u/Abatta500

Continuing my GLORIOUS posting run (PRAISE HASHUT!), the 4th Chaos Dwarf legendary lord should be Abnagg Hellbeard: https://whfb.lexicanum.com/wiki/Abnagg_Hellbeard

I understand a lot of people want Shar'Tor, but he isn't in Warhammer Fantasy and I suspect GW isn't a fan of the bull centaur lord.

Abnagg Hellbeard, while just a lore footnote, has a cool rivalry with the High Elves/Fortress of Dawn. So here is my modest proposal:

• Get rid of Spine of Sotek Dwarfs (they make *no sense* lore wise) -> have Tehenhauin start in the Spine of Sotek (IT JUST MAKES SENSE! He's the Sotek lizard!) at Hualotal
• Have Chaos Dwarf Abnagg Hellbeard start in The Night Forest Road at Kaiax instead of Tehenhuain. Have his starting enemy be the High Elf owners of the Citadel of Dusk, with the idea being he decided to attack the High Elves from the other side of the world after not succeeding the first time attacking the Fortress of Dawn
• Have Hellbeard's victory objectives include capturing the Citadel of Dusk, the Fortress of Dawn, Barak Varr, The Maelstrom, and Arnheim, the idea being to give the Chaos Dwarfs clear paths to trade with Naggaroth by sea and trade and ravage the Old World.
• Have Hellbeard have unique benefits to capturing major port cities.
• Have Hellbeard have shipbuilding ONLY for his flagship: The Hammerblaze
• Make some cool unique landmark buildings available to Chaos Dwarfs in a few Lizardmen settlements. Give Chaos Dwarfs a reason to go dino hunting with their blunderbusses! I'm sure Chaos Dwarfs would love to harness and corrupt Old Ones technology/magic.

Chaos Dwarfs are awesome and if you haven't played them yet, you absolutely should! All their mechanics just *work* and aren't gimmicky, providing a lot flexibility and replayability. Their roster is similarly flexible without feeling overpowered. On top of all that...

I love their lore. When you apply Dwarf stubbornness to being the BADDEST BEINGS ALIVE you get a race of warrior midget slavers who make Rakarth of the Dark Elves look like a pussy.

Most Dark Elf slaves are humans. The Chaos Dwarfs mostly enslave GREENSKINS (i.e. murder fungus). Chaos Dwarfs don't take shit from anyone. They WILL literally pulverize you to dust or break you utterly psychologically.

All the other evil Warhammer factions are big pussies compared to the Chaos Dwarfs, who ALWAYS stand on business. They are too big chads to talk in English, and they have technology that makes Cathay and the Empire seem like cavemen in comparison.

Chaos Dwarfs LAUGH in the face of evil and then OUT EVIL it. They even have their own special god while all the other evil races, except for greenskins, skaven, and ogres, are bickering amongst themselves for sloppy seconds from The Big Four and Khaine.

CHAOS DWARFS! Fudge Yeah!

Zhatan the Black (Chaos Dwarf legendary lord) is AWESOME. I think he's the best of all the Chaos Dwarf legendary lords in terms of thematic and satisfying bonuses. He gets regeneration, double convoys, bonuses to capturing ("persuading) labor ("volunteer workers"), he gets a net ability, and he nukes enemy leadership.

He also starts with the Deathshrieker Rocket Launcher, which is surprisingly good now and fun to use with both its firing types.

If you haven't played Chaos Dwarfs before: BUY THE DLC AND PLAY THEM. They are SO awesome in every way. They are probably the best designed race in Total War: Warhammer overall and the only real downside is the lack of variety in start positions and only having 3 legendary lords. But all their mechanics just *WORK* and are satisfying and impactful to use without making them overpowered.