A menacing Doombringer of a Skaven Clanfleet.[1d]
The Doombringer sits menacingly at the centre of the Skaven Clanfleet.[1a]
The ship carries the Skaven's Great Bell mounted on its deck, hung from massive gantries that rear up into the sky and support its massive weight. Hatches and ladders lead down into the depths below the decks, from where a constant stream of hundreds of Skaven surge forth to attend the Great Bell.[1a]
The Doombringer is dragged through the waters by two huge paddle wheels, one to the front of the ship and one to the rear. Locked within are hundreds of slaves that trudge around an endless path to propel the ship through the water.[1a]
Every so often the Great Bell rings, making a mournful, atonal clanking sound that resonates for miles around. Before the malevolent tones die away completely, the Great Bell is rung again, building in volume to a head splitting crescendo as the ungainly vessel nears the opposing fleet.[1a]
Rendering of a Doombringer.[2a]
The Skaven take an unholy delight in the deafening clangour, and their tumultuous shrieking and squeaking joins the strident tones of the bell as it echoes across the waves.[1a]
As the soundwave builds, panic spreads across the enemy fleet. The ships grind to a halt as their crews weep and wail; terrified sailors leap overboard and timbers crack as the bell is remorselessly rung again and again.[1a]
Grey Seers tend to remain upon the Doombringer at the start of a battle.[1c]
Great Bell[]
The Doombringer carries a huge bell mounted on its deck -- the Great Bell. The Doombringer is the flagship of the clanfleet and the Great Bell's strident tones echo across the seascape as a rallying call to other ships. This sound is the Great Bell's attack: if it hits just the right note it can literally shake the opponent's ships to pieces.[1b]
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