Warhammer 40,000 Ultimate Starter Set contains MORE incredible models, a handy Core Rules book and realistic terrain pieces to spice up your Warhammer games. Great for starting your collection with two armies of detailed miniatures and terrain learn more about the Space Marines or their Tyranid foes, or battle your friends head-to-head. In a galaxy riven by warp storms and unceasing conflict, the Space Marines stand as the last line of defence between the ravenous Tyranid hive fleets, emerging from the cold void between the stars, and the Imperium of Mankind.
She is the Mourning Bride, the Unrequited Queen, the Veiled Lady and the Mortarch of Grief. She is despair made manifest, gloom given form. She is Lady Olynder, and in her are bound all the sorrows and anguishes of the realms. Her power transcends the melancholic, for she exudes mind-crippling waves of pure desolation. Mortals in her presence are overwhelmed by a gloom so heavy that only the strongest willed can stay upright. Most fall to their knees, mentally battered by their own utter hopelessness. It is a sorrow potent enough to cause a mother to forsake her child, a warrior to lay down his sword and accept the inevitable, to stop a beating heart.This multi-part plastic kit contains the components necessary to assemble Lady Olynder, Mortarch of Grief. As the Mortarch of Grief, she is surrounded by an aura of absolute misery – this miniature does an impressive job of capturing the bleakness. Hovering above the ground in her ghastly bridal dress and veil, little can actually be seen of her form other than the outline of a skull. Her bridal train, ruined and shredded, flows out behind her, with a wisp of this ethereal garment attaching the miniature to its base. Thorny vines of grave-roses, which sprout wherever she floats, wrap themselves around her waist and up to her headdress, which itself resembles a thorned briar. In her right hand she wields the Staff of Midnight, an ornate stave topped with a polished gemstone of vitrified grave-sand. She is accompanied by 2 macabre Banshee Handmaidens, horrifying skull-faced spectres. Each carries a gift – an ensorcelled grave-sand hourglass given by Nagash himself which can be smashed asunder with lethal effect, and a sealed casket, the contents of which are a mystery; hardly likely to be anything at all positive...This model comes as 23 components, and is supplied with a Citadel 60mm Round base.
A Warhammer 40,000 Novel
Belisarius Cawl is the greatest mind of his age, and he has a plan to open up the Attilan Gap to allow safe passage through the Great Rift. In order to complete his work, he travels to a necron tomb world. In the process, he attracts the attention of something even more dangerous than ancient xenos…
READ IT BECAUSEBelisarius Cawl continues to be one of the most important figures in the 41st Millennium as he attempts to solve the greatest problem facing the Imperium – allowing safe passage through the Cicatrix Maledictum. He squares off against ancient necrons and the forces of Chaos in his audacious attempt to do the impossible.
A Horus Heresy novelThe Great Crusade that has taken humanity into the stars continues. The Emperor of Mankind has handed the reins of command to his favoured son, the Warmaster Horus. Yet all is not well in the armies of the Imperium...READ IT BECAUSEThe seeds of Horus' betrayal are planted here, and the true nature of the universe revealed. Also, one of the Warhammer 40,000 universe's most reviled villains, Dark Apostle Erebus of the Word Bearers, reveals his true colours, and becomes the Space Marine you love to hate...THE STORYThe Great Crusade that has taken humanity into the stars continues. The Emperor of mankind has handed the reins of command to his favoured son, the Warmaster Horus. Yet all is not well in the armies of the Imperium. Horus is still battling against the jealousy and resentment of his brother primarchs and, when he is injured in combat on the planet Davin, he must also battle his inner daemons. With all the temptations that Chaos has to offer, can the weakened Horus resist?Written by Graham McNeill
A Horus Heresy novel
Having recovered from his grievous injuries, Warmaster Horus leads the triumphant Imperial forces against the rebel world of Isstvan III where Horus's treachery is finally revealed ...
