Grand Alliance of Death
From Age of Sigmar - Lexicanum
- Across the Mortal Realms tendrils of pure necromancy creep forth with the inevitability of death as Nagash, the Supreme Lord of the Undead, rises once again. An ancient evil, Nagash seeks utter dominion not just of Shyish, the Realm of Death, but all of the Mortal Realms. - Age of Sigmar faction guide.
The Grand Alliance of Death are the armies of undead and mortals that follow the dark commands of Nagash, the Supreme Lord of the Undead. Their purpose is to kill the living imposing the order of the dead upon all the mortal realms, and not just Shyish, the Realm of Death. These armies are numberless, brought to undeath from tombs to the corpse-mounds of ancient battles. All types of undead creatures can be found under his service like the skeletal Deathrattle warriors, the rotting corpses of Deadwalkers and the spectral wraiths and shades that haunt the realms.[1][3]
Factions
- Flesh-Eater Courts: The Flesh-eater courts are cannibals trapped in horrific delusion of grandiose vision of nobility. They were once mortals that due to famine have submitted to the courts of madness of a Abhorrant Ghoul Kings and have since turned into Mordants.[2]
- Legions of Nagash: The numberless undead minions of Nagash, the god of death. Vast armies of Deadwalkers and Deathrattle shamble onwards in his name, shadowed by terrible Beasts of the Grave and commanded by the aristocracy of the night: powerful Deathmages, Soulblight vampires and even the dreaded Deathlords themselves.
- Nighthaunt: Tormented and bitter spirits that leave nothing but withered corpses in their wake. [4] They take a cruel delight in dragging innocent souls down into the underworld, dooming them to the same fate they suffer. [5]
See Also
Sources
- 1: Grand Alliance: Death product description
- 2: Battletome: Flesh-Eater Courts product description
- 3: Age of Sigmar faction guide.
- 4: Grand Alliance: Death.
- 5: Battletome: Nighthaunt product description
