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Dramatis Personae

This section details some of the strangest and most famous (or infamous) characters to be found in Mordheim and the outlying settlements. Occasionally, these warriors join forces with a warband (usually demanding wyrdstone or a bag of gold in payment).

The following characters (known as ‘special characters’) are hard to find and expensive to hire – you must be lucky and wealthy to attract their attention.

This list does not, by any means, include all the famous warriors and cold-hearted killers you could encounter in Mordheim. There are famous Dwarf gold hunters, Burgomeisters of the Merchants’ Guild, Theodor, the marksman of Hochland, and many others. In fact we hope that the characters detailed here will inspire players to invent special characters of their own.

You can only ever have one of a particular special character in your warband. A warband may employ as many special characters as it likes – if it can afford them!

looking for special characters

After a battle, you can send any number of your Heroes to look for a special character. Only Heroes can look (Henchmen are rarely trustworthy enough). Heroes who went out of action in the last battle are unable to join the search because they are recovering from their wounds.

Heroes who are looking for a special character cannot look for rare items. Decide which special character you are seeking, and how many Heroes have been sent to look for him. Roll a D6 for each searcher. If any of the searchers rolls under his Initiative he has located the special character. You can, of course, only find one of a particular special character, no matter how many searchers roll under their Initiative.

hire fee

The warband must pay the hire fee for the special character when he is recruited, and after each battle he fights, including the first, you must pay an upkeep fee. These fees are indicated in the entries. This money comes from the warband’s treasury in the same way as buying new weapons or recruiting new warriors. If you don’t have enough gold to pay for the special character he leaves the warband.

experience, injuries and equipment

Special characters have their own equipment. Only they may use this equipment; it can’t be given to other warriors. Furthermore, you cannot buy extra weapons or equipment for a special character.

Special characters do not earn Experience points, although they suffer serious injuries, just like Heroes, if they are taken out of action.

Each special character’s description tells you how much to add to your warband’s rating for including them (taking into account their experience and abilities).

List of dramatis personae

Warband:
Grades:
NameCostUpkeepGradeSource
Aenur, Sword of Twilight
150 gcn/acoreMordheim Rulebook
Bertha Bestraufrung
n/an/acoreMordheim Rulebook
Johann The Knife
70 gc30 gccoreMordheim Rulebook
Veskit, High Executioner of Clan Eshin
80 gc35 gccoreMordheim Rulebook
Countess Marianna Chevaux
150 gc75 gc*1aTown Cryer 22
Nicodemus, The Cursed Pilgrim
1 wyrdstone1 wyrdstone1aMordheim Annual 2002
Ulli & Marquand
30 gcn/a1aTown Cryer 13
Abdul Alhazred, the Mad Sorcerer
70 gc30 gc1bTown Cryer 21 (Khemri)
The Crow Master
65 gc15 gc1bTown Cryer 25
Dark Emissary
n/an/a1bTown Cryer 15 (Albion)
Dijin Katal, The Renegade Assassin
85 gc40 gc1bTown Cryer 15 (Lustria)
Drenok Johansen, Wielder Of The Great Axe
70 gc30 gc1bTown Cryer 15 (Lustria)
Heinrich ’Altdorf’ Schmidt
75 gc1 treasure1bTown Cryer 21 (Khemri)
Khar-mel The Djinn
80 gc30 gc1bTown Cryer 21 (Khemri)
Maximilian The Mad
80 gc30 gc1bNemesis Crown Supplement
Penthesilea, Mark Of The Serpent
n/an/a1bTown Cryer 15 (Lustria)
Truthsayer
n/an/a1bTown Cryer 15 (Albion)
Belandysh, Condemned Champion Of Chen
90 gc, 5cp30 gc, 1cp1cBorder Town Burning Supplement
Grand Master Ippan Shu
75 gc, 3cp2cp1cBorder Town Burning Supplement
Innominatus, the Tilean Gladiator
120 gc40 gc / 20 gc*1cMordheim Facebook Group
Luthor, the Crimson Blade of Reikland
60 gc25 gc*1cMordheim Facebook Group
Luthor, the Dark Wizard Extraordinaire
60 gc25 gc*1cMordheim Facebook Group
Luthor, the Master Archer of Drakwald
60 gc25 gc*1cMordheim Facebook Group
Luthor, Treasure Hunter Par Excellence
60 gc25 gc*1cMordheim Facebook Group
Maglah Khan's Horde
80 gc25 gc1cBorder Town Burning Supplement
Aksho'akhash, the Vile Dreadwing
30 gc30 gc2aMordheim Facebook Group
Busty Gwen
SpecialSpecial2aFanatic Online 89
Dark Jester
75 gc30 gc2aFanatic Online 17
Headless Horseman, The
100 gcn/a2aSylvania Supplement
Maurice Schleige
40 gcn/a2aFanatic Online 89
Sigmund Spindle, The Harvester Of Flesh
70 gc35 gc2aSylvania Supplement
William Schäkestange, Master Bard
70 gc30 gc2aLetters of the Damned 4

Clarification of grades

Core: Published in the original Mordheim Rulebook. Grade 1a: GW/Fanatic Rules deemed "official"in the 2005 Rules Review.
Grade 1b: Unofficial, but released through GW/Fanatic. Professional quality.
Grade 1c: Experimental, not released through GW/Fanatic. Approved by people who previously submitted grade 1a/1b material and vouch for it's quality.
Grade 2a: Reliable, created and tested by fans and gaming groups. Will likely blend well with grade 1 warbands.

Further grades can be found at broheim.net.

We have tried to incorporate all the restrictions and permissions from both the warbands and the hired swords. If you feel a hired sword should or should not be available to a certain warband, please post a screenshot from the rules in our Discord.