Warpstone Desert

Warpstone Desert
Overview
Campaign	The Realm of Chaos Immortal Empires
Climate	Depends on campaign
Starting faction	Depends on campaign
Properties
Settlements	Depends on campaign
Special buildings	Yes
Resources	Depends on campaign

Warpstone Desert is a province introduced in Total War: Warhammer III.

Background

The Warpstone Desert lies at the western fringes of Grand Cathay, not far from the Great Maw. It is a desolate wasteland containing large amounts of warpstone. Caravans crossing the desert must use mirrored shields to avoid exposure to the unearthly mineral and the accompanying chaotic mutation. Despite the danger, Cathayan Alchemists from Shang-Yang make regular expeditions into the desert, heavily shielded, to search for rare ores and elements which they use to create magical artefacts.

Zhao Ming is the master of Shang-Yang, a bustling metropolis of trade and magic. From here he pursues his fervent passion for alchemy, and watches ever westwards for threats emerging over the Mountains of Mourn. Also in the west, in the Stone Lands, stands the Tower of Ashshair, a fortress which in 2509 IC was unsuccessfully assaulted by the Chaos forces of the Dolgan Chaos Sorcerer Sayl the Faithless as part of the horde under the command of the Champion of Nurgle known as Tamurkhan the Maggot Lord.

Settlements

The Realm of Chaos

Settlement	Type	Port	Climate	Starting faction	Resources	Special buildings
Shang-Yang	Province capital	No	Desert	Dissenter Lords of Jinshen	Spices	The Great Embassy
Shrine of the Alchemist	Minor	No			Furs
Tai Tzu	Minor	No		Clan Eshin Redhorn Tribe Skrinderkin Warherd
Tower of Ashshair	Minor	No		Dissenter Lords of Jinshen

Immortal Empires

Settlement	Type	Port	Climate	Starting faction	Resources	Special buildings
Shang-Yang	Province capital	No	Desert	Dissenter Lords of Jinshen	Spices	The Great Embassy
Shrine of the Alchemist	Minor	No
Tai Tzu	Minor	No	Mountain

Provinces in The Realm of Chaos Empire, Bretonnia and Grey Mountains Hochland · Marches of Couronne · Middenland · Middle Mountains · Nordland · Northern Grey Mountains · Northern Wasteland · Ostermark · Ostland · Reikland · Southern Grey Mountains · Stirland · Sylvania · Talabecland · The Wasteland · The Witch's Wood · Wissenland Kislev Black Blood Pass · Dukhlys Forest · Eastern Oblast · Northern Oblast · River Lynsk · River Urskoy · The Cursed City · Troll Country Norsca Albion · Gianthome Mountains · Helspire Mountains · Ice Tooth Mountains · Mountains of Hel · The Goromadny · Trollheim Mountains · Vanaheim Mountains World's Edge Mountains Black Water · Peak Pass · The High Pass · The Silver Road · Worlds Edge Mountains The Dark Lands Gnoblar Country · The Blasted Wastes · The Dragon Isles · The Haunted Forest · The Howling Wastes · The Plain of Bones · The Plain of Zharr · The Wolf Lands · Zorn Uzkul Mountains of Mourn Ancient Giant Lands · Bone Road · Gash Kadrak · Ice Pass · Ivory Road · Mountains of Mourn · Path to the East · Wyrm Pass Grand Cathay Broken Lands of Tian Li · Celestial Riverlands · Central Great Bastion · Eastern Great Bastion · Forests of the Moon · Gunpowder Road · Imperial Road · Lands of Stone and Steel · Warpstone Desert · Wastelands of Jinshen · Western Great Bastion The Chaos Wastes Bloodfire Falls · Eastern Steppes · K'datha · Northern Wastes · Plain of Bone · Plain of Illusions · Road of Skulls · Road to Damnation · The Blood Marshes · The Cliffs of Death · The Cold Mires · The Eternal Lagoon · The Red Wastes · The Shard Lands Realm of Chaos Land of the Plaguelord · Realm of the Sorcerer · The Blood God's Domain · The Dark Prince's Realm · The Forge of Souls Waterways Dragon River · Frozen Sea · Great River · Jade River · Kraken Sea · Sea of Chaos · Sea of Claws · The Gulf of Kislev · The Sea of Dread

