"Be'lakor, you betrayed me? this is so unlike you, who could have possibly seen this coming? Well, I'll show you, I'll give my soul to the Chaos Gods, they've never betrayed one of their followers."
@@gautierleriche9062 At the start Yuri has one human and one corrupted eye, he only calls him son of chaos after the other eye becomes corrupted as well
Wonder if this is how the Emperor felt when he sees Horus over the corpse of Sanguinius during the battle aboard the Vengeful Spirit? The Emperor after seeing what Horus has become, his beloved son no more, just a monster who is a slave to Chaos and then prepare to put him down.
@@RuneMasterKnight most likely, although he wouldn’t have finalized his decision until Ollanius Pius stood between him and Horus and then Horus kills him so casually.
Can't troll Be'lakor if he is spawned, and flipping off Be'lakor by giving his cast aside pawn everything he wishes he still had is something the four can actually momentarily agree on.
2:27 Ursun's tone in this part is awesome. No screaming of heresy and blasphemy after what Yuri called him, instead there is care and compassion, an attempt to save his fallen follower from Be'lakor schemes
@@medramonmasquedecendres2966 He did more than just wound a god. He became the perfect template for a servant of Chaos, as Bel'akor intended. Throughout the entire prologue, although guided by Bel'akor, had the odds stacked against him with only two units serving under him. Yet, he rallied a force of battered survivors, retook a lost fort. Wielded dark items without completely losing his senses initially. Fought and defeated the forces of both Tzeentch and Khorne with limited manpower. Managed to raise multiple armies to open up different fronts. Subjugated several Norscan tribes. Instilled fear and discipline into his men, and other armies despite only being a single man, and finally broke the last vestige of what kept him from truly falling, by killing his own brother.
@@54lolman Also the Chaos Gods wouldn’t pass up such a prime opportunity to spite Bel’akor in the middle of his biggest power play to date, doubly so if Yuri ends up being the one to bring him to heel as the players character.
And the lesson here, kids, is that when the disembodied voice tells you to pick up the obviously Chaos-corrupted weapon? You tell it politely and firmly to fuck right off. Okay, the "politely" part is optional.
Meh, you can still take the weapon, imagine how satisfying it would be to put it firmly into the source of said disembodied voice is and/or screwing up what they had planned as you are effectively screwed regardless of if you do or don't take it. Just to give the final and perfect middle finger to the asshole who thought they can string you along like their puppet and serve him up to those higher on the proverbial food chain for a proper asskicking fiesta. Bonus side you may get invited to watch and/or take part, though it's up for debate who sends that invitation.
Him barking back that he did it for himself was a great line reading that easily could have been hammy, but the VA did a fantastic way of snapping back at someone lying to themselves over noble intentions.
This prologue did a great job of showing the true insidiousness of Chaos. The story even reminds me of classics like Heart of Darkness, Apocalypse Now and Spec Ops: The Line... a protagonist who is sent deep into a wild land with a clear mission in mind, in the case of Spec Ops: The Line and this gradually descending into the same madness as the enemy he is hunting, in the end losing his soul.
Madness? No he was hit by the Club of Stupidity and halved his intelligence stat. "Oh, bel'akor fooled me, made me kill my actual brother and made me leave my friends and brothers in arms to die, I guess I will do as he says and *slay my god I came here to save* " Pure unadulterated stupidity. Either that or mind control.
"I only know one thing. I'm here to kill Chaos." "My only quest is to kill Chaos." "I fucking hate Chaos so much it's unreal." "Chaos killed my wife and fucked my dog. I have the mp4 on my MacBook Air."
@@murshi8189 Chaos took all accounts of my taxes, both in written form and somehow in digital form, and now the IRS is hunting me down cause I forgot to pay my taxes.
@@gudboah4688 I'm not going to lie ,you are not wrong.he's definitely not a pushover anymore, but not to the point where he earn the title of"God Slayer"at least in my opinion. Even if you specialize the legendary Lord still feels like a diet version of any of the for chaos God characters that you can play at. But in saying that all these Buffs to him and his equipment definitely make him more fun to play as and it does actually make you feel like you are chaos undivided,but even then he still doesn't feel like a Powerhouse and that's okayI think right now he's in a nice comfortable spot.
Much as a dumb idea is fully submitting to chaos, he rolled double sixes and got the demon prince. Most people just get a mutation of variances or mutate endlessly as a spawn.
I feel you on that one, people who dedicate their lives to serving chaos gets rewarded by turning into a nurgling meanwhile this guy gets a free pass to godlike powers.
@@RunaRuiz It is because Belakor wanted a strong worthy soul and the Ruinous powers needing an undivided champion in case the others fail to petty squabbling
EVERY chaos champion and convert is singing their praises while a pile of disease, corruption and suffering, when it is obvious to anyone looking at them there is no future in their path.
Nurgle is very charismatic. Looked like the least interesting god, so I left Nurgle to be the last of the 4 (I am literally playing right now, waited for a promotion to buy this game). The way he is the grandpapa of the Gods, how he promises salvation through entropy, etc.. it's a pretty neat concept, a "benevolent" god of death. Slaanesh ended up as the least interesting, no wonder this character was kinda neglected in the lore written by Games Worshop
Truth be told if a book about Kislev featuring Yuri was made I'd buy it. His a pretty compelling character from the Young Prince trying to do whats best for his Nation at the start. But overtime Chaos slowly corrupts him every step of his Journey. Its a classic story of falling to Darkness just like Arthas from Warcraft 3 he started off good, but later turned into one of the most dangerous beings later in life and help Changed the world in a bad way in the process.
And in his final moments Arthas realizes the mind bending evil he did all the way through, and asks his ghostly father if that nightmare was finally over.
