YMMV / Drachenfels

• Complete Monster: Constant Drachenfels, the Great Enchanter, is an ancient, undead being who drains the life from others to prolong his own, using their rotting corpses to create a new body for himself. Out of boredom, Drachenfels sends out massive armies to kill and torture everything in their paths, enslaving the souls of his victims to torture forever. Feigning repentance at one point, Drachenfels hosted a lavish feast for the Empire's nobles, only to paralyze them, torture their children to death and leave them to starve overlooking the feast. Returning to life later, Drachenfels possesses the lead actor of a play based on his defeat, slaughtering most in attendance before plotting to raze the empire, kill all he sees and harvest their souls for power and fun. In the time he's "dead" he amuses himself by sponsoring a serial killer that targets children.
• The Woobie: Vargr Breughel, Detlef's stage manager and best friend is one of the most tragic characters in Warhammer fiction. He's a human with dwarfism who constantly gets mistaken for a dwarf (as in the species) and has to put up with racism from both sides. He is also a mutant whose mutations are rapidly growing out of control and he is having difficulty keeping his sanity and sense of self. After being discovered and framed for murder he commits suicide, choosing to die as a person rather than a monster.

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