Explaining LIZARDMEN To My Girlfriend | Warhammer Fantasy Lore

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[@rokkraljkolesa9317]

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[@samkirk79]

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[@countsnowyofgwainn3996]

Oh hey! There was also Chakax the Eterny warden who is the OG Temple guard and was the best duelist able to keep up with Slaanesh daemons and Probably high Elf blade masters And the Skink Tiq'tokto but there are many named heroes lol

[@Epsilonn-bz6ue]

You forgot about tictaqto and teninhuanin. also you didn't talk about all the dinos.

[@countsnowyofgwainn3996]

Maybe ​@@Epsilonn-bz6ue they'll be tackled later

[@gammothdraws]

"I don't understand Friendly Fire." Get this woman a Skaven army. RIGHT NOW

[@leovaeg]

"Friendlies? FIRE!"

[@Tuboshi0815]

Fun fact: Incoming fire is never friendly.

[@zipperfingers749]

Oh she will love the funny rat bois

[@Thommy2n]

​@@Tuboshi0815not with THAT attitude.

[@boyanpenev9822]

There's no Skaven friendly fire. Skaven don't do "friends."

[@mcnaughe]

Point of correction: Lizardmen don't hatch from eggs. They emerge from Spawning Pools fully formed.

[@zerowolf0006]

From the Goo they are formed

[@andrewmahaffy5802]

That’s anole wive’s tail.

[@professorxivass]

Like Orcs in LOTR?

[@SojakGael]

​@@professorxivassin the books orcs and uruk are born normal.

[@professorxivass]

@@SojakGael huh, I was referring to the films but that’s interesting. Thanks.

[@266poppa]

Nakai was defending a bridge into the city. He killed so many demons that now demons refuse to go to that bridge.

[@hagan4098]

Not just that bridge. Demons hesitate to cross all bridges.

[@countsnowyofgwainn3996]

@@hagan4098 i was just about to say that, Nakai made all Daemons Gephyrophobic

[@Pragabond]

@@hagan4098 Holy shit I was reading the comment and really hoping it would end with "they refuse to cross bridges" and I'm so glad that's kinda the case. He gave the whole race PTSD flashbacks every time they see a bridge lmao

[@huwfairley693]

@@Pragabondit’s even better he gave DAEMONS, who are fragments of the CHAOS GODS POWER AND NATURE PTSD, meaning that one kroxigor gave the GODS THEMSELVES PTSD

[@Pragabond]

@@huwfairley693 My love for them was already a growing seedling but I think this video and these comments might have just made the Lizardmen tie with Skaven for my favorite fantasy faction

[@dasamont8274]

I like that four of the lizardmen heroes are just lizards who went "Nah, I'd win" when Chaos tried to kill them, and then there's Mazdamundi who's just a genocidal nepobaby.

[@rumpelstilzz]

I read his name as Master Mundi, latin for Lord of the World.

[@maxschreck9988]

So Lord Croak is basically God Emperor of Scalekind, Corpse Emperor, complete with special bigboy chair?

[@domfour8109]

Croak is better than the Emperor because he can simply will himself back to life when he feels like it.

[@Bluecho4]

@@domfour8109 ^This. Big-E is trapped on the golden throne, barely able to _possibly_ interact with the wider galaxy. For Kroak, if anything, dying just made him _more powerful._ Kroak looks at Big-E and says, "Skill Issue".

[@scelonferdi]

@Bluecho4 Actually Kroak and emps aren't that disimilar (though as a character Xen Yang is more similar to the emperor). In Fantasy (and in contrast to AoS) Kroak is just a mummy with his spirit sorta clinging to it. He doesn't really interact, being just wheeled around with armies as sort of a totem. The only thing his spirit does is casting the deliverance of Itza (if it deems it necessary I guess). He really works more like a piece of (insanely powerful) aritllery.

[@tominieminen66]

@@Bluecho4If it only made him more powerful with no drawbacks why did he stop being the leader? I think he’s mostly just willing himself not to disappear and trying to hold on, to help only at the most critical moments

[@PhoenixofEclipse]

@@Bluecho4so … he’s Big-E++? Bigger E? Empire 2, scaly boogaloo?

[@danielbricker7204]

The Slaan sleep because part of their energy was derived from the geomantic web, so with that being greatly disrupted and weakend they litterally have trouble staying awake. though recently (in large historical terms) with the birth of their new god Sotek, many slaan now get energy from worship of him and are becoming more active.

[@RiverTheFluid]

Seeing the skaven old world video is gonna be fucking WILD she is NOT ready for rat maxxing

[@senor-achopijo3841]

She said she doesn't understand friendly fire. Oh, boy, is she in for a ride, yes-yes.

[@geoffreyentwistle8176]

The Skaven are probably tied with the Lizardmen in terms of strongest aesthetic. I absolutely love their mix of mad science and Russian degrees of peasant sacrifice to achieve an objective.

