The Winter Host (Minions and Armies)

Steel Realms

Once the Lich Lords emerged from conquering the north, they were formally known as The Winter Host, under which they executed an unending campaign to conquer more territories, using Undead. The Winter Host no longer uses Non-Corporeal Ranks due to the difficulty of their control with the Cold Bargain.

Armies of the Lich Lords

  • Legion I; commanded by the Druuzd Lord Kerran
  • Legion II; commanded by Soul Reaper
  • Legion III; commanded by Druuzd Lord Lord Heatherguard
  • Legion IV; commanded by ‘Reek’, includes the skeletal juggernauts of the remains of giants, unearthed in the far north.
  • Legion V; commanded by the Druuzd Lord Gormigan Redhand, fallen knight of Aerna
  • Legion VI; commanded by Druuzd Lord Arvenum, a darkling prince made a vampire upon the alter of Djerduth
  • Legion VII; commanded by Jrothar Kinsbane, Druuzd Lord; Kinsbane is the only commander that has his “troops” wear soldiers apparel (helmets, pieces of armor and shields) in a grotesque paradox of an army.
  • Legion VIII; commanded by ‘The Empty One’, comprised completely of skeletons, their master gnawes their flesh off in his unending hunger.
  • Legion IX; commanded by Druuzd Lord Tarkesh, said to all wear spiked codpieces for giving violent death to living females.
  • Legion X; commanded by ‘Whisper’
  • Legion XI; commanded by ‘Blood Eye’
  • Legion XII: commanded by ‘Reek’
  • Legion XIII: Commanded by Druuzd Lord Gorvyrm – “Master of the Blood Worms”; these are rotted dead infested with blood drinking worms; the “shock troops” of the host.

Minions of the Lich Lords

Who are their followers? After it was discovered that the Lich Lords now possessed the power of the proto-god Djerduth, and that his previous aspects had been twisted by them, many seeking power sought their gifts in exchange for operating among the living. Most think that their own actions will hardly tip a balance of power, but they are not a negligible number – together many can. Many also sought power thinking they would never have to repay them, for their reach is hardly that of other gods. But those discovered that undeath and reanimation were spreading like a disease, and that the Lich Lords could operate through any of them. Most seek prolonged life or undeath itself, though many seek blessings in order to accomplish their own personal gains. Favored followers are often given a Mistress of Death Idol.

Dunstrand Rising Living World

Set in Grand Duchy of Dunstrand in the Steel Realms of the [Fantasy] Steel Realms, as a Living World storyline.

Death of Zoras: CY 9168 > When Zoras The Despoiler died, half the ghouls soldiers of the Crystal Riders of Thedrosse were “loosed” from their bonds of The Cold Bargain. They killed many, but Theodrose himself and his riders tracked and killed every last one and their progeny with other orders of knights and the Chain Brothers of the north. Elsewhere, about 10% of the armies of the Lich Lords were lost when these fetters were cut.

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