Your potential new leader, ally or enemy. Character overview - Dragon Prince Imrik

Bies#4376

Prince Imrik ruler of the Kingdom of Caledor and one of the last of the line of Phoenix King Caledor the Conqueror. He is one of the few who can wake the dragons in times of need. Gone are the days when his followers rode into battle atop mighty fire drakes. No longer do the skies ring with the cries of dragons and the roar of their fiery breath. No longer do the caves rumble with their sounds nor the earth shake beneath their heavy tread.
In defence of his homeland, Imrik fights in the traditional manner using dragon.

Imrik rides the majestic dragon Minaithnir. They have a mutual bond between them – the last of the true Dragon Princes, and one of the last dragons. Minaithnir is fanatically loyal to his master.

Magic Items

Armour of Caledor
- For well over four thousand years the masters of the house of Caledor have worn this armour in battle.
Dragonhorn
- This war horn is made from the horn of an ancient dragon, gifted to Imrik's distant ancestors in elder days. The dying fire drake summoned all his remaining power to enchant his remaining unbroken horn as he lay bleeding in the aftermath of the Battle of the Glade of Tears
Star Lance
- The tip of this weapon is forged from the heart of a fallen star. With a blade of such keenness no armour can protect Imrik's foes.

Potential starting position

Kingdom of Caledor

Potential starting unit

Star dragon

Potential new unit

Dragon Mages - mighty Mages of the Kingdom of Caledor, Elves who have a sensitivity not only to magic, but also to the minds of slumbering Dragons.

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AHumpierRogue#5296

God I really hope we get Imrik. The line of Caledor is so important to HE lore it would be a true shame to not get them represented.

Mago_Gabriel

I hope we will get Imrik, Eltharion and Alith Anar first, and if there are the resources Alarielle.

CaesarSahlertz

Considering that most, if not indeed all, of Imrik's magical items are already in the game as generic magical item (is that an oxymoron?), and given Imrik's potential starting location is extremely close to Lothern. Then I'd say that there is about a 0% chance of seeing Imrik as a LL. We are far more likely to see Alarielle and maybe Alith Anar (though I'd much prefer Elthaion, but he suffers the many of the same problems as Imrik).

Simply put Alarielle and Alith Anar are both much more unique in both visuals and gameplay, taht Imrik and Eltharion are gonna have to sit this one out.

Nemox#3260

^Is very possible indeed, unfortunately. For the faction toted for being dragon heavy, the absence of a Caledor LL will be felt in the long run.

Draxynnic#3149

Indeed, with the dragon focus the HEs have, it'd be a crying shame if they never get a dragon-oriented LL.

One observation I'd make regarding starting locations is that it isn't really necessary for Imrik to start in Caledor. 8E fluff has him roaming around the world (seeking glory, basically) so, like Teclis, they could easily put him somewhere else to begin with.

Saitoh#8503

Start position isn't a problem, Morathi starts on the other side of the continent as her home base and Teclis and Krok are on different continents entirely. The problem is there really isn't anything about Imrik that really sets him apart from a regular Prince on a star dragon. Malekith is a spellcaster unlike regular dread lords. Mannfred has an extra lore of magic on generic vampire lords.

Imrik is going to have Karl Franz syndrome where you could rename a generic lord and probably not notice the difference. Unlike Karl he's not a faction leader, so his inclusion isn't guaranteed. Compared to Alarielle, who's a caster LL with a support focus compared to Teclis' kill everything (and keeping in mind that Helves don't have a generic caster lord), or Alith Anar, who would come with Shadow Warriors and enable a vanguard/skirmish build, Imrik and Eltharion are lacking in what they would bring to the roster.

Lord_Xelos

Well as far as I'm concerned Imrik + Alarielle is the most probable setup to happen with DLC+FLC package.

Imrik is simply far more known than for example Alith Anar or the other guy I don't even remember his name. Imrik is Dragon Prince for gods sake, if there's anything HE related that people remember at first glance it's dragons!

CaesarSahlertz

Lord_Xelos said:

Well as far as I'm concerned Imrik + Alarielle is the most probable setup to happen with DLC+FLC package.

Imrik is simply far more known than for example Alith Anar or the other guy I don't even remember his name. Imrik is Dragon Prince for gods sake, if there's anything HE related that people remember at first glance it's dragons!

Eltharion has been represented in more Warhammer editions than Imrik......

Cirdan

Lord_Xelos said:

Well as far as I'm concerned Imrik + Alarielle is the most probable setup to happen with DLC+FLC package.

Imrik is simply far more known than for example Alith Anar or the other guy I don't even remember his name. Imrik is Dragon Prince for gods sake, if there's anything HE related that people remember at first glance it's dragons!

I would say Alith Anar is far more likely than Imrik.

Alith Anar has a model in 8th edition, shadow warriors missing, more unique role than Imrik (who is more like a generic prince, more varied starting position. Also i wouldn't say that Imrik is "far more known" than Alith Anar, rather the opposite. But hey, that's my humble opinion.

On the other hand i would really love if they added Imrik since i like the character, so i hope for both Alith and Imrik.

Lastly, nice thread OP!

Overlord87#6613

CaesarSahlertz said:

Simply put Alarielle and Alith Anar are both much more unique in both visuals and gameplay, taht Imrik and Eltharion are gonna have to sit this one out.

Considering that Eltharion is a warrior mage (not many in the game), riding a gryffin, that is not even on HE's roster right now, I can't really see why he should be considered less unique than Alith Anar or Alarielle.

Mago_Gabriel

Overlord87 said:

CaesarSahlertz said:

Simply put Alarielle and Alith Anar are both much more unique in both visuals and gameplay, taht Imrik and Eltharion are gonna have to sit this one out.

Considering that Eltharion is a warrior mage (not many in the game), riding a gryffin, that is not even on HE's roster right now, I can't really see why he should be considered less unique than Alith Anar or Alarielle.

I agree

Lord_Xelos

CaesarSahlertz said:

Eltharion has been represented in more Warhammer editions than Imrik......

Dragon Prince on a Dragon beats any reasoning You can come up with. At least for an average Joe and sadly CA goes for that kind of audience.