Age of Sigmar: Slaves To Darkness Gets A New Chaos Knight

Games Workshop has revealed a new Chaos Knight is on the way with a brand new set of riders to mount. The Heralds of Chaos ride again!

The Slaves to Darkness Battletome is coming down the pipe. Along with that release GW is going to unleash a bunch of new models, too. Today, it’s been revealed that the Chaos Knights are getting a new kit that combines some older models with some newer one.

via Warhammer Community

“Currently only available in Start Collecting! Slaves to Darkness, Chaos Knights are a Warhammer essential – and now these iconic mounted warriors are coming as a standalone kit with a new standard bearer, champion, and that all-important musician.”

That’s right — the new kit will be a standalone Chaos Knight box with options that include your standard riders along with a new standard bearer, champion, and musician. From the looks of the model above this new kit should fit in line perfectly with the ones from the current Start Collecting! Slaves to Darkness army box.

I’m curious about the other options now. I’d like to see what the unit champion and standard bearer will look like. Personally, I really liked the newer Chaos Knight redesign and have been waiting for those models to get their own stand alone release. I’d also like to see the rest of the contents from the Start Collecting! Slaves to Darkness box get stand alone releases.

That said, it sure looks like Chaos is getting some serious reinforcement for this army. We’re looking forward to that new Battletome when it comes out. However, there’s one more teaser from the article I’m curious about.

“Battletome: Slaves to Darkness is coming later in the year, packaged first in a Slaves to Darkness Army Set. This box contains everything you need to start your own Chaos force and attract the attention of the Grand Marshal of the Apocalypse – and maybe other powers beyond even him…“

Emphasis added. I wonder what GW is referring to. It could just be a nod to the chaos gods. But I’m not too sure about that. Archaon seems like he’s not a pawn of their schemes and in a way he’s managed to move beyond the pettiness of the chaos gods. I’m probably overanalyzing it though and it’s just a reference to the 4 chaos gods.

Chaos is coming…

Author: Adam Harrison

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