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===Undead=== Much like Chaos, these guys used to be one army but have gotten split up into two. NOT ANYMORE! Now you can combine them in in a single army led by [[Nagash]]! ====Tomb Kings==== [[File:M1650075a P1Mb1.jpg|thumb|left|400px|Egyptian, sentient skeletons, yet still both spooky and scary.]] {{Main|Tomb Kings}} The undead people from the ancient civilization of Nehekhara (Not-Egypt). How ancient? Before Sigmar lived and most humans considered the bow and arrow an innovative new weapon, Cathay was new to the civilization thing and didn't have a Dragon Emperor, Bretonnia didn't exist, Skaven didn't exist, Skytitans still roamed the Mourn Mountains so hadn't devolved into Giants, The Great Maw didn't exist, Tylos was the only city in the Old World, Dorfs were in their prime and friends with Elves, and Elves were still one civilization. Nehekhara had all the best aspects of ancient Egypt and Middle-Eastern civilizations; they had many things such as golems, huge wonders, light systems, chariots, and even hot-air balloons! Most of their history was spent like Mesopotamian history, with each city being a kingdom ruled by one monarch (usually, but not always, male). Said kingdoms warred with each other constantly. Then, one day, a badass was born. [[Settra the Imperishable|Settra]] managed to unite the entirety of Nehekhara under his rule, but became obsessed with death because it would stop him from getting shit done. He commanded his priests to discover the secrets of immortality, and although they failed in this they figured out ways to preserve the body with the soul within and the flesh undamaged. They entombed him this way for storage until they discovered a way to give their kings living flesh of gold. The cities immediately become independent again, warring with each other but now building fuckhuge tomb cities to house all dead Nehekharans in suspended animation that were larger than their living cities. Eventually, Nehekhara produced [[Nagash]], the Warhammer Fantasy answer to [[Sauron]] and [[Vecna]], who killed his brother and became fantastically evil until the cities united against him and forced him into the desert. After deciding that dying was for suckers and turning into a skeleton, he found that centuries has passed and some little punk ass upstarts calling themselves "vampires" had read his diary. He told them to make themselves useful and keep the humans away while he tried to figure out a way to make the whole world into undead skeleton slaves in one spell. Then shortly after, humans defeated his army and entered his sanctum; he unleashed what he had of his spell, killing EVERYTHING in Nehekhara before he was beaten. This awakened the entombed kings, who were fucking PISSED to find their empire had disintegrated. But on the plus side, they were still "alive" and Tomb Kings cannot perma-die so they had obtained the immortality aspect at the very least. They also had the people who had died in their time period as servants still, who despite still having souls lost much of their sapience (as the degree to which they survived depended greatly on how well they were preserved) so many of them (but FAR from all) [[Necron|became semi-mindless robot-like skeletons animated only by the order of their King.]] So immediately all the Tomb Kings went back to war, but this time in a far worse way; every child who had EVER lived was now alive again, with thousands of generations of spoiled manchildren fighting for a single fucking throne in a single fucking city, as well as being pissed about later TK's looting the tombs of their ancestors for their own ones. The priests of all the generations realized shit was going nowhere fast (as nobody can perma-die) and awakened Settra. Settra immediately slapped everyone's collective shit, and although everyone swears allegiance to him they still fight like punks constantly. Generally speaking, all Tomb Kings (other than [[Queen Khalida]], who HATES vampires) give no fucks, shits, or damns about the outside world. Mostly. They are also very rich because being undead means they don't have to worry about buying food, medicine or things to impress potential sexual partners. Because mercenaries like money, the mercs are happy to fight for them, giving the mummies a nice option of veteran human troops as well; there's also the added bonus that unlike vamps (see below), the Tomb Kings won't ever turn the mercs into snacks. Now they're armies of skeletons (on foot, horse or chariot) led by Egyptian mummies! With Anubis warriors and BONE SCORPIONS! Their artillery are MUTHA FUCKEN SKULL CATAPULTS! If you take a shot every time you see a Khopesh or read the word in relation to Tomb Kings, you'll pass out drunk before you're done. Plus their elites ride around on snake statues or GIANT STONE LOLCATS that breath fire and crush stuff. They even have GIANT GOD STATUES that shoot DEATH LASERS from their eyes and give <s>their gods</s> Nagash a live-action feed of what's going on in the world. Some Tomb Kings even have skull-covered rip-offs of the Ark of the Covenant holding the souls of slain enemies that they use to kill more enemies. So totally fucking awesome. ====Vampire Counts==== [[File:M1037820 VampireCounts cover.