Warhammer: The End Times - Khaine

Warhammer: The End Times #Background & Rules Vol.III

by Games Workshop

War spreads in a tide of blood and fire as the End Times descend upon the Warhammer World. Ancient kingdoms vanish as their people are put to the sword under the relentless advance of the Dark Gods’ hosts, those that remain desperately fighting for their very survival. Only on the island realm of Ulthuan have the forces of Chaos been stayed, the might of the high elves marshalled under the leadership of Lord Tyrion and his brother Teclis. Yet it is to be a victory short lived, as from Naggaroth the Witch King Malekith finally launches his war of vengeance against his kin. Amid the slaughter and carnage it seems as if the last days of the elves are finally at hand – and yet there is still hope, as Teclis enacts one last desperate plan to save his people.

Warhammer: Khaine continues the epic tale of the End Times, moving the action to the magical isle of Ulthuan. Set against the backdrop of the greatest dark elf invasion in history, this book presents a host of new rules. Inside you will find rules for heroes like Malekith, the Eternity King and Tyrion, the Avatar of Khaine, new army lists in the form of elven Warhosts, new spells and a collection of narrative missions allowing you to fight your way through this epic struggle in your own games of Warhammer Fantasy Battles.
This title is now available for the first time as an eBook Edition, allowing you to read the saga of the greatest events in Warhammer history on your phone, eReader, tablet and computer.

Genres: Fantasy

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First published November 1, 2014

About the author

Games Workshop Group PLC (often abbreviated as GW) is a British miniature wargaming manufacturing company. Games Workshop is best known as developer and publisher of the tabletop wargames Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000 and The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game.

Reviews

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some very nice fluff, great artwork.

Now wondering what's going to happen to the other armies.

[Ben Stoddard · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the best book in the series so far, and I'm not even an elf player. The writing was a lot more solid in this book and the battles were more meaningful. It felt as though in Glotkin they were trying desperately to make battles meaningful and turned even some minor skirmishes into spotlight battles (I'm looking at you savage orcs and goblins). The Khaine book adds a lot of earth shattering (in some cases literally) events, and pulls absolutely no punches. I like the idea of the winds being attached to specific individuals and I look forward to finding out where the errant winds that escaped from Teclis end up. I'm still having a hard time reconciling the dark elves being chummy with the other two, and the way that they "rescued" several of the different animals and monsters that each army uses, but even so it all seems to work. It did feel a bit weird that Morathi was getting it on with her great great nephew, but hey, they're elves and they're kinda weird that way.

I don't have any major complaints about this story, the writing seems tighter than in the other two books, and the story is much more intense than Nagash (who had a lot of setup for the ET setting) or Glotkin (which seemed like a filler book with way too many unimportant battles being spotlighted). In this book there were a couple of battles that weren't pivotal, but that made sense in the course of the story and were exciting on top of it all, so it isn't really a problem. The only reason that I don't give it 5 stars is because it's not anything great, it's a really good action story with lots of exciting scenes, but I never once felt sad or worried for any of the characters, I didn't see any real growth in anyone and the only character who wasn't static was Tyrion.

That being said, I was almost expecting an Obi-Wan and Anakinesque moment where Teclis could be seen screaming "You were supposed to be the chosen one!" to his brother as he leaves him on the lip of a volcano and Morathi came to get him after Teclis left. The ending was not as gut wrenching as it could have been although it was unexpected. I didn't feel that connection with any of the characters to the point that I was sad to see them go, this could be because I am not an Elf player, but there was no development of any of the characters to the point that I felt connection with any of them. But as far as fluff is concerned, this was top notch!

[Ben · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was a cataclysmic change to the Warhammer storyline. Games Workshop seems to have stumbled onto the fact that if you finally move the storyline a bit, people will flock to read your material. Everything changes for Ulthuan, Naggarond, and Athel Loren in this story. Lots of main characters and even gods perish in this story. The companion book also contains massive changes to the Warhammer game as well as 3 new army lists and about a dozen campaign scenarios. As an elves player, I fully enjoyed this book set. I am not at all sad about the army changes, but I found myself a little melancholy after reading the fluff book and seeing some favorite characters go. Great read if you can get your hands on a copy.

[Nick · Rating 3 out of 5]

As with Nagash, Malekith the witchking would have been the main villain of the story if it had not been warhammer where he too must play a secondary role to wider conflict between chaos and order. I am a bit on the fence with how the threeway split between elves was resolved but where it ended up did make sense but its hard to keep track of time, whereas the previous books takes place in months this one takes place over decades whilst sometimes characters act as if things are happening right one after another.

In the end I do like the bold choice they made, I would argue the boldest one they did in the end times, for resolving this loose end of the warhammer fantasy setting but the execution could have used a final touchup before settling on how it played out.

[Ben · Rating 5 out of 5]

tireins motives wher horribly

[Michael Dodd · Rating 4 out of 5]

Following the template laid down in the the Nagash and Glottkin books, the third in the series of Warhammer End Times background books is Khaine, which unsurprisingly focuses on the fate of the elves during the End Times. A new chapter in a story thousands of years in the making, it sees the three elven races drawn back together in a battle for the soul of their combined race. The elven gods play out their own battle through mortal avatars as Malekith risks everything in an all-out assault on Ulthuan while the high elves reel from the latest daemonic assault and the wood elves reluctantly venture forth from Athel Loren to join the fray.

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[Dann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Elves die. Gods die. Ulthuan is in peril. This is indeed the End Times. Though written by Matt Ward, this book is definitely written with love to the source material. Lavish battles, character development and even at times, majesty. I was, and still am, undecided whether or not I enjoyed his Dark Elf Army Book, but I do love Khaine. I almost feel guilty for enjoying it as much as I did--I could not pry my eyes away from my beloved characters as they almost descended into a Shakespearian madness! Fun, brutal and tragic. A definite recommendation for lore buffs. Rule wise...Matt Ward will always be Matt Ward.

[Maetco · Rating 3 out of 5]

In combination with Curse of Khaine I would give them 5/5. On its own Khaine isn't that great but does a good job at describing what went on in Ulthuan in a pretty entertaining and interesting way.

The new rules in this book are pretty bad and game breaking.

[Marc · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun read, particularly watching the haughty elves take a fall and learning the truth about Malekith. (Though that makes their prime god a bit of a DB given what his race went through).