P+S 2 3 8 DAMAGE:5 PC 3

FA 1

BASE:SMALL

ATTACHED – Before the start of the game, attach this

model to a friendly Faction warcaster for the rest of the game. Each Faction warcaster can have only one model/unit attached to it.

HIEROPHANT MAGIC ABILITY • HARMONIOUS EXALTATION (HACTION) –

RNG CMD. Target this model’s warcaster. If it is in range, once this turn when the warcaster casts a spell, reduce the COST of the spell by 1. • HEAL [d3 + 1] (HACTION) – RNG B2B. Target friendly living Faction model. If the model is in range, remove d3 + 1 damage points from it. SPIRITUAL CONDUIT – While its warcaster is in this model’s command range, when the warcaster casts a spell and is the point of origin for the spell, the spell gains +2 RNG.

From among the senior warpriests leading the choirs of Menoth arise dedicated and fervent spiritual leaders who for decades have bolstered warjacks with pious hymns. As these individuals reach an advanced age, some demonstrate a powerful affinity with the warcasters whom they have long served. Such respected priests learn through exposure and practice to harmonize their prayers with those of the warcasters and to use faith to protect these battle leaders. Such warpriests, called hierophants, form a small but revered company who remain near a warcaster to chant prayers or offer counsel. Each hierophant carries scrolls of selected excerpts from the Canon of the True Law with the greatest bearing on war. As the warcaster fights, the hierophant adeptly finds the hymn or passage most applicable to the situation and elevates his warcaster’s mindset and power through the inspiration of faith. Hierophants also serve their warcasters as clerks and attendants. Great deeds are noted and written into future hymns glorifying valor in the name of Menoth. They also take note of other acts of courage—and cowardice—by lesser soldiers for later commendation or punishment. The verses chosen by the hierophant speak to the necessities of battle. The words of the True Law spoken aloud by the devout resonate with the Creator’s design. At the hierophant’s direction, the righteous can be healed of the most terrible wounds so that they can continue to fight in Menoth’s name. The warcaster’s divine spells are carried farther by the songs of the Canon, manifesting the Creator’s plans on Caen. The faithful are blessed, the faithless destroyed—thus is Menoth’s will conveyed by the hierophant and executed by the warcaster.

TACTICAL TIPS Attached – This model cannot be reassigned if its warcaster is destroyed or removed from play. Spiritual Conduit – Channeled spells and spells with a RNG of SELF, SP, or CTRL cannot gain this bonus.

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PALADIN OF THE ORDER OFPROTECTORATE THE WALL SOLO With members who embody ideals at odds with the harsh dictates of the ruling scrutators, the Order of the Wall has experienced a turbulent past. Its enrollment has periodically dwindled to near extinction, only to surge back again in periods of turmoil to reassure the population that Menoth offers protection and not only wrath. Paladins of this order have served mankind since the first words of the Canon of the True Law, acting as bastions of stability when the wilderness threatened to overthrow civilization. The wall of their namesake stands for every barrier erected to shelter a community from external threats. Paladins prioritize mercy and protection of the innocent, which can force them to disobey orders given by the scrutators. Priests take this as a sign that paladins lack the obedience that is the hallmark of the Knights Exemplar. Paladins prefer to protect the members of Menoth’s flock rather than drown them in rivers of blood, and they believe even the wayward can be guided back to the path of the Creator—a philosophy for which they are beloved by the people. Encased in the protection of tempered steel and trained to hold against any enemy, each paladin is akin to an unbreakable fortress. When a paladin strikes with his Firebrand sword, it erupts in holy fire like a sliver of the sun. Those who witness a paladin in combat cannot doubt Menoth’s power flows through him.

PALADIN SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 6 7 8 4 13 16 9

FIREBRAND RNG POW P+S 1 6 13 DAMAGE:5 PC 4

FA 3

BASE:SMALL

PALADIN STONE-AND-MORTAR STANCE – During its activation, this model can forfeit its Normal Movement or Combat Action to gain +5 ARM. The affected model cannot become knocked down. Stone-and-Mortar Stance lasts for one round.

FIREBRAND CRITICAL FIRE DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL WEAPON MASTER

For every soul saved by a paladin’s actions, two are lost to the wracks and thumbscrews of the scrutators. Paladins cannot be deterred in their sacred obligation to protect the faithful, believing each martial order has its function in Menoth’s temple. If theirs is to be one of endless sacrifice, so be it.

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RECLAIMER GATEKEEPER PROTECTORATE SOLO RECLAIMER SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 5 5 5 4 13 13 8

TORCH RNG POW P+S 1 5 10 DAMAGE:5 PC 3

FA 2

BASE:SMALL

RECLAIMER ’JACK MARSHAL ASHEN VEIL – This model has concealment. Living

enemy models without Immunity: Fire suffer –2 to attack rolls while within 2˝ of this model. SOUL MASTERY – At any time during its activation, this model can spend soul tokens to use one of the following effects for each token spent. • ASHES OF URCAEN – RNG 3. Target friendly Faction model. If the model is in range, it gains Ashen Veil. Ashes of Urcaen lasts for one round. • GLIMPSE OF FATE – RNG 3. Target friendly Faction model. If the model is in range, it gains Future Sight. Glimpse of Fate lasts for one turn. (A model with Future Sight can boost attack and damage rolls after rolling.) • OBSCURING HAZE – Center a 3˝ AOE cloud effect on this model. The AOE remains centered on this model for one round. If this model is destroyed or removed from play, remove the AOE from play. SOUL TAKER: SOUL KEEPER – This model can gain soul tokens. When a friendly living Faction model is destroyed in this model’s command range, this model gains the destroyed model’s soul token. This model can have up to three soul tokens at any time.

