Cities of Sigmar – Scourge of Ghyran Pontifex Zenestra

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•CITIES OF SIGMAR WARSCROLL•
Scourge of Ghyran Pontifex Zenestra
Matriarch of the Great Wheel
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In Ghyran, Pontifex Zenestra is revered as an icon of stubbornness and faith, a living embodiment of the Life Realm’s ever-churning cycles. Several times she has appeared in lands corrupted by Chaos or wild magic, burning away the corruption with divine conjurations and cleansing it with the spilled blood of her faithful acolytes.
•CITIES OF SIGMAR WARSCROLL•
Scourge of Ghyran Pontifex Zenestra
Matriarch of the Great Wheel
Damage calculator
MELEE WEAPONS		AtkHitWndRndDmg
Sceptre of the Wheel and Acolytes’ Weapons
Sceptre of the Wheel and Acolytes’ Weapons54+4+-D3
BATTLE PROFILE

Unit Size: 1      Points: 260
Base size: 90 × 52mm
Can be reinforced: No
Regiment Options: 0-1 Freeguild Veteran, Any SIGMARITE
Notes: This unit is legal for Matched Play for battles fought using the General’s Handbook 2025-26 battlepack.

Once Per Turn (Army), Your Hero Phase
WORD OF THE GOD-KING: Zenestra can channel the divine will of Sigmar with but a single utterance, smiting heretical priests and practitioners of proscribed magic, as well as their conjurations.

Declare: Pick a visible enemy WIZARD, PRIEST or MANIFESTATION within 18" of this unit to be the target.

Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+:
  • If the target is a MANIFESTATION, it is banished and removed from the battlefield.
  • If the target is a WIZARD or PRIEST, inflict an amount of mortal damage on it equal to the roll.

Your Hero Phase
4
SIGMAR’S WILL: As a vessel of the God-King’s celestial power, Pontifex Zenestra can scour the taint of corrupting magic from the earth around her.

Declare: Make a chanting roll of D6. If the roll is an unmodified 1, you can re-roll the dice.

Effect: Pick 1 of the following effects. Pick up to 2 different effects instead if the chanting roll was 10+.

Hallowed Ground: Until the start of your next turn, enemy units using the ‘Normal Move’ ability cannot end that move within 5" of a friendly CITIES OF SIGMAR HUMAN unit while it is wholly within 12" of this unit.

Fervent Prayers: Until the start of your next turn, each time a friendly CITIES OF SIGMAR HUMAN model is slain by a combat attack while it is wholly within 12" of this unit and that model was in combat with the attacking unit, roll a dice. On a 6, inict 1 mortal damage on the attacking unit aer the FIGHT ability has been resolved.

Salvation: Pick 1 friendly CITIES OF SIGMAR HUMAN unit that is more than 12" from this unit and not in combat to be the target. Remove the target from the battleeld and set it up again wholly within 12" of this unit and more than 9" from all enemy units. at unit cannot use CHARGE abilities for the rest of the turn.
KEYWORDSPRAYER

KEYWORDS
UNIQUE, HERO, PRIEST (2), INFANTRY, WARD (4+)
ORDER, CITIES OF SIGMAR, HUMAN
Errata
Pontifex Zenestra
Change the ‘Word of the God-King’ ability to:

Once Per Turn (Army), Your Hero Phase
WORD OF THE GOD-KING
Declare: Pick a visible enemy WIZARD, PRIEST or MANIFESTATION within 18" of this unit to be the target.

Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+:
•If the target is a MANIFESTATION, it is banished and removed from the battlefield.
•If the target is a WIZARD or PRIEST, inflict an amount of mortal damage on it equal to the roll.

Pontifex Zenestra
Change the ‘Sigmar’s Will’ ability to:

Your Hero Phase - Chanting Value 4
SIGMAR’S WILL
Declare: Make a chanting roll of D6. If the roll is an unmodified 1, you can re-roll the dice.

Effect: Pick 1 of the following effects. Pick up to 2 different effects instead if the chanting roll was 10+:

Hallowed Ground: Until the start of your next turn, enemy units using the ‘Normal Move’ ability cannot end that move within 5" of a friendly CITIES OF SIGMAR HUMAN unit while it is wholly within 12" of this unit.
Fervent Prayers: Until the start of your next turn, each time a friendly CITIES OF SIGMAR HUMAN model is slain by a combat attack while it is wholly within 12" of this unit and that model was in combat with the attacking unit, roll a dice. On a 6, inflict 1 mortal damage on the attacking unit after the Fight ability has been resolved.
Salvation: Pick 1 friendly CITIES OF SIGMAR HUMAN unit that is more than 12" from this unit and not in combat to be the target. Remove the target from the battlefield and set it up again wholly within 12" of this unit and more than 9" from all enemy units. That unit cannot use CHARGE abilities for the rest of the turn.
KEYWORDSPRAYER

