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Lords are special, powerful character units which lead armies. They should not be confused with Heroes.

Lords[]

Each army may only contain one Lord.

The Lord is the army general/commander and provides a leadership aura which grants bonus leadership to his/her units as long as they are within a certain radius. This can be seen as a blue circle around the Lord when he/she is selected.

Lords are generally a single unit or soldier (rather than a unit made up of many soldiers). They have high HP and powerful attacks. They can also gain experience points through battle and level up. When a Lord levels up, they gain a skill point to unlock new abilities on their skill tree.

In the Grand Campaign, Lords can be equipped with Items and Followers which provide them with abilities, attributes and stat bonuses. They also have access to Banners, Runes and Marks of Chaos which can be carried around and assigned to units in their army before a battle.

Many Lords have access to special mounts, including some monsters and flying creatures such as the Chaos Dragon or Imperial Griffon.

Types of Lords[]

Lords generally fall into one of two categories:

  • Melee specialist: characters which are expert at fighting in melee combat.
  • Wizards/Spellcasters: characters which can use the Winds of Magic to cast powerful spells.
  • Ranged: characters which are most effective fighting at range.

Some may be adept at both melee and spellcasting.

All kinds of lords can provide various buffs to the units under their control.

Legendary Lords[]

Main article: Legendary Lords


Legendary Lords are special, unique Lords available to playable factions. They are powerful individuals from Warhammer lore, such as Karl Franz or Archaeon, and are considered those factions' commanders.

Unique Lords[]

Main article: Unique lords
Unique lords are Lords which are not in command of playable factions, but who have unique names and models. They may be recruited by playable factions and share many attributes with Legendary Lords, often having unique skill trees. These include powerful individuals from Warhammer lore, such as Boris Todbringer and The Red Duke.

List[]

This is a list of all the generic lords in the series, not including legendary lords and unique lords.

