But are there Doom Divers?
Yep those are in game, if we had picked Grimgore we would have actually started with them. They’re pretty useful too, they’re one of the more accurate siege weapons in game.
Alpha Update 4 – Greenskins Savage Uprising - Ep 4
It’s time for the further expansion to the north and west. Azhag’s armies head south while he delegates weaker Warbosses to handle the west and defeat the Top Knots, a tribe of Savage Orcs. In Warhammer Savage Orcs are an unfortunate mix of racism, taking inspiration from “primitive cultures” while also making note of their smaller brains that cause them to be “savage.” In the game they are more powerful though unarmored and shieldless variants of the common Orcs. In a battle an Orc Boy will get defeated handily by a Savage Orc, but when you bring in the Black Orcs is when the Savage Orcs start to really hurt.
Multi-Series Let’s Play?
So something I wanted to do with this LP originally but decided against, I want to give a go. So far we’ve seen gameplay of mainly the Greenskins with Azhag the Slaughterer leading them. But, I want to show off all of the main factions. So what I’m going to do is basically make this a mega thread for the Warhammer LP’s for each faction. I already have recorded some Empire with Karl Franz, because I felt that would show off the game better and also fuck Balthasar Gelt, fuck him. For the other series though which will involve the other factions I’d like to let ya’ll vote on who we will be playing as for each faction.
So let’s have some more votes to see who we will be playing as. I wanted to do this as well so we get more variety and otherwise doing each faction one at a time would take forever. I also personally find it more fun to do this way.
Voting!
Please choose a leader for the following factions, you can vote multiple times, but please only vote for one leader per faction. I will then play as the leader of each faction with the most votes.
- Throgg(Norsca)
- Wulfrik the Wanderer(Norsca)
- Vlad von Carstein(Vampire Counts)
- Manfred von Carstein(Vampire Counts)
- Isabella von Carstein(Vampire Counts)
- Orion(Wood Elves)
- Durthu(Wood Elves)
- Belegar Ironhammer(Dwarves)
- Thorgrim Grudgebearer(Dwarves)
- Ungrim Ironfist(Dwarves)
- Grombrindal - The White Dwarf(Dwarves)
- Alberic de Bordeleaux(Bretonnia)
- The Fay Enchantress(Bretonnia)
- King Louen Leoncoeur(Bretonnia)
- Morghur the Shadowgave(Beastmen)
- Malagor the Dark Omen(Beastmen)
- Khazrak the One-Eye(Beastmen)
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Not including Helman Ghorst and Heinrich Kemmler or Volkmar the Grim as vote options? Out of curiosity are you just going to show beastmen instead of the warriors of Chaos considering how similar they are?
I didn’t include a few characters in the vote because I just didn’t find they’d be as interesting to watch or play as. For Warriors of Chaos I felt it was more appropriate for me to start as Archaon.
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Really? I thought they were supposed to be Orc Luddites who reject advanced technology for not being Orcy enough. Like the Snakebites from 40K. That’s really shitty if they’re supposed to be literally less advanced mentally. It also ruins the whole point of the Black Orcs.
At least as far as I could find that’s what they are. It is possible that is wrong, which I’d hope it is since it is really shitty.
From what I can read it’s more that over exposure to sunlight makes 'em devolve. As fungus boys they don’t like the sun much. That doesn’t change the fact that they have some obviously racist stereotypes like bones through noses.
Doesn’t it also say they are like an earlier stage in evolution of Orcs?
Not from what I can find. This article http://warhammerfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Savage_Orc is kind of unclear as to whether they’ve devolved from Orcs, were never “civilized” by the Chaos Dwarfs, or are being deliberate cultural reactionaries. Also I think any talk of civilization when it comes to Orcs is supposed to be ironic, the only thing that changes is what kind of weapons and armor they use.
Ah alright point taken. I am not a Warhammer buff so if I do get stuff wrong feel free to point it out like that.
Warhammer has plenty of really cringe stuff, but there’s some pretty interesting stuff too. Like that the dwarfs are polyandrous. Or that part of the plans of the Lahmian Sisterhood are to secretly manipulate human society to make women the equals of men. Then you get pointlessly disgusting stuff like the Fimir. It’s frustrating, but the franchise has been around for over 30 years and had a lot of different contributors. Thankfully they blew it up so now head canon can reign supreme.
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Sorry for not updating for a while, I’ve been both very busy and running into issues with space on my laptop. I’ll try to figure it out but if I’m not able to I may have to just cancel the LP.
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That sucks. Hope it works out.
Restart!
So I’ve decided rather than making a new thread, I’d use this one instead! This LP was abandoned due to technical limitations that I have now rectified. But instead of LP’ing just Total War: Warhammer 1, I’ll be LP’ing the entire series with a focus on the 2nd game. The 2nd game has the entire 1st game in it basically except for Norsa(Which are coming in May). For now though we will be focusing on the Vortex Campaign. This will be centered around the High Elves, Dark Elves, Lizardmen, and Skaven, as well as the Tomb Kings. For now though we’ll be voting on what leaders we’ll be using!.
High Elves
Tyrion
The Heir of Aenarion, protector of the Everqueen and considered one of the greatest High Elven warriors to ever live. Tyrion is to some known as the Blender for in game he just tears through swaths of enemies while showing little fatigue. He is one of the most powerful melee lords in the entire series but cannot fly. His twin brother is Teclis.
