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The '''Lahmian Sisterhood''' was a cabal of [[Vampire|vampires]] under the rule of [[Neferata]], former queen of [[Lahmia]].
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The '''Lahmian Sisterhood''' is a cabal of [[Vampire|vampires]] under the rule of [[Neferata]], former queen of [[Lahmia]].
  
==World-That-Was==
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==Overview==
 
In the years following the fall of Lahmia, Neferata surrounded herself with a group of vampiric servants who, despite being vicious and savage warriors and competent necromancers, showed their true strengths in the areas of seduction, infiltration, intelligence gathering and manipulation. Their time in [[Mourkain]] allowed them to hone these skills to supernatural levels and by the time the vampire queen took the mountain fortress of the [[Silver Pinnacle]] from the Dwarfs and made it her own, these vampires and becomes true masters of their arts.
 
In the years following the fall of Lahmia, Neferata surrounded herself with a group of vampiric servants who, despite being vicious and savage warriors and competent necromancers, showed their true strengths in the areas of seduction, infiltration, intelligence gathering and manipulation. Their time in [[Mourkain]] allowed them to hone these skills to supernatural levels and by the time the vampire queen took the mountain fortress of the [[Silver Pinnacle]] from the Dwarfs and made it her own, these vampires and becomes true masters of their arts.
  
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Neferata had learnt that one did not have to be a ruler to rule. Instead her web gave her influence unparalleled and for centuries she became the secret queen of an unseen empire.
 
Neferata had learnt that one did not have to be a ruler to rule. Instead her web gave her influence unparalleled and for centuries she became the secret queen of an unseen empire.
  
===Notables===
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==Members==
 
*'''Neferata'''; the first vampire, queen of lost Lahmia, Queen of Mysteries, ruler of the Silver Pinnacle.
 
*'''Neferata'''; the first vampire, queen of lost Lahmia, Queen of Mysteries, ruler of the Silver Pinnacle.
*'''[[Naaima]]'''; former Cathayan concubine, first and most loyal of Neferata's sisterhood.{{Fn|1}}   
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**'''[[Naaima]]'''; former [[Cathay]]an concubine, first and most loyal of Neferata's sisterhood.{{Fn|1}}
*'''Anmar bin Muntasir'''; Arabyan princess, sister to Kahled al Muntasir.{{Fn|1}}  
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** '''Lady [[Alfina Aldrich]]''': She was married to a guildmaster in [[Nuln]]. {{Fn|7b}}   
*'''Bellatash''' of Tilea
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**'''Anmar bin Muntasir'''; Arabyan princess, sister to Kahled al Muntasir.{{Fn|1}}  
*'''Duchess of Malstonia'''
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**'''Bellatash''' of Tilea
*'''Giselle''' of Marienburg
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** '''Madame [[Dagmar]]''': Runs the Silver Lily brothel in [[Nuln]].{{Fn|7b}}
*'''Heterneb''' of Lahmia
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**'''Duchess of Malstonia'''
*'''Imentet''', High Mistress of Neferata's Handmaidens {{Fn|5}}
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** [[Gabriella von Nachthafen]]: Elder vampire who was tasked with watching [[Sylvania]] after siring [[Adolphus Krieger]] who later turned [[Ulrika Magdova]]. {{Fn|7a}}
*'''Iona'''; Slave girl from [[Sartosa]] {{Fn|1}}
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**'''Giselle''' of Marienburg
*'''Lady Isabette''': A vampire childe of Serutat who was slain in [[Mordheim]] by [[Marianna Chevaux]]{{Fn|6}}
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**'''Heterneb''' of Lahmia
* Lady [[Khemalla]] of Lahmia {{Fn|9}}
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** [[Hermione von Auerbach]]. {{Fn|7a}}
** [[Mariato]]: A favourite of Khemella who in threatening [[Giovanni Gottio]] during his work, lost her favour and his life.{{Fn|9}}
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*** [[Famke Leibrandt]]: [[Vampire Thrall]]. {{Fn|7b}}
*'''Kahled al Muntasir, Prince of Bel Aliad.{{Fn|1}}  
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**'''Imentet''', High Mistress of Neferata's Handmaidens {{Fn|5}}
*'''Layla'''; [[Strigori]] noblewoman {{Fn|1}}
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**'''Iona'''; Slave girl from [[Sartosa]] {{Fn|1}}
*[[Lupa Stregga]]; Tilean slave gifted by the Dark Elf corsair Megara, lover of [[Vorag Bloodytooth]].{{Fn|1}}
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** Lady [[Khemalla]] of Lahmia {{Fn|2}}
*'''Lycindia''' the Cruel
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*** [[Mariato]]: A favourite of Khemella who in threatening [[Giovanni Gottio]] during his work, lost her favour and his life.{{Fn|2}}
* Lady [[Melissa d'Acques]]
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** '''Baroness [[Theodora Margrave]]''': A 300 year old vampire, a native of [[Nuln]]. {{Fn|6a}}
*[[Nitocris]]: The Serpent Queen of the Southland jungles who Neferata sent against Queen [[Khalida]] to retake [[Lahmia]]. {{Fn|8}}
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*** [[Sofia]]: Bodyguard to Theodora, a former cat burglar in [[Praag]]. {{Fn|6a}}
** [[Andraste]]: Favoured handmaiden of Nitocris. {{Fn|8}}
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**'''Kahled al Muntasir, Prince of Bel Aliad.{{Fn|1}}  
** [[Talia]]: Handmaiden and fleet commander for Nitocris. {{Fn|8}}
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**'''Layla'''; [[Strigori]] noblewoman {{Fn|1}}
** [[Yamina]]: Handmaiden of Nitocris. {{Fn|8}}
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**[[Lupa Stregga]]; Tilean slave gifted by the Dark Elf corsair Megara, lover of [[Vorag Bloodytooth]].{{Fn|1}}
*'''The Pallid Sisters of Kislev'''{{Fn|5}}
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**'''Lycindia''' the Cruel
*[[Rasha bin Wasim]]; daughter of the chieftan of a nomadic Arabyan desert tribe.{{Fn|1}}  
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** [[Karlotta Herzog]]: Abbess of a [[Shallya]]n hospice in [[Nuln]]. {{Fn|7a}}
*'''Serutat''': Arabyan vampire, she owned the ''Noctu'' jewel until it was stolen by [[Marianna Chevaux]], who Serutat later transformed into a vampire as well.{{Fn|6}}
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** '''Misress [[Mathilda]]''': Runs a tavern in the slums of [[Nuln]]. {{Fn|7b}}
 