I see your point in it but also allot of hardcore warhammer total war players would not like that style of play. Here is hoping maybe they add a new mode of some sort.
Would have been great to have a cinematic like this for each lord as you enter/exit each of the Realms of Chaos. Seeing their reaction to each one would have been a great opportunity to explore the characters more fully.
@@rufemairow1451 tbf ive never touched the actual location of Troy in all my time playing as Agememnon. I just can NOT be asked to make 3 armies AND invade Troy all before my military allies get there first. And yes i dont know how but one of my allies was 4 armies deep in Troy's rectum by like turn 50.
why does he blame Ursunn for the sufferings of Kislev when it's quite clear Be'lakor is the reason behind it? talk about being blind. "Be'lakor you betray me" oh dear, what a shock, who could have forseseen that? totally unpredictable... Honestly, that boy don't even deserve to be daemon prince.
True honestly they are most likely writting it as the corruption blinded him but the betrayal was seen a mile away. Yes this man who has lied to me this entire time and made me kill my brother could totally not be lying this time right?
By killing everyone he bamboozled himself so bad his mental self-defence kicked in. It made him think everything he did was really right and doubled down on it. Else his mind would've completely breakdown at the realization.
@@RichterBelmont2235 hmm that's a fair point. Still a moron though. honestly, i don't get why he's the one send to seek Ursunn, i would have pick someone more close to Ursunn and more aware of the dangers of chaos. like the high priest i-don't-recall-his-name.
I think that Ursun getting himself captured by a Belakor in his weak shadow form can be seen as a form of betrayal, by disappointing Kislev. Imagine you just varried your arse through the chaos wastes, sacrificed your own man and struggled so much, and all that chaos corruption nonsense no less, only to find out that your god wasnt worth it in the first place
I moved heaven and Earth as the Czarina to save Urson. Brought my most elite of warriors from all 4 chaos realms. Cant let this bear die only to be given a short ending scene.
@@victuz Spoilers Eventually, Talion does become one of the Ringwraiths subservient to Sauron and only finally perishes when Frodo throws the Ring into the Mount Doom
I gotta say, prologue in TW Warhammer 3 is definitly an improvment as a tutorial. An actual story telling and helps to understand basics of mechanichs. As for a story I expected that it was all ruse but still enjoyable to play.
A weak-willed fool who continues on a path thrust upon him by a lying entity and refuses to think straight. Gods are gods. There are weak and strong, and Ursun needed his help. Ironically it was not Ursun who was weak, but Yuri.
@@kapitan19969838 Arguably, he was more "allowed" to be stronger and braver than most. Considering that the chaos gods could have crushed him at literally any point. But they let him continue because he was interesting.
@@tnecniw The Chaos gods couldn't have crushed him at any point. They can bless people, sure, but until Ursun roared there was no way that they could get their forces into the Mortal world. That and anyone had the opportunity to do what he did. Chaos follows the rule of the strong. Yuri conquered the Norscans, and to do so he killed the previous Chaos champion that ruled them, who came from the same circumstances as himself. Chaos doesn't care who uses its power, only that it is used, as the power is inherently corruptive given enough time. Even if all of the other gods rejected Yuri, Khorne would have taken him up. Yuri's path to Ursun was filled with bloodshed, and you know... Khorne does not care from where the blood flows, only that it flows.
@@seekerofalice9787 I mean, they could have crushed him if they wanted to. Him entering so far into the chaos wastes was a miracle of itself, and they could have feasibly had their agents, or deamons oust him early. However, they didn't because I assume they saw potential and avoided bringing down the metaphorical hammer on him.
As much of a fan of the old kislev that I am, that part is really cool as it reminds how one falls into the grasp of chaos I love it, perfect depiction of the downfall of any champion, perfect example for people not super familiar with how perverting the ruinous powers are. But well, either Yuri was lucky the chaos gods were randomly looking at him or he did the best speed run to daemonhood Cauz a shit ton of chaos champion's would love to be at his place
@@Crazieyboy15 Ultimate power and immortality? Even spawndom, as over memed as it is, is preferable to being a powerless human being bitched about by some scumbag official.
"Gods are selfish! They will betray you as they betrayed me!" Dude, you got turned into a daemon and suddenly you think that entitles you to ultimate power.
*gets tremendous power from the gods of Chaos * ......* is much weaker and worse on the battle field then his human body and every other legendary lord at everything * yup makes sense.
@@ds22342 anyone but daniel, he cannot equip it and therefore inferior to all who can get it. Simple as that. He is also missing out on ancillaries and a stat buff line.
"Because Gods are selfish!" You can feel Be'lakors bitter hatred towards the Chaos Gods with that line, finally able to spit out his hate without fear of retribution from the beings that eternally force him to play second fiddle to mortal champions and their arbitrary wants.
I've always thought that was weird in Warhammer. The Chaos gods are real and have daemons manifest along with other influences on reality. How could you be an atheist in this world since it's not as subjective like our world.
@@andrewpush4961 Don't the gods get their power from faith and the strength of their followers' beliefs 🤔 They get weaker with less believers which is why Belakor needed a faithful to directly renounce orsun to weaken him.
@@EroticOnion23 Faith in them does help, but it's not the major source by far. It is the emotions of mortals that empower them, something the Emperor in 40k didn't realize.
@@EroticOnion23 Ursun is not a chaos god so it's not the same. If I remember correctly, he like a bunch of other lesser gods, is a very powerful being that is revered as a god by some, which helps boost his powers some more.
@@GeekTalkwithMerg Well, blizzard took from warhammer almost, emh, EVERYTHING for their franchises, so it's only fair to take back something good they've made on their own)
@@antonstrunge blizzard is also not known for originality in their storylines. But in their defense, a lot of their plagiarism (particularly in wow) is made in homage to well known works or pop culture phenomena. GW, on the other hand, is known to trademark literally everything they "create" despite it not being remotely original.
