THE IMPERIAL COLLEGES OF MAGIC - Warhammer Fantasy Lore -Total War: Warhammer 2

To try to fully understand magic is to invite madness and venture into the unknown. All races deal with this powerful energy and make use of it in different ways but in this video, we will explore how humans specialise in these practices through the Imperial Colleges of Magic and employ their power to serve the Empire.
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[@imperialfist2304]

Professor: Now be sure not to use TOO much magic my students otherwise you’ll- *teacher is cut off as sounds of a warp rift opening in the room occur as another professor is ripped in half by a daemon* Professor: You’ll end up like him.

[@TheBookofChoyer]

Pretty much!☝

[@TiroDvD]

"Motivation was high in the academy once students realized flunking their final exams could kill them." --Frantic Search, Magic the Gathering.

[@Complain_Bird]

By Sigmar, this video deserves recognition by the Grand Theogonist himself!

[@bencemuller4415]

Karl Franz just holding Ghal Maraz, and casualy speaking with Gotrek and Felix, while a grey wizard is walking down a deserted alley in Altdorf. I cant even start to comprehend.... :D

[@MarquesLKing]

@Dejan RADINOVICLUKIC Aaah..well *snickers* (checks scribbles) it would appear something foolish, a deed, yes-yes a deed of great service to the Empire, buuut...everything's on 🔥 now it would appear.

[@Jesse89James]

Felix's father always wanted him to aim high above his station. Gotreks probably just insulted him.

[@poundsofslothcigars]

I'm so happy WH total war exists. A true way to actually see WH worlds

[@fistfullofglass]

Vermintide 2 content as well!

[@drakoslayd]

Elves, Humans, and Dwarves vs every F**king thing else

[@amilitarymind]

Indeed

[@drakoslayd]

If anything it's actually Warhammer Old World. A midevil fantasy take on the 40k universe

[@poundsofslothcigars]

@@drakoslayd nah WH fantasy has better races imo

[@PaladinFenris13]

18:02 *Karl Franz: So guys we really need you! We got Skaveeeeen, beastmeeeen, Norscaaaaaa, pleaaaaaaase!* *Gotrek & Felix: ok.*

[@LordDarthHarry]

18:01 Karl Franz just having a casual conversation with Gotrek and Felix out in the street.

[@michaelsantamaria3053]

Talking about Karl idiotic window tax

[@roeljoseph7905]

Wait 'til you hear Gelt's thesis on G O L D

[@jozeff3329]

I AM NOT A COLD MAN DESPITE THE MASK

[@Prince__Teclis]

My finest creation. Sometimes, I wish I could return to the Empire and see them again.

[@goransekulic3671]

You can, what's stopping you? If you can gallivant all the way to some islands in the middle of nowhere, why not visit the Empire?

[@randomcenturion7264]

Our thanks for your contributions, lord Teclis. The Empire is a better and safer place with the Colleges of Magic to protect us.

[@justanotherfan52]

Something interesting about the shadow order is that they also focus on keeping the Skaven hush hush. Stopping the denizens of under-altdorf from stealing or killing too much. Jeremias Scrivner the shadowmamcer of altdorf was a rival to Thanquol. Stopping him from collecting the wormstone.

[@skrubasauras]

I'm sorry. Keeping what hush hush?

[@justanotherfan52]

Well they should be distrusted. The. Sneakiest wizards would of course try to undermine some parts of the glorious empire. My apologies Witch hunter for spreading such horrific heresy. Ratmen only exist in the minds of the delusional.

[@fistfullofglass]

2021 Skaven pandemic anyone?

[@CBRN-115]

Damn, a fantasy espionage war? Amazing

[@AeneasGemini]

@@CBRN-115 Believe me, there's more than one going on in the Warhammer Fantasy universe

[@Booley95]

18:02 Karl, Gotek & Felix just cassualy talking in the street

[@elric7415]

Now I want a tv show of a wizard from each order all together on a journey to save the world

[@thevoideverwatching2723]

I wonder, and hope, that they'll do a full-on Winds of Magic Video detailing the Winds' natures and effects, including both common spells and how they may alter their Users.

[@TheBookofChoyer]

There are many types of wizards and manifestations of magic through the world of Warhammer, in this video we explore the eight orders of magic as taught in the Imperial Colleges of Magic of the Empire, in Altdorf. I hope you enjoyed this video and I thank you for your patience! It's good to be back releasing more content, expect more episodes this month. Also, there is a Patreon page set up and the KZbin Channels memberships available if you want to support the content to come and gain a few extra perks like Early-access to videos, access to our Discord server, your name on the credits and so on. 🙌 Special thanks to Skrubasauras for his once again, amazing voice acting! Have a great weekend my friends!

