Nelrich the Suppurater

"Tell me of it, my sweet-sweet shivering. How did it feel-feel? Did your insides fire-burn or were they icy-cold?"

- Nelrich the Suppurater, to a group of adventurers

Nelrich the Suppurater, Plague Priest of the Skaven Clan Pestilens—a tribe of Skaven dedicated to the spread of disease and decay—has targeted Talabheim with a subtle yet virulent plague. He and his vile compatriots brewed up a disease that would gestate slowly, in the hopes this would allow it to disseminate throughout the population of the Empire before anyone was truly aware of it. He chose Talabheim because of its central location on both the Old Dwarf Road and the widely used Talabec River. In this, as in several other key pieces of information, Nelrich is deceived.

His plans are not his own, and his disease has been tampered with at the behest of Grey Seer Asorak Steeleye.

After his betrayal by Steeleye and his Clan Skryre allies, Nelrich aligns himself with a group of adventurers. Blatant flattery in the Skaven fashion pleases him greatly. The Suppurater wants vengeance on the Grey Seer and to escape the city with the bulk of what is left of his followers. He has no interest whatsoever in fighting Steeleye personally; he’s seen what the Grey Seer does to his enemies. He also is very amenable to any plan that stands a good chance of making Clan Skryre look foolish. If negotiations go poorly, he ends up having them drink, whether on purpose or by force, a concoction that gives them a triple strength version of the Grey Ague that only affects Skaven.

He is a massive figure, wrapped entirely in black and grey cloth. Eerie runes shimmer on the surface of his cloak and seem to move when observed from the corner of the eye. His throne, upon which he sits when found by the adventurers, is made of bones and stretched skin.

Source

 * Warhammer Fantasy RPG 2nd ED -- Terror in Talabheim
 * pg. 34
 * pg. 82
 * pg. 83

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