[@Swarming-Languendo]

adding 'RatMaxxing' to my dictionary

[@TheRadude]

Lizardmen are not born from eggs. They are born from spawning pools fully grown. But the groups thing is accurate.

[@bottasheimfe5750]

yeah Pancreasnowork said it best I think, the Lizardmen are basically biological androids in the way the exist.

[@countsnowyofgwainn3996]

It's kind of like waves of different generational spawnings

[@cegesh1459]

Thank you

[@niekvanderhorst6065]

Thx

[@afrokid69]

i have always assumed that because of the word 'spawning' they are like frogs or newts. So they do hatch from eggs, then leave the water when they are mature.

[@Glandorray]

Nakai the wanderer is my favorite Warhammer Fantasy character, I have a little short story about him that I use to explain to people. "A young woman screeches in paniced terror as her infant babe is sacrificed upon an altar to the dark gods. The cultists hold her back, and despite her best attempts, she cannot break through to save her child, she calls out to Sigmar, to Ulric, to any and all dieties of great power who may be able to help save her child...when suddenly a 12 foot tall alligator man comes trundling out of the forest, death-rolls the cultists, tearing them apart limb from limb. He glances at the screaming babe on the altar, curious as to the origin of the screech. He picks up the infant with one hand, seeing the trembling young woman, and makes the connection that 'oh yeah, warmbloods have babies.' and gently returns the child to her. Nakai the Wanderer asks her, which direction does north lie? The woman, trembling before the creature before her shakily points toward the north...Nakai nods gently...and immediately wanders in the opposite direction. Several days later, a massive army of Lizardmen visit the village that the woman hails from, asking where the blessed one has gone, she points, they declare that they follow the sacred wanderer's great plan and follow after. Being a Lustrian settler is weird."

[@Glandorray]

It might not be canon, but I love it.

[@walter1383]

Wholesome gator moment.

[@khylerbane4523]

A so a typical Nakai Tuesday.

[@TheRedMan77]

Typical Nakai W.

[@slywhemwick8071]

That is the best story of the wanderer

[@RobynRoyale]

"hippity hoppoty, get off of my property" - Kroak

[@adannator1546]

Proceeds to delete hoards of skaven with mind

[@countsnowyofgwainn3996]

The way Ava wept after hearing Kroak got ripped apart by Daemons killed me, but then her expression when she heard he can "imotep" was funny. I would buy her a Lord Kroak model so she can have her fav Froggy boy lol

[@lucassmith7770]

How dare you mention Nakai without mentioning the absolute asshwooping he dealt to Chaos during the siege of Itza. He was told to hold a bridge and when the other Lizardmen with him fell, he held the bridge alone against THOUSANDS of demons. He killed so many that demons refused to go near the bridge even during the “modern time” of the setting. Nakai is a MONSTER in lore.❤

[@thedragonborn9027]

I believe the lore was "Now all demons think twice before crossing any bridges within the lizards domain, lest the wanderer punish them" The paraphrase is so much, very few of these words are probably said, however this is definitely the idea of what they said

[@lucassmith7770]

@@thedragonborn9027 All from one Kroxigor. I didn’t know about it being any bridge but if true than by the Old Ones that is awesome. Oxyotl brought fear to Chaos, but Nakai gave them PTSD.

[@sev1120]

​@@thedragonborn9027i think that this is for ALL bridges, because they're scared Nakai's gonna show up there

[@GabrielWard-yu6sk]

⁠​⁠@@sev1120like as if Nakai just manifests himself the second you go 0.00001 picometers of that specific stone bridge and eats everyone around you.

[@alexphillips5875]

"I don't understand friendly fire." *Laughs in Skaven* I look forward to this one

[@victoriarose3774]

I simply cannot express how happy i was to see you both talk about not only Warhammer Fantasy, but my lizard guys!!! Im going through an extremely hard time right now with my family and your videos have brought my partner and i ao much joy. We found you just when we really needed them. Thank you so much.❤️

[@curiouswind9196]

First the Realm of Ridiculous and now Numbskulls doing fantasy Such is the power of Nagash I also really like the more expressive heads

[@Firesnake905]

side not, Nagash must be done at some point

[@Pinstripe105]

I must disagree the true reason is that all must know of the king of kings, Settra the Imperishable ( spends the next 3 full minutes reading his titles) 😂

[@jacobkeyes3853]

Absolute tragedy that GW never made a Lizardmen equivalent faction in 40k. Nothing is more rad than a Lizardman riding a T-rexaraptor

[@Aberinkula9]

I was going to say that it is also tragic that there is no Skaven in 40k. But then I remembered that Skaven EXIST in 40k: it's called the Imperium. 😂

[@Brutalyte616]

I mean Tyranids fill a similar role mechanically, although they lack the relative simplicity of the Lizardmen. I mean a Lizardmen army has like 4 infantry units with some level of customization, whereas the Tyranids have like 12 with just as much customization, plus all of the various vehicle-equivalents they can field that the Lizardmen don't really have outside of the various mounts and beasts of war that don't really translate to tanks and what have you.

