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The Decadence & Decay Rumor Engine is probably a Chaos Warriors from the Slaves To Darkness Warhammer Underworld warband. Remember the Daemon-face Shield ? Quite sure it will be from the same set. StD do not have a WHU team yet. And I don't see as big a release for StD as a Multiparts Chaos Warriors kit happening now.

I forgot the Lelith model teased recently. I think the 40k models teased in a recent Preview video (Orc, Lilith, Sisters of Battle and Nurlge IIRC) will just be single Models coming along their new 9th Ed. 40k Codex. That was the case for the Nurgle model (new Lord of Virulence). So this week-end GW will surely announce more Codexes, the Xenos one could be Dark Eldar (and the cover could be the one teased yesterday on Facebook). But I am still confident we will see a Decadence (Slaanesh)-themed, AOS-related Chaos release.

Well I think Malerion, God of Shadow, wouldn't just sneak in a prison like this. Even if he is shadowy, he is also very powerful. So if he wished Van Brecht free, he would have just stormed the city, or send in his agents. For Vampires, don't forget the fluff explain how Van Brecht has sworn to see his whole lineage destroyed because of the Soulblight Curse. Maybe a lost parent wished to help him but they are certainly not in good terms. Be'lakor is the best candidate IMO : he has bat wings (that had maybe been teased in a Rumor Engine), is usually seen spying and sneaking around alone with his shadow magic abilities (he let Manfred free from his prison in the End Times), and could very well want to undermine Morathi (for domination of Ulgu) and the forces of Order. He may also had blazing eyes (like in a recent artwork ; and like the Chaos Furies).

You may want to read the two White Dwarf articles Phil Kelly did on this very topic then ;D You'll find them in WD June 2019 and July 2019 He specifically explain how godhood work in AOS (aka similarly to all Warhammer settings), with Elemental gods (like Chaos or Gorkamorka) and Ascended ones (like powerful heroes once Mortal that, by fate or magic, ascend to a new status - i.e. a whole bunch of the Incarnates from the End Times) - all are still empowered by their followers or the consumption of souls. Also the AOS Core Book p. 111, the Illuminations of the Gods, about Faith and Omniscience (or not).

The coin is another hint at a Slaanesh release coming soon. And the WarCom video insisted on BOTH decadence and decay being of interest for Chaos fans. I don't think the Death Guard release will get something else new. Everything was already previewed on WarCom, except maybe a Combat Patrol Boxed Set. Decay probably refers to something else., like Zombie.

99.9% sure (thats 666 the other way around) that it's a part of the Broken Realms 2 : Slaanesh book cover. They said on the WarCom Sunday Preview video that "specifically Chaos Fans" had to look upon the Decadence and Decay preview, so this almost rule out other Species like Dark Eldars.

A new preview ? YES. For WHU, we should 100% see the full Seraphon warband, mayyyybe another one ❤️ For AOS, Mortal Slaanesh and the Newborn, i.e. Broken Realms 2. For 40k, I don't know, but surely not Nurgle : we have seen the new Lord and the Scenery sets in great details on WarCom already. So maybe.... EMPEROR'S CHILDREN ? We also should see what what that Zombie thing Johann was fleeing from really is. Maybe the "Decay" part, if it's indeed a Zombie ? For WHU ? Anyway as always : BRING IT ON !

That article on WarCom last night was a bit weird. Anyway, going by the last picture, maybe the next book is about Teclis' reaction ! And the last paragraph certainly means something SPECIAL is going on with the Orruks

MOAR pictures, please

We should get another Broken Realms short story by e-mail today... Any time now...

WILD THEORY TIME So, we've heard that a quite "small" Slaanesh 40k release was coming, that may only includes new Noise Marines and Daemon Fulgrim. What if GW decided to introduce a Daemon Primarch-level equivalent in AOS (in terms of powers) ? They could make a kit for a Slaanesh entity that could be built either as the Newborn in AOS (we'll probably get a better name) or Daemon Fulgrim in 40k ? We already know they are both winged, unique (aka "named" characters) and more or less bigger in stature than a .Greater Deamons.... Traditionally, Daemons sell to both games (even the Soul Grinder). That could also explain the delay between Magnus, Mortarion - and Fulgrim and Angron (we also know GW can rework kits as, apparently, the Glottkin design started as the first version of the plastic GUO)...

