Warhammer Age of Sigmar - Lore - The Story So Far - Beginners Guide To Lore
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I am just happy to know that slannesh is back
Hey can you do lore story in Warhammer fantasy of grand Cathay in the Far East??
Which legendaty lords survived the end times and were brought back in AoS? I would watch that video
I have to say AoS is looking good with 2nd edition. I think give about 3rd or 4th edition then AoS will be like a proper Warhammer tabletop 👍
@@Prophetofthe8thLegion ... which they didn't. They had their asses kicked so hard that (as far as I know) there flat out where no more major human-controlled countries until Sigmar catched all of Chaos off-guard with the Stormcasts and had the CoS hold and defend the Realm Gates.
I do love how all these figures from Warhammer Fantasy have returned changed and combined by the wild magics that broke reality. Then there is Lord Croak who once again just chose not to die or be changed and reality just agreed with him. And this just keeps happening, Nagash has to set up and enact an eon long plot involving massive black pyramids to reshape magic to his will just to come back from the dead but Croak just keeps casually deciding he's not dead yet and it just keeps working
Chad croak vs the vurgin nagash
2+ Tough: Finally, a worthy opponent, out battle will be legendary!
He's a great creator much better than me!
@@TheGreatBookofGrudges Ya’ll just have different niches.
haha! that's hilarious! XD thank you for the shoutout, and for @thegreatbookofgrudges being so modest. This is a great channel!
Could be the start of a fifth grand alliance 😁
@@TheGreatBookofGrudges you actually put effort into your videos.
Im finally getting into the AoS lore after being a huge 40k fanboy for almost 3 years, amazing video m8
Same, Seraphon are cool
@@vyst8132 Man, same. Looking up AOS lore because Aztec Lizardmen and Dinosaurs really spoke my name.
Also what do you guys think about me covering more AOS lore in the future? Detailed faction / character stuff? Let me know what you think and it could be possible :D
I'd appreciate it, completely new to AOS so a bit of lore wouldn't hurt!
@@TheGreatBookofGrudges Looking forward to it!
There may be people covering AOS but not really any I enjoy so I appreciate you covering it during the news downtime. I love the lore behind the games.
@@joshuasouthern5517 That could be super fun!
@@TheGreatBookofGrudges I honestly don't watch most of the videos. I listen to them like a podcast while I drive to and from work. I would love learning more about the factions, characters, specific battles, etc.
I love how mythical this is. You really get a sense of what is at stake: the very fate, not just of a world, but of the very _universe_ itself
Too epic 😮
Its actually kinda lame.
@@josephaulisio9281 can u pls join the other incels in the oldworld 😆
@@Rosarosa106 He can’t. We’re using it for ore in Azyr so we can better combat the forces of chaos, rather than letting the rot fester for centuries while petty emperors indulge their little vices.
#StormcastChad
@@josephaulisio9281 its lame, yet youre here commenting
It's ridiculously funny that no one explains how Archaon came to be, and he just joins a server mid-day while everyone is minding their own business.
Nah this was just the book I was supplied with :) covering more soon though!
I think it’s explained as the Gods of Chaos essentially brought him into the warp to be their Warmaster(IRONY)
Who wouldnt jump at the chance to be a 2 time universe destroyer.
@@TheCorrodedMan "We need someone more competent the Failbadon. Say how good are you with a Bolter?"
Recently got into warhammer and I think I’ve fallen in love with AoS
Warhammer > AOS
@@lucianaurelius2418 Warhammer = Age of Sigmar.
Did you mean Fantasy Battle > Age of Sigmar?
I kinda like it, but it´s still 'too nascent' it seems, a thing I liked in old warhammer fantasy was that, at the same time, there was a mistery to it, and a well designed world, in this, it seems to have a somewhat more 'ethereal' set of worlds to it, with several realms and so forth, but still, it is interesting.
It's really abstract. Like, I have a good handle on how someone in Reiksland lived. I'm not even sure if there are towns in AoS
YES! Im so stoked yall are doing AOS content
Glad to see you cover AoS lore, despite the rocky start, The Mortal Realms are a pretty cool setting, I just hate how we got it.
As a wargammer fantasy fan for years, the rocky start is what gave me some spite towards AOS. But i want to give it a fair chance
If the End Times didn't end the way it did people would have been more open to AoS. But, AoS will always have that shadow following it around and some people will always hate it because of it. Stormcast Eternals got some real nice models though, their Prosecutors are peak fantasy aesthetic.
@Robert Steiner Yeah, without that shadow it would prolly be way more popular. GW really shot it in the foot unnecessarily.
