Arcane Legions

Cleopatra soon realized that while the Hand of Isis excelled at bolstering the undead, they were nowhere near as effective at controlling them, as witnessed by scores of casualties among friendly troops. Acting swiftly to rectify this rare oversight, she sent spies and emissaries throughout the land to find hedgefolk and wise women capable of using necromancy. Cleopatra then created a new order of necromancers called the Hand of Osiris comprised of these talented, if macabre, women. She ordered Amenhotep to focus their studies toward the war effort. The ancient mummy revealed many powerful and forbidden secrets to the Hand of Osiris, turning them into potent support for the Imperium’s undead. The citizens of Egypt run in fear from these ghoulish enchantresses as they go about their business, the air filled with the whispers of the dead—anyone who listens too long goes mad.

In battle, the Hand of Osiris channels necromantic magic to infuse the walking corpses, mummies and other undead, allowing them to regenerate from nearly any damage short of complete disintegration. With a Hand of Osiris nearby, undead cut to pieces rapidly rejoin their severed limbs right before the horrified eyes of the soldiers that inflicted the damage.