I must say Yuri has cemented himself for me at least as the most fucking infuriating character in almost all of Warhammer, you see your god chained up in front of you obviously captured by chaos and despite him previously always without fail to save your people from winter each year and to grant your people countless blessings the ONE TIME he goes missing for unknown reasons you lose fate. You might at first think he abandoned you after being gone for 7 years and you know what fair enough BUT, the fucking second you see your literal deity captured in front of you with an obvious chaos god telling you to kill him, and knowing he was captured by that chaos god AND YOU STILL DECIDE TO BLAME HIM WTF. This is the one time you could pay everything back, you could pay back the literal DECADES of kindness he has shown your people but nope I'm gonna blame him for going missing instead of saving him fuck Yuri god I despise him.
Well, by the time he gets to Ursun Yuri has been slowly falling to the influence of Chaos for some time in the Chaos wastes. He uses the power and secrets Chaos gives him to find his way to the Howling Citadel and save Kislev. But in doing so he sacrificed his morals to get more and more of that power, using the wolfbane sword despite it's obvious blasphemy as a tool of chaos, looking into the book despite knowing that it is sacrilege to do so, and even subjugating the Chaos worshiping tribes of the North to serve his own ends. By the time he kills his brother to get into the soul forge Yuri has already rejected all he believed in to save Kislev through the power he obtained in his journey. From there, taking the idea from 'gain power to free Ursun and save Kislev, can easily be warped into 'take Ursun's power and place of godhood to save Kislev' as clearly if Ursun was captured he is too weak to protect Kislev and someone 'in Yuri's mind being Yuri' more worthy should become the new God. Ursun failed Kislev and Yuri; what point is there to serving a God who, with all of the devotion and sacrifices made in his name to defeat Chaos was so easily brought low and imprisoned? Especially since at this point, Be'lakor is nothing but a shadow, without even a material form, which means he really should have no way to pull this off, especially since the Chaos gods specifically dislike him. Thus, it makes sense to Yuri that he, who conquered the Chaos wastes, slew their champion and took their power as his own, would be more worthy of godhood than the bear. Is the logic warped? Yes. But given the months that Yuri spent immersed in the corruption of Chaos, him seeking more power (much as Be'lakor did) and justifying it through his deeds to get to that point are quite in line with those who work with Chaos. Chaos are very much present in the world compared to gods like Ursun, and Yuri has made many choices to gain the power of Chaos in his quest, and thus means the became the end in itself for Yuri, power to save Kislev into power for what HE wants. If he can save Kislev by saving Ursun, that works, but if he can kill Ursun and save Kislev by becoming a God and taking his place, all the better. He saves Kislev, and gets even more power. Once he is Betrayed by Be'Lakor he can no longer turn to Ursun for power, and thus the only way to become stronger is to join Chaos. Once Be'lakor's betrayal was done, Yuri has effectively lost the chance to save Kislev, and without the grounding influences he once had, that devotion to Kislev becomes resentment. They were the ones who Believed in such a weak god, and they were the ones who sent him to the Chaos wastes, thus it is their fault that he was laid low and had to turn to the chaos gods for power. The logic is circular and extremely self-centered, but that is what Chaos does. You use them to gain power for yourself, only in the end to be the one used for their own ends.
@Seekerofalice You know what fair enough I can see how that continuous mindset of "for the greater good" could eventually turn into the mindset "For my greater good" and in that case, I agree that someone could subsequently, give themselves to chaos if they had that self-centeredness. I must admit that you present a solid argument for why he fell and in that case, I can't refute what you said and I can partially understand his fall now, so thank you. HOWEVER, it doesn't change the fact that personally I still fucking hate him for a single simple reason, the lack of loyalty. And while I do admit this is my personal bias but for him to turn on his deity who gave him everything when he at first had nothing, for a single "failure" (If we can even call it that since the only reason Ursun was captured was because of his hibernation that he in all likelihood needed to do because of the task of fucking helping your people again as he always did). Is just the single most dishonorable shitbag action I can imagine, hell even right before he pulled the trigger we see that he has a moment of self-realization but despite that he still decided to betray the one and only being that was there for his people since the beginning and for that reason, I simply can't absolutely hate that scumfucking piece of shit. But I would like to clarify this isn't an exclamation of my hatred for the Warhammer Total War series in fact it's actually because I'm starting to love Warhammer way more now that I feel so strongly about it. I originally absolutely loved Warhammer 40k but with the addition of Kislev who I'm very partial to (I'm Polish myself so seeing Winged Hussars or any part of Poland being implemented into games gets me very excited), I might just have to switch to fantasy for a minute. I'm already determined to master them in-game and use them almost exclusively from now on, though Throt the Unclean looks hella fun as well. But overall thanks for explaining, makes his fall a bit more understandable and realistic but doesn't change the fact I think he's the bottom-of-the-barrel scum that should have been wiped from this plane of existence and made to suffer the worst fate any subhuman can possibly recieve.
I like how apotheosis is always depicted. It's like a horrifyingly frightening/painful experience that quite literally kills you in order to make what's left over of your soul into a prince. It's like an upgrade and the worst burden imaginable combined.... Living forever sounds great, but an eternity of pain and self loathing is the ultimate price paid. A fate some may consider worse than death.
Why I choose al the good nonchaos options and still ended up like that it was super weird for me to just out of nowhere side with chaos and kill my brother 😐
These cinematics are really well done, with awesome effects and coloring. But whenever i see still images manipulated to make it closer to an actual animation, i feel a certain cheapness towards the cutscene.
