Slaves to Darkness – Scourge of Ghyran Abraxia, Spear of the Everchosen
10" 14 3+ 5 5+ Few of the Dark Gods’ champions have wrought more horror upon the Everspring Swathe than Abraxia, the Spear of the Everchosen. She has sworn to drown the jungles in the blood of her foes and charges into battle at the head of a vast Chaos horde. Her warriors dread her anger and will obey whatever order she gives, no matter how likely it is to result in their gruesome deaths. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Gorbolga the Accurs’d [Anti-HERO (+1 Rend), Charge (+1 Damage)] | |||||||
| Gorbolga the Accurs’d Anti-HERO (+1 Rend), Charge (+1 Damage) | 5 | 3+ | 3+ | 2 | 3 | ||
 The Thanatorg’s Claws and Fangs [Companion] | |||||||
| The Thanatorg’s Claws and Fangs Companion | 6 | 4+ | 2+ | 2 | 2 | ||
BATTLE PROFILE
Unit Size: 1 Points: 300
Base size: 100mm
Can be reinforced: No
Regiment Options: 0-1 Ruinous Champion, Any SLAVES TO DARKNESS
Notes: This unit is legal for Matched Play for battles fought using the General’s Handbook 2025-26 battlepack.
 Passive |
BATTLE DAMAGEDEffect: While this unit has 10 or more damage points, the Attacks characteristic of The Thanatorg’s Claws and Fangs is 4.
 Once Per Turn (Army), Any Charge Phase |
UNSTOPPABLE INVASION: Demonstrating its legendary ferocity, the Thanatorg smashes through the ranks of the foe.
Declare: If this unit charged this phase, pick an enemy unit within 1" of it to be the target.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on the target. Then, roll 2D6. This unit can move a distance up to the value of the roll. It can pass through models in the target unit but must end that move in combat.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on the target. Then, roll 2D6. This unit can move a distance up to the value of the roll. It can pass through models in the target unit but must end that move in combat.
| KEYWORDS | RAMPAGE |
 Your Combat Phase |
CHAMPION OF THE UNDIVIDED: Abraxia’s fell reputation inspires her followers to embark on murderous rampages to gain her attention – perhaps even her approval. Such success is rare, but the resulting carnage is unquestionable.
Declare: Pick a friendly non-UNIQUE SLAVES TO DARKNESS unit wholly within 12" of this unit and that does not have a Pledge to Chaos keyword to be the target.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, add 1 to the Rend characteristic of melee weapons used by the target while they are contesting an objective you do not control.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, add 1 to the Rend characteristic of melee weapons used by the target while they are contesting an objective you do not control.
 End of Any Turn |
UNENDING WILL TO CONQUER: Abraxia once consumed the flesh of the High Anointed of the Temple of the Ur-Phoenix, an act swiftly followed by her desecration of the sacred flame at the shrine’s heart. Now, when the thrill of battle ignites within her, the power of rebirth sees her wounds rapidly heal over as if they had never occurred.
Effect: If this unit is contesting an objective you do not control. Heal (D6) this unit.
 End of Any Turn |
MUTATIVE SPEAR: Gorbolga the Accurs’d causes rampant mutation in its victims, their twisted, mewling remains a source of absolute horror to their surviving allies.
Declare: Pick an enemy unit that had any damage points allocated to it this turn by this unit’s combat attacks to be the target.
Effect: The target has a maximum control score of 1 for the rest of the turn.
Effect: The target has a maximum control score of 1 for the rest of the turn.
KEYWORDS | UNIQUE, HERO, MONSTER, WARD (5+) |
| CHAOS, SLAVES TO DARKNESS, WARRIORS OF CHAOS |
32.1 Contesting Objectives
Unless otherwise specified, if an objective is within a model’s combat range, that model is contesting that objective. If any models in a unit are contesting an objective, that unit is contesting that objective.Each unit can only count as contesting a single objective for the purposes of determining objective control (see 32.2). Before determining objective control, for each of their units contesting two or more objectives, the active player must pick one of those objectives for it to contest. Then, their opponent does the same.
Designer’s Note: For purposes other than determining objective control, a unit can contest more than one objective.
Errata
32.1 Contesting Objectives
Change the second paragraph to:
‘Each unit can only count as contesting a single objective for the purposes of determining objective control (see 32.2). Before determining objective control, for each of their units contesting two or more objectives, the active player must pick one of those objectives for it to contest. Then, their opponent does the same.
Designer’s Note: For purposes other than determining objective control, a unit can contest more than one objective.’
‘Each unit can only count as contesting a single objective for the purposes of determining objective control (see 32.2). Before determining objective control, for each of their units contesting two or more objectives, the active player must pick one of those objectives for it to contest. Then, their opponent does the same.
Designer’s Note: For purposes other than determining objective control, a unit can contest more than one objective.’
