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1This is the page for all the characters form the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' background involved in the End times. Because the majority of them already existed, some of the tropes regarding them in the original games also apply.
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3'''Remember:''' This page is about the tropes pertaining characters ''during'' the End Times, not before.
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7[[folder: The Empire]]
8The Empire was always besieged, but now it's on the brink of destruction. Two of their major and most strategically vital cities, Middenheim and Nuln, are inoperative because of different disasters ({{The Plague}} and flagellant uprising, respectively). Add to this the recent events within Sylvania and the upcoming invasion of Archaon. The Empire has bolstered every force they could, but the situation is really dire for them.
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10!!Emperor Karl Franz
11
12* BackFromTheDead: He dies to Otto Glott, but is resurrected immediately thereafter.
13* CameBackStrong: Strong enough to repel the Chaos invasion of Altdorf.
14* DemonicPossession: The twin-tailed comet that slams into Karl Franz's corpse and resurrects him after Otto Glott kills him actually contains the spirit of Sigmar. However, the resurrection was not complete until Sigmar was reunited with Ghal Maraz, at which point he takes control over Karl's body.
15* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Karl Franz Ascendant. [[spoiler:Subverted as he's no longer Karl but Sigmar.]]
16* EnemyMine: With Vlad Von Carstein during the siege of Altdorf.
17* EnergyWeapon: After the twin-tailed comet slams into Karl Franz's corpse, he rises from the dead, wielding the Essence of Ghal Maraz, a hammer made of pure, golden light.
18* FusionDance: When he melds with the Wind of Heavens, [[spoiler:he shares his body with Sigmar. By the time he recovers Ghal Maraz, Karl Franz is no more.]]
19* HolyIsNotSafe: His Ascendant form unleashes a wave of light that obliterates any undead or tainted creature in the city.
20* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: Karl calls out Balthasar Gelt for speaking badly of Volkmar even after his death.
21* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: His fall from several hundred feet during the battle of the Auric Bastion.
22* TheReveal: Karl Franz has merged with and been subsumed by Sigmar, who was bound into the wind of heavens.
23* ShockAndAwe: After becoming the Incarnate of Heavens he gained the power to hit enemy units with lightning.
24* ShutUpHannibal: Gives one to Walach Harkon in their aerial duel.
25* TrueCompanions: Unsurprisingly, to Deathclaw, his gryphon, which he takes the time to liberate from the chaos army. Bonus points as Karl was broken, wounded and unarmed at the time.
26
27!!Valten, Chosen of Sigmar
28
29Valten was the simple son of a smith in the unimportant village of Lachenbad, his only strangeness was a mark in his chest with the shape of a twin-tailed comet: the symbol of Sigmar. During a Beastmen attach of his village shortly before the End Times, he grabs his father's smithing hammers and starts to fight the monsters. Afterwards, sensing what was growing up, he travels north to join the Empire army that was preparing there to face the Chaos hordes.
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31* TheChosenOne: Many people believe that is the avatar of Sigmar himself, and he certainly is badass enough for that.
32* BirthmarkOfDestiny: He was born with a [[CometOfDoom twin-tailed comet]] on his chest.
33* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:He joins Vlad in his battles against the forces of Chaos.]]
34* KilledOffForReal: Despite his HealingFactor, Valten is finally killed during his duel with Archaon in Middenheim. In a reference to his fate in the aftermath of the {{retcon}}ed ''Storm of Chaos'' campaign [[spoiler:where he was killed by a Skaven assassin]], Valten is [[spoiler: struck from behind by a a Skaven Verminlord]].
35* LastStand: Led the defense of Middenheim against the oncoming hordes of Archaon.
36* MultipleChoicePast: His original background has suffered a minor {{Retcon}}. Instead of being discovered by Luthor Huss, he travels directly to the north on his own.
37* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:A Skaven Verminlord does this to him when he is in the middle of fighting Archaon.]]
38* ReligiousBruiser: Ardent Sigmarite and all-around badass.
39* WeHardlyKnewYe: Valten is reintroduced in ''End Times: Nagash'', defending the Auric Bastion from Chaos incursions and geared up to be the potential savior of the Empire once again. And he accomplishes nothing earth-shattering, playing minor saviour roles before getting murdered by the Verminlord Deceiver Darkh'dwel as he duels Archaon in ''End Times: Thanquol''. He does at least rack up an impressive list of slain Chaos Champions.
40
41!!Balthasar Gelt, Grand Patriarch of the Colleges of Magic
42
43The Patriarch of the Colleges of Magic and one of the greatest human wizards. He pulls the Faith Barrier, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a barrier powered by faith]] rounding Sylvania to make sure that nothing leaves, and also the Auric Bastion on the border of Kislev to do the same against Chaos.
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45* BarrierWarrior: Gelt creates a wall of faith around Sylvania to monitor the activities of the undead, and the Auric Bastion to the north against the warbands of Chaos.
46* InTheBack: [[spoiler:He gets run through by Mannfred while trying to contain the third Rift.]]
47* KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect: Everybody makes clear their doubts about both the Faith Barrier and the Auric Bastion to him. He's not amused about this. [[spoiler:This proves bad for the Empire after his apparent betrayal. The Church of Sigmar withdraws its support of the Auric Bastion, allowing entire sections of it to fall and leading to its subsequent failure, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero granting the "all clear" to the forces of Chaos]]]]
48* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: His opinions regarding Volkmar don't change (and weren't high to start with) despite his apparent death. Karl Franz calls him out on that.
49* RedHerringMole: After he tries to kill Valten (believing him to be TheMole of Chaos) and using the undead to do so, everyone believes that he has been on the Nagash payroll all along.
50* StartOfDarkness: [[spoiler:Vlad convinces him to use the power of Necromancy.]]
51* {{Necromancer}}: [[spoiler:He raises an army of undead to deal with the traitor within the Empire army, whom he believes to be Valten. It fails.]]
52* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:He is this to Emil Valgeir (a.k.a.: the Changeling) to cause havoc to make his assassination of Karl Franz easier. It works, but the daemon fails.]]
53* WellIntentionedExtremist: Becomes one in the End Times: Nagash fluff book, turning to Necromancy out of desperation when the magical wall he has created is sundered and mortal troops simply cannot hold back the tides of Chaos. It works, so he starts openly advocating that the Empire should start making use of the reanimated dead to spare the lives of valuable living warriors, especially against the terrifying foes of Chaos. Eventually, the negative reaction he gets to this, despite his own successes at using the walking dead to hold the line, leads to him JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope and ultimately throwing in with Nagash.
54
55!!Reikmarshal Kurt Helborg
56
57* TheChainsOfCommanding: Becomes weary from being in charge of the politics and the logistics of a war-torn nation.
58* CombatPragmatist: Despite his skill with a Runefang and honorable reputation, he has no qualms about fighting dirty.
59* GodzillaThreshold: Considers allying with Vlad and making him an Elector Count to be this.
60* HeroicBSOD: Kurt Helborg briefly enters this state when Walach appears to kill Karl Franz.
61* KilledOffForReal: He dies defending Karl Franz from Otto Glott in the battle of Altdorf.
62* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Decapitated by Otto Glott]].
63* WellIntentionedExtremist: During his tenure as Regent, he comes down hard on rioters and dissenters to preserve order in the city, even authorizing the knights to use lethal force on them.
64* YouAreInCommandNow: With his superiors either missing or dead he's briefly in charge of the Empire.
65
66!!Ludwig Schwarzhelm
67
68* MutualKill: During the battle of Averheim, after a brutal combat against the Daemon Princess [[spoiler:Valkia the Bloody]], he meets his fate on the end of her spear as it pierces his heart at the same time he impales her on the end of [[ImprovisedWeapon his broken banner pole]], the two falling dead at the same time.
69* MyGreatestFailure: As Franz's bodyguard, Ludwig views Karl Franz's [[spoiler:apparent]] death as this, even though Karl Franz was involved in an aerial duel and Ludwig was land-bound being mounted on a horse.
70
71!!Grand Theogonist Volkmar the Grim
72The Grand Theogonist of the Church of Sigmar, Volkmar recently lead a force to Sylvania in response to its declaration of independence that didn't end well. Captured for months, along several of the people who accompanied him to Sylvania, Volkmar resolves to break free or die trying.
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74It doesn't work. He was being kept prisoner because he is [[HeroicLineage a direct descendant of Sigmar]] and he is needed in the ritual that brings Nagash back. He died in said ritual in terrible agony because his body is the main form of the present incarnation of Nagash.
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76* BodyHorror: Volkmar was a strong elderly human, but [[spoiler:after Nagash remakes Volkmar's body it's sixty feet tall with torn, pallid, desiccated skin, a skull for a head and six spine-tentacles growing out of the back]].
77* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Why Mannfred keeps him alive.
78* ColdBloodedTorture: Endures this from Mannfred's hands as the latter's prisoner. There's also the Crown of Sorcery's [[MindRape influence and the nightmares it induces in him]].
79* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:His death is so horrific that even his tormentor and captor, Mannfred von Carstein, feels disturbed by it.]]
80* DefiantToTheEnd: His last words are a taunt to his captor.
81* FateWorseThanDeath: See above. His ultimate fate is so agonizing even '''[[EvilIsPetty Mannfred]]''' is horrified by it.
82* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: Volkmar has one of his hands replaced with Nagash's original hand, which then took over his body and Nagash remade it as his new body]].
83* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler:Arkhan the Black sacrifices his body to be used as a vessel to allow Nagash to return.]]
84* RoyalBlood: [[spoiler:It turns out that he's a direct descendent of Sigmar himself, making him potentially the legal ruler of the Empire, if he were not dead.]]
85
86!!Luthor Huss
87
88* DemonicPossession: Huss was defeated and possessed by the Nameless.
89* HeroicWillpower: When Vlad von Carstein is fighting the Nameless, he attempts to reach whatever nugget of Luthor Huss that still resides inside the Nameless. Taunting the former priest for giving in so easily to the powers he had sworn to fight, Vlad is able to bring Huss to the fore once more. Holy light blazes from Huss’ body as he purges the Nameless from his form and banishes him to the void of true death.
90
91!!Hans Leitdorf
92Grand Master of the Knights of Sigmar's Blood, and brother to the late [[PosthumousCharacter mad Elector Count Marius Leitdorf]] of Averland. From his fortress of Heldenhame in Talabecland, Leitdorf has watched his beloved Empire grow weak under the careless rule of squabbling and corrupt nobles to his west, and the resurgent Von Carstein dynasty of Sylvania to his east. As the End Times come, and Mannfred and Arkhan go on the march, Hans Leitdorf, his Order, and his citadel are put to the ultimate test...
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94* DeadGuyOnDisplay: Mannfred leaves what's left of his corpse for Eltharion and Eldyra to find.
95* DefiantToTheEnd: His last action is to break free of the undead killing his knights and charge Mannfred, loudly declaring he will kill the vampire even as his own life is clearly forfeit. Unfortunately, he doesn't succeed.
96* FatalFlaw: His single-minded devotion to finally annihilate the vampires of Sylvania leads him into several traps. First, Mannfred and Arkhan draw him out of his castle to leave the vaults of Heldenhame unguarded, whcih he realizes only when it's too late. Then his frustration leads him to abandon his High Elven allies in Sylvania and go after Mannfred alone. Predictably, he is ambushed and butchered.
97* GeneralFailure: An interesting example, in that he is a skilled soldier and tactician who knows exactly how to fight the Undead on the battlefield. His obsession with killing Mannfred and one-upping Balthazar Gelt, however, leads him to ignore the broader strategic picture and fall for Mannfred's traps, which gets his fortress sacked and himself and his knights killed.
98* HeroAntagonist: Of ''Return of Nagash'', as he opposes the principal viewpoint characters in their goal to resurrect the Great Necromancer.
99* HotBlooded: Tempers seem to run in the Leitdorf blood, patience less so. It gets him killed by Mannfred.
100* {{Jerkass}}: Hans Leitdorf is irritable at the best of times, and frequently rages at (perceived or real) slights. He is also a harsh disciplinarian of the Heldenhame garrison.
101* JerkassHasAPoint: He is, however, correct that his men need to be on high alert for a Sylvanian invasion, and that he does not have enough men to hold the castle in the event of a determined siege. In addition, as a veteran fighter of the undead, he knows better than his High Elven allies that while their campaign into Sylvania needs to be quick, it also needs to be thorough, burning out any of the several potential hiding spaces the Von Carsteins could retreat to.
102* OldSoldier: He is an old and experienced knight.
103
104!!Thyrus Gormann
105Patriarch of the Bright College and former Supreme Patriarch of the Colleges of Magic.
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107* {{Acrofatic}}: Leitdorf notes he is very graceful for a man of his weight.
108* PlayingWithFire: His College's specialty, and he is extremely good at it.
109* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He's last mentioned by Leitdorf as heading north from Altdorf to go reinforce the imperial defense against Archaon's invasion. After that, he disappears.
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111[[/folder]]
112
113[[folder: Bretonnia]]
114
115Bretonnia narrowly averts destruction. Shortly before the End Times, Bretonnia faces a civil war instigated by a bastard son of the king: Mallobaude the Serpent. In 2521, Mallobaude launches his campaign and after initial failings, his pact with Arkhan the Black gives him the upper hand. Mallobaude kills his father in Couronne and several battles after meets his end in single combat against the Green Knight.
116
117!!King Louen Leoncoeur
118
119* CharacterDeath: After narrowly surviving his defeat at the hands of his bastard son Mallobaude, he dies leading Bretonnian knights to the defense of Altdorf...but then the Lady of the Lake [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence ascends him to godhood]].
120* HolyIsNotSafe: His blood has been blessed by the Lady of the Lake and a Greater Daemon of Nurgle is killed by Louen's holy blood soaking into its body.
121* NotQuiteDead: Presumably killed by his bastard son in a duel, only to later show up alive again after Mallobaude is slain.
122* OldSoldier: He was ninety years old ''before'' the End Times, but he still leads his nation's armies in battle from time to time. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]; as a Grail Knight, he is far more resistant to age and fatigue.
123* OffingTheOffspring: Fought his bastard son Mallobaude in a duel at one point [[spoiler:but failed to kill him and was nearly killed himself]].
124* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Louen outlives his bastard son Mallobaude, who nearly kills his own father in a duel before the Green Knight challenges and kills him.
125* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: [[spoiler: His supposed death at Mallobaude's hands]].
126
127!!Morgiana Le Fay
128
129* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler:She's turned into a vampire after being captured by Mannfred.]]
130* EtTuBrute: Implied towards Drycha, who sells her out to Mannfred.
131* HeroicSuicide: Well, she certainly tries. She knows Arkhan's ritual needs no fewer than eight people to perform, so she distracts Arkhan with a MindRape illusion and kills herself with his knife. Unfortunately, she has been [[spoiler: vampirized]] by this point, and Arkhan brings her back in short order.
132-->'''Arkhan''': ''No, my lady. Escape is not so easy as all that, I fear.''
133* KilledOffForReal: She's one of the people sacrificed by Arkhan to bring back Nagash.
134* MindRape: Morgiana is able to temporarily trap Arkhan in a vision of his time in Lahmia, his witnessing of [[TheLostLenore Neferata]]'s vampirization, and his death at Abhorash's hands. Aliathra notes to Arkhan's extreme discomfort that this means a part of him is still alive.
135* MinorMajorCharacter: She's a key figure in Bretonnia and one of the sacrifices needed to bring back Nagash.
136* ReluctantMonster: She's hesitant to feed on people after [[spoiler:being turned into a vampire]].
137* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:How Arkhan kills her to bring back Nagash]].
138
139!!The Green Knight, King Gilles le Breton
140
141* BackFromTheDead: Apart from never actually dying when slain in battle, it's revealed [[spoiler:he's Gilles le Breton come again]].
142* BigDamnHeroes: He appears to rally the slain king's remnant armies and personally slays Mallobaude himself.
143* CombatByChampion: He accepts Mallobaude's personal challenge to Louen's remnant armies and handily lops off his head.
144* DramaticUnmask: No one knew who the Green Knight actually was until he revealed himself to be [[spoiler:Gilles the United]], although it was one of the theories.
145* GodWasMyCopilot: He persisted as the Green Knight through the Lady of the Lake's power.
146* TheLastDance: [[spoiler:When the Incarnates' plan fails, he's mentioned as meeting Bretonnia in a LastStand... with [[NobleDemon Abhorash]] and his remaining [[BloodKnight Blood dragons]] at his side, of all people. Everyone agrees that [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome that must have been the most epic cavalry battle of all time]].]]
