Army: Dark Eldar
BG:Ash'ca is the last surviving member of a Kabal so ancient, the name is forgotten to all but Ash'ca himself.
Born in the early days after the fall, never rising higher than the rank of Dracon, Ash'ca's Kabal ultimately met its doom in a in a power play by a rival Kabal.
False infomation fed by the rival house told them it was an easy target, a hive city feeling the aftermath of a bloody coup, effectively undefended, without leadership and full of slaves ripe for the taking, but that other forces would be there soon, so time was of the essence to take the prize. The Kabal marshalled their forces immediately, and sent their entire roster to the world, to claim the prize for themselves alone.
In reality, it was a hive completely infested by a Genestealer Cult. The relatively small force standing no chance against a hive of Genestealer hybrids, and while they were slaughtered at the Hive City, the rivals took their holdings in Commoragh and killed the token guards that remained, they believed they were successful in completely eradicating their foe, and preventing them from returning.

However a lone Dracon had survived the city, eventually making it back to the Dark City, and discovering what had happened, vowed to reverse what had happened, reviving his Kabal (with him at it's head of course), and eradicate the Kabal that wronged him.
To achieve this goal, he works as a mercenary assassin and advisor, his skills of sabotage and survival well known in the dark city, slowly building the funds to pay the Haemonculis fee to revive his fallen kin.


FO: HQ / Elite
Squad: Ash'ca, Archon of the Kabal of One
Unit: Ash'ca, Points Per: 140, Models: 1, Unit Type: Infantry (Character),
WS-6, BS-6, S-3, T-3, W-3, I-6, A-3, Ld-9, Sv-4+ (4+* / 6+*).
Wargear:
Ghostplate Armour
Clone Field
Splinter Pistol
The Parasites' Kiss
Blaster
Demiklaives
Implosion Charges
Phantasm Grenade Launcher

Special Rules:
Fleet
Night Vision
Power from Pain
Stealth
Infiltrate
Survivor

Survivor:
Ash'ca holds survival above all else, as each revival he has to endure takes money from the coffers to revive his Kabal.
Ash'ca has +1 Feel No Pain (if he currently has no Feel No Pain, it grants him Feel No Pain (6+)) and may reroll all failed invulnerable saves.

Implosion Grenades:
Ash'ca carries grenades using the same technology found in Implosion Missiles to set traps, but they can also be used as grenades with the following profile:
Range-8", Str-6, AP-2, Type-Assault 1.

"Were we not born to the arts of the shadow, brothers? If so, why does the Raven Guard seek to deny us our destiny- to deny us that birthright? We have come to the most of horrible of realizations, brothers.

Our way is that not of Corvus Corax and of his stagnant Imperium, no longer. Our way is that of terror for terror's sake, and so shall it be for all eternity! "

-Crindae addressing the Dusk Talons on the captured Hive World of Sh'ol, having made clear the extent of his corruption to all present. Upon the speech's completion, the Dusk Talons brought forth the Governor of Sh'ol before Crindae, who ritually beheaded him with his Power Sword Nox Victoria.

Once considered a paragon of the Raven Guard, it was Shadow Captain Cornix who was elected by the enigmatic Corvin Severax to oversee the founding of the Dusk Talons's Assault Company as the chapter's Lord Executioner. Upon the founding of the Chapter itself, it soon found it's allotted lands- the so called Twilight worlds of the Eastern Fringe- under siege by a coalition of warbands derived from the hated enemies of the Raven Guard: the Night Lords.

The resulting conflict, the Twilight War, devastated the burgeoning chapter in a matter of centuries as it dragged on. Entire companies disappeared into the Warp after striking out too far from the light of the Astronomican, the Chapter Master was laid low, and the Dusk Talons seemed to be yet another casualty of the Long War. Just as all seemed lost, Cornix assumed command of the chapter's forces- and began a sweeping campaign of reform among the rank-and file units.

No longer was the Codex Astartes adhered unquestionably to by the chapter, as Cornix had gauged the weaknesses inherent in it's doctrines. But as this change came about, the chapter was declared Excommunicate by the Inquisition, with the charge supported by the Raven Guard. Now fighting on two fronts at once, Cornix turned to the Ruinous Powers for the power needed to save his chapter- and got his answer.

Transformed in both body and mind, the newborn "Raven-Lord" set about on a campaign of piracy and bloodshed against the Imperium- leaving a trail of destruction in his wake on his way to the Eye of Terror. Now being courted by the Black Legion and the Night Lords, the Dusk Talons ready themselves for a bloody campaign of unforgiving shadow warfare on the Imperium...


