The Ossiarch Bonereapers embody the grim, orderly vision of the monomaniacal god Nagash. Golems crafted from bone and animated by spliced souls, this disciplined martial empire marches to gather the bone-tithe it is due, constantly strengthening its ranks with harvested skeletal material.
None of this would be possible without the arcane artificers of the Mortisan Orders, tasked with shaping bone and sculpting souls to suit each legion’s needs. Nagash constructed the first of these morbid masons using the spirits of renowned craftspeople – in the process ransacking Anadiria, the hollowed-out afterlife of artisans.
As the Bonereaper legions face leviathans empowered by the feral energy of the Era of the Beast, the Ossiarchs have come to rely more and more upon their Mortisan Ossifectors. These ambitious bonewrights take charge of the biggest constructs in the ranks – and are even entrusted with the secrets of the dread Morghasts.
The Ossifectors are among the proudest of the Mortisan Orders. They see themselves not just as expert bone-shapers, but as trailblazers who push their craft to levels hitherto unknown, practising their mysterious art on only the grandest canvases.
Ossifectors continue to hone their designs even in the midst of fierce battles, tweaking and improving the giant bone constructs and war machines found in the armies of Katakros.
The Refined Creations of the Ossifectors receive a variety of boons. In your hero phase, each Mortisan Ossifiector can upgrade one of your Gothizzar Harvesters, Mortek Crawlers, or Morghast units with one of three augmentations – such as Ossified Barbs, which improves the Rend characteristic of their melee weapons by 1.*
Ossifectors aren’t just skilled engineers – each one is a WIZARD whose spark of arcane creativity can turn the tides in favour of the Bonereaper legions. The Empower Ossification spell improves their ability to augment their creations, allowing them to grant boons to three different units within 24".
With the most visionary of Katakros’ artisans unleashed upon the battlefields, the Ossiarch Bonereapers can look forward to reinvigorated support as they sally forth to collect the tithe. You’ll be able raise mighty ossein beasts by pre-ordering the Mortisan Ossifector alongside the new battletome tomorrow.
* Making it easier to carve off flesh and get to the much-needed bones within.