5 AWESOME Missing Daemon Characters - Total War Warhammer 3 - Chaos Edition

[@TheGreatBookofGrudges]

Many regrets after deciding to paint up my Daemons but hey they gotta be done and it inspires me to do videos :)

[@BearPawSwipe]

Are you ever going to do a video on your minis? I wanna see them! :D

[@geoffdean2372]

I’d love to see Rotigus and Ka’Bandha

[@matthewpena3932]

Old school bloodletters with Axes and dog heads. :)

[@DarthEnderX]

4 of these characters are basically unique Heralds. And given that TWW made Heralds into Lords, it would make sense for them to be LLs.

[@milo5322]

I really do like the contrast that Skulltaker gives Khorne. It gives khorne the mix of honorable combat between skilled soldiers, and indiscriminate killing. It gives some depth to an otherwise unidimensional god

[@johnj.spurgin7037]

I could see the theme for his faction as well. Factionwide buff to heroes that are fighting other heroes, and an additional bonus if your duel is interfered with by other units.

[@prinstyrio0]

It's a good contrast between Skarbrand as well, who definitely is more the indiscriminate killer than honorable fighter, which goes well in how being such a big strong character he can do that, but a herald size character will need more finesse.

[@Ballagorn_Ironblood]

Sied quest for U'zhul the Skulltaker, kill Karl Franz and you get item from ancillarie slot "Skull of the Emperor" giving you bonus in fighting Empire, or kill Festus for skull giving regen and plauge resistance for his army That would be niceto run Skulltaker with six skulls in ancillarie slots

[@lom5020]

I would love to see the blue scribes. They could have a unique mechanic where instead of a specific lore of magic, they have spell types. Depending on which lores they’ve discovered/collected, they cast a spell type and it’s randomly chosen from the collected lores. For example: if they have the lores of tzeentch and fire, and they cast a vortex there is a chance for any of the three vortex spells to be cast.

[@Doombot221]

I think Epidemius for battle mechanics might have more aura buffs for nearby units. Like, similar to Valkia, where those around him know that Nurgle is watching them. Maybe increases combat capability and stuff. Maybe epidemius, because of his desire to get into the thick of things for research, will also have campaign bonuses to research based on plague spread and can increase the move speed of units in battle because they are being cajoled into running after samples

[@JL-ti3us]

I see Epidemus'es journey as one of learning then. As being the accountant of plague and death essentially, the quantification of the death and effects of plague could be almost like a collection or boosting mechanic that intensifies his plagues and receieves buffs from Nurgle in accounting of his service. It could lead him all over, to battle sites like where people die in big battles like the vamps do, but be able to interact with these sites differently.

[@olympusgolemoflight7198]

14:00 Well, I am the accountant friend, and I love Nurgle the most of the four. Edit: Epidemius vs Blue Scribes, let's go!

[@christianlangdon3766]

Skull taker is pretty cool as a character in warhammer since he acts as a kind of black knight an immortal who seeks to fight only the best. Kharnak best boi would also be cool as a legendary lord, as his whole deal would be hunting characters through the lands and having a none humanoid guy would be funny when it comes to diplomacy. Like imagine skaven or something negotiate with (granted a smart doggo) a dog by throwing him treats which happen to be their own kind. Be pretty fun. Granted I can see him as a special hero option as well. Since he could assinate other characters

[@Guglielmoparon]

I imagine the Scribes becoming an essential Gotrek & Felix for Chaos, Skaven, Dark Elves and Undead… that would be mighty interesting! Their goal to side with factions to take their magical lore!

