Clan Mordkin
Clan Mordkin is a skaven Warlord Clan. [1a]
Thc Skaven of the Clan are now obsessed with death and instantly recognisable for their fearsome, bone bedecked appearance with many of the clan's warriors armed with daggers carved from bones. Chieftains and Stormvermin often wear the skulls of Giant Rats or Rat Ogres as helms. [1a]
Contents
Fortress-Lair
A deep labyrinthine of tunnels, the roof filled with stalactites dripping with filth and poison, crude scrawls and ramsackle structures coating the walls. The upper tunnels were reserved for out of favour chieftains. [2c]
- Fortress Lair: A mismatched, ramshackle creation with canted towers and bristling with warp weaponry, warp-reactors in the depths generating power for the mechanisms that ground bone and flesh into spoil. [2c]
History
Mordkin was one of the many Warlord Clans to face the Undead legions of Nagash. [1a]
Following this conflict and inspired by the fearsome sight of the dead they looked to intimidate their rivals, so the Clan took to adorning themselves with the bones of their foes. They dyed patches of their fur and that of their Giant Rats and Rat Ogres or painted their clothing and armour white to resemble skeletons. [1a]
Notable
- Bonehides: A clawband that fought against Nagash, many later claimed their heritage and by the 2300s IC there were three Stormvermin clawbands bearing their name until the matter was settled with bloodshed. [2a]
- Mordrat Guard: Bodyguards of Feskit, loyal due to him ensuring they seldom saw battle but this made them indolent. [2a]
- Skullsplinters: Sharpshooters who demand a high price for their services depsite using a obsolete from of jezzail which are also perhaps the worst maintained guns in the Under-Empire. [2b]
Chieftain Snikrat
Sources
- 1: Uniforms & Heraldry of the Skaven
- 1a: Clan Mordkin
- 2: Warhammer Nagash, Book I