Age of Sigmar Lore: Teclis, the Illuminator

[@InquisitorThomas]

Tyrion and Teclis are actually the youngest gods of the Pantheon. Yes Elves can live a long time, but Tyrion and Teclis were likely born around the year 2000ish, and year 0 for the world that was the coronation of Sigmar as the First Emperor, Nagash is a good one or two thousand years older than Sigmar, and Malekith and Morathi are ancient to Nagash, and Grugni and Grimnir are probably around the same age, the only God that is as old as the twins is Alarielle.

[@the_greater_good2]

He willingly allows Tyrion's daughter to be sacrificed by Arkhan the Black to bring back Nagash, as part of his plan to defeat the Chaos Gods! Not his finest moment but reminds me that most of the time Teclis is way more ruthless then his twin brother!

[@luminethmage9361]

Very nice. One of the things I like about Teclis is that - as you mentioned - he cares about all of the Realms, not only the Aelves. And tries to protect and improve people everywhere. That combined with him often meaning well, but besides all his knowledge and mental power - often failing because he thinks he knows best and can brush away objections makes him an interesting character. In the old books the banter between Tyrion and him were often some of the best parts. One reason why Teclis wants to recreate the old HE society is likely be wise he still feels guilt that in the end he couldn’t protect them, that he failed.

[@daval18]

I just love the comment from the Gotrek audio dramas when Gotrek says he finally realizes what is wrong with the realms as he passes a temple to Teclis in Hammerhal. If I remember my old world lore correctly, he met Teclis in Giantslayer and was not very impressed by his arrogance (and this is Gotrek we are talking about).

[@InquisitorThomas]

But Remember this is Gotrek we’re talking about and Old World Dwarfs fucking hated Elves, not attempting to Murder Techlis was likely an intense effort.

[@fumarc4501]

Was that in Realmslayer?

[@daval18]

@@fumarc4501 I believe so, it's when they are trying to find the cult's hideout to retrieve the master rune

[@thewayfarer8849]

I really like how a cripple in a martial culture forced himself to spread magic across the world, and not only be an asset in war, but one of the great generals of the Old World. And as a god, he's not universally loved, but retains his End Times scheming and 'cold light' aspect like The Emperor in 40K. The Yin/Yang brothers dynamic is interesting too, I'm really curious about Tyrion, I hope he's become a little less of a firebrand, more quiet and burning with passion for perfection and vulnerable (relatively) due to being blind.

[@Cezili]

A sight error in the beginning, but not a big deal considering this is for AOS: In the Old World, Tyrion and Teclis were not around for The Sundering of the Elves. That was thousands of years before their time. They gained their renown during the reign of Phoenix King: Finubar the Sea-Farer, who came to power I think 1,000 years prior to the End Times. Out of the AoS deities, only Malerion and Morathi were around for the actual divisions.

[@sirloin869]

So, to summarize: lumanith are craftworlders+exodites,deepkin are woodelves+drukhari,&daughters are just darkelves women+snakes...

[@gabrielspangler6964]

The tower of Hoeth was always my favorite bit of old world lore so Teclis just settled in there, i wish the eldritch council had a bigger spot or at least some lore in aos but oh well. i did love the dynamic and contrast of the twins, I'm excited to see more of tyrion in aos to see how they are together. My favorite thing about teclis were the potions he made to make himself strong enough to basically live since he was so frail

[@sombodi200]

I hope there's just as much lore for Tyrion and the race he made.

[@reasonablefacsimileofahuma6788]

The Lumineth are both Teclis and Tyrion they just have different cultures

[@TheBobcatlover]

Reasonable Facsimile of a Human Being GW missed a trick there!

[@TheBobcatlover]

Reasonable Facsimile of a Human Being love your username btw lol

[@johnlong8952]

I think he is going to show up when this faction gets another element. Like the new aos interpretation of the Phoenix guard for fire.

[@TheBobcatlover]

John Long A sun theme would be cool. The Solaris Realmlords!

[@doubleheadedeagle6769]

I wonder if there will be a reunion between Teclis and a certain revived dwarf. Let’s hope so.

[@evanadams5110]

I don't even play any warhammer table top game but these are so good, I can't wait for more.

[@LeoxandarMagnus]

I’m glad my boy Teclis now has a new army to his own.

[@kenziemckeever1605]

Teclis is pretty exciting when one considers that his plan to infuse certain characters in The Old World with The Winds of Magic ended up being quite integral in rebirthing characters as gods in The Mortal Realms!

