Are all the skaven just evil?

[Triple Deep Threat]

I have been binge loring the skaven and so far they seem to be just vicious cannablisitic and power hungry faction. So the skaven have no moral compass as say the other factions?

[Darth Wadewilson]

Yes. They are all like that. No such thing as a 'good guy' skaven. Even if some character is referred to as honorable/ nice etc it's compared to other rats. So they are outright evil from the traditional lens of morality and such.

For them it's the way of life. You aim to be the top rat. If you don't some one else would kill you and step over your dead body and be the top rat. You are getting back stabbed irrespective of whether you want do it or not. It's as simple.

[logos411]

Their origin is the spawn of a demon god, created to basically bring about the ruin of the mortal realm for the Horned Rat's amusement/hunger. So they don't really have any positive traits except in a morally neutral sense - they can be cunning, inventive, ambitious etc, but not kind or "good"

[Enelith]

Yes, they're all evil.

Originally posted by Vlad The Impaler:

So the skaven have no moral compass as say the other factions?

Surelly Beastmen have a huuuuge moral compass :)

[the commando]

some races in warhammer are just plain evil it's how they were created it's how they will be for the rest of time.

[Namhaid]

Skaven are basically pure evil, like villains from a child movie with no redeeming qualities whatsover (and they are great at that). In fact, most factions are, just as an example, in the game the Ogre Kingdoms are considered "neutral", and they are basically a race of violent brutes that go around eating people, they would be considered evil in most settings, but when compared to Chaos or Skaven, they are not that bad.

[Darth Wadewilson]

Originally posted by Namhaid:

Skaven are basically pure evil, like villains from a child movie with no redeeming qualities whatsover (and they are great at that). In fact, most factions are, just as an example, in the game the Ogre Kingdoms are considered "neutral", and they are basically a race of violent brutes that go around eating people, they would be considered evil in most settings, but when compared to Chaos or Skaven, they are not that bad.

yes. Even dark elves. Malekith sees the whole world as his birthright. And his DE takes up on that. They have no regard for the rest of the world, would raid, plunder, pillage, torture and enslave whoever, wherever or whatever they feel like. Every darkelf only cares about himself and all his ambitions are aimed at self interests and would kill even thier direct family without hesitation if it serves their purpose.

But skaven even surpass them. So that's saying something.

[Nemo]

just as evil as the humans are they just breed faster.

[FON]

Their morality is straight up different from ours. For them killing/betraying someone for the benefit of the clan or even themselves is seen as morally just. To the point were Eshin's brotherhood mentality is seen as weird.

[EA Latium]

Yep, they are described as "malevolent and diabolical", they worship the Horned Rat, a relative of the Chaos gods.

Their origin is unclear (probably done on purpose, not uncommon), but they all hint at dark rituals and Chaos interventions.

[Zoie Shales]

Originally posted by Vlad The Impaler:

I have been binge loring the skaven and so far they seem to be just vicious cannablisitic and power hungry faction. So the skaven have no moral compass as say the other factions?

Yes.

[Namhaid]

Originally posted by Sus:

just as evil as the humans are they just breed faster.

Actually in this setting humans are paragons of virtue (except for chaos followers), not because they are particularly good, they are pretty much similar to how we were in our own past, with the good and the bad. But when you compare that to Chaos, Skaven, Undead, etc.? The Empire is made of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ walking saints.

[Hell Muffin]

Originally posted by Namhaid:

Originally posted by Sus:

just as evil as the humans are they just breed faster.

Actually in this setting humans are paragons of virtue (except for chaos followers), not because they are particularly good, they are pretty much similar to how we were in our own past, with the good and the bad. But when you compare that to Chaos, Skaven, Undead, etc.? The Empire is made of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ walking saints.

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[Deornwulf]

Skaven are what would result if Chucky fathered a child on Annabelle with Talky Tina serving as the midwife.

[Koveras]

Of course they're not evil. Everything they do is for the advancement of warp-science and self realization. If only the furless food-things were so noble of spirit.

[Darth Wadewilson]

Originally posted by Queenvelynn:

Originally posted by Namhaid:

Actually in this setting humans are paragons of virtue (except for chaos followers), not because they are particularly good, they are pretty much similar to how we were in our own past, with the good and the bad. But when you compare that to Chaos, Skaven, Undead, etc.? The Empire is made of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ walking saints.

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Vlad is the gold standard of virtue.