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** Lady [[Melissa d'Acques]]
==Mortal Realms==
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**[[Nitocris]]: The Serpent Queen of the Southland jungles who Neferata sent against Queen [[Khalida]] to retake [[Lahmia]]. {{Fn|3}}
Neferata still maintains her sisterhood across new worlds and realms, although these are also known as darkmaiden broods.
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*** [[Andraste]]: Favoured handmaiden of Nitocris. {{Fn|3}}
 
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*** [[Talia]]: Handmaiden and fleet commander for Nitocris. {{Fn|3}}
===Notable===
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*** [[Yamina]]: Handmaiden of Nitocris. {{Fn|3}}
 
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**'''The Pallid Sisters of Kislev'''{{Fn|5}}
* [[Adhema]]: A last daughter of Szandor, a kingdom in the western part of the [[Realm of Shyish]],one of many noble orphans [[Neferata ]] sent to be trained by [[The Blood Dragon]].{{Fn|4}}
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**[[Rasha bin Wasim]]; daughter of the chieftain of a nomadic [[Araby]]an desert tribe.{{Fn|1}}  
* [[Aylessa]]: Consort of the Blood Queen and blood sister of Cyssandra and Yessanna, from her vast barge-keep she ruled over the [[Nightlands]] and the [[River of Souls]]  Was hastening to aid Neferata when her lands were invaded by the [[Ironjawz]] Megaboss [[Dakkbad Grotkicker]].
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** [[Rosamund von Andress]]: Mistress to a general in [[Nuln]]. {{Fn|7a}}
* [[Doyenne Dalvia]]: The Red Widow of Toursonne is a [[soulblight]] [[vampire]], Sanguinarch and agent for the Queen.
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**'''Serutat''': Arabyan vampire, she owned the ''Noctu'' jewel until it was stolen by [[Marianna Chevaux]], who Serutat later transformed into a vampire as well.{{Fn|4}}
* [[Kemsit]]: Appearing as the "merest wisp of a youth, she attended Neferata on hunts into the Cobweb Forest, served as shield bearer in her wars against Chaos and as a spy.  She was slain by Lord Harkdron, her heart replaced with a sigmarite hammer to try and prevent resurection. {{Fn|3}}
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***'''Lady Isabette''': A vampire childe of Serutat who was slain in [[Mordheim]] by [[Marianna Chevaux]]{{Fn|4}}
*'''[[Naaima]]''' Reborn into the new world to serve her queen once more.{{Fn|4}}
 
