The Old DominionArmy Book

Amongst the oldest and most dangerous members of the Last Creed are the Archimandrites, each blessed in the vile might of the unGod and steeped in the mysteries and rituals of his dark church.

Their monasteries abandoned in return of cells deep within the bedrock beneath Capitas, these blasphemous creatures command the absolute loyalty of a dozen or so acolytes who lead the depraved followers of the apocalyptic cults so readily found in the dying lands to the north as well as as many undying legionnaires and monstrosities as their dark arts allow them to control.

This unit's Retinue is Kheres. When included in your Warband, the Retinue Regiment counts as a Mainstay instead of a Restricted Regiment.

Spellcaster 4, Aura of Death 1, Sacred and the Profane, Catechism of Corruption

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The Fall of Hazlia and his Pantheon shook even the fervent believers who would ultimately embrace the apocalyptic dogma of the Final Creed. When the voice of their god vanished after his defeat at the hands of Kleon and the Last Legion many of his followers fell into despair.

However even the most zealous of his followers could hear the howling cacophony of a hundred hungering Divinities trapped within the Pyre that burns in the center of Capitas…

Fallen Divinities that only need a few faithful followers, self ordained Hierodeacons, to preach their word and carry out their mission of sin that their new masters might unleash a millennia of malice and hatred upon the world.

This unit's Retinue is Hashashin. When included in your Warband, the Retinue Regiment counts as a Mainstay instead of a Restricted Regiment.

Spellcaster 3, Dark Shepherd, Pontificate

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A Strategos is the supreme commander of a Dominion Legion, a master of men who commanded the absolute loyalty of his troops, serving as their temporal and spiritual leader while on campaign. His mastery was one of strategy and diplomacy, allowing his officers, the ten Xhiliarchs who served under him to focus on logistics, tactics and the disposition of the troops.

Entombed with all the pomp and ceremony one could expect, their awakening into an unlife of service is complete with misery and loss, for unlike the lesser order they not only retain their cognitive function, but memories from before. Their cognitive function and memories have allowed them to retain their personalities and with it, ambition.

This unit's Retinue is Athanatoi. When included in your Warband, the Retinue Regiment counts as a Mainstay instead of a Restricted Regiment.

Shield, Flawless Strikes, Imperator

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The origins of chivalry and the feudal order can, like almost all institutions of the Hundred Kingdoms, be traced back to the establishment of the Kataphraktoi Taghmata in the Old Dominion.

Their cost of their mount, equipment and deployment as well as effectiveness on the battlefield set these warriors on a league of their own. A Mounted Strategos is the epitome of this ancient warrior code, a paragon of a bygone age mounted on his ritual companion, whose faded glory and tattered panoply cannot dim the blazing intellect and sheer will that smolder within this faded vessel.

This unit's Retinue is Kataphractoi. When included in your Warband, the Retinue Regiment counts as a Mainstay instead of a Restricted Regiment.

Bastion, Impact 2, Cleave 1, Pride of Capitas

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The professional nature of the Old Dominion army was best exemplified by its officer cadre. A Xhiliarch, a commander of a thousand men, was both elected by his troops and trained by Dominion.

Only those who had previously reached the rank of Centurion were eligible to become Xhiliarchs, who upon election traveled to Capitas to be trained in grammar, arithmetic and logistics, allowing them to become the professional officer corps that the Legions needed to dominate the continent.

Their exalted rank invariably meant that they were buried in full honors and ceremony, their embalming process and the interment services much more thorough and complex than that of a simple Legionnaire.

As such, when raised as unliving vessels by the unGod they retained their cognitive capacity unlike the Legionnaires who retain but a vestige of their former self.

This unit's Retinue is Varangian Guard. When included in your Warband, the Retinue Regiment counts as a Mainstay instead of a Restricted Regiment.

Cleave 2, Counter-attack, Unyielding, Praefectus

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Throughout the history of the Old Dominion, each Legion had a separate interment site where all the recovered bodies of its fallen Legionnaires and officers were buried. Crowning each of these spartan necropolises was a Cenotaph, a memorial to those who fell but were not recovered.

