The Kabal of the Black Heart stands unchallenged as the mightiest of all Drukhari Kabals, a distinction it has held for longer than most civilizations have existed. Its supremacy is the personal achievement of its founder and Supreme Overlord, whose survival through unnumbered centuries of assassination attempts is itself a legend of the Dark City.
The Black Heart's power rests on more than raw force. Its intelligence apparatus is without equal, a web of informants, torturers, and bribed functionaries that reaches into every rival court and every sordid corner of Commorragh. Little happens in the Dark City that the Black Heart does not learn of, and its overlord has crushed dozens of would-be usurpers before their conspiracies could ripen. Those who serve the Kabal enjoy access to the finest weapons, the swiftest vessels, and a share of plunder gathered from a thousand ravaged worlds.
In battle the Black Heart fights with cold, methodical precision, favouring overwhelming firepower and the disciplined coordination of its Kabalite warriors over reckless bravado. Its trophy vaults overflow with the spoils of ancient victories. To wear its colours is to belong to the winning side of Commorragh's endless internal war: a privilege paid for in absolute obedience and the certain knowledge that failure invites a fate far worse than death.
Order of battle
The Kabal of the Black Heart field the units of the Drukhari, a detachment from the roster:
Other Drukhari formations
Cult of StrifeThe most celebrated of all Wych Cults, the Cult of Strife rules the great arenas of Commorragh where captives are butchered for the roaring delight of the Drukhari elite. Its warriors are peerless gladiators, and its supreme mistress is the deadliest blade-dancer the Dark City has ever produced. The Cult of Strife supplies the spectacle that Commorragh craves, and its favour is courted by Archons who wish to lend their raids the glamour and lethality of the arena.
Cult of the Cursed BladeA treacherous Wych Cult that prizes betrayal above every virtue, arming its gladiator-killers with deceiving weapons; to welcome them into one's court is to invite one's own murder.
Kabal of the Flayed SkullMasters of aerial slaughter who reign from the jagged spire called the Poisoned Crown, striking from the sky in clouds of jetfighters, bombers and winged mercenaries.
Kabal of the Poisoned TongueA kabal of venomous intriguers ruled by the Mazeweaver, Lady Malys, who weakens every foe with toxin and treachery long before a single blade is drawn.
Prophets of FleshThe Prophets of Flesh are the most feared of the Haemonculus Covens, ancient flesh-sculptors who regard the mortal body as raw material to be perfected through agony. Preservers of the deepest secrets of resurrection, they hold sway over life and death itself in Commorragh, and even the proudest Archons must bargain with them. Their creations (grotesque, immortal, and endlessly refined) are among the most horrifying weapons in the Drukhari arsenal.
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