The Green Knight

The Green Knight is a supernatural being of great power. Should he be vanquished by a foe, he disappears into thin air, only to reappear once more and return to the fray. When the Green Knight loses his last Wound, he is removed from play as usual, but is not slain. His controlling player may attempt to awaken him again during any of their Start of Turn sub-phases in which he is not on the battlefield, using the Guardian of the Sacred Sites special rule (as described opposite). However, each time the Green Knight is slain, he is weakened, and suffers a -1 modifier to the dice roll when attempting to awaken him, and a -1 modifier to his Wounds characteristic (to a minimum of 1). Note that the enemy player can only win Victory Points for the Green Knight if he is not on the battlefield at the end of the game.

The Green Knight has a 5+ Ward save against any wounds suffered.

Ethereal creatures treat all terrain as open ground for the purposes of movement. They cannot end their movement inside impassable terrain, though they can pass through it. In addition, Ethereal creatures can only be wounded by Magical attacks. Characters that are not Ethereal cannot join units that are, and vice versa.

The Green Knight is not placed on the battlefield during deployment – he slumbers until he is awakened during the game. During any of your Start of Turn sub-phases in which the Green Knight is not on the battlefield (even if he was removed from play as a casualty during a previous turn), you may attempt to awaken him by rolling a D6. On a roll of 1-2, he continues to slumber until your next turn at least. On a roll of 3+, the Green Knight awakens. If the Green Knight has not yet been awakened by the start of round five, he awakens automatically.

When the Green Knight awakens, he may be placed completely within any ‘natural’ terrain feature anywhere on the battlefield. For the purposes of this rule, a ‘natural’ terrain feature includes any woods, or any difficult or dangerous terrain. ‘It does not include magical vortexes, open ground or hills, or any constructions, such as walls or buildings. Before the game starts, the players should agree upon which terrain features are natural and which are not.

In addition, rather than moving normally during the Remaining Moves sub-phase, if the Green Knight is completely within a natural terrain feature and is not engaged in combat, you may remove him from the battlefield and replace him so that he is completely within a different natural terrain feature anywhere on the battlefield. The Green Knight cannot move again during this Movement phase.

Note that when the Green Knight appears within a natural terrain feature, he must abide by the 1" rule. In other words, the Green Knight cannot be placed within 1" of an enemy unit.

If the majority of the models in a unit are Immune to Psychology, the unit automatically passes any Fear, Panic or Terror tests it is required to make. However, if the majority of the models in a unit have this special rule, the unit cannot choose to Flee as a charge reaction.

Note that this special rule does not make a unit immune to any test made against Leadership not stated here.

A character with this special rule cannot be your General and cannot join a unit without this special rule. A unit with this special rule cannot be joined by a character without this special rule.

Models with this special rule do not suffer any modifiers to their Movement characteristic for moving through difficult or dangerous terrain. In addition, a model with this special rule may re-roll any rolls of 1 when making Dangerous Terrain tests.

During the Command sub-phase of their turn, if they are not engaged in combat, this character may nominate a single fleeing friendly unit that is within their Command range. The nominated unit immediately makes a Rally test. If this test is failed, the unit may attempt to rally again as normal during the Rally sub-phase.

Models with this special rule cause Terror. Models that cause Terror also cause Fear:

• When a unit that causes Terror declares a charge, the charge target must immediately make a Leadership test. If this test is failed, it must Flee. If this test is passed, it can declare its charge reaction normally.

• If the winning side of a combat includes one or more units that cause Terror, each unit that belongs to the losing side must apply a -1 modifier to its Leadership characteristic when making its Break test.

Note that if a charged unit cannot choose to Flee, it does not make this Leadership test.

Models with the Fear special rule Fear models that cause Terror. Models that cause Terror are immune to Terror. A unit that does not cause Terror does not become immune to Terror when joined by a character that does.

If a unit with this special rule loses a round of combat, it is not required to make a Break test. Instead, it will automatically Give Ground as it is pushed back by the enemy. Characters that are not Unbreakable cannot join units that are, and vice versa.

If a unit with this special rule loses a round of combat, it loses one additional Wound for every combat result point by which it lost. These Wounds are lost after combat results have been calculated but before Break tests are made.

If an Unstable unit contains any Unstable characters, allocate wounds to the unit until each model has been allocated one wound. Any remaining wounds are divided as equally as possible between the character(s) and the unit.