Just being a dark elf in Warhammer

Chapter 511 362. I changed the Rickland (with popular science)

After Genevieve heard the name Drakefels, the memory of a long time ago reappeared in her mind. It was a long, long day, so long that she had forgotten it.

The lights were bright, the windows shone with clear light, laughter and music were intertwined in the banquet hall of the Palaon Palace, and exquisite dishes were served one after another. Handsome gentlemen showed elegance, while beautiful ladies danced to the music. At the head of the banquet table, a nobleman wearing a crown sat, accompanied by a mysterious man wearing a mask.

This scene is like a keyword, the link between everything. More memories appear in Genevieve's mind. She was born in the Kingdom of Bretonnia, more specifically in Palaon, which is located in the east near the Gray Mountains. She was a child of a noble family, but her father was not a knight but a steward of the palace, and she and her sisters were considered to be among the most beautiful at the Palaon court, which was famous for their beauty.

At that time, Constant Drakfels often appeared as a foreigner at the court of Palaion, and in Genevieve's memory, he never showed his face behind the golden mask. Many stories were told about him in the court of Palaion, whispers of his debauchery, his incredible crimes, his destructive rage, his powerful spells, his terrible vengeance and His only failure.

It is said that Drakfels was one of the most powerful beings in the world, but he was defeated once by Sigmar. At that time, Sigmar was not a god of the empire, but a mortal. Now Sigma has become the patron saint of the empire and is praised by the imperial guys. Sigma has disappeared and no one knows where Sigma has gone. Darkus once told Genevieve that Sigma went to a far away place, and the monsters Sigma once defeated still exist, and his evil still exists in the world.

Genevieve clearly remembered that she was only twelve years old at the time, and she saw Drake Fells with her own eyes. Her father and she had discussed Drakfels, whose weaknesses were unknown, whose powers were endless, whose evil was unfathomable, and whoever had seen the face beneath the mask died. She had tried to imagine the face hidden under the mask, probably a face that was terrifying, perhaps scary enough that even the faces of skeletons and zombies could be called beautiful.

Perhaps as Sister Genevieve described, beauty is in awe from a certain perspective, and everyone who stares will be killed instantly. In her opinion, her sister has always been a fool, even when she was young. It is the same as when he dies of plague when he is old and old. She was stunned when she thought of this. Cyril, her sister, a beautiful sister, but she forgot what her sister looked like. She couldn't remember it for a while. All she could remember was that her sister was named Cyril. .

Dressed in rich silks and wearing a golden mask, Drakfels led the army of the dead across Palavon. The lord and the old peasants fought bravely, but to no avail, only to be torn to pieces because his army of the dead was endless. When an assassin was removing insects from the crowd and preparing to assassinate him, he was torn into pieces by the deceased. He kept playing, raising the assassin's pieces into the sky and letting them dance.

Drakfers, who received compensation from Palavon, did not stop. In less than a week, most of the nobles in Palavon were killed by him. Genevieve's father also died, and he was killed together with other officials and nobles. The monster ate him up, but Genevieve escaped by hiding under her sisters' dresses, which still retained their beauty.

In a few years, maybe four years? The years after her father's death were like a few minutes of memory to Genevieve. She and her sisters continued to live in the ruined Principality of Palaon under the shelter and care of their uncle. Until a vampire named Chandanek appeared, she was reborn and became a vampire. Later, Chandanek also died. Compared to his vampire counterparts, Chandanek acted too openly and angered many powerful enemies.

Finally, the White Wolf Knights found Chandanek, nailed him to the ground with a piece of peach wood, and cut off his head with a silver saw.

But this was all a long time ago. What Genevieve knew was that she was the last vampire converted by Chandanek. She heard Chandanek say that there were many vampires living in the far east. While living a solitary life on the border of Kislev, she also went searching, but found nothing. Finally, she arrived all the way to Cathay. She stayed in Cathay for a long time, working on Cathay and Nepal. Peng started the import and export business and met Master Abao.

Time goes by, everything changes, empires, dynasties, wars, alliances, cities, a few great men, countless little people, monsters, arts and sciences, forests, all existence comes with the seasons of the year Come and go, you will sing and I will appear.