You have blame Sega for this one... They are the ones backing up every resource for Creative Assembly to deal with. Sega decided to cut budget for solid storytelling experience.
"Be'lakor, you betrayed me? this is so unlike you, who could have possibly seen this coming? Well, I'll show you, I'll give my soul to the Chaos Gods, they've never betrayed one of their followers."
Especially tzeentch oh how loving he is
The mental gymnastics of this laughable fool
No wonder those who fall to chaos are weak willed worms
Better then the Vampires
"Let's go north. It totally won't be a Chaos trap."
Narrator: They went north. Of course it was a Chaos trap.
"What I did, I did for Ursun!" *"You did it for yourself!"*
I love that line. You can feel those words cut deep.
Belakor's delivery is fantastic with that line.
this was the moment, yuri became heisenberg
@@TheRogueEmpire😂😂😂
"Do what you must, son of Chaos"
I like that part. Ursun understands that Yuri is beyond saving, and braces for what happens next.
Starts his speech with "son of kislev", end it with "son of chaos"
@@gautierleriche9062 At the start Yuri has one human and one corrupted eye, he only calls him son of chaos after the other eye becomes corrupted as well
And notice Ursun only said that after Yuri's last humanity vanished from his human eye.
Wonder if this is how the Emperor felt when he sees Horus over the corpse of Sanguinius during the battle aboard the Vengeful Spirit? The Emperor after seeing what Horus has become, his beloved son no more, just a monster who is a slave to Chaos and then prepare to put him down.
@@RuneMasterKnight most likely, although he wouldn’t have finalized his decision until Ollanius Pius stood between him and Horus and then Horus kills him so casually.
"You betray me!"
"Uh, yeah. I'm a demon, not a charity."
"Do I look like an angel to you?"
Gotta give Yuri credit, he survived the attention of the Chaos gods without getting spawn'd.
He's about to end Be'lakor's whole career. Dark Gods wouldn't turn their new weapon into a mere spawn
Perks of being a named (and important) character I guess.
@@Ray-yv7kn He's only named and important because the chaos gods deem him useful. It's a chicken or the egg situation.
@@indrickboreale7381 *laughs in Tzeentch and Slaanesh*
Can't troll Be'lakor if he is spawned, and flipping off Be'lakor by giving his cast aside pawn everything he wishes he still had is something the four can actually momentarily agree on.
2:27 Ursun's tone in this part is awesome. No screaming of heresy and blasphemy after what Yuri called him, instead there is care and compassion, an attempt to save his fallen follower from Be'lakor schemes
I feel like if Ursun did scream at Yuri being a heretic, Yuri would have pulled the trigger a lot quicker than he did.
@@amandag.6186 That is Hellish influence, that corrupt every soul on it sight
Damn, he speedran the demon prince process. Some champions spend hundreds of years trying to reach that level.
He did wound a God
@@medramonmasquedecendres2966 He did more than just wound a god. He became the perfect template for a servant of Chaos, as Bel'akor intended. Throughout the entire prologue, although guided by Bel'akor, had the odds stacked against him with only two units serving under him.
Yet, he rallied a force of battered survivors, retook a lost fort. Wielded dark items without completely losing his senses initially. Fought and defeated the forces of both Tzeentch and Khorne with limited manpower. Managed to raise multiple armies to open up different fronts. Subjugated several Norscan tribes. Instilled fear and discipline into his men, and other armies despite only being a single man, and finally broke the last vestige of what kept him from truly falling, by killing his own brother.
@@54lolman
Also the Chaos Gods wouldn’t pass up such a prime opportunity to spite Bel’akor in the middle of his biggest power play to date, doubly so if Yuri ends up being the one to bring him to heel as the players character.
Also even tho the tutorial campaign was short (because its a tutorial) it is probably implied that yuri's journey took months if not years
@@Paint_Man14 still impressive he managed to drive his conquest so deep into the choas waste.
And the lesson here, kids, is that when the disembodied voice tells you to pick up the obviously Chaos-corrupted weapon? You tell it politely and firmly to fuck right off.
Okay, the "politely" part is optional.
"its just my conscience bro" Fulgrim
Meh, you can still take the weapon, imagine how satisfying it would be to put it firmly into the source of said disembodied voice is and/or screwing up what they had planned as you are effectively screwed regardless of if you do or don't take it. Just to give the final and perfect middle finger to the asshole who thought they can string you along like their puppet and serve him up to those higher on the proverbial food chain for a proper asskicking fiesta. Bonus side you may get invited to watch and/or take part, though it's up for debate who sends that invitation.
Unless your farsight in which case you can use it, not fall to chaos be immortal and still kick copious amounts of ass
*Laughs in Halfling*
@@shlongmanator9505 ... for now.
Him barking back that he did it for himself was a great line reading that easily could have been hammy, but the VA did a fantastic way of snapping back at someone lying to themselves over noble intentions.
I did it for me, i liked it... and i was damn good at it.
@@RunaRuiz And I was really... I was alive.
So, Yuri basically pulled a Fulgrim here "i can handle this evil looking demon sword just fine, bro"
Frostmourne
@@cobrazax Frostmourne Hungers!
To be fair,it was probably really nice looking sword...
You've just described Arthas.
"Brother, that sword is evil. You hold corruption in your hand!"
"I hold power in my hand! Nothing more!"
This prologue did a great job of showing the true insidiousness of Chaos. The story even reminds me of classics like Heart of Darkness, Apocalypse Now and Spec Ops: The Line... a protagonist who is sent deep into a wild land with a clear mission in mind, in the case of Spec Ops: The Line and this gradually descending into the same madness as the enemy he is hunting, in the end losing his soul.
True that the writting works well.
Sounds like Arthas becoming the Lich King in the Warcraft games.