READ IT BECAUSEBen Counter brings us this exciting third part of the opening trilogy to The Horus Heresy, setting the stage for these epic tales.
THE STORYHaving recovered from his grievous injuries, Warmaster Horus leads the triumphant Imperial forces against the rebel world of Isstvan III. Though the rebels are swiftly crushed, Horus's treachery is finally revealed when the planet is razed by virus bombs and Space Marines turn on their battle-brothers in the most bitter struggle imaginable.
Written by Ben Counter.
Horus Heresy novelAfter thousands of years of expansion and conquest, the human Imperium is at its height. His dream for humanity accomplished, the Emperor hands over the reins of power to his Warmaster, Horus, and heads back to Terra.READ IT BECAUSEIt all begins here. Witness Horus the hero, humanity's greatest champion and the Emperor's favoured son, before it all goes horribly, tragically wrong...THE STORYIt is the 31st millennium. Under the benevolent leadership of the Immortal Emperor, the Imperium of Man has stretched out across the galaxy. It is a golden age of discovery and conquest. But now, on the eve of victory, the Emperor leaves the front lines, entrusting the great crusade to his favourite son, Horus. Promoted to Warmaster, can the idealistic Horus carry out the Emperor's grand plan, or will this promotion sow the seeds of heresy amongst his brothers? Horus Rising is the first chapter in the epic tale of the Horus Heresy, a galactic civil war that threatened to bring about the extinction of humanity.Written by Dan Abnett.
A Warhammer 40,000 omnibusExiled from the Thousand Sons, Ahriman the sorcerer embarks on an epic quest with a single goal: undoing his greatest failure and saving his Legion.READ IT BECAUSEIt’s an epic saga of grand ambition that pits one of Warhammer 40,000’s greatest antiheroes against, well, pretty much the entire galaxy, including Space Marines, the Inquisition and his own brothers. Oh yeah, and the primarch Magnus the Red makes a significant appearance…THE STORYThe name Ahriman has lived in infamy ever since the galactic war of the Horus Heresy. The greatest sorcerer of the Thousand Sons, and protege to the primarch Magnus the Red, Ahriman’s deepest aw is hubris. His mistaken belief in casting the Rubric to cure his Legion of their curse has seen him exiled. Though spurned by his kin, Ahriman has not given up on his quest to restore his brothers from the eshless husks they have become and will brave the worst horrors of the galaxy, and the Eye of Terror itself to obtain the knowledge to achieve it. For to bring about salvation, Ahriman must risk his own further damnation and the wrath of his primarch.Written by John FrenchCONTENTSAhriman: ExileAhriman: SorcererAhriman: Unchanged
Book 1 of the Dark Imperium trilogyThe first phase of the Indomitus Crusade is over, and the conquering primarch, Roboute Guilliman, sets his sights on home. His traitorous brother, Mortarion, marches on Ultramar, and only the primarch of the Ultramarines – with his armies of Primaris Space Marines – can hope to thwart the Death Guard's schemes.READ IT BECAUSEExperience the beginning of the Plague Wars, as the Imperium's lord regent fights to reclaim his home from the Death Guard and their daemonic allies.THE STORYFell times have come to the galaxy. Cadia has fallen, destroyed by the onslaught of Chaos. A Great Rift to the warp has opened in its wake, splitting the galaxy in two, and from its depths spew daemons and the horrors of Old Night.But all hope is not lost. A son of the Emperor has risen from his long slumber, and with him comes the wrath of the Ultramarines reborn. Roboute Guilliman has returned to lead the Imperium out of darkness, on a crusade the likes of which has not been seen since the fabled days of the Emperor.But never before have the forces of the Ruinous Powers amassed in such numbers, and nowhere is safe from their influence. From the dreaded Scourge Stars come the hordes of the Plaguefather, Lord Nurgle, and their pustulent eyes are fixed on Macragge. As the Indomitus Crusade rages on, Guilliman races to Ultramar to confront the Death Guard – and his traitorous brother, Mortarion.Written by Guy Haley