Genevieve never mentioned these things in front of Darkus. She would only tell them when Darkus asked, but Darkus usually rarely asked. Now, she could only summon up a little desire for revenge. Her father would not have lived more than twenty or thirty years in that situation. Like her sister Cyril, she only remembered her father's name and she had forgotten her. What does my father look like?

For people, the premature death of a beetle can hardly be called a tragedy, but for Genevieve, in her long life, her father only survived for a short period of twelve years, and she did not even have her sister Cyril. It took a long time, and it was hard for her to tell whether this was a tragedy for her or something else. Before she met Darkus, her parents, sisters, and friends would sometimes appear in her mind. But mostly it feels like a lost time, like a life that happened to someone else.

Genevieve walks in the world, and so does Drake Fells, as if this reality will never change. She still remembered what Drakferth had done to Palaon, the plagues he had unleashed, the tributes he had exacted. For centuries, Drakfels was quiet, nestled in that impregnable fortress in the Gray Mountains.

Some believe that the Eternal One is dead, but there is too much evidence to suggest that he is still continuing his game in the old world. Mages sometimes talk about him and the disturbances he creates in that realm that transcends time and space. Some say he is traveling deep within himself, trying to explore the dark depths of his own heart. There is a ballad that suggests that he is recalling his many sins and that he has found a way to fight Sigmar again, and next time he will defeat Sigmar forever, putting an end to everything. Some say he is too old and no longer as powerful as he once was, but Genevieve knows that as the years pass, the Immortal's power only grows, not diminishes.

"Hey!"

Darkus's shout interrupted Genevieve's memories. Like Genevieve, he was equally deeply impressed by Drakefels, and as soon as he heard the name he knew why the whole of Altdorf was now surrounded. Drakfers knew necromancy, but there was no connection between Vlad's vampires, let alone Nagash. It might have been five hundred years before Drakfers met Nagash. At that time Drakfels doesn't even know who he is and calls himself nameless.

Constant Drakfels, a powerful necromancer and demonologist, has been spreading death and disaster in the world for countless years. He is a legendary being who is said to have existed throughout the ages, but what is certain is that since the beginning of human memory, when stories began to be written and told, he has been terrorizing the empire with Longyan Castle as the center. and the lands surrounding Bretonnia. He is a dark character who lurks in the cracks of history, occasionally surfacing to commit senseless and extravagant atrocities as if to remind people that he exists and should be feared.

In fact, Constant lived in an earlier period. It is said that he was a primitive man. So primitive that the primitive people lived on this planet before the arrival of the Old Ones. The body survived as a vehicle for himself for thousands of years, transferring his evil soul to his victims and consuming them.

Even Constant himself has no idea why he possesses this power. As a being older than the advent of the Chaos Gods, he looks down on the Dark Gods as lacking the proper discipline to achieve their goals. Despite this, he still works with Communicate with the dark gods and learn demonic spells. After all, demonic spells are very useful.

Over time, Constant's power and arrogance grew. In Imperial Year 11, he led an army of enslaved demons and greenskins against Sigmar's growing empire. The result was no surprise. He suffered defeat for the first time in his long existence. During the Battle of Dragonmarsh, while lying in the mire, Sigmar stepped on his face with his boot, and his head was shot by Gal Maraz's warhammer. However, Due to his properties, he does not die.

Constant disappeared for a while and little was heard about him, but his evil never disappeared. He built Drakfels Castle, also known as Dragon Rock Castle, in the Gray Mountains in 184 Imperial Calendar. He used the castle as his center of power and began to wreak havoc in the surrounding areas. In 1854 Imperial Calendar, Palaon The story is his masterpiece, and then there is the story of Genevieve. In the past days, he sometimes appeared and sometimes disappeared. It is said that his body was damaged beyond repair, but he was not destroyed.

In the year 1940 of the Imperial Calendar, Constant did something that was recorded in the Imperial Chronology. After he appeared alone in the palace of Altdorf, he knelt before the Reik Elector and Reik Emperor Carolus II. He repented of his crimes before his wife, paid generous compensation to all living victims, and confessed at the graves of many others. He renounced evil and swore allegiance to the god he had previously cursed, and he swore allegiance to the Empire.

Everyone believed that Constant had changed. After all, so much time had passed that anyone could repent and purify his or her soul. This is true for everyone. He invited Carolus II and all his ministers to the Castle of Drakfels to celebrate his reformation, and he ordered that the Castle of Drakfels be kept open forever as a refuge for the poor.

