Total War:Warhammer Factions The Empire Lore
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- The Empire of Man, not to be confused with the Imperium of Man is a fairly liberal nation modeled on the Renaissance era Holly Roman Empire and is the largest "single" human nation in the warhammer world.
"How does an Averlander tell a difference between his woman and his cattle? He can't!"
Mikael Anton Kurki The cattle have had their horns trimmed.
The Cattle's "moo" is _slightly_ less shrill.
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Shane Hudson Cow-girls? I’m sure your local Witch Hunter would be *very* interested in talking with you...
That's not a nice thing to say.
That cattle still produce something.
"you shall not beat to death your neighbour with his own wife"
im dying
I know right
...but not from a wife-beating.
There were much more stupid laws in the past that haven't been removed yet.
@@theemporerofmankind938 you shut up and get back at fixing your awful parenting and magnus’ tantrums.
Btw; guilliman needs a hug and we are running out of planets; also, tyranids
@trueblueprussian 23 the fuck?
Interesting how in the Warhammer universe people believing in you actually strenghtens you and could make you become a god. Like Sigmar.
yeah it gives credit to the prhase: power resides where men believe power resides...
TerranGaming precisely :D
Arch Warhammer will you do a video of warrior priests of sigmar, they are so awesome!
I will talk about them in my army video but i wont delve to deeply in to the church of sigmar itself as if i were to explore every aspect of imperial lore my videos would start creeping towards 2-3 hours in lengths!
+Arch Warhammer Didn't that happen with Talos in The Elder Scrolls franchise too?
Man, the Empire sounds like an alright place considering the Warhammer universe. :D
Exceeeeept the Warhammer universe got destroyed and replaced with copyright-friendly crap like Orruks and Aelves. The city of Nuln has more character than Age of fucking Sigmar.
Not really, just like real life Germany the Empire is mostly covered in forest. WITH MILLIONS OF BEASTMEN INSIDE
I wasn't aware of the German's secret wars against the beastmen.
yea, we dont make a big deal out of it.
Its something every european Nation has to deal with.
I planned to go visit Germany. Maybe the Black Forest. I must revise the plan. I don't want my various body parts to be divvied up between the ungors.
Not gonna lie I genuinely miss this style of arch lore videos even the semi shitty mic adds a bit of character to the video and the music is just perfect.👌
Why would you lie?
@@bikinibandit2398 right. The music is awful lol
That music nostalgic
the Holy Roman Empire in our world wasn't a centralize state either, it was rule by countless lords, each and everyone had absolute power inside their own little realm, especially after the treaty of Westphalia, the elector-count in warhammer is also a copy of the prince-elector in HRE
Yeah. But they didnt have Faith, Steel and Gunpowder.
@@Chordus_Gaius They had Gunpowder and Alot of Faith. And Steel.
Did I hear that correctly? "You shall not beat to death your neighbor with your neighbor's wife." LMAO.
What, your homeland doesn't have such a law?
Sure if it's premeditated you bring a knife or something but in the heat of the moment you just grab whatever is close to hand.
+Juan Paolo Datu I hear this is mostly an issue in Kislev territory.
+Juan Paolo Datu Hey, Empire guys are pretty strong to bludgeon someone with said someone's wife.
SMAXZO you ooimes ain't right in da ead
Norwegians we like to go over the top
who's watching this when total war warhammer is out
I'm watching this when Total War Warhammer 2 is out.
Bright Wizard: You know what this comment section needs?
...A flame war...
I liked Attila Total War.
*****
I agree, but a lot of people don't.
Thomas Bouric #420razeit#sackrome410
Thomas Bouric best comment I've ever read on youtube. Thank you.
What makes it fun? I'm curious.
It was okay little buggy. Units were fine. Plus you can dismount cav right?
