Astartes 2 was not on my New Year bingo card but here we are.

The story revolves around the key narrative of the current timeline – the emergence of the Skaven and the inexorable degradation of the Stormcast Eternals. It’s essential viewing for Age of Sigmar fans. The character we saw in the trailer will be familiar to those with a copy of the novel Skaventide from last year: he is a Knight-Questor of the Hallowed Knights named Leodus. Knight-Questors are gifted (or cursed) with visions from Sigmar himself, and charged to set off on quests to see the God-King’s will enacted. And with the power of Chaos rising across the realms, there are no shortage of quests.

This going to be interesting.

Warhammer Plus in real life:

Highly Detailed GENESEED.

Clusters of Stemcells for the SEED TAX.

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Give onto the Emperor, and all that.

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“The solution was to sit down with people who are fluent in sign language and intimately familiar with Warhammer lore. The animators used motion capture to record these performances and transfer them onto the character. The end result is that Atlacoya becomes a mesmerizingly satisfying character to watch. Even with no voice and half her face covered, she still makes her opinions and emotions abundantly clear every time she is on screen*.” Rob from the Warhammer studio was one such person who advised on the specifics of the Thoughmark dialogue. “It was an honour to be asked to input into this episode. As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) I grew up around sign language users and, although my own is fairly rudimentary, it is still very important to me. It makes me really happy to see this kind of diversity being represented in media, and to be able to contribute to its first visual inclusion in Warhammer was a big deal.

Good to Know.

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"Planetary tithes are a fact of life in the Imperium. They are the price that each world must pay to keep the Imperial war machine churning, and the gaze of punitive fleets kept far from their orbit. Every planet’s tithe is different, based (in theory) on their own particular output and capabilities, as defined by the vast and uncaring logistical bureaucracy of the Administratum. Ore, ammunition, weapons, vehicles, food, manpower – all (and more) are demanded and fed into the unending meatgrinder of humanity’s innumerable wars. Woe betide any world that fails to deliver its tithe, for whatever the reason – planetary governors know well that their life depends on their continued payment, and whole worlds have burned for the crime of a missed delivery."

First episode next month.

Episodes are same animation style as Pariah Nexus, and the first episode sees the return of Sa'kan.