An Introduction by the author:

This army book has been influenced by many things I have read and studied over the years, including Hindu culture and history, the writings of David Eddings, Fred Saberhagen, Robert Jordan, and many others.  It came about through my wish to create an Empire for the Warhammer world that would be non-human but still be civilized to a certain extent and have a distinct culture and a multi-racial society.  The races of the Empire are to some extent related to each other in ancestry, except for the Grollacs.  But they have evolved quite differently due to the circumstances under which they have lived over the millenia since their inception.  It has taken many years to finish this army book, mainly due to the fact that I have made numerous changes to it as we have found things that worked better and also things that we had created that just did not work or fit the background properly.  Also, with the fifth edition of Warhammer Fantasy Battles, we had to go back and make several changes to the original races and to their rules and magic and magic items.  I hope that everyone will enjoy our efforts.