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Like its offshoot ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40,000'', ''Warhammer Fantasy Battles'' contains many playable factions and a large number of named characters.

Like its offshoot ''Warhammer 40,000'', ''Warhammer Fantasy Battles'' contains many playable factions and a large number of named characters.

For the tropes that apply to these characters during the end times, see [[Characters/WarhammerTheEndTimes here]]. For tropes that apply to them as seen in ''VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammer'' and associated titles see [[Characters/TotalWarWarhammer here]].

[[Characters/WarhammerTheEmpire The Empire]] | [[Characters/WarhammerBretonnia Bretonnia]] | [[Characters/WarhammerDwarfs Dwarfs]] | [[Characters/WarhammerHighElves High Elves]] | [[Characters/WarhammerDarkElves]] | [[Characters/WarhammerWoodElves Wood Elves]] | [[Characters/WarhammerLizardmen Lizardmen]] | [[Characters/WarhammerVampireCounts Vampire Counts]] | [[Characters/WarhammerTombKings Tomb Kings]] | [[Characters/WarhammerChaosGodsAndDaemons Daemons of Chaos]] | [[Characters/WarhammerWarriorsOfChaos Warriors of Chaos]] | [[Characters/WarhammerBeastsOfChaos Beastmen]] | [[Characters/WarhammerChaosDwarfs Chaos Dwarfs]] | [[Characters/WarhammerSkaven Skaven]] | [[Characters/WarhammerGreenskins Greenskins]] | [[Characters/WarhammerOgreKingdoms Ogre Kingdoms]] | [[Characters/WarhammerOtherFactions Others]]]]-]]]

[[Characters/WarhammerTheEmpire The Empire]] | [[Characters/WarhammerBretonnia Bretonnia]] | [[Characters/WarhammerDwarfs Dwarfs]] | [[Characters/WarhammerHighElves High Elves]] | [[Characters/WarhammerDarkElves | [[Characters/WarhammerWoodElves Wood Elves]] | [[Characters/WarhammerLizardmen Lizardmen]] | [[Characters/WarhammerVampireCounts Vampire Counts]] | [[Characters/WarhammerTombKings Tomb Kings]] | [[Characters/WarhammerChaosGodsAndDaemons Daemons of Chaos]] | [[Characters/WarhammerWarriorsOfChaos Warriors of Chaos]] | [[Characters/WarhammerBeastsOfChaos Beastmen]] | [[Characters/WarhammerChaosDwarfs Chaos Dwarfs]] | [[Characters/WarhammerSkaven Skaven]] | [[Characters/WarhammerGreenskins Greenskins]] | [[Characters/WarhammerOgreKingdoms Ogre Kingdoms]] | [[Characters/WarhammerOtherFactions Others]]]]-]]]

[[Characters/WarhammerTheEmpire The Empire]] | [[Characters/WarhammerBretonnia Bretonnia]] | [[Characters/WarhammerDwarfs Dwarfs]] | [[Characters/WarhammerHighElves High Elves]] | [[Characters/WarhammerDarkElves Dark Elves]] ([[Characters/WarhammerMalekith Malekith]]) | [[Characters/WarhammerWoodElves Wood Elves]] | [[Characters/WarhammerLizardmen Lizardmen]] | [[Characters/WarhammerVampireCounts Vampire Counts]] | [[Characters/WarhammerTombKings Tomb Kings]] | [[Characters/WarhammerChaosGodsAndDaemons Daemons of Chaos]] | [[Characters/WarhammerWarriorsOfChaos Warriors of Chaos]] | [[Characters/WarhammerBeastsOfChaos Beastmen]] | [[Characters/WarhammerChaosDwarfs Chaos Dwarfs]] | [[Characters/WarhammerSkaven Skaven]] | [[Characters/WarhammerGreenskins Greenskins]] | [[Characters/WarhammerOgreKingdoms Ogre Kingdoms]] | [[Characters/WarhammerOtherFactions Others]]]]-]]]

** [[Characters/WarhammerMalekith Malekith]]

Like its offshoot ''Warhammer 40000'', ''Warhammer Fantasy Battles'' contains many playable factions and a large number of named characters.

