Availability
Content pack: Total War: Warhammer II · The Queen & The Crone · The Shadow & The Blade. Immortal Empires ownership
- Dark Elf campaigns in Immortal Empires unlock through Total War: Warhammer II, The Queen & The Crone, or The Shadow & The Blade; the selectable lords depend on the content owned.
Factions and leaders
Naggarond
Leader: Malekith.
The Witch King’s faction uses Dark Elf slaves, loyalty and Black Arks to build a realm under a fighting spellcaster.
Cult of Pleasure
Leader: Morathi.
Morathi’s faction combines Dark Elf armies with Slaanesh corruption and sorcery.
Har Ganeth
Leader: Crone Hellebron.
Death Nights and the Blood Voyage give Hellebron a ritual-driven campaign alongside her melee army.
Hag Graef
Leader: Malus Darkblade.
Malus balances possession by Tz’arkan against elixirs that suppress the daemon.
The Blessed Dread
Leader: Lokhir Fellheart.
Lokhir’s fleet campaign links major ports, Black Arks and Corsair armies.
The Thousand Maws
Leader: Rakarth.
The Beast Pens let Rakarth collect creatures through campaigning and recruit them into his armies.
How Dark Elf armies fight
Dreadspears provide a shielded spear line, Black Ark Corsairs attack infantry, and missile troops and spellcasters work behind them. Cavalry and monsters add ways to pressure the flanks. Give those parts separate jobs so that the army can hold an enemy in place and attack from another direction.
Murderous Prowess improves the army’s fighting performance after enough bloodshed in battle. Keep useful troops engaged and supported as the fight develops; a temporary surge still needs units in position to exploit it.
Slaves, loyalty and Black Arks
In Immortal Empires, slaves are a faction resource used by the economy and spent on actions such as Diktats and sacrificial rites. Conquest and raiding replenish that resource. Check ongoing consumption before committing to more spending.
Ordinary lords have loyalty to manage as the empire expands. Black Arks add recruitment, replenishment and battle support within their influence, making a fleet’s position part of planning an invasion. Keep the land army within useful reach of its support.
Heroes for a Dark Elf army
Sorceresses provide spellcasting; Death Hags and Khainite Assassins provide close-combat support. These hero types belong to the core Dark Elf roster introduced with Warhammer II. A hero joins a faction and supports its armies rather than opening another Legendary Lord campaign.
The Master is a melee hero from The Shadow & The Blade. That pack’s additional hero access is separate from the base hero types. Choose heroes around your lord: a melee commander benefits from a caster, while a sorcerous leader may need help keeping enemy fighters away.
Which content unlocks the Dark Elves?
Warhammer II unlocks Malekith and Morathi. The Queen & The Crone unlocks Crone Hellebron, and The Shadow & The Blade unlocks Malus Darkblade. Any of those Dark Elf releases also grants the Free-LC lords Lokhir Fellheart and Rakarth.
Keep the content on the same storefront as your Immortal Empires access. Owning one lord pack unlocks its associated campaign and racial core roster; additional paid units and characters follow their own packs.
Stories for the Dark Elf lords
Malekith and Morathi come with Warhammer II. Crone Hellebron requires The Queen and the Crone. Malus Darkblade requires The Shadow and the Blade. Lokhir Fellheart and Rakarth are Free-LC on those Dark Elf ownership routes.
Gav Thorpe's Malekith opens the Sundering, with Morathi goading the prince who was passed over. Shadow King follows Alith Anar from the High Elf side of that war. Malus has The Daemon's Curse and the End Times book Deathblade. Hellebron, Lokhir, and Rakarth keep their own campaigns beside those novels.
Selected roster
| Unit | Role | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Dreadspears | Shielded spear infantry | Core Dark Elf roster; settlement or developed Black Ark recruitment |
| Black Ark Corsairs | Assault infantry or short-range handbow infantry | Core Dark Elf roster; settlement or developed Black Ark recruitment |
| Black Guard of Naggarond | Elite halberd infantry | Core Dark Elf roster; settlement or developed Black Ark recruitment |
Lords and heroes
Malekith
Malekith, the Witch King, leads Naggarond in Immortal Empires; choose him for a Dark Elf army whose ruler can fight at the front and cast spells.
Morathi
Morathi leads the Dark Elf Cult of Pleasure in Immortal Empires, combining powerful sorcery with a campaign shaped by Slaanesh corruption.
Crone Hellebron
Crone Hellebron leads the Dark Elves of Har Ganeth in Immortal Empires; her Death Nights and aggressive melee identity suit a campaign devoted to Khaine.
Malus Darkblade
Malus Darkblade leads the Dark Elf faction Hag Graef in Immortal Empires, balancing control of his possession against the power of the daemon Tz’arkan.
Lokhir Fellheart
Lokhir Fellheart leads The Blessed Dread in Immortal Empires, giving Dark Elf players a corsair lord whose campaign revolves around ports and Black Arks.
Rakarth
Rakarth leads The Thousand Maws in Immortal Empires; choose this Dark Elf Beastlord to collect creatures through the Beast Pens and build an army around them.
Character stories
Sources
- Immortal Empires DLC Ownership Guide — SEGA Support — support.sega.com