1 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:08,560 The Origins of the Scaven Scholars and academics argue 2 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:13,320 endlessly over the origins of the Children of Chaos, known as 3 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:16,560 the Scaven. Some maintain they are simply a 4 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:20,240 variant form of Beast Man. Others insist they are an 5 00:00:20,240 --> 00:00:25,080 entirely separate race, mutated not from humans as Beast Men 6 00:00:25,080 --> 00:00:29,560 are, but from true rats. Others still refuse to 7 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:31,440 acknowledge their existence at all. 8 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:35,640 Determining anything about Skeven is notoriously difficult. 9 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:39,840 They are primarily a subterranean race and usually 10 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:44,680 only come to the surface during their violent and inexplicable 11 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:47,520 wars. Perhaps the best clue to their 12 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:52,480 creation lies in the ancient Tailean folk tale known as the 13 00:00:52,480 --> 00:00:56,480 Doom of Kavzar. The following is a broadly 14 00:00:56,480 --> 00:01:01,320 translated text of its 13 stanzas, and readers may draw 15 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:07,680 their own conclusions. Once Upon a time, long ago, men 16 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:10,800 and dwarves lived together beneath the roofs of 1 great 17 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:13,840 city. Some said it was the oldest and 18 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:18,480 greatest city in the world and had existed before the time of 19 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:24,080 the Long Beards and Manlings built by older and wiser hands. 20 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:29,160 In the dawn of the world, the city lay both above and below 21 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:32,040 the earth. In keeping with the nature of 22 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:35,880 the populace that dwelled there. The dwarves ruled in their great 23 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:40,440 halls of stone below ground and wrestled the flutes of the rock 24 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:45,080 free with their day long toil while the manlings reaped the 25 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:48,920 fields of swaying corn that surrounded the city with a 26 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:55,480 patchwork blanket of gold. The sun smiled, men laughed, and 27 00:01:55,520 --> 00:02:00,320 everyone was happy. Then one day, the men of the 28 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:03,920 city decided that they should give praise to their gods for 29 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,800 their good fortune. They planned a temple such as 30 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:11,640 the world had never seen before. In the central square, a 31 00:02:11,640 --> 00:02:16,040 colossal hall would be built and topped with a single cloud 32 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:19,720 piercing tower. A tower so tall it would touch 33 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:23,560 the very heart of heaven. After much planning, and with 34 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:29,080 the help of the Longbeards, they set about their monumental task. 35 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:33,840 Weeks became months, months became years, and still the 36 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:37,880 manlings built. Men grew old and grey working on 37 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:42,200 the Great Temple, their Suns continuing their work through 38 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:47,640 summer sun and winter rain. At last, after many generations, 39 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:52,040 work began on the Great Spire. Years passed, and the tower 40 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:55,560 reached such a height that the manlings found it ever more 41 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,480 difficult to take the stone to the top. 42 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:02,920 Eventually the work slowed to a crawl, and finishing the tower 43 00:03:02,920 --> 00:03:07,600 seemed impossible. Then one came among the men of 44 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:10,760 the city, who offered his help to this great scheme. 45 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:15,080 He asked a single boon of them in return and claimed that if 46 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:20,440 they would grant if he would complete the tower in a single 47 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:23,480 night. The manlings said to themselves, 48 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:27,040 what have we got to lose? An offer to make a bargain with 49 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:31,000 a grey clad stranger. All he wished was to add his own 50 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,280 dedication to the gods onto the temple structure. 51 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:39,840 The manlings agreed and the bargain was struck. 52 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:44,120 At dusk, the stranger entered the unfinished temple and bade 53 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:48,240 the manlings to return. At midnight, clouds swept across 54 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,800 the moons, cloaking the temple in darkness as the manlings 55 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:55,560 left. All over the city, men watched 56 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:59,800 and waited as the hours slipped past, until near midnight, by 57 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:03,200 ones and twos, they gathered again in the temple square. 58 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:07,200 The wind blew when the clouds parted, and they gazed up at the 59 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:10,760 temple. It rose like an unbroken Lance 60 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:15,320 against the sky, pure and white. At its very peak. 61 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:19,160 A great horned bell hung gleaming coldly in the 62 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,600 moonlight. The stranger's dedication to the 63 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:28,480 gods was there, but of the stranger there was no sign. 64 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:32,840 The manlings rejoiced in their father's father's work, and it 65 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:35,520 was done. They surged forward to enter the 66 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,800 temple. Then, at the stroke of midnight, 67 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:46,000 the great bell began to toll. Once, twice, thrice. 68 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:53,680 Slow, heavy waves of sound rolled across the city. 456 69 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:58,200 times the bell rang like the torpid pulse of a bronze giant. 70 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:05,800 7-8 9 The tolling of the bell grew louder with each ring, and 71 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:10,000 the manlings staggered back from the temple steps clutching their 72 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:21,600 ears. 10/11/12 13 At the 13th stroke, lightning split the 73 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:24,080 skies and Thunder echoed the sound. 74 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:28,680 High above, the dark circle of Moor's Leb was lit by a bright 75 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:35,000 flash and fell ominently silent. The manlings fled to their bed, 76 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:38,480 frightened and puzzled by the portents they had seen. 77 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:42,920 Next morning they arose to find darkness had come to their city. 78 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:47,800 Brooding storm clouds reared above rooftops, and such rain 79 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,320 fell as never had been seen before. 80 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:55,040 Black like ash, the rain fell and puddled in the streets, 81 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:59,160 sticking the cobbles with darkly iridescent colours. 82 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:03,320 At first, some of the manlings did not worry. 83 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:07,200 They waited for the rains to stop so that they might resume 84 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,520 their work. But the rains did not stop. 85 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:14,920 The winds blew stronger and lightning shook the high tower. 86 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:18,960 Days stretched into weeks and still the rain did not stop. 87 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:24,040 Each night the bell tolled 13 times and each morning the 88 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:29,080 darkness lay across the city. The manglings became fearful and 89 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:32,160 prayed to their gods. Still the rains did not stop, 90 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:35,560 and the black clouds hung like a shroud over the fields of 91 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:39,400 flattened corn. The manlings went to the dwarves 92 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:43,600 and beseeched their help. The Longbeards were unconcerned. 93 00:06:44,280 --> 00:06:47,240 What matter? A little rain on the surface, in 94 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:51,800 the bosom of the earth. All was warm and all was dry. 95 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:55,560 Now. The manlings huddled in their 96 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:58,640 dwellings, fear gnawing at their hearts. 