Special Rules:
Any Tyranids unit that is killed is brought back after a full game turn when it is destroyed. (Ex: Warrior unit is killed on Eldar turn 1, it would then come back on Tyranid Turn 3.)Setup:
The Eldar win the first turn roll off but decide they want the second turn. There is no nightfighting for turn 1
Tyranid Deployment
The Tyranids deploy the Hive Tyrant with the Gargoyles on the left side of the table. In the middle of the Tyranid deployment, the Troops Tervigon, the Swarmlord & Guard, Warriors and Prime, and the Hive Guard all deploy right on the deployment line edge, ready to charge forward. On the right side of the table the HQ Tervigon, the Zoanthropes, Raveners, Termagaunts, and Trygon all Deploy, in a manner to present threats at every section of the table. The Biovores deploy on the bottom floor of a small ruined building.
Eldar Deployment.
Yeril and Ulthian start inside of their Serpent and deploy opposite of the Hive Tyrant and Gargoyles, with another Serpent beside them full of Guardians. The Fire Prism and the other Wave Serpent deploy on the opposite side of the HQ Tervigon and the Trygon. The Guardians deploy inside of the Wave Serpent. The Wraithblades and Ra'Mah deploy behind a large ruined building in the middle of the Eldar deployment zone. The Jetbikes, Crimson Hunter, and Nightspinner start in reserve.
Tyranids Turn 1
The Swarmlord casts Iron Arm gaining +1 S & T, and then casts endurance onto the Hive Tyrant. The HQ Tervigon then casts Iron Arm as well gaining +3 S & T. All of the Tyranids move forward towards the Eldar, with the HQ Tervigon spawning 13 Gaunts without rolling doubles. The Flyrant swoops forward towards Ulthian's Serpent. The Biovores also climb up the ruined building instead of moving forward.
All the Tyranids run forward towards the Eldar, with only the Tyrant being in range to make a shot. The Tyrant fires and takes off one hull point from the Serpent.
Eldar Turn 1
Ulthian's Serpent adjusts to the left along with the Guardians Serpent as well. The Fire Prism and other Wave Serpent also adjust so they are able to fire at the on coming Tyranids. The Wraithblades move around to the left of the ruined building as well.
Ulthian's Serpent fires at the Tyrant and manages to take down only one wound, but the Tyrant passes its grounding check. The Guardians Serpent then fires failing to wound the Tyrant, but the Tyrant then fails its grounding test and takes one more wound. The Fire Prism fires at the Gaunts advancing up the table in the middle, but scatters and misses completely. The last Serpent fired at the Raveners and managed to kill all but one of them.
Tyranids Turn 2
The Swarmlord casts Iron Arm and perils rolling 12, and then casts endurance onto the Hive Tyrant, but also gets perils on double 1's with the power still going off. The HQ Tervigon then casts Iron Arm as well gaining +3 S & T. The Tyrant went from swooping to gliding to land right in front of the Guardian's Serpent. The Gargoyles just fly forward behind some ruins. The Biovores get to the top of the ruins to prepare to fire at the Wraithblades. The HQ Tervigon then spawns out 11 more Gaunts without rolling doubles. The rest of the tyranids advance forward towards the Eldar.
The Tyrant does not shoot at the Serpent as it is going to assault it. The Biovores then fire at the Wraithblades but fail to kill any of them. The rest of the Tyranids run forward.
The Tyrant then assaults the Wave Serpent, and wrecks it without it exploding. The Guardians disembark to the left of the Serpent.
Eldar Turn 2
The Jetbikes arrive from reserve, as does the Crimson Hunter and Farseer. However the Nightspinner does not arrive. The Crimson Hunter flies forward getting in position to fire at the Hive Guard. Ulthians Serpent adjusts as it moves against the left board edge protected the rear. The Wraithblades move forward towards the Tyranid Prime and Warriors in the middle of the table. The Jetbikes also move towards them as well with the Farseer beside them. The Prism moves onto a crater in the back middle area of the Eldar deployment zone with the Wave Serpent moving close to it.
