Y is for Ymir

Ymir. E-mir? Yee-mir? The pronunciation is something of mystery in the Empire's colleges. Scholars debate the creature's very existence not just the name's sound. Many take the side that this creature is just a garden variety “abominable snowman," or Yeti.

In fact, the Ymir is a distinct creature akin to the foul Beastman of the Empire’s dark, and often corrupted, forests. Yet those that have traveled the lands of Norsca write that the Ymir has a specific diet: human flesh. Contrast, the scholars will point out, the varied diet of a beastman horde.

Norscian skalds tell travelers that Ymir is largely a solitary creature, mating briefly for “litter of whelps." If they speak any language, it is one of grunts and low moans. Standing taller than a human by a foot or two and weighing more than 21 stones, Ymir are covered in a thick, matted white fur—lending much to the debate of Yeti or not Yeti—fouled not just by excrement, but also frozen blut und fleisch that is often a source of food when prey is not near.

Editor's Notes

I've written Y is for Yeti. Ymir starts with ‘Y'. In the Old World, north of the Empire and across the Sea of Claws, is the mountainous land of Norsca. Largely unapproachable by the Sea of Claws and its ice laden “trade routes," most scholars brave Kislev, the Northern Wastes (and the Troll Country) to visit even the closest communities. The game of Warhammer is rich with lands and lore for gaming and one's imagination.