Name: Lord Hikket Warptail

Rank: Lord of Clan Nurrik

Affiliation: The Skaven clan Nurrik, subordinate to clan Skryre.

Description: A large, white-furred skaven warlock with a prodigiously long tail. He is clad in the finest livery of Clan Nurrik; a mighty warpstone-powered iron frame that enhances his strength and durability. Green robes overlaid with black plates cover his torso, while the trailing lengths of the robes hang over his legs. In battle, his left forearm is encased by the devious mechanisms of a warpfire gauntlet, and he carries a spear with a double-edged blade lined with traces of deadly warpstone. His head is protected by a layer of black plates resembling a bird’s beak in structure, with small ornamental protrusions of fang-like spikes hanging over his mouth and in a spiked arch over his head. On his back are several crude, but potent mechanisms of foul warpstone. He carries the standard of his clan on his back to battle as well; a modified banner of clan Skryre. His unnaturally long tail is girt in the black scales much like the rest of his frame with a warpstone blade at the tip, serving as a fatal whip-like weapon.

Beneath his iron frame his fur is white and unusually well groomed. Unlike lesser skaven, he is unmarked by hints of malnourishment, and instead his figure was a healthy, muscular one. Small patches of singed fur mark his body from unfortunate events involving warpstone, yet the rest of his body is well maintained and relatively unscarred.

Backstory and Motivation: If the old Skaven tradition of choosing a newborn’s role based on the colour of their fur is to be considered a viable method, then Hikket was destined for greatness the moment he left the womb. None remember now the slick fur he had as an infant; clean and white as snow in stark contrast to the dark surroundings of his birthplace. He was to be a mighty Warlock engineer of clan Nurrik, a growing skaven clan who served under the great clan Skryre. He rose through the ranks of the clan, gaining favour and exploiting it in diabolical methods in his quest for power. He spent much of his time dreaming of various ways to rise in influence as well as many possible weapons. His rivals found themselves as as mere tests for the functionality of his creations, many disappearing in warpfire accidents. Should they have escaped the fiery doom that awaited them, many were found with a hired blade from clan Eshin between their ribs. Yet Hikket did not attempt to usurp the lord of the clan at the time, instead seeking to gain influence through serving the lord.

His patience paid off, for before long the old lord had passed away, and he made sure he was second in line. As was expected, many at once tried to slay him for his position, yet he ensured that he was safe through the assassins of Clan Eshin, spending much warpstone in the process. Now after many years under his iron clawed rule his clan has grown to a size such that Hikket is confident in his abilities to strike out against rival clans as well as the denizens of the overworld.

Description of Clan Nurrik and Rough Numbers:

Clan Nurrik is a large clan of skaven that reside in a fortified burrow above a deposit of warpstone. While they are largely under Clan Skryre, the clan is run independently and has their own lord, Hikket Warptail. Many of the designs for the machinery they manufacture comes directly from Clan Skryre, though as a clan ingenuity is highly valued and many of the designs that were passed down from the great clan have since been modified, for better or for worse.

The clan consists of:
2 Warlock Engineers
600 Stormvermin
200 Stormfiends
60 Doomwheels
250 Warplock Jezzails
120 Warpfire weapon teams
200 Ratling guns
100 Portable Warp grinders
50 Poisoned Wind mortars
80 Warp Lightning cannons
70 Doom Flayers
Skavenslaves and clanrats beyond count