Commorragh, also known as the dark city is the capital of the dark eldar society. As they fight off the aliens, a secret about krom dragongazes new ally comes to light that might put the sons of fenris in even more danger. While seeking their missing chapter master, logan grimnar, in the far reaches of the eastern fringe, the space wolves are attacked by dark eldar raiders. An ambitious archon and a twisted haemonculus unite to challenge the citys rulers, and commoragh will burn in their wake. They were the pitiful castoffs and dregs of the dark city, after all. Path of the dark eldar book 2 as the eternal city of commorragh is cast into turmoil by a cataclysmic disturbance in the very fabric of its existence, a conspiracy long in the planning is enacted, and a rogue incubus may be the key to victory. As the streets are inundated with horrors from beyond the veil, supreme overlord asdrubael vect battles to keep his enemies in check and maintain his stranglehold over the riven city. Vect himself used to be a slave, led a rebellion that destroyed that system and replaced it with the meritocracyviamurder system of the cabals. Final novel in the dark eldar path trilogy the eternal city of commorragh is no. A cabal of rebellious archons, allied with other darker forces, seek to unseat the tyrant and rule the city in his stead. The dark city thrives under the oppressive rule of the noble houses that lurk at its heart, known to the other aeldari survivors of the fall as the dark ones, or drukhari. Publisher description for millennia, asdrubael vect has ruled the dark city of commorragh, crushing any who dare to cross him. Ever wanted to start your own criminal empire and grow it until you rule the dark city. Fiercely intelligent piratical raiders who feed upon anguish to stave off the slow death of their souls, the drukhari epitomise everything wanton and cruel about the ancient aeldari race from which they are descended.
However the supreme overlord of commorragh, asdrubael vect, captured a human starship and sent it crashing into shaadom through a webway portal. The datacards set includes all 41 stratagems for your army, including seven from the core rules. The eternal city of commorragh has been cast into turmoil by the dysjunction, a cataclysmic disturbance in the very fabric of its existence. Eddie mullers dark city is a righteous, ripsnorting riff on the ultimate cinematic genrefilm noir.
The second, path of the incubus, is about the chaos and chaos unleashed in commorragh by the events of the previous book and the efforts of multiple factions to survive and possibly end the damage. It might be surprising to hear today, but before the unforgettable battle which took place in the dark city, the term already existed, though it was rarely written in capital letters and spread to the galaxy at large it was applied indiscriminately to the scars and slavebrands the masters of the webway nexus carved. Nov 21, 2020 commorragh, a fortress city built in the webway by the dark eldar, is a sprawling metropolis of such immensity that it is capable of housing the entirety of the dark eldar civilization, including their stables of alien beasts, slaves, gladiatorial centers, armories, vehicle bays, and everything else necessary to sustain their culture. Commorragh is no mere metropolis, for it is to the greatest cities of realspace as. Its located deep within the labyrinth of the webway, the space between realspace and the warp. In the wake of a catastrophic dysjunction, supreme overlord asdrubael vect strives to reassert his authority over the anarchic dark city of commorragh. Commorragh is the main realm there really is no better word for it of the dark eldar. More of the dark city s subdimensions are plunged into the chasm, and armies of warriors and slaves with them, in an attempt to keep the chaos entities from reaching the heart of commorragh once more.
