Dwarves vs Skaven - Warhammer Fantasy End Times Lore DOCUMENTARY

Wizards and Warriors Channel fantasy animated documentary video series on the lore Warhammer Fantasy Battles Universe continues with an aftermath of our episode on the life and battle of Sigmar Heldenhammer ( • How Sigmar Won His Bat... ). Crisis called the End Times is upon the world and it is beckoned by the Champion of Chaos Archaon the Everchosen. In the aftermath of his conquest if the Norsca and victory over the northern Dwarfs ( • Warhammer End Times: R... ), continues its advance this time attacking Kislev ruled by the Ice Queen Katarin Bokha ( • Warhammer End Times: C... ). This opened the route towards the Auric Bastion raised by the leading wizard of the Empire Balthasar Gelt and its breaking in Ostland culminated at the battle of the Castle Rackspire, where the Empire received unexpected help from the Vampire counts in the face of Vlad von Carstein ( • Chaos Invades the Empi... ). But this was just the beginning and the Chaos incursion into the Empire continued with the Rise of the Glottkin brothers ( • Rise of the Glottkin -... ) which led to the Fall of Marienburg ( • Fall of Marienburg - W... ). The inexorable movement of the Chaos armies continued with the Skaven invasion of Tilea and the siege of Miragliano ( • Skaven Invasion - Warh... ) and during the fall of Bretonnia ( • Fall of Bretonnia - Wa... ). With the fall of Bretonnia and Marienburg before it, the route to the Empire's capital, Altdorf was open and the Emperor Karl Franz alongside his allies from Bretonnia and Vampire Counts had to defend the city ( • Fall of Altdorf - Warh... ). Elsewhere, the Skaven attacked the Lizardmen of Lustria ( • Fall of Lustria - Warh... ), while the High Elves of Ulthuan has to fight their dark Elven brethren ( • Fall of Ulthuan - Warh... ). In other regions, the WAAAGH of Grimgor Ironhide and Nagash were rising ( • WAAAGH! and Nagash - W... ), the latter leading to the fall of Nehekara ( • Fall of Nehekara - War... ). Elsewhere, the Skaven attacked the Dwarfes, leading to the fall of the kingdom of Thorgrim Grudgebearer.
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Writer: Morgan Thornton
Animation: Michael Merc (bit.ly/340tcO2), Kate Korolko
Illustrations: Vadym Berkutenko (j_blackwood.artstation.com/)
Map animation: Michael Merc, Alexander Yakovenko, Kate Korolko
Battle animation: Antoni Kameran
Narration: OfficiallyDevin ( / officiallydevin )
Editing: Kamran Maharramli
Producer: Nurlan Karimov
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[@tando6266]

The incompetence of the good guys continues in this thrilling installment. This time, dwarfs forget to lock the door and let an assassin in.Truly compelling story telling from the end times.

[@barrylyndon5552]

By that point I honestly would have believed the Skaven had begun worshipping the god of plot armor or something.

[@GIJOE839]

that was bad writing if you asked me LOL no wonder nobody liked the endtimes

[@honestwarmonger4662]

So how does the assassin get in? Sneaks in splinter cell style? NO EVEN BETTER HE OPENS THE DOOR AND WALKS IN

[@capo675]

End times are just fanfiction, but these videos are good.

[@silvercitytube]

According to the book the Sniktch was able to climb all the way up to this room and waited for the dwarf king for days.

[@JohnnyElRed]

Ok. The End Times might suck, but it's hard not to get excited hearing the dwarfs break vengeance upon the rats after to many loses and calamities. And yet more to come. "For the killing of Belegar Angrund, rightful king of Karak Eight Peaks, the head of Queek!"

[@markmooney9416]

I'm sad they left out Thorgrim stomping Queek's body to paste.

[@lafeelabriel]

Well at least that was one grudge that was settled that day.

[@resileaf9501]

"Now die, you miserable son of the sewers!" Fucking chills at that line. Honestly I would love to hear that line from the Total Warhammer voice actor.

[@johnsteiner3417]

Given the forced writing to drop a near-literal deus ex machina shift in plot, *twice,* no it was not exciting.

