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Phaesti.

A world close to the Eastern Fringe, choked in dust and ash, and wracked by unstable tectonic activity. Life is harsh and unforgiving, and the planet's sparse population exists only because of its abundant minerals and ores.

While the Imperial settlers established great walled cities, the ash wastes are populated by tribes loyal to primitive gods and dark powers anathema to the Imperium. They live to fight and do battle in the name of their primal deities. Some recognising the greater power behind their simple idols, and revel in the worship of Khorne, shedding blood and taking skulls from their rival tribes.

Among the strongest of these tribes is the Haenthjarling clan. The Haenthjarlings pride themselves in being Khorne's most dedicated killers, and believe that for a warrior to kill his enemy with a weapon he has not made himself is dishonourable to the spirit of the blade he wields. The clan has established a major stronghold on a hill close to one of Phaesti's most notorious volcanic hotspots, the better to mine for metals and precious stones to forge their blades and decorate them in manners pleasing to the weapons' spirits. Within their stronghold, fathers teach sons how to forge a sword, how to sharpen an axe, and how to kill an enemy; and when they march to war, it is in an impressive formation, each warrior clad in heavy plate armour and carrying a shield decorated with icons of Khorne. They believe that in covering themselves in armour, they may live to eventually claim more heads and spill more blood for their god than a warrior who eschews its protection.

The Haenthjarlings have a rich oral history, but one of their most famous legends stems from events one thousand years ago. The legend says that Heidar, chief of the tribe and foremost among the settlement's blacksmiths, was approached by an emissary of Khorne and asked to create eight swords for the Master of Skulls himself. Heidar was given a year to produce the weapons for the emissary, and over the course of that year he sought out the finest iron and the best gemstones to use in their creation. When the time came to finally forge the swords, Heidar laboured in his forge for days on end, working without cease until his weapons were flawless and impeccable. Heidar inscribed the swords with runes of battle and strength, each one marked perfectly so that it did not mar the beauty of its blade; equally, though the swords were richly adorned with gemstones and icons, Heidar carefully ensured that the swords were beautiful rather than gaudy, and not rendered ineffective by their decoration.

Finally, Heidar was once again approached by the emissary, who could not help but admire the fine craftsmanship of the blades. The emissary revealed his purpose to Heidar; in testing him, the emissary had succeeded in finding the greatest smith to work as a forgemaster in Khorne's foundries. For his efforts in the mortal world, Heidar would be rewarded by being able to forge weapons for the armies of his god; and to Heidar this was the greatest boon the emissary could give him. Heidar would earn immortality as a forgemaster of Khorne and be renowned as the best smith in his world's history.

Immortality had its price, though, and Heidar listened dumbfounded as the emissary continued to speak. In order to earn his immortality, Heidar had to sever his ties with the mortal world in a sacrament of blood with Khorne himself. Gathering the eight swords to him, the emissary ordered Heidar to take up his own sword and slaughter his own tribe, beginning with his own family. Although Heidar did so willingly, his screams of grief and shame echoed through the Haenthjarling lands as he began to destroy his own life piece by piece. By the time the eighth Haenthjarling head had fallen to the ground, however, Heidar was gone, the eighth kill symbolic of his new allegiance.

Of the eight swords, only one remains. Given as gifts to Khorne's champions, the blades were taken and destroyed by their enemies over the course of a thousand years until seven of the eight swords were undone. In his rage Khorne recovered the body of his eighth champion, still holding the last sword, and had it interred in a shrine on Phaesti itself. Whether the sword still remains is not truly clear, as is whether it truly existed in the first place, but nonetheless countless champions have since tried to recover it. Though all have failed, the legend of the Sword of Heidar still draws those who would seek Khorne's favour, and those who would destroy the weapon for good.

