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Hedonites of Slaanesh

2021-04-20T12:52:53Z

2406:3400:20F:FFC0:CCBB:9330:6BE0:8782: /* Broken Realms */

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Hedonites of Slaanesh are the vast armies of hedonists that follow or once followed Slaanesh

==History==
===Age of Myth===
Slaanesh is imprisoned in the sub-realm Uhl-Gysh by the machinations of the aleven gods and Morathi.

All followers and daemons of Slaanesh feel a sense of loss in response. This malaise results in Slaanesh's worshippers dividing into three major factions; the Godseekers racing across the realms to find and free their missing god/dess, the Pretenders seeking to take Slaanesh's place as the Chaos God of excess and the Invaders who just want to revel in destruction.

One of the stronger candidates for a replacement for Slaanesh to emerge among the Pretenders is the Keeper of Secrets Luxscious. This was also a time when daemonic Heralds of Slaanesh called Bladebringers started spreading blades forged in Slaanesh's kingdom to the Mortal Realms, but the blades stoked their obsession to the point they wanted to bring in lots... leading to the invention of a new bladed chariot.

===Age of Chaos===
Slaanesh's followers took the more subtle route as their deity missing and Khorne and Tzeentch were in ascendancy across the realms (Nurgle was fixated on Ghyran, and who cares about the Great Horned Rat). As each god seemed to have a realm or two they focused on, Slaanesh's daemons spread out. In Chamon, the daemons known as Syll'Esske manage to take the dwarf city Karak Zorkai by corrupting a hedonistic dwarf into turning his fellow dwarfs into cyborg-esque war-golems and in Shyish a Slaaneshi Chaos Lord fights with a savage tribe called the Unmade. But the Hedonites focus their greatest efforts on Ulgu and Hysh (unsurprising, given aelves are the favorite target for Slaanesh's vore fetish).

In Hysh, they subtly manipulated the Lumineth aelves with whispers like a clique of gossipy high school girls (such as telling one how much taller their rival's tower is or how much prettier their newest artwork is) until the tensions erupted into the civil war known as Spirefall.

In Ulgu, their actions did not go unnoticed, because - whatever their flaws - the Daughters of Khaine were vigilant against Slaanesh and very warlike. But the Ulguites tendency for secret vices provides fertile ground for Slaanesh. But the Khainites manage to defeat Slaanesh's forces at great cost, with the Flayerhost being trapped in a magical maze and Luxscious being defeated in battle by Morathi herself and sent back to Slaanesh's realm.

===Age of Sigmar===
The Slaaneshi Chaos Lord Lascallion uses his supernatural senses to trace the hedonism of the Mortarch of Blood, Neferata. He becomes an obsessed fanboy of Neferata, and is able to pierce the illusions she used to hide Nulahmia, seeking to claim her as his consort. His first assault is repelled by her armies, the second by the intervention of the Stormcast Eternals and the third sees him fall literally into an uncertain fate (a pit of skeletons with no confirmation that he died).

===Malign Portents===
The weakening of Slaanesh's prisons allows Godseeker hosts to determine that Slaanesh is close to Ulgu. As a result, they invade the realm and come into renewed conflict with the Daughters of Khaine.

===Soul Wars===
The Slaanesh Chaos Lord fights against the Daughters of Khaine. Though his forces are repulsed, he gets a glimpse of the resources Morathi amassed for her plan to reach godhood. He didn't know that, but he knew Morathi was planning something big.

===Broken Realms===
A host of Godseekers travelled to Hagg Nar following a prophecy about Slaanesh. They arrived in time to see a fraction of Slaanesh's essence erupt from the city and fly across the horizon.

They followed it to a crater where it coalesced into a form so beautiful and terrible several of the Hedonites died. Soon the Newborn coalesced into two entities; demigods called Dexcessa, the Talon of Slaanesh and Synessa, the Voice of Slaanesh, the two focused on the direct and indirect pursuits of pleasure respectively. Across the realms, followers of Slaanesh have found themselves surging with power. Dexcessa and Synessa are very good news for the Godseekers, could go either way for the Invaders and very bad news for the Pretenders (and everyone else, really).

