Warriors of Chaos: Factions, Lords and Warbands

Availability

Content pack: Total War: Warhammer III base game. Immortal Empires ownership

• WH3 includes Be'lakor for Immortal Empires. Chaos Warriors Race Pack unlocks Archaon, Kholek and Sigvald; Champions of Chaos unlocks Valkia, Festus, Azazel and Vilitch. These are separate lord unlocks.
• Chaos Warriors Race Pack unlocks Archaon, Kholek and Sigvald in Immortal Empires.
• Champions of Chaos unlocks Azazel, Festus, Valkia and Vilitch in Immortal Empires, with their own campaigns also available in The Realm of Chaos.
• Warhammer III includes Be’lakor as another Warriors of Chaos entry point in Immortal Empires. Lord selection and additional roster content follow the content you own.

Factions and leaders

Strongholds, Souls and warbands

Dark Fortresses anchor a Warriors of Chaos campaign. Secure these strongholds and use vassals to extend your influence while the main army advances. Be'lakor's Shadow Legion belongs to this race even though its leader is a Daemon Prince.

Battles supply Souls for Gifts of Chaos. Mortal troops join through Warband recruitment and can develop into more powerful units through upgrades. Preserving experienced regiments gives an offensive a longer-term purpose than replacing the army after each battle.

Mortals and daemons have different recruitment paths

Warband upgrades develop mortal regiments such as Marauders toward Warriors, Chosen or Knights. Gifted units use a separate pool associated with Gifts of Chaos. Plan replacements around the pool and upgrade options available to that army.

Be'lakor can build a daemon-heavy force without the usual Gifted-unit limit per army. That freedom still requires recruitment access: it is not the Legion of Chaos's Daemonic Glory system. A broad roster works best when some troops hold the line and others reach valuable targets.

• Bloodletters: daemonic melee infantry
• The Legion of Chaos

Characters and Marks of Chaos

Path to Glory lets eligible Chaos Lords and Chaos Sorcerer Lords ascend to Daemon Princes. Characters can also take a god's Mark. These promoted lords are separate from the customisable Legendary Lord who leads the Legion of Chaos.

Chaos Sorcerers supply magic and Exalted Heroes provide melee support. Character alignment matters to Dark Authority and the troops an army can support. Check a god-specific hero or unit's content requirement before building a recruitment plan around it.

• The customisable Daemon Prince
• Hero roles

Choosing another Warriors of Chaos lord

The Chaos Warriors Race Pack brings the older trio of Archaon the Everchosen, Kholek Suneater and Sigvald the Magnificent into Immortal Empires. Champions of Chaos adds Valkia the Bloody, Festus the Leechlord, Azazel and Vilitch the Curseling. Owning Be'lakor through WH3 does not unlock these other leaders.

Be'lakor offers a WH3 base-game route into this race. Select him under Warriors of Chaos when starting Immortal Empires; the Champions' separate Realm of Chaos story belongs to their own campaigns.

Recruit a warband and keep it alive

In Immortal Empires, Warriors of Chaos recruit from local warband pools and develop surviving regiments through Warband Upgrades. Experienced Marauders can progress into heavier troops. Available branches depend on the regiment, campaign unlocks and the lord’s allegiance.

Plan around the army’s future as well as its next battle. Preserve experienced troops, inspect their upgrade options and check the local recruitment pool before advancing into a long campaign. Dedicating a unit to a god changes the path you are choosing for it.

Dark Fortresses and vassals

Dark Fortresses are the race’s major centres of power. Some are also Norscan homeland capitals, connecting their occupation to the subjugation of a tribe. Other settlements use the more limited Chaos Altar system.

Look for the fortress designation before deciding what to capture and develop. A secure base and functioning vassals help support armies that spend their time fighting beyond those strongholds.

Choose the lord and the god together

Archaon offers an Undivided campaign that can bring rival Chaos leaders into his Warhost. Kholek ties his own strength to vassals and emphasises Dragon Ogres. Azazel, Festus, Valkia and Vilitch combine the Warriors framework with a particular god’s influence.

Sigvald is also Slaanesh-focused following Update 9.0. His technology and Gifts of Chaos access now follow that allegiance, and he no longer recruits units devoted to the other gods. Choose him or Azazel with that roster in mind.

• Archaon: lore
• Kholek: lore
• Sigvald: lore
• Azazel: lore
• Festus: lore
• Valkia: lore
• Vilitch: lore
• Be'lakor: lore
• The Glottkin: lore

Heroes and Dark Authority

An Exalted Hero adds a dedicated melee character; a Chaos Sorcerer supplies magic where the faction’s recruitment options allow it. Lords and heroes also contribute Dark Authority, which supports troops aligned with the corresponding god or Chaos Undivided.