147* Really700YearsOld: He's revealed to be this as [[spoiler:Gilles le Breton]].
148* RightfulKingReturns: Immediately after revealing himself, he [[spoiler:takes the helm of the kingdom, putting Louen, the then-king, in the position of Paladin of the Lady]].
149
150!!Mallobaude
151
152Bastard son of King Louen Leoncoeur and self-proclaimed Duke of Mousillon. Lays claim on the throne and leads Bretonnia into civil war.
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154* AnimalMotifs: His heraldry features a golden snake on a black field.
155* AntagonisticOffspring: He goes to war against his father King Louen to take the throne.
156* BastardBastard: The king's illegitimate offspring, who starts a civil war to take the throne and allies with dark powers such as Nagash's lieutenant Arkhan the Black.
157* BlackKnight: Said to be clad in black armor.
158* CombatByChampion: Issues a personal challenge to the leader of the seemingly slain Louen's remnant armies. Backfires for him when the Green Knight accepts the challenge and kills him.
159* {{Expy}}: Considering Bretonnia's Myth/{{Arthurian|Legend}} setting, Mallobaude is pretty much Mordred in all but name.
160* OffWithHisHead: The Green Knight cuts off his head after [[spoiler:revealing himself to be Gilles le Breton.]]
161* SelfMadeOrphan: He kills his own father in a duel. Subverted, as after the Green Knight kills Mallobaude it's revealed that Louen has survived.
162* SnakesAreSinister: His AnimalMotif is a snake, and he's a BastardBastard [[TheUsurper usurper]].
163* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He's a bastard by Louen Leoncouer, but who's his mother? Just who that is has never been stated.
164[[/folder]]
165
166[[folder: Dwarfs]]
167
168The dwarfs are preparing. The World's Edge Mountains are in unrest and several volcanos inactive for millenia have started erupting, an ill omen for the dwarfs. In the wake of the End times, an assemble of the dwarven kings are called in Karaz-A-Karak by [[TheHighKing Thorgrim Grudgebearer]]. In the assembly they decide the course of action in light of the recent events, and shutting up their fortresses wins by little, finding opposition from Kings Ungrim Ironfist and Alrik Ranulfsson. Despite that, circunstances lead to some of them taking arms and marching to the exterior or the dephts of earth.
169
170!!High King Thorgrim Grudgebearer
171
172%%* TheChainsOfCommanding
173%%* DoNotGoGentle
174* DontYouDarePityMe: Although he receives a debilitating injury he scorns any assistance and orders his attendants to leave him so they can't see his infirmity.
175* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: He delivers one to Queek Headtaker that results in the latter's death.
176* EmpoweredBadassNormal: He becomes the Incarnate of Metal for a while. Sadly, it didn't stick and Chamon left him.
177* InTheBack:[[spoiler:He's stabbed in the back by Deathmaster Snikch's three blades. These are actually his dying words.]]
178--> [[spoiler:''''Thorgrim:''' "...in the back... of course, the cowards stabbed me in the back..."]]
179* OnlySaneMan: The only Dwarf to acknowledge the importance of their alliances with the other races and attempt to help them (Ungrim's motives are [[{{Revenge}} less]] [[DeathSeeker noble]]).
180
181!!King Ungrim Ironfist of Karak Kadrin
182
183* EmpoweredBadassNormal: As the Incarnate of Fire.
184* DeathSeeker: Comes with being a Slayer, but it's implied Ungrim is more so with the death of his wife and son.
185* DoomedHometown: Karak-Kadrin, his city, is gas-bombarded by Clan Skryre.
186* FieryRedhead: A male example. Becomes literal as well after he becomes the Incarnate of Fire.
187* ItsPersonal: He doesn't take the massacre of Karak-Kadrin well.
188* LastStand: He leads his army against Archaon so the people of Averheim and the Dwarfs of Zhufbar can escape.
189* PlayingWithFire: He becomes the Incarnate of Fire.
190* ReligiousBruiser: He is devoted to Grimnir until the very end.
191
192!!Runemaster Thorek Ironbrow of Karak Azul
193
194%%* HeroicWillpower
195%%* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice
196* OldMaster: He's the Dwarf's greatest living runesmith.
197* TakingYouWithMe: He detonates his Anvil of Doom before dying of a fatal injury Neferata inflicted.
198
199%%!!Gotrek Gurnisson
200[[/folder]]
201
202[[folder: High Elves]]
203The High Elves of Ulthuan aren't doing much better. After several attempts of rescuing Aliathra, the daughter of the Everqueen, time is running short for them. Also, in the beginning stages of the End Times, several daemonic incursions occurred. Initially short-lived, but they were increasing in frequency, size and length. Also, their dark kin have come ashore again on their coasts and the brothers Tyrion and Teclis are busy trying to fend them off.
204
205!!General Tropes
206
207* AHouseDivided: Yeah, [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the End times]] is the [[SarcasmMode ''perfect'' time]] to reignite the Elvish Civil War.
208* DefectorFromDecadence: Several. Mainly High elves who leave the Aestyrion.
209
210!!Alarielle
211
212%%* ActionMom: She has at least one daughter.
213* AintTooProudToBeg: She pleads for the Wood Elves help to rescue her daughter.
214* TheArchmage: Alarielle, after becoming the Incarnate of Life, is one of the only level 5 Wizards in the game.
215* ArrangedMarriage: To Malekith, of all people. This even [[DefrostingIceQueen warms him somewhat towards everyone]].
216* FertileFeet: Se was in harmony with nature before, and then she became the Incarnate of Life.
217* ForcedTransformation: Turns the invading Aestyrion elves into trees.
218* FusionDance: With Ariel, Queen of the Wood Elves. Has traces of TakeupMySword as Ariel ceases to exist as she passes over her power to Alarielle.
219* GodInHumanForm: After she absorbs the essence of the dying Ariel, Alarielle becomes the avatar of Isha, the elven Mother Goddess.
220%%* ImHavingSoulPains
221* MamaBear: She went to great lengths to save her daughter and nearly attacked Nagash over her death.
222%%* MartialPacifist
223* MissingChild: Imagine that your daughter was kidnapped, and despite everything you and your friends and family did, you couldn't save her from a horrible death.
224* MoralityChain: To Tyrion and, to a lesser degree, [[spoiler:Malekith after marrying the latter]].
225* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: She used to be a woman of peace. Not any more.
226* TookALevelInBadass: She became the vessel of Isha after fusing with Ariel. She goes on to become the Incarnate of Ghyran, the Wind of Life.
227* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: Receives one from Nagash regarding hers and Tyrion's daughter.
228
229!!Aliathra, the Everchild
230
231%%* {{Ambadassador}}: She serves in this capacity.
232* BadassInDistress: She gets captured by Mannfred, but makes several escape attempts.
233* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted. Due to the cold-blooded torture below, Aliathra has cuts and bruises, is starved, has trouble walking and is rendered blind.
234* TheCharmer: Forged a successful alliance with the Dwarves, and was said to be able to charm a manticore to gently lay its head on her lap (note: the average manticore has the temperament and bloodlust of post-rabies Cujo).
235* ColdBloodedTorture: She tortured within an inch of her life as Mannfred's prisoner.
236* DamselInDistress: After being captured by Mannfred and Arkhan.
237* FaceDeathWithDignity: She's composed and accepting when Arkhan is about to kill her. She also performs a mysterious spell on him before he takes her life.
238* HandicappedBadass: Her torture at Mannfred's hands has left her blind.
239* HeroicBastard: [[spoiler:It's revealed that Tyrion had her out of wedlock with Alarielle.]]
240%%* HeroicWillpower
241* HumanSacrifice: Aliathra is killed by Arkhan the Black as part of his ritual to resurrect his master Nagash.
242* ObfuscatingInsanity: Pretends to be insane when she's really magically broadcasting their location to the High Elf armies.
243* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Serves as an Ambassador for her people.
244* TrackingDevice: Aliathra herself is one, through her magic bond with her mother, the Everqueen, and a spell to inform the elf mages of her location.
245
246!!Eltharion
247
248* AncestralWeapon: His family blade, the Fangsword. [[spoiler:It's destroyed breaking a magical barrier to try and rescue Aliathra, but restored by Eltharion's ghost and given to his nephew on Ulthuan]].
249* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:He doesn't even flinch or relent in his task as Arkhan's spell takes hold of him.]]
250* TheDeterminator: No matter the fact that his quest is nigh-impossible from the start, his human allies are killed, his Dwarf and Wood Elf allies are forced to retreat, and he finds himself outnumbered and outgunned by Arkhan and Mannfred, Eltharion remains committed to his mission to rescue Aliathra, [[spoiler: even unto death.]] Impressively, even when his sword is destroyed, he attempts to kill Arkhan with his bare hands.
251%%* FourStarBadass
252* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:He's reduced to dust by Arkhan the Black while trying to rescue Aliathra.]]
253* MagicKnight: He's a highly competent warrior and able to use spells thanks to the Talisman of Hoeth.
254* MakeThemRot: [[spoiler:Arkhan hits him with a supercharged Curse of Years spell, causing him to disintegrate and rot away in moments]].
255* MasterSwordsman: One of the finest swords in Ulthuan, and in ''Return of Nagash'' the first opponent Mannfred loses to in a fight.
256* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: He is one of the few people in the world who knows Aliathra's true parentage.]]
257* TrueCompanions: With his gryphon steed, Stormwing.
258* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Using his Fangsword to break through Arkhan's magical barrier [[spoiler:resulting in the Fangsword's destruction.]] Then, [[spoiler:without a weapon, he tries to kill Arkhan by breaking his neck, which didn't work and led to Eltharion's death.]]
259* TheWorfEffect: He nearly kills Mannfred von Carstein in combat.
260* YouAreACreditToYourRace: His attitude towards his non-elven allies.
261
262!!Tyrion
263[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tyrion_et.png]]
264* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Tyrion is killed by Alith Anar during the elven civil war, but then returns to life as the Incarnate of Light.]]
265* TheBerserker: Descends into this, especially [[spoiler:as the Avatar of Khaine]].
266* BigBrotherInstinct: Despite everything Teclis did, when [[spoiler:Mannfred indirectly kills Teclis, Tyrion lets Mannfred know how he feels about that via flaming sword in the gut]].
267* TheChainsOfCommanding: Is declared Regent of Ulthuan and leads its armies in Finubar's absence, but is worried about his abducted daughter and missing lover, and despises politics. Gradually, the strain of leading the entire country's military, worrying for his family, and still having to fight his way through huge armies of daemons in between all that starts building up until he finally cracks when his daughter is murdered.
268* DentedIron: His combined roles as the High Elves' [[OneManArmy primary beatstick]] and FrontlineGeneral mean that he's constantly racking up injuries throughout ET: Khaine, with a poisoned wound from a mechanical daemon being only the first of a long list. [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] somewhat, because it's implied that Tyrion's repeatedly throwing himself into the thick of things and getting injured is because of how unstable his mental state is becoming, even ''before'' he draws the Widowmaker.
269* DespairEventHorizon: After Aliathra's death, Tyrion is left badly depressed, but unable to mourn her due to Malekith's invasion being ongoing, plus the people who he needed to help him work through things being missing. [[TraumaCongaLine Then it turns out that then it turns out the person who he trusted the most, Teclis, had betrayed him and was responsible for the death of his daughter.]] Coupled with the Chains of Commanding from above, and mounting desperation in the face of a seemingly unwinnable war all lead him to the Widowmaker. At that point, between Morathi's seduction and his own heartache he just wanted to let go so he wouldn't feel pain anymore and be the hero his people wanted. Tyrion was poisoned by his own depression as much as he was by Khaine, leading him to draw the Sword of Khaine and descend into madness.
270* DyingAsYourself: After Alith Anar's arrow pierces true through Tyrion's breastplate, the Widowmaker falls from his hand. The madness of Khaine fades away, and he sees clearly for the first time in many months before Tyrion, heir of Aenarion and Avatar of Khaine, dies.
271* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Tyrion was already one of the best swordsmen in the world before becoming the Avatar of Khaine, and later the Incarnate of Light.
272* FaceHeelTurn: Tyrion is driven to draw the Widowmaker by the death of his daughter, the revelation that Teclis was complicit in it, and the seductions of [[TheVamp Morathi]], becoming the Avatar of Khaine.
273* FallenHero: After he becomes Morathi's lover and draws the Widowmaker.
274* HeelFaceTurn: After Khaine dies and Teclis uses the flame of Ulric and the corpse of Ariel to resurrect Tyrion as the Incarnate of Light, he becomes his normal self again.
275* HeroKiller: Kills Malus, Orion and [[spoiler:would have done the same to]] Malekith [[spoiler:if not for the intervention of Caradryan and later Alith Anar. He also kills Mannfred in End Times: Archaon]].
276* InfinityPlusOneSword: He gains one when he draws [[spoiler:the Widowmaker, the Sword of Khaine]].
277* LightningBruiser: He's fast even by Elf standards and a skilled warrior. Exaggerated when he becomes the Incarnate of Light.
278* LightEmUp: [[spoiler:As the Incarnate of Light]].
279%%* MagicKnight: See EmpoweredBadassNormal above.
280* MachiavelliWasWrong: His brutal methods gradually drive away Alarielle, many allies, and finally his horse.
281* MercyKill: Offers one to [[spoiler: Malekith]] after [[spoiler: the Incarnates fail and the Rift is about to destroy them]].
282* MissingChild: Same as Alarielle, but with an added twist of the knife. Imagine that it was a member of your own family who was responsible for your daughter's death.
283* {{Necromancer}}: After becoming the Avatar of Khaine, Tyrion can raise the corpses of the slain to be his minions.
284* OneManArmy: He was already the greatest warrior the High Elves had, but when he draws the Widowmaker he becomes all but unstoppable, with a ''maxed-out'' Weapon Skill. [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration The lore reflects this, with him being able to outfight pretty much everyone he goes up against]], including Malekith [[spoiler: the Phoenix King]].
285* PapaWolf: Even during a daemonic invasion of Ulthuan, Tyrion sent a second expedition to the Old World in order to save his bastard daughter Aliathra from the hands of Mannfred von Carstein. He would have lead it himself but his brother and most trusted companions insisted that he stay and lead the defence of Ulthuan instead.
286* ShutUpKirk: When Teclis tries to talk him out of killing Malekith by saying that Morathi is just using him, Tyrion retorts that [[VillainHasAPoint that puts her on equal ground with Teclis himself, then.]]
287* TragicHero: Tyrion, in retrospect, becomes this.
288* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: Receives one from Nagash regarding his and Alarielle's daughter, causing him to nearly attack Nagash.
289
290!! Teclis
291
292* TheChessmaster: He puts several events described in the End Times books into motion.
293* TheChooserOfTheOne: [[spoiler:The entire Incarnates thing is his invention, based on Nagash harnessing the Lore of Death in Khemri.]]
294%%* DeadpanSnarker: It's a given for him.
295* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:He knew in advance, by word of Lileath, that the End Times were coming. To try and stop it, he ended up provoking certain events which [[SelfFulfillingProphecy led to much of the events of the End Times happening in the first place.]]]]
296* GodWasMyCoPilot: Lileath was working with Teclis throughout the End Times; many of his plans were actually hers.
297* GodzillaThreshold: [[spoiler:Where to start... First it's revealed that he broke the magical wards around Finubar's tower, allowing Malekith to kill him, then it's revealed that he communed with Arkhan and the spirit of Nagash, allowing Arkhan and Mannfred to capture and sacrifice Alithara (Teclis's own niece) in order to enable Nagash's return. Then he arranges for Caledor to turn to Malekith's side when he invades Ulthuan, and later on deliberately allows the [[HatePlague madness of Khaine]] to start affecting Malekith's forces so that he will go for Teclis' plan of unbinding the vortex.]].
298** [[spoiler: Said trope is ultimately [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]], whether intentionally or not, as most of Teclis's efforts end up making an already bad situation even worse (his 'unbind the vortex' plan causes the deaths of hundreds of thousands of elves when it goes wrong and causes the sinking of Ulthuan, in return for only managing to bind ''half'' the Winds) or removes potential allies (Nagash's return subjugating or annihilating all the members of the Tomb Kings, the doomed effort to rescue Alithara costing the High Elves two of their greatest heroes and driving Tyrion insane with grief).]]
299* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Teclis does all that he did in a desperate attempt at countering the Chaos Gods and ending their threat once and for all. In the end, it's AllForNothing.
300* IndyPloy: His plan appears to be this [[spoiler:until Lileath's involvement is revealed]].
301* TheLastStraw: Handing over Astarielle to Arkhan is what finally drove Tyrion to draw the [[ArtifactOfDoom Widowmaker]].
302* ManipulativeBastard: If his plans are to succeed, many people don't need to know what's going on.
303* NeverFoundTheBody: After the unravelling of the vortex, Ulthuan starts to sink and Alarielle starts to evacuate the High Elves through the worldroots to Athel Loren. Teclis, however, refuses to enter the worldroots, until Alarielle can no longer maintain them and has to leave. Imrik tarries a while longer, offering to carry Teclis away on his dragon Minaithnir, only to be refused as Alarielle was. Teclis is last seen rising to his feet and gathering Tyrion's corpse up in his arms with a strength Imrik didn't know he possessed, before the ocean crashes down on the Isle of the Dead for one last time, and Teclis is lost to Imrik's sight. [[spoiler:He lived.]]
304* NiceJobBreakingItHero: When Teclis steals the flame of Ulric with the intent of using Ulric's power to resurrect his brother, because he thinks the world needs a champion more than an old god, he dooms the city to the hordes of Chaos without Ulric's protection. Unfortunately, he didn't know Middenheim was also the site of a doomsday device, and the city's fall leads to Archaon discovering and activating it. [[TheBadGuyWins Teclis and the Incarnates are unable to stop the device before it destroys the world]]. All in all, in his desperation to prevent the End Times, Teclis ends up doing far more damage to his own side than the Forces of Chaos ever did.
305* NotQuiteDead: He survives after sinking beneath the sea with Ulthuan, and is later seen stealing the flame of Ulric to revive his brother.
306* PhlebotinumBreakdown: Once the Incarnates make it down to the doomsday device beneath Middenheim, Teclin is chained to the wall. Bereft of his staff and sword, he is unable to channel the Winds of Magic and so could not help until freed. His main contribution was to try and chain Aqshy and Ghur from their slain bearers to himself to add their might to the Incarnates as they attempted to contain the ever growing orb of blackness from the device. He barely managed able to contain the power of the two winds and began to be slowly torn apart by their might. Once Balthasar Gelt was killed he was forced to try and absorb Chamon as well. Despite his great power, this was too much even for him, and Teclis is almost instantly torn apart into nothing, the three winds let loose and the hopes of the world lost.
307* WellIntentionedExtremist: He's willing to do ''anything'' to stop Chaos, knowing that the alternative is [[FateWorseThanDeath much worse]]. His plots include killing millions of people [[spoiler: sunders kingdoms, returns ancients abominations who'll turn on him the moment the world is saved]], but as far as he is concerned, as long as the world survives, is worth it.
308* WorthyOpponent: Nagash admits to himself that Teclis' intellect is almost as great as his own. Coming from [[TheSociopath Nagash]], that is a tremendous compliment.
309* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Malekith and Nagash respect Teclis' ruthlessness when he explains to them the plan he enacted to save the world, though learning this just adds to Teclis' unhappiness.
310
311!!Caradryan
312
313* EmpoweredBadassNormal: [[spoiler:He becomes the Incarnate of Fire after Ungrim's death.]]
314* PlayingWithFire: [[spoiler:Again, as the Incarnate of Fire.]]
315* TheQuietOne: Due to a magical vow never to speak [[spoiler: until the battle on the Isle of the Dead. Even after that he almost never speaks until his dying breath]].
316%%* TheStoic
317* SuddenlyVoiced: [[spoiler:His LittleNo to Tyrion regarding whether Malekith should die or not.]]
318* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:He tried this on Ka'bandha. It didn't work]].
319
320!!Korhil
321[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/korhil_fin_de_los_tiempos_khaine.jpg]]
322* BodyguardBetrayal: [[spoiler:He turns against Tyrion after realizing the depths of his madness]].
323* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:Steals the Widowmaker and attempts to give it to the Host of the Phoenix King in a desperate attempt to bring Tyrion back to his senses. [[DownerEnding It fails]] ]].
324* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: [[spoiler:Following the above, he's tied to the back of a chariot and dragged back to Tyrion's fortress. The entirety of the following night, he's mercilessly beaten by the enraged Tyrion, to the point where even the hardened Khainites of the Aestyrion are [[HorrifyingTheHorror unable to sleep because of the screams.]] By the next morning he's so badly broken that he has to be ''carried'' to the executioner's block, and is missing both his eyes. As a final adding of insult to injury, Morathi tells his executioner that nobody will think less of him if it takes more than one swing to behead him...]]
325* HeelFaceTurn: See above, though it's more motivated out of an attempt to save his friend than to save himself.
326* KilledOffForReal: Executed with his own axe after his attempt to steal the Widowmaker is foiled by Morathi.
327* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Sticks by Tyrion in spite of everything the latter does after his FaceHeelTurn, at least initially.
328
329!!Imrik
330[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/imrik_et_8.png]]
331* DefectorFromDecadence: Played with. He first abandons the Phoenix court after Tyrion sinks his attempt to secure himself the throne, leaving the rest of Ulthuan to fight off the daemons invading by itself.
332* GodInHumanForm: Imrik is the avatar of Nethu, the Keeper of the Underworld.
333* FatalFlaw: Pride, [[spoiler:subverted as it nearly gets him killed when he ignores the warning to not fight Tyrion, but Imrik survives]].
334
335!!Finubar
336
337* BackFromTheDead: During the final battle on the Isle of the Dead, Finubar's skeleton is raised by Tyrion to do his bidding, while his spirit fights alongside Malekith against Tyrion.
338* DeathSeeker: Ever since his ascension Finubar has felt guilty for faking the initiation rights of becoming the Phoenix King. When Teclis lets Malekith, the actual chosen of Asuryan, into Finubar's room to kill him, he doesn't resist and willingly accepts death.
339* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: He fathered Alarielle, who succeeded after death of the previous Everqueen at young age.]]
340* ParentalIncest: {{Averted}}. [[spoiler:It's why he never consummated his marriage with Alarielle.]]
341
342!!Alith Anar
343
344* TeamSwitzerland: In the civil war between the Aestyrion and Malekith, Alith doesn't choose a side and Nagarythe becomes a haven for refugees from other kingdoms fleeing the war, with no invader tolerated.
345[[/folder]]
346
347[[folder: Dark Elves]]
348
349!!General Tropes
350
351* EvilVersusEvil: Against the armies of Chaos led by Valkia the Bloody, then later against the Aestyrion.
352* SaltTheEarth: When Malekith decides to abandon Naggaroth for Valkia's Chaos hordes, he orders all cities burned, all sources of water poisoned and all slaves killed so as to leave nothing but a wasteland for the invaders.
353
354!!Malekith the Witch/Phoenix/Eternity King
355[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mally_end_times.png]]
356* TheArchmage: After Teclis binds the Wind of Ulgu to Malekith, he becomes the Incarnate of Shadow. In-game, Malekith the Eternity King is one of the only four level 5 Wizards in the game (normally Wizard levels only go up to 4), the others being Nagash, Alarielle and Balthasar Gelt. Note that Malekith was already one of the most powerful Wizards in the world beforehand.
357* ArrangedMarriage: [[spoiler: With Alarielle, neither seems particularly fond of the other]].
358* AtLeastIAdmitIt: When pointing out why they shouldn't ally with Nagash, Malekith freely admits his similar past actions.
359* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Pulls this against the Incarnate of Beasts Grimgor Ironhide to secure his help against Archaon though [[spoiler: Archaon killed Grimgor before Malekith could]].
360* CastingAShadow: As Incarnate of the Lore of Shadow.
361%%* DragonRider: Seraphon, his black dragon.
362* EasilyForgiven: Alarielle was surprisingly calm and willing to wed Malekith considering the fact that he tried to have her killed three times before this. [[BallroomBlitz The first was an elf version of the Red Wedding by sending his soldiers to hers with orders to kill her]]. The second was sending [[TheDeterminator his assassins to hunt her all across Ulthuan and kill her]] [[DeadGuyOnDisplay so he could have her corpse crucified on his personal standard]]. The final was sending a Greater Daemon after her which would have not only killed her [[FateWorseThanDeath but would have done terrible things to her soul]].
363* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Council of Incarnates meeting reveals that Malekith despises Nagash. When the Incarnates meet to decide whether to accept Nagash's help, Malekith insists they destroy Nagash and is the first to say so, referring to him as an abomination. It takes Tyrion, Lileath, Teclis, Alarielle and Karl Franz to convince him otherwise, and then only after Nagash gives them [[TheScapegoat Mannfred]] in recompense for Aliathra's death.
364* ForgivenButNotForgotten: Subverted. No one has forgiven his past atrocities, but they're willing to put them aside for now.
365* GoodPowersBadPeople: He's the Incarnate of Shadow and rightful ruler of the elves, but he's not changed much since his Witch King days.
366* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:When the cavern under Middenheim starts to collapse, one of the falling rocks nearly crushes Alarielle. Malekith saves Alarielle by pushing her out of the way]]...
367* ICantFeelMyLegs: [[spoiler: But the rock that was going to crush Alarielle crushes Malekith's legs, not pulping them due to his NighInvulnerable armour and pins him]].
368* InTheBack: [[spoiler:He's shot by Alith Anar during the Battle of the Isle of the Dead. Subverted as he doesn't die]].
369* LastOfHisKind: [[spoiler:After the Rift appears to consume Tyrion and Alarielle, Malekith is implied to briefly be the last living elf in the ''Warhammer'' world before the Rift consumes him too]].
370* ManipulativeBastard: Well, he ''is'' Malekith. For instance, he was somewhat encouraging of [[spoiler:Grimgor's]] fatal challenge to Archaon.
371* PayEvilUntoEvil: Malekith's treatment of Mannfred and Bea'lakor. He also recommends this for Nagash.
372* PragmaticVillainy: He knows that ruling the united elven race will be not like ruling the Dark Elves alone; so things are bound to change, like [[spoiler: outlawing the Cult of Khaine, especially with the possible destruction of Khaine, which doesn't sits well with Hellebron, leading to her HeelFaceTurn.]]
373* RightfulKingReturns: The storyline reveals that Malekith was [[spoiler:Asuryan's chosen and the rightful Phoenix King]]. He remains as [[TyrantTakesTheHelm as ruthless as he everwas as the Witch King]].
374* TakingYouWithMe: Not Malekith, but his dragon Seraphon. A Chaos wizard kills her by explosively disembowelling her with a series of spells, but she dive bombs him with her dying strength and crushes him.
375%%* ThatsWhatIWouldDo: The basis for why Malekith doesn't trust Nagash.
376* TookALevelInKindness: Despite still being, well, [[MagnificentBastard Malekith]], he starts to open himself to his people and be a nicer person, [[spoiler: culmitaning in the ICantFeelMyLegs above]]. It helps that [[spoiler: he was proven to be the rightful successor of Aenarion and obtained the kingship he'd pursued for millennia]].
377* TyrantTakesTheHelm: After defeating the Aestyrion, he becomes the Eternity King and rules over all three elf factions, though his personality is still as ruthless as before, he is more patient, tolerant and pragmatic.
378* WellIntentionedExtremist: Now that he's king, he wants to save his people of the coming darkness.
379* WoundThatWillNotHeal: The arrow that Alith Anar shoots him with. Subverted as it's later shown that he has removed it.
380
381!!Morathi
382[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/morathi_et.png]]
383
384%%* DraggedOffToHell: [[spoiler:Her ultimate fate certainly has this vibe.]]%%How?
385* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: When the Vortex collapses, she's claimed by Slaanesh. No one knows what he/she will do to her, but surely it's not pleasant. TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar reveals that it merely "changed" her.]]
386* FemmeFatale: Still her hat. Indeed, it's this that allows her to convince Tyrion to allow her into his inner circle, as he's hurting badly for intimacy after Alarielle's disappearance and his brother's defection to Malekith.
387%%* GlamourFailure: Her magical disguise as the Sorceress "Drusala" doesn't work on Tyrion, but by the time he sees through it, she's right where she wants to be.
388* LadyOfBlackMagic: She's still a powerful sorceress in her own right, bringing a large amount of magical firepower to the Aestyrion. [[spoiler: She believes herself to be the mortal incarnation of Hekarti, the elven goddes of Black Magic, but it's unclear if this is true or merely just her massive ego talking.]]
389* LadyMacbeth: Morathi betrays her own son and sides with Tyrion, seducing him with the aid of her magic. Previously, was this arguably to her ''own son'' - Malekith, especially before the 8th edition retcons.
390* ManipulativeBastard: Everyone thought that she had Malekith eating out of her hand. He abandons her when she refuses to evacuate when Chaos attack.
391* OffingTheOffspring: In The End Times she sides with Tyrion, believing him to be Aenarion reborn, and allies with him against Malekith.
392* ReplacementGoldfish: Remember how Malekith was Morathi's Aenarion 2.0? Well, Tyrion now fills the same role.
393* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler: At the final battle at the Isle of the Dead, after she sees Tyrion fall she loses control and begins to attack Teclis. Determined to make all pay she dives headlong into the Vortex and kills all the mages maintaining it except for Caledor Dragontamer, allowing Slaanesh to reach through the hole in the fabric of reality and seize them both.]]
394* {{Stripperific}}: She wears a thong, a headdress, gloves, boots and, at points, a skimpy bra with one breast bared.
395%%* TheVamp
396* VillainessesWantHeroes: She becomes [[spoiler: Tyrion's consort]] because she believes him to be Aenarion reincarnated.
397* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: When Tyrion dies in the civil war, and possibly because of Malekith's assumed death.]]
398* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Morathi still rivals Alarielle as this.
399
400!!Shadowblade
401[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shadowblade_et_3.png]]
402%%* BrainwashedAndCrazy: By Morathi during the elven Civil War.
403* NeutralNoLonger: Initially in the side of Malekith, but he turns on him. Down there is the result of said turning.
404* KilledOffForReal: His assasination attempt fails, and he pays for it, stabbed by Malekith and thrown from the back of a flying dragon
405* TheUnreveal: With the betrayal of the Cult of Khaine, everyone knew that his loyalty to Malekith was merely a façade. In older lore it was said no-one saw his face and lived... and in the new lore his appearance behind his mask is not revealed [[spoiler: even during and after his death]].
406
407!!Hellebron
408[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hellebron_et.png]]
409* DesignatedGirlFight: Against Alarielle during the battle of Middenheim.
410* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler: At Middenheim, as Hellebron prepares to kill an exhausted Alarielle, the Everqueen tries a last spell. Casting the healing powers of Ghyran onto the Hag Queen, the madness that had gripped her for millennia was cast aside, and Hellebron sees the world with a clear mind. Stunned by her own betrayals, the death blow is stalled. Taking advantage of the distraction that is sure to be short-lived, Alarielle grabs a nearby spear and thrusts it into Hellebron’s heart, ending her trail of destruction for good.]]
411* EvilVersusEvil: When he sends her cult against Morathi's force of Aestyrion to try and capture the Widowmaker that Korhil has stolen.
412* FaceHeelTurn: She betrays the elves and throws her lot with Khorne after Malekith outlaws Khaine's cult, though whether she could be considered 'good' or not is debatable.
413* TheFriendNobodyLikes: In the Host of the Eternity King, it's clear nobody likes Hellebron - her blood-crazed cultists are willing to kill both allies and enemies alike.
414* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Forced upon her by Alarielle in her final moments.]]
415* ItsPersonal: Implied to be the reason why she (initially) seeks to turn Tyrion over to her side, rather than just joining the Aestyrion herself. Avatar of Khaine Tyrion might be, but he still murdered Tullaris, her lover.
416%%* ReligiousBruiser
417%%* TheRival
418* SixthRangerTraitor: Hellebron only joins Malekith after the elven civil war ends, and just as soon betrays him to Chaos.
419* TokenEvilTeammate: In the Host of the Eternity King. While Malekith has become a (somewhat) better person, Hellebron is still a blood-crazed lunatic. It doesn't take much effort for Be'lakor to sway her to Khorne after Malekith outlaws the cult of Khaine.
420* VillainousBSOD: [[spoiler:In ''The End Times V: Archaon'', she has one when Alarielle uses the healing magic of Ghyran on her mind, clearing it of her madness and thereby stopping her final blow just long enough for the Everqueen to kill her.]]