Madness? No he was hit by the Club of Stupidity and halved his intelligence stat.
"Oh, bel'akor fooled me, made me kill my actual brother and made me leave my friends and brothers in arms to die, I guess I will do as he says and *slay my god I came here to save* "
Pure unadulterated stupidity.
Either that or mind control.
@@InquisitorShepard All of chaos be like that.
Walker went off mission pretty fast
"I only know one thing. I'm here to kill Chaos."
"My only quest is to kill Chaos."
"I fucking hate Chaos so much it's unreal."
"Chaos killed my wife and fucked my dog. I have the mp4 on my MacBook Air."
Chaos married my daughter and gave me grandchildren. I'm proud to call him my son.
@@murshi8189
Chaos took all accounts of my taxes, both in written form and somehow in digital form, and now the IRS is hunting me down cause I forgot to pay my taxes.
-Son, what are you doing?
-Succeeding you father.
"Bestow me with your terrible grace." Is such a metal fucking line.
That voice is unbelievably perfect for Be’Lakor.
Very true, voice fits like a glove.
Richard Armitage is a great voice actor
@@merseyreds Tnx for letting me know that, now i can't unsee Thorin Oakenshield through Be'lakor :D
@@MrChaos529 thorin did fall to chaos after all
The voice actors has voived other great demon characters. In the game series "Darksiders", he voices Samael, the strongest of the Hell Lords.
Sad how his demon form is weaker then his human form.
I have to say yes to that too, plus i really liked his corrupted sword look when he was slowly turning to chaos.
Not anymore mwahahahahah
@@gudboah4688 I'm not going to lie ,you are not wrong.he's definitely not a pushover anymore, but not to the point where he earn the title of"God Slayer"at least in my opinion. Even if you specialize the legendary Lord still feels like a diet version of any of the for chaos God characters that you can play at. But in saying that all these Buffs to him and his equipment definitely make him more fun to play as and it does actually make you feel like you are chaos undivided,but even then he still doesn't feel like a Powerhouse and that's okayI think right now he's in a nice comfortable spot.
I wish that he had a half chaos half untainted version, and you could choose to embrace chaos or remain pure.
Skarbrand could break him over his knee Bane style.
Much as a dumb idea is fully submitting to chaos, he rolled double sixes and got the demon prince.
Most people just get a mutation of variances or mutate endlessly as a spawn.
I feel you on that one, people who dedicate their lives to serving chaos gets rewarded by turning into a nurgling meanwhile this guy gets a free pass to godlike powers.
@@RunaRuiz It is because Belakor wanted a strong worthy soul and the Ruinous powers needing an undivided champion in case the others fail to petty squabbling
Well considering he mortally wounded a God, I think the Chaos gods were satisfied with his deeds and granted him just rewards.
After turning full Nurgle and conquering his motherland: "Yes, I did it! I saved Kislev!"
EVERY chaos champion and convert is singing their praises while a pile of disease, corruption and suffering, when it is obvious to anyone looking at them there is no future in their path.
Nurgle is very charismatic. Looked like the least interesting god, so I left Nurgle to be the last of the 4 (I am literally playing right now, waited for a promotion to buy this game). The way he is the grandpapa of the Gods, how he promises salvation through entropy, etc.. it's a pretty neat concept, a "benevolent" god of death. Slaanesh ended up as the least interesting, no wonder this character was kinda neglected in the lore written by Games Worshop
I love how Ursun knows that Yuri has been lost and that there is no saving him
Truth be told if a book about Kislev featuring Yuri was made I'd buy it. His a pretty compelling character from the Young Prince trying to do whats best for his Nation at the start. But overtime Chaos slowly corrupts him every step of his Journey. Its a classic story of falling to Darkness just like Arthas from Warcraft 3 he started off good, but later turned into one of the most dangerous beings later in life and help Changed the world in a bad way in the process.
And in his final moments Arthas realizes the mind bending evil he did all the way through, and asks his ghostly father if that nightmare was finally over.
I only wish they had done the entire campaign this way. Would be a lot more immersive and interesting than playing a random game of Total War.
I see your point in it but also allot of hardcore warhammer total war players would not like that style of play.
Here is hoping maybe they add a new mode of some sort.
@@RunaRuiz they once made that to Troy, so maybe we will have at least one narrative-driven campaign.
Would have been great to have a cinematic like this for each lord as you enter/exit each of the Realms of Chaos. Seeing their reaction to each one would have been a great opportunity to explore the characters more fully.
@@rufemairow1451 Yeah but literally everyone hated Troy and it really sucked.
@@rufemairow1451 tbf ive never touched the actual location of Troy in all my time playing as Agememnon. I just can NOT be asked to make 3 armies AND invade Troy all before my military allies get there first. And yes i dont know how but one of my allies was 4 armies deep in Troy's rectum by like turn 50.
why does he blame Ursunn for the sufferings of Kislev when it's quite clear Be'lakor is the reason behind it? talk about being blind.
"Be'lakor you betray me" oh dear, what a shock, who could have forseseen that? totally unpredictable... Honestly, that boy don't even deserve to be daemon prince.
True honestly they are most likely writting it as the corruption blinded him but the betrayal was seen a mile away. Yes this man who has lied to me this entire time and made me kill my brother could totally not be lying this time right?
@@RunaRuiz completely lol
By killing everyone he bamboozled himself so bad his mental self-defence kicked in. It made him think everything he did was really right and doubled down on it. Else his mind would've completely breakdown at the realization.
@@RichterBelmont2235 hmm that's a fair point. Still a moron though. honestly, i don't get why he's the one send to seek Ursunn, i would have pick someone more close to Ursunn and more aware of the dangers of chaos. like the high priest i-don't-recall-his-name.
