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  • Did you know there's timelines in Warhammer Fantasy where the END TIMES never happened? Obviously the Storm of Chaos is one of them but there are others! Let's have a headache today and discuss! A bit of a Warhammer multiverse day!
    The Alternate Timelines of Warhammer Where The End Times DIDN'T HAPPEN - Lore
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 209

  • @TheGreatBookofGrudges
    @TheGreatBookofGrudges  Рік тому +36

    Something very different because why not? :D

    • @renegadegodmalice6996
      @renegadegodmalice6996 Рік тому +4

      You forgot Blood Bowl in itself is it's own timeline.

    • @shadeblackwolf1508
      @shadeblackwolf1508 Рік тому +1

      I imagine the 4 chaos gods as a roudy group of dnd players, and the warhammer settings as their playtable. they take turns dmming.

    • @InvictusSolDeus
      @InvictusSolDeus Рік тому

      You forget about the adventure of The Enemy Within, from the 1st edition of warhammer role. In it Karl Franz dies and is succeeded by Heinrich Todbringer, son of Boris Todbringer, who turns out to be a descendant of Sigmar from his mother line.

    • @alexandrejose8362
      @alexandrejose8362 Рік тому

      ​@@shadeblackwolf1508khorne beat the previous GM (probably Tzeentch) for breaking the setting?

    • @shadeblackwolf1508
      @shadeblackwolf1508 Рік тому

      @@alexandrejose8362 Nurgle sat back in his chair.. This.. this wasn't possible. Never had they been denied like this before. and by one of their favorites no less.
      Khorne flipped the table. This was an absolute outrage! This quickly turned into a brawl between the younger siblings, as Slaanesh' drink went flying.
      Tzeench used the commotion to make scarse, a copy of his favorite setting safely in his briefcase to bring back to the playtable when the time was right. He was certain they'd all come around, and return one day.
      Perhaps from a different point in time, perhaps from their abandoned campaign after the storm of chaos. only time would tell, and he had all the time in the world.

  • @igorkharlamov9142
    @igorkharlamov9142 Рік тому +87

    You know what - actually there is a case in tabletop games industry when developers just said - "Ok, there was no end of times". White Wolf Publishing just reverted their apocalypse for the Old World of Darkness because their "Age of Sigmar" (New World of Darkness) was not as popular as their previous product. And they published a new edition of Old World of Darkness (still beloved by players a lot). So, at least we have a precedent.

    • @howdoyoudo5949
      @howdoyoudo5949 Рік тому +2

      Changing the Lost and Demon the Descent are great.

  • @eriksolie511
    @eriksolie511 Рік тому +74

    We already have a Warhammer Multiverse well established. Two words - BLOOD BOWL!

    • @GamingOnTheGo
      @GamingOnTheGo Рік тому +6

      This!! I watched the video to see if Blood Bowl turned up…..they have their own confirmed multiverse.

  • @ziomekszary647
    @ziomekszary647 Рік тому +307

    Wake up kid. What? End Times? Killing the setting? Throwing deep lore away without a reason? Chill out kid that was just a nightmare

    • @headcrabo..2301
      @headcrabo..2301 Рік тому +55

      Now let’s grab a beer and watch that dwarf yell racial slurs at elf diplomats!

    • @NightOwlKeys
      @NightOwlKeys Рік тому +32

      Just an illusion created by The Chaos Gods who could not defeat the 'Forces of Order' by conventinal means.

    • @Amenema
      @Amenema Рік тому +11

      Oh they had a reason. They were selling space marines more than any other 40k model at the time and thought, “how do we insert the exact same concept in fantasy? Kill everyone off and reboot the setting!”

    • @markhirsch6301
      @markhirsch6301 Рік тому +23

      As someone who got into Warhammer fantasy from Warhammer 3, hearing about how pathetic the deaths of a ton of major players were almost made me quit immediately

    • @goransekulic3671
      @goransekulic3671 Рік тому +6

      @@Amenema Actually, it was more about copyright and such.

  • @ShadowPhoenixMaximus
    @ShadowPhoenixMaximus Рік тому +51

    Warhammer Age of Reckoning straight up replaced Archaon with a Tzeentch champion called Tchar'zanek. The Swords of Chaos became the (player lead faction) Ravenhost.

    • @ShadowWolfRising
      @ShadowWolfRising Рік тому +3

      Lord is Tchar'zanek way cooler than Archaon.
      Fucker even managed to ally with Malekith who in turn managed to mind control a powerful Orc Warboss (And his Night Goblin Shaman best friend.) who he empowered to go around an forge a massive and mighty Waaagh under his command, creating a 3 way Alliance to fuck with Order Forces (Who in turn did kinda the same, The Dawi, Empire, and High Elves all allied as well.).