Some of Carolus II's advisers objected to the banquet, but the emperor was an affable man and too young to remember Constant's evil deeds. All the people, Carolus II, Queen Irina, their children, and the entire court of Reik, all the nobles came to Drakfels Castle.

There are many heavyweights among these nobles, such as the Brunner family that controls the Duchy of Erbesrek. In addition to Reichland, some other nobles who were guests in Altdorf at that time also went to Drakfels Castle, such as Schlichter von Koenigswald of the Elector family of Osterland. Virtue.

Constant used potion to knock down all the guests, but the guests did not die immediately, but were paralyzed. He took the guests' children to the restaurant, and then it became a bit heavy, and the gullible and stupid guests were paralyzed. Watching on the ground as children were torn to pieces. The delicious food close at hand was as out of reach as the distant stars, and in the end the guests starved to death.

This incident was called "Blood Feast" and "Poison Feast". This incident caused earth-shaking changes to the political structure of Rickland, leading to the extinction of several important imperial noble bloodlines and greatly damaging Rickland. stability of the territory and further intensified conflicts over power. Due to the extinction of the Abernar family of Carolus II, Eberhardt, the "Justice" of the von Holzkerg family, became the Elector of Reik and Emperor of Reik after this incident.

The same was true for the Brunner family in the Duchy of Erbesrek, but they were not extinct. The Junge Freud family took this opportunity to quickly control Erbesrek, and the remaining members of the Brunner family hid nearby. The Duchy of Wolfen. In the year 2009 of the Imperial Calendar, the Jungfrid family was officially recognized by the Reikland Council as the legal rulers of the Duchy of Erbesrek. This decree aroused the wrath of the Wolfen family, which had a legal claim to the Duchy of Erbersreich due to the marriages between the Wolfen and Brunner families over the decades.

In the year 2010 of the Imperial Calendar, the negotiations broke down, and the Duke of the Von Wolfen family declared himself independent from the Prince of Reikland. In the year 2012 of the Imperial Calendar, the troops of the Wolfen family surrounded Erbesrek. In the end, the Jungefrod family declared that if they could continue to rule Erbesrek and all the surrounding lands, they would destroy Wolfen. The family swore allegiance, and finally the Wolfen family agreed to the Jungfreud family's terms and took the direct descendants of the Jungfreud family as hostages, forcing the Jungfreud family to obey and then continued to conquer neighboring lands. .

In the year 2015 of the Imperial Calendar, the Wolfen family conquered eight duchies, large and small, including the Duke of Beaune, and unified these territories under one flag. Then the Wolfen family declared themselves the Sutton Warburg Territory. owner. The territory of Suton Warburg is so large that it almost controls most of the southeastern part of the territory of Reikland. It borders Nuln and the Gray Mountains and has dense waterways. It is the essence of Reikland. The Wolfen family's roots date back to at least the fifth century, and although there are few official records before then, the Wolfen family claims that their ancestors fought alongside Sigmar himself.

As for whether it is really true, or whether the Wolfen family is trying to subsidize themselves to show off their family, you have to ask Sigma himself.

The story of the Wolfen family did not end, but had just begun. Over the next few hundred years, the family would have many talented people. Duke Victor was a famous general in Reikland, leading the army in Reikland. Siegfried is a relative of Ka+8 and the Imperial Spymaster who maintains an independent secret intelligence network responsible only to Ka+8.

Maria Louise is even more important. She serves on the Rick Council, and her speech is listened to and valued. In a spirit of respectful teasing, other members of the Council often referred to her as "Queen" before she had a formal title. She had two children, son Lutpold and daughter Alia, her husband was from von Karl Franz of the Horsweg Schlinstein family.

What's more important is that these two children are unrecognized illegitimate children... Karl Franz has been single for a long time and has maintained entanglements with several women, the most famous of which is Emmanuelle of the von Reibewitz family. That is, the elector of the Wesenland and the controller of Nuln. He and Maria Louise were childhood sweethearts and distant cousins, and had a romantic entanglement as adults, during which Lutpold and Alia were born.

