Black Chasm
The Black Chasm is a large Skaven settlement-burrow in Bretonnia. [1a][3a]
A series of linked burrows, cliffs and caverns [1a] with tunnels that connect to dozens of secret exits which themselves have become small skaven settlements. [3a]
History
The settlement was orginally created by the ancestors of Clan Pestilens as one of their original strongholds before they travelled to Lustria. [1a]
The empty burrows were claimed by Clan Eshin, who refused to return them when Pestilens returned. Since then, the two clans have fought over the settlement, with Pestilens enlisting Clan Flem whilst Eshin hire monsters and their handlers from Clan Moulder.[1a]
Clan Rabidscar once ruled the Black Chasm, subduing local Warlord clans but were forced to flee after rebellions and civil war shattered the clan in the early 1100s IC. [1a]
Recently Pestilens artefacts have been found in the Chasm. [1a]
Population
Approximately 25,000 skaven and their slaves live in the Chasm. [1a]
Sources
- 1: Children of the Horned Rat
- 1a: Chapter Four, pg. 54
- 2: The Citadel Journal 31
- 2a: pg. 18-19
- 3: White Dwarf 300 (UK)
- 3a: Bretonnia in Flames, pg. 66
