I find it so incredibly charming that Arch's fluffy avatar is disputing the claims of Skaven and putting down Skavenslayer's deeds and death as myth and drug abuse. I can almost envision his character in actual cannon doing so, being a well accepted scholar who doesn't appear in public and helps hide the deeds of Skaven within the empire.
It's what I like about Arch's lore vids. He's not just some dude reading the wikipedia page; he's a character that adds his own flavor to the things he says.
Who's got a beard long enough to remember when we didn't call wh background materials 'lore'? Suspicious, now through this lens, to recall that it was always referred to as 'fluff.'
Longbeards' reaction to Alaric delivering the runefangs: "those manlings couldn't even stay alive and wait a century or two to get their toothpicks! Such lack of manners. Back in my days manlings lived longer and were better behaved..."
@@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723 "yes indeed, friend! They even had the good sense of being great builders, and I have on good authority that one of their so called kings, Settra something had a dashing beard ornament. But those new ones... such a waste."
Not to mention they would have the common decency to visit the court of the High King to recieve their runic weapon handouts, they would walk, in the snow, uphill, both ways.
@@Self-replicating_whatnot Three times uphill both ways friend! They would have also visited every Dwarf King along the way to pay their respects to them as well! Ah, what Manlings used to be...
No offence, but you know Arch gets this info off the Web yeah? By the time Arch releases a video you could of read through most if not all of Fantasy lore. I certainly don't learn anything new from these.
@@knarftahw i preffer reading about real things, i listen to this in the car to kill time in traffic cos radio is kind of boring, but congratulations if you are a master in a fake universe, try to apply for a job at GW , cos they certanly dont know any of that😂👍
@@lordmaur180 I'm a master of history more then fiction, in fact I haven't ready Fantasy lore in years, Arch just takes ages to make meaningful content. By the time I found this channel I was already well versed in 40k and fantasy lore. It's nice to have someone re-enforce that you're correct though. Man GW couldn't pay me enough money, they'd have to pay a couple grand extra just for me not to point out the companies flaws.
Oh no, it’s actually quite the opposite. To forge even just one runic weapon, let alone several takes months at the least, and centuries at the most. And with the Runefangs being made from Gromrill, a metal only found in one spot in the entire world, it wasn’t exactly easy to get all of the materials at once, just melting the stuff takes forever and with special runic forges to build enough heat.
@@leonardomarquesbellini Yeah, but do you want some lousy commoner to scuff up your nice armor? No! Of course you'd beat him if he did, but that doesn't change that he'd end up doing it.
This animation always makes me think about the first Warhammer video game I ever owned "Warhammer, in the shadow of the horned rat" on the ps1. It was pretty awesome for the time period and this reminds me of the caravan paymaster animation.
I imagine the dwarves are shaking their head and regretting their decision about handing over the swords. I imagine that they will regret it when the swords eventual usage against them by these incompetent emperors.
I had to look up about this Alaric fellow, I had completely forgotten about the Nemesis Crown campaign. Now I was a straight 49K player so I remember that was after the Eye of Terror campaign, but I can't remember if that was before or after the Storm of Chaos fuster cluck. All I remember was my friends who did play Fantasy complaining that magic was made ungodly powerful around then.
The only question, except why did Arch cut his outro before it endened is: Did karsniket, Ratatata, Gnarl and Skraze stole Beastslayer or or grudgesetler?
I wonder what the high elves think of the runefangs, though they may not be of elven design and forge, they are undoubtely weapons of incredble powerful arcane artifice.
I imagine something similar to monkeys with lightsabers: Undeniably brilliant pieces of craft, wasted on clumsy creatures who can't do much more than either flail it around or fall and die on it by accident. Or simply a tragic waste of resources that had to be expended in order to make something so insipidly mundane as mere human-usable longswords, forced to be balanced in a way that accounts for humanity's revolting lack of dexterity and poor hand-eye coordination.
"There's no such thing as Chaos", says the cultist with the chain axe and ritual scars while he beheads a planetary governor. "Golden Throne, Skull Throne, what's the difference?"