  • @spencerruston406
    @spencerruston406 Рік тому +61

    The stuff about chaos being the same across reality is referenced even recently, not older lore. In the 40k plague war series one of the Nurgle Great Unclean Ones talks about how they're spread out across multiple realities so unable to help much with Ku'Gaths plans for Ultramar.

    • @centurionsword2438
      @centurionsword2438 Рік тому +20

      It was referenced in Farsight: Empire of Lies as well. This was where Farsight recieved various visions about chaos where the finale of them was the universe being destroyed, the Chaos gods having a laugh, and then moving onto another one of infinite universes to torment.

    • @skyro0412
      @skyro0412 Рік тому +3

      You mean the demons were spread or that one demon specifically?
      I don't know if one demon can exist in multiple realities myself.

    • @spencerruston406
      @spencerruston406 Рік тому +4

      @@skyro0412 All daemon by the sound of it. It's the named guy you can make from the great unclean one kit. The way he's casual about it makes it like all daemons can do that, or at least strong/named daemons can. I guess it's that their will and presence is so strong in the warp they perceive the multiverse the realm of chaos connects to and able to put parts of themselves into it like the chaos gods do. Means they can do more but it's less focused and they're weaker.

  • @DarthAzabrush
    @DarthAzabrush Рік тому +7

    In 40k two Factions have critical lore around Time Travel. Orks have the Legend of the Lost Waaagh where a Warboss killed his past self just because he wanted another copy of his Kustom Mega Blasta and the Inquisition have a whole minor ordo called the Ordo Chronos who are odly dressed eccentics that investigate Time Travel phenomina in funny shaped drop pods that can somehow warp jump.

  • @ZetsubouGintama
    @ZetsubouGintama Рік тому +11

    I hardly believe End Time is canon when my Lizardmen united Lustria and saved everyone's ass everytime in my Immortal Empire campaign.

  • @leogunnemarsson4178
    @leogunnemarsson4178 Рік тому +23

    You forgot a big one. Bloodbowl is an alternate warhammer fantasy timelime, and one in current production at that.

  • @inductivegrunt94
    @inductivegrunt94 Рік тому +61

    Honestly this is sounding really cool, seeing the Endtimes not happen and seeing what happened after the Storm of Chaos.
    I honestly would love to see a Post-Endtimes book/game where the world didn't blow up and instead the world is corrupted by Chaos, almost all civilization is destroyed, and the Humans, Dwarfs, Elves, Lizardmen, etc. just trying to survive a Chaos corrupted world full of mutants, Chaos Warriors, and other beasts and monsters.
    Think something like Stalker, Metro, Fallout, and Skyrim all combined together and it's a good representation of what I'm imagining here.

    • @Mad-Cat_Dan
      @Mad-Cat_Dan Рік тому

      Hiding in the Underway Tunnels bellow Altdorf. The surface is polluted with Chaos Corruption and roving warbands. Constant Skaven and Greenskin attacks, etc.

    • @charleslister8465
      @charleslister8465 Рік тому

      Read the Warhammer Fantasty Roleplay books - they are based post Storm of Chaos

    • @something_really_original
      @something_really_original Рік тому

      @@charleslister8465 4th edition is based on the time right before End of TImes

    • @charleslister8465
      @charleslister8465 Рік тому

      @@something_really_original Sorry I should have said 2nd edition

    • @something_really_original
      @something_really_original Рік тому

      @@charleslister8465 oh, ok. And what about 3rd edition? Is it based on post Storm of Chaos too? I have so far only checked everything for 4th edition, planned to look over previous editions later

  • @ozymandias7493
    @ozymandias7493 Рік тому +30

    I would love to see the story line pass the Karl Franz era and move into a new era with new dilemmas and intrigues for the various nations. Honestly in my opinion it was what they should of done to begin with. Keep the setting but create a world altering event like the emperor of man dying in heroic battle. A civil war in the empire and a chaos invasion to boot. Something like that could have a ripple effect through out the world. After all Chaos creates change and great stories even in our world.

    • @ozymandias7493
      @ozymandias7493 Рік тому +7

      I would take it one step further. I would have a distant descendant of the last Elector Count of Solland living in Nordland rise to the rank of General and be a great leader. Winning impressive battles against the enemies of the Empire and fostering diplomatic solutions with empire foes. Eventually the people demand he become the new Emperor. This creates opportunities for cool themed armies like the Descendants. An army of Solland descendants. Lots of political intrigue with Elector Counts not thrilled with this usurper. Could lead to great stories and themes. After all what is Warhammer but stories.

    • @1ochotnik
      @1ochotnik Рік тому +11

      And that would be a good way to advance the plot. Seems that GeeDubz has two modes for stories in Fantasy:
      a) write some small scale skirmishes but nothing really changes
      b) screw everything, we're nuking the setting
      Storm of Chaos could make a good starting point for continuing the story in a way you mentioned.

