A massive showdown is brewing in the grimdark streets of Hive Fissilicus on Volkus, where religious zeal meets unrelenting carnage in the latest Kill Team expansion – Blood and Zeal.
This expansion delivers two brand-new kill teams, an updated mission-packed dossier, and new terrain, all centered around a high-stakes battle between the Emperor’s most fervent missionaries and a deranged Khorne-worshipping blood cult.
The Story Behind Blood and Zeal
On Volkus, the Imperium is preparing to fire the Great Gun, an apocalyptic super-weapon requiring a colossal firing cap to ignite its devastating payload. Transporting this component to its final destination is a perilous mission, as a brutal Khorne-worshipping cult, the Goremongers, aims to detonate it inside the hive city for a glorious offering to the Blood God. Only the Sanctifiers, a militant band of Ecclesiarchal zealots, stand in their way. Flame and faith will clash with chainblades and ritual knives in a battle of righteous fury vs. berserk slaughter.
The Kill Teams
Sanctifiers – The Emperor’s Holy Warriors
The Sanctifiers are an 11-model team of fanatical Ecclesiarchal militia, drawn from the most devout warriors of the Imperium. Inspired by the words of their Confessor, they are armed with flamers, brutal melee weapons, and sheer faith, fighting through wounds that would flatten an ogryn. Their relentless zealotry fuels them in battle, making them harder to kill while they chant prayers and sermons.
Their ranks include:
Confessor – A firebrand orator leading his flock into battle.
Drill Abbot – Keeps the team disciplined and deadly in close quarters.
Death Cult Assassin – A lethal melee specialist who lives only to purge heretics.
Firebrand – Wielding flamers and incendiary weapons to burn away sin.
If you love an army that leans into faith-fueled melee combat with a bit of holy firepower, this squad is a perfect pick.
Goremongers – Khorne’s Mortal Champions
On the other side of the blood-soaked battlefield, we have the Goremongers—eight savage warriors of Khorne who witnessed a Bloodletter in battle and lived. This encounter has left them utterly obsessed, driving them to reshape themselves into perfect warriors of slaughter. They replace their own legs with brutal mechanical limbs, injecting combat stimms infused with the blood of daemons, and wield chainblades, serrated cleavers, and sacrificial daggers.
What sets the Goremongers apart from other Khorne cultists is their lucid, tactical approach to violence—they are not mindless berserkers but highly skilled butchers. They carefully plan their carnage, ensuring every kill is a worthy sacrifice to Khorne.
Their strengths include:
Hyper-aggressive melee prowess – Everything they touch dies screaming.
Blood-infused stimms – Keeping them fighting longer and harder.
Cunning brutality – Unlike frothing berserkers, they are calculated killers.
If you want a high-mobility melee kill team that dishes out savage close-quarters destruction, the Goremongers are for you.
New Terrain & Missions
This expansion includes an Imperial Shrine Statue, acting as a huge, dramatic centerpiece for your battlefield. Missions revolve around this sacred structure, with the Sanctifiers defending it while the Goremongers seek to desecrate it.
The Blood and Zeal Dossier adds deep thematic missions, rules for desecrating terrain in the name of Chaos, and a deck of Blood and Zeal cards—providing divine blessings or cruel twists of fate depending on the whims of the gods.
You’ll also get a large token sheet containing everything needed to jump into battle right away.
Final Thoughts – A Clash of Absolute Fanatics
Kill Team: Blood and Zeal is shaping up to be one of the most intense and thematic expansions yet, pitting two of the most extreme factions in Warhammer 40K against each other. The Sanctifiers burn with unwavering faith, while the Goremongers are relentless avatars of destruction. This box set delivers brutal close-quarters combat, unique thematic missions, and stunning new terrain.
If you’re ready for flamers, chainblades, and unholy carnage, keep an eye out for pre-orders dropping soon!
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