Can you elaborate on the rocky start please? I don't have enough context unfortunately
@@saibgassanov3378 rule was a literal single page sheet, lot of old armies got silly rules, like "If you have a beard you win" lore was very handwavey and not well explained and the maps we were given were an eyesore. Thankfully by second edition, they finally got their act together and made ben improvingly steadily and slowly.
I personally don't like Age of Sigmar but I'll enjoy hearing you talk about the lore (some of the lore is pretty good) . The only faction I like are the Steampunk air dwarves so it would be great to hear lore about them.
@@TheGreatBookofGrudges Some of the art is really amazing so I can appreciate things like that within something I'm not really fond of.
The Kharadron Overlords are awesome. Their way of fighting, their society, their history are all fascinating to read about. Their lore is also some of the most dynamic, since their society is constantly forced to adapt to the radical shifts of power in the AoS storylines.
I agree to not likeing AOS. In stead of working on WFB and making it work they canned the lot. No one really wanted AOS.
On the models being kick ass in some cases i 100% agree. Deep kin. I mean elves on flying sharks. Would only be cooler with fricken lazers on their heads
I can only imagine Sigmar be like "oh shite....here we go again" when chaos entered this new universe too
Thanks Nathen.
I have been searching for this kind of video for a few years now.
👍
Really happy to see you covering AoS. It's evolved a lot in the last 6 years and is so much better than when it first started. I only wish more people could see that.
Well hopefully this new series can do just that :D
The Thunderstrike is far from primaries marines. If followed the lore instead of just glancing at it and passing around the same joke, you'd know that it's just newer and stronger armor designed to break through a new type of threat to them. I don't want to spoil anything beyond that so read Broken Realms Bel'akor. The marines wearing thunderstrike armor are very much a minority among stormcasf @@Azoth86730
How is it better? Everything I have heard in this video is just as bad as it was at the start. Like do we have in any way a finite world with people and cultures behind the factions who actually do things and believe in things? Everything I am seeing here just feels like more of the shallow, childish and uninspired drivel that tries to substitute grand scale and "epicness" for any real substance. Both 40k and AoS do this which is why I like neither property. A problem WFB did not have.
@@sassyviking6003 In parts i agree with you, though i think that AoS do the 40K formula 10 times better than 40K while having great looking miniatures! Though i'm more of a fantasy fan all and all.
I think after 3rd or 4th edition then Age of Sigmar will be popular alongside the Old War and 40k. 👍
Love to see more AOS stuff, it is not the same game that launched. Thanks for this! You narrated it really well too. Thanks for effort involved and try to not go insane while isolating!
Edited for grammar and forgot to add like half the paragraph.
Awesome, watching this after getting the AoS Warrior Starter Set.
Love aos slowly painting an army so I’m all for it!
This will be great to see more of. My friends and I are getting more into Warhammer mainly games, but for minis our first will be most likely AoS, so other channels I like getting more into it means even more content. Also @4:50 anyone know who did that art and where I can find it?
Those kind of videos Nathan are so great. I'm eager to see more of them in the future.
I love the aesthetics of AOS. Love the content.
Thank you for the video, I've been itching to get lore'd up on Age of Sigmar and the latest developments of the setting! :D
Thanks for the vid! Been considering to get seraphon and to fight for the great plan and greater good!
someone on Forbes described AoS as "HOPEPUNK"
Congrats Dude. Hope this means more AOS lore to come. Really wanted to know about all factions.
So basically this is a primer episode for AOS...
I like it
Great video dude, :)
just what i was looking for, thanks!
This epic I would love to see more videos in the future on AoS
AoS is great in my opinion. It is an young setting, where still plentiful amount of new lore can be forged and new characters and factions established.
Yea, I don't want to be one of those guys, but I am. For real, hearing this just makes me feel more and more justified in my hate of AoS. It sounds like it was written by a 12 year old.
@@sassyviking6003 Is still better than 40K though.
@@1YCARADOFACAO ya that isn’t hard though
@@1YCARADOFACAO Yes.
@@sassyviking6003 And 40k doesn’t?
getting into warhammer lore after falling in love with total war WH2 and my brain is exploding tryin to catch up on 30 years of fantasy lore and now AOS wow just wow...
Keep in mind tho total war warhammer is old world fantasy which entirely different from warhammer age of sigmar. Me personally I'm a warhammer 40k fanboy but recently getting curious about age of sigmar since, old world warhammer is discontinued, only total war warhammer 3 is sorta "keeping it alive" but eventually it's gonna end there and age of sigmar is gonna be a the new series.
