Earth Tribe Heroes Box
Sadly, there isn’t much written about these characters. So have shamelessly used the Warlord Games info instead.
Amongst the Celtic Earth Tribes are mighty warriors who inspire their tribes to glory against the Fomorians and the Drune Lords. Sláine’s former wife, Niamh, is an accomplished warrior and inventor. As Sláine’s foster father, Mongan Axehead takes the place of Sláine’s real father, the exiled Roth Bellyshaker.
Earth Tribe Heroes
The Tribe of Growling Shields is led by King Rudraige who has taken Sláine’s former wife, Niamh, as his queen. Rudraige wields one of the great treasures of the tribes – the Silver Sword of the Moon. Wielded by King Gann of Finias, the Flaming Spear of the Sun is a bloodthirsty treasure that returns, shrieking, to its owner after passing through its target.
The Earth Tribes heroes boxed set includes the following miniatures:
1x Queen Niamh
1x Mongan Axehead
1x King Rudraige with the Silver Sword of the Moon
1x King Gann with the Flaming Spear of the Sun
4x character cards
Queen Niamh
Chosen as a child to be the future wife of Sláine’s king, Grudnew, Niamh was held captive in a hut until she came of age. Sláine, however, took a shine to the would-be queen, and repeatedly stole into her hut to enjoy her company. He was, however, forced to flee the village when his relationship with Niamh was discovered by Grudnew. Returning only after the king had died, he discovered she had not only birthed his son, Kai, but also grown into an accomplished warrior queen.
A warrior almost on par with Sláine himself, Niamh is a match for most opponents. With a Shoot, Fight and Resist of 4, she is on par with some of the hardiest characters in the game. Her Move of 6 makes her, like Sláine and the other warriors of the Red Branch, one of the fastest on the table. A resilient fighter, her Hardy skill means that, although unable to perform any double actions other than Charge or Recover, she incurs no penalties to her stats when first issued with an Injury marker. Furthermore, Champion of the Goddess allows her to draw two Feat cards at the beginning of every game.
Feats Cards – allow characters to perform epic actions. Two Feat cards—or even three in the case of especially powerful characters—are drawn and assigned to each hero on the table at the beginning of the game. Once assigned to a character, a Feat card belongs to that character for the entire game and may be played once per turn.
Some characters are assigned specific Feats; Sláine’s Warp Out and Mongan Axehead’s Skull Cracker Feats are good examples of this. Unique Feats such as these are always assigned to specific characters and cannot be drawn from the common Feat deck.
Mongan Axehead
Sláine’s foster brother, Mongan Axehead is an exuberant warrior who has perfected the headbutt into an art form; this signature attack is further enhanced by Mongan’s penchant for wearing a spiked helmet!
Whilst not on par with Queen Niamh, Mongan is still an excellent warrior. His Skull Cracker skill allows him to draw the Skull Cracker Feat card at the beginning of each game.
Mongan draws one random Feat card at the beginning of every game courtesy of Champion of the Goddess. However, as Mongan is Sun Aligned, he must redraw any Feat cards until a Sun aligned card is drawn.
Sun Aligned – In a departure from previous 2000 AD-related games, Sláine introduces the concept of cosmic alignment.
The cosmology of Sláine’s world revolves around the sun and the moon and general Feat cards are described as being either Sun or Moon aligned. In most circumstances this Cosmic Alignment is determined randomly at the beginning of each game and each turn after the first. Players may also spend Blood points to alter the Cosmic Alignment to their liking.
King Rudraige with the Silver Sword of the Moon
This hardy fighter is the ruler of the city of Gorlias. As much a monarch as a warrior, he wields his kingship as well as he wields the Silver Sword of the Moon in his artificial hand.
Measure for measure, King Rudraige is the equal of Morgan Axehead and King Gann. He is also more than a match for most mortal warriors. He also draws the Silver Sword Feat card at the beginning of each game courtesy of his Silver Sword skill.
As with Mongan, King Rudraig’s Champion of the Goddess skill allows him to draw a further, random Feat card at the beginning of every game. Unlike Mongan, however, King Rudraig is Moon aligned and must redraw any Feat cards until a Moon aligned card is drawn.
King Gann with the Flaming Spear of the Sun
Courageous and storied warriors all, the people of the island city of Finias deserve only a courageous and leader. Such is King Gann, wielder of the Spear of the Flaming Sun.
King Gann has identical stats to both Morgan Axehead and King Rudraige; this makes him a very capable warrior. Furthermore, his Flaming Spear skill ensures he is always equipped with the Flaming Spear Feat card at the beginning of every game.
King Gann’s Champion of the Goddess skill allows him to draw one random Feat card at the beginning of every game. However, King Gann is Mongan is Sun aligned and must redraw any Feat cards until a Sun aligned card is drawn.
