Skaven Invasion - Warhammer Fantasy End Times #2.6 Lore DOCUMENTARY

[@WizardsandWarriors]

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[@pyeitme508]

Meh

[@brokenbridge6316]

Hey when are you guys going to air your next Sci-Fi video. How long are you going to keep everyone waiting.

[@hummanaffectearthscience7004]

Malazan empire please

[@sirunklydunk8861]

Let it be known that man size rats do not exist. This video shall be sealed away and all who watched it must report to your local Witch Hunter.

[@timmcclymont3527]

Clearly someone never visited the sewers of New York City. There are 100% man sized rats my dude 😅😅😅

[@Vandelberger]

@@timmcclymont3527 lol yeah, but in the Warhammer fantasy universe the Empire suppress the knowledge of Skaven. The Skaven do not attack, because they are too busy with killing each other unless mankind knew of their existence.

[@mrrockey96]

You must get on our knees and say 50 prayers to sigmar for absolution *witch hunter sharpening blade in background.

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

My Local Witch Hunter was eaten by a slightly bigger than man sized Rat.

[@saltsalt1]

DO NOT LOOK-SEE UNDER THE NULN SEWERS

[@smokytopboomboom]

The ONE time a Skaven plan works perfectly, it basically ends the world.

[@simonjohansson248]

The Empire: "We have a rat infestation issue" Me: "Yeah, we've had those too" The Empire: "Not on our level.."

[@pyeitme508]

Lol 😆

[@TheDethBringer666]

What level, citizen? You wouldn't be suggesting there are rats the size of men skittering about, would you?

[@zcecron22]

New yorker: are you sure?

[@thecosmiclullaby9533]

"Your rats are rabid?" "More like they have weapons......and warpstone"

[@cjthebeesknees]

We have a Skaven problem in the highest halls of government.

[@PTHANAX]

there is no reason why such a half-assed story like the End Times deserve this level of production you guys are giving it

[@resileaf9501]

Still, it's appreciated for what it is. Warhammer Fantasy fans have always treated the series with more respect than GW, for better or for worse.

[@8elias8]

Unless GW paid for it to solidify it as cannon?

[@RedRocketthefirst]

Why are they putting in so much resources into this vid when everyone asks for something besides the end times? Because believe it or not, WH Fantasy has more than the End Times.

[@thescarletpumpernel3305]

the End Times has plenty of great story arcs, just because it led to the end of the setting doesn't mean it isn't worth retelling, if only to get an idea of what a resolution to the many underplots such as the Eight Peaks war, Malekith's feud or the return of Nagash might look like. It was also the impetus behind some of the best model designs for fantasy to date.

[@anxileelcouncil4105]

@@thescarletpumpernel3305 I can’t think of a single great story arc in the end times. Although my favorite is when Manfred decides to be a dick and cause the end of the world.

[@seranonable]

Yes beastmen, goblins, orcs, ghosts, daemons, wizards, elves, trolls and dwarves exist... but rat guys? That's a bridge too far.

[@klaiken989]

Except all of the above mentioned haven't been known too sneak into the Emperors room and assassinate him in the heart of your Empire by using your own sewers... Imagine the complications when your townsfolk start sealing sewers, toilets, and waterlines. Refusing to mine metals needed for arms and armor for fear of running into Ratmen, never to be seen again. Skaven, unlike all the others negative factions save for the Daemons (which most equally know very little about) mentioned above are far more intelligent and have cohesion. So you have two options. Create histeria for your townspeople who are already powerless. Or keep silent and keep the machine, that which is the Empire running smoothly until you can figure out a more permanent way on how to deal with what you already know very little about. For the exception that they can, and have made entire cities dissappear within a fortnight...

[@Canadian_Zac]

All of those threats, you can say, don't worry, stay in the city, defend the walls and we can hold them off. But the Skaven are already inside the city. Every other threat. You can share, since everyone can shelter in cities, man the walls, take up arms to fight them off. But knowing there's millions of evil rat men bellow your own house... what can you do about it? People would just panic

[@123domo8]

Dragons... dragon emperor... snake and lizardmen, tigermen

[@sultankebab1587]

​@@123domo8Literal living gods, evil gods on a completely different level from another dimension

[@Vulpes89]

The whole meme of they don’t exist is just a reference to Princess Bride and rodents of unusual size

[@KrazyKaiser]

Wow, I wish the map for Miragliano actually looked like that in Total War.

