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Khainite Arenas and the Trials of Draichi Ganeth

April 2026·pp. 66–69

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For the Daughters of Khaine, arena combat simultaneously honours their god, hones collective battlefield skill and offers a route to prestige. The austere Draichi Ganeth sect takes that ideal to its extreme in the Tower of Blades, where ordinary monsters share floors with magical ordeals, lethal reflections and psychological trials. The Iron Hags choose most entrants, but Death Night opens the challenge more widely; only eight warriors are said to have conquered the tower.

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A Tapestry of Honour

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