Book 2 of the Dark Imperium TrilogyAs the Plague Wars rage on, the Emperor's will manifests in Ultramar through miracles that confound the primarch Roboute Guilliman, even as he must rely on them when he faces his traitorous brother Mortarion.READ IT BECAUSEThe battle between faith and science lies at the heart of Warhammer 40,000. Guy Haley explores it here as never before, through the eyes of Roboute Guilliman – the ultimate believer in rationality and the Imperial Truth.THE STORYAcross the void and upon the worlds of Greater Ultramar, the battle for the Imperium rages on.Intent on rebuilding his home realm and using it as a base to reconstruct the ravaged stellar empire of humanity, the returned primarch, Roboute Guilliman, proceeds with his war to drive Mortarion and his Death Guard Traitor Legion from the domain of the Ultramarines. Yet when Guilliman brings his brother to battle upon the diseased plains of Parmenio, the intervention of a greater power in their fraternal struggle threatens to upend the Imperial Regent’s understanding of the galaxy – and his place within it.Primarchs and ideologies clash in this second, thrilling installment of the Dark Imperium trilogy.Written by Guy Haley
Book 3 of the Dark Imperium trilogyThe destinies of primarch and Imperial Regent Roboute Guilliman and his traitorous brother Mortarion come together for the climactic battle of the Plague Wars.READ IT BECAUSEIt's the throwdown you've been waiting for, as Guilliman and Mortarion work out ten thousand years of pent-up resentment in a clash for the ages.THE STORYThe paths of Roboute Guilliman and his fallen brother Mortarion bring them inexorably together on Iax. Once a jewel of the Imperium, the garden world is dying as the plans of the Lord of Death to use it as a fulcrum to drag the stellar realm of Ultramar into the warp come to deadly fruition.While Guilliman attempts to prevent the destruction of his kingdom, Mortarion schemes to bring his brother low with the Godblight, a disease created in the Cauldron of Nurgle itself, made with the power to destroy a son of the Emperor.Primarchs clash on the ravaged landscapes of Iax. The gods go to war and the wider galaxy balances on a knife-edge of destruction. As something powerful stirs in the sea of souls, only one thing is certain – no matter who wins the last great clash of the Plague War, the repercussions of victory will echo through eternity…Written by Guy Haley
A Warhammer Chronicles OmnibusOf all the heroes of the world-that-was, Gotrek and Felix may be the greatest – and this collection of novels and short stories showcases their earliest adventures.READ IT BECAUSEThe saga of Gotrek and Felix starts here, with three novels that introduce a host of fan-favourite characters and feature some of the heroic duo's most memorable adventures.DESCRIPTIONGotrek and Felix: unsung heroes of the Empire, or nothing more than common thieves and murderers? The truth perhaps lies somewhere inbetween, and depends entirely on who you ask…Relive the early adventures of the Slayer and his human companion. From the haunted forests of the Empire to the darkness beneath the Worlds Edge Mountains, Gotrek and Felix face demented cultists, sinister goblins and a monstrous troll. In the city of Nuln, they get involved in an invasion by the sewer-dwelling skaven. And in the frozen north, an expedition to the lost dwarf hold of Karag Dum brings Gotrek and Felix face-to-face with a dread Bloodthirster of Chaos…This omnibus contains the first three Gotrek & Felix novels by William King, plus five additional short stories that take the heroic duo into dark adventures in the depths of the Old World.CONTENTSTrollslayer, Skavenslayer, Daemonslayer & Death and Glory by William KingA Place of Quiet Assembly by John BrunnerBlood Sport by Josh ReynoldsKineater by Jordan EllingerMind-Stealer by C L WernerAlso includes a Gotrek & Felix Gazetteer, a guide to the characters and locations of the series.
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