Being a Slayer is basically the opposite of an RPG. The stronger monsters you kill, the more enemies you slay, the stronger you become, means you're constantly failing the one thing you're trying to do.

@coltonberry985

7 ай бұрын

I think it would be a good character

"Gotrek Gurnisson is the greatest failure of a Slayer to have ever lived." -Templin Institute

@MrMortull

4 жыл бұрын

They ain't wrong...

@TheBlackBladder

4 жыл бұрын

So bad , not even end times managed to kill him.

@cyberdiver7076

4 жыл бұрын

Grimnir himself have to 1v1 him to grant him the death he wished.

@gotrekgurnisson9934

3 жыл бұрын

Say what now?!

@UGNAvalon

3 жыл бұрын

@@gotrekgurnisson9934 Hey! How's that glorious death coming along for ya? ;D

Always good to learn something about the oldest Friends of the empire, this does have my consent.

@Siegberg91

4 жыл бұрын

Intresting knowledge will report yes yes

@fhenrik669

4 жыл бұрын

THEY WILL OBEY!

@spiffygonzales5899

4 жыл бұрын

Ze Lady blesses zis comment

@primedecanus5301

4 жыл бұрын

AL YAH STUMPIE ARE STOOPID AS YOU ARE PUNIE!

@danielvoncarstein2292

3 жыл бұрын

@@Siegberg91 q

There's only two kinds of dwarves. Dwarf 1: I want nothing to do with this at all and you can't change my mind Dwarf 2: I'LL KILL EVERY UGLY LOOKIN' CREATURE ON THIS MOUNTAIN INCLUDING MYSELF Loved the video! Always enjoy narrating the dwarves

@rocketman3285

3 жыл бұрын

3 kinds actually, Gotrek: I"ll take every creature on this mountain and in the lands of chaos with me to the death, but for some reason I won't die...

Slayers in a nutshell: *SUICIDE IS BADASS*

@simonnachreiner8380

Жыл бұрын

No no no no no. Death seeking is badass. A slayer is seeking the most honorable death possible to right the dishonor they’ve committed in life. The entry level Slayer is a Troll slayer because to die to anything less is just mere dishonorable suicide.

Slayers in a Nutshell: *WITNESS ME!!!!*

@Rytonic69

2 жыл бұрын

all the other dwarves: WITNESS HIM!!

Gotrek, Dwarf to angry to die. even the end of the world didnt kill him

I think Total War has saved Warhammer (fantasy) and I'm happy for that, love both Edit: Yes and Warhammer has been one of the best and most refreshing things to happen to Total War indeed. The idea to combine the two was brilliant on both parts.

@mogwaiman6048

4 жыл бұрын

Not really. Age of Sigmar and 40k are doing fine. I think Warhammer saved Total War though.

@enricomugoy5869

4 жыл бұрын

@@mogwaiman6048 Whut? Total War was renowned since the dawn of PC Gaming. Never even heard Warhammer Fantasy Battles before it although Warcraft is damned popular. WFB is already dead, if not for Total War. Then your Age of Shitmar is never popular though, it was a Warhammer 40k ugly bastard son that born out of incest out of a dead corpse of WFB.

@wallhackergotdammit

4 жыл бұрын

@@mogwaiman6048 Warhammer was a great addition to the Total War series, but it did not ''save'' it.

@Benthesniperof8

4 жыл бұрын

@@wallhackergotdammit didn't save. Definitely bought the reputation for the series back a little bit. Rome 2 was a disaster at launch

@mogwaiman6048

4 жыл бұрын

@@enricomugoy5869 AoS has been trending upward since 2015. It didn't need any outside help

At the start, I imagined the Doomslayer as a Dwarf but in the end I think it is Kratos who best matches as a Dwarf slayer.

@brockswisstee7767

4 жыл бұрын

The early Daemon Slayers definitely had Kratos vibes, and basically did the same thing.

Dwarf: takes slayer's oath Slayer King: *SO YOU HAVE CHOSEN DEATH?*

@ashina2146

4 жыл бұрын

yes...that's why I'm here

This is one of the best parts of dwarf culture, the idea has been used in tons of other media but I'll always love the orange haired slayers.

Glorious....... 🔥🔥🔥🔥FOR GRiMNiR BROTHERS!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥

I really apreciate your effort in making These Videos.

