Ashwood Stranger wanders the hive cities of Necromunda, seeking to bring justice to an unjust world.
Ashwood Stranger is a highly-skilled, wandering gunfighter native to the Hive World of Necromunda who takes on causes, sometimes for a fee, sometimes for free, that he believes will bring justice in a gravely unjust world.
Necromunda is a world of unrighted wrongs and lost causes, a world of extreme corruption and abuse where the powerless have no recourse. Yet a lone legend wanders between the hive cities, a ragged gunfighter who walks in justice -- and that is Ashwood Stranger.
History[]
The underhives of Necromunda have no shortage of loners, criminals and exiles, many wandering from settlement to settlement trying to keep a low profile or keep to themselves as they make a living. The hooded gunfighter known as Ashwood, or more commonly as simply the "Stranger," is one such fighter. Where Ashwood came from or what he is looking for remains a mystery, the Nomad Blade he wears on his back hinting at his long travels between the hive cities.
Ashwood Stranger is ready to unload his custom "Equalizer" Stub Pistol upon all those who seek to prey upon the weak in the underhives of Necromunda.
Wherever he comes from, however, the gunfighter does have a habit of turning up wherever the Palanite Enforcers are making their presence known. Quite unlike most of his peers, Ashwood is a force for justice within the underhive, often settling debts or righting wrongs, especially when the wrong party is powerless to settle them themselves. Sometimes the Stranger even has followers, though these are just as mysterious as their boss, and like to cover their faces and seldom speak.
There are some who reckon Ashwood to have once been an Enforcer himself, and certainly the custom "Equalizer" Stub Pistol he carries is surprisingly similar to Palanite manufacture. Then there is the fact he has a habit of bringing rogue Enforcers down, when even the Merchants Guild won't put a bounty on their heads. Not that all Enforcers are Ashwood's enemies, and from time to time it is said the good ones even throw in with the Stranger, if their goals align -- for a while at least.
The one thing that is in no doubt about Ashwood is when his job is done he disappears back into the outlands, becoming just another soul wandering the wastes of the underhive.
Wargear[]
A closer look at Ashwood Stranger's Nomad Blade and Custom-designed Autopistol.
- Flak Armour with filter mask and augmetic eyepiece
- Custom-designed "Equalizer" Stub Pistol with Dum Dum rounds
- Nomad Blade - This curved, single-edged greatsword is a common melee weapon used among the nomads of Necromunda's Ash Wastes. It takes great strength and skill to wield accurately, but can prove devastating when facing multiple enemies.
Sources[]
- Necromunda: Book of the Outcast (Specialty Game), pg. 130
- Ashwood Stranger Is the Last Just Lawman in the Underhive