Grey Seer: A Thanquol & Boneripper Novel (Warhammer)

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Quotes I am Grey Seer Thanquol. I am the chosen representative of their malevolent majesties, the Lords of Decay, the Council of Thirteen of holy Skavenblight and the living claws of his most vengeful divinity the Horned Rat. I am the eyes, nose and ears of Skavenblight. I am their judge and their dagger! Know me and tremble, spleenless-mouse, and beg my indulgence for your Impiety! In "Grey Seer" geht es um eine alten Skaven Waffe, deren Warpstone Kern Unheil über Menschheit und Skavenwelt zugleich bringen kann. Unter den Straßen Altdorfs entbrennt ein Kampf zwischen den Dienern der Grauen Sehers, den Clans der Rattenwesen aus Unteraltdorf, menschlichen Diebesbanden und einem geheimnisvollen Beschützer der imperialen Hauptstadt. Wait! Wait! Don’t kill me. You are making a grave error. I bring tidings from the Council of Thirteen. They wish to make obeisance to your all-conquering army!" As a massive Rat Ogre, the original Boneripper was a completely (more or less) organic being. He was a three-armed monster, one arm bearing a sword, the other a firearm, and the final limb ending in a set of fearsome claws. The head of the beast was skeletal with fearsome red eyes, feeding into a shaggy mane of fur. [2b] No-no! No! It must be I that take-takes their lives. It must be I that wreaks my vengeance upon their helpless bodies for all the pain-shame they have caused me. Only I can have that joy. Only I! You hear?...They will die...Yes-yes, but only at my whim, and long after they have beg-cried to be free of life. Find them! Find them! And this time you must not fail to take them!"

Like all Grey Seers, Thanquol was given a magical staff and a warpstone amulet as a badge of his status as a Skaven mage-priest. These artefacts of power were previosuly held by his former mentor, Master Grey Seer Sleekit. Following his untimely death, Thanquol was granted the rights to his personal belongings, and thus kept his staff and amulet as a kind of memento of his master's unfortunate demise. As is going to be a common occurrence with Thanquol, the Grey Seer returned to Skavenblight as a failure, but a failure which had unexpected consequences, whether good or ill. When the Grey Seer returned to the Council and reported the results of his mission, some were disappointed in the loss of the Wormstone but many more are glad that such a powerful weapon did not fall into the hands of Clan Pestilens. Adding more insults to injury, when Thanquol tried to explain the reason for his failure that it was Grey Seer Thratquee who manipulated the events, the Council unexpectedly congratulate his efforts in preventing Clan Pestilen from taking the powerful weapon, even going as far as giving him the power to control and steer the progress of Under-Altdorf. [6a] Grey Seer Thanquol, inspiring his army against Karak Angkul with notions of glory, food and a lie. [7l] You are curious why I call you, Thanquol. I find myself in need of a grey seer. One with every reason to be loyal to me." Stormfiends as an elite unit, preferably customizable somehow from their array of weapons, or just simply ship them as seperate types.

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The Rat Ogre Boneripper, servant of Grey Seer Thanquol, after his enhancement and transformation into a Stormfiend by the tinker-ratmen of Clan Skryre. link: http://images-cdn.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_content/warhammer_lcg/card-of-the-week/cotw3/warhammer-invasion-card-greyseer-thanquol.png PLEASE SUSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL) Inead at least 1k suscribers to launch a society. Where you can wiev all unical development. Given no other choice, Thanquol did as he promised and used all his considerable energy to summon a rift within the fabric of existence. Yet something went awry as Thanquol heard a voice from the otherworld. A dark formed materialized and a Daemon emerged from the portal. Images swirled through Thanquol’s mind. He could see the old grey seer sealed away inside Festerhole by the dwarfs. He could see the bitter old priest slowly starving away in his lair, his every thought turned against the Under-Empire which had forgotten and abandoned him. He could see the villain setting the Hand of Vecteek upon the table before him. He watched in disbelief as the long-dead sorcerer sank his fangs into the mummified artefact. In a few moments, the Hand was no more, consumed utterly by the starving grey seer. [7q]

Like all Rat Ogres, Boneripper was covered in all manner of stitches and sutures which held the beast together. Loyal and more-or-less obedient to Thanquol, Boneripper seeks the approval of his master even if the Grey Seer is often verbally abusive and more than willing to put his well-being before the Rat Ogre's own. [2b] Brother Skavens! Consider this... Until the coming of Vermek Skab, the Council of Thirteen placed me in command of this army. Since Vermek Skab is sadly no longer with us, the leaders place in the rear must still fall to me by edict of the Council. Of course, if any of you wishes to challenge the Council's ruling I will notify them of this at once." And for a LH, hear me out. Skreech Verminking. Him and Thanquol had interesting chemistry as they were pretty much the duo that ruled over the united Under-Empire during the End Times. Maybe summon him through a ritual like Lizardmen do with Lord Kroak? I am Grey Seer Thanquol! I am leader here. You will call-know me as master-king! Whatever I say-squeak, you do! If you obey-please me, I will let-allow you to live."As previously mentioned, the novel Gotrek and Felix: Elfslayer states that there were thirteen Bonerippers in Thanquol's service, the 13th being an albino Rat Ogre with small stubs for horns. However, since this novel takes place in an alternate timeline following the Storm of Chaos, it is assumed that this incarnation of Boneripper is now non-canon.