[@xthemystic7879]

To this- I feel like they could, with some undiscovered eldaeri nature world... but likely not.

[@Hawke1422]

Agreed I just want giant dinos and stuff man. I would buy up a 40k lizardmen faction in a heartbeat..... with a close second being the exodites. elves riding dinos also cool.

[@krankarvolund7771]

If you mean army of Dinosaurs with lasers, in lore the Exodites, Eldars that exiled themselves on virgin worlds to flee Slaanesh, ride giant dinosaurs and fight with them. Like, in the Trazyn book, one of the Eldar prophetess is riding a Carnosaur, they didn't even changed the name XD But if you mean an army of lizard-like creatures ins ervice of the Old Ones, yeah they never did that. In a sense, Eldars are that army, they do'nt serve the Old Ones anymore, but they were their favourite servants before the death of the Old Ones ^^

[@Khotetsu]

The Nuclear Gandhi thing comes from the very first Civ game, thanks to a bug/coding glitch. The AI in that game had their aggressiveness set on a scale, say 1 to 100, with Gandhi set to the lowest possible value. However, if an AI chose democracy for their government when they reached that level, it would drop their aggressiveness value by a few points. Gandhi would always choose democracy, and due to a bug in the code, this would cause his aggressiveness value to loop back around to 999 out of 100, causing him to basically declare war on everybody immediately and start building nukes. The community thought this was so hilarious that the devs turned it into a meme and have kept Nuclear Gandhi in the sequels.

[@lsdan4096]

That's so funny to me.

[@S3rial85]

I love this story, the sad thing is that it never happened. It could not have happened from a game logic point of view and a coding point of view sadly :(

[@leovaeg]

@@S3rial85 it could have, and it did - its a real thing that actually happened

[@S3rial85]

@@leovaeg Sorry but no it did not. Here is the general overview on Wikipiedia why it could not: "In reality, according to the Civilization II lead game designer Brian Reynolds, there were only three possible aggression levels in Civilization, and even though Gandhi's AI had the lowest possible aggression level, he shared it with one third of all leaders. Additionally, based on his memories of Civilization's source code, Reynolds stated that there was no unsigned variable in this section of code and that leaders could not act more aggressively than the most aggressive leaders of the game. A leader with an aggression level of 255 would act the same way as a leader with an aggression level of 3.[10] According to Sid Meier, since all integer variables are signed by default in both C and C++ (the programming languages of Civilization and Civilization II respectively), overflow would not have occurred if Gandhi's aggression were set to -1; " en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Gandhi Sie Meier even wrote about it in his Memoirs (www.kotaku.com.au/2020/09/civilisation-creator-shoots-down-our-memories-of-a-nuke-happy-gandhi/) Here is a quick video giving further details and some letters from developers on why it could not have happened as told: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6OWhJedoLxrjZY It is still a cool story to tell, but not much more.

[@theshadynorwegian6036]

funniest story that sadly never happened, as s3rial85 points out

[@codycarney2311]

The serpent tongue that wiggles around every few seconds will never not be absolutely hilarious.

[@aidanjackson5084]

It is pretty entertaining seeing the little details they have for their talking avatar heads that fit with each faction they talk about

[@Overlordough1201]

Khorne; You fucking dead bro your guts are bring eaten. Kroak: Nawr Khorne: Fuck you mean 'nawr'? Kroak: *[ D E L I V E R A N C E ]*

[@khylerbane4523]

Nakai the Wanderer: *roaring in challenge* “Face me, Interloper!” Vulkan: Jamaican accent “I would like to pet this creature.” What everyone else see: *sarcasm* “More beastmen, yay.” What Vulkan sees: *army of squeaking desert rain frogs* I love that Crocagors are literally just the Ogryn but with an even smaller vocabulary.

[@johnygoldbear8648]

And lizards, ogryn lizards

[@maxwellkaufman4178]

They are friends

[@Ujabzaktok]

You two have very quickly shot up to be one of my favorite Lore channels. I know nothing of WHFantasy so thank you much for finally giving me a reason to learn about the Fantasy world! Keep up the amazing videos!!

[@ashra8281]

Rip Tiktaq'to and Tehenhauin. Forgotten forever. Lizardmen are what got me into warhammer tok

[@senor-achopijo3841]

"Y'all warmbloods need some Sotek" - Tehenhauin

[@FestiveFrostbite]

First episode isn't about the Dawi? That's going in the book.

[@NUMBSKULLS]

I apologize to the High King 😔

[@TheHorsemanOfTheApocalypse]

@@NUMBSKULLS you mean the low kings? ;)

[@nikosaurus4238]

​@@TheHorsemanOfTheApocalypseTHATS GOING IN THE BOOK KRUTI!!!!

[@mrpaintwolf2010]

@@TheHorsemanOfTheApocalypse SHORT?!

[@cheeseex4322]

1:04:30 when kroak was getting torn apart nakia was defending a bridge. He did this so well that it is said that daemons in general fear that specific bridge more than any other place in the world. Additionally people are saying the daemons fear bridges in general in fantasy. I can’t source that claim but it’s funny enough that there’s a specific bridge that scares them let alone it being all bridges.

