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 unmercifulconker wrote:

 Iron_Captain wrote:

 unmercifulconker wrote:
I'm turning into a skeleton from this wait.

Too late. The skeleton is already inside you.

*Removes Mechanicus sanctioned sun protectors*......Holy Emperor!


Daaaayum I wonder what the reveal is gonna be! Love the Knight of Shrouds! However technically even Death get a Stormcast hero.... Wonder how Nagash stopped his soul from 'escaping.'

Edit: missed the title, hmmm so either Nagash prevented Sigmar from taking his soul or the 'coward' refused to be taken. Which asks how does a mortal refuse the call of a god. A common theme is that you cannot help but to obey a God when they call upon you.


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Wait is it only 5 minutes till the reveal? I thought the countdown wouldn't be till later on today but my countdown is showing 5 minutes.

Nagash captured Tarsus Bullheart- Lord Celestant of the Hallowed Knights (and his soul) during the Realmgate wars. He sure as hell can do that lol. Listen to the Realmgate Wars- Hunt for Nagash audio drama.

Also, one of the Stormhosts (Anvils of the Heldenhammer I think?) is entirely comprised of souls (living and the dead) from Shyish. Nagash didn't appreciate that.

Well, because the site is slow, I'm pretending this is the reveal until further notice.




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Well, it's a start!

Sounds like a fairly chunky book - lots of narrative, apparently lots of rules.

Looking forward to finding out more as it comes.

Well, this should bring closure, shouldn't it?

Lord Kragan wrote:



Well, this should bring closure, shouldn't it?

This video is bloody amazing. Sooo the realms are similar to Yggdrasil.

 shinros wrote:

Lord Kragan wrote:



Well, this should bring closure, shouldn't it?

This video is bloody amazing. Sooo the realms are similar to Yggdrasil.

This was pretty much known, but really, surmising this in a 4 min vid is gold.

As someone who didn't read much AoS lore so far, this video was freakin' amazing.

Lord Kragan wrote:

 shinros wrote:

Lord Kragan wrote:



Well, this should bring closure, shouldn't it?

This video is bloody amazing. Sooo the realms are similar to Yggdrasil.

This was pretty much known, but really, surmising this in a 4 min vid is gold.

Yeah well that's the interpretation I always had it's just nice to get some confirmation. As I said on TGA what GW is doing with AOS is a "soft reboot". Got loads of information on the site for those who want to learn more about the setting. They even have a timeline up on the website.

Well I am going to start cracking on my undead fan fiction.

Keldrek
The Knight of Shrouds is a traitor to his own kin, a turncoat who was called to rule in Nagash’s hellish dystopia rather than serve in Sigmar’s heaven-sent armies.

I don't think he was meant to be a Stormcast but rather that he was a citizen of one of the cities of Shyish.

So
new tactical challenges in matched play.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/01/04/malign-portents-the-time-is-nighgw-homepage-post-1/

 Kanluwen wrote:

Keldrek
The Knight of Shrouds is a traitor to his own kin, a turncoat who was called to rule in Nagash’s hellish dystopia rather than serve in Sigmar’s heaven-sent armies.

I don't think he was meant to be a Stormcast but rather that he was a citizen of one of the cities of Shyish.

Yeah if you watch the character insight by phil he pretty much reveals he is not a stormcast. Plus going by lord of undeath a stormcast betraying their fellows in such a fasion does not make sense. Considering how knights of shrouds are born.

Plus the description says he is human or was.

 TheDraconicLord wrote:
As someone who didn't read much AoS lore so far, this video was freakin' amazing.

At the risk of sounding negative, it took GW two and a half years to explain to me how the damn setting actually works.

I feel a measure of amazement, but I can't say it's the good kind.

Anyway, enough of that. The Warhammer Community article makes it seem like we've got an army building period of several months ahead of us with the main event coming after. I hope there's an undead release in there because if the rumors of Slaanesh and the elves making a comeback later this year are true, I doubt there'll be much room for Death after a certain point.

 Geifer wrote:

 TheDraconicLord wrote:
As someone who didn't read much AoS lore so far, this video was freakin' amazing.

At the risk of sounding negative, it took GW two and a half years to explain to me how the damn setting actually works.

I feel a measure of amazement, but I can't say it's the good kind.