I think that Ursun getting himself captured by a Belakor in his weak shadow form can be seen as a form of betrayal, by disappointing Kislev. Imagine you just varried your arse through the chaos wastes, sacrificed your own man and struggled so much, and all that chaos corruption nonsense no less, only to find out that your god wasnt worth it in the first place
"You're supposed to kill Chaos, not become it !"
"You've just crossed a terrible threshold, Yuri".
I moved heaven and Earth as the Czarina to save Urson. Brought my most elite of warriors from all 4 chaos realms. Cant let this bear die only to be given a short ending scene.
The true Warcraft 3 reforged experience rigth there. It even has Arthas betrayal
Reforged? Are you saying its so bad? O_o
@@alextrill5829 they managed to make 20 year old game worse somehow. It crashes constantly
Arthas: First time?
Anakin and Talion: First time?
@@mavvynne444 Very aware about Anakin bit didn't play Shadow of Mordor/War yet and now I'm curious about Talion...
@@victuz Spoilers
Eventually, Talion does become one of the Ringwraiths subservient to Sauron and only finally perishes when Frodo throws the Ring into the Mount Doom
I gotta say, prologue in TW Warhammer 3 is definitly an improvment as a tutorial. An actual story telling and helps to understand basics of mechanichs.
As for a story I expected that it was all ruse but still enjoyable to play.
I mean it was the best part and for over half a year the only halfway working part of the game as well lol
So that's Daniels origin story....
"I would gladly bear any curse to save my homeland."
Even if that curse makes you the one to destroy your homeland. Some curses are not worth taking
That is a terrible phrase to live by. It will make you destroy everything you were striving for.
@@victuz You.. You know, do You not?
Dam Yuri.... the only betrayal was done from you against yourself...
Welcome to the winning team champ.
Anyone would with a sane mind would welcome Pap Nurgle with open arms.
@@RunaRuiz 💚
GRANDFATHER!
Based and nurglepilled.
Damn it Arthras. I mean Yuri.
A weak-willed fool who continues on a path thrust upon him by a lying entity and refuses to think straight. Gods are gods. There are weak and strong, and Ursun needed his help. Ironically it was not Ursun who was weak, but Yuri.
Yuri was stronger and braver than most
Unfortunately, even the best can fall
@@kapitan19969838 Arguably, he was more "allowed" to be stronger and braver than most.
Considering that the chaos gods could have crushed him at literally any point.
But they let him continue because he was interesting.
@@tnecniw The Chaos gods couldn't have crushed him at any point. They can bless people, sure, but until Ursun roared there was no way that they could get their forces into the Mortal world. That and anyone had the opportunity to do what he did. Chaos follows the rule of the strong. Yuri conquered the Norscans, and to do so he killed the previous Chaos champion that ruled them, who came from the same circumstances as himself. Chaos doesn't care who uses its power, only that it is used, as the power is inherently corruptive given enough time.
Even if all of the other gods rejected Yuri, Khorne would have taken him up. Yuri's path to Ursun was filled with bloodshed, and you know... Khorne does not care from where the blood flows, only that it flows.
@@seekerofalice9787 I mean, they could have crushed him if they wanted to.
Him entering so far into the chaos wastes was a miracle of itself, and they could have feasibly had their agents, or deamons oust him early.
However, they didn't because I assume they saw potential and avoided bringing down the metaphorical hammer on him.
Just a friendly reminder, that sometimes the price for power is too much.
Here's the thing... The price for power is always too much.
As much of a fan of the old kislev that I am, that part is really cool as it reminds how one falls into the grasp of chaos
I love it, perfect depiction of the downfall of any champion, perfect example for people not super familiar with how perverting the ruinous powers are.
But well, either Yuri was lucky the chaos gods were randomly looking at him or he did the best speed run to daemonhood
Cauz a shit ton of chaos champion's would love to be at his place
This prologue part doesn't see so much different from old Kislev lore
We considering he shot Ursan and survived that blast for as long as he did. I think they would be interested.
As a friendly reminder, Tzeentch gives power to those who tend to defy him while mutating his most loyal followers into Chaos Spawn for the lolz. 😂
And thus Yuri, son of Kislev, became Daniel, the Demon.
Thorin oakensheld went edgy
and thus through the unholy power of chaos daniel is born
That was frickin awesome. They should just do story DLC's like this.
They always do. Be ready
I know right? I've been asking this for ages.
The voice acting is immaculate
Elrond did the same things by trying to persuade isildur with the ring.
And yet it didn't work...Again.
Belakor admits to manipulating him this entire time. Oh my word how could you betray me?
Belakor is voiced by Richard Armitage (Thorin), donno why i missed it before.
I love how Belekor is just ranting from personal experience and calling out BS to turn Yuri to Chaos. Some really good writing in my opinion.
1. Non-Chaos gods are weak
2. Never trust Belakor
3. Chaos Gods actually get shit done.
*Cough* He didn't mention the horrendous and eternally damning price you pay for turning to them. *Cough*
have you heards about orc gods ?
"3. Chaos gods get shit done".
Yeah? Tell that Tzeentch.
@@Crazieyboy15 Ultimate power and immortality? Even spawndom, as over memed as it is, is preferable to being a powerless human being bitched about by some scumbag official.
The other Kislev Gods: WE SLEEP
"Gods are selfish! They will betray you as they betrayed me!"
Dude, you got turned into a daemon and suddenly you think that entitles you to ultimate power.
Given that he was the first mortal that achieved daemonhood... yeah, you can see why he thought so.
*gets tremendous power from the gods of Chaos * ......* is much weaker and worse on the battle field then his human body and every other legendary lord at everything * yup makes sense.
They really do need to fix that.
Not anymore. They did buff him. At least now he outperforms generic lords.