[@jamesfield1674]

Got to say some of the Age Of Sigmar models are breathtaking

[@landphil2245]

The battle of Finuval Plain was pretty great. The battle starts to look bad for the high elves. So Teclis basically casts one spell that defeats the dark elf force, and makes Malekeith retreat to the realm of chaos! (older lore)

[@ashrog82]

To elaborate: Teclis and Malekith engage in a huge magical duel, with Teclis taking flight and Malekith standing atop a devastated mountain like a heavy metal album cover. Neither can get an advantage, with each countering the other's spells before they can do real damage. It was the first time Teclis met his match in terms of magic. When Teclis sees that the battle is going south, he draws directly on the power of the moon goddess, forming the entirety of his borrowed power into one epic blast, which Malekith tries to counter but can't. This burns the Witch King body and soul, and he has to jump into the Realm of Chaos as a last ditch effort to avoid permanent death. Teclis then turns on the Dark Elf army and shows them how OP an unopposed wizard lord was in older editions. Mechanically, Teclis cast his spell with Irresitible Force, which in older editions meant the spell couldn't be dispelled by enemy wizards or magic items.

[@schupp91]

Neferata and (maybe) arkhan modelled thier cities off of oldworld locations as well.

[@For_The_Horde]

It's not Arch like a building it's Ark like the boat. So Archmage

[@subzero47pl]

I wanted to ask about something cause I don't have the new battletome and always wanted to know: did the "normal" aelfs of Cities of Sigmar like Wanderers or Darklin Coven rejected Tyrion teaching of "true aelfs" or something ??? maybe he decided that they not aelfie enough for him?? or did they follow him just a not enought for him??

[@brandondemers1769]

Since the faction just came out the battletomb is vague on this but I think come down to common sense. The elves that were with sigmar stayed and helped to create the cities of sigmar and it doesn't help that teclis has a " I know better than you" vibe while sigmar defends them and let's them do as they wish and they dubbled down to stay with sigmar and humans when the spirefall happened. The elf gods had to capture slaanesh to start their factions.

[@leftistadvocate9718]

not going to mention that GW completely glossed over teclis's death and aposiopesis in the end time. since it's an essential plot point we know nothing about and is basically a gaping plot hole in his story.

[@InquisitorThomas]

Teclis, more like Feckless. -The Deepkin probably

[@YogoThi]

So why didn't sigmar never thought of using that knowledge at least send astria to help to teclis to help with stormcast problem

[@codygriffin8256]

Teclis....I hate Teclis. Lol My boy Gotrek agrees with me.

[@BlindTimeLord]

Hi Dug. love the lore videos as always. I was wondering can you recommend some good channals that go into indepth lore on all the Warhammer Fantasy races and timeline events? your help would be greatly appreciated

[@grimbeasties5313]

Wonder if Tyrion will come out with his warriors when slaanesh mortals get an update. Like a battle box or something

[@Spacefrisian]

I expect him to have wind warriors, maybe some winged Elves.

[@reasonablefacsimileofahuma6788]

But it was the best and Teclis would have got away with saving the world from chaos if it wasn't for that meddling Manfred von carstein

[@michasowa3310]

For me this new Teclis is very different to his old self. While the new Teclis is really only about elves and doesn't care that much about other races, the old Teclis was one of the only elves who really understood the importance of humans and tried to cooperate with them and educate them - he founded the arcane collegiums in Altdorf plus he wanted to help men to ensure the safety of High elves by forming a strong alliance with the Empire. The new Teclis feels nothing like the old world one, and the only thing that connects them is that they are both very skilled mages and have enormous knowledge. Other than that, he feels like a completely different person.

[@papahastur4243]

My favorite part about Teclis is Tyrion : ]

[@thrall6647]

Greetings! Archmage is cool but we need more lore about his second god of light and god of shadows. I realy hype for shadow dragon elfs. But orc are best! FOR THE HORDEE! I mwan WAAAAGGGGGGH!

[@H240909]

Just so you know, they wouldn’t necessarily be “shadow dragon elves”. Malerion looks the way he does in his art because he’s a shapeshifter. That’s the form he takes when he wants to look intimidating. His “real” form is an amorphous mass of shadows.

[@thrall6647]

@@H240909 I know dude. But we can habe dreams! We have naga elfs and bat/demons elfs soo we can have shadow dragon elf.I hope so

[@SophiaAstatine]

He made them study the Seraphon despite very much knowing what they are and even their significant to the very magic he wields? That's a bit of a jerk move.

[@damianjonsson1688]

His model is weeeeeeeeeeeak

[@fumarc4501]

Old World Fantasy > Age of Sigmar

[@TheRexnihil86]

Agreed. This feels like interesting fan faction

[@Andrew-yl7lm]

Must be sad to know in it's few short years AoS is so much more popular it's it's rules so much superior to WHFB. Hell, AoS is in a better place than 40k currently.

[@dylanhilton8431]

Ew AOS