History Characters / WarhammerAgeOfSigmarGrandAllianceDeath

The Hollow King, Cado Ezechiar was the ruler of a proud Shyishian kingdom in the Age Of Myth. After his kingdom and all his people were destroyed by the actions of a Tzeentchian sorceress, he accepted Neferata's offer to become a Soulblight Vampire to seek revenge.

* SpiritAdvisor: The Court Of The Lost; the spirits of nine of Cado's immediate family and friends, who advise him on his quest. The most commonly seen of these is Sonia, his tutor in life, whose knowledge of the Mortal Realms is incredibly vast and makes for a convenient MsExposition whenever needed.

* AbnormalAmmo: Rather than simple boulders, the osseous catapults known as Mortek Crawlers have a choice of three arcane forms of ammunition: Cauldrons of Torment, which contains a mass of tortured spirits whose screams drive their victims mad; has three principal types of ammunition; Cursed Stele that unleash a deadly hex upon those who have harmed the Crawler; and a cluster of Necrotic Skulls that unleash the magic of the Realm of Death against the enemy.

* HealingFactor: The blood of an Abhorrant Ghoul King or Archregent is saturated with the dark life energy of a vampire and is capable of healing almost any wound. This unnatural vitality is so powerful that it will even heal those mordants that ingest it, allowing Crypt Haunter Courtiers and Crypt Horrors to share their liege's healing ability.

* TomeOfEldritchLore: Penned by the Supreme Lord of the Undead himself, the Nine Books of Nagash are the greatest works of necromancy ever written as they contain the entirety of Nagash's near-endless arcane knowledge. Nagash carries these profane tomes with him at all times, allowing him to cast and [[{{Counterspell}} unbind]] a number of extra spells every turn.

* UndyingLoyalty: Arkhan has served Nagash since before the creation of the Mortal Realms and continues to be unflinchingly loyal to the God of the Dead no matter what, to the point that even his fellow Mortarchs sometimes think of him as nothing mor than an extension of Nagash's will.

The undead remnants of ancient empires, the Deathrattle Kingdoms wage war against the living that now inhabit their former territories. The skeletal legions of these empires are driven to battle by the undying ambitions of their Wight Kings as they attempt rebuild the former glory of their lost kingdoms. They serve as (more or less) the ''Age of Sigmar'' counterpart to the Tomb Kings (at least in terms of their direct independence from Nagash) of ''Warhammer Fantasy''.

* ArchEnemy: The Burning Hand, a Tzeentchian Sorceress who destroyed his kingdom and slaughtered his people at the dawn of the Age Of Chaos. He's been hunting her ever since (and any other Chaos worshippers he finds), but always one step behind.

%%* EnemyMine: Nagash still holds the Flesh-eater Courts responsible for the destruction wrought by Ushoran, but that doesn't stop him from pressing the ghouls into his service many times.%%Source required
* EnemySummoner: All Flesh-eater Courts Heroes are able to summon extra models to the battlefield as they all upon those mordants skulking on the fringes of the battle. Courtiers can only add models to units already on the table, while royal Abhorrants' Command Abilities allow them to call new units to the battlefield.

* WingedHumanoid: Crypt Flayers, and their Crypt Infernal leaders, are massively muscled and mutated [[OurGhoulsAreCreepier mordants]] that poses large, leathery winged forearms. Created when a ghoul is fed the flesh of a great winged monster mixed with the blood of an Abhorrent Ghoul King, these flying nightmares sore through the air above the armies of the Flesh-eater Courts, acting as scouts and hunters for their land-bound fellows.
* WingsDoNothing: Abhorrant Archregents have small, bat-like wings sprouting from their forearms. These vestigial wings do not give the Archregent the Fly ability, however, doing nothing more than add to the Abhorrant's monstrous appearance.

* IHaveManyNames: The Carrion King was known by many names and titles by those various civilisations of the Mortal Realms before he was cursed by Nagash and became the first Abhorrant. Some of these names include: the Blood Rose Prince, Sumeros Summerking, and Ushoran the Handsome[[note]]The name of the founder of one of the vampire bloodlines from ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}''[[/note]].
* MonsterProgenitor: The Carrion King was the first Abhorrent, a powerful vampire cursed to take on a monstrous form before being imprisoned and driven mad by reflected lies. Upon his escape, the Carrion King began to spread both his curse vampirism and his madness, creating the Abhorrent strain of vampire that lead the Flesh-eater Courts.

Artificial constructs of bone possessed by modified souls, the Ossiarch Bonereapers are a form of undead specifically designed for war. Created during the Age of Myth as Nagash's perfect warriors, but they were not fully unleashed until the Necroquake flooded the Mortal Realms. Now the Ossiarch legions march to war and the only way to stay their hand is to pay the Tithe of Bone and surrender the skeletal remains of the dead. They serve as (more or less) the ''Age of Sigmar'' counterpart to the Tomb Kings (though these folks are unquestionably under Nagash's thumb) of ''Warhammer Fantasy''.