Maria Louise was a devoted mother who had long been aware of the precariousness of her political position as a former lover of the emperor and the father of an illegitimate child. In public, she appeared genteel and distant, but those who knew her knew she was intelligent. , observant and loyal. In 2512 of the Imperial Calendar, she officially married Karl Franz. The marriage legalized their two children, and Lutpold eventually became the heir to Prince Altdorf.

However, the more important thing is that Lutbold is not the heir to the grand prince of Reikland. The child of Karl Franz's sister Isabella, that is, his nephew, Crown Prince Wolf just now is the heir to Reikland and the entire The heir to the empire... Wolfgang was originally planning to marry Katarina to end the ongoing civil war, but due to various reasons, the wedding could not be held. Katarina survived by chance while attending the ceremony, and return to Middenheim. Katarina's surname is Todbringer, the second daughter of Boris Todbringer.

In the end, Wolfgang was discovered to be a mutant and had something to do with Chaos, and died in the turmoil of Imperial Calendar 2512. Karl Franz made his daughter Alya the heir to Reikland and the entire empire.

Although the Jungförde family was recognized by the Wolfen family, the Jungförde family did not rule Erbesrek for a long time, and the core was not in Erbesrek, but in Black Rock Castle. During this three-hundred-year period, with the support and adjustment of the Wolfen family, the Horsweig Schlinstein family became more powerful. The Horsweig Schlinstein family really took off in The Age of Magnus.

When Magnus became Emperor, he decided to make Nuln the center of a renewed empire. He subsequently promoted Wilhelm von Horsweg Schlinstein, Duke of Erbesreck, to the position of Chancellor and Plenipotentiary of Reikland. Representative, who decades later, when he had no legitimate descendants, appointed William as heir to the title of Grand Prince of Reikland, which had previously been claimed by him.

By the year 2429 of the Imperial Calendar, the people of Altdorf were extremely dissatisfied with Emperor Dieter IV's collusion with Marienburg and allowing Marienburg's independence. The fortunes of the House of Horsvig Schlinstein improved further when he was forced to relinquish the Imperial throne after the Marienburg Council declared the Wasteland independent from the Empire, and his cousin Wilhelm III became Emperor.

After that, a lot of bad things happened, such as the independence of the Westland, the division of Tarabek Territory into independent administrative provinces, the division of Tarabehem into independent city-states, etc. Although a lot of bad things happened, in the end The Horsweg Schlinstein family still reached the pinnacle of imperial power.

Just like to understand why World War II happened, you need to understand World War I, and then you have to keep pushing forward...until the fall of the Western Roman Empire?

The Blood Feast incident brought about earth-shaking changes to the political landscape of Reikland, which in turn affected the entire empire and the old world. It can be said to be the rebuilding of the empire.

Without Drakfels's cool moves, the subsequent rise of Wolfen, and the rise of the Horsweg Schlinstein family, these two families can be said to be a den of snakes and rats. The Alliance, from Altdorf to Reikland, is firmly in control, and even a strongman like Magnus must abide by the gameplay of this game.

The Blood Feast incident has happened, and the political landscape of Reikland has changed. Maybe Karl Franz will be born again? Who knows, this is not important to Darkus, what is important is that he has a side mission, he rarely talks about Drakfels with Genevieve, but he knows Drakfels There, on his way from Reikland to Athel Loren, how do you say that word? Ah, yes, revisiting the old place. He is very familiar with Drakfells Castle, and the result has not yet waited. He went to find it, and it was delivered to his door.

There seems to be no connection between Constan and Vlad, but Constan still appeared in Altdorf. It is known that Constan is a demonologist, so it is not surprising to get the news. After going around in a circle, he may still be with the traitor. Strangely related.

"Aside from Drakfels?" Darkus asked after thinking briefly for a moment.

"Some people from Bretonnia on the other side of the Gray Mountains have also come...but...Aldorf has been blocked, and I don't know the specific news. But..."

"Don't hesitate, don't mention conditions. I want to listen to you, not to listen to my fiancée. You also realized it just now. Do you need me to remind you under what conditions my fiancée will tell? And my fiancée will tell more than My fiancée will know all this from your birth to now, including the things you deliberately forgot, are you sure you want this?" Darkus said sharply after exhaling the smoke.

Helena swallowed the non-existent saliva. This was her habit when she was alive. She was nervous and scared. Although the elf did not say it clearly, she knew that if that happened, her end would be very tragic. She did not want to die again, so she began to tell about Vlad and von Carstein.

