Warhammer Next Week: The Divine Prince of Necromunda And Legions Imperialis Gets Saturnine

Next week, the Divine Prince of Necromunda himself takes over Hive Primus – surely this won’t ruffle any Imperial feathers.

Necromunda is really going through it these days. But luckily, as part of next week’s pre-orders, the Divine Prince of Necromunda, Ozostium Aranthus has emerged from one of the mysterious vaults of Temenos to claim total dominion of the planete. This will almost certainly end well, with no long-term or far-reaching consequences from the larger Imperium.

Necromunda’s Divine Prince

The Divine Prince Ozostium Aranthas has laid claim to all of Necromunda. Which might have some big implications for the future of the Imperium, sure. But in the Divine Prince’s favor – he does seem to actually have managed it. He is a cybernetic giant that activate twice per turn and has martial skills and psychic abilities far in excess of regular humans. So that helps.

In the new book, Spire of Primus we get an end to the Aranthian Succession story. We find out what happens once Aranthas takes the throne – and to that end, you’ll find seven new narrative scenarios, and rules for a Reconquest of Primus Campaign that tracks Lady Haera’s quest to reclaim her father’s seat of power. It also includes full rules for creating Aranthian-aligned gangs, Justicar Courts, and Palanite Justicar Delegations.

Speaking of Palatine Enforcers, in the new Justiciars box, you’ll find plenty of them. Specifically, you’ll find a small cadre, consisting of a Magistrate, an Executioner, and three Bailiffs with various head and weapon options including shotguns, heavy clubs, and fulmen-pattern man catchers.

And you can outfit even more miniatures with the Palatine Enforcer Upgrade Sprue. You’ll find a variety of heads, weapons, arms, and accessories.

Or get ome Squats in your gang, with the new Charter Masters and Drill Masters pack. This kit comes with two Exo Masters, two Charter Masters, two Drill Masters, and two Techmite Autoveyors – autonomous companions.

And, of course, there are plenty of hangers-on waiting to takethe stage and ride some coattails for the price of a handful of glory. Expendable, inexpensive, and best of all, temporary, these can fill out a gang’s needs.

Legions Imperialis

Meanwhile, in Legions Imperialis, we dive deep into the Dropsite Massacre. A new supplement, The Ruin of the Salamanders, takes us deep into the smouldering, betrayal-streaked battlefields of Isstvan V. Inside, you’ll find new Formations, new Detachments, and rules to play out the infamous massacre itself.

Aiding in this endeavor, the Saturnine Battle Group. This “ultimate expression of Legiones Astartes dominance” consists of eight Saturnine Dreadnoughts, 12 bases of Saturnine Terminators, 4 Saturnine Terminator Command Squads, 8 Araknae platforms, 8 Vindicator tanks, Mastodon Super-heavy Assault Transports, and 2 Fire Raptor gunships.

Or close ranks with the Saturnine Heavy Assault Cadre, which consists of 6 Saturnine Terminator bases, 2 Saturnine Command Squad bases, and 4 Saturnine Dreadnoughts.

Stake out your territory with a new set of Araknae Weapons Platforms. This kit comes with a variety of weapons, allowing you to outfit up to four of your Araknae with twin accelerator autocannons, up to four with twin punisher cannons, and up to two with Orias heavy frag missile batteries.

Bring out the big guns in the form of Falchion super-heavy tanks, which can be built as Ascalon variants, with a new option for Titan-grade Inferno Flamers to really blast a lot of little things.

Roll out the Fellblades, which mount a set of twin accelerator cannons, or can be outfitted with volkite carronades to tear through infantry squads with devastating ease.

And if you’re looking to start your own new Legions Imperialis army, or to supplement your own forces for the Isstvan V massacre, say, the Astartes Battle Group has more than enough to make your whole army. Dreadnoughts, tanks, Assault squads and more await within!

Or just round it out with the Solar Auxilia Battle Group. In this combined arms battle group, you’ll find everything you need for your very own Auxilia army.

All this, next week!

Bell of Lost Souls Staff Writer and DM, J.R. covers RPGs of all stripes and on occasion eats sandwiches. You can ask him about either at [email protected]

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