Vampire Counts Bloodlines: Strigoi Vampire Lore (Strygos Empire) | Total War: Warhammer 2

[@GruwskiTheDogski]

Main reason why i find either the Blood Dragons or Strigoi bloodline more interesting, is that they wanted something better, they wanted their curse to end in a manner of speaking (Living normal lives depending on the timeline though). Its all about the* eternal struggle of undeath (finding a purpose). In regards of justice and above all honor, both bloodlines shares a heavy burden of sorrow/sadness in regards of betrayal from the other Vampire Bloodlines. hence why i must say those two stand out for me, since they were all out damned (at least the Strigoi vampires were) by their own kin out of spite of jealousy to begin with.

[@jondeoliveira8248]

Von Carstein bloodline will be the best, on mechanical terms, sincr it will allow you to have ranged units, the lack of which is a major weakness of the Vampire Counts roster.

[@GruwskiTheDogski]

@@jondeoliveira8248 aye i like that feature too, since there is human settlements in Sylvania too (Blood feasting grounds).

[@jondeoliveira8248]

@@GruwskiTheDogski I wonder if it will need a new building, or if they can be produced through the main Settlement building chain.

[@ptavangar]

Actually I'd argue the necrarch bloodline is better. They try to rise above their base instincts and only feed early due to discipline. They become learned loremasters in their dark towers instead of mindless monsters.

[@whiskeyjack9646]

@@jondeoliveira8248 I think you recruit them from the Regiment of Renown pool.

[@morathithephoenixqueen1052]

I just imagined Gordon Ramsay as Strigoi Ghoul King yelling *"It's RAW! IT"S FOCKIN ROW!!!"* Why isn't that a meme

[@arthurdaffos1490]

RAAAJ!

[@Quitarstudent]

because itd be a meme for dorks

[@omegawilliam95s36]

Strigoi drinking fresh blood: Finally, some good fucking food.

[@MrHobbs209]

id really like to see more vampires units added especially strigoi. since their adding bloodlines more units makes more sense.

[@Ragnarok6664]

Strigoi is my favorite bloodline, grim story of betrayal from other vampires..

[@joshuaturnquist5538]

Strigoi were my favorite of the bloodlines. I love their background and bestial model. I hope they are OK with this update, I remember them not being so great next to generic vampire lords last time I played VC.

[@Wraithhunter00]

The original vampires are very interesting characters. Good work on covering them! I can’t wait till you get to Vashanesh, Vlad is one of my favorite characters from Warhammer.

[@darko-man8549]

You always question how events could have changed had Neferata not been so selfish and narcissistic. There could have been an empire of vampires that could have rivalled all other empires. The blood dragons and strigoi always seemed to move beyond this selfish notion that most other vampires seemed to possess and the strigoi could have ended up much like the blood dragons and even united.

[@lolasdm6959]

Vampires living forever probably played a role into the infighting. Humans with limited lifespans are content being loyal, with infinite life spans, humans are less likely to remain loyal forever.

[@Orderdrake]

I wish these lore youtubers would release picture packs of what they used in the video. I love the artwork they find and I have trouble finding high quality art like that.

[@italianspartacus]

Aw I'm. Sorry man.. I have sooooo many pictures that I just kind of delve into the subject. If you Google Warhammer strigoi vampire, you'll find ton.. Or Mourkhain... Or Varag Bloodytooth

[@Serpentaxuk]

Excellent video, my favourite bloodline. I'm planning a kemler faction and strigoi Lords only playthrough soon as the patch hits.

[@ThaLedg]

I always loved SGK's! Ushoran had great intentions and of course the lahmians had to fuck it up It's great to see AoS showing them so much love and *Flesh* out their lore in a very cool way with them creating their own delusional courts. I hope we get the option to recreate Strygos soon

[@Baell1]

I know it's 2 years later but there's a mod adding Strygoi faction, it's pretty good

[@Smittenz1]

I love these lore videos and I am even more excited to have these bloodlines in Total War Warhammer, I can finally have a coop campaign with my bro where we aren't handicapping one another if we want to play the Vampire factions.

[@RunningInCircles222]

The Giger inspired Strigoi/Mourkaine artwork would be so amazing in-game.

