NOOB'S GUIDE to MALUS DARKBLADE
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A Noob's Guide to MALUS DARKBLADE, the Tyrant of Hag Graef, who is one of new legendary lords in the Shadow and the Blade DLC for the @Total War game TOTAL WAR: Warhammer II.
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The Elven civil war was about states rights
States right to what?
kono_ dio_ga succession
BUSSTISEBOOST Exactly
I know it's a joke but the elven civil war wasn't about slavery it was about dickhead high elves usurping malekith's rightful place as phoenix King, unlike the us civil war which was definitely about slavery
Maxence Morel it wasn’t.
Love the Letterkenny references.
T’zarkans with the voice of Foghorn Leghorn has pure TTS vides and that’s only a good thing. Someone please make this a mod.
love the reference to letterkenny
OMG all the Letterkenny references!
Deliverance Druchi edition
Lol first time I caught the Alabama naggaroth joke after rewatching
“He’ll become a leader of druchii armies” sounds about right “or a manager of a amazon warehouse” ..... well then
Not... entirely wrong
That comment he made is a bit too real for me.
Nah he is not morally corrupt to work for Amazon in a management position
@@Dudenob123 "So you have a demon possessing you, and channeling his infernal powers on occasion. That shows potential, but we're really looking for someone with at least 10 years of experience of doing that. Perhaps you'd be interested in an unpayed intern position?"
I work in an amazon FC and I can confirm this is true.
The Darkblade thing was actually an insult specifically to Malus from his father. Since the Dark Elves still use Ithilmar like their cousins and that metal is naturally very shiny and silver-like( Which they then paint black because they're all edgelords. Seriously I would love to hear the conversation with their artillery crews right after The Sundering" Okay guys were turning all of our Eagle Claw Bolt Throwers sideways and calling them Reapers now. Why? Because Fall Out Boy doesn'y exist here and Malekith needs to get his goth cred up.") Anyway Ithilmar is very shiny and if it has any dark spots in it that means that there was a defect or mistake in the creation process and now the blade is inherently weak, they then call them darkblades so that everyone knows that the weapons are weak, worthless and of no real use to anyone. Yeah he's real Father of the Year material.
That is legitimately interesting lore I would have worked in had I known any of it. Did you pull it from the novels?
@@codybonds First novel, pretty sure it's the first chapter too. It's when he's in his father's throne room and he's giving exposition about his family and his dad's grabbing everyone he doesn't like by the face with that runic- torture-glove-thing. Same time he talks about how he wants to pull a Malekith with his sister Yasmine. Ha it just occurred to me that his dad calling him Malus Darkblade is the equivalent of naming him Joe Dirt.
@@kurokaze511 I am now picturing Malus with that wig from the end of the film.....Thank you.
@@kurokaze511 That's interesting and all, but Blacksaber sounds much better personally
so Darkblade basically means "shitty sword" lol
From 1d4chan: "He is one of the most popular Warhammer Fantasy characters then because he has that rarest of qualities; actual character."
*confused Tyrion face*
Tyrion seems a bit like Lancelot to me. Always down to fight and boink Alarielle, but not much else.
@@codybonds Which is exactly why Teclis is more interesting. Tyrion showboats about like he's king fuck of shit mountain, while Teclis is in the background actually getting shit done... And occasionally showboating. I mean what's the point of having untold magical power, if you don't show off a little?
He's based on Elric of Melnibone
@@codybonds "There's just a confusing lack of guns" So if that's the case, Dark Elves are Canadians, The Vampire Coast are Americans, and Native Americans (aka Lizardmen) want to exterminate all life that doesn't follow their Great Plan (tm)?
