Southern Realms are a race introduced in Total War: Warhammer.
It refers to a group of minor human factions who are grouped together in diplomacy. In Total War: Warhammer this is sometimes referred to as TEB. These factions have their own separate cultures in Warhammer Fantasy lore, but use a modified Empire roster in the Total War: Warhammer series.
Due to being a different race they cannot be confederated by any Empire playable factions.
Factions[]
Minor factions[]
Total War: Warhammer
Factions introduced in The Old World campaign:
Total War: Warhammer II
Factions introduced in the Eye of the Vortex campaign:
Factions introduced in the Mortal Empires campaign:
Treasure-Hunters1 (only appear in a Wood Elves campaign)
1 - Factions present in the Immortal Empires campaign.
2 - Sudenburg is grouped with the Southern Realms factions in Eye of the Vortex and Mortal Empires, despite actually being an Empire colony.
3 - Pirates of Sartosa was later moved to a Vampire Coast faction with the release of the Aye-Aye! Patch.
In Campaign[]
Southern Realms use the same buildings as The Empire. Since they're only minor factions they often lose their battles against playable factions nearby, like Clan Skryre, Pirates of Sartosa, Warherd of the Shadowgave or Hexoatl and Disciples of the Maw. As such, they often do not survive for very long unless the player destroys any nearby threat. Out of every factions, Border Princes is most likely to survive the longest.
Although they're very similar to the Empire currently, they do not have any special relations with them. Diplomacy-wise it's a lot easier to build relations with them as a neutral or order faction, but even order factions will need to go to great lengths.
Their buildings are also the same as The Empire buildings, however instead of the Temple of Sigmar they have a Temple of Myrmidia. They also use the same Lords of the Empire, however instead of "General of the Empire", it's just "General".
In Battle[]
General[]
Southern Realm armies are pretty focussed on infantry due to the TEB factions only having lower tier troops. Their armies mainly consist of cheap sword and spear infantry with some archers and basic infantry.
New World Colonies and Sudenburg armies consist of a more balanced combination, having access to the full Empire roster they can also use higher tier artillery and cavalry when surviving for long enough.
Units[]
Main article: The Empire unit roster
Not all Southern Realms factions have access to the full roster. Tilea, Estalia and the Border Princes only have access to tier 1-3 troops, while Sudenburg and New World Colonies have access to all units.