Grom the Paunch
Grom the Paunch of Misty Mountain, often referred to as Grom the Fat, was the most powerful Goblin Warboss to have ever lived. [2a] Between 2410 - 2424 IC his Waaagh! Grom defeated the Dwarfs and invaded The Empire, vanquishing several of its armies and ravaging many of its provinces. Building a fleet, he later invaded Ulthuan, the homeland of the High Elves, where he was finally defeated by Eltharion.[5a][6b]
Although most Waaagh!s are commonly led by Orcs, Grom was to prove exception. Grom was extremely large for a Goblin. While nowhere as tall as an Orc, Grom was immensly fat and strong and became known as the largest Goblin ever. [2a]
History
He famously ate a meal of Troll-meat. This act not only gave him life-long indigestion and terrible flatulence but also granted him some regenerative abilities. For much of his early career, Grom led his Broken Axe tribe first conquering the tribes around and under Thunder Mountain and then across the Badlands and the southern Worlds Edge Mountains, conquering with Greenskin tribes they came across. [2a]
Then Grom attacked the Dwarfs of Karak Kadrin in the Battle of Iron Gate and after that the Empire. He looted and pillaged Averheim, then crossed the Reik and destroyed the imperial capital of Nuln. Later defeated by the Prince of Altdorf, he turned north and laid siege to the city of Middenheim and defeated the army of Middenland. Worried by his fellow Greenskins, who weren't able to sack the city, he crushed the gates with his enormous axe Elf-Biter and constructed his infamous chariot from the remnants of a smaller, wooden temple of Ulric.
After that he came to the Sea of Claws where he ordered the construction of a fleet of ships to transport his horde of some forty thousand Goblins. With that he confronted the Imperial Fleet in a naval battle before he and his horde set sail for Ulthuan. He would be the first (and only) only goblin warlord to have ever successfully invaded the fabled island of Ulthuan, home of the High Elves. [1][2a]
Half of his army died on the voyage, drowning, beaing eaten by their comrades or sea life, but the remainder he led on a rampage through Ulthuan. His shaman Black Tooth began to draw huge amounts of power from the Elf Waystones and together they sacked Athel Tamarha before laying siege to Tor Yvresse itself. Only the intervention of the hero Eltharion and his fleet stopped the rampage, also slaying Black Tooth and causing the goblins to break and flee. [2a]
Grom himself was never found but became a legend amongst both Orcs and Goblins alike. [2a]
Weapons and Equipment
- 2nd Edition: Iron Helmet, Mail Coat, Shield, Sword. [7]
- 4th Edition: Elf-biter, Light Armour. He and Niblet ride in a Goblin Wolf Chariot driven by three Wolves. May have Magic Items. Niblet: Hand Weapon. May have a Magic Item. [4a]
- 6th Edition: Elf-biter, Light Armour. He and Niblet ride in a Goblin Wolf Chariot driven by three Wolves. Niblet: Hand Weapon. [2a]
- 7th Edition: Elf-biter, Light Armour. He and Niblet ride in a Goblin Wolf Chariot driven by three Wolves. Niblet: Lucky Banner. [5c]
- Elf-Biter: Also known as the Axe of Grom, a huge, brutal and deadly axe. [2a]
- Lucky Banner: Old and tattered but lucky, it is carried by Niblit. [2a]
Gallery
Grom and his faithful assistant Niblit.
Grom in Total War Warhammer II
Grom in Total War Warhammer II
Eltharion vs Grom
Miniatures
Grom in his Chariot
Quotes
| “I gotter say,yer immensity, dat there ain’t annuver alive’ oo can belch da word ‘charge’ as loud as you. No wunner da ladz are inspired!
~ Niblet.[3a] |
Notes
In the Citadel Journal he gathers a group of large and vicious goblins but is killed at the Dwarf fortress of Middenheim, the rest of his band are killed in Mad Dog Pass. [7]
Sources
- 1: Warhammer Community: Classic Heroes
- 2: Warhammer Chronicles (2004)
- 2a: Special Characters, pg. 80-81
- 3: White Dwarf 377 (UK)
- 3a: Tribes of the Orcs & Goblins, pg. 48
- 4: White Dwarf 165 (UK)
- 4a: Mighty Heroes, pg. 48
- 5: Warhammer Armies: Orcs & Goblins (7th Edition)
- 6: Warhammer Armies: Orcs & Goblins (8th Edition)
- 7: The Citadel Journal Spring 85, pg. 50
