The Twin-tailed Crusade forges ever onwards in Dawnbringers Book III – The Long Hunt, encountering trials at every turn. In the Scabrous Sprawl, the Ghyranite half of this military excursion has met the ravenous servants of the Gulping God.
As the frenzied Ogor Gorgers close in around the scouts of the crusade, the trees part and a new Sylvaneth champion prepares to turn the hunters into the hunted.
Belthanos, First Thorn of Kurnoth, has arrived. He is responsible for keeping the spirit of Kurnoth, the Sylvaneth God of the Hunt, alive, and should his eternal chase ever cease, the dim embers of godhood would gutter out forever.
Belthanos is always at the fore of the Evergreen Hunt, sounding his warhorn from atop his Carnelian Greatspite. This is more than just a big, brutish, and bellicose bug – the Greatspite is a manifestation of pure jade life magic, and conveys Belthanos to his targets with vital haste and perfect coordination. Belthanos himself is an adept of arboreal warfare, and holds authority over all Kurnoth Hunters. Their prey do not know they are marked for death, but once the Evergreen Hunt has a quarry little can stop its pursuit – spurred on by the primordial rhythm that pulses in the heart of all Sylvaneth.
Belthanos’ involvement in the Twin-tailed Crusade is chronicled in Dawnbringers: Book III – The Long Hunt, and this harmonious hunter will be released as part of the Blades of Belthanos, a box containing Belthanos, three Kurnoth Hunters, and three Revenant Seekers – who can also be built as Spiterider Lancers.
This box is the perfect core for the new Evergreen Hunt Army of Renown, which features in The Long Hunt. This hard-hitting force of Kurnoth Hunters and flying cavalry forsakes regular Sylvaneth hit-and-run tactics in favour of escalating buffs unlocked by running down prey. It can also be used alongside a more traditional sylvaneth force.
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