Nightmare in Bretonnia - History and Lore of the Black Grail Knights - Warhammer Fantasy Lore

In this Warhammer Fantasy battle lore video on Total War Warhammer 3, we discuss the Affair of the False Grail, the Red Pox, the Fall of Mousillon, and how it led to the rise of the Black Grail Knights, a true nightmare in Bretonnia's History.
Warhammer Fantasy Battle lore - Black Grail Knights and the False Grail
Black Grail Knights mod - steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...

[@milkandcookiesTW]

Check out the awesome work by Barney, BasedMemes, and Acephelos here! - steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2921261950&searchtext=black+grail+knights

[@barneysoldierson54]

Thanks for showcasing our mod! :D

[@funafull1]

Excellent, I’ve been hoping for more lore videos from you for a long time.

[@borgCube100]

I think CA should do a "minor" DLC - one that includes a unit for each race. It doesn't have to be anything massive for each - a bit like an ROR. But instead of having to get a high level lord to unlock, you have to preform a specific quest, or capture a specific city ect... Like VC's would unlock this, the Dawi would get Daemon slayers for retaking Kraka-Drak ect... Realising that would be a ridiculous number of units - so I'm realising that would mean a lot of work and prolly be too expensive. But it would add flavour AND give you incentive to go in different directions with your campain ect... Great vid as always!

[@holysaintknight343]

Yes we need this you suggest

[@BooGulley]

Just make it a mod

[@thepiousskeleton6046]

I would much prefer Mousillon as a Bretonnain subrace with combined VC and Bretonnian troops and Black Grail Knights as a unique unit

[@holysaintknight343]

@@thepiousskeleton6046 yes that's good

[@connorboyle2585]

@@BooGulley normally I'm not big on the whole "just make a mod for it" thing when it comes to dlc ideas. mods take time to make that people can't/don't want to spend on it and CA has significantly more resources than any random modder when it comes to adding new content. But in this case this mod basically already does exist, just split between 2-3 mods per race.

[@saltykenny5370]

Dark Omen was literally my first pc game i've ever owned, i'm hugging it right now.

[@tominieminen66]

If necromancy can take hold of a chaotic entity like Krell why not the equivalent of "good" One would think that if you can steal from the mighty chaos gods a puny backwater bath girl should not pose much of a problem 🛀

[@Anonymous-zw1gd]

Loved Dark Omen back in the day - Commander Bernhardt was a right character! I've always wondered why he hasn't appeared as part of the Empire in TW Warhammer games, also Ragnar's Wolves.

[@zipscool]

Goddamn those models are cool. I really dig the glow effect whenever they slash out with those swords of theirs.

[@CompetitivelyAwesome]

Yeah its Archeaon's model!

[@dairewoods2544]

I really hope we get a vamp count vs Bretonnia DLC to explore these kind of units and characters

[@doomslayer4433]

they could add mousilon and bastone the poon slayer

[@Madhattersinjeans]

Nice and quick. A lot of other lore channels just sort of lean into 30-40 minute rambling segments which is okay if you're really into them but I think it's still a bit much to ask of the audience, especially if the person narrating is just sort of not forming a coherent point. Seeing more related lore stuff to the warhammer universe and 40k as well would be neat. Thanks for making this.

[@W4rr4X]

Missed those lore videos, thanks ! Also, since Dark Omen was mentioned, still hope the Morgan Bernhardt and the Grudgebringers come back in some capacity, if they ever release a Dogs of War type of 'faction' DLC, and also hope Grey Seer Thanquol makes an appearance, too, perhaps as a hero or something, he's pure chaos even compared to his kind. (I know he wasn't in Dark Omen, just to be sure, just part of this era) Edit: Love that reference at 6:45

[@alexsitaras6508]

I think they're cool. It would make sense that some grail knights possibly felt duped by an elf and were upset about so took the chance to come back and cause problems.