"...become obsessed with the matter." THIS IS GOING IN THE BOOK OF GRUDGES

I recruited slayers as emergency unit yesterday and used them to guard flank of my artillery. Looked away for a minute - all slayers already dead. They are really good at their job (dying lol). I was going to disband right after battle anyway.

Magnificent. Never knew these bad boys had such a deep and rich history, I always assumed the CA was too lazy to give the slayers different models, now I understand. Thank you for this video.

Just discovered this channel, motherf***** you just made me download and buy almost all DLC of WTW2 my social life is ruined for the next year. Never seen such a quality channel about Warhammer lore (bright idea to make cinematics/saved battles from the game). Thank you for your work, sincirely !

@TheBookofChoyer

4 жыл бұрын

Wow man thank you! Reading this makes all the work worth it. 😃 Have fun Hugo! TW>Warhammer (I & II) are great games!

@hugoping7666

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheBookofChoyer Pleased you read my comment ! Keep going on :) hf too

@jchea1764

3 жыл бұрын

@@hugoping7666 how did it go ? 😃 Did you enjoy playing Total War Warhammer ? 😊

@hugoping7666

3 жыл бұрын

@@jchea1764 haha one of the best fkin games ever (accounting all the previous TW opuses) 🙂

Ahhh the slayers. The most badass dwarfs of the entire fantasy genre! looking forward to your video on Gotrek ;)

My favorite warriors in warhammer lore. I hope they rework Ungrim, to make him the mighty warrior he is supposed to be.

literally the most badass of badass's in dawi kind.

This is seriously one of the best channels on KZread, showing that quality over quantity always wins!

Tradition is simutaneously the thing preserving the Dawi against their foes and holding them back from progressing forward

Gotrek took the slayer oath because he was not at home when his wife and daughter were killed in the aftermath of a greenskin attack. And his killing of the dwarf lord and his family that was supposed to protect the village.

@TheBookofChoyer

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for pointing that out! 🙏

@keananhendricks9824

4 жыл бұрын

Yup, I was confused when he said "Nobody knows why"

@RayvenQ

4 жыл бұрын

And Snorri Nosebiter took the oath because it's implied that he was meant to be on guard duty protecting that village but went on and got drunk instead, returning to find corpses.

@visitingforgefather5997

4 жыл бұрын

@@RayvenQ its actually worse then that, now this is a rather big SPOILER so ignore it if you want to read the book. Snorri just came back from the failed expedition to find Karak Dum and thought Gotrel had died so he had to inform his wife, logically he ended up drinking to find his courage. After getting really drunk he started a brawl with the rangers who were suppose to patrol the area, beating them up so badly they were unable to do their duty. When the goblins destroyed the village he went in looking for survivors, found Gotreks daughter death and accidently killed his wife having confused her for a enemy because of the smoke and still being drunk. In short Snorri is the reason Gotrek became a Slayer

@lukawski1983

4 жыл бұрын

also his ax belongs to Grungi dwarven God.

3:07 Whitebeard Pirates tattoo :D

Kazuk Kazukite!!! You made the Dawii ancestors proud!

If you want to know more about the mindset of a slayer id highly recommend reading the gotrek and felix novels, it really goes deep into what makes a slayer. There is one chapter in which they encounter a band of dwarves that have been taken as slaves by the dark elves. Gotrek insults them for allowing themselves to be taken alive by the enemy rather than die fighting back! Later on, these dwarves come to the dues aid, having shaven their heads and picked up whatever they found to find as weapons and all taken the slayers oath. They all died, and gotrek honored them for redeeming themselves.

Ungrim went out like a champ in the End Times. I don't play TW, but I still paint and play Warhammer 8th on the tabletop. My Dwarf throng is themed from Karak-Kadrin and Ungrim is at it's head.

A truely great video and the channel itself is one of the best. Can't wait for the video of Gotrek.

I'm in a progress of reading war of vengeance trilogy and have read gotrek&felix&the sundering so nothing new to me here really, but i think the video is very well made!

@TheBookofChoyer

4 жыл бұрын

That means a lot. Thank you my friend! 😃

I have traveled through the warp to approve this video.

The editing and production of these videos is incredible!