The Guardians fire at the Tyrant, as do the Jetbikes and they manage to kill it off with their combined effort. The Farseer mindwars the Prime and manages beats it by 6, causing 5 wound, which the Warriors took due to look out sir rolls (We were not sure if you could do this as the wording listed them as being standard wounds and all. So we just rolled off for it and it was allowed. We will have to check that later!). The Crimson Hunter then fired at the Hive Guard and managed to kill all but one of them. The Fire Prism then fired at some more Gaunts and managed to kill 8 of them from the unit with 13. The other Wave Serpent fires at the Swarmlord and tyrant Guard, and only manages to wound the Tyrant Guard once. Ulthian's Serpent then fires at the Gargoyles and manages to kill off 5 of them.
Tyranids Turn 3
The Swarmlord casts Iron Arm gaining +1 S & T, and then casts Endurance onto itself, but rolls double 1s again, taking it down another wound. The HQ Tervigon then casts Iron Arm as well gaining +2 S & T. The Gargoyles jump forward to land beside the Guardians who were exposed by the Tyrant blowing up their Serpent. The HQ Tervigon then spawns out 15 Gaunts without rolling doubles again! The Troops Tervigon then attemps to spawn and rolls triple 1s! (No doubles so it don't count
... joking of course). The Ravener moves beside the Wave Serpent in the back middle of the Eldar deployment. The Hive Guard moves to take a shot at the Crimson Hunter. The Warriors and Prime move forward getting ready to fire and charge the Jetbikes.
The Gargoyles fire at the Guardians and manage to kill one of them. The Hive Guard then fires at the Crimson Hunter but misses with both shots. The Warriors and Prime then fire at the Jetbikes, and don't manage to kill one of them. The Biovores also fire at the Jetbikes as well, hitting directly one, and the other scattering onto the Wraithblades, the jetbikes make all of their saves, and they fail to wound the Wraithblades. The rest of the Tyranids then run forward.
The Gargoyles then charge the Guardians and loose none to overwatch. The Warriors charge in and one Warrior dies to overwatch leaving one Warrior and the Prime left. The Ravener then charges the Wave Serpent as well. The Swarmlord attempts a charge at the Prism but fails by 1". The Gargoyles kill one of the Guardians and loose two Gargoyles, but they then pass their morale test. The Warrior and Prime manage to kill all but one of the Jetbikes, and the Warrior takes one wound, the Jetbikes then pass their morale check. The Ravener manages to take two hull points off of the Wave Serpent but fails to get the third one off.
The Swarmlord gains one wound back from IWND.
Eldar Turn 3
The Nightspinner now arrives from Reserve. The Crimson Hunter then flies off of the board as the Tyrant is about to come back the next turn. The Wraithblades move towards the Jetbikes battling the Prime and the Warriors. The Serpent moves away from the Ravener as the Prism moves to the left area of the Eldar deployment zone. Ulthian's Serpent adjusts to gain its jink save. The Farseer moves to the left of some ruins of the Prime and Warriors.
The Fire Prism fires its lance killing off the last Ravener. The Wave Serpent then fires at the Swarmlord but fails to wound it or the Guard. Ulthian's Serpent fires at the last Hive Guard and takes it down to only one wound left. The Nightspinner then fires at one of the Gaunt units, but scatters and only kills three Gaunts and fails to wound a Zoanthrope who it scattered onto.
The Wraithblades charge into the combat with the Jetbikes, Prime and Warriors. The Prime strikes first attacking the last Jetbike and manages to kill him. The Warrior then attacks the Wraithblades but fails to wound them. The Wraithblades then easily kill the Prime and the Warrior. The Guardians then attack the Gargoyles, taking them down to only one remaining. The Gargoyles manages to kill another Guardian, but are now in Synapse.
