A Band of Ratkin

For those familiar with Warhammer Fantasy and tabletop roleplaying, this story is a "dark mirror" of a Campaign that I have led as a Game Master for my players. In the original campaign, the players were humans in Ubersreik and this ongoing story is meant to provide a narrative copy of their adventures in the form of another group of adventurers, Skaven from Unter Ubersreik, suitably adapted to Skaven society and culture.

To those unfamiliar with Warhammer, this is a story of a two blood brother ratmen Zagchikch Shadowfurry and Znakzach Featherfang, a famous bounty hunter and assasin respectively, bound together by divine power of a secret Skaven god and the Ancient Foe of their supreme deity, the Great Horned Rat. The blood brothers must protect and honor their blood bond, lest they face divine wrath, while avoiding the attention and ire of a society which sees honor, friendship and kinship as heretical vices. Self preservation, scheming, treachery and deceit are virtues in the Skaven society and key tenets of their religion. Featherfang must always keep his natural Skaven instincts in check, out of fear of the Ancient Foe, while trying to use this blood bond as a means to climb the ranks of Clan Eshin. They are the "primary protagonists" of the story and their story is largely created by me.

The secondary protagonists are a group of four Skaven, who are quite ordinary members of Skaven society, unlike Shadowfurry and Featherfang. Through combination of cunning, cowardice, religious zeal, bravado and sheer stupidity, the quartet of Skaven jumps from one misadventure to another, constantly tempting fate and surviving yet another day in this grim world of perilous adventures. The story of the quartet is a collaborative one and will develop as the players from our Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Campaign develop their characters and story.