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Warhammer Fantasy: A Dynasty of Dynamic Alcoholism
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Needs owls in there somewhere...I just noticed this, and makes me wonder what the Ostermark quest is titled, a Dynasty of Faith and Stoutness?
Dynasty of Scales and Soil, isnt Ostermark a farming province
Bro what is going on in Druchii quest chat, Nortland smashing the army, Ostland is somehow standing, and multiple heros/big units are all dying. WTF is the Empire Rolling????
In terms of naval tech stuff, it's possible that the real boost to us will be not from adapting some Dark Elf tech or materials... but rather from being able to study how the enemy makes war and thus be more ready to fight against it.
i.e. Getting a good luck at the way the Druchii wage naval war, the way they repair their ships, how they launch them from Black Arks, what kind of facilities they have on their Arks, etc.
Of course, the Empire -- and the Asur especially -- have had access to Druchii stuff for a long while, over the course of many wars and battles, obviously. But this will be a more recent thing. Also, perhaps one difference this time? Is that this time, there'll be plenty of Elves -- Asur and Eonir (and possibly even Asrai) -- able to help us bring our heads together and learn how to best fight the Druchii. Heck. We'll have the Dwarfs here too. Previously, while the Empire did have the alliance with the Karaz Ankor, they were in a thousand year civil war, and they hadn't brought down any Black Ark.
Also we have Wizards this time. Dunno if that'll make the difference, but. Anyway.
So potentially, we have the possibility of Man, Elf, and Dwarf, all coming together to say "Fuck the Druchii, seriously" all at once.
(With a lot of exceptions and "We don't yet know if we're going to survive this" "We don't know how much loot we'll get if any" "We don't know what condition everyone will be in afterward" and "We don't know if we'll be able to get everyone to work together to form a thinktank targeting the Druchii naval warmaking capabilities" of course.)
i.e. Getting a good luck at the way the Druchii wage naval war, the way they repair their ships, how they launch them from Black Arks, what kind of facilities they have on their Arks, etc.
Of course, the Empire -- and the Asur especially -- have had access to Druchii stuff for a long while, over the course of many wars and battles, obviously. But this will be a more recent thing. Also, perhaps one difference this time? Is that this time, there'll be plenty of Elves -- Asur and Eonir (and possibly even Asrai) -- able to help us bring our heads together and learn how to best fight the Druchii. Heck. We'll have the Dwarfs here too. Previously, while the Empire did have the alliance with the Karaz Ankor, they were in a thousand year civil war, and they hadn't brought down any Black Ark.
Also we have Wizards this time. Dunno if that'll make the difference, but. Anyway.
So potentially, we have the possibility of Man, Elf, and Dwarf, all coming together to say "Fuck the Druchii, seriously" all at once.
(With a lot of exceptions and "We don't yet know if we're going to survive this" "We don't know how much loot we'll get if any" "We don't know what condition everyone will be in afterward" and "We don't know if we'll be able to get everyone to work together to form a thinktank targeting the Druchii naval warmaking capabilities" of course.)
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Where did it all go wrong?
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Woo go Nordland!
i've said this before but honestly the Life Span of Freddy seems to be lining up to create a legitimate a potentially lasting bonds between the Order factions, bonds that are not oaths from generations ago but ones fordged now in friendship and parts of the anti-order factions are taking serious blows.
Its very satisfying to see the Druchii so impressively and comprehensively out-manuvered and defeated. The shipyards of Naggaroth will be occupied for years laboring to replace this fleet of ships. Many a dread captain and crew have also perished here, depriving Malekith of millennia of hard won experience.
I was expecting these escort fleets to be forced to flee Nordland after ineffectual raiding and to come to the aid of their parent Black Arcs at a crucial time in the battle. Now I am assured that no aid will come to our foe and the jaws of our strategic trap are very likely to snap catching both dread vessels in our grasp.
Truly a good day.
I was expecting these escort fleets to be forced to flee Nordland after ineffectual raiding and to come to the aid of their parent Black Arcs at a crucial time in the battle. Now I am assured that no aid will come to our foe and the jaws of our strategic trap are very likely to snap catching both dread vessels in our grasp.
Truly a good day.
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Ah yes, I forgot that that was how we went about it lol. Been a while. Hopefully we actually see those ships soon then! Could really use some ship based cannon fire into their back lines for instance (especially that damn artillery of theirs)
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Good lord, @torroar. Just how badly did the dice dunk on the Druchii for this outcome?
I don't know if I've seen a drubbing this bad in one of your quests since the 100 vs 1 rolls in Blood Ravens. That was an especially bad day to be Xenos.
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IIRC, this is mostly Morathi's big city faction and someone she called in a favor for. As part of payback for the whole Albion mess. So the blowback on Malekith is what's probably classify as "indirect but substantial". Morathi's running the Cult of Khaine as part of Malekith's power base, they rarely openly bicker. So this is Morathi's subordinate losing a prize, going on a bigger expedition to restore lost pride, and losing even harder. Morathi's going to purge a few people, strike out at her competitors smelling blood, but the big boy's role is strictly focused on us:
The problem isn't whether we weaken the Dark Elves or stir up some infighting. It's that we demand attention. Especially if we somehow blow up a Black Arc. If we somehow pull that off, the Beastmen will be the least of our problems.
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Wiggy had a better idea. A few post above you.
The Druchii had only ever been driven off in the entire history of the Empire but never defeated.
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Either commanding a different front or, similar to Magnus, holding down the fort, so that the Druchii cannot kill the ruler and heir together if shit gies to hell.
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To be fair, if Aislinn blocks up a Black Ark or two himself, Malekith will be spoiled for choice on whether to go for us or Ulthuan.
My bet? He'll go for Eldyra first. Eldyra was the one who played a significant role in both the Ulthuan ousting of the Druchii and in coming to the Empire's aid; plus Eldyra has a personal connection to people on Ulthuan in the form of Tyrion, and to people in the Empire in the form of Freddy. (Also as a three-fer, Eldyra was present at Laurelorn and fought against the Avatar of Anath Raema.) That makes Eldyra the perfect person to target. The first target the Evil Overlord slays (or kidnaps) in order to show he means business and to goad the heroes to action and set them to racing to stop his evil plot as it reaches culmination.
You are missing a feat of prowess for Eldyra. Before all of that, Tyrion had her duel and kill the Dreadlord of the Black Arc that the Everqueen's fleet fought, boarded and sank a decade or two ago.
More than anything to do with the Empire, that alone would have put her on Malekith's shit list.
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Of course, this was "part 4", but based on everything said they have been doing pretty solidly regardless.
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I don't remember how many black arks the druuchi officially have left , but we know the everqueen sunk one , and there are two in ostland. While unlikely we'll get both we might be able to sink one. I wonder how badly that's gonna affect the druuchi naval capabilities since those arks are unique things that can't be remade iirc . Losing two in a handful of years is gonna be a devastating loss for the druuchi
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Nor does anyone else in-thread, it hasn't come up.
Glad Stephen's having a good time
Canon itself it vague. There are at least a couple dozen as a bare minimum with 17 explicitly named per the wiki.
GW never wanted to tie themselves down with definitive numbers.
Wait did I misread this or did they have 2 black arks attack Nordland? If I'm being dumb then sorry. Cause Darn, I thought only 2 black arks were coming originally, glad Stephan and friends kicked the asses of their enemies.
Thanks for the great chapter Torroar! How well did Stephan and friends happen to roll in their quest?
Thanks for the great chapter Torroar! How well did Stephan and friends happen to roll in their quest?