[@stevovondivo2326]

Right!?!?! 👍🏻

[@FilipMoncrief]

You mean in a game with no real sieges? I would literally take even Med2 10 year-old maps

[@redxhand]

@@FilipMoncrief They already have sieges in Warhammer 3 immortal empires.

[@FilipMoncrief]

@@redxhand not actually good siege maps tho, like they were in Attila or Rome 2 or medieval 2

[@leeyroyjenkins9027]

I hate how many Ls humanity took, it’s just depressing that it’s constant losses without any good moments of badassery

[@RedRocketthefirst]

The end times was written for a big part by a chaos fanboy. In case you didn't know

[@Nitidus]

The ways they lose are so stupid, the tactics displayed are so fuc|king basic, it's ridiculous. Even here, where there seems to be much more detail. It feels like all of humanity had to give their brains away before the beginning of the story. And I'm not talking about leadership getting killed. That doesn't mean everyone is automatically going to sui|cide one by one!

[@fullmetalpleb]

​@@RedRocketthefirstI'm a Chaos fan, but even I find a lot of what happened cringe. There is so glory in defeating weak stupid enemies

[@MiguelSanchezDelVillar]

The only good thing of this part of the End Times is that Thanquol finally did something right

[@steffanyschwartz7801]

Here comes the worst part of the endtimes. Can’t wait for my favorite faction to just get owned like nothing

[@leogamer98]

like every other order race? i guess that they made a kid write this pile of garbage that looks just like a bad fanfic. And i'm not even a fan of warhammer lore... i just like it, the few i know.

[@steffanyschwartz7801]

@@leogamer98 basically the entire Endtimes started because Fantasy models started not to sell. GW wanted to focus on 40k and maybe make a new fantasy. Also during this time they had some of the worst writers to ever write in Warhammer. Hence why it’s so bad. Only some good ones from fantasy stayed (they didn’t even get to finish writing their characters) like Gav Thorpe or Dan Abnett

[@nvmtt]

@@leogamer98 archaon wrote this fanfic after getting spawncamped at turn 120 every single campaign.

[@npierce14]

@@steffanyschwartz7801 what’s coming next?

[@steffanyschwartz7801]

@@npierce14 the Skaven blowing up the evil moon and crushing Lustria and Southlands (everything south of Khemri). Along with just insulting all the Lizardmen players, then Grimgor is going on his great Wagh to end Chaos Dwarves, Chatay, Nipon, and the Kurgan. Then the 2nd worst crime of the Endtimes, the final battle of EightPeaks which bastardized all the dwarf characters.

[@Kilen_BE]

Your maps are amazing, it looks great. Playing wh2 & wh3 since years now, I truly appreciate the accuracy and how it render well in your videos. Probably less interested by Conan ie, but about Warhammer, it’s outstanding how it looks good ! Hope you make many more of them, including others periods of the warhammer fantasy universe. Great job keep it up 🫶

[@Vandelberger]

Let’s be honest, if the end times were properly written, it be Thanqual’s fault. He’d then mess up and get his own race blown up as well.

[@gagemullis313]

The Bretonnian Knights look so cool with your art style!

[@marcbartuschka6372]

I think it speaks volume of yout talent on the channel that you could convince even quite a number of warhammer-fans who hated the endtimes (for good reason) to watch the videos about it. I wish just it were a better story to tell.

[@HackerArmy03]

I remember you guys mentioning in your other channel "Kings and Generals" how hard it was to create a "what-if/alternate" scenarios, but could you please consider doing one for the end times? Would be nice if we could get your retelling of important events that happens here, correcting dumb mistakes and what not.

[@theDarkOneofRomania]

I support this

[@baurjonas8002]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fandfHpoZaZ1nqc Something similar

[@eunjiseong6624]

This is actually brilliant! Heres hoping.

