Malakith to his credit, was under the mentorship of the White Dwarf himself and was told by Grommil that he should be king and is worthy. The mother is who helped twist Malakith's mind and soul.
AI art, with AI voice, speaking AI script... basically nearing a scam channel, since there are really no actualy people who now the actual lore fact checking any of this before release, so you can't actually trust anything said to be actually factually true.. i myself, find these kinds of channels both malicious, and bad for the fans. Malicious since they just ride on the wave of popular things, taking away views and watchers from channels made by real people, and bad for the fans since if and when these become more popular than actual human made channels, there will be no more actual, real lore channels made by people who know what they are talking about, therefore letting false information to spread...
Do you want to know a fun fact? -Thyriol's daughter- Alith Anar's bethroded, Ashniel, was one of the 3 dark elves who teached magic to Nagash, she survived the whole civil war and the War of Vengeance just to teach magic to the world's biggest asshole. And Alith Anar has one of the best moments in all Warhammer Fantasy, after being believed dead for a few years he sneaks into Malekith's palace, takes the crown of Nagaryte and leaves a letter for Morathi, whats in the letter you ask? "Dear Morathi, i lived bitch"
@@Tyruun just read again the chapters from the rise of nagash trilogy where it mentions the DE. The second witch was called Drutheira who alongside Malchior taught Nagash how to harvest souls, she also tried to seduce him and got snubbed, while Ashniel tried to find a way out of the pyramid where he had them imprisoned. You are correct sir.
@@Tyruun my bad them, i will admit that most of my focus while reading the Sundering trilogy was thinking about how Caledor was an asshole (only before the civil war started) the dude constantly refuses to take command of the army to save his people but gets jealous when someone else is chosen
Malekith used to be my favorite lord to play in WH2, but they gutted him particularly in WH3. But when SFO is ready again I will become the phoenix king with him again, hire my shadowfire guard and stop the end times!
When Total War Warhammer I came out I was pretty hyped but somehow after spending several hours playing it a bunch it's not really what I expected and I got pretty bored quickly cuz the factions are kinda not that great, then when Warhammer II rolls out and freakin Darth Vader shows up with a freakin hydra behind him my interest was reignited instantly. Chosing the Asur and the Druchii to be the first two races to make a video on was a brilliant move cuz I'm pretty sure those two saves the franchise when they were first introduced
The Lore Writers were laying it on awfully thick about Canadian winters. Especially given that England is not known to have an ideal climate themselves. People who live in glass houses... and all that.
Dark elves being a parody of Canadians is so comical to me. Then again the writers did shoot the shit when it came to the UK. Albion is nothing but a swampland
British winters aren't anywhere near as bad as Canada's. It rarely gets below -5C and snows maybe 4 or 5 times a year for a few days at a time. Britain's weather isn't bad because it's extreme, it's bad because it's never nice, but it's also never that unbearable. Now the slavery, debauchery, and sense of entitlement to a throne... yeah, that's historically as British as British gets.
*"SERVANTS OF THE DESPERATE GODS, I ADVISE YOU STAY OUT OF MY WAY ! IF NOT YOU SHALL FACE THE MIGHT OF THE DRUCHII AND OUR WAYS OF KILLING ARE FAR MORE INVENTIVE THAN YOUR OWN !"* - Malekith The Witch King
I understand Malekith. I get why he rebelled and thought everyone else was a pretender to the throne - after all, none of TRULY burned in the fires of Asuryan. However, if he had the strength to kill his Slaanesh corrupted mother (as he always wanted to do - he didn't WANT the Druchii to serve Chaos), he could have led the Druchii to be better than they were. They could have been equals, not enemies
I think that if he had ditched the Crown of Sorcery, killed Morathi and not keep the cults going (he told her that he would use them against Bel Shannar when he fought her) he could have just walked into the fire of Asuryan and become the Phoenix King after Bel Shannar no matter what the other Princes said, he had his moments of being an asshole but he matured a lot thanks to his friendship with Snorri, Asuryan would surely accept him
@@MiguelSanchezDelVillar and we would not have this amazing story, after all main quality of Malekith is pride and he was too proud in thinking that crown belonged to him but not bestowed unto him by Asuryan. That`s what I like about him, he is not black and white character, he is just like a real person with his goals aspirations and drawbacks. That is what Tyrion and Teclis kinda lacked, reading about `em did not feel like they are alive but rather they are facets ideas of those characters.
