Creative Assembly has revealed that the big bad of Total War: Warhammer III is none other than the daemon prince Be'lakor. What's more, he's being voiced by Richard Armitage, whose gravelly tones you might recognise as belonging to the actor behind Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit trilogy.
"We wanted him as a villain because that's his role in Warhammer," Creative Assembly principal writer Andy Hall says. "Whether it's from Mordheim or even The End Times, he plays this role as a villain, and why he's so ideal for that role is that the Chaos Gods hate him, and the goodies certainly aren't friends with him either. He can do stuff that will affect everyone, and everyone's going to try and stop him."
Hall goes on to say that the team knew they wanted to use Be'lakor reasonably early into the design process, particularly praising his suitability for a climatic boss battle. "He's a classic villain full of plots and machinations, but he's also a big, hulking daemon creature as well," he tells us. "So he could fulfil that role as being a bit of muscle, but being very intelligent with it as well."
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