"Above the howls of the wounded sounds the rumble of chariots."
- —Description of Tuskgor Chariots in Total War: Warhammer II.[2]
A Tuskgor Chariot stampeding towards the enemy.
A Tuskgor Chariot is a powerful wooden chariot driven forward by a Beastman rider and drawn by two extremely powerful boar-like mutant Chaos beasts called Tuskgors.[1a]
Role
A Tuskgor Chariot of the Beastmen warherds rampaging across the battlefield.
The chariots of the Beastmen warherds are ramshackle constructions, built from heavy pieces of lumber scavenged from the ruins of Men's buildings. They are roughly nailed together with huge spikes; even the largest Beastmen chariot shows no sign of craftsmanship or finesse.[1a]
This matters little, however, because the brute strength and ferocity of the evil-tempered beasts that draw these chariots far outmatches that of mere horses, and the sheer weight of the chariot is enough to inflict terrible damage in its own right. Should the chariot shatter at the point of impact the crew care little, for they will have ridden down great swathes of the enemy in the process.[1a]
The Beastmen's chariots are most commonly drawn by Tuskgors, as they are known. They are a grotesque, mutant combination of a great boar and a mighty ram, often betraying signs of other, less identifiable heritage. These savage creatures retain the cunning of their kind, but are entirely animalistic in appearance.[1a]
Concept art of a Tuskgor Chariot created for Total War: Warhammer II.[2]
These are the pugnacious and stubborn war beasts of the Beastmen, foul-smelling and hunchbacked animals from whose flea-infested forms sprout malformed tusks and horns with drooling maws. Crude, obese beasts, their skin is so thick and fur so matted that arrows or crossbow bolts can barely penetrate their gnarled hide. The Beastmen use these creatures as guardian animals for their encampments or to pull their chariots into battle.[1a]
In battle, Tuskgor Chariots surge towards the enemy at breakneck speed, driving through the ranks of the foe with unstoppable force and scattering them as the Beastmen aboard and the Tuskgors pulling the contraption strike out with hooves, horns and blades. Those chariots that survive the battle more-or-less intact are used to carry off the largest items of plunder, and have been observed leading long lines of chained captives off into the forests, never to be seen again. The fate of these captives is dire indeed, for those who are not sacrificed to the Dark Gods form the main course of the Beastmen's victory feast.[1a]
Miniatures
Sources
- 1: Warhammer Armies: Beastmen (7th Edition)
- 1a: pg. 44
- 2: Total War: Warhammer II (PC Game)
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