421
422!!Kouran Darkhand
423[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kouran_et.png]]
424* ColonelBadass: Commander of the Black Guard, a feat that requires some serious badassery already, and he's able to fight Valkia to a standstill.
425* KilledOffForReal: Gutted by Alith Anar on the Blighted Isle.
426* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Still stays loyal to Malekith when it's clear that he's working with some High Elves and doesn't plan to wipe them out.
427* TheSiege: Held Naggarond for ''three months'' against the forces of Chaos in Malekith's absence.
428%%* TheStoic
429* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With the High Elf defectors.
430%%* UndyingLoyalty
431%%* TheWorfEffect
432
433!!Tullaris Dreadbringer
434[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/warhammer_tullaris_dreadbringer_art_3.png]]
435* BreakThemByTalking: Tullaris is personally responsible for one of the most dramatic FaceHeelTurn during the End Times, [[spoiler:taunting Tyrion about his dead daughter and enraging him to the point he draws the Widowmaker, corrupting him for the rest of the Elven Civil War.]]
436* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: With Hellebron, of all people. Both seem to reciprocate to a degree, [[EvilCannotComprehendGood and are intensely confused and disgusted by their feelings.]]
437* ADayInTheLimelight: The novella ''Bride of Khaine'' takes place from his and Hellebron's perspectives, showing them during the fall of Har Ganeth to the forces of Chaos. It's this that introduces his relationship with Hellebron, and gives some insight into his and her mindsets.
438%%* IShallTauntYou: Regularly mocks his opponents in battle.
439* KilledOffForReal: Killed by Tyrion during the Battle of Reaver's Mark.
440* MayDecemberRomance: It's unknown how old he is exactly, but it's certain that the four-thousand-something year old Hellebron is his senior.
441* StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred: Khaine informed Tullaris that Tullaris's murder at Tyrion's hands would start Tyrion down the path of being Khaine's avatar, so Tullaris encouraged Tyrion to kill him. [[spoiler: It works.]]
442
443!!Malus Darkblade
444[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/malus_et.png]]
445* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Seeing him about to cut down the wounded Tyrion, Drusala [[spoiler: actually Morathi]] hits him with a spell that reawakens Tz'arkan, causing the daemon to immediately manifest and rip Malus apart from the inside out.
446%%* [[spoiler:DeaderThanDead]]
447* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Malus Darkblade meets his end when Tz'arkan breaks free of his bonds and completely takes over Malus, destroying his soul in the process]].
448* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Malus is ultimately done in spiritually when the daemon he took into his body for power eventually claimed his soul and took his body for himself.]]
449%%* ManipulativeBastard
450
451!!Lokhir Fellheart
452[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lokir_et.png]]
453* TheStarscream: Even in-universe nobody's entirely sure ''where'' his betrayal of Malekith at the very end of the Elven Civil War comes from, after centuries of loyal service. It's suspected by some that he intends to try and seize leadership of the Elves for himself, but fails to accomplish anything more than acting as a ferry service to bring the Aestyrion to the Isle of the Dead.
454* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After getting shot in the back by Alith Anar, his troops carry him away but it is not confirmed whether he lived or died.
455[[/folder]]
456
457[[folder: Wood Elves]]
458!!Orion
459
460%%* BloodKnight
461* CoolVsAwesome: The avatar of the elven god of the hunt vs the incarnation of the elven god of war.
462* HeroicSacrifice: He dies while fighting Tyrion to protect Alarielle, knowingly reenacting Kournos' defeat by Khaine.
463* HornedHumanoid: He has large, antler-like horns to mirror his god's own appearance.
464* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:In ''End Times: Khaine'', he dies to Tyrion and the Widowmaker.]]
465%%* LoveTriangle
466* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:How Tyrion kills him.]]
467
468!!Ariel
469
470%%* ActionMom
471%%* EtTuBrute
472* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Ariel is poisoned by a shard of true ice, formed in the world before the coming of Chaos, inserted into the Oak of Ages by her own daughter Lileath.]]
473%%* WingedHumanoid
474
475!!Drycha
476
477* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: [[spoiler:Drycha first betrays the elves to Chaos and sides with Be'lakor; then, after seeing Be'lakor gnawing at the Oak of Ages, she realizes she's been used by him and attacks him.]]
478%%* FantasticRacism
479%%* HeelFaceDoorSlam: See below.
480* OffWithHisHead: When Drycha realizes Be'lakor was manipulating her so he could attack the Oak of Ages, she stops fighting Malekith and tries to stop him. [[spoiler:Malekith cuts off her head because he considers her too unreliable.]]
481%%* MyGodWhatHaveIDone
482* TurnsRed: [[spoiler:After Coeddil is killed by Durthu, she and the remaining Chaos forest spirits are sent into a rage and fling themselves at Alarielle.]]
483%%* UnwittingPawn
484
485!!Durthu
486
487%%* {{BFS}}
488* CainAndAbel: The Abel to Coeddil's Cain in personality and morality, but Durthu kills Coeddil, though he had good reason to do so.
489%%* HeroicSacrifice
490%%* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin
491* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The fact that the normally volatile and warlike Durthu is being more calm and insightful is a sign that things are very wrong.
492%%** HesBack: Although this was his original personality.
493
494!!Coeddil
495
496* CainAndAbel: The Cain to Durthu's abel morally, but [[spoiler:but he is one who's killed by his sibling]].
497* FantasticRacism: Like Drycha, he hates anyone who's not a forest spirit.
498%%* FatalFlaw
499%%* UnwittingPawn: To Bea'lakor.
500
501!!Araloth
502
503%%* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence
504* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: He helped pull off the ruse of tricking Nurgle regarding the Poxfulcrum's identity.
505* GodWasMyCoPilot: He is Lileath's chosen champion.
506%%* WhatHappenedToTheMouse
507* WeirdnessCensor: Even with Lileath's power protecting him from going insane in the Realm of Nurgle, he still reacts with stoicism to sights, sounds and smells he knows should disturb him.
508
509!!Naestra and Arahan
510
511%%* TheChainsOfCommanding
512* LukeIAmYourFather: They are revealed to be Ariel's biological daughter/s.
513
514!!Naieth the Prophetess
515
516* TheBusCameBack: Comes back as a playable character since her absence after 5th edition.
517* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Played with. She gets turned into a magical portal and is later mercy-killed by elven heroes.
518%%* DarkMagicalGirl
519%%* KnightInSourArmour
520[[/folder]]
521
522[[folder: Lizardmen]]
523
524!!Lord Kroak
525
526* BackFromTheDead: He wills himself back to life to stop the meteors descending on the world.
527* HeroicSacrifice: As his ancient pupil Lord Mazdamundi collapses in his attempt to save the world from the falling shards of the Chaos moon Morrslieb, Lord Kroak wills himself back to life, contains the destruction only to Lustria and the Southlands, and ingurgitates the energy of his Shield of the Old Ones, creating several protective force domes and sending them beyond the world's horizon, above the destruction -- a last selfless act before he is consumed in the conflagration that engulfed Lustria.
528* HeroicWillpower: The aforementioned ''willing himself back to life'' says volumes about his strength of will.
529* WorldHealingWave: Subverted. Lord Kroak uses all of his magic to undo [[EarthShatteringKaboom the damage the giant warpstone meteors would have caused]], containing the destruction to Lustria and the Southlands [[spoiler: in addition to saving the last of the Lizardmen, but see HeroicSacrifice]].
530
531!!Mazdamundi
532
533* HeroicRROD: After destroying much of the fragments of Morrsleib, Mazdamundi exhausts his power completely to the point that he can no longer use magic, briefly loses consciousness [[spoiler: [[HeroicSacrifice and eventually dies]].]]
534* HeroicSacrifice: As the Skaven activate the Morskittar Engine, blowing up the Chaos moon Morrslieb and sending its debris of warpstone over the planet, Mazdamundi knew he had one chance to save the world. He sent out a message to all remaining Slann, calling for the great Exodus to begin immediately. Bending all of his will and power towards the task he began to batter each chunk of moon with his magical might, breaking them into smaller and smaller chunks. Despite his best efforts, he was unable to destroy all of the largest chunks, and now his power was spent. Wanting to feel the wind upon his skin one last time before the world ends he starts to make his way towards the outside pinnacle of the temple, but, drained of all energy, collapses dead on the stairs.
535* HorseOfADifferentColour: He rides a Stegadon called Zlaaq.
536* OnlySaneMan: He's the only one of the Slann who recognizes the true threat at the time and tolerates no nonsense or delays from his attendants.
537* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: The ruler of Hexoatl and a key figure at the forefront of Lustria's defence.
538* WhamLine: Mazamundi delivers one in Warhammer: Nagash:
539-->"The Great Plan [[spoiler:has failed. [[HomeworldEvacuation The Exodus]] must begin]]."
540
541!!Kroq-Gar
542
543* FourStarBadass: He's still the Lizardmen's best general.
544* HeroicWillpower: He resisted the disease Skrolk tried to use on him that reduced his steed to a puddle of flesh and pus.
545* HoldTheLine: He's introduced leading an army against a non-stop daemonic incursion.
546* ItsPersonal: He attacks and kills Skrolk after the latter kills his steed Grimloq.
547* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Although he was ordered to an evacuation point and headed there, it's unknown if he made it in time.
548
549!!Gor-Rok
550
551* AllThereInTheManual: Nothing in the game books, but the novel reveals he successfully held the line against hordes of Skaven until the meteors hit Lustria.
552* AtopAmountainOfCorpses: He actually climbs out from under a pile of corpses then stands on top of them.
553* BackToBackBadasses: With Nakai against the Stormfiends.
554* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: He dies when hit by a mountain-sized meteor.
555* WhyWontYouDie: The Skaven get so desperate they send multiple [[EliteMook Stormfiends]] to take out this one guy.
556* YouShallNotPass: He pulls one of the setting's most impressive examples against the Skaven.
557
558!!Chakax
559
560* HoldTheLine: He is the last line of defence for the Slaan under his care.
561%%* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Delivers this to the assassin.
562* NoSell: The unfortunate Skaven assassin thought that shoving a blade coated in magical poison through his chest would take him out.
563* YouCanSeeMe: Thanks to his magic helmet, to the horror of the Skaven assassin attacking the Slaan.
564
565!!Oxytol
566
567* ImprobableAimingSkills: He is able to hit an assassin obscured by a rock in the neck using a blowpipe.
568* YouCanSeeMe: Due to possessing heat-vision, the Skaven assassin's magic cloak does nothing to conceal him.
569[[/folder]]
570
571[[folder: Orcs and Goblins]]
572
573!!Grimgor Ironhide
574
575* TheBerserker: Even more so than usual.
576* EmpoweredBadassNormal: [[spoiler: He becomes the Incarnate of the Lore of Beasts]].
577* HandicappedBadass: He's still missing an eye.
578* KlingonPromotion: How do you become the Warboss of the Beast Waaagh? How do you get to be in charge of orcs, goblins, trolls, giants [[spoiler: and ogres]]? Slaying their leaders, of course! [[spoiler:That includes killing Greasus Goldtooth, with his own club.]]
579* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: It's revealed that he was the one who liberated the black orcs from slavery at the hands of the chaos dwarfs. In The End Times he takes his army, returns to Zharr-Naggrund with a vengeance and destroys them. And that's all we know about that.]]
580* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Dueling Archaon wasn't his brightest idea.]]
581* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Also a ContinuityNod from the Storm of Chaos,[[spoiler: he goes to duel Archaon on his own as he considers him unworthy of the title of "Da baddest an' da mightiest". Malekith has a hand in that train of thought...]] Right up how it went.
582* UnwittingPawn: The Incarnates needed someone to sacrifice himself to save time against Archaon. Guess who called.
583
584!!Morglum Necksnapper
585
586* HorseOfADifferentColor: Rides a large and bad-tempered boar.
587* ICantFeelMyLegs: Has his back broken in a fight with Grimgor Ironhide.
588
589!!Skarsnik
590
591* ManipulativeBastard: He's cunning enough to employ Golfgag to betray the Dwarfs and conceal that from them.
592* PetTheDog: He's genuinely sad when [[spoiler: Gobbla is killed]].
593%%* ProperlyParanoid: The best course of action when allying with [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder the Skaven]].%%Is?
594* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Gobbla's death at the hands of his former allies.]]
595* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: No one knows his whereabouts after the last battle for Karak-Eight-Peaks. WordOfGod is that he was accidentally forgotten when the book was written and supposed to be at the battle for Middenheim with the other Incarnates, leading part of the Beast Waaagh! to chase fleeing Chaos Warriors.
596[[/folder]]
597
598[[folder: Undead]]
599
600The undead meets great changes in the End times, both Sylvania and Nehekhara. After the events of ''Blood of Sigmar'', Sylvania is circled by a barrier that desintegrates every undead creature that touches it from the inside, trapping Mannfred von Carstein and the majority of the Vampire Counts within. After the fisco with Mallobaude in Bretonnia, Arkhan the Black approaches Mannfred with a deal: resurrect Nagash to avoid complete destrucion in the hands of Chaos and freedom for his people. Mannfred relucantly agrees, seeing no other option to free his people and in the next year, both focuses in retrieving the artifacts needed to the ritual. Despite the intense opposition they face, the ritual succeeds and Nagash returns to the world. Nagash calls forth his underlings and rises some useful people, among them Vlad Von Cartein, to the horror and bitternes of Manfred and Vlad before marching on Nehekhara.
601
602!!General Tropes
603
604* EnemyMine: The undead would be the greatest threat to the world if it weren't for Chaos. As such, Nagash forms a temporary alliance with the forces of Order to beat back their mutual foe.
605* NeutralNoLonger: The Tomb Kings are forced to serve Nagash. The united undead later fight for Nagash, who fights only for himself, but are later forced to ally with the living against the forces of Chaos.
606* OurAngelsAreDifferent: The Morghasts (armored, skeletal gargoyles with halberds) were formerly the Hammurai, heralds of the Nehekharan god Ptra that were sent to kill Nagash and that resembled winged, bronze-skinned humans.
607* WeAreStrugglingTogether: Everyone in the Undead Legion has their own agenda, most of which conflict: Arkhan wants to enact Nagash's Great Work, Mannfred wants to control Nagash to bring about his own domination, Vlad wants to bring back Isabella and take over the Empire, Neferata wants to keep control of her Lahmian network, and the Tomb Kings mostly serve Nagash out of fear or acquiescence, aside from Settra who, infamously, refused to serve at all. This doesn't even count the host of minor Vampires and other Undead who all have their own, pettier ambitions and plans. The only thing keeping them mostly together is Nagash's will and overwhelming power, and even that doesn't completely take.
608
609!!Nagash, Supreme Lord of Undeath
610
611Resurrected by dark ritual, Nagash, Supreme Lord of the Undead and father of necromancy has returned, and the Warhammer world will never be the same again. His ultimate goal since becoming undead is absolute power over all things. His first targets are the Tomb Kings of Nehekhara, for their armies would greatly bolster his and their defiance of his rule has long chafed at him.
612
613Now that the Chaos Gods have made their move to claim the world, Nagash was forced to accelerate his plans. Once more walking the world again, he sought to bind the Wind of Death Magic to himself turn the dead of the entire world into a massive series of armies under his command. Following that his plan is to kill the last of the living, reach godhood, overthrow the Chaos Gods and rule as the only divine authority in existence.
614----
615* AmbitionIsEvil: Nagash is ''the poster child'' for this trope in Warhammer Fantasy. Especially in ''The End Times'' where he plans to kill and replace [[GodOfEvil the Chaos Gods]].
616* ArchEnemy: Nagash might be this to the Chaos Gods, who apparently hate him as much as they fear him. Considering that he is one of the few beings powerful enough to end the world and deprive them of the souls they feed on, they might be right to do so.
617-->'''Kemmler:''': And oh, they hate him. They hate him more than any creature that has yet walked this world. They hate him for his hubris, and they hate him for what he would do to this world.\
618'''Arkhan''': ''They hate him. And they fear him. Otherwise, this conversation would not be taking place.''
619* TheArchmage: He's a contender for the most powerful sorcerer in the game, being matched only by the First and Second Spawning Slann. In the game, he's one of the only four level 5 Wizards in the game (the others being Malekith, Alarielle and Balthasar Gelt after absorbing the winds of Shadow, Life and Metal). Nagash is just THAT powerful.
