Kroq-Gar
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Kroq-Gar is a unique Lizardmen character in Warhammer Fantasy, know for being a RAGE-infused badass and generally awesome bastard. Seriously, this guy is one of the most badass in the roster, because what is cooler than an angry Aztec dinosaur riding an angrier dinosaur? NOTHING!
Background
Like the other Lizardmen, Kroq-Gar was born from the Lizardmen spawning-pool of Xhotl; however, when he and his brother climbed out of the pools, they were very clearly different to the other Saurus that had been spawned. They were brilliant army leaders, and were each capable of going toe to toe with the greatest warriors of the other races; they also possessed some sixth sense that allowed them to control and tame the creatures of Lustria. This coincided with the rearing of a Carnosaur brood, so clearly the first order of business for Kroq-Gar was to walk up to the biggest angriest dinosaur he could find and make it his War-Mount. After a few centuries of leading the armies of Xhotl, the Lizardmen and Lustria came under attack from the Daemonic invasion. Kroq-Gar and his spawn-brothers fought tooth and claw against the daemons invading Lustria, but eventually the Lizardmen forces were forced back to Xhotl's walls. The Daemons the infiltrated the city, and Kroq-Gar failed to get to the Slann in time before they were murdered by Daemons. Realizing the city was lost, he rallied the defenders and led a counterattack to fight their way out of Xhotl, thanks to the last blessing of their mage priests as well as their own sheer RAGE.
Kroq-Gar then lead a series of running battles against the Chaos Daemons that lasted for centuries, until the Elves finally created the Great Vortex and banished every Daemon from the world. However, when the Daemon spawn had gone Kroq-Gar and his Carnosaur Grymloq were the only ones left from the Xhotl, all of his brothers fallen in battle over the centuries of fighting, making Kroq-Gar the Last Defender of Xhotl. After the Great Catastrophe, Lord Mazdamundi summoned Kroq-Gar and gave him a super-cool prosthetic arm called the "Hand of God" that could blast magic missiles out of it, and told him to go get shit done in the name of the Old Ones. And so from that day on, Kroq-Gar and Grymloq began their epic crusade of going around the world and getting shit done, not unlike a reptilian Doomguy.
The End Times
Hell came to Lustria (again) and it small, fluffy and went squeak (also again).
Clan Pestilence led the Skaven invasion to Lustria and first on the front lines to counter the ratmen was Kroq-Gar leading from the front as usual, and due to his Tactical Genius and unstoppable fighting skills, he sent the skavens first attack running home like a cat with a scaled arse. During the Second attack Kroq-Gar faced off against Lord Skrolk, during the fight Skrolk hits Grymloq with his plague censor, instantly decaying and killing the Carnosaur (good night sweet king, and let winged Skinks sing thee to thy rest). Kroq-Gar, understandably slightly miffed that his life long best buddy had just died, engaged in what could have been a close duel but was honestly one sided RAPE as Kroq-Gar catches Skrolks plauge censor with the Hand of Gods and shatters it, before Impaling Skrolk with his Spear. He is then blind sided by a Vermin Lord as the Skaven never fight fair, and as the Vermin Lord retreats with Skrolks body, Krok-Gar calls for another Carnosaur and is ordered to evacuate on the Exodus Engines.
It is unknown if Kroq-Gar escaped on the Exodus Engines, and he has not been mentioned in Age Of Sigmar. This Leaves 2 outcomes. 1) Kroq-Gar was unable, or unwilling to escape during the Exodus and fights against Skavens monsters and Daemons until his last breath as Lustria is Destroyed, going out like the fucking hero of Lustria he was. Or 2) Kroq-Gar escaped the destruction of the Old World and is still serving the Lizardmen in AOS under command of Lord Kroak and is murdering anything he deems murder worthy in the Mortal Realms.
Tabletop
Oh boy, where to begin. Firstly his war gear, the Hand of Gods, fires Shems Burning Gaze, from the Lore of Light but it is bound to the item, and Revered Spear of Tlanxla causes 2 wounds and gives Kroq-Gar a +1 to his strength on a turn he charged, making it a very good character killer. He has a 4+ armour save, with a 5+ ward save which he gives to both himself and Grymloq. Speaking of the big bugger, Grymloq has a special rule, meaning if Kroq-Gar is ever slain he doesn't need to take a Monster reaction test and he instantly gains Frenzy. kroq-Gar is only WS 6 for some reason and he is very pricey at 520 points, but with his 5 attacks for him and Grymloq and his strength 5 attacks, he is so Awesome you will barely notice theses downsides when you take him.