[@zenorus3526]

The amount of work put into these videos really shows. Good job as always!

[@TheBookofChoyer]

Thank you very much!🙏

[@unintentionallydramatic]

My day wasn't going so hot, but then I saw the upload. This is gonna be goooood. Thank you.

[@miguelmontenegro3520]

Screw magic heresy. The holy pray of Sigmar is the only shielding you need!

[@draegonspawn5361]

But now your prayer to Sigmar can burn the unworthy in three different kinds of fire. The prayer is all you need true. But this does bring a smile to his face.

[@bottasheimfe5750]

I’ve been playing a Bright wizard in a Warhammer Fantasy roleplay campaign. He’s pretty levelheaded for one who lets the winds of Aqshy flow through him, and that’s probably why he was able to get his Magic License earlier than most of his peers in the Bright Orders apprentices. At least that’s how I am roleplaying a bright wizard with the “pure soul” trait. This trait makes it harder for the corrupting power of chaos to affect those with it. A bright wizard who is relatively levelheaded would be much harder to corrupt. My character has seen 3 things that would’ve gave anyone without the trait a good chance of getting a corruption point: first two ones were coming across corpses brutalized by what we have Recently learned might be a couple Worshippers of Khorne. Third time I found their little ritual hideout and came into contact with a Demon. Was able to ignore it and then proceeded to go to the Guard barracks and speak to the lieutenant our party was working with to send out word for a witch hunter

[@TheBookofChoyer]

You are on the right path brother!

[@oritwena1312]

Excellent video :) Is there any mention of the Dwarfs response to the founding of the Impirial Colleges? Surely they opposed it given their distrust of magic and elves, especially after establishing a unique relationship with the Empire. Second - what are the Bretonnian lores of magic? Are they the same as in the Empire?

[@thecrimsontickler6336]

The level of work/detail that is put into this channel blows my mind, can’t stop watching. I learnt about the Warhammer Fantasy world here and I loved every moment! Keep up the awesome videos.

[@NisGaarde]

These are great videos. One thing I'd love to see evolve though: The various quotes that are included in writing would be awesome to hear "acted out" by your voice actors. I know it probably complicates production, but it's something I think would heighten the immersion even further.

[@thesietch2933]

Wonderful video! You know how much I love any videos that cover the Great War Against Chaos! :D The only way this video could be improved upon would be a lovely retelling of the duel between Balthasar Gelt and Thyrus Gormann who was the previous Supreme Patriarch and from the Bright Order. Then again... I'm sure there's always room for a more specific lore video in regards to that. I can tell from all of the Harry Potter references people really seem to love the idea of gaining more insight in the Colleges of Magic and covering that duel would offer some insight into how that mysterious institute operate.

[@skrubasauras]

Don't get too far ahead of us ;3

[@giagarex]

Last time I was this early, the old ones were still around

[@MagicHjalti]

The new twos

[@TheTeddyGuy28]

Good stuff as always!

[@TheBookofChoyer]

I appreciate that my friend 🙌😃 more stuff is on the way.

[@nopeacejustwar1664]

The skill of this channel as a fantasy documentary keeps on getting better and better!! I would love more 30-60 minute videos that give off the real feel of a documentary that I can sit and watch. Thanks for such good work!

[@karlfranzemperorofmandefil5547]

This ~propaganda piece~ informational video about the Collages of Magic founded by great emperor Magnus has my consent.

[@BM-wf9uf]

Humans would never have learnt the real strength of magic without the tutelage of Teclis.

[@anthonyallmond3682]

@@BM-wf9ufi mean I feel like any Imperial wizard would accept this

[@trailblazerlazerrazerd9027]

This actually makes me think about the Mages of Kislev since the only ones that really seem to be prevalent (in the Gotrek and Felix novels) seem to be Ice Witches like the Tzarina Katarin and maybe that high priest dude of Kislev who wants o start burning people at the stake for having magic, I think he has flame magic or just carries around a fiery looking staff. That guy is also obsessed with Katarin's father Boris who left the throne to her, like yeah she might not be ruling their empire the way that guy likes it. But he must've been snorting warpstone dust like a Skaven Greyseer. My wonder is, if the Kislevites also have mages who can summon animal spirits and living animals to aid them in battle? Or does just about everyone besides Ice Mages? 🤔

[@skrubasauras]

It's not Leviosuh it's Levio-SAH. Learn from Ron Weasley's mistake or else you will end up like daemon fodder too!

