Gardus Steel-Soul
Gardus Steel-Soul is a Lord-Celestant of the Hallowed Knights Stormhost, leading the "Steel Souls" Warrior Chamber that is named in his honour. Introduced way back in early AoS in the Realmgate Wars, he became one of the more popular Stormcast characters which lead to him becoming the first non-Hammers of Sigmar Stormcast special character on tabletop.
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Origins[edit]
In his mortal life, Gardus was not a mighty warrior, merely a doctor called Garradan. When the forces of Nurgle invaded his hospital, he took up two iron candlesticks as improvised weapons to defend his patients. Though no match for the forces of Chaos, his heroism caught the eye of Sigmar and when he took a spear in the back he was spirited away to become a Stormcast Eternal.
The Realmgate Wars[edit]
Broken Realms[edit]
On Tabletop[edit]
Gardus isn't very much different from the typical Lord-Celestant, wielding the exact same weapons and having only minor differences in his statline. His unique special rules are giving an aura to resist mortal wounds (5+ on himself, 6+ on his allies), being able to pile in and attack after being killed, and once per battle being able to declare a "Saintly Assault" which allows him and nearby Hallowed Knights heroes to reroll charges and have an additional attack.