Dirge of the Great Hegemon
In the annals of the Great War two mighty Hegemons of the Black Grail have risen: Yersinia Rex, Emperor of Pestilence, and Febris, the rotting Bride of Beelzebub. Each of them were destroyed, but at an unimaginable cost to the forces of the Great Tyrant YHWH. Even the great Paladin Engelier, the Sword of Heaven, died when confronting the might of a Hegemon.
With the ascension of a Hegemon, the hideous power of the Black Grail is exalted. Beelzebub grows sleek and fat, and like a magnanimous king, bestowing blessings and gifts upon his most favoured children. Beelzebub’s insidious grip over his Grail Thralls greatly increases. They move with more grace and the exalted blessings of the Grail opens their ruined minds, allowing them to truly witness the rotting glory of the Lord of the Flies, enabling them to understand more complex weaponry. In turn, the nobles that make up the ranks of the Order of the Fly are given kingly gifts from their mighty liege.
Full of the ascendant power of the Black Grail, how miserable they become when their Hegemon lord falls in battle. Each Hegemon is unique, and when slain, it can never be re-created. The ecstasy of the Plague Knights in the service of their dread ruler sinks into the deepest despair from which there is no escape. Their strain of the Black Grail is shunned by others of their kind and they are no longer welcome at Ekron, the City of Beelzebub: they are cast out from the Order of the Fly for their failure. The Hegemon’s strain of disease continues spreading and creating thralls, but they are born into a world bereft of their sires, leaving them hopeless and desolated.
The eyes of the Plague Knights continuously weep cold black blood as they cry for their lost Dark Paradise that will never be again. The tantalising dream of a great flood of pestilence that cleanses the earth is lost forever. Their mournful wails echo and reverberate through No Man’s Land, a cry of sorrow deeper than any mortal can feel, and agonising rage of black hatred that no mortal comprehends. They compose mournful paeans to their lost Hegemon -beautiful yet disturbing songs that promise nothing but never-ending death.
Such shattered remains of the once-mighty legions of the Hegemon take their vengeance on any opponent regardless of their allegiance, even throwing themselves at other Black Grail warbands in futile acts of regret, trying to feel pain that would at least momentarily dull their aching feeling of loss. But no such hope exists in their eternal damnation.
These bands made up of the strains of fallen Hegemons’ once-mighty legions form everlasting funeral processions for their dead masters. The echo of their dirges accompanies their solemn steps, taking them from nowhere to nowhere. Their eyes are forever stained by the foul tears of the Black Grail and their skin turns black and sloughs off, hanging in tatters like funereal garb. They seek lost artefacts and broken shards of armour and weapons of their lost liege, fashioning disturbing and rusted jewellery from these remains where the Hegemon’s power still lingers beyond the grave. Few things that haunt No Man’s Land are more dangerous – or ghastlier – than these corruption-ridden echoes of the dark past, the funeral processions that last until time itself is no more.
Faction Rules
Some attacks by the weaponry of the Black Grail causes their opponents to suffer
A model may have up to six
Using the remnants of the lingering power of a fallen Hegemon, a Plague Knight of the Warband can directly command a nearby Thrall.
During its Activation, a Plague Knight in this warband can remove an
- Move: The Thrall takes a standard Move Action.
- Ranged Attack: The Thrall takes a Ranged Attack Actionwith any Ranged weapon it has.
- Charge: The Thrall takes a standard Charge Action.
- Melee Attack: The Thrall takes a Melee Attack Action.
Captains
Using the remnants of the lingering power of a fallen Hegemon, a Plague Knight of the Warband can directly command a nearby Bereaved. An Executor or Plague Knight in a Dirge of the Great Hegemon Warband can take a Command Bereaved
- Move Command: The Bereaved carries out a normal move (it cannot Retreat).
- Shoot Command: The Bereaved carries out a Ranged Attack.
- Charge Command: The Bereaved carries out a charge move.
- Fight Command: The Bereaved carries out a Melee Attack.
A Plague Knight cannot be fielded, unless it is equipped with a suit of armour. In addition, a Plague Knight can be equipped with any weapon, armour and equipment from the
Plague Knight Ranks
You may have one rank per Plague Knight if you pay the necessary cost, as indicated.
Ranking lowliest in the nobility of the Black Grail, these armoured great warriors were once truly depraved worshippers Beelzebub. When the Black Grail came for them, they willingly submitted themselves to the authority of the Lord of Flies. As a result they retain a semblance of sentience and the ability to wield weapons as they did in life. They aspire to win favour in the eyes of Beelzebub and one day be promoted in the hierarchy of the Order of the Fly.
Elite
Corpse Guard can be equipped with any weapon, armour and equipment from the
Only the strongest human devotees can survive the blessings of the Black Grail. The ones that do are inducted into the ranks of the Corpse Guard, bodyguards to the nobility of the Black Grail. If they serve with distinction, they may one day join the ranks of the Infernal Nobility.
Using the remnants of the lingering power of a fallen Hegemon, a Plague Knight of the Warband can directly command a nearby Bereaved. An Executor or Plague Knight in a Dirge of the Great Hegemon Warband can take a Command Bereaved
- Move Command: The Bereaved carries out a normal move (it cannot Retreat).