* TheFettered: Extremely so; despite being a vampire, Cado has a very strict moral code he refuses to break under any circumstances. He'll only feed on the followers of Chaos, even if it means nearly starving. He won't kill or permanently harm anyone he considers innocent, even if they're threatening his life (which they do a lot, since he's a vampire). Most situations he gets into could be solved ''very'' quickly if he were more willing to act like other Soulblights, but he refuses.

* TheGoodKing: In life, near the end of the Age of Myth, Cado Ezechiar was a revered, just and moral king, albeit one blind to the corruption in his kingdom.
* KnightInSourArmor: He internally muses on how meaningless acts of justice are, how hopeless the Mortal Realms have become, how the efforts of mortals to save themselves are ultimately futile, right before jumping in to heroically save said mortals from some threat or another.

* TheFettered: Extremely so; despite being a vampire, Cado has a very strict moral code he refuses to break under any circumstances. He'll only feed on the followers of Chaos, even if it means nearly starving. He won't kill or permanently harm anyone he considers an innocent, even if they're threatening his life (which they do a lot, since he's a vampire). Most situations he gets into could be solved ''very'' quickly if he were more willing to act like other Soulblights, but he refuses.

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!!Ushoroan, Mortarch of Delusion

!!The Carrion King

The undead remnants of ancient empires, the Deathrattle kingdoms wage war against the living that now inhabit their former territories. The skeletal legions of these empires are driven to battle by the undying ambitions of their Wight Kings as they attempt rebuild the former glory of their lost kingdoms. They serve as (more or less) the ''Age of Sigmar'' counterpart to the Tomb Kings (at least in terms of their direct independence from Nagash) of ''Warhammer Fantasy''.

* DemBones: The Deathrattle kingdoms are populated by the skeletal remnants of their long dead populations. The majority of these Deathrattle skeletons are the reanimated remains of average citizens raised as near mindless workers and warriors who serve as slaves an {{cannon fodder}} for their masters, while the elite Grave Guard and Black Knights were once noble warriors and minor nobles who retain much of their martial skill and wield weapons saturated with baleful magic.
* EnemyMine: It's occasionally mentioned that many of the Deathrattle Kingdoms work with the Soulblight Gravelords in order to be exempted from the Tithe of Bone enforced by the Ossiarch Bonereapers.

* SkeletalMusician: Deathrattle units are often accompanied by skeletal Hornblowers, their the ethereal notes of their ancient instruments compelling their fellows to greater speed when they charge into combat[[note]] represented on the tabletop by units with Hornblowers always charging the maximum distance[[/note]].
* UndeadLaborers: When not waging war, the skeleton thralls of the Deathrattle kingdoms work tirelessly to rebuild their ruined civilisation for the glory of their masters, their tireless nature meaning that they will endlessly continue their menial tasks until they crumble to dust.

* DependingOnTheAuthor: In most stories he's an unrepentantly treacherous monster; in Josh Reynolds stories....he's still an evil treacherous monster but is capable of having some moments of nobility (notably forming a genuine friendship with Tarsus Bullheart and his companions, and genuinely working with the Hallowed Knights to save him.

* TookALevelInKindness: Downplayed. Nagash is still an OmnicidalManiac, but he's far more reasonable than he was before the End Times. Justified, as he's a CompositeCharacter of Nagash and several other, probably nicer, Death Gods.

The Soulblight Gravelords are the legions and dynasties of undead led by [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Soulblight Vampires]]. On those cold and misty nights where the skies are darkest and winds are howling, the Gravelord host rise from their coffins and crypts and march under the eerie glow of the realms moons with the sound of shrieking bats and howling wolves. Directed by the will of their deathless counts, they are a constant scourge upon the living.

The undead remnants of ancient empires, the Deathrattle kingdoms wage war against the living that now inhabit their former territories. The skeletal legions of these empires are driven to battle by the undying ambitions of their Wight Kings as they attempt rebuild the former glory of their lost kingdoms.

* RevenantZombie: Wight are skeleton versions of this, people who had goals so strong in life they forced themselves back into their bodies (though occasionally with a little necromantic help) and picked their bones up right where they left.

Artificial constructs of bone possessed by modified souls, the Ossiarch Bonereapers are a form of undead specifically designed for war. Created during the Age of Myth as Nagash's perfect warriors, but they were not fully unleashed until the Necroquake flooded the Mortal Realms. Now the Ossiarch legions march to war and the only way to stay their hand is to pay the Tithe of Bone and surrender the skeletal remains of the dead.