Skaven

Kill-kill the man-thing!

Skaven live in a series of tunnels beneath the rest of the world, plotting for the day when they will rise up and take over the world that dwells on the surface.

Physiology
Skaven are an evil, sentient race of rat-like creatures bent on taking over the world.

Culture
Skaven have a clan based society. There are hundreds of Skaven clans, but only four have power in Skaven society. These four clans are Clan Eshin (The Assassins), Clan Moulder (The Beast Masters), Clan Pestilens (The Plague Lords), and Clan Skryre (The Engineers). These four clans hold most of the power in Skaven society, and therefore have the largest number of followers.

The clan social hierarchy is functionally the same for each clan, although no clan would admit this. Every clan views itself as superior to all the other clans. Because of this, each clan maintains its own naming scheme for the social ranks within the clan.

Each clan has a champion chosen within its ranks based on criteria unique to that clan.

Reputation
Humans remain mostly ignorant of the Skaven, which the ratmen take great effort to ensure continues. Those who do know of their existence tend to classify them as merely a sub-breed of Beastmen rather than as a unique race. The humans most knowledgeable about the Skaven are the "sewerjacks", city watchmen whose job it is to patrol the sewers of large cities.

Racial Traits

 * Skaven tend to have higher than average Wisdom, and lower than average Intelligence
 * Skaven have one rank in Super Senses: Low-Light Vision
 * Native languages: Archaean