MacDuff Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 6 hours ago, shinros said: So there is an interesting tidbit in a new article. https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/05/12/your-intro-to-the-mortal-realms-may-12gw-homepage-post-4/ The maps at this link are awesome. I love maps to help me make sense of a fictional world, and these really do the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinros Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 55 minutes ago, ShadowSwordmaster said: Nagash is pretty much the defacto dictator of the underworlds and Shyish. It was very clear that it wasn't supposed to be like that, but Nagash being they way he is will use that power for personal gain. Yet the writers have confirmed his way is the end of chaos. Which is something I like, as I said it injects more grey into the setting. The malign portent short stories are great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowSwordmaster Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 4 minutes ago, shinros said: Yet the writers have confirmed his way is the end of chaos. Which is something I like, as I said it injects more grey into the setting. The malign portent short stories are great. Indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Golem Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 3 hours ago, shinros said: Yet the writers have confirmed his way is the end of chaos. Yes but only in the Mortal Realms: the Chaos gods have other worlds and universes to corrupt and destroy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinros Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 4 hours ago, The Golem said: Yes but only in the Mortal Realms: the Chaos gods have other worlds and universes to corrupt and destroy. Well that's if Nagash decides to extend his reach further they better watch out. I do recall in the stream they do note if one god takes control of all the mortal realms they could rival the chaos gods. Hence the whole ending chaos comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HorticulusTGA Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 13 minutes ago, xking said: New story https://malignportents.com/story/the-great-and-the-good/ It's a Hammerhal government story. It's simply amazing (and a follow up of Cause Célèbre). I don't think I disliked any of the MP stories as of now. Really prime fluff material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandlemad Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 I like the implication in the story that the "forces of Order" is (in-universe) a careful least-common-denominator term used by commanders and politicians because it won't offend anyone. To loosely pull together folks in the face of chaos or Nagash. Quote The ambassador here represents tens of thousands of warrior aelves, each ready to fight in the name of Sigmar to–’ ‘Of Khaine,’ said Llyr-Xiss. Mench looked at the ceiling, counted to three, and continued. ‘Each ready to fight in the name of Order and progress, that we all may live without the shadows of Chaos and Death cast over our lives. Let that be an end to it.’ No one is implied to be fighting just for Sigmar, ethnic and political differences are hurriedly glossed over, rivalries grudgingly put aside, motives (gold, religion) lumped together because we're all on the same side. For now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirjava13 Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 I love how exasperated Mench gets towards the end. "Sigmar help me..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gecktron Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Great story. My favorite bits: Quote ‘And this from the representative of a metropolis where the Stormcast act as judge, jury and executioner on a daily basis,’ said Llyr-Xiss. ‘How many innocent lives have been lost to the hammer of an overzealous Knight Excelsior, just because they were desperate to feed their family, or walked on the wrong side of the street? Come to that, how many of Sigmar’s warriors are stolen from their people and forced into doing his will?’ The Knight Excelsior must be the worst Stormcasts when even a Priestess of Khaine thinks she has the moral high ground. Quote ‘Of course not,’ huffed Evandelle of the High Artisans. She shared a look with her steam-cherubs, who rolled their eyes with a series of faint mechanical whirrs. Steam-cherubs sound great. Please more of them. Quote ‘And I,’ said Hexedentia Vimm, newly-appointed mistress of the Hammerhal Cog-forts. The third time Cog-Forts have been mentioned in a Malign Portents short story. GW gimme that already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HorticulusTGA Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 15 minutes ago, Gecktron said: Great story. My favorite bits: The Knight Excelsior must be the worst Stormcasts when even a Priestess of Khaine thinks she has the moral high ground. Steam-cherubs sound great. Please more of them. The third time Cog-Forts have been mentioned in a Malign Portents short story. GW gimme that already! Yeah, fourth ! "The Offer", "Iron and Oak", and now "The Great and the Good". First mention was IIRC in the Season Of War : Seeds of Hope global campaign booklet, then in Warhammer Quest : Shadow over Hammerhal and Season of War : Firestorm. And here is your steam-cherub : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirjava13 Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Very good, a story of the heroic Skaven, yes-yes! Perhaps an Eshin army-force from Ulgu is in the future! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWilddog Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 15 minutes ago, Kirjava13 said: Very good, a story of the heroic Skaven, yes-yes! Perhaps an Eshin army-force from Ulgu is in the future! Rats getting some love. An Eshin release would make the most sense. All their models are soooo old. Plus, who does not love ninja rats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirjava13 Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 16 minutes ago, TheWilddog said: who does not love ninja rats. Well, none-ninja rats for one, at least if this story is anything to go by ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaleb Daark Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 what was interesting was this : Form of Smoke and Shade, Is this some new ability which is coming? and the other thing that caught my eye was One is two and two are one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMMachine Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 15 minutes ago, Kaleb Daark said: Is this some new ability which is coming? and the other thing that caught my eye was One is two and two are one. Hm, Deathrunners use 2 models since they were introduced in Silvertower. So this Statement could be a referenced to that rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furuzzolo Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 This Skaven stories are beautiful! I think we need more Skaven, the plotting-characters- "lies-lies" thing... They're a staple in the narrative, unique and a joy to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kako Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 7 minutes ago, EMMachine said: Hm, Deathrunners use 2 models since they were introduced in Silvertower. So this Statement could be a referenced to that rule. Would this Deathrunner be the same mentioned in the "Day of the Summoner" story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inqy Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 35 minutes ago, EMMachine said: Hm, Deathrunners use 2 models since they were introduced in Silvertower. So this Statement could be a referenced to that rule. Yeah, presumably a reference to their ability to create doppelgangers, which would explain how Spark-Eye managed to pull off his assassination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeryenn Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 A Legions of Nagasharmy, for example, might be led by a Vampire Lord, but you’ll still be able to enhance your Skeletons with the Wight King’s Lord of Bones, or a Khorne Bloodbound force could fight under the command of a Mighty Lord of Khornewhile keeping the flexibility to use the abilities of an Aspiring Deathbringerwhen you needed them. I understand it this way that your general's abilities are granted and free. Especially the second part of the sentence gives me this impression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FractalRain Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 I read that differently, as before, you could ONLY use the general's command ability and/or only the general could use one. Now you can choose to use it, or another, from another hero. So, it reads to me that you get 1 free command point a turn and can use it with your general or another hero to activate a command ability. Or save them up and use more than 1 in a turn later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowSwordmaster Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 I wonder if they have plans to put together all of these stories into one big anthology? It seems like a good way of selling the different aspects of the Age of Sigmar fluff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDuff Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 I hope they fold all these characters (the ones still alive, anyway) into an RPG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HorticulusTGA Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 https://malignportents.com/story/the-hero-of-glymmsforge/ Nagash is coming SOON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronWilson Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Oh man I LOVE These strories, The god of death is coming!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinlvalentine Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Interesting that the original Knight Of Shrouds is called Keldrek, and this guy who seems to be another is called Malendrek. What is it about the suffix '-drek'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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