Angels in Bretonnia

Subr1185

Since we have demons in the game, it would be pretty awesome if a faction like Bretonnia can have a unit like the angels. They already have Paladins, priests, knights and all that Christian stuff, so angels would fit quite nicely in their roster. I know they are not in the lore, but there is no need to follow lore to the letter. What do you guys think?

Ol_Nessie

No

Wyvax

You're doing it wrong, it's Estalia that should have the angels.

Arthas_Menethil

The only angels in Warhammer came from Imperial Engineers and they were mechanical.

Edit: Even then actual Angels would be the work of Slannesh and that a Daemon of Slannesh has Angel like wings.

Nyxilis

It's not about following lore to the letter, it would be a hard turn away from the lore. Because all the gods that actually help humanity works directly through humanity. There is no great savors to come down and save you from the daemonic hordes. You have nothing but faith and your own steel.

So I say emphatically, no.

Draculasaurus

If you actually wanted to give Bretonnia more fantastical units that'd be fine, but there are plenty of far better and more setting-appropriate choices for it than angels.

TheGuardianOfMetal

Subr1185 said:

Since we have demons in the game, it would be pretty awesome if a faction like Bretonnia can have a unit like the angels. They already have Paladins, priests, knights and all that Christian stuff, so angels would fit quite nicely in their roster. I know they are not in the lore, but there is no need to follow lore to the letter. What do you guys think?

Crossil

Daemons are angels.

To me, at least.

Arthas_Menethil

Crossil said:

Daemons are angels.

To me, at least.

I mean look at Azazels wings pure Slanneshi Daemon.

Erminaz

I demand that Sigvald be given wings so that we can have an angel.

55JoNNo

Pegasus Knights are angels to mere peasants ! Pray tell, have you paid your tenthshare this season serf?!

Abmong

They already have the Green Knight. He's basically the Bretonnia Archangel. The lost sons could be added as a summoned unit for the Fay Enchantress like how Cylostra summons damned knights.

That being said, there is one character I would be OK with being made into an angel. Repanse de Lyonesse could be brought back as an ethereal/angel LH. She could just look like her TT model or CA could give her wings, then she would somewhat resemble the 40K living saints but with medieval Bretonnian armour. But to have anyone other than Repanse, let alone units of angels flying around would just break the feel of Bretonnia. This isn't AoS.

Sephlock

Knowing CA, they'd all be ugly anyway.

Ol_Nessie

Sephlock said:

Knowing CA, they'd all be ugly anyway.

"... because, you know, people come in all shapes and sizes..."

Sephlock

Ol_Nessie said:

Sephlock said:

Knowing CA, they'd all be ugly anyway.

"... because, you know, people come in all shapes and sizes..."

All of them ugly, apparently.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ .

Reeks

We need "He Who Shall Not Be Named" to set things straight!

I will Summon him....Mortals avert your eyes or be blinded by the splendor!

Ol_Nessie

Reeks said:

We need "He Who Shall Not Be Named" to set things straight!

I will Summon him....Mortals avert your eyes or be blinded by the splendor!

BringtehBlood

All angels are in estalia.

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Godefroy_de_Bouillon

Give Bretonnia Angels, yes!

CaesarSahlertz

ShiroAmakusa75

Subr1185 said:

Since we have demons in the game, it would be pretty awesome if a faction like Bretonnia can have a unit like the angels. They already have Paladins, priests, knights and all that Christian stuff, so angels would fit quite nicely in their roster. I know they are not in the lore, but there is no need to follow lore to the letter. What do you guys think?

Christian stuff? They prey to a disguised Elf goddess which doesn't employ angels.

Also, hi Equix!

uriak

You're thinking more about the HoMM serie. It is a warhammer trope that there are few supernatural "good" entities, and the only actual gods doing stuff are the chaos ones (the roles of all others is debatable and maybe more aking to belief given substance )

Bretonnia in particular, is a faction exemplar in having normal troops given supernatural abilities. Chaos warriors could be the same if they weren't accompagned by many monsters. (I feel chaos factions in general have a bit of a sprawling roster problem but that's something different)

Infinite_Maw

There is no harm in adding Bretonnian angels. As long as we get Nurgle jesters, theatrical plaguebearers and maybe mutant seals.

ShiroAmakusa75

Infinite_Maw said:

There is no harm in adding Bretonnian angels. As long as we get Nurgle jesters, theatrical plaguebearers and maybe mutant seals.

There already are Nurgle Jesters:

Talmorean

Somebody's been play Kings of War:

Floppinger

Ephraim_Dalton said:

Infinite_Maw said:

There is no harm in adding Bretonnian angels. As long as we get Nurgle jesters, theatrical plaguebearers and maybe mutant seals.

There already are Nurgle Jesters:

There was even a Mordheim warband called The Carnival of Chaos, which was basically a Nurgle themed carnival troupe.

Ol_Nessie

Floppinger said:

Ephraim_Dalton said:

Infinite_Maw said:

There is no harm in adding Bretonnian angels. As long as we get Nurgle jesters, theatrical plaguebearers and maybe mutant seals.

There already are Nurgle Jesters:

There was even a Mordheim warband called The Carnival of Chaos, which was basically a Nurgle themed carnival troupe.

That's what @Infinite_Maw was referring to originally. He's got a link to his Carnival of Chaos thread in his signature. Check it out, it's fairly dope.

Helhound

Arthas_Menethil said:

The only angels in Warhammer came from Imperial Engineers and they were mechanical.

Edit: Even then actual Angels would be the work of Slannesh and that a Daemon of Slannesh has Angel like wings.

The Slaneeshi thing is true, at least in the context that the OP wanted. The warp isn't hell, it's raw emotion made manifest. The Daemons perceived represent various aspects of reality at their most extreme.

Arthas_Menethil

Reeks said:

We need "He Who Shall Not Be Named" to set things straight!

I will Summon him....Mortals avert your eyes or be blinded by the splendor!

psychoak

I actually checked this thread just to see how many heretic pictures there were.