Good point! Also one of the many reasons I like them so much. They're on the same moral scale of the major Christian force of New Antioch (at least to me rn not having done a full complete deep dive on New Antioch yet lol) .
@@Willie5000 To be fair Jins are a HUGE part of Muslim culture. I wouldn't talk about that like it's a bad thing. I read an article about some Muslims uncovering a well and speculating that it was carved out by a Jin.
Besides terrorists in modern media the trend of the good Sultan is VERY common. I can list you many Hollywood films reaching back to BLACK AND WHITE! Where the Christians are without question evil and the Muslims are good. Why? Protestants hate Catholics much more then they do Muslims, Luther himself said as much. So in a lot of Media (Read Count of Monte Cristo) Muslims are portrayed as interesting, wise, and well mannered. It's very common. Look at Assassins Creed as the most famous example of this, Christian Bad/ Muslim Good. Then Kingdom of Heaven, the only recent big film about the Crusades and the Muslims are without a doubt the good guys in that film, the Crusaders are more or less cartoon villains. Make of it as you will but just because Muslim factions are rare (This is true, just like Africa and South America they don't get as much love, very sad since Africa would make a great place for a fantasy setting) doesn't mean there isn't positive portrayals of them. As of late I would dare to say that Christians have it worse. Most of the time Christians are portrayed as bigots, dumb, or villainous almost to the level of 'Russians are evil'. From what I have seen outside of Catholic circles and alt right Church bros who never go to Church Muslims are thought of fondly.
Just a neet picking from me, Muslims idea of hell and devil so different than Christianity you would be surprised. Though some Islamic cultures effected by Christian ideas in term of how they see devil it still very different
What I also like about the Iron Sultanate is that it’s not only a benevolent faction but they also got some _gnarly_ fucking units as well, something that is usually only reserved for the villains. Alchemical horrors and reality-bending nightmare assassins sound like something Chaos would field.
Agreed! I want my shit to also be nightmare fuel even if I'm playing the "good guys" lmao. I want my moment of: "Have no fear, we've come to save you." "Bro did you? What the fuck *is* that?!"
If looking at 40k, Fabius Bile would be the closest equivalent, merciless, yet with his own crusade on improving the human condition, not to say he's not a batshit crazy ruthless monster, but in his own mind, he's advancing humans through science no matter the morally despicable stuff he does
Benevolent besides the child soldiers, lol. But without just I do think that Islamic steam punk could be cool, we'll have to see what they do. Not going to lie I strongly dislike their look like the Pilgrims, just not for me.
God all the factions are so cool. I can't wait to see how much this world will expand when this gets fully released. Obviously Europe, North Africa and the middle east are the main center point of this setting but I do wonder how the rest of the world is doing.
They did establish America was discovered right? Have to wonder what’s going on there. If most resources are being directed towards the war then I can imagine colonization wouldn’t be as big. And if any colonies were established I’d imagine it’d be closer to what the French did, meaning I wouldn’t expect any colonies to try declaring independence or pushing west as aggressively as they did in our world. Add in actual magic existing and even if the introduction of western diseases happens, the natives might have the time needed to repopulate. Add in conformation of a literal war against hell going on about an ocean away, and the various natives cultures have an really big incentive to start building up their own united civilization to defend themselves, plus the manpower to pull it off. Maybe we could see something like Bands of Braves coming over to act as mercenaries against the forces of hell, this both gives them money but also lets them get a sense of what’s going on so they can send info back home. Say we assume their spirits are real in some way (maybe they’re actually angels, like the Americans are another way Heaven is trying to influence this war without directly intervening, or maybe it’s something else which could add some mystery in terms of what exactly are these shamans/priest drawing power from), they use those spirits in their rule, not sure how they’d be implemented, have to look more into their mythology. Aztecs might be a good ally for hell considering how big Human Sacrifice was in their religion, could even have a rebel faction trying to do away with that.
Everyone else is doing relatively OK. Demon prescence iirc is in Asia but weak enough that they get pushed out by a coalition of sorts, but no clue on how the New World is doing. We know the faithful and the damned both have massive fleets and have staging grounds for them, (England and Gibraltar respectively) but we have no idea if they colonised or not. People like to think the native american tribes and Aztecs are now relatively powerful since they're a sea away and trade with asia is probably the excuse to give them guns.@@collinb.8542
I'm a big fan of Tuomas' work on Warhammer Fantasy as that was the period that I got into that setting alongside Mordheim. I believe there's an interview with him where he says he would have loved to have fully developed the Araby faction as an actual playable army due to his love for Middle Eastern history and mythology, but his departure from the company and, well everything that happened in the 2000s in the middle east, probably made any plans for it impossible to achieve. Glad he's getting to cut loose his passion with Trench Crusade.