*confused balthazar gelt noises*
We need a noobs guide to Settra Great King, the Imperishable, Khemrikhara, The Great King of Nehekhara, King of Kings, Opener of the Way, Wielder of the Divine Flame, Punisher of Nomads, The Great Unifier, Commander of the Golden Legion, Sacred of Appearance, Bringer of Light, Father of Hawks, Builder of Cities, Protector of the Two Worlds, Keeper of the Hours, Chosen of Ptra, High Steward of the Horizon, Sailor of the Great Vitae, Sentinel of the Two Realms, The Undisputed, Begetter of the Begat, Scourge of the Faithless, Carrion-feeder, First of the Charnel Valley, Rider of the Sacred Chariot, Vanquisher of Vermin, Champion of the Death Arena, Mighty Lion of the Infinite Desert, Emperor of the Shifting Sands, He Who Holds The Sceptre, Great Hawk Of The Heavens, Arch-Sultan of Atalan, Waker of the Hierotitan, Monarch of the Sky, Majestic Emperor of the Shifting Sands, Champion of the Desert Gods, Breaker of the Ogre Clans, Builder of the Great Pyramid, Terror of the Living, Master of the Never-Ending Horizon, Master of the Necropolises, Taker of Souls, Tyrant to the Foolish, Bearer of Ptra's Holy Blade, Scion of Usirian, Scion of Nehek, The Great, Chaser of Nightmares, Keeper of the Royal Herat, Founder of the Mortuary Cult, Banisher of the Grand Hierophant, High Lord Admiral of the Deathfleets, Guardian of the Charnal Pass, Tamer of the Liche King, Unliving Jackal Lord, Dismisser of the Warrior Queen, Charioteer of the Gods, He Who Does Not Serve, Slayer off Reddittras, Scarab Purger, Favoured of Usirian, Player of the Great Game, Liberator of Life, Lord Sand, Wrangler of Scorpions, Emperor of the Dunes, Eternal Sovereign of Khemri's Legions, Seneschal of the Great Sandy Desert, Curserer of the Living, Regent of the Eastern Mountains, Warden of the Eternal Necropolis, Herald of all Heralds, Caller of the Bitter Wind, God-Tamer, Master of the Mortis River, Guardian of the Dead, Great Keeper of the Obelisks, Deacon of the Ash River, Belated of Wakers, General of the Mighty Frame, Summoner of Sandstorms, Master of all Necrotects, Prince of Dust, Tyrant of Araby, Purger of the Greenskin Breathers, Killer of the False God's Champions, Tyrant of the Gold Dunes, Golden Bone Lord, Avenger of the Dead, Carrion Master, Eternal Warden of Nehek's Lands and Breaker of Djaf's Bonds.
only if this is the title
Color me impressed
You had way to much freetime but i approve
How dare you not use every single title of our great Priest-king of Khemri
...Slayer of Redditras ?
Did Cody try to offend as many countries as possible with this video?
I've going after England pretty hard lately. I figured the tea snooting biscuit eaters could use a reprieve.
*laughs in french*
The gloves were off but this was gold.
tfw there won't be any insults of your country because Kislev won't be added in TW2
@@codybonds those biscuits are the shit though
I get that his name is supposed to be based on ‘malice’…
But it turns out Malus is an actual word.
For a family of apple tree.
So knowing that and taking into account the origin of his last name, his name is basically ‘Apple-Tree Crappysword.’
Kinda like general Zod apparently zod is the equivalent of what Americans call BOB so you getting conquered by Bob
Malus is also the opposite of « Bonus »
It just means something bad, deduced.
It's not unlikely that malus and malus for the genus have a different etymology, coming from different languages based on the origins of the genus
Malum, malus versus melum.
Just bc something is similar doesn't mean it always has a shared origin
"As malus you will be running the triangle slave trade"
So acting like a dark elf then
All the druchii-as-southerners stuff reminded me of this exchange from 'Hot Fuzz,' albeit with some modification:
"Who's the guy in the mask and spiky armor?"
"Oh, that's Malekith the Witch King. He lives over in Naggaroth with his mother and lover."
"And what are their names?"
"Who?"
