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1 hour ago, sandlemad said:
Alright, that looks like it's hinting at the deets of the likely BR: Alarielle.
Sylvaneth (led by Alarielle) vs. Nurgle (led by Horticulus Slimex) vs. Soulblight (led by Mannfred) in Ghur? Based in Invidia specifically, around the Bleeding Gate realmgate more specifically? With a strong suggestion from that last line that Mannfred is involved in order to sow disorder or set up a fall for Alarielle or something.
It's either BR : Manfred or BR : Alarielle.....
... But I would say the later, as Alarielle was mentioned in the initial BR reveal, Nurgle is her nemesis, and Invidia is certainly in Ghyran, not in Ghur
, aka Alarielle's Realm.
New Zombies kit is unexpected given the ones in CC, but maybe the nailed, distorted tools we've seen in the Rumor engines are part of the new set ?
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5 hours ago, Still-young said:
The next Necromunda release is the Cawdor book ‘House of Faith’.
Yeah, and since the Redemptionists belongs to that House, it fits !
1 hour ago, SlyRebirth said:"We’ll be showing off all of the new Redemptionist models on Saturday as part of the latest Warhammer Preview Online so make sure you tune in, or you may be deemed to be a heretic."
So left-hand model is very likely to be from this.
Looking forward to some good Devoted conversions materials with Cawdor and Redemptionists
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1 hour ago, sandlemad said:
In conclusion, predicting future AoS releases on the basis of WHU stuff is a land of contrasts.
There will be NEW PAINTS ?!?!
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BTW, about the new Online Preview "Faith & Damnation" :
"Faith" :
- 40k : Adeptus Mechanicus (new models teased, religious cult with FAITH in the Omnissiah) and Adepta Sororita (lots of new model announced means new Codex, right ? Also, religious cult with FAITH in the Emperor).
- Necromunda : Redemptionists Cult (we got Rumor Engines for them in recent Underhive Informant, religious cult with FAITH in the Emperor).
"Damnation" :
- AOS : Soulblight Gravelords teaser / full reveal ? Or more details about Broken Realms : Be'lakor ? (Undead or Daemons are DAMNED)
- WHU : Ossiarch Bonereapers warband full reveal (Undead with funny faces are still DAMNED).
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2 minutes ago, BrocknerTheBear said:
Literally made an entire shadow daemons of chaos undivided army based around the last be'lakor model so this just shot to the top of my "must purchase " list.
As classic as the old pose is, the second one shown is so sinister and powerful.
After the new Chaos Furies and the Ruinstorm Daemon Brutes, I was only waiting for a new Be'lakor to go full Chaos Daemons again...
Let's say I am not disappointed now 😈
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15 hours ago, Nezzhil said:
See, @Random ? Wasn't that hard after all
I have to say I am pretty reassured by that little message, easier to wait...
NOW SHOW US BE'LAKOR, GW !
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3 minutes ago, KingBrodd said:
Damn another no week release. I wish GW would just be forthcoming and tell us because I feel like nothing is releasing in March at this rate.
It's pretty strange indeed. Why can't they JUST tell us like they did in December with the "2 releases per month for Jan and Feb" thing ?
But I have to say I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE MAH BOY BE'LAKOR
(and some funny WHQ tiles too..)
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OH ! I know why I kinda dislike the Prince-Rat vampire ! He makes me remember that dreadful part of my childhood
I mean, just check at 2:58 and 3:44
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36 minutes ago, NotAWzrd said:
They both share the same emblem on their belts, and are both very similar stylistically. I’d say he’s a Cursed City model rather than Gravelords.
The article explains they are both from the Vyrkos Bloodline.
But I'd follow that theory :
1 hour ago, Still-young said:Actually, Cursed City models all have black base rims. I think that marks this as a mainline AoS product, as it has a painted base.
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Hmmm, not a fan of the Rat Prince. Kinda dig the Count Dooku / Tarkin face style, but the fur was already done by Radukar and the general pose is from Yvraine in 40k....
BTW it's Vyrkos, not Vyrgos, GW.
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32 minutes ago, Kaleb Daark said:
So hopefully back on track...
The only thing to be revealed is Belakor's face.
The rest of him seems to be doing justice to the original model which I'm really happy about.
I'm anticipating that Belakor will potentially give AoS back the Daemons of Chaos faction if that's the right way of putting it, as currently outside of GA Chaos, there's no real uniting of all the separate god squads. His teaser hints at daemons working together so perhaps he's the mechanism to do that, and it makes sense that an unaligned entity acts as the middleman to forge those uneasy alliances.
