Welcome, traveller, to the Darklands. Here the Hearlds of Hubris, personal guard of Oxymandias the Mad wage war from their dark towers, enslaving the lesser races, vying for superiority against competing warlords and sorcerers and securing resources to feed the every hungry inustrial machine of Dawi Zharr society.
In the dark realms of Zharr Naggrund, Oxymandias the Mad sits upon his throne: one of the handful of supreme sorcerer prophets that lead the city. He is a dwarf of unparalleled arrogance and ambition. Despite his station among the ruling caste, his peers despise him for his brazen hubris and expansionist zeal, earning him the moniker “the Mad” among the Dawi Zharr.
Most Chaos Dwarfs are conservative by nature and wish to strengthen their realm. The Mad prophet seeks to expand their domain.
Unfazed by the disdain of his contemporaries, Oxymandias serves begrudgingly under his Lord and master, High Priest Astragoth Ironhand, who recognizes his utility in acquiring slaves and resources for the grand schemes of Zharr Naggrund. His insatiable thirst for power drives him to force subjugated peoples into erecting monuments in his likeness, a testament to his unbridled ego.
Rumors swirl of Oxymandias harboring ambitions to ascend to the position of High Priest of Hashut, challenging the authority of Astragoth himself. Yet, whether he is a true contender or merely a deluded dreamer remains shrouded in the shadows of Zharr Naggrund’s treacherous politics.
His eyes burn with raw magic, the fires of Hashut.
But his legs ache. As if weighed down by stone.
How long does Oxymandias have to enact his dastardly plans, before he becomes yet another monument to his own Hubris, lining the path to Mingol Zharr Nagrund…
This blog is a continuation of my original blog on the older version of CDO which was later continued on the modern iteration of CDO and subsequently abandoned.
I was a long time lurker on the original CDO and was finally convinced to join and begin posting by @Admiral after purchasing some items from his Etsy store.
Since that time I have thrown myself into CDO life and played an active role in restarting our Zine and Podcast. (Which had featured, under a different creative team, on the earlier website.)
My “Big Hat” Chaos Dwarf army was originally built to play Age of Sigmar, however it was built in a time when my gaming group was falling out of love with the system. It was, in the end, use to play Warlords of Erewhon, a skirmish system where big round bases did not matter.
However, later on, WHFB began to interest me and my beloved big hats, on their giant lava bases would simply not rank. So, in order to play both systems, I did what any sensible person would do and made a second Chaos Dwarf army, this time inspired by a 1980s aesthetic..
However, now the Old World is upon us and controversially the basing standard is moving from 20mm to 25mm. It feels like the right time to rebase and finish a project that begun circa five years ago!
It is my hope that this army continues to grow and that this blog will serve as a place to record my legions of hat-loving miniature Mesopotamians!
I can’t wait to see what else you will present to us! 
