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Post by gobber on Feb 3, 2020 17:20:05 GMT
www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157762638698828&set=gm.773805469692955&type=3Hungie just posted a new RQ spoiler: Who’s that Farrow swinging down from the chandelier? So dashing! So daring! He’ll sweep you off your feet, rob you blind, then disappear into the night. Off to the next adventure! Because there’s always another adventure! At least ... there was. Then the dang world went to heck. It wasn’t that long ago that Lord Azazello was pulling off high profile heists and capers against the elite of Ordic nobility. Life was good, coin was plentiful, and the company he kept was gorgeous. Now, this suave Farrow finds himself in a shattered world with a little less shine but a whole lot more shinies. Prepare yourselves! Lord Azazello, The Castellan arrives to Riot Quest Q2 this year, and is also fully playable in Warmachine as a Farrow warlock!
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Post by shmeep on Feb 3, 2020 17:56:25 GMT
Not a huge fan of the look. Farrow Will from princess bride just doesnt feel right. Cool that farrow are getting two new locks quickly. Just hope he won't be crap like Helga2.
And where are the new gator locks?? ):
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Post by Dirhavel on Feb 3, 2020 19:27:40 GMT
With any luck this could be the first real farrow infantry caster!
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Post by gobber on Feb 3, 2020 19:31:02 GMT
Not a huge fan of the look. Farrow Will from princess bride just doesnt feel right. Cool that farrow are getting two new locks quickly. Just hope he won't be crap like Helga2. And where are the new gator locks?? ): Flavor definitely seems like an infantry lock (likely focusing on brigands); not going to be that many war beasts around in Ord. Also Hungie has confirmed on discord that they’ve made internal changes to Helga and the spoiled version will not be final.
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Post by shmeep on Feb 3, 2020 19:31:02 GMT
With any luck this could be the first real farrow infantry caster! He -really- looks like an infantry gunline caster. Guessing +def boosts, stealth, quicken, magic bullet, snipe, that kinda stuff. Probably no damage buff?
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Post by gobber on Feb 3, 2020 20:00:13 GMT
Curious what they’re trying to mean with the name. Castellan would mean he was put in charge his own castle or prison. -zello and everything in the fluff text seems Zorro inspired; Azazel is a fallen angel to which one of the scapegoats are sacrificed on Yom Kippur, who also taught humanity warfare, cosmetics, and witchcraft (somewhat similar to prometheus; also amusing that those were considered equal evils).
And given that the intro text repeatedly references zello as some sort of ladies’ pig with plenty of company but helga’s valkyries would be rather out of place thieving from the ordic nobility, i’m hoping that may be presaging some additional variety of farrow women.
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Post by Azahul on Feb 3, 2020 20:10:22 GMT
Also Hungie has confirmed on discord that they’ve made internal changes to Helga and the spoiled version will not be final. Ooooh. My efforts may not have been in vain. Also wow I was not expecting this. Certainly seems like he has to be a Brigand-based Warlock. Definitely interested in how he comes out.
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Post by ankiseth on Feb 3, 2020 20:33:49 GMT
Just came to post this. What a pleasant surprise. I’m still tentatively looking forward to Helga2 landing alright, but hopefully this will take the edge off a bit.
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Post by Corrupted Bauer on Feb 3, 2020 20:38:56 GMT
I think the general thoughts are nobody is holding out hope until we see some rules. But the Helga going under further review is the best news this week
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Post by Azahul on Feb 3, 2020 21:30:00 GMT
Where was the news about Helga posted, by the way? I don't see it in the link.
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Post by shmeep on Feb 3, 2020 21:33:14 GMT
Curious what they’re trying to mean with the name. Castellan would mean he was put in charge his own castle or prison. -zello and everything in the fluff text seems Zorro inspired; Azazel is a fallen angel to which one of the scapegoats are sacrificed on Yom Kippur, who also taught humanity warfare, cosmetics, and witchcraft (somewhat similar to prometheus; also amusing that those were considered equal evils). And given that the intro text repeatedly references zello as some sort of ladies’ pig with plenty of company but helga’s valkyries would be rather out of place thieving from the ordic nobility, i’m hoping that may be presaging some additional variety of farrow women. y'know, I never considered the cultural background of Azazel until you mentioned it just now. The term 'azazel's goat' is so commonly used that it's original meaning usually doesn't even pass through your mind. I wouldn't look too deeply into that. I think they picked that name because it sounds decent, it gives off a spanish vibe and it reminds you of zorro, as you've said. if you look at Farrow Valkyries, they don't really tie into Wagner's ride of the valkyries or the nordic valkyrie theme beyond being fat (pig) women dressed like brunhilde; everblight's minions have names that sound like kabbalistic angels, but some of the names have zero relation to the beast itself (Teraph, for example). If they're really going to be cutesy, he might have some piece of backstory about being used as a scapegoat by someone, but that'll probably be it.
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Post by bacon on Feb 3, 2020 21:56:55 GMT
Not a huge fan of the look. Farrow Will from princess bride just doesnt feel right. Cool that farrow are getting two new locks quickly. Just hope he won't be crap like Helga2. And where are the new gator locks?? ): I like it. He doesnt really look any more out of place than Rorsch or the plastic brigands/commandos.
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Post by Azahul on Feb 3, 2020 22:15:49 GMT
In fact my own criticism of him isn't that he looks out of place, it's that he feels like someone just gave Rorsh's cloak to a Farrow Warlord and called it a day. Makes me glad I got the Valkyrie Warlords from mini crate, because if he ends up being good with Brigands (I mean... look at him, of all our Warlocks this guy has got to be the Brigand Warlock) then all those identical poses would get annoying.
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Post by Corrupted Bauer on Feb 3, 2020 22:44:48 GMT
Where was the news about Helga posted, by the way? I don't see it in the link. It was in the warmachine discord. In fact my own criticism of him isn't that he looks out of place, it's that he feels like someone just gave Rorsh's cloak to a Farrow Warlord and called it a day. Makes me glad I got the Valkyrie Warlords from mini crate, because if he ends up being good with Brigands (I mean... look at him, of all our Warlocks this guy has got to be the Brigand Warlock) then all those identical poses would get annoying. I actually kinda agree that he’s a bit normal looking right now. All the RQ people are like pop and wow. I guess this is just still Somewhat initial art and it’s not the model render yet, and it’s not colored but I like his look so far
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Post by Azahul on Feb 3, 2020 22:58:54 GMT
It was in the warmachine discord. Makes me feel like I should consider joining that... I actually kinda agree that he’s a bit normal looking right now. All the RQ people are like pop and wow. I guess this is just still Somewhat initial art and it’s not the model render yet, and it’s not colored but I like his look so far I don't think we soften see substantial design changes between initial art and the actual render. That said, if there's one good thing about the model, it lends itself to some great conversion ideas. Anyone know where I can get a really tiny chandelier?
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