Not to be confused with the Elf Rangers of Warhammer Quest, on which High Elf Rangers are based on.
High Elf Rangers.[1]
High Elf Rangers are High Elven warriors hailing from the more rural and insular corners of Ulthuan. Lightly armoured, yet swifter than the regular High Elven militia levied from the bigger cities, Rangers will come together in small warbands and join Asur armies when the need arises.[1]
Role[]
High Elf warriors who hail from the more remote parts of Ulthuan do not train together in the regimented manner of the spearmen and archers of the cities. Instead, they hone their personal fighting skills in smaller training bands, coming together in times of need to fight alongside their metropolitan counterparts. Thus the skillset and garb of the High Elf Ranger differs from most, often donning lighter armour to enable swifter movement across terrain and to facilitate the greater freedom of movement required to wield two swords at once. Often coming from more insular communities, High Elf Rangers can be bitter, haughty, and proud, but have a well-deserved reputation as some of the most steadfast warriors of the Asur.[1]
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Trivia[]
High Elf Rangers, introduced in the Total War: Warhammer II DLC "The Warden and the Paunch" as an infantry unit for the High Elves, are based on the Elf Ranger Warrior for Warhammer Quest, a role-playing adventure board game set in the Warhammer World.
Despite this, the depiction of High Elf Rangers seen in the videogame differ significantly from the Elf Rangers of old. Rather than being descendants of Elven colonists who stayed in the Old World, High Elf Rangers come from the more rural parts of Ulthuan. While the old Rangers resented the High Elves for abandoning the Old World and wish to reclaim their ancestor's glory in Ulthuan, "new" rangers are proper High Elves and are freely recruitable in High Elven armies. Lastly, while the "old" rangers were depicted as individual adventurers that may join a party, even able to specialize into being Ranger Mages or Ranger Knights, the Rangers in the Total War: Warhammer series are simply a light infantry unit, with no option to bring a Ranger character to battle.
Sources[]
- 1: Total War: Warhammer II (PC Game)