Talk:Order of the Grey Seers/@comment-27997791-20170420185346/@comment-5698285-20190206003244

Well, according to the wiki, the Horned Rat HAS manifested itself to the Skaven once before (about 200 years before the current time) when it granted them the Pillar of Commandment. It claimed that their wars amused it, but demanded they focus on the other races instead or face its wrath. So, The Horned Rat has at least SOME means of knowing what it's "children" are up to. Whether that be through the Grey Seers or its own devices, I'm not sure. I would assume that the Horned Rat, much like the Chaos Gods, is not truly omniscient, but is pretty close. Through either its own means or its intermediaries, it's likely able to keep watch over Skavendom and the rest of the world. That's just a theory on my part, but most of the fluff treats the Gods as having near-total awareness of the mortal world.

As for an afterlife, I'm not sure. I've never read anything that addresses the idea of an afterlife in Skaven philosophy. If their service to the Horned Rat is out of fear (which this wiki claims, and it makes sense since Skaven only serve out of fear), they may have no concept of a "reward" in the form of an afterlife. Their reward is not being consumed by the Horned Rat. This also means they must believe the Horned Rat is at least aware of what any one of them are doing.