==Unit Types==

==Gallery==

==See Also==
*[[Age of Sigmar/Tactics/Chaos/Blades of Khorne|Tactics/Blades of Khorne]]

{{Playable Factions in Warhammer: Age of Sigmar}}

[[Category:Chaos]]
[[Category:Warriors of Chaos]]

Hedonites of Slaanesh

2021-04-20T12:51:24Z

2406:3400:20F:FFC0:CCBB:9330:6BE0:8782: /* Broken Realms */

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Hedonites of Slaanesh are the vast armies of hedonists that follow or once followed Slaanesh

==History==
===Age of Myth===
Slaanesh is imprisoned in the sub-realm Uhl-Gysh by the machinations of the aleven gods and Morathi.

All followers and daemons of Slaanesh feel a sense of loss in response. This malaise results in Slaanesh's worshippers dividing into three major factions; the Godseekers racing across the realms to find and free their missing god/dess, the Pretenders seeking to take Slaanesh's place as the Chaos God of excess and the Invaders who just want to revel in destruction.

One of the stronger candidates for a replacement for Slaanesh to emerge among the Pretenders is the Keeper of Secrets Luxscious. This was also a time when daemonic Heralds of Slaanesh called Bladebringers started spreading blades forged in Slaanesh's kingdom to the Mortal Realms, but the blades stoked their obsession to the point they wanted to bring in lots... leading to the invention of a new bladed chariot.

===Age of Chaos===
Slaanesh's followers took the more subtle route as their deity missing and Khorne and Tzeentch were in ascendancy across the realms (Nurgle was fixated on Ghyran, and who cares about the Great Horned Rat). As each god seemed to have a realm or two they focused on, Slaanesh's daemons spread out. In Chamon, the daemons known as Syll'Esske manage to take the dwarf city Karak Zorkai by corrupting a hedonistic dwarf into turning his fellow dwarfs into cyborg-esque war-golems and in Shyish a Slaaneshi Chaos Lord fights with a savage tribe called the Unmade. But the Hedonites focus their greatest efforts on Ulgu and Hysh (unsurprising, given aelves are the favorite target for Slaanesh's vore fetish).

In Hysh, they subtly manipulated the Lumineth aelves with whispers like a clique of gossipy high school girls (such as telling one how much taller their rival's tower is or how much prettier their newest artwork is) until the tensions erupted into the civil war known as Spirefall.

In Ulgu, their actions did not go unnoticed, because - whatever their flaws - the Daughters of Khaine were vigilant against Slaanesh and very warlike. But the Ulguites tendency for secret vices provides fertile ground for Slaanesh. But the Khainites manage to defeat Slaanesh's forces at great cost, with the Flayerhost being trapped in a magical maze and Luxscious being defeated in battle by Morathi herself and sent back to Slaanesh's realm.

===Age of Sigmar===
The Slaaneshi Chaos Lord Lascallion uses his supernatural senses to trace the hedonism of the Mortarch of Blood, Neferata. He becomes an obsessed fanboy of Neferata, and is able to pierce the illusions she used to hide Nulahmia, seeking to claim her as his consort. His first assault is repelled by her armies, the second by the intervention of the Stormcast Eternals and the third sees him fall literally into an uncertain fate (a pit of skeletons with no confirmation that he died).

===Malign Portents===
The weakening of Slaanesh's prisons allows Godseeker hosts to determine that Slaanesh is close to Ulgu. As a result, they invade the realm and come into renewed conflict with the Daughters of Khaine.

===Soul Wars===
The Slaanesh Chaos Lord fights against the Daughters of Khaine. Though his forces are repulsed, he gets a glimpse of the resources Morathi amassed for her plan to reach godhood. He didn't know that, but he knew Morathi was planning something big.

===Broken Realms===
A host of Godseekers travelled to Hagg Nar following a prophecy about Slaanesh. They arrived in time to see a fraction of Slaanesh's essence erupt from the city and fly across the horizon.

They followed it to a crater where it coalesced into a form so beautiful and terrible several of the Hedonites died. Soon the Newborn coalesced into two entities; demigods called Dexcessa, the Talon of Slaanesh and Synessa, the Voice of Slaanesh, the two focused on the direct and indirect pursuits of pleasure respectively. Across the realms, followers of Slaanesh have found themselves surging with power.

