Baroness Character Trope: "A female baddie with a chilly disposition and more than a touch of the dominatrix about her. In Darker and Edgier versions, this means a love of other people's pain and suffering. Naturally, she'll sport a German or Eastern European accent, along with either a natty military uniform or something black and form-fitting. Whether or not she's vulnerable to good-guy seduction and subversion is highly variable. However, she's invariably attracted to power which the Big Bad has in spades."
@@devilsmessanger normally it is the Mannfred choo choo blowing through early game. If they somehow survive to late game they get squashed by the Green tide of Grimgor roflstomping everyone after the greenskin buffs.
The trick for a successful marriage: "Even if you are an undead, treat her like a person, not a property" also, the heart of her creepy uncle makes the best wedding gift
I clicked on this thinking it was a gameplay guide. Then i realized i had been absolutely glued to the screen, listening to a guy tell a story about a character from a universe that i know nothing about. Idk what happened to the last ten minutes of my life but great job man, this was captivating and it wasn't even what i was looking for.
@@The_Murder_Party the video makes it out like he thought peasants were chattel because he was a vampire when actually any noble regardless of being a vampire or not would think the same way lol its basically a meme that vlads peasants were treated better than bretonians
"Because if there’s one thing the brits love its cold hearted and aloof female leaders wearing dominatrix outfits and reminding them that they’ve all been very, very naughty." Love it!
Cody Bonds: and dus ended the only functional relationship in Warhammer history. Thorgrim and Belagar each look to their respective misses: THAT'S GOING IN THE BOOK!
Cody also forgot the relationship/marriage of nurgle and Isha. Where one god of plagues and decay saved an goddess of healing form being slaanesh's new plaything.... And of course we ignore the fact nurgle infects Isha with every new plague he makes.
@@mycatistypingthis5450 in my experience, the quickest way to agitate the most hardcore of Warhammer fans was just to point out lady dwarfs. Not even go on a rant or anything, just mentioning they exist was enough to twist their knickers.
@@yamahadrag69 AoS has brilliant female Fyreslayer art, and there are two Kharadron ladies either protagonist or quite prominent in novels. They haven't made it into plastic yet though.
With Vlad's appearance, it's been the case for a while that Von Carsteins and Lahmains in particular could hide their more monstrous appearance and look like humans. Vlad's in game appearance is after he's died and ressurected more than is healthy, even for a Vampire.
9:19 "Ending the only functional and supportive relationship in Warhammer history." Belagar Ironhammer: "That going in my ancestor's book, once I get its back."
The part that i liked the most is that the voice was promoting the doomstack, while the subtitles were promoting the balanced way of playing her :D Balanced / Role players unite!
@@elfberry hehehe since you liked the detail I can complete it with my army comp for the power couple: Isabella Wight king Shadows vamp Death vamp 4 bats 4 wolves 4 vargheists 2 varghulfs 2 terrorgheists Vlad 2 Necromancers 2 spears 2 great weapons 2 cairn wraiths 1 crypt ghouls ( spread out and stack on grave guards for poison ) 4 crypt horrors 4 blood knights 2 Mortis engines As you can see they use two elite armies together, making them the most powerful rightfully.
There's a Warhammer novel collection centered around a young vampire called Guinevere and it covered the "coming back as a corpse" thing. Probably not canon but basically when a vampire suffers their first death, they will come back as a horrific corpse monster like Vlad. This doesn't explain Isabella, unless her death has been retconned.
Okay, that is one of my suggestions done and you did not fail to deilver a awesome video. Now we still need: - Alith Anar - The Punisher and the worst possible thing a Dark Elf can imagine - Kroq-Gar - Anime protagonist Apex Predator riding into battle on a bigger Apex Predator
Kroq was my first campaing and it was such a blast , you have most overpowered mage in the game (sky) on turn 1 and one of best dueling lords in the game
4:15 Vlad's model is from him losing the previous war. In a better game (or mods) he'd get a selectable reskin to flawless again after reclaiming his legendary.
How ironic that in life no suited wanted to court Isabella when in grand campaign, practically every player wants to slay her to get her extremely handy regeneration ability.
I'm honestly surprised. A functional and supportive relationship. Not batshit crazy vampires and they were even smart and capable leaders. I didn't expected anything of it. I always thought their relationship is like the Stockholm syndrome, but on both sides.
@@allgoodnamestaken123 You know, that is a good point. Isabella does mention her husband in various ways a lot, but I don't recall Vlad ever mentioning her...
