Encountered in the most fecund Cold Mires of of the northern Troll Country under the malignant shadow of the Chaos Wastes, the ancient lore of the Kul tribes holds a tale that the descent of these creatures can be traced to an ancient Troll chief named Raak Stoneshatterer. A beast afflicted with unusual intelligence and endless gluttony who, it is said in the elder days before the rise of the Great Bastion of the east, united many of his monstrous kin in a great warband to challenge the Champions of Chaos themselves for the favour of the Dark Gods.[1a]