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🕯️💍 Night of the Cursed Vows: The Vampire Groom and the Ghostly Bride - October 2024 Release Video 🌕
🕑 Added 2024-09-29 14:26:25 +0000 UTCHello everyone!
Well, here we are again in the Halloween season.
And it’s almost become a tradition now with Heroes Infinite.
After our Halloween's Carnevil Circus, our Halloween's Dark FairyTales, the Undeads and Heroes of the Haunted City, the creatures of darkness are returning in droves.
This year, we’ve decided to take you once again into a particularly eventful Halloween night.
For something very dark is brewing in the Realm of the Damned.
The release we’re presenting today showcases the cursed wedding of a vampire and his ghostly victim, long dead but doomed every year to relive a terrible wedding that literally broke her heart in two.
Overall, this release features Vampires and Ghosts who are both united and torn apart by this union.
Most of the Ghosts in this series are, in fact, victims of a devastating love that has made it impossible for them to ever find peace in the world of the dead. As a result, these ghosts wander in the hope of avenging those who broke their love or in the futile search for a love they will never find.
On the other side, the Vampires, ever so deceitful, take advantage of the situation and eternally torment these broken hearts.
For both role-players and wargamers
The idea behind this release is to allow you to create a totally unique adventure or army for this Halloween season.
If you’re a Roleplayer, you have everything you need to immerse your adventurers in a unique and absolutely wild atmosphere of a cursed, forced marriage between the powers of darkness, with a host of colourful characters, each more vibrant than the last, that will let you provide your adventurers with an unforgettable experience.
And if you’re a Wargamer, it’s an opportunity to give your army a unique flair, because nothing is more captivating than an army with a strong theme and a unique personality. There’s so much you can do here. This is definitely an opportunity not to be missed.
Main Characters
As the star of the show, we have the beautiful long dead and cursed bride Valeria. Long ago, she married a handsome and charismatic man named Salazar. But on their wedding night, Salazar, whose goal was to gain eternal life, sacrificed his young bride. Today, the ghost of the young woman roams, condemned each year on the same date – Halloween night – to relive this terrible wedding. All that remains of her is her decapitated head, placed in a reliquary, as well as her heart, literally broken in two by her husband's betrayal. He has since become a very powerful vampire.
But Valeria is not the only victim of a tragic and cursed love. All the characters attending this fateful wedding have secrets to hide, be they the tormentors or their victims.
Such as Elogar, the musician, doomed to eternally accompany, with his heart-wrenching melodies, the sorrows of those wounded by impossible love.
Or Lady Elaria, the cursed maid of honour, who, in her tragic love story, harbours terrible secrets, just like the couple of pierced heart black swans that accompany her.
Lady Thornbite is actually halfway between victim and tormentor. Once condemned to a horrible death by a jealous lover within the grasp of the iron maiden, a monstrous instrument of torture, she returned to life as a vampire, thirsting for vengeance. Now, armed with an unyielding determination, she wears the very machine that destroyed her as armour, and she delights in the terror caused by the sight of her eternal torment. Ouch!
Guests, Sets and Centrepiece
As with all weddings, there are all sorts of guests orbiting around the ceremony.
Arachne, the Seamstress, is a vampire with a peculiar power. She has learned to extract the soul of her victims to spin it into a unique silk thread, which she uses to craft the most incredible ceremonial garments, like Valeria's wedding dress. She is surrounded by a swarm of Banshees armed with long sewing scissors, who serve as her assistants.
There is also a choir of women, all cursed in life and thirsting for revenge in death, summoned by Lady Elara. These are the Whisperblades.
And of course, for such a ceremony, an exceptional throne and a place worthy of hosting the unholy wedding were needed. The scenery pieces available with this release are simply astounding, inspired by the most beautiful buildings of Venice. These pieces can be used to create a decaying cityscape, a grand ruined cathedral, or even the balconies of a sprawling open-air theatre.
They will provide the perfect backdrop to host the Spectral Altar, an incredible centrepiece that ushers brides toward their cursed union…
I have to say, I am completely thrilled with what the team has accomplished for this release!
The characters embody all the classics of vampire and ghost mythology, while at the same time, each of them has an incredible personality that makes them utterly unique.
Storytelling and Wargaming Starting Points
There are so many stories and adventures to be created with these characters that you have everything you need for an extraordinary Halloween game session.
Imagine your adventurers caught in the middle of this infernal night, trying to break the curse that imprisons Valeria; or, perhaps, discovering who the cruel lover of Lady Thornbite was; or why Elogar, the musician, is unable to find peace today…
And of course, what lies behind the curse of LadyElaria and her two black swans?
Who is really pulling the strings?
Is the Vampire Patriarch behind all of this?
Or are the Ghosts themselves manipulating the Vampires?
And why not weave part of this story into your Wargames, creating special mission objectives?
For example, what would happen if the two pieces of Valeria's heart were reunited?
This release is bursting with options to tell stories filled with darkness, tragic love, and the supernatural. I hope you’ll enjoy printing, painting, and playing with these miniatures as much as we enjoyed creating them.
So, as always, I’m going to ask you: which of these miniatures are your favourites? Which ones are you excited to print first?
And what do you think of these characters' backstories? What really happened to them? What are their secrets? Now’s the time to share your theories and inspire others with your own ideas!
And meanwhile, we wish you a fantastic Halloween season filled with pumpkins, miniatures, and epic games. See you soon!
Who’s Who in the Release
→ HEROES
Salazar, The Nocturnal Warden
Lady Elaria, The Screaming Bridesmaid
Valeria Kavanis, The Ethereal Bride
Lady Thornbite, The Iron Maiden
Thalindor Spectros, The Eerie Celebrant
Elogar, The Haunting Harmonist
Arachne Nightripper, The Black Widow Seamstress
Lord Kaladorin, The Eternal Patriarch
Salina Serpenthorn, Guardian of Agony
→ TROOPS
Grimvault Crosshades - Ghost crossbowmen
Scissorclaw Banshees - Ghostly Banshees armed with long claws made of scissor blades
Wraith Harvesters - Ghostly Elite troops wielding large scythes
Bloodwing Hunters - Giant vampiresque humanoid bats
Whisperblade Haunts - Choir of cursed female ghosts armed with long stabbing daggers
→ MONSTERS / VEHICLE
Lady Elaria on Death Pegasus
Spectral Coach - a ghostly carriage pulled by four ghostly horse and lead by swirling ghost characters, transporting the coffin of a deceased female
Karazor the Exalted - a powerful vampire lord in a centaur-like beastly form with the lower body and wings of a dragon
→ CENTREPIECE
The Spectral Wedding Altar
→ SCENERY
A stunning set featuring the ruins of structures inspired by the most exquisite Venetian architecture. These pieces can be used to create a decaying cityscape, a grand ruined cathedral, or even the balconies of a sprawling open-air theatre.