    • @54032Zepol
      @54032Zepol Рік тому +2

      Yeah I wanna see WW2 era weaponry no nukes that be easy and the kriegsguard already have WW1

  • @cascadiancryptid
    @cascadiancryptid Рік тому +10

    I'm still huffing copium over The End Times to this day.

  • @MrDorkbot
    @MrDorkbot Рік тому +6

    "Or we can go the warcraft route where nothing makes sense"
    I wish this wasn't so true.

  • @Tulkash01
    @Tulkash01 Рік тому +10

    In Storm of Chaos only a couple of characters (created for SoC) actually died. Garagrim Ironfist, squashed by a chaos giant he killed in Praag and Valten (supposedly assassinated by the Skaven after barely surviving Archaon).
    Also, Grimgor defeating Archaon came completely out of the blue (he basically materialized his army to the battle outside Middenheim then faded away…). The results of the campaign NEVER SUPPORTED chaos going that far. Archaon kept losing each and every day, yet his host marched on in the most railroaded way possible. The fact he was defeated by the orcs (b cause… PLOT TWIST!) instead than the people who kicked his ass all the campaign was just the final insult to GW’s abysmal handling of the Storm of Chaos.

    • @shadewolf0075
      @shadewolf0075 4 місяці тому +2

      Well Storm of Chaos was set up to where the results of events that they held where players played games affected the story so chaos got its shit pushed in because forces of order players were dominating the Tournaments

  • @PiratePyroFilms
    @PiratePyroFilms Рік тому +23

    Vermintide 2 is an alternate end times, the recent karak azgaraz maps take place years after battle of middenheim, another in a long list of year gaffs

    • @ce4879
      @ce4879 Рік тому +5

      The way they say “7 years of battle” is likely just referencing the game has been out for that long since it’s 2016 launch(and reused Karak map from then) and they went with the cheeky response rather than paying attention to dates.

    • @PiratePyroFilms
      @PiratePyroFilms Рік тому +2

      @@ce4879 they provide an ic date thats past the battle of middheim

    • @ce4879
      @ce4879 Рік тому +3

      @PiratePyroFilms
      Do they? Everything I’ve seen about it is just fans taking that one loading screen line about the 7 years and adding it to what they can piece together is the current time. Haven’t seen an official number though even in their chronicles.

  • @1ochotnik
    @1ochotnik Рік тому +78

    Grimgor kicking Archaon in the nuts is canon in my book. Storm of Chaos all the way!

    • @excessiveone9952
      @excessiveone9952 Рік тому +3

      Do note that he only did this after Archaon was exhausted fighting in other duels

    • @1ochotnik
      @1ochotnik Рік тому +14

      @@excessiveone9952 That's correct, but still... he kicked Archaon in the nuts. He truly iz da best.

    • @goransekulic3671
      @goransekulic3671 Рік тому +6

      He headbutted him, not ballz knockin time! Afaik.

    • @1ochotnik
      @1ochotnik Рік тому +10

      ​@@goransekulic3671 Allright, allright, have it your way.
      The point is that Archaon never fully recovered from this humiliating defeat. After retreating to the Chaos Wastes, he devised a devious plan for his revenge - he wrote a series of books named "The End Times"!

    • @excessiveone9952
      @excessiveone9952 Рік тому +1

      @1ochotnik shockingly Tzarina Katarina basically soloed Waagh Grimgor once

  • @marcbartuschka6372
    @marcbartuschka6372 Рік тому +19

    I would say Vlad (or Isabella) popping up where the author want is one of the things who should bother no one. The realy strong vampires are almost impossible to kill forever for sure. At least that was said in the vampire-lore-book in Warhammer RPG, and I think that make sense.

  • @Ulthuan38
    @Ulthuan38 Рік тому +33

    With my friends we still say that end times never took place!

    • @1ochotnik
      @1ochotnik Рік тому +9

      Because they didn't happen!

  • @valentin.d8618
    @valentin.d8618 Рік тому +9

    The end of what ? Never heard of.

  • @mcyolicjones9081
    @mcyolicjones9081 Рік тому +5

    I've always considered everything beyond 5th/6th Ed an alternate timeline anyway. That's when most the originators ran off and it became the "ward" of others.

  • @karljohan2300
    @karljohan2300 Рік тому +10

    think they should actually do this have time split in two age of sigmar follow th ebad path and old world follow th egood path

  • @lunarwhitefox
    @lunarwhitefox Рік тому +4

    I REALLY would like this, honestly i'm new in warhammer and i feel really sad knowing that fantasy was already dead, but this things give me a little hope for a continuation in an alternative timeline

  • @thegethconsensus393
    @thegethconsensus393 Рік тому +29

    I like to think that every new TW Warhammer 3 campaign is a new timeline. They kinda have to be when you think about it.

