The Warriors of Chaos, also known as the Hordes of Chaos, the Followers of Chaos, the forces of Chaos Undivided, the forces of Chaos, the Northern Barbarians, or simply just the Northmen, are the names given to a race of savages, warlike tribes of Human barbarians that occupy the harsh and unforgiving lands of the uppermost north of the mortal world, known in the lands of the Old World as the dreaded Northern Wastes. There, the mortal plane mingles with the hellscape of the Realm of Chaos.

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The civilized peoples consider the northern barbarians to be the enemies of all the Known World, whose unwavering worship of the uncaring and sadistic pantheon of the major Chaos Gods has given them a single, driving motive to usher in the inevitable downfall of all mortal kind into their hellish enslavement and ultimate extinction. Out of all the many threats the Old World must face, none strikes such fear and misery into the hearts of Men like the Followers of Chaos. Slaves to darkness all, they have given themselves wholly to the Ruinous Powers, some willingly, others because they felt they had no other choice.

Chaos itself is a corrupting influence upon the world, like a dark, malign cancer that eats at the minds of all those who live within the boundaries of the Known World. No single mortal race, no matter how noble or powerful, will ever be safe from their barbaric invasions, nor are they safe from the seductive whispers of the Dark Gods. However, out of all the mortal races that Chaos has corrupted over the centuries, perhaps the greatest and most numerous of their followers are those of Mankind.

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The race of Men is a paradox upon the world, for although they are considered the world's greatest defenders against the darkness that is Chaos, they also number among Chaos' greatest and most numerous servants. The corruption of Chaos runs deep within the blood of Men, and its influence upon Human history has shaped the founding of entire nations.

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From the Northern Wastes, armies in service to the Dark Gods would attack the Southern lands time and again, slaughtering without reason, pillaging that which is not nailed down, and just simply wreaking wanton destruction to the kingdoms of the Old World.

 

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