"...I am learning the true meaning of
tedium. Do you intend to bore me to death with your speeches or do you want to
come across here and die?..."
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| Gotrek
Gurnisson, in response to the Daemon at Karag Dum telling him he will learn
the true meaning of terror. |
Gotrek, son of Gurni was born
and raised in the corridors of Karaz-a-Karak and like all citizens of the
King’s Council, did his military service in the depths below the Everpeak as
a youth. Details of the intervening years between then and his meeting with
Felix Jaeger are vague, though it is known that he was part of the first
ill-fated attempt to find the lost city of Karag Dum. One of only three
survivors to return from the Chaos Wastes, when he did so, he was carrying the
awesome star-metal rune axe which never leaves his side.
After swearing blood kinship
with Felix Jaeger and making him his Rememberer, the pair set out on their
travels, the Slayer actively seeking his doom, the man simply there to record
it. Losing his eye in an epic battle against some greenskins at Fort von Diehl
has been perhaps the most noticeable injury the Slayer has sustained and
though there have been a few close calls, much to his chagrin, Gotrek
inevitably lives on to fight another day.
A
typical slayer, Gotrek sports the bright orange crest and numerous tattoos
which mark him as such. He is huge by dwarvish standards and though he only
comes up to his companion’s chest, he outweighs him by a substantial margin,
all of it muscle. A gold chain runs from nostril to ear and a leather patch
covers his ruined eye. He can drink almost as well as he can fight, which is
saying something indeed, and he hates trees, boats and elves with a vengeance.
It’s a pity then, that the latter plays such a significant role in his
latest adventure in Albion, where the forces of Chaos are on the verge of
bringing about the destruction of the entire world - unless the Slayer can
swallow his pride, and work alongside a hated elf to stop it!
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