Jiangshi Rebels is a minor Vampire Counts faction introduced in Total War: Warhammer III.
Background[]
After the destruction of Lahmia by King Alcadizaar the Conqueror, Harakhte, one of the original trueborn Vampires created by Neferata of Lahmia, fled to the north alongside Neferata, W'soran, Ushoran and Maatmeses. There they came across a reborn Nagash in the midst of raising an Undead army of his own. It was discovered that Nagash had been manipulating the Vampires through W'soran, and he put them under the command of Vashanesh to defeat Nehekhara. When it became clear that Nagash didn't care about their survival or the reconstruction of Lahmia, Vashanesh let Alcadizaar kill him in combat, freeing the Vampires from Nagash's control.
Only W'soran stayed with Nagash: the others scattered to the winds after bickering over where to go and who deserved to lead them. Harakhte vanished out of history, yet while most believe that he was killed by Nagash, it is also possible that he journeyed elsewhere and created his own vampiric bloodlines. Marco Polare's writings about Grand Cathay include legends of immortal eunuch sorcerers that drink the souls of Men, and there are tales from the jungles of Ind and the Southlands about mad priests who tear out men's hearts to feed to their dark gods.
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Strategy[]
The Jiangshi Rebels sit near the centre of Cathay and so are the buffer between a lot of different factions. Both Clan Eshin and The Blessed Dread would be wise to avoid war with them if possible since they will keep Nakai from your throats for a while whilst you expand westwards. Similarly, the Cathayans should aim to pick them off only after they've dealt with the bigger threats in the area. If you choose to hold on to Shang-Wu as The Jade Court, they are going to be your biggest problem early on. Another way to "benefit" as The Jade Court is to raise an army of spearmen and archer then capture the rest of the territory as they're mostly filled with zombies, skeletons, allowing you to either complete the province for Shang-Wu or having some extra foothold for recruitment in Cathay so that you can launch an attack on Clan Eshin.
They are likely to get crushed by either Nakai or Zhao Ming eventually, with only Helman Ghorst in the area capable of potentially confederating them.
Trivia[]
- “Jiangshi” (殭屍) refers to a type of vampire in Chinese legend. The name literally means "stiff corpse" in Chinese.
- The paper on the emblem's face is a charm used by Taoist priests to control jiangshi bodies using magic, according to legend.
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