Frothing with bloody frenzy, Uthuk berserkers hurl themselves into the press of combat, craving only to hack apart their foes. Touched by the demonic darkness of the Ru, these Uthuk warriors have given themselves over completely to mindless savagery. Forsaking the discipline of drill and formation, as well as armor and shield, scorning anything that might slow their headlong charge into the fray, they become depraved murderers in combat.
Berserkers all bear the distinctive Uthuk bone spurs that jut from their flesh, each horrid spike the result of Ynfernael corruption. These fearsome spurs can be deadly in the embrace of melee, where opponents are shredded simply by getting too close to a berserker’s thrashing form. For their actual weaponry, berserkers tend to favor the largest and most vicious items they can find, such as crude hook axes, sawtooth blades, or spiked hammers. In battle, these tools of war create a crimson mist around berserkers as they dispatch their adversaries as messily as possible.
Even when not in battle, berserkers carry an air of violence. Once Uthuk warriors become berserkers, they have embraced a destiny that can only end in their own bloody demise. Berserkers’ only desire is to charge screaming into the midst of the enemy and murder everything within reach until at last they themselves are cut down, to join their victims in a sea of gore.
The Uthuk Y'llan Berserkers become feral from infancy, battling the foul beasts of Ru Steppes just to survive. Tribesmen of the wastes comprise most of the warriors in the hordes of the Uthuk Y’llan, taking up whatever weapons they can find. In battle, the Berserkers are whipped into a frenzy by the witches of the Blood Coven, making them lose all self-preservation instincts and care only that they spill the blood of their enemies. Tribesmen are common in the Ru Darklands, and the Uthuk Y’llan are well accustomed to using them as sacrifices to the Ynfernael or murdering them for sport. Once the Berserkers reach their prey, any battle can fall into chaos. This may spell disaster for an organized military, but it allows the locust swarm to thrive.
References
- Realms of Terrinoth
- Runewars Miniatures Game