- Shoot Command: The Bereaved carries out a Ranged Attack.
- Charge Command: The Bereaved carries out a charge move.
- Fight Command: The Bereaved carries out a Melee Attack.
A Plague Knight cannot be fielded, unless it is equipped with a suit of armour. In addition, a Plague Knight can be equipped with any weapon, armour and equipment from the
Plague Knight Ranks
You may have one rank per Plague Knight if you pay the necessary cost, as indicated.
Ranking lowliest in the nobility of the Black Grail, these armoured great warriors were once truly depraved worshippers Beelzebub. When the Black Grail came for them, they willingly submitted themselves to the authority of the Lord of Flies. As a result they retain a semblance of sentience and the ability to wield weapons as they did in life. They aspire to win favour in the eyes of Beelzebub and one day be promoted in the hierarchy of the Order of the Fly.
Infantry
Thralls can be equipped with ranged weapons, troop flags, or instruments, but nothing else. They do not suffer penalties for fighting unarmed.
The boons of the Black Grail lead slowly but surely down the path of utter corruption. Only very few of the chosen can withstand the blessings of the Lord of the Flies. Most are turned into Grail Thralls, and join the endless legions of empty, hollowed-out and diseased husks who must obey the whims of the Black Grail nobles for all eternity, while suffering the torment of their countless supernatural infections.
Thralls come in two varieties: Grail Thralls that have become almost impervious to pain and Fly Thralls, controlled by the gargantuan hell-flies that have buried their proboscis deep into the central nervous system of their victims, allowing far greater mobility in exchange for less resistance to pain.
Thralls cannot be equipped with any weapons, armour or equipment. They do not suffer penalties for fighting unarmed.
The boons of the Black Grail lead slowly but surely down the path of utter corruption. Only very few of the chosen can withstand the blessings of the Lord of the Flies. Most are turned into Grail Thralls, and join the endless legions of empty, hollowed-out and diseased husks who must obey the whims of the Black Grail nobles for all eternity, while suffering the torment of their countless supernatural infections.
Thralls come in two varieties: Grail Thralls that have become almost impervious to pain and Fly Thralls, controlled by the gargantuan hell-flies that have buried their proboscis deep into the central nervous system of their victims, allowing far greater mobility in exchange for less resistance to pain.
Heralds can be equipped with any ranged weapon from the
Some victims of the Black Grail suffer a far worse fate than becoming a Thrall. They are bestowed with the black honour by being melded with hell-flies, growing into a grotesque winged insect made of bloated flesh. After this torturous metamorphosis they take to air as Heralds of Beelzebub, the winged squires and scouts of the Order of the Fly. Their vestigial human bodies are still conscious as they are slowly eaten from within to be used as fuel by the Herald, all the while their warped bodies fight for the glory of Hell against their will.
The Heralds are the vanguard in any assault of the Black Grail, and the ear-numbing otherworldly drone of their wings strikes terror in any defender, breaking their focus and sapping their willpower. Heralds wield discarded weapons, contaminated with horrible worms that churn through them, which in turn infect their victims. Each diseased bullet has sentience of its own, finding even the smallest chink in any armour, burrowing into the nervous system and liquefying the internal organs from within.
The Hounds cannot be equipped with any weapons, armour or equipment. They do not suffer penalties for fighting unarmed. At the cost of +5 ducats, they cause
Parasitic carcasses of canines infested with maggots and flies spawned from the body of Beelzebub himself. Their unholy mission is to prowl No Man’s Land and spread diseases and pestilence in the name of their dark master.
Mercenaries
Combat Helmet
NEGATE SHRAPNEL
Ignores additional
The simple combat helmet has proven its value on the battlefield time and again.
Reinforced Armour
Grants a -2 modifier to all injury rolls against the model wearing this armour.
Reinforced armour is a master-crafted suit made individually for the most important and elite troops. Each one is richly decorated and often carries the personal device of the warrior who wears it.
As a
Whenever the Sin Eater is activated, the devoured model suffers one
The Sin Eater attempts to purge a model it has devoured as an
Tenderizer Maul
| Range | Melee |
| Hands | 2 Hands (Melee) |
| Modifiers | +1 to Injuries |
HEAVY
Its huge reach means that the Sin Eater may make one Melee Attack
Reinforced Armour
Grants a -2 modifier to all injury rolls against the model wearing this armour.
Reinforced armour is a master-crafted suit made individually for the most important and elite troops. Each one is richly decorated and often carries the personal device of the warrior who wears it.
Sin Eaters are horrific creatures: once they were mortal men and women, but their overwhelming greed and hunger for human flesh tainted with Sin, combined with the corrupting influence of the Hellgate, has turned them into a form that matches their inner foulness. They’re swollen into monstrous proportions and are always at a point of nearly bursting, yet forever ravenous for more flesh and human sins to devour.
The Sin Eater is one of the very few creatures that Beelzebub approves of outside his own followers due its insatiable gluttony.
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