Editing Lahmian (section)

==Relations==

* Chaos
** [[Beastmen]]
*** In the novel "Neferata" there is an encounter between Beastmen and Lahmians. The Beastmen hunt the vampires before they turn the tables and kill the Beastmen. One says their blood tastes like goat's blood and they briefly consider whether it carries the taint of Chaos. Generally speaking, the Beastmen are enemies of anything that isn't Chaos and is organized and in particular hate humans, making Lahmians likely the Vampires they are most opposed to.
** [[Chaos Dwarfs]]
*** Chaos Dwarfs have no concern or interest in the Lahmians and vice versa. Which is a bit odd considering that the Silver Pinnacle is really close to the Dark Lands.
** [[Daemons]]
*** Daemons have virtually nothing to do with the Lahmians as Vampires are outside of the cycle of life and death, their souls never returning to the Warp. One of the only rules implied among the Lahmians is that they never consort with the followers of Chaos.
** [[Warriors Of Chaos]]
*** The WoC have no concern or interest in the Lahmians prior to End Times, when they were enemies. Individual Lahmians, sometimes agents and sometimes those independant but descended from the Bloodline, have sought to undermine and prevent Chaos invasions of human cities they live in.
* [[Dwarfs (Warhammer Fantasy)|Dwarfs]]
** Von Carsteins antagonize the Dwarfs a great deal, and the Dwarfs aid the Empire whenever they can while generally believe via willful ignorance that the actions of every member of a race reflects all members. As a result the resting state for all Vampires is abysmal, even not counting their history. The interaction between the two factions began when Neferata invaded a Dwarven fortress called the Silver Pinnacle which led to the Dwarves to record the first Grudge against Vampires (as well as all other undead, due to Dwarf logic). Ironically most Vampires consider Dwarf blood to taste somewhat unpleasant. Depending on the source the Silver Pinnacle was either depleted of all its actual silver and most of its gems, or still remains a functional mine, but either way the Grudge earned is enough of a reason for a steady stream of [[Slayers]] to come; Neferata had initially befriended them by rescuing Razek - the Prince of the Hold - from Beastmen although W'soran had Razek killed without Neferata's knowledge due to his spying. After laying siege to the Hold she offered mercy for the civilians if the warriors surrendured which she intended to grant, but traitors within her ranks butchered them instead, causing the remaining warriors to take the Slayer oath and attempt (unsuccessfully) to kamikaze Neferata's forces. Dwarfs today don't know the full story, only that there were no survivors and based on how the information has not been spread to humans it may not even be common knowledge that it was Vampires that attacked but rather any of the many depredations the Dwarfs suffered after the War of Vengeance and the Slann playing continental jenga. Neferata probably went "Oh, I get to purge traitors who revealed themselves idiotically and an entire Dwarf Hold of undead blacksmiths and warriors. Sold!".
* Elves
** [[High Elves (Warhammer Fantasy)|High Elves]]
*** The Lahmians were not a concern of the Asur. It is implied that there are Lahmians among the High Elves or spying on them, as Neferata knew of Aliathra's true parentage even though Mannfred and Arkhan didn't and very few High Elves (Finubar, Alarielle, Tyrion, Teclis, Eltharion, Eldyra and Aliathra herself) are stated to know.
** [[Dark Elves (Warhammer Fantasy)|Dark Elves]]
*** Dark Elves have no concern or interest in the Lahmians, though there was an alliance in the past. Neferata's ship was attacked by Dark Elf Corsairs and she and her handmaidens fought them off. It's also revealed that Elf blood is intoxicating to vampires like a tasty but potent wine, making a vampire's body and mind sluggish. However, the poison and drugs Witch Elves take before battle can knock out a vampire who drinks the drug-laced blood, as one Lahmian discovered to her cost.
** [[Wood Elves (Warhammer Fantasy)|Wood Elves]]
*** Wood Elves have no concern or interest in the Lahmians and vice versa. Presumably the unnatural nature of Vampires would be offensive to them, but their resistance to Chaos (the main enemy of the Wood Elves) may put them closer to neutral than it would otherwise be.
* Humans
** [[Bretonnia]]
*** The Lahmians are spread among the nobility of Bretonnians. They often disguise themselves as wives, or take advantage of the Bretonnian knights code to play damsel in distress and use the nobleman's wife excuse to avoid associating with peasants. Neferata herself likes the Bretonnians because they're so easy for her to exploit. Foolish knights come to the Silver Pinnacle on ocassion, though no known army has.