[@sev1120]

I think it's because like 2,000 years after the great catastrophe, Nakai showed up at a different bridge and curb stomped a daemon army, so now Daemons fear crossing any bridge because they're scared Nakai will show up

[@karlwikman3874]

Kari screaming in pain at Croaks death is something else XD

[@merikmalhads1676]

I should note that the reason they can't do Slaan anymore is all the Slaan spawning pools were destroyed during the big chaos breech

[@tomhossain2099]

“Did you really think killing me was enough to make me die?” - Lord croak

[@senor-achopijo3841]

"Dying is cringe" -Lord Croak

[@TheRedMan77]

"Eh- fucking YES!?!" - Chaos, probably.

[@khylerbane4523]

Nagash: That’s *my* line.

[@mistyyautja]

I like the part where they put the 40000th hammer into the pile of 39999 hammers

[@senor-achopijo3841]

Mr. Horus Heresy, wielder of the Warhammer 40K, is my favorite Star Wars character from the LotR franchise, so live long and prosper or something.

[@davidribeiro1064]

Lizardmen are the one faction I think it became even cooler with the transition to AoS.

[@krankarvolund7771]

They kept all the cool things but got rid of the whole slow decline thing to become a true force, so yeah ^^ Only problem, they lost all the cool characters (except Kroaq), no more Oxyotl, Kroq-Gar or Gor-rok ^^'

[@cobbil]

The Coalesced Seraphon even figured out how to make spawning pools again. Then the Starborne just... remember beings back into existence.

[@danielnemesio3388]

At 33 min , Kari asked what were the artificial islands of the aztecs called, at least in portuguese we call them "Chinampas", don't know how is said in náuatle though

[@ArchvileEnthusiast]

I personally prefer Warhammer Fantasy over Age of Sigmar, I find a lot of the art styles in age of Sigmar are a bit too Warcrafty and don’t feel grimdark enough. I also don’t like the lore direction it takes but that doesn’t mean AOS doesn’t have good quality’s, it’s just not my personal preference for Warhammer compared to 40K and Fantasy. Anyways DINOSAURS!!!!!!!

[@Tytus_Albas]

I agree, the old fantasy before is better. Just looks and feels better. End times added a bunch of cool stuff, but the world just ending and the 'restart' is just...it feels like a disservice to the old characters sometimes. Also pseudo space marines are in AOS, I do not care for them at all.

[@NUMBSKULLS]

Ava here! Totally valid! Personally I love both Fantasy and AoS and think they're both super cool! I can't wait to show Kari Stormcast Eternals ⚡

[@mk_gamíng0609]

@@Tytus_Albas Ehh I like the stormcast there is some dope themes with them, especially the idea that as they die and are reborn more and more of what makes them human is lost, until the greatest defenders of humanity are human in name only

[@Nr4747]

@@Tytus_Albas AOS was basically just Games Workshop's attempt to steer Warhammer towards 40k with squad-based combat etc. They rolled most of that back (as fars as I've heard), but that is also where the garbage about the Empire basically being its 40k version comes from.

[@mikhaelgribkov4117]

Nagash did get buff in AOS lore, so I'm happy.

[@KarilynneDavies]

🎶 To all of our hatchling in whos veins bloods runs cold To all of our tadpoles to whom the great plan was told Descended from Lustria, the defenders of Mallus Tasked by those who came before to bring Chaos to balance 🎶

[@timjim-ks8gi]

That's bars

[@wildkiva877]

if Answers is playing during the battle of Itza, does that make Kroak Louisoix?

[@KarilynneDavies]

@@wildkiva877 yes

[@michaelleadford5960]

Please please please finish this song I spent 15 mins trying to to find it( the editing made me think it was a final fantasy ost, you sing good like Alexa Ray, I teared up and saluted, in a epically tragic triumphant way)

[@SirCrocodile.TheOneAndOnly]

Love all the stories from the Lizardmen. Lord Kroak - So powerful that he was like, Nah I'm just gonna live again. Or just Gor-rok, he's big, white and beefy. I think my second favorite story is how the Star Chamber Guardians held off a onslaught alone for days I think it was?

[@ErikVonStrix3]

I love that Kari's fugi head randomly flickers a snake tongue throughout the video! when not talking! edit: i paused the video to write this up... and then immediately after posting i saw that Ava's ALSO does that! i love it!

[@SteezzyAsian]

Imagine you're a elven warrior trained for centuries in hand to hand combat and you watch 80% of your friends are trampled by a t-rex and the remaining 20 are being ripped apart by 10ft alligators

[@connormcguire484]

I love how Gor-Rok being “unkillable” isn’t even some sort of warp-based super power - it’s just part of the brand 😂

[@Max-ek4dn]

Most lizardmen heros are just HIM , only scales and "nah i'd win"

[@countsnowyofgwainn3996]

I've been WAITING FOR THIS!!!! Edit: Omg the Facial expressions especially when She heard Kroak got ripped apart ;-; my heart Edit 2: i painted my Kroxigors after Spectacled Caimens aside from their "Sargent" who is kinda painted like a Milk frog :P

[@Ironwizard42]

I just want to say that I greatly appreciate the attention to detail in the way your little avatars look different according to the topic of the video. Also the moment when she said "you choose me every day!" made my heart melt!