97 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:02,400 They sent some of their number to faraway places to seek help, 98 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:06,720 but none of them returned. Some went to the temple to pray 99 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:10,920 and sacrifice their dwindling food to the gods, but found its 100 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:15,400 great doors were sealed shut. The rains grew heavier. 101 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:19,760 Dark hailstones fell from the sky and crushed the sodden 102 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:22,520 crops. The great bell tolled a death 103 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:27,520 knell over the terrified city. Soon great stones cleft the 104 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:32,240 heavens, rushing down like dark meteors to smash the homes of 105 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:36,280 the manlings. Many sickened and died from no 106 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:40,320 apparent cause, and the newborn babes and the manlings were 107 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:44,400 hideously twisted. Skulking vermin devoured what 108 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:51,600 little stored corn was left, and the manlings began to starve. 109 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:56,080 The manling elders went to see the dwarfs again, and this time 110 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:59,640 demanded their help. They wanted to bring their folk 111 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:03,520 below ground to safety. They wanted food. 112 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:07,160 The Longbeards grew angry and told the manlings that the lower 113 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:10,920 workings were flooded and their food had also been devoured by 114 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:13,960 rats. There remained barely enough 115 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:16,520 food and shelter for them and their kingsmen. 116 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:21,240 They cast the manlings out of their halls and they closed the 117 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:24,520 doors tight. In the ruins of the city above, 118 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:27,400 each day became more deadly than the last. 119 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:33,080 The manlings despaired and called and called for succour. 120 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:37,080 From the dark gods whispered the names of forgotten demon 121 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:41,240 Princess in the hope of salvation, but none came. 122 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:46,320 Instead, the vermin returned, bigger and bolder than ever. 123 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:51,080 Their slinking, furred shapes infested the broken city, 124 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:54,720 feasting on the fallen, pulling down the weak. 125 00:08:55,040 --> 00:09:00,400 Each midnight the bell tolled 13 times on high, screaming now, 126 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:04,840 brazen and triumphant, the manlings lived as haunted 127 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:09,560 creatures in their own city, as great rat packs roamed the 128 00:09:09,560 --> 00:09:14,080 streets in search of prey. At last the desperate manlings 129 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:17,160 took up such weapons as they had beat from the dwarfs doors, 130 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:20,680 threatening that if they did not emerge they would drag them out 131 00:09:20,680 --> 00:09:24,160 by their beards. But no reply came from within. 132 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:28,200 The manlings took up beams and battered down the doors to 133 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:32,120 reveal the tunnels below, dark and empty. 134 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:35,920 Steeling themselves, the pitiful remnants of the city's once 135 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:40,760 proud populace descended. In the ancient Hall of kingship. 136 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:45,440 They found the dwarves, now nought but gnawed bones and 137 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:49,240 scraps of cloth. And there they saw by the dying 138 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:52,840 light of their torches, the myriad eyes about them, 139 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:58,960 glittering like liquid midnight as the rats closed in for the 140 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:02,600 kill. The manlings took back-to-back 141 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:06,280 and fought for their lives, but against the implacable ferocity 142 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:11,240 and countless numbers of the verminous horde, their weapons 143 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:14,520 were useless. The tide of monstrous rats 144 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:19,360 flowed over them one by one, dragging them down to be torn 145 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:24,120 apart, the yellow chiseled teeth sinking into their soft flesh, 146 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:28,560 the dark furred mass drowning their pitiful screams with their 147 00:10:28,560 --> 00:10:35,600 hideous chittering. The Doom of Kavza, also called 148 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:43,240 the Curse of 13 and what a start that is. 149 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:48,800 My friends, my name is Owen Owen Staton and I am going to be 150 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:53,320 taking you through the 4th edition Warhammer Army's Scaven 151 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:55,560 book. Scaven. 152 00:10:56,480 --> 00:11:01,080 If anything was Warhammer, that would be Scaven wouldn't it? 153 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:07,200 A creature created from the minds of the Warhammer men. 154 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:11,680 A creature that walks the Warhammer world, but maybe not 155 00:11:11,680 --> 00:11:13,720 the other fantasy realms that we know. 156 00:11:14,560 --> 00:11:21,560 And this book, published in 1996 and written by Andy Chambers, is 157 00:11:21,560 --> 00:11:25,280 probably one of the most characterful books of all. 158 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:27,440 But what do I say about the Scaven? 159 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:29,440 I have never had the Scaven army. 160 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:33,560 Oh no, I have never enjoyed playing against the Scaven army 161 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:37,680 because I feel that no matter how atmospheric the books, no 162 00:11:37,680 --> 00:11:40,760 matter how they've done the army, no matter how people try 163 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:45,080 to do it, the Scaven never appear on the battlefield as 164 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,160 they do in the books. They are probably something best 165 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:51,200 left in the role-playing domain, I feel. 166 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:54,120 But maybe that's because I've never done them. 167 00:11:54,680 --> 00:11:58,320 Maybe that maybe that's because whenever I face them, there have 168 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:02,680 never been hordes of Scaven, just blocks of elite troops, and 169 00:12:02,680 --> 00:12:07,200 I feel that that somehow is a little bit wrong. 170 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:12,000 Before we go any further, can I just thank you for all the 171 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,880 lovely feedback I've had regarding the other books that 172 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:17,840 I've looked through? I really enjoy this, and no 173 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:19,720 matter. I might be critical about the 174 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:23,680 Scraven and about the way they are fielded, but about them I 175 00:12:23,680 --> 00:12:27,960 will not be critical because they are a stroke of genius. 176 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:31,560 One of my most prized possessions, which now lies in 177 00:12:31,560 --> 00:12:35,080 the hands of a friend. But thankfully so, for he, as 178 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:39,800 someone who appreciates it, is a Scraven standard bearer painted 179 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:44,080 by none other than John Blanche, which appeared in the Warhammer 180 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:49,040 Army's book of the 3rd Edition. Somehow it came into my 181 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:51,120 possession. Would you believe it? 182 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:55,040 It's the one with the Black Flag and the white scraven inverted 183 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:59,440 triangular bones on it. It's a great figure, so 184 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:02,560 atmospheric. But the Skeeven in this book are 185 00:13:02,560 --> 00:13:06,960 bright sunny creatures wearing bright red on goblin green 186 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:08,680 bases. But that's fine. 187 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:13,560 And the Skeeven armies by Andy Chambers, cover art by Dave 188 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:16,760 Gallagher, black and white art by John Blanche, Wayne England 189 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:21,120 and Mark Gibbons, and of course story by Bill King. 190 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:24,760 Hence I had to read. That was such a good piece, 191 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:26,960 wasn't it? And that's what starts the book. 192 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:30,760 The book similar size to the others, although I'm going from 193 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:34,040 an electronic edition because again, sadly I don't have my own 194 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:37,600 one. It's a great picture on the on 195 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:40,200 Page 3. Used to great pictures on Page 196 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:46,160 3, but this one in particular is a a mass of skeevin or banded 197 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:48,880 together with some great robotic looking creature. 