Tyranids Turn 4
The Swarmlord casts Iron Arm gaining +1 S & T, and then casts Warp Speed, gaining +2 A & I. The HQ Tervigon then casts Iron Arm as well gaining +2 S & T. The Tyrant comes back swooping onto the table and flies towards the middle of of the table on the left side. The HQ Tervigon then spawns out 14 Gaunts finally rolling doubles. The Swarmlord moves towards the left of the table to prepare to charge the Wraithblades and Ra'Mah. The rest of the Tyranids on the right side of the table move in a attempt to wrap the Eldar into the back left corner. The Biovores then fail their instinctive behavior roll.
The Tyrant fires at Ulthian's Serpent and hits with all but two shots, but then fails to roll a single 6! The Hive Guard then fires, scores two pens but fails to wreck it. Ulthian, Yeril and the Avengers disembark to the left of the Serpent and are not pinned. The Biovore run into cover. The rest of the Tyranids run forward continuing their advance to corner the Eldar.
The Swarmloard and Guard then attempt a charge at the Wraithblades through the ruined building and roll a 9" charge even with 3D6! The Swarmlord arrives in combat and Chalenges Ra'Mah who declines, and the Swarmlord then manages to kill only two of the Wraithblades thanks to them being Fortuned from the Farseer. The Wraithblades attack back and manage to kill only the Tyrant Guard. The Guardians attack the Gargoyle but fail to wound it! It attacks back and fails to wound any of the Guardians.
Eldar Turn 4
The Crimson Hunter returns and moves right in front of the Tyrant. Ulthian and the Avengers move to get into range to fire at the Hive Guard. The Farseer, Nightspinner, Wave Serpent, and Fire Prism then move over beside Ulthian and the Avengers, on either side of him and the wrecked Serpent.
Ulthian and the Avengers fire and manage to kill the last Hive Guard. The Crimson Hunter then fires at the Tyrant and easily shoots it out of the sky. The Nightspinner fires at more Gaunts and manages to clear out one of the units. The Fire Prism then fires a concentrated blast at the Zoanthropes but misses. The Wave Serpent is unable to fire as it turbo boosted to get beside the rest of the Eldar force.
The Wraithblades continue to fight against the Swarmlord who challenges Ra'Mah who declines once again. The Wraithblades then loose another two of them leaving only one remaining. They then attack back and wound the Swarmlord once taking him down to two wounds. The Guardians finally kill off the last Gargoyle and move towards the rest of the surviving Eldar.
Tyranids Turn 5
The Swarmlord casts Iron Arm gaining +2 S & T, and then casts Warp Speed, gaining +1 A & I. The HQ Tervigon then casts Iron Arm as well gaining +1 S & T. The Troops Tervigon then casts Warp Speed gaining +2 A & I. The Prime, Warriors, and Raveners return onto the table and come on on the left hand Tyranid table edge moving towards the Nightspinner. The Biovores then pass their insinctive behavior test as well. The Troops Tervigon moves towards the combat between the Wraithblades and the Swarmlord, as the unit of 3 spawned Gaunts follows as well. The Zoanthropes move into range to Warp blast Ulthian and the Avengers.
The Zoanthropes cast Warp blast at Ulthian and the Avengers, which only two pass their psychic test, then one of them is denied, then a direct hit is scored for the last Warp Blast. The Avengers then only loose two of them due to their cover save. The Prime and Warriors also fire at Ulthian and the Avengers and manage to kill another two of the Avengers. The Biovores then fire at the Guardians who were fighting the Gargoyles and manage to kill all but one of them. The Gaunts in the back middle of the Eldar deployment then fire at them and finish the Guardians off. The rest of the Tyranids all then run forward.
The Troops Tervigon then charges into the combat with the Swarmlord and Wraithblades, as does the unit of three Gaunts. The Swarmlord then challenges Ra'Mah again who declines. The Swarmlord manages to easily finish off the last Wraithblade leaving only Ra'Mah standing. The Gaunts fail to wound him, but he is then crushed by the Tervigon, ending his life. They all then consolodate towards the Eldar along the left board edge.
Eldar Turn 5
The Crimson Hunter moves to get in position to fire at the Raveners, as Ulthian and the Avengers also move to address the Raveners, Prime, and Warriors. The rest of the Eldar just move to gain their jink save.