[@vincentpey3929]

The Skink- Croczagor Friendship is the most wholsome thing in warhammer and you cant tell me otherwise. The Croczagor will move mountains to make their Skink friends happy, their happyness is all the reward they need, its fucking beautifull.

[@kageshira]

There're books in warhammer fantasy, in the lore that characters read, that talk about an universe with 8ft tall armored dudes with rapid fire cannons, vehicles with threads instead of wheels, a human empire lead by a corpse wizard that spans countless planets, etc. And in old rules you could summon chaos marines through the warp if you rolled pretty badly while casting spells. The idea that I got from it is that Fantasy and 40k were two universes linked by the warp

[@degurkin]

40:30 raw reaction

[@excalibursaurusm5701]

It's Lizard hours, Baby!!!!! The Great Old Ones are back!!! 🦎 🦖 🐸 Hit the Jurassic Park music!

[@KGdorah1964]

Holy fucking shit?! It's a Dinosaur! Jesus Christ! What The Fuck!! Oh my fucking god! Look a Dinosaur! Holy shit! What the fuck!?

[@TheMalkavianmadman]

I think (could be wrong) that there were originally Slann spawning pools but they got destroyed over the millennia thus no more Slann can be born.

[@evanthompson3025]

This video made me fall in love with the Lizardmen and now there one of my favorite faction in Warhammer.

[@raikun2963]

How I enjoy Kari's reactions. She just loves all the scaly Friends. Some of her best moments this tie include but are not limited to; (Added on as per MY GREAT PLAN!!!); Insert Non-Tit-snitchian laughter. 6:02 What an intro. The beauty of the cosmos, which we can all appreciate. The Old ones were really something else. 10:50 LITTLE SCALY FRIENDS!!! 10:53 Seamless transition to sponsor. Dean Caiman approved 28:41 When it comes to crocodilians, they probably thinks 'if not friend, why friend shaped?' which I can relate to. 29:05 29:17 30:44 Too cute. I always love these little drawings you do. 29:37 Ogryn energy right there. And we're here for it. 38:20 Just wait, you think him so silly 40:33 The Greatest of them all. I agree with your tears. But this is not the end. Far From it. 40:54 oh no HE DIDN'T!!!!! 41:21 Love her smug face. And just like the Emperor 41:53 Even in death he still serves 50: 45 I HAVE MADE ERROR!!!!!!

[@madflam3192]

Khorn being the ring fit adventure dragon is really funny

[@Steiner5769]

In the original fantasy , chaos attributes that could be earned included various weapons like chainswords or other weapons like bolters and such

[@HaydenHaws]

I was literally sitting here looking at my Seraphon minis after playing some Monster Hunter World and thought…Rathalos. That’s a good color scheme 😂

[@danielbricker7204]

i know this is supposed to be a summery for newbies, but i feel it should be mentioned that when the old ones first came to the world and started doing stuff to it, some of the powerful races that already existed tried to stop them and there was great wars. the old ones killed large numbers of dragons and dragon ogres as they did their stuff to the planet. the dragons live in mountains cuz they prefer the cooler climate as they were used to the older colder world. pretty much only chaos aligned dragons live in the warmer places of the world and due the great vortex sucking magic out of the world large amounts of the remaining dragons sleep due to a lack of magic

[@CommissarMitch]

Where was Nekai where Kroak was torn apart? To my knowledge, and I could be mixing up, he was defending one of the bridges leading into the temple city he was a part of. Literally one crocodile against an army of demons, and Nekai was too angry to die.

[@andrewwestfall65]

Just bought a couple of the Bones of Chaos shirts. One for me and one for my sister. She doesn't like 40k, Bones of excess just fits her esthetic

[@drake_red_scale6318]

I would like to say, I love the Idol animation with the little forks tongues. It was a very nice touch.

[@AdamSilvertamer_Adamsnotmyname]

When i first found Warhammer Total war the first lord I played was Nakai the wanderer and I didn't know until I started the next Lizardmen playthrough that they weren't a hord faction and i just freaken love the Lizardmen

[@darkyuraptor3315]

Impressed by her wide arrange of knowledge in biology.

[@iDog-kv8nc]

6:34 Fun fact: the Big Bang Theory was first postulated by a Catholic priest in Belgium, and it disturbed scientists of the time because it pointed to the universe having a beginning- suggesting the idea that something (AKA a divine being) began it

[@Tigrie5934]

When was it? Who was that priest?

