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Hello everybody for tuning in 
and thank you for another 

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episode of the Chronic Command 
podcast. 

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This is a bit of a solo effort 
from me on on behalf of one of 

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my patrons who made a request 
that I do this. 

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And this is a bit of a a 
background deep dive into the 

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Caste Dwarves, the faction I'm 
not really familiar with. 

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It's it, it eluded me during the
90s. 

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I wasn't so much interested in 
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from a aesthetical point of 
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them. 
Now all these, all these years 

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later and there's a deep 
fascination behind the Caste 

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Dwarves. 
There's even an entire fanzine 

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dedicated to Caste Dwarves. 
There's a huge Discord group 

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dedicated to cast wolves. 
There's a there are guys 

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designing miniatures for cast 
wolves, like Brauniak, a 

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previous guest on the podcast. 
There, of course, is Faberzil, 

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who does fabulous work with 
recreating the aesthetics of 4th

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edition. 
So it seems to me that this 

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newborn attention and this 
newborn of love and fascination 

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with cast wolves is sort of 
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And I think people are now 
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big hat sculpts of the 90s. 
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those on the tabletop. 
Look at Warhammer Renaissance 

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and you know, that's a a great 
fan based rule set that Boulder 

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has created, including all the 
old factions plus some new ones.

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And Chaos Dwarves obviously 
featured there in more of a, an 

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updated version, but still 
keeping to the same aesthetics 

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in terms of models. 
And but you can include anything

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you like and, you know, new old 
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everything, but keeping the 
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from 4th edition at its core. 
So yeah, it's it's great to see 

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that castles are still kicking 
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they've had some sort of modern 
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of. 
I I just haven't kept my fault 

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finger on the pulse during 8th 
edition and what forge world did

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and and all that. 
But they're always seem to be 

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popping up every now and again, 
whether in there in the whether 

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you like the third edition 
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Like if you think of all the old
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miniatures that were released 
for cast Wolves, which are 

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beautiful, which all mimic the 
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think of the time. 
So if you you've had like a cast

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war figure, it replicates that 
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Warriors that I think Jazz did, 
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until recently. 
I think Bluey did some a series 

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of photographs on Instagram 
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And so that was fascinating. 
So yeah, they've got a they've 

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got a deep rich history and they
just were just not like they 

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weren't available there. 
There weren't a faction and they

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were sort of disregarded after 
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back in later editions or fan 
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So yeah, it's it's an 
interesting ride. 

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The past wars have been on. 
And I thought it was a great 

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suggestion by by Mark to say, 
hey, let's let's go through the 

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background. 
Let's just read about them and 

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find out their place in the old 
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You know, how did it start and 
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So I thought that's a great 
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I'm looking at this beautiful 
book now. 

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It's in full colour and it's a 
White Dwarf presents 

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publication. 
Of course, it's a Wham, a 

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supplement for 4th edition and 
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And it's, it's has a striking 
cover from Dave Gallagher and, 

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you know, lots of Reds and 
oranges and yellows and gives 

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you a great sense and feel of 
the, of the great tourists and 

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the faction itself and the 
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really wonderful. 
Again, it's all in full colour, 

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as I said. 
And it's it's the only one of 

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that type. 
And it must have been a very 

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expensive army book to make if 
you compare it to all the other 

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ones for all the other factions.
Now I should say that the 

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Woodelf book I'm not so familiar
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I've got it here and maybe I 
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but I think wood elves are still
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But this is a full color 
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So it's it's quite unique in 
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I know it's very rare and and 
people are still trying to 

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acquire their copy of it by any 
means possible, whether by be 

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PDF on their tablet or finding a
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So yeah, it has an interesting 
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And of course now I'm painting 
an entire army for another 

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patron and a good friend of 
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So I'm getting the the first 
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I'm getting the the real 
experience of actually painting 

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an army for Cast Wars, which 
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I've had some sample miniatures 
sent kindly sent to me by people

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just so that I could paint them 
up for painting videos, which 

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have haven't happened yet 
unfortunately. 

