Tributes and monuments to the Dark Powers ensure the Chaos Gods' favour. Even those that make it to the raiding parties will be mercilessly left to die if they stumble or fail to keep up it is merely the act of cutting off a septic limb, lest the host be weakened. If a man grows to adulthood without showing a thirst for violence he is likely to be exiled or simply killed. For the Northmen, this is as much an absolute truth as the motion of the tides. If you can't keep the pace, you are food for the Warhounds. So it has always been amongst the Northmen. This is why a weak leader will not be tolerated and quickly be challenged to bloody combat. Should the Dark Gods be looking, he will garner the most attention, so must fight for the right to lead. No Marauder Chieftain is elevated to power out of privilege alone.
Within the Brass Citadel sits Khorne atop a mountain of skulls, each one cleaved from their host in the Blood God's name. Khorne desires skulls, so gifts his followers with the initiative to find them. And so the Marauders gather in large numbers, awaiting a "Three-eyed King". When women start weeping blood, when mutations increase and the call of the Manticore is heard over the wind - these are the signs that the Chaos Gods have cast their eyes and that eternal war is at hand.
There are signs and portents that the tribes have long learned to identify.
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