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Revision as of 19:01, 13 June 2018
The Mortarch are powerful undead servants of Nagash in both the World-That-Was and the Mortal Realms. The Mortarchs were all given specific titles, but not all of them are known.
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The World-that-Was
The Mortarchs were first created in the End Times by Nagash after his resurrection in 2524 IC and served him throughout that campaign which finally ended the world. They numbered nine and were meant to be replacements for his original Nine Dark Lords - his most trustworthy servants in the days of old.[1]
Members
Only three Mortarchs were also among the original Nine Dark Lords:
- Arkhan the Black; the Mortarch of Sacraments
- Neferata; the Mortarch of Blood
- Krell; the Mortarch of Despair
The other six joined for various reasons:
- Mannfred von Carstein; the Mortarch of Night decided his schemes were not worth undertaking after Nagash's resurrection.
- Vlad von Carstein; the Mortarch of Shadows resurrected from the dead (again) and only joined because Nagash promised to restore his beloved wife Isabella to life as well.[1]
- Luthor Harkon; the Mortarch of the Abyss joined Nagash out of boredom.
- Dieter Helsnicht wanted to learn necromancy from Nagash.
- Walach Harkon saw an opportunity for glory in battle.
- The Nameless (probably Constant Drachenfels) was promised the return of his memory.
Quotes
We are him, and he is us. But we were all someone else, once. In us is Nagash’s power made manifest. But so too are his weaknesses. Neferata is his guile, Mannfred, his ambition, and I...I am his loyalty – to others, to this realm, to those he claims as his own. What Nagash has claimed, he will hold until time’s last gleaming, even if he must destroy it to keep it
~ Arkhan to Tamra ven-Drak.[1] |
Sources
- 1: Warhammer: Nagash, pg. 124
- 2: Grand Alliance: Death, 2016
- 3: Nagash: The Undying King (novel) by Josh Reynolds Chapter Seven: The Crossing
- 4: Mortarch of Grief unveiled on the Warhammer Community webpage