![]() Yet if the risks are great, then the rewards are greater still, and so every member of the Black Guard serves without faltering until death claims him. However, this promised generosity seldom requires fulfilment, for there are many ways to perish in Malekith's service - not least as a scapegoat for his frustrations. Those Black Guard that survive their arduous tour of duty go on to become rulers of cities, leaders of armies and favoured members of the Witch King's court. When the aspirants finally come of age and their training is completed, Malekith pledges each of them great wealth and lands, which will be theirs if they serve him well for two hundred years. Īs they mature, these fledgeling fighters are regularly visited by the Witch King, who lavishly rewards those who show great cunning and bloodlust. An intake of recruits can lose up to half number as the incautious, injured and unpopular are disposed of by their fellows. This violence is not restricted to the training fields and arenas. As soon as they are able, these young warriors are pitched against each other in murderous fights to the death, so that only the strongest, quickest-witted and most merciless survive. With no family ties to distract them, these children are raised within the barracks of the Black Guard and taught the myriad skills of death and destruction that are required of Malekith's foremost elite. ![]() īlack Guards are recruited from the offspring of families high in the Witch King's favour, taken at birth from mothers who are soon thereafter put to the sword. Description of the Black Guard from Total War: Warhammer II. " The Witch King is defended, at halberd-point, from those who would do him harm. ![]()
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