    • @Caldwing
      @Caldwing Рік тому +6

      This has always been the direction I wish they would lean. It would be cool if they eventually added true end-time scenarios. Like one special end-time outcome for each race if not each faction, plus maybe a few generic chaos/order/mixed outcomes that can be triggered by anybody under the right conditions.

  • @clementbianchini8651
    @clementbianchini8651 Рік тому +4

    This Bretonnian Knight was in fact Lion El Johnson going for his daily forest walking

  • @SimpleNobody2420
    @SimpleNobody2420 Місяць тому +1

    I gonna come out and say the End Times was actually a Drunk Wizard's Dream and I'm Not Changing my Mind about it.

  • @radoslawtomtas2586
    @radoslawtomtas2586 Рік тому +8

    Difrent timelines would be great idea

  • @nicolascordier12
    @nicolascordier12 Рік тому +3

    I don't think you'll find many WFB fans considering the End Times as canon.
    GW did that only because they thought AoS would be the solution to WFB but as it turns out people want to play WFB, they just want it to be good and accessible to newer players.
    There are many, many people who reject the End Times as canon as the whole AoS story.
    It's not weird at all, it's actually even on the wiki where Storm of Chaos is listed as an alternative timeline.
    At this point, I even think that if you put aside the people playing solely for the gameplay who don't really have any interest in the lore, you'll have a lot more people seeing the End Times as non-canon than the opposite.
    The End Times was not only the destruction of a loved franchise, but it was also very bad on a story point.

  • @CaptainHindsight-xt9yd
    @CaptainHindsight-xt9yd 7 місяців тому +4

    The old world shouldn’t have been set in the past but in an alternate timeline.
    I am glad Warhammer Fantasy is back but knowing in game everything will go to shit in 250 years really puts a damper on my enjoyment.

    • @shadewolf0075
      @shadewolf0075 4 місяці тому +1

      I do agree it really wouldn’t have been that hard to just say “the old world is set in the same time line as storm of chaos” and be done with it

  • @Weiswolfe
    @Weiswolfe Рік тому +2

    For me, i keep it simple, every campaign i play is canon in that time

  • @chiefhandker9432
    @chiefhandker9432 Рік тому +7

    What end times?

  • @nestorvetumbra
    @nestorvetumbra Рік тому +4

    No please, no modern multiverses for Warhammer Fantasy.
    Having different timelines for practical reasons when releasing video games or spin-offs like Blood Bowl seems great to me, but interconnecting them should be avoided at all costs. Warhammer fantasy must stay as warhammer fantasy: grounded on its own planet and time. If someone likes Marvel-style multiverses or D&D cosmology, they can play AOS, as it was partly designed to appeal to that kind of audience. But turning classic Warhammer Fantasy into a big multiverse would be a blunder and take away much of the plausibility and historicity that separates it from other fantasy universes.
    I'm willing to accept End Times canonicity if they don't turn TOW into a multiverse in return!

    • @mogwaiman6048
      @mogwaiman6048 Рік тому +1

      AoS doesn't have multiverses.

    • @nestorvetumbra
      @nestorvetumbra Рік тому

      @@mogwaiman6048 the mortal realms are literally a multiverse made in the image of the D&D planes.

    • @mogwaiman6048
      @mogwaiman6048 Рік тому +1

      @@nestorvetumbra that's not a multiverse. A multiverse is alternate timelines. The Mortal Realms are disc shaped worlds connected by realmgates. It's the same universe as whfb but a different setting.

    • @charleslister8465
      @charleslister8465 Рік тому

      Warhammer is partly based on Moorcock who extensively used.....the Multiverse concept....

    • @mogwaiman6048
      @mogwaiman6048 Рік тому +1

      @@charleslister8465 except AoS isn't a multiverse. Hysh and Ulgu have a rotation which creates the day and night cycle for all the realms.

  • @skirata55
    @skirata55 Рік тому +2

    There was a pretty cool 40k reference in Belisarius Cawl The Great Work to alternative versions of individuals. Something to do with Necron tech

  • @StrengthHammer
    @StrengthHammer Рік тому +1

    I really love the concept of this to allow each setting to grow on its own and still have fun nods to one another. Very muc a topic I might discuss on my content in the future as well...because it is fun!

  • @arthurfisher582
    @arthurfisher582 Рік тому +5

    Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40k are demonstrably not in the same universe.
    Even if you ignore stuff like magic working entirely differently in the two (there's no 8 Winds in 40k) and the fact Fantasy gods aren't invented just because human believe in them (otherwise The Lady would be real), they are so thematically different they can't co-exist.
    If Fantasy was in the 40k universe, that would mean not only does nothing that happened in Fantasy matter because it's just another Feudal World, it also means that every human on the planet is an irredeemable monster because they feel things, worship gods and think for themselves; creating untold murder Daemon in the warp.
    It would mean there is no difference between Karl-Franz and Archaon because they both worship Chaos. The whole thing falls apart.
    What people usually mean when they say "40k and Fantasy are in the same universe" is that Fantasy should change everything about itself to fit 40k, but 40k should stay exactly the same. And what would be the point of that?

