Characters can always be found where the fighting is thickest. In combat, a character that has joined a unit:

• May, if they are not within the fighting rank when their combat is chosen during Step 1.1 of the Choose Combat & Fight sub-phase, and starting with characters belonging to the inactive player, move through the ranks to join the fighting rank.

• May, if they are within the fighting rank, make a number of attacks determined by their Attacks characteristic and their proximity to the enemy.

• Can direct their attacks against, or divide them between, any enemy models they are in base contact with.

• Can only be hit by enemy attacks (including Impact Hits or Stomp Attacks) that are directed against them, made by enemy models that are in base contact with them.

• Can only have Impact Hits or Stomp Attacks directed against them if there are fewer than five rank and file models in the unit.

Note that characters adjacent to a fighting rank are considered to be within it.