The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Cities of Sigmar warscrolls:

Infantry Hero
• Grombrindal, The White Dwarf
• Scourge of Ghyran Pontifex Zenestra
Infantry
• Brethren of the Bolt
• Hexbane’s Hunters

The ORDER keyword is used in the following Cities of Sigmar warscrolls:

Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
• Grombrindal, The White Dwarf
• Scourge of Ghyran Pontifex Zenestra
Monster Hero
War Machine Hero
Cavalry
• Scourge of Ghyran Freeguild Cavaliers
Infantry
• Brethren of the Bolt
• Hexbane’s Hunters

and others...

The CITIES OF SIGMAR keyword is used in the following Cities of Sigmar warscrolls:

Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
• Scourge of Ghyran Pontifex Zenestra
Monster Hero
War Machine Hero
Cavalry
• Scourge of Ghyran Freeguild Cavaliers
Infantry
• Brethren of the Bolt
• Hexbane’s Hunters

and others...
Faction Rules
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• Heroic Traits
• Artefacts of Power
• Spell Lore
• Ironweld Innovations
• Prayer Lore
• The Iron March
• Allies of the Free Cities
• PATH TO GLORY
• SPEARHEAD
• The Duardin Ascendant
• Zenestra’s Zealots
• Sentinels of Embergard
• Fusil-Platoon
• Castelite Company
• Decorations for Valour
• PATH TO GLORY: COLLEGIATE ARCANE

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Universal Core Abilities - Charge Phase
Your Charge Phase
CHARGE: With a mighty battle cry, the warriors charge into combat with the enemy.

Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat and has not used a RUN or RETREAT ability this turn to use this ability. Then, make a charge roll of 2D6.

Effect: That unit can move a distance up to the value of the charge roll. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units and must end that move within 1/2" of a visible enemy unit. If it does so, the unit using this ability has charged.
KEYWORDSCORE, MOVE, CHARGE

Hit Roll
Roll a dice. If the roll equals or exceeds the attacking weapon’s Hit characteristic, the attack scores a successful hit: move on to the next step. If not, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends. Unmodified hit rolls of 1 always fail. If an unmodified hit roll for an attack made with a weapon is a 6, that attack is a critical hit.

Critical hits have no effect on their own but often trigger additional effects (see 20.0 Weapon Abilities).
Combat attacks
Combat attacks are made with melee weapons. The target unit(s) must be within the combat range of the attacking model and visible to it. The model must attack with all of the melee weapons it is armed with.
Cover
Subtract 1 from hit rolls for attacks that target a unit that is behind or wholly on this terrain feature, unless that unit charged this turn or has the FLY keyword.
17.2 Mortal Damage
Some abilities inflict mortal damage. If an ability inflicts mortal damage on a unit, add that number of damage points to the unit’s damage pool for that ability (see 18.2 Allocating Damage).
Your Movement Phase
RETREAT: The fighters disengage from combat, though at the cost of lowering their defences.

Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is in combat to use this ability.

Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on that unit. That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units but cannot end that move within an enemy unit’s combat range.
KEYWORDSCORE, MOVE, RETREAT
7.0 Combat Range
Each model has a combat range that extends 3" horizontally from its base and any distance vertically from that circle to form a cylinder. The combat range of a unit extends 3" horizontally and any distance vertically from every model in that unit. Units from opposing armies that are within each other’s combat range and that are visible to each other are in combat with each other. When a unit that is not in combat enters the combat range of a visible enemy unit, it moves into combat.
A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it’

  • A unit’s combat range extends 3" out from every model in that unit.
  • If any enemy models are within a unit’s combat range and visible to it, that unit is in combat.

FAQ / Errata

FAQ
Q:If a model in base-to-base contact with an enemy model retreats 3" directly away from the enemy model, is it still in combat with that enemy model?
A:
No.
Errata
Addenda: 7.0 Combat Range
Add the following:

‘A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it.’
Passive
FLY: Soaring above the battlefield, this unit can reach destinations that are inaccessible to other troops.