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But there is a series of videos 
that I'll be doing on this army.

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So you get to see each unit 
being painted up and released as

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a separate video in a new 
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So I hope you enjoy that. 
OK, so one open up the front 

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cover of this glorious tome. 
It says a white dwarf presents 

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Whammer Cast dwarves, a 
compilation of cast dwarf 

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articles from White Dwarf 
magazine. 

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Cover art was caused by Dave 
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Black and white art by John 
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produced by Gaines Workshop and 
apparently it was this is 

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printed in 1994 and the game 
game design consultant was Brian

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Ansell. 
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So when Brian Ansell was putting
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there somewhere and Rick was 
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know he had some involvement in 
the term of design and stuff as 

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well, like the design of the 
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And if you want to see and want 
to listen to Rick and Alan, Alan

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and and Michael Perry talking 
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I'd like to direct you to you 
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film deck miniatures looks like 
the gentleman there. 

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I think his name is Tom, who 
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So he's in the prime location to
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he's gone out and, and sort the,
the prep, the invitation 

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presence of these illuminaries 
from Games Workshop, like 

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Ripley, like John Blanche, like 
so many of these guys, which is 

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really interesting to see and, 
and listen to and find out more 

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information about the time at 
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And they do a specific video 
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became to be and in terms of 
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miniature design, not so much 
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So that the Perry's talk about 
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over the phone with Rick and 
giving orders here and there and

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what they should do and increase
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thing. 
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So I'd really urge you go and 
check that out from Film Dig 

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Miniatures and check out all the
other videos he does because 

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it's all about this era, the 
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like Lord of the Rings and that 
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But like old hammer, middle 
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to the Lord of the Rings era. 
So yeah, lots of great stuff in 

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there. 
So let's now delve into the 

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Warhammer Cast Wars by Rick 
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This month sees the release of 
the first models in a brand new 

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series of Chaos Dwarf miniatures
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To accompany these models, Rick 
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background of this dark race. 
Many thousands of years ago, the

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Dwarf race moved northwards from
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the Southlands. 
They moved along the high Ridge 

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of mountains known as the World 
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Following the trail of mineral 
ores and precious gems, the 

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Dwarves spread amongst the 
mountains, driven onwards by 

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their last for the secrets of 
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Over a period of many hundreds 
of years, they dug shafts and 

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excavated cavernous underground 
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They sank mines deep into the 
mountain roots and constructed 

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tunnels which carried them 
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Eventually, sometime in the dim 
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reached the upland region at the
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Mountains, which they called 
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Land. 
Here they found a vast and 

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inhospitable plateau where the 
air was thin and cold and the 

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rocks barren. 
Many turned back to South to 

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swell the growing numbers of 
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Mountains. 
Others turned W into the cold 

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lands of Norska. 
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turned east and then S along the
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At first these widespread dwarf 
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the with each other, but the 
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when the time of Chaos came, the
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forever. 
The dwarves of the West believed

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their eastern king dead, 
destroyed by ties of chaos that 

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came from the north. 
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Chaos did not kill the Hardy 
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Instead it worked a dreadful 
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The Darklands The Chaos Dwarf 
Empire is sighted amidst the 

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mountains of Morn and the 
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Darklands. 
It is a stark and chill as place

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where nature has rent the ground
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Amongst the peaks, volcanoes 
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sky. 
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The stench of tar pits and oil 
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streaming lava from the beneath.
The Earth's crust covers the ash

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wastes with a blanket of 
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Almost nothing can grow in the 
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The dim light and choking air 
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remains devoid of vegetation 
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thorns. 
The volcanoes and gaping pits 

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bring up all kinds of minerals 
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Gold and silver, iron and 
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as well as sulphur, oil and tar.
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minerals that adwarves, 
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The Chaos Dwarf Empire It is 
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how or when the Dwarf Kindred of
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Dwarves. 
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of warping and twisting, for 
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and more resistant to magic than
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Nonetheless, they were changed. 
Their dwarf instincts became 