[@marc8959]

hopefully

[@spiner9099]

what do you think you're watching? this series is literally about the end times

[@SuperBadadan]

And on this episode of "Chaos wins everything with zero effort"...

[@WorstPlayersINC]

“Carefully planned out plan”

[@johngolden3714]

I'm thoroughly enjoying the "end times" series. You guys have really put a lot of work into these videos. I can also see why a lot of folks were pissed off by what GW decided to do.

[@MrGouldilocks]

I'm pretty sure the writers play Warhammer Total War. They did a great job highlighting the best and most effective Skaven units. An army of Ratling guns, Warplock Jezzails, and Plagueclaw Catapults will annihilate any opposing army before it can even get close to them.

[@nikoladedic6623]

Well, narrator made his own version of End Times story on his channel.

[@samwill7259]

Rats, we're rats, we're the rats We prey at night we stalk at night, we're the rats I'M THE GIANT RAT DAT MAKES ALL OF DA ROOLZ Let's see what kind of trouble we can get ourselves into.

[@tristanmattwig8541]

*sigh* home of the dogs of war just randomly dying to the skaven without a fight essentially. Love the end times. Great video tho

[@Sid90s]

Avg New Yorker to Tilean commoner: "First time?" 😏

[@JD-bk4zi]

We need these maps to be in the game, just imagine those maps in IE + naval battles

[@EmanGameplay]

10:36 Ayy, those are from the Bad Ratz model line on my Cults3D page. Wasn't expecting to see them in one of these videos. Really cool.

[@Raider9844]

in this universe it seems like mankind just takes it and loses every battle.

[@RedRocketthefirst]

Not really until the end times when GW decided fuck fantasy .

[@patrickleonard4187]

"my lord witch hunter. Yes, that man there; he's the one talking about the ratmen."

[@jodi1761]

Can't wait for the next part :)

[@corvus2512]

I REALLY wish Tilea, Estalia and the Border Princes had been given their own faction DLCs.... you can’t have fantasy Europe without Italy, Spain and Switzerland/Austria.... their cities, armies and lore are really cool but we will never see them.... sigh...

[@JGOOLDD]

download the southern realms mod bro, it's all we got for now

[@Kristian.B.Kristiansen]

Great video. Keep covering the End Times!

[@serpent035]

Really enjoyed your videos about the end times. I'm looking forward to the next one.

[@peterpienczuk2664]

there really wasnt enough back stabbing and accidental devastation wrecked on the skaven by their own weapon to do the war justice or skaven justice. Great video

[@zackrodriguez6653]

I'm gonna need like 10 more of these videos pls ty

[@wolfie6654]

only 10?

[@damienruzco]

Incredibly well done

[@Canadian_Zac]

I think the writers for the end times just only knew Skaven. Cuz the Skaven took the city, actually smarter than Chaos took any others. Had the swarms dying en mass and endless numbers, but clever use of assassination and stealth in the sewers. Chaos ONLY used the swarm strat and just always worked out by itself

[@DwainiacWarhammer]

Very keen for the next episode in this series. Love the end times lore

[@TheLoremasterNojah]

"But Wesley, what about the R.O.U.S.s?" "Rodents of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist."

[@VonGoldfinger]

Ngl, that Doomsdaywheel looks awesome!

[@TheJdawg48]

Really nice quality visuals here and art man

[@faelanlundeberg5671]

Its interesting that of all the incredibly rich stories you could have built series around in Warhammer Fantasy you chose the most universally hated. Still you're doing an excellent job with what you have!

[@Amantducafe]

5:20 Skaven: HEY.... That's hurtful...

[@shadhinov]

Skaven, Lizardmen, Tau and Tyrannids are the best things about Warhammer.

[@shayneunger1457]

Awesome series! Keep them coming, but include more of the Dawi! Everyone's favourite grumpy neighbour.

[@WeOnlyEatSoup]

Amazing video for someone new to the lore (Skaven player) such a cool story

[@hieuphungminh6690]

I still don't understand why the empire doesn't want to recognize the skaven. It is just dumb considering that they have dealt with much much worse things in the past (literally every other non-human faction in WH). If the skaven has infiltrated every city then the empire should have RAISED the awareness to find them and prepare suitable defense and strategy.