I imagine they'll have one out soon. I know they got one but its internal use only rn. I think its just incomplete still. Prob gonna be posted either on Kickstarter or with the actual core book.
@@glueboy yeha probably but with this specifically having like battle lines and locations being destroyed or taken over would be pretty easy to do whenever they want to add more lore cos the map is just real life with this whole thing i just hope they dont get any flak from the whole dont draw god stuff that middle eastern cultures have
@@skysnake-od8csI mean they don't really draw god himself. Closest is the meta-christ which is a clone of Jesus who in the eyes of the Islamic is a prophet, but not a god, and to the Jewish as a misguided preacher. I fucking love the meta-christ lol. The meta-christ did cut its flesh, and gave it to the disciples. Its ruined mouth could not form the words, but it grunted noises that the mendelist monk translated as "Take, eat; this is my body." And the meta-christ did leak blood from its eyes and mouth, which the medelist monk caught in a chalice, once again translating the meta-christ's painful noises, "Drink ye all of it..."
I am also in love with the Sultanate faction and getting the warband in the KS, another wargaming game that I think also does a respectful take of the golden age of Islam is Infinity with the Haqqislam faction, if you haven't seen it I recommend a look, they also have an assassin themed specific sub-army
In the small chance I played Infinity (not on the game its due to money, time, and nobody in my area play it) I was moderately intrested in Haqqislam. Now you're telling me they got assassins? I've been converted to a Haqqislam main.
Yeah, Hassassin Bahram is the name of the sectorial, they are also led by the old man in the mountain (who noone seems to have ever seen) and are dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge, attacking anyone who gets in the way of mankinds pursuit of knowledge
Absolutely love your channel and I think you should keep pushing this trench crusade lore if these guys play their cards rught trench crusade can easily become neck and neck competition with Warhammer 40k
If anything I see it becoming neck and neck with the games right under it. Star Wars, the Lord of the Rings one, Bolt Action, ect. Which is not a small feat should be said. GW is the market top dog. They are *the company* you think of when it comes to tabletop war gaming. Then we have a couple of other games that are either legacy games, pre-existing IPs, or spiritual successors to older long dead editions. So the idea a small team pops on the scene and explodes like this? Insane. And I'm fuckin here for it.
@glueboy it's going to end up depending on how they handle lore and growth if they can secure a few great authors to start pumping out books and comics this universe could become something special. Not since I read the first lexicanum wiki article on 40k Emperor have I been so excited about a a universe as this one it has incredibly pote
We can only hope that the entire fight has been contained and in this universe the Demons were too distracted to possess the Mongolian hearts and Asia is living in peace, sipping tea, writing books about the soul and the meaning of life. Someone's got to do it after all.
Am a Protestant myself, but I also love Middle East culture like you do. Saladin is one of my favorite historical figures. This army is my peeps for this game!
I actually dislike Saladin since he's a r$$$ist and a murderer but when people say Saladin they really mean his brother who was an outstanding man who freed his own slaves, gave gifts to his enemies, and believed in mercy. Anything good about Saladin was likely his brother not him. I say this because not enough people know this and he was such a stand out guy he deserves to be remembered.
Wall of dzulqarnain size is massive like the size of a mountain in height, it protect us from devil called "yakjuj and makjuj" when dajjal is coming to our world before judgment day
Bro, can you do more videos about trench crusade? I tried watching the other youtubers who do lore videos etc. but they suk. You are enjoyable to watch
I would love a subfaction to be a Heretical sect of Alchemists that WERE dissecting the demons from hell to improve their own homonculi and alchemical beasts with unique Troop/Elite choices to represent that.
Apparently some Black Library authors have shown some intrest in writing about the setting? But its an indie studio so if they can afford to I bet they would love to
I love seeing Arabic and Islam in sci fi and fantasy settings; specifically for me it's Haqqislam in the Infinity wargame, seeing how a sci fi Golden Age Islam would work, fascinating!
I really love what they did with this faction…. but im a bit concerned how much they get inspired by the ottomans although the iron sultanate is clearly the continuation of the Seljuks. There is a major difference in governance and traditions when it comes to the Seljuks therefore taking unique things attributed to ottomans such as clothes, military troops and names doesn’t make sense, although it might be cool. This overshadows the uniqueness and beauty of the Seljuks. I hope they stay true to the Iron sultanates roots and gives us more Seljuks based stuff in the future.
