Because they are so incredibly reliant on ambush tactics, they suffer greatly if they do not get a good opportunity to sneak around undetected in the early parts of the battles and get flanking charges off.
This warrior elevated Mankind from a collection of loosely organised tribesmen into the massive empire it is today. Then a man came bearing a golden hammer that was the bane of all enemies, and united the human tribes, challenging the Beastmen for dominance of the lands. They are found in the greatest numbers throughout the Chaos Wastes of the northern and southern polar regions.įor thousands of years the Beastmen and their night-bred kin ruled the forests, preying upon the scattered bands of men as wolves upon sheep. They are most numerous towards the north, such as the dark forests that cover the Empire and the harsh wildernesses of Kislev.
Throughout the world, Beastmen thrive upon the edges of civilization, raiding isolated farmsteads, villages, and other settlements.
'In that time of darkness, man became beast, and beast became man.'īeastmen are known as the Children of Chaos, and this is true to a literal extent for they are unnatural creatures, born from men and beasts when Chaos first brought its scourges upon the world in the cataclysmic Time of Chaos.
