Conquest

Hoplites know that the difference between victory and defeat lies with the strength of the Phalanx and focus their efforts on the integrity of its shield wall. The canniest veterans among the Hoplites know that pure defense will see a phalanx buckle under uncontested enemy pressure, thus they turn their eyes to the Dorilates, the spear masters among their number, to set the tempo and angle of their thrusts, complimenting the sheer defensive power of the Phalanx with increased aggression. How They Play A veteran Hoplite, the Dorilates trains and coordinates the shield wall/pike formation. When the Regiment clashes with the enemy formation, the Hoplites/Phalangites unleash a rapid barrage of spear/pike thrusts forcing enemy soldiers to cower, keep their heads down and ultimately force them into exposing weaknesses in their formation. Battlefield Role: Officer Type: Infantry

This Dweghom Army Support Pack set includes new Command Cards, Secret Objective Cards as well as all new, individually illustrated, Spell and Incantation Cards as available to the casters of each faction to serve as memory aids, plus special TLAOK and First Blood Scenario cards uniquely used in each game play style. All of these cards are contained within a beautifully illustrated Dweghom themed deck box to allow players to keep all of the cards needed to play Conquest in a single, easy to access container.

This Old Dominion Army Support Pack set includes new Command Cards, Secret Objective Cards as well as all new, individually illustrated, Spell and Incantation Cards as available to the casters of each faction to serve as memory aids, plus special TLAOK and First Blood Scenario cards uniquely used in each game play style. All of these cards are contained within a beautifully illustrated Old Dominion themed deck box to allow players to keep all of the cards needed to play Conquest in a single, easy to access container.

NB: This is a Triple Kit. It contains 12 Plastic Miniatures and can make your choice of one of three units - Imperial Rangers, Hunter Cadre, or Longbowmen, with the option of making their respective command models. The Imperial Ranger Corps was born in the early years of the Tellian Empire when its expansion gave the Imperial family more lands than it could reasonable and safely manage. A group of expert woodsmen was hired to explore, catalogue, and safeguard these lands. After the fall of the Empire successive Chamberlains have reinforced and expanded the role of the Imperial Ranges, given their intimate knowledge of not only them Imperial Households lands, but all lands in between making them the fearsome force they are today, equally at home on the field as they are in the woods. Battlefield Role: Mainstay Missile Infantry Class: Light Type: Infantry

The Fall of Hazlia and his Pantheon shook even the fervent believers who would ultimately embrace the apocalyptic dogma of the Final Creed. When the voice of their god vanished after his defeat at the hands of Kleon and the Last Legion many of his followers fell into despair. However even the most zealous of his followers could hear the howling cacophony of a hundred hungering Divinities trapped within the Pyre that burns in the center of Capitas... Fallen Divinities that only need a few faithful followers, self ordained Hierodeacons, to preach their word and carry out their mission of sin that their new masters might unleash a millennia of malice and hatred upon the world. Battlefield Role: Character Class: Light Type: Infantry

When the Fall occurred the vast majority of Hazlia’s priesthood was obliterated along with Capitas, the capital of the theocratic Dominion. Those who survive today and have taken the mantle of the Last Creed are the spiritual descendants not of the central priesthood which was annihilated along with Capitas, but of the monastic orders that thrived beyond the reach of Capitas’ influence. Amongst the oldest and most dangerous members of the Last Creed are the Archimandrites, each blessed in the vile might of the unGod and steeped in the mysteries and rituals of his dark church. Their monasteries abandoned in return of cells deep within the bedrock beneath Capitas, these blasphemous creatures command the absolute loyalty of a dozen or so acolytes who lead the depraved followers of the apocalyptic cults so readily found in the dying lands to the north as well as as many undying legionnaires and monstrosities as their dark arts allow them to control. Battlefield Role: Character Class: Medium Type: Infantry

There are a few gifted Dweghom who reach a state of balance with their Element without formal Sorcerous training. Exalted amongst the Ardent, the Heralds of Stone are paragons whose mere presence in a Dweghom formation is enough to enhance their defense against all attacks from the foe. Battlefield Role: Command Upgrade Type: Infantry

The fragmented leadership of the Nords respects only one thing: power and strength. Less than a dozen leaders among the Nords can claim, and hold, the title of Konungyr. Ultimate recognition of this accomplishment is an invitation by Angbjorn, last of the Einherjar and titular High King of the Nords, to the High Table in Aarheim. Battlefield Role: Character Class: Medium Type: Infantry

