Introducing the Marienburg Freeswords

Marshal Kurdt von Uffen
A vicious old fighter, Marshal Kurdt von Uffen is an exile form the manor of Nordstomland, near Marienburg, five years ago, and after many wanderings eventually found his way to be leader of the Marienburg Freeswords.

He leads the Eagle Confederation Knights, a tough band of younger sons of great and ambitious families, who have to leave home to make their fortunes.

He has a string of great victories behind him, and a serious dislike of beastmen: in fact anything with horns. Brave, impetuous, and bold.








Father Ulric the Black
A cleric who has seen it as his vocation to come to the borderlands and minister to the men who look to Sigmar for guidance. A reformed boozer and whorer, Ulric has long since gone on the straight and narrow. Unfortunately, he also believes everyone should be on the straight and narrow, and deals ruthlessly with his men, who have come to respect him, despite his ale-free ways.

Father Ulric is fearless and confident, and leads from the front.







Luddvig the Accursed
Luddvig the Accursed is a border prince exiled from Wissenland after being accused of murder – and like all the great leaders of the borderlands, he knows how to get his way, by force or other means.

The arrival of the Marienburg Freeswords, with Marshal von Uffen and Ulric the Black, has cramped Ludvvig's style, but as Marhsal von Uffen is his cousin, he felt unable to refuse.

A renowned strategist and perjurer, he was overcome by a rare bout of bravery, and whilst fighting in personal combat with the ogre tyrant, he was taken alive, and finally sacrificed to the Great Maw. His last words were said to have been 'At least my gold is safe!'




Uter the Bastard
Sixteen year old son of Luddvig. Luddvig never planned for his early death, and certainly never allowed any of his bastard sons to be recognised as his heir in case they over threw him. When he died suddenly, there was something of a tussle for his kingdom, but Uter's mother, a Tilean whore by the name of Countess Franzeska di Polionis, was quick to exile the other rivals, and install her son as king.

Uter is something of an unknown quantity amongst his subjects: but the fact he has banned his mother from court politics bodes well. She is currently locked in Ormshole Castle, the site of the great massacre of Prince Khorandis' advance guard.

The army of the 7th Sun (Tzintzuntzan)

What follows are extracts from the life works of Alessandro Del'Arvelli, an astronomer, scholar and one time explorer from the College of Verezzo in Tilea. He has spent his life studying the art and architecture, religion and culture of the Lizardmen and those they call the Citlalicue or 'Old Ones'. Now he can be found locked away in one of the towers of the college but at one time many years ago in his youth Del'Arvelli had journeyed to the lost continent of Lustria itself and explored first hand the ruins of some of those great cities.

...From what I can gather in the year of the Xlanax a sizeable host of the Lizardmen set out across the great ocean bound for the lands of men, more specifically the region known only as the 'badlands'. It is not totally clear as to the full motivation behind this undertaking but what is known is that the slann-mage Axayacatl had spent ten lunar rotations or two hundred years in deep meditation before awakening from his trance-like state and determining that such a journey were necessary. It is interesting to note that at this point the theft of a valuable artefact by a traveller from the east is widely mentioned throughout the glyphs and that while its recovery had long been given up there had come a time when it would be possible to right the wrong that had been perpetrated.

It is this humble scholar's opinion that this army known in the lizardmen tongue as Tzintzuntzan set out with the specific goal of tracking down and recovering this lost artefact that was to be found somewhere in the 'badlands'.

Little is written about Axayacatl also known as the 'high general' or Tlacochcalcatl. The slann-mage is mentioned in texts from Oyxhotl and as such I have arrived at a tentative conclusion that it hailed from this city, or at least is it's guardian.

Referred to in the same texts as Axayacatl is the scar veteran or Tlacateccatl known as Huitzilopochtli. This mighty warrior was created with the sole purpose of guarding Axayacatl as are all Cuauhtli or 'temple guard' spawned to protect the slann mages. Accounts of his deeds and glories in battle are quite wide ranging and much celebrated. It is written that he has been ordained by the Old Ones to right a great wrong and shall never fall in battle until a specific debt has been settled. Quite what this debt could be is unclear.

Attending on Axayacatl is the Tlamacazqui, the skink chief Itzli. His mention is only in passing and only in direct reference to the slann mage itself. Suffice to say Itzli holds great power and standing in the army. He is always depicted being borne into battle on a giant beast. I believe the creature to be the one they call a stegadon although my colleagues scoff at the notion believing them to be mere legend and long since extinct. I know better of course for I have seen the fearsome creatures in the flesh long ago and they exist...oh how terrifying an aspect are they that would turn the heart of even the most valiant knight.