==Unit Types==

==Gallery==

==See Also==
*[[Age of Sigmar/Tactics/Chaos/Blades of Khorne|Tactics/Blades of Khorne]]

{{Playable Factions in Warhammer: Age of Sigmar}}

[[Category:Chaos]]
[[Category:Warriors of Chaos]]

Hedonites of Slaanesh

2021-04-20T12:49:20Z

2406:3400:20F:FFC0:CCBB:9330:6BE0:8782: /* Broken Realms */

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Hedonites of Slaanesh are the vast armies of hedonists that follow or once followed Slaanesh

==History==
===Age of Myth===
Slaanesh is imprisoned in the sub-realm Uhl-Gysh by the machinations of the aleven gods and Morathi.

All followers and daemons of Slaanesh feel a sense of loss in response. This malaise results in Slaanesh's worshippers dividing into three major factions; the Godseekers racing across the realms to find and free their missing god/dess, the Pretenders seeking to take Slaanesh's place as the Chaos God of excess and the Invaders who just want to revel in destruction.

One of the stronger candidates for a replacement for Slaanesh to emerge among the Pretenders is the Keeper of Secrets Luxscious. This was also a time when daemonic Heralds of Slaanesh called Bladebringers started spreading blades forged in Slaanesh's kingdom to the Mortal Realms, but the blades stoked their obsession to the point they wanted to bring in lots... leading to the invention of a new bladed chariot.

===Age of Chaos===
Slaanesh's followers took the more subtle route as their deity missing and Khorne and Tzeentch were in ascendancy across the realms (Nurgle was fixated on Ghyran, and who cares about the Great Horned Rat). As each god seemed to have a realm or two they focused on, Slaanesh's daemons spread out. In Chamon, the daemons known as Syll'Esske manage to take the dwarf city Karak Zorkai by corrupting a hedonistic dwarf into turning his fellow dwarfs into cyborg-esque war-golems and in Shyish a Slaaneshi Chaos Lord fights with a savage tribe called the Unmade. But the Hedonites focus their greatest efforts on Ulgu and Hysh (unsurprising, given aelves are the favorite target for Slaanesh's vore fetish).

In Hysh, they subtly manipulated the Lumineth aelves with whispers like a clique of gossipy high school girls (such as telling one how much taller their rival's tower is or how much prettier their newest artwork is) until the tensions erupted into the civil war known as Spirefall.

In Ulgu, their actions did not go unnoticed, because - whatever their flaws - the Daughters of Khaine were vigilant against Slaanesh and very warlike. But the Ulguites tendency for secret vices provides fertile ground for Slaanesh. But the Khainites manage to defeat Slaanesh's forces at great cost, with the Flayerhost being trapped in a magical maze and Luxscious being defeated in battle by Morathi herself and sent back to Slaanesh's realm.

===Age of Sigmar===
The Slaaneshi Chaos Lord Lascallion uses his supernatural senses to trace the hedonism of the Mortarch of Blood, Neferata. He becomes an obsessed fanboy of Neferata, and is able to pierce the illusions she used to hide Nulahmia, seeking to claim her as his consort. His first assault is repelled by her armies, the second by the intervention of the Stormcast Eternals and the third sees him fall literally into an uncertain fate (a pit of skeletons with no confirmation that he died).

===Malign Portents===
The weakening of Slaanesh's prisons allows Godseeker hosts to determine that Slaanesh is close to Ulgu. As a result, they invade the realm and come into renewed conflict with the Daughters of Khaine.

===Soul Wars===
The Slaanesh Chaos Lord fights against the Daughters of Khaine. Though his forces are repulsed, he gets a glimpse of the resources Morathi amassed for her plan to reach godhood. He didn't know that, but he knew Morathi was planning something big.

===Broken Realms===
A host of Godseekers travelled to Hagg Nar following a prophecy about Slaanesh. They arrived in time to see a fraction of Slaanesh's essence erupt from the city and fly across the horizon.

They followed it to a crater where it coalesced into a form so beautiful and terrible several of the Hedonites died. Soon the Newborn coalesced into two entities; demigods called Dexcessa and Synessa, focused on the direct and indirect pursuits of pleasure respectively. Across the realms, followers of Slaanesh have found themselves surging with power.