[@makeytgreatagain6256]

Think about it like this, if the empire recognises the Skaven then the Skaven view them as a threat and then attack. Notice how the dwarfs and brettonia have to deal with the Skaven on a regular basis whislt the empire doesn’t? Well this is because the Skaven are anxious terrified creatures and the empire is not seen as a threat and thus well left alone. It’s very smart especially as it frees up manpower to fight chaos/beastmen vampires norsca and other threats

[@hieuphungminh6690]

@@makeytgreatagain6256 So the better option is to leave the other race to deal with the problem one by one instead of uniting to defeat a common threat? Well, I guess the true answer is politicians fucking suck and the story is as good as the writers can make it.

[@honestlordcommissarbrighte7921]

Eh sometimes states are like that so its really a mirror of reality. Surely your government has a problem they're ignoring to some degree because of...er hopefully good reasons because the worst I know is they profit from it. Or even worse, its not a problem at all because then you'd think they're clinically retarded or insane.

[@makeytgreatagain6256]

@@hieuphungminh6690 well that’s warhammer in a nutshell, and the worlds quite big and not as easy to navigate as ours a lot of stipulations are in place in some cultures that prevent or make it hard to unite, there’s a reason why the brettonian and empire hardly ever unite in a war and why it’s usually the dwarves of NEIGHBOURING karaks that are the only ones to fight with the empire. Kislev gets involved only if it’s a northern Incursion. But the Skaven are far to distributed to try wiping them out best thing to do is leave them be

[@lettuceman9439]

1 is hysteria, The skaven is a threat to almost all factions and even the lizardmen (slann) see the skaven specially pestilen as their premiere rival than chaos itself, The Empire hids the existence to the common people of the empire, peasants and rural citizens are the target of this ignorance, Soldiers and the nobility are aware of the skavens existence but cannot let their existence be know by the rural folk as the empire itself is a decentralized mess (fantasy hre) and unlike bretonnia the nobility is accountable to some degree towards the common imperial citizen (i.e because of chaos and the vampires). Second their is some measaure against the skaven, The career of being a sewer jack is a legit job in the empire expert skaven hunters who wage war with the hated ratmen away from the urbanite eye, The Empire is also very steampunk in some sense, The Empire flooded their sewer system with boiling steam every month for obvious reasons and some of their cities are almost skaven free (see middenheim, Taalbecheim and inner altdorf).

[@deathjester2000]

This is the best of the best. Talk about setting the curve!

[@truffelnootje]

I just started a part of my warhammer 3 campagne, and the vermintide is on its way, this vid couldn’t be recommended in a better moment

[@Tarathiel123]

the video content here is super high quality and you folks did a fantastic job. I still hate how reverse "deus ex machina" the end times was. Kislev was bad, but its like the Border Princes were absolutely useless and oblivious and its just every time there was a solution "op the Skaven have a strategy for that". Like its just so forced its unbelievable that the Princes would have lasted centuries on end only to be wiped out in like a handful of days (same goes for Kislev et al Order powers)

[@shireboundscribbles]

I'm old enough to remember when chaotic creatures were chaotic, rather than highly organised....

[@NickStrife]

Keep the series coming.....

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

The Empire: "Why do I hear violins?"

[@jamescallaghan270]

Y’all should do some king killer lore

[@Mrmisticum]

More. MORE! I love your work!

[@mattgrandich3977]

16:06 Wow, the Miragliano militia just walked into the Skaven’s favorite environment. This Prince Giuliano isn’t that bright. This video is interesting as the Skaven already overwhelm both Estalia and Tilea at the onset of the End Times. Even Mannfred von Carstein is surprised in how quickly the ratkin overrun the Southern Realms while on his way to Mordkin Lair.

[@A.ManAlone]

The Skaven are fucking terrifying

[@trentn-p4v]

I'd love to see a series about the Wood Elves.

[@robbabcock_]

Awesome video! The Warhammer universe is one of the richest in all of fantasy and sci-fi!😎🙏💪

[@tomyrody4412]

EXCELLENT MOVIE-VIDEO YES-YES!