Anyway, enough of that. The Warhammer Community article makes it seem like we've got an army building period of several months ahead of us with the main event coming after. I hope there's an undead release in there because if the rumors of Slaanesh and the elves making a comeback later this year are true, I doubt there'll be much room for Death after a certain point.

To be precise of about 6 weeks.

 Geifer wrote:

 TheDraconicLord wrote:
As someone who didn't read much AoS lore so far, this video was freakin' amazing.

At the risk of sounding negative, it took GW two and a half years to explain to me how the damn setting actually works.

At the risk of sounding too apologistic, I really don't understand why it is that GW had to explain it to people?

It honestly felt to me that many people wanted the "hard science" behind AoS right off the bat but just glazed over the idea of there being the different Realms.

I feel a measure of amazement, but I can't say it's the good kind.

Anyway, enough of that. The Warhammer Community article makes it seem like we've got an army building period of several months ahead of us with the main event coming after. I hope there's an undead release in there because if the rumors of Slaanesh and the elves making a comeback later this year are true, I doubt there'll be much room for Death after a certain point.

Ehhh...it depends on how they release Death stuff and what we see for 40k as well.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Geifer wrote:

 TheDraconicLord wrote:
As someone who didn't read much AoS lore so far, this video was freakin' amazing.

At the risk of sounding negative, it took GW two and a half years to explain to me how the damn setting actually works.

At the risk of sounding too apologistic, I really don't understand why it is that GW had to explain it to people?

I can only speak for myself, but to this day I've not found the motivation to finish an army because due to the absence of a substantial setting, I have a hard time giving it an identity.

The problem isn't that I can't do that per se, but going with an identity that could fit in anywhere defeats the point of making the army for this specific setting.

I'm not a wargamer first and foremost and sticking together models just to push them around a table means nothing to me. I want to attach a story to my little toy soldiers. Which doesn't work without a solid frame of reference.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Ehhh...it depends on how they release Death stuff and what we see for 40k as well.

40k is a bit of a problem to begin with. If we get Slaanesh in Age of Sigmar, we get Slaanesh in 40k as well which takes up time. Which is not necessarily a problem because I've not just been waiting for Death but also Slaanesh releases. But after half a year of Primaris and Nurgle and pretty much nothing else, I'm a bit wary about GW's release policy. Last year has been pretty dull and lacking variety.

 Geifer wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Geifer wrote:

 TheDraconicLord wrote:
As someone who didn't read much AoS lore so far, this video was freakin' amazing.

At the risk of sounding negative, it took GW two and a half years to explain to me how the damn setting actually works.

At the risk of sounding too apologistic, I really don't understand why it is that GW had to explain it to people?

I can only speak for myself, but to this day I've not found the motivation to finish an army because due to the absence of a substantial setting, I have a hard time giving it an identity.

The problem isn't that I can't do that per se, but going with an identity that could fit in anywhere defeats the point of making the army for this specific setting.

I'm not a wargamer first and foremost and sticking together models just to push them around a table means nothing to me. I want to attach a story to my little toy soldiers. Which doesn't work without a solid frame of reference.

You might want to pick up the Firestorm campaign stuff then. It did wonders for this thanks to the fluff for the Great Cities. It's only a paragraph or so for each one but even just seeing a list of who dwells within makes a big difference.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Ehhh...it depends on how they release Death stuff and what we see for 40k as well.

40k is a bit of a problem to begin with. If we get Slaanesh in Age of Sigmar, we get Slaanesh in 40k as well which takes up time. Which is not necessarily a problem because I've not just been waiting for Death but also Slaanesh releases. But after half a year of Primaris and Nurgle and pretty much nothing else, I'm a bit wary about GW's release policy. Last year has been pretty dull and lacking variety.

Honestly, if they wanted to do Slaanesh without doing 40k at the same time? Totally doable. We had Bloodbound with no tie-ins to Khorne Daemonkin for 40k for example.

 Kanluwen wrote:
You might want to pick up the Firestorm campaign stuff then. It did wonders for this thanks to the fluff for the Great Cities. It's only a paragraph or so for each one but even just seeing a list of who dwells within makes a big difference.

Thanks. I may.

