However, for all they posses in such skill to rise to the top, so too do their flaws that equal such benefits.
They will ally only when it suits them and a quick to back stab them just as quickly. They are cunning, cruel and manipulative. They are egomaniacs, obsessed with their own greatness and believe that they and they alone are chosen and favoured of the Great Horned Rat. Skaven are a cross between the darkest aspects of our society and a cartoon villain. Blight City is also hinted that it may have been the original Skaven city (called Skavenblight back in the days of Warhammer Fantasy Battles) and that this city no much larger and is founded on a mass of Warpstone (Magical rock fully corrupted by Chaos according to this book). Not much is given from the world that was other then the Great Horned Rat saved some of his children and placed them in the various Mortal Realms, commanding them to spread and multiply. Like all these revamped factions, the Lore section covers events from the Age of Myth up to current events (which in this case is the Soul Wars).