==Unit Types==

==Gallery==

==See Also==
*[[Age of Sigmar/Tactics/Chaos/Blades of Khorne|Tactics/Blades of Khorne]]

{{Playable Factions in Warhammer: Age of Sigmar}}

[[Category:Chaos]]
[[Category:Warriors of Chaos]]

Chamon

2021-04-20T12:40:05Z

2406:3400:20F:FFC0:CCBB:9330:6BE0:8782: /* History */

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Chamon is the Realm of Metal. It’s the homeland of alchemy, and as such little if anything about it is permanent. It is constantly shifting, as different regions and subrealms move around, interact with each other or even appear and disappear. Unlike the other mortal realms, instead of being a flat plane Chamon consists of many continents suspended in its firmament, linked together by portals.

==History==

The earliest known thing to happen in Chamon was [[Sigmar]] finding the Duardin gods [[Grimnir]] and [[Grungni]] imprisoned and releasing them. While Grimnir went to [[Aqshy]] to fight Vulcatrix, Grungni stayed in Chamon, where he crafted various wonders for the humans and Duardin who lived there. It is said that as he labored, his breath turned into the clouds of Aether-Gold that float through the realm. Eventually he would leave Chamon to go to Azyr and fufill the debt he felt he owed to Sigmar, as he believed that if his worshippers grew too reliant on him they would become weak.

Many great nations grew in Chamon; the [[Dwarfs (Warhammer Fantasy)|Khazalid Empire]], the city of Elixia and Metallurgica to name a few. Much of it was powered by the miraculous substance commonly called Chamonite, the Realmstone of Chamon, which became so valuable a single droplet was worth an entire chest of gold coins. The rulers and merchant-princes of Chamon became extremely rich, much to the envy of the lower class. Unfortunately, their prayers for change gained the attention of [[Tzeentch]].

When the Godbeast known as the Lode-Griffon crashed into the Godwrought Isles, the magnetic field it generates causes widespread havoc, to the point that the perfectly geometric isles were distorted into the Spiral Crux. Eventually, a cabal of nine sorcerers came up with a scheme to slay the Lode-Griffon by casting a spell that would transmute it into gold. However, one of the sorcerers was secretly one of Tzeentch's Gaunt Summoners, who corrupted the ritual to tear a massive portal to the Realm of Tzeentch above the Griffon's Eyrie. Thus began the Age of Chaos in Chamon.

The Age of Chaos saw the Khazalid Empire devastated by hordes of Skaven and Disciples of Tzeentch, their prayers to Grungni unanswered. Seeing no safe refuge on the earth, many of them started creating floating cities to escape the carnage. Grungni had not answered his children's prayers because he believed it would make them stronger; arguably he was successful in this regard, because those Duardin he abandoned would become the Kharadron Overlords, the most advanced civillization in the Mortal Realms. Still, permanent damage was done to both parties; the Kharadron forsook the gods who abandoned them, while Grungni was consumed by guilt for not helping his children, eventually causing him to enter voluntary exile.

Chamon was one of the first realms along with [[Aqshy]] and [[Ghyran]] to witness the arrival of the Stormcast Eternals during the Realmgate Wars. Their most notable battle was the quest to reclaim Sigmar's lost hammer Ghal-Maraz, which had been taken by a Tzeentchian sorcerer who had a scheme to use it to power his ritual to corrupt every Realmgate in Chamon so it would lead to Tzeentch's labyrinth, [[End Times|sucking the entire realm into the Realm of Chaos]]. During the battle for the All-Gates, the forces of Chaos managed to hold onto the Chamon gate primarily because it was the one that [[Archaon]] defended in person.

A notable event that happened in Chamon is the rise of the Gloomspite warlord Skragrott the Loonking, who not only managed to conquer the land of Ayadah but also managed to blot out the sun there, becoming the first grot to usher in the Everdank. The most recent event is that Nagash's [[Ossiarch Bonereapers|boney boys]] have set up shop on the realm's edge and started clashing with the local Seraphon there to try and get some sweet dinosaur bones.

Then the shit hit the fan with Broken Realms. Be'lakor made a master plan and destroyed every realmgate in Chamon, all but cutting the realm off from the others (no word whether this effects alternate means of transportation like Sylvaneth realmroots).