The Empire is like a minigame on itself. CA could drawn inspiration from Crusader Kings and how they handle many different dynasties and vassals inside a single kingdom, or maybe how the Christian kingdoms worked with the Papacy in Medieval, only if you ever declared war on your fellow county you would be "excomunicated" immediatly.
Gakgaming Or the Holy Roman Empire from Europa Universalis IV. The Elector States vote on who becomes the Emperor. Being Emperor gives certain buffs. While also allowing internal conflict within the Empire.
Spartiatai300 Yes, I thought about that one too, I think would be perfect.
Gakgaming I must admit, I was not to keen on the game being about Warhammer. But after spending more time on reading the lore, it is really intresting, and it will be a perfect mix between history-ish, like the empire and fantasy, with the orks and such :) The empire is like the Holy roman empire, something that I would look forward to interact with :)
andré popovski Yeah, Warhammer is undoubtely the logical universe to go for a series specialized in historical warfare to add a bit of fantasy. There would be no better place to go for CA if they wanted to skip slightly from historical theme. Also Warhammer PC gaming fans have been waiting for something that looked like Total War since Mark of Chaos (which was alright but not quite there).
The Warhammer tabletop game is very similar to Total War battles, except turn based. But the complexity is there, charge, terrain, range, morale etc.
Gakgaming Actually, there's a pretty great mod for Crusader Kings 2 on steam called Warhammer: Geheimnisnacht that is a total conversion of the ENTIRE warhammer fantasy world. Its a WIP, and only humans, dwarves, Chaos dwarves and Orcs are actually fleshed out, but its shaping to be really fun if you like Crusader Kings 2-it has Chaos and vampires and alot of cool stuff. eventually the dev said they'd add all the races.
re-watching these old videos of yours is one of my top ten relaxing activities...so yeah thanks again man
"Hairy Foot Savages" says the Skaven fanboi.
The keyword is savages.
Skaven are highly civilized and deserve the earth.
Rats have bald feet
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Ahhh the optimism when he talks about the campaign- intricate politics, family trees, individual empire factions. CA fumbled the empire.... time for mods !!!
Warhammer 2 empire is okay especially with mods
Everyone hates on ca but give credit where it's due. The wh trilogy is great. Someday we will get the crusader king total war combo you so desire.
I just bought Warhammer Total War and as a huge Warcraft fan, I've found the depth of Warhammer to be beautiful. I've played Warhammer 40K but I've no idea what the real backstory is. Although this is the first video in your series that I've watched, I'd like to thank you for making this.
You should look up the backstory to Warcraft 1 then. There's a reason you like both.
I love how both RTS games have a weird prophet with a raven that visits people
"Et setra, et setra, et setra the imperishable"
I'm surprised bretonnia could put up any sort of fight against the larger better equipped and better trained empire
+arwing20 No doubt it due to some Lady of the Lake magical fuckery.
JenkinsHTTK And the finest heavy Calvary in the old world.
Magic!
Though yes I agree. Especially in the RPGs you can smuggle in firearms to the peasants and lead mostly successful rebellions.
And an organization of society that is very centered as a "spearhead", much like the cavalry charge of their knights itself.
Because they are equivalent in size, and literally all of their nobility are knights. Also Brettonian Lake Hag Paganism.
god the dlc spam when this games gets released
as long as its good DLC! and not this dribble we are getting for Attila.....
Arch Warhammer I agree with you. When I was a kid, these things were called expansions. Nobody minds paying for an expansions. People are against selling bits of content as standalone dlc.
firecard
DLC factions NOT Races hopefully
firecard theyre doing warhammer as a trilogy of games over 3 years that link together adding entire races and their segments of the world on the campaign map. They're also doing certain FreeLC but yeah paid DLC is probably a given at this point
firecard there are only going to be 2 DLC and its more like there separate games because if you get say the 3rd game/DLC you will get those factions a map and you will be able to play this game/DLC without the 1st or 2nd
love your warhammer lore videos keep up the good work!