[@Troupe_Master]

You know what...as much as I love Warhammer Fantasy I think I have healed enough to hear your take on some Age Of Sigmar lore..

[@milkandcookiesTW]

I've thought about it! might be fun to take a bit of a dive

[@angrydude675]

Your warhammer lore videos are seriously some of the best on KZbin. Keep up the great work man.

[@JClif]

Can not wait for that mousillon faction mod. It was one of my favorites in warhammer 2.

[@Questington]

Awesome video! It could be interesting to see a video that starts with a lot of lore about a unit, and then afterwards closely follows that unit, zoomed in, in a couple of battles. Checking the unit's stats and abilities compared to the enemies it encounters and seeing how 'its lore translates to stats which translates to battle animations'

[@alexrangel7860]

Indy, please. GIVE US MORE LORE VIDEOS!

[@CoolSmoovie]

Missed these lore vids, keep it up

[@PeteTheGrouch]

Dark Omen was a truly awesome game back in the day; honestly, I lost count of the number of times I must've played through it... nice to see it still get referenced more than two decades after it's initial release! _Side note..._ To me, the so-called 'Dread King' will pretty much always be Nagash, even if he was never specifically named as such... while I realise GeeDubs have tried to retcon a lot of their older 'lore', let us not forget that these are the same people trying to convince everyone that Age of Shitemar is an actual thing - _hence,_ personally, I'm inclined to take anything they have to say with a *HEFTY* grain of salt..!

[@G--lp7xq]

Nope, the dread king first appeared in warhammer quest catacombs of terror (1995) and it mentioned expressively he was one of nagash OG lackeys

[@PeteTheGrouch]

@@G--lp7xq _M-kaaay..._ And, the fact he just happens to have a metallic claw _just_ like Nagash - not to mention dossing at his pyramid(!) - is all just a big coinkeydink, hm..?

[@capt.wesker5337]

Love the lore vids Indy, great job as always!

[@marcusc9931]

"But they were all deceived. For in the darkness of Mousillon another Grail was being made."

[@Johnnythefirst]

Dark Omen was awesome, Shadow of the Horned Rat as well. I could never finish that last one as a kid in the nineties, but I finally did it on a GoG version I found a couple of years ago. Took me a whole night and I had to get pretty drunk for it though. True oldhammer.

[@Norlamon]

Holy shit I've completely forgotten about Dark Omen, I still have the CD lol. The memories.

[@Frenzybee0405]

I love these sort of videos! Keep it up!

[@RougeHound]

More lore videos! I love when you release these!

[@singlegameing]

Love your lore videos Indy! hope to see more of these :)))

[@CoHigh]

Hell yeah Indy! Love the lore videos.

[@Waaghstompa]

I love the lore videos, dark omen was one of my favorite games from my childhood...

[@joke_d]

Nice to see some lore about the Black Grail Knights! I still hope that we will eventually see them offically in WH3 by CA in a VC/Undead Bretonnia Minor Faction.

[@gigachad5961]

Love your lore videos

[@nopeacejustwar1664]

A LORE VIDEO?!?! Yes please!

[@benedge2202]

loving the lore

[@talscorner3696]

Man, them assets be crazy!

[@milkandcookiesTW]

yeah they look sick!

[@NotHardcore95]

An evil undead force of grail knights is badass, idc what any lore master nerd says. Historically, through out every fandom, the bad guys are cool as fuck. Maybe Ze Lady has a smokin hot evil twin sister. Call her " Duh Lady"

[@RockingRebelYell]

Love the mod that adds them to my collection.

[@Bundy-zw9zm]

I loved playing Dark Omen as a kid! ❤

[@Deemancer]

Duke Maldread had large support to his claim on the throne and most likely include Grail Knights who genially believed him to be a real thing. I think that the Duke let these knights drink from the Black Grail as a gift or strengthen their bonds , thus opening them for corruption down the line to become something more than your average undead.

