Tamurkhan: The Throne of Chaos
Dec 17, 2020 10:16:40 GMT
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Post by Horace on Dec 17, 2020 10:16:40 GMT
It's finally time to crack open this beauty and start playing through the campaign! I fully expect this will take us multiple years to complete so we better get cracking.
I should have used this as a placeholder.. ah well I will insert it here:
Campaign Phase 1 - The Champions of the Dark Gods
Battle 1 - Altar of Battle - Chaos Horde Vs Chaos Host
Battle 2 - Battle Line - Chaos Horde Vs Daemons of Chaos
Battle 3 - Storm of Magic - Chaos Horde Vs Chaos Warriors/Dragon Ogres
Campaign Phase 2 - Lands of Stone and Dust
Battle 1 - Conquest of Giants - Chaos Horde Vs Giants
Battle 2 - Meeting Engagement - Chaos Horde Vs Hobgoblin Tribes
Battle 3 - Dark Monoliths of Zhulgozar - Chaos Warriors Vs Orcs & Goblins
Campaign Phase 3 - The Lords of Fire and Ash
Battle 1 - Crossing of Fire - Chaos Horde Vs Chaos Dwarfs
Battle 2 - Surprise Encounter - Chaos Horde Vs Dread Host
Battle 3 - Dawn Attack - Chaos Horde Vs Chaos Dwarfs
Campaign Phase 4 - The Scouring
Battle 1 - The Tide of Ruin - Chaos Horde Vs Border Princes
Battle 2 - Hired Swords - Chaos Horde Vs Border Princes
Battle 3 - The Watchtower - Chaos Horde Vs Dwarfs
Campaign Phase 5 - Death and Darkness
Battle 1 - The Sundered Pass - Chaos Horde Vs Night Goblins
I will be playing the side of Tamurkhan's Chaos Host and Mr Blank will be playing the various opposition faced throughout the campaign. We will aim to play 3/4 battles for each campaign phase.
We will be following the restrictions laid out in the book
-No Special Characters other than those listed in Tamurkhan
-No magic items over 30 points except the General, who may take a single Magic Weapon, Armour or Talisman up to 50 points.
-Character Casualties as per the book.
CAMPAIGN PHASE 1
3 Battles
Battle 1: Altar of Battle (2500 points)
2 Campaign Points
Horace : Tamurkhan's Chaos Host
Mr Blank : May choose his own Chaos Host led by one of the following:
Sargath - Slaanesh
Urak Soulbane - Tzeentch
Hakka the Aesling - Khorne
Horace gets first dibs on the Chaos models
I should have used this as a placeholder.. ah well I will insert it here:
Campaign Phase 1 - The Champions of the Dark Gods
Battle 1 - Altar of Battle - Chaos Horde Vs Chaos Host
Battle 2 - Battle Line - Chaos Horde Vs Daemons of Chaos
Battle 3 - Storm of Magic - Chaos Horde Vs Chaos Warriors/Dragon Ogres
Campaign Phase 2 - Lands of Stone and Dust
Battle 1 - Conquest of Giants - Chaos Horde Vs Giants
Battle 2 - Meeting Engagement - Chaos Horde Vs Hobgoblin Tribes
Battle 3 - Dark Monoliths of Zhulgozar - Chaos Warriors Vs Orcs & Goblins
Campaign Phase 3 - The Lords of Fire and Ash
Battle 1 - Crossing of Fire - Chaos Horde Vs Chaos Dwarfs
Battle 2 - Surprise Encounter - Chaos Horde Vs Dread Host
Battle 3 - Dawn Attack - Chaos Horde Vs Chaos Dwarfs
Campaign Phase 4 - The Scouring
Battle 1 - The Tide of Ruin - Chaos Horde Vs Border Princes
Battle 2 - Hired Swords - Chaos Horde Vs Border Princes
Battle 3 - The Watchtower - Chaos Horde Vs Dwarfs
Campaign Phase 5 - Death and Darkness
Battle 1 - The Sundered Pass - Chaos Horde Vs Night Goblins
I will be playing the side of Tamurkhan's Chaos Host and Mr Blank will be playing the various opposition faced throughout the campaign. We will aim to play 3/4 battles for each campaign phase.
We will be following the restrictions laid out in the book
-No Special Characters other than those listed in Tamurkhan
-No magic items over 30 points except the General, who may take a single Magic Weapon, Armour or Talisman up to 50 points.
-Character Casualties as per the book.
CAMPAIGN PHASE 1
3 Battles
Chapter 1
So it came to pass in the Kurgan lands where the legend of the blasted plateau of K’datha and the ancient ruins of Zanbaijin that surmounted it were well known, that many warlords and mighty Champions of Chaos were drawn to quest for it’s cold heights. Although said to exist somewhere to the east, the K’datha was said to shift and wane like a mirage on the horizon, and an unfavoured warrior may be driven mad or starve without ever reaching it, though it hovered on the horizon before them. But now, as the Realm of Chaos waxed in power, the great plateau of blasted K’datha lay open for any that would dare climb the razor-sharp rocks of it’s passes to give battle in the shadow of the ancient ruins at it’s summit. Zanbaijin – the Fallen City was older than Man, and had long served as an arena where the Chaos Gods watched their mortal followers vie for their favour in violent conflict. When the Champions and their armies came to battle here each hoped to prove their worth and the superiority of their patron over all others, and now would be no exception. A Champion who was victor here would be marked for greatness, and by any tradition become master if those they vanquished. The fame of such a warlord would spread throughout the Northern Wastes, and many would flock to their banner in promise of glories to come.
