The Runesons of Karag-Unbak have a new mission - to kill their father's murderer. Yet that may not be so easy when their target is a sinister Verminlord.
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Join a quest for vengeance in the grand finale to David Guymer's latest audio epic, and see just how Fyreslayers take on a monstrous daemon of the Horned Rat.
The story:
The architect of Karag-Unbak's woes has been revealed, and for the remaining Runesons of the murdered Runefather Aruk-Grimnir, just one task remains - to end the life of their father's killer. Whoever strikes the killing blow will be named his successor and lead the Unbaki into the future. Yet it's not going to be easy, for their quarry is nothing less than a Verminlord, one of the great daemons of the Horned Rat - and he is waiting for them....
David Guymer is a freelance author, PhD in molecular microbiology (which still comes in more handy than you might think), and tabletop warlord based in the Yorkshire East Riding. He has written for Black Library, Marvel, Aconyte Books, Asmodee, Mantic Games, Cubicle 7, Creative Assembly, and Mongoose Publishing.
Disaster has struck the Unbaki lodge, as its Runefather and eldest Runeson have been found murdered and Aruk-Grimnir’s legacy chest stolen. Alongside his remaining brothers and the elderly Battlesmith Firebrand, sixth and youngest Runeson Forn sets out to retrieve the chest, discover who is to become the new Runefather of the Unbak lodge, and take revenge for the dead.
While the main Realmslayer stories have room to follow Gotrek as he rampages across the Mortal Realms, this is (unsurprisingly) smaller scale and lower key. It’s part of the same series, but off at a tangent from the main storyline, less worried about exploring the wider setting than pitting a group of proud, confident (arrogant, really) characters against each other and seeing what happens. If you’re after the visceral enjoyment of fyreslayers (and magmadroths) taking their anger out on their ancestral enemies there’s plenty of that to be found, but the real joy here is simply enjoying a great cast bouncing off each other and having fun with an entertaining script.
I enjoyed the tension between characters, and how they were compelled to strive after vengeance in a competitive fashion. The performance of the Vermin-Lord was particularly fun and made me more tempted to pick up Skaven stories.
I enjoyed the tension between characters, and how they were compelled to strive after vengeance in a competitive fashion. The performance of the Vermin-Lord was particularly fun and made me more tempted to pick up Skaven stories.
I enjoyed the tension between characters, and how they were compelled to strive after vengeance in a competitive fashion. The performance of the Vermin-Lord was particularly fun and made me more tempted to pick up Skaven stories.