The Tomb King is the leader of the army and all its troops are the slaves and servants that accompany him in undeath. His chief and most trusted ministers are his Liche Priests — wizards of great power whose sole job in life was to prepare the king's tomb and ensure his lasting immortality. When a king died, his Liche Priests would continue to perform rituals of immortality in his mortuary temple, and now they are in charced of the reawakening of his long-dead army.

Thousands of troops were buried alive in the great pits of the kings of Nehekhara. In those days, it was considered the duty of a warrior to follow his king, even in death. Troops were interred in serried ranks complete with all the weapons needed to protect their lord in the next life. Many archers were also buried. They live again to send their arrows against the foe. Alongside the infantry gallop the Skeleton Cavalry, their spear tips glinting in the desert sun.