Little did Arch Warhammer know... The Empire nations all more or less vied for the throne because... Screw Franz?
So the Empires allied with both the High Elves and the Dwarfs. Given that they hate each other,if they need to call both of them to fight the Chaos Hordes,that could be problematic..
Rellana1 ever so slightly yes
+Arch Warhammer Is Sigmar like Jesus or something?
hes conan the barbarian,imagine arnie lived in jerusalem 2000 ago and took jesus place,all fit and hairless,with a helmet and a huge axe only.
More like a hybrid of Romulus and Charlemagne
@@tommyg5765 yes he is, Sigmar is just like the Emperor in 40k who is also a Christ like figure
the spanish terrcio's started the Pike and Shot formation first.
On second thought lets not go to Moot it is a silly place...
Moot moot
Not as silly as Castle Camelot?
At least Camelot has a good song.
So..if the Empire is Germany, Brettonia is France, Estalia is Spain and Tilea is Italy..what is the real world equivalent of the Border Princes?
Chaos is America
+Charles Dejoh Dark Elves and Lizardmen are America.
Border princes would be Poland/Russia
thebigleowbosiki
But isn't Kislev Russia too?
+thebigleowbosiki oh sorry got them mixed up!
"Okay we won't do it for $10. Just pay us $1. Sounds fair right? Have to pay the workers and all"
I am rewatching all your old vids to stick it to GW. Hose the hosers!
"On second thought let us not go to the moot, 'tis a silly place"
6 years later, CA has basically incorporated a lot of Arch's ideas. I bet they never gave him a cent.
they banned him and made him change his name
I am playing Empire in tabletop for about 12 years now and your video is quite nicely summarizing all the important story there is to tell about the empire, really liked it. If someone would ask me what is Warhammer Fantasy and the Empire, I couldn't explain better.
49:58 gotta love those Polish Winged Hussars
There is no real life, only warhammer
Agreed
Indeed. It says so in the rules.
indeed
Indeed.
No peace, just war.
Arch really has come a long way
I just want to point out. The call of warhamner mod did all that work. they added animations too. CA BETTER damn well step up and provide what a non-monatery supported modder managed to do.
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE SHITTING ME!?
Somebody did ALL THAT WORK FOR FREE!?
The mod is better.
@@ardentfire3956 I love the warhammer series. So I have to disagree
"The imperial foot" ... sounds like a magic spell to me.
🤌Like a fine wine.
Anyone watching in 2024, ahh young arch old but gold
Its the best...
@@darkmattergamesofficial it is indeed
CA Is making a ballsy move making a TW Warhammer, Not complaining I am fucking EXCITED I am pre-ordering the second it's available, BUT if they fuck this up, multiple WAAAGH!'s will be started and CA developer corpses will be on pikes.
SkyDude Vids WAAAGH!'s and many many many an Errantry war will be called for.
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Indeed.
Opamigaaa Father is dead and mother died all before MLP existed. So your comment is false, yet very entertaining.
SkyDude Vids Don't pre-order. Problem solved :)
Bluemoondm1 But I am. I'm talking about pre-ordering, I'm talking the GAME if the game is bad blood will spill.
Pfft I'm sure the Dwarfs have thought up those ideas, they're just new still, I mean they're only in their 400th year of prototype development
Old school Arch had the best accent
Watching these videos years later, thinking about all the ways the games disappointed.
But they did do well in there own way
@@breydonhand9885 They're good for Total War games, but I still see quite a bit of lost potential.
Really enjoying these vids Arch, looking forward to the elven factions!
19:30 nope everything is just broken up and a dwarf on dwarf war is simply unavoidable.
Omg Arch sounds like such a baby in these old videos xD
It's cool to see how your audience has grown Arch - but I'll always have been your very first to comment on your very first video :DD
lies, I just checked....
Best history class ever ;-)
It was worth the waiting Arch. Thank you.
You know, after learning about the Empire, their not at all like the Imperium and I can dig that. They are my favorites from now on.