GOD i love this i get guesbumps very well done! i would like to see something like this when it comes to the High elfs and there powerfull Mages, this was so epic and i have played Ungrim many times in campaign Total War warhammer II ;D

Chaos Aspiring Champion: Small number, heavy armor makes it too slow, unless magic attack Slayers: COME HERE YOU CHAOS CAN! LEMME JUMP AT YOU TEN FEET AWAY

"It does not matter where he shaves his head and takes the oath; he is a Slayer when it is done." Borek Forkbeard, speaking on the nature of Slayers to Felix Jager, and of Gotrek Gurnisson in particular; from the novel Dragonslayer, by William King.

So when a dwarf has a son, they let him went to battle and maybe killed in action while they themself feel so sad they took an oath to find death. Grim dark lore in deed .

love the slayer aesthetic. obviously the biggest inspiration for the fyreslayers in aos. love them too

Just started reading The First Omnibus, and this comes out the same day.. it's a good day

Slayer: *Sworn that they will die to the strongest of foe* *Got killed by a stray friendly Quallerer crossbow bolt*

lol I was waiting to hear how he would pronounce Golgfag

This is such a fantastic channel. It’s now my go to for lore. Great job, keep it up

I was supposed to start a new Chaos campaign, damn you! Oh well, Ungrim it is ;)

Ive found that there is actually a loophole that a Slayer can take to escape his oath, and Grimmnir is the one who showed me. It was during the end times, when Gotrek was killed by his war god, at that point Gotrek had satisfied his oath as a slayer, he found a worthy opponent and died in battle. When he was resurrected, he was an innocent dwarf. It was after Grimmnir offered him his doom that the loophole was exposed. If an innocent dwarf takes up a Slayers doom, then that Slayer is free from his oath.

What theme is that that started playing when Gotrek Gurnisson was introduced? It's freaking awesome!

Krieger: well i must say i'm a uge fan squat

love to see a video about gotrek and felix

Dwarves are such a compelling race, they are like men but even more so in some aspects

7:10 "I fear there is no foe worthy of my death." - Ungrim Ironfist, Slayer King. Doesn't Queek Headtaker kill him though? Or was it another Chaos being?

@lolkittensnya3717

4 жыл бұрын

no, headtaker was belegar i think, ungrim does die in the Endtimes, but he basically goes nuclear against a chaos army to allow the rest of Karl Franz men to escape

@Torag55

4 жыл бұрын

@@lolkittensnya3717 Ah I see. Thanks for the clarification.

@darkwolf5358

4 жыл бұрын

@@lolkittensnya3717 Headtaker kills Belegar's brother. And yes Ungrim becomes these avatar of fire, becomes so enraged that he explodes like a nuke, destroying half of the chaos horde in one go.

@scribblerstudios9895

3 жыл бұрын

I'd say that's a suitable death for a slayer king

@PhilosophicallyAmerican

2 жыл бұрын

We do not speak of End Times lore.

always amazing videos!! Thank you!

Blaah, stuntues..... What ya gonna do?

I have watched several campaigns in warhammer 2 and it seems no matter the player or factions being played, and even the AI for that matter, will rarely, if ever attack the dwarves, the dwarves are simply extremely dangerous and it takes a great deal of time, units, and resources to even make a dent in their armies and territories, success is still extremely difficult and never guaranteed. I'm glad, I like the dwarfs.

This is so awesome, we want more like this

Loved this one, very well done!

Youre the best at this, so blessed i found this channel

Youd think all the slayers would just make a break for the realm of chaos.

@MrMortull

4 жыл бұрын

I think the idea is to find an *honourable* matchup for your death, so newly-minted Slayers go after minor monsters rather than looking for creatures they flat-out KNOW will curbstomp them without even thinking about it. Or it could just be that Dwarfs are incapable of fighting to lose. o _o

@jacklang3314

3 жыл бұрын

Some of the long lived Slayers start to believe that there shame is so great that they must follow Grimnir on his path north to the Chaos Wastes.

@CoffeeFiend1

2 жыл бұрын

The Slayer Oath is really nuanced in the most bleak way though because they're supposed to die in battle but they're also forbidden from committing suicide. They can't just throw themselves in knowing 100% it's unwinnable and will have them killed because it'll be questioned after their death. They at least need to go into something where they know they can kill lots or leave a nasty mark to show that they tried their best and went down fighting etc.