Commorragh is more like a vast, interlinked network of satellite webway realms and cities linked by innumerable portals and hidden interdimensional pathways. Path of the archon path of the dark eldar book 3 english edition. Vect claims to have witnessed the fall of the eldar personally. Second novel in the dark eldar path series the eternal city of commorragh has been cast into turmoil by the dysjunction, a cataclysmic disturbance in the very fabric of its existence. M32 a halfborn drukhari slave known only as vect vows that he shall rule the dark city, even if it takes an eternity to do so. Path of the dark eldar book 3 in the wake of a catastrophic dysjunction, supreme overlord asdrubael vect strives to reassert his authority over the anarchic dark city of commorragh. Hidden deep within the labyrinth of the webway, tunnels protected by ancient wards and seals that allow safe access through the chaos realm known as the warp. Now the supreme overlord, asdrubael vect, strives to reassert his authority over the anarchic city before hidden challengers can make their bid. Asdrubael vect is the leader of the kabal of the black heart, the most powerful dark eldar kabal in existence, thus he is therefore defacto ruler of the city of commorragh and the rest of the dark eldar race as a whole. The wretches were the natural property and prey of their betters in high commorragh. Commorragh satellite realms the dark city wiki fandom. Wh40k take a trip to the pleasant city of commorragh. Collectively, the warriors of commorragh know all the ways there are to kill the galaxys myriad creatures, and delight in perfecting as many as they can. Dont miss the opening act of war zone charadon either, as a chaos invasion threatens to engulf a critical sector in the next series of narrative supplements for the 41st millennium.
For their energy source, the dark eldar copied a technique of the old eldar empire. A giant rent into the warp located in the central under core of commorragh. As the streets are inundated with horrors from beyond the veil the supreme overlord, asdrubael vect, battles to keep his enemies in check and maintain his. Mar 25, 2021 we are pulling out the oldschool 1998 dark eldar from 3rd edition. Collectively, the warriors of commorragh know all the ways there are to kill the. Commorragh, the dark city, is the massive citystate within the eldar webway. Some swim closer to the light, drawn by the beacon that is the astronomican, while others stalk the void, predators in the dark. The only time they attracted attention was when the homunculi ran short on pirated flesh. That said, things were very much in flux back then. Commorragh, the dark city, is the massive city state within the eldar webway that is the primary home of the dark eldar, or drukhari, race. A kabal of rebellious archons, allied with other, darker, forces, seek to unseat the tyrant and rule the city in his stead. The third book, path of the archon, revolves around asdrubael vects efforts to bring the unrest in comorragh under control, his foes efforts to.
The set includes 20, which is enough to drown your opponents in volleys of splinter fire. The exodites exist mainly in warhammer 40,000 background material and never had any specific models or dedicated army books for use in the tabletop game, however the alaitoc craftworld eldar is closely. Path of the renegade is the first book in the warhammer40000 the path of the eldar trilogy focusing on the dark eldar written by andy chambers for millennia, asdrubael vect has ruled the dark city of commorragh, crushing any who dare to cross him. Thats from the product description, but im betting you already knew all that. Dec 10, 20 but the daemons keep coming, rising from the massive abscess created within commorragh. For millennia, asdrubael vect has ruled the dark city of commorragh, crushing. Read it because the many threads of this dark and twisted series come to a close as asdrubael vect mostly a shadow over the events of the previous novels steps in to restore order to his. Something i remember being mentioned in some of the dark eldar books is that apparently commorragh used to be aristocratic, with noble houses ruling over the rest. Drukhari 9th edition codex leak compilation the blood of. He has paid dearly for the haemonculus work, and his new form that of a winged scourge will take him soaring far above the petty squabbles of commorragh.
For millennia, asdrubael vect has ruled the dark city of commorragh. Inside the box, gangs of commorragh contains 6 dark eldar reavers and 10 dark eldar hellions, along with dice, a 24page rulebook, 2 quick reference cards, counters and 6 easy to assemble pieces of card scenery, representing the towering spires of this dark city. This book is high fantasy with some scifi elements mixed in what with the relics being advanced technological gadgets. Commorragh, the dark city, is the massive citystate within the. In this video i i talk about the history of commorragh, as well as present an acco.