As someone with an almost entirely Gaelic heritage I would love to see a faction that represents old Celtic/Gaelic pagan traditions. Mabye a minor and obscure group that’s trying to resist Christianization and The Satanist faith of The Heretic Legion. A clan of Druidic warriors and I don’t mean D&D Druids I mean real old Western European pagan Druids. Maybe one of there patron gods could be Cernunnos the horned god.
Hi! As a Palestinian I would love to remind all of us enjoying the beautiful representation of Middle Eastern religion and culture (ESPECIALLY in the setting of Jerusalem and Palestine) that the IDF has been relentlessly killing Middle Easterners, destroying sacred mosques and temples, and leveling blocks in the name of the holy land. Please don't stop paying attention to us. Please don't stop donating. Please be aware of the struggles that real people are facing at the time of you enjoying the aesthetics of their religion and lives! I don't think I'll ever be able to describe the feeling of recognition and excitement when I saw that there was an islamic faction to play!!!! I am so excited for this game!
That is actually a really cool take for an Islamic faction in the setting. Also perhaps the most intriguing so far as it does feel more like a society in itself. By the way, a somewhat random question, but have you had a chance to play AC: Mirage? And if you have, what did you think of it?
I haven't had the chance to play Mirage but want to. I've seen some good video breakdowns of it and I have a feeling I'm gonna feel the game is fine lol. Not gonna peak shit like the older games but I'm gonna like it waaaay more than Odyssey or Valhalla. Every time I would go make time to go play it something new comes out lol. (Looking at you Dragon Ball Sparking Zero)
@@glueboy Based on your takes on this channel, I do think you might enjoy Mirage, although Valhalla remains the high point for me. Although it is good then that I didn't do the comment about Mirage that I originally intended as it would have been a spoiler. Let us just say that while I thought the game was fine, there is a certain perplexing narrative choice in it.
Make no mistake, this is a VERY esoteric version, borderline heretical version of islam. Steeped in solomonic tradition. I wish real muslims had even a FRACTION of the iron sultanate's powers.
Props for not trying to white wash the Janissaries of IRL. Sadly I've seen people in books and on blogs support Ottoman slavery which is very sad to see. Slavery is bad. Worse when you read what they did to the boys who would grow up to become Janissaries, yikes. Overall I like this guy, still on the edge for TC some of the lore is really bad, anything history is almost always wrong, I can't get over the time traveling Templars. But Glueboy does a very good job making it fun and interesting.
i wanted to join the discord for this game, and im reading online its locked for some political arguments? I’m very disappointed tbh, the game has awesome art and i woulve enjoyed building a force of minis and play it with the boys.
Their discord is open. I'm in it right now actually. They had to temporarily lock it a while ago but its back up with just rules about no political discussions or whatever. This should be a direct link from their website. Cause yeah I'm a big lurker specifically to get fun lore tidbits from devs and see cool models from people. discord.com/invite/trenchcrusade
Dont listen to these lies brother, some time ago some right wing idiots where homophobic on the discord server and for that they got kicked. The discord server today is open and free for anyone to join, that is if you dont start talking racist or homophobic nonsense
The creator trying to pretend he's well read on history is a little insulting since one of the first things I learned about this game was that they (by mistake) made the Templars into time travelers. Also its pretty clear that they hate Christians which is funny since they are making a game about the Crusades lol. The Christians start out as evil cultists, lose their holy city, lose their other holy city, clones of Jesus (This is clearly meant to be offensive), wiping away the Crusader Orders almost all together (The icons of the Crusade and the poster child Templars are the main villains of the story), naked nuns (Need I say more?), Muslims are the good guys (I mean, sort of right). This is fine to some degree of course since the Crusades are for obvious reasons a contentious subject, but then why make a setting about something you hate? Someone needs to play as the Christians and no one will if they aren't appealing.
