Affiliation: Dunkler

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Dunkler are an affiliation that represents the Dark Dominion habitat. It was the first Dark Dominion affiliation, appearing in the base set. Dunkler cards have a number of unique effects and abilities although many involve returning Dunkler cards to the top of your deck or playing around cards that have already been placed there.

Story
There are none the Dunkler believe in, revere and adore more than the Dunkler Kaiser. There are none that the Dunkler Kaiser believes in, reveres or adores more than General Stass. Even his name commands military glory, and the denizens of his forces are only too happy to provide it.

History
The Dunkler affiliation first appeared in the base set and gained support in Set 4: Fear The Night. None of these support characters were named after Crematory songs, unlike the majority of those in the base set. These support cards also include the first Dunkler card not to feature a German name, 'Dunkler Chord'.

Lore
The Dunkler are sworn to follow the Kaiser. Although a number of lords attempting to gain their own level of control within the Dunkler Army, none challenge the position of the Kaiser. Even few outside the army within the Dark Dominion would dare to challenge him. His army, led fearlessly by Dunkler Stass and the Herrs, wreaks carnage upon whatever it sets its aims against.

Cards Within The Subtype
FEAR-BP-081 Dunkler Chord *Rare*

FEAR-BP-082 Dunkle Kugleschreiber

FEAR-BP-083 Dunkler Seeungeheuer

FEAR-BP-084 Dunkler Erntearbeiter

FEAR-BP-085 Dunkler Herrverwustung

Trivia

 * This entire subtype is based on German words, 'dunkler' meaning 'dark'. Later support appeared featuring the word 'dunkleheit' or 'darkness'.
 * Although this is the case, the subtype is not intended to reflect the German Army during either WW1 or WW2.
 * Each of the characters in the base set is named after a song by Crematory - a German Gothic Metal band - or a German word. The only exception to this is 'Dunkler Stass' whose name is inspired by the Gerhard 'Felix' Stass, lead vocalist of Crematory. The name Stass itself is a scandinavian name meaning 'military glory'.
 * 'Dunkler Chord' is the only card in the affiliation without a German name.
 * Cards named after Crematory songs are: Ewigkeit, Hoffnungen, Hollenbrand and Eiskalt. The character 'Dunkler Verloren' gained his name from the lyrics of Hoffnungen. 'Verloren' means 'lost'.