"The mother and the lover."
"Oh, they're the same person."
[SWEET HOME ALABAMA INTENSIFIES]
Ahhh, Hot Fuzz. Such a great movie that was. Such a good times too!
electricbayonet2 Remember though in the end times not only did they win malikith becomes the Phoenix king
@@charlottewalnut3118 end times lore sucks ass so i'm just working off the basis that it never happened
@Anzu Wyliei which is just another reason why the end times lore is so stupid tbh
@Anzu Wyliei i have more likes on my comment, therefore i am right lmao
“Despite your TH-cam comments I assume most of you do know how to read.” Oof. My heart. I need some Regrowth after that one.
no regrowth wont save you
overcast regrowth might
Only the Fey's grail or Alarielle's star might help with that burn.
Busted Droid invocation of nahek might be able to resurrected that burn corpse key word might
Love ya Cody.
Ps. If you don't do one of these for every Legendary Lord in the game your soul will be eternally tormented by Slaanesh.
There's nothing like eternal corporeal punishment to stoke the creative fires.
@Pappy Tron don't threaten him with a good time.
@Pappy Tron You dont know his kinks....
I loved the video :) Though as a European, count your blessings. Our European healthcare is shitte, and we keep having to pay more and more for it thanks to socialism. At least YOUR quality is good overall. You need a bit of money sure, but not THAT much.
@@nielsdejong Thank you, definitely-not-an-American person
Now that you’ve done the edgy dark elf, now you have to do the edgy high elf.
Great content as always.
My name is Alith-Anar, my life is a never ending pit of sadness and despair. In my free time I like to sneak around the forests of my shattered homeland making up Poetry about how sad I am.
Ya know, in a DLC involving an edgy elf and an actual ninja, it's a little odd that the third wheel lord was fantasy Joan of Arc, and not the edgy elf-ninja.
All the dark elves are edgy, no exception. And that's why they are my favorites lol
Well, we got a high elf batman coming now so wish granted.
DiZ No way would you people have been okay with Repanse coming alongside Queen & the Crone though. They would rightfully ask why CA was adding another Bretonnian over LLs for game 2 when Lizardmen, High Elves and Dark Elves all had only 2 legendary lords prior to Q&C.
Well he was written by Dan Abnett, one of the best Warhammer 40k authors known for Gaunt's Ghosts. So it wouldn't surprise me to why he's such an interesting character.
Mike Lee did the most writing, Dan Abnett was an Advisor.
Dan Abnett based him on Elric of Melnibone.
@Deimonk
This guy is way more of a direct copy of Elric than Elric is of Turin though.
@Deimonk
Elric is incredibly relevant to nerdshit being one of Moorcock's creations. The main difference between him and Malus is the demon's in Malus's head rather than the sword.
@Just Some Guy without a Mustache Elric openly inspired the High and Dark Elves
To server their sweet home of Alabam-uh-Nagaroth
A Black Ark called the Amistad...
The first time in a long time that a TH-cam video got an audible “Jesus Christ” from me.
Is it bad that I want to do that now?
Any chance of clarification on the joke ? I think it went over my and several other people's heads.
@@felixdumbravescu2725 Amistad was a slave ship where a revolt happened and the slaves took the slavers hostage. Apparently has a movie about it.
I like the irony of a ship named "friendship" being a slave ship. History does like its cruel irony
@@bongibot1104
Slavery is just finding friends to sell to other friends, if you _really_ think about it.
That first Foghorn Leghorn bit made me spit my drink out laughing
Ditto
I feel like the references to Malekith is the closest thing to "Noobs Guide to Malekith" However I will not stop till I see "Noobs Guide to Malekith" I want to hear ALL of the Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker Jokes
Eventually we will. He did all the newest lords, barely a few from WH1, and those races are usually more loved, even if not all their characters. (khm... Ghorst.)
@@Grivehn ...so how long is that eventually?
