Malekith: Dark Elf Darth Vader 

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"Like Anakin Skywalker, Malekith had issues with his mother, his mentor figure, and his lover. However for Malekith, these were all the same person."

"Good heavens just look at the time!" Said Pancreasnowork, staring at a clock that whose hands point to "talk about elves"

Alith Anar in TWW: I hear Malekith hates snow Malekith: I HATE SNOW. ITS COLD, SOFT AND GLISTENING, AND IT GETS EVERYWHERE

None of you saw Dark Vader your eyes deceive you

Malekith, the dark, malevolent, twisted, Son of Aenarion, sunderer of Ulthuan, murderer of thousands, Witch King, true inheritor of Aenarion (this is false it is Tyrion, Heir of Aenarion) said it best when he spoke from the highest peaks of the Land of Chill when he said “I hate snow.”

PancreasNoWork has to be some sort of Chaos god because he's slowly been corrupting me into thinking Elves are cool.

The best part from Malekith from the End Times. He's in Middenheim, crushed under the body of his dead dragon as the world is ending. The happy memory of being taught to ride a horse by his father surfaces and in a crushing moment of ego collapse he comes to terms with the fact his entire life was pretty shit. And then he mega died with the rest of reality.

"Sigmar was like Conan but even more german" Approved

I genuinely hate the fact that Grombrindal somewhat forgave Malekith. Of all the grudges that could be forgiven, that could make such a monumental event feel earned, they picked quite possibly the single most justified grudge in the entire setting's history. It was a personal betrayal that went so far as to cause literal millennia of suffering for two civilizations, and created a permanent rift between them where they had once been friends. You know what would have been great? With the crisis of the End Times at their doors, a Dawi of importance (Grombrindal, Thorgrim, etc.) meets with a similarly important Asur like Alarielle or Finubar. The council is tense to begin with, but in a shocking twist both sides had come willing to swallow their pride and ask for an alliance to stave off the threat. When this comes to light, the Dawi is moved by the gesture, and makes the monumental proclamation that the great grudge of The War of Vengeance has finally been settled. Once more, Dawi and Asur shall take up arms alongside one another to drive back the darkness that threatens their world. But instead we got "you haven't changed at all, and might even be worse than you were to begin with, but it's cool homie".

You forgot to mention how mommy morathi killed his fiancee because he would give up her dream of becoming the phoenix king Also he hates snow

Malekith got himself a goth gf and mommy gf in one package, but forgot the mommy part is supposed to be metaphorical

"Elf darth vader" -Huh how is that? *A honored and valiant hero prone to aggresion yet kind and compasionate with plenty of feats now corrupted into a dark armored monster who slays and governs his dark empire whose armour constantly inflicts pain upon him* Ohhhh, he really is elf darth vader

"I will not rest until everyone loves elfs as much as I do" Mission impossible

According to the Malus Darkblade books, incest is apparently really common in Dark elf nobility. So no surprise that Malekith is basically Oedipus without the remorse.

Malekith also hates snow like how Anakin hates sand.

"You know what fantasy race I'm obsessed with?" *shows picture of human* "Elves." jk great video man

I like to think Malekith would have been accepted into the fire, but the whole coup/slaanesh-cult-stuff caused him to be rejected not having a moment’s hesitation. If they wanted him to be Phoenix King, they probably should’ve focused on making him worthy again. Maybe have Morathi be fed up with the remaining bits of noblility in her son and use her magic to extract that from his body and soul to create a frail noble elf named Malerion. Not sure how well that actually would have worked but that’s just my suggestion…

I’m going to be honest here, Dark Vader makes a little bit of sense considering that it’s a dark elf we’re talking about.

Malekith is an amazing character in my opinion and he is honestly one of my favorite takes on the classic Dark Lord archetype. "Malekith was given to shifts of mood and formality. Sometimes he wished to be treated as if he were a barbarian potentate, at others with the formal courtesy of an elven lord. There were times when he played the simple warlord that he thought his father had been. There were times when he oversaw revels that would have put Morathi to shame, indulging vices by proxy that he could not any other way. Today he looked like he was the warlord." - Bane of Malekith by William King

Something I never see brought up: Malekith isn't Aenarion's heir, being the youngest of 3 children. I'm not even sure why the Asur kept the Phoenix King role, seeing as how the Everqueen had ruled alone before the invasion of Chaos and Yvraine was Aenarion's daughter in a culture that doesn't discriminate against daughters, with her brother abdicating.

