OOC ACCOUNT
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To make undead infantry for Darth Mordheim to use
- Image Credit: Credit to Creator
- Role: To serve as the personnel army for Darth Mordheim to defend himself with.
- Permissions: N/A
- Links: Darth Mordheim | Necromancer of the Abyss
- Unit Name: The Undead Horde of the Lichemaster
- Affiliation: Darth Mordheim | Necromancer of the Abyss
- Classification: Fodder Undead Infantry
- Description: The Undead Horde of the Lichemaster are an army composed of undead warriors raised by Sith Necromancy as a fodder infantry and ranged unit. Unlike the Grave Covenant of the Lichemaster, these undead warriors have no semblance of their soul left within them, turning them into an effective if mindless horde bent on killing the living. The Unit Emblem is a large bat like creature with blood rushing out of its fangs, symbolizing their desire to hunt down the living that oppose them and consume them for their master. They have a single purpose for their existence in their undead lives and that is to is be a fodder infantry force that is supposed to rush ahead straight into combat with an enemy with no regard for their own safety or lives to secure a landing zone for allied troopers or to stop enemies from advancing to capture allied command posts. They can form into formations on command to soak up the enemies fire or prevent a large amount of enemies from charging through a choke point.
- Unit Size: Large
- Unit Availability: Common
- Unit Experience: Trained
- Equipment:
- Combat Function:
- The Undead Horde are designed for simple human wave tactics, using them as the fodder infantry to hold the line while more specialized units move on the flanks to crush opposing enemies on the battlefield. They are unable to fight against a single person on their own, due to just being a mindless skeleton so they will often engage in packs of around 10 to overwhelm the enemy with shear numbers and attack from all directions. As an infantry unit they are trained to use a variety of different vibro weapons and armor to protect themselves and provide them with a small window of life to fight back against an enemy before being totally destroyed in a quick fashion. They generally need a heavy amount of support against a well organized and well trained army as they are simply supposed to be a frontier force to hold the line and soak up a massive amount of damage for there master and prevent him from becoming vulnerable to attacks by other opponents. They interact perfectly with the other parts of the army as they all have a singular purpose and that is to follow the will of Darth Mordheim.
- Undead Benefits [No eating, no sleeping..etc.]
- Easily Replaceable
- Transmit Undead Bite to transform others into Undead [PC's are not affected by this]
- Environmental Immunity [Not immune to vacuum of space or corrosive materials]
- Ability to operate limbs not attached to body [Excluding head, since that will kill them instantly]
- The Light Side of the Force
- Void Stone or Ysalamiri Bubble
- Pyrokinesis
- Decapitation
- Dependence on Necromancer
The Undead Horde of the Lichemaster came into existence through sith necromancy on various battlefields across the galaxy that are now abandoned. Darth Mordheim traveling to these sites with sacrifices and acolytes behind him. Darth Mordheim would use his knowledge with sith necromancy to raise the undead from crypts and tombs of the worlds, to raise an undead army to protect himself from other sith lords who want his power and provide undead support to any faction that he chooses to join. Darth Mordheim invokes the spirits of these vengeful warriors to service him and provide support to his Grave Covenant as the fodder infantry force for his Barrow Legion, leaving his more specialized units unharmed because they could soak up damage from opponents on the battlefield and provide a shield for the elderly sith lord incase he was under threat. These new warriors that has raised would be named the Undead Horde of the Lichemaster, after the self proclaimed title of Darth Mordheim and become his main chance in defeating his rivals or at least delaying the inevitable. The Undead Horde come equipped with several benefits and drawbacks such has having a undead bite that can turn others into the undead, to being easily replaceable due to them killing some of the enemies troopers to be raised back from the dead to fight once again in service to the Lichemaster. Gaining environmental immunity except for deep space and corrosive materials that can destroy their bones. Some of their downsides is that they are weak to the light side of the force, can be killed via decapitation like all undead can and that they rely on the necromancer summoning them to still be alive parse and operate as an effective army. They are generally stationed at Castle Blackmead, the personal residence of the Lichemaster and Dark Lord of the Sith and accompany him to whatever planet he goes to as he can summon them to fight for him against another large scale army that might be more technologically advanced than his simple undead horde.