Total War: Warhammer 2 - Thorek Ironbrow - The Silence & The Fury
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I am checking in from Total War Warhammer 2, one of the greatest games of all time.
Shout out to my man Jan from the Czech Republic for gifting me this fine game.
And as you see before you, if you are a fellow Warhammer enjoyer, you might say that there's some new artwork greeting us at the new starting page.
So you see on the left hand side you have some beastmen causing mayhem carnage driven by resentiment.
Resentiment, as I mentioned in my two previous videos against the glorious lizardmen, as you can see on your right hand side here.
So we're gonna get into the campaigns.
I just want to say that I did actually paint some lizardmen the other day.
You can see them before you right now.
Quite aesthetic, if I may be so bold.
Let me know in the comment section if I may actually be so bold, if they are supremely aesthetic.
That's for a game called Warhammer Underworlds.
So it's a miniature game, really good.
One of the best games I've ever played.
I will make a separate video on it.
So anyway, let's get into the campaign at hand.
I go with the Eye of the Vortex.
So we have three new characters.
We have first and foremost.
A chameleon skink.
So that's sort of a scout skink.
And if you don't know, the lizardmen here are based on Central American civilizations, so Aztecs and Mayans.
But this Lizardmen, they are a bit nicer than the actual Aztecs were.
So they are good guys in this game.
So anyway, we could play with this guy.
Has a lot of different faction effects.
I'm not gonna go through them.
I will have a look at his nemesis then, who should be the brass bull, Taurox.
So it's a massive Minotaur covered in brass.
I can guess that he is quite high thumos, high testosterone beast.
Of course, as I might have mentioned at some previous stage, Minotaur is my favorite mythological creature.
I went to Crete when I was five or six and we visited the Knossos.
So ever since then, I've had a Minotaur as my primordial beast.
Totem creature.
Something like that at least.
So anyway, he has a lot of different cool effects here.
And yeah, I haven't played this yet, so not quite sure how he works.
But we have a third individual.
Master of the weapon shops.
Master of the weapon shops, Thoric Ironbrow.
So these are quite similar to the dwarves you would see in Lord of the Rings.
So Gimli and those lads.
The exception here though is that these Laddingtons here in Warhammer also have access to gunpowder.
So they can have a lot of cool gunpowder units.
And you see here he also has a whole host of different special effects.
So we're gonna get straight into the game with one of these new heroes and I think I will actually go with Thoric Ironbrow.
It's quite hot here in Sweden.
I have taken a full scoop of Varlsbrugged.
Gonna go out in nature soon, do some calisthenics, some chins and dips, and go for a walk.
But before I begin to do so, and before I before the Vorlsbrigd kicks in, I will just have a quick look at this dwarves.
So we're gonna get straight into it.
And as you can see, I am an enjoyer here, so I always play on legendary, on the campaign difficulty, and battle difficulty hard.
So, yeah, suitable climate jungle.
And since it feels like a jungle here where I'm checking in from, I think it's only reasonable.
So, let's get into it.
Powerful and ancient relics of the ancestors.
I like that.
I like the sound of it.
It stirs something primordial within me.
Good times, good times.
From one land infested with blasted Raki to another, it seems the only difference is the eight.
These vermin best stay out of my way, else they'll meet the mighty steel of my amma.
It seems a local clan has made their home here.
Might be they know something about the ancient vaults that lie hidden in these strange mountains.
This forsaken continent may be where the purpose of my journey is fulfilled.
If the old texts speak true, a trove of ancient Dowie artifacts lays buried somewhere near, hidden amidst these strange, forgotten ruins of centuries past.
This land could hold the key to restoring the proud legacy of our people.
In King Cassador's name, I will unearth the lost relics of our ancestors and bring glory to the Dowie once more.
That sounds quite good.
Quite good indeed.
It sounds like something I could have said if we had some ancient relics to unearth here in good old Scandinavia.
I would do it to bring honor and glory.
So we have Gotri Grimeson and I will embed him in this army so that we can attack Nostril Damnus.
So I suppose that's a reference to the prophet Nostradamus.
So yeah, we're gonna do it.
We're gonna see if we can get a nice battle in here.
Okay, so this is actually a new feature in the game.
Out resolve outcome.