@@ds22342 exalted bloodthirster with 60% ward save and blade of slaanesh be lik
@@luiousy7329 ANYONE can get blade of Slaneesh though. As for 60% WS, that's also attainable for DP.
@@ds22342 anyone but daniel, he cannot equip it and therefore inferior to all who can get it. Simple as that. He is also missing out on ancillaries and a stat buff line.
That moment you realize Belakor is Trevor Belmont.
Gets bored fighting monsters… *becomes monster for lolz*
And Thorin Oakenshield
I like this old school story where the bad guys are actually stronger than the good guys. Why else would they be bad.
We witness the birth of a new evil. One that shall despair and ravage the lands of kislev without mercy. Bow down before the might....
Of Daniel
All fear his name, all fear his power.
The prologue was truly something else ... gave me Star Wars Episode 3 Vibes!
@Surfyun ah yes the warhammer fans , forever ungratefull
@Surfyun For a franchise that isn't known for deep narratives, this is great.
"Because Gods are selfish!"
You can feel Be'lakors bitter hatred towards the Chaos Gods with that line, finally able to spit out his hate without fear of retribution from the beings that eternally force him to play second fiddle to mortal champions and their arbitrary wants.
The protagonist didn't understand the assignment
Arthas v2 electric boogaloo
Yo this was such a good prologue for the game. I'm so happy I got to finally play it. We need more shit like this
Every Kislevian when Chaos Yuri arrives back at home.
"Blyat!"
Be'Lakor; come Yuri! Become an atheist with me!
I've always thought that was weird in Warhammer. The Chaos gods are real and have daemons manifest along with other influences on reality. How could you be an atheist in this world since it's not as subjective like our world.
@@andrewpush4961 Don't the gods get their power from faith and the strength of their followers' beliefs 🤔
They get weaker with less believers which is why Belakor needed a faithful to directly renounce orsun to weaken him.
@@EroticOnion23 Faith in them does help, but it's not the major source by far. It is the emotions of mortals that empower them, something the Emperor in 40k didn't realize.
@@crimsonheart1949 mmm so what powers ursun??
@@EroticOnion23 Ursun is not a chaos god so it's not the same. If I remember correctly, he like a bunch of other lesser gods, is a very powerful being that is revered as a god by some, which helps boost his powers some more.
"the god that abandoned kislev" bro you fucking captured him
Nah, Be'lakor didn't. Be'lakor ain't a godkiller. It was likely the work of the Chaos Gods.
Same energy as Yuri saying Ursun "forsook" him after shooting the god in his heart.
well...what kind of god are you if you get captured? Greek god levels of weekness.
@@perrypougins379
outnumbered by other gods?
This prologue was so awesome even if it is almost beat-for-beat Arthas’ story in Warcraft 3
No
@@absolutelyfookinnobody2843 yes
Games Workshop is not known for originality in their storylines.
@@GeekTalkwithMerg Well, blizzard took from warhammer almost, emh, EVERYTHING for their franchises, so it's only fair to take back something good they've made on their own)
@@antonstrunge blizzard is also not known for originality in their storylines. But in their defense, a lot of their plagiarism (particularly in wow) is made in homage to well known works or pop culture phenomena. GW, on the other hand, is known to trademark literally everything they "create" despite it not being remotely original.
Yuri turns to Daniel!
When the prologue is better than the entire game
Turning to chaos is an emotional rollercoaster.
When the prologue campagne is better then the actual campagne
Campaign
Bel'akor's voice has has notes of Samael from Darksiders, who is voiced by Vernon Wells.
Was surprised to find out it's a different actor.
Yuri sounds so much like Kyros in this I thought it was the same VA at first haha. Great trailer.
"Yuri is Master!"
Nooo...Ursun!!! I still believe in the best bear!
THERE TRULY IS NO GREATER REWARD! NOTHING ELSE WORTH SEEKING! FOR CHAOS!!!
Frag Chaos! For the Emperor!
@@TheGoodLuc Sigmar was not but a mere mortal! What we worship transcends him! True immortality! True Power!
@@victorrosenheart8036 No.
@@TheGoodLuc Serve in heaven or rule in hell. Only the weak choose the former.
and that's how Daniel was born
For a second there I thought he was going to meet the lich king... XD
Hey its the guy who voiced Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit!
Last time I heard that voice, it was telling me about Talos.
The scene where Yuri turns reminds me of Anakin turning to dark side....
Or Arthas becoming the Lich King.
Praise the dark Gods and let their blessings light your way. What a glorious Moment as a Son of Chaos :3 thx 4 upload
I must say Yuri has cemented himself for me at least as the most fucking infuriating character in almost all of Warhammer, you see your god chained up in front of you obviously captured by chaos and despite him previously always without fail to save your people from winter each year and to grant your people countless blessings the ONE TIME he goes missing for unknown reasons you lose fate. You might at first think he abandoned you after being gone for 7 years and you know what fair enough BUT, the fucking second you see your literal deity captured in front of you with an obvious chaos god telling you to kill him, and knowing he was captured by that chaos god AND YOU STILL DECIDE TO BLAME HIM WTF. This is the one time you could pay everything back, you could pay back the literal DECADES of kindness he has shown your people but nope I'm gonna blame him for going missing instead of saving him fuck Yuri god I despise him.
