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* AddictionPowered: As far as can be determined, Skaven can't channel The Winds of Magic without chemical assistance, which Grey Seers achieve via regularly swallowing [[PracticalCurrency warpstone tokens]].
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* GatlingGood: Skryre weapon teams can carry [[IncrediblyLamePun ratling guns]], multi-barrel gatling cannons that rapidly deliver dozens of warpshards a second at incoming enemies, using a warpstone-heated steam engine to drive it.

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* GatlingGood: Skryre weapon teams can carry [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} ratling guns]], multi-barrel gatling cannons that rapidly deliver dozens of warpshards a second at incoming enemies, using a warpstone-heated steam engine to drive it.
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->''"Of my brothers, what need be said? We are the chosen of our Master, the true Lord of Decay, whose seat remains always-always filled upon the Council of Thirteen. Other seats may change hands, but His will always remain, and no-none other can lay claim to it. We speak His truths. We hear His thoughts. We know His purpose. We are the guids of our people, the spirutal compass that guides-leads them to their destines as the killer-masters of the world."''

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->''"Of my brothers, what need be said? We are the chosen of our Master, the true Lord of Decay, whose seat remains always-always filled upon the Council of Thirteen. Other seats may change hands, but His will always remain, and no-none other can lay claim to it. We speak His truths. We hear His thoughts. We know His purpose. We are the guids guides of our people, the spirutal compass that guides-leads them to their destines as the killer-masters of the world."''

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* MeaningfulName: "Skaven" is one letter away from "[[DirtyCoward craven]]", a skave is also a somewhat obscure British slang term for someone with poor cleanliness habits.



* MonstrousCannibalism: Skaven are generally perfectly willing to eat their own dead... or just make other Skaven dead to eat them, if need be.



* MeaningfulName: "Skaven" is one letter away from "[[DirtyCoward craven]]", a skave is also a somewhat obscure British slang term for someone with poor cleanliness habits.
* MonstrousCannibalism: Skaven are generally perfectly willing to eat their own dead... or just make other Skaven dead to eat them, if need be.
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* MortonsFork: The emerald pillar of the Horned Rat has [[ThirteenIsUnlucky thirteen commandments inscribed on each of its thirteen sides]], for a hundred and sixty-nine commandments total. Several of these commandments are mutually contradictory, meaning a Skaven ''can't'' follow many of them without breaking others. To the Skaven themselves, this isn't seen as much of a problem, since it just reinforces their belief that the Horned Rat wants them to be ''especially'' [[MyRuleFuIsStrongerThanYours clever in following them]].
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* PracticalCurrency: Skaven use Warpstone Tokens as currency, essentially little coins made of refined warpstone. This functions both as a medium of trade, as well as being regularly consumed by Skaven spellcasters [[CastFromMoney to fuel their magical power]] and serving as fuel-pellets for [[{{Magitek}} warpstone-powered devices]].

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->''"Of my brothers, what need be said? We are the chosen of our Master, the true Lord of Decay, whose seat remains always-always filled upon the Council of Thirteen. Other seats may change hands, but His will always remain, and no-none other can lay claim to it. We speak His truths. We hear His thoughts. We know His purpose. We are the guids of our people, the spirutal compass that guides-leads them to their destines as the killer-masters of the world."''
-->--'''Skreelin Thurntik, Grey Seer'''
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* LegacyCharacter: Boneripper. Thanquol goes through Bonerippers at a rate of about one per book. Time will tell if Boneripper of ''The End Times'' lasts any longer.

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* LegacyCharacter: Boneripper. Thanquol goes through Bonerippers at a rate of about one per book. Time will tell if Boneripper of ''The End Times'' lasts any longer.
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Once, Ghoritch was a Norse war-leader who worshipped Khorne and marched with Archaon during a great invasion of the south. His thirst for blood led him to fooishly attacking an Imperial position too strong for him, and for his disobedience and the destruction of his forces Archaon punished him by giving him to the Skaven of Clan Moulder. Throt, pleased with this strong and fit specimen, chose him for an experimental new process -- a full brain transplant into the body of a mechanically augmented, heavily modified rat ogre. When he awoke and saw what had happened to him, Ghoritch promptly lost his mind and went on a bloodsoaked rampage through Hell Pit, slaughtering hordes of Skaven monsters and so impressing the rulers of the dark hold that he was made commander of its armed forces.

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Once, Ghoritch was a Norse war-leader who worshipped Khorne and marched with Archaon during a great invasion of the south. His thirst for blood led him to fooishly foolishly attacking an Imperial position too strong for him, and for his disobedience and the destruction of his forces Archaon punished him by giving him to the Skaven of Clan Moulder. Throt, pleased with this strong and fit specimen, chose him for an experimental new process -- a full brain transplant into the body of a mechanically augmented, heavily modified rat ogre. When he awoke and saw what had happened to him, Ghoritch promptly lost his mind and went on a bloodsoaked rampage through Hell Pit, slaughtering hordes of Skaven monsters and so impressing the rulers of the dark hold that he was made commander of its armed forces.



The most accomplished of Clan Moulder's Beastmasters, Skweel Gnawtooth was raised by a colony of giant rats and retains a natural understading of the creatures as an adult. Unlike other Beastmasters, he understands that beasts perform best when viewed as trained animals in need of motivation than as brutes to be whipped into action. As a result, he excels at drawing forth the loyalty and potential of even the most terrible monsters form his clan's breeding pits -- only the utterly unnatural Hell Pit Abominations do not respond to his training.

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The most accomplished of Clan Moulder's Beastmasters, Skweel Gnawtooth was raised by a colony of giant rats and retains a natural understading understanding of the creatures as an adult. Unlike other Beastmasters, he understands that beasts perform best when viewed as trained animals in need of motivation rather than as brutes to be whipped into action. As a result, he excels at drawing forth the loyalty and potential of even the most terrible monsters form his clan's breeding pits -- only the utterly unnatural Hell Pit Abominations do not respond to his training.
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