Effect: As this unit moves, it ignores other models, terrain features and the combat ranges of enemy units. It cannot end its move in combat unless specified in the ability that allowed it to move. Ignore any vertical distance moved for this unit.
Obscuring
While every model in a non-MONSTER non‐WAR MACHINE unit that does not have the FLY keyword is within 1" of this terrain feature, the following apply:
  • That unit is only visible to enemy units that are within its combat range.
  • The Range characteristic of that unit’s ranged weapons is halved (rounding down to the nearest inch).
Unstable
Models can move across but cannot be set up on or end any type of move on any part of this terrain feature that is more than 1" tall.
1.4.2 Obscuring Terrain
Examples: Wyldwood, fortress wall
Terrain Abilities: Cover, Obscuring, Unstable
6.0 Visibility
A target model is visible to another model (which we’ll call the ‘observing model’) if you can draw a straight line through the air (whether horizontal, diagonal or vertical) from any point on the observing model to any point on the target model that does not intersect any objects except for other models in the observing model’s unit. A target unit is visible to an observing unit if at least 1 model in the target unit is visible to at least 1 model in the observing unit. A model is always considered to be visible to itself.
If a rule or ability requires a target to be both within a given range of and visible to the unit using that ability, or to a model in that unit, both conditions must be met by the same model in the target. You could not, for instance, target a unit where one model is within range but not visible and another model is not in range but is visible.
  • If any part of another model can be seen by an observing model, both the target model and its unit are visible to that observing model.

In some cases, it might not be immediately clear whether a model is visible. If so, stoop down to get a look from behind the observing model. If any part of the other model is visible, even if it is just the tip of a spear, then that model is visible for rules purposes.

FAQ / Errata

FAQ
Q:If a non-FLY INFANTRY HERO (e.g. a Scinari Cathallar) is a Shrine Guardian of a Shrine Luminor, and that Shrine Guardian is within 1" of an obscuring terrain feature, is the Shrine Guardian visible to enemy abilities that target the Shrine Guardian?
A:
Yes.
Errata
6.0 Visibility
Add the following:

‘If a rule or ability requires a target to be both within a given range of and visible to the unit using that ability, or to a model in that unit, both conditions must be met by the same model in the target. You could not, for instance, target a unit where one model is within range but not visible and another model is not in range but is visible.’

The SIGMARITE keyword is used in the following Cities of Sigmar warscrolls:

Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
War Machine Hero
Cavalry
Infantry
• Brethren of the Bolt
• Hexbane’s Hunters
Monster
War Machine
18.1 Ward Saves
Units with the WARD keyword have the ‘Ward Save’ passive ability. The number after the WARD keyword indicates the ward value for the ward save. If a unit had WARD (5+), for example, its ward value would be 5. If a unit has more than one ward save, only the ward save with the lowest value applies to it; the other has no effect.

Passive
WARD SAVE: Whether through their uncanny reflexes, unnatural toughness or a source of mystical protection, these warriors can avoid otherwise lethal attacks.

Effect: In step 1 of the damage sequence (see 18.0), make a ward roll of D6 for each damage point in this unit’s damage pool. If the roll equals or exceeds this unit’s ward value, remove that damage point from the damage pool.

Shoot in Combat
This weapon can be used to make shooting attacks even if the attacking unit is in combat.
13.1 Fight Abilities
Abilities with the FIGHT keyword follow a different sequence to other abilities. When the players are using
Combat Phase
abilities as described in 13.0, they cannot use FIGHT abilities.

After the players have finished using
Combat Phase
abilities that are not FIGHT abilities, they must alternate picking 1 eligible unit to use a FIGHT ability, starting with the active player. Each unit in combat must use a FIGHT ability if it is able to.

Once a player has no more units that are eligible to use a FIGHT ability, the other player continues to pick units that are eligible to use a FIGHT ability, one after another, until there are no more units that are eligible to use a FIGHT ability.

  • The active player uses Combat Phase abilities that are not FIGHT abilities, then the opponent does the same.
  • Players alternate picking a unit to use a FIGHT ability, starting with the active player.
  • Each unit must use a FIGHT ability if it is able to.

Errata

Addenda: fought
Add the following definition:

‘fought: A unit has fought if it used any FIGHT abilities in the same turn.’

The HERO keyword is used in the following Cities of Sigmar warscrolls:

Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
• Grombrindal, The White Dwarf
• Scourge of Ghyran Pontifex Zenestra
Monster Hero
War Machine Hero
1.0 Wizards and Priests
WIZARDS are special units that can cast spells, and PRIESTS are special units that can chant prayers. Spells and prayers are powerful abilities that can have a dramatic impact on the battle.
3.0 Prayers
The declare step of each prayer will tell you to make a chanting roll of D6. On an unmodified chanting roll of 1, the prayer fails, its effect is not resolved and you must remove D3 ritual points from the PRIEST using the prayer.

