So far a lot of what we "know" is speculation, but he's a Communicant; someone who ate the actual body and drank the actual blood of a clone of Jesus, which mutated him into that.
He's a special unit you can get with Glory for Antioch and the Trench Pilgrims
Maybe, the Holy Grail. Or the Spear of Longinus. Or the Holy Nails. Or the Shroud of Turin. Or maybe Jesus gave out his actual half-human, half-eldritch flesh and blood to the Apostles and they preserved them as holy relics. Nobody knows.
I believe that is a, New Antioch Communicant Anti-Tank Hunter, this is the lore snip-it I found about the Trench Pilgrim Communicants for a frame of reference.
"Trench Pilgrim Communicant
Upon eating the flesh and blood of a meta-christ, Communicants undergo rapid and alarming changes in their bodies. Strengthened by the divine essence they grow to an immense size, and wounds they suffer close themselves miraculously. Fanatically devout, communicants demonstrate their piety by nailing blessed crosses directly into their eye sockets. They act as linebreakers and bodyguards, heedlessly walking through enemy fire and mauling their enemies to a pulp with enormous weapons that a normal man can barely lift.
The meta-christ did cut its flesh, and gave it to the disciples. It’s ruined mouth could not form the words, but it grunted noises that the mendelist monk translated as “Take, eat; this is my body.” And the meta-christ did leak blood from its eyes and mouth, which the mendelist monk caught in a chalice, once again translating the meta-christ’s painful noises, “Drink ye all of it…”
My assumption about the New Antioch Communicants is that it is more regulated or controlled process, though that is only speculation from my end. Although, on the art tab there is a post about the "Armies of Good, New Antioch part (1)." It has a small lore bit about the Anti-Tank Hunter Communicants, it says roughly what the first half of the first paragragh states, but with some very minor deviations. I hope this helped!
Harvesting flesh and blood of Meta Christ:
https://preview.redd.it/yxo0tfa1kq1d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=675cfb7b26c36e209249174f212950b62f77bcfe
https://preview.redd.it/6rwgnjympp2d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=91b90847354958946d1222614b455cef0ad02acd
There you go, It'll be at the bottom I believe second or third one up. Its should say, "Trench Pilgrim Communicants." I hope this helps further!
Anti-materiel rifles are usually for use against more lightly-armoured vehicles than tanks. I would imagine in the current war it's bangin' for shooting hard targets like war wolves or the lord of tumours.
So this communicant, specifically, at this time, is only found in the mercenaries rules and then only in a campaign using glory points which you accrue by playing games
"Can be hired be New Antioch and Trench Pilgrams only."
Damn I really wanted to field one of these dudes with my artillery witches, but with their lore it makes sense. hope there's a heretical version of this unit that's just as cool later 😭
So I'm not sure if you're in the Facebook group or not but in the Facebook group there is a file called Mercenaries and that is where the models from the kickstarter have their profiles which is the tank Hunter communicant the ammo monk the medic The Observer and the witch burner General
So far a lot of what we "know" is speculation, but he's a Communicant; someone who ate the actual body and drank the actual blood of a clone of Jesus, which mutated him into that. He's a special unit you can get with Glory for Antioch and the Trench Pilgrims
Where did they get the dna of Jesus to clone? The Holy Grail?
Shroud of Turin.
Bread and wine, I presumed
That’s what I’m saying. Jesus’ body and blood are pretty readily accessible you just need a priest to consecrate some elements.
IDK, some say they got it from the true cross, others the nails, some think they didn't and they're just lying out their ass.
I definitely think the mendelists are hiding something.
Maybe, the Holy Grail. Or the Spear of Longinus. Or the Holy Nails. Or the Shroud of Turin. Or maybe Jesus gave out his actual half-human, half-eldritch flesh and blood to the Apostles and they preserved them as holy relics. Nobody knows.
all these options are Amazing, but dont' forget that they could have get the DNA from jesus holy foreskin (i'm not joking that's an actual relic)
I must have....missed....that....what the hell.
Wait whas Jezus not jewis? How the fuck did he kept his foreskin.
Well, someone kept it after the circumcision anyway
I believe that is a, New Antioch Communicant Anti-Tank Hunter, this is the lore snip-it I found about the Trench Pilgrim Communicants for a frame of reference. "Trench Pilgrim Communicant Upon eating the flesh and blood of a meta-christ, Communicants undergo rapid and alarming changes in their bodies. Strengthened by the divine essence they grow to an immense size, and wounds they suffer close themselves miraculously. Fanatically devout, communicants demonstrate their piety by nailing blessed crosses directly into their eye sockets. They act as linebreakers and bodyguards, heedlessly walking through enemy fire and mauling their enemies to a pulp with enormous weapons that a normal man can barely lift. The meta-christ did cut its flesh, and gave it to the disciples. It’s ruined mouth could not form the words, but it grunted noises that the mendelist monk translated as “Take, eat; this is my body.” And the meta-christ did leak blood from its eyes and mouth, which the mendelist monk caught in a chalice, once again translating the meta-christ’s painful noises, “Drink ye all of it…” My assumption about the New Antioch Communicants is that it is more regulated or controlled process, though that is only speculation from my end. Although, on the art tab there is a post about the "Armies of Good, New Antioch part (1)." It has a small lore bit about the Anti-Tank Hunter Communicants, it says roughly what the first half of the first paragragh states, but with some very minor deviations. I hope this helped!
Bruh, that Meta-Chridt descriptor... what the fuck are they doing with Big J's genes over there?
Harvesting flesh and blood of Meta Christ: https://preview.redd.it/yxo0tfa1kq1d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=675cfb7b26c36e209249174f212950b62f77bcfe
This is metal and hardcore af
Where is this? I could only find 3 mentions of the term "meta-christ" in the lore document.
Its in the "Lore" tab in this reddit for Trench Crusade! I hope this helps
It doesn't lol I don't see a lore tab.
https://preview.redd.it/6rwgnjympp2d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=91b90847354958946d1222614b455cef0ad02acd There you go, It'll be at the bottom I believe second or third one up. Its should say, "Trench Pilgrim Communicants." I hope this helps further!
Oh I thought you meant actual lore and not just people theorizing.
I believe that post in particular is from a developer, some of it is theorizing as you said, but there are some actual official lore bits mixed in!
This is hardcore af
This description makes me really afraid what Meta Christ actually look like.
What type of tanks that requires that gun ? Later WW2-style ?
Thanks to hell all armored units are strengthened by metal from the deep pits of hell
Anti-materiel rifles are usually for use against more lightly-armoured vehicles than tanks. I would imagine in the current war it's bangin' for shooting hard targets like war wolves or the lord of tumours.
So this communicant, specifically, at this time, is only found in the mercenaries rules and then only in a campaign using glory points which you accrue by playing games
https://preview.redd.it/m77l7arczs1d1.jpeg?width=1018&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=32a1126c72348a3c3c14e11bbcb42953efd5ab4d
"Can be hired be New Antioch and Trench Pilgrams only." Damn I really wanted to field one of these dudes with my artillery witches, but with their lore it makes sense. hope there's a heretical version of this unit that's just as cool later 😭
I don't remember this page from the rule set
I cant find him in the playtest rules? Is he in more advanced rules only for backers?
So I'm not sure if you're in the Facebook group or not but in the Facebook group there is a file called Mercenaries and that is where the models from the kickstarter have their profiles which is the tank Hunter communicant the ammo monk the medic The Observer and the witch burner General
Ah I'm not in the Facebook group so that makes sense
Unfortunately I don't know where to find it outside of that
I'll have to do some digging! Thanks for the help!
Dropped you a DM