Warboss Skorg Kutta of Da War Boarz Warband
(Big thanks to @science-jumpsâ for the art!)
Warboss Skorg Kutta has enjoyed a meteoric rise within Da Goldtoof Maw. Among the Orks who have bullied their way into the inner council of Da Grimmfleet none are as recent as Skorg nor did they make their entrance in quite as spectacular a fashion; killing two other Kaptins in attendance when they tried to block his intrusion. Among the myriad Warbands loosely cooperating under the auspices of Da Grimmfleet Skorgâs War Boarz have a reputation for violence and aggression which is unmatched. Though all Orks are belligerent and warlike it is true that Da Grimmfleetâs Warbands tend to focus on the acquisition of loot and resources first and foremost, usually in pursuit of greater violence later. By contrast Da War Boarz are content to engage in conflicts even without much promise of loot at the end of it, the violence itself can prove sufficient.
Skorg is part of the Goff Clan, an Ork-type infamous for being ill-tempered and aggressive even by the standards of their own species. Among the most powerful Warbosses of Da Grimmfleet he stands as the only Goff, an oddity among more numerous ranks of Deathskulls, Blood Axes, Bad Moons and Evil Sunz. Skorg had already secured for himself a reputation, leading his Warband across the sector, pillaging planets, before his ramshackle fleet drifted into the Goldtoof Maw and he decided to stay, and seek to build power for himself, rather than simply moving on or attempting an ill-advised attack against the more numerous Orks of da Grimmfleet.
Among his peers he is considered brutal, uncompromising, humourless, unsubtle, stupid, simple and miserably unfun to be around. This is only partly true, however, for though he is most certainly brutal and suspicious in how he restrains his own mirth, he is neither simple or stupid. The true horror of Skorg Kutta is that he is at least half as cunning as he is brutal, and that is very bad news as any Ork who has ever seen him in action could assure you. Beneath a veneer of some raging maniac, fit to be compared to the likes of a Weirdboy, is a relatively patient and meticulous, if vindictive, intellect which seems him happy to build his way to Gartogâs side slowly, replacing bosses along the way, until he is primed to be able to cut down the Kommodore himself and assume control of the entire Grimmfleet.
Considering this trajectory it is unsurprising that the Warboss has, almost since his arrival, found a rival in Evil Sunz Warboss Badredd Da Great un Powerful. Badredd has always fancied himself Gartogâs right-hand Ork, and for the most part Gartog has seemed more than content to allow him, and others, to believe this. Badredd sees Skorg as an uppity Git trying to destabilize a power balance that clearly works, and both Orks have already attempted numerous âaccidentsâ against each other. The only thing to have prevented an outright challenge within the Grimmrok itself is that neither Warboss are yet absolutely confident enough of victory to risk it, and both are more cunning than the sort of Ork who would not let something like caution get in the way of a good fight.
For his part Gartog, Da Kommodore, sees Skorg as perhaps his most pressing nascent threat. For despite his brutality and seeming simplicity Skorg is possessed of a singularly important talent in Orkish society; death. Despite how recent his arrival in Da Maw is he has already garnered impressive trophies; Carnifex skulls, plates from a Leman Russ Battle tank incorporated into his armour and even the heraldry of defeated Space Marines. Skorgâs popularity is growing through the fact that it is known he can, and will, lead his Orks to where the fighting is thickest and, so far, triumph. Despite entering as a small Warband, compared to the major players of Da Grimmfleet, Da War Boarz have soon grown to rival the likes of Gullba Deffistâs own, much older, Warband.
For now, at least, Skorg continues to obey Gartog, paying his so-called âSkrap Taxâ, but this is small comfort for those who live within striking distance of the Maw, where Skorgâs distinctive one-eyed visage, often sporting a vehicle fuselage fashioned into facsimile of a Lho-stick, is feared and reviled equally.