Race Lord Unit type Role Game DLC
Beastmen Beastlord Infantry Melee Specialist WH1 Call of the Beastmen
Doombull Infantry Melee Specialist WH2 The Silence & The Fury
Great Bray-Shaman Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH2 Total War Access FLC
Bretonnia Lord Infantry Melee Specialist WH1 Bretonnia (DLC)
Prophetess Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH1 Bretonnia (DLC)
Chaos Dwarfs Overseer Infantry Melee Specialist WH3 Forge of the Chaos Dwarfs
Sorcerer-Prophet Infantry Ranged Spellcaster WH3 Forge of the Chaos Dwarfs
Dark Elves Dreadlord (Sword & Shield) Infantry Melee Specialist WH2
Dreadlord (Sword & Crossbow) Infantry Ranged Specialist WH2
Supreme Sorceress Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH2 The Queen and the Crone
High Beastmaster Infantry Melee Support WH2 The Shadow and the Blade
Dwarfs Lord Infantry Melee Specialist WH1
Runelord Infantry Melee Support WH1 The King and the Warlord
Daemon Slayer Infantry Melee Specialist WH3 Thrones of Decay
Grand Cathay Dragon-blooded Shugengan Lord Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH3
Lord Magistrate Infantry Melee Support WH3
Celestial General Infantry Melee Specialist WH3 Shadows of Change
Greenskins Orc Warboss Infantry Melee Specialist WH1
Goblin Great Shaman Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH1
Night Goblin Warboss Infantry Melee Specialist WH1 The King and the Warlord
Savage Orc Great Shaman Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH3 Omens of Destruction
High Elves Prince Infantry Melee Specialist WH2
Princess Infantry Ranged Specialist WH2
Archmage Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH2 The Warden and the Paunch
Khorne Herald of Khorne Infantry Melee Specialist WH3
Exalted Bloodthirster Infantry Melee Specialist WH3
Chaos Lord of Khorne Infantry Melee Specialist WH3 Champions of Chaos
Daemon Prince of Khorne Infantry Melee Specialist WH3 Champions of Chaos
Bloodspeaker Infantry Melee Support WH3 Omens of Destruction
Kislev Boyar Infantry Melee Specialist WH3
Ice Witch Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH3
Druzhina Infantry Ranged Specialist WH3 Shadows of Change
Patch 4.2.0
Lizardmen Slann Mage-Priest Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH2
Saurus Old Blood Infantry Melee Specialist WH2
Red Crested Skink Chief Infantry Melee Specialist WH2 The Prophet and the Warlock
Kroxigor Ancient Monster Melee Specialist WH2 The Hunter and the Beast
Norsca Marauder Chieftain Infantry Melee Specialist WH1 Norsca (DLC)
Nurgle Herald of Nurgle Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH3
Exalted Great Unclean One Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH3
Chaos Sorcerer Lord of Nurgle Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH3 Champions of Chaos
Daemon Prince of Nurgle Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH3 Champions of Chaos
Chaos Lord of Nurgle Infantry Melee Specialist WH3 Thrones of Decay
Ogre Kingdoms Tyrant Infantry Melee Specialist WH3 Ogre Kingdoms (DLC)
Slaughtermaster Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH3 Ogre Kingdoms (DLC)
Ogre Paymaster Infantry Melee Support WH3 Omens of Destruction
Slaanesh Herald of Slaanesh Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH3
Exalted Keeper of Secrets Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH3
Chaos Lord of Slaanesh Infantry Melee Specialist WH3 Champions of Chaos
Daemon Prince of Slaanesh Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH3 Champions of Chaos
Skaven Grey Seer Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH2
Warlord Infantry Melee Specialist WH2
Warlock Master Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH2 The Prophet and the Warlock
Master Assassin Infantry Ranged Specialist WH2 The Shadow and the Blade
The Empire General of the Empire Infantry Melee Specialist WH1
Arch Lector Infantry Melee Support WH1 The Grim and the Grave
Huntsman General Infantry Ranged Specialist WH2 The Hunter and the Beast
Master Engineer Infantry Ranged Specialist WH3 Thrones of Decay
Tomb Kings Tomb King Infantry Melee Specialist WH2 Rise of the Tomb Kings
Tzeentch Herald of Tzeentch Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH3
Exalted Lord of Change Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH3
Chaos Sorcerer Lord of Tzeentch Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH3 Champions of Chaos
Daemon Prince of Tzeentch Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH3 Champions of Chaos
Chaos Lord of Tzeentch Infantry Melee Specialist WH3 Shadows of Change
Patch 4.2.0
Vampire Coast Vampire Fleet Admiral (Polearm) Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH2 Curse of the Vampire Coast
Vampire Fleet Admiral (Pistol) Infantry Ranged Spellcaster WH2 Curse of the Vampire Coast
Vampire Counts Vampire Lord Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH1
Master Necromancer Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH1
Strigoi Ghoul King Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH1 The Grim and the Grave
Lahmian Vampire Lord Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH2
Von Carstein Vampire Lord Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH2
Blood Dragon Vampire Lord Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH2
Necrarch Vampire Lord Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH2
Strigoi Vampire Lord Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH2
Warriors of Chaos Chaos Lord Infantry Melee Specialist WH1 Chaos Warriors Race Pack
Chaos Sorcerer Lord Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH1 Chaos Warriors Race Pack
Daemon Prince (Chaos Undivided) Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH3 Champions of Chaos
Wood Elves Glade Lord (male) Infantry Melee Specialist WH1 Realm of the Wood Elves
Glade Lord (female) Infantry Ranged Specialist WH1 Realm of the Wood Elves
Ancient Treeman Monster Melee Spellcaster WH1 Realm of the Wood Elves
Spellweaver Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH2 The Twisted and the Twilight
Malevolent Ancient Treeman Infantry Melee Spellcaster WH2 Drycha FLC

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