For most Stalkers, the onset of their powers is more gradual. As they manifest, the din and clamour of village life makes it impossible for them to sleep or concentrate, to say nothing of the stench their nostrils bathe in at all times. Slowly driven from their homes, they soon find a peace of sorts in the frozen forests and mountains of Mannheim. Class: Light Type: Infantry

A simple functionary of the ancillary branch of the vaunted Order of the Sealed Temple, the humble Servite has probably done more work on improving the lot of the common peasant of the Hundred Kingdoms than a hundred nobles. By ensuring that their militia is well shod and fed a commander of the hundred kingdoms ensures they are where they need to be when they need to be. Battlefield Role: Command Upgrade Type: Infantry

The Preceptors are a creation of the Directorate. Originally intended as a front line unit to replace the Vanguard strain whose combat prowess was based on coordination and reaction, they were retired citing the very resource intensive training process they required to be considered battle ready. Of course, one could argue, the Sovereign would also not look kindly on a tightly structured and well-coordinated fighting force capable of autonomous thought and communication. Loath to waste resources, the Directorate repurposed the project, introducing Preceptor leaders to Vanguard Clone formations to increase their coordination and cohesion. So far, preliminary trials show a significant increase in battlefield performance… Battlefield Role: Command Upgrade

Some Nord Berserkers can control the divine ‘gift’ that courses through their blood and are not forced to leave their Raider crews. Even when controlled, the battle rage these individuals can call upon sends them bounding headlong into the weapons of their enemy, his berserk fury granting the rest of his team enough time and space to slam into the opponent. Battlefield Role: Command Upgrade Type: Infantry

The position and role of Shaman once commanded a great deal of respect in Nord society. Before the coming of the Einherjar, they were the only force capable of blunting the worst excesses of the Fimbulwinter and the Jötnar. Their rune castings and mist weavings could, and did, save countless villages from extinction. During the war with the Jötnar, Shaman were often found at the right hand of the Einherjar, granting their wisdom and guiding them through the many difficult decisions that had to be taken. Given the pivotal role they played in the survival of the Nord people, one would expect their station to be rather more…exalted than it currently stands. Reduced to living on the edge of what villages will take them, Shaman have fallen on hard times. This decline can be directly traced to the rise of the Valkyrie Cult as a force within Nord society. Battlefield Role: Character Class: Light Type: Character

To behold a Hold Raegh on the field of war is to witness a Paragon of his craft at the very pinnacle of his prowess. To rise to the position of Raegh, a Dweghom must reach a value of Aghm determined by the Mnemancers of each hold (considering the population, productivity, history and achievements of the Hold in question) while surpassing all others. In a society as militarized as the Dweghom, there is only one path that can lead to such heights: the craft of war. In the early stages of his prospective career, an aspiring candidate earns his Aghm directly: feats of arms and valour at the trials, and later the field of battle. Rising through the ranks in the military machine of a Dweghom Hold is a very difficult process, riven with physical danger on the battlefield and traps and pitfalls in the advancement as an officer, for, the higher one seeks to rise, the lower he may fall. For this reason, many Dweghom warriors, who have earned the right to command soldiers, chose to forgo the honour and potential advancement, content instead to remain a part of the rank and file. Battlefield Role: Character Class: Heavy Type: Infantry

Mighty warriors in their own right, the Kerawegh are a terror on the field not for their skill at arms, but rather for their ability to channel the faith and fervour of their brethren into harsh battlefield miracles. These savage miracles they are capable of invoking are not taught as there is nothing that resembles a church or structured faith amongst the Kerawegh. They are gifts earned at the very end of their Descent, on the very threshold of Wars primordial prison. Those few amongst the Kerawegh who care to speak of their new-found powers almost invariably describe how the clamour of war that all Dweghom hear throughout the Descent rises to a crescendo the closer one gets to War’s prison. Standing before the Gates, they are assailed with the din of a hundred concurrent battles despite being miles underground. The wisest amongst them suspect that these are the sounds of every battle and combat being fought on the surface, somehow echoing in the threshold of War’s demesne. But what all of them will agree upon is that some portion of their own soul or psyche is moved to respond to these brutal rhythms. Upon their return, they find themselves so intricately attuned to the din of battle that they are somehow capable to project that dreadful power onto those around them. Their already impressive martial prowess is heightened by the song of war, making them an unstoppable force whether in offence or defence.  Allies who heed their call are exhilarated by cadence of battle, each blow and cry granting them a reprieve or an opening they can exploit, while a Kerawegh’s foes hear only the screeching cries of breaking arms and the screams of the fallen, a discordant sound that saps their will to fight. Battlefield Role: Character Class: Medium Type: Infantry