Crooked Moon

	Crooked Moon
	General data Type Playable subfaction Category Greenskins Ruler Skarsnik Territory Starting territory Starting location Southern Grey Mountains Climate (TWW2) Prefers wasteland, mountain and savannah Regional occupation (TWW1) Can only occupy mountains/badlands areas Racial capital Black Crag Other important settlements Karak Eight Peaks Distinct features Fightiness: Armies have a fightiness rating which rises when fighting and raiding, and falls when inactive/defeated. Low fightiness leads to attrition. Waaagh!: High fightiness will spawn an allied Waaagh! army which can be sent against the enemy. Underway: Armies can choose to use the network of underground tunnels to avoid impassable terrain and enemy armies. Aggressive Menace Goblin-focused unit roster with poisonous infantry, fast cavalry and monsters. Karak Eight Peaks: Reoccupy the fabled settlement to construct unique powerful buildings inside. Cannot recruit Orc units until you do.

Crooked Moon are a playable Greenskins sub-faction introduced in Total War: Warhammer. They are led by the legendary lord Skarsnik.

They were introduced in the King and the Warlord paid DLC.

Background

“

The Peaks belong to me. I dare yoo to try and take ‘em from me, stunty.”

„

Orcs and Goblins are the scourge of the Old World. Collectively known as Greenskins, they are an aggressive and brutal race with an unquenchable love of war. Orcs are built for violence – brutal, bullying creatures of jutting jaws and hulking appearance. The Goblins, by contrast, are smaller but more cunning as they mob-up in greater numbers.

Although many Greenskin tribes reside in the Badlands to the south, since the calamitous defeat of the Dwarfs in the wake of the Time of Woes, Orcs and Goblins have developed a taste for the “fine livin’” to be found within the Dwarfholds – specifically the abundance of “shiny fings” piled high in the halls beneath.

Now, the sneakiest Night Goblin, Skarsnik, self-styled ‘Warlord of the Eight Peaks’, hunts his prized Squigs in the Grey Mountains. Once he learns that mutinous gits from within his own tribe have betrayed him and taken the Eight Peaks for themselves there will most certainly be trouble of the psychotically-violent kind; Skarsnik’s Waaagh! is truly something to behold, or avoid if you’re on the opposing side! This is what Gork and Mork – da Green Godz – demand of their servants, and only total victory will satisfy their bloodlust!

In battle

Plays largely the same as regular Greenskins factions, aside from access to Skarsnik, and not having access to Grimgor or Azhag.

In campaign

Plays largely the same as the regular Greenskins faction, with the following exceptions:

Lord Choices

• Skarsnik – a decent leader, backed up by his pet squig Gobbla.

Karak Eight Peaks

"Recapturing Karak Eight Peaks will be no easy task, that much is certain. Another certainty is that all those joining this undertaking will require great compensation."

Karak Eight Peaks is a unique settlement which affects Crooked Moon in the campaign. This does not affect other Greenskins factions.

Karak Eight Peaks (Crooked Moon)
Status	Effect
You do not control Karak Eight Peaks	Obedience -2 (all provinces)
You control Karak Eight Peaks	Remove Obedience -2 (all provinces)

Orc Recruitment

As per Skarsnik's lord effects, the following Orc units can only be recruited from Karak Eight Peaks itself:

• Orc Warboss, Orc Shaman, Orc Boyz, Orc Big 'Uns, Orc Arrer Boyz, Orc Boar Boyz, Orc Boar Boy Big 'Uns, Black Orcs, Orc Boar Chariot

To counteract this, Skarsnik has -40% upkeep on Goblin units:

• Night Goblin Warboss, Goblin Great Shaman, Goblin Big Boss, Night Goblin Warboss, Night Goblin Shaman, Goblins, Goblin Archers, Nasty Skulkers, Night Goblins, Night Goblins (Fanatics),
• Night Goblin Archers, Night Goblin Archers (Fanatics), Goblin Wolf Riders, Goblin Wolf Rider Archers, Forest Goblin Spider Riders, Forest Goblin Spider Rider Archers, Night Goblin Squig Hoppers,
• Goblin Wolf Chariot, Goblin Rock Lobber, Doom Diver Catapult

Savage Orc units can still be recruited regardless of the status of Karak Eight Peaks.

• Savage Orcs (Unit), Savage Orc Arrer Boyz, Savage Orc Big 'Uns, Savage Orc Boar Boyz, Savage Orc Boar Boy Big 'Uns

Start Position

Starts in Southern Grey Mountains.

Victory Conditions

The same as the Greenskins main faction (see Greenskins#Victory Conditions), with the following additions:

Short campaign victory additions:

• Take back control of one of your most prized possessions:
  • Karak Eight Peaks
• Destroy the following faction(s):
  • Greenskins (replaces Crooked moon)
  • Clan Angrund
• Earn 7,500 gold from raiding (down from 10,000)

Long campaign victory additions:

• Take back control of one of your most prized possessions:
  • Karak Eight Peaks
• Destroy the following faction(s):
  • Greenskins (replaces Crooked moon)
  • Clan Angrund
• Earn 15,000 gold from raiding (down from 20,000)