Bladegheist Revenant

Behold; when you all thought Nagash could not be any more of an asshole, when you all thought he reached peak dickery when he fucked up the balance of magic in the realms, he went and surpassed himself, pulling these poor suckers out of some awful, skeletal hole somewhere in Shyish. The Bladegheist Revenants are the Nighthaunt’s answer to sword-wielding infantry, whirling around the battlefield like they just snorted a pile of warp dust. This isn’t without reason. In fact, this flailing around is the exact reason why they are such a fucked up concept.

They are the souls of people who, when they died, were in an exceptional amount of stress. This encompasses very pleasant scenarios such as being stabbed with spikes, drowning, burning, etc. And because the deceased presumably writhed with agony, Nagash, in all his wisdom, perceives this as trying to stop themselves from dying, and thereby they earn his ire. So when they finally do pop their clogs, that awful moment of panic? That’s your new eternity. The Bladegheists are given their swords, and are essentially left to spin and twirl with pain across the battlefield for eternity, cutting down others in a maddened frenzy. Needless to say, this was GW’s way of saying that AoS isn’t entirely Noblebright anymore.