High King Thorgrim Grudgebearer

[@gurrakalas5093]

Bugman - "High King Thorgrim stands alone" Ungrim - "Not alone, SLAYERS"

[@EderReis]

That reference made me proud brother!

[@kevincass9917]

"Ungrim!" "KHAZUKIT-HAAAA!"

[@simplyyolo9826]

You deserve more likes

[@roybradley2392]

you probably dont give a damn but does any of you know a trick to get back into an instagram account?? I stupidly lost the password. I would love any tips you can offer me.

[@roybradley2392]

@Santino Alessandro thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site on google and Im in the hacking process atm. I see it takes a while so I will reply here later with my results.

[@trucomment]

57:30 did u just yawn at the history of mighty dawi? *proceeds to write his name in the book of grudges*

[@jakewu8268]

We must claim vengeance Dawi .

[@bobskywalker2707]

That’s a grudgin

[@246vili]

Wow! I barely heard that yawn even at third check. You have good ears.

[@ScipioWasHere]

“Aim for the moon. Even if you miss you will land among the stars.” - Thorgrim, when deciding to strike all grudges from the book

[@havefuntazarasu5367]

Why is it so hard to strike the book

[@capadociaash8003]

@@havefuntazarasu5367 because striking the book itself would be a mega grudge

[@noobatgames3321]

@@capadociaash8003 I can handle that grudge

[@churlish7851]

Aim small miss small

[@Ahmadabdal_]

Thorim listing the grudges one by one as he snuffs the life out of his enemy is the most badass thing in warhammer

[@thegametroll6264]

Queek eas probably pissing himself with fear musk at the time.

[@CommissarMitch]

"The Dwarves were interrupted briefly by one massive invasion" 26:50

[@blinkysaurusrex485]

Sotek, your kids are going to have the most killer bedtime stories in history. Felt like I was listening to an audiobook for half of that,

[@worgall3163]

god dam now i have to play as the dwarfs. thanks a lot Sotek.

[@WarmasterBayou7]

Worgall bring back the Karaz Ankor into the second golden age

[@studentofhistory718]

The dawitide cometh

[@HorusHeresy1982]

The finale of the Rise of the Horned Rat was the most depressing of the End Times. I felt genuinely bad with the fall of Karaz-a-Karak and the final end of the Dawi Empire. It just felt like something unique had been lost to the world. The final stand of the Dwarves in Middenheim in The Lord of the End Times seemed like the perfect way for the Dawi to go out. Defiant and obstinate to the very last of their race.

[@charlottewalnut3118]

HorusHeresy1982 Worry not we have found a way to crush the rat. Tiamat will destroy him.

[@niccolomachiavelli8763]

End Times itself was trash dw we dont accept it

[@amandag.6186]

@@niccolomachiavelli8763 you will accept it's fate, or you will die *summons force lightning*

[@tommyz6848]

@@amandag.6186 no

[@invincibleunderthesun8545]

@@amandag.6186 stop

[@Johnnythefirst]

I love the image around 50:00 where he's fighting a goddamned armoured dragon while leisurely sitting on his throne.

[@rorygengler4013]

Wyvern homie

[@Crocuta1990]

Ah I adore these long lore videos. Perfect to paint too. Quite fitting that I was painting dwarfs when I was listening to this. Keep them coming!

[@BigMac014]

Is it just me or do the end times feel like a total screw everybody who plays this.

[@jamesharp4842]

I really dont know how they messed up so bad

[@GruwskiTheDogski]

Worth the wait Sotek! This has to be one of THE best lore videos you've made so far, the energy you put into these lore videos are fantastic! :)

[@QuestionableObject]

I guess Queek forgot to use his "Headtaker" ability. What a noob.

[@theguardsman5358]

Skaven are noobs confirmed

[@thereallambofgod]

Thorgrim is a badass

[@robnixon8832]

Any time a high king sits down, it must be on the throne of power. Toileting is going to be awkward. Unless he has a porcelain throne of power in his privvy...

[@MyViolador]

Gets off his throne , bitch slaps queek and proceeds to break his neck with only one hand while reciting the Dammaz Kron. fucking metal

[@johnmark4677]

Tears almost shed when I heard 1:02:54

[@johnmarkes2038]

:(

[@JohannanasTheBrave]

Amazing video Stoek. It's seldom that I can watch a 1h and 30min video from start to finish nonstop. You are awesome. Keep making videos and I will be watching. ^^

[@mud2479]

I love playing Scotland in Total War Warhammer

[@Welther47]

*you are, they are (you're, they're) Seriously, man. It's not that hard.