@@lynnusuk2092 Some time in 2026, at this rate.
A good friend of mine just told me how much fun actually fighting the two front campaign with Malus is.
He's german.
We both are.
Shit, ur right!
i know what you mean but its rather easy to win this two front campaign
High elves : how americans see themselfs
Dark elves: how americans actually are
Ogres: the level of education you get from american schools
Personally I see myself as more of a Dark Elf but I get your point
I cant wait till someone makes a mod where it's goofy's voice talking when you're possessed....
I'm usually against suicide for any reason, but if I were tormented by Goofy's voice in my head constantly, I'd be drinking under-the-sink cocktails with Tide Pod desert.
Gotta love the edgemeister. Dude is like a 13 year old's "OC DO NOT STEAL" creation but with a decent story.
Hue Lads it’s like a professional writer came back to finish his old fanfic
@@bigpigeon2384 He basically is fan-fiction of the Elric of Melniboné fantasy series from the 70s
Malus would be a Mary Sue if anyone loved or cared about him besides his pet iguana
@Sept77 he literally wouldn't bro, do you know what words mean?
98% males?
I was expecting double that much, at the very least!
196% does sound more accurate.
@@codybonds
Exactly!
It makes sense because part of the community is so douchey that they probably have an extra pipi.
(I didn't expect to make a 2nd joke)
"Slaves have never felt more front and center". Excuse me Crone Hellebron; The Hag-Queen, Blood-Queen of Har Ganeth and First Bride of Khaine says hi.
Nah, she inevitably ends up killing them all on Death Night.
He said slaves, not sacrifices.
Fantast battle skaven lists would like a word
Malus needs his insulin for his diabeetus.
Malekith: Yeah that's gonna cost you a bit more every time. Murica!
@Aggressive Tubesock I agree. Yet I fail to see how her plan equals immediately available and free healthcare. By her own account, she won't implement Medicare for All until her third year as president.
If I had a fucking dollar for every time someone thinks that this shit will be "free" I would be able to fund Medicare for all for a hundred years.
Malus spends 8 hours a week being tormented by the most sadistic aspect of Dark Elven society: Health Insurance companies.
@@SaintSC05 people know all government programs cost tax money.
"Free" means free at the point of service.
Dalym and doing so would essentially destroy disposable income for the little guy.
Girl reader here
The unique building chain in Hag Graef now gives you a 60% local upkeep reduction, making it super easy to garrison an hold, acting as both a slave-economic hub and horcrux for Malus 'Crawling in my skin' Darkblade
I spit out my drink at the foghorn leghorn piece. Thats now stuck in my head forever for Malus. Thanks I hate it.
that was pure comedy gold
I thought I was the only one who thought of Malus basically doing the Atlantic/triangle slave trade.
Pretty sure all of us got that feeling the first, or at least the second time we did the Gift to the Witch King rite after ravaging Not!Africa for the slaves required.
this is true but there are droves of people who'd argue this
"even in the world of murder elves, it's still bros before hoes" you kill me man XDDDDDDDD
fun fact: there is a very high chance that when he dies, Malus soul is gonna suffer eternal damnation in chaosland anyway, so really he's just delaying the inevitable by a few centuries or so.
Hearing Cody talk about the darkblade books "Thaaats it aaaahhm gettin' me wallet!"
I'm not racist. It's just really hard to be an edgy Elf in these times
I have a feeling that slaves only count as 3/5ths in dark elf society
A lot of times you'll only be able to find 1/5th of one or less.
Hey, at least they don't discriminate who ends up getting enslaved. To the dark elves, everyone is fair game!
Bingfish do they slave other elves?
@@lukeberghaus272 Not only do they do that, they even enslave eachother. And High Elves are by far the most prized slaves in the Delf communities.
Dark Elves don't have guns, instead they have repeater crossbows basically wielded like guns. Also Malus is Latin for bad/negative/evil which just sharpens his edge.
