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Character I made up when i had some free time

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Hey guys this is just a character i thought would be helpful to an ogre army, give any feedback you would like. I will be thankful for all of it. I havent really worked out the fluff yet, i only have a tiny little bit to go with.

Gorghut was once an Irongut under the service of a relatively small tribe of ogres. When the former tyrant died he was the next in line for the title of tyrant. Though one fateful evening when most of the tribe lay sleeping Gorghut had a problem which would change the rest of his life. An ogre who also wanted the title of Tyrant had Gorghut beaten and banished from the Tribes land. After Gorghut was banished he roamed the mountains of mourn for many days unti one day he had an encounter. The encounter was a vison sent to him by the Great Maw itself. The Maw had told Gorghut that he must serve him by taking the lives of hundreds and turning them into screams. They would be the fuel for Gorghut's lust for the power which he was denied in his old tribe. His first victims of course where all the members of his former tribe. Their screams proved to Gorghut that turning life to screams wasnt hard at all.

Gorghut Haglash, Master of the Five Tortures

   M  WS  BS  S  T  W  I  A  Ld
Gorghut     6  7   4     5   5   5  5  6  7

Points: 300

Weapons & Armour: Instruments of torture, Torture rack, Heavy armour, Mask of Screaming

Souls.

SPECIAL RULES
Unit strength
Gorghut and the Torture rack have a unit strength of 6

Instruments of torture
The instruments of torture are gastly and grotesque tools with which Gorghut has become
extremely effective in the use of. The instruments of torture count as magical hand weapons.

Torture rack
This is the greatest tool in Gorghut's arsenal. The torture rack is a nothing more than two
pieces of wood nailed and tied together to form a cross. Hundreds of souls have met their
untimely end on the Torture rack. The torture rack is a very powerful symbol of fear and
death. Gorgut can at the beginging of his combat phase choose to eithers set up or take down
his Torture rack. When the torture rack is set up and Gorghut is within 12" he has the
option of making his regular amount of attacks in his combat phase or he may attempt take
one of his opponents by force and begin his macabre work. If Gorghut chooses to take one of
his opponets then he may not make any other attacks of any kind. Once he has his victim
Gorghut must choose what form of torture he wishes to use and must test to see if the victim
acts in the desired way. Gorghut must return to his torture rack to perform his wicked
deeds. The forms of torture are as follows.

SCREAM for me!!!!!!!: 3+
Gorghut wishes to make his victim's pain felt throughtout his foes, This can shatter the
spirits of even the most experianced veterans. If successful than his victim screams in pain
and agony un-nerving all his fellows. For the remainder of the game the unit that the victim
was taken from will have -1 Ld for all panic test. This effect is not cumulative and can
only affect up to 3 units on the board.

Let's see what you're made of!: 4+
In this rather messy form of torture Gorghut attempts to show his opponents "what they're
made off", this of course is in the most literal sense. Gorghut ties his victims up to the
Torture rack and splits them open for all to see. This has the very great effect of making
most enimies run in fear. If successful then the unit that the victim was taken from must
imediately take a panic test. If the unit fails than they must move double theie movement
rate directly in the exact opposite direction from  the front of Gorghut. This may take a
unit both off the board or into impassible terrain.

They aint nothin special!: 5+
Gorghut attempts to show his fellow orges that the enemy is nothing special especially when
compared to an ogre. Gorghut ties his opponent to the torture rack and procedes to show his
brothers the tiny weak insides of his victim which inspires them to fight with even more
ferosity. All ogre units within 18" of Gorghut when he performs this torture technique will
gain +2 to their combat resolution.

INFORMATION!!!!!!!!: 5+
Gorghut wishes to extract information from his unfortunate victim as to their fellow
fighters. Gorghut cuts and beats and slashes at his victim waiting for them to scream out
the knowledge he wants. The unit that the victim cam from must imediately declare if it has
any hidden characters and declare all magical items in it. In addition to declaring all
characters and items the unit can not move during the next movement phase as they believe
that their friend has divulged information to Gorghut.

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: 6+
This is not so much a form of torture as more a form of pleasure for Gorghut. Gorghut rips
and tears at his victims flesh and bone while listening to his victims screams which only
serve to fuel his bloodlust even further resulting in more pain for the victim. This does
also thought have the effect of sending some of the other members of his victims unit crazy
at the sight of this blood fueled pain fest. The unit that Gorghut took his victim from must
immediately take a apnic test at -2 Ld. If the unit fails this test then it must remove D6
models from the board to represent the people who have gone mad at the sight of their fellow
fighter beinging torn to shreds for pleasure. The models removed count towards combat
resolution and victory points.

Mask of Screaming Souls
This mask was a gift from a butcher who had admired Gorghut's work on the battle field. It
was said to be blessed by the great maw and gives the wearer the ability to relive moments
of victory. For Gorghut the only kind of victory is the infliction of pain on his victims.
As such when the mask recalls moments of victory for Gorghut all that can be herd are the
screams of the countless numbers of victims that have met their end at Gorghut's hands.The
mask is now worn into battle by Gorghut and helps to establish his crazed want for spilt
blood. The Mask of Sreaming Souls gives Gorhut the killing blow ability in combat. This does
not apply to when he using his torture rack.
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