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The skaven are a race of ratmen in Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy setting. They live in a series of tunnels beneath the rest of the world, plotting for the day when they will rise up and take over the rest of the world that dwells on the surface.
It is a fact that the if the Skaven were to unite as one against the world, they would eventually overwhelm everyone, so great are their numbers. However, Skaven are mistrusting and paranoid by nature, and that doesn't exclude their own kind. They constantly backstab each other for the sake of advancement, and care nothing for the lives of their fellows, unless they need them to overcome a scarier threat. Their society is divided up into hundreds of Clans. The majority of these are Warlord Clans, standard Skaven with nothing special to them. However, not all Warlord Clans are mundane, and there are some oddities, ranging from Clan Mors, with the largest population of any Clan, to Clan Rictus, with the largest concentration of Stormvermin (elite Skaven). However there are four Greater Clans who have reached an unparalleled place in Skaven society above the rest.
Clan Moulder is based in the far north, where they breed all sorts of monstrous beasts for war. They are a very wealthy Clan and rent out their beasts for other Skaven to use in war.
Clan Pestilens is based in the South part of the world, and has been the cause for both Skaven Civil Wars. They were considered lost in the South, but when they re-emerged, they were changed. They had become completely devoted to the Skaven god, the Horned Rat, in his aspect as the Bringer of Disease. They are immune to most diseases and use the very plagues they worship as deadly weapons against the other races.
Clan Eshin was also considered lost for a long time, travelling to the far East. When they returned, they had changed as well. They were now stealthy assassins, skilled in the art of the silent kill. They are feared throughout Skavendom as the long arm of the law. Their prices are exorbitant, but their results are unmatched.
Currently, the most powerful Clan is Clan Skryre. These Skaven have devoted themselves to the study of magic and blending it with insane science. Thus far, their engineering has yielded many deadly weapons ranging from the Ratling Gun (a gatling gun that fires pellets of warpstone) to the feared Warp-lightning Cannon (self-explanatory).
The Skaven are ruled by the Council of Thirteen. Below them are the Grey Seers, prophets of the Horned Rat and powerful sorcerors.
Skaven is the handle (nickname) of Peter Hajba, one of the musicians of the popular Finnish demoscene group Future Crew.
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