1 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:13,520 Throughout the Old World, people huddle behind the high walls of 2 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:17,920 their cities for protection. Outside these fortified 3 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:23,200 settlements, ravening war bands hold sway over a grim land of 4 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:27,440 forests, mountains, and untamed wilderness. 5 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:35,040 Within is safe, comfortable, and ordered without his elemental 6 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:41,760 danger, ancient darkness, and the inescapable rule of chaos. 7 00:00:43,160 --> 00:00:47,000 In the north, the power of Chaos is strongest, and the rule of 8 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:51,720 man is at its most fragile. Beyond the last mortal realm of 9 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:57,760 Kislev lies the Troll Country, a grim and shadowy land over which 10 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:02,080 no man claims kingship. Here, the minions of Chaos 11 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:06,360 openly fight for supremacy. Huge monsters vie with their 12 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:09,160 rivals to establish their territory. 13 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:13,800 Chaos War bands strive for ascendancy over those who would 14 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:18,720 dare usurp them. Minotaurs, ogres, trolls, 15 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:23,560 chimeras and other nameless abominations reign over the 16 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:27,120 broken land. From amongst the mutants, the 17 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:31,760 monstrosities and the Renegades, the Chaos gods choose their 18 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:35,120 champions and muster their armies. 19 00:01:36,320 --> 00:01:40,360 It is with good reason that men loathe and fear the growing 20 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,880 power of Chaos. The constant threat of marauders 21 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:48,560 reminds them of a time long ago, when Chaos armies marched 22 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:52,440 southwards, plundering and destroying everything in their 23 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:55,400 path. More than once the Chaos hordes 24 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:59,360 have rolled across Kislev, scattering the armies of men 25 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:03,520 until they stood poised to destroy the lands of the Empire. 26 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:08,479 At the back of the Chaos armies, riding the winds of destruction, 27 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:11,640 come demons to pick over the spoils. 28 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:16,400 But always the forces of Chaos have been vanquished. 29 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:20,720 Always their champions have been defeated and the demons driven 30 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:26,200 northwards once more. Terrible as these wars were, 31 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:30,920 each past incursion has become but a sham, a preparation for a 32 00:02:30,920 --> 00:02:35,520 greater war to come. Every battle has been a careful 33 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:39,720 testing of human defences that must one day be breached. 34 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:44,040 It is foretold that a great champion of Chaos will rise to 35 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,960 unite the Chaos hordes, to command them upon the field of 36 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:51,440 battle and break the back of the mortal world forever. 37 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:56,360 The moment of dark glory fast approaches when the world will 38 00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:00,720 be consumed by Chaos, when its champions will have their just 39 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:05,000 reward. This book describes the 40 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,880 followers of Chaos in all their black evil. 41 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:12,000 It describes the Champions of Chaos, Chaos warriors, beastmen, 42 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,240 demons, and the foulest servants of the Dark Gods. 43 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:19,160 Rules are provided for those creatures as part of your 44 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,120 Warhammer army. The box also contains a number 45 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:26,160 of cards representing magic spells, magic items, number of 46 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:30,280 Chaos gifts. These last represent the divine 47 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:34,360 favours of the Chaos Gods, the physical mutations of both 48 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:38,760 disfigure and bless the followers of Chaos, giving them 49 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:45,800 many powerful advantages. Hello my friends, my name is 50 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:51,520 Owen and this is a deep dive into Warhammer Army's Chaos 51 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:56,800 written by Rick Priestley back in 1994. 52 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:01,280 Do you know back in the 80s I started playing Warhammer around 53 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:04,760 about 1984 with the second edition being launched. 54 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,520 That book with that three books in a box. 55 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:11,680 And I never liked Chaos in the 80s. 56 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:13,680 They had a very heavy metal feel about them. 57 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:17,720 I remember the Chaos brothers, Jake and Hellwood who appeared 58 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:21,920 in Caleb Dark and the comic strip and I never liked those 59 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:25,040 either, although I had those figures and I wish I could find 60 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:28,640 them now. Chaos was always something done 61 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:31,960 by other people. I never understood why the 62 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:35,960 armies were so powerful. The characters were so powerful. 63 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:40,880 Chaos warriors back in second edition had weapons skill 6 for 64 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:44,600 a normal Chaos warrior. Why a Dwarf had weapons skill 4 65 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:49,160 but a Chaos Dwarf had weapons skill 7 was totally and utterly 66 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:51,920 beyond me. But you know what? 67 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:57,160 Chaos grew on me. Chaos started to gnaw away at me 68 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:00,760 like Chaos does. And as the years have passed and 69 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:04,000 armies have come and gone, battles have been fought. 70 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:09,760 Warriors have been painted. Chaos finally took hold of me. 71 00:05:10,280 --> 00:05:13,120 I've always been a Chaos Beastman fan, as many long time 72 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:15,400 listeners of the Crown of Command will know. 73 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:19,440 But even as I'm recording this, I'm looking at a unit of 6 74 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:23,360 minute ORS striding towards me, axes held high. 75 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:28,320 But back then in this time in 1994, and it was a different 76 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:31,880 age, Chaos was something that other people did. 77 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:35,800 But today we're going to have a look through the Chaos book. 78 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:37,840 We're going to read some of their fiction. 79 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:41,320 We'll have a look at the stats as we deep dive into what they 80 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:45,160 had to offer us back then. As I said, my name is Owen 81 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:49,760 Staton and I am the presenter of the Time Between Times podcast. 82 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:52,880 Anyone who enjoys what I do here, please take a look at 83 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:54,320 there. And if you want to buy me a 84 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:58,400 coffee, why not go at coffee.com/owen Staton? 85 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:03,960 It would be much appreciated, for these readings are actually 86 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:07,720 quite hard on the throat. I read you the introduction. 