198 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:54,360 Toxic fumes rent the air, and at the front there's a hooded 199 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:59,280 scaven with a cursed crooked schimeter, just eyes looking out 200 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:02,080 from under a hood. Love that image. 201 00:14:02,680 --> 00:14:06,440 I read for you the origin of the Scaven, which takes up the first 202 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:10,160 few pages of this tome. It moves on to talk more about 203 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:13,440 the background, as these books often did, and they did it so 204 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:16,200 well. The first thing there is of a 205 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:19,600 Scraven blight, the city underneath, and there's a lovely 206 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:24,880 John Blanche picture again of a lone Scraven sentry standing 207 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:29,320 with his Pike in the air, crows on old roots, and in the 208 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:34,960 background a lightning forked sky and a moon silhouetting a 209 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:39,200 dark castle. What a fantastic piece of art. 210 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:41,480 I'd love to have that on my wall. 211 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:45,840 It's a sketch piece in black and white, just taking up 1/4 of the 212 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:49,600 page, but surely it deserves more than that. 213 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:52,960 But is that how high the standard in this book is? 214 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:59,440 We go on to the City of Pillars on page 7 and then Crookback 215 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:02,000 Mountain. Let's have a little read of 216 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:05,600 that. Crookback Mountain is the 217 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:09,120 largest scraven stronghold in the Dark Lands. 218 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:13,760 The mountain lies at the eastern end of Mad Dog Pass, a great 219 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:17,840 Spire of Black Rock thrusting up out of the dusty plain. 220 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:23,160 Crookback Mountain is currently held by Lord of Decay Kratch 221 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:27,680 Doomblaw, leader of one of the most powerful Warlord Clans, 222 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:31,920 Clan A Richtus. Clan Rictus breed a remarkably 223 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:36,840 large number of giant black furred warriors, so Lord Cratch 224 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:41,400 has numerous regiments of elite Storm Worming under his control, 225 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:45,280 making him much feared by the other Warlord clans. 226 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:48,440 The main functions of this particular hold are to supply 227 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:53,800 goblin slaves to the Under Empire and to mine a rich stream 228 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:58,360 of iron and copper beneath the mountains for the forges of Clan 229 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:01,520 Rictus. The mountains were first settled 230 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:05,120 by night gobblings fleeing the desolation of the great 231 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:09,240 necromancer Nagash over 3000 years ago. 232 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:13,400 Several tribes lived in its caves and tunnels for hundreds 233 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:17,400 of years, constantly fighting each other and tunneling ever 234 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:19,760 deeper into the roots of the mountain. 235 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:24,760 Around 300 years before the birth of Sigma Skeven, tunneling 236 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:28,240 east from the World's Edge Mountain broke through into the 237 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:31,760 lower workings. At first, the Scaven were driven 238 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:36,640 back by swarms of angry goblins and cave swigs, so they soon 239 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:39,200 withdrew and blocked the tunnels after them. 240 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:45,080 The Council of 13 assigned the task of clearing the mountains 241 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:49,720 to Clan Rictus and promised them ownership of it if they 242 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:52,920 succeeded. The clan almost bankrupted 243 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:57,280 itself, hiring Clan Skier, Poison Wind, Globed Ears and 244 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:01,000 Clan Moulder Packmasters to assist them in tunnel fighting. 245 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:04,119 The warriors of Clan Richter's tunnel back under Crookback 246 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:08,520 Mountain a year after the first incision and fought the gobbling 247 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:11,880 tribes already locked in bitter war with each other. 248 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:16,599 Several months, months even, of bloody fighting wiped out or 249 00:17:16,599 --> 00:17:20,359 enslaved. The remaining goblins left Clan 250 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:23,720 Rictus in possession of the Crookback Mountain. 251 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:27,440 The Scaven made frequent raids from Crookback Mountain to the 252 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:32,520 nearby goblin layers of Mount Grey Hag and Mount Grimfang to 253 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:36,320 capture more slaves. Hundreds of goblin slaves are 254 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:39,160 sent back to the Under Empire every year. 255 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:43,240 Orcs are seldom used of slaves. Although they're strong, they're 256 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:46,120 also truculent and pretty impervious to pain. 257 00:17:47,120 --> 00:17:50,000 Others are put to work in the mines or simply eaten. 258 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:54,080 The warriors of Clanrichtus are highly adapt at capturing 259 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:58,200 goblins, frequently sealing them into a cave or tunnel until they 260 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,960 are half suffocated before clubbing them unconscious. 261 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:06,000 Their favorite tactic, however, is to wait until the goblins 262 00:18:06,120 --> 00:18:09,120 have had a great feast and drink too much fungus wine. 263 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:13,120 Then with the last goblin has collapsed in a drunken stupor, 264 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:18,440 Escaven creep in and quietly drag away as many goblins as 265 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:22,680 they want or need. Clanrichtus also undertakes 266 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:27,320 patrols through the Dark Lands to search for falls of Warp 267 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:30,640 warpstone meteors. This is very perilous. 268 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:34,600 They have to move on the surface and fight off orcs and goblins, 269 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:38,080 wolf riders and sometimes even Chaos Dwarves from the North 270 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:42,480 East looking for slaves. But many warpstone meteors fall 271 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:46,080 from Moor's Leb east of the World's Edge Mountain, and their 272 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:49,920 value to the Scaven is incalculable. 273 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:56,040 What a place that is. Gosh, there's nowhere nice in 274 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:58,320 the Skeven land. As there as the next one, which 275 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:01,280 I'm not going to read is entitled Hell Pit. 276 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:05,600 Where do you live, my friend? Just down the road in Hell Pit. 277 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:08,880 You know the one Horrible sewer on the ground. 278 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:11,680 Sun never shines, rain always falls. 279 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:14,040 Neighbours are terrible. What's it called again? 280 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:16,000 Hell Pit. Yeah, I know it. 281 00:19:16,360 --> 00:19:20,560 It's next to Port Talbot Scraven Society is there a has to be 282 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:23,800 featured next on page 11 and goes on for a couple of pages 283 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:28,080 explaining the different clans. And then it starts to tell us 284 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:32,440 about Warpstone. Warpstone of course, a fantastic 285 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:36,080 invention of the Warhammer writers, bringing this chaotic 286 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:39,960 magic into the world that seems to rule the Scraven from their 287 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:42,840 very core. The Warp fire thrower. 