620* {{Ascended To A Higher Plane Of Existence}}: Becomes the god of the dead for humanity.
621* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Despite the fact that the third Rift means the world is doomed, it's [[LoveToHate almost]] impossible to feel sorry for Nagash as it rips his magic from him and he dies (possibly for the final time) after everything he did]].
622* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: [[spoiler:Took rule of the Tomb Kings from Settra by beating him and his entire army]].
623* BadassBookworm: Nagash wrote nine books of dark magic and necromancy, called the Nine books of Nagash, and they're arguably his most cherished artifacts. In the End Times, following his resurrection, he always carries them into battle.
624* BadBoss: Nagash sees ''all'' of his servants as expendable and holds no regard for them unless it effects his well-being or his plans, some are just more useful than others. He sacrifices one of his lieutenants [[spoiler:Mannfred]] [[TheScapegoat by giving him to the Incarnates as recompense for some of his actions]], and when that lieutentant calls him out on it, Nagash cheerfully and sarcastically thanks them for their sacrifice. The exceptions are Arkhan and Krell; both died many times in his service, but he always brought them back.
625* CameBackStrong: {{Inverted|Trope}}. Everytime he's killed, he ends up in a spirit realm where the [[LaserGuidedKarma ghosts of everyone he has killed torment him for a thousand years]]. When he eventually comes back he's slightly weaker. This was retconned to be because of the Fellblade, the enchantments are so deadly that each time Nagash came back he's weaker than before. When he rises again in the End Times he's at full power or better, it fluctuates due to events in the story.
626* TheChessmaster: Arranges to be brought back, then plans to take advantage of the last great Chaos incursion to replace the Chaos Gods. He hasn't accomplished the former but he did successfully [[spoiler: unite the Vampire Counts and Tomb Kings, except for [[FounderOfTheKingdom Settra]], along with conquering Nehekhara to gain an army of undead and nearly reached godhood]].
627* EnemyMine: After the Skaven destroy the Black Pyramid and leave him much diminished in power, Nagash is forced to ally with the remnants of the elves, humans and dwarfs, whom he despises, against Chaos.
628* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Arkhan muses to himself that Nagash did not forbid romance or love among the undead under his command as he had little understanding of it himself unless it was to [[IHaveYourWife manipulate]] [[LoveMartyr others]]. Teclis also states that Nagash is incapable of regret.
629* EvilHand: Nagash's method for regaining a physical form. The Claw of Nagash, the only original part of him not destroyed by the Skaven, is used to take over Volkmar's body and remake it into a form that Nagash prefers.
630* EvilIsNotAToy: Mannfred planned to resurrect Nagash while binding the Great Necromancer to his will. Literally everyone else except Mannfred realizes how utterly insane that plan is. Nagash cannot be controlled by anyone.
631-->'''Vlad'''(as remembered by Mannfred): Nagash was not a man, but a disease that afflicted any who dared use his works. A pestilence of the mind and soul, infecting those who sought to use his power.
632* EvilSoundsDeep: His voice is often compared to thunder and his dialogue is rendered in capitals.
633* EvilVersusEvil: He fights against the forces of the Chaos gods, but see NominalHero below.
634* ForcedToWatch: A big fan of this. He forces [[spoiler: an incapacitated Settra]] to watch him destroy Khemri.
635* GodhoodSeeker: His ultimate aim is divinity and eternal rule over the world. He plans to usurp control of the Warp from the Chaos Gods and replace them, and consumed the god of the Underworld.
636-->''"I CAME NOT TO CLAIM NEHEKHARA, BUT GODHOOD!"''
637* HorrifyingTheHorror: His return horrifies Mannfred and Neferata into allying with him, with Mannfred's fear of Nagash keeping him from betraying him. After Be'lakor is captured, the Incarnates threaten to give him to Nagash if he doesn't co-operate; Be'lakor chooses to co-operate.
638* HumanoidAbomination: By the time he is resurrected, it is clear to everyone that Nagash is no longer exactly human and is instead something much, MUCH worse.
639-->''Was it the Nagash [Arkhan] remembered, the petty, spiteful, stubborn Undying King, who had killed his own people because they refused to bow… Or was it something even worse?''
640* KickTheDog: Even when the world is about to end he finds time. While offering "...[[ExactWords THE ARCHITECT OF (Aliathra; Tyrion and Alarielle's daughter) DEATH, TO DO WITH AS YOU WILL]]." to Tyrion and Alarielle, he still takes the opportunity to taunt them about [[FateWorseThanDeath Aliathra's soul being consumed by Slaanesh]]. He also found time during the battle of Middenheim to murder a bunch of helpless slaves and raise them as a zombie army.
641* KillTheGod: Nagash defeated and consumed Usirian, the Nehekharan god of the Underworld, [[IHaveManyNames who may also be Morr, the Empire god of the dead, and maybe even the god of the dead for all of humanity in the Warhammer World]].
642* KneelBeforeZod: Has an almost innate habit of forcing undead in his presence to bow before him, even the likes of Mannfred and Vlad, who abhor servitude by nature.
643* LargeAndInCharge: Nagash's new body in the End Times is around sixty feet tall according to the art, much larger than before.
644* TheManBehindTheMan: He is this to many of the most powerful practitioners of Necromancy, such as Kemmler and Mannfred [[spoiler:until Kemmler swore to serve the Chaos Gods and Mannfred betrayed him]].
645* MutualDisadvantage: When he takes on [[spoiler:Ka'bandha]]. He has powerful magic, but abhors using physical combat, where he is somewhat less effective.
646* NoImmortalInertia: [[spoiler:After the Rift sucks out his magic, Nagash's body slowly disintegrates.]]
647* NominalHero: He's an Incarnate, so it's taken into account that he's saving the world. However, he won't change a bit because of that; it's repeatedly stated that he is the greatest evil in and threat to the world outside of Chaos and he's only fighting Chaos because it's getting in the way of [[TheNecrocracy his own attempt to take over the world]].
648* OrcusOnHisThrone: After defeating the Tomb Kings and moving the Black Pyramid to Sylvania, Nagash spends his time in his sarcophagus absorbing the Wind of Death.
649* PersonOfMassDestruction: Destroys the tombs in the Charnel Valley [[spoiler:and later the city of Khemri by himself after defeating Settra. He then destroys the other cities of Nehekhara with the assistance of his armies]].
650* PhysicalGod: After consuming Usirian he now qualifies as one.
651* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset: Several places. His size is at the point where he has the skull and ribcage of an adult human on the poleyns of his armour.
652* TokenEvilTeammate: Among the Incarnates, which is notable as the group that includes [[KnightTemplar Malekith]].
653* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Nagash took over the Tomb Kings after defeating Settra and even overthrew the god of the Underworld.
654* WalkingWasteland: In the novels grass dies beneath his tread and trees wither in his presence.
655* WorldWreckingWave: Summoned one that raised the dead across the world when he took the Wind of Death magic from the vortex and bound it to himself. Subverted as the dead aren't bound to him [[spoiler:at first]], like he planned, due to [[spoiler:Aliathra being Tyrion's bastard giving him the Curse of Aenarion and denying him Asuryan's power]].
656* WorthyOpponent: [[FounderOfTheKingdom Settra]] [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership the]] [[FourStarBadass Imperishable]] is one of the very rare few beings in ''existence'', besides himself, that Nagash has ''ever'' respected. To the point that Nagash ''offered'' Settra a place as one of his lieutenants, [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu which Settra refused]].
657* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Hands Mannfred over to the Incarnates as a gift of goodwill, since he kidnapped and tortured her's and Tyrion's daughter; Arkhan (her killer, unbeknownst to the elves, was too useful to Nagash to hand over). Subverted as Nagash later ordered Arkhan to [[YouShallNotPass cover his retreat at Middenheim]] [[LastStand until dead]].
658
659!!Mannfred von Carstein, Mortarch of Night
660
661The Grave Lord of Sylvania has shifted his base of operations from Castle Drakenhof to Castle Sternieste, separating his realm from the Empire with a wall of bone. Capturing the survivors of Volkmar the Grim's crusade, as well as the Everchild Aliathra, Mannfred has used their blood to turn Sylvania into a realm shrouded in eternal night, blocked off from the Empire. But Balthasar Gelt responded by erecting a wall of faith around his land, trapping all undead within Sylvania. Mannfred grows restless, as the world crumbles around him and the forces of Chaos begin to slip into his realm, all the while his vampires begin to plot his downfall and drink the province dry. Opportunity comes in the form of Arkhan the Black; after a brief duel, the two agree to work together to bring back Nagash. Mannfred's ambition to control the Great Necromancer, however, may be too much for even him to handle...
662----
663* BadassBoast: Gives one to his prisoners, including Volkmar and Aliathra, as they attempt to escape his clutches.
664-->'''Mannfred''': This castle is mine. This land is mine. I rule everything from horizon to horizon, every mountain, every bower, every ruin and river. All mine. Where were you going to go?\
665'''Knight of Myrmidia''': Back into the eyes of our gods. Back to the light.\
666'''Mannfred''': There is no light, unless I will it. [[BlasphemousBoast There are no gods, save me.]] [[KneelBeforeZod If you bow, I will not hurt you too much.]] If you crawl to me, I will not take your legs. If you beg me to spare you, I will not take your hands.
667* TheChainsOfCommanding: Mannfred unites most of the vampire population of the Empire under his rule, but then he struggles to keep all of them under control.
668* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Hoo, boy. After Be'lakor frees him in exchange for the knowledge of Lileath's existence within Athel Loren, Mannfred betrays Nagash and starts to work with Chaos. Once at Middenheim, the vampire finds himself a tool of the Chaos powers, which suits him illy. He would have no master besides himself. After speaking to Vlad one last time before leaving him to the clutches of Isabella, Mannfred changes allegiances yet again, determined to show Chaos that he's no one's pawn. On his way to help the Incarnates beneath the city he switches sides one last time, either through the corrupting powers of Chaos or due to his own arrogance we will never know. Sneaking up upon the Incarnates as they try to contain the doomsday device, Mannfred plunges his sword into Balthasar Gelt, killing him instantly. Once Teclis also perishes, unable to contain the power of three Winds of Magic, the black orb tears the rest of the winds from the Incarnates and starts to consume the world. Though Archaon may have been the architect of the world's demise, it was the selfish and petty acts of Mannfred von Carstein that sealed its fate.
669%%* CoDragons: With Arkhan the Black.
670* CoolHorse: Nagash awards Mannfred with Ashigaroth, a dread abyssal from Usirian's realm, after he makes him one of the Mortarchs.
671** Before that, Mannfred usually rides a skeletal horse.
672* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Tyrion kills Mannfred by impaling him from behind and using Sunfang to light Mannfred on fire from the inside, giving the bastard a painful death though he deserved worse.
673* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Mannfred, in his selfishness, decides he’d rather serve Chaos than Nagash or help the world survive. He kills Balthasar Gelt, forcing Teclis to take in the Wind of Metal but is consumed and burns to ash in the process. As the device forcibly drains the rest of the winds from the Incarnates, Mannfred is transformed into a Chaos Spawn before Tyrion kills him.
674* DealWithTheDevil: Makes a deal with Bea'lakor, giving him Lileath's name and location in exchange for freedom.
675%%* TheDragon: He acts one to Nagash.
676* EvenEvilHasStandards: Mannfred, venal and selfish as he is, is horrified at Nagash and Arkhan's desire to annihilate all living things.
677* EvilIsPetty: Underneath all of the scheming, ambitious, ruthless vampire is a spoiled, selfish, petty child, who, in his arrogance, instead of aiding the Incarnates stabilise the doomsday device, gives in to Chaos in a megalomaniacal bid for power, ultimately dooming the world, himself included, by killing Balthasar Gelt and allowing the device to activate.
678-->'''Mannfred:''' Vlad told me to pick a side, and I have, master. Better to be the right hand of anarchy, than the slave of Nagash. Walach was right, the blood-soaked fool. Aye, and Kemmler as well. You are nothing but a disease, Nagash... a plague on all the world, and with this power, I shall drive your midnight soul into the void forever. And it shall be me who rules this world, and rides its corpse into eternity. The world shall have a new Undying King, and you shall be forgotten!
679* FatalFlaw: {{Pride}}. Mannfred believes in his own superiority above all else; he is an ancient vampire, a powerful sorcerer, and an extremely skilled swordsman, but his pride blinds him to legitimate dangers. He's strong, but nowhere near strong enough to control [[TheArchmage Nagash]]. He's a threat, but absolutely [[SmallNameBigEgo not strong enough to make the Chaos Gods try and thwart him personally.]] And while he can inflict a CurbStompBattle on almost anyone thanks to his sheer strength, it also leads him to underestimate those who match his physical power, but possess skills that exceed his own, like [[MasterSwordsman Eltharion]]. Overestimating himself and underestimating his opponents is ultimately what does Mannfred in.
680* {{Foil}}: Mannfred is one to Arkhan throughout the End Times, as both were Nagash’s undead lieutenants who had ensured his return and helped his plans long after. There are a few differences. The main one is their loyalties, as Mannfred is TheStarscream who constantly tried to back-stab his allies and only wanted Nagash back for personal gain while Arkhan is the embodiment of UndyingLoyalty. They also react differently when Nagash casts each of them aside (and he does so for different reasons); [[EvilIsPetty Mannfred]] [[DickDastardlyStopsToCheat flips out and seeks vengeance as soon as possible]] while [[FullyEmbracedFiend Arkhan]] [[LastStand quashes his doubts and tries to make the most of it]]. Even their physical appearances contrast as Arkhan is a near-fleshless skeletal lich with awful teeth, while Mannfred is a bald, pale and handsome vampire.
681* HearingVoices: Mannfred starts ''Return of Nagash'' hearing Vlad's voice in his head, and occasionally seeing hallucinations of him out of the corner of his eye.
682* HeroKiller: He stabs Balthazar in the back while the Incarnates try to stabilise the Rift.
683* HumiliationConga: He is out-gambitted by Arkhan the Black, finds his swordsmanship lacking compared to Eltharion and is nearly killed by him (it didn't help that Mannfred's rival, Arkhan, killed Eltharion easily), is nearly killed by Tomb King Behedesh II of Zandri in single combat and at the battle for Khemri he realizes too late that if the Vampires and the Tomb Kings had united they could've stopped Nagash and the Chaos Gods.
684* {{Irony}}: Mannfred is troubled by Arkhan's desire to annihilate all life and admits he doesn't want to kill everyone. In the end, Mannfred ends up doing exactly that out of spite anyway.
685* ItsAllAboutMe: Even by the standards of vampires, Mannfred is remarkably self-absorbed. This culminates in him helping cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
686-->'''Markos''': You will destroy us -- all that [[PredecessorVillain Vlad]] built, and for what?\
687'''Mannfred''': For me. Always, for me. This world is mine. It did not belong to Vlad and it does not belong to [[TheArchmage Nagash]] or the [[GodOfEvil Dark Gods]]. It was promised to me in my cradle, [[EntitledBastard and I will have what I am owed]].
688* ManipulativeBastard: Even with his back to the wall, trapped in Sylvania thanks to Gelt's ritual, Mannfred still plays all the vampires against each other with aplomb.
689* NotSoDifferentRemark: Other vampires note that he's ultimately not entirely different than [[AxCrazy Konrad]], insane in only a superficially different way. Elsewhere, Arkhan notes that he might not have been so different from Arkhan when he was young.
690* OhCrap: Mannfred has a massive one when he sees Nagash reborn. He believed Nagash was someone "...[[FamedInStory whose legend held more power than his body did]]". When confronted by [[HorrifyingTheHorror Nagash himself, he's terrified into serving him]].
691--> "...he knew he'd lost. He could no more command the being before him than he could command the gods themselves."
692* [[PrincessInRags Prince In Rags]]: [[{{Downplayed}} Relatively speaking.]] Mannfred is revealed to have been born into non-inheriting royalty in a much wealthier land to the south, and has since become the (comparatively) less glamorous Count of Sylvania. He still has a chip on his shoulder from it.
693-->'''Arkhan''': ''How it must have galled you to take that name, eh? How it must have pricked that monstrous pride, that abominable vanity that you wear like a cloak. Tell me, did you weep bloody tears when you surrendered your silks and steel for wolf-skin and crude iron?''\
694'''[[HearingVoices "Vlad"]]''': You did. I remember it quite clearly. You whined for weeks – weeks! – and over a bit of frayed silk.
