Dramatis Personae

This section details some of the strangest and most famous (or infamous) characters to be found in Mordheim and the outlying settlements. Occasionally, these warriors join forces with a warband (usually demanding wyrdstone or a bag of gold in payment).

The following characters (known as ‘special characters’) are hard to find and expensive to hire – you must be lucky and wealthy to attract their attention.

This list does not, by any means, include all the famous warriors and cold-hearted killers you could encounter in Mordheim. There are famous Dwarf gold hunters, Burgomeisters of the Merchants’ Guild, Theodor, the marksman of Hochland, and many others. In fact we hope that the characters detailed here will inspire players to invent special characters of their own.

You can only ever have one of a particular special character in your warband. A warband may employ as many special characters as it likes – if it can afford them!

looking for special characters

After a battle, you can send any number of your Heroes to look for a special character. Only Heroes can look (Henchmen are rarely trustworthy enough). Heroes who went out of action in the last battle are unable to join the search because they are recovering from their wounds.

Heroes who are looking for a special character cannot look for rare items. Decide which special character you are seeking, and how many Heroes have been sent to look for him. Roll a D6 for each searcher. If any of the searchers rolls under his Initiative he has located the special character. You can, of course, only find one of a particular special character, no matter how many searchers roll under their Initiative.

hire fee

The warband must pay the hire fee for the special character when he is recruited, and after each battle he fights, including the first, you must pay an upkeep fee. These fees are indicated in the entries. This money comes from the warband’s treasury in the same way as buying new weapons or recruiting new warriors. If you don’t have enough gold to pay for the special character he leaves the warband.

experience, injuries and equipment

Special characters have their own equipment. Only they may use this equipment; it can’t be given to other warriors. Furthermore, you cannot buy extra weapons or equipment for a special character.

Special characters do not earn Experience points, although they suffer serious injuries, just like Heroes, if they are taken out of action.

Each special character’s description tells you how much to add to your warband’s rating for including them (taking into account their experience and abilities).

List of dramatis personae

Warband:

No warband restrictionCult of the PossessedMercenariesMarienburgersMiddenheimersReiklandersSisters of SigmarSkavenUndeadWitch HuntersAverlandersBeastmen RaidersCarnival of ChaosDwarf Treasure HuntersKislevitesOrc MobOstlandersAmazons (Lustria)Amazons (Mordheim)Arabian Tomb RaidersBlack OrcsBretonnian KnightsDark ElvesDwarf RangersForest GoblinsGunnery School of NulnHochland BanditsHorned HuntersImperial OutridersLizardmenMiragleansMootlandersNorse ExplorersOstermarkersOutlaws of Stirwood ForestPiratesPit FightersRemasensShadow WarriorsSkaven of Clan PestilensTileansTomb GuardiansTrantiosBattle Monks of CathayBlack DwarfsBretonnian Chapel GuardCourt of the Profane PleasuresThe Cursed CavalcadeLustrian ReaversManeatersMarauders of ChaosMerchant CaravansNight GoblinsNight Goblins webNorse ExplorersThe Restless DeadThe Sons of HashutDreamwalkers, Cult Of MorrDruchiiDwarf Slayer CultGrave RobbersHalflingsMasters Of HorrorMazzalupoNecrarchs, the Soul StealersNipponese ExpeditionOgre Hunting PartyOrder Of The MareOutlaws of Stirwood Forest, ReduxProtectorate Of SigmarSkaven of Clan MoulderSnotlingsSorcerous SocietySurvivors Of StrigosVampire Hunters of SylvaniaWood Elves of Athel Loren

Grades:

core 1a 1b 1c 2a

Name	Cost	Upkeep	Grade	Source
Aenur, the sword of twilight	150 gc	n/a	core	Mordheim Rulebook
Bertha Bestraufrung, high matriarch of the sisterhood	n/a	n/a	core	Mordheim Rulebook
Johann the knife	70 gc	30 gc	core	Mordheim Rulebook
Veskit, high executioner of clan eshin	80 gc	35 gc	core	Mordheim Rulebook
Countess Marianna Chevaux, Vampire Assassin	150 gc	75 gc*	1a	Town Cryer 22
Nicodemus, the cursed pilgrim	1 wyrdstone	1 wyrdstone	1a	Mordheim Annual 2002
Ulli & Marquand	30 gc	n/a	1a	Town Cryer 13
Abdul Alhazred, the Mad Sorcerer	70 gc	30 gc	1b	Town Cryer 21, Khemri
Crow Master, The	65 gc	15 gc	1b	Town Cryer 25
Dark Emissary	n/a	n/a	1b	Town Cryer 15, Albion
Dijin Katal, The Renegade Assassin	85 gc	n/a	1b	Town Cryer 15, Lustria
Drenok Johansen, Wielder Of The Great Axe	70 gc	30 gc	1b	Town Cryer 15, Lustria
Heinrich 'Altdorf' Schmidt	75 gc	1 treasure	1b	Town Cryer 21
Khar-mel The Djinn	80 gc	30 gc	1b	Town Cryer 21
Maximilian The Mad	80 gc	30 gc	1b	Nemesis Crown Supplement
Penthesilea, Mark Of The Serpent	n/a	n/a	1b	Town Cryer 15, Lustria
Truthsayer	n/a	n/a	1b	Town Cryer 15, Albion
Belandysh, Condemned Champion Of Chen	90 gc and 5 campaign points	30 gc and 1 campaign point	1c	Border Town Burning Supplement
Grand Master Ippan Shu	75 gc and 3 campaign points	2 campaign points	1c	Border Town Burning Supplement
Innominatus, the Tilean Gladiator	120 gc	40 gc*	1c	Mordheim Facebook Group
Luthor Wolfenbaum	60 gc	25 gc	1c	Mordheim Facebook Group
Luthor the Looter	60 gc	25 gc	1c	Tuomas Pirinen, Mordheim Facebook Group, Mordheim 25th anniversary Celebrations
Maglah Khan's Horde	80 gc	25 gc	1c	Border Town Burning Supplement
Aksho'akhash the Vile Dreadwing, Lord of the Carrion Throne	30 gc	30 gc	2a	Mordheim Facebook Group
“Busty” Gwen	See special rules.		2a	Fanatic Online 89
The Dark Jester in Mordheim	75 gc	30 gc	2a	Fanatic Online 17
The Headless Horseman	100 gc		2a	Sylvania Supplement
The Foole	40 gc		2a	Fanatic Online 89
Sigmund Spindle, the Harvester of Flesh	70 gold crowns to hire, Sigmund Sprandle may also be hired in the payment of one body part. If you wish to do this then a chosen Hero suffers one Severe Arm Wound and may only use one single handed weapon from now on.	35 gc	2a	Sylvania Supplement
William Schäke­stange, Master Bard	70 gc	30 gc	2a	Letters of the Damned 4

Clarification of grades

Core: Published in the original Mordheim Rulebook. Grade 1a: GW/Fanatic Rules deemed "official" in the 2005 Rules Review.
Grade 1b: Unofficial, but released through GW/Fanatic. Professional quality.
Grade 1c: Experimental, not released through GW/Fanatic. Approved by people who previously submitted grade 1a/1b material and vouch for it's quality.
Grade 2a: Reliable, created and tested by fans and gaming groups. Will likely blend well with grade 1 warbands.

Further grades can be found at broheim.net.

We have tried to incorporate all the restrictions and permissions from both the warbands and the hired swords. If you feel a hired sword should or should not be available to a certain warband, please post a screenshot from the rules in our Discord.