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perverted into a mockery of 
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The huge and monstrous tower of 
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and Desolation, arose on the 
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This monstrous city is fashioned
from black Obsidian and stained 

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with a red glow of 1000 diabolic
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Where dwarves shun magic, the 
cows dwarves embraced it and 

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became mighty sorcerers, the 
creators of arcane machineries 

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and horrific engines. 
They built the Tower of 

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Tsarnagund in the shape of a 
mountain, rising tier upon tier 

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to its summit. 
At it's top, they build a temple

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to the evil God Hashot, the 
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Around their dark city, the cast
wolves sunk mines into the 

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earth, delving deep into the 
rock and filth in pursuit of the

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treasures that lie below. 
They built engines down in the 

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depths, using steam power 
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rocks themselves. 
They dug for coal and piled it 

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high into the black mounds. 
They drilled for oil and tar and

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dug open pits in which to store 
it, creating lakes of sticky 

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blackness over the land. 
In the mountains, they quarried 

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stone and used it to build 
roadways to connect all of their

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lands together, so that the 
plundered riches of the earth 

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might flow all the faster into 
their gargantuan city. 

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The refuse of thousands of years
of labour fills the plains of 

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Zarduk, where industry tears at 
the earth, pockmarking the 

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surface with ugly scars of 
endeavour beneath the flickering

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flames of countless forgers. 
Untold thousands of slaves, 

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creatures of many races captured
in war or traded from the Orcs 

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of the West, work at the 
Enterprise of the Chaos Dwarves,

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the Tower of Tsarnagrand. 
The Tower of Tsarnagrand lies at

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the centre of the Chaos Dwarf 
Empire and is the object of all 

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their labours and enterprise. 
Though there are numerous mines,

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workshops, foundries and 
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of Zarduk and beyond, there is 
just one mighty city in all the 

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Empire. 
The Tower of Zar Nagrand is 

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built of Obsidian black volcanic
glass whose light reflects the 

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flames of the myriad furnaces 
that burn both day and night. 

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The entire city is built in a 
series of tall steps like a 

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ziggurat, each step hundreds of 
feet high and surmount all 

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battlements that jut upwards 
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Each step is square, and at the 
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stone gateways bound in iron. 
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the walls and massive beyond any
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From the east and West, gateway 
roads paved with slabs of gold 

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and brass led to the Mountains 
of Mourn and the Darklands. 

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The North and South gateways are
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the waters of the River Ruin 
pour. 

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The cold river enters the city 
from the north and is put to 

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use, calling the huge forges of 
the Chaos Dwarf sorcerers, 

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powering the steam driven 
engines and flashing the 

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effluent of industry. 
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leaves the city, the river is 
stained red and yellow with 

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filth, laden with noxious 
sediments, and it's steaming 

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water is thick and poisonous. 
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the river and its banks are 
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spectacularly coloured 
pollutants. 1000 Massive 

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furnaces burn within the 
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smelting the metals that are the
lifeblood of the city. 

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The city is a huge living 
workshop full of smoke and 

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noise, illuminated by its inner 
fires and driven by machines of 

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vast size and power. 
Gigantic steam driven hammers 

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stamp out sheets of iron and 
bronze with rhythmic booms like 

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the heartbeats of a cyclopean 
God. 

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Massive cauldrons or bubbling 
metal pour out their molten 

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contents into twisted molds of 
intricate construction. 

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The roaring of furnaces, 
groaning of huge wheels and 

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grinding of arcane machineries 
fills the oily air. 

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The noise and the labours never 
cease. 

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The dark lands are shrouded in 
thick volcanic clouds and smoke 

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from the workshops of Zarduk. 
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exists in a timeless twilight, 
illuminated by the Carmine fires

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of its own forges. 
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pinnacle of the city is a Temple
of Hashut, the bull shaped God 

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of the Cows dwarves, who they 
call the Father of Darkness. 

