A Sister of Avelorn
The Sisters of Avelorn are the High Elf females who serve as the personal guardians and hand-maidens of the Everqueen of Ulthuan herself. Their current leader is Ystranna of Avelorn.[2a]
Role[]
Concept art for the Sisters of Avelorn for Total War: Warhammer II.
There are regions of the kingdom of Avelorn on Ulthuan that the citizen levies of the Asur are forbidden to enter. Some are sacred places of power, intrinsically linked with the rites of renewal by which the Everqueen helps sustain Ulthuan and its people. Others are dark and dangerous, places from which the touch of Chaos never truly faded. It is the duty of the Sisters of Avelorn to watch over such places; to ensure that the sacred lands remain sacrosanct, and that the beasts who dwell in the tainted reaches stray not -- or are swiftly slain if they do.[1a]
Concept art for the Sisters of Avelorn for Total War: Warhammer II.
Sisters of Avelorn are keen-eyed archers, Elf-maids chosen from the ranks of the citizen levy by the Everqueen's personal decree. By tradition, only the most gifted are welcomed into the Sisters of Avelorn for, just as the Everqueen embodies all that is ideal and unblemished in the Elven race, so too must her chosen guardians aspire to perfection; not only in mind and body, but also in pursuit of the spiritual. Such serves to raise the warriors of this maiden guard above the petty iniquities that so often pervade the Everqueen's court, ensuring that they remain incorruptible.[1a]
A closer look at the Sisters of Avelorn.
The Sisters of Avelorn prefer to fight their battles at range, as their weapons do not fire ordinary arrows, but mystical bolts of white-blue flame that set tainted flesh afire. Yet the Sisters shirk not from close quarters battle, for no battlefield peril can overcome one who walks the dark paths of Avelorn. Against charging knights, rampaging Daemons, or entire coteries of Khainite Assassins with cruel murder in their hearts, the warrior-maids stand their ground. With precise aim and steady hearts, they loose arrows until the foe is full upon them, then draw their swords and step into the fray.[1a]
Notable Regiments[]
- Everqueen's Court Guards - These Sisters of Avelorn serve as the personal honour guard of the reigning Everqueen of Ulthuan. They carry the banner of Averlorn into battle.[3]
- Everguard - The surviving Sisters of Avelorn regiments reorganised in Athel Loren during the End Times as an honour guard for the Everqueen who moved there after the fall of Ulthuan.[4a]
Miniatures[]
