The Gnarlwood is a verdant whorl of carnivorous trees situated in the Realm of Beasts, the monstrous result of the Realmshaper Engines in a crashed Seraphon void ship going into overdrive. This lush arena of death churns with combat as warbands of bloodthirsty warriors battle over the treasures within.
Nagash, Supreme Lord of the Undead, has declared the living Gnarlwood an affront to unlife and has dispatched a retinue of cursed Nighthaunt to murder it in a cleaning conflagration. Only the warrior-monks of the Lumineth Realm-lords can prevent this inferno, though these supercilious aelves have an ulterior motive…
Warcry: Pyre & Flood introduces two new warbands to the Ravening Ruin, the Ydrilan Riverblades and the Pyregheists. Elemental forces that are clashing over the fate of the Gnarlwood and all those who dwell within it.
The inventive cruelty of Nagash has created endless twisted torments which he inflicts upon the souls of those who wronged him in life. For the embalmers, alchemists and holy men and women who attempt to preserve the souls of the dead with sacred fires and blessed unguents, the punishment is thus: eternal consumption by balefire.
These sorry souls are tasked with keeping the endless braziers of Nagashizzar alight, filling them with mortal flesh and soul-matter so they radiate deathly magic. These smouldering spirits are now congregating in the Gnarlwood, preparing to turn it into a blazing bonfire of necromantic energy, a funeral pyre burning in celebration of their merciless god.
The warrior-monks of the Ydrilan temples stand in opposition to these scorched spectres. These are aelementiri – Lumineth who are dedicated to the elemental spirits that embody Hysh – worshipping the rivers of the Mortal Realms, embodying the momentum of rushing water in combat as they leap, twist, sway, and strike with fluid fury.
Their mission is to restore the spirit of the River Derovar back to its former glory, to direct its tributaries to flood the Ravening Ruin, purging the Chaos filth and corrupted entities that infest it.
Pyre and Flood comes with a new piece of terrain for Warcry – a monolithic Idol of the Old Ones. This was part of a network of statues that were embedded with the Eye of Chotec. When they collided with Ghur, these statues were flung across the land that became the Gnarlwood.
These frowning frog sculptures are studded with magical trinkets, and pack arcane security systems that can blast unwary explorers with coruscating beams of energy. They’re also handy perches that more athletic fighters can leap off to attack unwary foes.
The set also contains Warband Tome: Pyre and Flood, which goes into detail on the background of the Pyregheists and Ydrilan Riverblades, and includes full rules, quests, campaigns, terrain rules, a new battleplan generator, and background tables for both warbands.
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