A locus for the enduring pride of the Legion, any foe fighting under its dark power knows he faces not only the relentless dead in front of him, but the combined will of those countless Legionnaire's whose bodies were not recovered.

Dread, Lethal Demise 2, Hardened, Death and Despair, Dark Disciple

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When Hazlia fell, countless fragments of his divine realm were recovered by his devoted servants across the length and breadth of Capitas.

These small fragments of divinity retain to power to animate and agitate the normally compliant souls of the un-Gods faithful, rousing them and allowing a small fraction of his deathly Will to spill over into the world, sapping the very life force and vitality of his foes.

Aura of Death 2, Fragment of Divinity, Signifer, Labarum of the Legion

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Second in command to the Centarchos, the lowest ranked officer minted by the Collegia of the Old Dominion, the Optio is a stern, experienced veteran whose responsibility it is than an officer's orders be obeyed… or ignored.

When the Imperial Legions were born, veteran commanders quickly realized they needed a link, a lynchpin between the professional officer corps being produced by the Colleges and the veteran legionnaires that formed the backbone of all Legions.

Vanguard, Shield, Bravery, Tribune, Ceaseless March

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In the early days of the Old Dominion the Kataphractoi were the Caelesors chosen Companions, or Hetairoi, armed with the finest arms and armor he could furnish and mounted atop the greatest steeds he could find.

As the Old Dominion evolved, these ancient formations were abandoned, but not the title of Hetairos. Granted to the greatest champions of the Old Dominon, this was a title granted only by the Caelesor himself for deeds of valor upon the field of battle.

Some of that prowess and glory remain in their withered remnants, and the Hetairoi are the first among equals in a Kataphractoi warband, their mere presence reminding their companions of the glorious charges of ages past.

Shield, Bastion, Brutal, Impact 2, Trample, Decurion

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While it was once arguable whether the Legions of the Old Dominion were the most feared fighting force on Ea few would dare disagree today. Devoted to their lord in life and unlife, what the Legionnaires of the Old Dominion have lost in speed they more than make up in remorseless discipline and relentlessness

Recruitment: 4 Warriors — the minimum size of this Regiment.

Shield, Support, Phalanx

Once the Premier fighting force of the Old Dominion, the Praetorian Guards eventually lost favor amongst their charges, the Caelesors, for being more loyal to their God than to themselves. Twice doomed for their loyalty, the Praetorian Guard now possess the dubious honor of being one of those few troops in the Old Dominion forces who retain some sense of self despite possession by Hazlia's power.

Recruitment: 4 Warriors — the minimum size of this Regiment.

Shield, Bodyguard, Phalanx

Much like the God himself, worship of Hazlia did not quite die in the aftermath of the Fall. Small isolated monasteries that worshiped their god and his apocalyptic vision survived by raiding, cannibalism and other methods too foul to describe.

Once discovered, the fanatics among their number were selected and inducted into the mysteries of Hazlia's deathly cult, promised ascension into his deathless ranks should they succeed in killing their target through whatever means they can muster.

Today the Cultists and Hashashin operate independently of the undead Legions, sowing chaos and death ahead of their relentless advance.

Recruitment: 4 Warriors — the minimum size of this Regiment.

Dodge, Acolyte, Barrage 1 (8"), Deadly Shot

Those cultists who lack the ambition or brilliance required to reach unlife on their own terms are granted one final chance to become one with their Lord. In the final hours of their life they climb onto a bonfire lit with the unholy flames of the Pyre. Kheres are the animated charred remains of those who manage not to go insane, the Moroi are not so lucky…

Recruitment: 4 Warriors — the minimum size of this Regiment.

Flank, Terrifying, Opportunist

Unlike the more docile Minotaurs or cunning Satyroi, the Centaurs were simply too primitive to integrate effectively into human society. The vast majority found their roles nonetheless as Prodromoi, scouts and border patrol forces that operated in regimented tribal structure bolstering the Legions with formidable vanguard and skirmish forces.