The city is a machine fueled by the bodies of innocents doomed to endure the depravations of its citizens in their quest to cheat an ancient evil of their ancestors creation. Jan 31, 2012 the first book featuring the dark eldar from warhammer 40,000 in the hidden city of the dark eldar, a crisis is coming. The dice are a deep turquoise as dark as a drukharis soul with offwhite pips and the sigil of the kabal of the black heart in place of the 6. They are mainly pirates, though are sometimes used as mercenaries. Child of the dark city wecanhaveallthree warhammer 40. For a thousand years, chaplain tangata manu has searched for a relic lost under his watch an ancient thing, once charged into the keeping of the forgotten one himself. The dark eldar are unique amongst the races in the sense that they do not occupy many planets, but rather one dark city called commorragh. Become one of commorraghs greatest crime lords with the. His old life as a warrior of the kabals is over, and his new life is set to begin. It was vect who shaped commorragh from a sprawling corsair port and collection of autonomous subrealms into what it had become by the. Mar 29, 2021 the kabal of the black heart is the single largest and most powerful kabal in commorragh, and because of this, they are the dominant power in the city.
Only recently in 1998, did they create the dark eldar as a separate army, and there is little backstory on the eldarversus dark eldar rivalry. The first book featuring the dark eldar from warhammer 40,000 in the hidden city of the dark eldar, a crisis is coming. Now, thanks to the crusade rules in the drukhari codex, you can join them. A place of infinite possibility and irony, where suffering and agony are the daily fair of ageless creatures of unspeakable wickedness. Riches untold are hidden in it depths, and knowledge so ancient that you would risk your very life to attain it. Wolf lord krom dragongaze fights for his life in the arenas of commorragh, and makes an unlikely ally as he plans his escape. Reading length provides a calculation for the word count of this book, find out how long. Commorragh was built in the webway for a number of reasons.
Whoever said crime doesnt pay obviously never visited the dark city. It is an endless nest of architectural contradictions and spatial anomalies. These three words is the most terrible one can hear. For millennia, asdrubael vect has ruled the dark city of commorragh, crushing any who dare to cross him.
Commorragh is a portion of the labyrinthic and intricate dimension known as the webway entirely controlled by the dark eldar. Krom dragongaze is captured and taken to commorragh, where he is forced to fight in the slave pits for the amusement of the dark city s depraved i. The carcharodons have hunted for millennia, but now they are drawn into a new blackness the dark city of the drukhari itself. Warhammer 40,000 core book to represent your drukhari crusade. Read it because the many threads of this dark and twisted series come to a close as asdrubael vect mostly a shadow over the events of the previous novels. It is said to be impossible for outsiders to find, and anarchy and terrorism are a wellestablished way of life for its debased inhabitants. Can ulrik the slayer find and rescue his hotheaded battlebrother before krom is pitted against an opponent even he cannot defeat. The carcharodons have hunted for millennia, but now they are drawn into a new blackness. The city was devastated by the initial explosion, but the real damage.
In this video i i talk about the history of commorragh, as well. Final novel in the dark eldar path trilogy the eternal city of commorragh is no longer beset by the horrors of the dysjunction, but the scars of its passage remain. What can one say of commorragh, the dark city of the eldar. Pdf path of the archon download full ebooks for free.
The dark denizens of commorragh are raiding the webstore this week, with codex. Asdrubael vect is the supreme overlord of the dark city of commorragh and of the dark eldar as a whole. This book displays a salutary knowledge of the underpinnings of the genre. Dark eldar steal suns from the materium, bring them into their webway realm, and use their energies to supply the dark city. Commorragh may be reached by warpgates scattered across the galaxy. The dark eldar revel in piracy, enslavement and torture, and are sadistic in the extreme. The dark city also accepts other races into its fold. It is all over the galaxy in some fashion, which explains why there are webway gates to it. Aug 06, 1998 nov 27, 2017 christopher li rated it really liked it.
Escaping from the dark city of commorragh, the space wolves are pursued by xenos pirates intent on recapturing them. Edoardo albert talks silent hunters track of words. Commorragh, also known as the dark city is the capital of dark eldar society. The single largest and most powerful kabal in commorragh, and because of this, they are the dominant power in the city. Nothing like the iron discipline of khanryrs own shrine. An ambitious archon and a twisted haemonculus unite to challenge the city s rulers, and commoragh will burn in their wake. Drukhari contains a wealth of background and rules the definitive book for drukhari collectors. Commorragh is no mere metropolis, for it is to the greatest cities of realspace as a.