87 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:12,960 Rick Priestley was in his pomp at these times, churning out 88 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:17,320 game after game, background after background, all of it well 89 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:20,360 remembered to all of us. And I read you the introduction. 90 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:24,320 There we crossed a few pages and we were introduced to the Chaos 91 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:27,120 Gods again. These books always have 92 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:30,280 fantastic sketch arm artwork inside. 93 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:35,720 The gods haven't changed, although many years ago some of 94 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:40,400 you might remember a fifth God called Malal, the renegade Chaos 95 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:44,520 God who featured in Caleb Dark and in Caleb Dark, which was a 96 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:47,880 comic strip that was done in the Citadel journals of the time. 97 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:51,000 Almost a precursor that run alongside White Dwarf. 98 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:56,480 It was left on a Cliff edge. Caledark, the renegade warlord 99 00:06:56,560 --> 00:07:01,480 who had a an axe which was a a pterosaur's head which would eat 100 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,200 whatever he could be fine. He was being chased by the Chaos 101 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:08,000 Brothers into a valley and the valley and Malal appeared, 102 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:11,040 causing the rocks on either side to tumble down. 103 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:15,840 He looked like Caledark was doomed, and maybe he was, 104 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:20,240 because the comic strip stopped right there and we've never 105 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:23,800 heard from him since. And as Chaos developed the 106 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:26,840 books, the realm of Chaos, slaves, the darkness, the lost 107 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:32,760 and the damned, all these things, slowly but surely, Malal 108 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:35,960 was forgotten. To all but the oldest of 109 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:41,760 Warhammer players like myself. Anyway, we must not weep for 110 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:45,680 Malal. We must rejoice that Corn, 111 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:51,280 Nergal, Zeech and Slannish are still there. 112 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:56,400 I can never say it's in Zich very well, but so I'll try and 113 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:58,480 avoid all the text regarding him. 114 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:00,880 But here we are, we've got them all. 115 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:04,280 Slannish was always my favorite, but as the years went on as 116 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:08,400 well, the Slannish probably quite rightfully got torn down 117 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:10,960 from what it was once. Which of course was the God of 118 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:14,040 sex, but now it was just a God of pleasure. 119 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:17,200 And although it alludes to those early things, there are less 120 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:20,640 boobs and kinky wear, and that's probably a good thing. 121 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:24,320 But anyway, let's move on to what they say about the Chaos 122 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:29,080 Gods. There are 4 great Chaos Gods on 123 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:34,240 Malal, four brothers in darkness who rule the infernal region 124 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:38,440 known as the Realm of Chaos. This is not a material realm, 125 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:41,280 but a place without physical or temporal boundaries. 126 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:45,720 A vast, formless limbo that exists beyond the light of sun 127 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:48,720 or *. From their vantage point beyond 128 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:53,080 space and time, the Chaos gods ponder the feeble antics of 129 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:58,080 mortals much as a man might study a nest of ants. 130 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:04,400 They watch for a while the progress of one tiny creature, 131 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:08,600 until the struggles of a more interesting individual capture 132 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:12,040 their attention. Occasionally their gaze is drawn 133 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:15,360 elsewhere, to another world perhaps, or some other godly 134 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:19,360 concern, for while mortals are left to pursue their own ends in 135 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:23,640 their own fashion. Such is the nature of gods, for 136 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:27,640 they are whimsical in their favour as in their anger, and 137 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:31,120 their plans are beyond the wit of any man to comprehend. 138 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:34,840 The four great Chaos Gods are named as follows. 139 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:39,720 The 1st and the greatest is Corn, the Blood God, who is also 140 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:43,640 known as the Lord of Skulls. The second in power is Tzinzich, 141 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:48,560 the Changer of the Ways, called by some the great sorcerer. 142 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:53,960 Next is Nergal, the Lord of Decay, who is also the master of 143 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:59,320 plague and pestilence. Nergal is the most resplendently 144 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:04,400 fowl of all the Chaos gods. Lastly, there is the youthful 145 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:09,640 Slannish, the handsome Prince of Chaos, seductive and perverse in 146 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:14,480 his supernatural favours. The dark gods of Chaos each have 147 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:17,600 their own particular enthusiasms, their own demons, 148 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:21,240 and their own subdimensional territories within the realm of 149 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:24,080 Chaos. Each strives for dominance over 150 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:27,560 the others, and the one may gain ascendancy for a while. 151 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:30,840 No God has ever succeeded in vanquishing another. 152 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:35,760 As one God gains mastery, the others ally against him, and as 153 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:39,680 the allies grow in power, they divide amongst themselves, 154 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:44,040 forming new alliances until another conqueror emerges to be 155 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:48,080 vanquished in his turn. Their battlefield is not the 156 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:52,960 realm of Chaos, but the mortal worlds of the old World, but is 157 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:56,240 1 amongst many. So when men fight their wars for 158 00:10:56,240 --> 00:11:00,080 the casual amusement and momentary gratification of the 159 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:04,640 gods, the fate of the Old World is of more than usual 160 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:07,480 significance in the struggle between the gods and mortals. 161 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:12,400 In the far north of the Old World lies a zone of darkness, a 162 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:16,360 gateway of sorts, a vast black hole linking the Realm of Chaos 163 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:20,440 and the mortal universe. Here, the abode of man and the 164 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:25,000 domain of gods are as one. Magic pours in through this dark 165 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:29,000 gateway, bringing with it many other ways the Old World. 166 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:32,280 It stands at the frontier between the mortal universe and 167 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:36,200 the Realm of Chaos. When Chaos grows in influence, 168 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:39,520 the gateway expands and the northern boundaries of the world 169 00:11:39,680 --> 00:11:42,800 are sucked into it, consumed by the realm of Chaos. 