When Angron calls, all the World Eaters answer – though only the sturdiest souls can actually fight beside their gene-father without fear of his rage, or survive the apocalyptic battles he prefers. These fanatical fiends are dubbed the Disciples of the Red Angel, and you can take a full army of them when Codex: World Eaters arrives for pre-order this Saturday.
The Disciples of the Red Angel are an alternative way to muster your World Eaters army, granting you awesome boons in return for excising mortals like Berzerkers and Jakhals from the ranks. If it doesn’t contain a fragment of Khorne’s empyreal power, it doesn’t deserve to fight beside the Daemon Primarch.*
Not only do your Eightbound and Exalted Eightbound gain Objective Secured, the new Arks of Omen Detachment means you don’t need Troops – so you can fill your army up with daemonic foot soldiers. One unit of possessed World Eaters from your army also gets to pick a special Daemonic Infusion. These offer a variety of extra boosts, such as helping to secure objectives or shrug off sorcerous harm.
It goes without saying that having Angron himself as WARLORD gives your army a lot of close-combat punch, but the Disciples can shoot too. DAEMON ENGINES like Heldrakes, Defilers, and Forgefiends all find a place alongside your axe-swinging demi-daemons, and the devastating Lord of Skulls can put out an ungodly hail of cannon rounds.
The Disciples also get to wield eight** brutal Stratagems. Terrifying Assault allows their berserk charges to shock the enemy into a mortal stupor, while the Eightbound can take advantage of their Bloodscent to surge after retreating foes.
Lastly, three unique Relics help the Disciples preach the good word of Khorne in an appropriately violent fashion, perfectly suited to both Daemon Princes and Lords on Juggernauts.*** In particular, the Skull of An’gr’ant finds a way to make them even more murderous in melee combat, in case a turn stuck in combat sounds like a tedious waste of killing time to you.
You can pre-order Codex: World Eaters, Angron, and the rest of the crimson collective this weekend alongside Arks of Omen: Angron – which charts his return and the fate of the unlucky Imperials who stand in his path. It’s the next major narrative leap for Warhammer 40,000, and promises to go down as one of the most epic bloodbaths the galaxy has ever seen.
* Alright, so Land Raiders also get an invite – someone’s got to cart the Eightbound around!
** It was always going to be eight, wasn’t it?
*** Thanks to their daemonic mounts, World Eater Lords on Juggernauts have the DAEMON keyword and can be taken in a Disciples army.