Arch, you've been my favorite you tuber for a long time. Whatever happens, if we're nearing the end because GW has lost their minds, I mean.... More so than usual. It's been a great run, and an honor sir! Thank you very much.
Dear arch, you are the sole reason I spend hours of my day listening to things I aren't slightly interested in, the way you deliver your lore videos you could be telling me the nutritional value of grass and Id listen to it because you make everything sound interesting. Godda say your an absolute legend
@@Muck006 SHHHHH! Don't tell them that! Skaven Society must remain secret-safe while the man things destroy each other under the power-control of the Chaos God of Wokeness! All who survive-endure will be accepted as actual Skaven, yes yes!
“Don’t look behind you, but I think that man behind you has whiskers and a tail” whispers Greg the bar man, slouched over his beer the captain of the Rikelander guard shifted his body as the barman carried on hurriedly filling jugs of ale
The Editing in this piece is exquisite. Cutting off yourself at the end and repeating a line 3 times to get it right. But yes, large furry rats that walk on two legs is a myth and a fantasy. They do not exist and cannot hurt you.
@@feetoorourke I mean, I don't usually watch warhammer fantasy lore videos but his 40k videos contain relatively few mistakes. Yes, you can find some when binge watching/listening but it's not like there's a mistake every 3 sentences.
Hey to the lore experts of WF (40k shitter here). I got a question. I still remember playing Mark of chaos. Great game. But as empire ya played as Ostermark if i remember correctly. And they had a nice collie palet of purple and yellow. So here's me question. Why in TWW Ostermark has a completely different color palet???
@@georgethompson1460 I ripped a lot from Warhammer Fantasy lol The main empire is the Russo-Burgen Empire, sort of like of Kislev and The Empire were one state. The Russian themed Rusviets live in the north and the German themed Burgen live in the south, the central counties are a mix of the two.
The idea of an entire empire of Ratmen, where they breed and crawl in networks of tunnels that span underneath the old world, like rust on a classic car hidden underneath a thin layer of tectyl and paint, is frankly ridiculous!
Nice to have some fantasy once in a while :) such a nice step back from the massive clusterfuck witch is 40k. in comparison, this feels light as a breeze
I love to think that his oc is literally teaching classes at the college's of magic and no one there even questions it at all its just there professor Arch who had a bad accident
I always did wonder where the Sollander Runefang went to. I mean, there's a battle of Solland's Crown that I know of but I didn't find any mention of where Grudge-Settler went. Now I know, and feel embarrassed that I missed the obvious.
*Watches Arch's Skaven open his book and camera pans back* Wait... 5th Quadrant... Top Center... ENHANCE! *Holds CTRL + + + + + + * That head mounted on the wall.. has that always been there? RIP Arith! 🤣👌
Ahh, more info about those sword of whitch one has been stolen by, mysterious assailants. Also I want ro say the sword depicted looks really good, such a simple and still beutifull design.
So, Emperor Karl Franz's wargear so far includes: - The fullplate of nope. - The amulet of b*tch please. - The sword of f*ck your armor. - The warhammer of ahaha greenskin go splat.
Have you seen the new Ogre Kingdoms announcement for TW Warhammer 3? I know you're not covering it as much, but some reliable ogre lore would be great.
@@wintersking4290 your assuming that there has been significant interesting new additions to ogre fantasy lore that would give him enough material to make a video
@@jamesfreeman3617 no I'm assuming he can explain more about the random things that weren't covered before as much like the Beasts that the ogres use or what the heck a gorger is.
With your newly announced branching out from Warhammer, would a video about the Yusong Vong in star wars be something you would do?? Always love the content!
How I missed fantasy vids! Hopefully one day you could help explain how eleven way stones work as in games they can teleport you! Do they do that in the lore?
Ya know......i suppose a "Skaven" could always pass themselves off as man who had a tragic accident involving a polymorph spell/potion of some kind, provided of course they know how to "act" Human of course. No those are not "Rat man" they are just the local Thieves Guild.
