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The Gathering Darkness, Part II; Nemesis Crown Pre-Fluff
Topic Started: 20th May 2007 - 08:29 PM (269 Views)
Queetik
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Queetik had listened intently to the conversation that had taken place between the two hooded figures. How fortunate he had been to stumble upon such an intriguing discussion! Of course, stumble might not be the most appropriate term; stealthily stalked, perhaps? No matter, “A slave dies when a Skaven lies,” or so the saying went, and Queetik had killed countless slaves in the past, so there was no sense in starting to care for their pitiful existence on a whim such as this. Anyway, the fact that he had spied on two agents of the Council was enough to have him killed on the spot, but he would never allow such a thing happen. He was, after all, one of the feared Assassins of Clan Eshin.

What he had heard did not sit well with the Assassin. Word of the Crown's existence had somehow gotten back to Lord Sneek, and now the Council was sending Ratnash--of all rats--to obtain it! That bastard runt of a breeder couldn't find his way out of a collapsed tunnel! Any Assassin that embraced a name bestowed upon him by the Man-Things was a disgrace to the great Clan Eshin! Queetik himself was a much better adept for this type of mission. Ratnash's "renowned" feats at the court of Talabecland were not his own, and were best attributed to the brash audacity of the nobleman-things who refused to take the reports of suspicious attendees seriously. Instead, they had arrogantly insisted on carrying through with the annual celebration of the god, Taal. The celebration, where the man-things dressed in masks of beasts, provided a perfect opportunity for the Skaven infiltration. The task required no large amount of skill for Ratnash to enter the court and pour poison into the communal drinking bowl. The fact that Ratnash was honored by the Nightlord himself upon returning from his mission disgusted Queetik. And now he was being bestowed a great honor, yet another sign of his favor within the clan.

A quiet, unsettling feeling began to build inside of Queetik. What was this feeling? An eerie burning sensation resonated from the pit of his stomach, slowly growing into a furious hellstorm. Ah, yes. Queetik remembered this feeling.

Rage.

It had been quite some time since he had last felt its unrelenting caress. His training as an Assassin had taught him how to control such vacuous emotions, yet it seemed that he retained the capacity for such anger.

Queetik could not allow the hapless and unworthy Ratnash to find the Crown. He must not!

Thoughs of death and destruction flitted through the recesses of Queetik's mind.

If Ratnash were to gain even more influence and power within the Eshin clan, Queetik would, well... he didn't know what he would do.

He spat in contempt.

There was no way that insipid wretch was ever going to reach the Crown; not if Queetik had a say in the matter.

The constant, pulsing thought of the crown had subsided to a lingering ache in his head, but Queetik knew still that untold power would be his if he were to find a way to get his claws on the artifact.

Thoughts of untold power and riches skimmed the surface of Queetik's conscience.

He would possess the Crown. With it he could become the new Nightlord, unseating Lord Sneek from his seat on the Council of 13. No, he could remove the entire need for a Council altogether! Instead, the Skaven would unite under his banner, and he would lead them to victory against the denizens of the Over-Empire!! All would learn to fear his name.

Queetik shook his head, ending the reverie. He needed to act quickly. The Shadows of the Howling Heights would once again gather, and the Crown would be his.

The voice at the precipice of Queetik's mind was satisfied.
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A great start to what I hope will be several tales of your characters exploits Queetik!

One thing is for sure - the Howling Hills are going to be positively overrun with assassins at this rate! Just how it should be!

Am looking forward to reading more of your work *bsb*
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What sneaky said ^_^ .

You've really got an interesting character there and nice hook with the inclusion of ratnash too! The whole inner dialog of queetik reminded me of Skavenslayer, so that can never be a bad thing.

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Really great start. The reference to Ratnash was a nice 'hook', just as Bodacious says.

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Any Assassin that embraced a name bestowed upon him by the Man-Things was a disgrace to the great Clan Eshin!


That line made me chuckle to myself a bit. :)
Not a fan of GW's naming eh? :P

You've got a really good writting style, and the undercurrent of the inner monologue is always a great narative device.

I look forward to reading more! ^_^

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One thing is for sure - the Howling Hills are going to be positively overrun with assassins at this rate! Just how it should be!


Your not joking Sneaky. My Grey Seer has 4 as a personal bodyguard and there are more in my Clan as well. :o
They will be heavily involved in inter and intra Clan politics during the Nemesis Crown I think. ^_^
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Good fluff Queetik. Admitted, I support your characters feelings for "Ratnash the Fleaed"
I suspect GW to equip him lousy, so our superior race will lose more.
Although I like the Snikch-conversion for the figure.
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My lord, that was AWESOME! This is the first piece of Nemesis Crown fluff I have actually been interested in enough to read... No offense to the writers, I just tend to ignore fluff centering on big GW campaigns - I prefer to look through the old Civil War fluff. It's great inspiration.

It's nice to get a good look at your character, Queetik.
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