Actually Cody the models for Vlad and Mannfred are based on models that came out during the Seventh Edition, not the Eighth. I can't remember when Isabella's current model came out. I know it was after Vlad's because it was weird that Vlad got a new model but not Isabella but I don't remember if it came out with the 8E VC release or before that. As for Vlad's face, it's due to the fact that in WFB, vampires' faces are that of inhuman predators. They have to actively force their faces into normal human forms, an act of will that they have no reason to maintain during battle. Or in other words, an excuse for GW to have monster faces on their vampire models despite those like the von Carsteins and Lahmians cloaking themselves among mortals.
Fun little thing about the Chalice and the reference: Sigismund Báthory (Hungarian: Báthory Zsigmond; 1573 - 27 March 1613) was Prince of Transylvania several times between 1586 and 1602, and Duke of Racibórz and Opole in Silesia in 1598. In Romania, we learn about him and the history of Transylvania in middle school.
"In the lore, vampires were known to pass for human" Come back after meeting the Strigoi and Necrarchs. Both bloodlines make Count Orlok look like a male model.
you videos have both usefull and helpful info for new players like me and funny bits that make me giggle. there are very few channels ill go back and rewatch im glad to say this is one of em . keep on keeping on my good sir
Countess Elizabeth Bathory was an aristocrat who got public for inviting peasant girls on her castle, than killing them and Bath in their blood to remain young and beautiful. At least that's the legend 😅 so her Cup is a reference as well 👌🏻
That poem was mwah! Chef's kiss. Btw, about Vlad's effed up face, actually all vampires carry with them their scars and ravages of time and become more and more monstrous the stronger they get, because of the winds of Necromancy coursing through them. They can reverse these effects by concentrating to look beautiful and by drinking copious amounts of blood. Vlad looked beautiful when he wanted to, terrifying when he wanted to. I agree this is an End Times tidybit, and that whole shebang can go away, but that was not the worst thing they did.
@@The_Murder_Party That is what I meant. It was some of the best content before the trully atrocious stuff. Most of the things that really bother me is whenever non-human factions were involved, like Tomb Kings, Elves and Norsca were all done dirty. So I like the vampire stuff, it made sense. But I could do with less manfred yeah.
I can't pinpoint what's it about with VC campaigns but I've played 3 different ones to this day and they were enjoyable AF, even on higher difficulties. It might have something to do with one-man armies and/or standing in line with Isabella + 19 vampire heroes and facing hordes of enemies.
\qwq\ Thank you so much for covering her (/w\) 😭💓💞💝She is without a doubt one of my favourite lords in the game. Looking back, I wish you explored in depth her unique army skills for game one or lord skills for game two which can make units from the monster or forest chain viable mid or late game in combat, the order you should bring vlad and Isabella in or the guardian trait you can pick for von Carstein Vampire Lords and put heros into their armies if you wanted to.
I wrote out that section but didn't include it as currently she's the only game one vampire lord with unique red skill line. And I just don't see that remaining true for Warhammer 3, as they all need a revisit. So it's quite possible that information would become outdated very soon.
My theory about Vlad's appearance: his initial look is an illusion. It's the human form he disguises himself with. The scarred form is what he actually looks like.
@@codybonds I really enjoyed it, but goddamn was it hard to read them all. Some of it was a little spoilers, which sucks for anyone who needs the CC, though. Personally, i'm all for it!
In fairness, the reason Vlad looks like that is because this is him post getting resurrected numerous times by his ring. It's been a while since I read the Vampire War trilogy, but I'm pretty sure it mentions how Vlads resurrections weren't perfect and he looked more and more like a corpse each time. Don't quote me on that though cause I could be wrong.
Actually it's more akin to the vampires of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, where they have a predatory face and a normal face. They can look relatively human by an active force of will that they forego during battle, focusing the entirety of their will onto the battle and their Necromancy. Basically it was an excuse for GW to give the vampire models monster faces even though they were supposed to look like relatively normal people.
I really like the vampire counts but I used to play Mannfred a lot, since seeing this I've really taken to Isabella and Vlad as they husband and wife tag team there way across the realms of men. Also really like the hansom Vlad you put out.
Last I remember, Isabella was resurrected during the End Times by the forces of Chaos. Demon possessed I believe. It is said that, during their fight, Vlad, not wanting to duel with his wife, pushed them both to their deaths(just like Harry did to Voldemort but, y'know, less magic traveling teleportation and shit) and as they both fell, he took off his Von Carstein Ring and placed it in her finger. They both died by.... well, regular vampire style. Something pierces their heart. Vlad died, and the demon left her, but Isabella regenerated, and came to. I forgot what happens next, but she is rescued by the first Vampire lady, Nehfethara or something. She's brought to a castle where that hot tomb kings lady legendary lord is also there, Nehfethara's cousin I believe. There she stays, and awaits the end of the world.