Multiple points for this cause I think there are some misconceptions. The Templars being the ones to turn and cause Jerusalem to fall is a common point to bring up. Specifically with the irl timeline disparency. Templars were chosen because they are cool, and reflects the attitude the Church latter had pinning the blame for a lot of things on their backs in our history. Also there actually is some historical documents placing the Knights Templar at that point! Can you trust it completely? Probably not. The writings of Simon St. Bertin. Can always claim he was right for an alt history game. Also important to note this is a lore decision made by a different writer than the one being referenced. Tuomas is the person your referencing here and Mike Franchina made that initial decision like at the beginning of the games creation. Tuomas is the guy who is in charge of the games lore as of now. And idk if that lore point is gonna be fixed with its actual release after so many people pointed it out. Also idk man, I really dont see anything for the creators "hating Christians." Like for starters this game isnt even about the Crusades? The timeline split (but also not really this is a separate universe) just starts at the first Crusade. Its religious alt World War 1. Tbh I'd also say if you had to declare 2 "good guy factions" it would be the Iron Sultanate and New Antioch. Both are potrayed acting pretty chill all things considered. I only put that in quotes because war game narratives give wiggle room by necessity. That way you can have any faction fight each other, even itself. Christians dont start out as evil cultists. Just some of them get corrupted and make a very bad decision. If losing their holy city is evidence of hating Christians then that also feels like some evidence for hating Islam as well? Both lost cities they considered holy and that plot point is more potrayed as them being fully on the back foot militarily. As the timeline is them running to a defensible position. Either creating Antioch or in the Muslim's case, dying for years until a miracle gave them the Iron Wall. I also struggle to see how crusaders and templars are the current villains of the story. The Hell factions are either hellish WW1 soldiers, plague monstrosities, or embodiements of the 7 deady sins. Like the game does take place in 1914. Important to remember. Then if potrayals of religious iconography in this manner is deemed offensive thats on the individual person I guess. Personally I don't think invoking the sacrament, nuns, or Jesus in a much darker manner is an indication of hate. I think you can potray something artistically without them twiddling their fingers thinking of how much they hate Christianity. Might just not be for people if they don't like seeing it. Fairs fair. Not everything is for everyone. I make the claim I don't think its hateful, not that you have to like it lol.
The iron sultanate is fucking awesome, my favourite faction so far, although if the trench crusade gets a genuine Jewish faction I will be switching sides so fast
Dude that would be awesome. They could give them golem footsoldiers, solomon from wish throwing enslaved demons at their own kind and literal merkava tanks styled like stalin's tricycle (aka the tzar tank)
Why not a Khazar/Cossack-esque Jewish faction. There is a lot of Christian/European factions already in the game so having another faction that looks starkly different would be a way to set them apart visually
You know the makers are cooking when the Middle East faction is not evil.
Good point! Also one of the many reasons I like them so much. They're on the same moral scale of the major Christian force of New Antioch (at least to me rn not having done a full complete deep dive on New Antioch yet lol) .
Name a faction that isn't middle eastern in a setting set in the middle east. I know some are crusading in but still.
And doesn’t go with the easy, cliched stereotype of summoning Jinns.
@@Willie5000 To be fair Jins are a HUGE part of Muslim culture. I wouldn't talk about that like it's a bad thing. I read an article about some Muslims uncovering a well and speculating that it was carved out by a Jin.
Besides terrorists in modern media the trend of the good Sultan is VERY common. I can list you many Hollywood films reaching back to BLACK AND WHITE! Where the Christians are without question evil and the Muslims are good. Why? Protestants hate Catholics much more then they do Muslims, Luther himself said as much. So in a lot of Media (Read Count of Monte Cristo) Muslims are portrayed as interesting, wise, and well mannered. It's very common. Look at Assassins Creed as the most famous example of this, Christian Bad/ Muslim Good. Then Kingdom of Heaven, the only recent big film about the Crusades and the Muslims are without a doubt the good guys in that film, the Crusaders are more or less cartoon villains.
Make of it as you will but just because Muslim factions are rare (This is true, just like Africa and South America they don't get as much love, very sad since Africa would make a great place for a fantasy setting) doesn't mean there isn't positive portrayals of them. As of late I would dare to say that Christians have it worse. Most of the time Christians are portrayed as bigots, dumb, or villainous almost to the level of 'Russians are evil'. From what I have seen outside of Catholic circles and alt right Church bros who never go to Church Muslims are thought of fondly.
Hear me out...
Iron Sheik dropkicking a Daemon!
I'd like to see him like Ulrik the Slayer but muslim
Inshallah, we shall slay the Devilspawn with this one
insha'Allah
Just a neet picking from me, Muslims idea of hell and devil so different than Christianity you would be surprised. Though some Islamic cultures effected by Christian ideas in term of how they see devil it still very different
Insh'Allah
We will bring His light back to this world. Mashallah
@@birgaripadam7112 I beg literal DEMONS invading their Empire would shake their believe a bit
What I also like about the Iron Sultanate is that it’s not only a benevolent faction but they also got some _gnarly_ fucking units as well, something that is usually only reserved for the villains. Alchemical horrors and reality-bending nightmare assassins sound like something Chaos would field.
