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AoS is ancient myth and story combined with tolkien, planescape and spelljammer. Azyrite architecture is a mix of ancient greek and ancient roman(Greco-roman) architecture, baroque architecture and some art-deco architecture. From this you can get an idea of what houses look like.

Agreed, people keep thinking that free peoples will just be a rehash of the empire. No, I think they're going to get rid of all the old Empire stuff and redo it all. Also I think the free peoples will be more than just humans and I'm not talking about Duardin and Aelves. I'm talking about races the GW wants to represent in model form but don't want to make an entire faction for. Think of the reintroduction of Hobbits into the setting with a new name, as a free Guild unit. Then we have the Collegiate arcane, GW can give them all types of stuff. like endless spells, a unit of apprentices, other Heroes like an archwizard or spell sword. They can even release a unit of Elementals that only the Collegiate can summon. Then we have the ironweld and they can provide all kinds of clockwork automatons and other special units. Like a cogfort. Then there is the devoted of Sigmar, they can be expanded with new sisters of Sigmar unit and disciples unit. You can give them all kinds of Crusader Knights, as well as even some supernatural creatures cherubs or something. Maybe even different kinds off of War shrines of Sigmar. The free peoples can be expanded a multitude of different ways. And they can continue to add things.

What about Cogforts?

I believe we will get new name characters, but I don't think a new chamber will open this year.

The new Freeguild could look something like this. Minus the khorne stuff. Also here https://www.blacklibrary.com/coming-soon/april/khorgos-khul-the-red-feast-2019.html if you have not seen this.

It is important to remember, that Humanity before and after the age of Chaos are not the same. The age of Chaos forced peoples from countless different civilizations into one place, the realm of heavens. They're they combined all of their Knowledge and Skills together in hopes of one day reconquering they're lost Homeland. And so, we have the creation of the collegiate arcane and the ironweld Arsenal. The collegiate is a collection of spell casters of every human tradition and type, who share and develop magical knowledge for the war to come. And then there is the ironweld, the combination of human and dwarf ingenuity. Engineers, technologist and inventors. They push technology to new heights, they make Clockwork automatons of all kinds. Probably even have Clockwork soldiers, they also can make walking fortresses. Sure, Humanity cannot fight against the Horrors alone. But they are no longer helpless. Cogfort: https://malignportents.com/story/iron-and-oak/

I mean It's AoS, They can find a way with magic to extend human lifetimes. Just look at 40k.

I think people who are complaining about old models not being updated. Need to understand, GW is slow. They plan things years ahead. I'm sure we will get the free peoples release and they will not look like the Empire stuff.

I hope for a Phoenix temple release, nighthaunt Style. And I hope for the new free peoples models. And just more models to come out in general.

How will magic and prayers work?

Small? I wouldn't call the dispossessed small and they play a major part in the lore as the Builders of the free cities. I'm sure they'll get attention.

I don't think they're going to retire any of the factions, I actually hope some more of those factions get the nighthaunt treatment. Particularly the Phoenix temple and the lion Rangers, as if those are the thematically strong factions. The Phoenix temple even have their own great City. I can see them combining the Eldridge Council, swift hawk agents and the order draconis into a single book.

No, the necroquake was going to happen. I'm talking about the very specific choices players made during the campaign affecting the future. Such as, building a giant time Cannon.

Whatever happens, some people need to understand. That there are no High Elves or dark elves. Whatever GW decides to do with those old models, they will not be the exact same thing they were in the old world. While I truly believe the Empire stuff will go away, I don't think the elf stuff will.