Gunnery Wight

"These former marksmen and artillerymen are as obsessed with gunpowder in death as they were in life."

—The Gunnery Wights.^[1]

A pirate Gunnery Wight.^[1]

Gunnery Wights are Wights resurrected from the remains of skilled marksmen and gunners, instead of fallen warriors and champions. They are commonly seen as commanders in the undead fleets of the Vampire Coast.

Role

As most Necromancers know, it is notoriously difficult to get a reanimated minion to use a firearm with any level of effectiveness due to their limited dexterity. Some men are so adept in the use of their weaponry during their lifetimes, however, that the Winds of Magic imprint those skills upon them so they may also manifest after death.^[1]

The rifle-wielding Gunnery Wights are examples of this phenomenon, carefully animated from the corpses of high-ranking marksmen and artillerymen to be as obsessed with gunpowder in death as they were in life. Most were skilled Mercenaries, part of the constant stream of brigands from the Empire, Kislev, and lawless places such the lands of the Border Princes, taking to the oceans in search of riches and adventure.^[1]

Miniatures

Pirate of Sartosa official miniature, the prototype of what will become the Gunnery Wight made by Creative Assembly. All pirate captains need an able crew, though not all can afford the best. Such concerns are beyond the Vampire pirates of Sartosa, however - all they need do is slaughter someone else's crew and raise them into Undeath to do their nefarious bidding.

Sources

• 1: Total War: Warhammer II (PC Game)

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