Agreed! I want my shit to also be nightmare fuel even if I'm playing the "good guys" lmao. I want my moment of: "Have no fear, we've come to save you." "Bro did you? What the fuck *is* that?!"
If looking at 40k, Fabius Bile would be the closest equivalent, merciless, yet with his own crusade on improving the human condition, not to say he's not a batshit crazy ruthless monster, but in his own mind, he's advancing humans through science no matter the morally despicable stuff he does
Benevolent besides the child soldiers, lol. But without just I do think that Islamic steam punk could be cool, we'll have to see what they do. Not going to lie I strongly dislike their look like the Pilgrims, just not for me.
Bro is definitely getting an invite to the Eid day feast
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God all the factions are so cool.
I can't wait to see how much this world will expand when this gets fully released.
Obviously Europe, North Africa and the middle east are the main center point of this setting but I do wonder how the rest of the world is doing.
Iron Sultan relies on a form of the silk road as it's lifeline
I hope they put out book series like the black library.
I like to think everywhere else is either completely conquered by demon kind or completely doing fine just chilling lmao.
They did establish America was discovered right? Have to wonder what’s going on there. If most resources are being directed towards the war then I can imagine colonization wouldn’t be as big. And if any colonies were established I’d imagine it’d be closer to what the French did, meaning I wouldn’t expect any colonies to try declaring independence or pushing west as aggressively as they did in our world. Add in actual magic existing and even if the introduction of western diseases happens, the natives might have the time needed to repopulate. Add in conformation of a literal war against hell going on about an ocean away, and the various natives cultures have an really big incentive to start building up their own united civilization to defend themselves, plus the manpower to pull it off. Maybe we could see something like Bands of Braves coming over to act as mercenaries against the forces of hell, this both gives them money but also lets them get a sense of what’s going on so they can send info back home. Say we assume their spirits are real in some way (maybe they’re actually angels, like the Americans are another way Heaven is trying to influence this war without directly intervening, or maybe it’s something else which could add some mystery in terms of what exactly are these shamans/priest drawing power from), they use those spirits in their rule, not sure how they’d be implemented, have to look more into their mythology. Aztecs might be a good ally for hell considering how big Human Sacrifice was in their religion, could even have a rebel faction trying to do away with that.
Everyone else is doing relatively OK. Demon prescence iirc is in Asia but weak enough that they get pushed out by a coalition of sorts, but no clue on how the New World is doing. We know the faithful and the damned both have massive fleets and have staging grounds for them, (England and Gibraltar respectively) but we have no idea if they colonised or not.
People like to think the native american tribes and Aztecs are now relatively powerful since they're a sea away and trade with asia is probably the excuse to give them guns.@@collinb.8542
Tuomas said that the Iron sultante specializes on highly specialized unit types for every occasion rather than just hit and run
From what i read on the discord that is
Appreciate the clarification! I definitely missed this tidbit on the discord lol.
I'm a big fan of Tuomas' work on Warhammer Fantasy as that was the period that I got into that setting alongside Mordheim. I believe there's an interview with him where he says he would have loved to have fully developed the Araby faction as an actual playable army due to his love for Middle Eastern history and mythology, but his departure from the company and, well everything that happened in the 2000s in the middle east, probably made any plans for it impossible to achieve. Glad he's getting to cut loose his passion with Trench Crusade.
I’m getting an early Attack on Titan vibes from them. Neat
Iron wall will prevail
I like how dhul karnans iron wall is referenced along with gog n magog
I just need a sort of official map just to get an idea of the scale and stakes of each faction
I imagine they'll have one out soon. I know they got one but its internal use only rn. I think its just incomplete still. Prob gonna be posted either on Kickstarter or with the actual core book.
@@glueboy yeha probably but with this specifically having like battle lines and locations being destroyed or taken over would be pretty easy to do whenever they want to add more lore cos the map is just real life
with this whole thing i just hope they dont get any flak from the whole dont draw god stuff that middle eastern cultures have
@@skysnake-od8csI mean they don't really draw god himself. Closest is the meta-christ which is a clone of Jesus who in the eyes of the Islamic is a prophet, but not a god, and to the Jewish as a misguided preacher.
I fucking love the meta-christ lol.
The meta-christ did cut its flesh, and gave it to the disciples. Its ruined mouth could not form the words, but it grunted noises that the mendelist monk translated as "Take, eat; this is my body." And the meta-christ did leak blood from its eyes and mouth, which the medelist monk caught in a chalice, once again translating the meta-christ's painful noises, "Drink ye all of it..."