Here’s my own idea on how to make Malekith becoming the Phoenix King better. So when Malekith steps into the The Flame of Asuryan, it burns him, like it did last time. However, instead of throwing himself out of the fire, he simply stands in the flame and basically starts getting burned alive. Motionless and voiceless, Malekith absorbs the punishment of the flame. The God’s then realize that while Malekith is technically not the chosen ruler of Ulthan, he’s the only Elf with the strength of will to stop the Chaos invasion. He’s so dedicated to saving the Elves, even if it’s for selfish reasons, that he is willing to be burned alive by the Gods, just for the small chance it will save his people. So they decide to grant him the powers of the Phoenix King, even if none of them actually want him to become the Phoenix King. And boom. Malekith becomes Phoenix King while still technically not being the chosen of the God’s.

Slight correction, they aren't immortal unless slain in battle. They die once they no longer have a purpose, like Tyrion's dad began to wither away once he finished fixing the armor of Aenarion.

“I will not rest until everyone loves elves as much as I do.” Your crusade is eternal

4:58 The adventures of alternate Warhammer Fantasy reality *Lady Maleki, elven princess of nagarythe* as she traveled with *Grombrindal,* her dear companion, king of the dwarves.

Ah yes Malekith. Or as I like to call him: Darth Oedipus

While imprisoned in an Elf lady's body by Malekith, N'kari tried reading Malekith's mind continuously, but found it incredibly difficult. What N'kari did see, however; that Malekith was basically unlike any other Elf. Not given to vanity, arrogance, boasting, pride, or petty emotions. Instead N'kari saw something that terrified him/her. Malekith was stone cold, completely disciplined, and possessed of a calculating cunning, far beyond any notions of self-aggrandizing pride or entitlement. That is Malekith in essence. He is the most unique Elf in Warhammer, mainly because he is so far removed from the shortcomings of other Elves. He is driven, stoic, and pragmatic. His will is so strong even the greatest Keeper of Secrets could not read his mind. So yes. He is basically peak Darth Vader. But not wholly evil. To call Malekith "evil" is like claiming unbending cold iron is evil because it does not give way for you. It simply is iron. He does not care about pleasure. Titles. Wealth. He simply and utterly is devoted to his goals. Rule.

As often as she's been simped for, I guess we need a video for Dommy Mommy Morathi

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0:45 keep fighting the good fight brother. Keep fighting the good fight!

Shame that he didnt have a redemption arc in the End Times involving Grombrindal

A couple things I want to amend about Malerion, he is actually “formless” and changes forms to whatever he wants, the image is just one of his forms, also when he took the souls from Slannesh, he purposely choose the corrupted ones for the most part, so Umbraneth (that’s shadow elves in AoS, their army is coming, I’m going to say in 4th edition) are mostly dragon kin and shadow demons in the lore, not just “dark Lumineth”

ok but like, the reincarnation of snorri turning up, saving one of the most evil people in warhammer fantasy and then forgiving him for breaking his oath, that made me feel weirdly emotional cause that just, that don't just happen.

Aenarion was the avatar of Asuryan & when he pulled the sword of Khaela Mensha Khaine he was literally the embodiment of Khaine as well. He is/was an Elven God & way greater than Pigmar- Aenarion slew 4 Greater daemons 1 after another & defeated them all with the help of Indraugnir father of Dragons.

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Malekith could make Grombrindal forgive him if he took the Slayer Oath. I know it's only a Dwarf thing, but that would have made the end times more sensible.

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i often wondered why they didn't add more mages to help with the vortex ritual over time. or tell the schools of magic of the empire, or the dwarves about the importance of the waystones. no matter what their antipathy, chaos was always the biggest enemy, they often cooperated over that .