No, I was F5ing the page to see the PreOrder, they never had the "Umbraneth" mention. It was a guy on 4chan who edited the page the same night and took a picture of the screen. The same narrative comes back regularly on /aosg/. And the whole "Umbraneth" thing was that it was meant to be Malerion's faction, which it isn't. And Daughters Of Khaine won't be changing name.

Guys. "Umbraneth" is a ***** fake. Malekith did not fuse with his dragon. Umbraneth was also a 4chan scam. Khainite Shadowlstalker were always linked to Morathi, even BEFORE the WarCom page announcing the pre order. (Of course we'll get a Malerion faction, maybe ending in "-eth", but it won't include Shadowstalkers, as they are 100% Morathi faction). Also @Doko, as @Lord Veshnakar explained, Alarielle did nothing. The rift destroyed Seraphon. -- In BR:Morathi, it's either a Vampire or Be'lakor helping that Stormcast Lord.

YES ! Also, talking about Spoilers, who freed that Stormcast at the end ?

Yes, Shadow in the mist is a series of supplements. For now, in the Anvilgard city guide, the fluff stops just before the event in Broken Realm : Morathi ; it mentions the coming of the Agonizers, the Black Ark apperaing in BR:M too. So they knew what is going to happen. I guess the next supplement in the Shadow in the mist series will contain the chapters about Har Kuron ! It's great that GW ties their story not only with Warcry (Catacombs), but also with a game from another company (Aka Cubicle7's RPG) ! Great team work here.

As @Double Misfire said a few post above yours, it's explicitly written in BR:Morathi that Anvilgard is still playable, either as the city itself before the events of BR:Morathi, or as a loyalist contingent campaigning around while Morathi took over.

@Garxia Found it ! It's "Dig Deep", in March 2018 White Dwarf. Also, the Malign Portents website had a AOS History "Timeline section", pretty similar to the new one on the current AOS website. However, it also had a "Mortal Realms explanation" video by Phil Kelly, which I found way better than the current new MR video on the new site. It's still on YouTube, but not referenced. Would you like to put it in the OP ?

Okay. Mind blown. There are THREE MAPS in that book, including one of a part of the Realm of Shadows, Ulgu itself ! ❤️❤️❤️ Also, 70 pages of fluff, new artworks, cool paginations, "three acts" structure, a Dramatis Personae section (like Horus Heresy or Forbidden Power had) ? Recent 40k books are so low quality compared to that. 100% SOLD. Maybe Blood Bowl ?

Thank you very very much again ! IIRC, there was more than one MP short story in WD. Do you also have it ? I'll check and come back to you ASAP.

Totally agreed. We also have sub plot about Slaanesh Mortals specifically (mostly the Chariot Lord Reshevious from Malign Portents and the Magnificent Mirror, perhaps containg the cursed soul of WFB Sigvald....). Kurnothi also can be a "3rd Wave" for Sylvaneth come their inevitable 3rd edition book....

Absolutely, and now it's almost confirmed Slaanesh escapes, meaning the end of the Soul Wars and the start of a new edition. The fact it comes from this person makes it 99.9% sure instead of just 96% sure. Also, we have Kurnothi in WHU but not in AOS as of now, so... (But as someone noted a few pages back, there are Slaanesh "arrow" bits similar to the WHU archer in the Megagargant kit). It's the new host of the blog, aka Bob, who do those kind of reviews. She apparently had more intel from the future.

... The art is just to illustrate the post... Are you for real guys ? You don't know who Atia is ? You didn't used to browse War of Sigmar back in the days ? She was a very active and reliable rumormonger at AOS start, mostly 2015-2016-2017 IIRC. Way better than Hastings in the post Warseer era. She stopped quite abruptly, and Bob took over the posting on WoS. She sometimes (very rarely) comes back to post small rumors in the comments. The fact she took the time to make a whole post to say something is probably a good indication it's "huge".

Lady Atia Rumour !!! https://war-of-sigmar.herokuapp.com/bloggings/4966 Slaanesh Will Be BACK

GLORIOUS ! Thank you. We'll need to archive this thread for the posterity, too.

Very interesting !!! "Fall of Anvilgard" ??? "Shadow Rising" ??? BE LAKOR TEASING ? BTW I love how the main AOS narrative seem to takes inspirations from both the Soulbound RPG and Warcry : Catacombs !