It was not just political struggle.Īlso, Pestilens was only included into the council AFTER they have directly threatened them with disease outbreak. They have fought the disease and only accepted it due to isolation, much like the Death Guard who were trapped in warp and fought as long as they could against it. Aimlessly wondering about, until they could find a suitable place to “infect”.Īs for power struggles and civil wars - Pestilens was directly corrupted by Nurgle in far away lands. Just like minefields of the old wars, this too is a relic of the creation of their masters. There are many contraptions and beasts left in the jungle from when the Slaan defended themselves against Chaos Gods. They have created a Grey Hoo scenario, but they have had the failsafe to stop it… however - they’ve disappeared. Just like the Alien ship, that was found many many years after the death of the Engineers in Alien, Horned Rat could have been spawned out of the facehugger egg, the egg being the mysterious stranger with the bell who was unleashed onto the world and wondered for many thousands of years to find the city big enough to turn into ratmen by the black rain as for it being a “lesser god”, the Old Ones could have used the same magic, or at least the same plane, where the Chaos Gods exist to make him, so they have made their own prototype god, as they realised that the best thing to defeat them is something that could be like the Chaos Gods themselves. Just like an old relic, the Horned Rat could only have appeared later, as, for example, an experiment that went out of control of the Old Ones, but had time to fester and come into existence. I thought about the time difference, but forgot to include it in the post. Skaven’s affinity for magic, their ability to make biological weapons (Moulder) and their hunt for warpstone (destroy your enemy’s fuel source, and you destroy him) make them a perfect anti-Chaos army. But, much like the lizardmen - they have lost their aim, like their god, and therefore exist as a part of a machine that keeps going by itself, an engine that works, but without a propeller, for example, much like lizardmen - without a purpose (except their prime directive - absorb everyone who is not them and destroy as long as they exist). Skaven hate the clans that sided with Nurgle, two civil wars have proven it, yet they diversify their own population by making, essentially, warrior castes that each excel in one thing. Skaven are omnipresent, a feature important for the guerulla warfare Slann and Old Ones were fighting in, as their war became essentially a war of attrition, and they became like the occupied country, as chaos beasts rolled in. Skaven transmute warmbloods into a minimum-maintenance, highly numerous army, that maitains quality by constant infighting for supremacy between each other (strongest survive - a biological selection to make sure only the best warriors make it), yet stays relatively monolithic, through the guidance of the council, without the grudges between elves, dwarfs and man. Originally posted by razoleg (The Cunning Fox):…and a deity they have manufactured to create the biological weapon - Skaven. But, much like the Lizardmen - they have lost their aim, like their god, and therefore exist as a part of a machine that keeps going by itself, an engine that works, but without a propeller, for example, much like Lizardmen - without a purpose (except their prime directive - absorb everyone who is not them and destroy as long as they exist). Skaven are omnipresent, a feature important for the guerrilla warfare Slann and Old Ones were fighting in, as their war became essentially a war of attrition, and they became like the occupied country, as chaos beasts rolled in. Skaven transmute warmbloods into a minimum-maintenance, highly numerous army, that maintains quality by constant infighting for supremacy between each other (strongest survive - a biological selection to make sure only the best warriors make it), yet stays relatively monolithic, through the guidance of the council, without the grudges between elves, dwarfs and man. …and a deity they have manufactured to create the biological weapon - Skaven.
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