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The Old World Characters
The great figures of The Old World — their titles, deeds, and allegiances. Search by name, or filter by faction.
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Naestra & ArahanThe Sisters of TwilightWood Elf RealmsTwin sisters who are two halves of a single soul — one of the dawn, one of the dusk — riding the ancient forest dragon Ceithin-Har as the wardens of Ariel's will.
OrionThe King in the WoodsWood Elf RealmsThe King in the Woods — the hunter-god Kurnous made flesh, reborn from the Oak of Ages with every spring to lead the Wild Hunt, and dead again with every midwinter.
OstankyaThe HagKislevThe dread hag-witch of Kislev's wild places, keeper of the old folk-magic and the harsh bargains of the wilderness gods, feared even by the Ice Court.
Prince ApophasThe Cursed Scarab PrinceTomb Kings of KhemriA grasping noble who cheated the Mortuary Cult and was punished with a hideous half-life as a living swarm of flesh-eating scarabs, forever hunting a soul to replace his own.
Prince ImrikMaster of DragonsHigh Elf RealmsThe proud prince of Caledor and greatest dragon-rider of the age, descended from Caledor Dragontamer, who alone can rouse the sleeping drakes to war.
Ramhotep the VisionaryThe VisionaryTomb Kings of KhemriThe greatest of the necrotects, a master builder whose obsessive genius shapes the colossal statues and war-constructs that march at the heart of the risen legions.
Repanse de LyonesseThe MaidKingdom of BretonniaA humble peasant maiden granted a vision by the Lady, who took up sword and banner and led Bretonnia to victory in an age when its knights had all but despaired.
Settra the ImperishableThe ImperishableTomb Kings of KhemriThe first and greatest of the Priest Kings — unifier of Nehekhara, founder of the Mortuary Cult, and eternal King of Kings, who was promised paradise and woke owed it.
SkarbrandThe Exiled OneDaemons of ChaosOnce Khorne's mightiest general, cast down for daring to strike the Blood God himself, and now an engine of pure, mindless, directionless rage that slaughters all in its path.
SkarsnikKing of Karak Eight PeaksOrc & Goblin TribesThe cunningest greenskin alive — a night goblin runt who out-schemed every rival, claimed the greatest ruin in the mountains, and holds it against dwarf and skaven alike with traps, treachery, and one enormous squig.
Skrag the SlaughtererMaw-Blessed, the Cauldron-FatherOgre KingdomsThe greatest and most terrible of all Butchers, a gut-priest so ridden by the Great Maw's hunger that he leaves abattoirs where villages once stood.
Tancred, Duke of QuenellesThe Vampire's BaneKingdom of BretonniaThe grim Duke of Quenelles, whose bloodline swore an eternal grudge against the vampire Red Duke and who has spent his life hunting the undead across the southlands.
Taurox the Brass BullThe Brass BullBeastmen BrayherdsA monstrous minotaur bound in living brass, driven by a rage so total that he has forgotten everything but the joy of killing.
TeclisThe Greatest Mage in the WorldHigh Elf RealmsThe frail, brilliant archmage whose command of magic is unmatched in the mortal world — twin to Tyrion, and the mind behind the survival of the elven realms.
The Dragon-EmperorThe Son of HeavenGrand CathayThe immortal ruler of Grand Cathay, part man and part dragon, whose harmony holds the vast empire together and whose reign has no remembered beginning.
The Fay EnchantressVoice of the LadyKingdom of BretonniaThe Lady of the Lake's living voice in Bretonnia — the prophetess before whom kings kneel, who blesses monarchs, claims the fay-touched children, and carries the goddess's word out of the otherworld.
The Green KnightThe Living LegendKingdom of BretonniaBretonnia's deathless protector — a spectral knight who rises from mist and still water wherever the Lady's sacred places are threatened, and who cannot be slain because he is no longer quite mortal.
Thorek IronbrowThe Last AnvilDwarfen Mountain HoldsAn ancient Runelord who carries the sacred Anvil of Doom to war, striking it to unleash the raw power of the ancestor-runes upon the enemies of the dwarfs.
Thorgrim GrudgebearerThe GrudgebearerDwarfen Mountain HoldsHigh King of all dwarfs, borne to war upon the Throne of Power with the Great Book of Grudges open before him — the living reckoning of every wrong ever done to his people.
Throgg the Troll KingThe Troll KingWarriors of ChaosA monstrous troll of rare and bitter intellect who dreams of drowning the ordered world beneath a new age of ice, mutation, and the beasts he calls kin.
TyrionDefender of UlthuanHigh Elf RealmsThe greatest living warrior of the elven race — heir to Aenarion's glory and Aenarion's curse, champion of the Everqueen, and the blade Ulthuan raises against every doom.
Tzarina KatarinThe Ice QueenKislevThe reigning Tzarina of Kislev and mightiest of the ice-witches, whose command of frost-magic keeps the realm's northern border and her people's fragile hope alive.
Ungrim IronfistThe Slayer KingDwarfen Mountain HoldsThe paradox of Karak Kadrin made flesh — a king bound to his throne and a Slayer sworn to his doom, wearing a crown atop a crest of orange hair.
Ungrol Four-HornFour-HornBeastmen BrayherdsA twisted, four-horned ungor who turned the herd's cruel hierarchy upside down, ruling a warherd of outcasts through cunning, spite, and dark prophecy.