The Horned One will protect-guard you! No-none dwarf-thing can-will match the magic of Grey Seer Thanquol! You will be safe-safe with my power watching over you!"

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Seerlord Kritislik congratulated the Grey Seer for surviving the " Maze of Merciless Penance", a Maze designed to see if the Horned Rat still truly favoured the young Grey Seer. With his bindings cut, Seerlord Kritislik told Thanquol that the Council have need of his brilliant mind once more. The Stormvermin guards grabbed the Grey Seer and led him towards the Shattered Tower to talk to the Council of his next impossible mission. Thanquol knew better then to resist. The Grey Seer walked through the halls of the Tower, until he reached the door to the Council Chamber itself -- guarded by a score of Albino Tower Guards and a massive albino Rat-Ogre. Once inside, the doors behind him closed shut, leaving Thanquol in the gloom of the chamber. There, warpstone braziers illuminated the Council Members, hiding their faces from even Thanquol's magical eyes to see. [5b] Running parallel to Thanquol's quest to retrieve the Wormstone is the story of a group of human smugglers that happen upon the Wormstone and intend to sell it to the highest bidder in Altdorf. The humans run into their own troubles with the Wormstone, as well as encountering a grey wizard-led secret society intent on suppressing the Skaven threat to the human world. Tonight is the night you have all been waiting for! Tonight we will smash-crush the humans once and for all. Tonight we will invade the city and enslave all the occupants. Tonight we will strike a blow for the Under-Empire and the Skaven nation that will long be remembered!"

Boneripper 7 - Boneripper 7 was the re-animated body of the first Boneripper. This resurrection was made possible by Clan Skyre's combined use of sorcery and their warpstone-derived technology. Boneripper 7 was gifted to Thanquol in the novel Thanquol's Doom. Despite suffering heavy damage, the seventh Boneripper is still up and running. Unfortunately for Thanquol, these two warriors had also managed to kill off the deadly assassin of Clan Eshin, and one of his greatest Assassin, and a pupil to Deathmaster Snikch himself failed him and fled in hiding. It took weeks to find his cowering assassin, but upon his discovery, Thanquol dragged the shamed Assassin into the great gathering of the Skaven invasion force. There, Chang Squik, grovelled in the dirt, pilling excuses on how he was betrayed, how he had inexperienced Gutter Runners, how his enemies were forewarned of their coming, and worst of all how it was not his fault. The other War-leaders of Clan Skab and several other Clans stood with him, chittering and hiding their laughs behind armoured fists. [1c] Grey Seer is the story of Thanquol, a Skaven grey seer from the Gotrek & Felix series. He is a powerful grey seer and has a fair amount of position in Skaven society, but has done enough bumbling (presumably in the Gotrek & Felix books--I've not read them, but they are alluded to a great deal) and created enough misfortune that the Council of 13, the rulers of Skaven society, send him on a quest to recover a lost Skaven artifact know as the Wormstone. Thanquol, however, plans to retrieve the Wormstone for himself for his own insidious plans.Upon his entrance, the Council explained their need for the Grey Seer in a mission that requires the utmost urgency. An artefact of incredible power was lost long ago, but recently a band of Ratmen have found its location, and fearing that someone might take it, the Council had no choice but to send a representative of the Council to retrieve it before it was stolen. Giving Thanquol a chance of redemption, the Council provided the Grey Seer with his staff and amulet and proceeded to give him two Albino Stormvermins to watch over him on his mission into the grand Skaven city of Under-Altdorf. Along with him came Kratch, a former apprentice of one of his colleagues, the only Skaven to know its true whereabouts. Using the underground rivers as a means of transport, Thanquol and his regime stepped out of their barges and into the ports of the city of Under-Altdorf. There, he was greeted by the representatives of the Council of Under-Altdorf, bringing the Grey Seer into the fancy and decorated Chamber that mimics the Council of Thirteens very own. [5b] CL Werner's Grey Seer provides a much needed look into Skaven society and the threat it poses to the humans of the Empire. Grey Seer Thanquol is an interesting character that you immediately like for all the wrong--but in this case entirely right--reasons and his plots and plans throughout the narrative are really engaging. Werner's prose is excellent and moves the plot along at a swift pace, setting the human and skaven worlds as really nice mirrors of each other. A fantastic fantasy effort that should only be missed by those that absolutely hate rats. Staff of the Horned Rat - A magical staff normally issued to all Grey Seers, this staff was another of the possessions Thanquol inherited from his former master Sleekit. The staff is tipped with a bronze icon of the Horned Rat. It is from this staff that most of Thanquol's sorcerous powers manifest before being cast towards his enemies as spells of devastating power. While Thanquol will attribute his miraculous escapes from danger to his own cunning and good fortune, in truth it is the result of Great Horned Rat occasionally indulging Thanquol with wards of protection. [1c] Mount The world of Warhammer Fantasy is the bastard son of the group I game with: everyone at least has an army, but none of them are painted, and they are rarely played with. As a result, the fiction that accompanies the world is often overlooked. Everyone I know has read a Horus Heresy book, but few have read anything from the WHFB universe. And it's a shame. The Warhammer Fantasy universe has a ton to offer, with C.L. Werner's Grey Seer being a shining example of how interesting the fiction of the Warhammer universe can be.