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Chieftain Vartrak
Topic Started: 1st May 2007 - 05:15 PM (233 Views)
Lt Merthak
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I readily admit I've been neglecting my Warlord Clans fluff. Si I think I'll introduce you to my general. He'll feature in The Zettibet Conspiracy and then I'll give him his own awesome saga. This is just to introduce him...

The battlefield reeked of congealed blood and torn fur. The pavise was snapped in half, no longer a looming triangle. The outpost-warren had been entered by the raiders and Kraithik, a Grey Seer of Clan Deerthak widely known as 'the contented seer' was cowering behind the broken shield. He had completely lost his head with fear and the stench. A dying slave crawled forward, coughing blood. Kraithik was coming to his senses and saw, beneath the slave, an equally injured clanrat. Many of these poor soldiers had been sent out to combat the sudden attack and now they were lying dead.

The kindly seer offered both the creatures water but the slave died there and then. The clanrat guzzled down the water and gasped "Kraticha!" Kraithik cocked his head. "Who is this?" "My... my breeder... we have two ratspawn... One was taken-taken by Clan Rethsak... but the other... Kraticha has him... take my legacy..." The Skaven coughed. "And... wait-wait... no..." Kraithik decided not to hang about and slipped into a corpse pile so no enemy would notice his Skitterleap. He uttered a quick chant to his god and was gone.

The warren was strewn with corpses. The warriors of Rethsak had gone now and Kraithik was listening. Then he heard what he was looking for. The small whimper of a newborn Skaven.

Its mother had been stabbed in the neck. The thin, small breeder's corpse lay somewhat spreadeagled on the ground, and next to it, a tiny frightened ratspawn. Kraithik picked up the baby and wrapped it in a cloth. It looked up inquisitively and looking back down into its little eyes, Kraithik felt strangely protective of it. He Skitterleped back, to the bustling streets of Fort Deerthak, and the safety of his home.

Kraithik raised the spawn, whom he had christened Vartrak, for years until, in adolescence Vartrak joined the military. Showing exceptional skill and intelligence as an adult, Vartrak was made a Chieftain. He was granted money, power, warpstone, an army, a beautiful breeder and the Warlord's favour.

Vartrak was destined, it was clear to see, for great things.


Get ready for them ^_^
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A nice introduction there Merthak, well written and I look forward to reading more.

A 'kindly Seer' though? That'll be a first! Offering a slave water ?!? What next, food and bedding ? I mean where would it end ?!? :)
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