Val Kothar stood atop a slight hill overlooking the smoking aftermath of the battlefield. An army of cultists picked over the corpses of Word Bearers and Ultramarines alike, salvaging any equipment tat the Aelohym would be able to put to use. Although he and his brothers had defeated the Ultramarines 9th Company, the victory felt hollow.
He had fought in single combat with Trajan. He had imagined the moment for years, but the reality of it had failed to calm the hatred in his hearts. Val Kothar had nearly bested the Ultramarines Captain, and had even managed to take off his left arm. For a fleeting moment he felt joy as Voidborn tasted Trajan's blood, but the feeling was quickly snatched from him when Trajan plunged his own blade into Val Kothar's abdomen.
Although the strike had failed to kill the Dark Apostle, it bought Trajan's retinue enough time to drag him from the battlefield. The Ultramarines had retreated into the tunnels, losing many of their warriors in the process. It was not the sweeping victory Val Kothar had hoped for. The Aelohym would now have to begin the long and arduous process of dragging every last Ultramarine from those tunnels.
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No pictures for this one unfortunately, but the stars of the battle were probably the helldrake and the obliterators. The helldrake wiped out about three quarters of an assault squad, probably saving a squad of CSM as well as my chaos lord and possessed retinue. It also forced the Ultramarines storm raven to focus on taking it down, instead of carrying its cargo of captain and terminators to my objective.
The possessed died just like any other marine. Their 5++ did very little to save them. But, they're fluffy, so for now I'll continue to keep them in my list. The chaos lord was pretty awesome when he finally got into combat. He killed the Ultramarines captain, but he died from a lucky 6 on the captain's paragon blade.
I ended up winning the game by 3 points. I held my objective uncontested, earned first blood, slay the warlord, and linebreaker, and contested my opponent's objective.
He had fought in single combat with Trajan. He had imagined the moment for years, but the reality of it had failed to calm the hatred in his hearts. Val Kothar had nearly bested the Ultramarines Captain, and had even managed to take off his left arm. For a fleeting moment he felt joy as Voidborn tasted Trajan's blood, but the feeling was quickly snatched from him when Trajan plunged his own blade into Val Kothar's abdomen.
Although the strike had failed to kill the Dark Apostle, it bought Trajan's retinue enough time to drag him from the battlefield. The Ultramarines had retreated into the tunnels, losing many of their warriors in the process. It was not the sweeping victory Val Kothar had hoped for. The Aelohym would now have to begin the long and arduous process of dragging every last Ultramarine from those tunnels.
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No pictures for this one unfortunately, but the stars of the battle were probably the helldrake and the obliterators. The helldrake wiped out about three quarters of an assault squad, probably saving a squad of CSM as well as my chaos lord and possessed retinue. It also forced the Ultramarines storm raven to focus on taking it down, instead of carrying its cargo of captain and terminators to my objective.
The possessed died just like any other marine. Their 5++ did very little to save them. But, they're fluffy, so for now I'll continue to keep them in my list. The chaos lord was pretty awesome when he finally got into combat. He killed the Ultramarines captain, but he died from a lucky 6 on the captain's paragon blade.
I ended up winning the game by 3 points. I held my objective uncontested, earned first blood, slay the warlord, and linebreaker, and contested my opponent's objective.
