Games Workshop has been teasing this for quite a while now, and this time we get to learn more about the Warhammer Old World setting!
There have been multiple announcements over the course of a year, but it’s always nice to get more information about the game! As we said, this time it’s all about where the battles will take place, what’s happening in the world, and some different kingdoms involved.
GW Reveals More About Warhammer Old World Setting!
Warhammer Community unveiled the new info, so let’s take a closer look!
One of the most important aspects of Warhammer: the Old World is the setting itself. Obviously, this is the World-that-Was, a world of legend destroyed by the machinations of the Ruinous Powers of Chaos at the culmination of the End Times – an event that doomed the denizens of the Old World to oblivion and heralded the birth of the Mortal Realms and the Age of Sigmar.
It’s important to remember, though, that even though the setting is returning, these events still happened, and that the Old World was destroyed. The End Times had long been foreshadowed in the background of Warhammer Fantasy Battle.
This means they will be going further into the setting, and keeping the End Times still in the lore can run concurrently with the (future) AoS lore.
This led us to events well known to fans of the Old World, the Great War Against Chaos and the Siege of Praag, two centuries before the End Times. More precisely, we decided to look into the decades prior to this legendary world-changing event. In those years before the Chaos Lord Asavar Kull led his armies south against the nations of Men and Dwarfs, the Empire of Man was not the unified nation that bravely faced the armies of Archaon that players of Warhammer Fantasy Battle will remember. Instead, it was deeply divided and ravaged by war following long centuries without the unifying presence of a single Emperor.
This is an interesting way to take it because it gives them 200 years to work with over the years of the game and move things forward. Plus, with shattered kingdoms, you might be able to come up with some really cool armies and heraldry.
Kingdoms of the Old World
The Barony of Westerland
Ruled by Elspeth Magritta VI, Westerland is a wealthy province, its merchant-lords grown fat on the trade that flows through Marienburg’s vast harbours.
The Grand County of Osterland
Ruled from the great city of Middenheim by Count Sigismund Ulric, Osterland is home to the Wolf Emperors of the north, fierce devotees of Ulric.
The Principality of Reikland
Occupying the heartland of Sigmar’s Empire, the Reikland is ruled by the pious Prince Wilhelm I of Altdorf, a devout servant of the Empire’s patron deity.
The Grand Duchy of Talabec
The largest and most culturally diverse of the four provinces, Talabec is ruled from the great walled city of Talabheim by Duke Ludwig XII.
Those seem to be a taste of what’s to come for the (past) setting of Warhammer Old World!
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