The devastation wrought by such invasions blots the sun behind palls of smoke, covering great portions of the world in a shroud of darkness. The largest Waaagh!s are the stuff of legend - the earth shaking beneath the immense armies that gather to march forth and destroy. Some Waaaghs!s travel a short distance before dispersing, while others have crossed half the known world, charting a zigzag course as utterly unpredictable as the Greenskins themselves. A Waaagh! generates untold fervour amidst the Greenskins and sweeps violently over everything in its path, irrevocably changing the landscape and laying bare swathes of territory. Ī small Waaagh! occurs when a few tribes unite to launch an attack, while a larger Waaagh! is an epoch-changing invasion that draws Orcs and Goblins from many thousands of miles around. Thus the living tidal wave of destruction known as a Waaagh! is born. The biggest Warbosses lead their tribe to so many victories and cause such commotion that lesser tribes flock from far away to join the mighty commander. This is partly because they all want to be on the winning side, but mainly because no mob wants to miss a good scrap. The world quakes in fear of the resounding roar of the Waaagh! OverviewĪll Greenskins want to fight alongside a powerful Warboss who has built a reputation for leading his tribe to victories. It is truly a sight to freeze the blood - an unstoppable sea of green-skinned monsters swarming across the horizon, whooping, jeering, and yelling their barbarous war cries. Ī Waaagh! is akin to a migrating invasion, when some successful Warboss throws everything he's got against his chosen enemy and all the other Orcs and Goblins flock to join him.

A Shaman can tap into that green power to blast foes or rouse Greenskins to greater heights of violence. Shamans, as Greenskins call their wizards, are also directly connected to their gods. It is the will of Gork and Mork made manifest, a power visible to Greenskins in many ways. 'Waaagh!', which is a guttural slang for the word 'War!', is an almighty phenomenon, an almost spiritual calling to war that fills every Greenskin with frenetic energy.

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