[@Rombizio]

Alcadizzar body was found in the Blind River by Kadon. Kadon got the crown and became a Necromancer and wrote 9 necromatic books called De Arcanis Kadon. Kadon got defeated and killed when he was betrayed by the Strigoi Vampires that took the crown from him. The city was later besieged by a massive Waaagh of orcs. The Strigoi knew the city would fall. When the city of Morgheim, later Mourkain got destroyed, the Strigoi fled north towards many directions and the Strigany people fled, becoming gypsies, living at the edge of the badlands and moving both towards the plains of the Border Princes. Though they escaped being controlled by the Strigoi, they had no realm anymore. The Strigoi moving into the Empire later.

[@ultimatekie]

God Neferata was such a bitch. If I remember the lore correctly she also tricks Abhorash into drinking the elixir of life without telling him about the whole vampirism side of it, hence why he goes off to do his own things during the fall of Lhamia. It's actually why I really want her to be a lord in TWW. So I can hunt that bitch down as Khalida, the Strigoi Ghoul King and if he gets added Abhorash. Of the bloodlines I find the Strigoi to be the most tragic. Struck down by Neferatas machinations when they were just trying to create a paradise for vampires.

[@adambielen8996]

7th and 8th ed didn't make bloodlines non-canon they just removed your ability to specifically choose one. Basically you could kit your vamps out to be part of a bloodline but it was a choice in and of itself, except for the Ghoul King that was a separate choice.

[@thegametroll6264]

The strigoi are my favorite bloodline.

[@BR4IN1N4J4R]

Best part to all of this: in AoS, for those who care, the Strigoi now have their own army (in a sense) in the Flesh-Eater Courts. It's the army of Strigoi, Ghouls, Horrors, Vargheists (in the army called Crypt Flayers), Terrorgeists/Zombie Dragons, and the Varghulf.

[@alexsitaras6508]

So if total war is 9th edition, the blood lines are back

[@ogge9296]

I suspect you're joking but is Total War Warhammer considered canon? Like is the new character Cylostra officially part of the lore now?

[@alexsitaras6508]

@@ogge9296 I think so

[@Dreadwins]

​@@ogge9296 No, TW: Warhammer is an adaptation of the source material. Sorta how LOTR movies are to the Tolkien's books. But any "new" material they produce requires GWs blessing, so Cylostra is canon because GW approved her. But you conquering the world as Cylostra is not canon. Regardless, canonicity in the Warhammer universes is such a shitshow so it really doesn't matter. GW themselves simply pick and choose what they like and what was popular, and ignore previous ideas to death. Most of the time fans are the ones who have to sort these things out and reach a consensus.

[@ogge9296]

@@Dreadwins Thanks for the answer! GW aren't doing much work on the standard fantasy part of Warhammer any more right? Since the End Times and Age of Sigmar are supposed to be the follow up?

[@DDmegadoodoo]

Easily my favorite Bloodline. Had a nice force of them in 6th ed Warhammer. Didn't touch Warhammer at all during AOS and now I found your channel through Total War: Warhammer (just got the game a month ago). I really wish they'd release this bloodline in the game, much more interesting than Sylvanians IMO. Currently playing Strigoi with a mod. Great content and keep up the awesome work.

[@Kootamarcus]

Man your lore videos are so goooood

[@mattdhancox]

Great content! Thanks my man

[@cip64]

Nagash when

[@jacobbaileyt]

My boys in the empire feasting on flesh

[@TSmith-yy3cc]

So glad that I found your channel! Awesome work. The bloodlines are such cool lore, such a shame that it's been retconned. It seems that a lot of Warhammer lore (40k very much included) is being watered down and simplified which is disappointing.

[@italianspartacus]

thanks so much man! glad you found the channel as well :) got another one of these vids going up tomorrow! yeahhh a lot of the lore has been really .. messed up lately, but we do with it what we can! :D

[@thashadowspawn]

I can't find your video on the 2 lost blood lines 😂😂😂😂 & it's driving me nuts!

[@BryanMoyer-l1q]

get it?? FLESH

[@jackiesantos2121]

The strigoi are my favorite vampire bloodlines

[@Viper40758]

Even though im 13 sec in its a great video! Love your lore stuff!

