Mannfred was originally brought back at castle Drakenhof by a necromancer that had dragged Mannfred's bones out of the swamp. The necromancer was going to sacrifice a maiden to ressurect Mannfred, but then Gotrek and Felix showed up. Felix is annoyed, so Gotrek sliced the necromancer in half, but the ritual was powered by the necromancers own blood instead of the maidens. Mannfred is ressurected and stands naked in front of a dwarf slayer with a magical weapon. So he turns to mist and hides until Gotrek and Felix leaves.

@simonnachreiner8380

Жыл бұрын

"So he turns to mist and hides until Gotrek and Felix leaves." The sheer amount of blue balls that statement gives me would be enough to kill a Greater demon of Slaanesh

Ah yes...Starscream Von Carstein. How I missed you not...

@matthewcoster5535

3 жыл бұрын

This actually deserves more likes.

@r0br33r

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewcoster5535 Why? Because you're an actual babybrain mahchild who actually relates to TWANSFOWMEWZ REFWENSES XDDD?

Really sad that they didn't go for a more Vlad style army for the Vampire counts. Would have loved it to fight with sylvanian state troops alongside the undead.

Manfred was the second vampire fostered by Vlad von Carstein. The first was Isabella van Drak; Vlad's wife and the only thing he ever truly loved.

@chasepalestrant1264

6 жыл бұрын

Mitchell Fechter sorry if this meme is old but Vlad and Isabella Von Carstien still a better love story than Twilight.

@sirsmithsmitherson5847

6 жыл бұрын

That is assuming that Vashanesh never sired any offspring in Lahmia something that I would highly doubt considering how long he was there.

@Buzzy_Bland

6 жыл бұрын

Mitchell Fechter As I understand it, Vlad met Isabella long, _long_ after siring (adopting?) Mannfred.

@gulmaraz5931

5 жыл бұрын

When you think about it the von carsteins are jews.

@gulmaraz5931

5 жыл бұрын

χρονης κ. That’s true. Warp Tokens are their sheckles

I prefer the story in the 5th edition Undead army book about Manfred's revival which was delivered by a necromancer servant who's family had been rounding up all of Manfred's severed body parts & some what intact corpse and then performing a specific ritual to revive him at drakenhof castle which was crash by Gotrek & Felix, killing the necromancer and freeing the young virgin girl from being sacrificed which was the final part of the ritual needed, they did not how ever stop the resurrection of Manfred as all the ritual needed to finish working was virgin blood never specifying that it needed to be from a woman and the poor necromancer had died on the ritual circle and you can see where this is going but spoilers no Gotrek doesn't get to kill Manfred in this short story

As soon as I was in need of some more lore, you came to my aid, yet again :D

@TheCorrodedMan

7 жыл бұрын

Lallepop Lord of Ahegao pimp daddy arch always delivers

Ah Mannfred, the Darth Malak of the Vampire Counts. So cunning, so highly esteemed, and yet primarily damages his own side. A genius savant, he may know Necromancy like few others, but he is also more than a bit of an idiot. He has a gift for sabotaging his own best interests via untimely backstabbing and impulsive decisions. Who else could snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, literally days before Vlad brought the Empire under the Von Carsteins' rule? Who else could eliminate most of his own bloodline, only to realize "oh shit, I'm running things by myself and have no lieutenants to back me up?" Who else could raise a legion of zombies and think "yep, the Empire and the Dwarfs will never be able to deal with these!" Pompous twit. Your informative (as usual) and entertaining (as always) video was awesome! That said, I wanted to add a bit to your lore, since I love this stuff. First off, it's "Castle Dra-ken-hof." Three syllables. Secondly, the Liber Mortis is most definitely NOT something from the hand of a Morrite. During the Black Death and Skaven invasion of the Empire, one Prince Vladimir (not the most cunning alias, but no one knew who Vlad was at that time) came to Sylvania and spoke to it's ruler, Frederick van Hal. He brought him a copy of the books of Nagash. Now Nagash's works are too advanced for almost any Necromancer to use, and only the most skilled can even understand them. Fortunately, with Vlad(imir)'s help, van Hal became exactly that. He then distilled the Nine books into one volume he called the "Liber Mortis." For a true master like Wsoran or Arkhan, this was "Necromancy for Dummies," but for anyone else it was one of the greatest works of Necromancy ever written. The Sigmarites kept a copy when they tried to stamp out the book's distribution, which is how brave Kurt III had such a thing handy. Thirdly, Mannfred's resurrection is a lot more palatable in the original Gotrek and Felix. A Necromancer named Schtillman was in the midst of the ritual to revive Mannfred. He had reached the part where he had to sacrifice a life (incidentally, the girl he chose for his victim would become Ariette Von Carstein not long afterwards) when Gotrek killed the bastard. Unfortunately, that just meant Schtillman was the sacrifice and Mannfred was restored. The story makes a lot more sense that way. Thanks for the video, and for hearing me out! (If you didn't hear me out, please disregard this message...which you already did, since you didn't hear me out.)