[@milkandcookiesTW]

yeah seems right in line with what happened. Maldred did a great job consolidating his power and providing "proof" for his claim to the throne. solid timing and gameplan, just fell apart in the end

[@Carboncopie]

CA: no we can't bring out dlc on a regular basis. The players:

[@locephaxthearchseducer4621]

Excellent timing I've just finished red duke by CL Werner

[@ToTheNines87368]

I frickin loved Dark Omen! So much atmosphere. I played it on Playstation, I don't know how I managed to enjoy it so much with those controls, but I did haha. Even if their take on Mannfred and other characters was a bit cartoonish, the whole living dead situation felt genuinely scary and the Warhammer world they created was so bleak and dark. The plot isn't anything to write home about, but just the traversing across the Old World and south of it was so enjoyable. I hate this term, but it definitely felt felt "lived in" and distinct.

[@Majora48]

This came out at the same time sotek did something similar… do you guys know something we don’t? :^)

[@kallemort]

Or maybe it was on people's minds because due to the recently released mod

[@milkandcookiesTW]

just coincidence because of the mod I imagine!

[@Majora48]

@@milkandcookiesTW I choose to believe my wild speculations good sir.

[@kekemich]

Nice! :D

[@laurenislovely2118]

Wake up babe new milkandcookiesTW video

[@stonem0013]

you'd think humans would've started burning dead bodies at this point 😅

[@seraphiellopes6993]

i really like the fact that they charge with spear then draw theirs Swords I Hope WE get a ROR for grail knight that work the same way

[@zemo2916]

I think they’re gonna swing for the fences in the first lord pack after Chaos Dwarfs. It will be a triple lord pack with Vampires, Bretonnia and Kislev adding 1 lord to each.

[@charlesman8722]

… uh… maybe a Norsca rework Vs Kislev

[@Zergling.]

@@charlesman8722 Kislev realy needs new stuff, dont mind Norsca rework but dont cut kislev for it pls, they already get stomped.

[@Wraithhunter00]

Very cool, I love these niche deep dives! Also a Death Faction fan, so bonus points there :D. Do you have a favorite piece of Warhammer fantasy lore?

[@Dramn_]

omg I just realised that I NEED 1-2 models in the grail knight units to be carrying huge banners

[@aethewulf4787]

i really wanna learn more about Bretonnia sadly they dont have any cool books like Empire that i know or even better audiobooks

[@punchyMiddleEarth]

Dark Omen was soooooo goooooooood!!!

[@Mr.BednaR]

I really really hope we would get a remake...

[@angusj.s5068]

Yay!

[@Bishop1664]

Never march on Mousillon.

[@Ghostrebel017]

Odd thought occurs: You know how there ae only 16 crucible knights in Elden Ring and they don;t respawn? If there was ever a souls-like warhammer game (however unlikely), these guys could work in a similar way.

[@wilsonclark9009]

They give me some hardcore nazgul vibes

[@holysaintknight343]

Aren't these the black knights? Or different? Oh they are different, I hope we get them in game as dlc for Bretonnia.

[@ThijsSchrijnemakers]

Comment for the Skull Throne

[@saltykenny5370]

Your souls will join our dark crusade!

[@BIGbirdG]

A little off topic but if anyone remembers warhammer mark of chaos/battlemarch. Im looking for suggestions in games that are similar (rts with rpg and story driven narrative)

[@1ochotnik]

Warhammer: Shadow of The Horned Rat and its sequel, Dark Omen, mentioned in the video. Be warned though: these games are a bit dated by today's standards (especially SoTHR with it's clunky controls)

[@BIGbirdG]

@1ochotnik thanks fam i have battlemarch for xbox but i cant play it on my series x sadly

[@tffti7058]

i prefer bad guy Mcbadface

[@mandroid-rb4uy]

hello milkandcookies" Nagash is All and All are in Nagash" He gave you freedom from Doubts and everlasting Life...in death with a desperate hunger for the warm flesh of Prey