Wuder Lechart

Wuder appears as a grubby, drunken village idiot. In the best tradition of village idiots, he sits on fences sucking straws and winking knowingly at passers by. The young Wuder arrived in Pritzstock as a migrant worker 10 years ago, and stayed when the harvest was over. He began to act strangely 3 years later and is now completely insane. Luckily, the villagers took pity on him and feed him scraps.

Wuder wanders freely around the whole area of Pritzstock, roaming deep into the forest when the mood takes him. He will talk to anyone who gives him food, and loyally follow anyone who gives him something shiny (like a silver shilling). Wuder’s speech is almost incomprehensible. For a start he no longer has any teeth, he is often drunk and/or delirious, but more importantly, he speaks a mixture of Reikspiel and Dark Tongue!

As a young man Wuder was interested in the rumours concerning a battle site in the area. He spent hours searching the forest and by chance came across the cave containing the warpstone (and skulls). Wuder began to dig where the skulls lay, hoping to find some treasure. All he found was a bit of rock and would have dug deeper had not one of the skulls moved! He fled clutching the rock, which was kept as a lucky charm. He now uses it in place of his teeth to help chew tough bits of food.

Warpstone does not make for a lucky charm and Wuder’s brain began to suffer as a result. He lost many of his skills, while at the same his speech began to include elements of Dark Tongue. However, Wuder’s body benefited from the Chaos source, getting increasingly tough and resilient as the years have passed. With his brain corrupted, Wuder is immune to fear and no longer feels any pain. All these attributes will be lost permanently if Wuder is separated from his bit of warpstone for more than a day, becoming in all respects a normal idiot. He cannot be cured of his insanity by any standard means.

If Wuder loses his “lucky charm” (and he won’t give it to anyone without a struggle), he will get very upset. Soon afterwards he will set off back to the cave to obtain another piece. Being so attuned to Chaos, he will have no trouble locating it; curious people may learn something to their advantage. However, if he does get a new piece of warpstone, he will change in new and different ways.

Source
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 * Warhammer Fantasy RPG 2nd ED -- Plundered Vaults
 * pg. 11