@@guyd7924 oh i agree with you, im just saying that his desire (and also a but of desperation) for the Phoenix Throne was what doomed him, he could have got It by being a nice dude
@@MiguelSanchezDelVillar i think one of the main reasons that's often over looked is that his dad having taken up the Sword of Khaine cursed the blood line. Which also explains why we was extremely warlike and a valued general often out on campaigns but because of that nature is a contributing factor why he was denied kingship. They didn't want a dictator
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Malekith was robbed. To make matters worse we know from the End Time that Malekith did eventually become the Phoenix King. Essentially thousands of elves died because the guy failed a saving throw.
@@brandonlyon730 Part of the qualification of becoming a Phoenix King was to go through the Fires of Asuryan ritual. After the other guy that was elected in his stead didn't go through it.
@@dannyboy1200 It would also mean Malekith had to marry his own half-sister who was the Ever Queen at the time. It was somewhat understable some of the voters weren’t comfortable with the idea.
@@brandonlyon730 That's a fair point. At the same time I understand if he was upset since he lost his place because of his half siblings that sprung up seemingly out of nowhere.
Illidan and Malekith are both ambitious to a fault and too clever for their own good. Their pursuit of power above all was what ultimately brought them low, the difference us that Illidan earned his redemption in the end while Malekith was basically vindicated by shit writing.
On a serious note, though, the Druchii regularly kill Khorne, Tzenteech, and Nergul cultists they find. The cult of pleasure (Slaanesh) is fine. But the rest of the chaos gods are just inferior compared to Khaine. It sort of made sense that the Druchii wouldn't support Chaos in the End Times.
@@SamBrockmann Give em time. Money talks and as more people play the Old World the more money there is to be made by bringing the setting back officially
Malekith has a rough deal- he should’ve been king. But he got screwed. I’d also want revenge. In Warhammer- you always need a warrior king and never a diplomat 🤦🏾♂️
So we’ve covered the elves. When we cover the Dawi, will we eventually journey to the dark lands to observe perhaps the most dangerous of non daemonic evil forces: the Dawi-Zharr? Because for all the evil of the Dark Elves, the Chaos Dwarves are worse.
Yaknow, if Malekith stayed in the fire for at least 5 more seconds, he would've been recognized as the true phoenix king and everything would be great. That is official lore btw.
Yep, it turns out, the other "Phoenix King" was kinda "cheating" when they enter the fire. IIRC, the other phoenix king(except Aenarion) were using some sort of enchantment or spell or some blessing (i don't remember the exact detail) that keep them safe when they enter the fire.
@@rizalalbar Yeah, but Malekith didn't actually know that at the time. He tried to do it the "correct" way, he just didn't realize he needed to go all the way.
As a non-fan, Ik the Warhammer series is intentionally more grim than other fantasy franchises but some parts of the dark elf lore are comically edgy 😭
Warhammer lore has always been about style over substance taken to the 'nth degree. There's great lore to be had therein but at a glance the artistic excess is entirely intentional.
Malekith AKA Fantasy Darth Vader. Additionally, the Dark Elves, AKA fantasy NSFW Americans with about the same level of slavery and foreign policy type.
Remember, it's Melarion now. GW has retconned Malekiths name, I don't agree with it. But it is what it is, so this video is out of date. But great video on my favorite race!
dosen't mean it's out of date, why would we bother complying with the name change just so gw can have copywrites after that's been his established name for a few decades? i don't hate the new name aeither as it's a bit more in line with his Dad's. But fk em He's Malekith. Exactly the same with the Dark Eldar to Drukhari change.
@@michael3088 oh I'm 100% on your page pal, I agree, but being an Info video etc, any new players or comers looking at this will become unbelievablely, I hate that. It wouldn't hurt to say that he had both names, reffered to as both Malekith and Malarion. That would solve like all the problems, but yes the copyright claim bullshit that GW pulls is out of control
Probably cause Marvel/Disney ironically also have a character named Malekith who is a dark elf and he was introduced years before GW Malekith was mentioned in lore. And unlike other Norse related charcters like Thor, Odie, Loki, etc Malekith did not have a Norse equivalent and was a original made up marvel character, so they can’t use the public domain argument either.
