The Enemy Within - An Oldhammer Log

[Piers B]

 

[Golgfag1]

Nice art work, but to what end, Piers?

Paul / Golgfag1

 

[Gerner]

Yea, what is happening?! You can't take that name without going proper big.

 

[Piers B]

Wait and see... you must make a drama and performance of such things.

Patience, and all will be revealed as we delve into the darkness at the heart of the Empire.

 

[Con-fusion]

The wait is too much!

 

[Piers B]

The Empire, for centuries a bulwark against the encroachments of Chaos and other foul creatures. But the Empire itself holds many threats, from its dark forests sheltering beastmen and mutants, to its own depraved citizens who have succumbed to the dark gods.

Our journey will begin as dusk falls, along the road to Altdorf from Kemperbad. As the night draws in and the forests grow darker, the sounds of animalistic braying can be heard among other disconcerting noises. The Empire is a dangerous place, and doubly so at night on an open road.

But as luck would have it, as in all good adventures, we turn the corner and find a welcome sight - a fine Inn offering shelter and safety for now...


All good quests begin at an Inn, so better build one...

 

[Niibl]

Re: AW: The Enemy Within - An Oldhammer Log

Nice choice of building.
Make sure to follow the instructions though. It is quite complex.

 

[Bane]

This looks interesting. Great illustration to start with from the LatD, one of my favourites, it really creates a feeling of dark treachery.

 

[Piers B]

Finally sorted out the first batch of chaos figuees for the two warbands who will be our evil protagonists for this production.

The first will be the true enemy within, a band of humans, mutants, cultists and beastmen. Then we will have a Chaos Dwarf raiding party...

I shall expand on the two warbands backgrounds as I assemble them...

 

[Piers B]

And a little test...

 

[Gerner]

And if you would just ship those miniatures to my address, that would be great.
Looking forward to this, since it is similar to what I am doing.

 

[Piers B]

Woohoo!

 

[Erny]

With all those chaos dwarves it looks as though you are heading towards the doomstones rather than TEW.

Nice building and collection.

 

[Piers B]

Thoth was once the leader of a tribe of Norsemen who lived a harsh existence in the North of Norsca, constantly at war with other tribes and chaos warbands. It is said that the tribes Shamen foresaw Thoth's death in a dream and saw him dying a slow and ignoble death from the pox. Outraged that such a fate could befall as great a warrior as he, he spent the night praying that whatever god saved him from this fate, would gain his enternal loyalty. His prayers were answered by Tzeentch and while his tribe died around him, he survived the plague unharmed. Driven mad by the horrific deaths of all his brethren from the diease, he was only too happy to embark on a lifetime pursuing followers of Nurgle at his Lords behest.

Thoth has joined the warband of Malgor the Grey as part of the bodyguard detachment of the Tzeentch Sorceror, Taxma Vara, under whom he currently serves at his masters request.

 

[Gerner]

Lovely story and paint job. I am looking forward for more.

 

[Piers B]

Dwarf army collected, pretty much all here so off to the painting table...

 

[Piers B]

The 'human' Chaos Warband of Malgor the Grey...

Next the Chaos Dwarf warband...

 

[Piers B]

The main Chaos force is all assembled ready to join the painting queue...

The second 'wing' of the Chaos army will be a Chaos Dwarf and Goblinoid warband, still alot to get for this one.

Slowly working my way through the Dwarf army now its all together...

 

[Quendil]

Loving this thread. The background is excellent and look forward to reading more. Can't wait to see the 4ground building put together as I will probably buy some myself at some point

 

[Piers B]

The Sorceror Malgor the Grey and the Ostland Incursion

In the not too distant past, a Magician from Altdorf left the College of Magic out of frustration at the limits placed upon him by those in charge. Seeking more power, his thirst for knowledge was boundless and it drew him far from the Empire. First to Kislev and then into the Northern Wastes in search of a book known as the 'Tome of Drax'. The book he sought was reputed to be a vessel of great power and arcane lore, able to turn any budding magician into a powerful sorceror. Of course, for a young wizard the draw was irresitible and his quest for the book took him far into the northern wastelands and eventually into the Chaos Wastes themselves.

The young magician was never seen again, but some years later a Sorceror emerged from the wastelands bearing a book. While the young mans name has long been forgotten, the Sorceror called himself Malgor the Grey. No one knew from where he came, though to Imperial Officers captured during the incursion he often wined and dined with them, talking at length of Altdorf and asking how it had changed over the years, before having the men executed. The one Officer who escaped his clutches, though some would say his escape was entirely at Malgor's design to spread word of his coming, told of Malgor being a polite, well spoken man, who spoke fondly of old Altdorf and its popular places to visit. His dicussions were more like a visiting traveller than a marauding warlord. But his brutality was always seen on the battlefield and in the mass scarifice of prisoners taken or allowing his men to feast upon those captured in orgies of violence and destruction. His rampage thorugh Ostland was marked by extreme carnage and violence till its eventual end.

But before we speak of the incursion we must go back, back to when Malgor the Grey first found his followers and warband and how he played the Chaos Gods against each other and only stayed true to his one dark lord - Malal...


Extract taken from 'The Great Incursion' by Leo von Ryman, scribe to the Duke Manfred von Stienlaager of Wolfenburg.