Thank you for this video. I'm playing AOS since v3 but I didn't know enough about the lore.
I prefer 40k's lore still but know it's a bit more immersive
I really like AoS myself. The subfactions are super interesting. Like the Death's Ossiarch Bonereapers or Destruction's Boneslitterz.
its weird hybrid of 40k and fantasy. Chaos warriors were coolest model in any warhammer game and now there is wannabe space marines everywhere.
I've needed this lol.
AoS Heresy ? You going the Book for sure. Kiddin aside I like most Lore books and AoS Lore has improved with Broken Realms
Thanks for doing this video I hope it will get some more people into AoS.
Do you think depending on how they implement the realms of chaos in game 3, do you think after lets say 5-7 years of updates/dlc to game 3 we will see total war Age of Sigmar? And since we dont know how we will get there will the north of the map curve to make us go to one big portal that leads to the chaos realms or will there be multiple so all the races dont have to fight over one choke point. There is also how ill it look for chaos in there realm will it be in the center of the realm with the 4 chaos gods on every side of it or will there be portals spread around? Im very interested and depending on how they do the portal system, since if we get Total war Age of Sigmar im curious how they will do it will we get maps of each realm over 3ish games? im very c curious and would love a speculation video on you and other youtuber opinions. I dont know a lot of AoS lore so I would love more videos from that in content droughts of warhammer news and since august we wont have any news that and mod spotlights would be great!
I don't think there will be a Total War AoS. I think this type of world would work better in a Dawn of War style game
@@HeleentheArcane That has to be the most tired and cliché talking point people say about AoS. In truth it would work great in a TW game.
If you want a dream team to fight chaos you gotta get Gorkamorka on the team
That was much needed! :) cannot be ignorant about AOS.. It's still our lovely warhammer after all.
I am surprised about not much talk about archeon there tho, would love to hear more about that:)
I went by the book the AOS team sent me there will be more videos to come :)
Great to hear that!
I know this comment is old but here's some fun trivia:
Before Chaos had invaded the Mortal Realms Archaon actually was the Vanguard for Chaos invading many planets similar to the world that was before finding the realms. After claiming The All Points (a sort of gateway between all realms with huge gateways that can move entire armies through) he literally set up a trophy collection of the planets he's destroyed just hanging in orbit of the now called Eight Points for all to be reminded who the Harbinger of the apocalypse really is. Like some of the most cartoonishly metal stuff and I absolutely love it.
@@joemamajoastar8708
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nice vid browski
AOS may be more incredible than I initially thought….
It's like final fantasy 14 with the addition of the chaos factions from 40K
Thank you for being brave enough to dip your toes into AoS. I know you're going to get a lot of hate for acknowledging that things have moved on but hopefully, as a respected member of the whfb community, you can help people get past the knee jerk "new = bad" reaction to it.
Aos is old .. the old world is the new lore...
Get past your knee jerk reaction to it
I litterly joined Warhammer during aos and I gotta say some of this stuff is just bad plus it's niegh impossible to get lore on alot of characters unlike 40k & fantasy where it was easy to look up and find
This is a well done video! Was very engaging to watch! Keen to see more ☺️
Epic
Malus is not the name of the World-that-was, but the name of its remaining core ;)
The lore for this game rocks. Talk about a glow up from its shaky early days.
im suprised that there was peace in the start
MORE AOS LORE
Damn summing up all of AOS in 30 minutes really doesn't do the game its credit, but still, this was impressive! I'd love to see you deep dive and give some of these stories, factions and whatnot the time and breathing room they deserve.
Still think AoS is just 40k lite. I liked the lore or WHFB better.
Where are the animations from? The video was cool to listen to but those animations looked like they'd be cool to watch as well
"Chaotic Taint"
Any human or elf faction that has units on the tabletop that are primarily firearm wielding infantry. I've seen in some Warhammer total war videos that some exist in that game. I have nothing against a fantasy setting but I do like guns lol. I'm talking about basic infantry or elite infantry units whose primary weapons are like rifles or muskets or something like that. Anything?
I am here to preach the word of snek even in AoS!
Then you’ll probably like the Daughters of Khaine, Medusa and Lamias for days.
@@InquisitorThomas I only intend to preach for the proper snek, not those half snek hybrids
@@middykins7963 Seraphon then? Unless you want a new Snakemen of Kuresh faction, which is... not very likely.
Sounds like nagash is serving as the tyranids of aos
Bring back the Old World!!
The old world is dead and gone. It was called the END TIMES for a reason. Move on
@@Alleskeins Move on...to this shit? No thanks.