[@kieranb7747]

?

[@skrubasauras]

@@kieranb7747 Woosh?

[@imperialfist2304]

Me an apprentice of magic: Wait it’s Leviosah? The Daemon I summoned about to consume my soul and condemn me to an eternity of damnation and torment: Always has been

[@FatGouf]

A boarding school of unsanctioned psykers have no say here. No matter, they all will be redeemed as they will be sacrificed to the Emperor's light.

[@bokitoboss1993]

Use the force Luke.

[@MarquesLKing]

A wonderful piece. Coupled with sweeping and grand music it does somewhat...inspire the soul.

[@nobodyimportant5421]

magic in Warhammer is one of the things that has pulled me deeper and deeper into the setting especially the wiki entry on "battle magic" which seems to be in a really grey area in terms of being cannon (which is to say it probably isn't), but for what ever reason, its reason for existence, and its mostly "underhanded" list of spells that seem like they would work perfectly on an adventuring party scale rather than an army scale, are something that make me want to make a mage in a Warhammer RPG.

[@nobodyimportant5421]

@Truename586 elementalism is neat, like really neat. if I had found the home brew/ the fan made books I have now for the 4e warhammer rpg, the non collage wizard in the party would likely have been an elementalist it would have saved me alot of work. I ended up remaking battle magic only I changed the lore behind it to being one of the human magics that ended up being pushed to the wayside when the collages were established like what happened with elementalism

[@Smittenz1]

Thank you for making these videos they are always a joy to watch and listen too!

[@MikeOxlong70]

Those videos of you are so well done and feel like watching a high production cost fantasy series. Keep up the great work! Would love more about other magic instituts, like elven once maybe.

[@blessedhorror8103]

12:54 Or even call upon meteorites to smash their phones

[@jadencrawford2772]

I asked if there was an Imperial Colleges of Magic video in the Warrior of Sigmar vid I just watched and I found this. I am so happy

[@mirzaahmetovic8386]

Another great video , you are doing the best lore and other videos from all of the others youtube creators. Keep up the great work.

[@Majber]

Best warhammer video in both quality and fun to watch I saw in ages.

[@amilitarymind]

I absolutely love your lore videos. Informational, entertaining, and very well done. Every time I see one, I think to myself; they should really start making Warhammer movies. It's such a rich and intriguing world.

[@TheBookofChoyer]

thank you my friend!!😃🙌

[@JeanLucCaptain]

magic is like gunpowder, TO MUCH OF IT AND HEINRICH JUST LOST HIS HEAD.

[@N0noy1989]

Thanks for the awesome vid. These are my bedtime stories after a tiring day at work.

[@JCResDoc94]

*8:30** beware & shun the foul magick of the taint!*

[@KS-PNW]

Great video! Love your collection of Lore vids :)

[@mattcarafa210]

Wish there was a mod where you could turn war hammer (using it as an engine) into a story based role playing game where you control a single character or small band of characters, with greatly expanded skill trees and many more spells, equipment that changed your looks when switching armor or weapons, while still having the nation's and their army's battling, maybe having you join in their battles but also having random encounters with monsters or bandits. A dragonlance setting (which this game is almost anyway) or a Witcher setting would be awesome. Maybe some day.

[@TheBookofChoyer]

My friend! try taking a look into the recently released Crusader Kings 3 or Battle brothers, both great games that maybe can scrath that itch. 😃👌

[@mattcarafa210]

@@TheBookofChoyer I will, been hooked on Warhammer for a couple months now, it's a great game ( love all the total war games) but I just think it has so much more potential, that and I keep getting aggravated with the wood elves ambushing and wiping floor with my 4 doom stack army's of dark elves.

[@JohnDoe-zw1hv]

Thanks for your warhammer lore videos. Even if I am French with the subtitles only I take a lot of things. Very good channel continue. Merci pour votre videos de lore de warhammer. Meme si je suis francais avec les sous titre seul maprends beaucoup de chose . Tres bonne chaine continuez.

[@yourcutedarkoverlord]

i like your presentation. its like a documentary of something real. i guess its a good thing the WH universe is not though, no one wins in that place x( but anyways, i love the delivery/presentation of your videos. instead of just telling me information, i have to watch it with focus or else i will not catch what you are saying. but its nice because of how entertaining it is and that in turn helps make it easier for me to remember. i am new to the warhammer universe and i am a high fantasy lover so i think i will probably lean more to whf instead of 40k but wow. there is soooo much lore to these universes, it blows my mind how people who like it, just seem to know everything. i hardly remember what i did yesterday! i hope to retain enough information myself at some point lol.

