Vermalanx

Vermalanx is a Verminlord Corruptor of the Clans Pestilens. He was the primary agent of the Great Horned Rat in the Realm of Ghyran throughout the War of Life until he was destroyed by Alarielle during the Realmgate Wars.^[1a][2b][2d]

History

Age of Chaos

• His coven of thirteen Plague Priests perform a hideous ritual that rots reality itself around the sylvaneth greenhold of the Vitreous Vale.^[1a]
• Despite him realizing that capturing Alarielle would be key to victory in the War of Life, his agents fail to find her throughout the Age of Chaos.^[2b]
• He becomes the patron of the Plague Priest Kratsik and his followers, the Brotherhood of the Red Boil.^[2a]

Age of Sigmar

• With promises of a spell that could capture a Stormcast Eternal, he convinces the Grey Seer Skurrik to steal an ancient urn from Nurgle's Manse. Vermalanx then gives the urn to Kratsik and orders him to burn its contents in his Plague Furnace near the corrupted realmgate in the Glade of Horned Growths. He fully expects the sylvaneth to attack to stop the foul rot-smog that will be produced, and then he will capture the tree-things and use them to find Alarielle.^[2b]
• The sylvaneth attack proves stronger than expected and Kratsik and his followers are annihilated. Vermalanx considers it a success, however, for he discovers that one of the sylvaneth's allies, the Stormcast Eternal Gardus Steel Soul, knows the way to Alarielle's hidden vale of Athelwyrd.^[2c]
• When Vermalanx attempts to ambush Alarielle during the Battle of the Hidden Vale, the goddess binds him with life magic and destroys him by causing an oak to sprout from within him.^[2d]

Sources

• 1: Battletome: Skaven (2019)‎
  • 1a: Rise of the Under-Empire, pg. 18
• 2: The Realmgate Wars: Quest for Ghal Maraz
  • 2a: Kratsik of the Red Boil, pg. 70-71
  • 2b: Vermalanx the Corruptor, pg. 74-75
  • 2c: The Battle for the Glade, pg. 76-81
  • 2d: Alarielle, Queen of the Radiant Wood, pg. 124-127