  • @skyro0412
    @skyro0412 Рік тому +5

    I think Warhammer AoR didn't have to officially die. Just look at what they did with FF14 Online. The game was really badly received and its devs still revived it.
    It's a shame AoR didn't have people like the later FF14 devs.

    • @1ochotnik
      @1ochotnik Рік тому +1

      Still there's quite a strong private server going on (Return of Reckoning)

    • @skyro0412
      @skyro0412 Рік тому +1

      ​@@1ochotnik I know but they most likely don't have the equipment and funds for big extentions

  • @twincast2005
    @twincast2005 Рік тому +7

    Well, it's not true that GW never remove stuff (for what is intended to be) for good, and the shakeup from WFB3 to WFB4 remains massive. The new leadership, however, has shown an enormous willingness to bring back previously removed elements large and small (including merging even some WFB3/WFRP1 things back into the lore), so, yes, there's nothing stopping them from using post-SoC timeline for TOW in the future alongside post-TET timeline for AoS if both are successful, regardless of any current official claims that TET is gospel for TOW. They'd be exceptionally stupid not to do so, especially with infinite multiverses having become mainstream. (The occasional alternative timelines have been for decades.)

  • @Percivalvideos
    @Percivalvideos Рік тому +4

    I use a alternative timeline in my Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay game

  • @Balthasar_Gelt
    @Balthasar_Gelt Рік тому +11

    I love the idea of a Warhammer multiverse, both in fantasy, 40k and AoS

  • @InvictusSolDeus
    @InvictusSolDeus Рік тому +2

    The gotrek and felix novels should never have stopped being written by Willian King, I don't think Nathan Long was a good choice to continue them

  • @simonwilliamnoelmurray9179
    @simonwilliamnoelmurray9179 Рік тому +5

    Would have loved this

  • @TaleNodati
    @TaleNodati Рік тому +2

    Pretty sure I've read references where the chaos wastes also have funky time stuff going on.

  • @MRFlackAttack1
    @MRFlackAttack1 Рік тому +1

    It would be interesting if they released a new Gotrek and Felix series in an alternate timeline that begins from their escape from Albion and ends with their return to the Empire. There are a lot of years unaccounted for in that period. They could have Felix and his sword getting them into trouble in Cathay.

  • @Catcrazo101
    @Catcrazo101 Рік тому +1

    3:42 I would also like to point out that in 40K the new von ryan leapers unit for the tyranids was first mentioned in the 3rd edition codex

  • @TheTlMEWARP
    @TheTlMEWARP Рік тому +1

    This is the timelime i want to live in

  • @NPC-xd6on
    @NPC-xd6on Рік тому +3

    Warhammer Return of Reckoning is the name of the server :)

  • @lux-px2fp
    @lux-px2fp Рік тому +4

    We would have gotten night goblin censer bearers without the End Times. 😡

  • @leftistadvocate9718
    @leftistadvocate9718 Рік тому +1

    imagine if Warhammer fantasy survived the end times and we got like 99% of the AOS models in fantasy. lets be honest all of the chaos models would effortlessly slot into a Warhammer fantasy chaos aesthetic, same with soul blight slotting into vampire counts, iron jaws and black orcs, sylthvaneth and you get the point. hell you could've made new factions born out of the end times like dwarfs taking to the skies after their mountain homes are destroyed wait a minute... pretty much every AOS faction could have conceivably manifested itself in one way or another out of the old world if GW really wanted to progress the lore instead of deleting and starting anew.

  • @goransekulic3671
    @goransekulic3671 Рік тому +4

    Finally someone of some influence mentions this. I keep saying it, but ... yeah, whatever. There are basically two things here:
    a) OFFICIAL TIMELINE: This is to be referenced when dealing with official projects, tourneys etc.
    b) UNOFFICIAL TIMELINES: You can do whatever here. Progress something from the past(Age of Reckoning, Storm of Chaos, alternate Endtimes etc), change the atmosphere(Noblebright), do whatever as long as you warn others. DO NOT GANK PEOPLE WITH YOUR FANON! (what would happen if someone traveled back in time and killed Nagash?)
    I personally don't care that much about a. Also, given that older books are still being sold AND that C7 still sells Warhammer FANTASY Roleplay, I don't really need to, do I? Not unless if I am doing something official(very, very low chances of that happening) or if I choose to do so(mostly on the behalf of others).

