https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/04/09/idoneth-deepkin-the-first-wavegw-homepage-post-1/
first wave:
Battletome and Cards, Dice, the shipwreck, Eidolon of Mathlann, Lotann and the Namarti Thralls. And 2 Idoneth skin colour paints.
The Isharann are all mages, the one with the Octopus is a character. The eyepatch guy on the Deepmare is a character, I’m guessing the other build is generic. The Akhelian are the marital ones (eel and shark riders and the seahorse characters) and the Namarti are the soulless ‘thralls’.
I mean, it’s the whole business model of the game, basically. It’s the same as X wing. It’s not meant to be an introduction to wargaming, it’s a board game.
Rumours from people who have been accurate so far talk about a new AoS box in the summer (Stormcast v Nighthaunt) and probably a Nighthaunt book as well.
I think there was a warhammer tv video where one of the guys accidentally let slip about Slaanesh being soonish. Plus that Khorne rumour may well be nonsense.
In the fluff (both in Fantasy and AoS, checking the LoN battletome) there is a vampire in the coffin, yeah. But it's 'dead', and the black coach collects energy to revive it so I guess because its not really controlling it or whatever?