Nils Olav – The Heartland Hero

Description The full story Nils Olav – The Heartland Hero Steadfort was the home of Nils from birth, a city scarred by decades of ransacking from the Alimrothi Raiders, raining death and hellfire from their steel ships of the sky. Like many others, his parents were lost in the attacks, leaving the young child to the mercy of a dilapidated and overcrowded orphanage in the crumbling ruins of a city. In these years, a fiery hatred began to burn in the young boy’s heart, and this impassioned bitterness was passed on to many of his peers within the orphanage, riling them up to become the next generation of warriors when next the Alimrothi would attack. Yet as years went by, skirmishes and blitz raids by the Alimrothi would further dwindle the town’s population, and the orphanage’s, as children were snatched away by the soldiers, indoctrinated into Alimrothi society and sicced against their kin when their loyalty to Alimroth had become clear. Yet for a decade, there was a tenuous peace, one brought by a cohort of mercenary spellmages whose powers kept the Alimrothi Airships at bay. In that time, Steadfort rebuilt, recovered. Though the threat lingered, a sense of safety returned. Though safety was fleeting, dependent upon the tenure of the battlemages whose presence was only guaranteed by gold. When the gold dried up, or a better job came their way, they would leave, and as Nils predicted, they did. It didn’t take long for the Alimrothi to realise, and wage their war once again on the people of Mayreth’s eastern frontier. Though Nils led his people in resistance, holding off the menace for as long as they could, with the help of a few remaining mercenaries and the local resistance he had trained, whilst a small cohort searched for an ancient artefact that might keep the raiders at bay, or deter them entirely. Yet even with the artefact, it could only tear ships from the sky so many times before it fell inert. It was several years after this that the Alimrothi became aware of Steadfort’s renewed vulnerability, and launched an all out assault on the city, aiming to make an example of it. In hours the city had been razed, many of its inhabitants engulfed in infernos poured forth by the airships above. Nils himself nearly perished in the halls of his old orphanage, leading out any children he could into the escape passages leading north. When they emerged, he collapsed in defeat at the site of his home, swathed in flame. It had been razed to the ground, and almost the entire populace he had spent his life protecting had perished with it. Westward he travelled, bringing the children with him to the capital of Broerda, bringing them before the incumbent and complacent king, one who refused to acknowledge the ceaseless pillaging and war raged in the east by Alimroth. For disturbing the peace, Nils was exiled, told to leave Broerda under threat of death should he return. Disillusioned, he wandered aimlessly into the woods northward, only driven by some obscure rumours of town locals, whispers of Gods who had manifested themselves in these woods. He wondered why the divine would walk the land of Mayreth, but do nothing to allay her troubles in the east, but instead cower in the forest like the decrepit king that ruled over him. Hoping to find out, and perhaps sway their minds, he braced himself and journeyed into the dense forests of Nordheim, a place steeped in legend of creatures of old. Exceptional Quality Our models are conceived on paper and then bought to life as concept art by our dedicated arts team. These concepts are then passed on to our sculptors who meticulously create the stunning models we offer. 32mm and 75mm variants Whether its tabletop adventures, or having a larger canvas to paint, we ensure we supply both 32mm and 75mm of every model and base. Presupported Supports can be tricky. We’ve always found the best way to learn is to try and try again. However we understand adding supports isn’t for everyone. That’s why all our models have pre-supported and un-supported variants.