"Scream-call, man thing. No one will hear-hear you."
- —Ikkrik, Gutter Runner.[1]
Ikkrik Poisonclaw, also known as Ikkrik Silentdeath, is a deadly Gutter Runner of the Skaven Clan Eshin.
History[]
Any hint of Clan Eshin is enough to send even the strongest Skaven clan leader into a vicious case of the chitters. Routinely blamed for any series of unexplainable bad luck and suspected of countless assassinations (though no proof has ever been found), it is whispered that Eshin moves as the Council of Thirteen wills.[1]
Ikkrik Poisonclaw himself has always been a bit of an enigma. In fact, until quite recently there was no verifiable evidence that he existed. Though rumoured to have been behind the burning of Talabecland and the poisoning of the River Ost, his most fearsome (supposed) accomplishment was the assassination of the infamous Warlord Varquol. Whether or not this actually occurred is still a matter of great debate in the various clan nests across the Known World, but what cannot be denied is that the rumour originated somewhere, and no one, neither the Council of Thirteen nor Clan Eshin itself has bothered to naysay the tale.[1]
Due to the paranoid nature of Skaven society as a whole it should hardly come as any surprise that Ikkrik's successful shadow career has had an unfortunate side effect: his own clan doesn't believe he exists. After all, if he were really a flesh and blood rat instead of something summoned up by the Grey Seers or the Council of Thirteen surely someone would have caught more than a flicker of his tail. Someone would know where he dens.[1]
According to the tales told in whispered chitters, Poisonclaw dens in a different burrow every night, blending into the furred masses of his brethren without a ripple of discord. It is said that he knows the secret signs of the under tunnels and can travel the length of the Under-Empire in the span of a single night. But according to a very select few, Ikkrik Poisonclaw isn't a single Skaven at all, but a collective identity shared by an elite group of Gutter Runners whose faces are known only to Nightlord Sneek himself.[1]
This explanation is somewhat mollifying to other members of Clan Eshin who find it impossible to believe that a single Eshin Assassin, no matter how skilled, can simultaneously neutralise targets on the opposite ends of the world.[1]
Sources[]
- 1: Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes (Cancelled PC Game)
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