TORCH CONTINUOUS EFFECT: FIRE

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From the moment a reclaimer dons the iron mask that will forever be the tomb of his thoughts, he knows the sound of Menoth’s Voice. The last words he speaks are a promise to send chosen souls to the Lawgiver in Urcaen on wings of flame and ash. He knows neither pain nor emotion, and he is driven only by the will to serve. No man or machine can stand in his way once the Voice has whispered a name in his heart—no explanation, no refusal, no hesitation. Since the dawn of the Protectorate, reclaimer gatekeepers have followed the hierarch’s armies to ease the transition of death for the chosen, sending the souls of the fallen to the afterlife. The soul energy that courses through a gatekeeper during this service cloaks him in a conflagration of spiritual energy, hindering the strikes of any who dare approach his sacrosanct presence or any the gatekeeper deems worthy of such protection. In remembrance of the gatekeeper’s sanctified duty, the souls of the faithful whisper to him threads of divine prophecy and shroud his mortal form from the enemy amid a haze of spiritual light. Each gatekeeper carries with him dozens of simple iron Menofixes. Wherever he releases a soul to the Creator, the gatekeeper marks the place with one of these icons. In the wake of the huge battles of the recent crusades, survivors can gaze upon a plain covered with bodies and the small Menofixes that signify reclamation. Many welcome the sight, but there are those who fear that the increased wartime appearance of these silent ferrymen heralds darker changes to come and that the souls of the dead are becoming a commodity to be used on this plane to fulfill some forgotten prophecy.

TACTICAL TIPS Soul Taker: Soul Keeper – Remember, if more than one model is eligible to collect a model’s soul token, the closest eligible model collects it. If this model already has three soul tokens, it is not eligible to collect another one.

VASSALPROTECTORATE MECHANIK SOLO Prayer alone cannot maintain the warjacks of the Protectorate. Menoth does not bless each of his tools equally, and even choir battle hymns can fall silent under an onslaught of heathen aggression. At these times the faithful rely on the mechaniks of the Vassals of Menoth to do the dangerous field repair work required in the heat of battle. The Sul-Menites have never had an entirely comfortable relationship with mechanika, but the realities of war in western Immoren require they maintain and expand their warjack capabilities. Though the Protectorate has increased its warjack production, it still lags behind other nations—making maintenance and repair even more crucial. The mechaniks who learn their trade from the vassals view their duties as a holy necessity. The vassals themselves, many being kidnapped heretics, are too few in number and their skills of cortex fabrication too valued to be given the task of repairing the Protectorate’s warjacks. During the reign of Hierarch Voyle, the organization was directed to instruct promising Menites in the repair and maintenance of warjacks and military mechanika in order to provide this vital support.

MECHANIK SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 5 5 4 4 12 12 5

MULTI TOOL RNG POW P+S 0.5 3 8 PC 1

FA 3

BASE:SMALL

MECHANIK REPAIR [d3 + 1] (HACTION) – RNG B2B. Target friendly Faction construct model. If the model is in range, remove d3 + 1 damage points from it.

These volunteers are courageous not only for their resolve in performing battlefield repairs but also for their willingness to tamper with the impure forces of arcane mechanika. To keep their faith strong in the face of such dangerous work, apprentice mechaniks continue to devote a significant portion of their training time to studying Menite scripture even as they learn their practical art. By the time a mechanik completes his training with the vassals he is as expert in the psalms and passages of the Canon of the True Law as he is with his spanner wrench. A mechanik’s greatest weapon is his aptitude for keeping Protectorate warjacks running no matter how severely they are damaged. Armed only with their tools and their faith, vassal mechaniks follow warjacks into the thick of battle. More than one battle has been turned in the Creator’s favor by a determined mechanik with a spanner in hand and a prayer on his lips.

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VASSAL OF MENOTH PROTECTORATE SOLO VASSAL SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 5 5 4 4 12 12 3 DAMAGE:5 PC 3

FA 2

BASE:SMALL

VASSAL IRON SENTINEL – While B2B with a friendly Faction warjack, this model gains +2 DEF and ARM and cannot become knocked down. MAGIC ABILITY [6] • ARCANE BOLT (HATTACK) – Arcane Bolt is a

RNG 12, POW 11 magic attack. • EMPOWER (HACTION) – RNG CMD. Target friendly

Faction warjack. If the target warjack is in range and it was suffering Disruption, it is no longer disrupted. The warjack also gains 1 focus point. • ENLIVEN (HACTION) – RNG CMD. Target friendly Faction warjack. If the warjack is in range, the next time it suffers damage from an enemy attack while it is not advancing, immediately after the attack is resolved the warjack can make a full advance, then Enliven expires. Enliven lasts for one round.

Establishing the Vassals of Menoth was one of the most significant measures Hierarch Garrick Voyle initiated to modernize the Protectorate’s military. The Synod granted these wizards and arcane mechaniks sanction to pollute their souls in order to create and maintain the machines of modern war. Menite clergy, however, do not entirely trust them. The most talented vassals are foreign-born wizards “liberated” to serve the Creator, construct warjack cortexes, and lend their power in battle. Specially tasked cadres of Knights Errant and initiates of the Order of the Fist have abducted some of the most brilliant arcanists in Cygnar; even members of the Fraternal Order of Wizardry have been taken. These pampered prisoners receive certain luxuries but remain guarded. Even native-born vassals suffer these restraints, though they daily prove themselves fervent believers. Menites have always harbored hostility toward arcane magic because its use violates the will of the Lawgiver, but during the First Cygnaran Civil War many leaders recognized the necessity of warjacks. Allocating resources for the capture and conditioning of individuals capable of building and attending these weapons has proven a wise decision. Vassals demonstrate their worth in battle with spells that can annihilate the enemy directly or bolster a warjack’s power. The demands of the crusades have forced the Protectorate to increase its efforts to discover native-born talent. It seems strange to outsiders that any man would volunteer for slavery, yet Sul-Menites born with arcane talents are so ashamed of their ungodly power that they welcome their chains as penance. They enter the House of Truth in Imer to learn how to master their powers and to pray daily for forgiveness for their innate corruption.

TACTICAL TIPS Iron Sentinel – Remember, even if a thrown model cannot be knocked down, it must still forfeit its Normal Movement or Combat Action if it activates later in a turn it was thrown. Magic Ability – Performing a Magic Ability special action or special attack counts as casting a spell.

