The Soulblight Curse - Soulblight lore

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  • Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
  • Today we begin our dive into the Soulblight Gravelords, starting with the mysterious vampires themselves!
    Lore on Shyish: • Age of Sigmar Lore: Sh...
    Lore on Vampirism in the Old World: • The Birth of the Soulb...
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Комментарии • 68

  • @LeoxandarMagnus
    @LeoxandarMagnus 3 года назад +34

    I, too, am very excited for the return of true vampire counts. It is one of my favorite old world aesthetics that works so well for Age of Sigmar.

  • @sinfel9903
    @sinfel9903 3 года назад +21

    I hope they don't just forget about Abhorash like they did in the Old World. Dude deserves his own model by now.

    • @Gangrel442003
      @Gangrel442003 2 года назад +1

      That's the one who founded the Blood Dragons correct?

    • @lettuceman9439
      @lettuceman9439 2 года назад

      @@Gangrel442003 thats harkon

    • @sprak7800
      @sprak7800 Год назад

      @@Gangrel442003 He was the first Blood Dragon Vampire that spawned the blood dragon vampire bloodline. The first to cure his thirst via drinking the blood of a giant ancient dragon.

  • @spood18
    @spood18 3 года назад +9

    The black coach uses an entombed vampire as its power source, just like a mortis engine uses a dead necromancer. The well of power can be tapped

  • @Zand3rParkour
    @Zand3rParkour 3 года назад +46

    I hope you don't gloss over Wight Kings this week. GW had mentioned when revealing the new one that they are actually rather independent with their own societies of skeletons (tangent: interesting narrative fuel to fight against OBR) that ally with Vampires rather than being outright controlled by them.

    • @rootsnootthnute8598
      @rootsnootthnute8598 3 года назад +10

      That reminds me of a very old Warhammer Fantasy short story that went into detail about the Skeletons attacking some village, with the Skellies speaking, having individuality, and having fun fighting, if I recall correctly. A bit wacky, but still, sapient skeletons.

    • @timothybyrne9764
      @timothybyrne9764 2 года назад +2

      Wot
      This is awesome

  • @fuckoff1786
    @fuckoff1786 3 года назад +24

    I've been looking forward to this

    • @SarithenVol
      @SarithenVol 3 года назад +3

      My powers have doubled since the last time we met, Count.

    • @camcast4928
      @camcast4928 3 года назад +1

      @@SarithenVol That’s too funny!🤣

  • @Vampireknight99
    @Vampireknight99 3 года назад +13

    I will running a pure vampire knight army called the knights of nagash. A templar vampire version

  • @BigMikeMcBastard
    @BigMikeMcBastard 3 года назад +9

    Vampires in WHF were typically described as fonts of Dark Magic, which wasn't quite Shyish magic but rather the perverted opposite of elven High Magic.

  • @jonas639
    @jonas639 3 года назад +18

    Last time i was so early, Dracula hadn't risen and didn't work for GW.

    • @SuperDuperHappyTime
      @SuperDuperHappyTime 3 года назад

      Last time I was this early, Blood Knights weren’t sold out.

    • @SPQR7117
      @SPQR7117 3 года назад

      @@SuperDuperHappyTime seriously. Not sure why GW doesn't see the RE-OCCURRING problem and just produce double the amount.

    • @travis54050
      @travis54050 3 года назад

      You produce more the value drops @SPQR7117

    • @SPQR7117
      @SPQR7117 3 года назад

      @@travis54050 Their price doesn't incrementally go up on the GW site as their supply dwindles though. You want to talk someone buying them from GW, then turning around and re-selling on ebay with a 20% markup- go for it. That's not what I'm getting at here.

  • @baconation2637
    @baconation2637 3 года назад +4

    Glad to see that theyre bringing this faction back, even if it is a shadow of its former self. Theyve reduced the number of bloodlines and swapped fan favorite characters for brand new ones, presumably to then sell more books about these new characters. Regardless its a long overdue addition.

    • @adambielen8996
      @adambielen8996 3 года назад +2

      There are 5 bloodlines in this book (6 playable in total if you count Flesh Eaters). And there were only ever 5 playable in Fantasy.

  • @Nekorook
    @Nekorook 3 года назад +6

    Always good to see a new 2+ tough video. Good you are feeling better now. Looking forward to your Conquest videos in the coming week.

  • @TheBobcatlover
    @TheBobcatlover 3 года назад +3

    Soulblight Gravelore!

  • @vulkhanasennet9961
    @vulkhanasennet9961 3 года назад +3

    Abhorash is honestly more responsible for the kastelai even if he doesn't exist in the mortal realms atm.