@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723

4 жыл бұрын

lol, yeah minus that Malak is blad from having scalp burns,

End times? What's that? Sounds like complete fiction to me. Probably never happened.

@darthpanzer

8 жыл бұрын

+Reichtangle Sounds about right. Chaos gods make shit up all the time.

@theomnissiah-9120

7 жыл бұрын

Sagrotan Tzeentch is not so cruel in truth the end times was the work of the 5th chaos God Matt ward

@UCUCUC27

7 жыл бұрын

was it really matt ward that did that?

@darthpanzer

7 жыл бұрын

Or his brother, i dunno. GW was worried it wouldn't sell well, so they "spiced it up" quite a lot.

@archon95-77

7 жыл бұрын

Darth Panzer If only...

Note:Annoying the empire sufficiently that you unite all of them against you:Extremely bad idea. I didn't think even a vampire could underestimate to this extent.

@robertnelson9599

3 жыл бұрын

The Blood Dragon vampire faction believed that they could kill a dragon in single combat.

@SvengelskaBlondie

3 жыл бұрын

If only this could be the fate of the halflings, then the Empire would suddenly become a much better place.

"A couple of hundred men, not something you storm a city with" Ahem, King Carlus Rex of Sweden....

@rogueishcharm

3 жыл бұрын

*Pushes up glasses* Well actually!

The Von Carstein trilogy was a truly wonderful set of books to read. Are you going to do a Konrad von Carstein lore video? Gotta love his little cabinet.

@robertnelson9599

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, forgot about Konrad.

Imagine Vlad Von Carstein trying to use magic on a Slann. Imagine that one sided nonsense.

Good sir I truly can't explain just how awesome and useful your Warhammer lore, reviews and other videos you post! Ive been a pretty avid Warhammer fan for the past 15 years, somewhere around that, and now am 25 and kinda getting back into Warhammer again and I cant begin to tell you how caught up and informed I am now thanks to your videos. Not only that but the way you make your videos has truly peaked my families interest making the hobby not only my own but as I said a family thing and it has literally been too awesome. Thank you again for all your hard work and dedication to a utterly awesome and fantastic universe that is Warhammer.

loving these videos by the way.. the fact you feel the same about "geedubz" as well makes it all the sweeter. thank you, sir.

Very good video, as always! Keep up the good work!

Good work Arch, love your content big man.

my bones are ready

Prayers always Arch you are the man

I expect something big for the 30k mark, Arch. Also, do have a lore video for Vlad?

@ArchYouTube

8 жыл бұрын

sadly i am lost on a sandy and oddly windy Island som nothing special :-(

@agustinbenitez2264

8 жыл бұрын

+Arch Warhammer YEP aRCH, YOU THE BOSS MAN, sorry capslock

hope one day we see arch making a video about all the bullshit in the end times

@SuperSonyer

8 жыл бұрын

+klo45pl I support this, I want to hear from him why is end times so shitty. Because I don't know anything about it.