[[Characters/WarhammerTheEmpire The Empire]] | [[Characters/WarhammerBretonnia Bretonnia]] | [[Characters/WarhammerDwarfs Dwarfs]] | [[Characters/WarhammerHighElves High Elves]] | [[Characters/WarhammerDarkElves Dark Elves]] | [[Characters/WarhammerWoodElves Wood Elves]] | [[Characters/WarhammerLizardmen Lizardmen]] | [[Characters/WarhammerVampireCounts Vampire Counts]] | [[Characters/WarhammerTombKings Tomb Kings]] | [[Characters/WarhammerChaosGodsAndDaemons Daemons of Chaos]] | [[Characters/WarhammerWarriorsOfChaos Warriors of Chaos]] | [[Characters/WarhammerBeastsOfChaos Beastmen]] | [[Characters/WarhammerChaosDwarfs Chaos Dwarfs]] | [[Characters/WarhammerSkaven Skaven]] | [[Characters/WarhammerGreenskins Greenskins]] | [[Characters/WarhammerOgreKingdoms Ogre Kingdoms]] | [[Characters/WarhammerOtherFactions Others]]]]-]]]

For the tropes that apply to these characters during the end times, see [[Characters/WarhammerTheEndTimes here]].

Humans are a relatively young race in the Warhammer world. They do not remember the departure of the Old Ones or the first coming of Chaos, nor do they have the depth of knowledge and wisdom of the Elder Races. However, they have grown to be a dominant species in the world, dwarfing the Elder Races by their numbers if not their sophistication. Unlike other races, Humans are a diverse species, having as many corrupted and cowardly individuals as they have brave and wise heroes. For better or worse, they have taken a central role in balancing the fate of the world.

The Wind of Death blows strong in the Warhammer World, and the dead have long and bitter memories. The Undead are the logical result of the short-lived humans' efforts to achieve immortality, no matter the cost. Nagash, first of the Necromancers, was responsible for developing the malign art of raising the dead to serve a master, which indirectly contributed to the rise of the Vampires and their diverse bloodlines, who control armies of cadavers of all sorts and are megalomaniacal in their pursuit of eternal un-life.

A malevolent and diabolical race of ratmen whose warrens span a global inter-continental underground empire known in their tongue as the Under-Empire. The Skaven are a cruel and vicious species whose military power and incomprehensible numbers have the potential to smother all the kingdoms of the Old World, a destiny the ratmen believe is inevitable. Scheming and treacherous, the Skaven consider themselves the supreme master race, undeniably superior to all other civilizations in the Warhammer World. They are constant enemies of the Dwarfs, the Night Goblins, and all non-Skaven races. And of each other, if we're honest.

A scheming, treacherous race of rat-men whose warrens ring the underworld, constant enemies of the dwarfs, the night goblins, and all non-Skaven races. And each other, if we're honest.

Big and mean or small and mean, these green-skinned monstrosities exist in a permanent state of war against anything and anyone they can see.

Old, declining, yet proud beyond measure, the Elder Races were present in the Dawn Times, when the first of their kind were sculpted by the hand of the Old Ones themselves and thus tend to be far more resistant to Chaos than humans. In times past all of them built magnificent civilizations, grander than anything Man has achieved so far. However, millenia of strife and tragedy have inevitably led to their decline, and they are now a shadow of their former selves. Despite all this, they still represent some of the most formidable forces of the world.

Beyond the veil of reality lies the Realm of Chaos, home to four gods so powerful one of them alone could snuff out the world and its gods along with it, and would do so gladly. Having first come to the world millenia ago only to be barely repelled by the combined might of the Elder Races, the Chaos Gods and their Daemon armies cannot easily walk through the world and are barely contained to the poles. Now the Forces of Chaos, mortal minions of the four gods corrupted by their influence or lured to their side by promises of power, lie in wait for the right time to destroy the world and watch it burn. And that time is approaching...

The Wind of Death blows strong in the Warhammer World, and the dead have long and bitter memories. The Undead are the logical result of the short-lived humans' efforts to achieve immortality, no matter the cost. Nagash, first of the Necromancers, was responsible for developing the malign art of raising the dead to serve a master, which indirectly contributed to the rise of the Vampires and their diverse bloodlines, who control armies of cadavers of all sort and are megalomaniacal in their pursuit of eternal un-life.

The Wind of Death blows strong in the Warhammer World, and the dead have long and bitter memories. The Undead are the logical result of the short-lived humans' efforts to achieve immortality, no matter the cost. Nagash, first of the Necromancers, was resopnsible for developing the malign art of raising the dead to serve a master, which indirectly contributed to the rise of the Vampires and their diverse bloodlines, who control armies of cadavers of all sort and are megalomaniacal in their pursuit of eternal un-life.

