This week’s Warhammer+ Age of Sigmar Battle Report has been pushed back for a week so that it can receive some finishing touches and be as excellent as it can possibly be – expect a titanic clash between the Stormcast Eternals and the monstrous mammoths of the Beastclaw Raiders next Wednesday! In the meantime, we can share a glimpse of an exciting upcoming Warhammer+ animated series set in the Mortal Realms, coming next year.
Today we’re looking at some pre-production images* from Blacktalon – a series all about Neave Blacktalon, the scarily efficient, dual axe-wielding Knight-Zephyros assassin.
First up is this proof-of-concept image of Neave herself, most likely fresh from hewing down some muscle-bound Marauders while a glimmer of Azyr’s lightning crackles around her.
Concept sketches such as these really capture the ferocity of her character with her iconic twin axes framed by a beast-skin cape. The series gives us a look at the many varied and awe-inspiring vistas of the Mortal Realms – check out this shot of Neave travelling through a sundered and desolate landscape. Any guesses on where she could be?
We can’t share much about the story yet, but Neave will be accompanied on her sojourn by an Idoneth aelf, whose pelagic majesty has been captured in this concept sketch.
The first time we saw Neave she was hacking away at the forces of Horticulus Slimux in Blight War, and in Blacktalon we’ll get to see a handful of her old foes return in the form of the baleful Putrid Blightkings, some of Nurgle’s most resilient and corpulent mortal worshippers.
We can’t wait to see Neave battle the beautifully pictured Putrid Blightkings next year! In other Stormcast Eternals news, Battle Report will return next Wednesday so we can answer the question on everyone’s mind – who’d win in a battle between a dragon and a prehistoric ice behemoth from the Age of Myth?
Our money is on the dragons, honestly. Remember to subscribe to Warhammer+ to get access to this Battle Report, all future animations including Blacktalon, and the Warhammer Vault – which is continually expanding with Warhammer Age of Sigmar lore and White Dwarf issues packed with information on the Mortal Realms.
* Animations take a long time to make – so anything we show here may change as the production gets closer to its final, completed state.