Gift of Will

Who knows whether these are some special blessing of the Powers or merely the nature of the men who live and die in their service, their inner essence allowed release from the bounds of man's society?   While it will always be the deranged and insane who are drawn to the Powers, can it be doubted that they become more so with the attention of the gods upon them? So with these "gifts" of Khorne they do move ever closer to the mental state of martial perfection in their misshapen minds. While they gain in skill with the sword and axe and bow, when battle is in the offing they lose all rational thought and reason and wish only to close with the foe and tear them with whatever comes to hand.   They become able to ignore wound and injury to the point of death in order to continue the fight. They become a fearsome opponent in battle but that is all they are. Away from the field, without the stench of combat to fill their nostrils, they become empty shells of men, as though their soul had already taken them.