Battle for The Frozen Idol
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Battle for The Frozen Idol

Skaven Lumineth Realm-Lords


Battleplan        Cursed Kernel
Fought Battlerounds                   3             


Sunspire Expeditionary Force

Clan Mors
X Victory PointsX Victory Points
LostVictory
170 Glory points165 Glory points
Wyrdron SeedSecond unit of Favored Warriors

Lysanthir's Journal, Day 70

Rats. Again...

Nearing the site of the strange, wintery emanation that our Riverblades learned about from the Spirit of Lake Victis, we heard their squeaking almost as soon as we smelled the mange and wet fur.

We did not even have time to take a good look at the strange idol, covered in frozen vines in the middle of the ruined town square when another sinkhole opened up next to it and scores of the little monsters vomited forth.

Lady Belkharia Dawnblade ordered a charge down the center, while Riverblades slipped along some hidden underground stream, only to emerge next to a place where a skaven sorcerer was hiding, muttering to itself. They attacked him with blades, and the little creature scurried off back to the tunnels, cursing his 'stupid underlings'.

Back on the town square, we charged the lines of armour-clad rats, along with their leader on some mutated beast, only to be repelled by hordes of giant skaven emerging from the tunnels, brandishing fire-throwing weapons and being constantly reinforced from Gods-know-where.

Our initial charge failed to make much dent in them, and when Lady Belkharia was seriously wounded by the ratmen leader, who promptly regenerated all of his wounds through some foul techno-sorcery, we just had enough, and promptly left the field. I sincerely hope that the frozen idol just turned them all into smelly, twisted icicles.

April 27th, 2026

From the secret diary of Malfrit Duskseeker (5)

This place is full of cursed idols... Our scouts found another among the frozen ruins of a city. It was an idol covered in frost-bitten vines.

I did not get a chance to examine it because, as we approached, some nasty Elves with their shiny spears and bows appeared on the other side of the city. My "friend," Deathmaster Chang Squik, suggested that he take my Doomwheel to attack them from behind. And so he did. He took the Doomwheel and simply never showed up. He hasn’t even given us a sufficient reason why!

Queek Headtaker took his Stormvermin through the center and marched toward the square, where his men began taking fire from Elven archers. Because the last fight with daemons was still fresh in his mind, he did not separate from his warriors, even though his gnaw-beast was much faster. The Jezzails were in the middle, but since they prefer distance between themselves and their prey, they waited for the Elves to come to them. Izak Grottle took my Rat Ogres to one flank, while I hid with the Mors clanrats on the other.

My plan was simple: we would open tunnels near the idol, the clanrats would capture it and throw it on the Elves. Queek and the Rat Ogres would provide support and kill as many Elves as possible, while I helped from the rear. It was a simple plan, but there was a slight problem—those stupid rats brought the idol toward us instead! Fortunately, Izak was there; he sent a Rat Ogre to fight the Elven spearmen and took charge of the idol so it wouldn't harm us.

But what I did not expect was for Elven ninjas to appear from our own tunnels and charge me! Once again, I had to quickly cast a teleportation spell to reach safety. Afterward, the Jezzails took care of those "ninjas." They tried to disappear and attack from behind, but warpstone bullets tore their bodies apart.

In the square, Queek and his Stormvermin were charged by Elven cavalry and their general. The Stormvermin were scattered, but Queek actually enjoyed the fight. He badly wounded the general while suffering only a few flesh wounds himself. The Rat Ogres, supported by Izak, went on a killing spree, slaughtering the Elven spearmen and raiders. They would have killed the archers too, if they hadn't managed to retreat.

The clanrats tried to ambush the archers from the tunnels, but since the archers were closing in on the square, Izak called them over to assist him instead. In the end, I must admit it was a good idea to invite Izak. He managed to heal the Rat Ogres and even stitched the dying back to life.
May 1st, 2026