We already have that in the Legion Of Chaos Ascendant allegiance in Wrath of the Everchosen. This faction even has a subfaction called Legion of the First prince, centered about Be'lakor himself. Will the new BR book expand on that ? I HOPE SO
BTW did someone understood yesterday's article as (reading between the lines) :
QuoteWe are going to put BR : Be'lakor on preorder this Sunday (because the model and the book are already in our warehouse) and delay BR : Teclis and the LRL 2nd waves further down the line.
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Anyway, about the NEW MONDEL MONDAY thingy (very nice, but a stepping on the Rumor Engine's toe a bit uh ?)... I don't know why but today's silhouette makes me think of this dude (even if that clearly won't be him or Tzeentchian, more like something DEATH related) :
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And in @LuminethMage defense, GW was misleading about Broken Realms and the Aelven Gods implication both in their marketing AND inside the fluff itself :
Remember that before the Be'lakor announcement we already Morathi and Teclis confirmed, so 100% Aelven Gods. I still hope that Broken Realms : Alarielle is on its way (for Sylvaneth players' sake) and that the series itself isn't too long, i.e. that the new edition comes later this summer.
That said, as an old time devotee of Be'lakor (Mordheim and Shadow over Albion 😍), and as a Daemonic Legions / Chaos Daemons player, I'm SO GLAD to see the Dark Master getting his own book !
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Did someone else also heard March the 13th as a possible date for Warhammer Quest Cursed City release ?
That'd be great.
I wish we'll get expansions (MOAR Explorers, please !).
And that the Silver Tower gang could be used as Heroes too.
BTW why aren't the Beastgrave Season 3 warbands yet repackaged in Easy-to-build sets without the cards ??
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9 minutes ago, CommissarRotke said:
I think making Stormcast un-reforgable before even exploring the flaw of the Anvil + seeking out answers in fixing it would not only be a waste of an amazing story beat, but would weaken the metaplot this recently into the setting. This is legit something that the battletome gives a large nod to, it's what the Sacrosanct are doing, and it's even tied into the Underworlds plot!
I entirely agree with you, both timing and fluff redundancy.
Maybe the (possible!!) attack on the Anvil could only push the Flaw past a certain breaking point, not making the SCE unreforgeable, but ushering the release of Flawed SCE in model form ?
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2 hours ago, Neil Arthur Hotep said:
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On another note, I now believe that "Broken Realms" might refer to the fracturing of the Grand Alliances. At least, we have hints of that in three of the the four alliances right now. Morathi and the Idoneth are scheming against Sigmar, Gravelords are plausibly working against Nagash and Belakor does not seem entirely satisfied with what Archeon is doing. It's a fairly shaky hypothesis right now, but what's the fun in only predicting stuff when it's nearly confirmed? 😎
That was my theory too.
But even Death Grand Alliance is already shaky.
We know one of the Ossiarch legions (the burning one) realizes that Nagash want to use them as Kamikaze and are not happy about that.
FEC was always mostly anti-Nagash (they even helped Order defend Lethis against the Legion of Grief, and fight against the OBR in the last White Dwarf).
Manfred is a treacherous being and a few Vampires can always follow him.
Idoneth on the Order side often fight among themselves.
Just like Morathi backstabber Sigmar and stole Anvilgard, Alarielle will rage quite against the Free cities soon-ish.
Teclis does whatever he wants.
Malerion tricked Sigmar already with the Gladiatorum. (Well, apparently Sigmar and Morathi..
Spoileragreed to a truce (going by the new DoK BT).)
Be'lakor and Archaon fought together against Katakros and Olynder but we know they hate each other, so there will be problems soon. And Chaos and Destruction on a wider scale are always about interstine wars so "Grand Alliance" yeah not so much
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1 minute ago, xking said:
Order was already on the back foot, chaos controls 97% of the realms, with near endless corrupted mortal armies and who knows how many daemons . The cities are constantly being besieged and destroyed. Then Nagash come in with a near endless ghost army and nearly unstoppable replicating Ossiarch legions. Not counting the nearly incalculable number of other undead. And now Destruction brakes into Azyr. And now my stormcast eternal are going extinct. Sounds like GW is trying to turn Age of Sigmar into 40k
Just kidding. My friend @xking I am no rumormonger and I only posted what could be Belakor's plot in my mind.
I think the Realmgate Wars and the esthablishement of Free cities were GREAT victories for Order (per the StD battletome they regained at least 10% of the realms). The many alliances and treaties made with Fyreslayers, Sylvaneth, Kharadron Overlords and even some Idoneth Deepkin enclaves were victories too.
