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Your talk of butts pushed me into thinking of it in another direction.
Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest
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Question: why not write an equivalent to the Hobbit first, instead of going straight to LOTR? A standalone book seems like it'd be easier to start with.
This is a man literally in league with, blessed by, and actively sacrificing people to the Chaos Gods.
Literally every force Mathilde is aligned with mandates his death.
Some may recommend adding torture on top.
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Also the conspiracy that killed his family is all dead apart from our Besty
See, this is the problem with Witch Hunters. You hang around them long enough, you'll start thinking every well-tended posterior is a secret advertisement for Slaanesh.
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I mean, you could totally call Panoramia Mathilde's partner rather than her girlfriend and no one would would think about it so...
The entire point of a ritual of dedication is even Alberich symbollically shedding himself of his excuses for turning towards Chaos. Like, the reason why he's doing this is to prove to Slaanesh that he's fully onboard with being on Chaos' side for Chaos' own sake.
The point of the ritual is that vengeance isn't the point.
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Well, given how wide-ranging it was, it's certainly possible that some others slipped through the cracks.
But I doubt Alberich has much insight on that. Given the nature of the dedication ritual (basically erasing your Freudian Excuse) I doubt he cares much anymore.
Its like the Made Men.
You killed dudes in excessive, ritualistic manner to prove that you want in, and are wholly committed.
Servant of Chaos by choice, not convenience.
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Given how, branchy, noble families get, i would expect there are dozens of people who could make a claim for the Haupt-Andersen name and/or bloodline.
But they either have better claims elsewhere, making a claim would paint a major target on their backs, the link is so far in the past nobody thinks about it, or the descent is from outside marriage.
The main family is dead, and nobody left wants it or has the power to take it.
But they either have better claims elsewhere, making a claim would paint a major target on their backs, the link is so far in the past nobody thinks about it, or the descent is from outside marriage.
The main family is dead, and nobody left wants it or has the power to take it.
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Hm, I recalled him as the Enchanter of the Bright College, given we topped out the favor point scale for the item, but he seems to be an enchanter.
So
The Halfling
The Dwarfs would be looking for a Karak in the Pale sisters. (Made up one, do not want to prevoke an actual attempt at retaking by a small band of dwarfs.)
The Asrai of Athel Loren would be the elf's in this case, and should be played a lot scarier then In the hobbit if that's the case. (But somehow make it clear that the Enoir are not as batshit crazy as the Asrai, like the grey wizard going 'take care, the wood elf's of Athel Loren are not as responsible as those of Lothern, for they are not far in mind and soul from the spirts they have bond themselves to.)
Bilbo should not be referred to as a theif, as that's an actual stereotype In Setting.
The humans can be Knightlanders. with Bron being knighted for slaying a dragon.
The goblins can stay goblins
The troll can be a group of Ogres, because trolls won't capture anyone. But instead of stone the grey wizard would trick them into fight each other.
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I've been thinking about something, since I've been thinking about people in canon who survived the Aethyr. In Total War Warhammer, there is a line that says "few Lizardmen have killed as many daemons as Oxyotl, their most deadly assassin". Now, that makes sense, Oxyotl was teleported into the Aethyr during the Great Catastrophe during -5500-4400 IC area and he came back to the mortal realm around 2519 IC. It could have been just a few years for him, but who knows how many years passed in the technically 7000 years he was in there. It did make me start thinking. Skinks aren't supposed to live very long, they turn ancient around 100 years old. Did being in the Aethyr extend his lifespand? or was it that he never aged while he was in the Aethyr?
He's a Lizardmen, so I doubt he was infected or corrupted by Daemonic energies. The guy was so much of a madlad that he dared use Daemonic Secretions in his poisons to kill Daemons, and somehow stayed uncorrupted when he came back to the mortal realm. Although he is very quiet about his experiences, which, fair. That sounds like trauma even for someone as mentally resilient as a Lizardman.
I really wish there were more details on Oxyotl. I don't like how there are all these cool concepts in Warhammer that only ever get such small blurbs about them and are never expanded on. It really would have helped to know about what the experiences of someone living through the Warp were like. Also, he might be one of the oldest living characters in Warhammer that aren't the Slaan, even though his experiences are pretty unorthodox.
He's a Lizardmen, so I doubt he was infected or corrupted by Daemonic energies. The guy was so much of a madlad that he dared use Daemonic Secretions in his poisons to kill Daemons, and somehow stayed uncorrupted when he came back to the mortal realm. Although he is very quiet about his experiences, which, fair. That sounds like trauma even for someone as mentally resilient as a Lizardman.
I really wish there were more details on Oxyotl. I don't like how there are all these cool concepts in Warhammer that only ever get such small blurbs about them and are never expanded on. It really would have helped to know about what the experiences of someone living through the Warp were like. Also, he might be one of the oldest living characters in Warhammer that aren't the Slaan, even though his experiences are pretty unorthodox.
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Why not go for the Silmarillion first? It's always important to have a fleshed-out sandbox to play in, with lots and lots of minutae and lore, so the world would feel real and lived-in to the readers.
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My read on Mathilde is that she would never write a Silmarillion. She's an exciting sensationalist writer from what we've seen of her writings. Dwarf infection hasn't hit her that hard.
Because the Silmarillon was not actually published u til wayyyyu later.
And the thread won't play along for that long.
Also, frankly, it's set in the real world in universe.
It would be fictional, but it won't be fantasy 😉
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In that case, she wouldn't be writing The Lord of the Rings either; she'd be putting out stuff like The Adventures of Conan the Barbarian instead.
K8P is literally the plot of the Hobbit.
Bunch of dwarfs accompanied by the Grey Wizard, recruit halfling(s) help in reclaiming their ancestral hold, where Dragon sleeps. They have no trouble entering the Hold through Secret Dwarven Entry, but then problems arise and everything culminates in a big battle with five different armies (Expedition, Skaven, Orcs, Trolls, Dragon) taking part. In the end Dwarfs reclaim their hold and there's human settlement nearby allied with said hold.
So just take any single halfing form the expedition as pov character and you're golden.
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I haven't read the LoTR books, but I thought the movies were pretty exciting. Mathilde would probably make it more spicy than the actual version anyway.
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If I remember correctly, uh, Elf lady Aragorn had a thing for, Rohan woman who kills the Witch King, Elf lady that gives Gimli the hairs and is super creepy and scary, and that's it?
I can't remember any of their names.
I don't think mathy would be up for writing historical fiction of Sigmar.
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Read the books, they are a thousand times gayer then the movies.
No joke, Frodo and Sam has at least six speech's about how much they mean to each other while staring deeply into each other's eyes.
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You know how to tempt me.