Neglect the East and South for too long, and you’ll have big armies on your doorstop. However the Southern Greenskins and Eastern Vampire Counts aren’t that far away, and are very willing to push into the Empire proper once they’ve established themselves. The Dwarfs and Brettonia even have a grudging respect for the Empire, which can blossom into an alliance when Chaos attacks. They also don’t have a huge cultural axe to grind against them, unlike the Vampire Counts and Greenskins. Though their neighbours aren’t allied, they aren’t exactly hostile (save perhaps for Graf Todbringer in Middenland) and they’re mostly desperate to survive. However, most people are ignorant of these inconsistencies, or are too fearful of the wrath of a witch hunter to demand proof of the authenticity of a writ sealed by the Witch-Finder General.The humans of the Empire might have the easiest start of any of the Total War factions. There is no official doctrine or evidence that such an office even exists – no mention of any people who have held the position, no information on where the Witch-Finder General is stationed, and no proof as to whether or not the role is officially recognised by the Emperor. The history of the office of Witch-Finder General is shrouded in mystery.
And few criminals are dealt with as harshly as a rogue witch hunter. The real restraint governing a sanctioned witch hunter, however, is the order itself. In practise, of course, he must still abide by local authority, and local nobles and law enforcers can still question his methods and decisions – though they usually do so very cautiously. īy the wording of the writ, such a witch hunter answers only to the Witch-Finder General, who in turn answers only to the Emperor. Bearing such a writ gives a witch hunter leave to investigate the taint of Chaos anywhere within the Empire and act upon it should he find it. The role of Witch-Finder General is the highest attainable office within the practices of legally authorised and sanctioned witch hunters operating openly in the Empire.
A trained and sanctioned witch hunter may carry a writ that bears the seal of the Witch-Finder or Witch-Hunter General.
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