Nighthaunt

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The Nighthaunt are a faction in Warhammer: Age of Sigmar. They are an army of ghosts who hate and envy the living. Like all undead, they're part of Grand Alliance: Death, and thus owe their allegiance to Nagash. Previously a minor faction, Age of Sigmar second edition promotes them to new heights of relevance with them even being in the starter set.

Most of the Nighthaunt have forms that reflect their past crimes, said crimes range from actual wrong-doing to something Nagash doesn't like (the Nighthaunts called Dreadscythe Harridans are the spirits of healers who Nagash turned into tormented killing machines for the 'crime' of saving people from dying and thus preventing their souls from coming to Shyish). This was done as either a kind of an ironic punishment or Nagash's idead of a joke. Which just goes to show how much of a hypocrite he is, since all of his power came from scheming, theft, sacrilege, murder, genocide, and a warpstone drug addiction.

Notable Nighthaunts

• Lady Olynder, Mortarch of Grief: In life, Olynder was a schemer who married into power and arranged the deaths of her husbands, all the while crying crocodile tears about how she's a widow. Upon her death, Nagash punished her for her crimes by making her feel all the grief in the Mortal Realms, so now she's a genuine sobbing wreck. With the arrival of more Nighthaunts after the Necroquake, Nagash needed someone to manage them, and thus promoted her to be his newest Mortarch.

• Kurdoss Valentian, the Craven King: Another noble who schemed his way into power, but was struck down by Nagash just before his coronation as King. He is constantly followed by spectral heralds who mock him for not being a true king. Married Lady Olynder to become the second-in-command of the Nighthaunt, but since he has to be second fiddle he's eternally pissed off.

• Reikenor the Grimhailer: Once a mighty sorcerer who attempted to become immortal. And we all know what Nagash does to people who try to cheat death.