The Crimson Hunter fires at the Raveners leaving only one left with one wound. The Nightspinner then fires at the Gaunts advancing and manages to kill 7 of them. Ulthian and the Avangers then fire at the Prime and Warriors and manages to kill two Warriors. The Prism then fires a Lance at the last Warrior and manages to kill it. The other Wave Serpent then fires at the Swarmlord and takes it down to one wound.
We then roll to see if the game continues AND....it is a 3....The Tyranid onslaught continues
Tyranids Turn 6
The Swarmlord casts Iron Arm gaining +2 S & T, and then casts Warp Speed, gaining +2 A & I. The HQ Tervigon then casts Iron Arm as well gaining +2 S & T. The Hive Tyrant and Hive Guard return onto the table. The Tyrant swoops towards the Crimson Hunter, as the rest of the Tyranids advance towards the last Eldar line.
The Tyrant fires at the Crimson Hunter and explodes it. The Hive Guard then fire at the Fire Prism and manage to explode it. The Prime fires at Ulthian and the Avangers but fail to wound any of them. The rest of the Tyranids move forward getting into charge range for next turn.
The Prime charges Ulthian and the Avengers who fail to wound it in overwatch. The Prime makes the charge. The Last Ravener then charges the Nightspinner and makes the charge as well. The Prime Challenges Ulthian, but he declines. The Prime then kills all but two of the Avengers, and Ulthian attacks and manages to take the Prime down to one wound, as Yeril was designated as not fighting in the combat. The Ravener then takes off one hull point from the Nightspinner.
Eldar Turn 6
The Eldar move slightly preparing to gain their jink save if it is required.
The Nightspinner flames the last Ravener, killing it. The Wave Serpent fires at the Tyrant and manages to take it down to one wound. The Farseer attempts to mindwar the Swarmlord but fails to cast the power due to SitW.
The Prime then challenges again, in which Yeril accepts to defend his Farseer. The Prime attacks first due to the Lash Whip and manages two wound on Yeril. Yeril then makes one of his invul saves and the rolls and...fails the other, being killed by the Prime.
We then roll to see if the game continues AND....it is a 1....The Game Ends
* * * Conclusion * * *
"NO!", screamed Ulthian as the Tyranid Prime's whips unraveled Yeril's lifeless body just as his head hit the ground beside his lifeless body. The Tyranid let out a ferocious roar at Ulthian, beckoning for another battle.
Ulthian drew his blade and charged at the Tyranid Prime in a absolute state of rage. The Prime swung its whips towards Ulthian who quickly countered by raising his blade up and cutting the lash whips off. The Prime reared back and swung back at Ulthian. Ulthian quickly swiped his blade up and caught the attack and then swung his blade around to try and catch an opening on the Prime. But just as quickly as Ulthian blocked the previous attack, the Prime parried the strike with ease.
The battlefield was absoute chaos. Eldar bodies lay strung all over the ground as the Tyranids charged forward. Yeril's Avengers fought to keep the oncoming Tyranids from overwhelming them from behnd and taking down their Master Farseer as he battle the Prime.
It was a elegent fight for what it was, the Eldar blocked swiftly and continued to press on the attack against the Tyranid Prime. But with equal skill and speed, the Tyranid Prime countered everything Ulthian threw at it. If this were any battle with any other kind of being, he could respect his opponents skill, but his pure hatred for these abominations drew him only to want to crush the creature even more. His anger and determination flooded over him as sparks began flying uncontrolably from the hilt of Ulthians blade, he began to move with speed even he found unthinkable. For the pure rage that had been unlocked after witnessing Yeril's death, had drawn upon a power inside Ulthian he never knew.
With a quick swipe he parried the Primes attack, and before the beast could react he shot forth a concentrated energy ball at the Tyranid, and with that distraction he lept forward. As the energy smashed against the Prime almost knocking it off of its feet, his blade was already on the move. It quickly found its target as it sliced through the Primes flesh decapitating it before it even had the chance to react. Ulthian stood over the beast as he drove his sword into its skull in a fit of rage.