How the hell do you write all your shit so good?? It's just bangers upon bangers, I need to keep rewinding the video because I'm missing the jokes because I haven't stopped laughing at the last ones
I need to working on the pacing between jokes. I could pause between them that feels like adding a laugh track. As is, I enjoy that people can watch them multiple times and pick up on new things.
I’m pretty sure The Spiffing Brit played as her and was able to get an army of just hero units. Afterwards he used a gold exploit to fuel the legions of dead that followed.
@@The_Murder_Party No, it was something to do with vassalizing Templehof, releasing them as a vassal to declare war, and re-vasslizing them, multiple times per turn. It absolutely destroys the player's reliability stat, but gives shitloads of money.
So basically what you want to do is choose Vlad and spam varghiest. As much as you possibly can. Early game varghiest wreck everything. But Vlad also gets a stat that allows his whole army to have vanguard deployment- this. This is slept on extremely hard, tell me, how on turn 5 are you supposed to deal with a seven stack of varghiest that spawn in your face? You can’t. You literally can’t
I'm honestly quite surprised that I have never seen the connection between the names von Carstein and Karnstein from Sheridan LeFanus book Carmilla. It is not as well known as Dracula, even though it is older and even influenced Bram Stokers work. The name just can't be a coincidence and it has to a reference to the book
With Immortal Empires upcoming Vlad and Isabella have slightly changed Instead of them both being lords, the one you don't pick to play as becomes a hero instead now
I read somewhere at some point, (probably GW trying to fix their rapid change or a Fanfic turned urban legend) that Vampires (at least the VoN Carsteins, Lahmians and Bloood Dragons) can alter their appearance depending on the situation. lahmian Vampires as such will look pretty and desirable when embedded in a foreign Court, and turn spiketeethed monstrosity when attacked, Vlad would keep his fancy face but switch to his Corpseface during battle (reason the von carsteins dont wear helmets) to Scare their Human Enemies. Canon or not aside i find that to fit in with the vampire mythos and fitting for warhammer aswell.
The von Draks were not "elector counts" only normal counts, they didnt get a vote on who would become the emporer. Thats because sylvania wasnt a homeland to one of the original 12 tribes of men that formed the empire, being settled and added later. Vlad did become an elector count, but only hundreds of years after his defeat, after being resurrected by nagash during the end times he struck a deal with kurt helborg to help defend the empire against chaos if he was made an elector. 15 minutes later the planet exploded. Still fun video overall!
I don't usually like this way of representing my region but for some reason I kinda enjoy playing as the vampires and re-naming all the towns as cities from Ardeal
Love the Monty Python reference! Though I felt you should have mentioned that they tried to win the elections for Emperor for a looong while, till civil war broke out and they just joined in.
Nice. Maybe we can get a noobs guide to Kroq-Gar next! Or if you dont feel like doing more Lizardmen, then maybe we can get a Noobs Guide to Wulfrik The Wanderer.
Pretty much - which makes it triply awkward that of the lords from Warden and the Paunch + Shadow and the Blade, the FLC lords were far and away the best additions the game. Malus rework when...?
@@JarmamStuff i dunno, i preferred grom to imrik, but fair enough on the malus rework. The imrik ME campaign is just such a slog in the early/mid game, that it's difficult to appreciate the dragons.
Nice vid! Next time you speak with CA, could you ask them whether they’re considering putting the total war series on any streaming services like GeForce now? I’ve been off total war for a few years cause of a lack of strong hardware, also since it’s really difficult to get a decent gpu now I think a lot of people would appreciate TWW3 on a streaming service. Thanks :)
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Baroness Character Trope:
"A female baddie with a chilly disposition and more than a touch of the dominatrix about her. In Darker and Edgier versions, this means a love of other people's pain and suffering. Naturally, she'll sport a German or Eastern European accent, along with either a natty military uniform or something black and form-fitting. Whether or not she's vulnerable to good-guy seduction and subversion is highly variable. However, she's invariably attracted to power which the Big Bad has in spades."
Where do we sign up ?
Slannesh mod is getting stronger I can feel its power grow as we speak
I always felt like Isabella was a play on the Bloody Countess and Lucrezia Borgia
@@matiasbaldoniamar8680 you mean Countess Elizsabeth Bathory?
i think the reason they made him look like acorpse IS because of the necromancy that revived the two of them. didn't work quite as well with him.
