Archons are the oft-disputed rulers of the Drukhari Kabals, surrounded by exotic courtiers and elite attendants. When these cartel-masters need something done right, they assemble a squad of expert agents – their Hand – armed with an exotic arsenal of macabre materiel to aid the hunt.
Kill Team: Soulshackle is available to pre-order this Saturday, pitting a Hand of the Archon* against a crack team of Adeptus Arbites in a race to secure a valuable prisoner.
Drukhari society is a dog-eat-dog murder-fest at the best of times, and to become one of the Archon’s most trusted (relatively speaking) operatives requires some truly exceptional skills. Any given Hand features experts in a dizzying array of weapons – each one crueler and more exotic than the last.
These elite Kabalites are empowered by a jam-packed upgrade sprue that lets you customise your team to your heart’s content, creating numerous terrifying specialists to nullify the brute force of the Arbites.
Poisons are always popular in Commorragh, and the Archsybarite leader adds a wicked new venom blade to the melee weapons in their arsenal, while the Disciple of Yaelindra** injects unfortunate victims with abominable toxins by stinger pistol and torment grenade.
Even the team’s Elixicant – as close as a Kabalite gets to the medical profession – gets in on the action by pumping arcane narcotics into bodies ill-suited to their effects, wracking lesser creatures with agony.
Those who find venoms too slow and fussy are catered to with horrendous melee weapons. The Flayer carves their prey into bloody chunks with a pair of barbed pain sculptors, while the Crimson Duelist puts on an extravagant display with their whirling razorflail.
The ominous Skysplinter Assassin takes aim with a shardcarbine, and brings their own killer companion to the killzone. Move over, Cyber-mastiff – it’s razorwing season.
As well as more directly lethal accessories, these Drukhari have plenty of extra detail parts packed into their upgrade sprue to help them stand out. You’ll find new helmets, masks, accessories, and silks*** to give your specialists a refined panache.
Hunt down the humans who dare to steal your prey when Kill Team: Soulshackle goes up for pre-order this Saturday.
* Specifically, the Hand of Lady Aurelia Malys, who rules the Kabal of the Poisoned Tongue.
** Named for the founder of the Lhamaeans, a legendary Drukhari poison-cult.
*** Definitely not skins, right?