Recruitment: 1 Warrior — the minimum size of this Regiment.

Shield, Impact 1, Cleave 1

Precursors to the lauded Praetorians, the origin of the Athanatoi is shrouded in the myths and legends that churned around the birth of the Dominion and its early forces.

Faceless and remorseless, they were the God's Will made manifest in mortal hands. The ranks of these Athanatoi were capped at one thousand, to be replenished from a pool of the most talented warriors the Dominion had to offer should one of them fall in battle.

Now, even in death, they serve, bringing their god's judgment on all those foolish enough to think they can stand before these immortals.

Recruitment: 4 Warriors — the minimum size of this Regiment.

Counter-attack, Quicksilver Strikes, Parry

It is the nature of power to corrupt. Few individuals were as aware of this universal truth as the Caelesors of the Old Dominion.

Like the Praetorians replaced the Athanatoi and their unbending devotion to the writ of Hazlia, so were the Varangians established upon the ashes of the Praetorian Guard when their mortal weakness and thirst for power saw them betray their leaders.

Through the centuries of unrest and the Fall that followed, the Varangians have stood guard over the Caelesors and those closest to them, bringing bloody death and vengeance to any who would dare harm them.

Recruitment: 4 Warriors — the minimum size of this Regiment.

Cleave 2, Hardened, Tenacious

Much like the God himself, worship of Hazlia did not quite die in the aftermath of the Fall. Small isolated monasteries that worshiped their god and his apocalyptic vision survived by raiding, cannibalism and other methods too foul to describe.

Once discovered, the fanatics among their number were selected and inducted into the mysteries of Hazlia's deathly cult, promised ascension into his deathless ranks should they succeed in killing their target through whatever means they can muster. Today the Cultists and Hashashin operate independently of the undead Legions, sowing chaos and death ahead of their relentless advance.

Recruitment: 4 Warriors — the minimum size of this Regiment.

Deadly Blades, Dodge, Vanguard, Iconoclast

Those cultists who lack the ambition or brilliance required to reach unlife on their own terms are granted one final chance to become one with their Lord. In the final hours of their life they climb onto a bonfire lit with the unholy flames of the Pyre. Kheres are the animated charred remains of those who manage not to go insane, the Moroi are not so lucky…

Recruitment: 4 Warriors — the minimum size of this Regiment.

Malediction, Barrage 1 (12"), Sureshot, Torrential Fire

Unlike the more docile Minotaurs or cunning Satyroi, the Centaurs were simply too primitive to integrate effectively into human society. The vast majority found their roles nonetheless as Prodromoi, scouts and border patrol forces that operated in regimented tribal structure bolstering the Legions with formidable vanguard and skirmish forces.

A select few, the most ardent and pious among them, would be selected for further training, becoming an elite unit of messengers for the Pantheon: the Kyrikes, or Heralds, who could be trusted to deliver their gods' messages even in the raging heart of a battlefield.

Recruitment: 1 Warrior — the minimum size of this Regiment.

Elusive, Hazlia's Heralds, Barrage 2 (12"), Armor Piercing 1

Armored from head to toe, Kataphraktoi were the precursors to the noble ideal of the knight. Raised in undeath these horsemen become a terrifying force on the battlefield, their effectiveness compounded by the fact neither the horse nor the rider know fear or pain, allowing them to slam into enemy formations with a ferocity no mortal foe could match.

Recruitment: 1 Warrior — the minimum size of this Regiment.

Shield, Bastion, Brutal, Impact 2

Deep within the great temples of Capitas, one could find the Telestria, great halls in which people were initiated into the mysteries of Hazlia's cult.

Ringing these richly appointed halls, dozens upon dozens of Kanephors stood guard, bearing the bounty and gifts their lord would shower unto Hazlia's new initiates. In a dark parody of their former role, these terrifying animate constructs can be unleashed upon the battlefield to deliver their god's last gift: Death.

