“I’m alive.” These were the words Detlef Sierck cried in amazement as he woke up, looking up at the crashed ruins of Castle Drachenfels that awkwardly hung above him, only barely prevented from coming down on top of him by the strong foundations of the castle’s lower levels. His surroundings were steeped in darkness, only …
Tag: Empire
#Lorefight 148: Festive Special!
The long night following Geheimnistag cast a vast shadow into the bleak of winter, with many communities throughout the Old World fearing what the weeks and months of Winter’s terrifying cruelty may bring as restless spirits and abominable monstrosities emerged to stalk the world of men once more throughout this night and the coming months. …
#Lorefight 145: Halloween Special!
“We’re being watched.” Those were the words hanging on the tips of Corporal Franz Lohner’s lips as he and his companions wandered their way up the winding paths of the Arluii mountain range. The group stayed close to one another, staying alert but seeing no prying eyes in any direction they looked. Still, a chill …
#Lorefight 143!
Marienburg, a city sold down the river by generations of corrupt bureaucrats and fallen do-gooders. Once the centre of the Empire’s commerce on account of its great ports, the city fell into shame as the once proud mantra for independence devolved into nought but an excuse for wealthy mercantile and mercenary interests to rule over …
#Lorefight 141!
The Galleon’s Graveyard, a churning maelstrom situated at the heart of the Great Ocean in which all the shipwrecks, plunder and dead of the seafaring world inevitably wash up and intermingle. It was here, at this sanctum to the ocean’s most discarded contents that the would-be vampire admiral Nyklaus von Carstein, also known as Count …
#Lorefight 135!
Vlad scoured the ancient texts of Khemri’s many libraries in search of clues for where the rest of the legendary books of Nagash may be buried, driven by his unending desire to free his love from the Great Necromancer’s grips in return for enabling his ascension to physical godhood. His legions scoured so many leads …
#Lorefight 134!
(Obligatory content warning: Contains lots of provocative language beyond the usual diction used in this series including Warhammer-centric xenophobic and sexist language. This language is used for illustrative effect as it pertains to the characters involved and does not reflect or mirror one's own views.) Howls of laughter and supportive cheer emanated through the raucous …
#Lorefight 133!
“What’s de ya mean my boy Bogie can’t join? He’s killed a Blood Knight I tells ya, a Von Carstein no less.” squealed a furious Sir Bullywick Applebag, infamous promulgator of Halfling Rights throughout the Empire, upon hearing that his favourite adventurer Mr. Bogie Crumpot would not be admitted to the Imperial unit of greatswords …
#Lorefight 129!
“Nice shot!” Lucian cried as one of his men took down a fleeing chaos sorcerer. Since last we saw them things have certainly been on the mend for Lucian's regiment whose honour has been restored after exposing and slaying the Tzeentchian sorcerer posing as a Cathayan diplomat, Hong Fu Chu, resulting in them being deputised …
#Lorefight 122!
With his limbs restored and his faith in Sigmar renewed the Emperor Karl Franz departed from Limshof atop the winged steed Quicksilver on his long journey back to the Imperial capital, leaving his trusted ally Balthasar Gelt behind to clean up the mess left from the Chaos attack and to then rendezvous with the Knights …