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troops from these Living Legends’ own background. This allows you to collect a more characterful army around them and gives you some interesting modelling options for conversions or different colour schemes.

Finally, in the middle of the book you will find the Ogres’ brand new Force List, which allows you to field an army made entirely of these brutal humanoids – warriors without peers.

Have fun!

Welcome to Kings and Legends, a supplemental book for Kings of War.

Within these pages you will find many new Living Legends for the existing races of Kings of War. Their evocative stories and rules further enrich the ever-changing tapestry that is the evolving World of Mantica. Remember, some of these new heroes have been created thanks to suggestions that have come directly from you; the members of our faithful community. We cannot thank you enough.

You will also see that most of the Living Legends from the Kings of War rulebook are also in this book. We have jumped at the chance of giving them the space that such heroes and villains truly deserve, expanding both their background and their rules. However, the existing rules and points values for these characters have not changed, so they are comparable to the ones in the main rulebook. Rather, a new layer has been added to them – the ability to modify the army they lead. Normally this translates as the option to upgrade one or more units in the army to represent some

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DwarfsGarrek Heavyhand . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Herneas the Hunter . . . . . . . . . . . 6Kernow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7J’Zik Gearlund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

ElvesThe Green Lady . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Argus Rodinar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13El’Rik Nisleen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Kingdoms of Men, BasileansBerosos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17The Captain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

OgresGrokagamok . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20The Ogre Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Abyssal Dwarfs, Forces of the AbyssGhenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Brakki Barka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Ba’su’su the Vile . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

GoblinsMagwa and Jo’os . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Leo and the Iron Goblin . . . . . . 34

OrcsGakamak the Smasher . . . . . . . 38Wip the Half-Cast . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Twilight KinAtlak Nahk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Mikayel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

UndeadMhorgoth the Faceless . . . . . . . 44Lady Ilona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Lord Malak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

credItsRules Design Alessio Cavatore

Background Andy Hoare

Additional Material Matt Gilbert

Artists Des Hanley, Heath Foley, Jonas Springborg, Phil Moss, Roberto Cirillo, Robin Carey and Stef Kopinski

Layout and Graphics Chris Webb and Dylan Owen

Photography Ben Sandum

Proofreading Tsu Woodside

Sculptors Bob Naismith, Dave Neild, Gary Morley, Gregor Adrian, Grégory Clavilier, James Van Schaik, Juan Navarro Perez, Kevin White, Mohamed Ait-Mehdi, Matt Bickley, Nicolas Nguyen, Rémy Tremblay, Steve Saunders, Sylvain Quirion and Tim Prow

Miniatures Painters Andrew Chesney, Andrew Wedmore, The Army Painter, Chris Straw, Chris Webb, Conflict in Colour, Golem Painting Studio, Luke Barker, Mark Bedwell, Mike McVey, Paul Scott Miniatures and Winterdyne Commission Modelling

Scenery Architects of War, Armorcast, Battlefront, Chris Straw, Gale Force Nine, Renedra and Tabletop World

All scenery from the author’s personal collection

Special Thanks Daniel King, Eric Nielsen, Jesse Garland White, Luke Barnes and Michael Corton

Published byMantic Entertainment Ltd. Copyright © Mantic Entertainment 2013All rights in the design, text, graphics and other material in this publication and its selection or arrangement is copyright of Mantic Entertainment Ltd., or has been granted for use by other third parties. This includes images, text, graphics, corporate logos and emblems. Reproduction is prohibited.

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Cold wind blew colder rain onto the line of Dwarfs, ragged sheets of almost mist that made the air barely distinguishable from the moorland mires they’d been tramping through for weeks. It was as if the air had become water and, wherever a veil of rain draped itself, it left beards soaked and bones chilled. But there was more here today to steal the heat from a warm heart. Dwarfs stood beleaguered, weapons gripped in numb hands as they fought against the dead for their lives. A scythe whistled down toward the head of Guddri Stonebrow, a nimbus of witch-fire about it. His eyes widened. He had not thought to die this way, out here, away from the warmth of hearth and home, away from the comfort of tight stone walls, under the pitiless open sky. He brought up his shield and axe, a reflex instilled by endless drills under the earth: but he knew them to be useless. He’d seen the spirit’s weapon slide through the axes of his comrades as if they weren’t there, though its blade killed sure enough. Old sergeant Freg would be disappointed in him, he thought, and he prepared to die at the hands of the Wraith.

Ancient, dead and utterly evil; how could he, a mere bondsman, hope to fight against such a creature?

The wind was suddenly knocked from him as the solid body of a Dwarf cannoned into him. He went down hard, loosening a tooth as his face hit the ground. He pushed free of the sodden earth as quickly as he was able, tangling himself in his cloak. He wiped mud free of his eyes in time to see Lord Garrek come up from a roll, his Warp Hammer blazing with holy fire, runes aglow. The Wraith twisted about Lord Garrek, trailing the ethereal remnants of its grave-garb about him. A hideous, piercing shriek filled the mist, causing the Dwarfs to falter in their fight against the Wraith’s lesser

servants: bronze-armoured warriors first dead long before memory. The Reaper lunged at the Lord like a snake, scythe sweeping towards Garrek’s midriff, its skull face leering. Garrek blocked the attack elegantly with his massive hammer. Sparks of magic crackled into the air where the two weapons met. The Wraith drew back, and shrieked again.

“That’s right, laddy, frightened of this, aren’t ye?” Garrek circled around his opponent,“It’ll

have a piece of you and that’s not the way it goes, is it? Think again! No agricultural

implement’s going to stop me, no matter what manner of apparition wields it. Listen, spirit: I am

Garrek Heavyhand of the Free Clans and I have come for what is rightfully mine. I intend to send you and yours to the Utterdark before I claim it!”

With that he raised his hammer and struck. The reaper attempted to catch the blow, but the haft of its weapon snapped, as would a real, solid scythe had it been hit

The Warp Hammer The bearer has Crushing Strength (4). In addition, when attacking the Undead, the bearer has both the Elite and the Vicious rules.

The Shield of MiphThe bearer has Regeneration.

Garrek Heavyhand [1] Hero

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De At Ne Pts

1 4 3+ - 6+ 5 14/16 190

Special: Individual, Inspiring, the Warp Hammer, the Shield of Miph

Garrek HeavyHand

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