Daemons of Chaos

The Daemons of Chaos or Chaos Daemons are a race in Warhammer Fantasy which playable in the upcoming Total War: Warhammer III.

In Game
This unit is Daemonic (has physical resistance, does not rout, is immune to terror, takes damage when Leadership is low)

In terms of Leadership, Daemon units are similar to Undead units as they are immune to terror and they do not rout. However, if their Leadership is low, they start taking damage. If their Leadership is extremely low, they become Banished!, when they rapidly lose health until they are defeated and their units disappear.

In Total War: Warhammer III, the Daemons of Chaos are represented by four playable factions, each representing the Chaos Gods:


 * Khorne - led by Skarbrand
 * Nurgle - led by ???
 * Slaanesh - led by ???
 * Tzeentch - led by ???

Lore
The Daemons of Chaos are evil creatures of pure magic, who come from another dimension called the Realm of Chaos. They cannot be truly killed - if their physical form is destroyed they will return to the Realm of Chaos. However they can be trapped, such as in war machines (Hellcannon) weapons (The Slayer of Kings) or mortal hosts (Malus Darkblade). They can only manifest in areas with lots of magic, and will disappear if magic is drained. This was the purpose of the Great Vortex - to drain away most of the excess magic in the world and prevent daemonic invasion. The Daemons of Chaos are naturally a Chaos aligned race.

Chaos Daemons are not the only kind of Daemon in the lore. There are also Verminlords of the Skaven, and K'daai of the Chaos Dwarfs.

Uniquely, the Daemons of Chaos also appear in Warhammer Fantasy's science fiction sister game, Warhammer 40k.

For more lore information on the Daemons of Chaos, see:


 * https://warhammerfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Daemons_of_Chaos

Evidence
Creative Assembly has said that, by the end of the Total War: Warhammer trilogy of videogames, they aim to make playable every race that had an army book in the 8th Edition of Warhammer Fantasy Battle. This would include the Daemons of Chaos who had an army book in 8th Edition.

An early leak datamined from Total War: Warhammer by Russians, stated that the third game in the series would have four factions: Khorne, Tzeentch, Slaanesh and Nurgle. This may refer to four subfactions of Chaos Daemons. Creative Assembly has stated that the leak is now very outdated.

Creative Assembly also hinted at Daemons, stating that at least the Warriors of Chaos were "mostly man-shaped" and that in the coming games, the true horrors of Chaos will be revealed.

Daemon units before Warhammer III

 * Currently there is only two daemon units in the game: the Lord of Change (including the two unique lords: Sarthorael the Everwatcher and Azrik the Maze Keeper).
 * Tz'arkan is a daemon (possibly of Slaanesh although never confirmed) possessing Malus Darkblade.
 * The Hellcannon unit is possessed by a daemon.
 * In lore, The Slayer of Kings wielded by Archaon the Everchosen has a daemon trapped inside