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Damn! I already got NordVPN from a sponsor. This is a better deal than I got 😔
Nice, my current plan runs out in December.
Skaven don't exist because they have become friends with malice (malal) and as such they don't longer exist
I was hoping for the Crown of Damnation.
Please tell me youve seen Greasus Goldtooth’s mobility scooter. I need your thoughts on this urgently
I find it so incredibly charming that Arch's fluffy avatar is disputing the claims of Skaven and putting down Skavenslayer's deeds and death as myth and drug abuse. I can almost envision his character in actual cannon doing so, being a well accepted scholar who doesn't appear in public and helps hide the deeds of Skaven within the empire.
There are no skaven, thats HERESY BLAM !
Man, with such a straight face, he should run for Prime Minister.
It's what I like about Arch's lore vids. He's not just some dude reading the wikipedia page; he's a character that adds his own flavor to the things he says.
"Silly man-things, there are no "skavenses.""
Who's got a beard long enough to remember when we didn't call wh background materials 'lore'? Suspicious, now through this lens, to recall that it was always referred to as 'fluff.'
Longbeards' reaction to Alaric delivering the runefangs: "those manlings couldn't even stay alive and wait a century or two to get their toothpicks! Such lack of manners. Back in my days manlings lived longer and were better behaved..."
And had proper beards,
@@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723 "yes indeed, friend! They even had the good sense of being great builders, and I have on good authority that one of their so called kings, Settra something had a dashing beard ornament. But those new ones... such a waste."
Not to mention they would have the common decency to visit the court of the High King to recieve their runic weapon handouts, they would walk, in the snow, uphill, both ways.
@@Self-replicating_whatnot Three times uphill both ways friend! They would have also visited every Dwarf King along the way to pay their respects to them as well! Ah, what Manlings used to be...
The Runesmiths guild:Calling Alaric's work toothpicks?! By Thrungi's beard, that's gonna be a grudge!
The 3 best animations are Astartes, Death of Hope and Arch's talking rat.
What do you mean with "Arch's talking rat"? That IS Arch ... on a webcam!
Not to throw shade on Arch but it's quite a drop from Astartes and Death of Hope
@@Muck006 shhhhhh keep it down, want everyone to hear you?
Do you happen to know where to find Death of Hope after GW yeeted it?
@@zigzag1630 It wasn't taken down.
Finally I've waited for ages to know about those damned swords
Those *Holy swords, more respect plz 😂👍
No offence, but you know Arch gets this info off the Web yeah? By the time Arch releases a video you could of read through most if not all of Fantasy lore. I certainly don't learn anything new from these.
@@knarftahw i preffer reading about real things, i listen to this in the car to kill time in traffic cos radio is kind of boring, but congratulations if you are a master in a fake universe, try to apply for a job at GW , cos they certanly dont know any of that😂👍
@@lordmaur180 I'm a master of history more then fiction, in fact I haven't ready Fantasy lore in years, Arch just takes ages to make meaningful content. By the time I found this channel I was already well versed in 40k and fantasy lore. It's nice to have someone re-enforce that you're correct though. Man GW couldn't pay me enough money, they'd have to pay a couple grand extra just for me not to point out the companies flaws.
@@knarftahw his voice is soothing though, at least for me. I usually use it for sleeping even if I know the lore piece
"Skaven being myth and legends." How apropos that Skaven-Arch is giving us this lore.
That Alaric the Mad guy must've been one hell of a procrastinator.
Calling a dwarf lazy? That's goin' in the Book.
Oh no, it’s actually quite the opposite. To forge even just one runic weapon, let alone several takes months at the least, and centuries at the most. And with the Runefangs being made from Gromrill, a metal only found in one spot in the entire world, it wasn’t exactly easy to get all of the materials at once, just melting the stuff takes forever and with special runic forges to build enough heat.
Always love any Arch content especially when it involves the nonexistent Rat men yes yes.
