A member of the Ungol people of Kislev, Vladik is proud of his heritage. He fights in the traditional style of the Kossar; with battle axe and bow. He has spent years in the armies of Kislev, fighting back the threat of Chaos from the Wastes.
Times are hard in Kislev and Vladik has travelled South to the Empire to seek his fortune, perhaps one day he will return to his homeland, but for now he sells his martial skills in return for gold crowns. Able to fight the enemy at both range and in close combat, Vladik is a welcome hireling to any warband that is willing to pay his fee.
An ambitious Packmaster from the infamous Clan Moulder, Vritch has come to Mordheim to see first-hand the effects of the Warpstone on the vermin of that cursed city. He herds these mutated rats into battle, testing them for strength, speed, aggression and useful mutations.
Valdnar is an Ironbreaker and proud of it. He was fighting against Night Goblins of the Iron Moon tribe when he became separated from his comrades by a cave-in. Following the only path he could find, Valdnar tracked the goblins for weeks until he surfaced in a ruined blacksmith's – clearly of Dwarven origin.
Valdnar looked around; the smith's was in a human city, but the buildings were ruined, there was a foul stench of death and the sound of fighting could be heard from a dozen armed clashes. If there was a secret tunnel between this hellscape and the underground home of his people, he would need to protect it to prevent harm to his clan!
The Cult of Ulric has many followers, particularly in the great city-state of Middenheim. Amongst the most devout are known as the Wolf-Kin – fanatical warrior bands who wander the North of the Empire looking for servants of ruin. Ulbrecht was a member of one such band once.
After one battle with a tribe of man-beasts, his band celebrated in honour of Ulric. Much ale was drunk, war songs were sung and Ulric was pleased. However when Ulbrecht woke up, he was surrounded by the remains of his brothers – and he was soaked in blood.
Knowing only combat and prayers to Ulric, Ulbrecht could not comprehend what had happened. He stumbled panicked into the woodland and was soon set upon by vile beasts wielding crude weapons of black steel – Ulbrecht felt it; the touch of his god, the touch of the wolf and he changed.
After tearing the beastmen limb from limb Ulbrecht felt the call to head to Mordheim – he would find much evil to destroy in the name of Ulric there, and his god had given him the strength to do it.
The members of the Mantis Clan of Nippon are the most likely to be encountered in places like Marienburg, Remas or L'Anguille – they are traders and diplomats in the main, but also mercenaries and adventurers.
Ujiro is one such mercenary – but he is also a Shugenja, a sorcerer. He wields elemental magics of sea and storm and will gladly trade his skills for the golden coins of the men of the West.
It's a hard life in the Lochrafurt halberdiers; meagre pay, no prospects, arduous patrols against beastmen and worse. It's a wonder anyone would want to sign-up!
Every day when he wakes up Udo asks himself why he joined up, then he asks why he stayed so long before he deserted, then he wonders why he came to Mordheim, before finally he finds the closest bottle and begins drowning his sorrows.
His mind broken, Ubel lives only to hunt and slaughter the beastspawn of Chaos. Hailing from the Drakwald, it was never going to be an easy life for the woodcutter Ubel and his young family; raids by the Ungor were a common occurrence, although Ubel and the other men of the hamlet claimed many of their heads with their trusty axes.
It was his daughter's third birthday when a herd of savage Gor descended on Ubel's hamlet – Ubel was returning from a nearby town with a small, colourfully painted wooden top he had scrimped and saved to get for his beloved Clara when he saw the flames and heard the screams. Charging towards his home, Ubel cut down vile beastmen left and right as he fought to save his family, but it was for nothing; they had been slaughtered by the Gor.
Ubel's mind snapped then, and at that moment he swore to all the gods that would listen that he would exterminate all beastmen. Drifting from place to place, Ubel follows stories of beastman raids so he can relieve his growing madness with Gor blood.
One of the fabled Amazons of Lustria, Tzitzimitl is a strong and fearsome warrior but she was captured from her jungle home and forced to fight with a band of Marienburgers as they sought gold from the temples of Lustria. Taken against her will to the Old World, then taken as a slave-warrior with her captors to the ruins of Mordheim, the Amazon eventually turned on her slavers; killing them one by one.
Tzitzimitl pledged her spirit to one of her gods, Cipactli, in gratitude for her escape and now fights to earn passage back to her home and tribe.
There are many famous outlaws across the known world – the Herrimaults of Bretonnia, Olekska of Ostland and the Vorgrimler Family – to listen to him, Tobias von Wald comes above even those famed criminals!
Thankfully for Tobias there are enough mercenary captains desperate for a skilled marksman that believe his self-praise.
The god of secrets is an inscrutable master, but still there are those that seek his favour. The entity known as the Three Dozen and Three is one (or is that many?) of those who seek the favour of Tzeentch. As its name suggests, it is in fact a collection of beings and souls bound together at the whim of the Changer of the Ways.
A powerful but capricious sorcerer, the Three Dozen and Three wields dark magic with ease – although the potency varies depending on the dominant personality at the time the spell is cast.
Thovak was left on the doorstep of a poor human couple who lived in the foothills around Frugelholm Mountain. The couple took the baby in, although they knew the child was not a human, they cared for it and loved it as if it were their own blood, naming him Thovak.
As he matured, it became clear why Thovak had been abandoned. He was freakishly tall for a Dwarf. He had a natural affinity for the trades of his ancestors; he grew up to be a miner alongside many of the human boys from his village.
Thovak heard of the ruin of Mordheim, and the possibility of making a fortune there with the mysterious 'wyrdstone'. Wishing to repay his adoptive parents for their kindness, Thovak has travelled to the cursed city, selling his skills to any that will share their crowns with him.
Thagolz is one of the type of Ogres known as Hunters. Exiled from his tribe many years ago, Thagolz has wandered ever since, never really fitting in anywhere he went.
Unlike most Hunters, who specialise in game, Thagolz has turned his skills towards catching bounties – he's the first known Ogre Bounty Hunter, although he only ever takes on bounties where the living status is optional!
The Tilean known only as La Spada is a duellist of dark and dangerous repute. For years he plied his trade across the Old World, serving as a proxy in duels for wealthy merchants and effete nobles. Each time he
won, typically cutting his opponents to ribbons in the process, and left with a pouch full of gold crowns.
La Spada thirsts for a greater challenge; the reputation of the Cursed City has attracted him, as has the stories of the skilled warriors that have gathered there. He now sells his services to whoever will pay his fee – as long as there are opponents to kill, La Spada is satisfied.
Skazog Gitkilla is a typical Black Orc; tall, strong, well-armed and a formidable warrior. He fights in the ruins of Mordheim alongside the various Orc warbands that have come to krump; he remains disdainful of the undisciplined Greenskins though and will often hand out a beating to those that don't 'stick to da plan'.
A particularly zealous Prophet of the End Times, Sigismund is utterly devoted to Sigmar. He preaches atonement for sins through flagellation and has a sizeable following amongst the Flagellants, particularly those that gather around the various Witch Hunter bands that have descended upon Mordheim.
Sigismund's mere presence spurs Flagellants to ever greater acts of atonement – many is the enemy of Sigmar that has fallen beneath flail and club as the fiery preacher looks on, delivering an apocalyptic sermon.