I've noticed they changed the aesthetic of the greenskins severely. They look almost LOTR-ish now.
Funny enough not really! So the Orcs actually follow the look of some old Orcs from like the 90s!
So what we have now is an old subculture brought back :)
That's only a specific breed of Orruk that mainly gather within the Kruleboyz Warclans, also known as Morruks since majority of them idolize Mork and are more devious almost grot like but with a brawny temper, while their brawny counterparts that look more warhammer traditional and are goofy as hell, they have metal eating war Boars that shit out somewhat soft metal that the Ironjawz literally punch into vaguely armour shaped pieces before it goes hard just to show just how 'ard they are. These Orruks worship Gork.
And Bonesplitterz idolize Gorkamorka in his entirety.
Thanks for the video, I'm new to AOS and have recently gotten into it through soulbound RPG, after playing WFRP for years and I have a question about physicality of people and other races living in particular realms.
in wfrp being exposed to winds of magic for a lot of time brought traits kinda similar to mutations, e.g. druids could grow leaves from hair and wood elves sometimes were depicted with horns. is it the dame in AOS? do people from ghyran grow leaves or have a bit greenish tint to their skin? Could duardin living in ghur grow tusks?
I'd appreciate an answer from someone who understands AOS better a lot, thanks in advance
Significantly delayed response but here it goes: Yesn't. The Realms influence the people born in them by the aspects of the dominant Wind of Magic present there. Such as in Aqshy (Fire), people are more aggressive, short-tempered, industrious and passionate. However, usually beyond these traits, which manifest on a spectrum of intensity, it doesn't go much further. Human Wizards however, since they're directly channeling the Winds of the Realms still, do suffer the same "mutations" you mentioned before, arguably MORE SO now as there's a lot more ambient Magic available than was in the Old World.
At the "Realm's Edge", where the Winds grow intense to the point that they're all-encompassing of reality, however, even normal Humans, Elves, Dwarfs and even Gods start suffering effects from that given Wind, unless they're already associated with it, like Alarielle to Ghyran (Life).
Floating black pyramid? I call it a Blackstone
Great!
So are you doing aos now
watching this to get a basis for realms of ruin!
I like to link the two Lores, that Sigmar, is also emperor Karl Franz, then transcended into the Emperor of Man in 40k. Why not?! lol
How much tech do the skaven have in the lore currently? It can't be too much right?
Right now the majority of their tech is on the same level as it was in the Old World, however they have been known to reverse engineer technology that they come across and there's even a story where they repurprose and refit an entire Kharadron Overlord Fleet
Other than the fliyng ships they also have submarines and ,even thought i don't know if is considered technology, they can build cities between the planes of existance
Laymen here. Is there a link between Sigma & 40K ? Did some writers try to connect these two universes , be it in a book or table top game ?
Meanwhile the Lizar- I mean Seraphon have only gotten 1 new model since AoS started with the core units (Saurus, Skinks, Kroxigors) being the same models since 2003 (the very first time I saw them back in 6th edition.
I'm also not a fan of all the named Characters for them being only Slann, especially with GW continuing to sell their models as generic: "Oldblood on Carnosaur, Sunblood, Starseer". If you're going to use their models, at least give them their names GW.
Orks are just vibing. Therefore they are the only good faction
I understand that they needed to update the rules, but I hate that they killed the Old World.
could you put a little bit of music in
it.?
If 40k Total war is impossible, how about an Age of Sigmar total war? Before anyone blasts me, hear me out. Unlike the writers at GW, we have AOS:TW with BETTER narrative and great storylines for the factions that GW isn't doing a goodjob with. And since ALOT of fans want to see End Times content in TW:W, (Stormfiends are HEAVILY requested to be in the game) I see nothing wrong with a game revolving around AOS. Plus, AOS is can still use the close-quarters medieval-styled strategy seeing that it is a sequel (Reboot) to WFB. Plus it will give more time and content for GW's upcoming Old World when it does releases. AOS can be focused, giving more time for GW to work on Old World. Thoughts on this?
fuck the wh total war, the rts aspect of the game is so bad
I personally really want a Shadow of Mordor style Aos game with more role playing elements
They should have just used the opportunity to combine AoS and WH40k together and have sigmar be the emperor
I'm new here and a bit intimidated to invest in AoS. All efforts went to 40k since the release of the original DoW, but something pulls me here a bit. Is AoS lore as Grimdark as 40k? are the stories and characters ridiculously and stupidly fun like 40k or is it serious? Had to comment first before watching, So I get an opinion from commenters.