It says "holly roman empire" in the video description heheh have a holly jolly empire day lads and lassies
To a Bright Wizard, the phrase "Help me, my house is on fire" is either non sequitur or a request to help add _more_ fire to the house.
Love your vids man
i know this is really out of date, but i always thought carving the empire into 3 general factions roughly aligning with the time of the 3 emperors would be a managable compromise. one based in riekland controlling the south, one based in middenland controlling the north, and one based in talabechland controlling the east. east having about 3 provences under their control.
You could always get fire mages to work in foundries in peace times.
I would watch these videos just for the artwork, it really is awesome
If bright wizards can control temperature accurately they could be used for various industrial procedures in conjunction with the lore of metal....
All he has to do is to go sit beside some machinery and stick his hands into the machine every couple hours and do some magic thingy.
19 people were watching this while hanging upside down.
a thumbs down is a thumbs up while you're upside down. Get it?
Kinda reaching.
Really cool videos,thanks for uploading
That pigeon guided bomb was a reference to a real life test which was successful test in contrast to this fantasy counter part
I see a solution to the single nation or choose your province issue:
make the whole empire a faction option, and have the provinces as well.
19:00 That's more or less how it works in mortal empires.
Now I am going to raise more Reiksguard, I have never known.
listening to thi while playing Total war warhammer... You have no idée how good it feel !
23:35 third druid mage from the left looks perfect
The empire the tastiest snacks the orks have ever eaten.
I'm hoping the game plays as the 1 faction empire and you have general units you can recruit anywhere but have to recruit certain high quality troops in certain regions. It would be awesome to raise units and have them march to a staging area for assignment. Please bring back non general lead armies. Tired of having to march my army back home when i could have sent reinforcements from the capital halfway through the campaign so my army could continue its onslaught.
Or have the states be chosen as separate factions but you can commission troops. So you would have a recruitment tab and a commission tab. There you could see the units of your allies and choose which ones you would like to commission. So if you want some heavy gunners you would have to wait 2 turns for them to be recruited and then oh so many turns for them to reach your capital. Then you can assign them to an army.
such good lore wish it was still kicking on the table :(
I'd like to put forth the theory that sigmar was actually one of the lost primarchs
Summon the Elector Counts! - Karl Franz
It's nice seeing this after the fact and seeing CA and SEGA basically do none of it. Also, pikr and shot is still renaissance fighting?
well i see often late gothic and maximiliar armor in the imperial also in real world plate armor around 1500 was fully able to repell small arms fire and was bulletsproof which wa sthe reason many people just wore chestplate
Given what we have now seen of the game now internal conflict within the empire should not be difficult. Given that unit banners and hovering icons indicate friend or foe not colours on the units themselves; factional empire would just involve changing those icons and unit choice limits and a few unit bonuses. I can even see how they could do dwarf on dwarf or a great greenskin brawl.
Halflings should be a separate army though. The have their own army book and pie cannons are a must.
I think Felix Jaeger had a Sudenland Cloak. I think this because the author mentions it by name so much I assumed it was an inside joke of some kind
Ah, those times in which it was the empire lore video instead of the highly detailed lore of a random pebble
finally the Empire, lovely stuff
Why would the Grand theoganist order his Arch-lectors to vote against him?
If he had to appear to support someone without actually supporting them. Or perhaps to curry favor with a specific person with out giving them all the marbles so to speak.
Ah. "Hey I voted for you. My Arch-Lectors voted against you without my knowledge. Don't worry I will reign them in." *Whispers to them* "Good job my friends you have made Sigmar proud."
indeed and should said arch lectors be assassinated for their disloyalty...well you can always assign new ones
They die in Sigmar's name having served their purpose
becuz politics he wants to claim that he is oppressed... To bad Warhammer world isnt our world
Welcome back!
Good video, love your style.