[@MephistoEM]

@@johnsteiner3417There's so many Deus ex Machinas that you don't know when they'll come. And it's Warhammer, so it's completely over the top. I don't like the End Times that much, but I think they're still exciting.

[@brainletfag]

I like how end times was written so badly the community decided it was non-canon

[@starbreeze7249]

I hate End Times but really enjoy AOS. I truly am a monster

[@MrLolguy93]

for shame @@starbreeze7249

[@Pizzifrizzo]

​@@starbreeze7249It's okay man, we all understand. The End Times work better as the beginning of AoS than as the ending of WHFB, for that matter.

[@walterwoodward9043]

I guess it's a good thing the "community's" feelings are irrelevant. It's canon whether whiney neckbeards like it or not

[@Gunnar001]

@@walterwoodward9043I’m sorry your taste is godawful.

[@SkurtavusGrodolfus]

”Kill me then, pussy” - Belegar Ironhammer facing Queek Headtaker, paraphrased

[@sirunklydunk8861]

That's right folks, the King of the people so anal about doing things right that accidentally messing up the design of a beer mug is enough for you to join the death cult died because he forgot to lock a door

[@visitingforgefather5997]

Guess the witers just went "Okay we gave the dwarves one victory after them getting completely f*cked in this entire sh*tshow series. Sounds like a good enough excuse to make that victory completely hollow."

[@davidwhitfield6025]

Thing was it was sealed. Throgrim was in a chamber no one could enter so Snitch entered via "REASONS" and killed the king just when his armour no longer worked. Convenient.

[@FilmGuy7000]

@@davidwhitfield6025 From what little I know of Snikch and his lore, he seems like the writers "oh shit I've backed myself into a corner" card. He's also a pain in the ass in Total War too. Love me those ratboys, but damn do I hate what little I know of Snikch.

[@davidwhitfield6025]

@@FilmGuy7000 Lol yes he is that but every major Chaos figure gets this as well. The re-write of the battle between Grimgor and Archaon from Storm of Chaos (where Order did win the world wide campaign) and End Times is another example of this similar kind of BS. Chaos is always able to pull out a hereto never mentioned gimmick to win the day. So Snikch can now teleport into a place he's never been or even seen a layout of or he is so stealthy he sets off none of the rune alarms and is able to slip through a stone door Thorgrim himself closed. As much as there were some great moments they are always pulled down by this sort of crap.

[@barrylyndon5552]

Whoops, I guess 10 000 years of fighting the rats just slipped his mind and he forgot the basic idea that rats can get into small places. Ah well Lol be funny if Tolkien wrote the fall of Gondolin like this "Ecthalion lo, you come to defend the fountain and may we make our end here but hark did thou close the giant dragon gate" "Er, I think I did yeah" Suddenly dragons everywhere

[@LuigianoMariano]

"Thorgrim Grudgebearer died because he left a back door open for Snikch to sneak in." That is some INEXCUSABLY bad writing.

[@lisboah]

The End Times is filled with those, don't worry.

[@squishmellowspeaks6785]

It’s really amazing how this channel can make such horrid writing sound exciting and entertaining. Truly a great job and it really makes me wish GW would retcon the end times or redo them in a way that’s actually fun to read instead of every chapter ending with some version of “and so the good guys lost because uh… they just did because end times”

[@jakigogthecleric5461]

Was rooting for the Dwari the whole way. Sad to see their fall the world is doomed

[@some_gh0st]

Ok I’m a slimy skaven player, but when the Dawi king started exclaiming grudges during battle I got some chills! So epic.

[@JustAPotato1998]

There was an indescribable rage that manifested the moment the Deathmaster's face appeared on screen, homie's killed more demigods and kings than the Plague

[@cjclark1208]

My guy didn’t bellow a 2 min 43 sec long grand eloquent speech on behalf of the entirety of the book of grudges, wrongs to be righted and his axe in hand reaping the smited. Just to get snekked attacked like Dale Gribbles pocket sand. *This is madness, This is TRAGIC*

[@readingking1421]

I was just wondering yesterday where this series had gotten to. Thorgrim's speechifying to the skaven gave me chills. You have the best narrators

[@kharnthebetrayer8251]

I'm guessing they're being pretty slow with it, since, you know. Half the comments will always be 'god the writing is so fucking trash'

[@readingking1421]

@@kharnthebetrayer8251 That makes a lot of sense tbh.