288 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:45,800 Hey, I'm going to read this because this was one of my 289 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:49,640 favorite things of the Scaven. I remember the first first 290 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,800 figures that came out with the one with the barrels on his back 291 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:54,640 and the one with the guns, you know them. 292 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:58,680 The Warp Fire thrower is a device which projects a flaming 293 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:02,440 corrosive mixture. This volatile material is made 294 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:05,840 by using warp stone in conjunction with other chemicals 295 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:09,320 and magic. It is much feared weapon, a much 296 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:13,640 feared weapon and extremely deadly to both its foes and the 297 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:16,440 crew. The Warp fire thrower is crewed 298 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:19,800 by two scape the first one fires the weapon while the second 299 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:23,080 carries the barrels of flammable flammable mixture. 300 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:27,360 Using this devastating weapon brings his own dangers. 301 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:31,280 Fire throwers often explode, killing the crew and other 302 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:35,200 creatures unlucky enough to be caught in the vicinity. 303 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:39,760 They were practically useless, probably still are. 304 00:20:40,120 --> 00:20:43,240 Whoa wow, they were fun when you look at this. 305 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:47,320 I mean, this is almost 30 years old, this book, and yet the 306 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:50,960 plague sensors, the warp stone charms, the poison wind globed 307 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:55,200 ears, the scraven brew, the weeping blades, all of that has 308 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,920 arrived fully formed in this book. 309 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:04,040 What a creative work this is. I mean the Skaven have just been 310 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:08,320 re released in the age of Sigma but they really are standing on 311 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:12,600 the shoulders of giants when you look back to see this created. 312 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:18,960 Another brilliant pencil sketch of like a Manor house again rent 313 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:23,720 by lightning rats pulling up out of some swamp in front of them. 314 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:26,280 Black and white, just a quarter of a page. 315 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:30,000 We're looking at the history of the Skaven now, the time of the 316 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:34,920 Greylords, the War of Cripple Peak, the death of Nagash. 317 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:38,400 See how the Warhammer world is forming. 318 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:42,680 The stories are growing and reaching together, creating a 319 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:46,560 mythos and a background that is as rich as anything. 320 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:51,760 The death of Nagash. The book was on to the rise of 321 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:55,160 Clan Pestilence, the Black Plague. 322 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:58,520 Again, a lovely another sketch drawing there. 323 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:05,960 The Horned Rat Incarnate. All these things in the history 324 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:08,720 of the Scaven. Before we reach the Scaven 325 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:14,960 timeline, starting with the Imperial year -2000 the ancient 326 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:19,920 city that later becomes known as Scaven Blight is first occupied 327 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:22,880 by men. It grows rapidly to become the 328 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:25,720 most populated human city in the Old World. 329 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:29,200 Almost some sort of Atlantis type feel to this. 330 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:31,640 Isn't it a great city that's been lost? 331 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:36,520 Let's go forward a bit to -1500 Common Era. 332 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:41,280 About this time, the Hayevs withdraw from the Old World back 333 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:45,080 to Uthwan, where the disastrous War of the Beard against the 334 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:48,640 Dwarves, the Dwarf Empire and the World Edge Mountains is 335 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:52,480 devastated by a series of volcanic eruptions and 336 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:55,080 earthquakes triggered by Scraven sorcery. 337 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:59,040 The population of Scaven Blight is devastated and the 12 Grey 338 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:04,280 Lords arise, forming the First Council of 13 and the Order of 339 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:08,560 the Grey Seers. Dwarf records indicate the first 340 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:12,800 incursions of Skaven into Karakvan, where they eventually 341 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:15,440 capture most of the flooded lower levels. 342 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:21,000 Gosh, this doesn't make you want to build and paint to scave an 343 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:22,240 army. I don't think I don't know 344 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:23,880 anything that does. Even me. 345 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:28,000 Never been tempted by these. Suddenly find myself reaching 346 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:34,560 for the Rat. 100 Common Era Clan Pestilence, long believed lost, 347 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:38,840 emerges from the rotting jungles of Lustria and starts the first 348 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:45,680 Scavin Civil war. The year 11111 Clan Pestilence 349 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:47,800 unleashes the Black Plague in the Empire. 350 00:23:48,120 --> 00:23:52,160 Almost 9/10 of the Empire's population is wiped out in the 351 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:55,040 next 4 years. Has quite a lot isn't it? 352 00:23:55,120 --> 00:24:00,960 9/10 Massive scaming incursions erupt across the land, looting 353 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:07,680 and raising towns and villages. 1115 The scraving start to 354 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:11,560 systematically enslave the surviving human settlements in 355 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:15,120 the Empire. Gosh, it says dark stuff. 356 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:20,000 Go forward a bit to the year 2393. 357 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:24,600 A huge consignment of grain travelling by ship from Arabi to 358 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:31,240 Thaila fails to arrive. Scraven piracy is suspected but 359 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:34,360 never proven. Why did they have to prove it? 360 00:24:34,360 --> 00:24:36,040 Was it like a big investigation or something? 361 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:40,360 Anyway, we move on to war machines and here we have the 362 00:24:40,360 --> 00:24:44,040 rules for the Warp Fire Thrower, which of course is brilliant. 363 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:47,760 They're the tear shaped template and the way it can be placed on 364 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:51,200 a unit. The warp fire misfire chart AD 365 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:57,200 6, roll one to two, kaboom. The Warp fire crew disappear in 366 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:01,520 a lurid mushroom cloud of flame, and any air model within D3 plus 367 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:05,240 one are hit by warp flame work out damage as if they'd been 368 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:09,000 struck by the warp fire thrower. Three to four, the fuel barrels 369 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:12,200 catch fire. On five to six, the warp fire 370 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:15,880 throwers nozzle blocks and squirts burning fuel over its 371 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:18,720 crew. Oh gosh, wouldn't want to do 372 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:20,200 this. I'm going to seize. 