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PROTECTORATE SOLO The scrutators of the Protectorate offer the screams of heretics as sacrifice, and the wrack is one of their favored tools for obtaining this fuel for their holy work. The construct was once a common sight across western Immoren; when the priestkings battled the hordes of Molgur, they celebrated victories with row upon row of defiant barbarians affixed to symbols of their Menite faith. Today the wrack is once more a common sight, an instrument much valued by the scrutators for the awe it inspires in the faithful and the fear it incites in heretics. The recent crusades have reintroduced the wrack to the enemies of the faith as Menite armies carry the means to both punish and terrify the unjust. Those sentenced to the wrack spend days or weeks hanging from chains and shrouded in a fog of incense, forced to reflect upon their sins as they cry out through unbearable pain. Even the strongest wills quickly erode. While most are wracked as punishment, some few seek out this suffering willingly, hoping for absolution from the burden of their heavy souls. The sight of wracked martyrs, glowing with divine radiance in suffering, has sometimes been sufficient to end battles before they even begin. Prior to the release of death, the wracked individual’s soul is redeemed whether his contrition is forced or voluntary, and his body glows white-hot under the scrutiny of Menoth’s gaze. The Lawgiver’s redemption cleanses the penitent, whose soul becomes a radiant source of power for the Protectorate’s warcasters. When the sufferer relinquishes his soul, the release of energy is consumed in an eruption of fiery essence—yet another tangible reminder of the righteousness of Menite faith and glory.

WRACK SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD — 1 0 0 5 10 0 PC 1

FA 3

BASE:MEDIUM

WRACK ADVANCE DEPLOYMENT FIERY BLAST – When this model is disabled, center a 5˝

AOE on it, then remove this model from play. Models in the AOE suffer a POW 14 fire damage roll . IMMOBILE – This model has no Normal Movement or Combat Action, cannot become knocked down or be moved, and is automatically hit by melee attacks. SUFFERING’S PRAYER – This model begins the game with 1 focus point. During your Control Phase, this model receives 1 focus point if it does not have any. This model cannot have more than 1 focus point at any time. While this model has a focus point, ranged attacks targeting it automatically miss. During a friendly Faction warcaster’s activation, it can remove 1 focus point from this model in its control range and gain that focus point. Each warcaster can do this only once per turn. When a focus point is removed from this model, roll a d6. On a 1 or 2, this model explodes with the same effect as Fiery Blast and is removed from play.

TACTICAL TIPS Immobile – This model can be placed. Suffering’s Prayer – This allows the warcaster’s focus points to exceed his FOCUS.

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THE COVENANT OF MENOTH PROTECTORATE SOLO COVENANT 1 SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 5 5 4 4 10 12 10 DAMAGE:5 PC 4

FA C

BASE:LARGE

COVENANT 1 ANCIENT SHROUD – When a damage roll against this model exceeds its ARM, it suffers 1 damage point instead of the total rolled. MAGIC ABILITY • FLAMES OF WRATH (HACTION) – Choose a friendly

Faction model/unit. For one round, while affected models are in this model’s command range, enemy models directly hit by their melee or ranged attacks suffer the Fire continuous effect . • LAWGIVER’S CREED (HACTION) – For one round, enemy models cannot cast spells while in this model’s command range. • POWER OF FAITH (HACTION) – For one round, friendly Faction models cannot become knocked down or stationary while within 5˝ of this model. MAN-SIZED – This model is treated as a small-based model and occupies the space from the bottom of its base to a height of 1.75˝. SPELL WARD – This model cannot be targeted by spells.

Ancient Icthier had long been the site of battles between Menite pilgrims and barbaric Idrian tribes. One of the largest of the ancient conflicts occurred around 2200 BR when the Idrians broke through the city’s defenses and fell upon the Menites like desert predators. The slaughter was fast and brutal. The few paladins present were quickly overrun. As they fell, their blood washed away the sand of ages to reveal an ancient scripture. Like the Canon of the True Law, so too was Menoth’s holy Covenant inscribed on the walls of Icthier and revealed only by the blood of martyrs. As the last living Menites were surrounded by the Idrians, a lowly acolyte named Pontithius began to read the newly revealed Covenant loudly and without fear or hesitation. His words were like fire in the ears of his fellows. The Creator promised them victory, and they acted upon his word. Picking up stones and the weapons of the fallen, ten Menite pilgrims fought off a hundred Idrian warriors. After the battle Pontithius personally transcribed the Covenant into a single massive tome that he chained to his back and carried many weeks to the feet of Priest King Golivant in Calacia before collapsing. It is said that with the Covenant in hand, Golivant was unstoppable. He had it with him when he confronted the savage chieftain Horfar Grimmr in their final battle, and by its revelations the trollkin was laid low to be captured and wracked in sight of his dwindling armies. Soon the last of the Molgur were driven from the Wyrmwall. After Golivant’s death, the Covenant was returned to Icthier in secret. Hidden for more than two millennia, it was studied only by select priests. Now that the flames of the crusade are spreading, however, its passages are once again being spoken across Immoren. Whereas the Canon of the True Law is the guide by which all Menites live, the Covenant of Menoth is a call to war. Its holy scriptures summon powerful miracles when read aloud in the heat of battle. The Covenant was discovered by blood, and only by blood will its holy promise be fulfilled. It is for this reason it was delivered to Hierarch Severius when he assumed leadership of the Northern Crusade, and it was by its power that his voice alone was able to open the gates of Leryn.

TACTICAL TIPS Power of Faith – Remember, even if a thrown model cannot be knocked down, it must still forfeit its Normal Movement or Combat Action if it activates later in a turn it was thrown. Spell Ward – This applies to friendly spells as well as enemy spells.

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HIGH PALADIN DARTAN VILMON PROTECTORATE SOLO VILMON 1 SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 6 7 9 4 13 16 10

CENSURE RNG POW P+S 1 7 14 DAMAGE:8 PC 6

FA C

BASE:SMALL

VILMON 1 ELITE CADRE [PALADINS OF THE ORDER OF THE WALL] –

Friendly Paladin of the Order of the Wall models gain Righteous Vengeance. RIGHTEOUS VENGEANCE – If one or more friendly Faction warrior models were destroyed or removed from play by enemy attacks while within 5˝ of this model during the last round, during your Maintenance Phase this model can advance up to 3˝ and make one basic melee attack. SHIELD GUARD – Once per round, when a friendly model is directly hit by a non-spray ranged attack during your opponent’s turn while within 3˝ of this model, you can choose to have this model directly hit instead. This model is automatically hit and suffers all damage and effects. This model cannot use Shield Guard while it is incorporeal, knocked down, or stationary. STONE-AND-MORTAR STANCE – During its activation, this model can forfeit its Normal Movement or Combat Action to gain +5 ARM. The affected model cannot become knocked down. Stone-and-Mortar Stance lasts for one round.

