Uthl'kritchnaak is an Exalted Herald of Nurgle that made a pact with the first Arch-Plaguelord Nurglitch of the Skaven's Clan Pestilens. [1b]
Originally imprisoned in the abandoned Lizardmen temple-city of Quetza that served as an early powerbase for Clan Pestilens in Lustria, Uthl'kritchnaak is the being ultimately responsible for Clan Pestilens' embrace of disease and plague. Since striking a pact with the first Nurglitch, Uthl'kritchnaak has hibernated in the throne room beneath Quetza for centuries, syphoning power from the Geomantic Web of the Old Ones.[1b]
In the beginning, it drew energies only in small quantities to avoid attracting the notice of the ever-wary Slann mage-priests, but recently it has begun drawing off more and more power, greedily emboldened by the diminished number of Slann and their ever-deepening slumber. This power transfer is a difficult and time-consuming process, for the magic of the Geomantic Web is a type utterly foreign to a Daemon birthed in the Realm of Chaos. But over time, Uthl'kritchnaak found ways to ingest the alien energies, process them, and add them to its own, breaking down wards and defences better to manipulate them.[1b]
Its ambition now runs deep. It feels the time is very near when it can emerge from hibernation and unleash disease, sickness, and pestilence across the entire mortal world -- and if successful, perhaps take the battle to its master, the Lord of Plagues himself.[1b]
Appearance[]
Uthl'kritchnaak is a misshapen Nurglish Plaguebearer Daemon, its flesh riven with scabs, boils, and buboes weeping purulence and ichor. Twisted, branching horns protrude from its head, one of which is adorned with a cracked brass bell. Blistered, webbed hands with interwoven claws rest atop its belly. Its eyes are matted shut with a dried yellow crust. Its torso terminates in a thick, gangrenous tail.[1a]