🐀🐁
Yes yes
"Being eternally sharp" is almost as useful as a paladin's "being eternally clean and shiny" armor!
Every sword is permasharp and every armor is permashining if you have enough Serfs.
This post was made by the Bretonnian Palagang
@@leonardomarquesbellini To be fair, I don't think a Brettonian lord would trust a mere serf with his equipment.
@@akakios7386 what's even the point of commoners, if not menial labour?
@@leonardomarquesbellini Yeah, but do you want some lousy commoner to scuff up your nice armor? No! Of course you'd beat him if he did, but that doesn't change that he'd end up doing it.
Eternally clean and shiny armor is good armor that will never rust or corrode, so it's a good benefit lol
This animation always makes me think about the first Warhammer video game I ever owned "Warhammer, in the shadow of the horned rat" on the ps1. It was pretty awesome for the time period and this reminds me of the caravan paymaster animation.
May your fur remain fluffy, and your pencils sharp.
I imagine the dwarves are shaking their head and regretting their decision about handing over the swords. I imagine that they will regret it when the swords eventual usage against them by these incompetent emperors.
I had to look up about this Alaric fellow, I had completely forgotten about the Nemesis Crown campaign. Now I was a straight 49K player so I remember that was after the Eye of Terror campaign, but I can't remember if that was before or after the Storm of Chaos fuster cluck. All I remember was my friends who did play Fantasy complaining that magic was made ungodly powerful around then.
The only question, except why did Arch cut his outro before it endened is: Did karsniket, Ratatata, Gnarl and Skraze stole Beastslayer or or grudgesetler?
I wonder what the high elves think of the runefangs, though they may not be of elven design and forge, they are undoubtely weapons of incredble powerful arcane artifice.
I imagine something similar to monkeys with lightsabers: Undeniably brilliant pieces of craft, wasted on clumsy creatures who can't do much more than either flail it around or fall and die on it by accident. Or simply a tragic waste of resources that had to be expended in order to make something so insipidly mundane as mere human-usable longswords, forced to be balanced in a way that accounts for humanity's revolting lack of dexterity and poor hand-eye coordination.
So now Kibs & crew know in just how much shit they're actually in
"There's no such thing as Chaos", says the cultist with the chain axe and ritual scars while he beheads a planetary governor. "Golden Throne, Skull Throne, what's the difference?"
Well the Emperor has a skull doesn't he?
Arch rat is back! Yes, yes. Rat power!
🐀
Rat Slayer know he real.
Need more Warhammer Lore, Arch, you whelp of the Great Horned One!
An offering! An offering for the dark gods of the algorithm!
Arch, you've been my favorite you tuber for a long time. Whatever happens, if we're nearing the end because GW has lost their minds, I mean.... More so than usual. It's been a great run, and an honor sir! Thank you very much.
I love how the lore is on touch with the skaven RP, i mean totally fantasy creatures that def do not ecist in the sweres beneath you 🐀✊
Dear arch, you are the sole reason I spend hours of my day listening to things I aren't slightly interested in, the way you deliver your lore videos you could be telling me the nutritional value of grass and Id listen to it because you make everything sound interesting.
Godda say your an absolute legend
Fyi it's I'm a 40k fan but arnt really interested in fantasy, although I'd listen to your fantasy videos all day
Love how he added Squeaks while claiming that Skaven don't exist.
Never change arch
your video editing is part of the charm
Is this an animation?!!! Oh boi GW are going to tear their hair out.
Nah ... it is Arch on a webcam.
@@Muck006 SHHHHH! Don't tell them that! Skaven Society must remain secret-safe while the man things destroy each other under the power-control of the Chaos God of Wokeness! All who survive-endure will be accepted as actual Skaven, yes yes!
Literally was looking up lore on these too! Bless you Arch! Keep the Warhanmer Fantasy lore videos coming ❤️❤️
“Don’t look behind you, but I think that man behind you has whiskers and a tail” whispers Greg the bar man, slouched over his beer the captain of the Rikelander guard shifted his body as the barman carried on hurriedly filling jugs of ale
The Editing in this piece is exquisite. Cutting off yourself at the end and repeating a line 3 times to get it right. But yes, large furry rats that walk on two legs is a myth and a fantasy. They do not exist and cannot hurt you.