Well, by the time he gets to Ursun Yuri has been slowly falling to the influence of Chaos for some time in the Chaos wastes. He uses the power and secrets Chaos gives him to find his way to the Howling Citadel and save Kislev. But in doing so he sacrificed his morals to get more and more of that power, using the wolfbane sword despite it's obvious blasphemy as a tool of chaos, looking into the book despite knowing that it is sacrilege to do so, and even subjugating the Chaos worshiping tribes of the North to serve his own ends. By the time he kills his brother to get into the soul forge Yuri has already rejected all he believed in to save Kislev through the power he obtained in his journey. From there, taking the idea from 'gain power to free Ursun and save Kislev, can easily be warped into 'take Ursun's power and place of godhood to save Kislev' as clearly if Ursun was captured he is too weak to protect Kislev and someone 'in Yuri's mind being Yuri' more worthy should become the new God. Ursun failed Kislev and Yuri; what point is there to serving a God who, with all of the devotion and sacrifices made in his name to defeat Chaos was so easily brought low and imprisoned? Especially since at this point, Be'lakor is nothing but a shadow, without even a material form, which means he really should have no way to pull this off, especially since the Chaos gods specifically dislike him.
Thus, it makes sense to Yuri that he, who conquered the Chaos wastes, slew their champion and took their power as his own, would be more worthy of godhood than the bear. Is the logic warped? Yes. But given the months that Yuri spent immersed in the corruption of Chaos, him seeking more power (much as Be'lakor did) and justifying it through his deeds to get to that point are quite in line with those who work with Chaos. Chaos are very much present in the world compared to gods like Ursun, and Yuri has made many choices to gain the power of Chaos in his quest, and thus means the became the end in itself for Yuri, power to save Kislev into power for what HE wants. If he can save Kislev by saving Ursun, that works, but if he can kill Ursun and save Kislev by becoming a God and taking his place, all the better. He saves Kislev, and gets even more power. Once he is Betrayed by Be'Lakor he can no longer turn to Ursun for power, and thus the only way to become stronger is to join Chaos. Once Be'lakor's betrayal was done, Yuri has effectively lost the chance to save Kislev, and without the grounding influences he once had, that devotion to Kislev becomes resentment. They were the ones who Believed in such a weak god, and they were the ones who sent him to the Chaos wastes, thus it is their fault that he was laid low and had to turn to the chaos gods for power.
The logic is circular and extremely self-centered, but that is what Chaos does. You use them to gain power for yourself, only in the end to be the one used for their own ends.
@Seekerofalice You know what fair enough I can see how that continuous mindset of "for the greater good" could eventually turn into the mindset "For my greater good" and in that case, I agree that someone could subsequently, give themselves to chaos if they had that self-centeredness. I must admit that you present a solid argument for why he fell and in that case, I can't refute what you said and I can partially understand his fall now, so thank you. HOWEVER, it doesn't change the fact that personally I still fucking hate him for a single simple reason, the lack of loyalty. And while I do admit this is my personal bias but for him to turn on his deity who gave him everything when he at first had nothing, for a single "failure" (If we can even call it that since the only reason Ursun was captured was because of his hibernation that he in all likelihood needed to do because of the task of fucking helping your people again as he always did). Is just the single most dishonorable shitbag action I can imagine, hell even right before he pulled the trigger we see that he has a moment of self-realization but despite that he still decided to betray the one and only being that was there for his people since the beginning and for that reason, I simply can't absolutely hate that scumfucking piece of shit.
But I would like to clarify this isn't an exclamation of my hatred for the Warhammer Total War series in fact it's actually because I'm starting to love Warhammer way more now that I feel so strongly about it. I originally absolutely loved Warhammer 40k but with the addition of Kislev who I'm very partial to (I'm Polish myself so seeing Winged Hussars or any part of Poland being implemented into games gets me very excited), I might just have to switch to fantasy for a minute. I'm already determined to master them in-game and use them almost exclusively from now on, though Throt the Unclean looks hella fun as well. But overall thanks for explaining, makes his fall a bit more understandable and realistic but doesn't change the fact I think he's the bottom-of-the-barrel scum that should have been wiped from this plane of existence and made to suffer the worst fate any subhuman can possibly recieve.
This is the moment when Yuri became Daniel
Be’lakor : I’m the shadows
Archaon : Nope you’re my bitch
"Do you really a daemon would do that? Just contact me through the chaos realm and tell lies?"
Is that... Trevor Belmont?
fastest and most effective sales pitch ever
Pov:You are Arthas in wkfantasy.
I like how apotheosis is always depicted. It's like a horrifyingly frightening/painful experience that quite literally kills you in order to make what's left over of your soul into a prince. It's like an upgrade and the worst burden imaginable combined.... Living forever sounds great, but an eternity of pain and self loathing is the ultimate price paid. A fate some may consider worse than death.
Why I choose al the good nonchaos options and still ended up like that it was super weird for me to just out of nowhere side with chaos and kill my brother 😐
Chaos corrupts in more ways than one, you just choose how quickly it happens.
Ursun Roars
* PTSD triggers as I am rushing to portal *
The Warhammer Arthas.
His new form shall be called "weaker than even generic lords" all fear and tremble beneath his feet!
Frostmourne hungers
vfx masterclass
OH NO, he kiled Volibear.
Just realized that Belakor is Thorin
I'm gonna tell my kids this was Arthas Menethil
"Belacor, you betray me!!"
*Suprised pikachu face*
Who is more naive?
Yuri or Gooby?
Everything he did, he did for Ursun...
Yes, including woulding Ursun with unholy powers.
These cinematics are really well done, with awesome effects and coloring. But whenever i see still images manipulated to make it closer to an actual animation, i feel a certain cheapness towards the cutscene.
You have blame Sega for this one... They are the ones backing up every resource for Creative Assembly to deal with.
Sega decided to cut budget for solid storytelling experience.
Yuri is dead, the terrible... DANIEL is born!
"On the day you were born, the very forests of Lordaeron whispered your name... Arthas."
Four gods of chaos dislike be'lakor but may have yuri to tied loses ends.
It's like they say, the chaos gods are like the mob.
I love how Belakor just sounds mildly annoyed for the first half.