0-1 Unit of Outriders...................39 Points per model

Your army may include one unit of these living war machines. A cross between the ancestor to the warhorses used by the Reiksguard Knitghts and a now extinct mountain mule, these War Ponys stand over 7 feet tall at the shoulder and weigh as much as a cart loaded with ore.
The Outriders use cunningly designed step ladders built into the pony's saddles to mount these giant creatures.
During battle the Outriders are able to lean low off the side of their mounts to strike opponents as they charge by, that is when they are not busy watching their mount trample their enemies into paste.

These fearless mounts will not turn away from their riders unfortunately and must be put down when their rider is slain. They will kick to death anyone who they perceive as attacking their rider, even another outrider. What these powerful creatures lack in speed they more than make up for with ferocity and stamina.

Their origin lost in antiquity the Dwarf War Pony's were once raised by the stout folk before the colonisation of the World's Edge Mountains began. It is said that when the ancestor gods led their people south to colonise the World's Edge Mountains before -4500, that these Pony's and their handlers were entrusted with guarding the old fortresses and holdings of the dwarfs should they need to return.

When the others did not return and the spread of chaos began these proud folk defended their homes to the last. If it were not for the ancestor god Grimnir closing the Chaos Gate they might never have survived. As it was they were sorely tested and barely made their way to what is now known as Norsca.

Until now the Outriders, as they prefer to be called, have been a secretive clan of dwarfs preferring the company of their trusted mounts over even the company of other dwarfs. Though they have maintained awareness of their brethren it would seem that knowledge of the Outriders was lost (either deliberately or negligently for most dwarfs do not care for hoofed creatures) during the colonisation and subsequent Time of Woes.

Now these formidable fighting units have come to the aid of their brothers in an effort to beat back the armies of Chaos and purge the former Dwarven fortresses of their Skaven and Goblinoid residents.

EQUIPMENT : Heavy Armour, Shield, Hand Weapon, Barded War Pony

SAVE : 2+ - Note that the War Pony does not suffer movement penalties for its barding -much like the dwarves themselves

SPECIAL : The metal shod hooves of the Warpony cause D3 wounds when they hit.

Written by Stuart Hoffman