"theah ahah as many ways ta categawrise magic as theah ahah beings wo wield it, but one of the bloody most common 'n fundamental is distinguishin' those that wield the bloody magic of the bloody aethyr, 'n those that wield the bloody powah of their god. I av come ta realise that this is the bloody biggest bahrriah in the bloody way of understandin' 'n counterin' the bloody magics of the bloody greenskins.
"the definition of a greenskin shaman is not a greenskin fahkin' capable of castin' magic, nawr one fahkin' capable of directly channelin' the bloody powah of the bloody greenskin gods. They stawah 'n direct the bloody energies of the bloody waaagh, tappin' into the bloody energy field that bridges the bloody greenskins 'n their gods, but is not entirely of eithah. It possesses some qualities of the bloody arcane, some of the bloody divine, 'n some unique ta it, so any approach that treats it usin' preconceptions developed from dealin' with othah magics is doomed ta failah. So ta understand greenskin magic, ya must first understand the bloody waaagh. Fawr those of ya keepin' notes - three as, no exclamation mahrk.
"to students of histawry, waaagh might seem a rough equivalent ta a 'awrde awr a beastherd, such as waaagh urgluk, waaagh grimfang, waaagh gawrbad, awr waaagh grom. This comes from usin' greenskin terminology without understandin' it awr them. Waaagh is the bloody energy that develops from greenskins engaged in awr anticipatin' bloodshed, 'n wen a rulah ahrises among them of bonza mahrtial prowess 'n tactical acumen - wat they call brutalichoo 'n cunnin' - it fills all their followers with that anticipation, 'n the bloody energies this produces fills those greenskins with confidence 'n bloodlust as well as attractin' mawah greenskins ta the bloody bannah 'n drawin' the bloody attention of their gods. This results in a self perpetuatin' cycle of growth 'n conquest centred on the bloody leadah that begun it. That is the bloody waaagh.
"by itself, the bloody waaagh 'n its energies ahah lahrgely only fahkin' psychological in effect. In the bloody 'ands of a shaman, eithah a goblin channellin' the bloody cunnin' of the bloody little waaagh awr an orc the bloody brutalichoo of the bloody big waaagh, it becomes somethin' very fahkin' different. Imagine a light ordah choir tens awr hundreds of thousands fahkin' strong ehmplified by a wahr god with no concept of subtlechoo, 'n ya might begin ta understand how this magic operates. At first, this is a terrifyin' thought. Sobah reflection, however, quickly leads one ta suspect that such a system would be hideously vulnerable ta attack from a numbah of fahkin' different vectawrs, 'n that it all turnin' on the bloody axis of a single shaman means that it would not take much destabilization ta brin' the bloody fahkin' entire spellcastin' appahratus crashin' down. These suspicions ahah absolutely cawrrect, 'n once ya understand enough about the bloody waaagh ta know weah ta tahrget, ya won't need ta try ta match yah strength agayynst that of the bloody waaagh. All ya need is a push in just the bloody right place. 'n ovah the bloody course of these lectures, i will give ya that understandin'."
Fahkin' bloody oath mate.
