Age of Sigmar Lore: The Slaves to Darkness

[@ibeeching]

My chaos knights were once Bretonnian. As their brothers and sisters were being turned into flesh eater courts they turned to the dark gods to avoid this fate and seek revenge.

[@yetanotherbald4401]

Ian Beeching that’s a cool idea

[@beastwarsFTW]

I can see that, bonus points if thy drink from skull cups.

[@mykealdridge186]

That’s the route I’m going down too

[@mykealdridge186]

That’s the route I’m going down too

[@ohmethiasknight5009]

As someone who used to play warriors of chaos way back it’s nice to see what became of this army in age of Sigmar

[@Andrew-yl7lm]

@Aldo Reece Uhh, why are you bots on an AOS channel? Gonna put money that this isn't your target audience lol

[@deathabillypete570]

This was the army I've been waiting for. Since playing warriors of chaos in 8th, I had a Raven themed army and had the fluff that they protected the last gate to azyr, promised by sigmar hed return and after hundreds of years holding chaos back, the king made an oath to kill the God King for treachery and gave his tribe to the dark gods. So the Ravenkin became slaves to darkness. I also have an end story where they are resurrected by sigmar as a dark chapter of storm cast. Brought back to good and turned against the chaos Gods. 🧐

[@mad1739]

That's sick

[@lordhogwash8393]

StD have been tempting me and calling to me. Guess I’d fall pretty quick if I were in the mortal realms. Lol

[@paulh3892]

Thanks for providing a digestible lore video covering this faction. Their look is so iconic and incredibly rad!

[@nagekilamentation]

I'm definitely making a Malice warband, Sons Of The Doomed One, they're an anti-chaos chaos faction whom fell to the worship of Malice the chaos god of destruction who exemplifies the self destructive nature of chaos lead by a demon prince known simply as "The Doomed One" who had his apotheosis when he slayed a champion of chaos after dedicating his life to wiping the forces of chaos from his lands and unwittingly became a champion himself... now centuries later he continues to lead his people against chaos and now against the invasion of Sigmar, The Unworthy

[@chrisaitken9775]

He could be suicidal but somehow unable to do so, cursed to exist despite his desire to wipe out the chaos he’s become?

[@moriskurth628]

@@chrisaitken9775 Maybe something like the Smelter Demon from Dark Souls 2? A Demon in the shape of a towering, black suit of armor with a core of fire, that routinely stabs himself in the stomach with his sword, ala Seppuku/Harakiri, but can't kill himself. His then fire-coated sword he uses to attack his enemies. Make the fire white, add some Malal symbols to the armor, and you have a walking embodiment of ritual self-destruction right there. Maybe add a Samurai-like Chaos Lord as the Leader of the Warband, since the "Seppuku/Harakiri" thing has to come from somewhere.

[@devinbarr3428]

The sight of this video unleashed a primordial scream in my soul. May chaos rain in the mortal realms for darkness is coming and it rides a beast with three heads.

[@calebtaylor3542]

This is the book we've been waiting for! Last year I had made a path to glory warband of slaves to darkness from Ghur who worshipped Tzeentch in his aspect as the creator of mutations. They were the Sons of Lunaghast, worshipping this strange moon and aspiring to become Skin Wolves, though just as often they wound up as spawn.

[@Prismatic_Priming]

Tracked down a mammoth model just for this update! Thanks 2+ for all the work you do

[@sweetpapifrew4407]

With your videos I Researched all the armies throughly earlier this year, and even though STD weren’t in the best spot i bought about 2500 points worth in April . Really happy about the battletome and newer models. This is the army that stood out to me the most as the coolest. Archaon is an absolute badass too.

[@davedogge2280]

I like to call them chaos undecided, they just don't know how to pick a leader. One interesting this is that there was a piece on the GW site where they reckon you can take the Everchosen minis and paint them up to be nurgle, tzeentch, khorne or slaneesh minis and stick them in those armies. Dunno about that, would like to see more painting examples and which warscroll they pertain to

[@heathenpride7931]

Dave Dogge Or perhaps they’re smart and don’t see how limiting yourself to a single god is a wise decision?

[@EldenLord1142]

Pay to lose?

[@davedogge2280]

@@EldenLord1142 what you mean by pay to lose ? is it those new everchosen minis that are really meant for Warcry but can be used in Aos but are not great in AoS ?