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His temple is guarded by Bull 
Centaurs, creatures mutated from

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Cows dwarves long ago. 
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but the torso of a Cows dwarf, 
with long snaggly tusks and 

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exotically curled beards. 
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guardians perform bloodthirsty 
rites, thrown captives into 

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cauldrons or molten metal to the
echoing laughter of the 

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assembled caste Dwarf sorcerers.
On top of the temple stands the 

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iron statue of Hashut. 
Its hollow iron belly contains a

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furnace heated by coal so that 
the statue glows red hot and 

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anyone who touches its surface 
suffers searing wounds. 

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The God is the embodiment of the
city, its deity and its master, 

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whose powers flows through the 
caste Dwarf Sorcerers and for 

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whom thousands of slaves are 
sacrificed by fire and furnace. 

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Cast Dwarf Sorcerers The cast 
dwarf Sorcerers rule over the 

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tower of Tsar Naganundt as the 
Lords and masters of the caste 

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Dwarves and high priests of 
Hashit. 

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Their lore is deep and ancient, 
the study of machines and magic 

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combined to produce arcane 
engines of power and 

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destruction. 
It was caste Dwarf sorcerers who

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constructed the city in past 
ages, who carved its shape from 

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Obsidian and raised its dark 
towers and fashioned its massive

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gateways. 
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probably no more than a few 100 
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race. 
In the Temple of Hashut, the 

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Chaos Dwarf Sorcerers meet in a 
great conclave of evil to make 

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their plans of domination. 
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hierarchy amongst them, but the 
strongest voice belongs to the 

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oldest and most powerful, for 
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knowledge, just as there are 
other dwarves. 

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Each cast Dwarf Sorcerer 
controls part of the city in its

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workshops, and forges slaves and
warriors as part of his personal

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dominion. 
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magic, as are all dwarves after 
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immune to its effects. 
As cast Dwarf Sorcerers use 

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magic, it gradually seeps into 
their bodies, evoking changes in

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them which are both unique and 
horrific. 

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After many centuries of labour, 
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begins to change. 
The pace of change is slow, but 

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once it begins, his fate is 
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Starting with his feet, the 
Chaos Dwarf Sorcerer slowly 

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begins to turn to immobile 
stone. 

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At first, his legs turn grey and
solid so that he is unable to 

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move, and his followers are 
obliged to carry him around, or 

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else he has them construct a 
mechanical engine to move him 

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about. 
Then his lower body and torso 

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turned to stone, making him 
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Once his arms become stone, he's
entirely dependent upon his 

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followers to perform his magic, 
as all he can do is speak and 

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watch their progress. 
After a while, his entire body 

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turns to stone and he becomes a 
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The statues of Caste dwarf 
sorcerers are lined up among the

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roadways around the Tower of 
Tsarnagarund, forming rank upon 

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rank of grey stones, watching 
over this approach to the city. 

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Caste dwarf warriors. 
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dwarves. 
The vast numbers of slaves who 

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toil on the Tower of 
Tsarnagarund and in the plain of

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Zadok outnumber them many times 
over. 

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All the caste dwarves belong to 
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sorcerers. 
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his kingsmen. 
Bound by the ties of blood 

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loyalty, which all caste dwarves
deem unbreakable, bands of caste

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dwarves scour the Darklands, 
searching for captives to bring 

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to Tsarnagarund, to work in the 
mines and forges, or to 

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sacrifice to the temple of 
Hashat. 

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The acquisition of slaves is 
very important to caste dwarves 

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because they are totally 
dependent upon captives to keep 

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their city and industries going.
Bands or cast wars will travel 

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many hundreds of miles to raid 
ork or goblin strongholds, and 

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the mountains will mourn. 
And when they conquer a tribe, 

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they take as many prisoners back
to the city as they can. 

