![]() ![]() This incredible display of strength intrigued Khorne, Norscan God of battle. The Norseman's might was so great that he cast the towering beast to the ground without the use of weapons, and extracted from him an oath of service. Then did Mortkin seek out and overcome a massive two-headed Giant in an honest contest of strength. Then, Mortkin matched wits with Skulex the Great, fiercest and most ancient of the mighty Fire Dragons, and bound the beast to his will through trickery and lies, earning the esteem of Tzeentch, Changer of the Ways. Braving the touch of their horrific magic, he closed the distance with them and cut them down with his mighty axe, earning the favour of Nurgle. Mortkin's first victory was when he defeated the Leprous Council, a cabal of powerful Nurglite sorcerers. In that time, the Norseman performed countless herculean feats of strength. ![]() Time passes strangely near the great rift and perhaps years, decades or even centuries went by as he travelled that blasted hellscape. Whatever his previous life, Lord Mortkin won great renown in the depths of the Chaos Wastes. Thus it was, that when the man who would later be known as Lord Mortkin ventured into the madness of the True North, he gained the power he sought. According to this version of the Saga, the iron-clad barbarian king returned from a mighty sea-raid covered in glory and the favour of the Chaos Gods, yet still he sought more. Thus he traveled to the north, driven by dreams of immortality, in search of ancient power and glory that would elevate him to pre-eminence in the eyes of the Gods. In another he was a mighty chieftain of the tribes, driven by the lure of power and the whims of the gods. In some tales, he was the son of a bloodthirsty warrior-king, fathered by the king's union with a Daemon succubus and born under a blood-red sky. Many are the rumors of his life, the Sagas sung to his glory by the skald chanters of the Norse. During the war, Mortkin destroyed the ancestral seat of the von Raukov line, razed the cities of Kludburgh, Volganof and Saltraken, and personally slew the heir of the von Raukov house, Oleg von Raukov, in single combat. He is primarily notable for his long and devastating campaign against Ostland and Nordland in 2515 IC, where he slaughtered the entire province in an orgy of bloody revenge in retribution for the destruction of countless Norse villages along the coastlands of Norsca by Elector Count Valmir von Raukov. Lord Mortkin, also known as the Black-Iron Reaver, was a mighty King of the Norscans and the commander of a fearsome army of Norse warriors known as the Fell Legion. ![]() You have a single day to decide your fate." I swear to the gods your suffering will be great. " Surrender von Raukov to me, or I will crush your city. ![]()
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