"Wait, you mean Delt Hesnich?" Although Darkus knew what Helena was telling him, he did not interrupt. After all, the elves around him did not know that it came out of Helena's mouth. , it’s better than him saying it like a magic stick. But after listening for a while, he felt that something was wrong. When he heard the name Volach Haken, he could still remain calm, but after hearing the name Delt Hesnich, he couldn't keep it. Not only did he know the name, but he had also heard it told by Lindyalok when chatting in Jinchi. He frowned and interrupted.

"Yes, Delt Hesnich."

Darkus suddenly laughed surly. He didn't know why he was laughing, as if the beautiful Ms. Helena had told a very funny joke. Except for Heinrich Kemmler and Hermann Gouster, who were not born at all, the remaining vampires and necromancers with surnames in the old world appeared in Altdorf like a family bucket.

The story of Dieter Hesnich can be said to be a tragedy in which knowledge triumphs over reason. When he was born, Middenheim was a sacred place for wizards, and there were no witch hunters there, especially Rick's followers are extremely tolerant of wizards. When he was young, he had strong magical attainments, and he soon mastered the basic principles of spellcasting. However, in the process of continuous pursuit of knowledge, his innate curiosity drove him to study these strange powers. The farther you go, the farther you go in terms of what you can achieve.

Eventually, like Manfred and Heinrich Kemmler, Delt embarked on a pilgrimage across the Empire to the Border Princes and then south until he reached Nagashza, where he I met that powerful being. After mastering the necromancy and returning to Middenheim, he was completely changed. He was as pale as a dying old man.

Although Middenheim was tolerant of many unconventional magic-users, Delt was eventually expelled from Middenheim after he was found wandering the Gardens of Mor at night performing evil undead rituals. Accused of using evil necromancy, it was the year 1207 of the Imperial Calendar. Chased by the White Wolf Knights, he first wandered in the wilderness, and then escaped into the ruins of an ancient fortress hidden in the Shadow Forest. To prevent so-called persecution, he raised an ever-growing army, and was known to all who suffered his ravages as the "Lord of Destruction of Middenheim."

Count Enrich Moltke of Nordland swore to end the harassment of the army of the dead. He asked for support from Middenheim, but received only verbal encouragement. However, he did not give up. He continued to search at the edge of the Shadow Forest. , however Delt refused to fight him.

For decades, Delt has been preparing for revenge, honing his ability to master necromancy and amassing an army of zombies and skeletons. He continued to scout the land and tried to resurrect new undead creatures. Finally, his plan succeeded, and he killed a sea drake that was rampaging on the coast of Nordland.

In the year 1244 of the Imperial Calendar, Delt and Enrich, whose strength had been strengthened, fought on the shores of Lake Calamity. The Nordland army was completely lost, and only a small part of the army survived. The process was tortuous and long, but In the end, a decisive battle broke out between the two sides in Beckhofen. The regrouped Nord-led army, with the help of allies in Middenheim, Kislev and Lauren Loren, fought against Delt's army of the dead.

At the critical moment, Tolandir's mother Sestra Redleaf played a key role. Delt caught the earl and was about to cast a powerful spell. She decisively took action and used the spell that could destroy the earl's soul. It bounced back. When Delt was shocked and helpless, the count rushed towards Delt, and finally pierced Delt with his long sword. With a terrible scream, Delt fell, and the army of the dead fell. Also collapsed.

Delt did not die, however, and escaped death by binding a manticore to his will. He has disappeared completely since then, but he still appears in folklore in the northern reaches of the Empire, deep within the Shadow Forest.

Sometimes legends and stories are not unfounded. Delt hid in his fortress, searching for dark magic. In order to maintain his immortality, he brewed evil potions to avoid Maul's attention. By the end, he was driven completely mad, obsessed only with knowledge, revenge, and the re-creation of the Necromancer. He will even devour the brains of other necromancers to gain their wisdom and power. At specific times, he will appear in human society to launch attacks, venting hatred like the descendants of the count.

Although the authorities and most legal sects have believed that Delt has long since passed away, the Maur sect and witch hunters are still wary of this evil existence. However, no one has ever discovered his lair. The wind constructs complex rituals to confuse those who might approach, and there are also hordes of skeletal beasts that will obey his orders and hunt down any creature that dares to come close.