[@blindtruth4614]

Let's be fair Dwarfs are a much nicer, forgiving, intelligent, peaceloving and look like a bunch of teetotalers compared to the Scotts.

[@Gimmers18]

they have northumbrian accents

[@dakotaa7535]

Yep. Most of the original Warhammer races were based on different types of people in Britain. The Dwarfs were loosely based on the people from Yorkshire, and it's most evident by their accent.

[@fransoprole8068]

Not really. Look at the map of the warhammer fantasy world and a real world map. Most factions of the old world are even on the same spot as their real world counterpart. (The empire= The Holy Roman Empire, Bretonnia= Feudal France, Tomb kings=everyone knows, Ogre kingdoms=Mongols)

[@robbibob6392]

Sotek. This video is really, really, really good and long. Great job!

[@nastygoblin2706]

Awesome. Thank you for another great lore video. This one might be your master piece.

[@grouchypotatowolfpack5580]

Elves = southern English Dwarfs = northern English Orcs = every pub within a mile of the stadium when there's a match Goblins = those kids who think they're hard because they listen to drum and bass and smoke weed

[@conan7565]

Great video Sotek

[@mkollthereaper7725]

my god the passion in your voice is amazing literally gave me goosebumbs! very very amazing video keep it up good sir!!

[@jacked4121]

I’m coming back to these because I shut off the lights, grab my bong and play some games with this is the background and the vibe is perfect

[@menes7252]

Masterfully done liked the story telling and you did a good job covering this loved character

[@TheNorbyAKANorbz]

This video is amazing! I can tell how much time and effort you put into it. Thank you for creating this gem. You have earned yourself a subscriber

[@lazaruslong697]

This video is awesome as a whole, but Thorgrim vs. Queek part always gives me chills. :D

[@Thumbdumpandthebumpchump]

What a badass dude!

[@Amarthadain]

I'm pretty new to Warhammer and I love it really like these lore videos but to me it seems like the End Times were pretty poorly written almost like GW just wanted to rush through and wrap it up. Maybe that's a bit harsh but I'm just not a fan of how alot of it played out especially the dwarves I think kinda got the short end of the stick.

[@wardenstone6021]

Yes. No one likes the end times. Characters got stupidly overpowered, did things kind of against their whole personality and stuff.

[@LordDizzicius]

Hey Sotek... Your videos are all wonderfully put together and informative. They are a pleasure to listen to. Keep up the good work.

[@dantesparda14175]

My personal thoughts on the end times is that after ascending the steps instead of Deathmaster Snicth killing Thorgrim and surviving Thorgrim pulls a Queek and kills Snicth before he can escape

[@dirt0133]

I'VE MISSED YOUR LORE VIDEOS!

[@rogadip]

Finally, been waiting for this one. Appreciate all the work you put into it. Now give us Sigvald ;)

[@charlottewalnut3118]

Welp time for a portal based D&D campaign to save the Dawi from their mental disorders

[@ScipioWasHere]

I don't play this game, but I would watch a movie based on this.

[@SpiceCh]

As merciless as Thorgrim is, I at least love the fact that he would take the time to converse with Louen on his reasoning for executing the captives. Obviously the universe is often portrayed in a comical, black-and-white way, but I'd like to imagine some of the dwarves would at least pity the captives in their final moments and offer them some words of comfort, even if the dammaz kron demanded their execution in repayment of Dwarven lives. When the races and cultures are so storied and ancient, the act of giving respect to other races feels much more meaningful. Like how the High Elves generally have a profound respect for the children of the old ones and will usually get out of their way whenever possible.

[@NBeaver-bx4yl]

God it was finally going great for the Dawi, they finally had hope of Reemerging, but then end shit time happened and fked up all this history that now we know it didnt matter and everyone died

[@fizzbrew]

Nathan 200 hurts my heart

[@PoorManatee6197]

It wasn't going that great really, in the 8th edition warriors of chaos rulebook its narrated how Kraka Drak is invaded by a Norse army, so another karak lost. Also Belegars mission is condemned to fail due to not having enough numbers. Thorgrim was doing an excellent job as an high king, but the dwarfs as a whole were still losing ground.

[@Fenristhegreat]

Great video Sotek, the scripting was especially good!

[@bonefetcherbrimley7740]

Man, just killing peasants for chosing not to starve. Cold Grudgebearer, cold.

[@BigTatanka626]

Got here super late but these lore videos are my favorite

[@jerec1267]

holy shit i dont believe it this is not a real thing there is no way this happened something good came from the end times

[@lukewind13]

And then it did a huge fucking U-turn and Thorgrim died beacuse Deus-ex Rat-ina

[@dziwnalata9271]

@@lukewind13 This is so sad, that GW killed this world. Lore was fanastic and deep.