The Aelves gods (at least Teclis and Morathi) will keep the worst offensives of Nagash and Slaanesh in check. Even better if they find common cause with Stormcasts and the Free people.
After Archaon lost almost half his Arcways, the Eightpoints got breached twice recently : Katakros build a stronghold there and Morathi stole the biggest Varanite gisement, preventing the Gaunt Summoners to breach the Azyr archway. Then Archaon lost trace of Slaanesh.... Can he handle Be'lakor's rebellion ?
I think with the Lumineth making their play to counter the Soul Wars, and Destruction further weakening Death and Chaos, Order can hold his ground and even mount some counter offensives in many places ! If the Duardin stands united, if Malerion and Tyrion show off at some point, there are still a lot of hope for Order, even if some part of Azyr get attacked.
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1 minute ago, sandlemad said:
I have to second that I'm not keen on everything there. Broad strokes are fine and feel like they're plausible based on what's been hinted but some of the specifics - Azyr in ruins, Belakor stealing Destruction's thunder, Stormcast not being eternal - feel like they're blowing up a lot of the interesting tensions for the sake of drama. Like it's cashing all the chips at once.
Having 'order' on the back foot and in disarray is cool, so is the ascendency of destruction, even Belakor getting a win at last, it just feels like it's not leaving much there afterwards.
Well I just listed a few story arcs we know are ongoing or about to start (Siege of Excelsis, Alarielle's rebellion, Newborn vs Aelves, Duardrazhal and maybe Chorfs, etc.).
And as I explained, the Be'lakor plot is just speculation, maybe Be'lakor's goal, but not what will happen. And still it would be pretty cool in regard with his rivalry with Archaon, and would look something like THAT
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But I personally hope the SCE are not weakened any further. I also never said Azyr would be in ruins. Just that the Anvil on the Sigmarabulum could be destroyed or damaged.
Anyway, all that would completely break the existing balance of power, leading to new opportunities. What if, for example, Excelsis is never attacked because Skargrott, Grodrak, Orscillion and Sigvald almost destroy each other's army before the walls of the city ? Well, unlikely, but there are lot of "What if" and good opportunities for new story arcs after the Soul Wars.
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Just now, JackStreicher said:
@HorticulusTGA What I should have said: I dislike with everything you said about the SCE
. The rest seems plausible.
I agree with you. The SCE are already tragic and "distinct" enough with the Flaw in the Reforging, no need to weaken them further.
BUT. Be'lakor attacking Azyr would be cool for three reasons :
- We would at last be able to fight in Azyr (with Realm Of Battles rules or, dare I hope, A MAP OF AN AZYRITE REGION !!11!1!
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- Be'lakor would have a glorious revenge on Archaon if he gets to the Realm of Heaven first.
- It could mean a redesign of the SCE range to make it more "grimdark" and battle damaged (as they are in John Blanche sketches and on the current Battletome cover). Or it could mean a new Eshin plastic range.
Then Be'lakor could fail* and just retreat after the attempt, but that still would be cool and a moral victory to attack Sigmar's own power base
Spoiler*maybe if some Prosecutors defending the Anvil can grab some rocks..............
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Just now, JackStreicher said:
To me: all of it. Storywise they‘d write themselves into a corner like they did with WHF and 40K. While being pretty anticlimactic. 🤷🏼♂️
I guess Be’Lakor tries to use the Skaven to kill Archaon.
But we already know :
- Destruction is in Ascendency and will attack Excelsis.
- The Newborn and the rise in Hedonites number will end in more wars against the Aelves (the Newborn is in Ulgu).
- The Duardin are trying to unite once more (the Duardrazahl blurb in the KO or Fyreselayer tome, the rumor about Grimnir forging something for this people, the ongoing Grombrindal narrative published in White Dwarf). And we know Chaos Duardin are also rumored or featured in the current fluff.
- Alarielle will attack her allies (it was in the reveal article about Broken Realms, and several short stories refers to her treacherous nature).
I only speculate about how Gardus and the Nighthaunt (confirmed Broken Realms releases) can be tied to BR : Alarielle. And the short story is IMO Be'lakor trying - via Eshin Agents (who have Gnawholes in Azyr already) - to destroy the Sigmarabulum (i.e. "the impossible") to make the Stormcast Eternals not "eternal" anymore.
That's just speculation of course and I would like the SCE to remain "Reforgeable" but Flawed as they are right now, but that's what the "Dark offering" short story hinted at, so...