Classic Arch - terrible editing and Warhammer fantasy
@@feetoorourke I mean, I don't usually watch warhammer fantasy lore videos but his 40k videos contain relatively few mistakes. Yes, you can find some when binge watching/listening but it's not like there's a mistake every 3 sentences.
Great video and tie into the discovery on the Skaven RP that your running. Love it
Love the mounted head of kibs on the wall there arch
*swings sword wildly
By the emperor there is a lot of rat(?) Beastmen in the sewers
You really got to feel bad for those last 3 elector counts waiting for those swords.
That was an abrupt ending.
Why was I under the impression that Sylvania used to have a runefang of its own tho...
Sylvania use to be a part of stirland. Stirlands Runefang is also Sylvania's.
Funny thing I was watching your Warpstone video before this.
Hey to the lore experts of WF (40k shitter here). I got a question. I still remember playing Mark of chaos. Great game. But as empire ya played as Ostermark if i remember correctly. And they had a nice collie palet of purple and yellow. So here's me question. Why in TWW Ostermark has a completely different color palet???
Because it’s a shit game
the fact he cut out at the end after talking about youtube made me laugh
I'd love to learn more of 40K Custodes, Arch has mentioned them several times in a few videos and I think it'd be a good lore video on them by him.
i love that Kibs hangs on your wall like a trophy
I never noticed that. Thank you lmao
May the gods of the algorithm find this offering worthy.
I've always found the political system of the Empire very interestin. I totally stole it for the main Empire of my current Pathfinder campaign
I mean they stole it from the holy roman empire so it's not like your committing a crime
@@georgethompson1460 I ripped a lot from Warhammer Fantasy lol The main empire is the Russo-Burgen Empire, sort of like of Kislev and The Empire were one state. The Russian themed Rusviets live in the north and the German themed Burgen live in the south, the central counties are a mix of the two.
"Skaven do not exist!" - a horned rat scholar.
The idea of an entire empire of Ratmen, where they breed and crawl in networks of tunnels that span underneath the old world, like rust on a classic car hidden underneath a thin layer of tectyl and paint, is frankly ridiculous!
This was a fantastic video. Thanks Arch!
We praise the mighty number machine. Oh bless us with your immencity.
Always love the lore videos Arch! Can't wait to hear more!
Nice to have some fantasy once in a while :) such a nice step back from the massive clusterfuck witch is 40k. in comparison, this feels light as a breeze
Love your fantasy lore Archboi, shame that some videos went missing
Great to see you're still working on wh:fantasy lore videos! Keep em coming plz!
I see the Skaven handing you hush money, Arch!
You can't fool us!
now , if Arch would make add for Proton VPN , i would take that deal in the instant.
Since i am already using it.
What a fun toy! Thanks for the lore, excellent as always!
THOSE SQUEEKS
Truly the mark and the way a most respected man(-thing) should sound
The fact that two provinces were carved apart piecemeal and anexed by other provinces shows just how little unity the Empire had.
As any Empires without an Emperor.
Play Crusader Kings for authentic experience
@@marcusflutist1230 I think you mean incest simulator
I love to think that his oc is literally teaching classes at the college's of magic and no one there even questions it at all its just there professor Arch who had a bad accident
I always did wonder where the Sollander Runefang went to. I mean, there's a battle of Solland's Crown that I know of but I didn't find any mention of where Grudge-Settler went.
Now I know, and feel embarrassed that I missed the obvious.
I always enjoy some fantasy lore videos
Always nice to see a warhammer fantasy video
I hope you do more Warhammer fantasy videos more often. :)
*Watches Arch's Skaven open his book and camera pans back*
Wait... 5th Quadrant... Top Center... ENHANCE!
