Necromunda Ultrathon Objectives

 For the Necromunda Ultrathon there is a requirement of bringing 3 objectives.  Extra points are earned if they are specially themed for your Gang.

I have created three objectives that I feel are pretty well themed to Bruno's Wurst Company.

Weapons Cache

This first objective is a weapons cache.  Since Bruno escaped the Inquisition attack on Oren's former hideout, he has held a grudge against the Inquisition and has been plotting his revenge.  With the whisperings of the Dark Gods he has set his mind to building his gang into a force to be reckoned with.  A fighting force that can be used to attack the local Inquisition stronghold and eventually topple the Imperial order on Necromunda itself.  This weapons cache will help advance his plans of arming an insurrection.  Whether this is achievable or not matters little to Bruno.  Revenge is all he seeks.

Lucius Tuffnow's Tomb

Lucius Tuffnow was Bruno and Duke's father.  Bruno callously murdered him one night in an alley and fled his old house becoming an outcast and outlaw.

Lucius' tomb holds special importance to both Bruno and Duke.  It is their father's final resting place and on occasion they both visit and pay their respects.  Who knows what ritual Bruno may need to perform at the tomb in the future to appease his dark overseers.

Chaos Shrine

The book lying on the altar of the Chaos Shrine is the next book that Bruno is searching for to add to his abominable and forbidden library.  Bruno carries the "Lecticio Divinatus" with him wherever he goes.  It is a twisted and modified version of the book which spread like wildfire through the human ranks of the Great Crusade's crusade forces during the Horus Heresy.  It is wholly a Chaos Tome now and oozes evil.  

 

The book on this altar is also an evil Chaos Tome, perhaps it is the Mallus Codicium or the Necroteuch.  Bruno must find and obtain the book to truly know what secrets it hold.

 

Bruno and Co with the Objectives

 

Here is the whole crew along with the finished objectives.  I can't wait to play with all these guys tomorrow and I can't wait to see everyone later today.

Until then...

Bruno's Wurst Company

    Here is Bruno's crew, painted pics of them, rules, modifications for the Necromunda Ultrathon and other thoughts.

    Bruno's Wurst Company are an Outcast gang from House Orlock, they are also Outlaws since they have unsanctioned Psykers and are being pursued by the Inquisition.

Bruno Tuffnow - Leader of Bruno's Wurst Company

Bruno's Gang Card

 

    For the Ultrathon I bought the Psi-Amplifier Rarity (15), and Chain Glaive Rarity (7) from the Trading Post.  The Psi-Amplifier makes the Chain Glaive a Force weapon; it's rules are in the new Book of the Outcast.

 

    Bruno's Profile is a Road Captain (Leader) from the Book of Iron's House Orlock Gang list.  Bruno's Archetype is Wyrd and I selected a second Psychic power from the Biomancy Discipline.

 

Oren Olachio, Champion

Oren's Gang Card

    Oren has nothing special when it comes to weaponry or wargear with nothing more rare than a common rating.

    Oren's Profile is that of a Champion from the Book of the Outcast.  Oren's Archetype is Wyrd and I selected a second Psychic power from the Telekinesis Discipline.

Eron Mathuin, Chanpion

Eron's Gang Card

    Eron has a Bionic Arm Rarity (13) and a Servo Claw from the Orlock House's Armory.  His Plasma Pistol is also from House Orlock. His Mesh Armour, Armoured Undersuit and Smoke Grenades will hopefully get him to the fight.

    Eron's profile is that of an Outcast Champion.  I upgraded his T by +1 and his Archetype is Brawler.  I selected a second skill so he has both Bull Charge and Crushing Blow.

Duala Nixfleet, Ganger

Duala's Gang Card

    Duala's special kit is her Throwing Knives, a common item from the Trading Post.  Her Throwing Knives have Toxin which should help with killing tough opponents.

Ood Nephroi, Ganger

Ood's Gang Card

    

    Ood is just an all around ganger that I also gave smoke grenades to help others get to combat and to provide some cover for himself.

Thor Gothod, Specialist Ganger

Thor's Gang Card

        Thor uses the standard ganger profile for the Outcast gang.  He has a flamer and I gave him one of the available skills; Infiltrate.  I figured he could pop up somewhere unexpected and set the enemy on fire.

 

Yar Graffin, Ganger

 

Yar's Gang Card

 

    There is nothing very special about Yar.  He is a Outcast Ganger with some decent weapons and armor.  His model is mostly from the the new Outcast ganger box.  I liked the idea of having a Sump Pirate in my gang who was down on his luck.

 

Sim "Running Rat" Smalls

 

Sim's Gang Card

 

    Sim is an old original Necromunda Ratskin model.  He has a shotgun and a fighting knife.  I also gave him a Hazard suit which is represented by his rat skin, filter plugs and a drop rig to indicate he is ready for any eventuality.