  
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
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File:Lahmian throne.jpg|A powerful Lahmian lady riding a Coven Throne attended by two pallid handmaidens  
 
File:Lahmian throne.jpg|A powerful Lahmian lady riding a Coven Throne attended by two pallid handmaidens  
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File:Lahmian-art.jpg
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File:Sofia.JPG|The [[Vampire Thrall]] [[Sofia]]
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==Miniatures==
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File:2514.jpg|Classic models
 
File:2514.jpg|Classic models
 
File:Lahmian old.jpg|Classic model
 
File:Lahmian old.jpg|Classic model
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
 
* {{Endn|1}}: [[Neferata]] by [[Josh Reynolds]]
 
* {{Endn|1}}: [[Neferata]] by [[Josh Reynolds]]
* {{Endn|2}}: [[Battletome: Ironjawz]]
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* {{Endn|2}}: [[Inferno Magazine Issue 21]]: [[Portrait of my Undying Lady]] by [[Gordon Rennie]]
* {{Endn|3}}: [[Lord of Undeath]] by [[C L Werner]]
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* {{Endn|3}}: [[The Serpent Queen (novel)]] by [[Josh Reynolds]]
* {{Endn|4}}: [[Spear of Shadows]] by [[Josh Reynolds]]
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* {{Endn|4}}: [[Town Cryer]] Issue 22, Revenge is Eternal by [[Nick Kyme]]
* {{Endn|5}}: [[Warhammer End Times: Nagash]]
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* {{Endn|5}}: [[Warhammer: Nagash]]
* {{Endn|6}}: [[Town Cryer]] Issue 22, Revenge is Eternal by [[Nick Kyme]]
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* {{Endn|6}}: [[The Thousand Thrones]]
* {{Endn|7}}: [https://malignportents.com/story/the-crimson-connoisseur/| The Crimson Connoisseur story on the Malign Portents website]
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** {{Endn|6a}}: Chapter Four: Written in Blood, pg. 104-106
* {{Endn|8}}: [[The Serpent Queen (novel)]] by [[Josh Reynolds]]
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* {{Endn|7}}: [[Ulrika the Vampire (anthology)]]: [[Bloodborn (novel)]]
* {{Endn|9}}: [[Inferno Magazine Issue 21]]: [[Portrait of my Undying Lady]] by [[Gordon Rennie]]
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** {{Endn|7a}}: Chapter Two: By Order of the Queen, pg. 25-26
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** {{Endn|7b}}: Chapter Four: Lady Hermione, pg. 51
  
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{{Vampire Counts}}
 
[[Category: Vampires & Necromancers]]
 
[[Category: Vampires & Necromancers]]
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[[Category: Lahmian Sisterhood]]
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[[Category: Groups]]

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The Lahmian Sisterhood is a cabal of vampires under the rule of Neferata, former queen of Lahmia.

Overview

In the years following the fall of Lahmia, Neferata surrounded herself with a group of vampiric servants who, despite being vicious and savage warriors and competent necromancers, showed their true strengths in the areas of seduction, infiltration, intelligence gathering and manipulation. Their time in Mourkain allowed them to hone these skills to supernatural levels and by the time the vampire queen took the mountain fortress of the Silver Pinnacle from the Dwarfs and made it her own, these vampires and becomes true masters of their arts.

Having long ago decided that directly ruling the lands of the living was impossible for the dead, Neferata instead decided that ruling from the shadows and being the power behind the throne was even better. She took the most beautiful, seductive, intelligent and manipulative of her servants and sent this sisterhood out across the lands of men, inserting them into every facet of society. From Imperial generals to Bretonnian Grail Knights, from Kislevite Boyars to Arabyan Caliphs, behind almost every man of power stood a pale and beautiful wife, courtesan, mistress or other significant figure.

Neferata had learnt that one did not have to be a ruler to rule. Instead her web gave her influence unparalleled and for centuries she became the secret queen of an unseen empire.

