Bestigor
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Bestigors are the elite troops of the Beastmen and later Beasts Of Chaos armies. They are standard Gors with a larger than average set of horns and with some level of self-discipline. This is limited though and tends to be dropped in battle or to bully a few of their lessers.
Fluff History
Bestigors are the Best Gors in a herd. They are bigger, stronger and marginally smarter than your average Gor which gives them more status in the headbutting order and they can normally steal, scrounge up, scare out or bodge better weapons and armor than most. Usually it's from the ranks of the Bestigors that Beastlords rise. Beastmen lore is rather blunt and to the point.
Bestigors are the most powerful and god-touched members of the Beastmen army, specifically being the elites of the Gors breed. Perhaps the easiest way to think of them is as the Beastmen version of Chaos Chosen, compared to Gors being the Beastmen version of Chaos Warriors. Introduced in the Realm of Chaos army book for 5th edition, they differed from the standard Gors and Ungors in that they fought exclusively on their own, rather than in a mixed unit - they also had +1 Weapon Skill and +1 Strength over the standard Gor. They next appeared in 6th edition's Beasts of Chaos, where they also doubled as the Chaos Undivided equivalent of Khorngors, Slaangors, Pestigors and Tzaangors, as well as being the "root stock" for featuring those units. This ability to become god-marked Gors was lost after beastmen were rewritten as the unwanted bastard children of Chaos in the first Beastmen sourcebook.
Since 7th edition not much has really changed(nor in unit fluff/ Models).
Overview
Being the elite troops of the Herds they are used frequently by Beastlords and Bray Shamans as entourages and guards. Despite the trust placed into them by their leaders most Beastlords have to be careful as Bestigors still aspire to be in his position. This means that they may challenge their leader and are well positioned in the hierarchy to do so . Due to their high status is Beastmen "society" they get first pick of the spoils, food and pride of position nearest the herdstone. In battle they typically are the first into the fight and are uncharacteristically disciplined, moving as a unit until they enter combat.
Warfare
Their equipment in battle tends to consist of looted armour and weapons from their unfortunate victims. Their signature weapons are the 2 handed Despoiler Axes they carry into combat being big and heavy enough to split most mortal men in half. The armour they equip themselves with are a mixture of plate and chainmail with hoods to protect their heads. Once in battle they enter the fray first breaking through the lines which allows the Gors and Ungors to to fill the gap left. During the course of battles Bestigors seek out elite troops due to a desire to prove their superiority and upon defeating them will dismember them and trample their body.
God Specific Bestigors
Some god-aligned Beastmen appear from the ranks of Bestigors the main 2 being.
- Khorngors Khorne aligned Bestigors that tend to be more lupine in appearance than other Beastmen they tend to wear more armour and exacerbate the discipline element of other Bestigors.
- Pestigors Nurglite Bestigors that self flagellate until their wounds become infected and use this as a weapon with which to make themselves tougher and kill their enemies. Also they smell worse than other Beastmen.
These next 2 are primarily just regular Gors rather than Bestigors.
- Tzaangors Tzaangors are a larger subset of Gors that have pledged themselves to Tzeentch. These by far seem to be the most common type of aligned Beastman (as well as one of the 2 with rules for Tabletop). They have some arcane affinity that allows them to see glimpses of the future.
- Slaangors Slaangors are Slaaneshi Gors that worship Slaanesh as the ultimate alpha predator they adorn themselves with gold, gems and other precious materials this causes them to have some self loathing as they rely on the civilisation they wish destroyed.
Gallery
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Bestigor concept art from Total Warhammer
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Grimdark bestigor
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Bestigor minis from GW