I got into fantasy thanks to total war warhammer, and all I can say is, wtf, age of sigmar sounds so fucking stupid.
As warhammer 40k fan, i personally wasn't pay attention about the "fantasy" version and from my understanding when age of sigmar first became a thing its essentially a "Reboot and rework" of warhammer fantasy. I recently got into warhammer fantasy and, of course, "age of sigmar" just outta curiosity but for reason i kinda prefer warhammer old world 🌎 more cause it felt more grounded 😅 than the current "age of sigmar" version and from my understanding "age of sigmar" is essentially a HIGH FANTASY setting while warhammer fantasy old world 🌎 setting was a low fantasy setting.
I think "age of sigmar" would be popular if they focus on the world 🌎 building more and give more details how the world is and how each faction homeland looks like. That way the fans get to have a better understanding. Old world fantasy setting is literally based on our world 🌎 landscape with Atlantis being the real thing which elves occupied it.
Love the video, but uh, why is Slaneshh standing in a picture where there should be a horned rat?
Last he checked he yoinked her chair.
good video, but AoS is truely a step down from the old warhammer fantasy lore. it sounds more like a mythical age what should be refered back to
Will total war make age of sigmas games? 🤔
So is this what happened after warhammer fantasy or it's a different story like 40k?
After Fantasy pretty much which lead to it's own thing
It just feels, insincere. Purely functional.
Of course you like sneaky, you old Skaven lover.
Trinston was here. .
what year is this set in
so its outside of the realm of time
this is really confusing to me but im also varry new to war hammer just bought my first book
The comments"waaaa waaaaa I never touched the tabletop of wf but it was still better waaa"
Wait, I thought Sigmar just wandered off when he was around really old.
Where was Sigmar during the time of the Old World? Was he just wandering around when the Old World until it got destroyed? Was he cast into the void after that? I'm missing something here.
No, just the writing was/ is really poor for AOS most of the time...
So this Sigmar is the same one from the fantasy battle world that was destroyed? I'm rather new to warhammer. Just trying to make sure I get it right.
So does this take place after the end times? Or is this it’s own thing like 40k?
Takes place after the end times.
@@romanvexillum1991honestly I think it would be better off as it’s own thing or for GW to retcon things to where the end times caused two parallel worlds. One where chaos won that resulted in AoS and the otheb where chaos got it’s ass through kicked
It's definitely a either you love it or you hate it setting.
For me it's personally too much in every way
I hope they make an AOS total war game. What's Archaon up to? Is he just chilling in his tower?
Last time we saw him he was trying to free Slaanesh, but he had to come back to his tower when it came under attack by Katakros, the leader of the Ossiarch Bonereapers. Although he managed to push back the undeads, Katakros managed to not only retake the realm gate connecting the Varanspire and Shyish but he also built a great forteress there, a feat no other faction had achieved so far.
Y’all are misinformed if you think AOS is any less of a setting than WHFB and 40k. The literal same writers you know and love have been putting out amazing novels on the setting.
The setting itself is very epic and deep, broken realms is a masterpiece of storytelling.
Also the Soulbound RPG has expanded greatly on Age of Sigmar.
I have read many 40k, HH and WHFB novels. I can honestly tell you that AOS is just as good if not more grand and awe inspiring
Gotrek can just win for the forces of order
I like Aos lore.
Technically a great video. It really started of great but then the orcs were the topic and bro.... Waaaay to detailed in comparison to all the other factions. It felt like an introduction to the cruel boys.
Well the book that GW supplied me with was literally the intro to the Kruleboyz my dude I went off the lore they supplied me with as per the contract lol
The lore in this setting just doesn't do it for me at all... I really wish I could enjoy this - WHFB has been a part of my life for ages and to see it abandoned for the sake of supporting this instead felt insulting as hell. Also, End Times... Ugh.
As a consequence, I don't think I ever really gave AoS a real chance, but even now that the game itself has reached a state where it's actually enjoyable rather than gimmicky and oversimplified (seriously, that launch was a disaster), I still can't seem to get into it.
Hopefully one day they'll find an angle for the setting that clicks with me...
I really enjoy Age of Sigmar!
That's some sigmar male grindset
I knew AoS came to be, because 40k outsold Warhammer Fantasy by massive amounts and that Stormcast Eternals are basically Space Marines. But Man, GW basically took 40K and only changed some details for the general lore.
Does Sigmar come after the shaven blow up the old world?
He just come back somehow....
Is Sigmar the Emperor?
It’s so hard to visualize the AOS setting compared to Fantasy
What do you have a hard time visualizing?