Wives and there cattle what do you me-
Oh oh ON
I think whether or not the Empire will be one faction depends on the size of the game map. If it's small and focused on the Old World and the general Empire vicinity then it would be logical to assume they'd make the individual provinces, because a united Empire would essentially cover a quarter of the map and that's just OP I would say.
18:41 Maybe instead they have it where some kingdoms just ban together in times of trouble? Or they just have it where some kingdoms lend their armies to other kingdoms in exchange for currency?
everytime i hear stirland i think it has the banner of ostland, well because it has a stier as symbol
it would be awesome I'd you re released these without the background music. still enjoying 6 years later 😘
In my total war game i made us hereditary by limiting the power of the elector counts and conquering the crap out of the empire proveniences
u need a better microphone bruh, but good info overall, i bought tww going in blind on warhammer lore but loving past tw games, im watching these to get me up to speed
The Empire needs to unite.
Why does empire has do many skulls on uniforms?
Considering this is Warhammer and thus based off of the table top, Creative Assembly will most likely introduce an army painter (like in Dawn of War) under instruction from Game Workshop. So, as you were worried about colour scheme DLC's, I don't think you should be as they will be not be introduced (unless there are unique patterns or CA-created colour schemes instigated). This is the most logical conclusion, at least. I could be entirely wrong, however.
They could do different campaigns maybe. So in one Empire will be just a nation as a hole and in another campaign You can have this war of three Emperors scenario or something similar.
I'd say that no matter how they do The Empire, I'm sure the modders can fix it. Yes, they won't directly support mods, but look at Medieval II and "Rage of the Dark Gods", that didn't support mods either!
i think that when it comes to picking the empire as a faction you will be able to pick from 3 of the main provinces and the rest will be npc factions or released as dlcs
For M&B warband i recommend warsword conquest its pretty fucking good. full map of WH fantasy all races all units, armour, factions etc
Not gonna lie I miss warhammer fantasy. It felt like a grimdark but approachable version of middle earth and way more developed. Age of sigmar feels more like a board game with a fantasy setting where as WHF felt like an awesome universe that you got to play. It's also the only universe I ever fantasized about living in when I was a kid and I found my first book explaining the main factions. Hell me wanting to be a vampire count at 9 was probably what set me up to be a goth and metal head. Then gw fucked it all up so they could own the copy right for every aspect. What's the point if owning the copyright when no body wants to buy your shit? Hopefully they will just abandon aos and go back to fantasy
You have my sword
Cathay is probably the largest human nation although their immortal emperor may be a vampire...
When you think of the maybe 20 playable factions in Attila and more than 100 others the 11 factions of the empire where maybe only 3 would be playable are not very work XD
I believe the empier will get broken up into 3 or 4 playable provinces with the rest just being npc. I'd assume they would take the more unique provinces to be playable...
If your watching old video comments: Why did being saved in estalia lead to them establishing chapters in the empire?
i think we can recruit unit but only general units and special type of units will be recruited via the mercenary system.
SO now that the game is basicly done (with DLC) What do you think about how the empire was handeled in game? Seperate provences but no unique units outs side of RoR.
i have to say the new game is really cool i know it has nothing to do with game of thornes but as am playing as the empire i keep thinking the undead are the others as im playing.
And then Chaos comes and changes everything XD
Chaos never wins ... and the whole invasion is boring as fuck anyways. Usually I dont even have any of the legendary weapons at that time, because there is too much to do and running quest errands takes a loooong time on the travel time alone (for the "move character of type X to far away place Y" bits).
there are only going to be 2 DLC and its more like there separate games because if you get say the 3rd game/DLC you will get those factions a map and you will be able to play this game/DLC without the 1st or 2nd
awesome video, and i really really hope CEA wont screw this up.
what he says with the empire, playing as provinces they did this with rome 1 with the 3 roman families. also involving the colour schemes they did this with rome 2 and shogun 2. also STAND TALL MARIENBURG.