Sylvania

Long ago, Queen Neferata stole the secrets of eternal life from Nagash. The elixir she created was flawed, bestowing immortality but at great cost. And so the Vampires were created and they have been a plague upon the living ever since.

Millennia later, the darkling figure of Vlad von Carstein arrived in Sylvania – before long, the region's destitute nobility were in his thrall and the von Carstein bloodline was born. Every few centuries, a von Carstein would take the reins of power and strike out against mortals at the head of an Unliving army of zombies, wraths, Necromancers and other abyssal monstrosities .

The Empire has thwarted such legions before, but the dead have never rested easily in Sylvania and now they lurch from their graves, summoned to Unlife by the Midnight Aristocracy as each prepares to challenge mankind once more.

Faction Name Sylvania

Campaign wh3_main_combi

Culture wh_main_vmp_vampire_counts

Subculture wh_main_sc_vmp_vampire_counts

Military Group wh_main_group_vampire_counts

Faction Group wh_main_fact_group_vampire_counts

Faction Group Name Vampire Counts

• (wh_main_political_party_vampire_ruler)
  Mannfred has taken residence in Ka-Sabar whence he hunts across the Khemri Desert by night, seeking out the lost wisdom of the Books of Nagash. Before rising to his current power, Mannfred von Carstein avoided the infighting of his peers and instead travelled far and wide, seeking to deepen his knowledge of necromantic lore. He made unholy pilgrimages to ancient tombs and cities, where he wrested forbidden secrets from bone-dry scrolls made from human skin, studied ancient spells in the first of the Books of the Dead and struck foul bargains with powerful long-dead beings.
  
  When Mannfred finally returned to Sylvania, he was more powerful than ever, and he took over the Undead legions in the wake of his insane predecessor’s destruction. Though previously he had travelled in the guise of an Imperial lord, now at the height of his power his appearance has become more horrifying – his face became contorted and corpse-like, and his scalp writhing with magical energy. Yet his new-found powers are not enough, and he thirsts for evermore as part of his designs for the Imperial throne.
  
  Legions of the Dead
  Mannfred is no slave to conventions of honour or glory. Ends concern him far more than means; if the choice falls between slaughtering the meek and vanquishing the mighty, he chooses slaughter.
  
  Diplomatic relations: +0 with Vampiric factions and Followers of Nagash (20.0000)
  Start with 0 Blood Kiss (1.0000)
  Mannfred is able to collect the Books of Nagash while on his journey for Necromantic lore (1.0000)
  Gains access to a unique building in Drakenhof which doubles the effects of his collected Books of Nagash (1.0000)
  Research rate: +0% (20.0000)
  

Raise Dead: New units can be raised from among the dead; famous battle sites improve the quality and quantity of the troops available.
Vampiric Corruption: The taint of Undeath can be spread within enemy territory, leading to control issues and Vampiric rebellions.
Varied unit roster with flying units, monsters and expendable Undead troops.

Faction Group

wh2_dlc09_effect_increase_army_capacity_hidden (9999.0000)
Income from post-battle loot: +0% (-50.0000)
Battering rams: +0 per siege item constructed (1.0000)
Siege towers: +0 per siege item constructed (2.0000)