While Malekith (Malerion) is absent most of the time in AOS so far there is a favorite story about him The Legend of the Umbral Veil Religious art in the Mortal Realms holds a special place in the hearts of many. In Brightspear, Lady Solania Gravewing frequently bids sculptors compete to design statues of Sigmar for the ever expanding New City. A similar - albeit more disorderly - system exists among the Gloomspite, with fierce battles erupting between tribes over whose Loonshrine is the largest. No contest, however, was as famous - or as ill-fated - as the Praemium Aurelia. Sponsored by a coterie of anonymous nobles, the Praemium challenged artists across Aqshy to depict a single portrait, with the goal being not simply to depict the subject’s appearance, but their very soul. The competition was fierce. Artists worked for months in secret. When the pieces were unveiled, it was said that the judges wept to see such beauty. Each was greater than the last, paying homage to loved ones, incredible landscapes, and of course, the gods themselves. However, one portrait in particular caused much consternation. A jet-black canvas in a simple silver frame, unmarked by a signature, as if the unknown artist did not wish to mar the pure darkness of their work. Its title was simple: Malerion. What happened next had to be reconstructed from survivors’ accounts. Half-mad servants spoke of a tide of ink pouring through the silver frame, as if from an endless, shadowy sea. Spindly figures with knife-sharp fingers capered through the chamber, the only sounds were the tearing of canvas and the rushing, hushing dark. When the darkness withdrew, the judges were gone, and every eye in every portrait had been neatly cut out.

The name of a marvel villain, grumpy vader man and a dude in Elden Ring. Seems like the name gets around a lot

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Morathi are you winning son malekith mostly burned to near death yes mom

I thought you were gonna end the video with "you are the darth vader armor to my malekith"

Question: Is there a Malus Darkblade video in our future? It doen't matter when, as these things take take time.

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"I hate snow." -Malekith

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Personally I do like the idea of Malekith becoming the phoenix king, but it could’ve been done a lot better. Like I think it would’ve been better if Malekith forcibly took the power of the phoenix king from the elven gods. It would help show him as a badass and still be in line with his lore.

hes so bloody good legit carries the entire setting

Ok the Snorri Whitebread moment is actually so perfect. While the end tomes aren't great, that truly has too be one of the best and most impactful plot points in a end game scenario

Funny thing after watching your video on the sea elves this morning I decided to watch a bunch of videos on the history of the elves to try and understand the bigger picture. Then I come back and see this new video.

Can you do a video about the Wood Elves and the Eldar Exodites?

"Compared to Nagash, this one was pretty barebones." Well done.

This video was well done!

Yes, dark vader

Great video and nice to hear some rise of nation music at the end

Dark elves: Literally immortal edgy sparta And I love them for it, their aesthetic be drippin Edit: Also in AoS I'm really hoping that when they introduce malekiths shadow elves(which I am very excited for) they make him and belakor fight for who gets to have the realm of shadow

omg sir I keep hearing that music in the background u had playing near the end of the vid here and fianlly figured it out. Rise of Nations hell of a game and a hell of soundtrack as well. Also love you stuff man u bring both information and funny to it love your little puns and your love of elves.

I appreciate the Age of Mythology music you used during the video.

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He went through a hole video and didn’t talk about the dragon

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A lot of the nonsensical things Malekith does can be explained by Hubris. He does not believe himself inferior to anyone, even the gods. Hence his confidence in walking into the flames.

Cant wait till we get the dommy mommy episode

I'm still watching the video but I'm still absolutely livid the James Workshop has cock teased Malekith coming back as the god of shadows with his own faction FOR SO LONG AAHH! PLEASE JAMES! JUST MAKE THE FACTION AND TAKE MY MONEY!

Grombingdal forgiving Malekith is the most Bs plot point in the history of bs plot points and only elves simps could think otherwise. Why? Snorri made Malekith swear an oath, a most sacred one, on his own death bed, to do all he could to preserve the friendship between their people forever. Malekith utterly destroy this oath, working against it on purpose! Such an outrageous and dishonorable act that Snorri come back to life as Grombingdal, the White Dwarf, the embodiment of vengeance! Now, Malekith never does ANYTHING to earn forgiveness from a dwarf point of view. He doesn't save dwarfs, he doesn't rescue some all important holds, he doesn't fight and sacrifice anything to help the dwarfs AT ALL. He doesn't redeem himself in any way, shape or form, so all of the horrible acts he committed against dwarf kind are never repented or atone for... and Snorri forgive him. He *fucking forgive him.* the incarnation of vengeance, the dwarf who came back to right the most heinous of wrong, a ancestral ghost of a race so callous that they don't have *words* that translate directly to forgiveness, but only many words to indicate different kinds of come back... forgive him, out of the *fucking blue and the power of fucking friendship.* Say whatever the fuck you want, the dwarfs were the most mistreated in the end times, both the normal and the chaotic ones.