    • @adambielen8996
      @adambielen8996 3 года назад +1

      He sort of does. As a hermit living on a mountain who trains vampires if Neferata badgers him about it enough (other can probably get that result too).

  • @0Midas0647
    @0Midas0647 Год назад

    I love how the lore is reflected in their army mechancics, too. You really feel like a nexus of necromantic power when you're constantly bringing back your own units and bolstering the existing ones just by being there.

  • @willangeroc
    @willangeroc 3 года назад +1

    So the lore for the Nighthaunt Black Coach is that there's a dead vampire in there that the forces kinda coalesce around and the killing helps build that power. That power then in turn can empower other undead (lorewise I think). Pretty good example of them being a well of power.

  • @Ferean
    @Ferean 3 года назад +3

    If I am gonna play this army I need to start working on my vampire puns that I can say to my opponent such as.
    Fang’s for a good game
    Looks like you bit over a bigger unit that you could
    Always look on the bite side of life
    To bat for you
    If I can work a few sparkles and Buffy once in their, it think it is a win.

  • @foulpilgrim5285
    @foulpilgrim5285 3 года назад +1

    Whelp, that decides it, guess I'll start this army for 3rd edition. Great video!

  • @bisayafascist5725
    @bisayafascist5725 3 года назад +1

    1:47 zombie POGGERS on the right.

  • @supermuffin462
    @supermuffin462 3 года назад +2

    Per usual; Always check 2+ Tough if you want to be hyped about starting a new army. Going to pre-order that battletome now!

  • @dakotamoore3126
    @dakotamoore3126 3 года назад +2

    Yesss! I’m so excited for this week.

  • @shpoopyshpoop
    @shpoopyshpoop Год назад

    Excellent time for Soulblight Gravelords. I just bought the vanguard box set.

  • @docrven4800
    @docrven4800 3 года назад +1

    Great to See this. Love your take on lore in AOS. Love to see More

  • @muhahahavlis2967
    @muhahahavlis2967 3 года назад +6

    Hi, does new battle tome explain, what happened to Nagash after BR:Teclis? Did he just reconstitute himself in Shyish or is it gonna take some time?
    I guess that he is ok, since we can use his model in game

  • @ezioauditore3128
    @ezioauditore3128 3 года назад +3

    *sigh* Almost finished painting a whole army of Gloomspite Gitz now I have to restock Abaddon Black :(

  • @biofoot7874
    @biofoot7874 3 года назад +2

    And now we need a Vampire Jack opening in RR1

  • @kiesminis
    @kiesminis 3 года назад

    Thanks look forward to hearing more across the week

  • @auroralee
    @auroralee 3 года назад

    I want to get my hands on the new Battletome so badly just to take a look at all the lore we're getting for my favorite fanged nobles of the Mortal Realms. I REALLY hope we get some lore or Kritza, the Rat Prince because he is absolutely my favorite character we've seen so far. So freaky and unsettling

  • @sfjp1
    @sfjp1 2 года назад

    Just ordered the book and 2 boxes of models for these 👍🏻

  • @xavier84623
    @xavier84623 3 года назад

    Woooooo week of lore!!!!!

  • @spirosleotis3433
    @spirosleotis3433 3 года назад

    Thank you for your work mate.

  • @wargamerwilly8756
    @wargamerwilly8756 3 года назад

    Starting Monday off right!!! 🙌

  • @lorgren4002
    @lorgren4002 3 года назад

    This is amazing I love vampires in warhammer. Stormcast, realm lords and now vampires and thinking about OBR...I should find better job if I want to continue with this :D

  • @clintonclay3158
    @clintonclay3158 2 года назад

    I just got the start collecting box I also got some nighthaunt, I'm branching out from 40k

  • @cherryknight6911
    @cherryknight6911 3 года назад +1

    Swan divin' this shit.

  • @lordkroak8457
    @lordkroak8457 3 года назад +1

    Wow if you come to think about it theres probably thousands of vampires and they came from nefera Mannfred and ushoran

  • @phil683
    @phil683 3 года назад +1

    did i hear someone say tomb kings?

  • @hades_deathgod9496
    @hades_deathgod9496 3 года назад

    You said early on in the video that all vampires trace their lineage back to the 3 original vampires, does that still count for the vyrkos? Because from what I read they have descended from a God beast

  • @DayneGodwin
    @DayneGodwin 3 года назад

    YES!!!