Ch for Chrace is pronounced as a K. It's pronounced as Krace not Trace. Think of the word 'Character' and not 'Chase'. Amazes me how many RUclipsrs get it wrong. It's Celtic pronunciation. I played 6th edition in store and it was always Krace. GW is heavily influence by the British Celtic myths and Tolkien lore. Other than that, good video. Ulthuan's history reflects a nod to the kinslaying by the Noldor in the Silmarillion.
AI art, with AI voice, speaking AI script... basically nearing a scam channel, since there are really no actualy people who now the actual lore fact checking any of this before release, so you can't actually trust anything said to be actually factually true.. i myself, find these kinds of channels both malicious, and bad for the fans. Malicious since they just ride on the wave of popular things, taking away views and watchers from channels made by real people, and bad for the fans since if and when these become more popular than actual human made channels, there will be no more actual, real lore channels made by people who know what they are talking about, therefore letting false information to spread...
A Druchii video before Dawi? That's going in the BOOK!!!
They seems to be going down the Warhammer timeline, meaning Dwarfs are prob next
Bring me the lore, any lore.
Bring me my Hammer!!!
Malekith discovers the dwarfs, so makes sense 😅 love that bromance
They're covering them all from oldest to youngest
Malakith to his credit, was under the mentorship of the White Dwarf himself and was told by Grommil that he should be king and is worthy. The mother is who helped twist Malakith's mind and soul.
This reminds me, I’m constantly impressed by the amount and quality of all the art and visuals used for these. Great work.
AI art, with AI voice, speaking AI script...
basically nearing a scam channel, since there are really no actualy people who now the actual lore fact checking any of this before release, so you can't actually trust anything said to be actually factually true..
i myself, find these kinds of channels both malicious, and bad for the fans.
Malicious since they just ride on the wave of popular things, taking away views and watchers from channels made by real people, and bad for the fans since if and when these become more popular than actual human made channels, there will be no more actual, real lore channels made by people who know what they are talking about, therefore letting false information to spread...
mommy issues, lots of them, sprinkled with lots of edges, add in slavery just for good measures, then voila, another grudge in the book
Perhaps I'm a dark elf...
Do you want to know a fun fact? -Thyriol's daughter- Alith Anar's bethroded, Ashniel, was one of the 3 dark elves who teached magic to Nagash, she survived the whole civil war and the War of Vengeance just to teach magic to the world's biggest asshole.
And Alith Anar has one of the best moments in all Warhammer Fantasy, after being believed dead for a few years he sneaks into Malekith's palace, takes the crown of Nagaryte and leaves a letter for Morathi, whats in the letter you ask?
"Dear Morathi, i lived bitch"
and the second one was Alith Anar's bride who scorned him. (Ashniel)
No she wasn’t, thyriol’s daughter illeanith died trying to unbind the vortex
@@Tyruun just read again the chapters from the rise of nagash trilogy where it mentions the DE. The second witch was called Drutheira who alongside Malchior taught Nagash how to harvest souls, she also tried to seduce him and got snubbed, while Ashniel tried to find a way out of the pyramid where he had them imprisoned. You are correct sir.
@@Tyruun my bad them, i will admit that most of my focus while reading the Sundering trilogy was thinking about how Caledor was an asshole (only before the civil war started) the dude constantly refuses to take command of the army to save his people but gets jealous when someone else is chosen
Alith Anar is my favorite of the High Elves, hail the Shadow King!
Malekith is when an elf tries to be Darth Vader.
In Total War Warhammer he even says "I hate snow" when you select him
Darth Vader crossed with Ywain from Arthurian legend.
Out of curiosity: wasn't there a Thor villain named Malekith who was also a dark elf? How did Marvel get away with that
@@mon_moi May come from Norse mythology originally.
Then claps his dommy mommy’s silken white cheeks and utterly falls to the dark side.
By the ancestors those druchii sorceresses got me acting unwise
That's a grudgin!
Quick! Break out the Bugman's and set this beardling on the right path before he becomes a Slayer!
It’s all fun and games till they start sharpening their flaying knives.
rubbed one out for Atharti's blessings
Malekith used to be my favorite lord to play in WH2, but they gutted him particularly in WH3. But when SFO is ready again I will become the phoenix king with him again, hire my shadowfire guard and stop the end times!