I think the Dark Elves would be 'American' seeing as so many of them also have projectile weapons. The high elves? I'm not sure who they would be with all their court intrigue and top tier weapons and economy. Some of that also fits with being American, also that they are arrogant. But the high elves actually have good reasons to be arrogant. Most would like to join them on their pretty island, it's so nice there. IRL, very few if they had the choice, would pick America to move to. It's a beautiful place to visit with warm people, but the country puts business before her people, and the internal violence happens way too much for a developed nation. Wow, I really didn't mean to go down this rabbit hole, but I'm not deleting it or the few minutes spent writing it would be wasted.
I thiiink the high elves might be somewhat based off of early 1700's france with some Atlantean myths and of course tolkienan and Moorcock influence thrown in for flavor.
The Dark Elves are southerners in the New World. I live in the irl counterpart of the Dark Elves’ homeland…I’m starting to think my love for the Dark Elves as I was just learning about Warhammer wasn’t a coincidence.
Welp, as someone in Alabama looking to get into total war warhammer, ig I’ve found my faction 😔
The Druchii will rise again!
"Lack of guns." What do you think repeater bolt throwers are?!
crossbows
@@Zenturio331 Big crossbows.
So in other words, he is the fantasy version of Marilyn Manson.
Dmitri Ptrenko More like the bad black metal covers made by awkward teens. Manson is too self aware for the comparison to work.
He is based on Elric of Melnibone the original fantasy edgelord.
Honestly think this is the best one yet. Love the Letterkenny reference in the intro
I didn't realize how popular Letterkenny is until I tried to buy tickets to their show and they sold out in 5 minutes nationwide.
Except that Dan is a fantastic artist and the books are wonderfully written
I give him a hard time here for a joke, but the Malus Darkblade series is widely loved and praised. And I'd recommend it to anyone looking to read further into Warhammer.
As a Canadian who really liked the Malus books growing up I gotta say, the Dark Elves are Canadians is not an angle I ever expected to here.... pretty fucking odd
4:30
“Now that is slander against a capitalistic enterprise”
I just got pizza and pop. Just in time for the entertainment.
"Just looking at her will make your ears sweat." Idk, looking at a medusa seems like a bad idea
No girl read this stuff hahahaha
I read the comics back then... I'm a hag now 🤣
Great video as always, Cody! Managed to make slavery and puberty somehow hilarious! Note that the video description mentions the wrong DLC though. Prophet and the Warlock instead of Shadow and the Blade.
Nice catch. Thank you.
I will literally pay a mod creator to fully voice Tzarkans voice as foghorn leghorn and it would make the Malus campaign 3000x better.
Fangs: sold.
Gummy bears that scream while I chew: *SOLD*
Love the fog horn leg horn gags, this makes me tingle in all the right places
When he did it first, I already knew he was going to do a different each time, and was so happy when he did.
I’m so happy no other economic system ever engaged in slavery. All we need to do is stop the economic system which largely ended slavery from engaging in... slavery...
Great as always, hope you do Joan of Arc I mean repanse next since her campaign is some of the most fun I have had in the game in a long time
The name darkblade has a reason. Something about darker blades being less quality, because he's a bastard. It's in the first book
These just keep getting better & better! can't wait for the next one. Please do all the lords eventually!
0:06 - muchly edgy - very Canadian
2:49 - also, FINALLY, someone who can tell me how to pronounce that damn name :P
6:19 - also, also - random star wars reference is random :D
The Dark Elves were alot like the entire world for along time. It is a bit different however; the Dark Elves capture all their slaves, instead of buying most of them from their own people. Unless there is some really messed up lore in WH that I am missing... and as one of the few people who enjoys both fantasy and 40K- I probably am.
Is this stealthy lost cause whataboutism?
I just realized that if Naggarond is the US then Morathi and her cult of pleasure are basically in Alabama. I always questioned the accuracy to the lore of putting her down there but now it all makes sense.