695* RedOniBlueOni: The brooding, wroth, and theatrical Red Oni to Arkhan's calm, polite, and reserved Blue in ''Return of Nagash''.
696* TheResenter: Mannfred practically seethes with resentment against everyone; against his birth father, against Vlad, against his underlings, against Arkhan, against Nagash. His defining motivation is to finally show up everyone he feels has wronged them and lord his power over everyone.
697* {{Retcon}}:
698** For years, it was established that Mannfred died in the battle of Hel Fenn (death by Rune Fang at the head) and centuries later he was resurrected (in previous editions there is a short story of this written by William King, with the presence of Gotrek and Felix). In "The End Times" they change this for no reason and simply say that Mannfred survived in Hel Fenn and was all these years acting from the shadows. Now the question is how he managed to survive that his head was split in half because of the Runic Fang of Stirland. The novels change this to having died at Hel Fenn and then being resurrected almost immediately (although still facing Gotrek and Felix somehow).
699** Mannfred is revealed to not be of the von Carstein bloodline at all, but a Lahmian that Vlad took under his wing. WordOfSaintPaul is that he's Kaled al Muntasir from the ''Blood of Nagash'' series. This just opens further plotholes, since Kaled served Nagash in his campaign against Sigmar long ago but Mannfred is completely blindsided by how overwhelmingly powerful he is.
700* TheScapegoat: He is used as this by Nagash, who offers him as a prisoner to the elves as the one responsible for the sacrifice of the Everchild Aliathra (though Mannfred set the events in motions, it was co-developed with Arkhan; and Arkhan struck the deathblow on Aliathra).
701* SmallNameBigEgo: Despite being a threat in his own right, Mannfred finds himself increasingly less important compared to much more powerful beings like Archaon, Nagash, Vlad, and others. While Arkhan figures out that the pattern of Chaotic attacks on undead servants is part of an effort to stymie Nagash's resurrection, Mannfred assumes that they are meant to stop him personally. Mannfred ultimately [[ItsAllAboutMe can't accept a world where he is not in control of everything and is the most powerful being in the world.]]
702* SmugSnake: Despite being intelligent Mannfred is very arrogant, and can't help but mock his opponents even when he's at a disadvantage. He [[LampshadeHanging acknowledges this]] as a perennial flaw of the Von Carsteins.
703* TheStarscream: Even Skaven would consider him unreliable; at least they honour their alliance with the forces of Chaos out of fear. See WildCard below.
704* TheStrategist: His role in his and Arkhan's BigBadDuumvirate. While Arkhan is no slouch at war himself, Mannfred has a greater understanding of their enemies and their surroundings. As such, Arkhan typically defers to Mannfred in the military aspect of their plans.
705* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With almost everyone else in the Undead Legions.
706* UnwittingPawn: Mannfred is this of Nagash, the unwitting part is how much independence he thinks he has.
707* VillainousBreakdown: He starts to get stressed over the demands of ruling Sylvania when the vampires are trapped. In the novel 'Return of Nagash' Mannfred is reduced to screaming and throwing a tantrum when Nagash brings back [[spoiler:Vlad]].
708** Even earlier, Mannfred finds himself outmatched by Eltharion, and pinned beneath the Warden of Tor Yvresse's dead griffon as he goes to face Arkhan.
709--->''‘No! Damn you, no!’ Mannfred screamed, pleading with fate as he tried to extricate himself from the dead animal’s claws and beak. ‘No! Not now! Eltharion – face me, damn you!’ he shrieked as Eltharion started up the slope with only a single backwards glance. ‘Eltharion,’ Mannfred wailed, squirming beneath the corpse of the griffon.''
710* WildCard: His ultimate allegiance is to himself. He goes from serving the Von Carstein legacy, to Nagash, to Chaos, back to Nagash and then back to Chaos/himself.
711* WorthyOpponent: Mannfred admits to himself that Arkhan is his equal in magical ability, apart from Mannfred's magic reservoirs in Sylvania, and that Arkhan's cunning surpasses his own.
712--> "...here was a creature far older and craftier than himself."
713** He also considers [[TheGoodKing Emperor Karl Franz]] to be this, grudgingly, as he worries that once Karl Franz repels the Chaos invasion he will almost certainly return to finally purge Sylvania, no matter the cost.
714
715!!Arkhan the Black, Mortarch of Sacrament
716
717The first and most loyal follower of Nagash, Arkhan the Black was turned into a lich after his death and serves Nagash loyally. The lord of the Black Tower and a grudgingly accepted presence in the deserts of Nehekhara, he was a dark force across the world, but always answered his master's call.
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719* {{Anti Climax}}: Arkhan is attacked by Eltharion; ruler of Yvresse, one of the High Elves greatest heroes and best swordsmen, the only general to successfully lead a raid on Naggarond and live to tell of it, who saved Ulthuan from destruction when Grom the Paunch invaded, who had defeated Mannfred von Carstein in combat... and kills Eltharion with as much effort and ceremony as taking out the trash. Arkhan may not have even known his name.
720* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Brought back by Nagash when Isabella kills him]].
721* {{Badass Boast}}: Arkhan says one to Heinrich Kemmler before their duel.
722--> Arkhan: ''"You call yourself the Lichemaster, do you not? To leave this chamber, you must prove that hollow boast."''
723* CoolHorse: Arkhan rides on Razanak, the dread abyssal known as the Bane of Traitors - ironic since there are few more loyal to their master than Arkhan to Nagash, but Neferata suspects Arkhan chose Razanak as an unspoken warning to treacherous folk like herself and Mannfred.
724* CrazyPrepared: Arkhan had brought about Nagash's resurrection hundreds of years earlier than originally intended. Since nearly a thousand years had passed between Nagash coming back to life, Arkhan had been planning; putting [[HiddenArmyReveal undead regiments in various locations around the world]], retrieving ancient artefacts and making alliances with various powerful figures. That Arkhan's plans went off nearly off without a hitch isn't [[PlotArmour winning only because of the plot]], but the culmination of hundreds of years of planning by an intelligent and experienced person; especially since Arkhan does not need food, sleep or comfort.
725* TheChessmaster: Very capable at turning events to his advantage, one example is when he masterminded [[BastardBastard Mallobaude's]] rebellion in Bretonnia. Even ''Mannfred von Carstein'' respects his ability.
726* DeadpanSnarker: Fairly stoic in the game books, but in the novels he's a complete smartass that never lets up.
727* DeathSeeker: Arkhan ultimately wishes for the sweet release of death, which is why he serves Nagash.
728-->'''Arkhan''': I am tired, vampire. I am so tired, but I cannot lay aside my burden, until the end of all things. I was a gambler once. I gambled and lost. And this is my debt.
729* EnemyMine: With Khalida to retrieve a staff of Nagash.
730* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: See [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]] and OldFlame.
731* {{Foil}}: Arkhan is one to Mannfred throughout the End Times, as both were Nagash’s undead lieutenants who had ensured his return and helped his plans long after. There are a few differences. The main one is their loyalties, as Arkhan is the embodiment of UndyingLoyalty who brought Nagash back as it was his duty while Mannfred is TheStarscream who constantly tried to back-stab his allies and only wanted Nagash back for personal gain. They also react differently when Nagash casts each of them aside (and he does so for different reasons);[[FullyEmbracedFiend Arkhan]] [[LastStand quashes his doubts and tries to make the most of it]], while [[EvilIsPetty Mannfred]] [[DickDastardlyStopsToCheat flips out and seeks vengeance as soon as possible]]. Even their physical appearances contrast as Arkhan is a near-fleshless skeletal lich with awful teeth, while Mannfred is a bald, pale and handsome vampire.
732* HiddenDepths: Beneath the face of Nagash's greatest servant is a man who displays courage, mercy, decency, and ultimately wishes to finally know the peace of oblivion.
733* {{Hero Killer}}: In the End Times Arkhan is Warhammer Fantasy's first Hero Killer. Of all the characters in the books, Arkhan is the most prolific Hero Killer in the End Times, with four to his name.
734* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: It's heavily implied that Arkhan was killed trying to use his magic to hold back the energies of the Rift so Neferata could escape]].
735* KindheartedCatLover: {{Downplayed}}; Arkhan is an AffablyEvil servant of [[OmnicidalManiac Nagash]] who keeps a zombified cat around for the first part of ''The Return of Nagash''.
736* LastKiss: With Neferata in the Lord of the End Times novel.
737* {{Last Stand}}: In the game book he is ordered by Nagash to take two hosts of Morghasts and hold the line until dead. When Arkhan asks if there's anything else needed as well... Nagash: '''"DIE WELL, MY SERVANT."''' In the novel, his last stand is later holding the line so [[OldFlame Neferata]] can escape.
738* ManipulativeBastard: Arkhan developed a talent at this, playing people off against each other to achieve his aims. In The End Times he plays Mannfred, himself a skilled ManipulativeBastard, like a violin (see XanatosGambit below).
739* MouthOfSauron: He is in charge of the Undead Legions when Nagash isn't around. Several undead characters comment metaphorically that he speaks with the voice of Nagash.
740* NoImmortalInertia: After Nagash dies, it's implied his death will kill Arkhan as well, as he shows Neferata his slowly crumbling hand and states he knows of Nagash's death.
741* NotSoDifferentRemark: Arkhan himself believes that, in their respective mortal lives, he and Mannfred once were probably very much alike.
742* OldFlame: Revealed to be this for [[SupernaturalElite Neferata]].
743* PetTheDog: Played with. Arkhan suggests to Nagash that they free the prisoners from the captivity of forces of Chaos, pointing out they would be useful as reinforcements while thinking to himself that [[VillainWithGoodPublicity it will foster good will with the other Incarnates and their forces]] (Nagash, of course, [[DeadlyEuphemism chooses a different interpretation of "freeing them"]]). A more straight example is sparing Isabella and allowing her to be rescued despite her killing him at one point (though she did it under the direct influence of Chaos).
744** When the vampire Erikan confesses he ultimately wishes for the death of all things, Arkhan places his hand on the vampire's shoulder in comfort and reassures him that Nagash will bring the "silence" he craves.
745** As he prepares to sacrifice the Fay Enchantress, he agrees to give her eternal peace and leave her in death, vowing that neither he nor Nagash will raise her from the dead. He comments that he has a small amount of mercy left in him.
746* RageBreakingPoint: Arkhan notably screams in rage as he cuts Aliathra's throat, his calm reduced to nothing by the elves' (and Mannfred's) attempts to disrupt the ritual bringing back Nagash.
747* RedOniBlueOni: The calm, polite, and reserved Blue Oni to Mannfred's brooding, wroth, and theatrical Red in ''Return of Nagash''
748* SeenItAll: He gives off this vibe, and after thousands of years of extensive travel and war, he may well have.
749* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset: His clothes are emborided/emblazoned with skulls and bones.
750* {{Teeth Clenched Teamwork}}: With Mannfred von Carstein.
751* ThatManIsDead: {{Invoked}}, but ultimately {{Subverted}}. As much as he believes that he is no longer a wastrel aristocrat of a long-dead empire, and even muses on the possibility that he is not even the "real" Arkhan, he is still deeply connected to his past life, [[spoiler: as Morgiana's MindRape showed.]]
752-->'''Aliathra''': I thought dead things could not be ensnared thus. Then, you are not truly dead, are you? For that to have worked, there must be some kernel yet of the man you once were, trapped in the husk of you, Arkhan the Black. Some small touch of mercy.
753-->'''Arkhan''': [[BlatantLies No, there is not.]]
754* {{Treasure Chest Cavity}}: [[spoiler:Nagash magically hides himself in Arkhan's body ([[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe at least his upper half]]) and is carried into Khemri when Settra drags Arkhan's halves to the temple for the priests to perform a ritual that would've stopped Nagash from reanimating him. They nearly succeed but one of them betrayed the others to Nagash]].
755* UndyingLoyalty: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]], and ultimately ZigZagged. Mannfred von Carstein remarks Arkhan is less of an individual person and more of an extension of Nagash's will. Kemmler also ponders if Arkhan is even capable of questioning if he really wants to resurrect Nagash. Arkhan, for his part, muses on the possibility that he isn't the real Arkhan the Black, but a puppet constructed from Nagash's memory. There are even times where Arkhan contemplates deviating from his plan and taking power for himself. Ultimately, however, Arkhan remains on Nagash's side to the end, reasoning that Nagash will at least preserve the world and eventually [[DeathSeeker let him die]]. It's clear Arkhan is not an unfeeling automaton, nor even an unquestioning servant, but he is still genuinely loyal to his master.
756* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler: Killed by Isabella in the battle for the Black Pyramid to show how strong her new powers are. [[BackFromTheDead He gets better]].]]
757* {{Worthy Opponent}}: Views Mannfred as this in magical ability.
758* XanatosGambit: Pulls a successful one against Mannfred to ensure his goal of Nagash's return. [[note]]Starting from their fight at the bridge. If Arkhan won, he'd take Mannfred's treasures and captives and bring Nagash back himself. If Mannfred won the fight, Mannfred would bring back Nagash for his own gains, then [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Mannfred would find out]] [[EvilIsNotAToy Nagash was beyond his ability to control]], so Arkhan would still win. If they work together to bring back Nagash, Arkhan was prepared for and ready to counteract Mannfred's betrayals, so he would bring back Nagash. Arkhan even adapted his plans when he found out about [[SpannerInTheWorks the elves coming to rescue Aliathra]], by having Mannfred's forces and the elves fight each other while he brought back Nagash, so he still wins.[[/note]]
759
760!!Neferata, Mortarch of Blood
761
762* {{The Chessmaster}}: Indirectly arranged for the coup in Bretonnia and Mannfred's imprisonment.
763%%* CrazyPrepared
764* {{Information Broker}}: Subverted as her spies and informants are almost completely wiped out.
765* LastKiss: She manages one with [[spoiler:Arkhan]] before he dies and the world ends.
766* {{Lightning Bruiser}}: Quick and agile enough to make elves look slow, and has gained a powerful mount that can fly.
767* LoveEpiphany: Neferata realizes and reaffirms her feelings for [[spoiler:Arkhan the Black just before the world ends]].
768* {{Manipulative Bastard}}: Pays lip service to Nagash and gives him the gift of the Dwarf gods magic, but is willing to betray him.
769* {{Oh Crap}}: Neferata's reaction when she underestimates, and is nearly killed by, a Chimera. She also does this when she realizes Thorek plans to detonate his anvil.
770* LastKiss: With Arkhan the Black
771* TheVamp: Downplayed compared to previous lore as she never has the opportunity to seduce someone who isn't already under her thrall or that she wants to.
772* {{Villain Forgot To Level Grind}}: Neferata is ambushed by Orcs, nearly killed by a Chimera and later nearly killed by an undead Khalida in a duel, despite her being [[StrongerWithAge the most powerful vampire through being the first]], the one who killed Khalida in life and well-versed in warfare. Spending centuries at a time in hedonistic [[OrcusOnHisThrone idleness]] or [[NonActionBigBad co-ordinating a spy network]] can do that.
773* {{Villainous Breakdown}}: She has one when she returns to the Silver Pinnacle when she finds out it's been attacked and looted.
774* YouCantGoHomeAgain: She returns to Lahmia's ruins after being forced to flee, but she doesn't get to dwell there before the world is destroyed.
775
776!!Vlad Von Carstein, Mortarch of Shadow/Vashanesh
777Vlad have been resurrected by Nagash to serve him. Despite that he doesn't serve out of loyalty or to gain anything: he serves because he could resurrect Isabella, his wife who didin't reunite with him in the Afterlife because Nurgle had taken her brought her back as a follower of Chaos. He was assigned to the northern front against Chaos, but acts like a wildcard in the Nagash army, mostly defending The Empire.
778----
779* BackFromTheDead: After Nagash's return, Vlad is resurrected by him to serve as one of his Mortarchs.
780* {{Big Damn Heroes}}: He comes to help The Empire, led by Valten and Karl Franz when the Chaos army attacks [[spoiler:because the Auric Bastion has failed. He does so again later when Altdorf is besieged by another army led by the Glottkin.]]
781* DarkIsNotEvil: He admits that he's only Mortarch to protect the Empire, and that he had always cared about his survival.
782* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Isabella of course. We get to see just how far Vlad's love for her extends, see below.
783* HeelFaceTurn: After getting resurrected by Nagash, he can hardly be called a 'bad guy' anymore: he's loyal to the Empire and is genuinely concerned about the world's fate.