373 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:24,120 Yeah. Warp fire thrower for you. 374 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:27,200 Warp stone. We move on for the. 375 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:29,240 Oh, look at that drawing with the guy with a barrel on his 376 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:30,320 back. That's great, isn't it? 377 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:34,760 Little story here, and as it's written by Bill King, I think 378 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:39,440 I'll have to share it with you. The dwarves fought with all the 379 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:43,760 stubborn tenacity of their kind, but was slowly forced back by 380 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:48,200 the relentless scraven advance. Dwarf axe chopped at black 381 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:51,160 scraven fur. Scraven sword crunched into 382 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:53,640 dwarf male. Splatters of blood flew 383 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:56,920 overhead. The fitful glow of the torches 384 00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:01,520 on the tunnel wall illuminated a scene of relentless savagery. 385 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:05,840 No quarter would be asked, nor no surrender given. 386 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:10,000 The Scaven pushed the dwarves back by sheer weight of numbers. 387 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:13,760 For every ratman that fell, another two fought to take its 388 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:16,320 place. Rats swarmed round the feet of 389 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:19,680 the combatants, feeding on the dead and pulling down the 390 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:23,440 injured on both sides. A wave of rats swarmed up 391 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:26,680 Snorri's long male coat and attacked his face. 392 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,200 Desperately trying to protect his eyes. 393 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:33,760 He stumbled and fell. The Scaven rushed over his body 394 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:36,160 and there was nothing the dwarves could do except to close 395 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:40,640 their ranks and add Snorri's name to the list of a Fallen. 396 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:47,240 If they survived, his bravery would be remembered. 397 00:26:48,120 --> 00:26:49,760 The dwarves were fighting on the defensive. 398 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:53,320 They ordered to protect the Gate of Jewels, one of the access 399 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:56,560 points that led into the Great E Stair of Carrick. 400 00:26:56,560 --> 00:27:01,240 Eight Peaks. At first the 20 strong proud 401 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:04,760 regiment had managed to repulse the Sceven and even drive them 402 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:09,240 back, but now, with over 2/3 of their number gone, he'd been 403 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:13,360 pushed back to the gate itself. Backs pressed against the solid 404 00:27:13,360 --> 00:27:16,560 oak door, the dwarves could repeat no further, and they 405 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:18,960 would give their lives to protect the East stair. 406 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:23,200 Like a vital artery, it LED straight to the heart of 407 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:24,720 Carrick. Eight Peaks. 408 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:28,160 If the Scraven broke through, the whole stronghold could fall 409 00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:32,840 and another cornerstone of the Dwarf heritage would be lost. 410 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:37,280 Painting blood from their many wounds dripping down their 411 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:41,280 armour, the Dwarfs silently committed their souls to Grungy. 412 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:45,160 The Scravens stopped before the gates, snarling and squeaking, 413 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:48,280 and parted ranks to let two of their kind through. 414 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:51,800 The two newcomers were bigger and better armed than the other 415 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:54,760 Scraven. One carried a strange gun like 416 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:58,200 weapon in his paws, which was connected to a flexible pipe to 417 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:01,600 a barrel carried by the other. Oh, excited to Walt Firethrower 418 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:06,800 die die Dwarf men squeaked the scaven carrying the strange 419 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:10,240 weapon, aiming the nozzle at the dwarves and pulling the trigger 420 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:14,080 with a fearsome wine. The stream of green black fire 421 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:16,560 shot forward and engulfed the dwarves. 422 00:28:17,120 --> 00:28:20,120 The Wharf fire thrower clung to their bodies, burned their hair, 423 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:23,640 dissolved the flesh from their faces through their armour. 424 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:28,120 Within seconds the proud dwarf warriors were reduced to a 425 00:28:28,120 --> 00:28:31,560 smouldering mound of melted bone and metal scraps. 426 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:36,280 With a snarl of triumph, the Sceven aimed his weapon at the 427 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:39,960 centre of the gate. Fingers of glowing wharfire 428 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:44,080 clawed through the thick Timbers and the doom of Carrick Eight 429 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:51,560 Peaks was assured. The Scaven screaming bell is 430 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:53,720 next. Always seemed awkward that did 431 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:56,160 putting it in the middle of a unit would just like sort of 432 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:58,120 Thunder along with a bell ringing. 433 00:28:58,520 --> 00:28:59,760 But the great the rules are here. 434 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:03,040 The shooting, the hand to hand combat, all those things. 435 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:07,240 The model was always evocative. But yeah, just a little bit big 436 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:11,280 and strange plastered amongst units of Scaven. 437 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:14,360 I mean, how we'd would you take that through a tunnel? 438 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:15,400 I don't think you would, would you? 439 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:19,040 But there's a screaming bell table for it's dice effects. 440 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:23,480 And then the Doom Wheel, which was just a, you know, a mouse 441 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:25,040 wheel. Like a pet mouse in a cage, 442 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:27,640 really, wasn't it? Again, strange. 443 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:31,400 But yeah, good stuff. Evocative. 444 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:36,240 Again, the model was odd, probably didn't work as well as 445 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:39,760 it should have on the table, but it was there. 446 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:42,680 There are rules for fighting the Doom Wheel, the flea and 447 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:45,640 pursuit. Then the war blocked Gizelle. 448 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:49,120 Now many Scraven armies that I used to fight always seem to 449 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:52,280 have hundreds of these firing Gizelles across the table. 450 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:57,640 Range 36 strength, 5 damage, three save -3 they were deadly 451 00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:01,720 things, which again, were very very very effective. 452 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:07,160 We move on to every metal pages of Scraven Lords. 453 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:12,360 These were really elaborate. Icked Claw Chief warlock of 454 00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:17,560 Clansky, Warlord Queek, head taker of clan Moors, Lord 455 00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:22,760 scorlock of clan pestilence and death master sneak of clan 456 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:28,880 Eschen, beautiful models. Even Icked claw who's carrying a 457 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:33,040 big back banner huge thing looks really impressive. 458 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:36,760 I think Warlord Queek, head taker is my favorite there with 459 00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:42,440 his blade and his back banner again of skulls, really really 460 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:45,920 atmospheric, even though they are painted really brightly. 461 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:50,320 We're now moving on to one of my favorite parts of these books, 462 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:53,800 the maps. But this one is strange because 463 00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:58,440 the map looks less detailed, but it's actually a colour map, 464 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:02,920 focusing on the undervolts of the Scaven and wherever the 465 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:06,960 humans, the empire, the the the Brutonians, the dwarves, the 466 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:10,080 elves live. The scavener there underneath, 467 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:15,200 always not believed in for a lot of the time, but always there, 468 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:19,640 always plotting, always skulking underneath everyone else. 469 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:22,600 Even in Kislev we've got pages of this year. 470 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:24,880 Then we go into some more figure pages. 471 00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:28,640 High Elves struggle to hold back the Scraven tide. 472 00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,040 The Scraven hordes clash with the goblins. 