Flattery from mortals, how adorable.
Hello
Quiet servant
adopt me
Karl Franz: You are no Lord of the Empire, Vampire, to address as such is a grave insult! Best leave before I summon the Witch Hunters!
Lol vampires are stupid!
"The only functional and supportive relationship in Warhammer history"
I won't take this disrespect to Gotrek and Felix lying down.
Belegar and his wife aswell.
@@emetanti He had a wife!?
@@AzureDragon100 Yeah, that one with a beard ;)
Gotrek and Felix arent really healthy relationship
@@AzureDragon100 it's alright CA forgot as well. I mention her in my noobs guide to Belegar.
You forgot the most important part of the story.
Getting farmed for the Regeneration trait.
nowdays she is often gone pretty early, courtesy of several powerful neighbors .
@@devilsmessanger normally it is the Mannfred choo choo blowing through early game. If they somehow survive to late game they get squashed by the Green tide of Grimgor roflstomping everyone after the greenskin buffs.
@@timothyhouse1622 yep, nothing better then making your way up to the empire from lustria just to find grimgor in altdorf at turn 120
I legitimately did forget that. It was even underlined with 3 exclamation points in my notes.
@@codybonds So, make an addendum video to add to Isabella's notes?
0:34
"Isabella is decent in melee"
Proceeds to become the embodiment of Master Yoda from Attack of the Clones
Well she is a good wife nonetheless
The trick for a successful marriage: "Even if you are an undead, treat her like a person, not a property" also, the heart of her creepy uncle makes the best wedding gift
Vlad: What on earth are you wearing?
Isabelle: *Dressed as Lady Dimitrescu* The gossipers say this is the in style for women vampires.
This is late but Isabelle dressed as her would be a pretty cool mod
"But mother"
"Father"
"But Father,
I don't want the lands...
I just want...
To sing!"
Stop that! Stop that!
I don't get it...
She's beautiful
She's rich
She's got huuuuuuge....
Tracks of land!
@@ChucktheSpicyChicken Monty Python the holy grail
@@hisLoneliness2961 thanks :)
I clicked on this thinking it was a gameplay guide.
Then i realized i had been absolutely glued to the screen, listening to a guy tell a story about a character from a universe that i know nothing about.
Idk what happened to the last ten minutes of my life but great job man, this was captivating and it wasn't even what i was looking for.
Glad to hear you enjoyed it! It's an ongoing series and there's plenty more to enjoy as well.
Vlad fell in love with someone from a species he considered basically livestock? Sounds like a Welshman to me, or was it New Zealand?
I think Welsh
Nah, the pesants where chattel, not the nobles.
@@The_Murder_Party the video makes it out like he thought peasants were chattel because he was a vampire when actually any noble regardless of being a vampire or not would think the same way lol
its basically a meme that vlads peasants were treated better than bretonians
@@DOZDDMGator I mean... that’s not hard XD
@@DOZDDMGator Its also pretty close to true lol
Yeah everbody's favoured swinging sylvanians!!! Pls do DA GREAT GREEN PROPHET next!!!!
Everyone has a foot of gork fetish..worth playing him just for that..and the dancing
NOBODY WILL STOP DA GREEN CRUSADE!
Waaagh!!!
He has mighty mystic powas he does!
"Because if there’s one thing the brits love its cold hearted and aloof female leaders wearing dominatrix outfits and reminding them that they’ve all been very, very naughty." Love it!
Cody Bonds: and dus ended the only functional relationship in Warhammer history.
Thorgrim and Belagar each look to their respective misses: THAT'S GOING IN THE BOOK!
He's probably got a long list of Grudges from all the cracks in their videos.
I don’t think I’ve heard anything about Thorgrim’s Wife.
@@thronezwei4412 The brits have an entire library filled with all the wrong this man did to them
Cody also forgot the relationship/marriage of nurgle and Isha.
Where one god of plagues and decay saved an goddess of healing form being slaanesh's new plaything....
And of course we ignore the fact nurgle infects Isha with every new plague he makes.
@@kaptainmanslaughta7887 I'm not sure I'd call Nurgle and Isha a stable relationship, though. It's A relationship, just not one I'd call 'stable.'
9:20
"The only supportive and functional relationship in Warhammer history."
Belegar and Kema Ironhammer: *Are we a joke to you?*
Lol
I do mention her in my Noobs Guide to Belegar. I wish she had a model in game. Or any dwarf female for that matter.
@@codybonds SAME!
@@codybonds I don't think GW has made a dwarven female sculpt this century. Or not in metal for that matter.