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The more captives they take, the
more successful the expedition 

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is judged to have been. 
All wars or conquest are fought 

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with the aim of taking slaves. 
The Chaos Dwarves are not 

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interested in expanding their 
territories further, for the 

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mountains are Mourn and the 
Plain of Zadok contain all the 

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wealth that they require. 
Sometimes whole armies of Chaos 

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Dwarves March against their 
Orchen goblin tribes, subduing 

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one tribe after another before 
returning to the tower of Tsar 

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Nagarand laden with slaves. 
The Castors also raid to the 

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north, attacking the fierce 
Norse riding human tribes of the

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North and Highlands, but these 
are distant conquests for them, 

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and the horse tribes often flee 
rather than fight. 

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The furthest W the Castors 
armies have reached to date is 

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the verdant valleys of Far Side,
the province of Kislev, which 

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lies in the eastern foothills of
the World's Edge Mountains. 

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Smaller bands of caste dwarves 
have penetrated as far as the 

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lands around Death Pass, where 
they have encountered the many 

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tribes of goblins that live in 
the western part of the 

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Darklands. 
The caste dwarf trade slays the 

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goblin tribes, choosing to use 
the goblins as intermediaries 

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rather than advance further into
the Old World. 

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In this way, captives, dwarves 
and men from the Old World have 

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been taken prisoner, first by 
the goblins and then sold to the

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caste dwarves, only to end their
days in the pits of Zadok were 

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upon the burning altars of 
Hashat Black Orks. 

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Many years ago, the cast dwarf 
sorcerers tried to breed their 

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own Ork race, a race of slaves 
that could work in the most 

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hostile parts of their realm. 
They already had thousands of 

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Ork and goblin slaves, but the 
cast dwarves found them unruly 

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and inefficient because they 
would often fight amongst 

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themselves. 
Using evil magic and careful 

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selection, the caste dwarves 
created a new type of Ork, 

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stronger than any ordinary Ork, 
but more loyal and not given 

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into squabbling. 
This was how the race of Black 

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Orks came into being. 
The experiment worked at first, 

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but the caste dwarves soon 
realized that although their 

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creations were much tougher, 
they were far too independent 

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minded to make good slaves. 
Ordinary Orks and Goblins were 

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constantly riven by disputes and
so never had time to plot 

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against their masters. 
Black Orks on the other hand 

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were too well organized, often 
starting rebellions and leading 

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the other orks and goblins into 
armed revolt. 

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After several near disasters 
when Black Hawk LED armies 

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ravaged parts of the Tower of 
Tsar Nagarund and KASTA, wolves 

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decided to drive them from their
city forever. 

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Many Black Orks escaped into the
Mountains of Mourn where their 

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descendants remained to this 
day, while others undertook 

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their long journey to the West 
and eventually reached the Old 

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World. 
The cast Dwarves destroyed many 

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Black Orks, but they left some 
tribes free to roam the 

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mountains so they could recruit 
them as troops into their 

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armies. 
Hobgoblins. 

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During the height of the largest
and most savage Black Hawk 

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rebellion, the cast wolves were 
almost overcome. 

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Vastly outnumbered by their 
former slaves, they were driven 

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upwards through the layers of 
their city, fighting for each 

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level, ascending ever closer to 
the the Temple of Hashed itself.

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At the final hour the city was 
saved by the treachery of the 

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Cob Goblins, who, having 
rebelled along with the Black 

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Orks, switched their allegiance 
once more and turned the tide 

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against the Ork rebels. 
In doing so, the Hobgoblins earn

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the enmity of the other green 
skinned races who deeply 

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distrust them. 
To this day the hobgoblins enjoy

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the favour of the Cast Wolves 
and care little what other 

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greenskins think of them. 
Unlike the Cast Wolves, other 

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slaves, they're not made to work
in the pits and workshops, but 

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are used as warriors. 
They're a sneaky, evil minded 

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race who remain as dishonest and
cowardly in the service of the 

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Cow's dwarves as they were when 
fighting for the Black Hawks. 

