About this episode

This episode explores the Black Fortress and the military culture of the Chaos Dwarfs, detailing their forces and war machines.

This episode we focus on the Black Fortress, an immense volcanic citadel on the Chaos Dwarfs’ south-eastern frontier, a militarised outpost garrisoned by the brutal Legion of Azgorh. We look at the disgraced-but-fanatic Infernal Guard and their elite Ironsworn. We detail the fortress’s role as both a seat of harsh power and a place of exile, its internal culture of punishment and redemption. We examine the wider military forces that support the tower, including Bull Centaur guardians and a vast arsenal of daemon-fused war machines such as the Iron Daemon, Skullcracker, Magma Cannon, Deathshrieker, Dreadquake Mortar, and Hellcannon. We round out the episode with an overview of the Chaos Dwarf fleet. Theri massive steam-driven iron warships, or boats?, that extend the empire’s power across the seas Chat with us on Discord Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Merchandise⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Quartermaster⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Listen Ad-Free⁠ SHOW IMAGES: Infernal Guard Warriors Infernal Guard Command Infernal Warrior art (Cral’s fav) Infernal Iron sworn Bull Centaur Renders Iron Daemon Skullcracker Magma Cannon Deathshrieker Rocket launcher Dreadquake Mortar Chaos Dwarf Man O War fleet

Topics covered

• Chaos Dwarfs
• Black Fortress
• Infernal Guard
• military forces
• daemon-fused war machines
• empire expansion

Keywords

• Chaos Dwarfs
• Black Fortress
• Infernal Guard
• war machines
• military culture
• empire expansion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Legion of Azgorh, Infernal Guard, Ironsworn, Chaos Dwarf fleet

Products: Iron Daemon, Skullcracker, Magma Cannon, Deathshrieker, Dreadquake Mortar, Hellcannon

Places: Black Fortress, Chaos Dwarfs

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