Hello folks!

**Army of Thror** was my favorite army for the whole last edition of the game. The best miniatures of dwarves ever. Not the best rules, but not the bad ones either. It was never strong in the Matched Play format, but also wasn't very weak either. In the current edition I've played quite a lot with this legion and I can say that the Army of Thror is one of the worst legions for a competitive game - [the statistic](https://mesbg.longshanks.org/statistics/).

The main issues from my point of view are:

* **Base infantry are too expensive.** As example Khazad-Dum Dwarf Warrior is better and cheaper than Erebor Dwarf Warrior.
* **Low hitting power.** Our main hitting power are Heroes and Grim Hammer. But we don't want to take Grim Hammer anymore because they use two-handed weapons and a chance to win a duel roll is really small. By the math the chance of winning the duel roll when we are outnumbered(which will be the case most the time) is ridiculously low.
* **No interesting and good legion special rules for competitive games.**



So, I've decided to create a version of dwarven army which will use the best miniatures of dwarves ever for my local games and community! Meet the **The Dwarven host of the Battle of Azanulbizar**! I tried to rely on the events that took place in the movie adaptation and rely on the models that are available in the game. 

Here is a list explaining rules. What and why:

* **Adding Iron Guards**. I like the idea that not only the heroes of Erebor(Like Dwalin or Erebor Dwarf capitain), but also some warriors prefer to fight using weapons in each hand. Also, adding these units will add additional variety to the army.
* **Royal Bloodline**. In the default Army of Thror the banner rule is good but not effective(especially if we do not want to take Thror) because our battlefield is 48' x 48' inches, not a circle with a radius of 6' inches and usually the mission requires us need to be at more than one point in one time. So because the base units do not have the ability to take the banner it will be great that our thematic heroes provide a banner effect.
* **Pay an old debt**. The dwarves had been fighting the orcs for many years, and as fact during the Battle of Azanulbizar, they had known exactly how to fight them.
* **The King’s Protectors**. The main fix for the current Army of Thror's problem.
* ***“That is when I saw him”***. The thematic rule. It will also give our base units the opportunity not only to use Shielding rule, but also to provide some help for reducing the enemy's numbers.

I tried to make a medium-strength army so that it wouldn't become a gamechanger, and I believe I succeeded. The Beornings, Men of the West, Halls of Thranduil, The Last Alliance, Battle of Fornost, Army of Dale, Kingdom of Khazad-dûm etc. are much stronger than that I did. But for now I can at least try to do something to win 1 game from 2.

I will be glad to hear your comments, tips and suggestions!

Baruk Khazâd!

Saving Army of Thror