These are open to all game modes, as they add to the Battle Traits available to all factions. Does it accomplish that goal? Allegiance Abilities Some of their best units are seeing better use in other armies, and while the Slaves to Darkness are still holding their own they could use some new rules to make things more exciting. Slaves to Darkness are facing an interesting Paradigm shift as coalition rules with mono-god armies have changed the way many of their units are used. September’s issue contained updates to the Slaves to Darkess, the Chaos army for those who don’t want to settle for just one god (or just really really like buff barbarians). Continuing the trend set in Issue 467 with the Sons of Behemat, we got another Tome Celestial that offers expanded rulesets for Open, Narrative and Matched Play for an army while they wait for an update in the form of a new Battletome.