@@mycatistypingthis5450 in my experience, the quickest way to agitate the most hardcore of Warhammer fans was just to point out lady dwarfs. Not even go on a rant or anything, just mentioning they exist was enough to twist their knickers.
@@yamahadrag69 AoS has brilliant female Fyreslayer art, and there are two Kharadron ladies either protagonist or quite prominent in novels. They haven't made it into plastic yet though.
When your husband is a rotting corpse half the time but it’s okay because he has the best D game in the land:
The 'D' is for Dracula.
@@oliverwilhelm6171 Dracula's
I always thought that Isabella was a play on Lucrezia Borgia and the Bloody Countess of Bathory (especially because of her Chalice of Bathori)
after a quick google search
Yeah, definitely Elizabeth Bathory
There's a much more blatant in Lucrezia Borgia over in the Dogs of War anyway in Lucrezzia Belladonna
Why not both?
With Vlad's appearance, it's been the case for a while that Von Carsteins and Lahmains in particular could hide their more monstrous appearance and look like humans. Vlad's in game appearance is after he's died and ressurected more than is healthy, even for a Vampire.
Not just that, but Vlad doesn't really bother using glamours even in the lore. He commands the respect and fear of anyone who gazes upon him
9:19 "Ending the only functional and supportive relationship in Warhammer history."
Belagar Ironhammer: "That going in my ancestor's book, once I get its back."
Snikch: *Yoink*
What if the Greenskins used the books pages as toilet paper?
The part that i liked the most is that the voice was promoting the doomstack, while the subtitles were promoting the balanced way of playing her :D Balanced / Role players unite!
We might not always win, but we have our own victories!!
5/10 not enough swiftly
Whoa thanks for pointing that out!
@@elfberry hehehe since you liked the detail I can complete it with my army comp for the power couple:
Isabella
Wight king
Shadows vamp
Death vamp
4 bats
4 wolves
4 vargheists
2 varghulfs
2 terrorgheists
Vlad
2 Necromancers
2 spears
2 great weapons
2 cairn wraiths
1 crypt ghouls ( spread out and stack on grave guards for poison )
4 crypt horrors
4 blood knights
2 Mortis engines
As you can see they use two elite armies together, making them the most powerful rightfully.
@@Razielts1 10 terrorgheist and 8 varghulf stack is much superior and *SWIFT*
Lady Dimetrescu has some serious competition..........
Nematode fungus hybrid vs dark magics. Who would win?
@@tompotter8703 yup Vampire vs Vampire
isabella is way better
@@tompotter8703 So Lady D is basically an Orc...
@@JagdWehrwolf this makes so much sense I'm stealing this
There's a Warhammer novel collection centered around a young vampire called Guinevere and it covered the "coming back as a corpse" thing. Probably not canon but basically when a vampire suffers their first death, they will come back as a horrific corpse monster like Vlad. This doesn't explain Isabella, unless her death has been retconned.
Night's dark masters book for WHFRP 2nd have ritual for resurrecting a vampire. No side effects are listed, IIRC.
Okay, that is one of my suggestions done and you did not fail to deilver a awesome video.
Now we still need:
- Alith Anar - The Punisher and the worst possible thing a Dark Elf can imagine
- Kroq-Gar - Anime protagonist Apex Predator riding into battle on a bigger Apex Predator
Kroq was my first campaing and it was such a blast , you have most overpowered mage in the game (sky) on turn 1 and one of best dueling lords in the game
4:15 Vlad's model is from him losing the previous war. In a better game (or mods) he'd get a selectable reskin to flawless again after reclaiming his legendary.
I like that as an idea! I think I can make that mod with my existing skin.
How ironic that in life no suited wanted to court Isabella when in grand campaign, practically every player wants to slay her to get her extremely handy regeneration ability.
I'm honestly surprised. A functional and supportive relationship. Not batshit crazy vampires and they were even smart and capable leaders.
I didn't expected anything of it. I always thought their relationship is like the Stockholm syndrome, but on both sides.
In a way, every good relationship is mutual Stockholm syndrome if you think about it
Well she does shout: LOVE ETERNAL! while buldozing through enemy infantry :D
@@allgoodnamestaken123 You know, that is a good point. Isabella does mention her husband in various ways a lot, but I don't recall Vlad ever mentioning her...
@@TheDrexxus cant imagine him shouting FOR MY BELOVED in that thick accent :D
@@TheDrexxus because because of his looks everybody would laught at him.
Gets notification.
"Yay"
Sees it's a premier.
"God dammit!!!!"
It's good now!
