Information on non-human origins (Athel Loren, Ulthuan and Karak Azgaraz)

By roy.altman.7, in Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay

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I know, these are three separate questions gui%C3%B1o.gif

But anywya, all of our group is non human - 2 Wood Elves, a High Elf and a Dwarf. Ok, one human wizard but he died last session so he doesn't count.

We just finished The Gathering Storm, the PCs are entering their 3rd career and I wanted to pick up with my own adventures, centered around the characters' back stories. I'm starting with an attack on Karak Azgaraz which the PCs will need to help avert. One of them is a Giant Slayer and I think I will manage to weave his personal redemption into the adventure's plot. From there I plan to continue on to Athel Loren, to work out the personal issues of the Wood Elves characters and so on.

Now I read enough RPG material over the last - OMG - 25 years to know enough about Elves and Dwarves to just wing it but I wanted to know if there's a book or two somewhere with information on these lands from previous editions or online or something.

Thanks

Roy

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Wow, three elves and a dwarf. If I were him I would be worried that those traitorous, pointy eared, effeminate, sons of... I mean worried that those elves would kill me in my sleep...

Anyway, if you are looking for general information on the elves civilizations or the dwarf empires; most of it can be found online at the various warhammer wikis or wikipedia.
Information on the War of Vengeance (um... the war of the beard) and its aftermath (the founding of the Wood Elf court for example), the Sundering, the civil wars, the Grobli Wars, the Great War and so on shouldbe fairly easy to find.
If you want something more specific then there are a few sources you can try (many are oop though):
Dwarfs:
Dwarfs: Stone and Steel; a 1st ed WFRP sourcebook for all things to do with dwarfs (oop)
Grudgelore; a Black Library background book dealing specifically with Dwarfs (also oop)
Karak Azgal: Adventures of the Dragon Crag; some useful information in this adventure pack/dungeon sourcebook (it also shows just how far the pointy ears can fall)
You could also try:
the Warhammer Fantasy Battles (WFB) Dwarf Army Book, the older books tend to have more background info but again they are oop, the current book is the best source currently in print
Since you have a slayer in the group:
the Gotrek and Felix series by the Black Library deals with history's least successful slayer, the books are of uneven quality but might be of interest anyway
High Elves:
There has been little coverage of the high elves in WFRP as they are quite rare in the Old World, specific aspects of their culture are dealt with in a few 2nd ed WFRP books but there is nothing like Stone and Steel or Grudgelore
The WFB army books provide the best source of information (the old High Elf and Dark Elf books give a variety of perspectives on general elven history and convey the general feel of the elves), the current High Elf and Dark Elf books again are the best sources in print.
There are a number of BL books written about the elves, some of the Time of Legends series deals with the Sundering for example.
Wood Elves:
Much like High Elves they are not directly covered by a specific text, descriptions can be found of elves living within the empire but not a lot of information is given on them in Athel Loren (much like with the High Elves).
Again the best resource is the current army book for the tabletop game, there is also some mention in the Brettonian sourcebook Knights of the Grail.
BL has a few novels dealing with wood elves but they are generally less popular than the high elves.
So that is a brief list of sources, most of them are not readily available so you might just want to wing it... generally speaking the composition of your group is highly unorthodox in a traditional Warhammer game so I would say just go with what you and your group think is best.
regards,
ET
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Thanks a lot for the detailed reply.

You telling me it's unorthodox? :) It took a few sessions for the dwarf to accept the elves and vice versa and we still have some friction because of it. All in all, they roleplay the bigotry pretty well. But they are now long-time comrades in arms and learned to trust each other - sort of. Other elves and dwarves they meet frown heavily when they see the group.

Thanks again,

Roy

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I referenced the following for my house rulebook:

WFB Wood Elves

Grudgelore (dwarfs)

WFB Dwarfs

WFB High Elves

(WFB=warhammer fantasy battles)

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