Total War Warhammer 2
Kroq-Gar is one of the legendary lords available to play as in Total War Warhammer 2. He leads the faction Last Defenders on the eastern side of the Southlands (both in Vortex and Mortal Empires campaign) and can unlock his best bud and everybody's favourite man eating dinosaur Grymloq as a mount. He is also able to wield his Hand of Gods and his Revered Spear of Tlanxla, making him one of the biggest, strongest, bestest, and tankiest legendary lords available in the game.
To top it all of with awesomeness, he has a unique fighting animation against Queek Headtaker (pronounced "cunty mcdouche"). The oldest warrior of an immortal reptile race vs the best warrior of a short lived ratkin race.
Not enough for you? When upgraded with the Hand of the Gods and on Grymloq Kroq-Gar can kill Archaon on Dorghar with all his spells AND the Crown of Domination AND the Slayers of Kings, take note aside from the Vampire Counts (whose main tactic is to tarpit Edgy-on with zombies and spells) virtually no other legendary lord can take on him, dwarfs? Nope, Empire? Nay, Tomb Kings? Orcs, Elves? Other Chaos or Norsca? Nope, when you need to cancel the Endtimes accept no substitute but Kroq-Gar.
Why is he so awesome?
- What he did after the destruction of his home city, Xhotl. Pursued by numberless hordes of daemons, Kroq-Gar fled to the jungle with the remnants of the Xhotl army, and from then on he embarked on a desperate, unending Rambo-style guerilla war against the daemons. One by one his warriors were slain, until only he and Grymloq remained, but he kept fighting each and every day. How long did this situation last, you ask? Well... ONE FUCKING THOUSAND YEARS. Did he not get tired killing daemons each and every one of those days, you ask? Well, you don't get tired of eating every day, do you? Saurus are literally daemon killing biological machines. Of course Kroq-Gar never got tired of eviscerating daemons, because that's what he was created for. He's the epitome of the Saurus Warriors, a race that only exist to protect their Slann masters, fuck daemons, and be generally awesome. Essentially a ONE-SAURUS (and Carnosaur) ARMY.
- He's more than 8000 years old, but he still murders the enemies of the Old Ones like it's going out of style.
- He has a spear called the "Revered Spear of Tlanxla", which is probably one of the most deadly weapons in existence since it has the power to sap out its opponent's will to fight as well as shatter the magic binding of demons and undead. The spear itself was apparently wielded by said Old One Tlanxla, who is described as being a warlike entity that rides sky chariots to battle and has the power to fight even the Chaos Gods on equal ground. So yeah, its pretty awesome to be the owner of an Old One weapon.
- His "Hand of God" is a frigging megaman blaster. Seriously, it has the power to fire a small sun, similar to the one fired by Solar Engines, and dinosaurs with energy weapons are fucking awesome as fuck.
- While it's true that Saurus are immortal and they get stronger and tougher as they fight, Kroq-Gar is probably the oldest Saurus alive. Not only that, he is perhaps the oldest warrior (barring Kholek Suneater) in the warhammer world, meaning he has probably experienced all kinds of battle and fought all kinds of enemies, making him not only a great warrior, but also a great general.
- His Carnosaur Grymloq survived about as long as he has and is the best Carnosaur out of the bunch.
- He is on the top 5 list of the strongest warriors of Warhammer Fantasy, stronger than Abhorash himself.
- In Total War Warhammer 2, he has an awesome unique animation where he executes any unlucky SOB that tries to challenge him by grabbing their hand with his Hand of God and exploding them into bloody bits.
- Being a Lizardmen makes him automatically awesome. What is a frigging old as fuck super lizard wielding a spear that was held by a god who has fought directly against the chaos gods, with a prosthetic arm that can fire lasers, riding a carnivorous dinosaur while fighting and winning against other races on almost every continent? Awesome.
- When he rides Grymloq into battle, he literally becomes a big, angry lizard riding a bigger, angrier lizard.
- His skill tree in Warhammer Total War 2 gives you bonuses against every other race, making him a racist angry lizard.
Gallery
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His Glorious fucking model. Honestly one of the best of all of GW's models produced.
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How he appears in TWW2
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KROQ-GAR, YOU ARE THE GREAT PLAN!
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vortex campaign's ending in a nutshell