[@iDog-kv8nc]

@@Tigrie5934 Georges Lemaître in 1931. Interestingly, he actually came up with it independently of Alexander Friedmann’s work on the idea of an expanding universe, yet both came to a similar conclusion- the the universe is in motion, spreading from the center. Fr. Lemaître was the one who first proposed the Big Bang in and of itself, while Friedmann was the one who first proposed the expanding universe idea.

[@Creepy___]

​@@iDog-kv8nc big bang theory came out in 2007 bruh😂

[@khylerbane4523]

“You think they (the Slann) actually plan it all out, or just make it up as they go along?” -Nakai the Wanderer to Qrok Kar on whenever (a part of) the “Great Plan” fails (successfully). The reason the Lizardmen fight with other good guys is because they literally can’t talk and any language that isn’t their own “language”. Also Lizardmen tend to attack first, second, third, eighth, and last before the thought of asking if you serve chaos or come in peace even crosses their mind. And that’s if the thought even crosses their mind at all. Naturally, no one is going to be friendly to the Lizardmen and kill them on sight. Dragons, and can’t stress this enough, *HATE* the Slann. Because one of the reasons they nearly died out was because the Slann destroyed the planetary ecosystem when they “made” the world so those that thrived died. Like when Air was created in our world and caused the first mass extinction.

[@krankarvolund7771]

One of my most hated scenes in the End Times: Thorgrim Grudgebearer, one of the greatest High King of the Dwarves and the major character for the faction, who literally has an unbreakable armour, and is sitting on a throne that makes him quasi invulnerable, got killed because while on campaign, he stopped in a place, forgot to close the door behind him and got assassinated by a Skaven.... The only way it could have been more shameful and undignify was if he wason the toilet, like what? He could've died in a big battle, there were dozens of them happening! XD The worst part is, the dwarf part started great, the Dwarves got out of their fortresses in strength and got back some of their old fortresses that were lost, but nope, could not have anything good. But that's pretty much all dwarf history, they always get the short side of the stick ^^'

[@EtherealDoomed]

Ha. "Short end..." Dwarves are short.

[@Theorak]

Totally forgot how much the creation myth sounds like a meeting between Harry DuBois' inner voices. Lizardmen are not a faction I played much, but the walking Krokodiles are fun.

[@HorribleGoose]

"Lord mazdamundi could you chillout!? I'm trying to watch an a Corn slowly grow into a Magnificent Oak Tree!!!" -Lord Kroak.

[@delix]

Lizards are so much fun in total war. Each of their lords are cool and there’s a nice variance with some of them. Like oxyotl and nakai. They’re my go to for a default. Also those kroxigor death rolls are always fun to watch. Edit: what about Tiktak’to and his flying armies?

[@Loaxius]

Amazing podcast, pretty funny-intersting to listen to. I'd add a note regarding the look of the old ones : We do know one elements of them, they had 5 digits. It can be seen in the sculpt of the solar engine where the skink put their hand to ignite the machine, it shows an emplacement for 5 digits instead of 4 like the rest of the lizardmen.

[@NUMBSKULLS]

That’s super cool!!!

[@mra4521]

37:29 Skink-Jon Snow: “Nightswatch with men!” Sauran Warrior Leoniadas: “Spartans what is your profession!”

[@cxfxcdude]

War! War! War!

[@drdomvondoom9265]

Funny how yesterdays game my buddy converted his astra military Calvery to riding Dino’s

[@virtualshark9203]

Cavalry.

[@sirgarffington8572]

The Lizardmen got me interested in the franchise also, they just resonate with me on a different level than other races, hell Nakai alone is one of the biggest inspirations to my Barbarian in 5e - I would love to get a large scale figurine / model of Nakai - Nevertheless great video as always!

[@josefstalin9678]

If yall ever do tomb kings my life will finally be fulfilled. As a necron player in 40k, you just know I gotta stan Settra

[@lorf9303]

