Clan Eshin
Clan Eshin is, by far, the most villainous of the Skaven clans. This mysterious clan trains stealthy spies and murderous Assassins-for-hire. Clan Eshin has eyes everywhere and its deadly operatives are scattered throughout the Under-Empire, as well as secreted about the cities of the surface dwellers. For the right price, the black-clad agents of Clan Eshin will steal any information, commit any act or sabotage or slay any rival required. Considering the treacherous, scheming and paranoid nature of Skaven, it is no wonder that Clan Eshin has become so powerful. Clan Eshin provides an unseen force with which the Council of Thirteen and other powerful Skaven maintain (or gain) their positions of power. Within the highly feared Caverns of Unyielding Shadow, the Clan Eshin district deep in the belly of Skavenblight, treaty-pacts are claw-marked and the doom of many rivals is assured.
Notable figures/regiments
Rikkit'Tik- a "scholar" amongst Clan Eshin, this Skaven is gifted particularly in the knowledge of poisoned substances. His favorite poison is hemlock berries- perfect for Chaos Cultist killing (with baletoad dorsal secretion- the sweat from the back of a baletoad, in other words -[the ideal Beastman and Mutant-slaying poison] and powdered mithril suspended in the oil of hellflowers- for the deaths of Deamons [a tricky business in and of itself] -being a pair of close seconds). He is also aware that a poison made of three parts warpbane root and one part deathvine, when inserted into a person's armpits, through their eyeslits or into the back of either knee of a Chaos Marauder and/or their elite Warriors can cause considerable damage to the infected. His knowledge of the tolerance of enemies of the Skaven race is second to none (i.e. an Orc requires double the typical dosage of nightshade for a human, though adjustments are often made for larger specimens; likewise, they are susceptible to greenbane mashed with birch sap into a pulp). Other noteworthy weaknesses he has found are:
- The Squigs' love for suntree sap which, if spread on caltrops, will make for a very painful snack.
- It should be noted that this would-be "wise rat", as the case is, has become fond of greenskins- particularly hobgoblins, because they show "promise".
- As for Trolls, he recommends a heavy poison cocktail of everything that is poisonous and in more amounts then you would think necessary.
- Snotlings, however, are a waste of poison from his standing (they would be more easily- and more enjoyably -die with a knife wound in the right spot).
- For his own kind, one word sums the perfect poison- arsenic.
- In concerns to Elven corsairs- typically Dark Elves [though this may work for certain High Elves, as well], this "scholar" recommends two things- caution and Black Lotus (for irony purposes).
- For disposal of Ogres, he recommends the following cocktail of pain- ground glass, Mandrake root and the essence of Nightshade stirred into the food, always. If this fails, any other poison must be used in insanely massive doses!
- Giant spiders require a bit more care and a plan- use spears and arrows tipped in wyvern venom mixed with salt to kill them, then tear out the poison sacs kept beneath their lower mandibles and do so with care.
- Wyverns also require great care when handling- squeeze some wyrmcaps until they gush a milky white fluid from their gills, then rub said fluid on either long spears or missile weapons; don't forget to cut off the tail tip of the beast afterwards.
- For more predatory wolves, he recommends one of two poisons, depending on the species in question- a mixture of both warpstone and redcap mushrooms in equal measure for Dire Wolves, whereas a Giant Wolf requires only wolfsbane.
- For undead disposal (skeletons and ghouls, to be precise), the cure is powdered warpstone in a linseed oil base.
- Zombies will also succumb to powdered warpstone, but it must be mixed to a thick paste with extract of deadbane.
- Spirits are a bit trickier- powdered warpstone still works, but it must be sent through a blowpipe to work.
- Banshees must be slain with warpstone weapons.
- Wights require a crossbow bolt smeared with powdered warpstone and grease (also, keep far away from this- the end result is explosive!).
- Wraiths cannot be killed with any kind of poison and should be avoided altogether, if possible.
- Vampire Bats should be treated the same way as vampires- which is to say powdered warpstone and ground silver served in a base of garlic oil -or, as an alternative, feed powdered warpstone to a lackey and then offer the lackey up to the bats.