  •  Рік тому +1

    There's a vary active Warhammer Larp community in Europe (esp. Germany) and there the End Times never happened. It's another alternate timeline.

  • @sickbozo8152
    @sickbozo8152 Рік тому +14

    end times was a terrible piece of writing

  • @blindlobster
    @blindlobster Рік тому +1

    GW just doesn't care about the background of Warhammer. (Although they did in the past.) The writers even rewrote the histories of most of the factions before The End Times began, in order to attempt to make Age of Sigmar more acceptable to others. Just read the histories within the last Warhammer Fantasy Army books, they are quite different to that of the histories of all the faction/army books beforehand. (The writers couldn't even tell the difference between Warhammer elves and 40K eldar, telling us that all warhammer fantasy elf souls were destined for Slaanesh...)

  • @FEDEXLuchs
    @FEDEXLuchs 7 місяців тому +1

    i mean... TECHNICALLY speaking
    the end times only happened because the Chaos alliance got its ass clapped on the tabletop simulations and couldnt get past norsca
    SOOOOOO in reality the alternative timeline is technically the correct original ending

  • @therasslintheatre2960
    @therasslintheatre2960 Рік тому +1

    4:45 I'm half expecting Leofric to appear in TW:W3 as a Legendary Hero for both Bretonnia and Cathay, because his Grail Quest took him to Cathay to save the wives of the dragon emperor from a chaos cult and slay a cathayian Jade Dragon.
    Considering the current version of Cathay being ruled by dragons, I'd imagine his story to be changed for him to somehow be an acquaintance of Yuan Bo.

    • @Schniedragon88
      @Schniedragon88 Рік тому +2

      Makes things a little awkward as the firstborn of the emperor and empress is the Jade Dragon, and he administrators the Emperor's capital personally.
      He's also the entire family's second-favorite member.

    • @therasslintheatre2960
      @therasslintheatre2960 Рік тому +1

      @@Schniedragon88 Yeah, that's why I'd imagine that part of Leofric's story to be changed, to say he offered his aid to Yuan Bo against a chaos cult or something, and then that story got misinterpreted back in Bretonnia

  • @TomatoRoll
    @TomatoRoll Рік тому +3

    I think there is a least five versions of the Warhammer World.
    1st/2nd edition,
    3rd edition/1st edition RPG,
    4th/5th edition,
    6th/7th edition/2nd edition RPG,
    8th edition/Endtimes.
    Still not sure if the 4th edition RPG should be it's own thing.
    Of course there is also the video games and Bloodbowl.

    • @1ochotnik
      @1ochotnik Рік тому +1

      I completely agree. Warhammer Fantasy world has seen some changes thorugh the years, some subtle and some quite significant.
      4th/5th edition of WFB is my favourite flavour of Warhammer. Lots of lore created for the release of first Army Books for each race, by some talented GW authors including great William King. This era has 2 great video game adaptations made for PC and PS1 - Shadow of the Horned Rat and Dark Omen and a slight overlap with the last stages of the 1st edition of WFRP.

    • @goransekulic3671
      @goransekulic3671 Рік тому +2

      While 6th has a lot of good gameplay elements, nothing beats the Herohammer days!

    • @1ochotnik
      @1ochotnik Рік тому +1

      @@goransekulic3671 I've seen a few neat ideas how to mitigate the problem with the "hero-" part, including syphoning army points from Characters into the Regiments. Up to 50% points spent on Characters? It was waaaay too much imo.

    • @goransekulic3671
      @goransekulic3671 Рік тому +2

      @@1ochotnik I mean, I liked the lore of that time the best(it was a perfect mixture of everything without relying too much on any of its building blocks), but the herohammer was problematic, yes.

  • @KaineOfficial
    @KaineOfficial Рік тому

    Belakor is the only character to appear in all three main timelines, Warhammer Fantasy, Warhammer 40k and Age of Sigmar

  • @ShadowWolfRising
    @ShadowWolfRising Рік тому

    I'd love for a Alternate Campaign map or Total War following the MMO's world, what with Grumlok and Gazbag, Tchar'zanek, etc.

  • @Dayz3O6
    @Dayz3O6 Рік тому +2

    I like the build up of End Times but thats about it. Imagine you're just a commoner when End Times happen.

  • @matthewpurling5179
    @matthewpurling5179 Рік тому +1

    The Warhammer World was never destroyed.

  • @kelpie1533
    @kelpie1533 Рік тому

    The reality is Warhammer has been significantly retconed several times. The most obvious being between the 3rd edition WFB / 1st edition WFRP era and 4th edition WFB. The game and background was changed to appeal to a wider audience with the first boxed edition.

