The Skaven are a race of man sized rat-like creatures in Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy setting. They live in a series of overpopulated tunnels beneath the surface of the world, plotting for the day when they will rise up and overrun the surface realms. Humans remain mostly ignorant of the Skaven, a state of affairs which the ratmen take great effort to maintain. Those who do know of their existence tend to mistakenly classify them as merely a sub-breed of Beastmen rather than as a unique race.

Skaven in the real world

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Skaven were introduced into the Warhammer world in the Spring 1986 issue of the Citadel Journal, billed as "a new Chaos race". The original 1986 Skaven range of Citadel miniatures was sculpted by renowned sculptor Jes (Jeremy) Goodwin, who also provided the original background in the 1986 Citadel Journal (introducing the core of the background that remains to this day, including the Clan structure, the Council of Thirteen, the Grey Seers, the Horned Rat, and so on). The miniatures proved very popular, and the range was expanded by Goodwin over the next few years.

Skaven formed the core opponents of Games Workshop's popular Advanced Heroquest adventure game, released in 1990.

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Getting ready for Turducken, also paying for a Skaven army book/Clanrat box I won for $21.60, and another Clanrat box for $24.50 on ebay.
chrisvalera (Christopher Valera) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:04:57 -0000
Getting ready for Turducken, also paying for a Skaven army book/Clanrat box I won for $21.60, and another Clanrat box for $24.50 on ebay.
Hopefully build my new skaven plague furnace this week
Swifty573 (Darren swift) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:04:31 -0000
Hopefully build my new skaven plague furnace this week
Now Playing: Skaven - Fishtro - http://bit.ly/5zZJia
nectarineradio (Nectarine Radio) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:49:42 -0000
Now Playing: Skaven - Fishtro - http://bit.ly/5zZJia
a wrote a new blog post: BTP-Radioactive Skaven http://bit.ly/8l9I3r
preampcc (phuket tho15ngsom) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:52:15 -0000
a wrote a new blog post: BTP-Radioactive Skaven http://bit.ly/8l9I3r
Now Playing: Skaven - Lavender hill unreal - http://bit.ly/8ZT4jI
nectarineradio (Nectarine Radio) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:11:53 -0000
Now Playing: Skaven - Lavender hill unreal - http://bit.ly/8ZT4jI
Aww, really? I actually let dwarves score on my skaven...
TheGreatMango (Chris Dulin) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:04:55 -0000
Aww, really? I actually let dwarves score on my skaven...

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