[@ptavangar]

Which bloodline do the generic VC vampire lords belong to? They're technically von carstein vampires, right?

[@italianspartacus]

Yup!!

[@ptavangar]

@@italianspartacus - okay, ty

[@jamesgordley5000]

They should make a 4th undead faction, that includes Arkhan the Black, Neferata, and can unlock Nagash in the late game.

[@elyctroxpersonal]

James Gordley Arkhan the black is part of the tomb kings

[@jamesgordley5000]

@@elyctroxpersonal Yes. He would be moved out of Tomb Kings, into the new faction.

[@elyctroxpersonal]

James Gordley then what would happen to his faction?

[@jamesgordley5000]

@@elyctroxpersonal It would remain, but it would no longer be a "Tomb Kings" faction. He and his territory would instead have the same buildings and army roster as Neferata and all other members of the new undead race (if the word "race" works in this context). Chances are, many of the units on the new roster would be similar to what Arkhan already has access to.

[@thebloodyshaman7695]

Strigoi are my favorite lords

[@glomibabel1894]

Dlc very sad. We need every clan start in their land. Necrarch: forest of shadows or grey mountains. Strigoi in badlans and mourkain. Blood dragon in bloody tower or aquitainne/mousillon/challon forest. Lahmia in silver pinacle or kislev or character playable in empire.

[@coyzbytovsky6319]

Needs their own faction for these guys

[@metalmadsen]

Love this show!

[@laabitres]

that laugh at 7:33 LMAO

[@mylesdrake2949]

So will strigoi ghoul kings now not be generic lords with the introduction of blood lines?

[@adambielen8996]

I imagine that the Bloodline lords will be more like the Tomb King tech lords, i.e. that they are separate and have additional abilities. So we would get to keep the generic Ghoul King but also get a supped up one too.

[@fumarc4501]

Are there any Lost Bloodlines? Like those in Araby and Cathay?

[@italianspartacus]

sure thing, here you go :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYjWZKmEl5esd6c

[@goodman4966]

happy halloween eveyone!!!!!!!!!

[@kevlarburrito6693]

I always thought it was Lamia not La Mia?

[@andreaspersson4435]

You dident do a video of the lost bloodlines?

[@italianspartacus]

It's in the blood dragon one I believe :)

[@colinburke8389]

Are you going to do videos for the Jaded Blooded and the Mahtmasi?

[@italianspartacus]

They're done :(

[@italianspartacus]

That was supposed to be a smiley

[@colinburke8389]

@@italianspartacus Gotcha. I don't see them on your video's list, thought, are they not uploaded yet?

[@martinhom123]

he says 7 master vampire. ...do i missed some or there are actualy more that big 5

[@italianspartacus]

There were 11 originally, and during the sacking of Lahmia, there were only 7. 5 in the old world, 2 in Cathay and the Northern Chaos Wastes

[@isaacalves97]

this is nice:)

[@brandonslade2134]

"Nagosh" lmao

[@gbogdan3528]

Are Vampire Coast lords going to be Blood Dragons?

[@nickathanas1898]

Harkon is a Blood Dragon(sired by Abhorash himself),Noctilus is Von Carstein.The other two aren't vampires.

[@gbogdan3528]

Scarlet Inquisitor Nath I meant the regular, generic vampire admirals.

[@nickathanas1898]

@@gbogdan3528In that case I'm not sure,but they can use Magic so I don't think they are Blood Dragons

[@darko-man8549]

@@nickathanas1898 Blood Dragons can use magic - they just don't care for it as much beyond just raising their minions. Harkon has no magic because he gone played with reptile toys. And @G Bogdan - I believe blood lines is being kept for the VC so Vampirates just get generic vampires

[@nickathanas1898]

@@darko-man8549I'm not even sure about raising minions,lore wise Blood Dragon never cared to do anything other than master combat

[@jethrot7984]

We should had a pure vampire unit vampire meele units and range units

[@rhino3330]

You were speaking way too fast.

[@Bear-88]

I wish i had these books when i was in prison

[@Gretathunbergsfart]

What bloodline would have bramstolkers Dracula have been

[@italianspartacus]

Von Carstein would probably be the closest :)