MORDHEIM: Skaven Clan Eshin Warband

The Skaven Clan Eshin is one of the many Great Clans which has a member upon the council of thirteen.

They are accomplished masters of stealth and murder. Long ago they learned the art of assassination in distant lands. Now they are among the most feared of the Great Clans of the Under-Empire. These silent killers serve as the eyes and ears of Skavendom, infiltrating the realms of other races and spying upon them from the shadows. Striking from ambush, utterly without mercy and honour, endowed with a ferocious speed and viciousness far in excess of any human, the Skaven are hideous foes. The chance to increase their own prestige inside the clan makes the warbands infesting Mordheim even more ruthless–and dangerous.

LEADER: Zilch, black-furred, an Assassin Adept. He dual-wields Weeping Blades and can use shurikens. He wears a dirty black cape.

RETINUES OF WARRIORS:

• Burik, black-furred, a Warpguard, equipped with spear, shield, dirty black cape. The first brother.
• Tarikk, brown-furred, a Night Runner, equipped with Fighting Claws, dirty brown cape. The second brother.
• Kurikk, black-furred, a Verminkin, equipped with mace, shield. The warband brat/twink. The youngest and MOST PRECIOUS
• Frikit, grey-furred, a Warpguard, equipped with spear, shield, dirty blue cape. The newest addition. He's... frigid.

All are male Skaven with red eyes.

More to come.

The Skaven speak in Queekish, repeating a word twice or using synonyms joined using a hyphen, such as "yes-yes", "talk-chitter" etc.

ASSASSIN ADEPT: Only the most vicious and cunning of Skaven are initiated into the secret art of assassination. Those who survive the trials become masters of murder. The most ambitious of these killers are given command of small retinues of warriors and unleashed upon Mordheim to secure wyrdstone.

NIGHT RUNNER: Young, swift and nimble, their freshness and eagerness to rise within the structure of their clan makes a Night Runner a valuable minion for an Assassin–a skilled fighter who can be easily manipulated because of his lack of experience. A Night Runner quickly learns that a Skaven must lookout for his own pelt.

WARPGUARD: Warpguards are skaven warriors who have been especially trained and adapted to guard stocks of Warpstone–the Skaven name for wyrdstone. Heavily armoured, Warp Guard are fearsome warriors. Magical rituals enhance their resistance to the corrupting effects of wyrdstone, making them less likely to suffer debilitating mutations.

VERMINKIN: The common ratmen of Clan Eshin, Verminkin form the vast majority of the clan, the great armies of Clanrat warriors and labourers. Each Verminkin strives to prove himself to his masters, to rise and be initiated into the secret arts of his clan.

The Skaven of Clan Eshin refer to their god, the Great Horned Rat as the "Murder Shadow" or "Scuttler-in-the-Dark" who brings low kings, noble lords and the other mortal races' champions.