Nevergreen War Report

A couple of months ago, I was chatting to Rowan about Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, and mentioned that I wished they would do a campaign for AoS similar to the 'Fate of Konor' campaign for Warhammer 40,000. His reply was 'Why don't we just run one?'

And so we did.

As the General's Handbook 2017 had just come out, I decided to make each week based on one of the new matched play battleplans. The idea was that the armies were trying to locate a hidden fortress in the Nevergreen Mountains. They would start out at the Festermere Realmgate, and fight their way over Greywater Reach, through the Chiltus Forest, and then up into the mountains. There would also be painting challenges or each week.

Although the forces of tzaangor shaman Y'es Strangefeather took the early lead, conquering Festemere, Greywater and the Chiltus Forest, the darkling aelf Averlaine Silvermoon played the long game, overtaking them in the narrow and deadly Nevergreen Pass. Despite numerous losses and severe injuries, the ironjaws megaboss Dakkbest Ironcheekz' dogged persistance eventually overcame Y'es as well. In the end, Averlaine outmaneuvered Dakkbest Ironcheekz, just beating him (by two points) to claim the Unseen Fortress for herself!

Megaboss Dakkbest was not the best after all.

The campaign was not as popular as I had hoped, with only Rowan and I playing more than a couple of games and trying to complete the painting challenges. But it was still fun, and it did achieve the goal of teaching us all the new battleplans from the new GHB. I will definitely run another one next year after the next GHB comes out.

There is a special hero trait everyone who participated gets, as a special thanks for supporting the Unseen! If you missed out, remember, you can earn this reward next year too!


Veteran of Nevergreen - Add one to the hero's Wounds characteristic.

This is a special trait that can only be taken by the heroes below. This trait can be used even if the hero is not the general of your army. It can only be used in friendly games and campaigns, not in tournaments or any event that requires an entrance fee.

* Averlaine Silvermoon (Darkling Sorceress - Keith)
* Dakkbest Ironcheekz (Ironjaws Megaboss - Rowan)
* Harrowhorn (Treelord Ancient - Wade)
* Kroxoatl (Saurus Oldblood on Carnosaur - Kyle)
* The Unnamed (Vampire Lord - Andrea)
* Xihuitl (Saurus Oldblood - Celeste)
* Y'es Strangfeather (Tzaangor Shaman - Darrryn)


I am also writing a story based on the narrative of the campaign. You can read the first part here!

Nevergreen: The Coven

Anvilgard, Aqshy

Three aelves and a human sat around a large table of red-veined marble.

“It's in Ghyran,” said Crisselda, an elderly crone with bone-white hair who exuded an aura of dark, oppressive menace, “A place called Nevergreen. Ever heard of it, Lorren?”

“Mountain range, west of Hammerhal,” grunted the human, a grizzled grey-stubbled man who was clad in black sigmarite plate edged with gold. A charcoal-feathered gryph-hound lay on the floor next to his seat, and a lantern-staff rested against the wall, signifying his position as a Lord-Veritant, one of the few amongst the Stormcast Eternals who were trained to fight sorcery.

“Could we could use their Realmgate?” asked Averlaine, a striking red-headed aelf sorceress. She was the youngest in the room, but seemed to be the most powerful, the air around her literally crackling with sorcerous energy. An ornate sigmarite chalice sat on the table in front of her, the liquid within shedding a pale blue-green light. Faint susserations emanated from it, whispers of the aelven spirits captured within, sequestered safely from the dark god Slaanesh.