[@otnielzah]

Awesome video, thank you. Could you make a top best warriors? Not heroes, regular troops like slayers, chosen, greatswords...

[@shadejodoin6683]

So no monstrous or named characters?

[@hnrpuffinstufffitzgerald3831]

What an under appreciated channel

[@simonandre5938]

Great video, I have been waiting a while for this one and it was worth the wait. I never read the End Times books, I mostly hear tidbits about it during the uproar every dead of a major character caused and have no interest to ever read them, his finale battle was awesome to hear but his death is still BS. Only a few more weeks before that piece of 'history' will be allowed to change.

[@fizzbrew]

When the movie coming out? This story needs to be seen on the big screen.

[@tzarkenohone3078]

Loved this Lore video enough that I might play dwarfs 2nd in TW:W

[@camerontornow8214]

Just watched this while playing thorgrim on immortal empires warhammer 3 :)

[@foltrap]

So good! Superb content mate!

[@kingconan4crom]

Awesome Narrating!

[@thorgrimgrudgebearerthegre7204]

All of you knee down in front of the mighty Dwarven Master race, for their glory, knowledge, beards and badasness know no equal in the Warhammer universe (except maybe space marines) . Anyway thanks for the awesome video. Would be nice if you could cover the war of VENGENCE ( or war of the beard for the pussies among you ) so i can hear more about the endless amount of dwarfen awesomness. Until then you have my sub for sure, you deserved it.

[@Enriiiiiii]

Two different universes you fuck

[@thorgrimgrudgebearerthegre7204]

I ment Warhammer in general. Also the world of Fantasy might take place in 40K.

[@ussliberty8898]

I BELIEVE ITS 40000 YEARS AFTER END TIMES

[@InquisitorThomas]

Thorgrim Grudgebearer the great I would take a knee, but I’m pretty sure I’d still be taller than you.

[@Mortiis558]

Thorgrim Grudgebearer the great up

[@returnthegods]

Well done, Sotek. You done did Thorgrim proud.

[@kiras3442]

make vid about belegor ironhammer

[@vnom84]

What a cool dwarf. I sure do hope he knows how to lock doors behind him. 😊

[@justinfarnsworth5109]

A gobbo disliked this video.

[@celticstrands763]

Justin Farnsworth and apparently one urk...

[@TheLostArchangel666]

And a few skaven, it seems. Tho wait, no, those don't exist. Never mind me! La, lala, lala~!

[@charlottewalnut3118]

Nils Vos you mean those big rats they taste good when roasted in peanut sauce

[@benrobbo2902]

1:00:00 onwards is so badass

[@dantesparda14175]

This has me thinking “what would happen if Thorgrim got out of his chair?”

[@eamonnsmith4286]

nice video man! keep up the great lore videos!!!

[@Silamon2]

Which novels would you recommend reading? I am interested in warhammer fantasy after playing total war and watching your lore videos!

[@amandag.6186]

It more depends on who you want to read about honestly

[@Michaentus]

Very late reply, Gotrek and Felix novels are great

[@hlyanhtetwai312]

I have a Notepad of Grudges for specific people in real life, yessss. Their time will come :-)

[@vicentgalvan70]

Another great video. Thank you!

[@erikskoog8415]

love your lore vids m8 good show indeed

[@tuedon8644]

Cool a lore video.This should be fun. Will you give your thoughts on the Kholek Suneater vs the Dwarfs video?

[@ragnar40kblackmain]

Do Grombringdal plz

[@azuresky96]

If this isn't the hypest shit I don't know what is. Dwarfs best race.

[@kkh42792]

In the axe of grimnir section you say reposite. I think you mean riposte (ri-post). Excellent videos I really enjoy them

[@stephanpineda132]

I have watched this video three times!!! These videos are amazing when will we be getting a Belegar and skarsnik one?!??

[@McLovin5118]

Lore your lore vids :D Do you plan on doing some faction overviews/lore videos? And will you do some geographic videos? (like a video on the Old World, Lustria, Southlands etc and the terrain, factions etc that dwell there?)

[@jimmyjazz5746]

amazing lore video Gj man

[@Rpground]

Only more reasons as to why the Dwarves are the best fantasy race.

[@erikbrown1827]

Still working on my Karaz-A-Karak Throng. I have yeat to get the High King Model. Unfortunately, it is not available anymore. So been looking at Second hand poorly painted miniatures. I seen the older version aswell. Still looking to buy one.