[@ieuanjones7615]

Why is the writing trash though? I get it's kinda miserable, the good guys are getting slaughtered and chaos seems overpowered but is that not the whole point with it being the endtimes? I'm not a big warhammer fan so this is a genuine question btw, not a jab@@kharnthebetrayer8251

[@W_Winters_99]

I mean the fight it was a part of was pretty shit. Thorgrim just kills Queek without a fight in Queek's own book for no reason, then Bugman himself comes along and gives Thorgrim magical beer to un-chaos his boo-boos. Doesn't even matter though because Thorgrim just dies almost immediately afterwards anyways because he was stupid for no reason, I guess. Left a very important door open just because and died to a skaven sneak attacks in a suit of armor that was supposed to be able to ward off sneak attacks.

[@barrylyndon5552]

Lol love how cowardly the skaven are, just completely consistent "The skaven attacked in utterly unending numbers, but met serious resistance, so they retreated" Over and over, strong af self preservation instincts

[@Bewbscueser]

I really love this channel as well as Kings and Generals. They have the formula down to a science and can make something as inherently crappy as End Times interesting.

[@Miller09095]

RIP to the best Skaven Warlord, Queek and his boy Ska. Died only to have Thorgrim killed because he left a door open.

[@Krovu]

End times are what CA is facing rn

[@ratatoskr9366]

I seriously started rewatching your channel (to watch the Elder Scrolls lore videos) but was looking through the Warhammer playlists to see what wars you covered. I was sad to see there were no dwarf centered videos. That was literally a day ago. And then this video drops today! Crazy haha

[@PoorManatee6197]

Only 500 skaven for the lost of almost 100 carts of Gromril? Only 2000 skaven for the lost of a hold? Whoever wrote those grudges was drunk, damn GWs numbers.

[@maddogbasil]

*Yo K&G* 👋👋 When can we see that next alternate History video

[@davidwhitfield6025]

This one really annoyed me because it was really good and stirring story right up until the writer decided to cheat and have Snikch enter a place no one could enter. It was a sealed chamber! Suddenly the Skaven could open portals anywhere in Karak A Karaz. Why didn't they use this "ability" earlier? How did Snitch know to attack Thorgrim right when his armour had a crack? Once again Chaos got to play "I win because I say so" rule card. Also the unending supply of Skaven got me as well. Brood Mothers don't pop out fully grown skaven. It does take a little time and the massive losses the Skaven clans had sustained leading up to and including the siege of the last Dwarf hold. This all happens in a matter of months. Even the Russians had to stop after each offensive against the Germans to regroup, heal and reinforce (usually taking around six months to do it). Skarsnick also was done poorly here. I remember at the time many Greenskin gamers complaining that he would never have been that stupid.

[@ZanderChief]

Deus ex raticu - the end times in summary

[@TheBayzent]

See how they made Not Asia kneel. They have constantly used that ability. Skaven burrowing is stupid crazy.

[@davidwhitfield6025]

@@ZanderChief That's excellent. Perfect descriptor. Similar thing almost happened in Storm of Chaos when they just killed off Valten by having a Skaven Assassin murder him after his fight with Archaon. When Chaos is in trouble call in the Rat Assassins to turn things around.

[@TheRezro]

I mean. Chaos literally is Deus Ex Machina. The only reason why they didn't destroy the world, is that they don't really try to. Though humans perceive only negative aspects of chaos, they actually represent complex forces of nature.

[@davidwhitfield6025]

@@TheRezro Well at the end of End Times they did destroy the World it's just that the 4 Chaos Gods were satiated (Slaanesh for example becoming completely stuffed with all those Elf souls) and turned their attention elsewhere allowing the remaining Order Avatars to pick up pieces and create the different planes of existence that became the Age of Sigmar. But unlike say Morgroth the Chaos Gods destroyed the planet and both their own followers as well as their foes. In a way kind of like the Tyranids.

