Spoilers: How Skrag lost his hands, and the game's Path of the Butcher; no campaign ending.
Prophet, Gore-Harvester, the Maw-that-Walks
The introduction gives Skrag three names that are really one office: Prophet of the Great Maw, Gore-Harvester, and the Maw-that-Walks. He drags a cauldron on hooks and chains. Gorgers follow that hunger. He is a Slaughtermaster, and Gut Magic is the lore in his hands' absence. Set next to Greasus, the contrast is the wanderer against the king on a throne of gold.
The Ogre Kingdoms pack unlocks both of them, in Immortal Empires and in the Realm of Chaos. Skrag's faction is the Disciples of the Maw. The campaign expression is the Path of the Butcher, which scales with Offerings that are kept active. Meat is the supply those Offerings spend. The decision is whether the cult can feed what it has already switched on.
Bron Rockgrinder and the wrong Gnoblar
Skrag was head Slaughtermaster to Bron Rockgrinder, a bad-tempered tyrant. A favoured and cruel Gnoblar tormented him. Skrag cooked that Gnoblar and served the dish. Bron hacked off Skrag's hands and ate them. Gore-Gnoblars put limbs into the cauldron afterwards. The roster line compresses the same incident: a tyrant brought him to his current state because Skrag fed him the wrong Gnoblar.
Bron is not a playable lord. The Gnoblar is not a character with a later career on these pages. What remains in the game is the prophet with the cauldron, Gut Magic, and a melee lord who still has to be supported by Bulls. An Ironblaster gives the army a gun that works while he is in the press. Golgfag's contracts are a third way to lead the same troops, paid by a client rather than by the Maw.
The cult and the player's war
The hands, the tyrant, and the cauldron are the background the introductions agree on. A Realm of Chaos story and an Immortal Empires sandbox both start after that maiming. They do not sentence Bron again, and they do not make a contract with Golgfag into scripture. Offerings, camps, and the next battle are the player's.
Greasus can still be met as the Overtyrant who buys loyalty with gold. The two campaigns share an army and refuse the same job. One spends Treasury. The other keeps the Maw fed. Bragg can join either once his pack is owned, as a hero who hunts large prey, not as a prophet.
Skrag the Slaughterer: gameplay and availability · More character stories
Sources
- Who is Skrag the Slaughterer? — totalwar.com
- Ogre Kingdoms roster reveal — totalwar.com
- Playing as Greasus and Skrag — totalwar.com
- Ogre Kingdoms — store.steampowered.com
- Immortal Empires ownership guide — support.sega.com