[@DarkGreenFire]

You might be able to find one on forge world

[@DarkGreenFire]

Don't count on it tho

[@erikbrown1827]

@@DarkGreenFire Aye. GW kicked me in my tender bits when they made AoS... We don't matter to them anymore.

[@NodDisciple1]

What they did to him in the End Times was a damn disgrace.

[@sonofthebearking3335]

And as much as I respect Thorgrim for how awesome he is, I also feel like it was cruel to put my boi Queek up against a guy wielding the axe of Grimnir (and other holy crap awesome gear, a skilled warrior to boot). That whole affair makes me sad. *As far as Skaven go, my boy deserved better for being the best of em. And when I think of Thorgim's dream for the Karaz Ankor in light of how he died, I feel several things: a) sorrow b) the need to give a writer somewhere the Treatment that Grimgor gave Archaon in the 'Storm of Chaos' ending of Fantasy.

[@peateargriffin9932]

Poor Queek. Rip

[@MrGischla]

Anyone got any recommendations for books about the dwarfs? I've already read most of the Gotrek and Felix series.

[@bluedwarf1699]

Gizly McFluffy there is oathbreaker

[@whodey5103]

Dragonlance never gets old.

[@47ravenlord]

Excellent video, with one exception, Grimnir is pronounced Grimneer, not Grimner. Hearing a dwarf god pronounced like he is an Orc is grating, lol. I loved everything else in the video and greatly appreciate it.

[@counttommymarion7319]

The Airships, throw blasting charges, on the enemy lines. Wedding the enemy, near the dawi.

[@counttommymarion7319]

Stupid autocorrect

[@counttommymarion7319]

Weeding the enemy lines, near the dawi

[@Tomb743]

great video, excellent knowledge

[@robouteguilliman6662]

Strike all the grudges from the book? That’s a grudgin’

[@antonious1685]

Finallyyyyyyyyyyy Thank The Ancestors!

[@danielecatania9631]

Jesus Christ you made me want to go back to WH2 and play him

[@peterhaex2253]

What happened to his son? (of Thorgrim was assasinated?) what happend to the dwarves after end-times?

[@bluedwarf1699]

Peter Haex listen to me carefully. FUCK. THE. END. TIMES.

[@TheCorrodedMan]

They got blown to shit by the end of the world...hence the epithet *FUCK THE END TIMES*

[@Ryan_Winter]

I second that motion. Fuck the end times!

[@jerec1267]

actually i would say the dawi got it best during the end times gotrek won the entire end of the world after all

[@lolply54]

Oh man the old "Storm of chaos" was so much better in my opinion then the end times, i hope they kept it

[@lolply54]

I just finished the video, such a crappy end

[@gizmod22]

Troll Country makes me wonder what that would sound like

[@havoc1134]

Awesome as always. I'm curious, how much of this video was read directly from other sources and how much of it was your own flair? I know you've dabbled with providing detail from your own thoughts in the Azhag video to great success. Did you do this here as well?

[@havoc1134]

And look at that! 2,000 plus followers. Congrats.

[@ilKhan-Ghost-of-Clan-Mongoose]

U do a great job man. You should be hired by audible .. as well as paid by the Black Library

[@brodieknight772]

Was the other of grimnirs as the one that Gotrek wields?

[@jerec1267]

yes, its confirmed in slayer that grimnir has actually been using it to channel energy into gotrek to let him take over grimnirs job of keeping the chaos gate shut (fighting permanently until you eventually die,which means death is inevitable and all you need to do is wait, which for gotrek is a win, therefore gotrek motherfucking gurnisson won the end times. irrelevant but i like to bring it up because he deserves a happy ending) afterwards he gives him thorgrim's axe to kick in the shit of be'lakor. but considering that counts as end times its not really canon for most folk despite being a good book. technically in lore there is debate that grombrindal wields his other axe given his "fuck you im grombrindal so i beat everything" powers, and given his father forged the axe and it belongs to his uncle it makes sense he would have it.

[@MrWulfgardt]

Great vid about my beloved dwarves,great work matey.

[@drakbak9107]

Is there anywhere I can find some of these art pieces? I would love to know who the artist is

[@sazechs_451]

His death was very underwhelming... I guess it fits with what everyone else is saying, that the End Times part is poorly written.

[@jaymaxwell8645]

who found the body if only kings and heirs were allowed in the tower?

[@christophercyr1460]

can you add more images of maps of the locations youre talking about?

[@Rellana1]

How do the dwarves feel about sharing new technology with other races that they are allied to? Like when they developed the Gyrocopter,would they consider sharing that with the Empire,in the interest that if the Empire has a Airforce,maybe they would be able to assist the dwarves against their many enemies,by bombing the crap out of them?

