Zombie Dragon
Zombie Dragons are vast undead Dragons, insane and insatiably hungry for the souls of the living. [1a][2a]
History
In ages past, dying Dragons went to their final rest on the Plain of Bones but following the casting of the Great Awakening by Nagash many of these huge corpses arose and began to prowl in search of prey. Although the spell was broken and they collapsed back, they can still be awoken by potent magic but only a great lord of the undead can hope to command such a beast.[1a][2a][3a]
Minions of Melkhoir found a dead Dragon on the Plain of Bones and he brought it back to Crookback Mountain in pieces and ressembled it to guard the vaults of W'soran. When his lord returned in -263 IC he claimed it for himself in lieu of the warpstone and reifnforcements he had not been sent. [5a] He then unleashed it against Mourkain [5b] but Abhorash destroyed it in -260 IC as the siege continued. [5c]
A Necromancer riding a Zombie Dragon fought at the siege of Marburg in the time of Sigmar but both were destroyed by the Counts Marius and Aldred and the Princess Marika. [4a]
Weapons and Equipment
Besides their fangs and talons, the Zombie Dragon can breathe out a cloud of black poisonous vapour. They retain their tough scales and are surrounded by a huge cloud of flies that can make it more difficult for enemies to land a blow upon them. [1a][2a]
Gallery
Zombie Dragon
Zombie Dragon
Zombie Dragon
Miniatures
Zacharias the Everliving riding on a Zombie Dragon
Wight Lord on Zombie Dragon
Notes
Orignally it was following the first Chaos incursion that the dead Dragons were first animated. [2a]
Sources
- 1: Warhammer Armies: Vampire Counts (6th Edition)
- 1a: pg. 32
- 2: Warhammer Armies: Undead (4th Edition)
- 2a: Undead Bestiary, pg. 66
- 3: Warhammer Armies: Vampire Counts (5th Edition)
- 3a: Liber Mortis, pg. 55
- 4: Legend of Sigmar (anthology): God King (Novel)
- 4a: Chapter Sixteen: Murder Most Foul, pg. 874-878
- 5: Master of Death (novel)
