4/5 stars. The Either continues our leader heavy exploration of the Sons of Horus.
Background.
Vheren really didn't like it when the Sons of Horus were falling to the ruinous powers. He just wanted his legion back to being simple humble reavers and traitors - and to hell with warp spawn. So he chose to invade Cthonia and take it back for the greater glory! Aside from that, he perfected the reaving warfare technique that many would later aspire to and generally held the terrans of his legion in disdain.
Strengths.
A praetor level character with WS=7 here.
He comes with a pair of bolt pistols that can be fired as the Bane Strike Fusillade. This gives you four shots at S=5 and with breaching. This is great, but the range is obviously short. The Axe Serpentis is reasonable and gives you critical hitting with AP=2 built in. The gain in initiative is also good to have.
He also has a vexilla to round out his character which is fitting given how he rounded up his men to his own (no chaos traitor) banner I suppose.
Weaknesses.
In truth, Ashurhaddon doesn't really have anything special about him beyond the stat line WS enhancement and the unique equipment. No special rules to be seen here sadly. A bit of a missed opportunity to make him more characterful in my opinion.
Overall.
You are paying a good increase in points value for the extra pip in WS combined with that vexilla and special equipment. I suspect you probably would have the vexilla elsewhere in a retinue squad if you had the option. Other than that, Ashurhaddon is a very reasonable character and extremely fluffy for the attempt to re-take Cthonia for the Sons of Horus.
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