Thread 96240393

Why wont GW do Araby? They were so high to pull Age of Sigmar, so how come pulling Araby is so hard?

>>96240393 (OP)
dont want to piss off the muslims

>>96240618
or the Israelis! Can you imagine it, some incel turns up at a GW tournament with the star of david all over his army and gets wupped by an army with palestinian livery? Imagine what the forums and media would be like, 'brainwashing kiddies", etc. It's bad enough when the occasional swastika shows up on 40k stuff.

>>96240393 (OP)
acknowledging that Arabs exist is antisemitic. They should remove it and replace it with Israel (the most powerful human kingdom in the setting)

>>96240393 (OP)

Sounds like it would just be a redundant fire-y version of Kislev(lots of medium cavalry, ruler using elemental magic, etc).

>>96240393 (OP)
looking like the ching-chongs are already gonna fail totally so there's really no point in onions-ifying another faction to make it "inoffensive" only for no one to buy it.

>>96240393 (OP)
They already did it as the new Slaanesh design. At least try to keep up with shit from 5 years ago

Given the setting, wouldn't make more sense to make them Turks/Ottoman, or make a Turkish subfaction the most dominant of them all?

>>96240667
GW's a British company so it's mostly the Muslims
Or honestly at this point, probably the British government

>>96240393 (OP)
>he wants another human faction
Yawn!

>>96240686
>acknowledging that Arabs exist is antisemitic.
But the Arabs literally are Semites?

>>96240393 (OP)
Because it takes time and resources to add another faction to the game. But they could scale up the Warmaster line to fit on TOW bases because it has some really cool designs.

>>96243559
Pic not related?

>>96243582
Not my problem you have bad taste.

>>96243589
I think I’m not the person either bad taste here

>>96240618
The Islamic Caliphate of Al Londonium will NOT stand for slander of the history of the Glorious Golden Age of Islam. Inshallah

>>96240965
The Gunpowder Empires/Barbary Corsairs would be a much better fit. Classic magic carpets/1001 nights Araby can stay but as one of several Araby factions.

>>96240393 (OP)
1) What for you need Araby other than "Dunno, Bretonian Crusades"?
2) Nobody but /pol/tards asks for Araby, because it's literally a joke place in the setting
Go dog whistle on someone else, faggot. It's one of the most boring and useless pieces of the lore that serves no purpose whatsoever. They goofed for just not bringing the Tomb Kings closer to the shore.

>>96243559
>>96243589
They do have a nice black and red scheme to their clothes.

>>96240965
>>96243666
>>96243559
>>96240710
>>96240789
Araby can be a sort of mirror to the Empire, but divided in a civil war
>West Araby
Almohads/Almoravid/Saadi Empire, hate Estalia and obsessed with heresy
>Corsair Coast
Barbary coast but Warhammer. West and North Araby are fighting over it
>Central Araby
Better known as whats left of living Nehekhara. Mamelukes/Ali Pasha, controlled by North Araby and on the losing side of a war with the tomb kings
>North Araby
Ottomans, expanding into the Border Princes and Badlands, at war with the Empire, strongest Arabyan faction
>East Araby
Safavids/Afsharid, Protected from the Dark Lands by a great iron wall
>South Araby
Classic Araby, 1001 nights/abbasids/orientalism and bedouin. Dominated by North Araby but East Araby is trying to take it. The Arabyan civilisation started here after the awakening of the Tomb Kings drove refugees south
>Far East Araby
Bukhara/Central Asia, the Southern Kurgan, Hung and similar tribes assimilated into East Arabyan culture, constantly raided by Hobgoblins and Chaos worshippers
>Arabyan Ind
Mughals, dominating the western kingdoms of Ind and at war with East Araby and Hinterlands of Khuresh

>>96243531
Antisemitic means anti-Jewish because all the people who self-described as antisemites meant that they hated Jews, specifically, but it sounded cooler to say antisemite than anti-Jew..

I just want tons of horse archers.
Even if they're heavily armed and with lances, they should have bows. Or at least pistols.

