Total War: Warhammer - Prologue: The Undead ft. solinvicta

Here in the game's preview screen you can see the settings we chose to play with along with both the factions my friend and I chose. I chose to lead the Vampire Counts as the notorious Mannfred von Carstein, a noble who did great things throughout his life that turned towards dark magic near death to seek out revenge against those who had betrayed him in life.

As the game started, I was thrown into a war-ravaged undead province where multiple vampire lords, including myself, fought over complete control over one another. It was hard at first, but I went to work defeating rival after rival, taking village after village before securing myself the entirety of eastern Sylvania. From my minions I chose two of my most loyal warriors rising them up the ranks to become powerful vassals under myself and govern over my lands as I pushed west to continue battle against the other vampire lords.

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I continued my endless advance west, taking a local castle from one of the vampire lords before executing him as an example to all others who choose to oppose me. The only other remaining relevant vampire lord alive who controlled most of western Sylvania, Vlad von Carstein, saw my potential and offered my a sufficient amount of coin for a non-aggression pact between us. I knew I could destroy him, but it would take a great many resources that I wasn't willing to waste at the time, so I wisely accepted and an uneasy peace fell over the undead lands.

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Now that there was no more fighting to be done amongst the dead, it was time to bring the fight to the mortals. Down south stood the well-dug in dwarves who would prove a challenge to attack, while up north were a few feeble human empire vassals too far away from their great Emperor to receive help if I attacked. So I attack I did, as I marched my armies north.

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I was met by a local mortal lord and his army, as he desperately tried to halt my advance with his own small army. I found myself respecting his bravery, but taking advantage of his foolishness as I sent forth my undead horde to obliterate him.

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After only minutes of fighting his lines broke and began retreating from the battlefield. Few escaped as I sent forth my undead and dire wolves to finish the job, slaughtering everyone in their path. One thing the mortals forgot to consider before facing me was my ability to bring them back to life, and so I did, as my army grew even larger with fresh bodies to join my ranks. And with my orders, it marched forth.

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Somewhere off to the far east, the humans do foolish battle against each other forgetting about the real problem creeping up from the west.

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