I'm checking in from Altuan with some Warhammer lore.
And I want to dedicate this video to my supporter, Jan from the Czech Republic, who so kindly gifted the latest Warhammer Total War 2 DLC to me and with a message that he is in a period of mourning because his grandfather has just passed away and the grandfather took an active role in his upbringing.
So and he also said that my Let's Plays have increased his mood a bit.
So yeah, this is for you, Jan.
Stay strong.
So in the end of the video, the second half of the video, I will show the actual gameplay and have a look at the DLC.
But I thought to just check in from this extremely cozy and comfy place to just talk a bit about Warhammer, especially a character that I found very epic when I was like 14, and that's El Tharion the blind swordmaster.
And first and foremost, also to everyone who perhaps are more interested in the political side of things that I talk about.
If you wonder how I reject black pills in regards to Sweden and Europe and North America, etc.
If I feel black pilled, I just delve into some Warhammer and I feel better.
You need that sort of positive escapism every once in a while.
So yeah, that is how I deal with that.
So anyway, about El Tharion the Swordmaster, he has been retconned, so he isn't blind anymore.
But when I first saw him, yeah, I was like 14 years of age, and it was a short story that appeared in White Dwarf along with some rules for the tabletop game.
And he was blind, he had been blinded by some dark elves.
And in the short story, he led a raid on Nagaroth, so the land of the dark elves.
And what I thought was so epic with it was that he actually went on the offensive.
Because in Warhammer lore, especially in the a bit older lore, the high elves are always on the back foot, and the dark elves are always the ones who are invading.
So I thought, nice, here's a guy who's taking the fight to the enemy since I you know identified more with the high elves than the dark elves.
So that was my impression, good impression of El Tharion the blind swordmaster.
And also purely aesthetically speaking, a blind swordmaster whose other senses are so keen that he can keep up with a master dark elf assassin, Shadowblade.
So that is the short story there.
I also had a high elf army, decently painted.
I sold every model except for El Tharion the blind swordmaster.
So I still have it in metal.
I might paint it someday.
If you have been following me on Instagram, you've seen that I posted a bit of my Warhammer painting quarantine painting since I've you know had some extra time to do it, something I've missed for a very long time.
So yeah, one day I might paint that model too.
But as I said, they retconned the story, so he's no longer blind.
And he appears in the latest DLC as El Tharion the Grim, who's a fully functional elf who rides atop a Griffon.
So we'll have a look at him in a little bit.
But otherwise, in regards to the game itself and to Warhammer lore, especially when it comes to the high elves, always found it very motivating.
Don't see any slave morality heroes, it's very Tolkien-esque in that sense.
We'll also have a look at another hero who is named Ymerik.
He's a prince, he's a bit arrogant, a bit proud, but it's not something he doesn't come from a position of being the underdog, and that is so refreshing to see.
I talked about it more in my video on Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter.
And I prefer the Lord of the Rings heroes because they don't come from that position of downtroddenness.
The high elves, you know, they are anything but.
Then, in regards to the game, Warhammer Total War 2, it's extremely good on every level.
You know, the tactical challenge, the strategy challenge, it yeah, you have to think.
I play on legendary as well, and every single move you have to think quite a bit so you don't do any mistakes because you can't turn back time in that game.
So, very challenging, very rewarding as well.
The sensation also in it, you know, really captures that sense of epicness, of exploration, of adventure.
It's perfect for you know, gaining some motivation to set the pace high in your other endeavors as well.
So, no, always full training motivation when I think of the aesthetic Elven heroes.
Same thing with exploring.
You know, if you game a lot, you must use it to motivate yourself to do things out in nature as well, so you can get another appreciation.
So, if I look around me here at this extremely beautiful place, I have a deeper appreciation of it.
So, anyway, let's get into the game.
And if you aren't interested in the game itself, you can stop watching the video now if you want.
I won't hold it against you, but for anyone else who wants to have a look at the new DLC, the new heroes, Perma Balking, Grom, and Ymerik and Eltharion, the Ret Cond Eltharion, Can keep watching.
So to
give you an example, I am technically not a blind swordmaster who trains with a sword, but you know, I found this epic place here secluded, full of life.
I can feel the Earth Goddess Gaia.
You can feel her presence, it feels good.
Do some shadow boxing or do some sort of training.
So, you have these epic visions you get from a certain culture, then you apply it in some way.
So, I can just envision, so I can just envision something epic, do it right here, and yeah, it comes a good time.
So, try it out.