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Re: The Battle for the Sword of Heidar: 2000pt Iyanden Vs Chaos
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2009, 04:36:34 PM »
Eluraisal stood calm, his Eldar vision scrying the ashen waste land of Phaesti.  The pre-morning gloom hid the planet under a blanket of shadow and silhouettes but he could sense he was near, near to the energies that had drawn him and a small expeditionary force, requisitioned from the craftworld of Iyanden, to this otherwise useless planet.  The morning breeze threw choking ash clouds into the air reducing visibility to just a few feet, but Eluraisal did not need his mortal vision to find what he was looking for, he could sense it, feel its presence, toying with his psyche.  It was with a sense of growing danger that Eluraisal had pleaded to the High Seers of Iyanden to authorize an expedition to the waste plane’ts surface, as the floating craftworld drifted throughout the eastern sector, stalking silently ever closer to Phaesti, Eluraisal had felt a growing un-ease, yet being a young seer he could not fathom the cause of the disturbances he felt.  The older and wiser still of the High Seers had long felt this same disturbance and had purposefully plotted the course of the craftworld to navigate past Phaesti.  Impressed as they had been, that one as young as Eluraisal had felt the subtle disturbances and seeing much promise in the young seer they granted his wish and authorized his attachment to an expeditionary force.  Tasked with destroying the source of the disturbance, the eighth known sword of Heidar (a sword of pure chaos, forged in the blood of sacrifice, its taint bringing untold power and bloodlust to those who wield it), Eluraisal and his force touched foot onto the dusty ashen soil.  As Eluraisal took his first steps into the dust he knew they were not alone.  There was another presence here, some one else looking for the sword, some one else with the knowledge to find this elusive artifact.  Eluraisal stood calm, his Eldar vision scrying the ashen waste land, the breeze kicking up dust and toying with his robes of office.  In the distance shadows darted below the line of the horizon.  A long way off a flash of light in the darkness, a faint rumble.  Heavy bolter fire tore past Eluraisal’s left ear with a crack, it had begun!

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Re: The Battle for the Sword of Heidar: 2000pt Iyanden Vs Chaos
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2009, 05:06:27 PM »
The forces of Chaos:

1 Chaos Lord, Demonic Weapon
1 summoned Greater Demon
3 Obliterators
3 Obliterators
10 Chaos Marines, x2 Melta guns, Rhino, Havok Launcher and storm bolter
10 Chaos Marines, x 2 Plasma guns
10 Chaos Marines, x 2 Plasma Guns
12 Raptors, x2 Flamers, Lightning claws
8 Havoks, 4 Heavy Bolters

2000 points

The Eldar expeditionary force

Farseer Eluraisal, runes of witnessing, spirit stones, Fortune and Doom
Prince Yriel (aka Autarch Marroze)
10 Howling Banshees, inc Exarch- executioner
1 waveserpent with missile launcher and shuri cannon
9 Fire Dragons, including Exarch, Fire Pike Crack Shot
1 waveserpent with star cannon and shuri cannon
10 Wraithguard
Spirit Seer Avathar, Conceal
10 Dire Avengers
5 Pathfinders
wraithlord, 2 flamers, shuri cannon and missile launcher
wraithlord, 2 flamers, star cannon and wraith sword
Fire Prism, Holofield spirit stones

1999points
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Re: The Battle for the Sword of Heidar: 2000pt Iyanden Vs Chaos
« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2009, 06:07:50 PM »
The game: Dawn of War deployment, Anihilation scenerio.

Chaos turn 1:



The eerie light of the pre-morning shone weakly through the dust clouds ravaging the surface of Phaesti. In-human shadows darted, taking cover under the dust storms the first of the chaos marines ran into position,  trying to take the advantage and capture the Eldar off guard, un-prepared whilst they were still making landfall on the planets surface.  Taking up tactical positions in the centre of the waste fields, the chaos marines took cover, hidden behind the twisted ruins of a long destroyed and corrupted Imperial chapel, and another squad laying in wait in one of many craters.  The roar of engines growled above the winds tearing accross the planets surface.  From the dust a corrupted Rhino sped to the aid of its fellow chaos worshipers.  Seconds after a looming shadow lumbered into sight, step by step, the dawn light glinting off the chest plate of an ancient behemoth.  Beside his battle brothers the looming hulk of a Dreadnought strode onto the field. Looking down the barrels of their boltguns, the Eldar in their sight, the chaos marines waited for the right moment to open fire!