170 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:47,520 If the power of Chaos becomes dominant, then the whole world 171 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:52,360 will be swallowed and its people will become damned souls in 172 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:56,240 eternal slavery to the Chaos gods. 173 00:11:57,760 --> 00:11:59,400 Heavy stuff there, my friends, isn't it? 174 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:03,760 But what I like about that, it sort of alludes to chaos being 175 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:07,760 more than an old world thing. That this one world maybe exists 176 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:11,440 in the 40K universe and that Chaos is here just like it is 177 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:14,960 there. I like this was the time these 178 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:17,880 characters, these gods, the Nerglers, the corns, the Zech, 179 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:22,960 the Slannish started to go all over Games Workshops IP and 180 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:26,000 became 1 great thing that everyone could look at. 181 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:28,720 This was important to them obviously because they could 182 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:31,680 create figures that could be used in both games. 183 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:35,440 The background was similar for both games, and they eluded, of 184 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:38,480 course, that both games were there in the same universe. 185 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:44,720 There's a small piece of fiction which we shall look at here in 186 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:47,160 the next bit, and I shall read that for you. 187 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:53,400 The tree of damned shades. I walked across the plain of 188 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:58,400 bone beneath the brazen sky. All were about the skulls of the 189 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:03,080 slain, and among them grew black flowers, each twisted bloom a 190 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:07,040 soul in thrall. Crimson flecked flies sucked at 191 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:10,400 the red nectar in the field, and the air tasted bloody in my 192 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:13,360 mouth. The black flowers nodded their 193 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:17,200 heads as I passed and whispered their bitter scented breeze. 194 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:21,120 A distant demon shriek reached my ears, and the sound of 195 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:25,520 tormented laughter drift past and was swallowed by silence. 196 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:29,440 And then I came to the Tree of the Damned. 197 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:32,840 Shades. Living souls had hung upon its 198 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:37,080 branches, and living souls had fed its roots in ages past. 199 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:41,120 Twisted with the pain of their misguided loyalty, the Shades 200 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:43,840 had made their pact, and now had their reward. 201 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:48,320 Those same shades moaned their regret and agony, pleading for 202 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:52,600 pity from every branch and twig save one whose deviant eye I 203 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:56,680 met. I paused in the glare of that 204 00:13:56,680 --> 00:13:59,200 eye. The tree of damned shade spoke 205 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:03,440 in a splintering voice, crying out as if 1000 axes were tearing 206 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:08,920 at its heart wood by broken faith and bitter promise, A man 207 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:12,920 walks in the gardens of blood. Once my roots taste is mortal 208 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:16,440 body, he is mine and I am he, A man. 209 00:14:16,680 --> 00:14:19,760 A man I will be free in the flesh and bone. 210 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:23,520 I will slay for you, my master, Blood beyond measure. 211 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:26,120 I will spill upon the battlefields of the world. 212 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:30,880 O freedom from the wooden frame that I would once again March to 213 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:35,280 the beat of my own heart. The tree withered and shook its 214 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:39,720 dark branches and fled. And my fate lay not with those 215 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:45,640 trapped and hideous souls from a Lieber Malphic Marius 216 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:48,560 Hollishire. Dark stuff, isn't it, my 217 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:51,080 friends? And one thing that still grips 218 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:53,360 me about these books and what I one thing I'll always speak 219 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:57,000 about, as you know, is the quality of the the written work 220 00:14:57,000 --> 00:15:03,640 within so high, so good. I mean, this is written by Rick 221 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:06,160 Priestley. The cover art is by Jeff Taylor. 222 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:08,960 Black and white art by John Blanche, Wayne England and Mark 223 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:14,400 Gibbons, but it doesn't say anything about the the the text, 224 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:17,800 the actual fiction in here. So I'm assuming that it's 225 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:21,760 written by Rick Priestley again, but really good stuff there. 226 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:24,880 OK, we've got the four chaos gods left. 227 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:28,440 They describe them next. So I'll choose or I'm going to 228 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:30,840 choose my favorite. I'm going to choose Slannish. 229 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,680 So let's read that for you. OK, We've got a part, a couple 230 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:36,320 of paragraphs on each of them, but we'll go with Slannish. 231 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:41,440 Slannish is the youngest of the Chaos Gods and is known as the 232 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:44,840 Prince of Chaos. Alone of all the Dark Gods, he 233 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:48,680 is divinely beautiful. Slannish's seductive as only an 234 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:52,640 immortal can be, disarming in his innocence, utterly beguiling 235 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:55,000 in his manner. He is drawn to mortals, 236 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:59,640 possessed of physical beauty and charm, all sensual pleasures of 237 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:03,920 art, music and companionship. Interesting choice of words 238 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:07,120 fascinates Slannish. He is the master of luxury and 239 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:10,480 indulgence, of cruel passions and hidden vices, and of the 240 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:13,840 terrible temptations that only a God can offer. 241 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:18,920 In bodily form, Slannish is perfection, long limbed and 242 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:22,080 elegant, with a haunting and drogonous body. 243 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:26,080 It is said that it is impossible for a mortal to look upon that 244 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:29,120 divine face without losing his soul. 245 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:33,200 For all who see Slannish become slaves of his slightest whim. 246 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:36,720 Some say that Slannish can assume male, female, or 247 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:41,040 hermaphrodite form at will, but to his followers he manifests 248 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:44,520 himself as a young man, clean limbed and fresh, with a vigor 249 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:47,040 of youth. Though Slanish is the least of 250 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:50,240 the Dark Gods of Chaos, he's an important player in the Divine 251 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:53,000 game. His support is an essential part 252 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:55,160 of any alliance between the Chaos Gods. 253 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:58,560 The favour of Slanish can easily swing the balance of power 254 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:02,760 between the gods, giving Slanish influence disproportionate to 255 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:05,520 his power. Nonetheless, the power of 256 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:10,880 Slanish is growing all of the time, and soon the Prince of 257 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:14,040 Chaos will come to rival the other gods. 258 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:19,119 And maybe, who knows, he might rise over them. 259 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:22,880 Interesting. They've always had trouble 260 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:25,720 trying to theme Slani Chauvenet. They went with that original 261 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:29,960 vision, something, you know, very as, as you know, the old 262 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:34,360 Realm of Chaos books were given for adult guidance at the time. 263 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:37,680 So they created Slanish and they created a very good vision. 