The TIMELINE of the OLD WORLD in 20 mins! | Warhammer Lore

The fatasy world of Warhammer is back with The Old World. So, lets go through the creation myth and recent history of the World of Legends, and set the scene for the return of some fantasy battles!

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[alexandrebelinge]

In the Darkness of the old past there was Re-branding !

[docterfantazmo]

*Historian:* "And so the Empire was fractured after the assassination of the Skaven Slayer."
*Student:* "Who were the Skaven?"
*Historian:* "Just some myth, I dunno."

[SamuraiMujuru]

Ah, Kroak. A frog so powerful he died, decided he didn't much care for it and just stopped being dead.

[triggerman]

Devastated that the destruction of Mordheim in 1999 doesn't even merit a mention :D Great work as always, Ian!

[kedbreak]

The cameo by the Sylvania Family at 17:30 made me laugh.

[euansmith]

I like that the Orcs and Goblins stowed away on the Silver Ships. I presume that's how the Skaven made it to Warhammer World too.
"... Nagash, in search of his old hat." 😄😄😄😄
1979 - Magritta is elected Emperor 😂😂Thatcher's influence weighed heavy on the early years of Warhammer.
Thank you for entertaining dive in to the can of wyrms that is the Olde Worlde Lore. Ian's lore videos strike a great balance between information and brevity.

[martinconway]

I only really became aware of Warhammer after the start of the Age of Sigmar, and even then almost entirely focused on 40k. All my knowledge of this stuff comes from Total War Warhammer. It’ll be nice to explore this new old new place!

[Drogmir]

It’s so great to finally return to the Old World. Although my Middenland army with Reiksguard and a Celestial Wizard will need some retooling given it’s prequel nature.

Part of me wonders if they considered simply just continuing the alt timeline that storm of chaos established as opposed to go all prequels.

[klavakkhazga]

Looks like there's a few Cathay references here and there, that's pretty cool

[Grnhrz]

This has actually been really helpful as I’ve been searching for a fairly concise summary of the history of the OW for a while now to explain the lore to new players in a WHF RPG campaign

[nakenmil]

You know, I don't I ever quite realized that the Empire spent A THOUSAND YEARS as a disunited rabble.

[MiniatureRealms]

Really enjoyed this. There’s so much information in those lore pages, but you did a great job of picking out the highlights and presenting it.

[Steven-qbvn]

I knew disjointed snippets of the old world lore, great to see it all put together with the year countdown in a coherent timeline.

Thank you Ian for another excellent video, saved for future reference 😀

[gawkthimm]

playing warhammer fantasy roleplay was my introduction before ever delwing deeper into 40k, I never played any tabletop games but always role played and read the books.

[triangulan]

It's interesting to hear this fluff for Cathay I have never come across that I presume was made for Total War. Like all the stuff regarding the Elves and Dwarves is familiar (even if the details might be increased or slightly tweaked), but when you mentioned "Celestial Dragon", I was "What? That's never been a thing before."

[NeroIML]

Me, a player of the old Fantasy Battle, watching this: Mhm, everything seems to be in order.
Malarion
Me: Now hang on!

[robnancekivell]

'in search of his lost hat' might be the best line you've ever written.

[windwind]

Elves and Dwarfs: building continent spanning Empires, fighting Chaos, inventing technology, etc.

Meanwhile, humans: M O N K E

[moodymullet]

So stoked you’re doing an Old World series! Love your lore videos!

[mogwaiman]

it's back in a unique way, it's Horus Heresy for fantasy players. I was surprised by VC and Skaven not being core factions though.