At a glance
- Type
- Legendary Lord
- Battlefield role
- Vampire spellcaster and monstrous-army leader
- Content pack
- Curse of the Vampire Coast
- Race
- Vampire Coast
- Faction
- The Dreadfleet
Availability
Content pack: Curse of the Vampire Coast. Immortal Empires ownership
- Curse of the Vampire Coast unlocks Count Noctilus in Immortal Empires. This is a WH2 DLC; owning WH2 itself is optional. Use the same storefront as your Immortal Empires access.
The Dreadfleet in Immortal Empires
Noctilus was once Nyklaus von Carstein of Sylvania. He made the Galleon’s Graveyard his domain and commands the Bloody Reaver. Choose him for a campaign built around an undead fleet and the freedom to seek targets across the ocean.
His faction receives war-declaration missions with their own rewards. Treat each offer as a campaign decision: a reward may be attractive, but the new war also needs an army able to reach and fight that enemy. Ship buildings and Pirate Coves support the wider expedition.
Build around monsters without crowding the guns
The Necrofex Colossus is central to Noctilus’s identity and is also one of his mount options. Monstrous troops add a different kind of pressure from the zombie infantry. Leave room for them to move without blocking your missile line.
Keep Deckhands between vulnerable gun crews and approaching enemies. Commit a monster where it can help break an engagement or protect a threatened flank, while Deck Gunners fire at a visible target. A large model in front of the muzzles can obstruct the support it needs.
Supporting the admiral
A Vampire Fleet Captain adds another choice of magic, a Gunnery Wight contributes a firearm specialist, and a Mourngul Haunter adds a close-combat threat. Choose support to suit the mix of guns and monsters you are actually fielding.
The Dreadfleet and the Galleon’s Graveyard
Curse of the Vampire Coast unlocks Count Noctilus on the same terms as the other three admirals. He leads The Dreadfleet. The Academy page places him at the Galleon’s Graveyard after the ritual that moved his castle and his minions. The Bloody Reaver is raised from sunken warships. War-declaration missions and Necrofex Colossi are the faction’s campaign tools. He can take the field on a Necrofex Colossus.
Dreadfleet, Phil Kelly’s novel, names him as the admiral Jaego Roth is hunting. Aranessa, Harkon, and Cylostra are the other Coast lords. A player war declared from the Graveyard is not that novel.
Sources
- Immortal Empires DLC Ownership Guide — SEGA — support.sega.com