Awesome as always

Hoping for Malakai Makaisson, the slayer engineer, for the next dwarf LL in the Christmas lord pack.

Great video The Book of Choyer. And the Slayers are so badass.

that is the most american Karaz-a-Karak pronounciation ever

This will be the greatest video you'll ever make. For honor! For Grimnir!

@3:10, did that dwarf have a one-piece tattoo?

This really makes me want to run a dwarf roleplay campaign in total war lol another great video!

This was truly excellent

Well now I'm hyped for Gotrek and Felix's video, your videos are incredible dude.

@TheBookofChoyer

4 жыл бұрын

Man thank you! Hopefully the Gotrek video turns out good enough 🙌😃

Gotrek is my man! Great to see other impressive slayers too.

very cool as always

Fun Fact: Ungrim Ironfist has a massive grudge against Gotrek Gurnisson thanks to the Queen of Karak Kadrin ;) . (Source: Road of Skulls)

I am I the only one who noticed that the guy giving the speech at the beginning is the same guy who did the Roman general voices in Rome 2?

I love that you added captions ^^

@TheBookofChoyer

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! To be honest that's the most tedious part of the entire process but I know its helpful and adds a bit to the overall video. Glad you are enjoying these! :)

These are the best lore videos I've ever watched. And I know a ton about the old world.

@TheBookofChoyer

4 жыл бұрын

I'm happy to hear that Josh. Thanks for your words! 🙌😃

Gotrek, baby, the meanest collection of Slayer badassery and daemon cursed axe in one package.

3:05 didnt know that whitebeard had slayers on his crew

That's a fucking Dragonball in his axe head at around 3:00

Great video ! Would be awesome to have Grimgor's / Black orcs story someday

Best Old World lore channel That is something incredible. Hats off my friend and thanks for your wonderful content!

@TheBookofChoyer

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your words Atilius! 🙌😃

@Aetlaify

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheBookofChoyer Big fan of you mate. My pleasure! 👏

'Dwarf regiments have been known to defeat regiments numerous times their size, driven by determination and pride in their abilities and the unstoppable might of corners' 0:20

6:50 I keep hearing this voice and I want it to shout: "FOR ROME!"

Thanks for this content ! Perfext ! I was looking for something like that ! Cheers bro !

@TheBookofChoyer

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers my friend! 😃

@Cyratrixxx

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheBookofChoyer thanks mate! You channel is watched by Captain. Again cheers mate!

2:57 Dudes a fan on the Whitebeard Pirates with that tattoo I guess.

@aidanlyall9674

4 жыл бұрын

Once I saw that I immediately scoured the comments to see that wasn't the only one haha. I guess the artist took artistic liberties when who drew it which ya why not right.

you got the best damned reading voice ive ever heard need to go pro with it if you havent

Finally another dwarf video thank you

MajorKill brought me here. This is freakin awesome

i always love the idea of the slayers, it`s a chame that gameworshop eliminate them in age of sigmar

One big rule for the slayers is never ask why they joined. They do not like being reminded of their one big failure that cost them everything.

Well done :)

Cannot wait for a Gotrek and Felix video

Awesome

Didnt know the dead Romans from Rome2 got reincarnated into dwarves.lmaoo

Welcome people that went here after hearing that Ungrim Ironfist is back in the old world.

12:15 This Is Going In The Book Of Grudges!

Gotta love Ungrim😁

Question organic creature what song did you use around the 5:15 mark cuz I like to know I really like it

9:54 I know it's not exactly the same but I can't help but think about the word dovahkiin

Will there be any lore videos for Nakai the wanderer in the future?

I go to Luetin for WH40K lore, I go to Choyer for Fantasy WH lore. Getting a chance of listening to both in one day, heaven!

@TheBookofChoyer

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Daisuke 😃 Those words mean a lot. Happy new year! 💥

I'M FEELING THE HYPE FOR GURNISSON

oyeah the bois are here.

You will be remembered Rekthor Redaxe!!!! Forever and ever, until there is nothing left but dust!!!

They are the night's watch but more badass

Grimnirs axe thirsts

Gotrek, slayer so bad he survived world blowing up and walked thought realms of chaos to the next world where he continues to refuse to die.