But to succeed, he will need a champion …' It's possible this is referring to Nagash, an ancient lord of the dead with connections to the Vampire Counts and the Tomb Kings. The game description indicates there is a mysterious figure with a role to play who is yet to be revealed, stating 'And there is one who schemes to achieve just that, an ancient figure who desires nothing less than to wield supreme power.

There will be another faction available as DLC at launch, the Ogre Kingdoms, with Creative Assembly promising the Race Pack for free to anyone who preorders Total War: Warhammer 3 or buys the game within the first week. Nurgle is god of pestilence, evolution, and disease Tzeentch is god of knowledge, scheming, and deceit Slaanesh embodies lust, desire, and hedonism and Khorne thirsts for blood and skulls as the god of war.Īt launch, there will be nine Legendary Lords spread across these six factions.

Chaos Daemons - Khorne: Available at launchĮach of the Chaos Gods embodies particular aspects of evil.

Chaos Daemons - Slaanesh: Available at launch.

Chaos Daemons - Tzeentch: Available at launch.

Chaos Daemons - Nurgle: Available at launch.

Here's every new faction we know about so far:

Even more amazingly, the mysterious eastern empire of Cathay is the sixth faction available at launch! Each of the four Chaos Gods gets a distinct army, while the Tzardom of Kislev, long a palette-swap of the Empire and little more than a punching bag, will now be a kingdom in its own right. While the prior two games each launched with four factions (not counting any DLC), this entry will include six. Total War: Warhammer 3 includes an unprecedented number of factions.

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