CENSURE DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL WEAPON MASTER

A devotee of one of the Protectorate’s most ancient orders, the Order of the Wall, Dartan Vilmon embodies the noblest aspects of his faith and serves as a defender of his people in their time of greatest need. Dartan found his calling as a child growing up in the looming shadow of Sul’s western wall. He fasted unmoving on the doorstep of the order, where he prostrated himself for days before finally losing consciousness from heat exhaustion. Relenting, the paladins took him into their halls, where his rebirth and training began. He devoted himself to their strict codes and training for years, until he was remade in living stone. Dartan proved singularly gifted in battle; even early in his training, his blade moved in his hands with a speed and precision most could not attain after a lifetime of work. His ability continued to refine itself over the years as he gave himself over to the sublime grace of his blade’s edge in motion. To Dartan, the stances and meditations of his order are prayers, and the perfect execution of his movements brings him closer to the divine. Even former Grand Exemplar Baine Hurst spoke his praises, calling him the finest swordsman ever to serve the Creator. As with others of his order, Vilmon has had to walk a tightrope of duty and responsibility, obeying the clergy while retaining an awareness of mercy, compassion, honor, and valor. He has attempted to soften the harsh dictates of the scrutators and is compassionate toward the Protectorate’s poor. He gives relief to those forced into hard labor, and sometimes he delivers a merciful death to those enduring unavoidable agony. The Harbinger of Menoth chose him to protect her during her pilgrimages to prepare for her march to war. Vilmon was present, alongside Grand Exemplar Baine Hurst, when the eldritch Goreshade ambushed her. The grand exemplar ordered him to take the Harbinger to safety while Hurst sacrificed his life to buy them time. Vilmon was chosen again when the Harbinger made her journey north to intercept a great evil in the Thornwood, and he witnessed her sacrifice to liberate Menite souls trapped in the Orgoth Temple of Garrodh. Vilmon and the Testament fought side-by-side, along with the Avatar of Menoth, to preserve the Harbinger’s body and soul and journeyed back to Imer to deliver her to Hierarch Voyle. In recognition of those tireless deeds, Vilmon was promoted to high paladin. He returned to Sul and joined the fight alongside other paladins who had flocked to that ancient city to reclaim the shattered city wall. He put aside his shield in favor of his holy blade Censure, counting on his brothers in arms to be his aegis. When Sul was reclaimed and the armies of the faithful marched into Caspia, Vilmon was once again at the fore marching alongside the Harbinger and the hierarch. It was Vilmon alone who defied Voyle’s command to kill hundreds of unarmed Protectorate civilians. True to his primary duty to the Creator and not the hierarch, he was prepared to give his life to protect the innocent—and surely would have if not for the intervention of the Harbinger herself. In the aftermath of that battle, Vilmon’s courage inspired not only his order but also the Protectorate as a whole. At one time in decline, the Order of the Wall has undergone a resurgence in both respect and initiates. It is the dawning of a new day for the order, brought about by its greatest champion.

TACTICAL TIPS Righteous Vengeance – This model moves after continuous effects have been resolved during your Maintenance Phase. Stone-and-Mortar Stance – Remember, even if a thrown model cannot be knocked down, it must still forfeit its Normal Movement or Combat Action if it activates later in a turn it was thrown.

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INITIATE TRISTAN DURANT PROTECTORATE SOLO FOCUS: 4 SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 5 5 5 4 14 15 6

DURANT 1

BATTLE STAFF RNG POW P+S 2 6 11 DAMAGE:5 PC 4

FA C

BASE:SMALL

DURANT 1 BATTLEGROUP CONTROLLER – This model is not a warcaster but has the following warcaster special rules: Battlegroup Commander, Focus Manipulation, Power Field, and Spellcaster. This model must have at least one warjack in its battlegroup at the start of the game. TRUE SIGHT – This model ignores cloud effects when determining LOS. This model also ignores Stealth .

BATTLE STAFF BLESSED DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL

SPELLS FORTIFY


6 –

– UP NO

Target warjack in the spellcaster’s battlegroup gains +2 ARM. The affected model and any friendly model B2B with it cannot become knocked down, be pushed, or be moved by a slam. IMMOLATION

2 8 – 12 – YES

Immolation causes fire damage . On a critical hit, the model hit suffers the Fire continuous effect .

Initiate Tristan Durant stands ready to lead his battlegroup against any who threaten the faithful of Menoth. He is gifted with the ability to see beyond the physical and intends to relentlessly pursue those deemed heretics or blasphemers. Once this warrior of the Creator locates his quarry, he does not hesitate to cleanse the battlefield of them with the might of his blessed warjacks and holy fire. He acts from the knowledge that his faith is under attack and requires resolute hearts to see it restored. There has never been any question in Tristan’s mind or heart of his purpose on Caen: he was created to serve Menoth. From an early age he felt the calling to a spiritual life, although for most of his youth he was uncertain how to answer this imperative. Raised in a family of farmers in a small Menite community southeast of Laedry in Llael, he was taught that simple labor was an offering to the Creator. His father discouraged him from leaving to join the priesthood, saying that his obligation was to his family. He accepted this edict but longed to do more. In his own time he studied Llaelese translations of the True Law, and he frequently sought out the local priest to clarify and discuss what he had read. Tristan’s life was forever changed by the Khadoran invasion in early 605 AR, when war ravaged the idyllic countryside. Thrust into the chaos that followed the initial invasion and bereft of their home and livelihood, his family joined those fleeing to Leryn. Rather than dwelling on his misfortunes, the young Tristan did what he could for the other refugees. Soon he was ignoring his father’s disapproval to preach to his countrymen despite a lack of formal training, seeking to bring meaning to their suffering. The arrival of the Northern Crusade forced Tristan to reevaluate all he knew and all he was. He witnessed Grand Scrutator Severius walk through the gates of Leryn unopposed, bolstered by his shining faith. In this Tristan finally beheld the true power of Menoth when wielded by a resolute devotee, and his path became clear. Over the vehement objections of his father, who insisted he was abandoning his family in their greatest time of need, Tristan dedicated himself to the Sul-Menite faith and answered the calling he had felt since he was a young boy. He knew to his bones that his place was marching alongside those in service to the Northern Crusade. The veracity of his faith was clear to the scrutators who questioned him, as was the untapped warcaster gift that awaited within him. He was initiated into the priesthood in Leryn and undertook an intensive regimen of combat training, where he demonstrated both natural talent and an eagerness to learn. At this time Tristan was quite young and far from mastery, his face bare of the mask of authority worn by full priests and his warcaster armor an unfamiliar burden. He was thrust onto the battlefield quickly, given the pressing needs of the crusade. Deep down he feared he was not ready for these responsibilities, yet within him from the beginning rested the soul of a true believer and a desire to prove himself worthy of the power Menoth has bestowed upon him.

