Editing Races and factions

[[File:Knights of Caledor.png|thumb|right|250px|Each faction is represented by a faction crest. This one is for the [[Knights of Caledor]] faction of the [[High Elves]] race.]]

'''Factions''' are tribes, peoples, nations or other forces that act together. The player will be controlling a faction in all of the various [[game modes]] in the ''Total War: Warhammer series.''

'''Races''' are groups of similar factions. Factions of the same race tend to share unique gameplay mechanics and [[units]], that set them apart from other races. For instance [[The Ice Court]] and [[The Great Orthodoxy]] are two factions which belong to [[Kislev]] race.

''For complete lists of all the factions in the various campaigns, please see the category links at the bottom of the page.''

==Overview==
[[File:Faction summary Screen Itza.jpg|thumb|right|500px|The faction summary screen for [[Itza]] faction of the [[Lizardmen]] race.]]

Most factions may be seen in the [[campaign]], though which factions appear will differ depending on the campaign. A few factions (such as [[Warherd of the Shadowgave]] prior to the [[The Silence & The Fury|Silence and the Fury]] DLC) only appear in [[multiplayer]].

On the campaign map, players can click the button in the top right corner of to view the '''faction summary screen''' which displays information about their faction.

Here on Total War: Warhammer Wiki, each faction's page has an infobox on the right hand side, showing key information.

In the campaign, factions raise [[armies]] of units, which move around the campaign map and battle other armies, or take settlements. Faction may engage in [[diplomacy]] with one another, and can even [[confederation|confederate]] with other factions of the same race if conditions are right. A faction is destroyed when it controls no more armies or settlements.

A faction is served by [[characters]] such as [[File:icon_general.png|15px|link=]][[Lords]] (who lead armies) and [[File:icon_hero.png|15px|link=]][[Heroes]] (who have a variety of uses both in battle and out of it).

==Types of factions==
[[File:Old world edition full artwork.jpg||thumb|right|500px|The Knights of [[Couronne]] (a [[Bretonnia]] faction) charge into skeletal warriors of the [[Vampire Counts]].]]

===Playable factions===
Major factions or playable factions are those which the player can potentially play as. Even when the player is not playing as them, they still appear on the map. All playable factions are led by [[legendary lords]].

Which factions you can play differs depending on which game you are playing, which campaign, the free DLC you have downloaded, and which paid DLCs you own. For full lists of playable faction, please see the ''navboxes'' section below. If a faction requires a manual free download, or requires paid DLC, it will be listed on that faction's page.

===Minor factions===
Minor factions are less important factions, which are not led by legendary lords. They are often less aggressive and expansionist than major factions. Players can interact with minor factions using diplomacy and warfare.

Many minor factions will appear on the map at the start of the game. In most campaigns, a majority of the map will be controlled by minor factions.

===Hordes===
[[Horde]] factions do not control settlements, instead each horde army can enter [[encamp]]ed [[stance]] to construct [[buildings]]. Hordes may be major or minor factions.

===Rebels===
Rebel factions form when [[public order]] in a settlement reaches -100. Please see the public order page for more details. Rebel factions are not playable.

===Rogue armies===
[[Rogue Armies]] are semi-horde factions introduced in [[Total War: Warhammer II]] which can have units from several different races. Rogue armies are not playable.

===Other===
Many other minor factions in the campaign only appear under special circumstances, and this can be different for each campaign. For instance [[intervention]] factions or [[separatist]] factions.

==Diplomacy==
{{Main|Diplomacy}}

Race and faction affects [[diplomacy]]. Factions of the same race or group have a diplomatic bonus towards each other. See the [[diplomacy]] page for a table detailing all the diplomatic racial biases. In the [[Eye of the Vortex]] campaign, completing [[rituals]] causes the other competing factions to dislike your faction. In some campaigns there is a [[Chaos Invasion]] which strongly affects diplomacy via the [[Shield of Civilization]] trait given to certain factions.

Also, in Total War: Warhammer II, the [[Naggarond]] and [[Cult of Pleasure]] factions have a large diplomatic attitude bonus towards each other, representing that [[Malekith]] and [[Morathi]] are family. Meanwhile, the [[Followers of Nagash]] faction is unable to engage in any diplomacy with other [[Tomb Kings]] factions.

A majority of factions may [[confederation|confederate]] other factions of the same race if conditions between them are right. Most (though not all) factions can [[trade]] with each other.

A faction's race/category will be listed below its name when conducting diplomacy.

