At a glance
- Type
- Legendary Lord
- Battlefield role
- Necromancer and army-support spellcaster
- Content pack
- Total War: WARHAMMER
- Race
- Vampire Counts
- Faction
- The Barrow Legion
Availability
Content pack: Total War: WARHAMMER. Immortal Empires ownership
- Unlocked in Immortal Empires through ownership of Total War: WARHAMMER on the same platform as your campaign access. Krell’s changed role belongs to the free Vampire Counts rework.
Lead The Barrow Legion
Kemmler is a necromancer within the Vampire Counts race. Select The Barrow Legion for his Immortal Empires campaign, then plan expansion around the army’s ability to replace and support its undead troops.
Raise Dead uses the reworked Vampire Counts economy. Before starting another war, check recruitment resources and available capacity, then decide whether your settlements can support the force you want to take with you.
Krell after update 9.0
Krell is now a separate unique agent. Kemmler’s updated skills include Invocation of the Lichemaster, which summons Cairn Wraiths, and Eternal Vigour, which supports nearby allies. Give the summon a job when it arrives: intercept an attacker, reinforce a threatened fight or help finish an isolated enemy.
Keep track of Kemmler and Krell separately. Position the necromancer so he can continue supporting the army while a fighting character occupies the enemy. Their relationship gives you complementary battlefield jobs.
Protect the caster
Use Skeleton Warriors to establish the line and keep a route back through friendly troops. Grave Guard can contest a more demanding part of the engagement. Kemmler is most useful when he has time to cast and choose targets.
If Dieter Helsnicht joins through the paid Nagash content, assign the casters different tasks and think about the magic available to the whole army. For a vampire who takes a more direct melee role, compare Vlad or Mannfred.
Ownership, the Barrow Legion, and the Grey Mountains
Total War: Warhammer unlocks Heinrich Kemmler. Warhammer III alone does not. The Grim and the Grave is a separate lord pack and is the route to Helman Ghorst, not to the Lichemaster. Kemmler leads The Barrow Legion. On the field he is a necromancer: Invocation of the Lichemaster summons Cairn Wraiths, and Eternal Vigour supports allies near him. Since update 9.0, Krell is a unique agent with his own job in the same battle.
The 2018 Mortal Empires patch placed that faction at Blackstone Post, province capital of the Northern Grey Mountains, on the Bretonnian border. That is a Mortal Empires start from the Aye-Aye patch. It is not a coordinate copied forward as an Immortal Empires settlement. Vlad and Isabella share Sylvania. Mannfred leads the Drakenhof Conclave. Neferata leads the Lahmian Sisterhood. Ghorst leads the Caravan of Blue Roses.
Sources
- Immortal Empires DLC Ownership Guide — SEGA — support.sega.com
- Update 9.0 release notes — CA — community.creative-assembly.com
- Lords of the End Times: Free-LC | Neferata — CA — community.creative-assembly.com