Members

Gallery

Miniatures


Notes

  • Very few of Neferata's descendants turn males into vampires though it does happen from time to time, such as Neferata's traitorous childe Kahled al Muntasir or Genevieve's own sire Chandagnac.
  • In previous versions of the game the 'Lahmians' were a bloodline, which is to say rather than just being a group ruled by Neferata the Lahmians were all and every descendant of hers. In the modern version it is possible to include vampires who are descendants of Neferata who are not directly part of the Sisterhood (such as Genevieve Dieudonné) and even on very rare occasions for vampire not directly of Neferata's blood to at least work closely to the Sisterhood (such as Ulrika Magdova).

Quotes

We are tools, Neferata. You call us sisters, but we are but pieces on your game-board. You collect us and hoard us, and sometimes you spend us. Sometimes you spend us for ambition. Other times, it is for spite.

And we love you for it, because we cannot help but to do so. You unmake us as easily as Nagash's crown threatened to unmake you, and remake us in your image. ~ Naaima to Neferata on the Sisterhood.[1]

Sources

The Vampire Counts
Units Abyssal Terror - Banshee - Bat Swarm - Black Coach - Black Knight - Blood Knight - Cairn Wraith - Charnel Guard - Corpse Cart - Coven Throne - Crypt Horror - Dire Wolves - Fell Bat - Ghost - Ghoul - Gloom‎ - Grave Guard - Hexwraith - Mortis Engine - Necromancer - Master Necromancer - Necromancer Lord - Shadow Druid - Simulacra - Skeleton - Spirit Host - Strigoi Ghoul King - Storm Riders - Strigany - Swain - Sylvanian Levy - Terrorgheist - Tomb Stalker - Vargheist - Varghulf - Vampire Thrall - Vampire Count - Vampire Lord - Wight King - Winged Nightmare - Zombie - Zombie Dragon - Zombie Pirate
Characters Abhorash - Aucassin - Adolphus Krieger - Alicia von Untervald - Andraste - Ankhat - Anmar bin Muntasir - Asteron - Brachnar - Caleb - Chandagnac - Chown - Constant Drachenfels - Crovan - Dieter Helsnicht - Druthor - Emmanuelle von Templehof - Estaban Valadische - Evegena Boradin - Faethor - Famke Leibrandt‎ - Frederick van Hal - Gabriella von Nachthafen - Galiana - Gashnag - Genevieve Dieudonné - Gorgivich Krakvald - Gothard - Gugula Skell - Gunther Spengler - Harakhte - Hathurk - Heinrich Kemmler - Helena von Culper - Helman Ghorst - Heloise Kalfon - Hermione von Auerbach - Imentet - Isodora - Jacques de Noirot - Johann Haifisch - Kadon - Kalledria - Kattarin - Khaled al Muntasir - Khemalla - Krell - Laskar Noircouer - Layla - Leanora Navrre - Louis Cypher - Lothar von Diehl - Lupa Stregga - Luthor Harkon - Mallobaude - Malvous - Mangari - Mara - Margritte von Wittgenstein - Mariato - Mathilda‎‎ - Melidere Valadische - Melissa d'Acques - Merovech - Morath‎‎ - Mordac - Morgul - Moriva Darkstalker - Mundvard - Naaima - Nathmar - Neferata - Nicodemus - Nitocris - Nourgul - Obadiah Glothman - Palatine Drego - Petra Hirkeit - Pitre Fonce - Raiza - Rametep - Rasha bin Wasim - Red Duke - Renar - Rolinda - Rudolph Brecht - Sanzak - Sofia - Sorn Ghoulskin - Sycamo - Talia - Theodora Margrave - Thrashlaar - Tiberius Kael - Ulrika Magdova - Ushoran - Urzen - Verek - Anark von Carstein - Antoine von Carstein - Ariette von Carstein - Emmanuelle von Carstein - Isabella von Carstein - Konrad von Carstein - Lydia von Carstein - Malachias von Carstein‎‎ - Mannfred von Carstein - Nyklaus von Carstein - Pieter von Carstein - Vlad von Carstein - Vorag Bloodytooth - Katherina von Dernsbach - Frich Von Haas - Rabe von Stahl - Rodrik von Waldendorf‎‎ - Rametep - Rudek - Ulffik - Ullo - Valnimir Valadische - Vangheist - Varis - Vorag Bloodytooth - Walach Harkon - W'soran - Yamina - Zacharias - Zoar
Organisations Dreadfleet - Lahmian Sisterhood - Necrarch Brotherhood - Order of the Blood Dragon - Vampire Coast - Von Carstein Dynasty
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