Otherwise, pick one of the following:
  • Give a number of ritual points to the PRIEST equal to the chanting roll (ritual points can be accumulated over multiple turns).
  • You can add the PRIEST’s ritual points to the chanting roll. If the chanting roll equals or exceeds the prayer’s chanting value (at the top-right corner of the prayer), it is answered: resolve the effect of the prayer, then reset the PRIEST’s ritual points total to 0.

All PRIESTS know the following prayer:
Your Hero Phase
SACRED RITES: The priest focuses on safely setting their ritual into motion.

Declare: Pick a friendly PRIEST to use this ability, then make a chanting roll of D6. On an unmodified chanting roll of 1, remove 1 ritual point from that PRIEST instead of D3.

Effect: Give a number to ritual points to the PRIEST equal to the unmodified chanting roll and do not reset the PRIEST’s ritual points to 0.
KEYWORDSPRAYER, UNLIMITED



EXAMPLE PRAYER
Once Per Battle, Your Hero Phase
7
RESURRECTION: A fallen hero is brought back from death, their vitality fully restored.

Declare: Make a chanting roll of D6.

Effect: Pick a friendly INFANTRY HERO that has been slain and return them to the battlefield. Set up that HERO wholly within 3" of this PRIEST.
KEYWORDSPRAYER

The PRIEST keyword is used in the following Cities of Sigmar warscrolls:

Infantry Hero
• Scourge of Ghyran Pontifex Zenestra
Shooting attacks
Shooting attacks are made with ranged weapons. The target unit(s) must be within a distance equal to the Range characteristic of the weapon being used and visible to the attacking model. Models cannot make shooting attacks if their unit is in combat, unless otherwise specified (see 20.0 Weapon Abilities).
7.0 Combat Range
Each model has a combat range that extends 3" horizontally from its base and any distance vertically from that circle to form a cylinder. The combat range of a unit extends 3" horizontally and any distance vertically from every model in that unit. Units from opposing armies that are within each other’s combat range and that are visible to each other are in combat with each other. When a unit that is not in combat enters the combat range of a visible enemy unit, it moves into combat.
A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it’

  • A unit’s combat range extends 3" out from every model in that unit.
  • If any enemy models are within a unit’s combat range and visible to it, that unit is in combat.

FAQ / Errata

FAQ
Q:If a model in base-to-base contact with an enemy model retreats 3" directly away from the enemy model, is it still in combat with that enemy model?
A:
No.
Errata
Addenda: 7.0 Combat Range
Add the following:

‘A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it.’
Universal Core Abilities - Movement Phase
Your Movement Phase
NORMAL MOVE: The warriors advance across the battlefield.

Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat to use this ability.

Effect: That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. That unit cannot move into combat during any part of that move.
KEYWORDSCORE, MOVE

Your Movement Phase
RUN: The unit rushes into position.

Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat to use this ability.

Effect: Make a run roll of D6. That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic added to the run roll. That unit cannot move into combat during any part of that move.
KEYWORDSCORE, MOVE, RUN

Your Movement Phase
RETREAT: The fighters disengage from combat, though at the cost of lowering their defences.

Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is in combat to use this ability.

Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on that unit. That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units but cannot end that move within an enemy unit’s combat range.
KEYWORDSCORE, MOVE, RETREAT

The UNIQUE keyword is used in the following Cities of Sigmar warscrolls:

Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
• Grombrindal, The White Dwarf
• Scourge of Ghyran Pontifex Zenestra
Monster Hero
Infantry
• Brethren of the Bolt
• Hexbane’s Hunters

The WARD keyword is used in the following Cities of Sigmar warscrolls:

Infantry Hero
• Grombrindal, The White Dwarf
• Scourge of Ghyran Pontifex Zenestra
Monster Hero
Infantry
• Hexbane’s Hunters
Monster
Endless Spell
• Wisper
Faction Terrain
Those HEROES can join an eligible regiment as a Freeguild Veteran.

Infantry Hero
Cavalry Hero

The HUMAN keyword is used in the following Cities of Sigmar warscrolls:

Infantry Hero
• Scourge of Ghyran Pontifex Zenestra
Cavalry
• Scourge of Ghyran Freeguild Cavaliers
18.4 Destroyed Units
When the last model in a unit is slain, the unit is destroyed and all remaining damage points inflicted on that unit have no effect. Similarly, if something causes a unit to be destroyed, all models in the unit are slain and removed from play.
16.0 Picking Targets
When declaring an ATTACK ability for a unit, you must pick the target unit(s) for its attacks. The number of attacks each model can make is equal to the Attacks characteristic of the weapons it is using. In most cases, models attack with every weapon on their warscroll (melee weapons for combat attacks, ranged weapons for shooting attacks), though some warscrolls specify that certain models in the unit are armed with special weapons or that the unit must pick between multiple weapons when it attacks.