  • @honestkyn718
    @honestkyn718 3 года назад +1

    For Vykros

  • @ctcrosby01
    @ctcrosby01 3 года назад

    From what I’ve read, there isn’t a Necrarch equivalent. :(

  • @japandave3871
    @japandave3871 Год назад

    Why does every faction have to have some kind of mindless brainless trait instead of being thinking and feeling people with interests and desires that makes them complex and allow for narrative when making an army?
    Just make an army of lawn mowers all going the same direction at once.

  • @TrashMac
    @TrashMac 3 года назад

    Does anyone feel this would be good army for new players because I want to get into AOS and I like death armies but I don't know who would be better for a new player

    • @ambientorange9360
      @ambientorange9360 3 года назад +1

      Just go for whatever army (or armies) you like the best! Sure, some might be more beginner friendly than others, but once you play a few games and get the rules memorized, any army can be good for beginners in my opinion.

  • @subzero47pl
    @subzero47pl 3 года назад

    Can someone be born a Soulblight Vampire or he/she has to be bitten to become a vampire?? I remember a year ago I read a short story of Neferata either Obsidian or The Dance of the Skulls and there was writen that a Vampire Lord had a daughter but waited for her adulthood to turn her into a vampire. That's what I remember or I got it wrong and was twisted by my old rusty 32 yeear old mind :P

    • @gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954
      @gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954 3 года назад +1

      My understanding of the current lore is that you have to be transformed into a Soulblight Vampire, usually by the Blood Kiss but sometimes also by extremely powerful magic. That applies to the vampires descended from Neferata and Mannfred and to the Ghoul Kings anyway - we don't yet know how the Vyrkos Soulblight Curse works since they are descended from a godbeast, not the power of Nagash directly. So far as I know, there are no 'dhampirs' or half vampire characters in Warhammer lore, either Old World or Age of Sigmar. Most vampires seem to be either infertile or with extremely low fertility, and many seem to be more interested in feeding than in sex. On that basis, I assume that a vampire who for some reason did either father or child or got pregnant somehow would give birth to a mortal child that could later be turned but wouldn't become a Soulblight creature without some kind of intervention. Then again, this whole area of the lore is so limited and only very marginally explored that GW could change it at any time. They may yet plan to bring half vampires into the Age of Sigmar lore at some point, or they might decide that, being Undead, vampires simply can neither father nor bear children.
      For myself, I quite like the idea of the Order of Azyr secretly making use of half vampires they have found or kidnapped as infants (or taken as newborns from their mortal mothers), indoctrinating them to be used as weapons against the Soulblight and other Undead and Chaos tainted creatures. It would be a dirty secret of the Order that is kept under wraps and never acknowledged to anyone outside the Order membership itself, since what kind or order of holy warriors feels the need to use creatures tainted by the Soulblight Curse to win its wars against the Undead and other forces of darkness? Does that not imply a lack of confidence in faith in Sigmar alone being enough? Brainwashed, half Undead child soldiers is also a suitably grimdark image for one of the grubbier and more morally questionable corners of the Forces of Order.

    • @subzero47pl
      @subzero47pl 3 года назад +1

      @@gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954 Thanks for the answer :)

  • @theredrighthandproductions
    @theredrighthandproductions 3 года назад

    Nagash, godvorer

  • @jadebrunner8699
    @jadebrunner8699 3 года назад +2

    The find it funny that you had to use all art because Games Workshop only released on new normal vampire model and removed 4 others.

  • @Phox532
    @Phox532 3 года назад

    Are we going to skip Marathi and Malerion’s conversation

  • @jadebrunner8699
    @jadebrunner8699 3 года назад +2

    I would have really liked to se the return of W’soren, Abhorash, Luther Harcon, or Vlad von. Carstien

  • @bulwyf2572
    @bulwyf2572 3 года назад

    They are missing Abhorash as a Mortarch. Blood Dragons are by far the coolest vampires in any setting. The Blood Knights in the current Sigmar setting need Abhorash as their founding bloodline. It would give a true melee bad ass vampire lord finally for Soulblights and an awesome new model as well on the table.

  • @niilofriden4465
    @niilofriden4465 3 года назад

    .

  • @thekhornate8888
    @thekhornate8888 3 года назад +2

    team Edward?... no.. just no

    • @gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954
      @gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954 3 года назад

      I like to think any self respecting Soulblight Vampire would murder a sparkly little arsehat like Edward on sight just on general principles.

  • @Gloom333
    @Gloom333 3 года назад +2

    Why they gotta do Neferata like that? Minimizing or deleting her role as the progenitor of Vampires entirely. Lame.

  • @varidian694
    @varidian694 Год назад

    Good content but you need to spend a lot less time explaining what you're going to explain and what you're not gonna explain and why you won't explain it...