==The Warring Factions of Chamon==
===[[Tzeentch|Disciples of Tzeentch]]===
As previously stated, the conniving cuttlefish would very much like to get his grubby little claws on the realm of metal, and his countless cabals control much of it. They even managed to hide Ghal Maraz there during the early years of the Realmgate Wars and it would’ve remained hidden...but as always the Arcanites’ own paranoia and lust for power unintentionally drew the attention of the Stormcast Eternals who promptly took back the god hammer. A “minor” victory though, as the Disciples of Tzeentch still control much of the realm.

===[[Flesh-Eater Courts#The Grand Courts|Flesh-Eater Courts]]===
Chamon is home to the '''Hollowmourne''' Grand Court. They were once a group of noble crusading knights that established numerous bunkers/caches of armor and weapons across the realm, but after the Age of Chaos, they became little more than a band of roving Crypt Horrors looking for what they believe to be treasure.

===[[Kharadron Overlords]]===
The Sky-Dorfs originated from Chamon, as they are all descendants of those brave and enterprising Duardin that decided they were going to be steampunk. All the original sky-ports originated from Chamon and have since scattered and divided into new ports across the Realms.

===[[Gloomspite Gitz]]===
[[Skragrott]]’s main base of power is in the Realm of Metal, specifically the region of Ayadah and the grot-city of '''Skrappa Spill'''. Although, as evidenced in the novel Gloomspite, he has enough time to piss off to [[Aqshy]] to screw over small cities. In the Age of Myth, Skrappa Spill was the birthplace of [[Gnoblar|gnoblars]], who regularly rummaged through the hills of junk and garbage for stuff to throw at each other.

===[[Lizardmen|Seraphon]]===
The Thunder Lizard Constellation (the one known for having shit tons of Stegadons) guards the more mercurial outer edges of the realm, most often from [[Ossiarch Bonereapers|those nasty skeleton men]].

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Katakros

2021-04-20T12:36:43Z

2406:3400:20F:FFC0:CCBB:9330:6BE0:8782: /* Broken Realms */

[[File:Katakros.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Dude gave himself a bulge bigger than most heads.]]
{{Topquote|I take no joy in this. Nor do I despair. It is merely something that must be done. All we ask is payment of the Tithe. These people had their chance! They chose their fate! Perhaps I am wrong though... perhaps I deceive myself. For in truth, there is... some joy in this.|Katakros on his 9 to 5.}}

{{Topquote|[[Just_As_Planned|All proceeds as I have predicted.]]|Katakros, shortly after losing the majority of his army and having his body destroyed.}}

Full name Orpheon Katakros, the newest member of the [[Mortarch]]s, Katakros was revealed after a series of hints. The first was he had died and returned again and again, and had survived "The fall of the Storm God's hammer", which was revealed to mean he'd fought Sigmar himself one-on-one and was defeated. The other hints were that he died a general defending his birth city, and came back in death as an Emperor. His promotional material was visually similar to [[Drachenfels]], while some hopefuls thought that there was Tomb Kings influence in the army he led. This also came after the plot had Lady Olynder working to free an ancient evil that Sigmar had beef with in the past, which got many people thinking he was either Drachenfels or [[Krell]].

What was the end result of all this speculation? Orpheon Katakros; a new character nobody had ever heard about before being introduced in an ''"oh by the way"'' fashion. If he had a voice, it would be Jim Parsons The Big Bang Theory (or for a serious example, Stephen Lang).

==History==
===Life===
Hailing from the Realm of Beasts, in life he was an incredibly talented [[Creed|tactician and strategist]], and thought it was his destiny to conquer and rule everywhere he went, Alexander the Great-style. However, he was bad at making friends due to being a bossy perfectionist and a callous workaholic. It also didn't help that in the army that he served, the vast majority of the upper command structure was made up of appointed aristocrats who did not take kindly to this bossy commoner upstart who had somehow risen all the way to become a general.

He died for the first time against Beastmen when he made a charge but no one was there to support his autistic ass. As a result he got plucked off his chariot and ripped to pieces by a Ghorgon, (just managing [[Awesome|to deal a fatal blow to it as he died]]).

