GIANT WARRIORSOF KHEMRI

Like the warriors of Nehekhara of old, the Bone Giants carry avariety of weapons. If you and your opponent agree, you canuse the expanded army list entry for your Bone Giants.

Trial rules by Gav Thorpe, conversions and painting by Chris Frosin

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T he legends of Nehekhara told ofthe time when the gods walkedthe earth, and how they were

served by a race of giants. Upon theorders of Settra, the priests ofNehekhara sought ways to bring forththese mighty servants again to servethe new kings of the land.

Far and wide they searched, speakingto many skilled in the artsof magic and famous fortheir artisanship. Sometravelled to the mountains tospeak with the Dwarfs in their greathalls, while others ventured northand west to converse with the fewElven folk who still dwelt on thisside of the ocean. In time, theyreturned and began their magicalexperiments. Over many years theylearned how to bind the winds ofmagic into inanimate bone, metal andwood. Through spells written onscrolls and sacred glyphs carved intotheir creations, they gave them avestige of life. These creatures moveand are possessed of a crude intellect,but have no will of their own, and arewholly subject to the will of theirmasters. The Ushabti stand guardover the tombs of the kings, andbeneath the sand lurks the

terror of the Tomb Scorpions, eachpowered by the undying will of amummified Liche Priest.

Greatest of all their creations are theBone Giants. These towering warriorsstride the battlefield spreading terrorand death. Few are the foes that canface these unnatural monsters, forthey do not feel pain, they do notknow fatigue or fear. Able to feed onthe escaping life force of those theyslay, the Bone Giants can carve

through enemy regiments with asingle devastating charge.

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Rules for Bone Giant bowsSome Bone Giants carry a massivebow shaped from bone and wood,and loose arrows longer than a man istall. A giant bow shoots andpenetrates ranks like a bolt thrower(see page 124 of the Warhammerrulebook), with the followingexceptions:

• Giant bows are Strength 5 (they stillinflict D3 wounds).

• A model may move & fire with agiant bow.

The rules for Arrows of the Asp (TombKings Armies book, page 21) alsoapply to a Bone Giant. Remember thatthey are large targets and so can drawline of sight over smaller models.

NEW ARMY LIST ENTRYRARE UNITBONE GIANT ...................................................... 210 points/model

M WS BS S T W I A LdBone Giant 6 3 2 6 5 6 1 4 8Weapons & Armour: Hand weapon, heavy armour (total Armour save 3+).Options:

• May be given one of the following: additional hand weapon (+10 pts), giant bow (+30 pts), great weapon (+15 pts), or a shield (+30 pts).

Special Rules: Undead Construct, Large Target, Terror, Unstoppable Assault

A Bone Giant armed with a bow lends valuable missile fire to a Tomb King attack.

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priesthood, and the head of theirorder was known as the Vizier.

Now Quatar lies in ruins, brought lowby the treachery of Nagash. The oncebeautiful city is a desolate place,haunted by wailing spirits. As thewinds of death unleashed by Nagashswept over the city, the priests andworshippers were infected by a horridplague that bloated their bodies,burned their skin and choked them todeath on their own blood. The streetswere littered with the dead untilfinally nothing truly alive stirredwithin the high walls. Now Quatar isknown as the Palace of Corpses, andonly a single creature lives within itsboundaries.

He is Sehenesmet, the last andgreatest of the Viziers of Quatar, andmaster of magic and artifice. He aloneof the priests survived the onslaughtof Nagash and has spent the long

millennia since the fall of the oldkingdoms rebuilding the might ofQuatar. Since the priests did not havewhole armies entombed with themwhen they died, as the Tomb Kingsdid, there are few soldiers forSehenesmet to command. Instead, hehas constructed a vast legion ofUshabti, Bone Giants and TombScorpions to serve him. With thisunnatural force he continues to guardthe passage across the mountains,long since renamed the Charnel Valley.

Now at the pinnacle of his power,Sehenesmet has perfected his arcaneart and melded his own body withthat of a Bone Giant. He strides theworld on massive legs, andunbelievable strength flows throughhis immortal body. Combined with hispowerful incantations, there are fewwho can stand against the ancientVizier and live to tell the tale.

Sehenesmet is a Liche High Priestand uses up both a Lord and aRare choice from your army. He

may only be used in games whereboth players have agreed beforehand.He must be used exactly as presentedhere and may not be given anyadditional equipment or magic items.

Before the curse of Nagash sweptacross Nehekhara like a plague, thecity of Quatar was renowned as thecentre of worship for the ancientNehekharan gods. Named the WhiteCity, Quatar stood at the entrance to awide pass across the Worlds EdgeMountains, called the Valley of theKings. Here great statues stood guardover the pass, and any wishing totravel east or west across themountains had to travel throughQuatar and pay homage at the manytemples that filled the city. No kingever reigned in Quatar, instead it wasthe only city to be ruled by the

SEHENESMET................................................................ 595 points

M WS BS S T W I A LdSehenesmet 6 4 2 6 5 6 2 4 9Weapons: Sehenesmet wields the Sacred Crook of Shapesh.Armour: Sehenesmet wears heavy armour, giving him a saving throw of 3+.

SPECIAL RULESLiche Giant: Sehenesmet combines the physical power of a Bone Giant withthe mystical arts of a Liche Priest. All of the rules for both Bone Giants and LicheHigh Priests apply to Sehenesmet.Magic Resistance: The presence of Sehenesmet gives himself and any TombKings unit within 12" Magic Resistance (2).

The Army of Quatar: The army of Quatar is very different to that of otherTomb Kings cities, and the following rules apply:

• Sehenesmet is both the Hierophant and General of the army. No othercharacters may be included.

• Core units: Tomb Scorpion; Ushabti; 0-2 Tomb Swarms; 0-2 Skeleton Warriors

• Special units: Bone Giant; Skeleton Light Horsemen; Skeleton HeavyHorsemen

• Rare units: Screaming Skull Catapult; Carrion; Skeleton Chariots

MAGIC ITEMSThe Sacred Crook of Shapesh.

Sehenesmet took all of the religious symbols and statues from the great templeof Shapesh, god of the underworld, and melted them down to make this staff. Itis shaped in the image of the crook Shapesh uses to herd the souls of the deadto their resting places and holds the power of life and death.

The Sacred Crook of Shapesh can be wielded in combat like a great weapon.Keep track of the number of unsaved wounds inflicted by the Sacred Crook ineach Close Combat phase. In each Tomb Kings Magic phase, the power of theCrook may be unleashed as a magic missile that cannot be dispelled (beforeSehenesmet’s incantations). Pick a single enemy unit within 24" as the target.The unit suffers a number of Strength 4 hits equal to the number of woundscurrently ‘stored’ in the Crook. Once unleashed, the number of wounds storedin the staff are returned to 0 until Sehenesmet inflicts more wounds. Inaddition, it doubles the range of Sehenesmet’s incantations.

MODELLING SUGGESTIONThe body of a Tomb Scorpioncontains an entombed Liche Priest.Any modeller with a bit ofexperience shouldn’t find it thathard to transplant this into thechest of a Bone Giant. Ideas forthe basis of a Sacred Crook ofShapesh include: banner pole,chariot or Settra’s chariot yoke, orthe arm from a Screaming SkullCatapult.

SEHENESMET, VIZIER OF QUATAR

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