Finubar the Seafarer

Finubar the Seafarer is the current Phoenix King of the High Elves. He has ruled in Ulthuan since the time of the Emperor Magnus the Pious, and is largely responsible for increasing contact with the Empire and the other nations of mankind, understanding that the servants of Chaos and the Dark Elves can only be defeated if better relationships are developed between High Elves and the up and coming race of humans. In WAR it was Finubar that set up the Shining Guard.

Overview

Before his ascension to the throne, Finubar was the Prince of Eataine, the southern principality which holds the port of Lothern as its capitol. After Phoenix King Bel-Hathor banned humans from setting foot on Ulthuan, Finubar was sent to the Old World to see how the world had changed since the Asur had left for Ulthuan. Finubar traveled widely, making contact with the Bretonnians, the Astrai of Athel Loren, and the Empire. When Finubar returned, he argued strongly that contact with the young and growing human nations was vital for Ulthuan, that the declining High Elves needed the dynamism of the younger races. Bel-Hathor was convinced, and allowed humans free access to Lothern, which made the port city the richest in all of Ulthuan.

As Phoenix King, Finubar was responsible for making the initial alliance with the Empire during the Great War Against Chaos and for sending Teclis to establish the Colleges of Magic, and he has renewed this alliance during the so-called Age of Reckoning. While Ulthuan has propspered during his reign, it has not been an entirely peaceful one: Ulthuan has already been faced with one major invasion by Malekith that was turned back at the Battle of Finuval Plain thanks to the efforts of Tyrion and Teclis, as well as the Greenskin invasion of Grom the Paunch.

In the Age of Reckoning, Finubar has sailed east to the Empire in response to their request for aid, however this was all part of Malekith’s plan; in turn, the Witch King has launched his invasion of Ulthuan, starting at the Blighted Isle. As Finubar hears word of this, he rushes back to Ulthuan with the main High Elf army, hoping that the Shining Guard and garrisons can hold the front until he returns. It will take all his wisdom and strength to defend Ulthuan from it’s impending downfall.

Warlord Tchar’zanek

Warlord Tchar’zanek is a mighty Champion of Tzeentch, and leader of the Chaos warhost and the elite Raven Host, which is invading the Empire. His origins are shrouded in mystery.

Overview

As a Chosen Champion of Tzeentch, Tchar’zanek is a much more subtle warlord than many of the Chaos Champions who have come before him. Strategically, he relies upon psychological warfare and targeted attacks on civilian populations to demoralize the enemy, disrupt their supply chain, and disguise his true intent. To accomplish his goals in Ostland, the Raven God’s Champion will turn to the methods he knows best: corrupt the strong, destroy the weak, and sow the fields of battle with terror until no resistance remains. In the woods and dales of Ostland, the enemy infiltrates and raids, striking at random, sacking farms and villages without warning and leaving just enough alive to spread the panic they carry. In the cities and towns, Tzeentch’s subtle minions twist the minds of men, raising up cults and converting secret sympathizers to their unholy cause.

As part of his command strategy, Tchar’zanek has created an elite force within his army which acts independently of the main body of the army, bent on a secret mission of which the actual invasion is a mere cover or gambit for. In Ostland, this Raven Host is dispatched behind enemy lines, to find “four forgotten relics of power that holds the key to Tchar’zanek’s master plan.” In the Troll Country, the Raven Host are also called upon to block the investigations of the Order of the Griffon into the origins of the plague, and to seek out “an ancient artifact of great power that can be found there, in the possession of a particularly ill-tempered Chaos Troll. 

To what purpose Tchar’zanek seeks to put these artifacts to use, and what they might have to do with the mysterious Chaos Troll that saps the strength of the Empire, no mortal man knows. For Tchar’zanek is a Champion of Tzeentch, and the mind of the Changer of Ways sees all paths of the future.