[@michasalamon8315]

I would prefer they did history of Warhammer instead of making video about that terrible End Times Fanfiction

[@ebf1131]

Fanfiction?

[@michasalamon8315]

@@ebf1131 its common joke among WH fantasy community. Since Chaos forces win easily most battles, its often regarded as Neverchosen Fanfiction, as it was written by Archaon (called neverchosen by fans) where he literally becomes a god after burning the world and have Manfred commit world suicide

[@Miller09095]

I call him Archaon the Unchosen when I wreck his armies in Total Warhammer.

[@darthpalpalzang7914]

My god the artwork and animation for this video was just mind-boggeling! You guys have improved phenomenally.

[@SmeagsLoc]

This video came out 7 hours ago lol ,I literally stumbled across your channel yesterday and have binged watched most of your content I'm going to say this is amazing of any review and lore on fantasy world battles and lore 🙏💙💪💯🥇🏆

[@tristanmattwig8541]

So much of this makes no sense to me. One being how snarsknik would ever ally with queek especially considering when it came to control of eight peaks the skaven were always the greater threat.

[@JAnubis117]

In the end time book series they make a bargain.

[@tristanmattwig8541]

@@JAnubis117 ya I know they do, which doesn't make sense to me why they ever would or ever needed to make a bargain. Belegar never had the forces to oust either of them. Quek was the greater threat and skarsnik basically gave him eight peaks

[@captaincanuck6738]

When evil has plot armour so thick that nothing can stop it

[@ManyMedia2011]

Thanks for this. I love this series.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Cant wait for the mongol series and please do a henry v of england survives

[@georgehutchinson527]

Awesome production on this content. Best fantasy lore channel out there

[@mighty8357]

These animations are all so well done

[@VisciousPhishes]

These videos are fantastic. Thanks!

[@dev-pj9vi]

Awsome story. Thank you for posting and telling. RIP Queek Headtaker

[@todrkdck9805]

OH MY GOD NEXT EPISODE AT LAST! WAS LONGING THIS FOR ETERNITY

[@mukhtarsyajaratun1025]

Ikit Claw committing warcrimes as a hobby

[@arguss311]

Warcrimes? I’m pretty sure Ikit Claws considers that a to-do list.

[@FilmGuy7000]

Yes, yes. Bestest, greatest, engineer!

[@Frostkalt]

Editor did a nice job with the animation

[@hunterironside9969]

getting better and better.

[@brooklynkeith2877]

I love how Grudgebearer bellows out his oaths of vengence

[@richardthomas9497]

When I heard High King Thorgrim Grudgebearer, Last King of Karaz Ankor, I felt a sense of dark foreboding. The Skaven really pull a dirty fast one at the last minute.

[@TheBayzent]

That's their thing. In tabletop too.

[@nopeacejustwar1664]

Awesome vids, just awesome!!

[@conanq10]

Great stuff and told well! My heart goes out to the dwarfs.

[@siryassenius1783]

It's really awesome to see how the animation and the art get better and better with each video. I was wondering what takes you so long to make warhammer the end times videos specially (because they are my favourite) and now I have my answer. The art in the episode is truly wonderful!

[@zaneenns5903]

Again reminded how the end times are a straight up insult to warhammer fans

[@BigTatanka626]

Great video love the content

[@jibelraam7140]

The rats are as hard to defeat in fact fiction as they are in the game

[@thecobaltemperor]

Tilea and Estallia are constantly at war with the skaven. Throwing them back year after year and knowing their strategies and weaknesses. So it makes perfect sense that they instantly collapsed when the Skaven attacked

[@shaydumaargaming4993]

Amazing editing and story telling :) cant wait for the next one, hoping see my Bretonnian boy Jerrod and Lilith fighting belakor

[@TomatoRoll]

Fine video, better then the End Times deserves.

[@SovietRussia777]

Had this on as background noise but it was to interesting and well made, going to watch it again later so I can pay Attention 😂

[@AironSmieciowy-di3qy]

Great video!

