The latest Warmachine lore finally starts filling one of the setting’s biggest post-Infernal mysteries.
Menoth’s faithful did not simply disappear after the old Protectorate collapsed. Instead, Feora gathered believers around an ancient sanctuary deep within Alchiere. However, their return begins as a dangerous religious pilgrimage rather than a straightforward military resurgence. The result gives the Covenant of the Flame considerably more context and personality. This is a summary of a community post found here.
Feora Leads Menoth’s Faithful From the Spire of the Flame
The story unfolds through Stallos, who recounts the Protectorate’s journey while speaking to pilgrims in Imer during 623 AR. Years earlier, Stallos joined Feora’s followers at the remote Spire of the Flame in Alchiere. Life there was hardly comfortable exile. The settlement constantly fought jungle growth, shortages, dangerous wildlife, and the simple challenge of keeping everyone fed. Meanwhile, only a handful of warcasters remained available to defend the community. Stallos spent much of his time patrolling alongside his ageing Vigilant warjack, Shield of Devotion. Feora, however, had uncovered something far more important inside the ancient temple. More than 60,000 unique lines of Menite scripture covered the Spire and surrounding structures. Furthermore, many inscriptions described Isur, a pilgrim who lived alongside Priest-King Cinot.
While Cinot carried Menoth’s law westward, Isur apparently travelled east into lands that had forgotten the Creator. That discovery dramatically changes how these forgotten ruins fit into Warmachine lore. The faithful had not merely stumbled upon an abandoned temple. Instead, they had rediscovered evidence of an ancient Menite mission stretching far beyond their established homeland. High Scrutator Kerr Malek interpreted everything as proof of divine guidance. Stallos remained far less comfortable with Malek’s enthusiasm and suspected political ambition behind his piety.
However, the discovery beneath the temple made even Stallos stop doubting its significance. Priests uncovered the remains of Isur himself, preserved with ancient vestments, scripture, and a blackened menofix. Consequently, Feora ordered a pilgrimage westward to return Isur’s remains to Holy Imer. That decision was risky because the Spire’s defenders were already stretched painfully thin. Therefore, Stallos quietly arranged for several capable Flameguard to remain behind under Preceptor Rosdan. His little deception says plenty about Stallos as a character. He is faithful, but he remains practical enough to protect ordinary people from reckless religious enthusiasm. The pilgrimage soon proves his caution justified. Initially, the column crosses jungles and open grasslands while carrying Isur’s stone coffer toward the west. However, scouts eventually discover trollkin settlements blocking their preferred route around Brackish Lake.
Rather than risk the relic, Feora chooses a longer path through the Lion’s Teeth mountains. From there, the journey becomes brutal. Cold replaces tropical heat, while narrow passes make every wagon movement dangerous. Supplies shrink rapidly, and the group begins burning precious warjack coal simply to survive freezing nights. Eventually, an elderly priest named Joran dies from the cold. Worse still, a wagon plunges into a ravine and takes much of their food and water with it. Half-rations become quarter-rations, while the starving pilgrims even bleed their shagmar beasts for broth. Tensions finally erupt when Malek demands extra food for those carrying Isur’s remains.
However, Feora prevents the dispute from becoming open violence. She allows the bearers one additional mouthful, but takes it from her own ration. That moment helps present Feora as more than the fiery zealot longtime players may remember. She remains uncompromising, yet she also understands that leadership requires holding exhausted followers together. Finally, Feora reaches the mountain summit and burns away the clouds before the pilgrims. Below them lies Imer, shining beside the river across the desert. For the exhausted faithful, it represents both their destination and the birthplace of their renewed faith. More broadly, this Warmachine lore establishes the Covenant of the Flame as a people returning from isolation through hardship and rediscovered history.
Final Thoughts
Overall, this chapter does more than explain where Menoth’s followers have been. It gives their return a pilgrimage narrative rooted in faith, scarcity, and forgotten history. Meanwhile, Stallos provides a grounded counterweight to Feora and Malek’s religious certainty. Most importantly, the Covenant now feels like a faction rebuilt through survival rather than simply restored for tabletop convenience. That makes their return much more interesting than another army reappearing because the setting needed them.