Check both the available hero roster and the army’s Authority display. A useful hero brings a battlefield job and an allegiance suited to the regiments nearby. Marked hero variants and spell selections depend on faction and owned content.

• How heroes support an army

Hold with warriors, attack with support

Chaos Warriors give the army an armoured infantry core. Choose weapon variants for the opponents they need to hold, then use monsters, cavalry, flying leaders or spells to exploit those engagements.

Avoid making the entire army chase targets it cannot catch. An infantry line needs mobile support against missiles and enough space for the lord and monsters to enter a useful fight.

• Chaos Warriors weapon variants
• Archaon’s background

Selected roster

Selected unit guides

Lords and heroes

Legendary Lord

The Glottkin

The Glottkin lead the Host of the Triplets, a Nurgle-devoted Warriors of Chaos faction that combines mortal warbands with daemons from Gardens of Corruption.

The Glottkin – Lords of the End Times

Legendary Lord

Be'lakor

Be'lakor leads the Shadow Legion of the Warriors of Chaos in Immortal Empires, combining a powerful daemonic lord with shadow rifts and a daemon-heavy army.

Total War: WARHAMMER III (base game)

Legendary Lord

Archaon the Everchosen

Archaon leads the Warhost of the Apocalypse, a Warriors of Chaos faction for players who want to unite rival champions and decide whether to bring the End Times to Immortal Empires.

Chaos Warriors Race Pack

Legendary Lord

Kholek Suneater

Kholek Suneater leads the Heralds of the Tempest, a Warriors of Chaos faction built around a colossal Dragon Ogre and the power he draws from vassals.

Chaos Warriors Race Pack

Legendary Lord

Sigvald the Magnificent

Sigvald leads The Decadent Host, a Slaanesh-focused Warriors of Chaos faction for players who want a vain mortal duellist at the centre of their infantry battles.

Chaos Warriors Race Pack

Legendary Lord

Azazel

Azazel commands The Ecstatic Legions, a Slaanesh-aligned Warriors of Chaos faction that combines a flying Daemon Prince with seduction and a developing mortal warband.

Champions of Chaos

Legendary Lord

Festus the Leechlord

Festus leads The Fecundites, a Nurgle-aligned Warriors of Chaos faction that uses brewed plagues and battlefield support to sustain its mortal warband.

Champions of Chaos

Legendary Lord

Valkia the Bloody

Valkia leads the Legion of the Gorequeen, a Khorne-aligned Warriors of Chaos faction that rewards consecutive victories and aggressive melee armies.

Champions of Chaos

Legendary Lord

Vilitch the Curseling

Vilitch commands the Puppets of Misrule, a Tzeentch-aligned Warriors of Chaos faction that combines a sorcerer-twin’s magic with Changing of the Ways and teleport attacks.

Champions of Chaos

Legendary Hero

Gutrot Spume

Gutrot Spume is a Nurgle-devoted Legendary Hero in the Glottkin pack, bringing an axe and an anti-large role to the Host of the Triplets.

Legendary Hero

Harald Hammerstorm

Harald Hammerstorm is a Warriors of Chaos Legendary Hero whose hammer and shield add a dedicated melee fighter to an existing army.

Harald Hammerstorm — Update 3.1

Hero type

Exalted Hero

An Exalted Hero is the unmarked Warriors of Chaos melee hero. The hero fights in the line for a faction that can recruit that entry, including Be'lakor's Shadow Legion.

Warriors of Chaos roster

Hero type

Chaos Sorcerer

A Chaos Sorcerer is the unmarked Warriors of Chaos spellcaster hero. The recruitment entries are Metal, Fire, Death and Shadows, and the hero joins an army that already has a lord.

Warriors of Chaos roster

Character stories

• Be'lakor: Story and Lore
• Archaon the Everchosen: From Templar to Lord of the End Times
• Azazel: Story and Lore
• Festus the Leechlord: Story and Lore
• The Glottkin: Story and Lore
• Kholek Suneater: Story and Lore
• Valkia the Bloody: Story and Lore
• Vilitch the Curseling: Story and Lore
• Sigvald the Magnificent: Story and Lore

Sources

1. https://support.sega.com/hc/en-gb/articles/21453293116561-Immortal-Empires-DLC-Ownership-Guide — support.sega.com
2. Chaos Warriors Race Pack — store.steampowered.com
3. Champions of Chaos — store.steampowered.com