784* HeroicSacrifice: When duelling a daemonically-possessed Isabella in Middenheim, Vlad lets both of them fall onto the stakes... and in his last moments, removes the Carstein Ring from his fingers and puts it on Isabella's, causing him to die permanently and her to be reborn free of Nurgle's taint.
785* MasterSwordsman: As an ancient vampire and warrior-king from Nehekara, Vlad is one of the finest swordsmen in the Undead Legion. Within minutes of returning to unlife he pulls off a complicated maneuver to disarm and incapacitate Mannfred, himself no slouch at combat.
786* {{Noble Demon}}: He admits that he's only Mortarch to protect the Empire, and that he had always cared about his survival.
787* {{Offing the Offspring}}: Attempted to his vampiric "son". The first thing he does after resurrecting is asking where Isabella is. Mannfred, bitter because of his returning, says that she's dead, as he is. After a short duel, Vlad bests Mannfred and was about to kill him before Nagash intervenes.
788* TheParagon: To the Von Carsteins, Vlad is the absolute epitome of what it means to be a vampire, and assuming the name "von Carstein" is generally considered to symbolize one's devotion to his ideals. Even [[TheResenter Mannfred]] finds himself unwittingly emulating him. When he finally returns, most of Sylvania treats it as a RightfulKingReturns situation.
789* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Swears revenge on Nurgle for [[CameBackWrong what he did to Isabella]].
790* TheReveal: He confirms that he's Vashanesh, the former husband of Neferata in Lahmia. Although given Vashanesh has only ever been referenced by him, makes no sense given Neferata's story-line and personality, and does not appear in any if the stories set in that time, he may be lying.
791* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Unlike most of the other vampires, Vlad actually considers the living and would allow them to co-exist alongside the undead. He even attempts to strike up an alliance with the Dwarves in case he actually becomes Emperor (and he makes no attempt on Karl Franz). He offers the elves the same but they reject him before he's finished making the offer.
792* TokenGoodTeammate: Amongst Nagash's Mortarchs. While the rest range from too loyal to their master (Arkhan, Krell), too ambitious (Mannfred) or even sociopathic (the Nameless), Vlad genuinely wants to save the Empire and the world from Chaos, and only serves Nagash on the condition he'd bring his wife back.
793* UndyingLoyalty: To Isabella. He's borderline HeroicBSOD after disovering her Accursed state and he sacrifices himself to free her.
794* UnholyMatrimony: Genuinely loved his wife, Isabella, and only made her into a vampire when it was the only way to keep her from dying of the plague. The chance to bring her back from the dead is the only reason he sided with Nagash.
795* WittyBanter: Engages Arkhan in this. It speaks volumes for Vlad's skill as a speaker that he usually wins these verbal matches against [[DeadpanSnarker Arkhan]].
796
797!!Isabella Von Carstein
798
799* ComeBackWrong: Isabella is returned to life shortly after Vlad's... Unfortunately, she was resurrected by Nurgle, bound with a Nurgle daemon, and given a power that works against undead so Nurgle can have his vengeance against them.
800* DemonicPossession: She is resurrected and possessed by a daemon of Nurgle.
801* IDieFree: Just before Vlad kills Isabella he gives her the Carstein Ring, killing him permanently and letting her be reborn free of Nurgle's taint. She shortly after dies when the world ends, no longer a slave of Chaos.
802
803!!Krell, Mortarch of Despair
804
805* {{Archenemy}}: Views Sigvald, a champion of Slaanesh as this, remembering his hatred from life.
806* {{The Brute}}: He is this among the Mortarchs.
807* {{Eaten Alive}}: Relatively, since he is undead, but Krell was swallowed by a Greater Daemon of Nurgle.
808* EmotionBomb: Doesn't show up in the lore, but his in-game powers revolve around fear and feeding off it to heal himself.
809* HeroKiller: Decapitates King Kazador.
810%%* HiddenDepths
811* TheJuggernaut: There is very little which can get in Krell's way and survive. Arkhan treats Krell's holding action against a horde of Beastmen as little more than a minor diversion.
812* KilledOffForReal: Dies to Sigvald the Magnificent during the final battle.
813* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: He receives on at the hands of Sigvald.
814* OffWithHisHead: He gets decapitated by a {{Golem Tomb}} [[BigCreepyCrawlies Scorpion]] at the battle of Khemri.
815* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset: His armour is emblazoned with skulls.
816* WildCard: At first. No one is entirely sure whether Krell is more loyal to Kemmler or Arkhan the Black, and Arkhan decides not to put that question to the test. {{Subverted}} when it later becomes clear that Krell is loyal to Nagash.
817
818!!Heinrich Kemmler
819
820* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Toward Arkhan the Black, of all people. Arkhan has no reply.
821-->'''Kemmler''': Do you truly want [Nagash] back?
822-->'''Arkhan''': ''[[FlatWhat What?]]''
823-->'''Kemmler''': It's a simple enough question. Do you want him back? Have you ever questioned that desire? Are you even ''capable'' of doing so?
824* BadassBoast: Gives an impressive one to the Bretonnian damsels at La Maisontaal Abbey before killing them.
825-->'''Kemmler''': Mine – the abbey, the air you breathe, the ground you stand on, all of it mine. So listen and listen well to the master of La Maisontaal, witches. I am not the intruder here. ''You are.''
826* KilledOffForReal: By Arkhan the Black.
827* RevengeBeforeReason: Kemmler nearly causes the disintegration of his and Arkhan's army trying to pursue his personal vendetta against Duke Tancred of Quenelles, one of many things causing friction between the two.
828* TookALevelInBadass: Arkhan notes with some discomfort that when he last saw Kemmler, he was barely above a rambling madman. By the beginning of the End Times, however, he is at the height of his power, bristling with necromantic magic. It's the first thing that clues Arkhan into Kemmler's DealWithTheDevil.
829
830!!Zacharias the Everliving
831
832* KilledOffForReal: He's unceremoniously executed by Nagash in ''The End Times'' for refusing his summons.
833* UnderestimatingBadassery: Believes himself to be the magical equal of [[PhysicalGod Nagash]]. Nagash disabuses him of this notion [[CruelAndUnusualDeath quite thoroughly]].
834* VillainTeamUp: Forms an alliance with the necromancer Von Dohl in a failed attempt to retrieve Nagash's artifacts from Mannfred.
835
836!!Abhorash
837
838* LastStand: According to Vlad von Carstein, Abhorash rode alongside Gilles le Breton to try and save Bretonnia in a final stand against the apocalypse. What happened to him following ''The End Times'' is unknown.
839
840!!Luthor Harkon
841
842* AnArmAndALeg: Mannfred cut off his hand that he was using to grasp the flank of Mannfred's steed Ashigaroth, causing him to fall into what would eventually become his final battle.
843* DefiantToTheEnd: When surrounded by Nurgle daemons he manages to keep them at bay. Even when they overwhelm him through sheer numbers and restrain him he shows no fear, he only screams in pain as Isabella kills him.
844* KilledOffForReal: By the Nurgle-infested Isabella.
845* MakeThemRot: How Isabella killed him, causing him to rot until he died for good.
846
847!!Elize von Carstein
848One of the [[PraetorianGuard Drakenhof Templars]] in Mannfred's service.
849----
850* ControlFreak: No one leaves her. ''Especially'' not Erikan.
851-->"Freedom is overrated, my love."
852* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[DeconstructedTrope Viciously Deconstructed.]] She genuinely loves Erikan Crowfiend, her co-Templar and get, but this manifests as an extremely possessive, petulant, even [[DomesticAbuse abusive]] relationship. {{Lampshaded}} when she wonders if this is the only form of love vampires are capable of.
853* EvilRedhead: An evil, abusive vampire knight whose most notable feature is her red hair.
854* FallenHero: Once she was a priestess of Shallya who spent her time healing people. Then she was unlucky enough to be at the bedside of [[EvilMatriarch Isabella von Carstein]]...
855* FatalFlaw: Her love/obsession for Erikan causes her to act much more irrationally than she should. [[ManipulativeBastard Arkhan]] uses this to play her like a fiddle.
856* OnlySaneWoman: She sees herself as this, as she is one of the few vampires in ''Return of Nagash'' who is neither rapaciously hungry nor trying to bring back [[OmnicidalManiac Nagash]].
857* TheWomanBehindTheMan: Her two preceding Grand Masters were very thoroughly wrapped around her finger, and basically everyone knew she was the real leader of the Order.
858* YouAreInCommandNow: Mannfred makes her the new Grand Master after Anark's death, though in reality she had mostly been in control of the Order from the start.
859
860!!Erikan Crowfiend
861Yet another Drakenhof Templar, and Elize's spawn.
862----
863* BornLucky: Erikan is stabbed in the chest twice and, while wounded, escapes fatal wounds to his heart both times. One character notes he has "the luck of a von Carstein."
864* DarkAndTroubledPast: Raised by a family of cannibals who were then slaughtered by Bretonnian soldiers. Then he was rescued and raised by Obald, a necromancer, as an apprentice. Then after he left Obald, he ran across Elize and became a vampire...
865* DeathSeeker: Sides with Arkhan in the struggle to raise Nagash because he wishes to die. [[OddFriendship This causes the two to bond.]]
866-->''"I am tired of surviving. I am tired of the world. I want an end, and I want to watch it all fall into the grave with me. I do not want fire. I want ash, and silence. I want night, silent and eternal, stretching from pole to pole, heaven to earth."''
867* OddNameOut: He is a von Carstein by blood, but notably refuses to take the name for himself. It marks Erikan as having different ambitions from [[ControlFreak Elize]], [[GreenEyedMonster Markos]], or [[TheBrute Anark]].
868* OurGhoulsAreCreepier: He and his family were corpse-eaters, less degenerated versions of Warhammer ghouls. His heritage means that he is able to control and lead hosts of actual ghouls.
869* MasterSwordsman: One of the best swordsmen in the Drakenhof Templars, an elite order of vampiric knights. It's still not enough to save him from Eldyra.
870* RedBaron: "Cannibal prince." It's also an AffectionateNickname used by Elize.
871
872!!Alberacht Nictus
873Retired Grand Master of the Drakenhof Templars, an impressive feat in vampire circles.
874----
875* AdmiringTheAbomination: Apparently the woman he once loved in life has turned into a Banshee, but the two still act very affectionate toward one another.
876* AffablyEvil: A cheerful and jolly fellow, so far as monstrous vampires go. When Mannfred [[YouAreInCommandNow promotes]] Anark von Carstein as the new Grand Master after Tomas' attempted coup, Alberacht is the only one to be sincere in his congratulations.
877* BlueBlood: He's Isabella's literal cousin, one of the few known remaining members of the von Drak family.
878* BodyHorror: More than other vampires; he's described as a cross between a bat, a man, and an ape, apparently because he's halfway to becoming a Vargheist.
879* RetiredBadass: He's no longer the Grand Master of the Drakenhof Templars, but everyone else in the Order is still afraid of him for good reason.
880* ScatterbrainedSenior: He's implied to be older than the rest of the Templars, and occasionally forgets little details like his retirement.
881
882!!Anark von Carstein
883Elize von Carstein's get, and newly minted Grand Master of the Drakenhof Templars.
884----
885* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Anark is disliked by almost all his cohorts, tolerated only for his genuine military prowess. Even Elize isn't too broken up about his death.
886* AuthorityInNameOnly: In theory, as Grand Master of the Drakenhof Templars, he is one of Mannfred's chief lieutenants. In practice, everyone either gets their orders directly from Mannfred or from [[TheWomanBehindTheMan Elize]].
887* BloodKnight: A literal example in the Warhammer universe, as a vampiric knight, but he's also a big fan of fighting in general. Mannfred notes with some pride that under his brief leadership he's turned the Drakenhof Templars into a force to rival the more famous Blood Dragons.
888* TheBrute: His one skillset is killing, and in fairness he's very good at it.
889-->'''Erikan's thoughts''': There was no subtlety to him, only raw power. He was nothing but one big muscle, all killer instinct without the cunning to mediate it.
890* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Implied to be why he rescued Arkhan from Theoderic of Brionne at the Battle of La Maisontaal; he's under orders to kill Arkhan, but only after they acquire Nagash's staff.
891* CruelAndUnusualDeath: He ends up beaten to a pulp by Arkhan the Black, then chained to a Sigmar temple and left for the sun.
892* DumbMuscle: As subtle as a brick to the face, and usually as deadly.
893* ReplacementGoldfish: Elize uses him as one for [[TheOneThatGotAway Erikan]].
894
895
896!!Settra the Imperishable
897
898* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: The Chaos Gods revive him after being rendered merely a head by Nagash and offer him untold power and ruler ship of many realities in exchange for Nagash' destruction and his servitude to them. [[spoiler:Surprisingly, he refuses to take revenge on Nagash, because the one thing he hates most of all is the idea of him being a servant rather than a master.]]
899* BerserkButton: Do NOT suggest him to serve anyone or any thing; he's flipped off no less than five literal gods of the setting and plotted to kill one of them for saying so.
900* DespairEventHorizon: Settra [[spoiler: actually wishes he was mortal just so he could die after being stuck in the desert for days as a severed head after losing to Nagash]]. That says a lot since [[spoiler: he was the one who started the Nehekharan obsession with immortality by trying to prevent himself from dying when he was mortal]].
901* DefiantToTheEnd: After charging Nagash with his entire army, Settra faces him off in a duel, with Settra able to land some blows but eventually he is frozen in place by the Lord of Undeath’s will. Holding the King of Khemri suspended in front of him, Nagash offers him the chance to bend his knee and serve as one of his Mortarchs. Settra yells:
902-->'''[[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu SETTRA DOES NOT SERVE,''' he shouted, trembling with rage, '''SETTRA RULES!]]'''
903* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu:
904** Nagash had Settra immobile in his grip, having just overthrown one of the gods Settra worshipped and defeated his army before promising Settra power if Settra served him and destruction if he did not. Settra responded with;
905--> "Settra does not serve... Settra rules!"
906** He also did something similar to the Chaos Gods, by taking their blessings and gifts and then spitting in their faces for even daring to suggest the notion of servitude to him.
907* DoomedHometown: [[spoiler: After defeating Settra, Nagash uses magic to destroy the city of Khemri]].
908* EnemyMine: Settra joins Archaon only to betray him and help Nagash when he comes with an army to Middenheim. However, he makes it clear that he isn't Nagash's friend, and swears to claim his skull eventually, only helping him because Chaos dared to offer him immortality in exchange for servitude.
909* ForcedToWatch: Nagash leaves Settra (un)alive as a severed head facing Khemri, all so that he is made to see Nagash level the city.
910* HeroicBSOD: Settra is stuck in one of these after [[spoiler:his defeat and Khemri's destruction until the Chaos Gods intervene]].
911* HeroicWillpower: For a [[AntiHero certain]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist definition of hero]], the End Times Settra was the only one who was able to defy [[PhysicalGod Nagash's]] magic and willpower. In the finale he did the same to the Chaos gods at the height of their power.
912* HonorBeforeReason: Executing Khatep for breaking his exile even though it was to help destroy their greatest enemy.
913* IDieFree: [[spoiler: He hates the idea of serving and he is last mentioned fighting Kholek Suneater before the world is destroyed]].
914* KnightTemplar: He's willing to risk Nehekhara's other cities against Nagash's forces.
915* LosingYourHead: Nagash ripped Settra to pieces and scattered his bones across Khemri, forcing Settra's head to watch as he destroyed Khemri [[spoiler:until the Chaos Gods put Settra's body back together]].
916* NoSell: He is the only Tomb King who was immune (or successfully resisted) [[BrownNote the magic that emnates from Nagash]] after the latter [[KillTheGod consumed Usirian]].
917* {{Revenge}}: Averted. Whilst Settra does want revenge on Nagash for destroying his Kingdom, he doesn't take the chance to kill Nagash because killing him would mean it was in service to the Chaos Gods rather than his own will. So he intends to kill the Chaos Gods first, then afterwards, Nagash.
918* RightfulKingReturns: What Settra plans to do after the Chaos gods are defeated; "...claim (Nagash's) skull and take back (his) people."
919* SixthRangerTraitor: Settra prostrates himself before Archaon's throne in Middenheim, a few months after the fall of Averheim, then quickly betrays him when the Incarnates assault the city. He tells Nagash he will claim his skull eventually, but only after killing the Chaos Gods for daring to offer him immortality and the chance to conquer all realities in exchange for servitude. He then charges into battle against Chaos by himself. That makes Settra the ONLY being in any Warhammer setting who was offered literally everything there is to be offered, and give Chaos the middle finger in response.