I cant wait for the wood elves episode. I'm probably the only one who likes them though haha.
not the only one, I assure it
Well they are the most frustrating race to play against at leastcsince 6th edition, and they keep the tradition in the old world
Not true, I had a 6th ed wood elf army, you are in good company.
Well, they are the strange ones
Twilight Sisters for the win
The Druchii are my favorite race of Warhammer.
dawi zharr are better
@@cartoondog2485 , they're not though. They're stunties.
@@SamBrockmann The deathshriek missile hitting you from a mile away:
@@inwit594 , "Oh, it's a mile away? Plenty of time to cast a spell to shield everything!"
Mine too, I love the aesthetic, the society and cities etc, absolutely everything
I really appreciate the love you guys are giving to Warhammer fantasy. Keep up the great work!
When Total War Warhammer I came out I was pretty hyped but somehow after spending several hours playing it a bunch it's not really what I expected and I got pretty bored quickly cuz the factions are kinda not that great, then when Warhammer II rolls out and freakin Darth Vader shows up with a freakin hydra behind him my interest was reignited instantly. Chosing the Asur and the Druchii to be the first two races to make a video on was a brilliant move cuz I'm pretty sure those two saves the franchise when they were first introduced
The Lore Writers were laying it on awfully thick about Canadian winters. Especially given that England is not known to have an ideal climate themselves. People who live in glass houses... and all that.
Dark elves being a parody of Canadians is so comical to me. Then again the writers did shoot the shit when it came to the UK. Albion is nothing but a swampland
British winters aren't anywhere near as bad as Canada's. It rarely gets below -5C and snows maybe 4 or 5 times a year for a few days at a time. Britain's weather isn't bad because it's extreme, it's bad because it's never nice, but it's also never that unbearable.
Now the slavery, debauchery, and sense of entitlement to a throne... yeah, that's historically as British as British gets.
*"SERVANTS OF THE DESPERATE GODS, I ADVISE YOU STAY OUT OF MY WAY ! IF NOT YOU SHALL FACE THE MIGHT OF THE DRUCHII AND OUR WAYS OF KILLING ARE FAR MORE INVENTIVE THAN YOUR OWN !"* - Malekith The Witch King
I understand Malekith. I get why he rebelled and thought everyone else was a pretender to the throne - after all, none of TRULY burned in the fires of Asuryan.
However, if he had the strength to kill his Slaanesh corrupted mother (as he always wanted to do - he didn't WANT the Druchii to serve Chaos), he could have led the Druchii to be better than they were. They could have been equals, not enemies
I think that if he had ditched the Crown of Sorcery, killed Morathi and not keep the cults going (he told her that he would use them against Bel Shannar when he fought her) he could have just walked into the fire of Asuryan and become the Phoenix King after Bel Shannar no matter what the other Princes said, he had his moments of being an asshole but he matured a lot thanks to his friendship with Snorri, Asuryan would surely accept him
@@MiguelSanchezDelVillar and we would not have this amazing story, after all main quality of Malekith is pride and he was too proud in thinking that crown belonged to him but not bestowed unto him by Asuryan. That`s what I like about him, he is not black and white character, he is just like a real person with his goals aspirations and drawbacks. That is what Tyrion and Teclis kinda lacked, reading about `em did not feel like they are alive but rather they are facets ideas of those characters.
Especialy after he found out that she killed his wife
@@guyd7924 oh i agree with you, im just saying that his desire (and also a but of desperation) for the Phoenix Throne was what doomed him, he could have got It by being a nice dude
@@MiguelSanchezDelVillar i think one of the main reasons that's often over looked is that his dad having taken up the Sword of Khaine cursed the blood line. Which also explains why we was extremely warlike and a valued general often out on campaigns but because of that nature is a contributing factor why he was denied kingship. They didn't want a dictator
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Are you going to do a video on the other races such as Wood Elves, Dwarves, Orcs, Goblins, Vampires and the Tribes of the Chaos Waste?
Knife ears before the dawi? This is going in the book!
To be fair, you could look at it as saving the best for later, or just giving the proper context for why they're so hated.