Lmao
Evil McBlacksword
"I said, I said, I said... KILL THEM SKAVEN BOI!"
Says no girls reads this stuff.... meanwhile I'm only here bc my gf loves this guy.
If he’s the guy she tells you not to worry about. You should worry anyway.
"Dark elves might be Americans but with Confusing lack of guns" The dark elves literally have Repeater crossbows! meaning they fire bolts like machine guns. Their handbow units also get to make Drivebys.
An excellent counterpoint!
@@codybonds Didn't mean to fact check or something like that, just an observation, keep up the good work, you always make a good laugh ^_^
what was the song playing in the background towards the end of the video? lowkey sounded good
The thing about meth is that it's a solid heated up into a gas so it cools down and resolidifies inside you. You have to brush your teeth after smoking it bc the chemicals eat enamel. Methmouth is a thing but those people would have it without meth bc they don't brush their teeth anyways
Love the Letterkenny references at the beginning. Keep up the great vids man!
7:17
lmao this was greatness incarnate xD
Don't be silly, non-elves aren't "people", Malus is just putting the lesser races to good use.
With Foghorn Leghorn becoming a meme, I’d say this video aged like fine wine.
0/10 Not enough Alternative names For Malus Darkblade :D
9:42 Definition of a sustainable economy
On a serious note Great video Cody I hope Either Repanse or Alith Anar will be next
“Despite sum of our U-Tube comments”
Oi!! Wat’s dat sposed to meen yu bleedin coswollop?
FFS Cody.
You get better at every video. Get a patron.
Yeah this is pretty good but I mean queek headtaker would be better
As a southerner, that fog horn leg horn/ KKK affiliate made me laugh so hard!
Well as a german I must admit that I decided to indeed fight at two fronts 😅 But I won! ☝🏻 A great war is a tough thing, it won't be successful by the first two tries...
Dark Elves aren't Canadians, they're Americans.
Ran away across an ocean due to religious differences.
Economy runs on slaves.
Sail enormous ships around the world, destroying everything in their path.
Yeah, he notices that, and so much more some way into the video.
And it's the elephant in the room that Canadians are pretty much mellowed out Norscans
Us Canadians are sweet and amazing not depraved.... HOW DARE YOU 😂
Okay, something's getting lost in translation with the Canadian references for me.
Edit: Oof for western civilization XD
Its most likely a reference from the show "Letterkenny"
Name evil thing that westerners did that other civilizations didnt do.
Tespri Dude it's a joke.
@@dboot8886 Sure, but it's still factually wrong.
Tespri You could ruin a wet dream.
This channel is way underrated. I don't understand how someone could be this hilarious about Warhammer.
As an 1820's slave owner I feel personally offended by this video
The Sasuke of Warhammer
Am i the only one who actaully wants tz'arkan to sound like foghorn leghorn? That would be funny as hell.
Ok the Amistad line had me dying lol
I'm here for the anti-imperialism and anti-capitalism. Good video, comrade.
I love these videos please continue to post more overviews
I'm trying to get Malus Darkblade playing as Malekith. Getting him to confederate is no problem, but he always seems to be in low possession, so no wardsave and no transformation ability.
Is it even still possible to get him as fully possessed?
Good question. Probably not as it's tied to a scripted player mechanic for his faction.
Alabam... Naggarond!
The jubilant southern demon was fantastic. Keep up the good work.
Great video. I support this.
Spite, what a good name for a terrible mount
Do the rest of the lords, where’s britonnia
am one of the females viewers :3
"Even in a world of murder elves, it's still bros before hoes." EEEEEEEYYYYYYYY!!!!!!
A noob's guide to Vlad Von Carstein would be great.
Agreed. But I feel like Isabella should be in it as well. A duo video since they're always played together.
@@codybonds Definetely
6:35 “A Confederate state Civil War faction in a Total War game”
Please, Cody, I can only be so aroused.