The first of their creations were the Lizardmen, who aided their masters in the development of the great plan. They reshaped it to fit their needs, and created several species with the intent for them to combat the Forces of Chaos. Many millennia ago, mysterious space-faring beings known as the Old Ones visited the warhammer world. The game has its own wiki called Total War: WARHAMMER Wiki. The game's campaign is more narrative oriented than the sandbox campaign of the first game with each race battling to save or destroy the Great Vortex over Ulthuan. Those that own races from the first game will have the same races unlocked for multiplayer in the second and a grand campaign map spanning the first and second games' campaign maps was soon released in a patch after launch.

Total War: Warhammer II features turn-based strategy and real-time tactics gameplay similar to other games in the Total War series. The game's announced races in the campaign include the Lizardmen, High Elves, Dark Elves, Skaven, Tomb Kings and Vampire Coast. The Vortex campaign features a narrative storyline for each of the five races as they cast rituals to either stabilize or control the Great Vortex.

Total War: Warhammer II is set in Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy fictional universe. The game takes place across five continents- Ulthuan, Naggaroth, The Southlands, Lustria and Nehekhara. The game will center around control of the Great Vortex in Ulthuan.

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