TACTICAL TIPS Battlegroup Controller – This model is a non-warcaster model and is not affected by special rules that specifically affect warcasters. Models with the Attached rule cannot be attached to this model. Fortify – Remember, even if a thrown model cannot be knocked down, it must still forfeit its Normal Movement or Combat Action if it activates later in a turn it was thrown.

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NICIA, TEAR OF VENGEANCE PROTECTORATE FLAMEGUARD SOLO NICIA 1 SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 7 5 7 7 15 13 7

SWORD CANNON RNG ROF AOE POW 10 1 — 12

BLADE RNG POW P+S 2 5 10 DAMAGE:5 PC 5

FA C

BASE:SMALL

NICIA 1 ADVANCE DEPLOYMENT PARRY STEALTH ACROBATICS – This model can advance through other models if it has enough movement to move completely past their bases. This model ignores intervening models when declaring its charge target. QUICK WORK – When this model destroys one or more enemy models with a melee attack during its Combat Action, immediately after that attack is resolved this model can make one basic ranged attack. RAPID STRIKE – This model can make one additional melee attack each Combat Action. SPRINT – At the end of an activation in which it destroyed or removed from play one or more enemy models with melee attacks, this model can immediately make a full advance, then its activation ends.

BLADE WEAPON MASTER

Nicia remembers and catalogs every death she delivers with her blade. Each adds to the litany of devotional acts she will one day recite to the Creator. She only hopes that by the time she meets her inevitable, bloody death at the hands of the infidels, she will have killed enough of them to earn a place among Menoth’s endless army in the City of Man. Only a handful of years ago she lived behind the great walls of the city of Sul with her husband, Heltus, a proud member of the Temple Flameguard. At times the love she felt for him outshone even her love for the Creator. When the Cygnarans breached the city walls, Nicia beseeched Menoth to protect Heltus in battle, but he was chosen to join the Creator’s warriors in Urcaen. Overwhelmed by grief and guilt, she nearly ended her own life. Her hand was stayed by the revelation that one as unworthy as she could not yet join her husband in the afterlife. To be reunited with Heltus, she must prove herself as faithful and righteous a warrior as he. Nicia joined the nascent Daughters of the Flame and dedicated herself utterly to their rigorous training. Her commitment and prowess soon surprised—and sometimes alarmed—her superiors. She fought in some of the fiercest battles of the Caspia-Sul War and quickly became a leader among her order. Nicia has played a pivotal role in the ambitions of Feora, Protector of the Flame. Working closely with Thyra, Flame of Sorrow—the only sister she feels to be her superior—Nicia has led elite strike teams of Daughters of the Flame deep into enemy territory to take out key targets. She has pursued every task set before her with single-mindedness and loyalty. Never balking at the seemingly impossible work asked of her, the Tear of Vengeance has cut down enemy generals and lords, proving that a blade in the hands of the faithful can alter the course of history. Nicia strides through combat with lethal grace, each movement gauged to bring her within striking distance of the enemy, and dispatches her foes with blinding speed. Even as she cuts through one enemy, she fells another with a shot from her sword cannon, wheeling her blade around for another kill. Few enemies have witnessed Nicia’s murderous devotions and lived.

TACTICAL TIPS Quick Work – This model cannot make the additional attack if it is still in melee.

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PYRRHUS, FLAMEGUARD HERO PROTECTORATE TEMPLE FLAMEGUARD SOLO PYRRHUS 1 SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 6 7 7 4 15 14 9


SHIELD RNG POW P+S 0.5 2 9 DAMAGE:5 PC 5

FA C

BASE:SMALL

PYRRHUS 1 TOUGH IMPENETRABLE SHIELD – While this model is B2B

with one or more friendly Temple Flameguard models, it does not suffer damage from non-magical melee or ranged attacks. LEADERSHIP [TEMPLE FLAMEGUARD] – Friendly Temple Flameguard models activating in this model’s command range gain Relentless Charge that activation. RAPID STRIKE – This model can make one additional melee attack each Combat Action. RELENTLESS CHARGE – While advancing as part of a charge, this model gains Pathfinder . SET DEFENSE – A model in this model’s front arc suffers –2 on charge, slam power attack, and impact attack rolls against this model. UNYIELDING – While engaging an enemy model, this model gains +2 ARM.

FLAME SPEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEAPON MASTER

SHIELD SHIELD WEAPON MASTER BEAT BACK – Immediately after a basic attack with this weapon is resolved during this model’s Combat Action, the enemy model hit can be pushed 1˝ directly away from the attacking model. After the enemy model is pushed, the attacking model can advance up to 1˝ directly toward it.

