Warven

"“Ooh, don’t mess with those lot. Bad news they are! Unpredictable and mighty, with an animal temper no doubt.”"

Description


The Warven is a term to describe the humanoid mammal race that lives in the Golden Wastes. These creatures are more animal than person, having features that directly correspond to their feral counterparts - noteable examples include creatures that resemble Gnolls, Skaven, Minotaurs, Beastmen and Variants of Centaurs and Satyrs. Very few of the Warven ever communicate with other races, having very little knowledge of any known language other than that which they know already, also known as "Warventongue", and they're not known to be notably intelligent. Similar to Orcs, Warven have a primitive and violent societal structure that features nomadic groups travelling across the southern portion of the Golden Wastes, in an area known as the Shimmering Plains. These animalistic creatures have humanoid features and still have a societal structure, but primitive in nature and considered closer to beasts than to man. Warven are quite strong and ferocious but generally quite dumb, they have basic knowledge of how things work but they don't have the intelligence to do anything sophisticated, such as develop technology or smelted weaponry. Usually weapons or armour worn by Warven that are smelted, such as iron or steel, were stolen off of slain foes in combat during their time in a Warherd.

A Warherd is a number of Warven that are out for blood. For a quick definition, they're a gathering of warriors that travel nomadically, when combat arises they revert to a primitive rampage and stampede towards the enemy, the equivalent of a demoralizing shock-unit charge. The Warherd disbands after the season ends or it's warriors are too tired to carry on, often taking home heads of victims as trophies, as well as captured weapons and armors. Very few tend to survive the onslaught of a warherd and it's incredibly hard to outrun them - when encountered, your options are to stay and fight, or attempt to barter for your freedom. Due to their primitive and unpleasant nature, the appearance of Warven has never been noted outside the Golden Wastes. Everyone hates or dislikes Warven, even Orcs. Similar to the Lizardmen, they have a different society and their technology is lacking, so Warven are frenzied attackers but have no real combat training ceremonially or otherwise, as things such as chivalry and prisoners of war are unheard of.