[@WarmasterMoloch]

I think this may be your best video yet.

[@Markus_Berglund]

Damn! Thats one fine video! Love it!

[@christianjrgensen8870]

Super informative video :)

[@erikkr.r.m7380]

Absolutlly amazing lore

[@manumartin92]

Great video mate keep it up and Gretings from Romania :D

[@markusluis5489]

thank you for the content. now, on to waiting for another month for the next one :D

[@TheBookofChoyer]

Not the case this time my friend. There will be new content this upcoming weekend 😃👌

[@Tomorer]

Its really watchable just such epic poential.... Is there a collaboration with GCCM on?

[@fumarc4501]

The Colleges are impressive, but I still prefer the School of Elementalism in Nuln and the disparate Hedgefolk. Sigmar himself benefited from such ancient and secret human arts. Not polluted by elven influence or persecuted by Sigmarite dogma.

[@JohnDoe-zw1hv]

Super interesting episode thank you.

[@Campaigner82]

Well made!

[@demoiselle_chris9466]

Was worth the wait :)

[@shokmusic_AC]

Excellent vid

[@evgeniblanchard675]

Wait... the green mage is not walking barefoot ??? NOW THIS IS A MAJOR VIOLATION OF THE LORE !

[@ze-tophat-gamer1424]

You guys think if we ignore Age of Sigmar long enough it will just go away?

[@hughgedney3393]

A very extremely awesome video as always The Book of Choyer.

[@TheBookofChoyer]

thank you Hugh! Really appreciate your support brother 🙏

[@hughgedney3393]

@@TheBookofChoyer you are very welcome, and it's been my pleasure.

[@frozenhell3445]

do a video on high elven magic

[@rachellejanssen2655]

I've come to realize that I'm one of those players that doesn't use magic because she understands swords, shields and spears much better than some random old guy (taking up a whole unit slot!?) who's able to summon a fireball in the shape of a skull. Maybe I should give magic another chance...

[@skrubasauras]

It's pretty neat!

[@sherkhead9638]

I was same way when I played warhammer 1. My first play through was with the elves. Thought to myself I could use another set of swordmasters. Next playthrough, dwarves (artillery duh) lol. Then the empire, then tried a bright wizard And was like iv been playing wrong thus entire time.

[@nemeasium6346]

Fantastic work once again, maybe abit of lore on the other magics in another video. Plague, vampire, deep, high, nekeharan ect?

[@TheBookofChoyer]

Great suggestion! There are indeed many other disciplines/ways of doing magic in th Old World. 👌

[@blackadder564]

All wizards in Warhammer are always looking for warpstone. The Imperial Colleges sit on top of warpstone created by their experiments and they don't even know it. From Altdorf Crown of the Empire.

[@jackiesantos2121]

Guess that's a lot of different types of the Winds of magic but every race has got their own bridges in Magic even the ogre kingdoms got their own version yeah I wish we got ogre Kingdom video while we have to weigh to Total Warhammer 3 to get them

[@IronGazille]

Just as I was looking for lore and I found this

[@CD-vg4hl]

Man i really hope that one day we actually get a well thought out and developed Warhammer MMoRPG. I can only dream though :'(...

[@arthurgrmg2850]

What abou age of reckoning? I heard it was pretty good and there are private servers still working iirc

[@CD-vg4hl]

@@arthurgrmg2850 Tbh, i didnt really like the class and race system, i think it could've been more diversed and in-depth, and it couldve been set in a better storyline.

[@arthurgrmg2850]

@@CD-vg4hl i will take your word for it, i have never played the game, but i've heard a lot of good things about the PvP

[@CD-vg4hl]

@@arthurgrmg2850 the pvp was alright tbh, i have no complaints. Honestly i just want a modern developed mmo for 2020.

[@DoctorFail]

21:00 its the star of chaos. *_DUN DUN DUUUUUNNNNN_*

[@terrorcop101]

Think you can do some videos on the magic of the other humans and races, please?

[@therasslintheatre2960]

13:03 I AM SUPREME

[@Chukanay]

What about the High magic of the asur and the Dark magic of the druchii ?

[@surenot4362]

can you do a lore for Balthasar Gelt ?

[@JohnDoe-zw1hv]

I found thank you.

[@chaoticneutral7573]

So in conclusion: Jade Order - druids, college kids who are really environmentally conscious Blue Order - girls who obsesses with astrology Grey Order - whose weird students who always hangs alone Amethysts Order - Ghots Bright Order - colleges kids who likes fireworks too much Amber Order - Meth addicts and stoners Light Order - always optimistic students Golden Order - NERDS

[@austinhuber3131]

Man, seeing all this lore really depresses me to think of how they Game of Thrones season eighted the entire Warhammer fantasy universe like children and a magnifying glass over ants.

