Their political reach has grown long, for they hold the power to call any Skaven forward as a heretic or a traitor. In effect, they act as the secret police force to the Lords of Decay, the metaphorical poisoned dagger in the hand of the council. Over the centuries since their return, Eshin has achieved a special place within the Council of Thirteen, using their talents to cow and corral the lesser clans and maintain the authority and influence of the Great Clans. Iksha Fastclaw, Nightlord of Clan Eshin. " We will show-show these manthings the true face of diplomacy!" Whether this obedience will continue is a question that future generations must answer, but for the time being, Clan Eshin is virtually untouchable. The clan has simply worked its way into the good graces of the Lords of Decay and continues to serve the council unquestioningly. They have yet to use the secrets they have learned for their own power bids, or to provide false information to their clients for their own benefit. It would seem that Clan Eshin strives to increase its own wealth and power in the Under-Empire by lending its services to anyone willing to pay their exorbitant prices. Information is a prized commodity amongst Clan Eshin's population, and secrets are not given away for free. Skaven who learn too much about the assassins have been known to wind up dead, or worse, which ensures that the clan will sustain its secrecy in the centuries to come. Little is known about the clan’s inner workings, and this information is well-hidden from prying eyes and ears. Įshin is shrouded in mystery, much more so than the other Great Clans. Eshin also maintains a powerful cadre of informants from which they draw a great deal of useful information. Eshin sells its services to the warlords, offering skirmishers and light troops that can infiltrate the rear of an enemy's line to scout enemy formations or to dispatch leaders, wizards, and other valuable assets. Because of their stealth, their fighters are also prized as spies and scouts. Clan Eshin is not merely a den of assassins. Rarely are their faces shown, for they hide them behind cowls and masks. Their methods are seemingly supernatural, and the shadows appear to cling to them like spiderwebs. They come silently, dispense death with uncanny accuracy, and return to their warrens with their foes none the wiser. The assassins of Clan Eshin are rightly feared by all Skaven. The time spent exploring the lands of Nippon, Ind, and Cathay had served Eshin well, for the clan had gained significant training in the arts of stealth and assassination. Eshin was thought to have been lost for hundreds of years, but the clan mysteriously returned to Skavenblight to offer its allegiance to the Lords of Decay. The fearsome assassin, the elite of the elite of Clan Eshin.Įarly in the history of the Skaven, Clan Eshin stole away to the Far East, led by the ancient Nightlord Visktrin. It is as if everything I do, every word I speak, is being marked." As I lay in my bed at night, I can hear the sound of claws upon the tiles of my roof. I cannot shake the notion that I am being followed. Within the highly feared Caverns of Unyielding Shadow, the Clan Eshin district deep in the bowels of Skavenblight, many treaty-pacts are claw-marked and the doom of many rivals is assured. Ĭlan Eshin provides an unseen force with which the Council of Thirteen and other powerful Skaven Warlords maintain or gain their position of power. In a race filled with sneaking, scampering cut-throat killers, the warriors of Clan Eshin rank many times above the petty vermin. Ĭonsidering the treacherous nature of the Skaven, it is of no wonder that Clan Eshin has become so powerful and so feared. For the right price, the black-clad agents of Clan Eshin will steal any information, commit any act of ruthless sabotage or assassinate any rival with ruthless efficiency. This mysterious Clan has eyes and ears everywhere and its deadly operatives are scattered throughout the Under-Empire as well as secreted about within the cities and settlements of the surface dwellers. Out of all the other clans which populate the Under-Empire, Clan Eshin is by far the most secretive and hidden of them all. To the Lords of Decay, the assassins are valuable tools that should not be squandered like hapless Clanrats."Ĭlan Eshin is one of the Four Great Clans of the Skaven which specialises in the deadly and secretive arts of stealth, murder, poison and assassination learned from the exotic Far East. Assassins kill-kill Skaven and many Man Things. They envy-hate them for their power-strength.
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