[hider=The Covenant of the Worm] [b]Faction Name:[/b] The Covenant of the Worm [b]Alias:[/b] Vault Lords, the Covenant [b]Government Type:[/b] Necrocracy [b]Faction Species:[/b] [url=https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/totalwarbritannia.jpg?fit=578%2C325&strip=all]The Northfolk[/url] (human majority, called "the Warm" by their vampiric lords) [url=https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/witcher/images/6/64/Tw3_journal_alghoul.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/350?cb=20160502062720]Ghouls, aka "Corpse-Eaters"[/url]: carrion-eaters native to Nagath. They may have been men once, or greenskins, but have long since degenerated into crouched, half-sentient monsters. They are hardy, breed prolifically, and are considered a near universal pest, even in the Imperium. In the centuries since Daigon fell, great ghoul-nests formed in the hills and tombs of the Broken Arm. When the Stryge took refuge in the Vaults, they found the ghouls easy to dominate and made them into a servant race. Feral ghouls are common, however, throughout the North and Nagath. [b]Alghouls:[/b] ghouls allowed a sip of vampiric blood, they are much smarter, larger, and fiercer than other ghouls and fiercely loyal to their undead masters. Alghouls act at once as chieftains over other ghouls and as shock troops in their ranks. They are approximately on par with an orc in terms of strength and intelligence, though even more vicious. Alghouls often serve as a Stryge's personal bodyguards. [url=https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammerfb/images/4/4c/Chaos_Troll.png/revision/latest?cb=20150614092229]Blood Trolls:[/url] It amuses the Stryge to further twist and enthrall the already fearsome denizens of Nagath. A Blood Troll is a common troll that has been fed vampiric blood, making of it a twisted, deranged mutant. Difficult to control and dangerous to manage, the Stryge make use of few blood trolls in their armies, but these monsters wreak incredible damage among the ranks of their enemies and are very hard to kill, combining a troll's natural resilience with preternatural healing. [url=https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/witcher/images/c/c3/Tw3_journal_fleder.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/350?cb=20160605100142]Chiropts[/url] Devolved vampires who have fed overmuch on the fouled blood of orcs, beastkin and mutants, Chiropts themselves become degnerate monsters, lacking the use of reason. Where many vampire clans have a policy of destroying chiropts, the Stryge take pity on these unfortunate brethren and keep them as pets, using in war as beserkers and 'hunting hounds'. [b]The Stryge:[/b] [i]We used to rule, you know. Not here, not in this wasteland, but in the West. We were masters of the great cities of men, who were our slaves and our cattle. That was before Justinian came and threw us down from our hidden thrones. He was mighty. Is mighty. The source of his power remains obscure to us. The godling's rise forced us to flee east, to the lands ruled by his foe. The one they now call the Dark Lord. Some of our kind submitted to him and served him. Not the Stryge. We do not serve. So we bid our time, hidden in the great tombs of the north from God King and Dark Lord alike, feeding in secret on the norsemen who served Daigon. And when he was thrown down, and the norsemen grew desperate, we became rulers of men once more.[/i] [b]Territory Details:[/b] Peninsula north of Ozgad's Folly, known as the Broken Arm. (WIP, details to come) [b]Faction Religion/Ideology:[/b] The men of the north worship a variety of traditional gods, especially the Pale Goddess, who is said to rule a kingdom of the drowned beneath the waters of the Cursed Sea. They likewise honor the memory of Daigon, the Fallen King, whom they see as a failed freedom fighter against the tyranny and (to their minds) 'atheism' of the Justinians. The Weeping Widows have a substantial, tolerated following among the northfolk. The Stryge tend to worship- if they worship anything at all- the Conqueror Worm, [i]That Which Gnaws at the World Roots[/i], a demonic force said to live far beneath the earth who will inevitably consume all of creation. [b]Faction Description:[/b] A collection of human reaver-clans along the bitter coasts of the Broken Arm ruled by a powerful vampyr coven known as the Stryge. The humans of the Broken Arm are mostly native norsemen who have inhabited Nagath for generations, raiding their neighbors, warring with orcs, beastkin and the Marcher Lords, and hunting the great sea-beasts of the Cursed Sea. Outcasts, heretics, criminals and lunatics from the Imperium and Marcher Kingdoms also dwell among the dour folk of the Broken Arm, where they are tolerated- if not welcomed. Reaver society is feudal. The majority of northmen are thralls- fisherfolk and crab farmers in the freezing northern marshes. Above them are clan-swords, fierce professional soldiers who hunt whales and other great beasts when not fighting. Above them are thanes, huscarls, and other favored warriors and counselors of the jarls and clan-chiefs, who rule over their clans. The jarls and chieftans, in turn, answer to the Stryge, Those Who Dwell in the Tombs. [b]Faction History:[/b] WIP [b]Important Characters:[/b] WIP [b]Relations to other Factions:[/b] WIP [/hider]