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Honestly, that short story wasn't great, and was apparently written before the whole AOS cosmos was well established in Malign Portents and AOS2. The fact that Soulbound refers to old fluff is also worrying.
The "Dark Prince" was always Slaanesh's name (in WFB and 40k too). Slaanesh loves mirror and we know the Hedonites are too going to Excelsis, so the prophecy probably refers to the Newborn escaping Uhl-Gysh.
Be'lakor is another separate story arc IMO. We'll have to see if it was him at the end of BR : Morathi, and if so why he'd free a Stormcast. Then if his goal is Azyr.... Maybe he possessed him (if such thing is even possible for a SCE) ?
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Just now, LordAlpharius said:
Well lets hope you're wrong because this sounds like a horrible development
And what part of my (rather long) post sounds horrible to you ?
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On 1/28/2021 at 2:11 PM, HorticulusTGA said:
(...) f. They could belong to that new Vampire Bloodline, the ferocious Vyrkos...
The WD article about Godbeasts is WD n°460 (so the one after the Spiderfang issue, who contains the Age of Chaos timeline), p. 13 :
I was apparently on point with that whole Vyrkos new vampiric bloodline ! They are the creatures of Hrunspuul, the Hound of the Cairns (a Shyishian Godbeast).
BTW @KingBrodd I still hope one of the expansion (If we get any) will feature a Golemkind or Cog-automaton of some sort as an Explorer (or even hostiles) 😍
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3 minutes ago, eciu said:
So they want to really make SCE into Space Marines ? (With limiting their numbers and upgrading their "eltiness")
Man seems that Sigmar didn't achieve much with that whole SCE plot arc.
Except ushering in the whole Age of Sigmar thingy, right ? 😛 retaking key Realmgates and foudning the Free Cities also seems to be a good deal IMO.
Alternatively, if Be'lakor damage the Anvil, it could just worsen the Reforging Flaw we already know about.
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So. Possible AOS releases schedule (everything is a bit delayed because COVID) :
WHQ Cursed Cities, end of March,
BR Teclis + Lumineth Battletome 2, April,
BR Alarielle May/June :
- First part : we'll see Alarielle and Gardus protecting Ghyran from Nagash, more precisely a Nighthaunt invasion (NH are getting a new Hero and didn't get rules in BR : Morathi or BR : Teclis). Then Alarielle will snap and turn on her allies. After a bloody war and few Cities getting destroyed, Sigmar himself manifests in Ghyran to parlay.
- MEANWHILE IN AZYR : Be'lakor appears on the Sigmarabulum (the space station around Mallus) via Eshin Gnawholes (we know there are some already), and while Sigmar and the Sacrosancts Chambers are abroad, he wrecks the Anvil of the Apotheosis. The Stormcast becomes an endangered Species.
- End : Gordrakk and Skargrot talks to their horde as the walls of Excelsis are in sight.
Then, AOS Third Edition (around August*) and new story arcs : Destruction in ascendency with Excelsis besieged / destroyed, the Slaanesh Newborn warring with the Aelves, the Duardin on their way to be united again (but CHAOS DWARFS happens), Archaon losing his grip on Chaos because of Be'lakor**, Azyr***being breached by Destruction or by Be'lakor & Co., the Sigmarabulum destroyed, and FINALLY the Stormcast no longer Eternals !
* Soulblight are "later this year" so maybe October ?
**between him and the Great Horned Rat in the Pantheon, we indeed have Malal reborn
*** BR : Alarielle or the 3rd ed. Core Book better feature a map of Azyr or else.....
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, aka Alarielle's Realm.
The Rumour Thread
in Age of Sigmar Discussions
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@silverstu and @KingBrodd well well
I have to say I am enchanted with the last two Previews, but they certainly have put the schedule I had in mind into..CHAOS.
I didn't expected Soulblight so soon (well, in 2-4 months I guess ?). And Broken Realms : Be'lakor and Kragnos were unxpected ; given the short stories and rumor engines, I thought Be'lakor could appears in BR, but as a (main) protagonist, not as a title...
Krganos is an even greater surprise (but a welcome one), and falls in check with the Kurnothi Rumors OR with the first BR short story where an Orruk saw a god in the clouds.... Speaking of which, the lady Kurnothi in Cursed City has the Sylvaneth Keyword, just like the WHU Kurnothi Warband, so maybe the three are linked with a new wave for Sylvaneth (i.e. one of the Kurnothi Rumors) and Alarielle involvement in the BR story line ?
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/03/23/how-to-get-even-faster-tougher-or-more-murder-y-in-warhammer-quest-cursed-city/