When the comet struck Mordheim, it carried a passenger. He was The Shadowlord, a daemon far more powerful than anything the world had seen before. He was not the only thing that crashed from the heavens into the city. A female, or something close to female, daemon came also. Her same was Siren.

When Siren emerged from the smoldering ruins of something that was later to be known as 'the pit', she found that her body was changed. Two large, taloned wings arched away from her back. She found that, with effort, she could fly, and while surveying the puny city from the air, she noticed a small, weak, life form, sitting in the rubble of a ruined building, toying with a glowing gem. Unknown to her it was a human baby. Siren eagerly began the descent to the ground, readying for the attack, and screeched a terrible, thirsting cry for battle. Suddenly, the child squealed, and began twisting and squirming, with it's body wreathed in agony. It's skin, which had been pink and healthy before, began to take on a greyish-browny hue, and new limbs were erupting out of it's back, as if a sword was tearing through the body and had come out the other side. Fingers became claws, his rosy face became wrinkled and leering, and, like Siren, two taloned wings, terrible, taloned wings, were sticking out of the victim's back. Far worse than any of this, the boy's mind was now bestial, and utterly evil. Also, the beast, much to Siren's glee, obeyed the she-daemon's every command.

More mutations followed, and Siren had amassed a fairly large following. She had found, however, that only the young, male, humans reacted strongly to her call, and that the glowing stone, which she now recognized to be shards from the comet that brought her here, were vital in the assistance for the transformation. The females that did react to her call were found to, after undergoing the transformation, be able to bend other male humans to their will, and turn them to harpies. Soon, the number of harpies became so great, that Siren separated them into different groups, known as packs. Each pack would consist of one female harpy, which were named after Siren in dedication to her, and one of the Siren's most favored harpy, who would lead the pack.

Choice of warriors

A harpy warband must have a minimum of three models. You have 500 gold crowns to recruit your initial warband. The maximum number of warriors in the warband may never exceed 18.

Siren's Chosen: Each Harpy must have one Siren's Chosen- no more, no less!
Siren: A harpy warband must also include a harpy Siren. If the siren dies, she must be replaced as soon as possible.
Scavenger: Your warband may include up to 3 harpy scavengers.
Harpies: Your warband may include any number of harpies.
Lackeys: Your warband may contain up to 5 lackeys.

Starting Experience

The Siren's Chosen starts with 20 experience
The Siren starts with 12 experience
A scavenger starts with 5 experience
Henchman start with 0 experience

Harpy Equipment List

Most harpies may not use weapons or equipment, excepting lackeys, who may use this table as normal. A harpy who gains the weapons training skill may use this equipment list, and may use miscellaneous equipment. This replaces the rules stated.

Dagger..................................................4 gc
Club.......................................................6 gc
Double-handed club..........................20 gc
Sling.......................................................6 gc
Sharp Stick (spear).............................15 gc

Harpy Maximum Characteristics

A harpies stats may never exceed these limitations. The maximum movement for a harpy is movement 9 because when a harpy has the choice to gain a ballistic skill advance, they may choose to gain a movement advance instead (not as well).

Flight Skills

A harpy warband may use the flight skill list instead of the standard skill lists. This skill table may be used with other flying warbands.

Heroes

The Siren's Chosen is a harpy who is specially favoured by the Siren, and is far stronger and more intelligent than a normal harpy. His heightened leadership was the one reason he was chosen by the Siren to lead the pack.

Weapons/Armour: The Siren's Chosen may not be equipped with any weapons unless he gains the weapons training skill

Fly: All harpies can fly, allowing them access to the flight skill list. It also gives them the high movement, and the ability to automatically pass initiative tests for climbing. Harpies ignore terrain 3" high or lower when moving, and must pass initiative tests to move through/over terrain higher than this.

Sirens are fearsome opponents, and far more intelligent and deadly than normal harpies. There cry is poison to all mortals who hear it, as it can either enslave them, or wrench their souls from their body. Although smaller and weaker in appearence to one of her brethen, she should not be underestimated, for it is a foolish warrior who attacks the Siren without a thought for his safety, or indeed, his soul.

Weapons/Armour: The Siren may not be equipped with any weapons.

Siren's Calls: A Harpy Siren has the ability to use the Siren's Calls table. She starts the campaign with one randomely-determined Siren's Call, and may gain additional ones by choosing to roll on the table instead of gaining a new skill.

Creation: The Siren may mutate captured enemies into harpies. If the harpy player has captured a humanoid (roughly human size, mortal), and has at least one shard of wyrdstone in his stash, he may turn the captured warrior into a harpy lackey, as long as the warband does not altready have it's full quota of lackeys, or warband members. The warrior loses all his previous stats, and the equipment is retained by the harpy player. Naturally, the newly-made lackey may no longer fight for it's previous warband.

Scavengers are the newer initiates of the pack. Although young and inexperienced, they are eager to prove themselves in battle. Due to their age, their skin displays a lighter hue than that of the older harpies.

Harpies form the main bulk of the warband, but easily rival any of the opposition's elites. Although their primary skill is strength in numbers, they are hard to get hold of and expensive to hire, but this is of little significance for their fighting skill and ability to soak up missile fire is incredible.

Lackeys are mortals who have fallen victim to the call of the Siren. They mainly consist of fully grown men, who did not react well to the mutating cry of the harpy, and as a result they now live a miserable half-life as a mutant with no real mind or soul, who are merely slaves, forced by the irresistable call of the Siren to serve the harpies for the rest of their short lives. There appearance is of a wild-eyed human with strange limbs and bat-like wings.