October Preview: Palatine Guard, Yeberon, The Leper, and Devastator Squad

Here are four references announced after our first October post.

The Adventurer: Magister Militum Command Group

The planning table with scrolls and an imperial helmet brings together four figures in total, including the standard bearer. This scene will serve as the centre around which October's Palatine Guard unit can form.

On the gaming table, the commanding figure can represent either a Magister Militum or a young emperor.

The Bannerman: Yeberon The King Slayer on horse

In life, Yeberon was an elven prince, a member of the Council of the Eternals, and a personal friend of the emperor. When part of his lineage embraced the Vampiric Heresy, he secured imperial leave to hunt down the traitors to the far reaches of the Empire of Eternal Day. He set out in pursuit, only to fall in an isolated skirmish far from home and reinforcements. His body never returned, and his dishonoured house never claimed him.

It was his sister Arasne who raised him from the dead. The prince who once rode out to hunt vampires of his own bloodline now rides bound to the Ordo Draconis, obeying the will of the sister who brought him back.

As introduced in our first October post, this month's undead elven line takes the Undying Dynasties list of The 9th Age as its gaming reference. Their deliberately zombified appearance has been chosen so these models also fit naturally as zombie hordes within traditional vampire armies.

Dramatis Personae: The Leper by Mull

Dramatis Personae, The Bannerman's collection of individual miniatures designed for roleplaying and narrative games, now introduces The Leper, created in collaboration with illustrator Mull. This figure offers a glimpse into LAMENT, Mull's medieval-Renaissance setting ravaged by war, plague, famine, and an undead curse. Once an accomplished mercenary from the Imperial Duchy of Soderlingen, the onset of leprosy left him feared by strangers and abandoned by friends to wander the roads.

Authorities required him to sound the leper's clapper to warn the healthy away. He turned this instrument of exclusion into a focus and catalyst for heretical Rot magic. As the disease weakened his sword arm, he abandoned prayer and turned to forbidden arts to sustain his strength.

The gallery includes Mull's original illustration and the finished miniature based on it. You can read the original character lore in The Leper biography on Oddegar, and discover more of his work on Mull's Instagram.

The Crusader: Devastator Squad

Within the Space Legions range, the Devastator Squad's heavy support provides covering fire to tactical and assault troops. Different types of missiles appear mounted on the warriors' backpacks.

Who would you place at the command table of your Palatine Guard: the Magister Militum or the young emperor?