473 00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:35,880 The World Edge Mountains, Grom the paunch there. 474 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:39,520 And a red skull crusher. A painting. 475 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:41,960 An heavy metal page of the Scraven Doom Wheel. 476 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:46,200 The rats in the wheel, the Clan Moulder rat ogres. 477 00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:48,960 These ones look like they're doing some sort of dance. 478 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:52,880 You remember the ones really hard to put together because 479 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:54,760 they get knocking into each other with their arms. 480 00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:57,960 Some more pictures of Scraven models. 481 00:31:57,960 --> 00:31:59,000 The Grace. Yeah. 482 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:03,640 What a model that is. That sums up the the Scraven in 483 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:08,640 all its essence, holding a ball or some sort of crystal ball 484 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:11,480 under his hand. Big back banner there as well. 485 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:14,880 The old warped fire throw a team, old even in this book. 486 00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:20,520 The plastic clan, Clan rat warrior storm vermin warlord 487 00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:27,160 throat, The unclean plague monks, skeeven clan rats hurl 488 00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:30,200 themselves against the restless dead is the next page. 489 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:34,160 Some mummies coming out of like a cavern in the side of the 490 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:38,560 hill, stumbling through. Plague monks lead the attack 491 00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:40,760 against an army of Chaos dwarves. 492 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:44,160 This is really peak 4th edition now, isn't it? 493 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:46,760 Chaos Dwarves are emerging here as well. 494 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:50,440 The skaving, screaming bell. There it is, all six wheels, 495 00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:53,240 twin axle of it. It's like a caravan, isn't it? 496 00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:56,040 With a massive gold bell on the back. 497 00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:59,960 Skiing army regiments, Clan Pestilence, Clan Moulder. 498 00:32:59,960 --> 00:33:04,920 Ratoga Pack Clan rat Warlord warrior regiment looks nice. 499 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:09,040 Clan rat warrior regiment. Metal figures here, all with 500 00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:13,040 halbards and Spears. Then the cards featuring the 501 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:14,920 Sceven magic items. Let's have a look at one of 502 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:21,040 them, the Fellblade. Fellblade costs us 135 points. 503 00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:26,120 The Fellblade was created by the Sceven Lords of Decay to destroy 504 00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:31,960 the evil necromance and a gash. It is made from ore, smelted 505 00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:35,160 from warp stone and mixed with stolen gromrel. 506 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:38,800 It's blade is carved with baneful rooms of doom and 507 00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:43,560 destruction, so deadly that the Fell Blade even has that even 508 00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:46,360 it's wielder must eventually succumb to its effects. 509 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:51,120 The bearer strikes for the strength of 10/10 I said, and 510 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:54,240 each wound inflicted causes not one but D6 wounds upon its 511 00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:57,120 target. A model carrying the Fell Blade 512 00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:59,320 must roll AD 6 at the end of his turn. 513 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:02,560 On the roll of a six, he suffers 1 wound for the baneful effect 514 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:06,160 of the sword, with no armour saving throw allowed. 515 00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:12,199 Deadly things, deadly, deadly weapons carried by the Scaven. 516 00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:14,520 But that's good isn't it? It? 517 00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:17,679 It sounds good that there's we've got this book has a lot of 518 00:34:18,199 --> 00:34:21,800 colour pictures in it, probably more so than others, but maybe 519 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:24,639 at this point a colour printing was becoming cheaper. 520 00:34:25,159 --> 00:34:28,040 The models, they become more selling points from the models. 521 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:31,639 There's less story and background of what there is is a 522 00:34:31,639 --> 00:34:35,120 very high quality. But yeah, we get in lots of 523 00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:38,360 heavy metal pictures here. Gracie, a tranquil prepares to 524 00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:41,440 lead his horde in the battle. The skeeving swarm quickly 525 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:43,880 overpowers the invading Chaos Dwarf force. 526 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:47,880 It does too. A mighty skeeving horde swarms 527 00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:51,880 forward to sweep away an empire and dwarf alliance who? 528 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:54,719 These were good. These pictures though, the 529 00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:58,520 scenery and the buildings are just fantastic. 530 00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:00,920 They still hold up. Today we have some black and 531 00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:03,720 white pictures of Scraven banners which we can use next 532 00:35:03,720 --> 00:35:08,520 and paint in before moving on to the beastry and the bestry. 533 00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:11,360 And here we have the the Scraven start line. 534 00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:13,920 Movement 5. Weapon skill 3. 535 00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:15,280 Bow skill 3. Strength 3. 536 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:17,160 Toughness 3. Lot of threes there. 537 00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:19,280 Wounds 1. Initiative 4. 538 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:24,600 Attacks one. Leadership 5 low leadership, but 539 00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:28,000 otherwise an average stat line. And of course the regiments. 540 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:31,760 They encourage the big regiments by every rank behind the first, 541 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:34,560 giving you plus one to leadership, which made a big 542 00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:37,000 difference. So you were encouraged to have 543 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:39,120 those big units, but nobody seemed to take them. 544 00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:42,360 Skeevin assassins. They're nice. 545 00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:46,680 The clan esching gutter runners, the clan skier. 546 00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:50,040 Poison, wind, globidiers, The plague monks. 547 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:54,320 Lots of people had these and they were absolutely deadly. 548 00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:56,920 Never used to see many giant rats. 549 00:35:57,400 --> 00:35:59,000 Movement 6 where it was called 2. 550 00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:02,480 That's probably why. Plague sense of errors. 551 00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:05,320 Yeah. Big units of those all in front 552 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:07,480 of the armies. You know, they, they, they have 553 00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:10,480 probably have about 10 or 12 of them sort of covering the whole 554 00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:13,840 front of of an army because they were absolutely deadly. 555 00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:18,000 The Empire Knight was an impressive sight as he galloped 556 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:21,680 his grey charger over the Ridge. The early morning mist still 557 00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:25,080 clung to the ground, and the advancing Scaven army looked as 558 00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:29,320 if it was swimming through white foam. 5 scavens scuttle head of 559 00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:32,240 the rest, whirling spiked flails around their heads. 560 00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:36,760 Streams of green yellow gas poured out of the spiked balls, 561 00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:39,840 spreading a pall of poisonous mist about them. 562 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:44,560 The knight charges horse at the lead Scaven, bending down to 563 00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:47,920 swing his hammer at it. At the last minute the horse 564 00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:50,240 panicked and shield. The knight was thrown to the 565 00:36:50,240 --> 00:36:54,080 ground with a thud of steel coffin as the thick air 566 00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:57,080 blistered his throat. He tried to struggle to his feet 567 00:36:57,080 --> 00:37:00,840 but was knocked down again by a well placed blow from the 568 00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:03,440 scaven. The spiked ball crunched into 569 00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:07,400 the Knights unprotected head, leaving half his face a red ruin 570 00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:10,720 as he toppled over. The Scaven leaped on top of him 571 00:37:10,720 --> 00:37:14,920 and tore open his throat. Mad with fear, the horse ran 572 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:18,400 straight towards the ranks of the Scaben army, but within 573 00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:23,280 seconds it too succumbed to the lethal gas and sank beneath the 574 00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:27,560 swirling mists of the last despairing whinny of terror. 