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Ulli & Marquand

New Dramatis Personae based on Gordon Rennie’s popular

characters from ye comic Warhammer Monthly beautifully brought to

life by the art of karl Kopinski and Paul Jeacock.

Written here by ye scribes of great Renown Space McQuirk

and Donato Ranzato for use with the exquisite models sculpted by

Mark Bedford.

Dramatis Personae

Listen well my brothers

to this, the true story.

A Pair of Rogues

Never in the history of the Empire have

there been such a villainous pair of rogues

as Marquand Volker and Ulli Leitpold. Once

brigands in a mercenary regiment

responsible for a long list of crimes, they

were caught by bounty hunters and enlisted

into the slave army of the Count of Stirland.

The pair escaped their captors on the

outskirts of Mordheim, City of the Damned,

a ruinous place where death and glory could

be found in equal measure. The infamous

bandits instantly recognised it as home.

Ulli and Marquand quickly developed a strong

rapport with the scum of Mordheim, a place

Inhabited by the corrupt and immoral outcasts

of society. Their martial prowess and ruthless

guile soon earned the nefarious partners in

crime a high degree of notoriety. As a result,

the less noble traders and prospectors of the

accursed city eagerly sought out the services of

these talented scoundrels.

But their assistance did not come without a

high price. Whilst the pair would consider any

task thrown their way for a mere handful of

gold coin, their loyalty was as fickle as the

winds of Chaos. They built up a reputation of

betraying employers and stabbing them in the

back for the sake of a single crown. They were

certainly not beyond using foul and despicable

tricks to save their own worthless hides or line

their own pockets.

What became of the despicable pair, none can

say but legends of their deeds can to this day

be heard in taverns throughout the Old World.

Each story is more outlandish than the next

but few ever doubt the truth behind these

fantastic tales.

Yes, behind those

two villainous rogues.

Ulli and Marquand,

the bane of many.

For the wise would do

well to avoid them.

But who amongst those of

the Cursed City can be

counted among the wise?

Dramatis Personae

Both Ulli and Marquand are new Dramatis

Personae as described on page 152 of the

Mordheim rulebook and follow all of the

standard rules therein. Unlike the other

Dramatis Personae Ulli, and Marquand are

mercenaries hired as a pair for one battle only,

you cannot hire only one of them.

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May be Hired: any warband except Sisters of

Sigmar and Witch Hunters may hire these

rogues.

Hire Fee: 30 Gold Crowns to hire as a pair.

Rating: Ulli and Marquand increase the

warband rating by +60 points.

W AN T E D

M ARQ UA ND VO LK ER

D EA D O R A LIV E

Ulli Leitpold

Marquand’s sidekick and partner in crime.

Little is known about this huge framed

Middenheimer, apart from it is unwise to be

caught anywhere near the business end of his

massive warhammer! The tales tell that Ulli

Leitpold started out as a mercenary soldier,

often in the service of the armies of the Count

of Stirland, and that he was present at the

slaughter that ensued at the third siege of

Nuln. Life as a mercenary is presumably where

he derives his unthinking greed and cold

nature, no doubt. Ulli spent some time as a

bandit and thief and teamed up with

Marquand when they were captured by bounty

hunters and sentenced to live out their days in

the penal battalions of the Count of Stirland.

Neither as subtle or as flash as his Marienburg

colleague, Ulli prefers to use a combination of

brute force and low cunning to achieve his

goals.

Profile M WS BS S T W I A Ld

Ulli 4 4 4 4 3242 7

Weapons/Armour: Two-handed warhammer,

Light armour.

Skills: Strongman, Unstoppable charge,

Combat master.

Marquand Volker

Reputedly the son of wealthy Marienburg

merchants, what made Marquand embark on a

career as a gambler and then a mercenary and

assassin is unknown. What is known about this

apparent ‘fop’ is that his appearance belies his

true nature for he is quite deadly and entirely

devoid of any morals. Marquand personifies

Mordheim ‘The City of the Damned’ for he is

corrupt and rotten to the core – just like that

place he calls his ‘home’. An expert

swordsman and master of the throwing knife,

there are few who have crossed him and lived.

In the darkened corners of taverns, tales are

told in nervous whispers about this cold-

hearted killer’s reputation: that he killed his

first victim before he was ten; that he cut the

heart out of the Duke of Suddenland while the

Duke’s wife slept on beside him. His deadliest

foe is the Witch Hunter captain Gottlieb, ‘The

Flayer’, whose face Marquand horribly

disfigured whilst the erstwhile servant of

Sigmar was attempting to redeem Marquand

of his sins.

Profile M WS BS S T W I A Ld

Marquand 4 5 4 3 3252 8

Weapons/Armour: Sword, Light armour,

throwing knives.

Skills: Step aside, Knife Fighter, Lightning

Reflexes.

SPECIAL RULES

These special rules apply to both Ulli and

Marquand.

Wanderers. See Aenur, the Sword of Twilight

Mordheim rulebook page 153.

A Fistful of Crowns: These guys will do

literally anything for money/wyrdstone and

have been known to change sides and stab

their former employers in the back for just a

Ulli & Marquand

few crowns. To represent this, opposing

player(s) may attempt to bribe the pair into

betraying their employers and changing sides.