 

Zexx Marquis, Specialist Ganger

 

Zexx's Gang Card

    Zexx is an old original Necromunda model like Sim.  Zexx is an old Delaque model and I extended the barrel of his lasgun and gave it a sight to make it into a Long Las.  I gave the final extra skill and the second characteristic increase +1 BS to Zexx.  I figured he would be a good sniper with a better BS and has Overwatch to hit enemies before they can activate.

 

 

The whole gang

Bruno's Gang Roster

    I had a great time assembling the gang and coming up with their backgrounds.  They are a well-rounded gang with close range shooting and long range shooting and good close combat abilities too.

Tonight I am going to be working on objectives and who knows maybe I will get the display board done too.

My plans for the display board are to make their gang hangout, the Gory Hole; a local tavern.

Until then...

Zexx Marquis, Yar Graffin and Sim Smalls all join the gang

 Oren, Ood, Duala and Bruno were very down and depressed running and hiding from every shadow and every enforcer patrol for many months.

They all eventually started hanging out at the Gory Hole tavern again.  

At the bar one day a tall man with a pirate hat was telling tall tales of adventures he had while "sailin' the sump".

He boasted about how he had the fastest ship in the Underfleet and how he had sailed the seven sumps seas and gained lots of wealth and fame.

Bruno became annoyed with him and asked where his ship was now. 

"Lost it in a bet!" said the pirate.  "Lost it in a bet!" guffawed Bruno.  "That's ridiculous!  If I had a ship like that I would never risk losing it in a bet."

Yar Graffin

"Then ye have never had a bet as high reward as mine!"  retorted the pirate.

"Look I am glad you had a ship and I am happy it was the fastest ship in the seven sump seas but I am forming a crew and if you don't have a ship what can you offer me?"  Bruno said.

"I have knowledge of places people round here have never even dreamed of, I know of secret weapon caches and booty and treasure you could never imagine!" 

"What's yer name?" Asked Bruno.

"Yar Graffin, at yer service!"

With Yar in tow, Bruno, Oren, Duala Ood and Thor were easily able to attract the last two of their new crew.

The sharpshooter Zexx Marquis and the tracker Sim "Running Rat" Smalls.

Zexx Marquis

Sim "Running Rat" Smalls

Zexx is an ex-Delaque and Sim is a Ratskin Renegade.  Ratskins never fully lose their roots and so he still considerds himself a Ratskin even though he had broken off contact with his clan many years prior to meeting Bruno.

Next time I will have a group shot of them finished and some rules detailing how I will be playing this rag tag group in the Necromunda Ultrathon this weekend.

Until then....

Enter Ood Nephroi and Duala Nixfleet

To continue the origin story of Bruno's gang we would be remiss if we didn't mention two of the possibly most important and most impactful pair of misfits Bruno had ever met.

Ood Nephroi

Bruno had become accepted into Oren's group of misfits, outcasts, mutants and wyrds.  He had finally felt like he belonged somewhere.

Oren began working with Bruno to hone his psychic powers and he began to learn how to use and control them and this training didn't go unnoticed.

One time when Oren and Bruno were at a local tavern called the Gory Hole, a strange pair of characters approached them.

"Ood Nephroi and ..."  "Duala Nixfleet at your service.."  A tall pale-faced femme with black eyeliner and lipstick accompanied by a shorter, stocky gas-masked male introduced themselves to Oren and Bruno.  Bruno looked at Oren and Oren shrugged and whispered, "I've never seen these two before."  Then turned to them and said, "Why would we need your service?"

 

Duala Nixfleet

 

"Your talents have been observed and greater powers are now interested." hissed Duala.  "We aren't interested in any greater..." said Oren before being cut off by Bruno, "Go on.."

"Just meet us at St. Drusus and Cornwall street tomorrow night at the witching hour and we can introduce you to people who can explain more..." said Ood.

At that moment Duala held out an 8-pointed pendant and both Bruno and Oren both felt something they had never felt and they were compelled to comply.

The next night they met Ood and Duala and were introduced to The Cult of the 8-pointed Deity.  Bruno and Oren began going to meetings on a regular basis and over the next few months they got more and more involved.

Duala and Bruno became close and she led him to secret shrine where a book had been left centuries ago.  He picked up the book and power flowed through him.  The Lecticio Divinatus glowed as he held it.  

Ood, Bruno and Duala would spend days digging through the book, going over summoning circles and different psychic incantations.  Until one day when everything changed.

A whole wall of Oren's hideout exploded inwards and then las blasts followed the explosion.  "In the name of the emperor!" was heard as a dozen black armored troops led by a tall man in red power armour stormed into the hideout.

