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The Beast Arises: A Retrospective

November 2016·p. 14

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A series retrospective brings together the political failures, extraordinary Ork technology and desperate alliances of the war against the Beast. It recalls the origins of the Deathwatch, Vulkan’s involvement and the Last Wall, showing an Imperium whose divisions are almost as dangerous as its invaders.

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Planetary Onslaught

This supplement collects city fighting, planetary invasions and siege warfare in one volume, combining Cities of Death, Planetstrike and Stronghold Assault material. Its preview presents the three modes as ways to give a conventional collection a more dramatic battlefield context.

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Haemotrope Reactors

The new scenery kit turns the Imperium’s appetite for human sacrifice into a pair of industrial reactors, powered by blood and promethium. Its pipes and architectural details connect visually to existing Imperial scenery, while the release page also introduces wound-tracking dice.

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LoreWD 412 · p. 11

Highs and Lows: Ahzek Ahriman

Ahriman’s career is traced from chief Librarian and seeker of a cure for the flesh-change to the architect of the disastrous Rubric. His efforts to protect the Legion become inseparable from betrayal, vengeance and the transformation of many brothers into dust-bound suits of armour.

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