"Hideously mutated and filled with hungry rage, Razorgors tear men apart in their search for food."
- —Description of Razorgors in Total War: Warhammer.
A Razorgor as rendered for Total War: Warhammer.[4a]
Razorgors are even larger cousins of the Tuskgors, mutant Chaos beasts that resemble giant boars. They are mountains of mutated muscle and hair that are deadly in the extreme and are often used as living weapons by Beastmen warherds.[1a]
Role
Roughly approximate to a giant boar in appearance (although more like a great bear in size), a Razorgor is a vilely mutated creature covered in vicious spines. Such is the Chaos beast's bloody-minded temperament that it will fight and kill almost any creature it comes across, ravenously consuming the flesh of its victims with gluttonous delight.[2a][4a]
Razorgors are massive cousins of the Tuskgors, mountains of mutated muscle and hair that are deadly in the extreme. As with all the Children of Chaos, Razorgors are disfigured by hideous mutations, but they generally have the aspect of a nightmarish, gigantic boar covered in spines, tusks and coarse hair who boast lethally sharp fangs. Though Razorgors are voracious omnivores, they prefer a diet of fresh meat, and Beastmen are their natural prey. Still, such is their appetite and fearsome metabolism that they are able to gobble down a knight in full plate armour and his barded horse in a matter of seconds.[4a]
It is a widely-held belief by the Beastmen tribes of the forests of the Old World that Razorgors have two natural states: a digestive torpor that sets in after they have gorged themselves, and blind, unthinking rage, which is by far the more common of the two. Once every decade or so a particularly powerful Beastlord will manage to harness several Razorgors at once. These are either herded into a loose pack and sent headlong into the enemy ranks, or used individually to pull Razorgor Chariots manned by the largest Bestigors.[4a]
Razorgors have beady eyes and poor vision, but when they catch sight of the enemy they are nigh-on uncontrollable. A charging Razorgor can flatten a tree or smash through a chapel wall when roused, so the mess that one of these snorting monstrosities at full charge can make of even the stoutest shieldwall is truly sickening.[4a]
Thick-skinned and pig-headed, Razorgors are not exactly intelligent, however; their low cunning and brute strength makes them an invaluable addition to any army seeking some raw, if fouly mutated, muscle. Their dim wit makes them ideal candidates to be enslaved by a Scroll of Binding, and a wizard who achieves this certainly gains a physical advantage in any forthcoming battle.[2a]
The greater risk, however, is braving the dark forests where Razorgors make their home. Not only are these places the preferred haunt of the Razorgors (who feast on Beastmen much like a cow chews the cud), but they are frequented by all manner of other horrors (not least of whom are those self-same Beastmen), who view interlopers with violent disdain.[2a]
Razorgors that are successfully enslaved by Beastmen or wizards alike become a powerful weapon, ideal for breaking shieldwalls in a single blood-spattered charge. They are, however, invariably hurled into battle with abandon and the expectation, even hope, of death. Nobody wants to be around a herd of blood-mad Razorgors when the battle is over and the rites of binding have dissipated.[2a]
A warherd's Razorgors are kept in rough, makeshift sties that cannot hold them should they show their teeth. Sties constructed by Ungors are rarely strong enough to contain an angry Razorgor. Beastlords and the Razorgor keepers have learnt that the best way to contain such creatures is to make sure they are fully sated before being led into the sty. Then hopefully the many-tusked, porcine beasts will sleep and wallow in the muddy gore of the sty floor until needed by the tribe.[4b]
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Sources
- 1: Warhammer Armies: Beastmen (7th Edition)
- 1a: pg. 45
- 2: Storm of Magic (8th Edition)
- 2a: pg. 111
- 3: White Dwarf 392 (August 2012)
- 3a: pg. 19
- 4: Total War: Warhammer (PC Game)
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