==Settlements==
{{Main|Settlements}}

[[Settlements]] can work differently, depending on the race or individual faction:

* Each non-horde faction has a [[faction capital]] settlement, indicated by a golden border around the crest.
* Some races have a special [[racial capital]], with unique buildings.
* In Total War: Warhammer, the [[regional occupation]] affects which races can occupy which areas on the campaign map. In the second game this was replaced by the [[climate]] system: different races and factions have different climate preferences.
* Certain races like [[Norsca settlements|Norsca]] and [[Wood Elves|Wood Elves settlements]] also have special restrictions on where and how they can colonize.
* [[Skaven]] and [[Vampire Coast]] are able to build secret settlements inside the settlements of other races ([[Under-City|Under-Cities]] and [[Pirate Cove]]s).
* As mentioned above, [[horde]] factions don't directly control settlements.
*Skaven settlements appear like ruins. 

==Races==
[[File:Skaven units art.jpg|thumb|right|500px|The Skaven are a race introduced in Total War: Warhammer II]]

A '''Race''' or '''category''' is a group of similar factions which generally use the same units and game mechanics.

Each race featured in the game, such as the stubborn [[Dwarfs]], sadistic [[Dark Elves]], stalwart [[Kislev]] or enraged forces of [[Khorne]], carries certain racial traits and mechanics which grant factions of that race unique abilities, advantages and disadvantages; which set it apart from all the other races. Factions of a particular race usually receive a bonus to [[diplomacy|diplomatic]] relations between each other, and therefore tend to stick together.

A faction's race/category will be listed below its name when conducting diplomacy.

===List of races===
====Introduced in ''Total War: Warhammer''====
*{{Empire race}}
**{{Kislev faction}} [[Kislev (minor faction)|(minor faction)]] — uses Empire units
**{{Southern Realms race}} — uses Empire units
*{{Dwarfs race}}
*{{Greenskins race}}
**{{Savage Orcs race}} — uses a subset of Greenskin units
*{{Vampire Counts race}}
*{{Warriors of Chaos race}}
*{{Beastmen race}}
*{{Wood Elves race}}
*{{Bretonnia race}}
*{{Norsca race}}

====Introduced in ''Total War: Warhammer II''====
*{{High Elves race}}
*{{Dark Elves race}}
*{{Lizardmen race}}
*{{Skaven race}}
*{{Tomb Kings race}}
* {{Vampire Coast race}}
*{{Rogue Armies race}} — uses a mix of units from all other races
*{{Rogue Pirates race}} — uses a mix of units from all other races

====Introduced in ''Total War: Warhammer III''====
*{{Kislev race}}
*{{Grand Cathay race}}
*{{Khorne race}}
*{{Tzeentch race}}
*{{Nurgle race}}
*{{Slaanesh race}}
*{{Daemons of Chaos race}}
*{{Ogre Kingdoms race}}
*{{Chaos Dwarfs race}}

== Removal of factions==
{{Main|removed factions}}

Sometimes factions are [[removed factions|removed]] from a campaign, in which case they no longer appear in that campaign. An example is [[Schwartzhafen]], a minor [[Vampire Counts]] faction which was replaced by the [[Von Carstein]] playable faction when it was released.

==List of factions==
To find a faction, expand any of the navboxes for the campaign where a faction is found in.

===Total War: Warhammer===
*[[:Category:The Old World factions]]
*[[:Category:An Eye For An Eye factions]]
*[[:Category:The Season of Revelation factions]]

===Total War: Warhammer II===
*[[:Category:Eye of the Vortex factions]]
*[[:Category:Mortal Empires factions]]

===Total War: Warhammer III === 
*[[:Category:The Realm of Chaos factions]]
*[[:Category:Immortal Empires factions]]
*[[:Category:The Lost God factions]]
*[[:Category:Darkness & Disharmony factions]]
*[[:Category:Something Rotten in Kislev factions]]

== Trivia==

* With the release of the Hunter and the Beast, the Lizardmen used to have the most playable factions in the series, six in total. Later updates increased the number of playable factions for the High Elves and the Dark Elves to six for each race.  
**The Silence and the Fury added Ghosts of Pahuax, causing the Lizardmen to once again have the record of the most playable factions, raising the number to seven.
**As of July 2022, this has been beaten by the Warriors of Chaos, with the Champions of Chaos DLC increasing them from one to ''eight'' playable factions, the most in any race.

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[[Category:Total War: Warhammer factions]]
[[Category:Total War: Warhammer II factions]]
[[Category:Total War: Warhammer III factions]]
[[Category:Mortal Empires factions]]
[[Category:An Eye For An Eye factions]]
[[Category:The Season of Revelation factions]]
[[Category:Darkness & Disharmony factions]]
[[Category:Something Rotten in Kislev factions]]