Gordo Giantrider - 345 points

You may take Gordo as either a Regiment of Reknown or an independant
Orc character.  If the latter, he may be your warlord, and replace the
one from the main army list, or he can simply be a big boss.  To take
Gordo in an Orc army, you must have at least one unit of Orcs (not
Savage Orcs or Black Orcs).


Gordo was an Orc from the Broken Tooth clan, who often captured and
trained monsters for their Waaagh!s.  Amongst the tribe were a group
of talented Orcs who were somewhat more successful than others at
training hideous beasts such as griffon, hippogriffs, and spiders.
Gordo was one of these, and was known for keeping a pet cockatrice,
amongst other things.

Gordo really enjoyed his work.  He was the best in his tribe at breaking
new monsters, and he gained great prestige riding them into battle,
sometimes even taking the field on a beast not yet tamed.  Gored, clawed,
and bitten many times, Gordo enjoyed it all, too thick to be put off.

Gordo was a bit odd for an Orc - he was given to thinking about things
like what next.  He dreamed of being the greatest beastmaster the
world had ever seen.  And so, when finally he had tamed and ridden one
of every monstrous creature known to the Old World, Gordo hit upon his
most daring and maniacal exploit yet - he was determined to ride to
battle atop the shoulders of a giant.  Being far too stupid to realise 
that this just can't be done, he went ahead and did it anyway.

The tale of how Gordo captured a giant to ride is far too long to relate
here - suffice to say that many broken bones and a goodly deal of
stolen Bugman's XXXXXX were involved in an epic struggle.

Eventually, Gordo rose to fame and infamy throughout the Old World,
even on occasion leading his own small Waaagh!, on the back of Maawbeer,
particularly in the Moot, where both Gordo and his giant discovered
a great taste for halflings.  His current whereabouts are unknown, but
it is said that he has often been seen amongst mercenary companies, for
the usual fee - a dozen halflings each day.

	  M WS BS  S  T  W  I  A LD
Gordo	  4  5  5  4  5  2  5  3 10 
Maawbeer  6  3  3  7  6  6  3  *  6

Equipment: Gordo wears light armour and carries a shield.  He wields a
huge sword, which, whilst not being a double handed blade, still confers
a +2 strength bonus.  There is nothing magical about this blade - it is
just very, very big.

Rides: Gordo rides Maawbeer, his tame giant.

Magic Items:  Gordo is a big boss, and may have up to two magic items.

Special Rules:  All the rules for riding a monster apply to Gordo, except
the monster reaction rules.  Maawbeer isn't too bright, and should Gordo
be struck down it may take the better part of a day before he realises
that something's not quite right.  In fact, if it weren't for the fact
that he's the only one to feed him, Gordo would probably not be missed!

Gordo is a genius (in his own demented way) when it comes to capturing
and taming monsters.  Because of this, any army accompanied by Gordo
may have one of its monsters unaffected by the bound monster rule.


Cost workings:

Gordo (Orc big boss): 72 points
Maawbeer (Giant): 200 points
+1 initiative: 2 points
+2 leadership: 4 points
light armour: 2 points
shield: 1 point
huge sword: 4 points
no monster reaction: 10 points
unbound monster: 50 points

345 points total

It is strongly suggested that if you give Gordo any magic items, the
first of these be the Collar of Zorga, this being greatly in character.

Once again, comments/criticism: too cheap?  unbalancing?