Vampire counts make me smile
Actually Cody the models for Vlad and Mannfred are based on models that came out during the Seventh Edition, not the Eighth. I can't remember when Isabella's current model came out. I know it was after Vlad's because it was weird that Vlad got a new model but not Isabella but I don't remember if it came out with the 8E VC release or before that.
As for Vlad's face, it's due to the fact that in WFB, vampires' faces are that of inhuman predators. They have to actively force their faces into normal human forms, an act of will that they have no reason to maintain during battle.
Or in other words, an excuse for GW to have monster faces on their vampire models despite those like the von Carsteins and Lahmians cloaking themselves among mortals.
Fun little thing about the Chalice and the reference:
Sigismund Báthory (Hungarian: Báthory Zsigmond; 1573 - 27 March 1613) was Prince of Transylvania several times between 1586 and 1602, and Duke of Racibórz and Opole in Silesia in 1598.
In Romania, we learn about him and the history of Transylvania in middle school.
It's also a reference to Elizabeth Bathory who drank and bathed in virgin blood.
@@codybonds holy shit you replied omg Didn’t expect that. I salute you and wish you the best !
"In the lore, vampires were known to pass for human"
Come back after meeting the Strigoi and Necrarchs. Both bloodlines make Count Orlok look like a male model.
At least the von Carstein and lahmians are kinda hot
@@lgr9793 Not the point, dude.
you videos have both usefull and helpful info for new players like me and funny bits that make me giggle. there are very few channels ill go back and rewatch im glad to say this is one of em . keep on keeping on my good sir
I’m glad they’re Doing what I hoped! Thank you for watching them.
That living model came out great! Looks really good with Chad Vlad.
Neat! Feels like we haven't had a noobs guide in a while (then again we did have quite a lot of tw news lately xD)
QUICKLY, SWIFTLY!
Countess Elizabeth Bathory was an aristocrat who got public for inviting peasant girls on her castle, than killing them and Bath in their blood to remain young and beautiful.
At least that's the legend 😅 so her Cup is a reference as well 👌🏻
Now thats a detail I wish I had found! I had heard the story but forgotten the name.
@@codybonds I love your Videos, you are a great entertainer man💪🏻
That fact that she fights and doesn't spill a single drop of her blood juice from her cup is actually impressive.
That poem was mwah! Chef's kiss.
Btw, about Vlad's effed up face, actually all vampires carry with them their scars and ravages of time and become more and more monstrous the stronger they get, because of the winds of Necromancy coursing through them. They can reverse these effects by concentrating to look beautiful and by drinking copious amounts of blood. Vlad looked beautiful when he wanted to, terrifying when he wanted to.
I agree this is an End Times tidybit, and that whole shebang can go away, but that was not the worst thing they did.
Eh, from what I heard, the vampire portion was actually pretty good until manfred fucked everyone up.
@@The_Murder_Party That is what I meant. It was some of the best content before the trully atrocious stuff. Most of the things that really bother me is whenever non-human factions were involved, like Tomb Kings, Elves and Norsca were all done dirty.
So I like the vampire stuff, it made sense. But I could do with less manfred yeah.
@@bavettesAstartes exactly Setra from the TK was done well XD
I hope youll one day make a vid on the Best pirate, the Krakenlord of Karond Kar, Lokhir Fellheart
Your scripts just keep improving, superb work!
I can't pinpoint what's it about with VC campaigns but I've played 3 different ones to this day and they were enjoyable AF, even on higher difficulties. It might have something to do with one-man armies and/or standing in line with Isabella + 19 vampire heroes and facing hordes of enemies.
This was one of your best vids. Nice.
YES, I finally was able to get the game and could have sworn you made a video on her and couldn't find it. This will be most enjoyable. Thank you, sir
\qwq\ Thank you so much for covering her (/w\) 😭💓💞💝She is without a doubt one of my favourite lords in the game.
Looking back, I wish you explored in depth her unique army skills for game one or lord skills for game two which can make units from the monster or forest chain viable mid or late game in combat, the order you should bring vlad and Isabella in or the guardian trait you can pick for von Carstein Vampire Lords and put heros into their armies if you wanted to.
I wrote out that section but didn't include it as currently she's the only game one vampire lord with unique red skill line. And I just don't see that remaining true for Warhammer 3, as they all need a revisit. So it's quite possible that information would become outdated very soon.
Isabella was always cool to me.. So this video getting to know her a bit more was sweet. Thanks for the upload.
"Quickly ! Swiftly !", Isabella Von Carstein
Great video as always. Good work on the Isabella model too.
