Eilish Garrity, the Occultist

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An arcanist, scholar, and experienced sellsword, Eilish Garrity of the Black River Irregulars mercenary company now walks a dangerous road to power. Those who confront him in battle discover that his scholarly demeanor belies his potent arcane skill—which some suggest was earned through nefarious means. He insists he is wielding his power for the greater good, though it seems a dark path he treads.

Basic Info

Mercenary - This model will work for Template:Convergence Mercenary, Template:Crucible Guard mercenary, Template:Cryx Mercenary, Template:Cygnar Mercenary, Template:Infernal Mercenary, Template:Khador Mercenary, Template:Menoth Mercenary, or Template:Retribution Mercenary.

• Template:Partisan

Minion - This model will work for Template:Circle Minion, Template:Grymkin Minion, Template:Legion Minion, Template:Skorne Minion, or Template:Trollblood Minion.

Abilities

• Template:Arcane Void
• Template:Gate Walker
• Template:Magic Ability
• Template:Marked Soul
• Template:Mental Force

Weapons

• Template:Unarmed

Spells

{{Category: Template:Bleed AttackTemplate:Puppet MasterTemplate:Unbinding Spell }}[[Category: Template:Bleed AttackTemplate:Puppet MasterTemplate:Unbinding Spell ]]

Theme Forces

• Mercenary
  • Template:Llaelese Resistance
  • Template:Strange Bedfellows. He gains Swift Vengeance in this theme.
  • Template:The Irregulars

• Minion
  • Template:Will Work for Food

• Infernals
  • Template:Dark Legacy. He doesn't use up your "Up to one Mercenary solo" in this theme.
  • Template:Hearts of Darkness. He can be included no matter which warcaster leads the theme.

• Other Factions
  • Convergence players can use this model in the Strange Bedfellows theme. He gains Swift Vengeance in this theme.
  • Furthermore, Mercenary/Minion models can be hired by other Factions. Normally those Factions' themes will have a limit on how many models they can hire. Refer to #Other Theme Forces, below.

Thoughts on Eilish1

Eilish1 in a nutshell

He's a support model specialising in giving your army some anti-spell protection (Arcane Void and Unbinding) and dabbling in buffing (Puppet Master). Last on the list is a boostable Bleed.

Most likely you're taking him with a very specific target for Puppet Master in mind. He's a very strong pick for many armies.

Combos & Synergies

• MacBain can feat on him, letting him safely run into the enemy lines ready to Unbind their upkeeps next turn.
• Major Harrison Gibbs or Lynus can heal him after he cut himself for his magic.
• Any model with a good critical effect appreciates a re-roll. Two attempts to get a crit are better than 1, after all.
  • A Mule with Puppet Master + Deadeye has a nearly 70% chance to trigger Critical Devastation, it gets even higher if the Mule boosts the attack roll.
• Crosse2 likes to take Eilish and Reinholdt to really improve Crosse's shooting.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• He's more of a utility piece, his offensive output is quite poor for a 5 point model.
• He faces stiff competition from many other Mercenary solos.

Tricks & Tips

• Unbinding is normally used to get rid of enemy debuffs on your models. It can be used to get rid of the enemy buffs on enemy models ... but the short range makes that unlikely.
• Keep him out of LOS but close enough to key models to project Arcane Void over them. He's pretty squishy, and if he sticks his neck out the enemy will snipe him.

Other

Trivia

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Limited Sculpt attached to No Quarter Prime #1.

• Released in the Northkin Expansion (2017.07)
• His initial sculpt was a limited edition that was attached to the magazine No Quarter Prime #1.

His non-limited sculpt was released in mid-2018.

• Eilish Garrity is a member of the Black River Irregulars, who feature in several novels and an expansion to the Undercity board game.
• There is an official short story The Toll by Doug Seacat 2019.06, starring Eilish Garrity and set in the time between the events of the Black Crowns novel and his incarnation as Eilish the Occultist.
• The fluff reason he is allowed to work for anyone, including the likes of Grymkin and the Retribution, is a bit of handwavium.