[@JAnubis117]

Thank you!

[@Ace-dw2of]

I am weirdly excited for Rakarth's entry if you are planning to do it, cause I know in his chapter he kinda steals the show in his chapter being a badass like no other, he could have ran after the death of his beloved mount, and live to die to the forces of chaos, yet he didn't. I never read the books, but I hope you do him justice in this beautiful editing style. (note: Never played Dark Elves, I play Skarsnik, and I hate how he is in the end time books)

[@grimlock5990]

Thank you, this series is awesome.

[@ageofassassins6780]

Could you guys remake mongol jin wars ? I am quite fond of mongol wars especially jin wars, there are numerous wonderfull battles like Battle of yehuling, Battle of Sanfengshan and others, could you make all these battles and more detailed mongol jin wars ? I and i think most of users would be quite happy : )

[@nickl.1457]

Really got to give credit to Wizards and Warriors here. Making such shit writing actually fun and engaging to listen too.

[@Steampianist]

RIP Queek Headtaker

[@18Krieger]

Its either Clan Skyre or Eshin who are saving the day for the Skaven.

[@damienruzco]

Great video

[@postmodernmining]

Wait. This is the narrator from Kings and Generals. So much for any free time I had.

[@commissarf1196]

Wait a minute, I never knew you (Kings and General) got a dedication fantasy/sci fi channel.

[@ravager890]

is there no end to the Skaven invasion? Hate to see the dwarfs go down like that, after all their efforts in trying to hold the Skaven invasion.

[@god8062]

there literally is not. there are billions more waiting beneath the ground

[@TheBayzent]

Nope. But there is s point they get help by...worse things. Skaven being the ones to end the Southern Karaks was a mercy compared to what happened to their northern bethren...

[@ravager890]

I not sure but, did skaven ever go toe to toe with the chaos forces from the north? So far the strongest forces now are the skaven and the chaos god forces.

[@god8062]

@@ravager890 they join together. The skavens horned rat god becomes the 5th chaos god

[@ravager890]

@@god8062 what?? No way.. I thought the horned rat got killed by the high king what's his name. How many of them actually??

[@apokatastasian2831]

one thing is for sure, the dwarven attacks were unprovoked and the elves owed it to the skaven to provide more weaponry. perhaps when elvish ornithopters arrive, it'll be a gamechanger....until then peace will be unthinkable, even as the deathtoll mounts unsustainably

[@MusMasi]

thats going into the book!!

[@saratmodugu2721]

Has the mongol series been discontinued?

[@felixrivera1038]

Yall should just make a animated series. From start to finish.

[@Allofmynamestaken]

Thousands of years fighting the rat men and they still fall for the good old feint retreat into an unstable doom wheel trick.

[@vladcabrera7574]

I am torn up. I dont know if I want to watch anymore of these videos. I absolutely love it every minute of it, but at the same time crestfallen, knowing that the warhammer races are facing defeat and annihilation left-right-and center 😢

[@JAnubis117]

The end times*

[@kiankier7330]

hi Wizards, could you guys at some point do a video on yuuzhan vong war. The war that almost brought the star wars universe to its knees

[@Krasko666]

do you plan to do some warcraft lore battles?

[@MrLolguy93]

There is no such thing as the End Times

[@haldor1803]

So why does this video exist?

[@jamessargent6689]

You sound like a guy to shit talk about Hobbits not being real 🙄

[@alpinewolf7751]

​@@haldor1803non-canon fanfiction

[@ebf1131]

Is end times not canon?

[@executorlateran2982]

​@@ebf1131 It is Its just that it has straight up horrible story line that it did not make any sense at all I mean they did write a another one but yeah it was still terrible That many fans just says the end times Is not canon or does not exist at all

[@Pizzifrizzo]

One small correction: Chamon wasn't attracted to Thorgrim, but to the Master Rune containing Grungni's essence graven on the Throne of Power. He still got power from it, but he wasn't a true Incarnate. It's noted that Thorgrim could have been fully bonded with Chamon, had he had a more flexible mindset and more time. Sadly, his dwarfen stubbornness and Snikch's intervention prevented that.

