Chaotic Stupid: The Skaven are usually too busy scheming against each other and getting egoistic about their race's "superiority" to accomplish much. Which is a good thing cause even when they fight each OTHER their plots threaten cities, when the work together to combat a common threat they can destroy nations. Boneripper 3- The third Boneripper met his end at the hands of the Dwarf Snorri Nosebiter, an old friend of Gotrek Gurnisson, in the novel Dragonslayer.

Red Snow: The caravan that Gotrek and Felix are travelling with finds itself snowed in on a mountain village by an avalanche, while a bloodthirsty monster lurk in the crags. Temple of the Serpent: Thanquol is cast adrift from Lustria on a small boat with a dying Boneripper, who will likely not last long after Thanquol realises he has no food and starts to stare at Boneripper. True Companions: The recurring companions Gotrek and Felix have had with them on their travels. Max the wizard and Action Girl Ulrika (starting earlier on) with the slayers Bjorni, Ulli, Snorri, and Makaisson joining in later. Several of the slayers obviously complete their oath, and the survivors make their enemies pay dearly for every member lost. With Ulli, for example, Felix notes that while he didn't particularly like him, Ulli had been a friend and comrade on a desperate adventure. Seeing him cut down causes Felix to fly into such a killing rage, he scares the crap out of the beastmen who did it... well, those that survived the initial onslaught. Now Felix travels the world with his Dwarfish companion, finding the truth about just now nasty the world really is, fighting Evil and Chaos at every turn, and wondering how the hell he's going to survive anything that would be tough enough to kill Gotrek long enough to write about it?The Cavalry: In Daemonslayer, at the end of the first Skaven assault on the dwarf outpost, the defenders are badly drained and outnumbered after and fight they were unprepared for and are about to be rushed by the regrouped Skaven army, and their lot looks extremely dire — until a flight of gyrocopters arrives, starts bombing the Skaven and sends their army into a rout. Orcslayer: The first Gotrek and Felix novel to be written by Nathan Long. After having spent twenty years abroad in various adventures, Gotrek and Felix return to the Empire. Upon their return, Gotrek is charged by Prince Hamnir of Karak Hirn, who he owes a favor to, for his aid in retaking his city from the orcs. Thanatos Gambit: In Thanquol's Doom, a dying grey seer turns out to have replaced a relic that can summon daemons of their god with one fashioned from his own arm that summons a Khornate daemon to destroy its summoner. The Alcoholic: The typical Slayer is generally trying to do one of two things at any given moment: trying to get killed, or trying to get drunk.

Stormfiends as an elite unit, preferably customizable somehow from their array of weapons, or just simply ship them as seperate types. Mutual Kill: In Daemonslayer, while exploring Karag Dum, Gotrek and Felix come across the skeletons of two Chaos warriors impaled on each other's blades, having died to simultaneous strikes during battle. Violent Glaswegian: Malakai Makaisson. The author does a very good job of capturing the accent — although seeing as Bill King is Scottish, he'd have no excuse for failing to do so. Something of a joke on the Scottish-light accent that most fantasy dwarfs, including the others in the books, usually speak in. Thanks to him being an absolute blender in close combat, the opposing player is probably actively moving anything valuable away from him. You can just imagine Gotrek's rage at this. Skjalandir the Ancient, a mutated dragon from Dragonslayer. A local warlord fears him even though he literally has his army surrounding him.Canon Discontinuity: Nathan Long's novels set during and after the events of Storm of Chaos, as that storyline was entirely retconned in the jump from 6th to 7th edition. Some of this is given a lampshade in Giantslayer, as Felix is pulled through the Paths of the Old Ones and sees in it visions of events which happen in some of the short stories that were later retconned by newer stories. Felix thinks that these are divinations of possibilities of things that could have happened if things had been different. You ruined everything! Our glorious future, drowned in a tide of shit! I'll kill you! In Tzeentch's name, I'll kill you!" Qik - A hideously disfigured Grey Seer who earned his injuries at the hands of an ingenious Human Engineer named Werner Grunhelm. Qik sought vengeance on that man, as well as the Warlord Glut of Clan Famin, as his stinginess with the deployment of high-quality Skaven troops was one reason for Qik's disfigurement. The Drachenfels semi-sequel Beasts in Velvet is at least partially a follow-up to Skavenslayer and references events from Beastslayer, but in this series the events of that series are treated as having happened almost a generation before. Another change is about Snorri Nosebiter’s memory. In Dragonslayer, in an inner monologue, he already knows that he no longer remembers exactly the reason why he shaved his head and became a Slayer; however, it's not a big deal (in fact, he drinks to forget his crime). In Shamanslayer, not remembering his crime is now a great shame and an important plot point.

