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Durthu, Heart of the Greenwood.

It was only when Ariel passed from the world and merged with Allariel the Everqueen did Durthu's mind clear. For it was he who made the original pact between Elves and the Forest with the past Everqueen Astarielle and he held much love for her, and he saw her reborn in the union of both facets of Isha. At the touch of her hand, thousands of years of resentment melted away and the Laments of Dispair found new radiance, and such Durthu knew his duty. With Ariel gone, it was up to him as one of two remaining Elders to hold Athel Loren in check during the turmoil of the new Elven transition and guide it into a new age of prosperity. Now with command of fully half of the power of all the Ancients before him, Durthu goes forth to lead the Forest from the front, wielding the Forests might alongside his own. This is one age he will not slumber through.

M 5 Ws 7 Bs 7 S 6 T 6 W 6 I 2 A 6 Ld 10 Monster (Special Character). 550pts. (385 + 105 for 3 magic levels + 30 for Magic Res 2 + 25 for Old School Cluster of Radience + 5 for Throne of Vines.

Magic: Durthu is a level 4 Wizard that may freely generate spells between the Lores of Life and Beasts.

Special Rules: Blessing of the Ancients (+1 to cast when in a forest), Flammable, Forest Spirit, Hatred, Large Target, Scaly Skin (3+), Stubborn, Terror, Treewack (May swap all his attacks for a single one that, on a failed initiative test, does D6 wounds).

Cluster of Radience: The once malicious Spirits that drove Durthu to bitterness were irrevocably changed by the intervention of the Incarnate of Life. Despair gave way to new hope, transforming the Spirit Forms from their War Aspects into beings of pure white light of Isha's blessing.

Durthu benefits from Magic Resistance (2) and any models in base contact with Durthu are at -1 to hit. In a challenge, this is improved to a -2 to hit modifier.

Heart of the Greenwood: Durthu's connection with the forest is unparalleled save by Coeddil, the greater conscience entwined with his own. Durthu freely calls upon the power at his command to dissipate wild Magicks.

When rolling to generate spells, Durthu may always choose to swap one of his spells for Throne of Vines, Durthu may also re-roll any dice when attempted to cast it.


The Wood Elf book really set up for Durthu getting End Times rules but the book itself didn't deliver. Plus i really want to use him in the new End Times, he just really fits into the new fluff. What do you think? Is he reasonable?

These look great! I'm going to try them out with my Dorthu model sometime. It really looks like it could be from them End Times Rulebook.

Worth mentioning that Durthu and several Treemen were shown in the recent leaked image of the supposed "Council of Incarnates".

Ooh, Beasts! Please let it be Beasts. That would fit so well! Just give him some flammable protection, because all those flaming cannonballs can go feth themselves.

Beasts is grimgor. I've seen pictures from book 5.

Oh well, Durthu still has enough umpff behind him to justify getting a rehash. He is just useless at the moment due to taking the place of a level 4. Do you think he is inline with other similarly priced models? For example the Vermin Lords.

He's much better than the Verminlords (apart from being slower), but the Verminlords are pretty "meh"
They pay for lackluster combat capacity and are rather squishy for their points

 TanKoL wrote:
He's much better than the Verminlords (apart from being slower), but the Verminlords are pretty "meh"
They pay for lackluster combat capacity and are rather squishy for their points

I pay for a 6 hit S5 magic missile that can vast on a 3+ with a reroll from a monster that has a 4++ ward.


I'd take durthu if he could reroll savage beasts, but that's out of the question as Grimgor got beasts.