The Uthuk Witches utilize countless horrific punishments for those who fail them. In one popular punishment for berserkers, the Witch slashes open the offender’s back and cruelly wrenches out their lungs, warping them into huge, overgrown mockeries of life. These so-called “shriekers” constantly scream their resulting rage and pain, and the grotesquely enlarged lungs amplify the sound so greatly as to debilitate foes.
The punishment for weakness or failure in the Uthuk swarm is often a swift but messy death, yet the witches of the Blood Coven do far worse to those who willfully disobey them. These poor wretches are dragged before a witch and held down so that she can slice open their backs and draw out their bloody lungs. Her magic keeps them alive even as she fuses the bones of their mouths open in a ghastly frozen shriek. Only an empty husk remains, blindly obeying the witch’s thoughts and screaming her commands to all who can hear.
The witches use these Shriekers to direct their slavering hordes, even as their blood-curdling howls strike terror into the hearts of the Uthuk’s enemies. As their minds burn with the witches' commands, Shriekers will attack blindly at any opportunity. They know neither fear nor reason.
References
- Realms of Terrinoth
- Runewars Miniatures Game