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Broken Realms : Tome I announced the Hedonites battletome, so Tome II could announce Battletome : Soulblight Gravelords. EDIT : if the 3rd (and last ?) BR book is indeed about Alarielle, then it could announce BT : Maggotkin (a very old one) just before Starter Set for 3rd edition and DESTRUCTION HEGEMONY / FALL OF EXCELSIS

Well they kinda teased that recently, notably with the Hammerhal Herald IIRC... Also, Katakros is busy in the Eightpoints, so Shyish is less defended now (well, the God of Dead was just there)

Interestingly, given the new name on the Vampire Clampack leaked Monday, I still think we'll get a Battletome : Soulblight Gravelords (IMO in replacement to Legions of Nagash). We know BT can coexist with Broken Realms boosks, because of the Hedonites coming soon. The new Lumineth Wind Temple wave will probably take the rules space in Broken Realms : Teclis, as they already have a Battletome. It's worth noting Teclis wants to bring an end to the Soul Wars, i.e. the entire AOS2 narrative arc.... Leading right to a new edition right ????

Absolutely. Now we know Telicis is taking on Nagash, not (mainly ?) Slaanesh... Slaanesh gets a Battletome soon, so its story should move forward with it. I'm confident Gordrakk and Skargrott will lead the siege of Excelsis with the new Edition (Starter set coming after Broken Realms ?)

That's what I thought ! Does it means Broken Realms III will be about Alarielle ??

Yeah, but precisely : with Ghost ships and normal Death troops on top, so nothing really similar to the very defined identity of the Vampire Coast in WFB. That's why it couldn't come like this to AOS. Thank you ! Vers interesting read

Well, the Wraithfleet would have been more of a Nighhaunt-pirate theme, right ? And it was more like a one-page reference in 2017, never referenced in AOS2. But I agree with your description of wackyness, alas as of now it is wayyyy to much linked to the existing WFB franchise (Vampire Coast in 6th and in Total War, Dreadfleet in 8th) to fit as an identical, whole faction in AOS. That's my problem with it (in AOS, not per se).

I for one am glad that Vampirate meme (a 100% WFB theme) can be put to rest ! I'll be happy if Vampire Coast is a playable army in TOW in five years, but given its popularity with Total War, it wouldn't have belonged to AOS .... .... Then watch the Warhammer Quest / Board game take place in a sunken pirate ship

Okay those two Vampires are great. They share common design elements while being distinct. The first one (bat-hair) is apparently designed to be a battlefield commander with a certain volume and presence to him/her, while the lady for WHU has a classic duelist pose, fitting for a small group of models and skirmish battles. Also the WARCOM article confirms we'll see the rest of the war band Saturday, that the schedule will be postponed for a month, and that ORRUK BONESPLITERZ are next for WHU ! ... So not silent people or spiderfangs (no biggy IMO).

I'm still convinced we'll get Warhammer Quest style boxed game with Death vs Witch-Monsters Hunters in it (on top of AOS and WHU vampire releases, that is), because : - The different kinds of Death looking Rumor engines (still a LOT) and the Halloween image ; - The trailer that showed both "Zombie" and "Skeleton" types as well as an Adversary for them : (human) Vampire Hunter ; - The fact that the new Vampire is for AOS, and that we also have a Soulblight WHU warband coming (both AOS and WHU are announced for the preview), - The absence of Warcry release from the aforementioned preview, where the Witch Hunter could have belonged.... - GW always said they would go back to AOS for WHQ. Blackstone Fortress is over. When BSF got new releases, its logo was shown alongside other games to preview the Preview, like we got yesterday. - With Slaanesh, Teclis and Gordrakk on the horizon (Broken Realms, AOS 3rd Edition), a last Battletome, a WHU warband AND a boxed game all themed around Death could be a great way to finish the Death narrative arc from AOS 2nd Edition.

Absolutely ! Legions Of Nagash were quite clearly Grand Alliance : Death 2.0, as those Soulblight Gravelords are clearly Vampire Counts 2.0. Because in between we got Nighthaunt, new FEC, and Ossiarch Bonereapers And "Gravelord" can cover everything that was in Legions of Nagash, at least skeletons and zombies in addition to vampire-related stuff like bat

OHO Source ???