[@jacobwhittaker3454]

My warband is the Howling Sands Tribe. Matriarchal Undivided warband cast out to the deserts of Hysh. Blessed with lycanthropy by an aspect of Ursricht, the tribe lost their gift of transformation when deployed during the rise of Chaos due to the lack of nightfall. Fell to Chaos when they lost their way to return home and therefore their access to their "gift." Warshrine is a looted Luminark of Hysh (which pairs really well with the Godswrath Warband Battalion ability to shoot things with the Warshrine) pulled by Thunderwolves. Chaos Knights are Dark Riders with Sisters of Silence heads. Chaos Warriors are Sisters of Silence. Chaos Marauder Horsewomen are Fenrisian Wolves-riding Escher gangers. They have an allied Chaos Gargantess named Grunhilde, who is a normal Gargant with long green stuff braided blonde hair and a green stuff shirt. Chaos Lord on Daemonic Mount also has braided hair flowing out of her helmet and is riding a Thunderwolf. Daemon Princess for those rare occasions of rolling 12 is going to very soon be the special event only Skin Wolf with wings and a sword. They'll also soon be joined by a version of the Mercenary Company Nimyard's Rough Riders that is going to be Escher ganger bodies with the Dark Rider hooded heads maybe. And eventually later this year the army's Chaos Spawn will be the female Blood Bowl Ogres mashed up with Chaos Spawn bits. It has been an incredibly difficult challenge to find ways to use GW models to make a female-focused army, but I am really enjoying the fact that the whole thing is telling a fun story that I could only tell in S2D. Still a long ways to go painting and modeling wise, but worth it. Will only ever own and use one army, because it's exactly the army I want to put on tables.

[@chaostear13]

I once tempted to build an entire army out of chariots, then I calculated the price for 1000 points army then scrap that idea.

[@kimarous]

The altar of Surtha Ek demands you go through with this notion!

[@rocketpod1]

How much was it?

[@chaostear13]

In 2019, if I remembered correctly, it's 210 points for a unit of 3. You can field 4 units in a 1000 points army, so it's 480 USD. Threw in a hero and it would be around 500 USD.

[@rocketpod1]

Haha dang I guess I know why you dropped the idea now

[@jacobwilson8579]

I really like the idea of making a chaos Warband from the realm of light, they were monks who saw chaos as the truth and when chaos happened left there realm to travel to another realm maybe Gold, truth seeking chaos loving scientists

[@andrewculross9421]

Gereklë was a proud champion of a small city of sigmar. Not the king, but the prized champion of a king who relied on the power of his men to instill order and lead his small army of warriors whenever the necessity arrived. He watched as his prosperous city fell to hedonism and debauchery, and his beloved wife and children were fully consumed by the temptation of slaanesh. Furious, he devoted himself to Khorn, who above all hated the prince of excess, and seeks to rid the realms of those who fell to the princes temptations.

[@nbmoleminer5051]

This lore is great I'm looking forward to more of it.

[@BlaedDEntertainment]

I brainstormed an army idea inspired by the new STD models and Mantic's Northern Alliance range. A city had been devastated by a particularly harsh Winter, so their leaders turned to the gods for assistance. In a cruel twist, the Chaos gods made the city proper forever verdant, but citizens who travelled outside the city would be hounded by harsh Winter storms wherever they went. It's kinda like the Everwinter, but it gave me an excuse to do a snow-themed army with green heraldry, which represents the hope of escaping their curse.

[@plaigus1]

My army is an order of honorable knights that knew nothing about any good. At some point they discovered a book that talked about all of the gods, talking only of their positives, since the gods represent both the positive and negative aspects of life, so they started worshiping them. They still think they are good and noble, and don't see what they have become. They ware horned helmets to emulate the angel hosts of The Warrior (the bloodletters of Khorne)

[@wesnile923]

Pretty new to AoS but Love Chaos and the StD. Been wanting this book since I chose StD as my first Army. My Army is a cabalist Fatesworn Warband of Tzeentch Hailing from a Shadowed mountain in Ulgu. A coven really, Guarded and served by a band of Loyal Chaos Warriors. The rest of their forces are made up of the tribes men, including some Corvus Cabal, from the valleys below, mentally dominated through magic. They are led by a refugee of Hysh. Driven out because of his prophetic and apocalyptic visions as a child. Finding his way to ulgu and mastering the esoteric arts he and his coven seek out stormvaults, powerful artifacts, and arcane secrets throughout the Realms with the ulimate goal of invading Hysh, Conquering it, and snuffing out it's Light. Leaving Hysh a bleak nightmarish Realm of Chaos and Darkness.

[@sazzxbrothersunion5938]

10:51 That is an impressive army.

[@2Tough]

Right?! such a classic bit of art :)

[@MrtavGavran]

Age of Sigmar definitely needs more moral relativism (personally, the lack of it was the reason that I never dipped into it until now). This is a step in the right direction, but being more nuanced wouldn't have hurt it.

[@gwell2118]

Vladimir Nikolic oh it definatly has that in spades now. Tones of novellas and books covers it now. In fact i would say it does a better a job of it than 40k

[@celofficial101]

Everything in AOS is moral relativism.

[@gustadood9166]

I love my moral relativism. Villains are much more interesting when they either have a point or don't think they are villains in my opinion.

[@colinpessselato5206]

Best lore videos on the interwebs!

[@hughgedney3393]

Very great video Doug.

[@heathenpride7931]

I think I might make a Tzeentch Cabalist warband, filled with a handful of sorcerers and a horde of Mauraders.

[@nightsage217]

Oof to the all point cities. RIP in pieces.

