It's Lore Whatever-Day! Nightmare Legion Updated!

lcmiracle#6727

Folks, let me tell you a tale of betrayal, of hatred, of revenge -- of the spooky variety!
Once upon a time in Tilea, there was a mercenary general named Ennio Mordini, he and his company of pikemen fought for their employer faithfully -- at least as faithfully as one can expect one whose calling in life is selling their lives for money. At any rate, on one faithful day, which was pouring (but of course it was), as Ennio and his men were marching to battle, they were betrayed by their master in an ambush, and not a men was left alive! Such was his rage, however, they came back, as walking skeletons, and destroyed the city of their betrayer in vengeance.
This is the tale, of the Nightmare Legion...

The Nightmare Legion was a 1986 boxset released by Citadel Miniatures. It included 24 figurines, including Ennio Mordini, his champion Renzo Avanti, a regimental standard bearer, a musician, and 20 skeleton warriors. In the back of the box was their backstory, which was rather colourful indeed. For the longest time there wasn't a given date for the legion's origin

Until now.

In Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4th edition supplement, Up in Arms, we are finally given exact dates for Ennio's deeds.



IMO it's good that Cubicle 7 has dedicated to the rekindling of older lore, going so far as undertaking the no doubt difficult task of reworking the original Enemy within Campaign storyline into a form that can both fit into the modern Warhammer timeline (where Karl Franz was killed by the end of it) and respecting as much of the older materials as possible. Even such a minor detail was dug up and worked into the narrative.

Red_Dox#2328

Sadly I can't find Lambrusco on any map. So its probably a teeny town which plays no role at all. Good for RPG reasons maybe, if setting something up in Tilea, but for the broader world it does not look like a place fit for a future Undead outburst to influence TWW or TOW.

-----Red Dox

Heretical_Cactus#7598

Red_Dox#2328 said:

Sadly I can't find Lambrusco on any map. So its probably a teeny town which plays no role at all. Good for RPG reasons maybe, if setting something up in Tilea, but for the broader world it does not look like a place fit for a future Undead outburst to influence TWW or TOW.

-----Red Dox

There is a Lumbrusco/Lambrusco depending of the origin

https://warhammerfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Lumbrusco

It's part of Pavona, near the Apuccini Mountaint

Red_Dox#2328

And as I already said: I can't find it on any map. Not even the map shown in that wiki has it in it. Its just there to show Pavona, and I know where Pavona is located


------Red Dox

Ben1990#8909

So in other words he was true to his words even in death. Thing is he also took the place for himself too.

#153592

I would really like them to replace Riffraffa by Remas, which is much more iconic and known.

It would also be cool if he added a minor city in the Isles of Sirens south of Tobaro and added a new province there, detaching from Magritta and Estalia, it could be named Spineport for example.

Finally, I would like them add a fort to the north named Toscania (like Helmgart or Fort Bergbres or Fort Soll), which would block the Novalone Pass (an open passage between Tilea and Carcasonne)