[@JOJABO-PlagueLord]

I love this kind of content im just getting into warhammer lore and through clips like this i get to learn so much

[@liamcullen3035]

I appreciate this video! Thanks for making this, I especially liked hearing about that mysterious Nurgle Daemon Prince who was plotting against Athel Loren. He could be a very cool surprise character! However, I think it’s super weird to say “it’s a shame we already have the palanquin of Nurgle” model 😂 I understand your sentiment that it fits thematically with Epidemeus, but that doesn’t make it a shame that we already have it! It’s great that we have it! 😁 Also, I reckon quite a few of these characters are perfect fodder for FreeLC. The Changeling and Skulltaker are cool enough to draw people to a DLC, maaaaybe The Masque, but probably not Epidemeus or The Blue Scribes. So some of these lads and ladies will likely be coming for free, alongside DLCs that include beefier leading characters, like Tamurkhan and The Monkey King.

[@gmzilla4489]

Although it hasn't been a theme for one of these videos, I would still love if we got Moonclaw for the Beastmen. He is my favorite in the faction and I feel he is so under used.

[@tonisauna-aho3899]

Dancer seems like most interesting one of the bunch. Hopefully they really get something fun out of the dances visually.

[@prinstyrio0]

Always loved the Blue Scribes just in their nature, magic and Tzeentch. You could technically keep coming up with more spells and we've seen more lores pop up we never knew about before, which means the Blue Scribe's job is never-ending. Which fits so well with who Tzeentch is, always about change and never a set form, and would be the ultimate blow to him to never regain himself again as well.

[@JL-ti3us]

The Nurgle Daemon Prince is just making me think, that as a Daemon Prince and once being mortal, wouldn't it be cool if he was an Elven Daemon Prince? Maybe one that turned on his own kind during the chaos of the War of the Beard when Elven colonies were being destroyed, and then him becoming like some twisted reflection of Orion, but instead with the Antler and forest motifs being twisted into the Nurglite form, and he could be inspired by those swamp nurgle men that came opposed to that AoS Lizardment box set.

[@Kavino]

In Skulltaker's novel he has an uncanny ability to just pop up when people were not expecting him. I actually expect him to have stalk or some kind of teleport ability just to make it interesting and different for a Khorne character.

[@Arutima]

It's almost a certainty at this point that we will get The Glottkin brothers as Nurgle LL.

[@logancooper943]

I would love to see them! I'd also like to see Horticulous Slimux, even though I think he came out in age of sigmar

[@samuelansin8307]

1. No Doombreed?! 2. I still remember the loading screen message that described the Monkey King with a form that fit each chaos god. I wonder if that was supposed to be the Changling or if they will be making the Monkey King Chaos aligned.

[@HK4712]

For Skulltaker i'd like something like the Norscan hunting mechanic. That you actually get Battles against great warriors and gain benefits from it

[@pedrobarreto681]

Love this vids! Keep it up :)

[@sim.frischh9781]

Accountant here... Thanks for that comparison. Would be nice to ride a chair carried by a bunch of Nurglings. However what he does sounds more like a remembrancer or documantalist to me, an accountant balances accounts.

[@walterlaten7662]

6:45 tzeentch definitely knows his name but he just messin whit em not telling him his own name lol

[@darthralin]

It'd be cool if Skulltaker got a special challenge mechanic. Either an implementation of 3K's dueling mechanic or some way to buff an enemy army for increased rewards. You know, something to set him apart from all the unvarnished mass killers that make up most of the Khornate roster and show that he has challenged the lord in question. Maybe something similar to Snikch's Plunge into Anarchy mechanic in that it'd make possible to kill immortal characters; but instead of a very-long-cooldown skill for one-shotting an entire faction, it'd have a shorter cooldown, and make it possible to perma-kill any one lord, significantly buff the enemy army selected, and force you to use lightning strike so you had to win with Skulltaker's army alone. Upon winning, you'd get the killed lord's skull with unique additional effects for the skulls of Legendary Lords (but you'd only get to "equip" a few at a time), and if the Lord in question was a faction leader, their faction would get a new leader from among available lord. For the Changeling, I'd love a specific mechanic for conducting false flag operations. You'd spend your special currency to shapeshift for a number of turns into any lord from among the factions you've encountered and other factions would treat the actions of shapeshifted-Changeling as actions of the faction the character being framed belongs to. It could be used to start wars by attacking someone with the shapeshifted-Changeling, but it could also be used to dodge consequences for yourself. For example, you could shapeshift into a character, then trespass through the territory of a neighboring faction, raiding to avoid attrition, and sacking the occasional city to line your coffers, all without breaking the trade agreement, or even alliance you have with them. Of course, it'd need some drawbacks for balance. Being unable to occupy settlements while shapeshifting seems like the bare minimum; with maybe a fail chance when more aggressive actions are taken that'd reveal the Changeling's ploy and tank your reliability. And probably big hits to diplomacy with the framed faction, who'd know they're being framed. Also, Wurrzag vs. Masque in a dance-off. Make it happen, CA.