Provinces in Immortal Empires The New World Ulthuan Avelorn · Caledor · Chrace · Cothique · Eagle Gate · Eataine · Ellyrion · Griffon Gate · Nagarythe · Northern Yvresse · Phoenix Gate · Saphery · Southern Yvresse · Tiranoc · Unicorn Gate Naggaroth Ashen Coast · Deadwood · Doom Glades · Granite Hills · Iron Coast · Iron Foothills · Iron Mountains · Ironsand Desert · Obsidian Peaks · Red Desert · Spiteful Peaks · The Black Flood · The Bleak Coast · The Broken Lands · The Clawed Coast · The Road of Skulls · The Shard Lands · The Witchwood · Titan Peaks Lustria Aymara Swamps · Copper Desert · Culchan Plains · Headhunter's Jungle · Isthmus of Lustria · Jungles of Pahualaxa · Jungles of Green Mist · Jungle of Webs · Mosquito Swamps · Piranha Swamps · River Qurveza · Spine of Sotek · The Capes · The Creeping Jungle · The Gwangee Valley · The Isthmus Coast · The Lost Valley · The Night Forest Road · The Sacred Pools · The Turtle Isles · Volcanic Islands The Southlands Atalan Mountains · Central Jungles · Coast of Araby · Crater of the Waking Dead · Dawn's Landing · Devil's Backbone · Great Desert of Araby · Great Mortis Delta · Heart of the Jungle · Kingdom of Beasts · Land of Assassins · Land of the Dead · Land of the Dervishes · Shifting Sands · Southern Jungles · Southlands World's Edge Mountains · The Barrier Idols · The Cracked Land · The Golden Pass · The Jungles of the Gods · Western Jungles Islands The Great Ocean The Old World Norsca Albion · Gianthome Mountains · Goromadny Mountains · Helspire Mountains · Ice Tooth Mountains · Mountains of Hel · Mountains of Naglfari · Trollheim Mountains · Vanaheim Mountains Empire Averland · Gryphon Wood · Hochland · Laurelorn Forest · Middenland · Mootland · Nordland · Northern Sylvania · Ostermark · Ostland · Reikland · Solland · Southern Sylvania · Stirland · Talabecland · The Middle Mountains · The Misty Hills · The Wasteland · Wissenland Kislev Black Blood Pass · Eastern Oblast · River Lynsk · River Urskoy · Southern Oblast · The Cursed City · Troll Country Bretonnia Barrows of Cuileux · Bastonne · Carcassonne · Coast of Lyonesse · Forest of Arden · Forest of Chalons · Marches of Couronne · River Brienne Southern Realms Eastern Border Princes · Estalia · Irrana Mountains · The Blighted Marshes · Tilea · Pirate's Current · Western Border Princes Grey Mountains Axe Bite Pass · Black Mountains · Gisoreux Gap · Northern Grey Mountains · Southern Grey Mountains · The Vaults · Winter's Teeth Pass Athel Loren Argwylon · Talsyn · Torgovann · Wydrioth · Yn Edri Eternos World's Edge Mountains Black Water · Deadrock Gap · Death Pass · Northern World's Edge Mountains · Peak Pass · Rib Peaks · Southern World's Edge Mountains · The Silver Road The Badlands Blightwater · Blood River Valley · Eastern Badlands · Eight Peaks · Forest of Gloom · Marshes of Madness · Southern Badlands · Western Badlands Eastern Regions The Dark Lands Broken Teeth · Gnoblar Country · The Blasted Wastes · The Desolation of Azgorh · Scalded Delta · The Haunted Forest · The Howling Wastes · The Plain of Bones · The Plain of Zharr · The Wolf Lands · Zorn Uzkul Mountains of Mourn Ancient Giant Lands · Bone Road · Gash Kadrak · Ivory Road · Mountains of Mourn · Path to the East Far East Broken Lands of Tian Li · Cathayan Hinterlands · Celestial Lake · Celestial Riverlands · Central Great Bastion · Eastern Great Bastion · Forests of the Moon · Gunpowder Road · Imperial Road · Jade River Delta · Jungles of Chi'an · Lands of Stone and Steel · Mount Li · Nongchang Basin · Plains of Xen · Serpent Estuary · The Great Canal · Warpstone Desert · Wastelands of Jinshen · Western Great Bastion Islands Eastern Colonies · The Dragon Isles The Chaos Wastes Southern Chaos Wastes The Abyssal Glacier · The Daemonium Hills · The Ice-Fire Plains · The Southern Wastes Northern Chaos Wastes Bloodfire Falls · Chimera Plateau · Eastern Steppes · Ironfrost Glacier · K'datha · Northern Wastes · Plain of Illusions · Stonesky Foothills · The Blood Marshes · The Cold Mires · The Eternal Lagoon · The Frigid Wasteland · The Noisome Tumour · The Red Wastes · The Skull Road Other Waterways Frozen Sea · Kraken Sea · Northern Sea of Chaos · Gulf of Kislev · Sea of Claws · Southern Sea of Chaos · The Albion Channel · The Great Ocean · The Shard Coast · Sea of Chill · Sea of Malice · The Forbidding Coast · Sunken Lands · The Isles · The Mistnar Crossing · The Bleak Sea · Straits of Fear · The Boiling Sea · Sea of Squalls · Sea of Serpents · Straits of Lothern · Scorpion Coast · Tarantula Coast · The Vampire Coast · The Turtle Shallows · The Far Sea · Worm Coast · Mangrove Coast · The Lustria Strait · Daemon's Landing · The Churning Gulf · The Southern Straits · Gulf of Medes · Shark Straits · The Pirate Coast · The Black Gulf · Tilean Sea · The Estalia Coastline · Middle Sea · Serpent Coast · The Daemonium Coast · Shifting Mangrove Coastline · The Eastern Isles · The Sea of Dread · Eastern Sea of Dread · The Jade Sea · Lizard Sea · Sea of Storms · Straits of Nagash · The Bitter Sea · Northern Straits of the Jade Sea · The Inner Sea · Straits of Chaos