@CptCh4os

8 жыл бұрын

+SuperSonyer and Age of Sigmar... hearing this from Arch sounds like a lot of fun :D

@Smutnovsor

8 жыл бұрын

+klo45pl it's ALL a huge pile of typical-fanfic-writer shit. That's all you need to know about it.

@NightmareRoach

8 жыл бұрын

pretty sure he already did that.

@Venneroth

8 жыл бұрын

+SuperSonyer Short version? It did three really lousy things. 1. It killed a wonderful fantasy universe. 2. It replaced it with a boring fantasy universe. 3. It did so through a terribly written series of events, mostly built off of deus ex machinas and retcons. So many, many retcons. Characters had their personalities shift. History was re-written, and people made choices that made zero sense in light of who they are. If you are familiar with his previous work, you will be able to guess one of the key writers involved via his trademark style...

Thanks my friend for the good story

Happy 30k sub Arch

Arch, for a TW fan who had no idea about Warhammer lore you my friend are a savior! I enjoy these very informative videos and i find myself growing very fond of warhammer lore! Thanks!!! P.S. Bring the cool backround music back! xD

@Masterbean

8 жыл бұрын

+TaVo I second this. Felt like something was missing and I had to rewatch 5 times until I noticed a disturbing lack of Kevin MacLeods Anamalie. ^^

@tavo9716

8 жыл бұрын

Bring Backround music back or RIOT xD

Arch I can confirm Reiksguard and Motors for the Empire Army, thanks to the new videos Lionheart put out

Hey Arch, Good news you are going to get a pre realease copy of Warhammer: Total War. They said it on Stream!

I thought Manfred cut off Felix's hands but didn't kill him.

@Lalle524

8 жыл бұрын

That is a possability

@larshoevenberg2247

7 жыл бұрын

***** lol

Nice video !

Manfred sounds like how the real life medieval lords were; dumb, with moments of brilliance.

@TheCorrodedMan

8 жыл бұрын

More so brilliance with days of utter idiocy

@Drakhesh

6 жыл бұрын

Though to be fair, Manfred at least has a plausible excuse for his fots of idiocy - according to lore, vampirism twists the mind more and more with time.

There should be TV documentaries like this , unlike what we have now these series make one watch in "awe" all those 24 minutes.

8:06 looks like we found Manfred’s goth phase

And then dwarves and vampire counts made an alliance.

hey, Arch! firstly, you are my greatest source of both lore for the fantasy side of warhammer and laughs!!! I was wondering, could you perhaps do a video on the Witch Hunter, from weapons to lore (obviously) snd most notable members and your opinion on how they are in the pre-"Age of Failmar" tabletop setting? keep the laughs and lore going, good buddy! 10-4!!

Arch, I asked some questions in the most recent total war stream - vampire counts. You may be able to get an early copy if you get in touch with them via twitter. :)

really a tree crazy ... there was a story about some creepy Igor like guys resurrecting him in some Gotrek and Felix stuff ... Master Master we found all your pieces together and with the help of that maiden .... well ... put the treepipe that is hillarious ...

@owenthomas2914

7 жыл бұрын

Yer, that was even in one of the old Undead Army Books so prity much cannon. Sounds like this silly tree story just ignored the chomped into many pieces thing.

During the Storm of Chaos or just after there was a wonderfully writen event where a resurrected Mannfred gathered his horded and marched into an Empire he expected to crippled after fighting off Chaos, only to be confronted by a huge joint force and in a very Mannfred move just decided 'sod it, I can live for ever I'll just come back when there's a week Emperor. How is this blood tree nonsence meant to fit with that?

Can somebody tell me which books include the life story of Vlad? I'm really interested in his story but idk which book has his beginning to end

yay! lore!