You had me on Middle-Eastern Adhesive Man!
I am also in love with the Sultanate faction and getting the warband in the KS, another wargaming game that I think also does a respectful take of the golden age of Islam is Infinity with the Haqqislam faction, if you haven't seen it I recommend a look, they also have an assassin themed specific sub-army
In the small chance I played Infinity (not on the game its due to money, time, and nobody in my area play it) I was moderately intrested in Haqqislam. Now you're telling me they got assassins? I've been converted to a Haqqislam main.
Yeah, Hassassin Bahram is the name of the sectorial, they are also led by the old man in the mountain (who noone seems to have ever seen) and are dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge, attacking anyone who gets in the way of mankinds pursuit of knowledge
I'm looking forward to when they finally unveil the main Crusader Knights faction.
Absolutely love your channel and I think you should keep pushing this trench crusade lore if these guys play their cards rught trench crusade can easily become neck and neck competition with Warhammer 40k
If anything I see it becoming neck and neck with the games right under it. Star Wars, the Lord of the Rings one, Bolt Action, ect. Which is not a small feat should be said. GW is the market top dog. They are *the company* you think of when it comes to tabletop war gaming. Then we have a couple of other games that are either legacy games, pre-existing IPs, or spiritual successors to older long dead editions. So the idea a small team pops on the scene and explodes like this? Insane. And I'm fuckin here for it.
@glueboy it's going to end up depending on how they handle lore and growth if they can secure a few great authors to start pumping out books and comics this universe could become something special. Not since I read the first lexicanum wiki article on 40k Emperor have I been so excited about a a universe as this one it has incredibly pote
I am now bingeing these videos, I fell in love with trench crusade recently
I didnt exactly knew the predicament the sultanate was in until you explained it I really like aot inspiration
yo new glueboy trench crusade video! Hype!
Thank you Virgil I needed to see this video
I'm motivated
Subbed. only just found TC - loving it can't wait to give the game a go. Always loved the dark side of 40k but this has dialed everything upto 11+
So we know the deal with the Middle East, Europe and Africa. I wonder what’s going on in East Asia
We can only hope that the entire fight has been contained and in this universe the Demons were too distracted to possess the Mongolian hearts and Asia is living in peace, sipping tea, writing books about the soul and the meaning of life. Someone's got to do it after all.
Hey man I absolutely love your videos keep up the good work !
Are the human units of the iron sultanate baseline humans (alchemist included)? Not enhanced/altered in any way?
Comparing to the forces of hell, whom can be granted unholy "gifts"
Some are modded like the Sultan, mages and jainasaries. But the recruits are just humans with jezails
I see glueboy, I click fideo
Am a Protestant myself, but I also love Middle East culture like you do. Saladin is one of my favorite historical figures. This army is my peeps for this game!
I actually dislike Saladin since he's a r$$$ist and a murderer but when people say Saladin they really mean his brother who was an outstanding man who freed his own slaves, gave gifts to his enemies, and believed in mercy. Anything good about Saladin was likely his brother not him. I say this because not enough people know this and he was such a stand out guy he deserves to be remembered.
Wall of dzulqarnain size is massive like the size of a mountain in height, it protect us from devil called "yakjuj and makjuj" when dajjal is coming to our world before judgment day
You said historicity. Thats a like right there.
God hath spoken to me, and I foresee you will make a video about the Holy Forces of New Antioch.
Really must be an observer cause you might be happy in the next week or so
Al-Khwarizmi was the greatest mathematician, fight me on this
The dude responsible for Algebra? Preach. High School me would have more beef with him making the quadratic formula but mans a legend.
@@glueboy FR algebra is one of the main reasons I learned to love math
Bro, can you do more videos about trench crusade?
I tried watching the other youtubers who do lore videos etc. but they suk. You are enjoyable to watch
I would love a subfaction to be a Heretical sect of Alchemists that WERE dissecting the demons from hell to improve their own homonculi and alchemical beasts with unique Troop/Elite choices to represent that.
Banger concept. Heretic legion having a fallen version of each heaven aligned faction would go hard tbh.
I may be crazy, but I get a vague sense of the Crab Clan from L5R with the Iron Sultanate. Which is awesome.
This is a crazy pull that I doubt many people are gonna catch. I do though lmao. Based and true though.
4:59 legally not custodes design
Where do you get the passage at 10:46? It and interesting insight on the Jannisary.
The Jannissaries lore text in their rule sheet! All in the core rules.
@glueboy that's awesome. Where can I see get them?