[@goransekulic3671]

Warhammer Fantasy, yay!

[@daybreakbell6942]

The Greatest Pyromancer of all time: The adoring fan from oblivion

[@Dawg2002]

One chaos sorcerer disliked this

[@cosuinofdeath]

GOLD

[@JohnDoe-zw1hv]

At 10.38 this photo was taken or thank you.

[@metalmadsen]

I have reportet this video to the imperial witch hunters. And I have started collecting firewood!

[@CODRD]

Can you do a video on Gelt?

[@TheBookofChoyer]

Yes my friend, it is coming this weekend 👌

[@jerrymouse1055]

I'm just curious In-game Gelt says Chamon like Shamon whereas you said Chamon like Kamon which is right?

[@afilthypeasant9646]

is it possible for a wizard to learn the lore of nehekhara? Or is that just for the dry guys?

[@cosuinofdeath]

Hell yea

[@cosuinofdeath]

The dragontamer still lives

[@perseuschang5029]

Muy bien echo. 🤭

[@TheBookofChoyer]

Gracias Perseus!

[@j.d.4697]

You used footage from Vermintide 2 too but only mentioned TW:WH.

[@rexboi2311]

Do you go insane if you practice a magic outside of the one you chose? Also are you born with a certain affinity for the different schools or is it completely your choice?

[@Lightscribe225]

That or you become possessed by a daemon. Or just explode

[@rexboi2311]

@@Lightscribe225 So if I’m understanding it correctly you choose a type of magic and if you practice magic outside of that school you turn into a daemon, go insane, or explode.

[@Lightscribe225]

@@rexboi2311 I think so. Only thing I don't remember is if you get to choose or if your tested for your affinity when chosen. Been a while since U read the fluff

[@rexboi2311]

@@Lightscribe225 Thank you and I was wondering is there a book or something I can read to find the lore info on total war. And if so is it all accurate?

[@Lightscribe225]

@@rexboi2311 It's either from the player's rulebook for 9th edition of WHFB tabletop or the armybook for the Empire. They put in a lengthy backstory for near every unit you can field

[@hamarbiljungskile8953]

I'm digging the narrator's accent. Arkansas?

[@jrsdt2ndaccount30]

What do they do when not fighting or studying?

[@dr.strangelove9815]

Run side businesses, consult and live their lives.

[@spellsnare]

I really like you videos I learn so much things in the warhammer world even if I am a seasoned veteran of warhammer I known some not like it but it will be cool to cover Age of Sigmar to I admit when its start the lore was botched but all that happen with nagash and the endless spell that happened I think some will like it the lore got better to :)

[@TheBookofChoyer]

Yes, I'd like to cover some of it eventually. But I know almost nothing about it tho.

[@partydean17]

Gold is by far my favorite. I was really disappointed when I tried making a dnd character to replicate the type of magic they do and there was nothing to really build on

[@marsneedstowels]

Transmuter?

[@partydean17]

@@marsneedstowels for sure got me excited but have you looked into the spells? They are a lot of animalistic transmute. Like being stronger/faster. I just wanted to be this great support caster turning my allies clothes into impossible durable material. Or slowing the time around enemies.

[@patrik9328]

Is magic used by Orks and Goblins from Realm of Chaos too?

[@mikkelnpetersen]

Don't fear the unkown Understand it so that you can use it

[@mattfreese1771]

No mention of Van Horstmann? :(

[@IamrealX]

How does the lore of vampires, high magic, dark magic, ork magics and other lores fit into the 8 magic wind system?

[@coitip2920]

Vampires and dark are versions of shadow and death mulched together. High magic is taking a piece from all 8 winds at once. Orks magic is strange since it comes from Gork and Mork, might not even draw from chaos itself and be completely different, old lore says the orks kinda crash landed on the planet in the distant past so are separate from the other old one races (and tied into 40k since fantasy used to be a feudal planet in the wider 40k universe, hell in the "recent" fluff the skaven accidentally called the eldar on a ancient space telephone)

[@IamrealX]

@@coitip2920 thank you

[@daleicious1528]

Ulgu, is best, yes-yes.

[@PrinceArtemis]

Sucks that humans can only wield one magic type from the winds and not two at a time.

[@thegreatbookofgrudges6953]

art for the thumbnail?

[@dskim8075]

👍👍

[@misskj4704]

Fancy a game of Dungeon Bowl?