I am a bit confused now, because in Steven Saviles books it is written that Felix Mann survives Manfreds assault (or to be precise, Manfred just doesnt bother killing him). Plus he cant have taken Nagashs book, because several years later, the next grand theogonist uses that very book to drive Manfred off Altdorfs walls (book 3). Is that some kind of fluff-thing, where the author goes against the official lore by game workshop or your mistake? Though its not that important, to be honest, but im curious about wether or not Saviles books are authentic.^^"

Manfred: "I wanna be the first vampire emperor!" God emperor of mankind: "hold my beer ya rookie. and bring me more psykers so I can devour their souls to feed my hunger!"

I miss Warhammer fantasy series. Make some more please.

Arch, need an adeptus Mechanicus video man.

While some would hate his guts, yours truly counts among them, I actually like his overall design, going back the famed Count Orlock of Nosferatu, granted he could do well with sleeves, plus I really do love his mounted model as opposed to the hellsteed & Zombie Dragon, try to keep it tabletop wise. Still I find his old model very adorable,

Did we have a lore video on vlad yet ?

@bkbl777

8 жыл бұрын

+SnowToad i dont think so i hope there will be one though

Have you ever considered making a lore video about some of the things that was in Warhammer Online? Though I feel not everything in that game was a 100% lore friendly, there was some interesting things in that game. It was also kinda strange that everyone got a familiar character as their faction leader except the greenskins and chaos. The greenskins got this Masterblaster leader with a huge Orc and cunning goblin, while chaos got Tchar'zanek who as far as I know haven't made an appearance before that game.

it is so funny to see how english people saying his name( im german), i enjoy it everytime and must admid, that is a hard name to spel out :-) and big thanks for this awesome Lore video to him. Vor me as a beginner it braught me realy in to death.

I mean... Manfred allegedly got hold of the ring that Vlad abused the fuck out of... so why didn't he just... you know... fucking wear it?

@jerec1267

7 жыл бұрын

im assuming being cut into many tiny bits by one of the most powerful swords in the world would mean it would take a little while add onto that the fact his body parts were hid all across sylvania he couldnt exactly just pull his body back together through an entire country's worth of dirt

Manfred: "So, I tried to blitz the empire, massive casualties meant nothing for me, but in the end..." Putin: "So, blitz without any care for casualties on my side. Got it." Manfred: "May I finish my story?" Putin: "Sure thing. But before, have a sip of tea near that open window..."

Why didn't Felix destroy the ring (Lord of the Rings music plays) and the book?

@jerec1267

7 жыл бұрын

he didnt know what they were the church told him to steal something from a sylvanian noble he didnt ask question and when he never got paid he just took the fancy book with him

@dalorasinum386

6 жыл бұрын

Or more surprisingly, why did Mannfred not use the ring after getting it from Felix?

@Xollob2

6 жыл бұрын

Jordan Parkhurst he probably did not know what it was or how to use it.

Whats wrong with the end times? Im fairly new to the fantasy side of warhammer and as well im reading an omnibus of novels about the end times and it seems pretty awesome to me, what am i missing

PLEASE tell me you're going to do a Lore for Nagash!

22:02 Truly, truly OUTRAGEOUS! Hehehehe

Steven Saviles Vampire wars series is still my second favorite warhammer fantasy just after Malus Darkblade series.

Question about the vampires and making more, let's say Manfred was a 10 in power, would he always sire 9's himself or would that go down eventually?

@thegreenness5251

7 жыл бұрын

Mega Merc19 based on how it's presented? I'd say that he always makes 9's, his spawns make 8's, etc etc

at the end all they had to do was get a amateur necromancer out in the swamp practicing and raising manfred from the dead and benig kill by the whole empire would be reason enough for revenge and hey maybe manfred gets a apprentice.

please do a lore video on NEFERATA !!!!

I'd love to shout heresy and run into battle with many space marines, but I forgot that this is Fantasy. So instead I'll sacrifice my entire skavens just to get one glowing stone.

wait felix survived the hand cutting and lived some years in that monastery without hands and a bit miffed he couldnt even wipe himself

hey arch is there a possibly that we can see a vlad lore video?

Wasn't Manfred brought back in the Gotrek and Felix series? I could be wrong since I haven't read yet (shame on me I know), but I thought I heard that he was.