Teclis
One of the greatest High Elven mages to ever live. Teclis is the twin brother of Tyrion and both are considered bastions of the High Elves. While his brother is strong physically Teclis is incredibly strong magically and is a powerful caster lord.
Dark Elves
Malekith
Malekith was heir to the Phoenix Crown and tried to usurp the position but failed miserably. He eventually formed the Dark Elves and leads them as their Witch King. This Dark Elf is a hybrid caster and melee fighter who can be quite tanky.
Morathi
Morathi is the mother of Malekith. She is a cunning witch who shares a special bond with her son. Out of the caster lords she is a bit on the weaker side.
Lizardmen
Lord Mazdamundi
The oldest and longest living of the Slann, Mazdamundi is a force to be reckoned with. His start is quite easy, he is the leader of Hexoatl.
Kroq-Gar
Another very powerful melee lord, Kroq-Gar is an ancient Saurus Oldblood and warrior of the Lizardmen. He is a slayer of Daemons and is one of their greatest heroes to ever live. His mount is the largest and most powerful Carnisaur he could get.
Skaven
Queek Headtaker
One of the greatest warriors the Skaven have ever known, Queek is a bloodthirsty and malicious creature even among Skaven. In combat he is nearly unparalleled and wears the skulls of his enemies as trophies. He especially hates Dwarves and Greenskins.
Lord Skrolk
One of the 9 Legendary Plaguelords, Skrolk leads Clan Pestilence in game and is known for his causing of ruin and decay. While somewhat ok in melee he is more of a caster lord with a heavy focus on AoE spells.
Tretch Craventail
Chieftain of Clan Rictus, Tretch Craventail is nearly unkillable. Now matter the scenario he has survived time and time again. A melee lord, what he lacks in strength he makes up for in ability to escape, ambush, and betray.
Tomb Kings
Settra the Imperishable
The greatest Tomb King to ever live. It is by Settra’s will that his people were made immortal, only they were betrayed by Nagash. Settra is known as the King of Kings and ruled with such power that he conquer much of the world during his living reign. Now that he has returned he seeks vengeance. In melee Settra is a beast, but more importantly he can mount a War Sphinx making him one of the most powerful mounted lords in the game.
Grand Hierophant Khatep
The Grande Hierophant and leader of the Mortuary Cult. He was exiled from Khemri for his failure to provide the Tomb Kings with true eternal life, and leaving them damned to undead immortality due to the work of Nagash. As a caster lord he is alright, and he has possibly the hardest start in the game. Though interesting he can mount artillery.
High Queen Khalida
Hater of Vampires, High Queen Khalida was betrayed by one of her closest kin and friends. She has a long rivalry with her cousin, Neferata the vampire. Queen Khalida rules of Lahmia and makes her entire army have poison attacks. In melee she is very durable.
Arkhan the Black
The closest follower of Nagash, following him even into immortal undeath. Arkhan seeks to follow his master yet again, and is immune to Vampiric Corruption. He is able to recruit a few Vampire Count units.
- Tyrion
- Teclis
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- Malekith
- Morathi
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- Lord Mazdamundi
- Kroq-Gar
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- Queek Headtaker
- Lord Skrolk
- Tretch Craventail
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- Settra the Imperishable
- Grand Hierophant Khatep
- High Queen Khalida
- Arkhan the Black
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Oh, glad to see this is back. Especially in this form because it gives me a chance to follow along from the beginning this time (which I meant to do previously but then… didn’t 
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It’s Warhammer so this doesn’t surprise me but of course there’s like one lady out of all of the leaders here D:
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Yeah there are unfortunately few women leaders. There’s Khalida and Morathi in the Vortex, then Fay Enchantress and Isabella in Mortal Empires. For High Elves, Dark Elves, Wood Elves, Bretonnia, Vampire Counts, have female lords and heroes. Oddly the Tomb Kings only have male heroes and lords despite women being prominent in their society.
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Somehow I never noticed that the Tomb Kings didn’t have any female heroes, particularly with them having Khalida. Admittedly the roles available to females varied from city to city, but spellcasters in the form of priests weren’t uncommon. On another interesting note sometimes when you control arkhan the black and command him to do something his voice line will say “You are not him.”
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I know in the lore there were some female leaders among the Tomb Kings, and it seemed like royal families were quite important. Example being Khalida and Neferata. It is very strange, I wonder if we’ll get an update later on adding women to the Tomb Kings. Hell you would barely even need to change models or voices, as some are pretty androgynous looking already and they’re really wasted away undead so they don’t really have sex characteristics.
So I put up a poll on my twitter as the final decision for the Skaven to do a tie breaker. The leaders we have will be as follows going by votes.
Teclis (High Elves)
Morathi (Dark Elves)
Lord Mazdamundi (Lizardmen)
Lord Skrolk (Skaven)
High Queen Khalida (Tomb Kings)
In some cities like Lahmia where Neferata was from, Neferata was a rarity because while important females were expected to only be seen when called for. It just Neferata was more competent then her brother/husband and ended up assassinating him. Khalida by contrast when she was married off, she was basically trained to be a warrior queen in the new city. Along with everyone working in the forges as this city pioneered iron in Nekehara. Nerd mode off.