575 00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:32,200 It's quite dark, wasn't it? Scaven packmasters, We move on 576 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:36,960 to Scaven slaves. Vermin Lord, the Demon of the 577 00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:42,240 Horned Rat movement 8. Weber skill 8, Post skill 8 578 00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:49,200 Strength 8 Toughness 7 Wound 7. Initiative 10/8 Attacks and 579 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:53,760 leadership 10 spells. Vermin Lords well versed in the 580 00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:57,520 realms of magic and have a magic level of four, the equivalent to 581 00:37:57,520 --> 00:37:59,480 a grey seer. So there we are. 582 00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:02,440 They caused terror. They carried with them a Doom 583 00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:05,680 Glave. The glaves wielded by the Vermin 584 00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:08,440 Lords are heavily ensorsled with death magic. 585 00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:10,680 A hit. A hit from a doomed glave 586 00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:15,080 inflicts not one but D3 wounds. Deadly things. 587 00:38:16,240 --> 00:38:18,360 I always found with the vermin law, the figure was either too 588 00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:22,240 small or too big. When they first came out, these 589 00:38:22,240 --> 00:38:23,760 things were not much bigger than a rat. 590 00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:26,360 Ogres didn't look that impressive, but now they're 591 00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:27,960 absolutely massive and covered up. 592 00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:30,280 Half the page, half the page, half the board. 593 00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:35,520 Even Rat ogres, rat swarms. Lots of this going on here. 594 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:40,120 The Army list carries on the army list, sorry, the the best 595 00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:41,920 tree carries on into the army list. 596 00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:45,840 But there's another story here. So let's let's have that. 597 00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:49,480 I hear that a lot of you listen to this, enjoy listening to it 598 00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:53,280 when you're doing your painting. And that makes me happy. 599 00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:57,280 It fills me with joy because I like painting and I like nothing 600 00:38:57,280 --> 00:38:58,880 more than a bit of company when I'm painting. 601 00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:02,360 And if I can be that company, then yeah, that makes me happy. 602 00:39:03,240 --> 00:39:05,200 If you want to buy me a coffee, that would make me even happier 603 00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:08,920 as well. coffee.a.com/owinstaton. 604 00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:11,160 I messed that up. So say it again, 605 00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:15,120 ko-fi.com/owinstaton. And you all know I've got a 606 00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:18,560 podcast called Time Between Times, which is all about myths 607 00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:21,800 and legends, especially from Wales, ghost stories and the 608 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:24,000 like. So if you fancy having to listen 609 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:27,400 to that, please, please do. I would really appreciate your 610 00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:31,520 support there. Their armies were glorious, 611 00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:35,920 invincible 10s of thousands of proud rat warriors marching over 612 00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:39,520 the lands above, laying waste to everything in their path. 613 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:45,440 When Grey Seer Skitra had seen the moon bleeding tears of warp 614 00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:49,680 stone, they had turned E back towards the misky peaks of the 615 00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:53,800 World Edge Mountains. To cross the swollen waters of 616 00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:57,360 the River Steer, the Grey Seer ordered the construction of a 617 00:39:57,360 --> 00:40:01,360 mighty wooden bridge. Many slaves died felling the 618 00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:04,600 great oak trees and toppling them into the river, and many 619 00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:08,200 more died when the great seer, the Gracia, sacrificed their 620 00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:13,160 souls in thanks for the safe army passage east of the river. 621 00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:17,160 The land became Wilder and less populated, and the Skaven army 622 00:40:17,160 --> 00:40:19,600 made good times with the woods and over the Moors. 623 00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:23,600 They were possessed by a strange urgency, as if something was 624 00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:25,760 pulling them irresistibly forward. 625 00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:30,520 The eyes of the Gracia burned with the naked warp lust as he 626 00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:37,120 urged his soldiers onwards. Bill King is such a good writer. 627 00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:42,600 Creates magic, creates pictures in your mind, pictures that last 628 00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:45,880 for a long time. And whatever he writes is always 629 00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:49,880 in a slightly different style, as if to capture the style of 630 00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:54,160 the book that he's he's writing. For the army list, the first few 631 00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:57,080 pages are always the same as they they are for all the lists 632 00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:59,120 really. And then you go into army 633 00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:02,760 selection again, very similar to the other books that we've gone 634 00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:06,120 through. Characters ones gave Wall or 635 00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:09,320 general 90 points. Movement 5. 636 00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:11,240 Weapons skills 6. Both skills 6. 637 00:41:11,240 --> 00:41:12,560 Strength 4. Toughness 4. 638 00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:17,240 Three wounds, initiative 7. Four attacks, leadership 7. 639 00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:21,120 Not the mightiest of heroes, but a hero nonetheless. 640 00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:24,200 You could have a vermin lodge for 600 points. 641 00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:28,360 That's a lot isn't it? Your regiments nought to one 642 00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:32,840 vermin of unit of storm vermin clan clan rat warriors. 643 00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:36,360 Unlimited Nought to 1 units of clan eshing, gutter runners, 644 00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:41,760 Clan eshing assassins, skeeving slaves, skeeving censor bearers, 645 00:41:42,240 --> 00:41:46,720 clan pestilence, plague monks, poison wind globetiers, 646 00:41:46,720 --> 00:41:50,640 packmasters, war machines. The warp fire thrower teams at 647 00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:54,120 70 points each. Gizelle teams at 30 points each. 648 00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:59,680 The Doom Wheel, 150 points each. Unlimited, you can have a load 649 00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:02,680 of them. Screaming Bells Unlimited again 650 00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:05,880 2000. No, it may include a screaming 651 00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:08,280 bell. OK 200 points each though. 652 00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:11,600 And then monsters. And as in all these 4th edition 653 00:42:11,600 --> 00:42:13,240 books, the monsters you can have anything. 654 00:42:13,240 --> 00:42:17,240 Hydras, manticores, wyverns, harpies, all these type of 655 00:42:17,240 --> 00:42:19,720 things. Then you've got special 656 00:42:19,720 --> 00:42:22,080 characters. Now these special characters 657 00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:25,200 have gone through a lot of books and are very well lasting. 658 00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:29,000 Gracia, tranquil with bone Ripper. 659 00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:33,480 Always linked with Gottrick and Felix which is nice as well. 660 00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:35,440 Good Bill. King Linklair as well. 661 00:42:36,520 --> 00:42:39,080 Lord Skrulk, the plague Lord of class Pestilence. 662 00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:45,000 He's got lots of rules as well. Ikid Claw, Clan Chief Warlock of 663 00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:49,880 Clanskaya, Throat the Unclean, all the ones of which they had 664 00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:51,360 the figures that we looked at earlier. 