Helman Ghorst
"What is death but an obstacle to be overcome? There is no true death beneath the eternal night."Helman Ghorst was once a man, yet that life was ripped from him by the uncaring vicissitudes of fate. The loss of his father and brothers to plague sent Ghorst into an obsessive madness; he began studying the black arts in the hope of returning his lost kith to life. Inevitably, he drew the attention of the Witch Hunter, von Kordon, and so abandoned Templehof and fled to Vargravia, taking the corpses of his brothers and father with him, determined to find a way to return them to life through Necromancy. It was here, forsaken in a corrupted land, that he attracted the attention of Mannfred von Carstein. Rather than killing Ghorst, the Count revealed further dark secrets to him, transforming Helman into something beyond the grief-maddened man from Templehof. Now, he is carried through the night on a bone-ridged cart, pulled not by horses, but by the brothers he so desperately wished to save – each a once-handsome farrier restored to a mockery of life, forced to stumble along at the head of their kin’s unloving host.
Unit Name Helman Ghorst |
Main Unit Key wh_dlc04_vmp_cha_helman_ghorst_0 |
Land Unit Key wh_dlc04_vmp_cha_helman_ghorst_0 |
Naval Unit Key wh_main_shp_transport |
Land Unit Group Wizard |
Naval Unit Group Wizard |
Soldiers 1 |
Caste Lord |
Category Melee Infantry |
Class Command |
Custom Battle Cost 550 |
Recruitment Cost 1200 |
Upkeep Cost 290 |
Melee Attack 30 |
320 |
├ Melee Weapon wh_main_vmp_staff_hero_kemmler |
├ Melee Damage Base 220 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 100 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs Cavalry 0 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 0 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 18 |
40 |
├ Base Defence 40 |
├ Shield none |
└ Shield Defence 0 |
15 |
├ Armour wh_main_cloth |
├ Armour Defence 15 |
└ Shield Armour 0 |
3348 |
├ Man Entity wh_main_infantry_standard_hero_blood |
├ Man Speed 35 |
├ Man Health 8 |
└ Bonus Hit Points 3340 |
Leadership (Base Morale) 70 |
Abilities
- Undeath Resurgent
Arise! Do not falter! Do not crumble! Back to life once more! - Master of the Dead
Necromancers can not only marshall the dead, but leech the power from any souls fleeing their mortal remains. - Regeneration
There are beings and creatures that can mend bone and knit flesh at an incredible rate. A mighty boon, but one stunted by fire. - Crumbling
The dead do not rest easily in the Old World. Those summoned by Vampires and Necromancers no longer have mortal concerns - they serve only their master's will. - Disintegrating
The Dark Magic binding has failed. Both flesh and necromantic energy slough off the subjects leaving naught but dust.
Attributes
- Causes Fear
This unit frightens all enemy units, reducing their leadership when nearby. It is also immune to fear. Fear penalties do not stack. - Encourage
This unit provides a Lord's aura and an encouraging unit will receive the larger of the two bonuses. - Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close. - Undead
The unit is Undead (does not rout, immune to terror, becomes unstable when attrition when moving through territory not owned by the Undead.
Strengths & Weaknesses
- Spellcaster
This unit can cast spells. - Regeneration
flaming attacks will cause more damage to units with Regeneration.