264 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:40,560 But of course, by this point where they were looking at 265 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:44,400 younger audiences, it became a very hard sell, didn't it? 266 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:48,040 But they've stuck with it and I think that's a good thing. 267 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:52,360 OK, the next couple of pages are talking about a Champions Will 268 00:17:52,360 --> 00:17:53,920 in Chaos. We've got the Chaos champions 269 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:56,560 reward. We've got a few other things. 270 00:17:56,680 --> 00:18:01,200 We've talked about minotaurs, Beastmen, Awe Beastmen, the 271 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:04,960 children of Chaos. There's a quite a few pages 272 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:08,560 about various beasts and I can't pass over a beast man reading 273 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:10,000 can I? So I'm going to get you in here. 274 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:12,960 I was going to read the minotaur because I'm looking at six 275 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:16,960 minotaur right now, including the must sort after Mordheim. 276 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:21,200 Minotaur stands on my shelf here, One of my favorite old 277 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:23,760 figures. Always open to offers though. 278 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:29,080 Anyway, beast men. In the dark forest of the Old 279 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:32,760 World dwell the favoured children of Chaos, foul and 280 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:36,280 unholy things that hate the world and hide from the honest 281 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:40,800 light of day. They serve no mortal master, but 282 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:44,080 belong heart and soul to the dark gods of Chaos. 283 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:47,680 Men call these creatures Beast Men, for they are part human and 284 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:50,200 part beast. Their twisted bodies are 285 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:53,120 blasphemy of nature. Hooves adorn their limbs. 286 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:56,640 They are cruel and brutal creatures who brawl and fight 287 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:59,200 amongst themselves. We're not venting their hatred 288 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:03,480 against mankind. These rude and uncouth beasts 289 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:05,680 are not alone in the Kingdom of darkness. 290 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,760 All manner of crawling and slithering creatures keep their 291 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:14,440 evil company. Human, mutical, mutical human, 292 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:17,080 mutant brigands find refuge here too. 293 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:20,440 Bitter hearted Renegades whose spirits have been blackened by 294 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:24,520 the touch of chaos, till the fearful eyes of men. 295 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:28,120 All beast men seem of a kind, unruly and Collis. 296 00:19:28,120 --> 00:19:31,760 Bruce, start again. I'll have to drink in a minute. 297 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:36,200 To the fearful eyes of all men, all Beast men seem of a kind, 298 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:40,640 unruly and callous brutes that despise mankind and all he 299 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:44,240 strives to build. Yet there is a cruel hierarchy 300 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:46,920 amongst them. The most numerous call 301 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:49,880 themselves Gores and can be readily distinguished from the 302 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:54,040 lowly breeds by the keen horns. Gores take great pride in their 303 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:57,320 horns, polishing and sharpening them in readiness for battle. 304 00:19:58,120 --> 00:19:59,920 The lesser breeds are called Beret. 305 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:03,640 And those are rarely seen in battle, they've only tiny horns 306 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:07,240 or no horns at all, and I sometimes even have human heads. 307 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:10,920 Beast men are often joined by mutant humans of similar 308 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:15,120 appearance, and it is from these ranks of outcasts that many Bray 309 00:20:15,120 --> 00:20:18,960 are descended. A human who knows how becomes a 310 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:23,040 Beast Man as a result of a mutation is known as a Ternskin, 311 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:27,760 the lowest rank amongst a kind and a kin to a slave. 312 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,040 Thanks to the mutating powers of Chaos, a Beast Men may be born 313 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:35,400 to human parents. Such creatures are often 314 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:38,800 abandoned by their parents at birth, left to die at the forest 315 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:40,520 edge. Such foundlings may be 316 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:43,800 discovered and raised by Beast Men, who call them Gaves. 317 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:48,400 Gaves are regarded as gifts from the Chaos Gods themselves. 318 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:52,680 Beast Men hide out deep in the forests in rough camps, rock 319 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:55,600 shelters and other wild secluded places. 320 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:59,360 They live in savage war bands consisting of anything from a 321 00:20:59,360 --> 00:21:01,600 dozen to many hundreds of individuals. 322 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:05,440 Each war band is led by one of the strongest amongst them, a 323 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:08,440 beast man favoured with many gifts of the Chaos Gods. 324 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:13,280 This mighty beast Lord is the master of the pack and to 325 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:17,000 maintain his position he has to continually fight off challenges 326 00:21:17,120 --> 00:21:21,320 from young power hungry gores. He makes his banner from the 327 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:25,360 pelts of those he has defeated that his standard becomes a gory 328 00:21:25,360 --> 00:21:29,560 record of his conquests. Beast men fight amongst 329 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:33,600 themselves continuously, each Beast Lord vying with his rivals 330 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:35,520 for the favour of the Chaos gods. 331 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:39,120 When the armies of Chaos gather, the war bands stop fighting and 332 00:21:39,120 --> 00:21:42,320 assemble for war. They are drawn together at the 333 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:45,800 great meeting places marked by huge stone slabs called 334 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:48,680 herdstones. There are many such meeting 335 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:50,960 places amongst the dark glades of the forest. 336 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:55,240 It is here that the forces of Chaos gather, Beast men, 337 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:58,320 minotaurs and their ilk ready for battle. 338 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:02,200 The herd stones pulse with dark magic and are covered in evil 339 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:06,920 runes, proclaiming the end of the world and the triumph of the 340 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:11,080 Chaos gods. There's a lot in that reading, 341 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:13,560 isn't there? That has changed the use of the 342 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:16,560 words braze. They became Angors in later 343 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:20,920 editions, the way they describe different beast men, but perhaps 344 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:24,880 we'll never see. But a great background, isn't 345 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:27,160 it? They're there in the forest, 346 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:33,560 watching, listening, waiting. It makes the old world, and 347 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:36,960 especially the forests within it, a dark and sinister place. 