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Hollowmourne

The crest of the Hollowmourne court, a dark mirror of the crossed blades that once symbolised their oath to the emperor.

The Hollowmourne is a Grand Court of the Flesh-Eater Courts .[1]

History

In the Age of Myth, the ancestors of the court served a mighty empire that spanned the Mortal Realms and in particular were favoured servants of the Emperor. Royal warriors from the Realm of Chamon, they were known as the Knights of the Hollowmourne and were tasked with guarding hidden enchanted vaults that housed mighty relics discovered by their ruler. This duty they carried out until the Age of Chaos as they, like so many others were overwhelmed by the forces of Chaos. [1c]

Survivors of the Order still roamed the realms, trying to survive and fight back but as they kept moving rations ran out and they turned to cannibal, devouring their servants and eventually their mounts - an act which broke their minds. The members of the Grand Court still consider themselves part of their ancient noble order, devouring corpses that they confuse with relics they are keeping safe.[1c]

During their movements, Flesh-eaters of the Court discovered Bloodreavers feasting on the dead and outraged they charged and wiped them out before themselves devouring all the dead. [1b]

Religion

Flesh-Eaters of this court are well known as devout believers, seeing Nagash as the only true god and declaiming all other deities as false gods. They destroy any temples or monuments to such pretenders and slaughtering their worshippers as idolaters, having overthrown altars to Gorkamorka, laying waste to cities that have errected statues to the glory of Sigmar and toppling great icons to the gods of Chaos. The bones of the dead worshippers are then used to create a new effigy to the Great Necromancer. [1a]

Sources

Flesh-Eater Courts Death
Background Curse of UshoranKingsblood CurseWar of Red Errantry
Sapients AbhorrantsMordants
Magic Lore (Madness) • Unit-specific Spells
Grand Courts
Grand Courts BlisterskinGristlegoreHeartgashHollowmourneMorgauntWargspine Citadel
Lesser Courts Carnedine CortegeClatterbone CourtCrookfang KingdomDreamgheistFallow CourtGibbering CourtsGluttonous CarnivalHalfblood CourtsSanguine CourtSuppurating CourtSunderborne CourtWitherclaw
Units
Abhorrant Archregent - Cardinal - Ghoul king - Gorewarden
Courtier Crypt Ghast - Crypt Haunter - Crypt Infernal - Varghulf
Ghouls Crypt Flayer - Crypt Ghoul - Crypt Horror - Marrowscroll Herald
Beasts Royal Terrorgheist - Royal Zombie Dragon
Special Unique GormayneGrymwatchSkinnerkinUshoran
Endless Spells Cadaverous BarricadeChalice of UshoranCorpsemare Stampede
Scenery Charnel Throne
Characters
Deities & Mortarchs NagashUshoran
Vampire AtheldadeCarrion KingFangheartGalanGloomheartGoretalonGristlegobHorgloomKorlockMaldorosMarrowthirstPrince of CrowsShivergoreSkinless SultanSplinterbloodSplinterboneThyador DurensteinZernmeister
Mordant Grymwatch (CrakmarrowMaster TalonNight's HeraldRoyal ButcherValreek) • Urglom
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