These are the works of Emil Bickenstadt, self employed playwright and author who started his journey by leaving his familiar home in Altdorf and seeking to write a series of volumes concerning the Greenskins and more importantly the devastating and notable occurrence in Greenskin culture known simply as a WAAAGH!!! His dedication to such a wildly controversial (and largely uncovered) subject was largely inspired by his younger brother Jeremiah von Bickenstadt, who was captured and enslaved by Skarsnik and The Crooked Moon Tribe earlier that year. While hunting for his brother, Emil encountered a corpse outside of Skarsnik's stronghold that strongly resembled Jeremiah von Bickenstadt left horribly burned and put on display in front of Skarsnik's encampment. A deception planned for and put in place by Skarsnik, the ruse was never discovered and from that day forward believing his brother dead, Emil dedicated his life furiously to the study of Greenskins. He emphasized their tactics, religion, and general war methodology in his writing so that the nations of men would never underestimate or be unprepared for the Greenskin scourge again and suffer as his own family had. While plotting this incredibly daunting task, Emil's works would span three ages of The Old World and include the titled Age of Reckoning, The End Times, and The Age of Peace. The Age of Reckoning was considered to start at the time of Karl Franz's election as Emperor until the arrival of Archaon The Everchosen into the world. The End Times were the second era, highlighted by the arrival of Archaon The Everchosen into the world and ending ultimately in his defeat and the elimination of his hordes from the world. The Age of Peace was the final era, culminating what was left of Emil Bickenstadt's works after Archaon's defeat. It is not entirely clear how such a massive span of time, far greater than any mortal life could aspire to live could be recorded with such clarity and apparently be completely undaunted by the effects of aging. There are many theories as to why this was possible but many of them were largely unproven and bordered on the absurd. Some say that he was actually an Elf of some sort in disguise, completely unaffected by aging and living a double life. Others claimed that perhaps he was not human at all but some sort of monstrosity forged in Chaos that merely took the semblance of a man. While most agreed this was probably not the case, it proved a popular story for parents to frighten children with and earned popularity in that odd and particular niche. The only real possibility that most can agree with that whatever the reason for Emil's vast lifespan, it probably had something to do with the man he met with shortly before his journey began in earnest. He is reported to have met a withered old man at a local inn. This man was bizarre in countless aspects. He seemingly had no retinas and his eyes were a freakish and glassy white hue. He also claimed to be a priest of Sigmar...apparently knowledgeable and even complicit in the complicated politics that had helped Karl Franz be elected to Emperor. Finally, this man always had a crow with jet white feathers follow him around and frequently perch on his shoulder wherever he went. Not only was this pet incredibly rare, the old man could seemingly speak to it and the bird in turn could seemingly have perfectly normal communication with this eccentric man. At this elder's behest, Emil was dissuaded from immediately beginning his great journey by pursuing Skarsnik but instead advised to head further south for The Badlands and to find The Black Orc that was seemingly was causing a greater stir than usual for a warboss. Emil received some sort of vial with a blue liquid in return for this request and then Emil Bickenstadt would begin his great journey determined and ready to begin writing his greatest work...Studies of The WAAAGH!!!
Volume 1: The Very First WAAAGH!!!
WAAAGH!!! Ublug 24-43 AOR (Age of Reckoning)