Unit Type: Infantry (Character)
Unit Composition: 1 (Unique)
Cost: 250 Points

Wargear:
-Power Armour
-Bolt Pistol
-Frag Grenades

Chaos Artefacts:
-[i]Nox Victoria
-

Warlord Trait:
-Lord of Terror

Special Rules:
-Fearless
-Chaos Champion
-Independent Character
-Raven Lord
-Slow and Purposeful

WS 3
BS 5
S 3
T 3
W 2
I 3
A 2
LD 8
SV +1

Raven Lord: Having meticulously trained his men in the use of their weapons, Crindae expects nothing more than absolute perfection in his presence. As a result, friendly units within 6 inches must use this unit's BS instead of their own.

Models under this effect who fail any To Wound rolls take one wound themselves.

Nox Victoria: Forged upon the declaration of Excommunicate's arrival, this masterfully crafted Power Sword is said to still drip with the blood of Crindae's foes years after their death. As thus, it is typically used to slay one of the hated foes of the Dusk Talons.

Range: -
STR: +3
Type: Melee, Unwieldy, Shred

Born on the world of Pravis IV on the western edge of the Imperium. A frontier world, it had been subjected to numerous hostile takeovers from both the Imperium and Xenos races.
A Black Templar crusade was passing nearby in early .M41, and took it upon themselves to remove a recent Chaos uprising on the world. They made planetfall in the largest city on the planet, and immediatley found evidence of heretic cults. Stories of children being taken as sacrifices for demons, no less. Patrolling around the city, Marshal Kavath encountered four cultists attempting to abduct two children, and charged in to attack.
One of the children, later to be named Arthos, took out a dagger, and stabbed one of the cultists in the throat, took his laspistol, and shot another in the face. Marshal Kavath killed the remaining two, told the two children to run for safety, and called his brothers to find where these cultists had come from.
Arthos followed, barely managing to keep up. He followed the Templar's path of destruction until the found the cult's lair. In which they found a few members of the Black Legion. Both groups of marines suffered casualties, until only Marshal Kavath and one Black Legionnaire remaned. The Heretic Marine attacked Kavath from behind, and was about to cut him open with a power sword, when Arthos climbed up the heretic's back, stabbed him in the neck, and shot him in the eyes.
This bought Kavath enough time to break free and kill him.

Arthos had only known the Templars for a few hours, and had already managed to fit right in.

As a Neophyte, Arthos took longer than usual to complete his training. He had zeal, he had speed and strength, and he would never shy away from melee combat, but his tactical ability and skills with a gun left something to be desired. It was only under the advice of Marshal Kavath that he ascended to the rank of Initiate. Kavath assigned Arthos to not one, but two squads of Initiates. One was a Crusader squad, the other was a Devastator squad. Kavath's reasoning was that although all marines should play to their strengths, Arthos would not do well without first learning the virtues of patience and strategy. Working as a Crusader, Arthos quickly gained the favour of his brothers, always leading the charge, using his oratory skills to maintain the fervor and zealotry of his brothers, and in his first year of service in the unit killed no less than three Ork Warbosses in single combat.

In the Devastator unit, however, he was looked upon with disdain. Given a Lascannon, he failed to hit a 10-meter long Ork vehicle from 100 meters. Given a Plasma Cannon, he nearly got his entire unit killed with a misaimed plasma burst.
When the unit managed to gain some Heavy Bolters, however, they hit upon a success. Arthos had the aiming skills of an Ork, but when given a high rate of fire, he was terror in flesh once more. By the time he was promoted to Sword Brother, Arthos had grown more tactically capable. Still a poor shot, he was now permanently assigned to a Crusader squad.

Service as a Sword Brother fit Arthos like a glove. He and his unit were always at the front of the charge, and his direct and proactive approach to combat saw him assigned to Armageddon during Ghazhkull's second invasion. Working in conjunction with a small force of so-called "Angry" Marines, He lead many assaults on Ork war leaders, finishing almost all of them off in single combat by downing them to their knees, and shoving his sword down their throats. To many of his fellow Templar's amusement, this lead the Angry Marines to nickname him "Chief Skull-fether of the Orks".

Following Ghazhkull's retreat from Armageddon, an Ordo Xenos Inquisitor selected him for service in the Deathwatch. What happened between then and his return to the Templars is known only to himself and the annals of the Inquisition, but he returned a changed marine. He had grown older and wiser, with markedly improved tactical ability. He seemed to have finally been cured of his penchant for charging head-first into anything and everything in sight.