[@kimarous]

Although it's more geared towards Blades of Khorne, I'm working on a few shorts that would cover the original fall of some of my leader models. With one, he was a petty arena-cleaning slave at a Khornate stronghold who, after watching multiple bouts with a particular warrior, called him out after a match because all his victories thus far were cheap shots; another warrior, impressed with the kid, hands him an axe, which he then uses to slay said champion, countering his cheap tactics - and thus he was promoted into their ranks. The other was from a conquered city and originally slated to join their baggage slaves, but a Skullreaper pulled their group aside because he hadn't met his daily quota of eight worthy skulls yet (needing one more), so he gives the group a pile of weapons and orders them to charge him. To his surprise, one of the would-be slaves successfully rushes him and lands a killing blow, being goaded into Khornate rites after doing so by the Bloodbound onlookers. In general, I think it's a bit more fun to cook up stories about how the warriors had turned to Chaos or struggling within their role instead of grandiose boasts of "Yes, he slaughtered multiple continents and claimed the heads of dozens of kings!" It's part of the reason I don't find Korghos Khul particularly compelling - for all his supposed accomplishments, he's always foiled at the exact moment of his triumph - at least twice now - and it's more funny than anything else.

[@LearnTrainPlay]

The theme for my chaos warband is ice in the realm of fire, mostly tzeentch who wants to change the landscape and the realm of fire to ice. the ground freezes and the plants die as the army advances across it.

[@hrolfbjornson6666]

I really wanna build a Slaves to Darkness army

[@gs7444]

Can't wait to boost my Nurgle forces!!

[@sazzxbrothersunion5938]

Buy more nurgle

[@forgefartherloki6585]

I’m not deep into the lore but if the clans you spoke of who unwillingly fell would they still refer to whichever god they worship using the name that they did before the chaos gods came in in force E.g if a clan was worshiping khorne under a different name would they still use that after the gods and demons came in? Also if this were the case could two khorne armies for instance run into each other and end up fighting due to them referring to the god in different ways

[@Randoff411]

All very likely. Each warband has something to prove.

[@lynnusuk2092]

Yeah that’s definitely what’s happened with the chaos dwarves their version of khorne and the skaven who worship the big 4’s aspects but served under the horned rat rather than khorne or nurgle personally, though they’d fight regardless if they referred to them by the same name anyways

[@erickneciosup9079]

2+Tough can you do a lore video about the artifacts of powers?

[@th3d3liv3ryman6]

Oh god he used the stock song that was used in every 2010 Minecraft video

[@hildaenjoyer8862]

What are the chances we'll get the equivalent of Tyrannids? A massive terrifying threat that rivals Chaos in terms of destruction and who will gladly kill them. Nagash seems too incompetent.

[@Mike79745]

I'd like to know more about Varanguard and why are they so expensive ;)

[@jakea3950]

Archaons elite chosen? You bet your family members gw is gonna charge you for being apart of that legacy. They may try to tempt you with pleb skaven... But then you'll realise how many you need. Let he real it's all expensive if you buy more then you can paint and complete to the best of your ability.

[@shidelerdantheogre8487]

I thought most of these dudes were just Norscans and this is what they’ve always believed in

[@heathenpride7931]

Shidelerdan The ogre That’s old world lore

[@heathenpride7931]

Glory to the gods!

[@kiesarisunny13]

Bro I can get 18 knights for 60 bucks yet I only get 10 chaos marines for the same amount That’s it! I’m starting an AOS Army!

[@etinarcadiaego7424]

Whether people appreciate moral relativism, it's the way reality actually functions.

[@FinalIcharus]

What is that intro music i remember it from skydoesminecraft

[@willmyers6537]

This is better than Fried Chicken and Sweet Tea...as good...this is really good...I’m hungry. Great Job Brother

[@clenjones5748]

WIll Myers wtf

[@Prophetofthe8thLegion]

You realm bloods! All of you are the same. All of you believe that your actions are marked eternal in the etches of time. They are not. They never will be for they never last. You think whoever wins this war will bring a eternity of either light or dark. Pah! You fools! I am older then the realms. I lived long before your God King ascended to his throne of lies. I am older then most of them. The gods. Many of them did not exist in my time, or were not yet what they are now. But remember this, no matter what happens, no matter who wins this war. It will not last!

[@jackiesantos2121]

Wow years me more chaos Warriors yeah against the undead or Hunter factions to kill these guys

[@sazzxbrothersunion5938]

Wow

[@9148H2]

I like to think that Warhammer fantasy and age of Sigmar takes place 40,000 years after the events of 40k were the Chaos Gods beat the Tyranids and Necrons and took over the milky way. The races that survived found a new home in another galaxy on a new homeworld where the planet's magic made the survivors give up their technology for magic and ultimately forgotten technology entirely. New Gods were born from the planet's magic that amplified the collective psyches of the surviving races, and the races rebuild their lives and began new cultures. That's how these two universes that GW writes about is the only way this makes sense to me.

[@nbmoleminer5051]

Two alternative universes connected by the Warp.

[@hughgedney3393]

@@nbmoleminer5051 that's so true.

[@NewGuy2534]

Well to be fair their benefits are actually better then Sigmars’. The Stormcasts don’t even have dental.