Recruitment: 1 Warrior — the minimum size of this Regiment.

Relentless Blows, Cleave 2, Hardened

While Hazlia's Fall and subsequent annihilation of the population of Capitas infused the very stones of Capitas with his power, nowhere was this more evident than in his greatest temples.

Here the very blood of Hazlia oozed from the walls, infusing his holiest icons and statuary with a dark parody of life. The beautiful Karyatids that once ringed the great temple's temenoi have come to life and, in a grotesque parody of their ritual purpose, now hunt down all interlopers in their god's domain.

Only the most zealous and dedicated of Hazlia's servants can hope to bind these unholy creations in common purpose to unleash their horror upon the battlefield, where missiles creatide of divine blood and sheer spite make a mockery of mortal armor and flesh.

Recruitment: 1 Warrior — the minimum size of this Regiment.

Hardened, Barrage 2 (16"), Armor Piercing 2

The Buccephaloi of the Old Dominion were the sacred guardians of it's holiest sites. Clad in beautiful ceremonial panoplies, these simple and devout guardians were selected from amongst the most powerful of Minotaur Thyreans, their horns ritually cut off in an act of devotion and subservience to Hazlia. Such was the power and majesty of the Buccephaloi that only in death were they called to battle, while alive none dared oppose them.

Recruitment: 1 Warrior — the minimum size of this Regiment.

Cleave 3, Blessed, Fearsome

In their quest for knowledge the Dark Creed uncovered many secrets best left alone. prime among them was the fact that the very stones of Capitas were soaked with so much death and so much of Hazlia's essence during the Fall that all they need to heed their master's call to murder the living was a simple motivating consciousness…

These massive constructs wreak havoc on the battlefield, their massive forms soaking unbelievable levels of damage as their massive limbs scythe through enemy formations.

Recruitment: 1 Warrior — the minimum size of this Regiment.

Overwhelm, Aura of Death 2, Dauntless, Charnel Ossuary

Every Cathedral, Basilica and place of worship of note in the Old Dominion was built by the forefathers of the Tectons with full awareness on the nature of Divinity and the power of Belief. Deep in the bowels of each of these buildings existed a spark of Divinity, held in abeyance until such time as the Pantheon needed a source of power, or a new Divinity.

It was in this vulnerable, embryonic stage that many seeds of Divinity were exposed to the baleful energies of the UnGod after the Fall. Now little more than mewling masses of unrequited necromantic potential, these baleful entities are bound to their places of worship.

Tapping into its essence with little regard for its own survival the clergy of the pantheon uses the corrupted divine power within these hapless beings to empower its troops with corrupted miracles on the battlefield.

This unit normally fills a Monster slot, but if you take the Theokrator upgrade the same profile also fills the Warlord slot. Unlike a Retinue it does not bring another unit — this one unit uses both slots (Monster Characters rule).

Overwhelm, Juggernaut, Trample, Dread, Terrifying, Impact 3, Castigation, Pulpit, Exhortation of Eternal Faith:

Once noble paragons of the Dominion's Pantheon but long since corrupted by Hazlia's Fall, Fallen Divinities are quite simply the most dangerous foes mankind has encountered to date.

Thankfully, the trauma of the Fall and the valiant efforts of Kleon during the theomachia that followed have crippled and contained the power of these abhorrent beings. This means that they can be opposed by mortal arms for a brief spell, that vulnerable moment between their manifestation before they have had a chance to feast upon the Dark Power released by the destruction of their followers.

Fearsome, Cleave 2, Hardened, Deadly Blades, Dauntless, Theomachia, Ascension, Render unto Hazlia

Fearsome, Terrifying, Fly, Cleave 2, Brutal, Deadly Blades, Dauntless, Theomachia, Ascension, Render unto Hazlia

Fearsome, Terrifying, Fly, Dread, Blessed, Cleave 2, Brutal, Deadly Blades, Dauntless, Theomachia, Ascension, Render unto Hazlia

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Size: 5

Size: 5