Never let it be said that I'm anything but contradictory by nature, I have a kind of internal devil's advocate that encourages me to switch back and forth for no particular reason, other than because I can. You lucky people get to benefit from that :-P
So, you know that
post I wrote about not being bothered by writing fluff for my armies... Weeeeeell I was musing over my current Nurgle army, wondering how I might modify it with the new codex now out and I had a bit of an idea and because it's an idea that doesn't sit neatly within the 'standard' Nurgle approach it requires some justification, aka some flippin' fluff! I blame
@TheShellCase; anyway, I wrote this:
The Myriad
+++ begin transmission +++
++ excerpt report by observer: Theseus ++
+ Inquisitorial warning: conjecture, heresy, borderline sympathiser +
+ Recommend interview. +
Their swarm blights the sky and pollutes the earth. The incessant buzzing of their wing membranes herald their pestilential pathway to delirium and disease. They are the multitude, the host, the cloud: The Myriad.
The history of the Raven Guard is marked by the failure
[Inquisitorial note: heresy] of Corax to protect the gene tech from pollution and poison by Omegon. The tainted gene seed produced many abominations
[Inquisitorial note: conjecture], none were more extreme than those that captured the attention of Nurgle, those known to be borne of the 'filth-seed'.
A perverted admixture of Raven Guard agility and Nurglesque pestilence, they swarm across the battle-field driven on by pox-ridden wings, raking their enemies with filth-encrusted talons that mock the gleaming lightning claws of their heritage
[Inquisitorial note: heresy, conjecture]. To accommodate those of the filth-seed who were not lucky
[Inquisitorial note: approval] enough to be gifted with their own means of joining in with the parody of Raven Guard 'lightning strike' tactics, The Myriad has co-opted a small number of bikes, whose exhaust fumes spew forth clouds of poisoned vapours, and teams these with any number of other vehicles that allow the dedicated to join this peculiar cavalcade.
Other demon-engines are amused
[Inquisitorial note: heresy] enough by this motley crew to join their ranks and so plague-ridden Heldrakes and Maulerfiends can occasionally be seen capering alongside the main host.
They are lead by a self-appointed contagion who prides himself on emphasising his host's connection to the Raven Guard to the point where he has actively sought out the proud Captains of the remaining companies, favouring Shrike of the 2nd in particular
[Inquisitorial note: conjecture - evidence required, interview Shrike]. He appears on the battlefield wearing pox-ridden power armour, a jump pack that befouls the atmosphere and armed with a pair of seemingly spotless lightning claws. Only on approach can observers see the boiling pus contained within them, dug into the bodies of his victims with every noxious swipe.
As previously indicated, The Myriad's battle tactics echo and mock those of the Raven Guard
[Inquisitorial note: heresy]. Their arrival is often sudden and without warning, but they do not rapidly retreat, their dedication to Nurgle allowing them outlast nearly all other troops fielded against them
[Inquisitorial note: sympathiser]. Their assault troops sport the corrupt weaponry one would expect from a heretical chapter, augmented with the power of chaos but they wield it without much subtlety.
Whilst The Myriad are rather off-track in their use of "hit-and-stick" tactics, it suits their daemonic patronage. They underpin their novel
[Inquisitorial note: approval] approach with the use of slower, but still mobile, support, such as Helbrutes, who are able to progress their advance whilst laying down a withering pattern of fire-power designed to disrupt enemy lines and diminish the effectiveness of enemy armour.
+ Inquisitorial warning: conjecture, heresy, borderline sympathiser +
+ Recommend interview. +
+++ end transmission +++
So, in essence then, I really like the new warp talon models and the Heldrake and have been wanting an excuse to field T6 bikers for ages and now the new codex makes it pretty feasible. Plus Helbrutes seem like fun now as well, considering they no longer lay waste to your army 1/6 of the time!
I will rough out a 'chapter' load-out list at some point to form the framework of the army and see how fiendishly expensive it's going to be to build!
- rob
p.s. damn you Phil! ;-)
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