===Death and Undeath===
[[File:Katakros-rito.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Katakros back in the Age of Myth.]]
Katakros' manner of death gave him a disdain for mounts of all kinds, so in undeath he walks everywhere. His soul first went to the afterlife Ossia, a place where hard workers are rewarded by getting to do everything they enjoyed about their jobs with none of the downsides. Neighboring Ossia was another belonging to the same culture known as Necros, a place where the very same decadent aristocracy that had criticized and belittled Katakros' work lived out their afterlives being pampered and tended to as they had been in life. Seeing this disparity between Ossia and Necros, and since neither afterlife had a god they were on their own in disputes, Katakros began harboring an ever growing resentment for his spoiled neighbors, feeling that they were unworthy of such a reward in comparison to all that he had done in his life. Katakros' skill saw him rise to the position of general, but no one liked him there either because he was as callous and self-centered as ever - to the point that even Ossia's famously ruthless military officers were shocked - which reminded them of Nagash.

Speaking of the sociopathic super-skeleton, this was at the time Nagash had just started his omnoming of all the death gods and afterlives. By then Katakros led Ossia and wasn't keen to become Nagash's snack, so he annxed Necros under his rule (Necros was so decadent they didn't even have a standing army). When Nagash's armies arrived, Katakros managed to defend his turf better than anyone else, since while none of the people liked Katakros, they could gauge his callousness and he got results. It got to the point Nagash had to step in personally to curb stomp him. Katakros, seeing the situation was hopeless, offered his services before he was stomped out and Nagash actually didn't stomp and said yes, which should say a lot about this boy.

He became one of the first Bonereapers, which was all fine and dandy until Sigmar invaded. Having been ordered to stop Sigmar by Nagash, Katakros took his forces to engage him despite thinking he could not actually win. After Sigmar smashed through his forces, Katakros, being ''"perhaps the greatest military strategist - living, or dead - the Mortal Realms have ever known"'', figured that he would be able to take Sigmar on in a one-on-one duel, guessing that that his glaive might be able to kill Sigmar because it was made using similar Warpstone methods to [[Fellblade|the weapon that slew Nagash in ages past]]. Naturally, Sigmar concaved the fucking idiot's skull with Ghal Maraz and won. In the duel, Katakros is described as putting up a good fight but Sigmar was far too strong for him.

Since this was before Sigmar thought about making the best warriors/leaders into Stormcast, (and apparently he didn't feel like turning ''"perhaps the greatest military strategist (living, or dead) the Mortal Realms have ever known"'' into a Sigmarine later), he threw the general into a Stormvault. Katakros spent his time mulling over tactics, stewing in his rage towards Sigmar and probably [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZa79QGDeo8 bouncing a ball against the opposite wall to pass the time]. Unfortunately, rather than do something sensible like move it someplace Nagash couldn't easily access it, Sigmar trusted the enchantments to hide it from Nagash. Jump forward in time, Lady Olynder opened it up and here he is, ready to start the Tithe.

[[File:Katakros and the boys.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Katakros' final form (note the bulge here is smaller than his model's).]]That being said, Katakros is the Mortarch of the Necropolis, and has his own sub-faction, the [[Ossiarch Bonereapers]] (also called the Ossiarch legions). He also commands his own personal legion of 10,000 Cohorts within the Ossiarch legions called the Mortis Pretorians. Unlike most undead characters inhabiting thin bone-bodies that are inevitably broken, Katakros is a soul housed within a fucking massive bone-construct (one that has a ridiculous bulge that would make David Bowie from Labyrinth blush) and also leads a legion of bone constructs, each housing several souls to make them more effective then brittle skeletons or slow-ass zombies (but for some reason still less effective than grave guard, who cost only 10 points more than mortek guards). Apparently [[Nagash]] saw Sigmar's [[Stormcast Eternals|Stormcasts]] and wanted to steal the gimmick for his own in revenge for all those tasty souls he will never own.

Katakros is also described as being "perhaps the greatest military strategist (living, or dead) the Mortal Realms have ever known", which is at odds with his track record seeing as how he fought and lost three times in three major ways. He is also seen as the paragon of Nagash’s dreams for the Mortal Realms; a consummate professional focused solely of the efficient completion of tasks, unfettered by the weight of emotion or free will despite demonstrating a capacity for joy and self-deluding in the above quote.

