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This time I present another individual warband sneak peek, the spectral hosts of the Vengeful Dead!

For as long as any can remember, Morgulia has been a haunted land, where everyone knows someone who knows someone who has encountered the shades of the dead. Indeed, most of the people of Morgulia could almost be considered a largely atheistic if, nonetheless, superstitious lot. However, they almost universally do carry one belief at least, that should the dead are not be shown proper respect and remembrance, they will become vengeful and unleash their anger on any of the living that they can corner. There are innumerable tales filled with the victims of their fury, from homes nearly destroyed by spectral unseen forces, to travelers disappearing after following spectral lanterns, to the bereft found lifeless after running into the night upon hearing the calls of a deceased loved one. Unfortunately, though the Morgulians attempt to remember and appease them, far too many die alone in the wilderness or in some haunted field of battle where they lie unconsecrated and forgotten among the desolation of the charnel fields.

While this has been a terrible reality within these haunted lands, they have, largely, been limited in scope and in the victims which they could enact their wrath upon. Sadly, that reality has become immeasurably worse since the Night of The Black Star as whole hosts of the vengeful dead have begun to haunt the peaks, forests, or waiting in lonely ruins and shadowed places until drawn to terrible action by the warmth of the living. Relatively weak, if terrifying, in times past, some among them have shown a horrific sense of identity, strength, and cunning and it is these individual spirits who have been seen to guide the actions of the spectral hosts by those few who escaped to gibber the tales to the terrified masses huddled within the meagre safety of their village hovels. Some say that it is only a matter of time before Dread Morgulia is home to none but the spirits of The Vengeful Dead...

So what makes the Vengeful Dead different from the other Deathly Hosts from a game standpoint? The Vengeful Dead are virtually invisible until roused to action and so all of their warriors with both the Spirit and Unliving Traits may start the game Hidden. Moreover, the mightiest of the Vengeful Dead are filled with such terrible hatred that they are nearly impossible to permanently drive away, thus their Champions may reroll any result on the Injury or Serious Injury tables.
Vengeful Dead warbands also have access to Abilities and Spells that draw more damned souls to their cause. The Drawn to Trauma Ability makes it possible to Summon an extra Geist during the battle when an enemy model is Injured and their spellcasters have access to the spell "Born to Damnation" which allows them to cause the spirit of a slain enemy warrior to join their forces.

Be certain to care for the dead lest they return to claim you as well!

www.deviantart.com/morgulia
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This time I present another individual warband sneak peek, the spectral hosts of the Vengeful Dead!

For as long as any can remember, Morgulia has been a haunted land, where everyone knows someone who knows someone who has encountered the shades of the dead. Indeed, most of the people of Morgulia could almost be considered a largely atheistic if, nonetheless, superstitious lot. However, they almost universally do carry one belief at least, that should the dead are not be shown proper respect and remembrance, they will become vengeful and unleash their anger on any of the living that they can corner. There are innumerable tales filled with the victims of their fury, from homes nearly destroyed by spectral unseen forces, to travelers disappearing after following spectral lanterns, to the bereft found lifeless after running into the night upon hearing the calls of a deceased loved one. Unfortunately, though the Morgulians attempt to remember and appease them, far too many die alone in the wilderness or in some haunted field of battle where they lie unconsecrated and forgotten among the desolation of the charnel fields.

While this has been a terrible reality within these haunted lands, they have, largely, been limited in scope and in the victims which they could enact their wrath upon. Sadly, that reality has become immeasurably worse since the Night of The Black Star as whole hosts of the vengeful dead have begun to haunt the peaks, forests, or waiting in lonely ruins and shadowed places until drawn to terrible action by the warmth of the living. Relatively weak, if terrifying, in times past, some among them have shown a horrific sense of identity, strength, and cunning and it is these individual spirits who have been seen to guide the actions of the spectral hosts by those few who escaped to gibber the tales to the terrified masses huddled within the meagre safety of their village hovels. Some say that it is only a matter of time before Dread Morgulia is home to none but the spirits of The Vengeful Dead...

So what makes the Vengeful Dead different from the other Deathly Hosts from a game standpoint? The Vengeful Dead are virtually invisible until roused to action and so all of their warriors with both the Spirit and Unliving Traits may start the game Hidden. Moreover, the mightiest of the Vengeful Dead are filled with such terrible hatred that they are nearly impossible to permanently drive away, thus their Champions may reroll any result on the Injury or Serious Injury tables.
Vengeful Dead warbands also have access to Abilities and Spells that draw more damned souls to their cause. The Drawn to Trauma Ability makes it possible to Summon an extra Geist during the battle when an enemy model is Injured and their spellcasters have access to the spell "Born to Damnation" which allows them to cause the spirit of a slain enemy warrior to join their forces.

Be certain to care for the dead lest they return to claim you as well!

www.deviantart.com/morgulia
linktr.ee/horizonpointstudios1…