@alexanderwijayanto8470 Playtest rules! www.trenchcrusade.com/playtest-rules
@@glueboy thank you so much. Is it from the lore primer section or playtest rule 1.5?
Are there going to be any books like 40K has?
Apparently some Black Library authors have shown some intrest in writing about the setting? But its an indie studio so if they can afford to I bet they would love to
How does the iron wall itself enter into the gameplay mechanic?
We need a full video on New Antioch!
Amazing job I really subscribed to you and I’m loving it keep them coming also can I ask you something if I may
Man I hope we get a map of the world
8:36 Looks like ragnarok assasins 😂
I love seeing Arabic and Islam in sci fi and fantasy settings; specifically for me it's Haqqislam in the Infinity wargame, seeing how a sci fi Golden Age Islam would work, fascinating!
Idk about Infinity except the bare basic surface level of the factions in their appearance. But them and the Combined Aliens are easily the coolest.
I also like such aesthetic, unfortunately we got robbed with total war warhammer when they straight up removed them.
What are the iron sultanate monsters made of? Were they previously human?
No but their homunculi understand that their existence is going to be one of endless suffering.
What a lovely world to live in.
I’m here, let’s talk about world war 666
i love these guys omg !
I really love what they did with this faction…. but im a bit concerned how much they get inspired by the ottomans although the iron sultanate is clearly the continuation of the Seljuks. There is a major difference in governance and traditions when it comes to the Seljuks therefore taking unique things attributed to ottomans such as clothes, military troops and names doesn’t make sense, although it might be cool. This overshadows the uniqueness and beauty of the Seljuks. I hope they stay true to the Iron sultanates roots and gives us more Seljuks based stuff in the future.
As someone with an almost entirely Gaelic heritage I would love to see a faction that represents old Celtic/Gaelic pagan traditions. Mabye a minor and obscure group that’s trying to resist Christianization and The Satanist faith of The Heretic Legion. A clan of Druidic warriors and I don’t mean D&D Druids I mean real old Western European pagan Druids. Maybe one of there patron gods could be Cernunnos the horned god.
Hi! As a Palestinian I would love to remind all of us enjoying the beautiful representation of Middle Eastern religion and culture (ESPECIALLY in the setting of Jerusalem and Palestine) that the IDF has been relentlessly killing Middle Easterners, destroying sacred mosques and temples, and leveling blocks in the name of the holy land. Please don't stop paying attention to us. Please don't stop donating. Please be aware of the struggles that real people are facing at the time of you enjoying the aesthetics of their religion and lives!
I don't think I'll ever be able to describe the feeling of recognition and excitement when I saw that there was an islamic faction to play!!!! I am so excited for this game!
This is not the time or place
So my toughts are will jesus be back to fight the evil ?
(Like the emperor of mankind)
That is actually a really cool take for an Islamic faction in the setting. Also perhaps the most intriguing so far as it does feel more like a society in itself.
By the way, a somewhat random question, but have you had a chance to play AC: Mirage? And if you have, what did you think of it?
I haven't had the chance to play Mirage but want to. I've seen some good video breakdowns of it and I have a feeling I'm gonna feel the game is fine lol. Not gonna peak shit like the older games but I'm gonna like it waaaay more than Odyssey or Valhalla. Every time I would go make time to go play it something new comes out lol. (Looking at you Dragon Ball Sparking Zero)
@@glueboy Based on your takes on this channel, I do think you might enjoy Mirage, although Valhalla remains the high point for me.
Although it is good then that I didn't do the comment about Mirage that I originally intended as it would have been a spoiler. Let us just say that while I thought the game was fine, there is a certain perplexing narrative choice in it.
Make no mistake, this is a VERY esoteric version, borderline heretical version of islam. Steeped in solomonic tradition. I wish real muslims had even a FRACTION of the iron sultanate's powers.
I mean to be fair THEY LITERALY CLONED JESUS CHRIST
Props for not trying to white wash the Janissaries of IRL. Sadly I've seen people in books and on blogs support Ottoman slavery which is very sad to see. Slavery is bad. Worse when you read what they did to the boys who would grow up to become Janissaries, yikes. Overall I like this guy, still on the edge for TC some of the lore is really bad, anything history is almost always wrong, I can't get over the time traveling Templars. But Glueboy does a very good job making it fun and interesting.
Based Faction.
As a Muslim myself, this is already my favorite faction in the lore and the second is the New Antioch.
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Cool
Any last words Human?
“I bear witness that there is no deity but God, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of God!”