Following his return, Arthos joined Marshal Kavath in a crusade into uncharted space, and on a dead world inhabited by nameless horrors and orbiting a black sun, it was here that Arthos finally proved himself as a Templar. The band of 200 Templars found themselves overpowered, and almost wiped out, with Marshal Kavath lost, his body never to be recovered. Arthos was reported to have taken Kavath's place, and organised the defence of a drop zone for 50 hours as a Thunderhawk tried to make a descent for extraction. Both he and the remaining marines to this day have refused to speak of what happened, and the only clue as to what they witnessed was a long, dark red power sword that Arthos had retrieved from the planet's surface.

It was after this event, that Arthos was promoted to to Marshal. And the rest is history..

My reasoning for the costing on this one, is that it's pretty much a chapter master with fluff tacked on Yes, he starts out with a Bs of 2, but without taking the Bulletmaster, he won't ever use it.
Yes, the Bulletmaster grants +3 Bs, but that just brings him back to normal.

Thus:
-Chapter Master: 130 pts
-Relic Blade: 25 pts
-Artificer Armour: 20 pts
-Storm Bolter: 5 pts
-Shield Eternal: 50 pts
-Leader of the Charge rule: Playstyle mod. Probably a weakness.

Once merely a small-time ganger in the Hive City of Morality's Respite, the man who become Galenius was conscripted as a initiate into what would later become the Night Lords legion. Under the tutelage of his poison sink-derived brothers, he learned the ways of the "Night's Children" with unmatched eagerness- almost unsettling eagerness. Slitting throats, garroting high value targets and sowing terror all came to him as if they were inborn traits.

And when the Legion descended into the Eye of Terror, Galenius followed with the same psychotic eagerness that had earned him his reputation- only without any form of restraint. Taking hold of a small cadre of Night Raptors, he struck out into the warp on a singular Strike Cruiser- and seemingly disappeared into the capricious flames of the Empyrean.

But this was not the case at all, for Galenius and the Night Raptors had undergone a startling transformation that shaped their forms similar to the unlucky souls who had become Warp Talons- servants of a cruel and unknown entity of the Warp that transformed Galenius into it's champion.

When Galenius and his newly born 6th Claw unit burst back into realspace, it was the 41st millennium- and the hated Raven Guard was advancing into the Eastern Fringe. Leading a warband derived from his former brothers, Galenius brought fire and sword to the newly formed Dusk Talons chapter in a orgy of unmatched brutality.

Unit Type
Jump Infantry (Character)

Cost
260 Points

Special Rules
-Daemon
-Chaos Champion
-Independent Character
-Deep Strike
-Herald of the Talon

-Herald of the Talon
Immediately after Galenius has arrived from reserve by Deep Strike, all enemies within 4 inches count as having been hit by a weapon with the Blind Special Rule.

Wargear
-Power Armour
-Lightning Claw
-Bolt Pistol

WS 5
BS 3
S 4
T 4
W 2
I 6
A 2
LD 9
SV 4+

A lowly gretchin that started his career manning weapons for Battle Wagons, Dakkasnag Grotsnik developed the tendencies that would make him famous during a battle on Endemor III during a conflict with the Imperial Guard. The grot's vehicle was targeted and quickly destroyed by Knight Commander Pask mounted in a Leman Russ Vanquisher. The Battle Wagon exploded, but the combination of detonating munitions and sheer luck saw Grotsnik catapulted from the burning wreckage before he was consumed by the blast. The experience has left him paranoid in the extreme, and he has made sure that future conflicts would not be his last. His aim has grown excellent by gretchin standards, and he modifies the vehicle he will occupy before battle to ensure survivability, though sometimes to the displeasure of a nearby Mek. His appearance in various battles combined with his sheer inability to die, instead scampering from one wrecked vehicle to another operational one, has earned him the moniker "dat pesky lil' git" from the numerous Ork crews he has encountered.

Knight Kommander "Pesky" starts the game in a Battle Wagon or Trukk with the following profile modifications: +1 to BS for a single weapon, +1 to side and rear armor values. The nominated weapon counts as having Grot Riggers.
He also has an infantry profile: WS2 BS3 S2 T2 W1 I3 A1 Ld8 Sv6+/5++ Wargear: Close combat weapon

Infantry Special Rules: Independent character, Fleet, Stealth, Too Puny Ta Krump

Too Puny Ta Krump: If "Pesky" is in a unit using its Boss Pole special rule, he can never be targeted, as krumpin' a puny grot would not instill any degree of fear amongst the Orks in the unit.


