| “ | ’Good’? I spit on ‘good’! I desire only power, and you watch, for I shall have it! | „ |
The Red Duke is a 
Vampire Counts Legendary Lord (Unique) unit introduced in Total War: Warhammer as a reward for completing The Season of Revelation. In campaign, he leads 
Mousillon and is only playable if confederated.
Description[]
The histories of Bretonnia are littered with Dukes who are from the path of righteousness and fall, irreparably, into madness and depravity. So it is with the Red Duke; a warrior of terrifying renown who now wages war across Bretonnia in search of ever-greater power. He is an Undead scourge upon the Kingdom, but it was not always so. He was once the Duke of Aquitaine, a mighty warrior who quested determinedly in the Lady’s name. However, he was struck down by mysterious illness that claimed his body and ravaged his soul. He was interred by his Knights in a grand tomb worthy of his successes, yet he rose again three nights later as a vicious, hateful Vampire, in defiance of all things good and natural. Uncaring of the life he had before, the Red Duke now takes residence in the cursed city of Mousillon, warring endlessly against King Louen, desiring that Bretonnia yield entirely to him or face total annihilation!
Attributes[]
Wizard- ▲ Spellcaster: This unit can cast spells.
- ▲ Armoured & Shielded: Armoured units can block damage from any source apart from Armour-Piercing damage. Shields have a chance of blocking arrows, bolts, rifle shots and similar small arms fire - but only in a forward facing arc.
- ▲ Melee Expert: Melee Experts might have a very strong melee attack or melee defence, or high values in both. Some also have melee-focused skills like Charge Defence. Use them to counter other strong melee units. When facing them, it is best to take them out before they can enter melee.
- ▲ Duellist: This unit is best used to attack individual targets such as Lords or Heroes. As it can only damage very few individuals at a time, it is not suitable against hordes of weak enemies.
Spells[]
Bound Spells[]
Campaign Only[]
Character Abilities[]
Active Abilities[]
Campaign Only[]
Passive Abilities[]
Campaign Only[]
Item Abilities (Multiplayer)[]
Mounts[]
Talent Tree[]
Strategy[]
The Red Duke has 140 more health than the ordinary vampire lords (Blood Dragon Bloodline or vanilla), and unlike other Blood Dragons (similarly to the ordinary vampire lords or the Von Carstein Bloodline ones) he is shielded (35 parry). When compared to the Blood Dragon Vampire lords, he has 8 more Melee Defense and 30 more Weapon Strength (20 ordinary and 10 AP damage), but doesn't have the bonus vs. infantry. He also has a unique active ability that lets him substantially reduce a targeted Lord or Hero's speed, melee defence and damage resistance making him an outstanding character assassin. He also gets access to Wind of Death surprisingly earlier.
Skill-wise, the Red Duke's tree is almost identical to the Blood Dragon, save for the surprising lack of two generic Vampire Lord skills (Aura of Dark Majesty & Dark Pact) and the very significant fact that for him the Doomrider and Grave Sentinel's skill lines are not mutually exclusive allowing him to stack the substantial bonuses from those lines in addition to having reduced upkeep from a more diverse array of units.
Trivia[]
- The Red Duke is a Blood Dragon Vampire Lord.
- If you use a faction-unlocker mod, you'll find that The Red Duke, uniquely enough, has a campaign intro animation when you're selecting a faction, sharing it with old Lokhir Fellheart's animation which meant that The Red Duke might have had plans to be meant to be playable, similar to Alberic but the plans were scrapped and the animations were reused for Lokhir instead.
- The Red Duke's alias is "The Scourge of Aquitaine", which is also the name of the leader of the rogue army Remnants of Bregonne.
Gallery[]
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
