If you’re looking to make some killer combos and fancy getting two explorers in one, pick these guys. Rogue Trader Murad, for instance, is a gunslinger with paired ‘negotiating’ pistols that unleash a deadly fusillade of shots with unerring accuracy. Releasing alongside Ascension is a tie-in Black Library novel of the same name by Darius Hinks, along with a paperback anthology of stories set inside the space station and audio drama Augur of Despair. Next, much needed reinforcements arrived to help deal with the hordes of Chaos Cultists who had infested the station, as well as a resurrected Mallex! Thus, exploring the fortress' interior requires martial prowess or at least a suitable martial entourage.

Stripped of his wealth and titles, he seeks to venture deeper than ever before into the Blackstone Fortress, where he discovers a threat more dangerous than any he has faced previously. With each quest they make into the Blackstone Fortress, the explorers can develop further, gaining new skills and upgrades by performing deeds or achieving their hidden agendas. Others maintain it is stone mined from within cosmic singularities, and that it originates from another dimension all together. Full rules for using the Traitor Commissar and Chaos Ogryn in games of Warhammer 40,000 are included in Blackstone Fortress: Traitor Command. If the Chronopox, which is being brewed in the Node of Endings, reaches stage 3, your “luckier” explorers are going to feel the blessings of Grandfather Nurgle.Unleash them, let them use their Ferocious Charge ability, and then just sit back, soaking up the pain of your enemies. THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG, THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES and the names of the characters, items, events and places therein are trademarks of The Saul Zaentz Company d/b/a Middle-earth Enterprises under license to New Line Productions, Inc. Cultist Firebrands are absolutely deadly at mid-range, and they also inflame the zeal of nearby Cultist hostiles. Seemingly formed of the same substance as the Blackstone Fortress, Spindle Drones serve as its white blood cells, swarming to attack any foreign intruder. This Dynasty once held an armory of “Spaceborne weaponry of incredible power” which could destroy stars.

Later, Harlequins of the Masque of the Shattered Mirage launched a surprise attack on this Blackstone Fortress, aided by a rogue faction of Craftworld Aeldari from Yme-Loc. The Blackstone Fortress is more than just a weapon, however, it is a cache of archeotech and artefacts from bygone ages.Many believe the Blackstone Fortress has traveled across space and time and collected these entities, deliberately steering them towards interlopers. The Dreaded Ambull is an expansion designed to plug into your existing Blackstone Fortress set, and the first of several new adventures you’ll be able to try. The Will of Eternity was the Blackstone Fortress deployed by Abaddon the Despoiler during the final phase of the 13th Black Crusade against the Fortress World of Cadia. Precipice is the final destination for explorers before they make their assault on the Blackstone Fortress itself, and is thus home to many merchants and information providers who make their living from aiding the scavengers. To capitalise on the Necrons' and their C'tan masters' vulnerability to Warp-based attacks during the War in Heaven, the fortresses were equipped with a Warp Cannon that could create a devastating rip in the fabric of realspace that would unleash an eruption of psychic energy from the Immaterium powerful enough to destroy entire star systems.