Beastmen

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Beastmen are savage humanoids, twisted by the taint of Chaos. They stand upright and appear to have the torsoes of men, but have hooves instead of feet and bestial faces which may share features with a range of creatures, but are usually a mixture of human and goat.

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Beastmen have little in the way of organized society or social structure, but they are reckless and bloodthirsty fighters, and as such are often found in the retinues of followers of Khorne. Beastmen hordes are led by the Gors, who are distinguished by having the largest horns. A few beastmen are able to insinctively use the winds of magic; these are the Bray-shamen. Lesser beastmen who are weaker and who have small, stubby horns are known as Ungors. Often in The Empire and Kislev a baby is born horned and hooved. These mutant offspring are often killed by Witch Hunters and servants of Sigmar, but many are carried into the woods by loving but insane parents, and left to join the Beasts.

There are several other less widespread chaotic creatures found in the Old World which often make common cause with the Beastmen. Minotaurs are fearsome bull-headed monsters driven by bloodlust and inhabiting the most dangerous parts of the forest. Centigors are wanderers and brigands who roam the northern wastes in small raiding parties, pillaging wagons and undefended settlements. Rarest of all are the almighty Dragon Ogre Shaggoths, kin of the dragon-kind and sustained in immortality by the primal power of lightning. All these creatures, and more besides, are called the Children of Chaos. They are marked with mutation and their evil souls belong indisputably to the Runinous Powers.