Now I don't know if our esteemed Bronze Age pervert endorses me talking about the Earth Goddess because as many of you know he likes to talk about the patriarchal Sky Father, Sky God conquering the more matriarchal Earth goddess worshipping individuals but you know I'm stuck in between I also want to venerate Mother Earth.
I don't want to sound like a hippie or anything but you know just looking around me I'm full of love for our dear earth we have here.
Of course no disrespect to any of the Sky Fathers that are up there but yeah just throwing it out there for a good measure.
So also admire my traps quite thick and juicy in all like Shalte.
Hello again Laddingtons welcome back to good old Total War.
Fun fact I have actually recorded Total War Let's Plays since 2014 so I thought it would be appropriate to continue this fine tradition.
Now this won't be a full Let's Play episode I just wanted to show you the new DLC and we see some new fine artwork here as well on the left side.
Some Elven architecture goals for Europe when we have won the culture war we'll build like this and on the right side we have some goblin and orcan goblin aesthetics.
So anyway I'll head on into the eye of the vortex here and we'll see all of this mad cunts.
So yeah new artwork here or somewhat new at least.
So the new heroes are El Tharion here.
So the retcon version and you can see his eyes there wide open.
He's not blind.
And he starts here on the east coast Ulthan and he will fight against this bloat max madcunt Grom the Pounch.
Yeah, he has taken the bloat maxing a bit too far.
I'd say he needs to get on a cot so he looks shredded for summer, so he can post physique.
So anyway, I will probably play some sort of campaign with this guy at some stage.
He has some different new game mechanics as well.
Then the second new, absolutely aesthetic and I said Zimrik because that's the Swedish way to pronounce it, but it's Imric, so with an English I instead of two is, but that is another topic, the pronunciation of Swedish is.
So anyway, you see him looking quite aesthetic starting off here in well, Africa basically it's not Africa, it's Arabic, but you know it's sort of based on the real world.
So he has some ultra aesthetic dragon princes, a sun dragon, some white lions, absolutely epic unit if there ever was one, the white lions.
So anyway, some few, some different game mechanics here.
None can best me in battle.
So you see a bit arrogant cocky, but you know he deserves it.
So we're just gonna get into the campaign here to have a look at this guy.
Long have I led the great host of Calador.
Now the Phoenix King has sent me to the southlands to help restore the great vortex created by my forebear, the great Calador Dragon Tamer.
The bowmen of Orion dwell nearby.
Fellow elves of the Azrae who could prove strong allies should we choose to help them.
Locations of arcane power are close.
Where we can gather the way fragments we need.
Some appear uninhabited.
Others may require us to remove the primitive creatures that inhabit them.
Further afield are ancient ports, once under Assur control.
We could reclaim them for better communications back to Olthwan.
But must be wary that these deserts are the realm of undead kings, who would sooner go to war than have us annex their lands.
Tyrion and Teklas may consider themselves the foremost defenders of the Vortex, but they shall soon see that the bloodline of the House of Calidor still runs hot with dragon fire.
Alright, highly epic.
So, what we have here is our sake, we can take no risks.
Driving them from their tombs will not be enough.
We must claim their nearest necropolis.
That sounds like a reasonable course of action.
So, anyway, we have our gallant hero, Prince Ulmric, here, or Imrik, should I say, and Starch with a trusted horse.
He can get a dragon later on.
And we have some Tomb Kings.
And for anyone who isn't familiar with Warhammer lore, Tomb Kings are basically undead Egyptians.
So you have here, yeah, basically ancient Egypt.
You have the Nile here and some surrounding lands.
So what I will do then is strike up.
I will initiate an alliance with our esteemed Wood Elf friends here.
And then just go about conquering these uncivilized peoples around me.
So yeah, we can actually head into battle to see how it looks.
It can be a good idea for this episode.
So I'm just going to head into it directly.
Okay.
I won't actually because you can see it's the yellow bar is our strength versus their strength.
So it would be a very one-sided battle, so I can just auto-resolve that.
And we can...
What can we do?
Ha, we can ransom captives and we get some influence per turn.
Boom, I will actually do it.
Influence is always good.
So anyway, as I was mentioning, in regards to that sense of epicness and adventure, you can see here we're stranded with our high elf expedition in the middle of the desert, and you have some jungles and some mountains and different races, etc.
Really captures the heroic sensation of it, and then an untamed ocean, of course.
So anyway, I will actually leave it there because time is of the essence.
I don't have as much time as I used to, so I can't make all too much of these videos.
But yeah, anyway, I hope this whole special video was enjoyable to watch and perhaps motivating.
And if you're playing something, you might as well play Warhammer Total War.