>>96254288
You can do that with brets. Or empire. maybe even cathay later on.
Christ you people make this setting so fucking boring conceptually.

>>96240393 (OP)
Because capitalism.

>>96254297
>Brets
Ah yes, those knights with bows.
>Empire
Ah yes, those knights with bows.
>Cathay
Ah yes, that anything because the faction is two fucking troop choices.
You lack in vision so much you perceive others as blind as yourself.

>>96254314
>Brets
>Ah yes, those knights with bows.
peasant horsemen you dunce.

>>96254328
AKA not knights and not what I asked for.

>>96254343
pretend your toys are knights then. you dont have to abide to lore like a cuck 1000% of the time.

>>96254367
You think light chaff cavalry sufficiently covets heavy cavalry.
Retard.

>>96254383
mournfang has your pistol knights then. Go ham.

>>96247646
That would be too based and unacceptable.

>>96255704
I also don't trust GW to do it.
TOW is set in the age of three emperors and all sides look the same.

>>96254288
>>96254343
you didnt say knights at first though

>>96255704
>>96255713
yeah I was thinking itd be better off done by fans, like Hinterlands of Khuresh lore
Some other notes:
>Magic
Being so far from the polar gates, the Winds of Magic is weak and wan, allowing non-chaos and unaligned spirits to manifest, and even daemons can break free from Chaos. That does not mean they are harmless, and the Djinn of Araby are a terrifying and deadly force, more like the fae folk. Magic is difficult and complex, with less rewards. Minor chaos gods thrive here and their cults rival that of the ruinous powers.
>nobility/aristocracy
Araby relies on tribal chiefs and the semi-feudal iqta' system, so no hereditary aristoracy (unless they are kings). There are ancient dynasties and noble houses but their power is not as strong or absolute as that of the Empire/Brettonia. Succession doesnt work the same way either, the Head of a House can be succeeded by his cousin even if he has a hundred sons
>slaves
Araby has a ton of them, including slave-soldiers. Each region/sultanate has its own flavour of slave-soldier, janissaries for North, Mamelukes for Central, Ghulams for South, Chela for Arabyan Ind, etc
>religion
Rather then copying the Empires religion, we’ll use the lore from old editions, Islam, Zoroastrianism, and Tolkiens henotheistic system.
There’s the supreme creator deity and there are angels/lesser deities, who are suspiciously similar to the Nehekharan pantheon and the chaos gods of law.

>>96240618
Infinity has a faction called "hack the islam"

>>96256379
Why would it be muslim when araby is specifically influenced by pagan middle east and africa?

>>96240393 (OP)
>why won't a British company expand on the Muslim area of their game
They don't want to piss off their new masters

>>96269080
Because Araby is always depicted as monotheistic, the mentions for the inspiration name the Ottoman empire, and their aesthetics draw from the 1001 Arabian nights which were set suring the Abbassid Caliphate.

>>96269597
Zoroastrianism is monotheistic though?

>>96269611
Zoroastrianism is dualistic, that's the entire point of that religion.

>>96269673
That's like saying christianity is dualistic because mary exists and is technically holy and ascended.

>>96269706
That's not the same at all. Zoroastrianism is dualistic because it has two gods of equal stature that duke it out. Better example would be if Satan was independent and equal in status to God instead being God's creation and servant.

I really hope Border Princes/Dogs of War is actually real, it'd be the perfect way to field Araby.

>>96269080
Araby is specifically influenced by the Islamic empires. If you’re talking about my choice for their religion, Araby has never had a consistent religion in the lore. So I just combined all the versions we’ve got.
I used Zoroastrianism and Tolkien because they’re a middle ground between monotheism and paganism
>>96269611
Zoroastrianism is henotheistic, there’s a top god, and lesser deities, demigods or angels. But there’s also a second and equal top god with his own set of lesser deities, demigods and angels, so that’s why uts dualistic.

>>96262184
No, it's called HaqqiSLAM, AND WELCOME TO THE JAM