Slaves to Darkness – Centaurion Marshal

Centaurions are terrifying opponents. These towering, heavily muscled quadrupeds have four upper limbs, each clutching a deadly gladiatorial weapon. Enemies not cleaved, spitted or otherwise shredded by these implements are trampled by the creature’s iron-hard hooves. It would be easy to dismiss the Centaurions as base beasts, and it is true that they are often encountered in fighting pits dedicated to the Ruinous Power. Yet Centaurions possess surprising cunning and subtlety. Moreover, they are beings with a purpose – to cast down Archaon and, in his place, raise up Be’lakor, the Dark Master. How Be’lakor came to command the Centaurions is unclear. Some say he forged some deal with their ancestors; others say that the first Daemon Prince had some direct hand in their creation. Either way, the Centaurions serve him with brutal loyalty. Each Marshal can each call upon cells of Be’lakor’s agents to do their bidding, and warriors who catch their attention in the fighting pit are targeted for initiation into the Legion of the First Prince. Many would-be initiates are swayed by the Centaurions’ promises of power; those more truculent are violently compelled to stare into the eyes of an Icon of the Dark Master, hollowing them out and turning them into vessels of the daemon’s will for the Centaurions to direct.