A FREE fan-made Fantasy Battle PDF Supplement featuring 127 Lord and Hero level Special Characters that have all been updated to 8th Edition Warhammer rules
The characters have all been loving brought back to life or "undeath" from 6th edition and prior Warhammer publications so some of them are pretty ancient (and very expensive if you're looking for the models on eBay, except for the Orcs & Gobbos which always seem quite cheap ?!)
For the "eBayers" among you :-
Dark Elves - Rakarth
Dwarfs - Grombrindal
High Elf Queen Alarielle
Vampire Queen Neferata
Vampire Counts - Dieter Helsnicht
Warriors of Chaos - Egrimm van Horstmann
Wood Elves - Durthu the Treeman
Before I go on, Mathias wanted me to point out that characters which have been updated in his other army books (eg. Dogs of War, Kislev, Cult of Ulric etc) are not part of the Special Characters supplement - yet !
Here's a taster of what's in store...
And here is the definitive list of characters included :-
| BRETONNIA Sir Amalric of Gaudaron Gilon Sir Richmont Iselda The Holy Knight Gravain the Fair Gullaume of Grenoullie Aloys of Montjoie Elanor of Quenelles Bagrain | DAEMONS OF CHAOS Be’lakor Amon ‘Chakai Azazel | DARK ELVES Rakarth Kaldor the Cruel Malida Caldath the Black Mortharor |
| DWARFS Grombrindal Alfrik Ranulfsson King Kazador of Karak Azuk Kragg the Grim Burlok Damminson Umgrim Ironfist Garagrim Ironfist Byrrmoth Grundadrakk Brok Stonefist Crazed Khargrim Krudd Mad-Mattock Grung Grudge-Bringer Skag the Stealthy Drong the Hard Queen Helgar Longplaits Loki Whitebeard Bazrak Bolgan Skeggi Threkkson Grim ”Dead Eye” Grunnson Durzak Dragonback Grombold Kruddson | THE EMPIRE Magnus the Pious Thyrus Gormann Aldebrand Ludenhof Valmir von Raukov Valten, Champion of Sigmar Valten, Chosen of Sigmar Valten, Exalted of Sigmar Rutgar Manfred von Bock Konrad Ulrich Magister Zorn | HIGH ELVES Alarielle Imrik Belannaer Eltharion the Swordmaster Sea Lord Aislinn Selafyn of the Annulii Gilead and Fithvael Salendor Liandra Athinol Fendar Tethan Ardath Eldroth Calaidan Imrallion Alatar Kelendar |
| LIZARDMEN Nakai the Wanderer Lotl-Botl Inxi-Huinzi Ten-zlati | OGRE KINGDOMS Ghark Ironskin Braugh Slavelord | ORCS & GOBLINS Borgut Facebeater Gorfang Rotgut Morglum Necksnapper Oglok the ‘Orrible Badruk ‘Eadsplitta Git Guzzler Kap’n Skabend & Slygit Grabnatz Sourbelly & Gulag Grotsnag Durkol Eye-gouger Grotfang Uzguz Nazgob Snagga Oddgit |
| SKAVEN Nurglitch Ghoritch Klawmunkast Morbus Sanguis | TOMB KINGS Nagash the Immortal Sehenesmet | VAMPIRE COUNTS Zacharias the Everliving Neferata Melkhior the Ancient Sethep the Merciless Dieter Helsnicht Walach Harkon Luthor Harkon The Red Duke The Dark Knight The Banshee Renar the Necromancer |
| WARRIORS OF CHAOS Vardek Crom Arbaal the Undefeated Egrimm van Horstmann Count Mordrek the Damned Valnir the Reaper Aekold Helbrass Dechala Harald Hammerstorm | WOOD ELVES Ariel Naieth the Prophetess Thalandor Lothlann the Brave Durthu the Treeman Wychwethyl the Wild Sceolan Scaw the Falconer Gruath the Beastmaster Athelwyn of Athel Loren Elthryn Gwercus the Treeman Yolath the Terrible |
As you can see, there are quite a few characters to check out, I haven't gone through them all in detail, I'll leave that to you. Some of the Dwarf lords and heroes certainly bring back memories - bad ones for me !
From what I've seen the points values look reasonable although personally I'm not really happy with anybody bringing rock hard characters to any battle below 3000pts (which I haven't played for a very long time !)
Most of the characters are not of the "uber" level in any case (except the Daemons) so they should be fair game for inclusion in your army if you're looking for some fresh leadership and a change in tactics or just an excuse to paint some new minis.
Add it to your Warhammer downloads, it's well worth a read.
Post your Special Characters Supplement feedback and comments here
BTW, I had a right laugh over some of the old names like Lotl-Botl and Inxi-Huinzi (I'm sure there used to be a "Teeny Weeny" too, Tuini Huini maybe ?) Most of the Orc and Goblin names hit the nail on the head... Facebeater, Eadsplitta, Rotgut, Necksnapper and, lol, Odd Git.