Vehicle Special Rules:
Krackshot: "Pesky" receives a +1 modifier for To Wound rolls as well as armor penetration rolls. His chosen weapon suffers no shooting or BS penalties incurred by the vehicle moving at Combat Speed or Cruising Speed, but other penalties such as Crew Shaken and Crew Stunned apply normally.

Ejekshun Seat: In emulation of his first battle, "Pesky" installs a seat primed with a small explosive charge. If the vehicle suffers a Wrecked or Explodes! result, or a Weapon Destroyed result that has affected his nominated weapon, place "Pesky" (any gretchin model would suffice) within D6" of the vehicle's hull, then roll for scatter on 1D6. If he scatters back onto the vehicle, he takes a S4 AP- hit and is placed in base contact with hull. This hit is not cumulative with taking a hit from an Explodes! result. Because "Pesky" had been launched with great speed, enemy units may only make Snapshots at him for the remainder of the turn. During the next controlling player's turn, "Pesky" may act normally.

Wot You Doin' in Here, Ya Pesky Git?: If "Pesky" is on foot, he may embark in any vehicle if he ends his movement (including running) within 3" of its hull. Nominate a single weapon on the vehicle for "Pesky" to control. He may fire in the next appropriate Shooting Phase (i.e. he may not run into a vehicle then shoot), or he may substitute his shooting attack with the following actions:
The new vehicle gains the Ejekshun Seat rule on a 4+, OR
The new vehcile gains +1 to Rear Armor and Side Armor on a 5+
After either of these tests passes, it may not be performed again on the same vehicle.

"I burn- as you will. As we all will, for the glory of Tzeentch!"
- Auramagma, before purportedly consuming the Wolf Lord Sven Ruddyhanded in a torrent of Warp-borne flames during the Battle of Lionshead.

Once the Captain of the 8th Fellowship of the Thousand Sons, Malagor Auramagma's overconfidence got the best of him as he dared to challenge Leman Russ in battle- sending a blast of psychic flame towards the Primarch, only for Russ's armor to reflect the blast as if it was a mirror. Auramagma was seemingly consumed in his own flames, burning inwards and outwards as he fled the battlefield in agony.

But in the millennia since, rumors of a ever-burning Champion of Tzeentch become louder and louder among the Thousand Sons- with some wondering whether Auramagma died at all.

Unit Type
Infantry (Character)

Warlord Trait
-Flames of Spite

Special Rules
-Champion of Chaos
-Mark of Tzeentch
-Psyker (Mastery Level 2)

Psyker- Auramagma generates his powers from the Pyromancy discipline.

Wargear
-Power Armour
-Bolt Pistol
-Inferno Bolts

Chaos Artefact
The Burning Conduit

Crafted from the teeth of several Screamers and wrapped in the flesh of innumerable Psykers, this powerful Force Staff burns with the psychic flames of it's bearer- sending them to a utter fever pitch as Auramagma focuses his vast psychic powers through it.

S+2
AP 3
Force, Melee

Stats
WS 4
BS 4
S 4
T 4
W 2
I 4
LD 9
SV +3

Once devoted servants of the C'tan Nyadra'zatha, the Burning Dynasty still retains traces of that ancient servitude. In battle, their legions strike out of nowhere and walk across the field shrouded in sheets of flame.

This army is led by Kloytekh, whose preference for close combat leads him into the thick of battle. Wreathed in lambent fire, he strikes down all who dare oppose him and his dynasty.

Unit Type
Infantry (Character)

Wargear
-Hyperphase Sword

Artefact of the Aeons

-Gauntlet of Nyadraen Glory

This ornate close combat weapon takes the form of a armored glove, it's length crackling with fire and smoke. It incorporates a weapon that, while barely understood, appears to resemble a Imperial Flamer in basic function- launching a stream of coruscating flames at the foe.

--Primary Weapon: Gauntlet--
Range -
S User
AP 4
Melee

--Secondary Weapon : Nyadraen Petard--
Range Template
AP 3
Pistol, Blind

Special Rules
-Reanimation Protocols
-Independent Character

Warlord Trait
-Eternal Madness


Stats
WS 4
BS 4
S 5
T 4
W 2
I 3
LD 10
SV +3