665 00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:55,320 But again, the man catcher of Throat the unclean, that 666 00:42:55,320 --> 00:43:00,480 horrible like claw thing. He had Death Master Snitch, the 667 00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:04,920 cloak of shadows that he wore. Warlord quick head taker with 668 00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:07,000 dwarf gouger. Yeah. 669 00:43:08,240 --> 00:43:10,600 And then we've got an article written by Andy Chambers himself 670 00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:13,800 about skaving tactics. He starts it with a little bit 671 00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:17,360 of fiction. Gather your own children of the 672 00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:20,960 Horned Rat while this ancient and wicked warlord tells you how 673 00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:23,600 to bring doom and destruction upon the forces of the upper 674 00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:26,000 world. The road to victory can be a 675 00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:29,520 hard and Stony one, filled with pitfalls and traps for the 676 00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:33,360 unwary along the way. I think what Andy is saying is 677 00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:37,240 this army is meant to be unreliable, meant to be random, 678 00:43:37,880 --> 00:43:41,760 meant to be not the sort of army that you can make too many plans 679 00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:46,360 with. And that it was, I believe, of 680 00:43:46,360 --> 00:43:48,280 course, the article goes on for pages. 681 00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:51,440 He's got lots of ideas on how to use Gavin, which is good to see. 682 00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:53,920 And it's nice that they had these in these books, didn't 683 00:43:53,920 --> 00:43:55,440 they? So you could pick it up. 684 00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:58,040 And these days you just go online and a lot of people get 685 00:43:58,040 --> 00:44:00,720 lost in the met way too much, I feel. 686 00:44:01,320 --> 00:44:05,480 But here they had all the, you know, the clan, the the ideas 687 00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:10,240 for how you could use the army in a way that was could suit 688 00:44:10,240 --> 00:44:13,400 you, but also the way that they felt how strong it was, you 689 00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:16,120 know, in certain areas. And I'll just go right to the 690 00:44:16,120 --> 00:44:19,960 end where he says overall tactics with escaping army. 691 00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:22,800 You've only got one choice for an overall strategy and that's 692 00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:25,480 charge. He goes on to say lacking 693 00:44:25,480 --> 00:44:27,800 missile troops and cavalry means afford. 694 00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:30,320 You can't afford to keep the enemy at arm's length any longer 695 00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:32,960 than absolutely necessary. So just charge in. 696 00:44:34,120 --> 00:44:37,720 It's taken him 6 pages to say that, but yeah, there it is. 697 00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:41,640 Got some more fiction then coming up for quite a bit more 698 00:44:41,640 --> 00:44:44,360 of Bill King's stuff, which is looking good, but we're running 699 00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:47,080 out of time a bit now, so I'll move on as quick as I can. 700 00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:51,360 Look at that. They've given looks like 5 pages 701 00:44:51,360 --> 00:44:54,840 of the book, 6 pages of the book just to some fiction. 702 00:44:55,200 --> 00:44:58,640 There's more or less a novel in here, which is which is great to 703 00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:02,560 see isn't it? And then the book abruptly as it 704 00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:08,200 does, starts to come to an end with our advert for the the 5th 705 00:45:08,200 --> 00:45:11,720 edition set, which is coming out here of lizard men and 706 00:45:11,720 --> 00:45:14,160 Britonians. And then the list of the 707 00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:17,400 Warhammer army books, which are all out and published as this 708 00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:20,720 wrote with a picture of a troll in the middle, some Citadel 709 00:45:20,720 --> 00:45:22,960 fantasy range, an old advert for them. 710 00:45:23,640 --> 00:45:27,360 And then that customary article about collecting the Sceven army 711 00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:31,960 shows a couple of figures, then a massive unit of those plastic 712 00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:35,960 sceven all looking the same. I didn't like those at the time, 713 00:45:35,960 --> 00:45:37,920 but there's something very alluring about them now. 714 00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:44,120 Then a Warhammer roster sheet with lots of different things on 715 00:45:44,120 --> 00:45:45,720 him. What's he gone with from 1000 716 00:45:45,720 --> 00:45:49,520 point army? Grace Heathranquil leads the 717 00:45:49,520 --> 00:45:52,320 1000 point army. Like he'd get up off his chair 718 00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:55,200 to come and do battle of this size with Bourne. 719 00:45:55,200 --> 00:45:57,840 RIP. But of course, 39 clan rats. 720 00:45:57,840 --> 00:46:01,840 It's very specific. A skating champion, 15 plague 721 00:46:01,840 --> 00:46:04,320 monks, warp fire thrower team. Good on you. 722 00:46:04,920 --> 00:46:08,760 And eight gutter runners. Yeah, nice to see. 723 00:46:09,480 --> 00:46:12,240 Then again, we've got the stats of Gracie of Tranquil. 724 00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:16,880 We've got blown Rupper, Ripper stance and clan Rabbit scores, 725 00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:20,240 Clan rats. Yeah, he's given us all these, a 726 00:46:20,240 --> 00:46:22,800 bit of background for that army as well and shows us how to use 727 00:46:22,800 --> 00:46:26,400 it, which I think is is commendable, is commendable. 728 00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:31,240 The Black Claw of Clan esching, the warp firescore, the warp 729 00:46:31,320 --> 00:46:34,840 fire thrower team. And then he gives us some tips 730 00:46:34,840 --> 00:46:40,360 on expanding the army before the book finishes when it gives us 731 00:46:40,360 --> 00:46:43,360 an article on collecting a themed army and a Warhammer 732 00:46:43,360 --> 00:46:46,360 rostra sheet. And then of course, it finishes 733 00:46:46,360 --> 00:46:49,120 off with some lovely photographs. 734 00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:52,480 Escaping army crashes in a combined force of Wood elves and 735 00:46:52,480 --> 00:46:57,800 Brutonians and clan rats swarm forward, confident in the 736 00:46:57,800 --> 00:47:00,480 supreme power of the screaming bell. 737 00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:07,400 Then the back cover, bright red, The vile and benevolent scavene 738 00:47:07,400 --> 00:47:10,760 gnaw through the roots of the old world like a malignant 739 00:47:10,760 --> 00:47:13,880 cancer. Then, under Empire, spreads ever 740 00:47:13,880 --> 00:47:17,000 outwards from its sprawling capital of ancient evil, 741 00:47:17,320 --> 00:47:21,360 Scavenblight. Seething hordes of vicious rat 742 00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:24,680 men lie waiting to bring the final apocalypse upon the 743 00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:28,840 unsuspecting realms of men. Black clad assassins slink 744 00:47:28,840 --> 00:47:32,680 through the sewers, rabid plague monks brute magical pestilences, 745 00:47:32,800 --> 00:47:36,440 insane warlock engineers build their devastating weapons of 746 00:47:36,440 --> 00:47:40,760 mass destruction, and foul packmasters mutate warped and 747 00:47:40,760 --> 00:47:46,160 deadly war beasts to unleash upon their foes though the 748 00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:50,000 ancient and evil Lords of Decay. The Horned Rat himself, the dark 749 00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:53,320 God of the Scraven race, cynically guides his children to 750 00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:56,680 their ultimate destiny of complete mastery of the entire 751 00:47:56,680 --> 00:48:00,000 world. This indispensable supplement 752 00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:03,040 for the Warhammer game of Fantasy Battle describes the 753 00:48:03,040 --> 00:48:06,800 Scraven race and their unspeakable horror in complete 754 00:48:06,960 --> 00:48:11,040 and exhaustive detail. And there we have it, my 755 00:48:11,040 --> 00:48:13,680 friends, Warhammer Army's Scraven. 756 00:48:14,920 --> 00:48:17,720 I have to leave it now because without saying too much, but my 757 00:48:17,720 --> 00:48:20,200 wife is about to go in the shower and the noise here will 758 00:48:20,200 --> 00:48:22,960 get very loud as it's right next to where I record. 759 00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:24,080 But I should leave you with that. 760 00:48:25,120 --> 00:48:28,400 Thank you again for listening. I enjoy doing these. 761 00:48:28,920 --> 00:48:32,400 If you enjoy them, why not drop me an e-mail, go to my website, 762 00:48:32,480 --> 00:48:36,680 welshstoryteller.com and have a look at the sort of things I do. 763 00:48:36,680 --> 00:48:39,880 I have a listen to the podcast if you would, and let me know 764 00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:42,040 that you've come here from the Crown of Command. 765 00:48:43,400 --> 00:48:45,240 It's good to be with you where you paint in one of you. 766 00:48:45,240 --> 00:48:46,440 Whatever you're doing with a hobby. 767 00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:48,440 It's a good thing to do, my friends. 768 00:48:48,760 --> 00:48:50,360 It's a good thing to invest your time in. 769 00:48:51,400 --> 00:48:54,680 It's something that focuses the mind and something that makes 770 00:48:54,680 --> 00:48:57,760 you feel good. Long may it continue for you. 771 00:48:58,600 --> 00:49:01,680 I'll see you soon for another look at one of these Army books. 772 00:49:02,520 --> 00:49:04,840 But in the meantime, no star friend. 773 00:49:04,840 --> 00:49:05,000 Yeah.