[@hgriffe]

Amon Chakai have been hinted into some screen waiting texts too.

[@matthewlins8196]

What about Glottkin for Nurgle? Will that be saved for a Blight DLC with the Blight Kings? Morbidex Twiceborn, Bloab Rotspawned or Orghotts Daemonspew as well.

[@RocketHarry865]

I would love the Blue Scripts having a mechanic where they have to track down notable spellcasters and find a way to steal their knowledge

[@sammylynn919]

all five of these characters are in the legendary Characters mod. But would still be cool to have them officially in the game.

[@thehonestaspy102]

I fully expect the 4 LL heralds to be handed out as FLC given they already have all the animations and just need to make a new model (which is largely a reskin) with new voice lines. I do think Lu Bu's mechanic from 3K would work well for Queek and Skulltakers both though. This is assuming CA ever gives out FLC again 😂

[@grantguetschow5129]

Skulltaker could barrow from Oxyotl's teleport plans of the old ones mechanic. Warping around the map challenge Lord's to gain bonuses and establish Khorne settlements.

[@avenger1312]

In an alternate universe with no limits I think Horticulous Slimux would be the perfect pick. He is nurgle's gardener and could be inroduced with an overhaul of their faction(Allowing ypu to spend less time in the early no money phases and more time in the max income phases of the cycle aka gardening)

[@ilsonoita99]

I can see Skulltaker going to challenge in a fair 1v1 mechanic somewhat like three kingdoms, maybe he can just force the enemy leader to do it with a skill or a taunt ability.

[@Mirkomir_Blobszczonowicz]

Changeling - you may send you LL after defeating other LL for mission to take over the faction or something like that :P

[@MiguelFlores-pg8fi]

Real quick, i thought something for Skulltaker, lets say you play as a Generic LL and you kill/wound the enemy LL and a hero or two, or just rack them up, when suddenly Skulltaker shows up to challenge you, you gain buffs and so forth, but if you lose, the character dies permanently… sorry for lack of details, i was on the can when the idea came up😅

[@RocketHarry865]

so it means you would have to put points into your character's personal combat capability or you risk losing your character to Skulltaker

[@MiguelFlores-pg8fi]

@@RocketHarry865 i guess, again didn’t have the time to hash out the nitty gritty details, but hey it’s either that or have Skulltaker knocking where you are and seeing we got lucky on those fights and he just pops our heads off😹

[@CoolSmoovie]

Armored Bloodletters just look so cool

[@Sakura_Matou]

Forgot about Daniel's sister, Danielle.

[@jtoegi]

They should all be Legendary Lords. Also most of them would work as flcs since we are mostly missing mortal stuff. The Changling Vs Monkey King definitely can work though.

[@blakem2534]

I want to see the Brothers Glot as nurgle leader. Either start with all 3 as a mounted unit. Or quest to find and reunite the brothers.

[@lewishorsman2219]

I think these characters should be summoned characters usable in a way similar to Gotrek & Felix. You get them for 20 turns. You can have a bunch of fun with them and they disappear. Skulltaker could have missions whereby he hunts down and challenges lords & heroes all over the map and each conquest resets his movement range.

