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And they have me do things for them, as I once had them do for me-steal things, hide things, play turncoat to my own liege lord. I need the powder every day now or my eyes weep and my hands shake. I do not know at which point I ceased to be the master and became the slave, but they have me fast in their chains. They are in the walls, under the stones, in the canals, everywhere. Geography " They are watching me now, I know.

4.9 Strongholds within the Dwarfen Empire of Karaz Ankor.

4.1 Strongholds within the Clan-Empire (The Empire).

These cities were built either as a staging point for an invasion of the city above or from the wealth the fat upper city throws away. Most major Skaven strongholds or cities are within the vicinity of larger population centres like the cities of the Empire. Most of the vast territories that make up the Under-Empire are held by the larger stronger Skaven clans, with the smaller weaker clans having territories only a few square miles in size, usually in a backwater region of the Under-Empire.

The great city of Skavenblight acts as the capital of the Skaven race, and is situated at the very heart of the Under-Empire. Īs such, the Under-Empire is in actuality a loose confederation of smaller clan-based kingdoms that are only tied together by their utter belief in the Horned Rat, and the tyrannical ruling of the Council of Thirteen. Though the Council of Thirteen has direct and absolute control over Skavendom, they are utterly helpless to contain the inter-clan warfare that has engulfed much of the Skaven's long and arduous history. Though arguably one of the largest and perhaps the most vast empire in the entire Warhammer World, the Under-Empire is by no means an entirely unified nation. The Under-Empire, sometimes known as Skavendom, is the name given to the massive inter-continental, subterranean empire of the Skaven that holds uncounted miles of tunnels and passageways that stretch from the ice-capped mountains of the north to the damp swamp lands of the south, and from the great plains of the East to the lush jungles of the West. " Is it possible that the Skaven are no less than a manifestation, a dark and morbid reflection of mans cities, his civilisation, even his fears? Are not the Skaven, their religion, and their foul dank world not just a growing shadow and a dark twin of mans deep and barren nature?" - Passage from "The Malefactorum", by Professor Theodosius.