Eldar Turn 1 



Set upon in the midst of planet fall, the Eldar forces were caught off guard, arriving in waves the first units to have made planet fall braced themselves for the fight, needing to hold off until re-enforcements could arrive.  Farseer Eluraisal sprung into action casting powers of protection (fortune) on the wraithguard infront of him, working in conjunction with SpiritSeer Avathar concealing the Wraithguard under shadowy tendrils.  They were not left stranded for long as from the skies arrived much needed heavy support as 2 wraithlords, ancient Eldar warriors of a thousand battles lent their experience to the service of Eluraisal.  The roar of the chaos Rhino was not the only sound as the scream from the engines of a waveserpent (carrying Fire Dragons ready to wage war) and a Fire Prism shot over head.  The prism cannon crackling energy as it charged the crystal with the energy and heat of a sun. Seconds later the energy was unleashed upon the chaos warriors hidden behind the wall of the chapel.  3 were instantly vaporised, their shadowy bodies disintergrating into ash.  Shaken but fervant in their dedication to Khorne, the chaos marines held firm.  The darkness hid the forces of chaos well, no more fell to the Eldar weaponry, the forces of chaos lost in the shadows.




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Re: The Battle for the Sword of Heidar: 2000pt Iyanden Vs Chaos
« Reply #4 on: June 19, 2009, 04:32:16 AM »
Before Valar does anything else I should just warn you all that my stuff is (quite plainly) unpainted, as my Chaos army is still very much a WIP.

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Re: The Battle for the Sword of Heidar: 2000pt Iyanden Vs Chaos
« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2009, 02:20:28 PM »
Chaos Turn 2




No sooner had the Eldar re-enforcements arrived the forces of chaos were again strengthened by un-holy forces.  Like lightning three mutated virus ridden monstroseties teleported into the fray behind the Eldar lines, hoping to pin the Eldar forces between a rock and a hard place.  The olbliterators were followed shortly by a Foul lord of chaos.  Brimming with malice and hatred the presence of this lord had long been sensed by Eluraisal, the demonic energy of the lords weapon only adding to his warp presence.  To Eluraisals right the lord appeared as if from thin air, his sights set on the Eldar Farseer, Eluraisal knew his fate.... accepepted what was to come.  Still more fear was to come, as suddenly a gut wrenching sound split the air.  A hopeful champion in Marine sqaud 2 was racked with convulsions, screaming in agony, his body pulsating, blood spurting with each violent convolusion before his body exploded in a mess of gore and dark light, from his body and soul a summoned greater demon strode from the realms of the warp onto the battlefield.  Inspired by such an event the chaos forces moved up as fast as they could, the dreadnought enthralled into a blood rage hurteled towards the closest alien unit. 

Accross the battle field the chaos guns roared, their despicable sound offensive.  The nano-virus hulks of the olbliterators targeted the Fire Prism, their weapon arms mutating to form multi-meltas.  Two of the shots hit, the heat tearing through the protective shields of the grav tank before hitting something vital, a cataclysmic explosion followed by a wrecked hull hurtling towards the ground trailing black smoke.  The chaos lord took aim at the Farseer, his melta gun targetted at Eluraisal, the chaos lord laughed as he saw Eluraisal holding his spirit stone chanting softly..."prayers are no good here Alien" he spat, and he pulled the trigger....

The smoke cleared, Vapour from the glowing molten rocks rising in the wind... The chaos lord observing his offering to Khorne.  Glowing red eyes shone through the smoke, fury in each red orb.  The crouching shadow of the Farseer, rose "Your gods have deserted you," Eluraisal spoke with menace, "it is your fate that shall be decided here Heathen".

