Witch Elves

They can torture me...if you know what I mean...

"For fighting we use daggers, the most intimate of weapons, the most courageous instrument of death. We must get close to our enemies, smell the fear on their breath, see the desire in their eyes. You must yearn for this closeness, desire their heat upon you. For in this final dance with them you will touch Khaine. When the lifeblood spays your skin you will feel a true heat, a true passion, that no mortal can provide. This is our legacy sisters. This is our birth right."

– Some Witch Elf from the ill-fated Warhammer Online

"I created her character as an antithesis to the women characters appeared in the past fighting game who are excessively exposed."

– Hideo Kojima, explaining why Fan Service is srs bsns

Witch Elves Aelves, aka the Brides of Khaine, or in elfspeak, Maihd (real subtle), are the WHFB equivalent of the Drukhari Wyches. Just like their Sci-Fi kin, the Witch Elves leap into battle wearing little more than lingerie, hopped up on drugs and stimulants with blood as a chaser. They are Khaine's priestesses, and in spite of their name, do not practice any sort of magic (Morathi being the lone exception), preferring to get up close and personal, spilling blood and getting off on it and offering it to their bloody-lord.

Hags

Units of Witch Elves are led by a Hag, who report to Death Hags, who answer to Hag Queens, the two oldest and most powerful being Morathi and Hellebron, two rivals that hate each other's guts. Everyone already knows all about Morathi's evil and incestuous ways, and though Hellebron is just as deadly and sadistic, she is/was doomed to forever being Morathi's lesser: Hellebron is totally devoted to Khaine, but Morathi was Khaine's first, so she has a special place in his heart, even though Morathi cucks him by serving Slaanesh, Aenarion, and Malekith ALLEGEDLY, and you know, practicing magic.

Though the self-serving Morathi is the source of many Slaaneshi pleasure cults that first corrupted Ulthuan, and then Naggarond, she still receives Khaine's favor: even though Elves have long lifespans, they aren't immortal, so Khaine blesses his Brides with rejuvenating Cauldrons of Blood that restores their youth. This isn't permanent, however, and the Cauldron must continuously be replenished in battle or with murder; only Morathi's cauldron, the first of its kind which she claims to have received from Khaine himself, seems to have long-lasting effects, but we also can't rule out achieving eternal youth through other means. Morathi uses the cauldron and her political influence to divide the loyalties of other Hags. She also bars Hellebron, the second-oldest, from using it. Hellebron must use other, lesser cauldrons to avoid becoming a shriveled old crone; these lesser cauldrons are not only weaker and more ephemeral, but also come with diminishing returns, with the rejuvenating effects lasting less and less each time.

And just to fuck with Hellebron even more, it's her job to root out Naggarond's pleasure cults, and though she has her suspicions, she can't tie them back to Morathi. Morathi isn't just protected by the nobles she manipulates, but by her son (begrudgingly), and the many Hags who've sided with Morathi over her.

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  Contrary to Imperial propaganda Sigmar's teachings, this is how most Guardsmen Men of the Empire wish to die. With their face pressed up against those Abs, drenched with the last hot spurts of their lifeblood

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  Drizzt? Tolkien? I'm sorry your honor, we have Aelves, not Elves.