AHAHAHAH, crrrrrringe ! How can these compete with our GLORIOUS new Exlated Steeds of Slaanesh ?! (Just kidding, also prepare to see those creature totally wreck the Blissbard Seekers 😛 )

Ah yes silly me, how did I forget that recent teaser ??? Thank you for the reminder ! To be frank, there are so many Rumor Engines (and trailers) that could be Death-related that I don't see the release being "only" Vampire or "only" Deadlwalkers / Zombie for AOS (new Battletome(s)). The different styles hint more, IMO, toward a Warhammer Quest-style game with different kind of Death Creatures, just like Silver Tower and Blackstone had a great variety of Tzeentch and Chaos models. So we could get a dungeon with Vampires, Skeletons, Zombies, Werevolves, keys, etc. The few Sigmar-y RE we got earlier could also be the Witch / Vampire Hunters warband. BTW what @Chikout said is also more than likely : a boxed game with new or refreshed designs can totally hint at a Battletome coming (just like a WHU Soulblight warband).

Honestly that preview looks (strangely) big... AOS : Broken Realms : Teclis, with Lumineth Wind Temple preview WHU : Vampire Warband ??? logo : new Critters & Keys Warhammer Quest board game (Vampire, zombies, etc. vs Witch Hunters) KT : Ecclesiarchy or SM vs Necron 40k : Ecclesiarchy or ??? Adeptus Titanicus : ??? (I alas don't follow that game)

100% with you. Then watch the WHU preview being a new arena death match supplement no-one cared for

QUEST ! QUEST ! QUEST ! Let's pray. The rests fits with what I hoped for, seems even bigger with the inclusion of both KT and 40k AND AT..... I also kinda noticed that the "Divine" police is kinda ... Luminous.

Hey, I'm late to the party. So : "Dead" (written in BLOOD) is probably a new Boxed game : Vampires + undead minions (inc. new Zombies) vs some Witch hunter. Or a Legions of Vampire Counts book for AOS. Or "just" the WHU Vampire band, which ALSO could be shown during the preview ( but I don't think they'd name the preview after just one WHU warband....). "Divine" is either Ecclesiarchy for Kill Team or boxed game or Sororitas new wave, or Lumineth 2nd waves, or something else like Witch hunter (Order of Azyr / Devoted of Sigmar) as a proper faction (my dearest wish. Also with a map of Azyr). SCE and Custodes seem off for now. -- RE : Broken Realm. This week should see another Short story (as it's every two weeks, Wednesday for those with newsletter, or else Friday on WarCom). Either it contains hints of the next installment (while the first fives were tied to BR : Morathi), or we have a full article previewing the new book (IMO featuring either Teclis / Slaanesh / Gordrakk).

EDIT : that map is NOT new, I repeat, that map is NOT new ! It's the south-west corner of the Ossiarch Empire map, but without the locations names (map found in the OBR Battletome or Wrath Of The Everchosen). Sorry

Yeah, going by the recent teasers and short story, plus that "funny text" about Celennar, it could be LRL vs OBR

THAT MAP IS NEW. Btw those lines are more or less similar to the Shyish energy lines in the Ossiarch Empires. So probably a map from Shyish from the next Broken Realm book ??

You're right, it's strange. Slaangors don't have those trims tho. I still think it's Idoneth, gems are aelfy stuff

So, three humans factions as of now, two elf's and, of course, Orcs Very good news ! As is the Age of Three Emperors' confirmation.

Interestingly, on one of the two versions* of the "next week preview Sunday article" we got, they said they will reveal this week the new Store Model Exclusive for 2021, and the video shows a (known) Idoneth artwork ! Prediction : either with the WHU warband or with this model, we'll get Embailor (the taming sea life-priests of the Idoneth). Looking forward to it, the New Year preview, and to the news about "another great Nation of the Age" for The Old World, I hope it's Norsca ! * compare the one here (1min37) https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/12/27/this-week-in-warhammer-thievin-orks-and-a-look-into-the-new-year/ and the one on YouTube (1min32) :

Yep @KingBrodd. Honestly the three options are great, after all. Gordrakk, Vampires, Slaanesh - it can't come soon enough !!!