I want to see your Isabella lp !

Arch just a question we have seen both good and bad things with the game but what do you think overall will the game be good or bad and why?

i could of sworn arch had a vlad von carstein video but i cant find it ?

I know this is not fitting to the "normal" Warhammer Lore, but do you have Information about the Tau normal Life? So like are they forming families or do they live their life solo. So just what a normal day looks like for a Tau not fighting in the war (especially for Fire-Cast Tau). I love the Tau :) and would be happy about knowing more about them.

Can't believe there's 0 dislikes when you opened up the video with "Mannfred is a shitty version of Vlad". Personally I find the vampire counts to be on par with like the dark eldar in terms of just needless grimdark so I'm not a huge fan of them, but I'd have to imagine that you certainly pissed off some emo neckbeard by insulting his favorite character somewhere lol

@93Avenger93

8 жыл бұрын

+Lincoln E Here's the thing: after the end times, NOBODY likes manfred. The cry-baby is responsible for chaos winning in those books. Soooo ... yeah. Whatever fanbase he might have had, after the end-times the only thing any warhammer fan wants is to see him die in a prolonged and painfull fashion that would make slaneesh itself cringe and say "maybe, just maybe don't go THAT far".

@InquisitorThomas

8 жыл бұрын

Honestly the Vampire Counts aren't that bad compared to the Dark Eldar considering the fact that they are vampires and necromancers, being Grim and Dark is kinda a given while the Dark Eldar were so kinky that actually created a Chaos God through the sheer amount of Orgies and Torture session they were having and after they lost their empire to the chaos they decided to keep having fucking Orgies and Torturing people

@rex4229

8 жыл бұрын

That was only in 40k, slaneesh wasen't created like that in warhammer fantasy.

I would have liked Konrad and Manfred being the haroes of the vampire counts but what can you do

I know torch and pitchforks are going to come my way in my opinion Mannfred is actually being developed well story wise in AOS in a good way. Honestly the undead from a lore stand point have been developed well in my opinion. *Begins running away from the mob* Actually according to liber necris the book written by mannfred its states vampires can come back from the dead. During the time of Neferata and Vashanesh aka vlad when vampires were first created. Vampires died many times due to rivalries etc and their servants bought them back to life to do it... again and again. Until Khemri got tried of vampire shit and decided to kill them since they were monsters.

I'm surprised the entire dwarven army didn't drown in the swamp

mannfred the loyal, arkhan the undefeated and nagash the beloved the end times undead trio :D

"However"

Car-stein, not carsten^^ i find it funny how you pronounce it. But nonetheless great vids, i realy enjoy them^^

@jonaspete

8 жыл бұрын

lol your profile pic

@mutenroshie

8 жыл бұрын

you're welcome

I believe you meant, "Usurper" ;3

while listening i thought about something. Vampires can rase undead armys, so can you rase armys while rooming the lands in total war?

@hmcope1251

8 жыл бұрын

Yes

So why don't they use the Liber Mortis every time a necromancer pops up? Sounds like an auto-win.

@FuelDropforthewin

7 жыл бұрын

I suspect that the book has enough risks of its own that using it is an act of desperation rather than something to be done casually. That would also explain why there aren't a bunch of copies of the book, and would also fit with the dangerous nature of magic in the Warhammer universe.

@chasepalestrant1264

6 жыл бұрын

Ben Colecliffe well this is a book made to counter Nagash's books of necromancy so it would stand to reason that it takes a large amount of warp energy, however the book dose seem to have a limit on how many bodies you can send back into the ground.

#teamnagash

God påske fra oslo!!

Do you have a plan to do a Vlad lore video?

congratulation for 30k subs i hope you do sonthing spezial :-D if not the maby for 40 k ?? :-D :-D

you ever going to do Vlad or Isabella carstein lore

You can "count" me in

Wait, after Mannfred was finally down didn't the Empire (re)annexed Silavanya?