Death in K’Datha
Eventually three mighty armies came to make war in the shadow of the timeless twisted pillars of Zanbaijin. First from the west came the brazen-armoured warriors of Hakka the Aesling, his axe-men drawn up in a brutal column, each accompanied by packs of blood-crazed Gore-spawn and flayed hounds snapping at their leashes. From the east came Sargath the Vain, horse-lord of the Yurtsak, at whose bequest the paramours of Slaanesh danced. Sargath, though but young in years was already a legend among his people, and his marauders and horse-mounted reavers were legion in number and weighed down with unnatural appetites that hungered to be satiated. From the South came the witch-cabal of Urak Soulbane, Arch Sorcerer and daemon-priest, at whose beckoning the earth and rocks themselves spat forth twisted killing shapes, and above whose head vultures whirled on wings of flame. Although comparably few compared to the other great forces, the witch-cult was deadly, and it’s fanatical acolytes and sorcerers could match many times their own number in combat.
Soon battle was joined and the slaughter was great…
When the moon of Mannslieb died in the east, and the Black Moon, Morrslieb, rose in the ascendancy, another host appeared on the horizon carrying with it a great miasma of shadow and pestilence. It had begun as a flood of distorted nightmare things, dredged up from the depths of the Cold-Mires – hungering Bile Trolls, worm-men and hideous nameless things dripping rot and slime. At the head of this monstrous horde was a rotted yet living cadaver astride a mighty Toad Dragon – a huge beast which shook the earth with each bloated stride it took – a cadaver that called itself Tamurkhan the Maggot Lord, servant of the God of Pestilence and the father of all diseases, Nurgle…
So it came to pass in the Kurgan lands where the legend of the blasted plateau of K’datha and the ancient ruins of Zanbaijin that surmounted it were well known, that many warlords and mighty Champions of Chaos were drawn to quest for it’s cold heights. Although said to exist somewhere to the east, the K’datha was said to shift and wane like a mirage on the horizon, and an unfavoured warrior may be driven mad or starve without ever reaching it, though it hovered on the horizon before them. But now, as the Realm of Chaos waxed in power, the great plateau of blasted K’datha lay open for any that would dare climb the razor-sharp rocks of it’s passes to give battle in the shadow of the ancient ruins at it’s summit. Zanbaijin – the Fallen City was older than Man, and had long served as an arena where the Chaos Gods watched their mortal followers vie for their favour in violent conflict. When the Champions and their armies came to battle here each hoped to prove their worth and the superiority of their patron over all others, and now would be no exception. A Champion who was victor here would be marked for greatness, and by any tradition become master if those they vanquished. The fame of such a warlord would spread throughout the Northern Wastes, and many would flock to their banner in promise of glories to come.
Death in K’Datha
Eventually three mighty armies came to make war in the shadow of the timeless twisted pillars of Zanbaijin. First from the west came the brazen-armoured warriors of Hakka the Aesling, his axe-men drawn up in a brutal column, each accompanied by packs of blood-crazed Gore-spawn and flayed hounds snapping at their leashes. From the east came Sargath the Vain, horse-lord of the Yurtsak, at whose bequest the paramours of Slaanesh danced. Sargath, though but young in years was already a legend among his people, and his marauders and horse-mounted reavers were legion in number and weighed down with unnatural appetites that hungered to be satiated. From the South came the witch-cabal of Urak Soulbane, Arch Sorcerer and daemon-priest, at whose beckoning the earth and rocks themselves spat forth twisted killing shapes, and above whose head vultures whirled on wings of flame. Although comparably few compared to the other great forces, the witch-cult was deadly, and it’s fanatical acolytes and sorcerers could match many times their own number in combat.
Soon battle was joined and the slaughter was great…
When the moon of Mannslieb died in the east, and the Black Moon, Morrslieb, rose in the ascendancy, another host appeared on the horizon carrying with it a great miasma of shadow and pestilence. It had begun as a flood of distorted nightmare things, dredged up from the depths of the Cold-Mires – hungering Bile Trolls, worm-men and hideous nameless things dripping rot and slime. At the head of this monstrous horde was a rotted yet living cadaver astride a mighty Toad Dragon – a huge beast which shook the earth with each bloated stride it took – a cadaver that called itself Tamurkhan the Maggot Lord, servant of the God of Pestilence and the father of all diseases, Nurgle…
Battle 1: Altar of Battle (2500 points)
2 Campaign Points
Horace : Tamurkhan's Chaos Host
Mr Blank : May choose his own Chaos Host led by one of the following:
Sargath - Slaanesh
Urak Soulbane - Tzeentch
Hakka the Aesling - Khorne
Horace gets first dibs on the Chaos models