Warhammer
The White Lions
The White Lions are the personal guard of the Phoenix King. They form a substantial regiment that protects the King’s palace in peace time and accompanies him in time of war. Tradition has it that the White Lions are recruited from the land of Chrace, a perilous realm whose inhabitants are great woodsmen and fierce warriors. Due to the constant of Dark Elf raiders the Chracians live in fortified settlements high in the wooded mountains. They have become great hunters and scouts, adept at guerrilla warfare and skilled in the use of bows and axes.
The White Lions trace their history back to the time of Caledor the First. Caledor was hunting in Chrace when he received news that he was to be the next Phoenix King. He immediately took the road to the Shrine of Asuryan. On route he was intercepted by Dark Elf assassins who had doubtlessly learned of the new Phoenix King’s identity from their spies at court. Caledor would surely have died were it not for the intervention of a party of Chracian hunters who swept out of the forest, throwing the Dark Elves into disarray with the suddenness of their attack, before chopping the assassins into pieces with their great axes. The Chracuans processed to escort the Phoenix King to the Shrine, easily avoiding further Dark Elves by means of their skilled woodcraft. Caledor adopted the Chracians as his bodyguard, and formed them into a proper regiment based in Lothern.
It is a great honour amongst the Chracians to accompany the Phoenix King, and one which must be earned by slaying a white lion, one of the most dangerous creatures of that wild land. This is the traditional rite of the Chracian warrior, entitling him to wear the lion’s pelt as a mark of courage. The pelt has another purpose too. It helps protect the warrior from arrows by entangling the sharp points in its thick fur.
| Profile | M | WS | BS | S | T | W | I | A | Ld |
| White Lion | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
The above information was taken from the Warhammer Armies book on High Elves. All of this information here has been copyrighted to Games Workshop Ltd.