  • @leehodges1484
    @leehodges1484 Рік тому

    2:12. "most of the known world had been destroyed", not really, only Kislev and a couple of the Northern Provinces of the Empire and Middenheim had been a bit roughed up. The aftermath was the setting for WHFRP 2nd edtion as well, and whilst wandering around Ostland was more dangerous due to roving Chaos warbands it was nothing like the End Times level of destruction. In retrospect I think it was a reasonable middle ground between nothing ever changes and an End Times level of change, although the ending with Grimgor just knocking down Archaon then walking off and Valten mysteriously vanishing were somewhat cheesy.

  • @HiQueenJenn
    @HiQueenJenn Рік тому +2

    I prefer my Total War Good Guy Vlad campaign timeline. Where he saved the empire from the forces of Chaos, and split the rule of the Empire with Franz and everyone was happy.

    • @SignumInterriti
      @SignumInterriti Рік тому

      Aww, I need to play that again. I used to do it before he was patched and got a positive relations skills, now it's not such a pain, I don't have to give Franz my whole treasury each turn to make him like me.

  • @CarrotofGreatness
    @CarrotofGreatness Рік тому +1

    Las cannons on carnesour, yes please

  • @davidfinch7407
    @davidfinch7407 Рік тому

    So yes, Bretonnia has unified and dominates the Old World's west coast. The Wood Elves are subordinate kingdoms to Emperor Leoncour. The Skaven have been destroyed and only survive in sewer/prisons, and are only brought above ground to fight in gladiatorial combat against Knights in tournaments. The Empire of Man and the Empire of Couronne cooperate in suppressing the chaos lands. Vampirism has been driven back and the few that remain no longer can survive the light of the sun, making it impossible for them to form kingdoms.

  • @codybrox4693
    @codybrox4693 7 місяців тому

    I honestly just hope the old world does well enough the call it it’s own timeline and continue the story
    The dwarves should be allowed to reclaim some parts of the KARAZ ANKOR

  • @mohamedmaiza3866
    @mohamedmaiza3866 3 місяці тому

    golden age indeed

  • @krongusblung8305
    @krongusblung8305 Рік тому +4

    My nibba Grimgor could be alive.

  • @keegobricks9734
    @keegobricks9734 Рік тому +6

    "age of sigmar is the current-" NO. Look, I hate age of sigmar in every way I think it looks terrible, is embarrassing, but if someone out there does like it should be obvious that it has basically nothing to do with warhammer fantasy. I could have tolerated its existence if GW didn't stupidly try and insist this to be the case like say Disney with star wars or CBS with star trek. You can give AoS slightly more slack because at least it's from the same company but I can't see any link to warhammer fantasy that's worth speaking about, and doesn't enrich either setting, it makes them both look worse.

  • @empiricalwolf1256
    @empiricalwolf1256 Рік тому

    I hate multiverses and travelling back in time. In my opinion, it takes away the seriousness of choices and consequences. Like "oh no, I messed up. I know I'll travel another timeline/ back in time and fix it." 😑
    Takes away any need for personal growth as well

  • @laraik1198
    @laraik1198 Рік тому +12

    Let's show to GW that they can't kill WH Fantasy !

    • @goransekulic3671
      @goransekulic3671 Рік тому +1

      We already did and we are going to finish that job! They are going to relent. Just like they did with The Old World.

  • @Vulcanerd
    @Vulcanerd Рік тому

    Age of Reckoning was a ton of fun! A little sparse on the pve endgame content and I didn't appreciate the 300 v 300 battles where stuff just stopped rendering so a group of fighters at the gates using a siege weapon would drop like flies b/c the aoe spells the defenders were casting from overhead... wasn't being rendered on the screen.

  • @mogwaiman6048
    @mogwaiman6048 Рік тому +1

    The squats never left 40k. They were just refugees.

  • @crsmith6226
    @crsmith6226 Рік тому

    Can you make this a series, maybe make your own speculative time lines

  • @MrAracag
    @MrAracag Рік тому

    Isn't Archaon the mary sue of warhammer?
    Edit: and didn't Be'lakor make about 12 extra timelines just to keep Archie alive?

  • @vinnythewebsurfer
    @vinnythewebsurfer Рік тому

    (Age of reckoning mentioned) DAMN YOU CURT SCHILLING.

  • @antonioarcano7989
    @antonioarcano7989 Рік тому

    Oh please, I hope it never happened.

  • @higheyrie6176
    @higheyrie6176 Рік тому

    Anything to bring back the setting and game of whfb. I will accept tweaks such as all special characters living in the same period like twwh.

  • @Marinealver
    @Marinealver Рік тому

    The only timeline that is acceptable.

  • @andrewlaidlaw7975
    @andrewlaidlaw7975 Рік тому

    As much I like GW books I don't necessarily agree with all the books being ebooks now for the books that they don't want to republish as it only leads to people going onto amazon & ebay and setting the price for the books at a silly rip off price.