Also, he looks like a [[Primarch]] cosplaying as an [[Alien|Alien: Covenant Space Engineer]]. Because apparently THAT is a successful enough idea to rip off, even if it does match the alien molded bone look of his skeleton Stormcasts.

===Wrath of the Everchosen===
[[File:Katakros on the march.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Say what you will about his tactics, he looks cool marching into battle.]]
Currently Katakros is leading an invasion on the Allpoints, which means he was guaranteed to run into Archaon, the guy who beat both Sigmar and Nagash while Katakros beat neither. Joining forces with Olynder and some Nighthaunt, Katakros led his armies in an attack on the Allpoints while Archaon was away. After Olynder killed the Chaos Lord Archaon had left in charge, Katakros fortified the area around the Shyishian realmgate, making a fortress called the Arc Terminus, which looks like a massive skeletal hand reaching out from Shyish.

Then he led the Bonereapers against the Varanspire just as Archaon arrived back with his Varanguard. Unsurprisingly, all of his bodyguards fell before Archaon and Dorghar, so he took on the Everchosen himself and got his ass kicked. Convalescing back in the Arc Terminus, Katakros even tried to play it off as a [[just as planned]] moment by possessing another body identical to his old one and claiming he meant to lose, the plan being to learn more about Archaon each time they fight and eventually kill him. It's revealed that Katakros has as many duplicate bodies as the plot demands (which makes you wonder why Nagash didn't make all of the Bonereapers like that), so now he's heading right back to the fight so that Archaon can rip him apart a second time, except now Katakros is without his glaive, the majority of his army is gone and the pain from Archaon's killing blow(s) doesn't fade even if he transfers bodies (for some reason Katakros thinks the pain won't be an issue, despite that being [[Not As Planned]]).

It seems he has adopted Nagash's habit of declaring his own failures as mere setbacks, which debatably may hold water, given that both characters are able to continuously come back after getting pummeled or their plans getting disrupted. The main reason for this plan being to gather slowly gather intelligence on the forces of Archaon with each loss, despite the possibility that Archaon could turn it back on him and learn how Katakros' forces work. He already showed his best and brightest soldiers and generals in his initial put down of the Bonereapers, so now Katakros can build a strategy around that. Katakros isn’t trying to conquer the Eightpoints in a a swift decisive manner, rather he wants to stay dug in and play the long game, slowly building his repository of knowledge and army until he deems the time is appropriate. Why he thinks this is a valid strategy at the rate he's losing ground and troops is left a mystery, especially since Chaos can also resurrect their own champions and keep sending them back in if the Chaos Gods feel like it (and then there's the daemonic armies...), rendering the war of attrition he wants to get into impossible to win.

It is worth remembering that before Archaon returned, Katakros did secure a foothold for Death in the Eightpoints by capturing and fortifying the Realmgate to Shyish, as well as repel an army of Bloodbound sent to tear it down. Somehow he thinks he'll be able to keep control of it despite his plan to lose several times in a row.

===Broken Realms===
As part of her scheme to attain godhood, [[Morathi]] petitioned Katakros to launch another attack against the Varanspire so that (most of) Archaon’s forces would be distracted so she and her Stormcast “allies” could accomplish their own goal. Katakros agreed after being paid in a buttload of shadow magic infused bones and deciding that many of the mortals would die anyway in whatever their attack was so it all works out.

What doesn’t work out though is his master Nagash getting his skull caved in by Teclis and friends plus sealed away in Nagashizzar while Katakros was away in his Eightpoints campaign. No word yet on how the Mortarch will respond to this, but as he’s the most loyal to Nagash (barring the MIA Arkhan) it’s likely he’ll try to stop the more fractious death armies from splitting off.

==Trivia==
* Katakros' last name likely derives from, and is an anagram of, the Greek root word for cataphract, which is "kataphraktos". The word literally means "armored" or "completely enclosed", fitting for Katakros' new undead body made of all-enclosing inscrolled bone which acts as armor. It's also fitting as cataphracts were soldiers with a vital tactical role, and Katakros in life and death is both a soldier and obsessed with tactics. There's also an ironic element, as cataphracts were cavalry which Katakros is never said to have been; he was a charioteer in life and in undeath he actively avoids using mounts.

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