Oh mighty, Settra... Great King, the Imperishable, Khemrikhara, The Great King of Nehekhara, King of Kings, Opener of the Way, Wielder of the Divine Flame, Punisher of Nomads, The Great Unifier, Commander of the Golden Legion, Sacred of Appearance, Bringer of Light, Father of Hawks, Builder of Cities, Protector of the Two Worlds, Keeper of the Hours, Chosen of Ptra, High Steward of the Horizon, Sailor of the Great Vitae, Sentinel of the Two Realms, The Undisputed, Begetter of the Begat, Scourge of the Faithless, Carrion-feeder, First of the Charnel Valley, Rider of the Sacred Chariot, Vanquisher of Vermin, Champion of the Death Arena, Mighty Lion of the Infinite Desert, Emperor of the Shifting Sands, He Who Holds The Sceptre, Great Hawk Of The Heavens, Arch-Sultan of Atalan, Waker of the Hierotitan, Monarch of the Sky, Majestic Emperor of the Shifting Sands, Champion of the Desert Gods, Breaker of the Ogre Clans, Builder of the Great Pyramid, Terror of the Living, Master of the Never-Ending Horizon, Master of the Necropolises, Taker of Souls, Tyrant to the Foolish, Bearer of Ptra's Holy Blade, Scion of Usirian, Scion of Nehek, The Great, Chaser of Nightmares, Keeper of the Royal Herat, Founder of the Mortuary Cult, Banisher of the Grand Hierophant, High Lord Admiral of the Deathfleets, Guardian of the Charnal Pass, Tamer of the Liche King, Unliving Jackal Lord, Dismisser of the Warrior Queen, Charioteer of the Gods, He Who Does Not Serve, Slayer off Reddittras, Scarab Purger, Favoured of Usirian, Player of the Great Game, Liberator of Life, Lord Sand, Wrangler of Scorpions, Emperor of the Dunes, Eternal Sovereign of Khemri's Legions, Seneschal of the Great Sandy Desert, Curserer of the Living, Regent of the Eastern Mountains, Warden of the Eternal Necropolis, Herald of all Heralds, Caller of the Bitter Wind, God-Tamer, Master of the Mortis River, Guardian of the Dead, Great Keeper of the Obelisks, Deacon of the Ash River, Belated of Wakers, General of the Mighty Frame, Summoner of Sandstorms, Master of all Necrotects, Prince of Dust, Tyrant of Araby, Purger of the Greenskin Breathers, Killer of the False God's Champions, Tyrant of the Gold Dunes, Golden Bone Lord, Avenger of the Dead, Carrion Master, Eternal Warden of Nehek's Lands, Breaker of Djaf's Bonds... and many, many more...

[@josefstalin9678]

@@lorf9303 He was such a badass that george thorogood and the destroyers made a song about him

[@sherlocksmuuug6692]

Settra does not serve🗿

[@demitrischoenwald1436]

I wanna meet these lizard people. They would be so cool to have as buddies, especially the Skinks and Croxigors. I would hang out on the shoulder of a Crox and have a Skink riding on my shoulder at the same time: TOWER OF BADASS.

[@sherlocksmuuug6692]

Nakai has just the "Vode An" theme blaring at full volume wherever he goes.

[@mra4521]

50:48 Howland Reed from ASOAIF is a Slan. He’s swamp and lizard themed. Has vital information for the story. Has been MIA since 1990.

[@hachmanno]

According to new lore coming from Total War Warhammer 3, Dragons (at least the Cathayan ones) actually don't fuck with the Lizardman since the Old Ones basically came into their home, terraformed it to be a less pleasant climate and used it as a stage for their war on Chaos

[@luckyday5721]

I recently started writing notes and it's becoming a book. A main point was is limitations and try that your characters can write themselves.

[@CroviusBlackfeather]

My favorite Old World factions have always been Lizardfolk and Skaven, and I kind of like that canonically the Skaven "won" in the old world setting.

[@octapodes1132]

Can’t wait for you guys to get to the Skaven and The Great Horned Rat

[@cedson108]

So true. Lizardmen are what got me into warhammer too. They are my favorite race and I always play them.

[@MagusBunnyMom]

For Lizardmen characters you didn't mention Tehenhauin, the Prophet of Sotek. Also Tiktaq'to, Master of Skies of Hexoatl who rides the terradon, Zwup. Speaking of Fantasy and 40k being connected I love the idea of Sigmar being one of the lost Primarchs.

[@Creepy___]

I heard two very interesting/funny theories about 40k and Fantasy being connected that I really like. One is that the 40k and fantasy orks are able to communicate with each other but none of them know what each other is talking about And that 40k is a pocket dimension created by a wizard from the Fantasy universe and he watches and studies it

[@senor-achopijo3841]

Excuse me, did I just read that there is a Lizardmen character named Tiktaq'to and would you please be so kind as to elaborate?

[@MagusBunnyMom]

@@senor-achopijo3841 Why yes. Tiktaq'to is the Master of the Skies for the Temple-City of Hexoatl. He is the greatest of all the Terradon Riders. His Terradon is named Zwup. He wields the Blade of Ancient Skies which is made from the jawbone of a long extinct giant predator. He wears the Mask of Heavens allowing him to meld his consciousness with Zwup, basically making them one. He was a FLC legendary lord for Total War Warhammer. Unlike other lords he starts mounted and can't be dismounted.

[@senor-achopijo3841]

@@MagusBunnyMom Simply phenomenal. This is what I like to call "the good shit".

[@mra4521]

1:12:36 This is facts. You were the first people to explain that Erda existed in 40k, that the Emperor made a deal with Chaos, and all the stuff about that mad scientist who feared the Space Marines. Suddenly I gave a damn about Emps and Horus.

[@HummingWork]

That 35:54 scream came straight from the Diaphragm

[@VyRe40]

A lot of bad stuff did end up happening to the sky titans after the Old Ones and the Lizardmen came to the planet. They had a complex culture and society and everything, but they end up devolving into the giants, who by the time of the "modern" setting for the Old World are basically just the last remnants of an inbred, mentally stunted breed of monsters. Dragons were also kinda enemies of the Old Ones/Lizardmen too - IIRC, the Lizardmen basically wiped out the dragons in Lustria. However, there were a couple of dragons in Cathay who observed what the Old Ones were doing and made their own plans... Ogres and Cathay appear relatively early in the timeline of Warhammer Fantasy.