The mutants fought back but were over powered and only Oren, Bruno, Ood and Duala narrowly escaped.

 They were then on the run.....

The tales of Eron Mathuin and Thor Gothod

 Getting back to the story of Bruno's life up until this point...

After meeting Oren and his group of mutants another mutant quickly got Bruno's attention and earned his respect.

Beastman Thor Gothod

As Bruno entered Oren's secret hideout, he smelled the sweet fumes of obscura and lho sticks.  He heard laughing and lots of conversations.  He also saw tables and chairs, a bar with a bar keep, people of all walks of life: some obvious mutants some not so obvious, drinking talking and playing various games of chance.

Oren was not only running a secret haven for mutants who were rejected from society but also a speakeasy and gambling den.

One mutant stood out from the rest.  He was playing cards at a table not far from the entrance and he had to horns sticking out of his head, had hooves, fur and had goggles on his head with multiple magnifiers made for seeing things that were very small.  He had a cigar in his mouth and was boasting how his hand was by far the best at the table and was daring the mutant with blue skin across the table from him to bet against him.

The blue-skinned mutant then slammed his hand on the table and screamed at the beastman that he was cheating. The blue-skinned mutant pulled a stub revolver and was about to shoot when the beastman slapped the pistol out of his hand, jumped on the table and was about to gore the blue-skinned mutant when a huge man on the other side of the table grabbed the blue-skinned mutant by the arm and grabbed the beastman by the neck with his large metal claw that had at one point replaced his arm, and picked them both up.

 

"I am trying to play cards!" the big man yelled.  "Settle down Thor and Eron" said Oren, "let's not put off our new friend just yet."  Oren nodded sidelong at Bruno.

Eron put them both down and the beastman grunted and said "That hurt Eron!" and the blue-skinned mutant ran out the door.  

"Meet two of my closest friends; Thor Gothod and Eron Mathuin."  Bruno raised an eyebrow and was quite impressed with the speed and ferocity of both of them.

Eron Mathuin

Up next the story continues with Ood Nephroi and Duala Nixfleet.

Until then...

We don't talk about Bruno...

Let me tell you the story of Bruno and why we don't talk about him anymore.

Bruno Tuffnow, brother of Duke Tuffnow was exiled from House Orlock 15 years ago.  He was exiled not because he was a bad Orlock, not because he couldn't shoot, or ride, or drink or even negotiate or bargain with opposing gangs or power brokers.  No, he was kicked out of the only family he ever knew because he had a dark secret, one that he kept hidden at first unknowingly and then later kept secret for self survival.  Bruno Tuffnow was not like his brother or anyone else he knew within House Orlock.  Bruno was a Psyker.

Bruno Tuffnow

House Orlock's Iron Dogs, headed by Lucius Tuffnow, entered into an alliance with some shadowy factions with intentions to continue the Tuffnow legacy with unsanctioned cloning technology.  This technology is not endorsed by most segments of the Imperium and has been kept a secret for many decades.

Lucius decided he needed to have a direct line of succession.  He had himself cloned and Duke Tuffnow was the result.   A successful unmodified clone-son.  But Lucius was not satisfied with simply a successful clone but he wanted one that was even better.  He wanted a clone that would be able to be smarter and faster and bigger and more rithless when dealing with the Iron Dogs' enemies.  Duke was only one of his clone-sons.  The other was Bruno.

Somehow during the process not only was Bruno made bigger and stronger but he had acquired psychic powers somehow.  They didn't manifest right away and he seemed like a fairly normal child.  The day after his 8th birthday, however, Bruno did something unexpected.  He climbed like a spider up a wall and hung from the ceiling.

At this point the family tried to cover it up and as he continued to manifest more and more strange psychic phenomena, they realized that something had to be done.

On his ninth birthday Bruno was taken late one night to a back alley deep in the underhive by his father Lucius.  It was Lucius' intention to end Bruno then and there.  But Bruno sensed his father's betrayal and he got incredibly angry and lashed out killing Lucius before Lucius had time to even scream.

Bruno then ran off into the night.

Bruno grew larger and stronger over the years.  His psychic powers began to grow with him.  He was able to evade the Inquisition with the help of not only his growing power but by a group of underground psychic mutants.  

Oren Olachio is the mentor and father figure he needed.  Oren is an older quite powerful Telekine.  He has been able to harness his powers and use them better than most unsanctioned psykers.  He was the leader of a small group of mutants and psykers but now is part of Bruno's outcast crew.

Champion Telekine Wyrd Oren Olachio

That's it for now.  Next time we will check out the other Champion, Pit-Fighter Eron Mathuin and Beastman mutant Thor Gothod.

Until then...