Species & Races
The myriad intelligent kindreds of The Old World: the peoples, breeds, and stranger things that walk the setting.
- Chaos-mutant race
Beastmen
Bestial children of Chaos, the beastmen are horned man-beasts who haunt the deep woods and despise all that mankind builds.
- Human culture
Cathayans
Disciplined subjects of an ancient dragon-ruled empire, the Cathayans hold the eastern world against Chaos with sorcery, order and jade.
- Chaos-corrupted dwarf race
Chaos Dwarfs
Cruel, industrial tyrants twisted by Chaos, the Chaos Dwarfs enslave the world to feed the furnaces of their volcanic empire.
- Ancient mountain race
Dwarfs
A proud, grudge-bearing race of master craftsmen, the dwarfs cling to their crumbling mountain holds against a world slowly consuming their kind.
- Elder race (High, Wood & Dark kindreds)
Elves
An ancient, waning race of unmatched grace and pride, the elves are sundered into three bitter kindreds by an old and unhealed civil war.
- Fen-dwelling monster race
Fimir
Cursed one-eyed fenbeasts who dwell in fog-wreathed marshes, the Fimir raid the coasts to steal human women and dwindle toward extinction.
- Colossal humanoid race
Giants
Towering, drunken and dwindling in number, giants stride the wilds as living siege-engines hired or herded to war by lesser folk.
- Fungal warrior race
Greenskins (Orcs & Goblins)
A fungal race born to war, the greenskins pour across the Old World in green tides of brawling orcs and cunning, spiteful goblins.
- Diminutive mortal race
Halflings
Small, portly and fond of comfort, halflings are a peaceable folk of farmers and cooks who thrive quietly in the shadow of greater powers.
- Mortal race
Humans of the Old World
Short-lived, fractious and endlessly resilient, the humans of the Old World endure through faith and fury where longer-lived races have faded.
- Human culture
Kislevites
Hardy northern folk of the frozen steppe, the Kislevites stand as the grim shield-wall between the Old World and the ruinous north.
- Cold-blooded servitor race
Lizardmen (Saurus & Skinks)
Cold-blooded servants of vanished star-gods, the lizardmen defend their ancient jungle-cities in ceaseless obedience to a sacred, unknowable plan.
- Human culture
Norscans
Savage seafaring reavers of the frozen north, the Norscans worship the Dark Gods and raid the southern lands for plunder and glory.
- Giant nomad race
Ogres
Huge, gluttonous nomads of the eastern mountains, ogres sell their brute strength as mercenaries and worship a hungry god born of catastrophe.
- Ratmen race
Skaven
A teeming race of treacherous ratmen, the skaven breed in unnumbered millions beneath the world, plotting the ruin of all surface-dwellers.
- Regenerating monster race
Trolls
Vast, stupid and endlessly hungry, trolls regrow their wounds as fast as they are dealt and vomit corrosive bile upon their prey.