[@krankarvolund7771]

Yeah, but it's not because of the Old Ones, it's the Ogres that hunted and ate almost all of the Sky Titans ^^

[@brandonlyon730]

Dragonogres were also one of the original native species of the planet before the old ones, though they ended up screwing themselves over by making a deal with Tzeetch who stop them from aging anymore, but also sterilized them all making it impossible for them to be pregnant and have babies again, so there entire race is now forever doomed to very slowly but eventually die off.

[@Tigrie5934]

So in AoS, the Titans lived the same fate as the Crorcs in 40K, devolving into Orcs, become smaller and more and more idiots

[@galling2052]

If one can not like the concept of a astec dinosaur riding another dinosour, firing plasma out the the palms of its gold bionic arm. That person just has factually the wrong opinion.

[@senor-achopijo3841]

Also, that person has no soul.

[@geoffreyentwistle8176]

They might just be a crippling level of boring. Like boring enough that anyone approaching normal would wonder what's wrong with their brain. 😂

[@orireth5107]

Lord Kroak is one of my favourite fictional characters, I really like how every time they need him, he just wills himself back to life, like he isn't using some kind of necromancy or anything, he is just deciding to be alive again. And with that whole invasion of chaos when the gates fell, I think his personal kill count for that war is something like half of all kills

[@vrinnmetagen]

i cant wait for yall to talk about vampire counts and specific Vlad and Isabella. best relationship

[@countdanculagaming362]

I was waiting and getting hyped the whole video for Nakai the chad croc

[@Venom1846]

It will never cease to amuse me that one of their greatest champions is a ghost frog named Lord Kroak

[@old_timey_prospector]

34:35 That nurgling is 100% voiced by Jack Black.

[@lexmasu246]

Oooo! I'm so excited for a video on skaven! I love how self-destructive and stabby they are! My favorite video about them was a Total War play through on the apocalypse setting. At one point, they had the casualties in the thousands, not a single cased by an enemy. Lol

[@h3r0ofhyrule]

56:52 this guy is the fantasy lizard version of Master Chief

[@meta1587]

not gonna talk about how Nakai defended a bridge single-handedly for weeks during the defense of Itza to the point that daemons shudder when crossing bridges, remembering the horrors Nakai inflicted?

[@TheConfusled]

Kremlo, like the Old Ones, came from SPAAAAACE

[@fergaloconnell1535]

The truest foe of the old ones

[@michaelfourie]

Praise be to Kremlo! was looking for someone mentioning him

[@Max-ek4dn]

Like the discussion is obviously very interesting and fun, lore is cool. But THE DRAWINGS!!! ITS SO PEAK!!!

[@edzekielcabauatan]

Please do more warhammer fantasy lore i like it and don't know many podcasts that do fantasy lore

[@harleyking8137]

As a straight man I would absolutely start with "yo we got magic lizard people that ride dinosaurs and shoot blazers" as a selling point for total war.

[@nogitsune4452]

Awww, talking about Lizardman naming conventions and didn't mention Tik Tac Toe.

[@Quincy_Morris]

There should be lizard men in 40K Cowboy lizard men That ride robot T Rexes and shout ‘yeehaw’ while firing six shooter rocket pistols into ranks of tyrannids. Thank you goodby.

[@NUMBSKULLS]

Wait, come back, you was cookin

[@yosefzanerva806]

40:52 Ava, my man, or whatever. Your delivery here was so BAD-ASS! You sent chills down my spine, bro! You did Croak proud, my dude. You did Croak proud.

[@falcon10649]

I love Kari's random references. I get so many of them. The mortal instruments is a good series; at least the first 3. Cant wait for the digimon video!

[@mathewcooper8505]

Ooh! Idk why but I wasn’t expecting the Old World! Awesome!! Gonna listen to this while I paint Bretonnians

[@AsheAbhorrent]

"You gotta Hawk P'Toohee and blowpipe those thangs!" - Oxyotl

[@therexyogaming]

When you realize Warhammer Fantasy's Doom Slayer equivalent kills greater demons by spitting at them:

[@Thommy2n]

40:33 I felt a great disturbance in the Warp, the sound of Kari crying with more despair than thousands of Skinks.

[@58_ayudhsarkar55]

Love your reactions. More so now that you have entered the world of Warhammer fantasy. Would love to see Kari's reaction to stories of different legendary lords of different factions. It would be insane to see how she will react once she learns their fates in the end times.

[@Yuurha]

I love how he talk about the firstborn Slann. He's in his own Kroaktegorie

[@alexanderszewc9448]

Oh god.. I can only imagine the Nighthaunt Episode. Trying to explain the concept of "Petty Necromancer makes an army of ghosts because he hated those people" and showing off such gorgeous models.. as well as the girlboss ghost with the most.