[@tobiashagstrom4168]

I'd say I suspect Skulltaker will be a lord, since there aren't a ton of Khorne lord candidates, though I can see how his solo challenger agenda is also very suitable as an agent who can "assassinate" enemy lords and such, and making him a lord kind of negates that by foisting a mandatory army on him. Granted, as long as the devs come up with cool challenge-related mechanics for him, I don't think it's a big deal, and again, Khorne needs lords. Honestly, I say the same for Epidemius and the Blue Scribes, unless they "needs" to be heroes to make sense, I think they'll prioritize making them a lords so they can have a faction, meaning they can get more content from them, sell for more, etc. The Changeling I'm not sure of though, his subversive nature seems sort of fitting for a hero character, especially if he has some sort of special impersonation hero action. He would be sort of restricted as a lord, perhaps. The Masque would also work as a hero, given that she's good at distracting and bewitching people, so any type of hero action that involves slowing down and debuffing enemy armies and such would feel fitting, but she could also make a fine lord, with the dances working as combat buffing and debuffing for friends and enemies respectively.

[@ryanfoster2869]

I was initially excited to see the daemons finally come to Total War but once they got into the game I forgot how shallow the purely daemonic rosters are. That's why I never got behind the decision to make Daemons their own faction in the TT.

[@Rhinopotamus]

We all but know that all of these, except maybe The Changeling, are gonna be the FLC Lord for each MonoGod faction.

[@belafeldbusch3397]

What could be cool about the Changeling, would be a Interface like the elector counts or fleet admirals, where you can give your changeling the body of a chaos dragon or a spell caster or a warrior and so on Also I would like to see Shalaxi Hellbane

[@IDontKnowYouWhoAreYou]

shalaxi hellbane is aos

[@belafeldbusch3397]

@@IDontKnowYouWhoAreYou Yeah and Vlad von Carstein is dead for a long time, so is Azhag the Slaughterer

[@joshmilner4864]

I know you already covered it. But its Hard for me to get excited or want these seeing how we technically already have them. I don't think outside of voice lines custom animations and maybe a unique mechanic or two they will be any better then the legendary hero mod. They really knocked these 4 characters out of the park in both design and looks. What I would like tho that I have asked for a lot is... I wanna see your damn minis that you have or are painting NATHAN!

[@CommanderBohn]

Wasn't because actually Tzeentch was actually ganged on and his magical scepter was shattered? Then those pieces eventually turned into the spells used by wizards around the world and the Blue Scribes set off to learn all of those?

[@ryanfoster2869]

I think they changed it. I remember it being a staff too.

[@AnArtisticToad]

I would actually love if Skulltaker just showed up and challenged my melee-competent lords/heroes to duels like once a campaign, or actually incentivized 1v1's in some way. Not sure how this could be mechanically implemented to be interesting, fair without being too frustrating, and fit within Total Warhammer, but it sounds funny. I could think on it though. I'm gonna be mildly cheesed if he gets similar, more interesting mechanics I've wanted Queek to have for a long time. Their battle will be legendary though.

[@dyinginfashion2558]

Faster dlc and releases isn’t usually a good sign though, videogames take a lot of time to get right I get why you want it but patience is key

[@nanbreadunited8098]

I'd love the blue scribes they should have the most chaotic campagin ever

[@riccardo393e7]

They will probably come, but I wish also for ka bandha

[@barneysoldierson54]

Oh yes the Legendary Characters Mod

[@melkhiordarkfell4354]

I say all the named lesser daemon should just be Legendary Heroes like the tabletop but also make it so they be in any daemon army, a Khrone army can field Epidemius etc to vary it up.

[@Never_heart]

I can actually see all of these characters coming out in a cheaper Legendary Hero DLC since there are so few demon units left for a full LL DLC

[@opusmagnus26]

The Changeling is a Horror? What kind of Horror has a lower body partially composed of the Winds of Tzeentch itself?