  • @patchesgaming9139
    @patchesgaming9139 Рік тому +5

    I had a dream WHF was back and the end times and AOS was wiped from existence and everything was good and then I woke up.

  • @charleslister8465
    @charleslister8465 Рік тому

    As many have said Blood Bowl is a defined Alt universe.

  • @the_beast_among_sheep
    @the_beast_among_sheep 8 місяців тому

    Yeah! Scree AoS!!

  • @Bearyboo87
    @Bearyboo87 Рік тому +1

    Whooo nuke nut shot!

  • @TheArthurkan
    @TheArthurkan Рік тому

    Nothing truly recon in warhammer except Fimir raping

  • @yuriykaraivan8310
    @yuriykaraivan8310 Рік тому

    If there would be an off remark about AoS characters deciding to create their great plan of building one world ahahah

  • @Sailinator2303
    @Sailinator2303 Рік тому

    The end times never happened it was a dream of the Skaven

  • @haldor1803
    @haldor1803 Рік тому

    So age of sigmar is an alternate timeline

  • @michaeljenner2325
    @michaeljenner2325 11 місяців тому

    Thank goodness this isn't the main thing and they went with Age of Sigmar.

    • @KawaiiCanadafreememes
      @KawaiiCanadafreememes 10 місяців тому +1

      Warhammer Fantasys lore is far more beloved and well-known then Age of Sigmar despite having been dead for nearly a decade

  • @davidjankraayveld7784
    @davidjankraayveld7784 Рік тому +1

    Wouldn t an alternative timeline just be used to "ignore" the End times?
    I think it would unnecessarily complicate matters, as it has no real function other then what I just mentioned. I get that it can get mentioned in stories in aos, 40k but to really use it to created a new universe. I have my doubts.
    But that is just my first feelings about it of course.

  • @TheVergoner
    @TheVergoner Рік тому

    You got any source of those AoS lore bits you mentioned?
    I know Gotrek wound one realmgate that lead to Warhammer World in the Blood of the Old World audiodrama. But he destroyed it at the end.
    But the Teclis one makes me to doubt you. 🤨

    • @ce4879
      @ce4879 Рік тому +3

      He might be mixing up AoS Teclis with old Teclis from Giantslayer who saw bubbles of all kinds of different future realities play out.
      Though it really doesn’t matter too much as the one Realmgate in Realmslayer noted even daemons didn’t bother reinvading because it’s future was set anyway to be destroyed. The AoS links there are less like alternates and more like a Last Save file right before the game over screen to justify why some old characters can make the jump over, 2016 Order Alliance book played with that a lot like the weird time flows in the Realm of Azyr had ancient people pop up in the streets speaking a dead language(so your Empire character could survive to the new setting as an example).

  • @voodooozo3755
    @voodooozo3755 Рік тому

    Alternate timeline? What are you talking about, it's the end times that's just big weird fan fiction

  • @Arthurio99
    @Arthurio99 Рік тому

    Too bad they said the old world is in the end times timeline, if they said the opposite I might have actually cared for it.

  • @headcrabo..2301
    @headcrabo..2301 Рік тому +5

    Will this be a Mandela effect? End times? What’s that? The setting never ended it’s right here.

  • @guilliman1990
    @guilliman1990 Рік тому +2

    3 editions in trying to find its footing. There is a reason sigmar is the single worst setting GW have ever made. Took the peak game *fantasy * an just flipped it on its head an messed up the whole thing.

  • @xXxScarShadowxXx1
    @xXxScarShadowxXx1 Рік тому +2

    Honestly GW should just embrace alternate timelines/universes as IMO it would probably massively reduce the some of the bitterness revolving around the end times/Age of Sigmar for certain parts of the community and it will also allow them to more easily create new content involving the old world.

  • @davinchi3228
    @davinchi3228 Рік тому

    Don't really care about alternate verses if they are well written and bring me more Warhammer

  • @doctorinductor9826
    @doctorinductor9826 Рік тому +1

    The end times is a nice fanfic, I think.

  • @loanna5500
    @loanna5500 Рік тому +1

    Gods I hate AoS

  • @remusventanus5341
    @remusventanus5341 Рік тому +6

    I'll never accept Age of Sigmar. Lol

  • @vzgg1973
    @vzgg1973 Рік тому

    Background, lore & even a made up historical setting is great for games. When we start believing the dates & lore of a large company is gospel or go done multi-verses holes it’s time to read some other fiction.
    Games give us rules to play a games. How we choose to play & what universe we choose to use totally up to players. So don’t fret dates & lore not exactly “working”. It’s a game world.

    • @blindlobster
      @blindlobster Рік тому +1

      Movies are just there to entertain us, why care about the plots of them?

  • @keegobricks9734
    @keegobricks9734 Рік тому +4

    Multiverses are so popular now because you can retell existing stories but with more gay and black people rammed into it.