348 00:22:37,360 --> 00:22:40,760 We can see a shift. Even though the game itself in 349 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:44,440 the 90s was becoming naturally quite lighter, there was still 350 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:49,280 that dark edge, something that we could all explore and enjoy, 351 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:53,760 and they did really well. The next page is all about chaos 352 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:56,200 gifts, champions and chaos gifts. 353 00:22:56,400 --> 00:23:00,320 Some chaos magic items as well, gifts and demons. 354 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:05,320 This book seems to have less background, less stories, less 355 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:10,520 of a picture being painted if you like, and more of an 356 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:13,760 emphasis on rules and figures. If I remember rightly. 357 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:17,840 It became in a box, didn't it? And that box had cards with it 358 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:20,960 and had some things that you could use in the game. 359 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:24,480 As we we moved that way. The next couple of pages are 360 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:27,320 looking at some figures. We have some chaos banners in 361 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:30,440 black and white as there was akin to doing these days. 362 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:34,080 And then we have the figure of Slannish, the Prince of Chaos. 363 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:38,040 So excuse me, the Keeper of Secrets is there in front of us. 364 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:40,120 What a classic model. That was. 365 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:44,000 The Bloodthirster, the old Chaos Bloodthirster. 366 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,640 There he is. And we've got some figures from 367 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:50,160 Nergal, we've got some figures from Zinzich, we've got some 368 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:54,000 lovely Beastmen figures here. I've got some of these still, 369 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,640 these old metal Beastmen, and of course the Beastmen shaman. 370 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:00,720 I mean, that figure went through many editions and still. 371 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:03,680 And the Beastmen champion, the one holding the axe in two, 372 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:08,440 hands down low Beastmen Hornblower, fantastic figure, 373 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:10,880 Beastmen shaman, Beastmen champion. 374 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:15,680 Really, really nice stuff here. Chaos Knights come next. 375 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:17,360 Plastic horses, by the look of them. 376 00:24:17,360 --> 00:24:20,200 Yeah, play us Knights in bright colours. 377 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:24,440 And then we have a dragon ogres. Yeah, the old original dragon 378 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:25,640 ogres. I've still got that figure. 379 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:28,760 And the beasts, man. The Foul Brood of Chaos. 380 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:31,760 A bloodthirster of corn accompanies dragon ogres into 381 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:34,840 battle. We've got some Chaos mutations 382 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:38,600 where Mike McVeigh is giving us a little outline on how to add 383 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:42,840 some wings to your figures of some sneaky arms or a scorpion 384 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:46,000 hand. Yeah, that's good, isn't it, to 385 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,640 have have some conversions and things like that. 386 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:51,520 Then we've got some how to build a Chaos dragon. 387 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:54,040 We've got the instructions for the figure here in the Chaos 388 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:56,480 book. Pinning was a big thing, wasn't 389 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:58,160 it? I never did get around that. 390 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:01,600 I just used to use tons and tons of super glue until I couldn't 391 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:04,440 move my fingers anymore and even then it would break. 392 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:08,240 And there is a picture of the finished Chaos dragon, the 393 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:12,880 classic S shaped dragon that all the Dragons at this time did. 394 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:16,640 Here we go. We've got a bit coming up here 395 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:20,040 about the war against Chaos. Now this goes on for many pages 396 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,760 and I think it would probably do with a a read. 397 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:27,800 If you want to hear this, you've got a lot of pages about it. 398 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:32,320 Let me know and I'll I'll put it up as we did with the some of 399 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:33,920 the stories from the undead books. 400 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:37,280 So if you want to hear me reading the War of Chaos, how 401 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:40,800 about you let me know. Gift of Spawn Done covers the 402 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:43,800 next few pages with introducing Chaos spawns and everything that 403 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:47,040 they did. Then we've got Chaos Demons and 404 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:52,440 now we're into the beastry. Chaos Warriors still in this 405 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:54,680 edition. Look at this as a base stat line 406 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:57,400 for Chaos Warriors. Movement 4. 407 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:03,000 Weapon skill 6, Bow skill 6, Strength 4, Toughness 4, Wounds 408 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:07,400 1, Initiative 62, Attacks and Leadership 9. 409 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:13,200 That is a foot soldier in this chaos army. 410 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:17,400 This always the juxtaposition of chaos is to confuse me because 411 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:21,520 obviously when they say Chaos you, you think of these nameless 412 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:25,040 hordes piling over the mountains, under the caves, 413 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:29,120 emerging from ships in the sea. But the armies, if you, you 414 00:26:29,120 --> 00:26:30,840 know, if you use them as point values. 415 00:26:31,120 --> 00:26:34,480 The armies were just tiny because the figures were so 416 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:39,160 powerful, so they never really appeared on the table as they 417 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:44,080 did in the background. As such, Chaos warriors are men 418 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:47,520 who have abandoned the world and thrown in their lot with Chaos. 419 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:51,240 Men who have chosen a life of bloodshed and advantage in 420 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:55,280 return for a fleeting chance to gain the favour of a Chaos God. 421 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:59,880 Many a little more than brigands outcast from society, criminal 422 00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:04,680 criminals fleeing from justice, Mad Men and malcontents seeking 423 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:10,000 refuge from persecution. However, not all come from the 424 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:13,720 dregs of society. Their ranks also include deposed 425 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:18,280 nobles, young fortune hunters, and refugees driven out of their 426 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:23,360 homes by poverty and war. Chaos warriors fight in the war 427 00:27:23,360 --> 00:27:26,280 Bands of Chaos Champions. Every Chaos Warrior hopes that 428 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:31,080 one day he will be recognized by his Chaos God and chosen to be 429 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:34,160 one of his champions. Chaos Warriors are powerful 430 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:38,080 fighters and bear many chaotic mutations and enhance their 431 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:40,960 power Still. Wow. 432 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:45,120 Big words. Big words for very very tough 433 00:27:45,120 --> 00:27:47,400 troops. We've got Marks of Chaos. 