Morgath, Scourge of the Ashen March – The Eldritch Crusader

Morgath, Scourge of the Ashen March – The Eldritch Crusader

Male Humanoid (Paladin, Fighter)

Anchoring an iron-bound greatsword tip-first into an outcrop of crag and bone, Morgath stretches forth an open, gauntleted claw to channel forbidden vitality. Spiked plate armor encases his frame beneath skull-adorned breastplate trim and chainmail skirts, framing a ravaged, unhallowed countenance marked by sunken sockets and decayed flesh. Keepers staging desolate borderland sieges, unholy cathedral ruins, or vanguard breaches against fallen champions will find this Artifact establishes imposing presence and visceral dread across the grid.

Tabletop Lore

Bound by oaths that outlasted the breath in his lungs, the Eldritch Crusader marches at the vanguard of the Ironsworn Brotherhood. Where righteous orders place their faith in divine radiant dawn, Morgath turned to profane rites to sustain his crusading zeal, fusing iron plate directly over rotting flesh and charred sinew. Unmoved by mortal fear or pain, he leads attrition shock charges through scorched earth, planting his chain-bound greatsword into the loam to anchor defensive lines while absorbing incoming blows that would fell living knights.

Highlight

A menacing heavy-armor juggernaut sculpt featuring a chained two-handed executioner sword grounded into rock, skull-studded spiked plate armor, and an outstretched summoning gauntlet.

Encounter Insight

Deploy Morgath as an unyielding fallen champion, an oathbreaker lieutenant, or a frontline dread knight anchoring an elite vanguard. In tactical combat, Keepers can place him in narrow bottlenecks and bridge crossings where his wide, grounded stance locks down movement corridors, using his off-hand spellcasting reach to disrupt frontline defenders while punishing flanking units with heavy two-handed cleaves.

Features

• Chain-Bound Colossal Greatsword: Thrusts an oversized broadsword vertically into bedrock, modeled with wrapped iron chains binding the blade, spiked crossguards, and a ribbed two-handed grip.
• Spiked Iron Plate Harness: Outfitted in heavy plate armor featuring spiked shoulder pauldrons, articulated knee poleyns, vambrace blades, and hanging chainmail tassets.
• Macabre Heraldry: Adorned with twin sculpted human skulls clasped across the upper breastplate above a reinforced gorget and torn traveler mantle.
• Ravaged Crusader Visage: Modeled with an open, shouting maw, gaunt rotting facial textures, hollowed eye sockets, and a scarred scalp.
• Outstretched Invocator Claw: Left arm extended in an open-fingered gesture of dark casting or battlefield challenge.
• Ossuary Crag Plinth: Anchored to a multi-tiered rock base detailed with jagged shale ledges and partially buried human skulls.

Designed For

• Desecrated Battlefield & Ruin Encounters: Commands forgotten burial trenches, defiled cathedrals, blighted frontier watchposts, and volcanic passes.
• Fallen Champions & Boss Lieutenants: Operates naturally as an oathbreaker paladin, death knight, eldritch warrior, or corrupted crusader commander.
• Weathered Armor & Decay Painting: Offers defined edges for painting rusted iron, pitted dark steel, aged bone skull trophies, and rotting skin tones.

Size Category

Occupies a 1×1 square (25mm base, Medium Humanoid)