But their gods and the acts performed in their service are fundamentally corrupting. The vast majority of them are not necessarily evil and are still humans that feels all emotions and experiences. While most mortals assemble into barbarous tribes they also include fallen arcane sects, cursed knightly orders and degenerate cults. While outnumbered by the dead, Skaven, Grots and the Beasts of Chaos they have conquered much more vigorously. Since the Age of Chaos the Slaves to Darkness are the most widespread human inhabitants of the Mortal Realms, even more in more primal realms such as Aqshy and Ghur.

Piles of stacked skulls mark the passage of Chaos hordes and grim monoliths raised in tribute to the Dark Gods intermittently pierce the horizon and radiate a sinister aura. Here the wind carries the scent of death, the ground is wracked with tectonic agony. Most lands beyond SigmarвЂ™s nascent cities are domains of the Slaves to Darkness. Those champions that can combine mutiple warbands are known as Godsworn Overlords, surrounded by lesser warlords known as Champions of Ruin. Many are their reasons and excuses but their path can only end three ways: by death, by becoming a Chaos Spawn or by ascension to immortality as a Daemon Prince. ДЄcross all the Mortal Realms creatures of all races and hues may turn to the dark gods. Their Tribes are the most prevalent human culture in the Mortal Realms, with many of them numbering in the hundreds of thousands. Slaves to Darkness are the mortal followers of the Chaos gods, from barbaric warriors riding across burning plains or hidden cultists plotting the downfall of their own city.

Archaon leading the diverse forces of the Slaves to Darkness.

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