Honestly, if they wanted to do Slaanesh without doing 40k at the same time? Totally doable. We had Bloodbound with no tie-ins to Khorne Daemonkin for 40k for example.

Don't quash my hopes! Just because I don't think endless releases for the same army are a good thing doesn't mean GW should stop that practice right before an army I'm interested in comes around.

 TheDraconicLord wrote:
As someone who didn't read much AoS lore so far, this video was freakin' amazing.

Loving alot of this stuff - really enjoying it

Now got to transfer the good stuff (and there is a lot) to http://whfb.lexicanum.com/wiki/Main_Page

Hehe, if you followed the lore the only big surprise here was the relationship between the realms of shadow and light.

Great video all the same, I'm sure it's gonna be a great help to many people who didn't have time to follow and nab every lore source.

If they would release a book version of this video with details to every realm that would be beyond ace. (Especially if written by Josh, that man knows how to make the realms come to life.)

Definitely gonna be a good year for AoS, ton of new releases with the rpg coming out as well.

yay Skullvane Manse being rereleased as, it sounds like, "Warscry Citadel"
plus the modular tower stuff!

Still got me modular towers. One is even painted!

Super stoked for Skullvane returning though. Original one I had fell foul of dodgy glue circa 2010 - ended up selling it as I had neither the skills nor the time to fix it up.

Hahaha, I read that as "neither the skulls nor the time to fix it up".

Nice to see it back.

Loads of good stuff on the new webpage, I especially like the short story.

Having light and shadow dancing around each other is really cool.

You might want to pick up the Firestorm campaign stuff then. It did wonders for this thanks to the fluff for the Great Cities. It's only a paragraph or so for each one but even just seeing a list of who dwells within makes a big difference.

The RNG city generator is the real gem.

Baron Klatz wrote:
Hehe, if you followed the lore the only big surprise here was the relationship between the realms of shadow and light.

Great video all the same, I'm sure it's gonna be a great help to many people who didn't have time to follow and nab every lore source.

If they would release a book version of this video with details to every realm that would be beyond ace. (Especially if written by Josh, that man knows how to make the realms come to life.)

Definitely gonna be a good year for AoS, ton of new releases with the rpg coming out as well.

Yep. None of that was new or unexpected. As an AoS newbie The only thing I didn’t know was archaeon using the pathways though that’s very interesting.

What do people think of the skellies in the Knight of Shrouds art? Grim reaper robes, bunch of different weapons and look to be on foot. Could it be the first look at a new unit?

I'll be a little sad if the book previewed is the only one released. I was kind of hoping for a full Realm Gate wars, multi-book event. The Malign Portents one is a touch on the thin side so far.

Baron Klatz wrote:
Hehe, if you followed the lore the only big surprise here was the relationship between the realms of shadow and light.

Funny that, because when I tried to raise the topic a while back on TGA it didn't go well and nobody could give the totality of the setting anywhere near as much substance and form as that wee video did. I don't get why folk can't just acknowledge that AoS was sparse and underdeveloped until fairly recently.

That said, now that it's finally here, AoS having an actual setting is welcome and I'm interested to see what they do with it.

JSG wrote:
What do people think of the skellies in the Knight of Shrouds art? Grim reaper robes, bunch of different weapons and look to be on foot. Could it be the first look at a new unit?

This one?



I'd guess Cairn Wraiths, just with extra weapons. Would be cool if we got a new wraith unit, though, to have individual models to go with the ghost swarms for more variety in Nighthaunt.

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
I'll be a little sad if the book previewed is the only one released. I was kind of hoping for a full Realm Gate wars, multi-book event. The Malign Portents one is a touch on the thin side so far.

Hopefully (well, sort of) it'll be like Gathering Storm and just set the stage for the actual event. The name Malign Portents certainly points to it.

I’ve seen summmaries on warhammer total war forum (of all places) more in depth than that video. The lore is out there to find before now if you wanted to know. All this does is collect it into an easily digestible format for those who can’t bother to work or think for themselves.

 Gamgee wrote:
I’ve seen summmaries on warhammer total war forum (of all places) more in depth than that video. The lore is out there to find before now if you wanted to know. All this does is collect it into an easily digestible format for those who can’t bother to work or think for themselves.

Indeed. Which is great. I want a full book of collected lore like this, instead of hunting it from different scattered sources.