Battle result Pyrrhic victory.
Casualties medium.
But I will actually take the battle manually.
Since yeah, since it's a let's play video and you can see the nice landscape here as well.
I'm getting into the jungle fills.
Good times, good times.
So I have some runes and banners here.
Adds explosive damage that reduces enemy leadership.
Boom.
We're gonna put it on our Grudge Thrower and bonus against Lodge.
We're gonna put them on these longbeards.
And now we're gonna fight.
So we are in the battle.
And I will deploy my little army here.
So I'm just gonna go through our units here first.
We have some quarrellers, so crossbowmen.
Two units, which we'll have to use in a good manner.
So you can see the enemy they outnumber us quite a bit so we need to be we need to be intelligent about our unit devel unit deployment.
Then we have of course a few units of infantry and a grudge thrower unit so catapults and then we have our main guy here Thoric Ironbrow and a support specialist who I suppose I can cast magic to bolster our other units.
So since we do have a long range unit we can actually deploy a bit further back here so we can get get off more volleys before they come at us.
So yeah they can get tired coming to us and we'll melt them with our units here.
I'm just going to place them here in a nice defensive position, something like that.
And then our quarrelers, they will have a four-hole position and then I will move them back.
So now we're ready to start the battle and as is my custom when making these total war videos which I have made since 2014 imagine that I will use a few edits here and there and fast forward a bit like I'm doing now in order to speed things up a bit.
So now we can see that our Grudge throwers they have began the bombardment.
So we're gonna target their most dangerous troops which I suppose would be the poisoned wind globadiers and it's already doing it which is nice.
Or we could target these guys in case it misses it might hit the scaven slave slingers back here.
So anyway good thing that I deployed a bit further back here so we can get a nice few shots off.
So you see this bar here, the light brown one, it's the amount of ammunition you have.
So still have quite a bit of ammunition and now our quarrellers have begun shooting as well.
Good times, good times.
And what we could do is try to focus on one enemy unit so that they might break and flip.
Hopefully they will break and flip any moment now.
You can see their leadership is the grey bar here.
But alas, it doesn't quite look like we can do it.
well.
And now we have to engage all of our melee troops.
Still hopefully we can defend the Grudge Thrower so it can continue to shoot so it doesn't get engaged in combat.
So I'm using some magic here, or rune magic, on our troops to bolster their armor.
And of course this Two heroes, Thoric and Gotri.
They need to get into combat ASAP.
And now, as you can see, our crossbowmen, they are getting into a nice flanking position here and they can shoot this Skaven slaves in the back, which is highly optimal.
Now you can see they're wavering.
The Skaven slaves, not the best, not the most formidable enemies, fortunately for us.
So I'm casting the Rune of Speed here.
The Clans unites and now you can see our nice flanking maneuver here.
Shooting this bustad in the back.
Now you can see our Grudge throwers, they're still firing away.
So it's important to protect your artillery.
And now, you can see here, this is the Nostradamus.
So he needs to die.
We're attacking their general with both of our heroes.
So you can see his duel here.
Boom!
Oh, he got Monk there.
Good times, good times.
And if the enemy general dies, their entire army will hopefully break and flee.
Can happen.
They will get reduced leadership.
And there we have won the battle.
Good times, good times.
So I will just end here.
Since we can't really chase any of them down.
And the Grudge Throwers ammunition is almost done.
So end battle.
A decisive victory for the dwarves of Thoric Ironbrow.
Now we have two options.
We can execute and loot, which grants us some oath gold in addition to regular treasury.
Or we can drink to victory.
Which is quite nice.
It lasts for two turns and gives us some nice boosts to our province.
But we're actually going to execute and loot because these are heretical skaven.
So, there we are.
We have acquired a follower.
Follower gained students.
Glory.
Good times, good times.
I have also gained perhaps a follower right now that is a student.
Who knows?
Comment below if you are a student.
And if you are, you have actually given me 10% plus in research rate for my various research projects.
So anyway, that is a look at the new DLC.
Looks really good.
And of course, as I've said before, this is a great game.
And it's looking at the map, absorbing the vibes, the atmosphere, the ambience of it.
Good stuff, good stuff.
So anyway, thank you for checking in with me and I will see you in the next video.
