++ To Reign in Hell - The Siege of Brigannion Four ++ Interlude: Tactical Objectives

[Firedrake Cordova]

Nice work - they're imaginative and unique kit-bashes.  

 

I like the daemon-hound

[Pearson73]

Really excellent builds, the marines capture the classic art and older codex style very well, particularly the Fallen. 

 

The cultists and hounds are inspired. Great job!

[Brother Ezra]

VI - The Scions of the Plague God

 

 

 

 

++ In the name of the Death Lord ++

 

Brigannion Four’s tumultuous re-entry into the material realm sent ripples of aetheric energy through the Warp, driving Astropaths and psykers in the local region of space to madness and insanity. As reports of the planet’s sudden reappearance moved up the Imperial hierarchy, orders were issued to place a cordon around the Brigannion system with all due haste. Fleets were redirected and manpower was mustered in the local volume, as Imperial commanders sought to contain this threat to the sanctity of Segmentum Obscurus.

 

But the Imperium were not the only ones to take notice of Brigannion Four’s reappearance. In the depths of the Eye of Terror, the ripples of power emanating from the world attracted the attention of mortals and daemons alike. Hungering eyes and slavering maws turned towards this bright speck of possibility, and like moths to a flame, began to move upon it.

 

First amongst those who sought to lay claim to the world was the dreaded Daemon Primarch Mortarion, the Death Lord. His interest in the planet was twofold. By taking it from the Night Lords, he would assert his patron’s dominance in the Great Game between the gods, and especially over its rival power, Tzeentch. Secondly, its conquest would grant his Legion a bulwark in the material realm from which to strike at the hated Imperium.

 

From his throne upon the Plague Planet, he thus declared that Brigannion Four would be conquered in the name of the Death Guard and the Plaguefather. Three warbands from his Legion were chosen to accomplish this sacred task, and were henceforth known as the Triumvirate of Pestilence – the Blind Prophets, the Corpse Brethren and the Ruinbringers.

 

Led by their commanders, Sorcerer-Lord Kurnapulax, Apostle Eretrax and Lord Urgulax, the Triumvirate first acquired a means to breach the confines of the Eye of Terror: the Space Hulk known as the Cathedra Infernis. After tracking the hulk through the Empyrean for several weeks, the Triumvirate’s forces finally boarded the colossal vessel only to find it infested by hordes of Genestealers. A horrific battle unfolded, as corrupted flesh met alien physiology in the dark corners of the Space Hulk. With great effort were the Genestealers expelled from the halls of the Cathedra Infernis, the last of their kind dying in agony as whole sections of the hulk were bathed in noxious gas.

 

With their transport secure, the Triumvirate then set its sights upon Brigannion Four. The sorcerers of the Blind Prophets guided them through the Warp in lieu of a true Navigator, the power rippling from the world a beacon in the roiling madness of the Immaterium. As they travelled, the hulk began to change, the malign influence of Nurgle steadily settling into the vessel like a canker. Hellish forges, fleshpits and shrines to the Plaguefather were erected in its bowels, even as corrosion and rot began to spread in its innards. Slowly but certainly, the conglomeration of ships that had been known as the Cathedra Infernis was transformed into a diseased, monstruous fortress – from then on to be known as the Plaguemaw.

 

After several months of Warp-travel, the Plaguemaw ripped the veil around Brigannion Four, and descended upon the Night Lords with ravenous hunger…

 

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Additional inloads: 

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

++ A Plague Marine from the Corpse Brethren ++

 

The Corpse Brethren formed the strong core of the Triumvirate, its ranks of Plague Marines the anvil upon which the Triumvirate's enemies broke themselves. It is said that once battle was concluded, the warriors of the warband would turn their attentions on the remains of the slain, to sate their unholy hungers upon ruined flesh and broken bones.

 

 

 

 

Spoiler

 

++ One of the Blind Prophets' many Sorcerers ++

 

Hated and distrusted for their reliance on sorcerous means, the Blind Prophets were nonetheless a vital part of the Triumvirate's forces, primarily acting as a countermeasure against the Night Lords' own Sorcerers. Later, they would prove invaluable in shoring up the manpower of the Triumvirate by the mass summoning of daemons.

 

 

 

 

Spoiler

 

++ A warrior of the Ruinbringers ++

 

Masters of artillery and chemical warfare, the Ruinbringers were the Triumvirate's sledgehammer. Under their careful ministration, vast swathes of the world were rendered uninhabitable wastelands, and many a fortress was reduced to an irradiated crater.

 

 

 

More to come soon!

 

 

 

[Brother Ezra]

Interlude - Tactical Objectives

 

 

++ What does one fight for, when one lives in Hell? ++

 

Across the ravaged surface of Brigannion Four, resources are few and far between. Those fighting on the world struggle as much with hunger, thirst, and the slow decay of their weapons and equipment as they do with their rivals - in some cases, even more so. What few reliable sources of food, potable water and prometheum that remain on the world are either jealously guarded by the Iron Warriors, or bitterly fought over by the warring factions. Raids on supply columns and outposts are commonplace, as are excursions into the murky underworld of Brigannion Four, where yet undiscovered stockpiles of weapons and food may occasionally be found. 

 

The depths are also home to relics from bygone eras. Trinkets from Brigannion Four's original garrison, sorcerous scrolls written by Zagon's disciples, the broken-down remains of old invasion forces - all of these and more can be found amidst the detritus. While many of these hold little actual value, some of these objects have, through the weight of history and bloodshed, gained otherworldly powers. It is therefore not uncommon to find forces squabbling over seemingly mundane items, or bartering oddities for other uncommon goods.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Some objective markers - had a lot of fun with these! 

[Terminatorinhell]

Lots of cool grimy conversions here. It's got this sort of old school look to them that I really like.

[Firedrake Cordova]

Really cool objective markers