Skaven

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Skaven
Overview
Type	Major
Ruler	The Council of Thirteen
Distinct features
Skaven Underworld:: Settlements appear to be ruins and must be scouted to reveal any Skaven presence. Food:: Maintain food supplies to gain growth and other bonuses, and to avoid starvation penalties.

Skaven are a major faction in the south of the world of Warhammer Fantasy Battle and one of the four principal campaign factions in Total War: Warhammer II.

Gameplay

The verminous Skaven are a race of malevolent and self-serving ratmen. From their underworld cities they fight tooth and claw against the other races – and each other – to further their personal standing within the Skaven heirarchy and to serve their diabolical god, the Horned Rat. Skaven corruption is spread wherever the Skaven settle. As they naturally befoul anywhere they linger, Skaven corruption causes settled provinces to become less hospitable over time, even for Skaven.

• Skaven Underworld: Skaven settlements are not ordinarily visible to other races, appearing instead as uninhabited ruins. Heroes may scout ruins to see if they are truly abandoned.
• Food: In addition to money, Skaven factions require a stockpile of File:Icon skaven food.pngfood, each army consuming an amount of File:Icon skaven food.pngfood per turn. File:Icon skaven food.pngFood may be gained from battles, from sacking settlements, and from certain buildings.
• Skaven Corruption: The Skaven spread corruption where they settle, lowering public order over time but giving additional uses of the Menace Below army ability in battles fought within the local province. However, it eventually makes provinces difficult to inhabit for Skaven.
• Skaven armies stalk their enemies by default, giving them a chance to ambush even when attacking normally.
• Skaven factions can spend money to conduct rites to gain powerful bonuses, or to summon special Heroes that can cause earthquakes or spread plagues.
• Like the Dark Elves, Skaven also require keeping an eye on the loyalty of lords deployed on the battlefield. If it ever reaches zero, the lord will rebel and form their own faction.

Unit Roster

Main article: Skaven Unit Roster

Background

“

Brother-under-the-fur. Ha! Now you are brother-true. Reject false-words of seers and embrace true face of the Horned One! Bring Skrolk to the Wormstone, and you will be Plague Priest. Betray, and you become pus-bag.

„

The Skaven are vile, malevolent ratmen that swarm beneath the surface of the world. Hidden in their sprawling underground lairs, they gnaw at the roots of civilisation, plotting and scheming for the day they will burst from their dark tunnels and drown the world above in a tide of mangy fur, rusty blades and plague-ridden filth. They desire world domination with every fibre of their twisted beings - from their quivering whiskers to the tips of their segmented tails.

Start Positions

In the Eye of the Vortex campaign, the player can choose either the Clan Mors faction, or the Clan Pestilens faction.