434 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:49,560 We've got rules on Chaos sorcerers. 435 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:52,000 Beastmen. What was a Beastman stat at this 436 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:53,680 time? Movement 4. 437 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:56,120 Weapons got 4. Boast got three, Strength 3. 438 00:27:56,120 --> 00:27:58,600 Toughed AS42 wounds for a beastman. 439 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:02,200 Initiative 3. One attack and leadership 7. 440 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:05,760 They had an infighting rule which is very similar to 441 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:08,120 animosity as well. And there it is. 442 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:12,760 Minotaurs were next. Chaos dragon, Chaos Centaur, 443 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:17,960 Harpers, Chaos gorgon dragon, Ogus trolls, Chaos trolls. 444 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:22,480 As it happens, my friend Marcel, my good friend in Germany and a 445 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:24,960 good friend of the crown of commanders, just sent me some 446 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:28,160 trolls which I am creating chaos trolls with. 447 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,400 I told you I was drawn back to Chaos. 448 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:35,760 Trolls are large and hideous creatures, bestial and foul, 449 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:39,640 with long gangling limbs and cold, damp hides. 450 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:42,920 They're warty, slimy and sometimes scaly. 451 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:47,560 Skins can almost be any colour. Depending on the sort of troll. 452 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:51,680 There are many different shapes and sizes of troll spines are 453 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:54,680 not uncommon, while 2 headed trolls have sometimes been 454 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:57,200 sighted travelling with Chaos war bands. 455 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:02,040 Trolls are not very intelligent, but they are extremely strong 456 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:05,240 and can easily RIP a man apart with their bare hands. 457 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:08,480 Trolls are greatly feared because of their unthinking 458 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:11,120 ferocity and indiscriminate appetite. 459 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:16,720 They can and will eat anything, flesh and bone, wood, rocks, bit 460 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:19,360 of metal. The stomach of a trawl contains 461 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:23,640 some of the most powerful acids known in the Old world, and his 462 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:28,320 digestive juices are highly valued by alchemists and 463 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:31,320 Wizards. The most unusual and perhaps 464 00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:34,800 best known characteristic of trolls is that their flesh is 465 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:38,800 able to regrow almost as quickly as it is damaged. 466 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:42,840 If a trawl's clawed hand is severed, a fresh one will grow 467 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:45,760 from the stump. You have to cause a great deal 468 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:48,320 of damage to a trawl to stop it regenerating. 469 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:52,280 The only thing that trolls cannot survive is fire. 470 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:55,960 If they are burnt, they cannot regenerate, so fire is the 471 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:58,480 greatest ally of the trawl fighter. 472 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:01,880 Never used by an actual dwarf Troll Slayer? 473 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:04,680 You might not. Trolls are wild creatures that 474 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:07,720 live either alone or in small groups with others of their 475 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:10,000 kind. They can sometimes be persuaded 476 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:13,480 to join Chaos War bands, although it is doubtful whether 477 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:15,640 they really understand what is going on. 478 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:20,600 Left to their own devices, the chances of a trawl will go wild 479 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:24,880 or become Sopaforic, but if they are led by more intelligent 480 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:30,200 creatures, they can prove to be dangerous foes. 481 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:34,760 Trawl stats, Movement 6, Web skill 3, Bo skill one, Strength 482 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:38,600 5, Toughness 4, Three wounds, initiative 13 attacks, and a 483 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:42,080 leadership of four. And of course the Regenerate 484 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:44,240 special rule. And we've got a little bit here 485 00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:46,320 about Stone Trolls and River Trolls as well. 486 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:51,280 So they are expanding this now. We've got demons, Blood, letters 487 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:56,160 of corn, Flesh, hounds of corn, friends of Slannish, steeds of 488 00:30:56,160 --> 00:31:01,240 slannish plague, bearers of Nergal, nerglings, demons of 489 00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:05,000 Tzinzich, flamers of Tzinzich, got all of these. 490 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:10,720 And then we have a little bit of fiction, a page of fiction right 491 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:13,680 in the middle of the book. Let's have a look what it says. 492 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:20,160 The York army drew into a dense mass on top of the Ridge below 493 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:23,360 the Green Horde. A sea of morning mist lay over 494 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:26,960 the rolling landscape. Here and there the tops of the 495 00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:30,640 hills broke through the whiteness, round and green and 496 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:35,280 glistening with dew. Old Claw Crookfang watched the 497 00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:39,880 islands grow larger as the mist gradually evaporated in the heat 498 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:44,000 of the early sun. Claw coughed and wheezed as he 499 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:47,400 fought to bring up some some debris on the bottom of his old 500 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:50,320 lungs. He leaned over in his saddle and 501 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:54,280 spat noisily onto Gimlug, his long-suffering goblin slave. 502 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:59,040 Pat gawk, I ate moanings swarclaw to nobody in 503 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:02,920 particular. His warborn mounted, snuffed in 504 00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:04,600 anise. I'll start again. 505 00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:09,520 Pat gawk I ate moanings swarclaw to nobody in particular. 506 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:13,320 His warborn mount snuffled uneasily, lifted its shabby 507 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:16,760 tail, and let RIP with a noise like a tent flap in a Gale. 508 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:21,200 Phew, Bosh wine, Gimflug has something died? 509 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:25,720 What an if Claw gave Gimlug his best. 510 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:29,880 Don't mess with me, I'm in a bad mood glare and said course not 511 00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:33,040 get features, I always smells like this. 512 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:38,080 The goblin grunted repentantly. Claw was not feeling good. 513 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:41,880 Usually there was nothing like a scrap to cheer his savage heart, 514 00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:45,480 but today was different. The tribe seemed I'll at ease. 515 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:48,800 Normally the boys would be shouting and yelling by now, 516 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,080 working themselves up for a really good wah. 517 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:56,080 This morning the Green Horde was quiet, even the goblins stood 518 00:32:56,080 --> 00:33:00,320 solemnly in rank without so much as a squabble or jest to pass 519 00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:03,880 the time. This was going to be a dirty 520 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:05,960 battle. Chaos. 