During the End of Time, Delt also played an important role in Nagash's resurrection. But just like Manfred, he shouldn't have been in Altdorf when Darkus was in Altdorf. It's okay if Darkus doesn't know, but it's okay if he knows? The Shadow Forest was also included in the scope of the strategy by Darkus.

"Don't be so nervous. You must know that you were very beautiful when you smiled just now. Don't tense up. This will make you..." Darkus made a similar abstract gesture at the end. Helena looked at him. After the inexplicable gesture, he was stunned for a moment, and then Helena lowered her eyes shyly and smiled slightly. He nodded with satisfaction at Helena's awkward look, and then asked, "Where is Nuen? Do you know I'm there?" say what!"

Helena's smile stiffened, and then she showed a brighter smile. Although the elf didn't say anything as before, she actually said everything because she knew that these uninvited elves were coming from the north, and Middenheim was in the north. This is why these elves appeared in the north. The reason before her.

Helena became even more angry when she thought of this, but her smile also became brighter. She knew the vampire in the corner was the medium, and after finding the Lahmian sisters in Middenheim, her news was revealed, and it was now time for her to reveal Nuln. And from Drakfels's reaction when she heard the name, she roughly guessed who the Lamia sisters in the corner were.

"Smuts District, Liebevitz Family Manor." Helena said decisively in line with the idea that a dead Taoist friend would not die a poor Taoist.

"Yes, do you know where Tatlin is now?"

"Tatlin? I've seen her before." Helena's eyes suddenly widened when she said that. She had indeed seen Tatlin. Seventeen years ago, she entertained Tatlin at the present place, and Tatlin was sitting where the elf was sitting, telling the story of his encounters in the Kingdom of Bretonnia, focusing on the encounters on the ship, including one A very uneducated and elegant elf. She clearly remembered Tatlin's anger when he told the story, as well as the experience of swimming back to the shore from the boat, including the lead bullet fired from Tatlin's musket that almost hit Tatlin.

"She stayed with me for a while, and then went to Kislev." If it is correct, the elf sitting there now is the elf Tatlin told about, but Helena did not dare to say anything, she knew that she What should be done now, knowing what answer is the best choice.

"I suddenly have a feeling... maybe you will see her again in the future?" Darkus looked at Ren and said, his brief meeting with Tatlin did not change anything. Tatlin finally went to Kislev. Maybe Tatlin will become the Bloody Tsar a few hundred years later. Maybe Renn will go to Kislev as an elf ambassador and watch sitting on the throne. Tatlin was on the board, and the two of them stared at each other. Tatlin looked at Ren below and kept thinking about what happened on the ship. That scene... He could imagine it in his mind. Maybe it would be very interesting?

"Sir, this is what I expect." Ren bowed and responded.

"Last question, where is the convent? She will visit if necessary, you know what I'm talking about!"

"Just in Reikland, northwest of Erbesrek, the monastery is hidden in the forest." Helena swallowed again. The elves in front of her were superimposed on the elves described by Tatlin. She clearly understood Remember, Tatlin once said that the elves actually knew about Lady Melissa Dark. She said decisively without thinking. At this point, she no longer had any need to hide it. After all, this was a vampire's way of survival. Overcoming the immediate difficulties was the most important thing. We would talk about the future later.

"Although I didn't dine here, I'm still very happy. Thank you for your hospitality. The information you provided is very useful." Darkus stood up from his seat and said casually after putting out his pipe. He ignored him. Helena bowed, but looked at Ren and continued, "It's too stuffy here. I'll go down and get some fresh air first. Don't be too late, we have to go somewhere else."

After Darkos finished speaking, he waved to Genevieve. After Genevieve came to him, he turned around and put his arm around Genevieve's shoulders and walked out of the restaurant, followed by Fula behind him. Ness glanced at Ren and then turned and left.

Renn ignored Helena who was frozen there, but looked at Drusala on the other side. Drusala ignored Ren's gaze. After her lover walked out of the restaurant, the black magic in her hand also condensed.

"I want to see what's underneath the mask of Dracfils. Are you interested?" Darkus, who was holding Genevieve's shoulders, ignored the screams in the restaurant and pressed his face against Genevieve's. whispered Navive in her ear.

"Of course! Honey, it's one of the few things that turns me on."