Eldar Turn 2




To their Farseers aid ran a squad of Dire Avengers, they had to isolate the lord and obliterators.  They could not allow the Eldar battle line to be attacked from behind and caught in a pincer movement.  Their timing could not have been better.  Eluraisal prophesised the doom of the Chaos Lord, cursing the tainted being with Eldar trickery, "make peace with your gods now" Eluraisal whispered.  Along the Eldar lines the wraithguard advanced silently, firing their wraithcannons at the greater demon, wounding the beast as chunks of his flesh were sucked into the immaterium. The Fire dragons waveserpent rushed to cut off the obliterators before they could do further damage, and fired its starcannons at the demon taking the last wounds from the beast.  Seeing the doom of the Chaos lord as imminent the Dire Avengers opened fire, unleashing a storm of shuriken on the lord.  After the last shuriken and been fired the lord still stood, wounded but alive. "My gods favor me this...." was all he could utter as the smoking barrel of a Wraithlords Starcannon cooled off.  The Fire Dragons arrived infront of the obliterators, pouring out of their waveserpent, their fusion guns whirring they opened fire.  Cleansing the flesh of the nanovirus infested entities.  Their metal and flesh bodies redused to slag.  The threat to the Eldar rear guard was cleared... for now.




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Re: The Battle for the Sword of Heidar: 2000pt Iyanden Vs Chaos
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2009, 05:39:10 PM »
Chaos Turn 3



From out of nowhere inhuman shrieks rang out accross the battlefield.  The cry signalled the arrival of a squad of raptors as they swooped in from the dust filled sky to terrorise the Eldar below.  They made landfall intercepting the wraithguard from their flank as their battle brothers disembarked from their rhino.  The rest of the chaos forces charged endlessly towards the eldar lines, craving bloodshed, craving the souls of the Eldar warriors.  The raptors all guns blazing fired a tirade into the Wraithguard, the tough wraithbone constructs withstanding the barrage unscathed as bolter shells and flame washed over them.  The marine squad ran from their rhino their bolters blazing.  Each shell tearing into the pathfinders, the rocky cover proving no match for the explosive bolter shells as 3 of the Eldar fell.  Seeing their brothers falling to the ground dead the last 2 ran, their morale shattered, another 1 falling, shot in the back as he ran.  Further down the line the fire dragons were caught from behind.  Another chaos marine squad discharging their bolters into the fire dragons felling 5 of them but like the legendary creature their name sake their courage stayed strong and they held.       

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Re: The Battle for the Sword of Heidar: 2000pt Iyanden Vs Chaos
« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2009, 03:50:01 AM »
Again, you really will have to excuse the unpaintedness (and the proxy Greater Daemon)

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Re: The Battle for the Sword of Heidar: 2000pt Iyanden Vs Chaos
« Reply #8 on: June 23, 2009, 06:21:23 PM »
Eldar Turn 3

The wraithguard continued their silent advance, again fortune on their side and shadowy tendrils obscuring them from sight.   Farseer Eluraisal sensing the danger that the arrival of the raptors heralded, he cast doom upon them.  The fire dragons hastily re-embarked into their waveserpent, ducking and dodging the fire of the chaos marines.  The engines of the waveserpent whined to full power, lifting high off the ground and flying over the battlefield as fast as it could, ready to redeploy the dragons where they were needed and delivering them to relative safety.  The other waveserpent sped to the chaos flank, dropping its deadly cargo of Banshees and Autarch Marroze into the fray with a squad of chaos marines.

On the left flank a Wraithlord opened fire on the Chaos rhino, his missile launcher and shuriken cannon hitting home tearing through the engine block cutting hrough vital fuel lines and electrical circuits and the missile careening into the havok launcher the explosion ripping it from its coupling.  The Wraithguard turned their sights onto the doomed raptors and as the whine of their guns grew to a cosmos splitting rumble 7 of the raptors were torn apart by the huge gravitational forces tearing holes in the material universe, sucked into the immaterium.