Pyrrhus is more than the epitome of a Flameguard; he represents a pinnacle of Menite devotion and service. With movements honed through years of training, he charges forward to decimate opponents, taking everything while giving nothing in return. His mastery of his weapons extends well beyond that of any of his peers, and his faith in the Creator gives him extraordinary confidence in himself as a conduit for the wrath of Menoth. From the day the boy Pyrrhus decided his true purpose lay not in this life but in service to the Creator in the next, he dedicated himself to self-improvement. He needed to become the ultimate mortal soldier if he were to eventually bring triumph to Menoth in the eternal War of Souls in Urcaen. He developed his own rigorous training regimen in preparation for enlistment in the Flameguard, pushing his limits and toning his physique and reflexes day by day. When finally of age to apply for service with the Flameguard, Pyrrhus ably passed every examination. He had committed every doctrine and procedure to memory long before, and the physical trials paled in comparison to those of his own design. His focus only increased upon his acceptance. He spent his little free time sparring, sacrificing any relationships he might have had beyond the walls of the temple. His single-minded dedication impressed and daunted peers and superiors alike, giving him a reputation for arrogance exceeded only by his skill. Those who realized his potential saw past his abrasive personality to recognize the heart of a true Menite warrior. In record time, Pyrrhus earned a promotion to Arms Master, but his superiors opted not to immediately grant him a command of his own; rather, he was assigned to train others in the use of spear and shield. He made an unforgiving instructor, expecting of others the superlative performance he demanded of himself. While unsuited to training raw recruits—several of whom were broken by his regimen—he proved adept at forging the worthiest into hardened soldiers. He finally received his first taste of war with the invasion of Sul. Allowed to lead a small group of his former top pupils, Pyrrhus joined the defense of the Great Temple and distinguished himself against the Cygnarans, ending the lives of over a dozen and keeping his own soldiers intact. This performance saw him promoted to the rank of Preceptor and assigned to lead a portion of the vanguard in the counterassault on Caspia. Pyrrhus’ exemplary service in dangerous campaigns and border patrols since that war prompted his promotion to Captain. He now serves at the forefront of the Great Crusade alongside his unit. Time and again the Menite has been a shining example to his subordinates, and his commendable faith and martial prowess promise more heroic feats to come.

TACTICAL TIPS Beat Back – You cannot move toward a model you destroyed.

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VESSEL OF JUDGMENT PROTECTORATE BATTLE ENGINE VESSEL OF JUDGMENT SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD 4 10 — 6 10 20 10

DIVINE WRATH RNG ROF AOE POW 14 1 — 15

—

DAMAGE:24 PC 18

FA 2

BASE:HUGE

VESSEL OF JUDGMENT CONSTRUCT GUNFIGHTER IMMUNITY: FIRE PATHFINDER DESTRUCTIVE POWER – During its activation, this model can suffer 1 damage point to boost an attack or damage roll. This damage is suffered immediately after the attack is resolved. HOLY RELIQUARY – This model suffers d3 damage points each time it uses one of the following miracles. This damage is suffered before the miracle takes effect. • CLEANSING AURA – This model can use this miracle once per turn at any time during its activation. When this miracle is used, animi and continuous effects on models/units in this model’s command range immediately expire. • DOORS OF JUDGMENT – Once per turn when a friendly living Faction warrior model in this model’s command range is disabled by an enemy attack at any time except while it is advancing, this model can use this miracle. The disabled model can immediately make a full advance and can make one basic attack, then the disabled model is removed from play. The disabled model cannot be targeted by free strikes during this movement. • ERUPTION OF FAITH – This model can use this miracle once per turn at any time during its activation. When this miracle is used, enemy models currently within 2˝ of this model suffer a POW 12 fire damage roll and the Fire continuous effect and are pushed 4˝ directly away from this model in the order you choose.

DIVINE WRATH DAMAGE TYPE: MAGICAL ADMONISHER – When an enemy model is directly hit

by an attack with this weapon, the d3 nearest enemy models within 4˝ of the model hit suffer a POW 10 magical damage roll . These damage rolls are not considered to have been caused by an attack. Damage resulting from Admonisher is simultaneous.

The armies of the Protectorate do not lack for signs of their god’s favor, but those who witness a Vessel of Judgment delivering divine vengeance cannot doubt their crusade’s power. Towering over the phalanxes of the Protectorate’s armies, the Vessel is an unmistakable sight. Its ornate inscriptions gleam with an inner light, suffusing the entire structure with divine radiance. But a Vessel is not only an inspiring sight; it is capable of the most potent manifestations of Menoth’s power on Caen. Each Vessel is a reliquary containing the sacred remains of one of the Menite priestkings of old—holy warriors who performed the countless miracles that form the legends and myths of their faith. Menoth’s favor renders their remains incorruptible and imbues them with holy might. They have endured through the ages, guarded in the holiest of temples. Menite pilgrims seek them out, as do enemies of the faith. In times past, those who would despoil these holy remains have been destroyed in the act. The power of Menoth still touches the remains of his greatest servants and can cast down the impure. The use of these unquestionably sacred reliquaries in battle fueled heated debate among the Sul-Menite priesthood. Not all agreed with the decision to deploy them in war. Although some among the Synod protested, recent threats to the faith allowed Feora, Protector of the Flame to persuade them to allow the machines to be prepared for the battlefield. Their immediate efficacy suggests Menoth approves the use of such great constructs as more than mere icons of faith. The power contained in the specially crafted reliquaries within the Vessels is a sign of the god’s most hallowed blessing. Dragging a Vessel to battle requires an almost miraculous strength. The most faithful zealots pull it, attended by a ranking priest praying continually to the Creator. When this priest invokes the power of the holy relics within, the great pipes of the Vessel emit an ominously deep and bone-shaking tone. The fury of the Creator envelops those who venture too close, and the impure taint of the occult dissolves in its presence. The reliquary can even stave off the hand of death for a short time, allowing the dying one last strike against those who have spilled the blood of the faithful. The power of each Vessel is undeniable, as is the ruthless will of an army that brings such weapons to battle. Harnessing the wrath of Menoth carries a price. The invocation of such devastating spiritual power withers the remains each Vessel carries. With every fiery miracle, the ancient bones at the heart of the reliquary crumble a little more, their inviolability broken by the divine conflagrations they fuel.

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Doors of Judgment – Because the disabled model is removed from play before being destroyed, it does not generate a soul or corpse token. Holy Reliquary – If the damage this model suffers from Holy Reliquary destroys it, the miracle does not take effect.