[@EmpeorGaming]

Please please please do battles form Malazan book od the fallen. Some of the most epic battles put to paper

[@alexandershelest2760]

Dwarves were lucky that the Rats didn't bring their techno lasers and nuclear rocks with them to these battles.

[@FilmGuy7000]

Ikkit, best, good, engineer! Yes, yes...

[@brokenthread8126]

Peoppe hate on this but i kove that the skaven took over. If someone animated it it could be a extremely good horror animation of sorts. Where the rat men slowly take over with unreasonably numbers.

[@Arutima]

Skaven plot armor at it's finest

[@kaleoandros25]

Every body knows that there is no such thing as giants rats.

[@Imrik]

What do you use you make your maps?

[@hitted_]

>Dwarfs vs Skaven video. >Intro uses high elf music >Grudge

[@WizardsandWarriors]

stay short

[@lonewanderer4207]

​@@WizardsandWarriors SHORT ?!

[@stephenbaluran3298]

I don't know much about Warhammer Fantasy, but it seems like the Skaven have been doing the heavy lifting for Chaos.

[@LSOP-]

What AoS trash. Skaven were always a part from chaos.

[@haldor1803]

YEEEEES! KHAZUK KHAZUK!

[@Grz349]

Why did the the Skaven charge wall with Doom-Flayers? Even if they got to the lines they would be unable to do anything.

[@LSOP-]

Because end time and AoS lore sucks

[@ecash00]

peanut butter, and arsenic...Works very well.

[@30aragon]

Well, it's called END TIMES for a reason folks.

[@Madhattersinjeans]

WOOO plot armour and incompetant dwarfs abound. Or should I say Dorfs. lol

[@Saintphoenix86]

I love the channel and watch kings and generals all the time too, but man im struggling with this one just because he keeps saying Dorf

[@jonbaxter2254]

Hate the End Times, but love these vids of yours.

[@dasnoiper2567]

What appened to the dawi-zzhar?

[@rayjames5511]

More Warhammer Fantasy Lore

[@chaosfire321]

Oh come the fuck on. Thorgrim getting killed by an assassin out of nowhere and a bunch of suprise infiltrators just portaling right into Karas-A-Karak is so fucking cheap.

[@Joje1981]

Can i find any books relating these tales?

[@ViralVibes61122]

Been reading the old world lore past few months I’m now finishing the last page which is the end times

[@LSOP-]

Don't bother.

[@robbabcock_]

Thanks! WH is awesome lore and you cover it well.

[@LSOP-]

It's unfortunate they chose to cover terrible lore.

[@venariansolider1949]

When will next mongol series video coming ???

[@Pizzifrizzo]

Although predictable, it's depressing how the dwarfs went back to their usual strategy of "weathering the storm" after Thorgrim's death, instead of following the example he set in his whole life. They should have surged out, abandoning their holds and rendezvousing with the Empire. This clarity is what makes Gotri Hammerson's Zhufbarak stabd out in the latter stages of the war. But I guess no one can blame the other dwarfs: holing down helped then survive one apocalypse before, so they wrongly assumed it'd work again.

[@alfrancisbuada2591]

You should do Encantadia

[@Zeke90k]

sneaky yes yes

[@thanhdo1963]

Thorgrim has RUNES on his ARMOUR which PREVENTS him to be ASSASSINATED in this EXACT MANTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jibelraam7140]

Is this an original fan fiction from wizards and warriors channel? Or is canon warhammer story?

[@WizardsandWarriors]

This is canon

[@aresdonachelo5283]

Finally 🥲

[@N0-PvP-Plz]

Will use be covering the fallout franchies

[@Modernarcher119]

LETS GOOOOOOO

[@nikolaoneill198]

Is it correct to say dWarfs without the emphasis on W? I never heard it before Kings and Generals, or am I just hearing it wrong? 😂

[@skinkpriestshawchek8847]

I may support my fellow Dawi in all conflicts and grudges But in my Heart I am ricka-rat yes-yes