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Other greenskins despise them 
and would certainly kill them 

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were it not for the power they 
enjoy amongst the cow's dwarves.

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Hobgoblins are distinctive in 
appearance. 

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They look much like goblins, but
they are taller, though nowhere 

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near as burly as Orks. 
In fact, their whole appearance 

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is thin and sneaky, with narrow 
eyes and sneering mouths full of

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pointy teeth. 
They ride giant wolves and often

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carry bows to shoot the enemy 
from a distance. 

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The Cast Wolves utilize many Hop
Goblins in their armies, but 

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don't really trust them. 
The Cast Wolves know that the 

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Hop Goblins are despised by 
other green skins and need the 

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protection of other green skins 
to survive. 

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Well that brings us to the end 
of the background and relative 

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information behind the cast was 
the origin story and everything 

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like that. 
So I hope you enjoyed it. 

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I enjoyed through reading 
through it and I had fun sort of

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tripping over my own words and 
nothing to do with the 

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fictitious names and literature 
in this book. 

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It's just the actual the English
language that I had trouble 

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pronouncing a few words 
initially. 

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So you can hear the bloopers at 
the end of this segment, but be 

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warned, there is a swearing 
Australian in frustration there.

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So you probably want don't want 
that to be heard by your little 

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younglings and snotlings running
around. 

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So but look, guys, look, I 
enjoyed reading that. 

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I hope you get you guys did too.
If you'd like to hear more of 

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these kind of deep dives in the 
in the factions of Warhammer, 

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please let me know, Please reach
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Please get in touch with me on 
Discord or send me an e-mail at 

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the crown of 
commandpodcast@gmail.com. 

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Get in touch me on Patreon about
it. 

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You know, that's fine. 
You know, whatever you guys want

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to do, whatever your wishes are,
I will try to fulfil them as 

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best I can, especially for my 
patrons who support me each 

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month. 
I think going through all the 

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different kinds of artillery 
pieces and unique items for the 

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cast Wars will leave for the 
model reviews the miniatures 

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when I get to paint them and 
then put them in those painting 

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videos. 
And then you can see the actual 

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mechanics of the actual war 
machine or character, whichever 

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it might be. 
Maybe some spells and that kind 

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of thing as well. 
And putting together really nice

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faction focus on the cast warps 
as they are quite a unique and 

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special bunch, aren't they? 
With their top hats and large 

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hats at that. 
And so, and maybe we can look at

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the characters or something or 
special units in the Bastry or 

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their army list there. 
And if that's the case, please 

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let me know, please send me an 
e-mail. 

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Please get in touch and, and, 
and during this time when we 

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don't have any interviews, if 
you have any questions you would

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like to ask me about the 
podcast, about the YouTube 

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channel, about myself, about 
what's coming up, anything you 

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like again, contact me at the 
crown of 

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commandpodcast@gmail.com. 
And I'm more than happy to get 

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your questions answered on the 
show. 

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Maybe a bit of AQ and a between 
myself and the audience would be

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really nice. 
If that, if that would interest 

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you, please let me know and 
please get in contact. 

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So I look forward to those. 
In the meantime, guys, enjoy 

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your hobby this week. 
Hope you get some painting time 

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in, hope you get to flip open 
some of those army books you 

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have there and sort of start 
planning your next army. 

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And I look forward to seeing 
your progress either on the 

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Crown Command group, on 
Facebook, Discord, or on 

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Patreon. 
So until then, guys, take care 

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of yourselves and I'll speak to 
you soon. 

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Here they found a vast and in 
his. 

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Here they found a vast in 
inhospitable. 

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Here they found a Vast and in 
his. 

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In his, in hospitable. 
Here they found a vast and 

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inhospitable. 
Choosing to use the goblins as 

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intermediary. 
As intermediaries. 

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Fuck it, intermediary. 
Fuck me dead.