[@amandag.6186]

Reading the End Times books, hopefulyl I finish them before you finish the series. It's now a race

[@steffanyschwartz7801]

It gets really bad soon mate. Grimgor’s story, the dwarve stories, Skarsneeg, and the Lizardmen stories are terrible (they ruin the characters and factions). The only good one I recommend you read is the Gotrek and Felix one because it’s mainly separate (it’s part of it’s on series), and it treats its characters with respect.

[@steffanyschwartz7801]

@@asicveg at least GOT used all of its characters. What the hell happened to the Vampire Coast, Skarsneeg, Lokhir, Rakarth, or the Southlands?

[@PTHANAX]

@@steffanyschwartz7801 dont get me started on the dumbass reason why they ax'ed Balthasar Gelt

[@steffanyschwartz7801]

@@PTHANAX and this is why we hate Manfred

[@malekiththeeternityking5433]

Endtimes are just badly written, don't read them

[@ants7279]

I don't play Warhammer but I find there loar very interesting.

[@St1TcHinGMonk3y101]

What an epic video!

[@honestlordcommissarbrighte7921]

The only thing redeemable out of this IP shitshow were the Verminlord models. Gods they look kickass.

[@marcusblackwell2372]

You say that as though it was a failure. If it sounds like I know almost nothing about Warhammer Fantasy, it's because I really don't, apart from this channel and The Templin Institute

[@steffanyschwartz7801]

From warhammer fantasy or Endtimes? I only remember the Gotrek and Felix ending (since it’s the only one not shit).

[@PoggoMcDawggo]

@@marcusblackwell2372 Apparently a lot of Warhammer fans don't like the endtimes. Something about bad writing I guess. I see a lot of comments mentioning it on these vids.

[@PoorManatee6197]

@@PoggoMcDawggo The end times is full of bad writting, characters acting in ways they never would, characters that stop appearing midway because the writters forgot about them, and retcons, a lot of retcons. So yeah we dont like it, in fact when discussing lore it is a non written rule that the end times is not to be taken into account.

[@honestlordcommissarbrighte7921]

@@marcusblackwell2372 Right apparently KZbin ate my first comment so I'm not sure if its going on a circuit first and I do not want to repeat the pragraphs so I'll lay it simply. Before the End Times there was a sense of direction and one knows how characters thought and what they might have done. Then the End Times makes them do decisions that make no sense and spoilers the world explodes because of one such instance because Magnus von Carstein turned heel and killed Gelt or someone God I don't remember who but he killed the Avatar of Death/Hysh and that ruined the one ritual that would have saved the world. Like, he wants to own a kingdom and lead and rule and shit he ain't ruling anything but cosmic ashes. Another is Valten who was set up as the natural leader of the Empire and replace the system of Emperors which set up Karl Franz's story as probably ending in a sacrifice since he gave up Ghal Maraz to Valten the chosen of Sigmar. Then Valten dies to a rat assassin....I think I don't wanna remember because that was a mental shouting match way back. Then there was Thorgrim Grudgebearer who dies to another rat assassin. It wasn't even a master assassin just an upgrade of a fucking Gutter Runner. Like...what the fuck? Then there's Sigvald who was pissed on then Hulked on Loki by Throgg like what the fuck was the narrative behind that? Throgg appeared out of fucking nowhere. Christ. I was expecting beef with another champion because he's a pompous bastard. But no, he got Lokied. So having those expectations betrayed and the world exploding left little love for GW and their End Times. Then the IP was shut down because it stopped making money because the story before End Times occured was about...a decade old? Yes. Innovationg died and without that there was no money so it was decided to cut it off then rebrand it under Age of Sigmar. Which was even worse as there were no tabletop rules everyone could do fuck all and field as many soldiers as they wanted and thr fact that we got Fantasy Space Marines with hammers. It was obviously an attempt at 40king the corpse of Fantasy so End Times got even more conceptual hatred for birthing this undead thing. Now GW is bringing back Fantasy because of Total War so greed is staring at us in the face. Yes. Its this complicated and honestly looking back, petty for everyone, but trauma can be petty sometimes.

