The Gods Are Fickle! Archaon’s End Times Book Opens Early
February 11, 2015 by brennon
It seems like ahead of the release of the next End Times release for Warhammer Fantasy some of the books featuring Archaon himself have slipped out into the Old World ahead of time. See what you think of these snippets from within the new book HERE...
The Lord of the End Times himself will now be riding at the head of an army that includes a lot of different variations of Bloodthirster which is interesting to see. As well as them the new units have been revealed properly as the Skullreapers and Wrathmongers who are actually looking pretty bloody awesome I have to say. I still stand by my word that they'd make a good Warhammer 40,000 Chosen unit too however.
As well as Archaon, Grimgor and Balthasar Gelt will be making an appearance but that's no surprise. Gelt was the cause of a pretty big rift early in the End Times story and it will be interesting to see how his role develops in the final act of this world changing event. As well as that of course there's Grimgor to consider. Last time they clashed, in an alternate timeline I suppose we should say, Grimgor nutted Archaon and then walked off proclaiming he was the best. Will be interesting to see if the Orcs can muster a big Waaaagh! this time around.
There are also a few glimpses of what's coming in terms of the storyline itself showing off some big names in some of the artwork and army designs. It's a shame that the images aren't of the greatest quality but I also kind of want to read this one for myself at the time rather than having it spoiled for me!
Are you revving yourself up for the final installment of the End Times?
"The Lord of the End Times himself will now be riding at the head of an army that includes a lot of different variations of Bloodthirster which is interesting to see"
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Mmmmm…
It would be lovely to get these, but it is frustrating being nervous that you’ll miss out due to limited availability.
If Workshop were to say they were re-printing in hardcover, with the slip case people would be less frantic.
The money isn’t an issue, but the scrum to get on to the site to buy is really annoying.
You can always get them as soft backs after the initial release so I guess that’s something. But yes, I do agree that making something like this – which is kinda pivotal to the story of Warhammer Fantasy – as a quick ‘buy it or gone for an age’ scheme is a bit annoying.
BoW Ben
Hopefully this time Archaon won’t run tail between his legs back to Chaos Gods.
Seeing all this storytelling comming out from GW making me really look forward to the reboot. I might jump on the boat this time around. Been itching for a good fantasy game and I do love the world.
Been doing some roleplaying in it before and Im ready to go back and waaghh the shit out of everyone 🙂
The world is what keeps me invested and I hope it isn’t utterly ruined by the reboot. I love their Orcs, the way their Dwarfs are, the corruption and intrigue of the Empire, the infighting between the Vampire Clans, how cruel and dark their Elves are (even the High ones – if you’ve read anything about Teclis you’ll know what I mean!) and the whole imagery around the massive hordes of Chaos coming down from the North. The Warhammer world is intense and full of superb images of heroic last stands and desperate battles that, even if you win, will… Read more »
Couldn’t agree more, it also had that slightly edgy, slightly dark edge that was not present in most fantasy settings. My view of the old world though is very much rooted in WFRP 1st edition moving through to second – which is somewhat different from the current pre-end times fluff. Althought the end time up til Thanquol I feel has been fantasy – Thanquol I am actually struggling to get through.
been fantastic – aaaaaargh …… bloody typos
Why is everyone so up in arms(no pun intended) about these new supposed good guys? i don’t get it. I mean, don’t you think, if you had to guess, they will just be some mini-Luthor Huss-type holy order that came about so the End Times again doesn’t happen in the new setting(if there is one)? It is just super strange to me-no one seems pumped about the idea at all. Just gonna be some witch hunter kinda army, with super knights, maybe some cool mounts. A more elite human army, with some elvish/angelic/wtf knows holy power? Chaos, no matter what… Read more »
Ok what have I been reading about this Warhammer world is just one of many that have been created, then destroyed, another is populated with the last world’s survivor, eternally. Where is that lore exactly? I’m not saying it is true, I’d just like to see where that was ever written because it was stated earlier on another website,and, although it is to be taken with a grain of salt, most of the other ideas on this site weren’t inaccurate, so they weren’t just pulling this idea out of thin air-they had read it somewhere in Warhammer lore, I’d assume… Read more »
The repawning worlds…Isn’t that the gist of Michael moorcock’s eternal champion books? Which also were one of the major inspirations for warhammer when it first appeared? The star of chaos, for example, is lifted wholesale from those books. I might remembar that wrong, it has been several decades since i read them.
Well be that as it may, maybe GW is just totally running with that idea, and not even bothering with what happens to the Old World. With deading all these major characters GoThrones style, and a moon sized meteor heading towards you btw, maybe the alternate entire world idea isn’t too crazy. I read Elric way back to and I didn’t even realize he created that star, and GW just got rights(or the idea at least) by partnering w/ Chaosium, who made Elric games. It is just universally understood that that means Chaos I think, by fantasy fans at least.… Read more »
I wouldn’t worry too much about fantasy being axed entirely, since not only was WFB the first full blown wargaming system developed by GW, and so still carries something of a special cache in that regard, but squatting the entire setting would also require a major corporate rebrand within GW itself. The White Dwarf character would no longer have any direct relation to any GW product line, so it would probably be necessary to rename their weekly magazine entirely to start with. The logos would also all have to be changed, with the common golden warhammer motif representing Gal Maraz… Read more »
Yes this appears to be the case, as we get closer to the “revelation” end of February. Not only does it appear WFB will be strong this summer, there might even be 2! WFB games now, wargame AND skirmish level. I think that GW is just trying to corner their IP by diversifying a(pretty generic) fantasy setting, thus distancing themselves from the Mantics of the world. Nothing against Mantic, they just held a demo at our store today, which is one of the first US live presentations if I hear right. Of course, wait and see blah blah blah, but… Read more »
Hard to tell what’s coming from the pics.
A few more pic from Faiet 212
http://imgur.com/a/nOyqS?utm_content=buffer438af&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Will get the book to see the story through to completion, but have steadily been loosing faith in the ability to deliver. 9th will be what it will be but I feel the fluff changes will be aimed at the perceived 40k mindset – missing the point 40k works for 40k, but not everyone likes it to the same extent.
Fantasy never had the wiser appeal 40k has, and they have weakened the fluff by changes through 8th – still that’s what happens when you let an accountant do anything other than balance the books.
Wider even
Is Tanka Books the printing house for these?? I can’t find any info on them.