@Turnil321

8 жыл бұрын

+Nichita Mihai Nobody wanted that piece of land. It's like that place in Bretonia above the skaven city. Not one lord is crazy enough to want that

Hey Arch, how do you think an undead army would do in Mordheim City of the Damned, assuming they add it as either DLC or FreeLC...

@stepans20

8 жыл бұрын

+killroy v2 By the gods yes! Do want!

@mdb45424

8 жыл бұрын

+killroy v2 but most undead dont get exp in the table top. the team would be mostly expendable non leveling minions and a couple bad ass vamps

@killroy255

8 жыл бұрын

+mdb45424 yeah, that's the point, they start as a pretty powerful warband but after a while due to the mooks not being able to level/gain experience they get harder and harder, assuming that the Vampires and similar aren't already powerful as fuck!

so Manfred is a antediluvian (vampire the masquerade)

It's basically pronounced "Car-schtain" the scht being a single sound, and the ai as in eye.

I thought manfred had vlads ring so why didnt he ressurect from that?

@jerec1267

7 жыл бұрын

he left it at home, or the fact that the runefang was stronger than his ability to regenerate

Say: Einstein Now say: Carstein

Just got finished watching their New Stream they just put out, AI looks Great and Combat is Amazing. hope you check it out on their stream archive

@stephenmcginley1961

8 жыл бұрын

+Stev Mcgin Thier new stream on the archive i mean*

@Alsemenor

8 жыл бұрын

+Stev Mcgin What other stream? Another vampire one?

@stephenmcginley1961

8 жыл бұрын

+Alsemenor Yeah it was the same battle but with different people. they went into a lot more detail and showed more of the combat

For someone with that level of intelligence and experience, Manfred should've expected the unbinding book and had a plan to counter it long before he reached Adolf

What a librarian...

So is there no badass vampire left alive in this timeperiod ? (excluding the end times)

@blablaraggmunk

8 жыл бұрын

+odys mar Neferata is alive.

@papajack222

8 жыл бұрын

+odys mar Aragash is still around.

@grolash6219

6 жыл бұрын

Zacharias

I'm new to warhammer does anybody know where I should start

@CaptainLekirk

8 жыл бұрын

these lore videos. it is easy enough to just piece it together. look for races, then characters in the races you decide you like.

@thedankestengine2543

8 жыл бұрын

+CaptainLekirk k cheers m8

wat about konrad

💪

Kondrad the Butcher is best son.

so after the first vampire war patch, and seeing how op (s++ uber tier)vampires were, it was released a counter item that nerfed vampires almost to NU, huh?

I don't think this is a good representation of Mannfred, he was more cunning, backstabbing, an excellent spellcaster(the best of the Vampire Counts) and more machiavellian then Vlad. I love Vlad to, but he was more of an inspiring and charismatic leader while Mannfred was the perfect example of how a Vampire should be and act. I don't understand why plebs in the comments hate Mannfred, he's one of the greatest characters in Warhammer fantasy.

Hey Arch, what would you say is Manfred's bloodline technique?

@Telsker_Sonpos

8 жыл бұрын

+marco wtf are you talking about?

@RyanAcidhedzMurphy

8 жыл бұрын

+Juuso Hakala Vampire The Masquerade RPG from White Wolf.

Virgin Mannfred vs Chad Vlad.

why is there stuff about Sega and total war in the Video description

@jobo5300

8 жыл бұрын

Manfred is going to be the leader of the Vampire counts in total war

Longtime Total War fan here educating myself on WH lore. Would someone well versed in the lore mind explaining what the problem with End Times lore is? Just curious.

@charlieclifton-brown3729

8 жыл бұрын

+Caleb Jones watch Arch's video on the End Times and Age of Sigmar, he goes into it. Basically, it destroyed everything

@18Krieger

8 жыл бұрын

+Caleb Jones It simply killed Warhammer Fantasy Battles with poor excuses and shits on the lore and all characters. For what? Age of Sigmar. The cancer of the warhammer world.

Manfred, Lord of the Von Carstein Bloodline; the vampire who fucked the world