Lords of Flame and Fuel: The Promethium Guilders of the Underhive
The Flame That Fuels the Hive: The Promethium Guilder
This artwork captures the eerie majesty of a Promethium Guilder, a shadowy figure seated atop a hovering industrial throne, cloaked in crimson robes and surrounded by flickering candles and brass-iron flame lanterns. His masked face and the cables feeding into his mouth and hood evoke both the Adeptus Mechanicus and a funerary priest, suggesting a man more machine than flesh, yet still clinging to power and ritual. With one hand he pores over an ancient tome, likely a fuel ledger or combustion rite, while the other rests near a control node that guides his hovering platform. Behind him, plasteel braziers burn sacred flame—not merely for light, but to honor the spirit of fire itself, a sacred element to those who trade in promethium. In the grimy depths of hive worlds like Necromunda, Promethium Guilders wield immense economic and political influence, as control of promethium is control of power, life, and death. They are both merchants and mystics, hoarding not just fuel but the right to burn, guarded by tradition, tech, and terror in equal measure.