At the start of the game, any player(s) wishing

to do this must secretly write down how much

he is willing to bribe them by (this must of

course be more than the pair’s starting hire

fee!). The controlling/employing player is

advised to secretly write down a counter bid at

the start of the game also. The bribing player

may then choose at the start of any of his turns

to attempt to bribe them (even if they are in

close combat!). If he does so he must reveal

the amount he has written down and if this is

more than the hire fee plus the amount the

controlling player has for his counter-bid, then

he gains control of the pair until the end of the

game. Only the player who has control of the

pair is forced to pay the additional amount so

that if the original controlling player loses

control of them through a bribe he doesn’t

have to pay the counter-bid.

Eg, Captain Steiner of the Averland Avengers

Warband has managed to find the duplicitous

pair when scouting the ruins. He pays them

their hire fee of 30 gold crowns and they agree

to join his warband for the next day’s

Wyrdstone hunting. Because Steiner is well

aware of his new ‘partners’ treacherous

reputation he keeps another 30 gold crowns

set aside in a pouch just in case.

Later that day, Steiner comes across the

warband of his arch rival, the Reiklander

Captain Albrecht ‘One Eye’. A fight ensues and

when Albrecht recognises Ulli and Marquand

(cutting a swathe through his men, no doubt!)

he yells out to them that he will pay them fifty

gold crowns if they change sides. Ulli and

Marquand ponder this for a moment and then

turn their weapons against the Averlanders.

At this point Steiner throws his pouch of 30

crowns at their feet (making a total of 60

crowns and beating Albrecht’s offer of 50)

and, after counting the gold, our lovable

rogues again turn their weapons towards the

hapless Albrecht, much to Steiner’s relief. Of

course things could have been a lot different!

For if Albrecht had bribed only 11 more

crowns, because with 61 he would have

beaten Steiner’s counter-bid and Ulli and

Marquand would have stabbed him in the

back (literally!) and changed sides.

This bribing business can of course get quite

interesting in multi-player games with different

players attempting to bribe at different times.

Whichever player succeeds in bribing, or if the

controlling player maintains control, they must

pay this extra amount.

Where’s the Money? These guys are not

likely to accept any poor excuses if a warband

cannot afford their extra pay. In the event that

a player cannot pay the extra either in crowns

or Wyrdstone (The warband should sell any

Wyrdstone necessary in order to pay the hire

or bribe) the pair will deprive the warband of

an equal amount in equipment (based on

market price). Failing this, they will take out

their anger on the warband leader –

immediately play a close combat with the pair

versus the warband leader on his own and to

the death!

Inseparable: These guys are like brothers

(very nasty, unpleasant brothers!) and are

totally inseparable. They must be hired as a

pair and must remain within 8" of each other.

In the event that one is taken Out of Action,

the other will attempt to drag him off of the

battlefield and to safety.

In a campaign, if one member of the

partnership retires then the other will retire.

Ulli & Marquand

T he bolt whistled mere inches past Ulli’s ear.

Ducking back behind a pile of rubble he looked

across to the other side of the street.

“Marquand, those shots are getting too close for my

liking. What did the wizard want that this madman

thinks is so worthwhile defending, and why did I have

to hide in the privy whilst you arranged the deal.”

“I just needed a small distraction my friend, thank

you for obliging. You know I never miss my mark!”

Marquand drew his fine blade from its scabbard.

“Now if you’d be so kind as to make good use of

that hammer of yours to break down the door, we’ll

see off the remaining guards and take that book to

the market.”

A puzzled look crossed Ulli’s face, “I thought we

were to give it to the wizard!” he shouted, charging

easily through the thick, but rotten door, and bringing

his hammer into the midriff of a surprised Averlander

mercenary.

From the broken frame of a window, the

flamboyantly dressed Marquand called back to his

friend.

“It’s a book Ulli, now do me a favour and tell me

when you see the crossbowman again.”

Marquand quickly followed his companion, thrusting

with lightning speed at two opponents with his sword.

“We were, but think how much this thing will fetch

on the open market. Besides, I’ll let the old man know

of the sale of his precious tome and he is welcome

to try and bid for it. But I have a sneaky suspicion

that there will be some competition in the auction, I

foresee a mystery trader raising the bid a little before

letting the wizard buy his precious book.” A whirl of

steel was the last sight Marquand’s unfortunate

opponent witnessed before falling to the floor,

bleeding from multiple wounds.

Ulli smiled as he finished off the winded Averlander,

crushing his skull with a mighty blow of his

warhammer.

Ulli raised his head cautiously above the cover of a

large chunk of stone.

“It had better be a damn good story, that’s all I can

say,” the broad chested Middenheimer shouted back

to his comrade, as another bolt flew through the air,

slicing through Ulli’s topknot harmlessly.

“If you think I’m risking my neck like that again

Marquand you’re sadly mistaken.” Ulli growled at his

friend.

“No need Ulli, it’s safe, you can stop cowering behind

that stone now.”

Standing up Ulli spied the marksman’s body draped

from a window on the second floor of a ruined

townhouse. Blood trickled down the wall from a

wound in the man’s side from where a small dagger

protruded.

“You know, my father always told me that books, not

fighting, was the best way to make my fortune.

Perhaps he was right after all.”

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