[@jdjdjjjsqpw]

Waiting for new episode .....

[@RexOlafusVidulusMagnus]

Would you consider doing some episodes on the Dragon Age series I'm already looking forward to the Fifth Blight 😃

[@theawesomeman9821]

Can't Wait for all this to be adapted by Hollywood!

[@RedRocketthefirst]

Oh god please no...

[@mnplastic1]

Very nice video.

[@trentoatman2998]

There are no Ratman in the Sigmar damned empire!

[@budiman-kx8dt]

The only redeeming part of end times is Skaven solo carrying chaostide.

[@mr.bluefox3511]

"For the Vermintide!"

[@jonbaxter2254]

*Laughs in Vermintide crew*

[@unknownbenefactor8029]

Contact Uberreich 5 pest control if you encounter an unpleasant oversized rats infestation if the 5 wasn't enough, go to Lustria pet shop and buy a gecko. the old world zoologist had tested and came with the results that the best way to deal with rats is to burn them.

[@Vulpes89]

Where did you get the information for detail for battles in tilea etc? I don’t recall any of it in the end time novels or sourcebooks.

[@hiarchi]

cant wait for lizardmen and tomb kings :)

[@InquisitorXarius]

Deus Imperator Anathema forgive me for I have foreseen our future torment

[@kaikongchan5513]

It amaze me how can anyone ignore and say ratmens do not exist when there whole city is taken by them.

[@nikabarbaqadze178]

Love your content ❤️❤️

[@hyaena23]

Skavens are my favorite race of any fiction. They are scary in every single way something can be scary :D

[@RedRocketthefirst]

They are cowards!

[@Clowdono]

This is good video, yes-yes

[@kaikongchan5513]

Skaven blight is huge in the total war warhammer game.

[@jamessargent6689]

Britonnia!? Where was Britonnia when the Golden Wall fell? Where was Britonnia when our enemies closed in around us? Where was Brito-- hmph. No, my lord Todbringer. We are alone."

[@yamochanchan]

Rictus? A great Clan? Hah!! They wish!

[@МахамбетМамыров]

Awesome!

[@todrkdck9805]

We need next episode please

[@iveBENwatchin]

Could you do the lizardmen lore next please

[@todrkdck9805]

Where is next episode???

[@dzizas3264]

Wheeeen neeeext episodeeeee

[@amandag.6186]

Wonder what's taking their next episode so long? Not that I'm complaining since I still intend to read all the End Times supplements before they finish

[@rudinipl4012]

Do you plan covering Age of Sigmar in the future? I would love to see that

[@RedRocketthefirst]

Fuck age of sigmar

[@rambopack9140]

Could you please make a vid on how the dark elevs fell in the end times. Idk how chaos managed to break through

[@bigsarge2085]

Skaven always triumph!

[@RedRocketthefirst]

Actually 🤓 , Until the End Times the skaven took Ls all the time.

[@bigsarge2085]

@@RedRocketthefirst SKAVEN ALWAYS TRIUMPH-TRIUMPH

[@redzool]

skaven my favourite fiction

[@WingsHype]

What happen to the next Warhammer Fantasy video?

[@wanziq7725]

I love warhammer but when next video for warhammer😢

[@brokenbridge6316]

This is certainly the end times.

[@bethmarriott9292]

Rodents of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist

[@sneakillysneak2388]

Skaven! Yes-yes!

[@muhzak889]

Boris Todbringer would be furious to Empire because we was right all along

[@acatwithwiskers9273]

Dude i got a double add and literally kne frame later got 2 more 😢

[@jaohonaxa]

This is what happened when you don’t have Lizardmen.

[@jakubbartak3652]

But you will cover other continents like ulthuan, naggaroth, lustria nad cathay right. Btw you guys are killing it. Keep up the good work

[@Khetsisal33]

I don't get it why is the video blank?

[@nicbahtin4774]

where was gondor when the westfold fell!?

[@deron2203]

Giant rat men do not exist! This is just chaos propaganda.

[@utubrGaming]

Then who did Emperor Mandred skavenslayer slay?