Legendary Lords, such as Emperor Karl Franz, are highly renowned characters in the Warhammer Fantasy Battle world. They can also be equipped with a wide range of magical items and a selection of followers, as well as mounts for them to ride into battle. A Lord’s specialism in combat can be melee or magic-related according to their battlefield focus and the race to which they belong.

Lords are powerful characters in their own right, each having a broad skill tree allowing them to specialise in a variety of areas as they progress: strategic, tactical and personal combat ability. They are your generals, and are split into two categories: Lords and Legendary Lords. In Total War: WARHAMMER, Lords lead your armies into battle without them an army cannot exist. A military genius and the greatest statesmen the Old World has ever seen, he is the Empire’s greatest hope for survival in a brutal, war-torn world. Soaring aloft on Deathclaw, most ferocious of the Imperial Griffons, and wielding Ghal Maraz, the fabled hammer once held by Sigmar himself, Karl Franz inspires the men he leads to feats of courage and heroism. That man is Karl Franz Prince of Altdorf, Elector Count of Reikland and Emperor. A man of astounding military prowess, as gifted a warrior and commander as he is a statesman.

For one man is fated to negotiate the treacherous webs of Imperial politics and overcome countless entrenched rivalries to bind the warring provinces under his banner. But now there is a measure of stability and hope for mankind. Threatened from without by races bent on evildoing, and from within by political infighting and petty ambitions, The Empire has held together throughout the ages in a fragile alliance, often teetering on the brink of disaster. Now, to gear you up for tomorrow, we can exclusively reveal that tomorrow’s trailer will introduce the Legendary Lord, Karl Franz of the Empire. Total War - It’s a big week for Total War: Warhammer! On Monday we released the first in our new ‘Introducing…’ video series which showed off the mighty Demigryphs and also confirmed the first In-Engine Cinematic Trailer would be coming this Friday.

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