He's doing it from the eldest race to the youngest race. There's still the Wood Elves after this, I believe
Malekith is directly responsible for a lot of bad things happening to the Dawi so its important to introduce him.
I love these explorations of Warhammer lore!
“Hehe, the witch king would rather end the world, than letting the world end him”
Love this channels! Much thanks! Please more what ifs!
This was really cool I'd like to learn more about the dark elves there a lot cooler than the high elves.
My favorite Warhammer faction.
Pretty sure malekith is hardline anti chaos and does not tolerate it unless if it has something to do with his mother
And games workshop thought it was smart to make malekith the true phoenix king in the end times. Yikrs. He was all but corrupted by chaos essentially
We don’t talk about the End Times.
True heir of Aenerion!
Malekith was robbed. To make matters worse we know from the End Time that Malekith did eventually become the Phoenix King. Essentially thousands of elves died because the guy failed a saving throw.
When you directly participate in an election you are admitting you are not guarantee to win and run the risk of losing it.
@@brandonlyon730 Part of the qualification of becoming a Phoenix King was to go through the Fires of Asuryan ritual. After the other guy that was elected in his stead didn't go through it.
@@dannyboy1200 It would also mean Malekith had to marry his own half-sister who was the Ever Queen at the time. It was somewhat understable some of the voters weren’t comfortable with the idea.
@@brandonlyon730 That's a fair point. At the same time I understand if he was upset since he lost his place because of his half siblings that sprung up seemingly out of nowhere.
Illidan level of tragedy i smell, just with bitterness being winning turn for the personality
Illidan and Malekith are both ambitious to a fault and too clever for their own good. Their pursuit of power above all was what ultimately brought them low, the difference us that Illidan earned his redemption in the end while Malekith was basically vindicated by shit writing.
Great video folks!👍🏻
Super interesting video! I don't know much about wh fantasy but I am becoming a fan thanks to your videos
Great video! Would have liked to see a section on the Sword of Khaine though
Lets go edgelord elves that
*Checks notes*
ENDED UP AS THE GOOD GUYS IN THE END TIMES??!?!?!
The End Times are a horrible storyline.
Gotta just disregard the End Times my dude. Wait for them to retcon their biggest ever mistake
@@Arbiterjim , they're not retconning it. We're getting "Old World" instead.
On a serious note, though, the Druchii regularly kill Khorne, Tzenteech, and Nergul cultists they find. The cult of pleasure (Slaanesh) is fine. But the rest of the chaos gods are just inferior compared to Khaine.
It sort of made sense that the Druchii wouldn't support Chaos in the End Times.
@@SamBrockmann Give em time. Money talks and as more people play the Old World the more money there is to be made by bringing the setting back officially
Nice work lads and lassies
The dark elves definitely have the most dramatic history 😂
What's a lite whipping and a lil blood sacrifice between friends?
One thing left out; Bel-Shanar was also poisoned by Malekith.
7:08
Interesting to hear this having read the book
Malekith almost defeated Chaos as the leader of all the good guys in the end
Malekith has a rough deal- he should’ve been king. But he got screwed. I’d also want revenge. In Warhammer- you always need a warrior king and never a diplomat 🤦🏾♂️
Well produced 👍
Fantasy idea : Shannara books
So we’ve covered the elves. When we cover the Dawi, will we eventually journey to the dark lands to observe perhaps the most dangerous of non daemonic evil forces: the Dawi-Zharr? Because for all the evil of the Dark Elves, the Chaos Dwarves are worse.
1:13 Henry Cavill looking Druchii right there!
That was brilliant thank you. Maybe you'll do one on Mallus Darkblade one day?
that would be so good!
I play Dark Elves in Battle V8. I love this vidéo.
Great job.
Eternal Live for our With King Malekith
Yaknow, if Malekith stayed in the fire for at least 5 more seconds, he would've been recognized as the true phoenix king and everything would be great.
That is official lore btw.
Yep, it turns out, the other "Phoenix King" was kinda "cheating" when they enter the fire. IIRC, the other phoenix king(except Aenarion) were using some sort of enchantment or spell or some blessing (i don't remember the exact detail) that keep them safe when they enter the fire.
@@rizalalbar Yeah, but Malekith didn't actually know that at the time.
He tried to do it the "correct" way, he just didn't realize he needed to go all the way.