Ulthian then turned around only to have his small victory short lived. There were thousands of them. Even that was a underestimation he though. The Tyranids were all over them. At the head of the Tyranid onslaught stood their 'leader', the Tyranid had Eldar blood drenched over its four shimmer blades. The Creature looked into Ulthians eyes and he then truly saw the unending hunger and destruction within the Tyranids.
The Swarmlord let out a terrifying roar and it charged forward at the final Eldar line.
"Brace yourselfs my dear friends!", shouted Yeril to the few Eldar that remained standing. "We shall not let them taint our planet any longer!", he cried!
Just as the Eldar all drew their blades to meet the Tyranids in combat at imposible odds, there was a loud screeching heard from the skies.
Ulthian looked up as he saw a red ship come flying through the air and blast away the front charging Tyranids. Just then two more ships made the same strafing run and torn the Tyranid front lines apart.
One of the ships quickly landed behind Ulthian and the hatch blew down in a swift rapid movement.
Ulthian could not believe his eyes as Capitan Titherius charged forward with several Space Marines with their bolters blazing.
"Quickly Farseer, get on board!", shouted Titherius.
"Fall to the Space Marines!", shouted Ulthian as he raised his weapon and fired into the Tyranids as he and his remaining men ran towards the Thunderhawk. Titherius and several Marines ran forward towards Ulthian and the Avengers as they lay down covering fire. Ulthain and one of the Avengers grabed Yeril's body and weapons and ran onboard of the Thunderhawk.
Titherius and his Marines quickly retreated back on board as well.
"Pilot, get us out of here", ordered Titherius.
"Right away Capitan", came the swift response.
The Thunderhawks engines roared as they quickly took them into the skies, just as the Tyranids were almost it.
The Thunderhawk flew over the Tyranids as the Swarmlord watched the ship head into the sky as it let out one final roar.
Epilogue
Ulthian stood over Yeril's body, as the Thunderhawk took them into space to escaped the doomed planet of Illathor.. Ulthian had lost everything, his home, his people, and now he has lost his dearest friend.
"I'm sorry my old friend", said Ulthian, "I tried to save Illathor, and I would have given myself for you, as you have done on so many accounts."
Yeril's Avengers and Capitan Titherius stood behind Yeril as he mourned for Yeril.
Titherius stepped forward beside Ulthian and said, "I am sorry for your loss Farseer. He was a good warrior. I do not have any love or care for any Xenos, but I do have a respect for you and your Eldar Farseer Ulthian."
Turning away from Yeril's body, Ulthian faced Titherius.
"Thank you Capitan Titherius. If not for you returning we would have all fallen to the Tyranids along with our planet. We have spilt far too much of one anothers blood before the Tyranids came to Illathor, and I am sorry for your losses as well.", said Ulthian.
"It won't be long before they finish with your planet, and start their invasion into the rest of the system", said Titherius.
"I must make my way to warn the rest of the Eldar within the system. I will head to our sister world of Kalthanos with my surviving Eldar, there we can prepare to meet the Tyranids head on and stop them.", replied Ulthian.
"Then I shall head to Liava and rally more of the Imperial forces, the Tyranids will be striking Dou'va next, which is unoccupied by neither the Imperium or Eldar. That should buy us time before they arrive at the next Imperial planet before your sister world. Thul'Um shall be our stand against the Ghirda."
"Ghidra?", asked Ulthian.
"It is a word that means Hydra. A serpent with many heads, and for each head you sever, two more come to replace it.", said Titherius.
Turning back to face Yeril, Ulthian felt a tear roll down his face, as he knelt down beside his body.
"Then we shall stop this Ghidra from consuming any more life forever. I will take your stone my friend, you are gone in flesh but your spirit shall live on, and I will return you to this war. We will stand alongside one another one day soon"
Ulthian lifted the spirit stone from Yeril, as he felt the presence of Yeril flow through him.
The End
... joking of course). The Ravener moves beside the Wave Serpent in the back middle of the Eldar deployment. The Hive Guard moves to take a shot at the Crimson Hunter. The Warriors and Prime move forward getting ready to fire and charge the Jetbikes.
