In-fighting seems a way of life for the Tomb Kings that are putting pride and wealth above reason or a common goal. But for our Vortex campaign, I’m glad that these magical mummies are not concerned about the High Elves’ “blue whirlwind” at all and just wish to focus on the same principles and ambitions from when they were still alive and kicking. Just as with the base game, I’ll presume that you don’t own the first Total War: WARHAMMER, but if you do, then Tomb Kings can also be enjoyed in the Mortal Empires campaign that fuses the series’ maps into a single and very large one. We’re talking about the Eye of the Vortex campaign here.
There are four of them and each features a Legendary Lord and various bonuses that are meant to offer quite a lot of replay value, should you wish to start another campaign with this DLC in the future. The aforementioned subfactions within Rise of the Tomb Kings are the most numerous for a single race in Total War: WARHAMMER II. It’s a fantastical adaptation of Ancient Egypt and it even emulates the historic notions of a mortuary cult, specific pantheon, architecture and military tactics (minus the giant murderous statues, obviously). I do not wish to spoil too much lore-wise, but I can summarize the entire faction as having an obsession with death even before they became the undead that they’re feared in present times. In general terms, the Tomb or Priest Kings as they also fancy themselves, are among the oldest human civilizations from Warhammer’s fantasy realm. Animated by a desire for conquest or revenge, depending on the subfaction. The latter state of being, quite literal since the once mighty and proud monarchs of those deserts, are now skeletal corpses or mummies.
In other words, the dead have finally risen in Nehekhara but unlike their prophecies of a bountiful Afterlife, the Tomb Kings and their servants have awoken to a world deeply plunged into Chaos and decay. If you would ask them, they’d agree that they’ve slept for too long as it is. Few nations could survive let alone prosper in such harsh conditions but I guess that it helps that the “rightful owners” are no longer caring about starvation, dehydration or even resting. They were quickly evicted or enslaved by the titular Tomb Kings, also undead but far more capable of waging warfare within the desert climate and inherent obstacles such as the attrition which involves sand storms on a massive and far deadlier scale than anything witnessed on other continents. A ragtag collection of necromancers and vampires which could never claim ownership of those deserts. Before the DLC I’m reviewing today, those sun-scorched and desolate landscapes were the home of the Necrarch Brotherhood. No, the lore-accurate term would be, the deserts of Nehekhara, since Araby is just the northern coastline of the Southlands continent within the Warhammer world. We’re definitely comparing two different climates and faction alignments but I will do my best to explain exactly what makes Tomb Kings just as interesting as those savage warriors from the frozen wastelands of Chaos.įor starters, Rise of the Tomb Kings overhauls the region I previously referred to as “deserts of Araby” in my review for the base game. While it doesn’t add mini campaigns personalized for the faction such as Beastmen and Wood Elves received from the first Total War: WARHAMMER, I’m more inclined to compare the Tomb Kings’ scope as resembling the Norsca DLC to a certain extent. Rise of the Tomb Kings is the first factional DLC for Total War: WARHAMMER II and I can tell you already that it’s among the best packages for Creative Assembly’s Warhammer Fantasy setting and Total War adaptation.
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