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Thur'kalnash- The herald of the Blood Storm
160 points

Thur'kalnash remembers nothing of his creation, only that he was forged by Khorne's will in a moment of his unending rage and the herald took on an aspect of Khorne's unimaginable seething fury. Where Thur'kalnash walks the very air simmers and writhes as he turns his attention towards the enemies of his God, with a roar and a point of his ornate hell-blade, he causes the air to swirl into a crimson mist, boiling the blood inside the very bodies and crushing the souls of all nearby mortals, foolish enough to try and defy the Lord of Battle.

Thur'Kalnash is a Herald of Khorne, so follows the same HQ slot as Heralds (two make up one HQ slot)

WS6 BS3 S5 T4 W2 I5 LD10 A4 Sv3+/5++

Unique
Special Rules- Independant Character, Daemon, Furious Charge

Daemonic gifts- Blessing of the Blood God, Iron Hide, Hellblade, Unholy Strength

May take a Juggernaut for +30 points

Special Rules-

Herald of the blood storm- Thur'kalnash is surrounded by a swirling vortex of scorching air and howling warp matter, causing deadly results to any foes foolish enough to close the distance towards him.

In game this makes all terrain within 6" of Thur'kalnash and his unit count as difficult terrain for non Khorne models (Models with mark of Khorne or a squad with an Icon of Khorne are also counted as Khorne units) , also Thur'Kalnash and any unit he is attatched to is counted as being equipped with Defensive and Offensive grenades (but provide no S to vechiles)

Blood Surge- With a roar and a sweep of his claws towards to chosen enemy, the Herald goads his allies into a even greater fury. When Thur'kalnash and any unit he is attatched to charges, they may re-roll any failed To Hit's.


Editor notes- I came up with his stats and wargear to try and stay fluffy, but not pile on the rules and to make him fill a role every Khorne unit needs- GRENADES! The rest just struck me as something that'd really fill out the character whilst staying true to the inital idea.

Yes he can cover a HUGE area with 20 blood letters and his 6" range of DT. But it also affects non-Khorne units, namely YOUR'S. No boon is without a price :p

Comments and questions welcome.

Would khorne units affect things like Chaos Space Marines with the Mark of Khorne?

Otherwise, good rules.

Nice. Does he have an option for a juggie like Skulltaker does? Can he?

I think that he should be able to be on a Juggernaut. Would look cool

I don't like the fluff for The Blood Vortex thingy. Khorne is a warrior. The reason he dislikes psykers is because he has great hatred of those who do not fight honourably, and use tricks. Protecting your self with a Vortex, could be seen as trickery and maguic, and totallly un-Khorney.

May aswell give him juggernaught option

As to the vortex it's not so much psyker protection, it's more like a by product of such potent rage and anger and I doubt Khorne's going to say no to a incarnate of a small portion of that anger :p

updated main profile for new options


And yes, CSM count as having the mark or with Icon which bestows it