Trench Crusade

Warbands

• Cavalcade of the Tenth Plague

  Trench Pilgrims

  Ritual slaughter and animal sacrifice; plague-blessed pilgrims waging holy terror in close combat.

• Defenders of the Iron Wall

  The Sultanate of the Iron Wall

  Siege specialists with forward sappers, grand cannon, and fortified Iron Wall doctrine.

• Dirge of the Great Hegemon

  The Cult of the Black Grail

  Plague knights mourning the Hegemon; executors lead corpse guards in a dirge of decay.

• Éire Rangers

  The Principality of New Antioch

  Irish skirmishers and Fianna; hit-and-run specialists with fear-causing instruments and berserkers.

• Expeditionary Forces of Abyssinia

  The Principality of New Antioch

  Abyssinian expeditionary warband bringing desert wind, jezzails, and Sultanate allies to the front.

• Fida'i of Alamut – The Cabal of Assassins

  The Sultanate of the Iron Wall

  Hashashin master assassins and temporal killers serving the Sultanate from Alamut.

• Heretic Legions

  Heretic Legions

  Default heretic roster: priests, troopers, choristers, and war wolves of the Infernal legions.

• Heretic Naval Raiders

  Heretic Legions

  Heretic marine raiders; fast light troops with infiltrating drowned choristers and blasphemous firepower.

  Introduced in Trench Crusade: Carcass Front

• Kingdom of Alba Assault Detachment

  The Principality of New Antioch

  Highland close-assault detachment favouring melee, rampant charges, and lightly armoured troops.

• Knights of Avarice

  Heretic Legions

  Mammon's greed cult; corrupt merchants, anointed elites, and loot-hungry heretic nobility.

• Papal States Intervention Force

  The Principality of New Antioch

  Swiss Guard and papal troops; trench clerics lead specialist forces with extra Glory.

• Procession of the Sacred Affliction

  Trench Pilgrims

  Leper-pilgrims and lazarist prophets; resilient zealots who shrug off wounds through sacred affliction.

  Introduced in Trench Crusade: Carcass Front

• Stoßtruppen of the Free State of Prussia

  The Principality of New Antioch

  Prussian shock troops with stormtrooper tactics and heavy support under New Antioch.

• The Court of the Seven-Headed Serpent

  The Court of the Seven-Headed Serpent

  Infernal Court warband: praetors, sorcerers, hell knights, and goetic powers of the seven sins.

• The Cult of the Black Grail

  The Cult of the Black Grail

  Default Black Grail roster: lords of tumours, plague knights, grail thralls, and fly heralds.

• The House of Wisdom

  The Sultanate of the Iron Wall

  Jabirean alchemists and homunculi; elemental obstacles and alchemical formulae on the battlefield.

• The Principality of New Antioch

  The Principality of New Antioch

  Default New Antioch roster: crusader soldiery, officers, and support weapons from the bulwark of the Faithful.

• The Sultanate of the Iron Wall

  The Sultanate of the Iron Wall

  Default Iron Sultanate roster: azebs, janissaries, sappers, and alchemists of the caliphate.

• Trench Ghosts

  Heretic Legions

  Undead shades of No Man's Land; ghost kings on tank palanquins hunting the living with envy.

• Trench Pilgrims

  Trench Pilgrims

  Default pilgrim roster: castigators, stigmatic nuns, anchorite shrines, and zealous faithful.

• War Pilgrimage of Saint Methodius

  Trench Pilgrims

  Anchorites and power-armoured pilgrims on a holy march through the trenches.