Druchii society
I've decided to explain you lot about the fantastic and cruel nature of the Dark Elves. With this first post I will tell you about the basics. To start off with - Naggaroth contains 6 major cities. Ghrond - the black tower, Hag Graef - the Hag, Har Ganeth - the city of executioners, Karond Kar - the slaver and harbor city, Clar Karond - the beastmaster city, and Naggarond - The fortress of iron. Each of these cities are divided into a strickt ranking system. Lowest, ofcourse, is the slaves. The Druchii have a huge amount of slaves doing the vast bulk of labour. The Druchii may be few in number, but they have slaves and beasts to make up for that. Over these are the citizens and lesser nobles. Many of these are craftsmen of different sorts - armourer, carpenter, conquebine, you name it. In fact, many of the Druchii serve under superiors, so there is a great chance that one highborn will have a multitude of retainers and slaves to do his bidding. The highborn is what we really connect with Druchii society. Rivalry, hatred, treachery is all up here. Fighting and assasinating your siblings to be the heir of the fathers property. As the top rankings of a city is the Drachau and his warlord- the Vaulkhar. Drachau litterally means a Hand of Night. These answer only to the Witch King and have the supreme leadership of any city. Each Drachau has a special rule in the council of the Witch King - For example is the Drachau of Hag Graef normally the general in any major Druchii invasion or defence. Under each Drachau servers a Vaulkhar. Litterally this means Maker of Chains, and he serves under the Drachau as a warlord. The title hints to the Vaulkhars right of enslaving Prisoners of War instead of executing them. Top of the top - as you might have guessed - is the Witch King, Malekith, a master-schemer and Ruler of Naggaroth for over 10.000 years. Some might consider how a society like this can contiue to exist - after 10.000 years. First of all there is the hatred - Dark Elves live to see the High Elves suffer. We will not forgive and we will not forget. Hatred will keep them up and running. This, too, is the reason why armies can exist. Like two rivvaling lions duelling over the sake of leadership of the pack will unite against a common foe - be it High Elves or Chaos. Good is it to note that Dark Elves share the other elves passion for art and the likes; theres a quote descriping it. "We are the most civilized race of the world. We have the most exquisite way of killing people" Murder isn't the only art loved by the druchii, though. They do enjoy great craftsmanship - for example cups made from foemans skulls. It takes a good crafter to make them perfect. Dread statues and awestriking armour is also very well liked. I will quickly summerize the function of each Druchii city. Ghrond: This city is more like a permanent military camp than a city - great defences protect this vast bulwark against the raw chaos powers of the north. Most Druchii soldiers train in Ghrond, the Black Tower, before being sent back to their respective cities. Hag Graef: The most powerful city. This cities Drachau is the general of greater invasions of, for example, Ulthuan. This city is also able to provide great numbers of experienced troops. Har Ganeth: The Temple-City. This city was once of the purest white marble, but now most of the city is red of blood and gore. Witch Elves and Executioners own this city and whoever is in there is servents of the temple, guests of the temple or offerings to Khaine, the bloody-handed. Clar Karond: This city is home to the beast masters - as previously said Druchii aren't very great in numbers - therefore beasts are very valuable in warfare - From the nauglir, the cold ones, to the great manticores. Karond Kar: The most wealthy city in Naggaroth due to the slaving trade - All slaves must go through Karond Kar before proceeding and huge amounts of trade is in there for the very same reason. Naggarond: The Iron Fortress. This is all the others, but double. The most vast defences, the most exquisite are, the most experienced warriors, and the most cool leader in all of the Warhammer World. Hope you enjoyed it! -Griker

I believe I learned something from that post. I can use it for reference when writing up the lore. Cheers. :idea:

Pretty good I must say

Right. Not that many comments on first one, but here goes. Today we'll talk about religion. EDIT: No comments when I started writing this, that is. Long time ago when dark elves and high elves were still just elves, there were born an elf named Morathi, again giving birth to a child named Malekith, as you maybe know. That fairytale, we'll save for another time, right now we concentrate about Morathi. Morathi founded a cult known as the Cult of Slaneesh, or the Cult of pleasure. We'll go into details about later. The cult was forbidden, but secretly it kept going, untill the sundering when the Dark Elves fled and beyond. In Naggaroth the cult again was forbidden, instead the worshipping of Khaine as the lord of murder appeared and became the state religion. A whole city was devoted to him - Har Ganeth, the city of executioners. I will start up by explaining you about the founding religion - the Cult of Slaneesh. As you might know Slaneesh is a god of pain and pleasure. So is the cult. They hold great 'orgies' of sex, drugs, torturing slaves and eating food in a tranced state, producing a hunger for even more glory and pleasure. Ofcourse, this is also the reason it was forbid. It is quite understandable in Ulthuan, where it was a disgrace, but in Naggaroth it was for another reason. The great hunger for more, more and more couldn't have a state based around it - It would be even worse than the Druchii society today. Every man and woman would wish to become the new Witch King and murder everyone in their way to fulfill their goal. Malekith and Morathi must have concluded that - We cannot be certain though. Instead, like previously stated, came Khaine. Khaine is the lord of murder. He sits on the top of a skull throne. Therefore you often state: or "Skulls for the skull throne." Some might think that Khaine is the same as Khorne. Thing is, he isn't. I will have Khaine himself answering (Directly ninja'ed from www.druchii.net - Great side - worth a look.) Dear Khaine, Tell them you're not Khorne. Not yours, Rork, Lord of Khorne Pitiful Rork, It is people like you that make my Cauldron of Blood boil. How dare you even imply that anybody would liken me to that blood-obsessed, mentally unstable moron! You have personally insulted me, as have all of “them” by claiming that “they” would even dare to theorise whether I am Khorne! This nonsense must stem from your subconscious desire to WANT me to be Khorne. Surely it is your deepest secret wish that your oafish deity actually turns out to be the cunning, suave, subtle, omniscient, omnipotent, mighty, undeniable, unbeatable being that is Khaela Mensha Khaine. All that bloodlust has clearly gone to your head. Or perhaps you are just as much of a simpleton as “they” are. No sane being with at least a sliver of intelligence would want his deity to NOT be me. However, to put it simply for the simpletons who can’t see the simple answer – I’m not Khorne. Khaela Mensha “Not-Khorne” Khaine Enough about Khaine - What about his servants? Most famous are the brides of Khaine, or the witch elves, as they are called. They live to serve Khaines as handmaidens of murder and give him blood for his Cauldrens of Blood. They, before a battle, drive themself into an instoppable frenzy, screaming and howling as they hunt their pray and kill them with a dance of death. Besides the Brides of Khaine, we have the Executioners. These serve as the everyday guardsmen of the temple - although they still are very fearsome in battle. Wielding great, two-handed ritual blades known as Draichs they are capable of killing men in one single blow. Lastly, there is the assasins. Assasins are new-born babies that have been given to the Cauldren of Blood as a sacrifice, but miracously survived. If they do, they will be taken in as chosen of Khaine and serve him as assasins - Some of the most fearsome warriors of all time. That was all I had this time - Feel free to ask if something is buggering you!

PS: Please bear over with my grammar. One was finished 3 AM, the other one half past one AM.

Good clarification on the Khaine and Khorne thing there Griker

Yarr. Now dunchoo mention them being the same again!

oh but they are :lol: nice work though Griker

Thank you and damn you, Sherbert.