Would love to see Noctilus or Aranessa next. Dreadfleet was an underloved game
Holy shit dude, this is by far your best script to date. Truly impeccable.
This is my favourite one of your videos!
6:49 hmm, I wonder who ‘Bathori’ is? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_B%C3%A1thory.
My theory about Vlad's appearance: his initial look is an illusion. It's the human form he disguises himself with. The scarred form is what he actually looks like.
Or, after 700 years most of which he spent *actually* dead, he lost some... charm.
@@The_Murder_Party Not to mention dying so many times and then coming back from the dead would do a number on the man's looks.
@@barbiquearea no kidding
i'd agree with that, and add in wartime he probably doesn't want to waste the magic looking human, if anything looking scary af is a plus in wartime.
My body is ready
The closed captions on this video are absolutely nuts. There's like, 50% more content there!
Should I just start doing this on purpose? It includes all the jokes that I cut from the final edit.
@@codybonds I really enjoyed it, but goddamn was it hard to read them all. Some of it was a little spoilers, which sucks for anyone who needs the CC, though. Personally, i'm all for it!
@@Auraknight I'll try and sneak one or two in there next time. This was a complete accident on my part.
In fairness, the reason Vlad looks like that is because this is him post getting resurrected numerous times by his ring. It's been a while since I read the Vampire War trilogy, but I'm pretty sure it mentions how Vlads resurrections weren't perfect and he looked more and more like a corpse each time.
Don't quote me on that though cause I could be wrong.
Actually it's more akin to the vampires of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, where they have a predatory face and a normal face. They can look relatively human by an active force of will that they forego during battle, focusing the entirety of their will onto the battle and their Necromancy.
Basically it was an excuse for GW to give the vampire models monster faces even though they were supposed to look like relatively normal people.
"Ending the only functional and supportive relationship in warhammer history."
>Remembering Syll'Esske
No... there is, another...
I really like the vampire counts but I used to play Mannfred a lot, since seeing this I've really taken to Isabella and Vlad as they husband and wife tag team there way across the realms of men.
Also really like the hansom Vlad you put out.
Last I remember, Isabella was resurrected during the End Times by the forces of Chaos. Demon possessed I believe.
It is said that, during their fight, Vlad, not wanting to duel with his wife, pushed them both to their deaths(just like Harry did to Voldemort but, y'know, less magic traveling teleportation and shit) and as they both fell, he took off his Von Carstein Ring and placed it in her finger.
They both died by.... well, regular vampire style. Something pierces their heart. Vlad died, and the demon left her, but Isabella regenerated, and came to.
I forgot what happens next, but she is rescued by the first Vampire lady, Nehfethara or something. She's brought to a castle where that hot tomb kings lady legendary lord is also there, Nehfethara's cousin I believe.
There she stays, and awaits the end of the world.
Yup. That’s what happens in the End Times. I really dislike that book series as it tries to wrap up 3 decades of story as quickly as possible.
My man on his quest to taunt the brits as many times as he can
My favorite ever campaign was as Isabella. Can't wait to paint the map with her again in TW3
How the hell do you write all your shit so good?? It's just bangers upon bangers, I need to keep rewinding the video because I'm missing the jokes because I haven't stopped laughing at the last ones
I need to working on the pacing between jokes. I could pause between them that feels like adding a laugh track. As is, I enjoy that people can watch them multiple times and pick up on new things.
@@codybonds Goddamnit just accept the compliment
"Better love story than twilight"
That doesn't say very much.
That’s a low bar to clear
I’m pretty sure The Spiffing Brit played as her and was able to get an army of just hero units. Afterwards he used a gold exploit to fuel the legions of dead that followed.
You mean literally just the tech that makes skellis free?
@@The_Murder_Party No, it was something to do with vassalizing Templehof, releasing them as a vassal to declare war, and re-vasslizing them, multiple times per turn. It absolutely destroys the player's reliability stat, but gives shitloads of money.
@@SeanARooney ah, the chaos strat.
I'm surprised he didn't make a reference to Tall Vampire Lady...
i am bad at vampire counts cause they lack ranged
That's why you surround the enemy and pound them with cav and monsters.
So basically what you want to do is choose Vlad and spam varghiest. As much as you possibly can. Early game varghiest wreck everything. But Vlad also gets a stat that allows his whole army to have vanguard deployment- this. This is slept on extremely hard, tell me, how on turn 5 are you supposed to deal with a seven stack of varghiest that spawn in your face? You can’t. You literally can’t
Mm-agic.
You should offer cheese to the cheese god. (Watch LegendOfTotalWar)
@@radit535 he plays the game in a way that makes it not fun
This is... literally a better love story than Twilight.
