Editing Ulli & Marquand (section)

==Print History==
Ulli & Marquand first appeared in Warhammer Monthly issue #28, in the short story "Signs & Portents", part 1 of the "Mordheim - City of the Damned" serial. In this first episode of their serial, the duo escape from their fate of joining the slave-army of the Elector Count of Stirland by murdering several fellow prisoners and their bounty hunters, and then heeding the opinion of a madman in a gibbet that they should go to the cursed city of [[Mordheim]] to seek wealth there.

Their next appearance was in issue #29, in "Pit Fight"; having made their way to Mordheim, the two have quickly taken to life as wyrdstone-seekers. Ulli engages in a pit fight over the rights to territory and wyrdstone shards, ultimately slaying a dwarf warrior even as Marquand secretly bets against his companion's survival.

Issue #30 sees them taking part in the short story "Ambush", wherein they are part of a warband that has been pinned down and is swiftly whittled down by a [[skaven]] sniper. Tricking their last luckless companion into sacrificing himself as a distraction, the duo topple the sniper's tower, crushing him in the rubble and taking all of the loot for themselves.

Issue #31's "Payback" sees the duo fight their way into a vampire's lair as it slumbers the day away, stealing the vampire's coffin with the vampire still inside and leaving it next the camp of a warband that has mad the mistake of looking for wyrdstone in Ulli & Marquand's territory.

Issue #32's "Bodyguards" sees the duo agree to play bodyguard for a former Tilean mercenary paymaster who absconded with his precious charge. In the end, they fail, as one assassin turns out to have hidden themselves in the same foul privy they send their charge to hide inside of whilst they deal with the others. Still, they got paid 200 gold crowns first, so they're hardly bothered.

In issue #35's "The Flayer", the two are captured by a fanatical, sadomasochistic Sigmarite "redeemer"; Gottleib the Flayer, bloodily fighting their way to freedom after Marquand slashes a massive X-shaped set of scars into Gottleib's face as punishment.

Issue #36's "It Came From The Pit" sees the two narrowly evading being devoured by a monstrous abomination from the Pit at the center of Mordheim, which they achieve by feeding it an entire unlucky warband.

Issue #37's "Comrades in Arms" sees the two of them encounter a band of Middenheim Mercenaries, led by one of Ulli's old friends. Not that this stops the duo from poisoning the entire warband to steal their hard-earned loot.

Issue #38's "Dog Eat Dog" features the two of them demanding a luckless adventurer give them everything of value that he has in order for them to save him from a pack of starving chaos hounds, only to then throw him to the jaws of the dogs once he's given them all his belongings.

Issue #39's "Sisters in Arms" sees the duo disguise themselves as [[Sisters of Sigmar]] to infiltrate their fortress-nunnery and steal treasure before fleeing ahead of the outraged battle-nuns.

Issue #40's "The Toll" is another epic betrayal, as Ulli & Marquand abandon a warband that hired them, only to double-back and rescue the last survivor, only to reveal it was only to leave him as a toll for the flesh-eating mutants who guard the last bridge out of that part of the city.

Issue #42, #43, #46 & #47 sees the only multi-part story in the serial; the "Crusade" four-parter sees Gottleib the Flayer and an army of fanatical Sigmarites plan to burn Mordheim to the ground. Unfortunately for them, they capture Ulli & Marquand first and then decide to hunt them through the city as a prelude to their cleansing. Instead, the duo turns the table on them, luring them into a stronghold of skaven warbands, slaughtering many Sigmarites and scattering the survivors, before ultimately chaining Gottlieb to a board and throwing him into the haunted Pit in the center of Mordheim.

The story of Ulli & Marquand comes to an end in Issue #50: "Honor Among Thieves" sees the duo as the last survivors of a bold band of fools who dare to steal a special prize from the lair of the Shadowlord itself. On the verge of great wealth, at the very outskirts of the city, Ulli suddenly betrays Marquand, attacking him from behind and delivering a fatal blow to his skull with his hammer. With his dying breath, Marquand tricks Ulli into consuming a bottle of poisoned wine, ensuring that the partners don't outlive each other, victims of their own dark nature.

Ulli & Marquand eventually received their own paperback, collecting the entire run of their serial from Warhammer Monthly.

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