Sorrow

So, I read the Broken Realms Kragnos and I have mixed feelings on the way Slaaneshi side was handled.

So, I read the Broken Realms Kragnos and I have mixed feelings on the way Slaaneshi side was handled. SPOILER WARNING:

I will be blunt and say what I said only in private to @Enoby. For me, models and lore matter more then rules. Rules change, but models and lore are eternal. In model department, our release was extraordinary. But I am sad with out lore treatment, for example, were not Sigvald and Glutos heading to Excelsis too? What happened to them? I mean, now was the perfect time to explore Hedonite societies in detail.

Well, it is all over now. The models are all out, the rules are all out and I highly doubt that we will be getting any novels dedicated to Hedonites. Shame, since with the Twins, Sigvald and Glutos, you think there would be so many things to explore about Slaaneshi of the Realms. Quick example: I am reading a Dynasty of Monsters, which was released with new Soulblight Vampires and you really get a good insight into one Vampire dynasty, the Avengorii. Cursed City novel was practically dedicated to Vrykos dynasty.

The point was not that we won as good guys, the point was that we won as bad guys. Bad guys do win in AoS, quite often. But apparently, never the Slaaneshi.

I do love the fact that this means we will be seeing more Sylvaneth and/or Wanderers and KURNOTHI! 🤩 The way that the Twins and entire Slaaneshi side has been handled is truly sad. ALSO, this massive enormous WAAAGH is broken pretty easily in the end, another strange ending.

I have to say that I am genuinely wondering why are Slaaneshi rules being written this way. Even incompetence has its limits.

Indeed. Only the holy Cenobites know the the will of the Leviathan.

Thanks, but I already wrote that it was my mistake. That is useful. Admittedly, I was expecting them to be a bit more powerful. But I will order them anyway.

Ah, my mistake regarding command point. Beautiful models and not so good rules.

Where is the mention of Lurid Haze?

They are called Children of Slaanesh by Games Workshop, therefore people are correct in their expectations that children of Slaanesh walk the Realms. As Children of Slaanesh, they ought to be far more powerful than regular KoS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEyEVACRJZQ

I knew the stupidity of my question before posting but still...it would be cool to have some lore reason. They have centaur like bodies, which would greatly lower their change of flying.

This is purely lore question but how do vampires of Avengorii dynasty fly? They do have wings but their body looks far too large and their wing muscles too thin to take them to skies.

True, true. Still, the Twins are basically demigods walking the Realms, then again Kroak and Kragnos are also deity level. It appears story is going towards Siege of Excelsis in Ghur, we know Hedonites such as Sigvald and Glutos are moving there.

They need to come down in cost, hopefully GW reads through the survey we sent them. Also, once again, I truly hope the Twins are not defeated by Kragnos or Kroak.

From various comments online, while some Soulblight players are indeed having worries, neither Soulblight nor Lumineth would trade their rules and cost for Hedonite rules and cost. I asked more than once, including some great tournament players in my local meta. Also, I want all of us to realize that we are comparing the Crème de la crème of Slaaneshi mortal infantry armies, the Myrmidesh Painbringers with Grave Guards, who are per lore, raised from death into undeath in masses and are not the lore fitting equivalent of a Myrmidesh Painbringer. The fact that we are comparing them stat for stat, speak of how weak Hedonites truly are. I could speak more, of what even famous reviewers have said, the sheer absence of new lore and story progression for Hedonites. Lumineth got full novels dedicated to them, Soulblight are getting a novel dedicated to them. I hope to God that the Twins are not in BR: Kragnos only for Kragnos or Kroak to defeat them. @azdimy Great post!

They are in Cursed City or Soulblight battletome?

QUESTION! Will Kritza and Lady Annika be part of new Soulblight Vampires battletome? They were not released for Cursed City or I can not find them on GW page.

Lords of Silence is a amazing novel, probably among the best explorations of Nurgle yet. I also recommend Tome of Decay for philosophy of Nurgle. I must add to what you wrote, Nurgle is a deity of decay, death and rebirth. That rebirth part is crucial. He loves life in all its forms. He is not Nagash. For example, Typhus of Death Guard often uses "God of endless rebirth" when referring to Nurgle.

@Enoby Honestly, I promised to myself that I would not get on board the hype train, but here I am

@Enoby Beautiful army and truly unique Slaaneshi aesthetic and story!

@Yoid Your draft of a novel, which I reread 3 times, is a proper and rich exploration of Slaanesh. BL could definitely use your creativity. Slaanesh can be approached from literally infinite amount of angles, but only if the writing is good. Otherwise, as @Enoby and I discussed, all Slaaneshi characters become fundamentally the same, a trap which BL routinely walks into. I will admit that I am genuinely surprised, not even disappointed, that we got zero novels. There is so much to explore, the Children of Slaanesh, Sigvald and Glutos are walking the realms. How Hedonite societies function and so on. Maybe we will get a novel in time, but it seems like the perfect moment has passed.

No Slaaneshi novel. Sorrow is sad.

Executions are great....wait that came out wrong.... I am simply not sure that Skaven are that popular.