I wonder if they would create episodes about minor realms loke Tilea, Estalia, Border Princes or Nippon.
Do Empire next
These are awesome!
As a non-fan, Ik the Warhammer series is intentionally more grim than other fantasy franchises but some parts of the dark elf lore are comically edgy 😭
Check the orks their even more insane 😂
Warhammer lore has always been about style over substance taken to the 'nth degree. There's great lore to be had therein but at a glance the artistic excess is entirely intentional.
So you've never read Elric of Melniboné? Pretty much the template for the dark elves.
Thumbs up if you started a Dark Elf Campaign in TW after seeing this.
Hi! A magnificent video, bravo! Anyway I have a question, where I can read more about the lore of Warhammer Fantasy? A book or something like that
Malekith AKA Fantasy Darth Vader. Additionally, the Dark Elves, AKA fantasy NSFW Americans with about the same level of slavery and foreign policy type.
NSFW Americans vs Atlantis lol
alot skinnier though and i sympathise with their reason to go to war.
These are so good!
8:00 he shouldn't of hesitated 😉
When are you releasing the 40k videos? Those ere the ones Im desperate to see
Excelent video!!!!
Hail Malekith
YES, MY BOYS !
More Elder scrolls! More Elder scrolls! More Elder scrolls!!
This is some high quality youtubing
I miss your Cosmere videos ! 😢
I cried
they got real drip
Remember, it's Melarion now. GW has retconned Malekiths name, I don't agree with it. But it is what it is, so this video is out of date. But great video on my favorite race!
dosen't mean it's out of date, why would we bother complying with the name change just so gw can have copywrites after that's been his established name for a few decades? i don't hate the new name aeither as it's a bit more in line with his Dad's. But fk em He's Malekith. Exactly the same with the Dark Eldar to Drukhari change.
@@michael3088 oh I'm 100% on your page pal, I agree, but being an Info video etc, any new players or comers looking at this will become unbelievablely, I hate that. It wouldn't hurt to say that he had both names, reffered to as both Malekith and Malarion. That would solve like all the problems, but yes the copyright claim bullshit that GW pulls is out of control
You have a good point
Probably cause Marvel/Disney ironically also have a character named Malekith who is a dark elf and he was introduced years before GW Malekith was mentioned in lore. And unlike other Norse related charcters like Thor, Odie, Loki, etc Malekith did not have a Norse equivalent and was a original made up marvel character, so they can’t use the public domain argument either.
How do they make these videos? What program? They’re so good
Raiders, murderous, corrupt...but we even have flaws
Is there more like this ?
Didn't Malekith turn good right at the end to stop the world from being destroyed by Chaos?
reporting for duty
If there is details out there, I'd love to know house fellhart history
Where's the next Horus heresy 🤷🤷🤷
Chaos touched??? We druchii resent that
Do you have a Spotify channel
Curios wat happen to alith anar
Ch for Chrace is pronounced as a K. It's pronounced as Krace not Trace. Think of the word 'Character' and not 'Chase'. Amazes me how many RUclipsrs get it wrong. It's Celtic pronunciation. I played 6th edition in store and it was always Krace. GW is heavily influence by the British Celtic myths and Tolkien lore. Other than that, good video. Ulthuan's history reflects a nod to the kinslaying by the Noldor in the Silmarillion.
رائع
DARK ELDAR😢
Ahh, Sith Elves lol
is there no originality left in this world?
Morathi did nothing wrong!
The good guys never looked edgier
Do asrai plsss
Ideia de video(As guerras vampiricas)
👍🙂
Elves darth vader
despicable despicable elfs
This is a comment
There is no such thing as "Warhammer Fantasy". There are only Warhammer, AoS, 40K and now also ToW.
Get it right people!
AI art, with AI voice, speaking AI script...
basically nearing a scam channel, since there are really no actualy people who now the actual lore fact checking any of this before release, so you can't actually trust anything said to be actually factually true..
i myself, find these kinds of channels both malicious, and bad for the fans.
Malicious since they just ride on the wave of popular things, taking away views and watchers from channels made by real people, and bad for the fans since if and when these become more popular than actual human made channels, there will be no more actual, real lore channels made by people who know what they are talking about, therefore letting false information to spread...