Humans are a relatively young race in the Warhammer world. They do not remember the departure of the Old Ones or the first coming of Chaos, nor do they have the depth of knowledge and wisdom of the elder races. However, they have grown to be a dominant species in the world, dwarfing the Elder Races by their numbers if not their sophistication. Unlike other races, humans are a diverse species, having as many corrupted and cowardly people as they have brave and wise heroes. For better or for worse, they have taken a central role in balancing the fate of the world.

Old, declining, and yet proud beyond measure, the Elder Races were present in the Dawn Times, the first of their kind were sculpted by the hand of the Old Ones themselves, and thus tend to be far more resistant to Chaos than humans. In time, all of them built magnificent civilizations, grander than anything man has achieved so far. However, millenia of strife and tragedy has inevitably led to their declines, and their are a shadow of their former selves. Yet, they still represent some of the most formidable forces of the world.

The Wind of Death blows strong in the Warhammer World. The Undead are the logical result of the short-lived humans' efforts to seek a way to immortality no matter the cost. Nagash, first of the Necromancer, is involved in the developement of the art of raising the dead, and has indirectly contributed to the rise of human undead, which control armies of cadavers of all sort.

Beyond the veil of reality lies the Realm of Chaos, home to four gods so powerful one of them alone could snuff out the world and its gods with it, and who would gladly do it. Having first come to the world millenia ago only to be barely repelled by the combined might of the Elder Races, the Chaos Gods and their Daemon armies cannot easily walk through the world and are barely contained to the Poles. Now the forces of Chaos, as well as their mortal minions who were corrupted by it or lured to its side by promises of power, lie in wait for the right time to destroy the world, and the time is approaching.

Beyond the veil of reality lies the Realm of Chaos, home to four gods so powerful one of them alone could snuff out the world and its gods with it, and who would gladly do it. Having first come to the world millenia ago only to be barely repelled by the combined might of the Elder Races. Now the forces of Chaos, as well as their mortal minions who were corrupted by it or lured to its side by promises of power, lie in wait for the right time to destroy the world, and the time is approaching.

Old, declining, and yet proud beyond measure, the Elder Races were present in the Dawn Times, the first of their kind were sculpted by the hand of the Old Ones themselves, and thus tend to be far more resistant to Chaos than humans. Millenia of strife and tragedy has inevitably led to their declines, and their are a shadow of their former selves. Yet, they still represent some of the most formidable forces of the world.

The forces of Chaos would destroy the world just to watch it burn. They were barely turned back in their first coming by the combined might of the Elder Races, who were at the height of their powers, thrown back and contained in the North, the Chaos gods make their influence felt throughout the world.

The most powerful of the factions, much of the Warhammer world is defined by the struggle against Chaos.

Humans are a relatively young race in the Warhammer world. They do not remember the departure of the Old Ones or the first coming of Chaos, nor do they have the depth of knowledge and wisdom of the elder races, and yet the fate of the world rests in their hands, for good or ill.

Old, declining, and yet proud beyond measure, the elder races were present in the Dawn Times, the first of their kind were sculpted by the hand of the Old Ones themselves, and thus tend to be far more resistant to Chaos than humans.

Megalomaniacal in their pursuit of un-life, the dead have long and bitter memories.

[[MostWritersAreHuman There are dozens of human nations, but only the Empire and Brettonia are playable. Humans do tend to dominate the Dogs of War list, however]].

* [[Characters/WarhammerDwarfs Dwarfs]]
* [[Characters/WarhammerHighElves High Elves]]
* [[Characters/WarhammerDarkElves Dark Elves]]
* [[Characters/WarhammerWoodElves Wood Elves]]
* [[Characters/WarhammerLizardmen Lizardmen]]

!Ogre Kingdoms
Hulking, brutal humanoids who began as members of the Dogs of War but were expanded into a full-fledged army in their own right in late 6th edition.

* [[Characters/WarhammerOgreKingdoms Ogre Kingdoms]]

!Greenskins
Big and mean or small and mean, these green-skinned monstrosities exist in a permanent state of war against anything and anyone they can see.

* [[Characters/WarhammerGreenskins Greenskins]]

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There are dozens of human nations, but only the Empire and Brettonia are playable. Humans do tend to dominate the Dogs of War list, however.