Back in March, we revealed the Siege of Cthonia – the first campaign book for Warhammer: The Horus Heresy. It tells the tale of the apocalyptic battle for the Warmaster’s homeworld at the height of his rebellion. Featuring the Imperial Fists and the Sons of Horus, this epic tome contains a vast campaign system to play out the story yourself.
Now, the headline characters from the Loyalist and Traitor commands have been revealed.
Vheren Ashurhaddon
Cadre-captain Vheren Ashurhaddon is master of the True Sons, and overall commander of the Sons of Horus invasion fleet. It was he who beseeched Warmaster Horus to recapture their homeworld, and he has assembled a mighty force of Space Marines, Titans, and Dark Mechanicum Taghmata.
Known as the First Reaver, Vheren is as vicious a fighter as was ever produced by Cthonia’s brutal underworld. He has cultivated the True Sons into exemplars of martial discipline and men of honour – even as the Traitor hordes slipped into wanton violence and butchery – and sought to earn the respect of those under his command.
His miniature exemplifies the brutal, direct nature of the Sons of Horus. His armour, the Panoply of the Void, is crafted from rare materials extracted from Cthonia’s mines, while the Axe Serpentis he carries was forged from the melted-down remains of vanquished Cthonian gang leaders’ weapons. It’s easy to see why many say a truer son of Cthonia has never stalked the battlefield.
Lord-castellan Evander Garrius
Evander Garrius is experienced even by Space Marine standards – a veteran of the Unification Wars, and an uncompromising butcher of his Legion’s foes. His casual brutality kept the venerable Captain far from his Primarch’s favour, and though he harboured a burning desire to sit within Rogal Dorn’s inner circle, Garrius remained sequestered on garrison duties for much of the Great Crusade.
When the order came to conquer Cthonia for the Loyalist cause, Garrius swore he would take the world and be moved by no less than the hand of Dorn himself. His aggression is rare for an Imperial Fist, and coupled with his Legion’s famous skill at fortification, he presents a dire foe for the would-be liberators to overcome.
Clad in ornate Cataphractii armour and wielding a power gauntlet torn from the hand of a Terran dictator, the so-called Tyrant of Cthonia is a force to be reckoned with, and holds no pity nor remorse for the Traitors who come to crash against his fortress.
The Siege of Cthonia is a weighty volume packed with background lore and rules which will be of interest for players of every faction – not just the Imperial Fists and Sons of Horus. You’ll find new campaign rules, core and narrative missions, a full Zone Mortalis game mode, and extra units and upgrades for each and every one of the Legiones Astartes. It’s only the start of a grand series of expansions coming to Warhammer: The Horus Heresy.
Cast your gaze to the Warhammer Fest hub to check out everything else revealed so far – including a new plastic Imperial Knight, and the first look at new plastic Space Marine infantry...