The Eldar forces closed in for the kill, the Wraithguard under the orders of Spirit seer Avathar charged into the bewieldered raptors, catching them off guard, flat footed after the barrage they had just suffered.  The Wraithguard laid into the weakened squad, wraithbone slamming into power armour, the sheer strength of the inhuman constructs winning the day, sheer brute force cracking through the millenia old suits of armour, the raptors were felled before they could return a single blowl....Accross the field the shriek of banshees signalled the doom of yet another chaos marine squad.  Hands clawing at their heads, tearing off their helmets, the chaos marines fought to drown out the piercing shrieks.  They were no match for the onslaught of the Banshees in this state, cut down to a man... fleeing to escape the wrath of the Banshee.  However the central marine squad could not escape the wrath of a Wraithlord as it tore into the last 4 marines crushing one under his foot and slicing the other 3 clean in half with a fell swoop of his wraithblade.   








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Re: The Battle for the Sword of Heidar: 2000pt Iyanden Vs Chaos
« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2009, 06:49:29 PM »
Chaos Turn 4

The chaos forces were in complete dissaray, disjointed and disheartened after the sheer volume of casulaties they had suffered and the seemingly invincible Eldar by comparison the day was looking grim for the forces of chaos.  The last of the chaos reserves were called up, another squad of nano-infested Obliterators were summoned from no where... however the dissaray of the chaos forces and no leader to guide them in their deep strike went horribly wrong as they landed straight in the midst of a unit of Dire Avengers... weapons ready the obliterators were dead before they had even arrived.  The dreadnought finally sane, managed to keep his calm long enough to shoot his missile launcher into the wraithlord that had wiped out 4 marines right infront of him taking a wound from the wraithbone construct.  The Havoks who had sat in the rear guard of the chaos forces opened fire at the unengaged Banshees with their heavy bolters... killing all except the exarch and Marroze, the exarchs nerve held and she swore vengeance for her sisters. 

The Dreadnought having strode acccross the entire battle field looking for a fight squared up to the wraithlord.  A clash of titanic proportions as both machines layed into  eachother with metal and bone.  The wraithlord managed to penetrate the thick armour of the dreadnought twice and both times tore out a crucial component with his fist.  The corpse pilot of the dreadnought was torn from his sarcophegus, his body ripped apart in the hands of the wraithlord, before he went back for more hitting a vital fuel valve.  The pilotless dreadnought thrashed and flailed manically in its death throws, returning two hits against the wraithlord which tore through the wraithbone, the elegant construct collapsing as the dreadnought exploded in spectacular fashion.  The two, evenly matched, killed eachother.




Inspired by the dreadnoughts show of resistance the marine squad near their rhino charged the wraithlord that cast tis shadow over them.  The wraithlord lashed out with its hands grabbing 2 of the marines, snapping one's back in his hand, the other held in the fire of his flame thrower, a third marine died to the wraithlord crushed under his foot.  The marines panicked and looked for inspiration, up throgh the middle of the melee their champion strode, his power fist crackling with energy, but before he could get close enough he was sent flying back through the air by a kick from the wraithlord.  The squad broke and ran, but the wraithlord was faster, chasing them down and killing them as they fled.



Eldar Turn 4

By this point but a trickle of Chaos forces were left, but Eluraisal refused to disengage and let word of the Eldar presence find its was to chaos' command, wherever that was on this planet.  The Eldar forces pressed their advantage.  The wraithlord, once done tearing through the fleeing marines tore into their rhino, turning it into a useless wreck.  The Wraithguard next to it turned their guns on the havoks sending 6 of them back into the warp, the starcannons of the fire dragons waveserpent cleaning the last remaining havok up in a blast of plasma.




RESULT

It had been a complete disaster for the forces of chaos, aiming to ambush the Eldar mid planet fall they had been out manouevered and out gunned.  Killed to a man the entire ambush party had been anihilated under Eluraisals command.  The high seers had been right to grant him this opportunity. 

Eldar: 11 Kill Points
Chaos: 3 Kill Points

Eldar Victory

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Re: The Battle for the Sword of Heidar: 2000pt Iyanden Vs Chaos
« Reply #10 on: June 24, 2009, 03:33:43 AM »
My immediate thoughts are "rematch, this coming Tuesday" but you need to get on MSN...