Now the supreme overlord, asdrubael vect, strives to reassert his authority over the anarchic city before hidden challengers can make their bid for power. The dark eldar also known as the drukhari or eladrith ynneas are the corrupted and twisted relatives to the eldar, an ancient and advanced race of elflike humanoids. This is the map i was talking about, check how many connections commorragh has. This book provides an army list and sections on background, hobby section and. At commorragh, it would be one factor among a litany of things to mourn for. Warp spiders then the avatar shining spears dark reapersstriking scorpionsswooping hawks farseerwarlocks rangersfire dragons but with each aspect warrior redo the phoenix lord for each i still would like a autarch with warp pack but redo the one on the jetbike as i am building a custom one i just lack the skyrunner bike for them. The seat of power of eluriaq, shaadom and its overlord planned to one day dominate the dark city. Galen harn, a keeper for the order, and raffi, galens apprentice and hiding from the watch in the woods, surviving only from a bag of food and some special relics. The eternal city of commorragh is no longer beset by the horrors of the dysjunction, but the scars of its passage remain. Splendid shipyards crashing down in flames, resurrection labs utterly annihilated, armies and fleets exploding with every heartbeat, and the stability of the dark city being compromised created an ocean of bad news prompts to paralyze any strategist.
Their boundless potential is put to every terrible purpose they. Invading commorragh consequences if the city of the dark. Usually as slaves but for the lucky few they can grow to becoming strong members of meny kabals of commorragh. Tyranid infested planet that orbits the dark city and the focus of the vorgani drukhari elite that have genestealer genes in them. Dark city is a celebration, in words and pictures, of the dark, brooding, stylish, fatalistic crime dramas, mainly from the 1940s, that critics today justly regard as some of the finest films the american movie industry has ever produced. With wolf lord krom dragongaze and many of hs kin fighting for their lives in the dark city of commorragh, things look bleak for the space wolves and their mission to find logan grimnar. I have been craving some fantasy lately and i got just that with the dark city.
Jan 30, 2015 for millennia, asdrubael vect has ruled the dark city of commorragh, crushing any who dare to cross him. The spires of commorragh, echoing with the cries of pain and agony of the drukharis slaves. The kabals supreme lord is asdrubael vect, the oldest known dark eldar, and the supposed founder of the dark city itself. Read all about how the new drukhari crusade rules will help make your felonious dreams come true. Considered the most devious of a race legendary for deviousness, vect is possibly older than the fall of the eldar. In the darkness beyond the galaxy, there are monsters. Their armies usually have the advantages of speed and technology, though they are often lacking in resilience and numbers. No one truly escapes the dark city or these hairdos. I would say currently the dark city is like a few imperial sectors loosely chained together, like floating oil stains over water. Become one of commorraghs greatest crime lords with the new. Warhammer 40k lore the dark city of commorragh, dark eldar. There were undoubtedly some random very early eldar models from rogue trader that could be considered corsairs or eldar pirates. In the dark city of commorragh, the drukhari skanis stands poised on a precipice.
Krom dragongaze is captured and taken to commorragh, where he is forced to fight in the slave pits for the amusement of the dark citys depraved inhabitants. Its located within its own pocket of reality, cut off from the rest of the galaxy. Would you ever write a novel about eldar dark eldar and if so, what facets of their lore would mainly appeal to you. The book the dark city, written by catherine fisher, is packed with suspense and thrills. Kabal of the black heart warhammer 40k wiki fandom. Commorragh the city of the eternal darkness never to be dissipated by the light of thousand stolen suns.
May, 2016 in the city of commorragh its majority is made of the shender race. How big is commorragh and how big the dark eldar population. Mar 25, 2014 the first story thread follows the dark eldar archon yllithian as he attempts to retain power and ultimately rise up in rebellion against asdrubael vect, the overlord of the city. The largest city to ever exist in the galaxy, so large that an entire planet could not wholly contain it. Its dead heart not capable of mercy and pity to unblessed one, occasionally survived till auction.
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