Nurglitch
Arch-Plaguelord Nurglitch is the master of Clan Pestilens and a member of the Council of Thirteen. [1a]
He is accompanied by his attendant Bilios who carries a Warp Censer. [1a]
Disease
Nurglitch carries the Grey Ague that surrounds him that can kill any that dare approach him. [2a]
History
The first Nurglitch was part of a Skaven clan which burrowed into the ruins of Quetza in Lustria, they thought they had found a perfect lair but soon found themselves ravaged by disease, dying in droves, wracked in pain. A few survivors lurched into a cavern deep beneath the ruins and discovered the Daemon Uthl'kritchnaak.[3a]
As their leader, Nurglitch promised the remaining members of his clan to serve the Deamon and his Master, embracing the plagues and creating Clan Pestilens. [3a] becomming the the first of the Plague Lords of the Clan. [2a]
When Tehenhuain of Chaqu led a crsuade against the Skaven, a centruy of bloody war forced the Clan back into the ruins of Quatza where Nurglitch gathered his Plague Lords and decided to retreat back to the Old World. [3a]
After Thanquol had Plague Lord Skratsquik assassinated before his improved strain of Yellow Pox was finished, Nurglitch was forced to claim the dead lord was a renegade. He did not forget this loss of face. [1a]
Magic
He knows the spells Death Frenzy, Pestilent Breath, and Plague Wind. [2a]
Weapons and Equipment
- 6th Edition: Blade of Nurglitch, Bubonic Sceptre, War Censer, three Warpstone Tokens and he rides Pox. [2a]
- Blade of Nurglitch
- Bubonic Sceptre: It is empowered with every disease that can be found in Lustria and can inflict contagion on the bearers enemies at a distance. [2a]
Miniatures
Nurglitch on Pox
Sources
- 1: Warhammer Chronicles: Thanquol and Boneripper (anthology): Grey Seer (Novel)
- 1a: Chapter Three, pg. 54-55
- 2: Warhammer: Lustria
- 2a: The Bubonic Court of Nurglitch, pg. 63
- 3: WFRP Lustria
- 3a: Quetza, pg. 54-55