Contesting
Change the definition of contesting to:
‘contesting: Models contest objectives within their combat range (3"). When determining objective control, the same unit cannot contest more than 1 objective at the same time; the player must pick 1 if more than 1 is within range. (Core Rules, 32.1)’
‘contesting: Models contest objectives within their combat range (3"). When determining objective control, the same unit cannot contest more than 1 objective at the same time; the player must pick 1 if more than 1 is within range. (Core Rules, 32.1)’
Companion
Unless otherwise specified, attacks made by this weapon are not affected by friendly abilities that modify hit rolls, wound rolls or weapon characteristics, except for those that apply negative modifiers (e.g. ‘Covering Fire’).| Passive |
SEED OF REBIRTH: Should the bearer of this seed ever fall, its rejuvenating energies will grant them new life.
Effect: The first time this unit would be destroyed, before removing it from play, roll a dice. On a 3+, this unit is not destroyed and any remaining damage points inflicted on it have no effect. Then, Heal (D3) this unit.
21.0 Healing
Some abilities allow you to heal a unit. To heal a unit, remove a number of damage points from the unit equal to the number in brackets after ‘Heal’, e.g. Heal (2).FAQ
| Q: | If an ability (e.g. ‘Seed of Rebirth’) would allow a unit that would be destroyed to negate all remaining damage points then heal to prevent that unit from being destroyed, and another ability (e.g. ‘Quenching the Flames’) prevents that unit from healing, would that unit still be destroyed? |
| A: | Yes. |
32.2 Objective Control
In the deployment phase after all Deployment Phase abilities have been used and at the end of each turn, follow this sequence for each objective in an order chosen by the active player:- Starting with the active player, each player determines the control score of each of their units that is contesting that objective. A unit’s control score is the combined Control characteristics of all the models in that unit that are contesting the objective. Some abilities modify a unit’s control score, but it cannot be reduced to less than 1.
- Each player adds up the control scores of all of their units contesting that objective. This is their army control score for that objective.
- The players compare their army control scores for that objective. If one player’s score is higher, that player gains control of that objective. Once a player gains control of an objective, it remains under their control until their opponent gains control of it.
| Sometimes objective markers get accidentally nudged while you are moving models around. This is perfectly fine - just remember to put them back in their proper positions when determining objective control. | ||
Errata
32.2 Objective Control
Change the first sentence to:
‘In the deployment phase after all Deployment Phase abilities have been used and at the end of each turn, follow this sequence for each objective in an order chosen by the active player:’
‘In the deployment phase after all Deployment Phase abilities have been used and at the end of each turn, follow this sequence for each objective in an order chosen by the active player:’
The CHAOS keyword is used in the following Slaves to Darkness warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
War Machine Hero
Infantry
The SLAVES TO DARKNESS keyword is used in the following Slaves to Darkness warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
War Machine Hero
Infantry
The WARRIORS OF CHAOS keyword is used in the following Slaves to Darkness warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
Monster Hero
War Machine Hero
Those HEROES can join an eligible regiment as a Ruinous Champion.
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.
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.
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.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, 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 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’
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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.’
‘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 - 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.
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.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, MOVE, CHARGE |
The HERO keyword is used in the following Slaves to Darkness warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
War Machine Hero
The MONSTER keyword is used in the following Slaves to Darkness warscrolls:
Monster Hero
The PLEDGED TO TZEENTCH keyword is used in the following Slaves to Darkness warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
Monster
Anti-X (+1 Rend)
Add 1 to this weapon’s Rend characteristic if the target has the keyword after ‘Anti-’ or fulfils the condition after ‘Anti-’. Multiples of this ability are cumulative. For example, if a weapon has both Anti-charge (+1 Rend) and Anti-HERO (+1 Rend), then add 2 to the Rend characteristic of the weapon for attacks that target a HERO that charged in the same turn.The PLEDGED TO KHORNE keyword is used in the following Slaves to Darkness warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
Monster
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.The UNIQUE keyword is used in the following Slaves to Darkness warscrolls:
Monster Hero
The WARD keyword is used in the following Slaves to Darkness warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
Monster Hero
Cavalry
Monster
War Machine
Charge (+1 Damage)
Add 1 to this weapon’s Damage characteristic if the attacking unit charged this turn.The non-UNIQUE SLAVES TO DARKNESS keyword is used in the following Slaves to Darkness warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
War Machine Hero
Infantry
Monster
Faction Terrain
| Once Per Turn (Army), Your Hero Phase |
PLEDGE TO CHAOS: The Slaves to Darkness forsake their souls by pledging to the Dark Gods.
Declare: Pick a friendly non-UNIQUE SLAVES TO DARKNESS unit that does not already have one of the keywords below to be the target.
Effect: Pick 1 of the following Pledge to Chaos keywords:
Effect: Pick 1 of the following Pledge to Chaos keywords:
- PLEDGED TO KHORNE
- PLEDGED TO TZEENTCH
- PLEDGED TO NURGLE
- PLEDGED TO SLAANESH