Once again I say excellent work my guy.
Once again I say "Up next: Wulfrik the Wanderer!"
I'm imagining the Nakai noobs guide almost word for word
just with the details and name swaped
I thought this was going to be an actual guide to play the game... I am not disappointed.
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Goth vampire mommies are as timeless as goth vampire mommies
What be this? , mortals doting upon thine wife?
This was amazing to watch.
I'm honestly quite surprised that I have never seen the connection between the names von Carstein and Karnstein from Sheridan LeFanus book Carmilla. It is not as well known as Dracula, even though it is older and even influenced Bram Stokers work. The name just can't be a coincidence and it has to a reference to the book
It sounds like it. Can you link the book?
With Immortal Empires upcoming Vlad and Isabella have slightly changed
Instead of them both being lords, the one you don't pick to play as becomes a hero instead now
It’s a greatly appreciated improvement
Now that’s what we can call a power couple !
Beautiful presentation! Loved it, although not enough to jump from a city wall...
Oh hey, this premiered on my birthday. Glad to see Vlad's Leading Lady getting some spotlight.
Keep up the great quality videos
I read somewhere at some point, (probably GW trying to fix their rapid change or a Fanfic turned urban legend) that Vampires (at least the VoN Carsteins, Lahmians and Bloood Dragons) can alter their appearance depending on the situation. lahmian Vampires as such will look pretty and desirable when embedded in a foreign Court, and turn spiketeethed monstrosity when attacked, Vlad would keep his fancy face but switch to his Corpseface during battle (reason the von carsteins dont wear helmets) to Scare their Human Enemies.
Canon or not aside i find that to fit in with the vampire mythos and fitting for warhammer aswell.
The Raven reference was amazing
The von Draks were not "elector counts" only normal counts, they didnt get a vote on who would become the emporer. Thats because sylvania wasnt a homeland to one of the original 12 tribes of men that formed the empire, being settled and added later.
Vlad did become an elector count, but only hundreds of years after his defeat, after being resurrected by nagash during the end times he struck a deal with kurt helborg to help defend the empire against chaos if he was made an elector. 15 minutes later the planet exploded.
Still fun video overall!
You get a like simply for the Monty Python reference
What's fun is in TWW3, instead Vlad is now a hero in her campaign... and specializes in being attached to Isabella's army.
I don't usually like this way of representing my region but for some reason I kinda enjoy playing as the vampires and re-naming all the towns as cities from Ardeal
Love the Monty Python reference! Though I felt you should have mentioned that they tried to win the elections for Emperor for a looong while, till civil war broke out and they just joined in.
The model in game might be Vlad after he got resurrected by Nagash in the Endtimes. It would be appropriate I think.
I would love to see you do a norsca one. It would be hilarious
i like the edgar allen poe bit
I'm pretty hyped about this one
these are toooo good.
Nice. Maybe we can get a noobs guide to Kroq-Gar next! Or if you dont feel like doing more Lizardmen, then maybe we can get a Noobs Guide to Wulfrik The Wanderer.
Why do they call it FLC anyway?
DLC = DownLoadable Content
FLC = FreeLoadable Content?
Pretty much - which makes it triply awkward that of the lords from Warden and the Paunch + Shadow and the Blade, the FLC lords were far and away the best additions the game.
Malus rework when...?
@@JarmamStuff i dunno, i preferred grom to imrik, but fair enough on the malus rework. The imrik ME campaign is just such a slog in the early/mid game, that it's difficult to appreciate the dragons.
20 vampires brought me here.
favorite thing i did was turn karak ar karaz against the emperor and getting gelt on my side enough that he didn't step in while fighting karl
Never played her, but i rush her with every army for that sweet sweet regen buff.
Nice vid!
Next time you speak with CA, could you ask them whether they’re considering putting the total war series on any streaming services like GeForce now? I’ve been off total war for a few years cause of a lack of strong hardware, also since it’s really difficult to get a decent gpu now I think a lot of people would appreciate TWW3 on a streaming service.
Thanks :)
Whoever did the English subtitles is a genius.
Are there extra jokes in there I cut from the final video?
@@codybonds I think so. Really enjoy your work! Keep it up!
Vampire counts:I sleep
Vampire coast: ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY!!!!! HES ARISING FROM THE DEEP!!!
Don’t move I’m gonna go get my popcorn
Please do The great green prophet next
I am starting to notice a pattern of people being thrown out of the highest tower in Warhammer.
So much better to see Vlad how he should’ve been depicted, hah; great work as always, chief 🍻