[@BattlerEvil]

dwarf warriors, dwarf warriors with great axes. Thunderer and Quarrellers are able to help in empire's armies but that's only it.

[@simonandre5938]

+Rellana1 well a lore-wise reason could be that it's probably not a good idea to entrust such powerful technology to a race that is so easily corrupted by Chaos, they are allies but many dwarves don't really trust humans that much and given the human's history of betrayels, corruption, oathbreaking, etc they have plenty of examples to say why. Also dwarf technology can be further augmented by Rune magic and humans can't make runes and the dwarves would not make or give knowledge about runes to them because of the same reasons as mentioned above. (even among dwarves it is difficult to convince a runesmith to pen down their secrets to preserve his or her knowledge when they didn't find a apprentice worthy enough to share that knowledge with, many powerfull runes have been lost this way, so you can guess the chances of humans trying to do the same thing.) Game-wise explanation however is pretty simple, the armies would be too simulair. originally dwarves had a ton of technology back in early-warhammer but over time the empire got some variations of that technology and that dwarf tech was then removed from the dwarf army lists. The main point is that giving the Empire access to dwarf tech takes away the uniqueness of that technology that makes a dwarf army special.

[@bluedwarf1699]

Rellana1 also, their are many secret dwarven technology that the dwarves are trying to keep out of the hands of skavenx

[@TheCorrodedMan]

Gotrek Gurnisson LIE-LIES! Filthy dwarf-things make pitiful gadgets,only skryre-rats make good-great weapons!

[@powerobsession734]

the dwarves teach and actively train empire gunnery schools, yet retain their mastery and their grasp of the technology is second to none. I believe what technology is shared, is only limited to what the empire is willing to embrace... and fund. The Dawi are always eager to show off their toys. I can only imagine there is a humie some where trying to squeeze into one.

[@tolaisolia8743]

And that is why he was the first to die because he didn't listen to the military genius

[@violentheart8060]

".....could even hope to...." ×7 lol

[@PoorManatee6197]

Everything ok until his death, im good with deathmaster snikch killing thorgrim, but the way he does its disapointing. I think it would have been much cooler if snikch assassinated Thorgrim in the middle of the battle after his duel with Queek.

[@dumbkunt5267]

Where's that bellagar lore vid then ???

[@gabbagundam]

Great video, who do you think would win in a fight betwenn Grimgore and Thorgrim? My money is on Thorgrim, Grimgore may be tough but toughnes and armour means diddly squat against the axe of Grimnir.

[@hamarbiljungskile8953]

+gabbagundam "diddly squat"... squat... pun intended?

[@ThraxI1019]

idk man, Grimgor is THE most powerful individual fighter imo (straight fighting, no bs like magic etc) in WH

[@gabbagundam]

+ThraxI1019 True, but Thorgrm is easily as tough or tougher then Grimgore. The only thing Thorgrim needs to do is land a single blow on Grimgore to cripple him or destroy his axe wich he really likes to do in important fights. But Grimgore is one of the worst written op Characters I have come across so who knows.

[@Hrothgrar]

If Thorgrim was using his artifact weapons and armor, he would win hands down.

[@mattmoney1322]

This is super late but as a skaven fan I think I could provide a good opinion. Thorgrim is the best leader the dwarves have ever seen but ungrim is easily the best warrior. Ungrim has fought archaon in the lore for a long time but eventually lost without hurting him even in an explosion of flames leading me to believe that thorgrim would get one shot by the everchosen. Grimgor has also fought archaon ,with his magic as most people say grimgor gets wrecked by magic which is his biggest weakness but he surpasses it most of the time, in the fight with archaon grimgor gets a great head butt in which destroys the extremely powerful artifact the eye of sheerian and almost kills archaon before his greater demon in his sword comes out surprising the shit out of grimgor as you would expect and getting him decapitated. Due to this I believe in a fight grimgor would win. I also believe in a fight between an army led by both of them grimgor would win but have no army left besides himself and a few of da immortulz

[@ScipioWasHere]

When will you do the white dwarf?

[@0goatman087]

Where is this ton of information from? Looking for good dwarf stories to read.

[@scartioantolare5825]

watching this makes me wonder why he is so bad in melee in tw:w

[@JunoneMaster3000]

Because he fights on a toilet. Someone plz make a Thorgrim on foot mod!

[@rogelioalonzo2911]

@@JunoneMaster3000 0p

[@needforspeedfan545]

@@rogelioalonzo2911 Bad? He soloed Archaon, Karl and Grimgor when I tested them out. I was quite surprised too. Lol