If the unit is in combat, it can only target units that are in combat with it. If a model has more than one attack, you can split the attacks between eligible targets as you wish.
  • Combat attacks are made with melee weapons. The target unit(s) must be within the combat range of the attacking model and visible to it. The model must attack with all of the melee weapons it is armed with.

  • Shooting attacks are made with ranged weapons. The target unit(s) must be within a distance equal to the Range characteristic of the weapon being used and visible to the attacking model. Models cannot make shooting attacks if their unit is in combat, unless otherwise specified (see 20.0 Weapon Abilities).

FAQ

Q:When making shooting attacks, can all models in the attacking unit shoot even if the target unit is not visible to some of those models?
A:
No, the only models in the attacking unit that can make shooting attacks are those that the target unit is visible to.
Q:When a unit uses a SHOOT ability, does it have to shoot with all of the ranged weapons that it is armed with?
A:
Yes.
Your Shooting Phase
SHOOT: The warriors take aim and unleash a deadly volley.

Declare: Pick a friendly unit that has not used a RUN or RETREAT ability this turn to use this ability. Then, pick one or more enemy units as the target(s) of that unit’s attacks (see 16.0).

Effect: Resolve shooting attacks against the target unit(s).
KEYWORDSCORE, ATTACK, SHOOT
Any Combat Phase
FIGHT: Locked in a deadly melee, the fighters strike out at their foes.

Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is in combat or that charged this turn to use this ability. That unit can make a pile-in move. Then, if that unit is in combat, you must pick one or more enemy units as the target(s) of that unit’s attacks.

Effect: Resolve combat attacks against the target unit(s).
KEYWORDSCORE, ATTACK, FIGHT
7.0 Manifestations
There are two types of manifestation: endless spells, which can be summoned by WIZARDS, and invocations, which can be summoned by PRIESTS. Each manifestation has its own warscroll, and the spell or prayer that allows that manifestation to be summoned will be found in the appropriate manifestation lore. No more than 1 friendly WIZARD or PRIEST can attempt to summon the same manifestation per turn, and a friendly WIZARD or PRIEST cannot attempt to summon a friendly manifestation that was removed from play in the same turn.

Manifestations are not units but can be interacted with in similar ways, as explained next:
ALL MANIFESTATIONS
Models can move through them but cannot end a move on them.
Units can finish a charge move within ½" of an enemy manifestation instead of within ½" of an enemy unit.
They can be damaged and destroyed as if they were units but do not count as destroyed units for the purposes of battle tactics and abilities.
They are affected by all enemy abilities as if they were units.
They can use CORE abilities as if they were units, and they can use abilities on their warscroll. Unless specified otherwise, they cannot use and are not affected by any other friendly abilities, and they do not count as units for the purposes of battle tactics or friendly abilities.
They can only use the ‘Shoot’ or ‘Fight’ abilities if they have weapons of the appropriate type.
MANIFESTATIONS WITH A MOVE CHARACTERISTIC OF ‘-’
They cannot move.
They only count as being in combat in the combat phase, and enemy units only count as being in combat with them in the combat phase.
They cannot make shooting attacks with ranged weapons that do not have Shoot in Combat while there is a visible enemy unit within 3" of them.
MANIFESTATIONS WITH A MOVE CHARACTERISTIC GREATER THAN ‘-’
They are treated as if they were units for the purposes of movement, combat range, being in combat and setting up terrain features, other manifestations and other units.

7.2 Banishing Manifestations
Instead of using a SPELL or PRAYER ability (including when using the ‘Magical Intervention’ ability), each WIZARD and PRIEST can use the ‘Banish Manifestation’ ability:

Your Hero Phase
BANISH MANIFESTATION: The wizard or priest disrupts the arcane forces sustaining a manifestation, wiping it from existence.

Declare: Pick a friendly WIZARD or PRIEST to use this ability, pick a MANIFESTATION within 30" of them that was not summoned this turn to be the target, then make a banishment roll of 2D6. Add 1 to the banishment roll for each additional enemy MANIFESTATION on the battlefield after the first. You cannot pick the same MANIFESTATION to be the target of this ability more than once per turn.

Effect: If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on the MANIFESTATION’s warscroll, it is banished and removed from play.
KEYWORDSBANISH

The CITIES OF SIGMAR and HUMAN keywords are used in the following Cities of Sigmar warscrolls:

Infantry Hero
• Scourge of Ghyran Pontifex Zenestra
Cavalry
• Scourge of Ghyran Freeguild Cavaliers
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