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The recent history of Clan Notch; More Fluff for Clan Notch
Topic Started: 24th May 2007 - 11:34 AM (177 Views)
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Since its arivval in Norsca Clan Notch has been constantly attacked from all sides by a number of factions, constantly fighting small scale conflicts with its neighbours, almost shattered entirely in its war against the goblins, only surviving due to a last minute truce called by the two opposing forces.

Although since the end of the war against the goblins Clan Notch was free from large scale, drawn out conflicts, but the constant warring with local Norse tribes, undead, local beasts attracted to the holds and the other factions within the land has left Clan Notch unable to grow in strength, the already poor Clan was had been forced to empty its almost non-existant coffers again and again to supply for the never ending conflicts it was in.

Th Clan's leader Notch Scratchpaw new that the clan could not go on like this forever, sooner or later one of the neighbouring factions-or a completely new one would gather enough strength to lay a sizeable assualt on the Clans hold althought the Clan was allied to the nearby Goblin tribe, unlike the Skaven, since their war the goblins had managed to expand in size, and grow large enough to make the warlord nervous, the Skaven knew that something had to be done to save the Clan from withering away.

Due to the constant conflicts Clan had gathered a large stash of stolen and looted goods, all of which was used to supply the Clanrats with food, cloths, weapons, armour and so on, and had managed to hoard a large amount of slaves into its holds. Since the Clan's formation and seperation from its parent Clan, Clan Raw, knowledge of the clan's existance to the council of thirteen and other clans was unknown (besides from Clan Eshin and the allied Clan Rot). Notch Scratchpaw decided to take the clan out of its solitary life from the other Clans and sent messangers to Skavenblight, offering gifts of equipment and slaves to other warlords, by doing this he had managed to set up links between the clans, were he then began supplying the Clans with looted equipment, goods, and slaves, soon, this had grabbed the attentions of Clan Skyre, who seemed doubly interested in purchasing the looted goods from other races, paying large amounts if warptokens for specific items sold by the Clan. This then supplied the Clan with the warptokens required for it to survive, filling up on merchenaries from other clans and breeders the Clan began expanding from its constantly besieged holds, enslaving nearby tribes of Norsemen and gnoblars, the clan finally had a sizeable amount of land to call their home.

The Skaven had managed to take control over a large area under, and above ground in Norsca, but its numbers were still few, and it had barely enough rats to man all of the defences leading to much of its territory being easily taken, it was only a month after this that conflict with neighbouring factiosn had ceased and skirmishes with the undead increased Dirttrackers (the clans scouts, secret police and spies) sent to investigate returned bloodsoaked and wounded, several seemed to have limbs missing or organs/bones spilling out of their bodies, the bewildered at this sight the Clanrats on gaurd offered their help to them, only to be attacked by the reanimated carcasses the scouts had become.

The lighter defended parts of the Clans territory and the outskirts of it were quickly overran as the undead encircled them, word reached the ears of the Clans Warlord and Cheiftains of the incursion, but blocked off from all retreat or help, the Clan was on its own. It was some time before the invasion began proper, and even longer before the Clan realised who was the head of the assault: Delak Darkscythe, a sadistic Blooddragon Vampire with slaughter on its mind. The undead pressed hard upon the Clan, blocking off all above, and below ground routes from the Clan, the skaven struggled to defend their homes as they were attacked from all sides, whenever the conflict swayed in the favour of the Skaven, the bloodcraized vampire would soon turn up to turn the tide of the battle for worse, as the invasion drawn on, series of skirmished broke out around the lost warrens, tunnels and mazes of rocks and hills above ground, only the desparation of some of the Clans tactics allowed their current survival.

Soon after the Skaven had been pushed right back to their hold, were the vermin then managed to block of most of the tunnels with a series of explosions reducing the number of possible attack routes they would have to defend. It was a grisley 3 weeks of confinement the Ratmen had to endure, trapped in their hold before the seige began, but by this time, the skaven had managed to sneak out several scouts to request aid from nearby factions, many were sent, upon entering the goblins hold, the messenger had discovered that it lay inwaste, the few golbins remaining struggled to survive in their dead-filled chambers, the Goblins refused to help the begging skaven, soon after the other messangers discovered that most life for miles around had been slaughtered to swell the undead ranks, it was only by chance that they encountered a passing tribe of Ogres migrating from the East, and from the pormises of battle, promised to aid the Ratmen...for a price.

The ratmen, underheavy seige callasped more tunnels and managed to station its few ratling guns at the end of each tunnels in an attempt to clear the ways, the slave pens were emptied, every inch of the hold was riddeled with a maze of makeshift barricades and obstacles, making the intrusion of an outsider, even more complicated. As Skaven struggled to hold their warrens, the Ogres struck the unsuspecting dead leaving a large dent in their lines, the skaven saw this as their time to strike, and led a series of counter attacks upon the undead, loosening their grip upon the Skaven's homes, the war seemed to know be in favour of the Skaven, who now manged to send out more messangers to request aid from the closest Skaven Clans.

But the war was not over, the Clans hold was filled with the rotting corpses of those perished in the war, who then, under a single powerfull spell raised up to fight the Skaven, suprised sections of the Skavens hold were quickly overrun, but were recaptured before and strong enough grasp could be claimed by the dead.

Now local Norse tribes joined the melee harrasing the undeads flanks and rear, despite the sudden turn in the tide of battle, the vampire seemed unfettered, and looked as if he even enjoyed the turn of events, but nevertheless, the undead were loosing ground.

But before defeat, the undead tried one last surge of attack, gathering the entirety of its forces to attack the Clan's hold, overwhelming the fatigued defenders, it was only a cunning trap set by the Clan's warlock engineers that saved it from certain defeat, as the still confident Blood Dragon vampire lead part of the assualt through on of the many cramped tunnels, the engineer sent out a large group of slaves to tie up the undead, as they tore through the terrified Slaves, the warlock adjusted some bolts and buttons on its Warplightning cannon before firing it, and by sheer luck it fired at full strength in the right direction, directly through the tunnels, shocked at the unexpected trap, the vampire could not move out of the way in the cramped tunnels as his armour and flesh meted together.

Upon its death, the vampires horde quickly crumbled to dust and its necromancers fled, as the undead had stripped the life in a large area around the hold, a power vacuum was left in which the clan was all to pleased to fill, but the reason behind the invasion still remains unknown to the defenders.

The Clan is now recovering from its narrow-victory and is planning on sending expeditionary forces throught the old world once its grips upon the land has been secured.
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