God is Great!
i wanted to join the discord for this game, and im reading online its locked for some political arguments? I’m very disappointed tbh, the game has awesome art and i woulve enjoyed building a force of minis and play it with the boys.
Their discord is open. I'm in it right now actually. They had to temporarily lock it a while ago but its back up with just rules about no political discussions or whatever. This should be a direct link from their website. Cause yeah I'm a big lurker specifically to get fun lore tidbits from devs and see cool models from people. discord.com/invite/trenchcrusade
Dont listen to these lies brother, some time ago some right wing idiots where homophobic on the discord server and for that they got kicked. The discord server today is open and free for anyone to join, that is if you dont start talking racist or homophobic nonsense
Please do the Court of the Seven Headed Serpent next
The creator trying to pretend he's well read on history is a little insulting since one of the first things I learned about this game was that they (by mistake) made the Templars into time travelers. Also its pretty clear that they hate Christians which is funny since they are making a game about the Crusades lol. The Christians start out as evil cultists, lose their holy city, lose their other holy city, clones of Jesus (This is clearly meant to be offensive), wiping away the Crusader Orders almost all together (The icons of the Crusade and the poster child Templars are the main villains of the story), naked nuns (Need I say more?), Muslims are the good guys (I mean, sort of right). This is fine to some degree of course since the Crusades are for obvious reasons a contentious subject, but then why make a setting about something you hate? Someone needs to play as the Christians and no one will if they aren't appealing.
Multiple points for this cause I think there are some misconceptions. The Templars being the ones to turn and cause Jerusalem to fall is a common point to bring up. Specifically with the irl timeline disparency. Templars were chosen because they are cool, and reflects the attitude the Church latter had pinning the blame for a lot of things on their backs in our history. Also there actually is some historical documents placing the Knights Templar at that point! Can you trust it completely? Probably not. The writings of Simon St. Bertin. Can always claim he was right for an alt history game. Also important to note this is a lore decision made by a different writer than the one being referenced. Tuomas is the person your referencing here and Mike Franchina made that initial decision like at the beginning of the games creation. Tuomas is the guy who is in charge of the games lore as of now. And idk if that lore point is gonna be fixed with its actual release after so many people pointed it out.
Also idk man, I really dont see anything for the creators "hating Christians." Like for starters this game isnt even about the Crusades? The timeline split (but also not really this is a separate universe) just starts at the first Crusade. Its religious alt World War 1. Tbh I'd also say if you had to declare 2 "good guy factions" it would be the Iron Sultanate and New Antioch. Both are potrayed acting pretty chill all things considered. I only put that in quotes because war game narratives give wiggle room by necessity. That way you can have any faction fight each other, even itself.
Christians dont start out as evil cultists. Just some of them get corrupted and make a very bad decision. If losing their holy city is evidence of hating Christians then that also feels like some evidence for hating Islam as well? Both lost cities they considered holy and that plot point is more potrayed as them being fully on the back foot militarily. As the timeline is them running to a defensible position. Either creating Antioch or in the Muslim's case, dying for years until a miracle gave them the Iron Wall.
I also struggle to see how crusaders and templars are the current villains of the story. The Hell factions are either hellish WW1 soldiers, plague monstrosities, or embodiements of the 7 deady sins. Like the game does take place in 1914. Important to remember.
Then if potrayals of religious iconography in this manner is deemed offensive thats on the individual person I guess. Personally I don't think invoking the sacrament, nuns, or Jesus in a much darker manner is an indication of hate. I think you can potray something artistically without them twiddling their fingers thinking of how much they hate Christianity. Might just not be for people if they don't like seeing it. Fairs fair. Not everything is for everyone. I make the claim I don't think its hateful, not that you have to like it lol.
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I need a jewish faction building golems.
Yeah, without Judaism abrahamic religions incomplete
@sanguinius364 They're on the way! They were part of the list of upcoming factions announced at the end of the Kickstarter.
Where are then the jews?
There are “Hebrew Knights” who captured Acre in 1708.
One faction at a time
The iron sultanate is fucking awesome, my favourite faction so far, although if the trench crusade gets a genuine Jewish faction I will be switching sides so fast
I have read a rumor about a Jewish knight order but take it with a grain of salt
Dude that would be awesome. They could give them golem footsoldiers, solomon from wish throwing enslaved demons at their own kind and literal merkava tanks styled like stalin's tricycle (aka the tzar tank)
Why not a Khazar/Cossack-esque Jewish faction. There is a lot of Christian/European factions already in the game so having another faction that looks starkly different would be a way to set them apart visually