[@holysaintknight343]

Yes we need those in game

[@docmercy3660]

I'm a huge sucker for duelist characters. That's why Wulfrik is my favourite - just some dude running around and having a slapfight with strong people. So yeah, I'd love Skulltaker (or a rework to Wulfrik in particular with duels).

[@reiteration6273]

SKULLTAKER! Yeah!

[@ethanorange3705]

could the old world be a demon world devoted to chaos undivided in the 40k universe?

[@Bel-0-kan]

Why are you not talking about the Glottkin ? They are really interesting characters

[@nolawargaming7461]

I always liked amon chakai alot but they have fateweaver already so not likely he'll pop up. The changling and blue scribes are more diverse so would be better choices than him unfortunately

[@ardeleanalex6906]

My opinion... Skulltaker and a Legendary Hero, could get defeat lord traits. Easy, simple yet unique and powerful

[@lightbringer1237]

Tbh the changelings doesn't really sound like a good ll material, it would fit more of a hero material like skulltaker

[@Razielts1]

To get a more unique lord choice for nurgle, the 40k lord is better: Horticulous Slimux. This guy brings a new mount, so he would be more unique, and Empidemius would be a great LH, yes.

[@Razielts1]

LH: Khorne - Karanak Tzeentch - Blue scribes Nurgle - Epidemius Slaanesh - new character

[@BFG40k]

GW only likes to add new space marines lol. Who knows maybe they will finally put out things from the books they never released. I like the legendary mod that adds these but they are heroes in the mod

[@DarthEnderX]

12:55 Are you KIDDING? Between Tamurkhan: Throne of Chaos and End Times: Glottkin, Nurgle had more content than any other Chaos God in WHFB.

[@MidnightBlackandVictoria]

I dont think Khorne will be "right" until Arbaal is on the field. I'd MUCH rather see him than Skulltaker. Yeah, he is mortal, but canonically he led daemon forces.

[@fisch3392]

I want the glottkin!

[@marconarvaez9871]

The scribes could make for a really cool campaign, going around the world playing Magic Pokemon, and that Nurglite Daemon Prince sounds like a super interesting character. As you said, GW really needs to make up some new daemons, not only for this game's sake, but also for tabletop (they can sell the new models on all Warhammer settings, after all).

[@12345langham]

As long as they write lore that ties them to WFB, I would love to see AoS chaos stuff in Famtasy- e,.g Sloppity Bilepiper, Slaughter priests, Slaanesh Myrmidons, Tzaangor? Why invent generic boring stuff when it's right there? Why a Cultist of Khorne when there are far more interesting Khornate hero choices that exist Ps Skullgrinders pls

[@maraxesvetian9645]

isnt the glottkin very nurgly even tho they were once human they lost all sence of that

[@blurgalsklech2929]

Speaking of Lorebeards…

[@Onkoloinen]

Skulltaker < Queek Headtaker. Warp-Thing is inferiour compared to Queek yes-yes

[@d180jnr]

I know everyone goes for epidemius, but there are two other characters who are WAY more interesting for nurgle. Rotigus the rainfather - A Great unclean one that specialises in magic and has mouths all around him that vomit over enemies. Imagine a GuO with a flame attack basically. It would be really fun. Also he brings a rain of plague which could have some really cool visual effects on the map like a tomb king storm. You also have Horticulus slimux which is basically a cooler Epedemius, he would be a mounted LL as he rides a giant plague snail called mulch who is very resilient and has insane toxic bites. As for horticulus himself he wants to bring the garden of nurgle into the real world which he could do by having a campaign which focuses on capturing WE settlements

[@youtubecensorship842]

Still no chaos dwarfs. Going to commit non-wartime warcrimes soon, in minecraft. Better hurry up CA.

[@mcbain668]

They are all the same only in different colours one dimensional and boring bad guys IMO