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Re: The Battle for the Sword of Heidar: 2000pt Iyanden Vs Chaos
« Reply #11 on: June 24, 2009, 06:36:40 AM »
That's a good written Batrep and story.
The story made it sometimes hard for me to understand what exactly happened with some units.

The last fight between the WL and the CSM makes me wonder why your opponent didn't fire his meltaguns and how you managed to kill his champion. From what I make out of the story you inflicted 4 wounds which could be allocated to regular CSM if they were still 8-10 man strong.

It was very enjoable to read and was worth the waiting.


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Re: The Battle for the Sword of Heidar: 2000pt Iyanden Vs Chaos
« Reply #12 on: June 24, 2009, 07:35:16 AM »
I did fire the meltas, but they didn't do anything. what we did was take a record of every move we made in the game -- it's just that Valar seems to have cherry-picked the important bits rather than clutter it up with "meltas fire, Wraithlord shrugs"

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Re: The Battle for the Sword of Heidar: 2000pt Iyanden Vs Chaos
« Reply #13 on: June 24, 2009, 10:30:30 AM »
It was a very good read, Valar.  I like battle reports that are written as a story rather than as a report.

I really enjoyed the battle between the Walkers.  That ended appropriately, I thought.  :D

However, I'm confused about the battle between the Wraithlord and the Chaos Space Marines.  By the way you wrote it, it would seem that the Wraithlord caught the Chaos Space Marines in a Sweeping Advance and slaughtered them.  Am I wrong in thinking that CSMs are immune to Sweeping Advance like regular Codex: Space Marines?  If they are, that shouldn't have happened.

Oh, and those Eldar look awesome!  :)

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Re: The Battle for the Sword of Heidar: 2000pt Iyanden Vs Chaos
« Reply #14 on: June 24, 2009, 10:38:14 AM »
However, I'm confused about the battle between the Wraithlord and the Chaos Space Marines.  By the way you wrote it, it would seem that the Wraithlord caught the Chaos Space Marines in a Sweeping Advance and slaughtered them.  Am I wrong in thinking that CSMs are immune to Sweeping Advance like regular Codex: Space Marines?  If they are, that shouldn't have happened.

Nope, traitor marines lack the "And They Shall Know No Fear" rule, which provides them with the immunity to sweeping advance (with caveats of course).

@ Valar:  Good report!   I liked the story bits.  They add to the drama of the report.
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Re: The Battle for the Sword of Heidar: 2000pt Iyanden Vs Chaos
« Reply #15 on: June 24, 2009, 02:27:39 PM »
To clear up any confusion with the WL marines assault

Koval did shoot his melta guns but rolled snake eyes on the to wound rolls. 

The aspiring champ did not die the scene of him sent flying back by a kick was a theatrical way to say that he took 3 swipes at the WL but missed all of them (which isnt very impressive in a story setting)

The chaos marines do not have and they shall know no fear and fled and yes they were cut down by a wraithlord. 

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Re: The Battle for the Sword of Heidar: 2000pt Iyanden Vs Chaos
« Reply #16 on: June 25, 2009, 12:49:28 AM »
That was an extremely good batrep! The narrative was very enjoyable, and the pictures really added to the quality. I couldn't have done it better myself. ;D

Here's hoping for more reports featuring your Wraith-host.

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« Reply #17 on: June 25, 2009, 10:05:16 AM »
Highly enjoyable read. look forward to more iyanden-esk battle from all :D

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Re: The Battle for the Sword of Heidar: 2000pt Iyanden Vs Chaos
« Reply #18 on: June 25, 2009, 03:33:19 PM »
Awesome. Do you plan on doing anymore battle reports?

I particularly liked the battle between the dread and the wraithlord.
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Re: The Battle for the Sword of Heidar: 2000pt Iyanden Vs Chaos
« Reply #19 on: June 25, 2009, 04:57:58 PM »
There's probably going to be another one after this coming Tuesday.

 


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