521 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:10,560 He muttered a word left a bad taste in his mouth and he spat 522 00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:12,720 in disgust. Missed me. 523 00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:16,520 Oops, squealed Gimlug as he deftly stepped out of the path 524 00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:19,840 of the vile Green Gobbutt, inadvertently planting his own 525 00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:24,040 left foot in a steaming mound of bored dung claw. 526 00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:26,360 Crookfang turned to his boar boys. 527 00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:31,040 Their ugly scarf faces were as familiar to him as the huge wart 528 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:34,320 at the end of his nose. Of all the tribe, these were his 529 00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:36,880 boys. Crookfang's killers, as he liked 530 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:40,040 to call them. He led those ferocious warriors 531 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:41,880 through more battles than he could count. 532 00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:46,040 Many, many more than he could count, as it happened, as 533 00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:49,240 numbers greater than 3 remained a sacred mystery to the 534 00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:53,840 straightforward old orc. He looked at his troops now and 535 00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:57,800 sensed disquiet in their eyes. He observed the slope of the 536 00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:00,960 borroweds should have the bowed shoulders and Humila set of the 537 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:04,360 slab like jaws. They had shared some great days 538 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:08,400 together, shedding the thin red line of men and stunties between 539 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:10,719 Black Fire Pass and the Red Eye Mountain. 540 00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:13,760 He could put a name to every battered face. 541 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:17,199 There was a what's his name with the big ears and over there was 542 00:34:17,199 --> 00:34:19,440 Umaflap down there from the Badlands. 543 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:23,040 Next to him was Thingamajig who had lost 3 claws, a dead rock 544 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:25,880 gap. Now that was a real scrap. 545 00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:29,159 The old orc cleared his throat and spoke. 546 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:32,639 Lads, he said. Lads, I, I know what you're 547 00:34:32,639 --> 00:34:34,480 thinking. He paused for a moment and let 548 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:37,800 this sink in chaos. He paused again. 549 00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:40,360 You're thinking, why do we have to fight them? 550 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:44,600 Horrible, dirty, disgusting things, The orcs murmured 551 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:47,080 uncomfortably. Well, I tell you, Claw 552 00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:50,239 continued. I tell you why your nose as how 553 00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:52,520 the lackeys of the Gart Dark Gods have been getting ready for 554 00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:56,159 the big push. Well, this is it, they're in 555 00:34:56,159 --> 00:34:59,720 front of us, they're behind us. They've captured the bridge over 556 00:34:59,720 --> 00:35:03,120 the big river and they're got they run these old up in the big 557 00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:06,640 city, they're called Prague. Ain't nowhere for us to hide, 558 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:08,920 lads. They know where to go. 559 00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:13,440 We're going to fight and we're going to and and happen as we're 560 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:17,760 not going to die. Gawk knows we ain't afraid of 561 00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,920 dying. But them things. 562 00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:24,560 An orc made a face which is an expression of utter disgust. 563 00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:26,960 Give us a scrap again against the stunt. 564 00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:31,400 These or skinny elves? But these are not normal, no 565 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:35,280 proper flesh and blood. There's not lads, lads, 566 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:36,720 whispered Claw. You're right. 567 00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:40,800 And no one knows more than me. And if I had my way we'd be 568 00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,560 living up in a black crag lording it over them gobbles at 569 00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:45,560 Mount Grimfang. But we ain't. 570 00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:49,440 We're here and now, and the filthy Dark Gods is marching 571 00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:53,040 down on us. Even as the old oak spoke, the 572 00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:56,480 truth behind his words were revealed as out of the mist 573 00:35:56,480 --> 00:36:01,880 emerged a huge army. Lots of points, Then rank upon 574 00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:05,520 rank of ironclad Chaos Warriors trampled forward. 575 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:08,800 Behind the Chaos Warriors, their horrific shapes still concealed 576 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:12,360 in the mist, marched demons and monstrous spawn of the Dark 577 00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:14,560 Gods. Come on lads. 578 00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:17,240 Squealed a tiny voice. It was Gimlag. 579 00:36:17,240 --> 00:36:19,920 The boss is right. If we're going to die, we're 580 00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:22,400 going to die as if we if we're going to die, then we're going 581 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:25,840 to go out with a bang. The tiny goblin grinned 582 00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:29,520 manically and snatched a spear many times his own height from 583 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:33,240 one of the ball boys, waving the spear fanatically. 584 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:37,440 The gobbling dashed forward, whooping and screaming charge at 585 00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:41,840 the top of his squeaky voice. The sound trailed off into the 586 00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:45,920 mist and vanished. Silly little bagger, thought 587 00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:49,480 Claw tearfully as he watched the tiny figure disappear out of 588 00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:52,320 sight. He'd owned that cheeky gobbo 589 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:55,160 since he was a pup. He missed the little thingy. 590 00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:59,360 The sound of 1000 swords drawn as one brought him back to the 591 00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:02,960 present. He looked again at his boys, and 592 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:04,760 this time he saw a new purpose in their eyes. 593 00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:08,560 Not hope, but determination of the cheerful lust for violence 594 00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:12,360 he was accustomed to, but a grim and unshakeable resolve. 595 00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:16,760 The War Boys snorted and stomped as their hooves eagerly and the 596 00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:19,400 red eye is sparkling in the light of a new day. 597 00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:23,200 We're ready, boss. Announced the big head hawk. 598 00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:26,840 Let's sort them out. Right said claw. 599 00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:31,680 Right said claw, let's sort them out lads. 600 00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:38,160 Wasn't the easiest read was it? But ah, Pitiful's Hawks must be 601 00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:41,920 hard work for them. Gosh, a huge army of Chaos 602 00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:45,000 Warriors. OK, we're moving on now guys, 603 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:49,200 into the Chaos army list. OK, so let's find out how many 604 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:52,040 points were they charging for a Chaos Warrior of that kind? 605 00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:55,560 We've got a few pages here of the usual, the amounts you can 606 00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:58,760 take, what you can do, army selection, etcetera. 