April’s collection is exploring the dark and forbidding world of the Stygian Apertures, mysterious portals to an unknown Barrow Realm that open seemingly at random. The Geometers of Jebel Irhoud are the most familiar with this phenomenon, and have studied it so extensively that they can even predict when and where some of the portals will open. This has made Jebel Irhoud the main adventurers and expeditionists to the Apertures, where they find extremely rare, alien magic artifacts, creatures, and plants. However, adventurers must beware of the Call of the Apertures – staying there too long or going too often can begin an unstoppable process of mutation into a Stygian creature, not always sentient.

Some of the creatures are featured in this collection, such as the Stygian Alanqa, a flying beast used by the Ait Alexon Air Cavalry force who help to protect adventurers in the Apertures, and the Stygian Cynomorphs, a common and dangerous beast found therein. The Stygian Larva, which scientists have discovered can morph into a variety of adult forms (including the Cynomorph), is an eerie marvel. Meanwhile, some of those who are mutated by the Stygian Realm are received less warmly – called Children of Ydris, they are likened to demon-spawn and shunned (albeit respected) in Jebel Irhoud. You can read more about the specific lore at the end of the post.

This month’s bases and terrain were concepted by Paul Ferret and sculpted by TheBetaMarie, Calrais, and Kittifizz! We also have a stellar Throwbacks pack this month, with our desert themed base and terrain pack, a chonky Tengu with a big stick, and 5 adorable Hanzaki Ashigaru to help you on your journeys.

As always, you can read all of the collected Lore in our CobraCompendium, which also has a numbered listing of all our collections at the end: https://bit.ly/3om6snO

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