920* ThirdPersonPerson: Settra slips into this occasionally.
921* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He was still up and fighting when last seen in ''The End Times'', but is one of the few major characters not to return in ''Age of Sigmar''. His ultimate fate has not been revealed.
922* WhatNowEnding: In the epilogue of game book End Times: Nagash, Settra [[spoiler:is left standing and staring out in silent contemplation over the place where Khemri once stood after being put back together with an offer from what is later revealed to be the Chaos Gods]].
923* WorthyOpponent: [[FounderOfTheKingdom Settra]] [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership the]] [[FourStarBadass Imperishable]] is one of the very rare few beings in ''existence'' to have the respect of Nagash.
924
925!!Khalida
926
927* CrazyPrepared: Khalida went out of her way to try and make sure she would win the battle against Neferata.
928* DeathEqualsRedemption: Khalida and Neferata manage to reconcile just before the doomsday device under Middenheim consumes the world.
929* KnowWhenToFoldEm: She chooses not to fight Nagash [[spoiler: after he conquers the Tomb Kings]] so she can have another chance for revenge against Neferata.
930* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler:Defied]]. When the Chaos Gods themselves attack the world, Khalida [[spoiler:puts her grudge against Neferata aside to fight them]].
931
932!!Nekaph
933
934* KilledOffForReal: By Arkhan the Black.
935
936!!Prince Apophas
937
938* InTheBack: Runs Nagash through from behind with the Destroyer of Eternities. [[NoSell It doesn't work.]]
939
940!!Ramhotep the Visionary
941
942* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He's mentioned as being present at Khemri for Nagash's attack, but nothing is said of his fate and he doesn't appear on the Undead Legion army list.
943[[/folder]]
944
945[[folder: Chaos]]
946
947Chaos has finally made it's move. Archaon has reunited every mortal, daemon and beast to drown the world in flames and blood. Fortunately for the world, things aren't going smoothly for him. Nagash has returned to oppose him and The Empire have raised a magic barrier made of faith that burns every tainted creature (everyone in his army) who touches it.
948
949!!General Tropes
950
951%%* BadassArmy
952* WeHaveReserves: The marauders and Beastmen are viewed as such, especially the latter.
953* ZergRush: The Beastmen are used in this capacity.
954
955!!Archaon, the Everchosen
956
957* TheBadGuyWins: His plan to destroy the world [[spoiler:succeeds, with only a single solitary figure and a spark surviving the end]].
958* BattleTrophy: In ''End Times: Thanquol'', Archaon took [[spoiler:Ghal Maraz itself]] as a trophy, after [[spoiler:conquering Middenheim. It is worth noting that he did not personally kill Valten, its bearer, due to [[KillSteal a Verminlord's interference]]. Sigmar in Karl Franz reclaims it in the next book]].
959* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: He mocks Ka'bandha to his face, despite the fact that the Bloodthirster is strong enough to defeat him.
960* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: He decapitates Kairos and uses his blood to summon Ka'bandha.
961* GlowingEyesOfDoom: He has this in the lore and all the art depicting him.
962* HellishHorse: His steed Dorghar, which is implied to be one of its forms.
963* HeroKiller: He kills an Ulric-empowered Gregor Martak, Volker and Grimgor.
964* {{Irony}}: He hates the Chaos Gods, but decides to serve them since he feels that by destroying the world, he'll starve them. We'll say that again, in case you missed it: he plans to kill the Chaos Gods...[[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor by giving them exactly what they want]].
965* NayTheist: He doesn't worship the Chaos Gods despite knowing they're real and only chooses to serve them as their goals briefly align. He also has this reaction to Sigmar upon learning that he is real.
966%%* NoOneCouldSurviveThat
967%%* OrcusOnHisThrone
968* RageAgainstTheHeavens: He rages against Sigmar for not saving him from the influence of Chaos.
969* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Subverted. While he wants to be the one to kill Karl Franz and take a trophy from him, he allows others to try and kill him. Although he didn't stipulate he wanted to kill Valten, he's enraged when [[spoiler: a Verminlord sneaks in and [[KillSteal decapitates Valten]]]].
970* VillainousBreakdown: Loses what calm he has when [[spoiler:he learns that Sigmar has possessed Karl Franz]].
971%%* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness:
972
973!!Ka'bandha
974
975One of Khorne's most powerful Bloodthirsters, he is summoned by Archaon after the latter kills Kairos Fateweaver. He wants to engage in battle and is allowed by Archaon to hunt the Emperor.
976----
977%%* AxCrazy: His default state.
978* BerserkButton: When Archaon mocks him, Ka'bandha nearly attacks Archaon, only restraining himself because Archaon is the chosen servant of the four Chaos Gods.
979* BloodKnight: Ka'bandha enjoys the hunt and killing adversaries.
980* BreathWeapon: He can breathe fire on enemies. The lore states it's a supernatural expression of his rage.
981* EgomaniacHunter: Has shades of this. It is his job to hunt powerful fighters or leaders who have offended Khorne and beating them in combat.
982* EleventhHourRanger: Only joins in on the End Times in their closing book.
983* ForcedTransformation: When he runs short of hunting hounds he transforms some marauders into more.
984* HairTriggerTemper: Comes with being a Bloodthirster, it's very easy to anger.
985* ImplacableMan: Ka'bandha does not relent from his quarry of Karl Franz, smashing every character obstacle in his way [[spoiler:except Nagash, who fought him to a stalemate]].
986* HeroKiller: Kills Caradryan and his phoenix mount.
987* MutualDisadvantage: This occurs between Ka'bandha and [[spoiler:Nagash]] when they fight one-on-one. He excels in physical combat, but is ill prepared to face someone as well versed in [[spoiler:death]] magic as his foe.
988* TheWorfEffect: He is on both ends. The Incarnates are worfed by him as every time he takes them on [[spoiler:except for Nagash and the fully restored Sigmar]] they come out worse off. This also comes around when [[spoiler:Sigmar kills him with one blow to show how powerful Sigmar is]].
989
990!!Kairos Fateweaver
991* TheDragon: To Archaon, until he's executed through being sacrificed for treachery against the Everchosen.
992* TheStarscream: Kairos serves as Archaon's advisor during the Chaos invasion of the Empire, though it was a given that the Fateweaver has been actively trying to undermine him.
993* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After the fall of Middenheim, Kairos is beheaded by Archaon, who decided that he needed Khorne's might more than Tzeentch's guile, and his blood is used to summon the Bloodthirster Ka'Bandha.
994
995!!The Glottkin
996Triplet brothers born to two well-meaning Talabheimers, a [[WhiteMage Life Witch]] and her spouse, a farmer, who sought to educate the Norse and so bring the cycle of hate between the Norse and the Empire to a close. Marked by Nurgle before they were even born, they swore themselves openly to his cause and to revenge against the Empire when their parents were murdered by an Imperial vengeance-raid on the Nordic lands where they lived.
997----
998%%* AffablyEvil: Otto Glott.
999%%* BellyMouth: Ghurek has one.
1000* BodyHorror: All three, but especially prominent with Ghurek. His ravenous appetite turned him from a man to a horrific, obese spawn-thing so large that his brothers took to riding him to war. Great horns sprout from his shoulders, popping boils cover his back, and his arms are hideously mutated.
1001* BoisterousBruiser: Otto is this in the delightfully twisted way that only Chaos can supply. His immediate action after beating down [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vlad]] [[EvilOverLord von Carstein]] is to ''whistle a harvest tune''!
1002* TheBigGuy: They're all large, but Ghurek is a monster so huge his brothers ride on his back without problems.
1003* BodyHorror: They were once three normal-looking people, Ghurek was even described as handsome. Now look at them.
1004* CargoShip: Otto really likes his "curvy" scythe.
1005%%* CombatTentacles: Ghurek again.
1006* DumbMuscle: Ghurek, who is mutated to such a monstrous size that his brothers ride him as a mount.
1007* FatBastard: All three. Subverted with [[AffablyEvil Otto]] and Ghurek.
1008* FateWorseThanDeath: After failing to conquer Altdorf at the last, an enraged Nurgle stuffs them into jars in his attic.
1009* HeroKiller: Otto takes down Kurt Helborg and even Karl Franz. [[BackFromTheDead The latter gets better.]]
1010* HornyVikings: Essentially so, being Norscan warlords. Ethnically speaking, they're Taleuten, but they were raised Norse and consider themselves such, taking pride in their adoptive culture and [[RapePillageAndBurn all]] [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy that]] [[ReligionOfEvil entails]].
1011* MagicKnight: In-game, the Glottkin are both a terrifying fighter and a level 4 Wizard, because Otto (a warrior), Ethrac (a wizard) and Ghurek (a giant monstrosity) are all treated as a single model.
1012%%* MookMaker: Ghurek
1013* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Ethrac, the sorcerer of the brothers.
1014* PowerTrio: All three brothers are a single unit on the tabletop, and cover their own weaknesses by moving and fighting as a team. It is rather appropriate, considering that Nurgle's symbol is three dots connected by lines.
1015%%* SiblingsInCrime
1016* SiblingTeam: The triplets fight as one, being a terrifying mix of a monstrous unit, sorcerer, and Chaos Champion.
1017%%* SinisterScythe: Otto wields one.
1018* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Drinking Otto's blood essentially burns Vlad von Carstein from inside out and infects him with disease.
1019* YouHaveFailedMe: When they fail to kill Karl Franz again after his resurrection and dare to escape rather than fight the divinely-empowered Emperor, Nurgle is enraged by their failure and puts their souls in jars as punishment.
1020* WeHardlyKnewYe: The Glott brothers are introduced at the beginning of ''End Times: Glottkin''. At the end of the same book, they're stuffed into jars in Nurgle's garden.
1021
1022!!Vardek Crom
1023[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chaos_crom3.jpg]]
1024
1025A powerful Kurgan chieftain who serves as Archaon's herald.
1026----
1027%%* CombatPragmatist
1028* DragonWithAnAgenda: He seeks more glory than Archaon is willing to give.
1029* DualWielding: Crom is armed with both an axe and a sword alongside his shield. The game rules allows him to switch between fighting with both weapons or fighting with a weapon and shield, both of which grant him superior bonuses to other warriors fighting with similar styles.
1030* HordesFromTheEast: He's a Kurgan nomad, which essentially makes him part of the Warhammer equivalent of the Cumans.
1031* RedBaron: He's often referred to as the Conqueror.
1032* UriahGambit: In ''End Times: Nagash'', Archaon sends him off to assault the Empire with the express hope that he'll die in the process, and he does indeed get his head staved in by Valten wielding Ghal Maraz.
1033* WeHardlyKnewYe: He's introduced in the middle of ''End Times: Nagash'', and dies ignominiously less than a chapter later.
1034
1035!!The Maggoth Lords: Orgotts Daemonspew, Morbidex Twiceborn and Bloab Rotspawned
1036Three Nurgle champions who ride hulking maggot-creatures called Maggoths. Lieutenants to the Glottkin during their invasion of the Empire.
1037----
1038* HalfHumanHybrid: Orgotts Daemonspew insists he is the son of a human witch and a Great Unclean One. Morbidex Twiceborn has been mutated into a fusion of human and Nurgling.
1039* HornyVikings: The Maggoth Riders tribe in general, due to being Norscan.
1040* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Morbidex worships Nurgle because he hates Tzeentch, who he blames for his being born while his house burned and so being horribly burned from birth.
1041* TheWormThatWalks: Bloab Rotspawned was punished for constantly tormenting insects and vermin by being hollowed out from the inside and infested with brooding daemonflies, leaving him nothing but an animate skin over a cloud of buzzing hellish insects.
1042
1043!!Gutrot Spume
1044A Nurgle-worshipping Norscan Jarl who famously got merged with an aquatic tentacled abomination after failing to kill a Plague Kraken. He was responsible for transporting the Maggoth Lords and the Glottkin into the Empire by his ships.
1045----
1046* CombatTentacles: His left side has seven of them due to being fused with a sort of mutant squid-thing after his arm was bitten off.
1047* HornyVikings: Complete with daemonic plagued longships!
1048* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: A Norscan, like most of the others in the Glottkin's horde, but he's more intense about being a warrior than many of the others.
1049* RememberTheNewGuy: It's implied that he's the warlord who led the Norse invasion of Nordland that was described in the eighth edition BRB.
1050
1051!!Valkia the Bloody
1052
1053* BadBoss: She kills those who, in her eyes, disgrace Khorne's legacy or flee.
1054* MutualKill: When fighting Ludwig Schwarzhelm, they both end up impaling each other.
1055%%* NoTrueScotsman: Her views on the Chaos Warriors fighting for anything other than Khorne's glory.%%ZCE -- what views are these?
1056%%* WorthyOpponent: It's implied that she regards Kouran as this during the battle for Naggarond.%%ZCE -- regards Kouran as what?
1057
1058!!Skarr Bloodwrath
1059
1060A Champion of Khorne.
1061----
1062* BackFromTheDead: He will always come back from a pool of blood if killed.
1063%%* TheBerserker
1064%%* InLoveWithYourCarnage
1065
1066!!Prince Sigvald the Magnificent
1067
1068A vain and spoiled prince who is particularly favoured by Slaaanesh.
1069----
1070* AssholeVictim: He's killed by Throgg in the End Times after [[VillainousBreakdown throwing a tantrum about his face being scarred]]. Absolutely nobody mourns him, and to further add insult Throgg [[LastDisrespects urinates on top of his corpse]].
1071* TheDogBitesBack: He constantly belittles and insults the Troll King Throgg, whom he sees as below him, during the march against Nagash's host. Consequently, while Sigvald rests next to Krell's skeleton in a stupor after defeating him, Throgg takes his revenge for all the insults. A giant club to the head ends Sigvald's tale for good.
1072* {{Irony}}: He dissected the faces of his two wives. Come to the End Times, his last battle ends with Sigvald himself having been permanently scarred in the face.
1073* VillainousBreakdown: Over an [[EvilIsPetty incredibly petty reason]] at that. He fights Krell, who manages to slash Sigvald's face, disfiguring him. This drives him into a frenzy, which allows him to overpower and kill Krell, but with his face permanently scarred he collapses and wails in petty frustration and anguish. Unfortunately for him, Throgg makes sure this is the last thing he ever does.
1074
1075!!Throgg
1076
1077The king of all trolls and a devout follower of the Chaos Gods.
1078----
1079* DefiantToTheEnd: His body broken, mangled and at the mercy of Nagash, the later laughing in his face and calling him a minor lackey to a bunch of ungrateful and pitiful gods, Throgg's only response is that serving the Chaos gods would still be preferable then bowing down to someone like him.
1080* DeaderThanDead: He has both his body and soul utterly annihilated by Nagash, leaving only a small pile of ash and a charred crown.
1081* KickTheSonOfABitch: He smashes Sigvald's skull when the later is recovering from his fight with Krell.
1082* DumbMuscle: He and the rest of his forces are accused of being this by Arkhan.
1083* WreckedWeapon: His club is cut in half by a single swing of Nagash's mortis blade.
1084
1085!!Dechala the Denied One
1086
1087A serpent-bodied Slaneeshi warlord who participates in the attack on Naggaroth.
1088----
1089* TheBusCameBack: ''The End Times'' marks her first appearance since her inclusion in the ''Liber Chaotica'', following a rather lengthy absence from official material.
1090* EvilCounterpart: She can be seen as one to Tyrion, as by the time of their duel they were betrayed by family members -- Dechala by her parents, and Tyrion by [[spoiler: his own brother Teclis]] -- and both are incredibly skilled in swordplay. The difference is that, while Tyrion also [[FaceHeelTurn fell]], he's able to turn back and become TheAtoner, while Dechala fully embraces villainy. Another parallel is that a major motivator for Tyrion's FaceHeelTurn is the [[spoiler: death of his daughter Aliathra]], while Dechala's fall to evil was caused by being sold out by her father.
1091* KilledOffForReal: She's [[spoiler:killed by Tyrion in their duel]].
1092
1093!!Aekold Hellbrass
1094* TheBusCameBack: After being absent from official works since ''Champions of Chaos'', he returns in ''The End Times'' at the head of a massive Chaos army that breaks Kislev and is only held back by the Auric Wall.
1095* KilledOffForReal: He crosses blades with Felix Jaeger and [[spoiler:dies after Felix brings down the building they are in on top of him]].
1096[[/folder]]

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