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Nothing says [[Slaanesh|"shoot me with that big-ass cannon of yours"]] like bright red armor in an army of grimy, thin skeletons.]] {{Main|Vampire Counts}} Vampires. But not the Twilight kind, nor the Interview kind (for the most part). Straight up Gothic Horror vampires. As in, still cool. So a long time ago, during the time of ancient Egypt (pre-Tomb King) there was an evil bisexual queen. She stole the first Necromancer/Lich's autobiography, and invented a drink that turns humans into vampires. She let her court all take a sip, then they acted like a bunch of little shits until all of Egypt united against them. They tried to ally with the NecroLich, but <s>lost the big battle</s> pussied out and fled to the Old World. Those vamps all founded Bloodlines, which make up most of the race. The first group is those lead by the queen which created vampires, the [[Queen Neferata|Lahmians]]. Mostly consist of magic-using spy vampiresses (and some of their gay friends) who are controlling the world like Illuminati. The second are the Hills Have Eyes/The Descent vampires, who after years of being the whipping boys of fate as well as getting tortured and fucked over by every human and other vampire they met, turned into the vampire equivalent of ghouls. They as a result mostly hang out with ghouls. They are the [[Ushoran|Strigoi]]. The saner ones behave a lot like Nosferatu. The next are lawful evil/neutral badass vampire knights who ride around looking for a challenge, and fight anyone they think is worth fighting. They are the [[Abhorash|Blood Dragons]]. Next is the [[W'soran/Melkhior|Necrarchs]], who mostly look like Nosferatu vampires. They are the mad scientist Bloodline, spending centuries trying to come up with new kinds of Flesh Golems and similar atrocities. Mostly end up as sidekicks to the other Bloodlines. Finally, the true Dracula Bloodline; the von Carsteins. Only appearing in recent history, [[Vlad von Carstein]] and his wife [[Isabella von Carstein]] attempted to get elected as Emperor of the Empire through political manipulation, and having failed that, attempted to take over by force. After the two were beaten, one of their turned "sons" [[Konrad von Carstein]] tried to destroy the Empire, but lost in an embarrassing way since he was fucking insane and dumb as a rock. Finally, [[Mannfred von Carstein]] took control of the Bloodline and repeatedly has tried to destroy the Empire. Although Manny keeps losing, he's dedicated himself to Nagash and has finally started getting to be a bigger threat to the world. As a result of this, the von Carsteins have become the posterboy army for the Vampire Counts, who are the villains when Chaos isn't. All of the Bloodlines can raise hordes of undead, and use shit like Zombies, Ray Harryhausen Skeletons, and Ghouls as soldiers. They also bring along ghosts, and giant fucking bat monsters of different kinds. Also, bats are EVERY-FUCKING-WHERE, and not the kind that scare you when you open the closet, then fly off into the night - think piranhas with wings and a fucking attitude (which vary in size from the as big as your hand to the size of a car). Creepy as all fuck. No Anne Rice, ''Angel'' bullshit, these guys are fucking evil. While they won't save you from being hit by a car, they will creep into your room at night... only to throw you out the window before draining the blood from your loved ones while their zombie driver runs you down with a car. They are also very rich because they don't have to buy food and interest rates on savings accounts add up over a few centuries of undeath. Since mercenaries like money, the mercs are happy to fight for them, giving the vamps a nice option of veteran human troops as well, with the benefit that some vampires '''might''' exercise enough restraint to not turn the living troops into snacks or mindless undead. So, our conclusion is that Vampire Counts are fucking badass. According to an ongoing poll in /tg/ Warhammer Fantasy Generals, Vampire Counts come in as the #1 most played army. ====Vampire Coast==== [[File:Artwork_done_for_the_curse_of_the_vampire_coast_by_almeidahelder_dcv7abg-fullview.jpg|thumb|left|400px|All hail, the mighty! He's arising from the deep with tattered sails and incredible tales. We're caught in endless seas]] {{Main|Zombie Pirates of the Vampire Coast}} An offshoot from the Vampire Counts are the various factions of undead Vampire pirates brought to prominence through the short-lived board game [[Dreadfleet]] and [[Total War: Warhammer]] that raid the coasts of the Old World almost as much as the Dark Elves do. Think of them mainly as the answer to the question "What if the bad guys from Pirates of Caribbean had won?". Technically the faction based on the most recent historical figures, The Vampire Coast is an army founded by Blood Dragon [[Luthor Harkon|Jack Sparrow]] with Dissociative Identity Disorder, the army is known for being the only Vampire faction of the New World in the setting and having enough gunpowder to make the NRA blush. They had an article in White Dwarf and a few miniatures on tabletop, but given their increased popularity in recent years, it's likely they'll eventually make it to The Old World if the game is successful.
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