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SOVEREIGN TRISTAN DURANT Warcaster HIGH ALLEGIANT AMON AD-RAZA Warcaster

ANSON DURST, ROCK OF THE FAITH Paladin Warcaster

FEORA, PRIESTESS OF THE FLAME Warcaster FEORA, PROTECTOR OF THE FLAME Warcaster THE HIGH RECLAIMER Warcaster

TESTAMENT OF MENOTH Warcaster

THE HARBINGER OF MENOTH Warcaster

HIGH EXEMPLAR KREOSS Warcaster

MALEKUS, THE BURNING TRUTH Warcaster

INTERCESSOR KREOSS Exemplar Warcaster

GRAND EXEMPLAR KREOSS Warcaster

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GRAND SCRUTATOR SEVERIUS Warcaster

HIERARCH SEVERIUS Warcaster

THYRA, FLAME OF SORROW Warcaster

VICE SCRUTATOR VINDICTUS Warcaster

HIGH EXECUTIONER SERVATH REZNIK Warcaster

SERVATH REZNIK, WRATH OF AGES Battle Engine Warcaster

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CRUSADER Heavy Warjack

CASTIGATOR Heavy Warjack

GUARDIAN Heavy Warjack

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INDICTOR Heavy Warjack

REDEEMER Light Warjack RECKONER Heavy Warjack

REPENTER Light Warjack

REVENGER Light Warjack

SANCTIFIER Heavy Warjack

TEMPLAR Heavy Warjack

VANQUISHER Heavy Warjack

VIGILANT Light Warjack

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BLOOD OF MARTYRS Heavy Warjack

BLESSING OF VENGEANCE Light Warjack

AVATAR OF MENOTH Heavy Warjack

HAND OF JUDGMENT Heavy Warjack

FIRE OF SALVATION Heavy Warjack

SCOURGE OF HERESY Heavy Warjack

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JUDICATOR Colossal Warjack

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CHOIR OF MENOTH Unit

DAUGHTERS OF THE FLAME Flameguard Unit

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FLAME BRINGERS Flameguard Unit

DELIVERER SKYHAMMERS Unit

DELIVERER SUNBURST CREW Weapon Crew Unit FLAMEGUARD CLEANSER OFFICER Command Attachment

FLAMEGUARD CLEANSERS Unit

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HOLY ZEALOTS Unit

IDRIAN SKIRMISHER CHIEFTAIN & GUIDE Mercenary Command Attachment

MONOLITH BEARER Holy Zealot Command Attachment

IDRIAN SKIRMISHERS Mercenary Unit

TEMPLE FLAMEGUARD OFFICER & STANDARD Command Attachment ATTENDANT PRIEST Command Attachment

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TEMPLE FLAMEGUARD Unit

VISGOTH JUVIAH RHOVEN & HONOR GUARD Unit

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VESSEL OF JUDGMENT Battle Engine

ALLEGIANT OF THE ORDER OF THE FIST Solo

RECLAIMER GATEKEEPER Solo

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HIEROPHANT Solo

PALADIN OF THE ORDER OF THE WALL Solo

VASSAL OF MENOTH Solo VASSAL MECHANIK Solo

THE COVENANT OF MENOTH Solo

HIGH PALADIN DARTAN VILMON Solo

WRACK Solo

INITIATE TRISTAN DURANT Solo

NICIA, TEAR OF VENGEANCE Flameguard Solo

PYRRHUS, FLAMEGUARD HERO Temple Flameguard Solo

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PAINTING YOUR ARMY As a hobby miniatures game deeply rooted in lore and character, WARMACHINE offers hundreds of distinctive and highly detailed models designed for maximum modeling and painting enjoyment. Each model is a canvas on which to unleash your own creativity and imagination. You can choose to try your hand at the tried-and-true P3 Studio scheme, dive deeper into the Iron Kingdoms setting with an alternate paint scheme drawn from the lore and background of your Faction, or throw convention to the wind and create a completely original look for your models. Whatever your choice, few things are as rewarding as bringing your army to life with your brush and some paints. When painting an army, as in life, the fun truly lies in the journey more than in the destination. And like every journey, the road to a fully painted force begins with a crucial first step—in this case, deciding how you want your army to look! The following pages contain color guides and quick tips designed to provide inspiration for your Protectorate of Menoth painting adventure. We begin with a look at models painted in the traditional studio scheme for the Protectorate, that of the Sul-Menite temple. This scheme is shown throughout the model gallery on pages 138–149. Whether or not you decide to emulate the studio scheme, it is a great foundation to draw from with its linen whites, deep sanguine reds, and rich golds and bronzes.

Next we present some alternative approaches to painting your Protectorate models. The groups that serve in the Protectorate’s crusades are varied, from small strike forces to larger interdictions, some marching beneath their own unique colors. Such colors include the earthy browns of the Umber Guard, the rich purples of the Interdiction of Judgment, and the stark greys of the Interdiction of the Covenant. By combining ideas from the setting, the studio scheme, and the real world, you can easily create a unique look for your army that still feels right at home in the Iron Kingdoms. Finally, for those who really want to flex their creative muscles, we present a radically different paint scheme drawn straight from the imagination of the painter who created it, as well as some great examples of Protectorate models painted by the WARMACHINE and HORDES community to inspire your own unique creations. Choosing a more original or whimsical approach can result in a truly eye-catching army, but such schemes also rely on careful planning and a willingness to experiment with multiple combinations of colors until everything has been dialed in just right to create a balanced yet visually striking effect. When it comes to your army’s special look, inspiration can spring from anywhere. Regardless of which direction you decide to take in painting your own Protectorate of Menoth force, we hope this guide provides you with the spark needed to set your imagination on fire as you sit down with brush in hand to create an army as individual as you!

