The Mark of Khorne
Alfkaell was a Norscan Bloodfather of Khorne and seer of the Aeslings tribe. He was described as a man lean and thin to the point of emaciation. Draped in a heavy bearskin cloak that was festooned with runestones and bone talismans, he also wore a tall, Elven helmet framed over the sharp features of his wrinkled face.[1a]
Held with gnarled hands, his staff is made of heavy oak wood that faintly glows with a smouldering, unnatural light, whilst tipped with a pillaged ithilmar blade. His voice, meanwhile is wispy like steam rising from a forge,[1a] and his eyes are a sapphire blue.[1b]
Alfkaell was once married, and even as far as Vinnskor, the tale is known of how she cast herself from the cliffs rather than endure the seer's embrace.[1b] Alfkaell was slain by Einarr Sigdansson during that Champion of Tzeentch's quest for vengeance against the Aeslings after the death of his own people among the Baersonlings.[1b]
History[]
Alfkaell was the Bloodfather of the Aeslings of Skraevold, an adviser to Jarl Kolsveinn, a Champion of Khorne. To gain the status of Bloodfather, Alfkaell tended to the cairn of the Tong warlord Teiyogtei Khagan far from Norsca and deep in the Eastern Steppes. At the time he cared for the resting place of the apostate Chaos Champion, a terrible, iron-clad warrior began to wreak havoc upon the heirs of the mighty khagan.[2]
The Kurgan zars and Hung khans convened, and in their small way attempted to unite to face the threat of the warrior, with Alfkaell watching over their meeting. Each and every one of the Kurgan chieftains rightly feared the Norscan; for the Bloodfather, marked by Khorne as he was, was as much a creature of his vengeful god as the armoured destroyer afflicting them.[2]
Alfkaell mocked the Kurgans' efforts, decrying them as weaklings and fools hapless before the vengeance of a god -- a god whom their forebear had dared to cheat. When Alfkaell took his leave of the convocation, none of the Kurgans dared bar his passage.[2]
Soon enough, after his charge in the Eastern Steppes was fulfilled, Alfkaell returned to Norsca to serve as Bloodfather to his people, guiding the Aeslings of Skraevold down the path to Khorne's favour. Several years later, Alfkaell was slain by Einarr Sigdansson, the Champion of Tzeentch, during his quest for vengeance against the Aeslings for summoning a Bloodbeast that slew all the people in the home village of his own Baersonling tribe.[1b]