Yes!! Dark elf time!

That's Malekith for you: love him or hate him, dude's got more character depth on his bad days than Nagash on his good days (you know you're a bastard when the jackass responsible for just as much shit is disgusted by you as a person), and with none of that BS plot armor that ensured that Archaon's only in-universe defeat consists of getting kicked in the balls by an Orc.

Don't forget that Alith Anar, the last of the line Anar who ruled Nagarythe and were all killed except him for opposing the newly formed Druchii and is still alive purely out of hate and spite for Malakith and all Druchii, forgave Malakith. Forgave him! It is impossible to over state how much Alith pours his essence into hating and killing Druchii. They told boogie man stories about him and his followers. He scared the Druchii shitless. How scary is a dude who can scare the Druchii? He forgave Malakith in the end times and walked away and was never seen again. Gone. Poof. Unimportant. I blame the overwhelming number of problems in the old world on Morathi. She is the root for so many of the messed up problems in the world that I would think that she could be a honorary chaos god.

I like the Age of Mythology music in the background of your videos

The End Times were absolutely amazing. They are the most well written, well-paced, and most logical writing Warhammer has ever had.

I have been listening to quite a few of these videos now. Great content and good jokes. But as someone listening to them while at work the frequent "du-du-du-du" sound in the background sounds EXACTLY like the compressor while it is running and my instinctual reaction is to look if the compressor is turned on. 😂

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I know, I know it's an unpopular opinion but I kinda like what they did with him in the End Times. I see what they were trying to do, the return of the rightful king to save the world of elf dwarf and man despite his bitterness, but.. they were restrained within the actual lore for Malekith and couldn't get the story all the way there

Morathi: The Stifler's mom of The Old World and Age of Sigmar.

Thanks for upload :)

Wait until they come by settra and he pimp slaps them out of existence along with Slanesh if he dares interfere.

Hope to see High Elf Punisher, Alith Anar sometime. My favorite LL in Warhammer.

My favorite guy to play as. A pretty swell guy. He got cheated out of his inheritance by some chicken-shit nobles but he never gave up and after a couple thousand years of trying he finally won everything he was owed back and he managed to make friends with all of his former enemies. Considering that's Warhammer, Malekith done near impossible.

The music went from age of mythology to rise of nations? That hit me in all the nostalgia spots!

18:46 Grimgor Ironhide did this in the "Storm of Chaos" time line. The reason for this was that competitive play results were supposed to dictate the outcome of the story and back then Chaos Warriors apparently had a rough time in tournaments and thus Archeon couldn't win.

Like Darth Vader, Malekith fell to the Dark Side… AKA the Melfussy.

Hope the next elfscapde is about Drycha, Briarmaven of Woe.

Fair effort beating archaeon the ever chosen in combat... but i remember reading his mom morathi was waaaayyy stronger with magic in my old army book.

What's that background music starting around 3:30? Love the video!

I always loved how he started the war of tne beard. Then after the high elves were dying... mali still coudnt finish them off....

Ngl, if they had established Malekith having a severe phobia of fire from his various escapades, perhaps around when he met and befriended Dwarves, I feel his retcon of being the true heir of Ulthuan would be more justifiable regarding why stepping into the flames panicked him.

Any chance we get a sanguinius video next? Echos of Eternity just came out and it probably the best book in the seige of terra series

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>Kind of curious how you got here Been a fan of 40k and Battletech for years, just kinda nodded along to WF lore The Skaven having Nukes is what got me in and Nagash being Skeletor. Still don't know much about Sigmar except he is apparently > Big E (Which NGL isn't a hard bar to clear)

That Rise of Nations soundtrack though

Lol. " Let the Hate Consume you. "

His model is basically the same as the Angron and Fulgram. We've known what they've looked liked for years but still haven't got them.

At first I thought you were saying “An aryan.” And only cottoned on to the fact you were saying Anarion about a minute in.

8:11 Turns out Asuryan didn't really care about any of that in the end.