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STUDIO PAINT SCHEME CRUSADER

Armor base: Menoth White Base shade: Bastion Grey highlight: Menoth White Highlight

Black base: Thamar Black highlight: Coal Black secondary highlight: Frostbite

Steel

Gold

base: Pig Iron shade: Armor Wash highlight: Cold Steel

base: Rhulic Gold shade: Umbral Umber highlight: Solid Gold

Trim and Cloth Vent Glow base: Heartfire shade: Red Ink highlight: Cygnus Yellow

base: Sanguine Base shade: Exile Blue highlight: Sanguine Highlight

Painter’s Inspiration At first glance the paint scheme for the Protectorate of Menoth may appear to use a simple red and white palette, reminiscent of the historical Knights Templar. Upon closer consideration it becomes clear that the sanguine edging creates a subtle color contrast with the Protectorate’s white areas. In order to make the red and white contrast well with each other, the studio chose Menoth White Base, which has a strong yellow bias, and Sanguine Base, a red with a strong purple bias: the result is a combination that creates a yellow/purple contrast while still translating to red/white and is pleasing to the eye. For more examples of Protectorate of Menoth models with studio paint schemes, see the gallery on pages 138–149 or go to privateerpress.com.

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STUDIO PAINT SCHEME TEMPLE FLAMEGUARD

Armor

Steel base: Pig Iron shade: Armor Wash highlight: Cold Steel

base: Menoth White Base shade: Bastion Grey highlight: Menoth White Highlight

Black

Flesh base: Khardic Flesh shade: Flesh Wash highlight: Midlund Flesh

Gold

base: Thamar Black highlight: Coal Black secondary highlight: Frostbite

Trim and Cloth


base: Sanguine Base shade: Exile Blue highlight: Sanguine Highlight

PAINTING TIPS When two or more sanguine surfaces are side by side, you can give a couple of the sections a glaze of Red Ink. This trick shifts the color to the warm side of the spectrum, separating it from other sections and increasing your overall contrast. You can use this technique with other colors such as browns, blues, and greens by glazing with the corresponding inks.

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UMBER GUARD PAINT SCHEME CRUSADER

Armor base: Rucksack Tan shade: Idrian Flesh highlight: Menoth White Highlight

Gold

Black base: Thamar Black highlight: Coal Black secondary highlight: Frostbite



Trim and Cloth Vent Glow base: Heartfire shade: Red Ink highlight: Cygnus Yellow

base: Idrian Flesh shade: Umbral Umber highlight: Beast Hide

PAINTING TIPS Use a mix of Thamar Black and Battlefield Brown on the tips of exhaust pipes to make them look sooty.

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UMBER GUARD PAINT SCHEME TEMPLE FLAMEGUARD


Armor base: Rucksack Tan shade: Idrian Flesh highlight: Menoth White Highlight

Black


Gold base: Rhulic Gold shade: Umbral Umber highlight: Solid Gold

base: Thamar Black highlight: Coal Black secondary highlight: Frostbite

Trim and Cloth base: Idrian Flesh shade: Umbral Umber highlight: Beast Hide

Painter’s Inspiration The First Phalanx of the Tenth Interdiction, known as the Umber Guard, are veterans of many conflicts including the Caspia-Sul war. The phalanx’s somber garb harkens back to traditional Menite clothing and armor from the time of Cinot and the first faithful warriors of the age. The deep brown represents the color of the mortar formed from the ashes of Menoth’s eternal flame mixed with mud and clay that bound together the tan sandstone blocks from which the first civilized city of Icthier was built. Their chosen colors remind all among the Umber Guard of the great hardships and sacrifices that service to Menoth demands, as well as the incredible things that can be accomplished by those who faithfully serve in his name.

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“GRIM INQUISITION” PAINT SCHEME CRUSADER

Orange Accents base: Khador Red Highlight wash: Yellow Ink, Red Ink 2:1

Gold base: Rhulic Gold wash: Armor Wash, Coal Black 10:1 highlight: Solid Gold

Trim and Cloth base: Greatcoat Grey wash: Armor Wash, Coal Black 10:1 highlight: Greatcoat Grey, Morrow White 10:1

Armor base: Pig Iron wash: Armor Wash, Coal Black 10:1 highlight: Cold Steel

Painter’s Inspiration By Bryan Maclaflin For this scheme I was inspired by stories of knights in shining armor, with my Temple Flameguard as those knights. The models’ darker robes and blazing orange highlights came from my idea of a historically grim inquisition and the fires with which the accused were purified. The rest of the Protectorate masses with their abundant robes serve nicely as a foil to my shining knights. For the crests on the Temple Flameguard units, I took inspiration from the Roman centurions and Greek trojans; I wanted my soldiers to resemble these fearsome warriors. The bases of the crests are flat strips of P3 brown/aluminum putty formed onto the helm. For the crests themselves I cut small bits of plasticard to shape, then glued them to the putty after it was cured. I then scratched grooves into each crest with the tip of a file to resemble the stiff hair.

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“GRIM INQUISITION” PAINT SCHEME TEMPLE FLAMEGUARD

Armor base: Pig Iron wash: Armor Wash, Coal Black 10:1 highlight: Cold Steel

Orange Accents


Gold

base: Khador Red Highlight wash: Yellow Ink, Red Ink 2:1

Trim and Cloth

base: Rhulic Gold wash: Armor Wash, Coal Black 10:1 highlight: Solid Gold

base: Greatcoat Grey wash: Armor Wash, Coal Black 10:1 highlight: Greatcoat Grey, Morrow White 10:1

PAINTING TIPS Simplify your painting process by drybrushing the entire model with Cold Steel, followed by Rhulic Gold. Finish the trim areas as normal, then go back and paint the flat panels. This method is easier than trying to paint the trim after the panels.

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FEORA, PROTECTOR OF THE FLAME by Tom Wänerstrand

GRAND SCRUTATOR SEVERIUS by Kevin Burton

INTERCESSOR KREOSS by Rafal Maj AVATAR OF MENOTH by Rafal Maj

INITIATE TRISTAN DURANT by Rafal Maj

DEVOUT by Tony Konichek VIGILANT by Tony Konichek

EXEMPLAR BASTIONS by Tony Konichek

MONOLITH BEARER by Tony Konichek

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ANSON DURST, ROCK OF THE FAITH by Ben Williams

HIGH EXECUTIONER SERVATH REZNIK by Chris Cawthorn

JUDICATOR by Bryan Maclaflin

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TEMPLATES

BURNING GROUND (Revelator)

BURNING ASH (The High Reclaimer)

WALL OF FIRE (Feora, Priestess of the Flame)

You may photocopy these templates for your personal use.

Mk3 Protectorate of Menoth Command

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