Lord Rib Tec Arrives

Zaki bowed his head as Lar-ax dismounted from his Horned- One, the beast staring into the bubble with the same confusion that met most of his kind. Lord Rib-Tec emerged onto the battle field with his entourage of ancient bodyguards. Their weapons dared not to gleam under the clouds that gathered over head as the winds of magic began to succumb to Rib-Tec’s will. Zaki gazed to the heavens as all the colours of the winds seemed to spiral around his Lord’s presence.

Zaki had always strived to serve his Lord best he could and with the latest battles he lead his scaled brethren well. Now the Mage Priest himself was ready to set up a battle to break the End Times that soon loomed near. The battle field before him and his elite Saurus guard was that of metal and monsters. The metal clad ratmen were the staring directly at Lord Rib Tec and were defiling the air by just breathing it. To the East the monstrosities awaited. A heavy unit of massive Rat Ogres stood on the flank with one standing atop the largest as a mount. Their puss filled living corpses were over shadowed by the vile creation that towered over them, it’s skin stitched together with rope as it folded over and over again on itself. Bones perturbed out of its many limbs along with blades that shone a deathly green.

Looking to his own troops Lord Rib-Tec choose 26 of the finest Saurus warriors available to hold off the Rat Ogre horde along with a young vicious Stegadon to try withstand the inevitable onslaught of Skaven creatures. For the other side of the battle, 3 ripperdactyls to vanguard the attack.

The Ratmen chattered their battle cry and it insulted the amphibious lord. With a blink, he sent the winged beasts to fly behind the Storm Vermin to harass their flanks, the Saurus trenched forwards making a block of spears for the large Rat Ogres and the monstrous Hellpit along with the Stegadon to manouver into position for a devastating charge. Finally the Slann and his Temple Guard moved forward to meet the Skaven head on. With a gulp of the magical air around him he gave a slight glance at his foe and cursed them and all their defiled possessions.

The Ratmen returned the intimidation and stepped forward, the Monsters attempting to charge but slipping and sliding in the process. The Storm Vermin ran from the winged predators trying to take down the Slann and his devoted and make the most of their numbers which clearly outnumbered their enemy.

It was at this point the Ripperdactyls dived into the Storm Vermin’s rear and began to go into a fitted state of rage. Before the battle Ziki, Zaki’s Chieftain Brother had taken a unit of chameleon skinks and placed a series of lustrian bloat toads in the units nests to engross them with the sent of the Ripperdactyl’s most hated enemy. With a bellowing roar the Saurus and the Stegadon both charged head long into the Rat Ogre unit. The Skaven General moved with a grin on his face to face the young brash Stegadon head on. His weapon glowed almost as if it was ethereal, his eyes glowed with sneaky pride at the opportunity he had before him to add a new name to his. However today was not to be his day…

The horned beast charged into the Rat Ogre and threw the armed Ratman off his balance causing him to miss his blow. The Ogres returned the favour at the Saurus warriors and took down a score of the Lizardmen, but once again the resilient Saurus powered through with military persision and primeval fury. The Rat Ogres were cut down and run down by the scaled foot soldiers but they then faced the terror of the Hellpit that awaited them. It charged into the Saurus making short work of their numbers and then turned it’s attention to the stubborn Stegadon. Holfing it’s ground, the Stegadon fell under the crushing power of the unholy beast and it’s warpstone flails. Giving a bellowing raor it turned it’s attention to the magical energy that filled the air. Lord Rib-Tec was directly in its line of sight, and it was feeding time.

On the other flank the battle was far more one sided. The Skaven swung their halberds for the flying beasts but only managed to hit a few times, the unit being confused by the rear attack and trying to concentrate on the other unit in front of them. Just as the Ripperdactyls were cut down they were interrupted by the charge of the Slann’s temple guard. The combination of the Saurus mastery of their weapons and the Slann’s magic proved too much and the iron coated ratmen were cut down.

As the final rat was run down the Hell Pit made its move and moved towards Lord Rib Tec. Predicting the inevitable, the Slann gave life back to his ancient warriors who had fallen in the battle to protect him, his devoted slaves complying without question as death did not stop their sacred duty. The Saurus were also blessed with great speed and skills from their ancestors, they took the charge of the monstrosity and returned the blows with the golden weapons.

 The creature fell… but as like the Saurus, death did not keep the creature down. Raising its head, it gave a mighty cry and began to try hit the Temple Guard back. The Revered Guardian of the unit stepped forward and struck his halberd down upon the neck of the Hellpit. The ground opened beneath the beast as a small swarm of rats came to try and fend off the Lizardmen and it was only as the last of the swarms were killed off, did they notice that the unholy body of the Hellpit had been taken. The Skaven had managed to take their beast back… Their experiment to perfect… Zaki looked on from his hill top and all he could think of was not how his Lord had performed in the battle, not of relief for his brother being safe… but of questions that floated around his mind… how many of those things were there? And how many would he need to kill himself?

Lizardmen victory: 3pts

Fully Painted army: 3pts

New Lord/ Heros/ units: 3pts

Battle Report: 1pts

Lizardmen Total: 10pts