Grey Seer
Grey Seers are powerful masters of dark sorcery and members of the Skaven Masterclan. [4d]
There are few of them compared to other Skaven, less in total than many minor clans. [4d]
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Abilities
Able to unleash a powerful arsenal of profane magic, ripping open the very land to devastate enemies with poison fumes or swarms of vermin. They can conjure tempests and firestorms and quickly cross the battlefield with great 'skitterleaps' but can also go to war on top of devastating Screaming Bells. [4d]
Society
The Grey Seers vie with the Great Clans for seats on the Council of Thirteen. [4a] However they portray themselves to the other skaven as no more powerful than any of the other Lords of Decay, merely enacting the will of the Council. [4d]
As the prophets of the unified Horned Rat deity, they seek to enact his will whatever the cost (to other skaven) and often operate behind the scenes only venturing forth with at least a large bodyguard of albino Stormvermin. [4d]
History
Age of Myth
Along with the ancestors of the first Great Clans, the Grey Seers are released into the Mortal Realms by the Great Horned Rat. [4b]
Age of Sigmar
- The entire Order are summoned to gather at the Chasm of Shattered Questions. [4b]
- A coven of seers summons Skreech Verminking himself to lead the final asssault on Anvilheim. [4b]
- Following the disastrous attempted invasion of the Realm of Shyish by Things-master Snitterskritch, Blight City itself is flooded with undead hordes but no coherent defence can be organised due to infighting until Grey Seer Thanquol orchestrates the successful defeat of the dead. He vanishes before the Council can in turn crush such a powerful and successful rival. [4b]
Notable
- Hyskrik: Part of the Felltalon swarm led by Clawlord Skrakh. [4e]
- Krektus: Outdoing his allies in Clan Shrok he is a pivotal force in defeating the Sylvaneth at the Battle of the Six Twisting’s. [4b]
- Nezslik: He commissioned Skowl Scorchpaw to steal a Daemon summoning bell from a Chaos Cult. [3]
- Reeknik: A Grey Seer who attempted to reach the fabled heart of the Wyrd-Engine, he concentrated on destroying the Fyreslayers attempting the same and did not notice the vast army of ghouls that lurked below both forces. This would be a fatal mistake. [1]
- Skretch: He sacrificed the heart of his rival Kwirrk to summon a Verminlord and gain a seat on the Council of Thirteen. [4a]
- Skitterik: Part of the assault by Lord Hakkrit on Mausol, he sought to gain its treasures for himself. [4b]
- Skurrik A Grey Seer utterly obsessed with the energy that drives living things with the goal of creating an army of arcane super-beings. Participated in the War of life of the Realmgate Wars. [2]
- Thanquol: A legend from the World-that-Was. [4b]
Miniatures
Sources
- 1: Battletome: Flesh-Eater Courts (2016) - War of the Wyrd-Engine, pg. 64-66
- 2: The Realmgate Wars: Quest for Ghal Maraz - The Battle for the Glade, pg. 89-94
- 3: Inferno! Volume 2 No Honour Among Vermin (short story)
- 4: Battletome: Skaven (2019)
- 5: Warscrolls