Pyregheists Background Tables
Source: Pyre and Flood (out of print)
The cursed wraiths known as Nighthaunt Pyregheists exist solely to spread the death-infused flames of Nagashizar far and wide. They are malicious spectres, full of bitter fury at their own predicament.
Nighthaunt are creations of Nagash, designed solely to enact his punishments against the living. As such, the Pyregheists have no names of their own, and remember only fractured echoes of their past lives – enough to ensure they are constantly overwhelmed by grief and regret at their hideous existence. Their living foes, however, quite often grant them macabre names and titles.
Pyregheists Names
| D10 | Granted Name | D10 | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ratchgar | 1 | the Immolator |
| 2 | Old Scorch | 2 | of the Baleful Tower |
| 3 | Pyrrhus | 3 | Corpseflame |
| 4 | Charrlocke | 4 | the Cruel |
| 5 | Crask | 5 | the Kindler |
| 6 | Malachai | 6 | the Burning Priest |
| 7 | Sculloch | 7 | Incinerus |
| 8 | Torcher | 8 | Baleheart |
| 9 | Ignol | 9 | Soulburner |
| 10 | Faustus | 10 | the Arch-arsonist |
Pyregheists Origins
| D6 | Origin |
|---|---|
| 1 | Olynder’s Torchbearers: These gheists were once part of the Mortarch of Grief’s royal procession, and their balefire beacons announced her arrival to the living. |
| 2 | Fallen Sigmarites: In life these spirits were once high-ranking priests of the Cults Unbegoren, before Nagash took hold of their souls. |
| 3 | Perished at Glymmsforge: These wraiths were once mortals who perished at the Battle of Glymmsforge, one of the first engagements of the Soul Wars. |
| 4 | Tallowmen of Reikonor: These Pyregheists once served the Grimhalier, gathering reagents for his profane fires. |
| 5 | Flames of Nagashizzar: Once serving at Nagash’s court, these gheists would tend the Great Necromancer’s screaming soulfires. |
| 6 | Bonded in Death: These gheists hail from the same bloodline, and in death are cursed to share a common nightmare. |
Pyregheists Leader Background
| D6 | Background |
|---|---|
| 1 | False Priest: This leader never truly believed in the dogma they preached, but that has not saved them from Nagash’s wrath. |
| 2 | Fear of Flames: In mortal life, this leader was terrified of dying at the stake. In death, they live out their nightmare forever. |
| 3 | Hatred of the Pious: Filled with bitterness and fury, this spectre seeks to inflict agony and terror upon the gods’ pious servants. |
| 4 | Dark Laughter: Cinder and fumes spill from this gheist’s throat, as it mockingly laughs at its burning victims. |
| 5 | Aimless Hatred: Frenzied and wrathful, this leader seeks to set fire to everything in sight. |
| 6 | Ceaseless Shrieking: Trapped forever in the agonising moments of their own immolation, this gheist never stops its awful screaming. |