** The Empire
*** The favorite pawns because of their influence around the world. The Church of Sigmar stands between them and their goals and they have a mutual hatred of each other, due to the Sigmarite faith opposing their unholy nature and immorality.
* [[Lizardmen]]
** Lizardmen have no concern or interest in the Lahmians, but their encounter will still be a violent one since Vampires are not part of the great plan like the [[Skaven]] and [[Dark Elves]]. For their part the Lahmians are not known to have any interactions with the Lizardmen, but might be found within Empire colonies or expeditions to Lustria.
* [[Ogre Kingdoms]]
** Ogre mercenaries in the Empire, as well as the population living in Ostland, would be concerned about the Vampire Counts but the Kingdoms themselves are likely to work alongside agents of the Lahmians as they are to be against them. Few if any Lahmians would consider dealing with the Ogres directly, and the Lahmians generally find the Ogres beneath them.
* [[Orcs & Goblins]]
** While they did manipulate them to act as enemies against Ushoran, otherwise Lahmians have no regard for Orcs. They think Orc blood tastes too plant-like for their liking.
* [[Skaven]]
** Lahmians have never worked directly with Skaven, and both sides see each other as enemies. Skaven involvement in the fall of Nagash is a mixed bag, since it liberated the power-hungry Lahmians as much as it did cause their original fall from grace.
* [[Tomb Kings]]
** One of the Lahmians most hated enemies and this goes both ways. From the vampires role as Nagash's work and servants which resulted in the current state of misery of the Tomb Kings, to the vendetta between Nefarata and her (highly respected and powerful within TK society) cousin Queen Khalida there are many reasons to hate. There's also several youngest Tomb Kings back in the days when they were living humans who lost their sisters, wives (in true ancient Egypt fashion, the first two sometimes overlap), fiancees or daughters to Neferata's Vampirism. Prior to the End Times the Lahmians and the Tomb Kings never worked together; the former want to subjugate or exterminate the latter while the latter want to wipe out the former. Neferata's primary goal, or at least her most direct one, is to gather an army powerful enough to retake her former capital city and home of Lahmia and hold it against the united race of Tomb Kings, although her priorities on the subjugating rest of Nehekhara compared to the overall goal of controlling the rest of the world is unknown.
* Vampire Counts
** [[Strigoi]]
*** A hated enemy of the Lahmians and the feeling is mutual due to Neferata undermining Ushoran then ruining Mourikhan. Wandering Strigoi find themselves driven out or eliminated to prevent them from bringing unwanted attention from the Empire to the region, a treatment that extends to the Strigany people. Or simply because the Strigoi doesn't know when to stop regarding feeding on the peasants, possibly getting a delicious maiden or elderly warrior that someone who could ''appreciate'' the meal could have had. Strigoi in return hate them for causing their fall from grace and how they get to live in luxury supping off kings and nobles while the Strigoi shiver in caves and feed on peasants or corpses. While the most direct persecution comes from the Von Carsteins, any Strigoi who knows their own history knows Lahmians are their true enemy.
** [[Von Carstein]]s
*** Another hated enemy of the Lahmians. The Lahimans see the Von Carsteins as second-rate upstarts and charlatans. The two are direct rivals for power, the Von Carsteins pretending to be Vampire overlords in crumbling castles surrounded by disgusting rotten corpses (both animated and not) while Lahmians pretend to be human overlords in well-furnished and modern decorated castles or delightful palaces straight from antiquity. Much of the intrigue not related to ruling the world of both Bloodlines is against each other, with a small amount left for kicking Strigoi in the teeth for lulz. The fact that later canon made the Von Carstein patriarch be Neferata's amnesiac ex-husband further emphasizes the animosity.
** [[Blood Dragon]]
*** The Blood Dragons have limited connections to the Lahmians. There is animosity as Neferata tricked Abhorash into becoming a vampire and he hates her for it, but his honor prevents him from killing her over it and he has nothing to do with the actual ruling of his Bloodline anyway. Younger ones who know their history would possibly see it as a positive, but the rigid "honorable" code of the BDs would see them sneer at the subtle and diplomatic approach of the Lahmians.
** [[Necrarch]]
*** Necrarchs have the same relationship with the Lahmians that they do the other Bloodlines (Strigoi excluded). Necrarchs build monsters or discover new spells, they sell them to the Lahmians for gold or supplies while competing for magical McGuffins. However, this is rare as the Lahmians tend to either do magic experiments themselves or spy on mortal practitioners of magic and steal their work. The biggest point of disagreement would come from most Necrarchs either having a great amount of respect or outright worship of Nagash while Lahmians seek to ascend in their own society with only Neferata at the top.