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search  An undead nation in the fictional world of the Warhammer
Fantasy setting, Khemri is home to the Tomb Kings, an army
composed of skeletons and various decayed creatures. The theme
of the army is based on the culture of Ancient Egypt, with an
emphasis on its more morbid tendencies such as mummification.
Correspondingly, the hordes of skeletons are led by withered
liche-priests who used a proto-necromancy/death magic (less
potent and sinister than true necromancy practised in the modern
Warhammer world) and resurrected kings and princes. Khemri was
originally called Nehekhara, of which Khemri was a major city.
Khemri was the first human civilisation to emerge in the
Warhammer Fantasy World as a cluster of kingdoms nominally ruled
by a High King. Its people fought with chariots and blocks of
infantry, supported by archers and supernatural allies.
Eventually a young noble known as Nagash was born. He was the
oldest son of the current king. Ins