Warhammer: Sweet Sweet Slann-tasy Baby

A little history. The Slann.

SLANN

The Slann were the first of the Lizardmen, servants of the Old Ones. Their bodies are languid and bloated; it’s difficult to tell whether the Slann is sleeping or dead, but their minds are ever contemplating the world, and meditating on the nature of reality. Slann are powerful psykers, and are able to command their armies by will alone.

While many of the Lizardmen have taken to modern Wraithbone weaponry, the Slann refuse to stray from the traditions of their ancestors. The Mage-Priest palanquin is exactly as the ones the Slann of the first spawning sat upon, even if the Saurus Temple Guard who carry it now bear heavy ordnance.

SLANN MAGE-PRIEST

Slann are the most intelligent and most psychic of all the races in existence. Legends tell of their feats of will, constructing cities, moving planets, and bending reality. These were the Mage-Priests of the Old Ones. In the beginning, the Old Ones brought forth five spawnings of Slann Mage-Priests, taught them rituals, their will, and war. A great catastrophe then separated Old One and Slann. The Lizardmen escaped the planet and begun anew. These Slann, still dedicated to the Old Ones and their will, found themselves on a planet far away from their ancestors.

SLANN OF THE SIXTH SPAWNING

These were the last Slann created by the Old Ones, and the Slann who learned to spawn without them. These Slann are long dead, and there are few preserved as Relic-Priests. Among them is Sotepoc, who was able to open the warp.

SLANN OF THE ELEVENTH SPAWNING

There are only eight Slann remaining of the eleventh spawning; these are the oldest extant Slann. Their power is beyond conception, and no living Lizardman has heard them speak; their will is transmitted psychically to all Slann.

SLANN OF THE TWELFTH SPAWNING

The greatest generals of the Lizardmen are all of the twelfth spawning. These Mage-Priests have battled Chaos for thousands of years on end without so much as losing a unit.

SLANN OF THE THIRTEENTH SPAWNING

The Slann of the eleventh spawning traveled to the Eldar Craftworld and learned their secrets of biogenesis. Lizardman legions would now have the power of the Eldar: Wraithbone.

SLANN OF THE FOURTEENTH SPAWNING

The fourteenth spawning is the most recent of the Slann. These are the youngest, only twelve-thousand years old. Yet they have the knowledge of all Slann, given to them through the genetic psychic link, and are not to be underestimated.

SLANN SHAMAN

There are three Slann Shamans, all of the eleventh spawning. These three Slann sit in silent meditation with the Relic-Priest Sotepoc, contemplating the will of the Old Ones.

SOTEPOC

While most Lizardman Relic-Priests are kept in hidden catacombs, Sotepoc sits in the hall with the elder Slann Shamans. His golden deathmask is inscrutable: eyes of precious stones stare unblinkingly. The left arm and leg of the mummy are cast in solid gold, symbolizing the parts of Sotepoc’s body unable to be recovered from the warp. Still, his devotion to the Old Ones is unwavering.