Screw This, I'm Outta Here: In Road of Skulls Canto the Unsworn (the only Chaos champion who doesn't worship Khorne) makes a run for it when Gotrek destroys his sword, then again just before the final battle (making him the only one to survive). He shows up again in The Lord of the End Times, the very last story in the setting, where he intentionally gets himself killed on the (correct, it turns out) reasoning that dying is the only real escape from what's coming. With Gotrek and Felix prisoners aboard his submersible, Thanquol planned to torture them to death in recompense for all they had done to him, but became distracted after a High Elf prisoner mentioned that they were trying to recover a Dark Elf weapon known as the 'Harp of Ruin'. Hungering to claim the Harp for himself and regain his prestige, Thanquol decided to release the duo into the path of the Druchii, hoping that they would cause enough destruction that Thanquol's forces could seize the Harp in the chaos. Thanquol's agents did succeed in stealing the Harp, but it was destroyed by Gotrek soon after and the Slayer came incredibly close to killing Thanquol himself; though the Grey Seer survived and fled once again, he lost his right hand to Gotrek's axe. And for a LH, hear me out. Skreech Verminking. Him and Thanquol had interesting chemistry as they were pretty much the duo that ruled over the united Under-Empire during the End Times. Maybe summon him through a ritual like Lizardmen do with Lord Kroak?Wide-Eyed Idealist: Before beginning his adventures with Gotrek, Felix was this while he was a student at Altdorf University, which made him a bit of a Soapbox Sadie, leading to his participating in the Window Tax riots, in which Gotrek killed several of the Emperor's elite Reiksguard cavalry to save Felix's life. In the drunken aftermath, Felix swore to follow Gotrek and recount his doom. And the rest, as they say, is history. White-fur? Seers are not to be trusted. Everywhere they scurry, hoarding their secrets, spreading their lies. Who knows what they whisper in distant ears. Is it same as were told to say-squeak? Is it what they squeak in other ears? Queek thinks no." Worthy Opponent: Gotrek comes to regard Garmr Hrodvitner as this towards the end of Road of Skulls, which is quite a lot. She Is All Grown Up: Kat when Gotrek and Felix run into her again in Shaman Slayer. Felix is a bit disturbed by her attraction to him. At first. Last of Their Kind: In Daemonslayer, Gotrek and Felix discover that there are still dwarfs living in hidden holds deep beneath the lost city of Karag Dum. It's explained that the surviving dwarfs of Karag Dum were split into five factions, each living in their own hidden holds. By the time the main characters arrive, only one remains whilst the other four were long lost to the besieging forces of chaos.

Interrupted Intimacy: This happens to Felix in The Two Crowns of Ras Karim short story. As usual, Gotrek is to blame. All Grey Seers have a particular field of expertise and Thanquol has chosen to study humans. From Tilea to the northern boundaries of the Empire, Thanquol has an extensive knowledge of the man-things' languages and history and has spent much time seeking the best ways to manipulate such creatures. Thanquol has had much success corrupting and bribing many individuas, building a nefarious network of informers and agents in many of the major human cities. TisquAfter more than twenty years of failed plots and schemes, the now elderly (for a Skaven) and nearly decrepit Thanquol finally has Gotrek and Felix at his mercy. He goes on a long monologue detailing how they have made his long life hell, ruining all of his plots and how they'll suffer for opposing him. Midway through, Felix has to ask "But... who are you?". Thanquol realizes that the foes he's hated for so much of his life have no idea who he is, and he rightfully loses his shit. Savage Wolves: There's the Ulfrgandr (Old Norse for "Wolf Monster"), a giant, indestructible Khornate Chaos Daemon that's in the shape of a massive daemonic wolf. A few references to adventures during the twenty year time jump between Giantslayer and Orcslayer, like the time the duo stayed the night in a Tomb King's... tomb. The Serpent Queen is full of these and was actually written to explain the previous example (it turns out that they were invited guests). Lightning Bruiser: Gotrek and Teclis, as well as Felix, to a certain extent. Most of the various Big Bads are this too. The most fervent servants of the Horned Rat are known as Grey Seers. Raised from birth to serve their unholy master, the Grey Seers are the spiritual advisers of the Skaven legions. They commune with their horned god, offering advice and seemingly daring their leaders to discount it in favour of their own plots and plans. Who can argue with the will of a god? Who would risk his wrath by ignoring his emissaries?"