Of all the Orcish raiders to have plundered the old world from the Worlds Edge Mountains, none have been so feared, or so hated as the Great Black Orcs of the Mother Crusher tribe. Their great raids of hunger continued almost completely unchecked for nearly fourty two years, leaving in their wake a trail of butchery seldom equalled in Orcish history.

Dispite many efforts to capture and destroy them, the Mother Crushers always managed to avoid traps set for them. On the few occasions they were brought to battle the outcome invariably favoured the Orcs - using their famous juggernaut columns to push aside any resistance.

Their success was due mainly to the inspired leadership of one Orc. Known throughout the the tribes as Eeza Ugezod, orcish legend abounds with stories of this huge and cunning orc. One story, typical of the time, concerns the skirmish on the Great Crossing - a huge natural span bridging one of the few routes through the mountains to the fertile foothills and valleys of the Old World. It was upon this bridge that a group, of orcs led by Eeza Ugezod were attacked by large number of dwarves and at least one mountain giant. An extract from the orcish "Volees Adgitz" translates as follows.

We goes miles this day. Last dark we kills many wittering soouls, poking and cuttting them - but not having times to make it slow and get them good and screechy. We gets to the Great Crossing and suddenly all around there's Stunty Long Beards - trapping us boyz and making pain threats. Then they goes all grinning silent, and crashing through the crowd comes a Great One, all drunk up, with grat iron boots sparking as it steps, and long spikes and jags hanging off them, all dressed up for Orc stomping. It comes roaring andswaying towards us, swinging its club and making us boyz windy and tearful. And the stunties are laughing, saying at last they'll have out pretty fangs to make their stunty women grin and dance. And us bold boyz - we bunch up close, but cannot help a little wimpering. But Eeza Ugezods got no wimper. He waves his axe and swears he's going to cut Great One's feet off and pop them in it's face. With this he goes off fast forward and sharp hacks the Great One. Its knees goes one way, its great screaming whiskers goes another. The stunties has one look and go all quiet and shuffly. Then Guted - our champion - he gives an honest war shout and we goes off at them cutting up their little bodies, this way and that, and we collects much head skin with hair on it and ties it to our belts. We paints their jucies all over the Great Crossing and we calls it the Red Span. We push all the stunties off it, but keeping a few for screamings later and food for the march. We leaves not to many boys deadstiff and contines our way to make our dearest war and raidings."

No one is quite sure what happened to Eeza Ugezod - he certainly wasn't amongst the hundreds of Black Orc dead after their supernatural defeat at the hands of the Necromantic Chaos Lord Edis Edis........

Battlecry : The Black Orc battle cry can only be termed as an incomprehensible cacophony of abuse and threat. Each individual does his best to outshoot his neighbour. However against Dwarven foes they would chorus over and over again the blood curdling battle cry...'Stomp the stunties - stomp the stunties - stunty stomping fun!'

Uniforms : Usually filthy furs and scavenged bits of armour, any type of mail being the mostfavoured. Helmets would be worn by the more affluent of flamboyant members of the regiment. The size, shape and colour reflects the prowess and standing of the wearer - the larger the better

Dress and equipment would be dulled and black, functional and invariably covered in layers of crusted gore and rust. Shields would be painted brilliant red, as would the shafts of spears, clubs and hand weapons.

If you wish to include Eeza Ugezod's Mother Crushers in your army you must take both Eeza and Guted

EEZA UGEZOD - BLACK ORC LORD.......................143 points

EQUIPMENT : Eeza is armed with an axe, light armour and shield.

MAGIC ITEMS : Eeza is an Black Orc Lord and is thus entitled to carry up to three magic items. These items may be chosen as normal.

GUTED - BLACK ORC BOSS.......................47 points

EQUIPMENT : Guted is armed with a double-handed sword, an axe, light armour and shield. 

MAGIC ITEMS : Guted is an Black Orc Boss and is thus entitled to carry a single magic item. This item may be chosen as normal.

0 - 1 UNIT OF EEZA UGEZODS MOTHER CRUSHERS......................14 points per model

EQUIPMENT : The Mother Crushers are armed with halberds, axes, light armour and shields.

SAVE : 5+

OPTIONS : The Mother Crushers may carry a Magic Standard.

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