*Holds CTRL + + + + + + *
That head mounted on the wall.. has that always been there? RIP Arith! 🤣👌
More of this fantasy lore please
Ahh, more info about those sword of whitch one has been stolen by, mysterious assailants. Also I want ro say the sword depicted looks really good, such a simple and still beutifull design.
Got my History assignment handed in on time, just letting ye know
love your work arch it gets me through the day.
Petition for Arch to do a Malus Darkblade video
So, Emperor Karl Franz's wargear so far includes:
- The fullplate of nope.
- The amulet of b*tch please.
- The sword of f*ck your armor.
- The warhammer of ahaha greenskin go splat.
Now I want to know what else that mad dwarf made.
I kinda like how Arch sounds like one of my old LP records skipping occasionally. Kinda retro.
Vorpal blade +5 obviously.
Barch, when the campaign resumes please put kibs in a barrel again for his trechery
Have you seen the new Ogre Kingdoms announcement for TW Warhammer 3? I know you're not covering it as much, but some reliable ogre lore would be great.
He already has 3 ogre lore videos out
@@jamesfreeman3617 yes, but they are very old.
@@wintersking4290 your assuming that there has been significant interesting new additions to ogre fantasy lore that would give him enough material to make a video
@@jamesfreeman3617 no I'm assuming he can explain more about the random things that weren't covered before as much like the Beasts that the ogres use or what the heck a gorger is.
@@wintersking4290 he already explained that in his ogre Kingdom video did you even watch his 3 ogre videos
May the algorithm bless this video.
and you got cut off at the end.
masterfully edited as allways.
A textual offer for the great Loremaster.
Hey, Arch, I can probably re-render intro part with the Arch and cut out the dreaded W-word if I didn't mess up the scene since the last render :P
With your newly announced branching out from Warhammer, would a video about the Yusong Vong in star wars be something you would do?? Always love the content!
Ratmen in the sewers? More like Madmen spiting falsehoods!
I need more of ur splendid vids. 1 for 40k and 1 for fantasy per week minimum pls!
The warhammer fantasy equivalent of lightsabers
Lore for the Lore God. Comment for the Arch throne. An offering for the algorithm, may it bring you prosperity.
An ad read from a Skaven doesn't make a product seem very trustworthy, tbh.
LOVING you're new intro/background pal! Laughed for a solid minuet when i seen Kib's Head mounted on the wall.
PLEASE YOU HAVE TO BELIVE ME GOOD SER, IT WAS THE RAT MEN. I HAVENT SEEN HAT BAG OF POT IN MY LIFE !!
No Skaven here, yes-yes. Consieve non-furs, Mandred claims false!
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Rat catchers know who's real that's why they kill every rat they might be spies.
There are no Rat man-things in sewers yes yes. Stop snorting-eating greenstone!
Great summary. Thanks Arch 👍🏻
"What's this talk 'bout ratman not existing! I can assure ye, they're very real. Isn't that right ye sissy elf!"- Urist of Boatmurdered probably
🐀
We need more warhammer fantasy vids
How I missed fantasy vids!
Hopefully one day you could help explain how eleven way stones work as in games they can teleport you! Do they do that in the lore?
Orcs forget what it is and start using it as a toothpick and then naturally fight over it because shiny
When will you make a video about the most magnificent creature of the universe, Grey seer Thanquol?
Hurry-fast I hope.
How long has the stuffed kibs been on the walls.
Ya know......i suppose a "Skaven" could always pass themselves off as man who had a tragic accident involving a polymorph spell/potion of some kind, provided of course they know how to "act" Human of course. No those are not "Rat man" they are just the local Thieves Guild.
[Insert sharpest fangs joke to annoy Arch here]
Another great video Arch!
Always a pleasure to listen to you.
I man of widespread learning. You man a ratling of your learning Arch. A skaven who compares them-self to a human is not fit to be a skaven.
runefangs about time
Do a lovely video on Calard of Garamont minus the end times
A toast to the Great Horned Rat!
As always love your stuff ! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK !