Editing Beasts Of Chaos (section)

==History==
The history of the Beasts of Chaos is long and full of conjecture as they don't seem to concerned about archiving their history. Stories of the Beasts can be traced back to before the Age of Myth, this mostly appears as oral tradition or by ancient glyphs recorded on massive tusks. In the time before Sigmar awoke, the Beasts of Chaos were already an established threat to the mortal realms, during this time they thrived as all but the most organised and advanced tribes of early Human, Duardin and Aelf could hope to resist the Beasts onslaught.

The origins of the Beasts are left up to debate by the scholars of the Mortal Realms, however there are three prevailing theories.

*'''Legend of the Alpha Progenitor:''' The first theory is based on the tusk-glyphs that are seen in Ghur with the creators of the glyphs believing the Beasts of Chaos were all spawned from one initial beast which later formed the first Greatfrays. The fate of this beast is no longer recorded in the glyphs, but may been in the past as there are pieces of the tusks missing and broken. This theory has some weight as some of the Beasts of Chaos worship what they have named, the Gorfather or Sire of Ruin. The Allherd Greatfray in particular revere this figure of ruinous myth.

*'''Fable of the Warping Wilds:''' Another belief is that the Beasts were once natural creatures and were transformed by the corruptions of chaos as it began to leak into the mortal realms. The primitive tribes of the mortal realms who sought meaning and order looked for it some found the energies of chaos and were corrupted and cast out by their communities. These tribespeople are believed to be the origin as they mutated into bestial forms and their minds dimmed to animal instinct. The corruption of the denizens of the mortal realms is believed to continue to the present.

*'''Corporeus Chaotica Postulate:''' The Corporeus Chaotica Postulate is a theory from Hysh based on research by ancient scholars who saw the Beasts as a reversed order of the world. They believed them to be an anathema to the order of the mortal realms as ''"for Rhinoxen produce more Rhinoxen, so too do Humans beget Humans and Duardin sire Duardin"''(and this is where it gets a bit completely wrong). Because the Beasts do not adhere to this they are thought to have instead of being created by chaos, created chaos themselves. This theory, despite being fairly common is mainly espoused by street preachers and doomsday 'prophets' as well as those who think segregation is a good idea and probably read the bell curve.

===Age of Myth===
The Age of Myth for the Beasts of Chaos was a period of defeat. After Sigmar awoke, he instantly purged Azyr of the Thunderscorn, and when they attempted to settle in Ghur, an alliance between the Draconith and Drogrukh pushed out the Dragon Ogors as well. In this age as Sigmar began to unify the tribes and corral the gods into a pantheon of order, the Beasts would no longer be able to destroy as they wished. In Ghur the god of destruction Gorkamorka is tasked with wiping out the Greatfrays, and defeats a Beastlord named the First Son of the Gorfather and with his dying breath tells the god that he might be able to defeat the Gorfather. After this razing of the greatfrays, the Beasts of Chaos fled into the wild places and centered themselves around annals of chaotic power waiting for their opportunity to return.

===Age of Chaos===
The Age of Chaos saw the Beasts have a resurgence as the forces of Chaos swept the realms. They charged from the wild places they had bade their time and unleashed their fury on the denizens of the realms. During this time they clashed with other chaotic forces, but most of their fury was directed toward the civilisations that had arisen since their defeat in the Age of Myth. The Beastman slaughtered their way across the Mortal Realms with particular mention of the Violet Kingdom in Hysh, where the Corporeus Chaotica Postulate was first codified; the city was surrounded, its leaders killed by their own people, the survivors swiftly went mad with hunger, turned to cannibalism and due to the warping energies began to mutate into Beasts themselves. Another victim of the Beasts was the Chamon fleet of Karak Ohrgaf who tried to flee to the clouds and found a Greatfray which slaughtered them bar one which returned to Barak-Zon and told of the Beasts who live in the clouds and worship a pillar made of aether gold. The Wanderers in Ghyran were slaughtered by the Darkwalker Greatfray before splitting up to try and elude the Beasts. They were also involved with the War of Life in Ghyran, helping the forces of Nurgle and the Pestilens Clans from the Skaven ending with the desecration of a large portion of the realm. Though beyond this the Greatfrays mostly provided support for the more powerful and favoured chaos forces and focused much of their efforts on claiming the wilds as their own, as they felt it was their right since the Age of Myth. Occasionally even clashing with the Slaves to Darkness for ownership of these savage lands all throughtout the age.

===Age of Sigmar===
In the Age of Sigmar, the Stormcast Eternals begin to push back the forces of Chaos from the Realms. In this new enemy the Beasts find an anathema as the Stormcast embody their complete opposite, so they are seen as the ultimate prey. During the pushback the Beasts lose several battles; losing the Dirgehorn when the Stormcast and Sylvaneth attack, the loss of an entire Skullfray at the hands of the Azyrite church and the Tempest Lords (this was done with the unwitting help of Skarbrand though); and being pushed back out of Gravewild in Shyish, which also happened to be the first encounter with a famous Beastlord Ghosteater.

===Soul Wars===
After the [[Necroquake]] known to the Beasts as "the Howl of the Dead Beast". The Beasts began to flock towards Shyish at the behest of their seers and Bray-Shamans. The intention is so that they can use the Black Pyramid as a colossal herdstone and control the entire Realm of Death. Azyrite seers foresaw the potential of this as well and warned about the potential of Shyish to become another chaos infested wasteland.

===Broken Realms===
Basically nothing happened. They got stomped in the prologue of Kragnos’ book so that [[Alarielle]] could revive the Oak of Ages Past in Ghyran.

===Era of the Beast===
[[Kragnos]]’ awakening and the surging power of the Realm of Beasts has unwittingly sent the the Gor-kin into a frenzy. The Thunderscorn in particular loathe Kragnos as the last reminder of their golden age, before the Drogrukh and Draconith pushed them out of their mountain homes. The Beasts of Chaos use this new found vigor to launch more raids against the forces of Order, the Dawnbringer Crusades becoming a favored/loathed target. They see these great marches of civilization as the greatest of insults who dare to impose their civilization on lands they feel are theirs by conquest. Greatfrays will trail secretly behind the Crusades, using shamanistic magic and knowledge of the environment to influence where the colossal caravan goes, until they’re led straight into a slaughter. The Sylvaneth however are the enemies that the Beasts of Chaos despise above all others, as their drive to purify the lands are the complete opposite of their very being. With Allarielles Rite of Life reverberating across the realms the Sylvaneth are on the offensive like never before, clashing with the Beastman all over Ghyran and beyond to retake the wildnerness.

Additionally, rampant energies from Ghur has caused a staggering amount of feral mutations to spring up from civilized life. Livestock going savage, giving birth to hideous hybrids or even starting to whisper curses to their sleeping masters to slaughter one another are becoming increaseingly common (in addition to disturbing rumours of these curses causing isolated outposts to slaughter themselves in anarchic violence). And of course instances of humans morphing into bestial forms alike. Even more insidiously the Beastman have also released an ancient viral curse know as the Turnskin from Ghyran that was long ago sealed away until the Cygor destroyed the wards holding it at bay. When individuals are told stories of the Beastman (which interest many within the great cities have never seen or heard of a Beastman) they run the risk of potentially being infected by the curse. Over a period of days after hearing the stories they will begin to slowly turn into a Beastman. After which they are either killed by their fellow man or run off into the wilderness to join the Greatfrays.

The “true” Beastmen accept these new recruits, but regard them as little more than fodder, calling them “gaves” or “Turnskins”. Those however that can still pass for normal with heavy clothing are sent to infiltrate the Civilizations of their enemies to try to spread the stories and legends of the Beastman. All in the hopes that it might lead more to fall under the Turnskin curse and convert them into their own kind to use their knowledge against the civilised lands (showing that the Beastman can be surprisingly cunning when they aren't just butchering everything indiscriminately). And some particularly savage gaves have even risen to leadership positions within the Greatfrays.