607 00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:04,600 Then we're looking at a Chaos Lord General on foot, naked if 608 00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:11,520 you like, 305 points if you put him on a Juggernaut plus 70 609 00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:13,920 points. C Duslani, She's only 5. 610 00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:18,160 Gosh, you're talking about a 400 point character there. 611 00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:24,320 Chaos heroes are 193 points, KS champions 91, A Beastman Lord 612 00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:28,520 200 points a minute Lord 380 points. 613 00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:32,200 If you're playing 2000 point battles you're not getting much 614 00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:35,920 you but what you did get was really tough. 615 00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:42,160 Chaos warriors 24 points a model so you'll be talking the best 616 00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:46,240 part of 500 points for a 20 man chaos warrior unit. 617 00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:51,800 Phew. These armies were really small. 618 00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:55,880 I can't remember in this day and age how they used to do in 619 00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:59,200 battle, but they can't have done that well because even if they 620 00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:02,800 were this powerful, 1 by 1 you could easily outflank them and 621 00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:05,920 take away their rank bonuses and things like that and cause 622 00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:10,080 absolute carnage. The Wengoed are some special 623 00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:13,360 characters. Count Mordrec the damned, Edgren 624 00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:17,240 von Horstman, the dark sorcerer of Chaos, a bowel, the 625 00:39:17,240 --> 00:39:20,560 undefeated destroyer of corn. Well, he hasn't done a good job 626 00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:22,720 because corn is still not destroyed, so I don't know what 627 00:39:22,720 --> 00:39:28,040 they go in there. I cloyd Hellbrass and Skylar the 628 00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:32,800 Scorn, the spawn of chaos. At 340 points. 629 00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:36,480 Your army may include Skylar as a character, in which case you 630 00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:39,600 must appoint another Chaos Champion or Chaos Sorcerer to be 631 00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:42,320 his master. Skylar may not be the army's 632 00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:46,120 general. One Skylar, Anfigrim of 633 00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:48,960 Nausicaa, enjoyed the favour of his Chaos God. 634 00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:53,040 At one time, Skylar's Raiders plagued the southern coast of 635 00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:56,240 the Empire. His name was held in terror by 636 00:39:56,240 --> 00:39:58,440 the Kislevite merchants of eringrad. 637 00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:02,400 Many remember the daring night raids that left the Docklands of 638 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:04,600 the Lynsk an inferno of destruction. 639 00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:09,360 But the power of such magnitude has its cost, and Skylar paid 640 00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:11,200 the highest price for his ambition. 641 00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:14,600 At first, his body swelled with chitinous plates. 642 00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:17,600 This gift made him even more powerful. 643 00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:20,440 But it was the beginning of the end for Skylar. 644 00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:25,360 Within the year, his head grew elongate and reptilian and a 645 00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:27,560 beak tail sprouted from his back. 646 00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:32,440 His limbs lost their clean human shape, becoming long and hairy 647 00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:35,280 and ape like. Soon he could no longer grasp 648 00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:38,040 his sword and fell upon all fours like a beast. 649 00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:41,680 At last his mind gave up its grip and Skylar was lost into 650 00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:43,720 the depths of gibbling abomination. 651 00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:50,040 He had become a Chaos Spawn. Skylar's warrior band took pity 652 00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:52,440 on him instead. Indeed, there were some who 653 00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:55,960 revered him in his new shape and paid him homage as a living God. 654 00:40:56,680 --> 00:41:00,480 Subsequently, his trusted Lieutenant, One Eyed Urloc, was 655 00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:05,040 chosen as Corn's champion, and Urloc placed around Skylar's 656 00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:07,920 malformed head the portent collar of corn. 657 00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:11,880 When Urloc led the warriors to battle, he took Skylar with him, 658 00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:14,920 directing the horrific creature like some tamed beast. 659 00:41:15,720 --> 00:41:18,120 But the ultimate fate of Skylar is not recorded. 660 00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:21,960 But he was said to have fallen at the gates of Kislev, a 661 00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:26,480 Titanic battle which ended the Great War against Chaos. 662 00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:30,840 Skylar the Chaos spawned Movement 6, Webskill 6, supposed 663 00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:35,320 to Kill 0, Strength 6, Toughness 6, Wounds 4 and List of three, 664 00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:42,440 six attacks and Leadership 8 Tough creature and a lovely John 665 00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:45,040 Branch drawing there of what Skylar would look like. 666 00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:47,360 But I don't think we ever got a figure of him. 667 00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:51,040 The rest of the books is another small fiction leading up after 668 00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:52,480 that. But the rest of the books does 669 00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:55,480 seem to be taken up. Then with black and white 670 00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:59,920 pictures of the Chaos range before they finally finish with 671 00:41:59,920 --> 00:42:03,440 a lovely diorama. The Empire armies mount of 672 00:42:03,440 --> 00:42:09,160 futile defence against the irresistible hosts of Chaos. 673 00:42:10,320 --> 00:42:17,040 That, my friends, brings us to the end of Warhammer Army Chaos. 674 00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:22,760 Another tone from long ago, unread, unpicked up, 675 00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:29,640 undiscovered for many years, but read by me, Owen Stanton, to you 676 00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:33,720 today. Wherever you are, a deep dive 677 00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:39,320 into Warhammer Armies Chaos. I hope you enjoyed it, my 678 00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:42,360 friends. Again, we call it a deep dive, 679 00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:44,040 but I'd be just skipping the surface. 680 00:42:44,240 --> 00:42:47,320 It would take me hours upon end to read everything that's in 681 00:42:47,320 --> 00:42:48,960 there. But I hope whether you're 682 00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:51,680 painting, you're reading, you're enjoying, you're driving, 683 00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:56,680 whatever you're doing, that these raids just take you back a 684 00:42:56,680 --> 00:43:01,880 few years to that golden age where plastic walked the land 685 00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:07,200 along with metal, and the falling clink of dice seemed to 686 00:43:07,240 --> 00:43:11,880 echo through the land. Take care of yourselves and blow 687 00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:14,280 it in there. With our Happy New Year, I hope 688 00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:16,640 this will be a big one for all of us. 689 00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:19,720 In the meantime, my name is Owen Steyton. 690 00:43:19,720 --> 00:43:23,120 You'll find out more about me at welshstoryteller.com and drop me 691 00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:25,320 a line on any suggestions you'd like me to read. 692 00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:28,880 And of course, you can find me on the Time Between Times 693 00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:31,400 podcast. Take care, my friends.