Gotrek & Felix arrive back to the southern coast of the Old World to discover that the orcs are running rampant. With the Empire’s armies desperately fighting off a major Chaos invasion further inland, the lands are laid bare. To honour an ancient pledge, Gotrek agrees to help a dwarf prince reclaim his hold from the savage greenskin invaders who have overrun it, but the intrepid heroes find more than they bargain for in the cold depths of the mountains.

Games Workshop's Necromunda game involves small gangs fighting for supremacy in the hive underworld. It allows for advance of the gangs as more games are played, as they gain more skills, money, and of course weapons to help them become the rulers of the Under Hive. Necromunda is a game of fierce combat between rival gang fighters in the dangerous underworld of the Necromundan hives.

The premise for the campaign is that two brothers have become estranged. The younger brother was chosen as the successor to the estate by their father, and the older brother fled to the Dark Elves, where he was taken in. Now, the older has returned with a Dark Elf army to exact vengeance upon his brother. Each of the brothers holds a sword that contains a Tear of Isha, and whoever holds both tears wins the campaign