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I'm planning to get into Age of Sigmar very soon. I had been waiting for the new Dwarfs to drop, and while I do like them, I've been painting my Kings of War Dwarf Army and that's kind of fulfilled my desire for a Dwarf army, so I'm starting to look at something else for AoS, specifically newly combined Blades of Khorne. But while looking through GW's line of models, I also really like the Slaves to Darkness aesthetic, though maybe not enough to use them only. So I know vaguely that Slaves to Darkness have some kind of allegiance to some Chaos god, but does that do anything that makes them more strongly integrated into that particular god's army for the sake of special abilities beyond generic grand alliance compatibility? I mean I get that I can field them together, but do they work together any better than say Stormcast and Fyreslayers in the same army?

Almost every Slaves to Darkness model can be given a mark of chaos; granting them the Khorne, Tzeentch, Nurgle, or Slaanesh keyword. Accordingly, if they take the Khorne keyword they are fully compatible with the new battletome as well as anything that benefits Mortal Khorne.

While the units are not included in the Blades of Khorne or present in the battalions they are fully compatible with Khorne Bloodbound and you can easily mix them. Personally I use a variety of the Slaves to Darkness for my army, including the Daemon Prince, Lord of Chaos, Exalted Hero of Chaos and Chaos Knights. I'm currently adding a Chaos Warshrine (which will also be able to take the new Priest prayers from the Blades of Khorne), and in the future I'll be adding Chaos Warriors, a Slaughterbrute, and Gorebeast Chariots.

The units are meant to fit certain roles so I suggest to look at a unit you like aesthetically (you can always convert it up to be more Khorne) and something you think might fulfil a role you find lacking with the other Bloodbound units. For example, Chaos Warriors enjoy the same buffs as Blood Warriors but have the ability to take shields which will protect them against mortal wounds, which could work well against armies that heavily rely on mortal wounds. Chaos Knights offer a different variety of cavalry as opposed to Skullcrushers in that for a few more points you're bringing a few extra bodies and some extra speed. Especially with glaives on the charge they can get deadly. And the Warshrine will offer a needed protection bubble which would be great for a horde army.

The priest has to be bloodbound to take the new prayers, I believe.

edit: Nvm they have to be bloodbound to take the banners. Off to find a warshrine.

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
Almost every Slaves to Darkness model can be given a mark of chaos; granting them the Khorne, Tzeentch, Nurgle, or Slaanesh keyword. Accordingly, if they take the Khorne keyword they are fully compatible with the new battletome as well as anything that benefits Mortal Khorne.

Awesome. That's what I was thinking/hoping, so it sounds like it will work out. Now it just remains to be seen if I can resist the urge to buy the Dwarfcast Eternals.

Wargington wrote:
The priest has to be bloodbound to take the new prayers, I believe.

edit: Nvm they have to be bloodbound to take the banners. Off to find a warshrine.

Why find a warshrine? The official one is more Tzeentch or Slaanesh. Argument could be made for Nurgle if you switch the priest. I'd find a giant pile of skulls and put it on a cart with a juggernaut pulling it, and one of the new Khorne priests riding on top, personally. In fact...gonna have to get to work on that!! Or, use a Bloodthrone and replace the Herald of Khorne for a priest as well; can still even have the bloodletter crew; why not??

 timetowaste85 wrote:


Why find a warshrine? The official one is more Tzeentch or Slaanesh. Argument could be made for Nurgle if you switch the priest. I'd find a giant pile of skulls and put it on a cart with a juggernaut pulling it, and one of the new Khorne priests riding on top, personally. In fact...gonna have to get to work on that!! Or, use a Bloodthrone and replace the Herald of Khorne for a priest as well; can still even have the bloodletter crew; why not??

I just got the original one and converted the priest up with Khorne bits.

The original warshrine can look like khorne plenty well. I have one.

I know it CAN...but I don't like the Ogors on it specifically for Khorne. And the priest looks pretty Tzeentch-y. It works fine if you don't want to do any converting.

Well, I have combined Bloodbound with khornate Slaves of Darkness. It has worked very well in a campaign. Chosen Knights are decent as are Wraithmongers.

 timetowaste85 wrote:
I know it CAN...but I don't like the Ogors on it specifically for Khorne. And the priest looks pretty Tzeentch-y. It works fine if you don't want to do any converting.

The priest can be built in a couple different ways including a massive horned helm and a giant sword. You could also use one of your extra left-handed axes from a Blood Warriors kit if you want to make him look really Khorny (Khornish?).

 EnTyme wrote:

 timetowaste85 wrote:
I know it CAN...but I don't like the Ogors on it specifically for Khorne. And the priest looks pretty Tzeentch-y. It works fine if you don't want to do any converting.

The priest can be built in a couple different ways including a massive horned helm and a giant sword. You could also use one of your extra left-handed axes from a Blood Warriors kit if you want to make him look really Khorny (Khornish?).

I did mine a few days ago. Removed the chaos banner thingy, changed his sword to a daemonblade, gave him a skullreaper head, and put a skullreaper banner on his back. Also putting a blood bowl from the coven throne in front of him so it looks like he's draining the head.

I was actually wondering this exact question myself. I'm also curious if anyone wouldn't mind helping a noobie out for a moment. I got the SC Khorne Demons box and also the SC StoD box and wondering where I should go from here. I made my throne into a cannon and have everything else built normal. Should I go more daemons or more StoD?

bsharitt wrote:

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
Almost every Slaves to Darkness model can be given a mark of chaos; granting them the Khorne, Tzeentch, Nurgle, or Slaanesh keyword. Accordingly, if they take the Khorne keyword they are fully compatible with the new battletome as well as anything that benefits Mortal Khorne.

Awesome. That's what I was thinking/hoping, so it sounds like it will work out. Now it just remains to be seen if I can resist the urge to buy the Dwarfcast Eternals.

Get the Grand Alliance: Chaos book. It covers both Khorne and Slaves to Darkness, I know that the Khorne battle tome is more indepth but having both will give you the balance and blend you need. Also when building your Khornate WoC dual wield my chaos friend dual wield, it gives you a parry an extra attack IIRC(dont have my book with me). I have been a WoC player since WHFB 6th Ed. and have never regretted it .

 SGrimhart wrote:

bsharitt wrote:

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
Almost every Slaves to Darkness model can be given a mark of chaos; granting them the Khorne, Tzeentch, Nurgle, or Slaanesh keyword. Accordingly, if they take the Khorne keyword they are fully compatible with the new battletome as well as anything that benefits Mortal Khorne.

Awesome. That's what I was thinking/hoping, so it sounds like it will work out. Now it just remains to be seen if I can resist the urge to buy the Dwarfcast Eternals.

Get the Grand Alliance: Chaos book. It covers both Khorne and Slaves to Darkness, I know that the Khorne battle tome is more indepth but having both will give you the balance and blend you need. Also when building your Khornate WoC dual wield my chaos friend dual wield, it gives you a parry an extra attack IIRC(dont have my book with me). I have been a WoC player since WHFB 6th Ed. and have never regretted it .

TBF the AoS app will have all the Slaves to Darkness warscrolls you need for free, and several of the Khorne warscrolls in it are now out-of-date.

Hell you can even throw in Archeron since he counts as a Khorne model, and is the only way you'll be able to bring in a Wizard into a Pure Khorne army.