Skrag the Slaughterer
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Skrag the Slaughterer, also known as the Gore-Harvester and the Maw-that-Walks, is an Ogre Kingdoms special character who debuted in the 6th Edition of Warhammer Fantasy Battle. He is Ogres' main magic user in crunch and the embodiment/prophet of their god in fluff.
History
Many, many years ago Skrag was just a regular Slaughtermaster of some minor Tyrant Bron Rockgrinder. His life was nice and all until the moment he accidentally cooked Bron's favourite Gnoblar (it's also implied that he did this on purpose, as that goblin regularly pissed him off). His Tyrant, who was already known as That guy, punished him by hacking his hands off and eating them, and then banished Skrag to under-caves while also attaching a giant cauldron to his back. What a dick.
Having nowhere to go, former Slaughtermaster ventured deeper and deeper until he encountered a pack of feral and degenerate offshoot of Ogres named Gorgers. Thankfully, Skrag already attached his implements to his wrist-stumps, so the fight for him went pretty easy. After killing at least dozen Gorgers, he managed to rip the throat of their leader, and was recognized by the surviving enemies as one of them. Driven by revenge, Skrag managed to escape from the underground labirynth with his brand new army of Gorgers, and after that he returned home and killed everyone there, sacrifing Tyrant to the Great Maw.
This sacrifice gave him the power of the Maw itself and raised him above all other Ogres. Skrag is now revered even by the nastiest of Ogre rulers, and constantly spend time travelling from battle to battle, consuming and sacrificing everything for his beloved God.
Tabletop
Total War: WARHAMMER
Skrag is one of the two starting lords of the Ogre Kingdoms faction, but, quite surprisingly, he start very far from home, in the Grey Mountains.