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Not to be confused with the faction previously known as Sylvania, The Drakenhof Conclave.

Sylvania (previously known as Von Carstein) is a playable faction of The Drakenhof Conclave Vampire Counts introduced in Total War: Warhammer. It is led by Vlad von Carstein and can typically be found in Southern Sylvania. Sylvania starts with Isabella von Carstein as a Legendary Hero. If Isabella von Carstein is chosen by the player to be Sylvania's Legendary Lord then Vlad von Carstein will become the Legendary Hero.

The Midnight Aristocracy have long struck terror into the hearts of the mortal races. From their lairs deep in Sylvania, the Vampire Counts strike out against the living with their massed armies of the eager dead.

How They Play[ | ]

  • Bullet vmp love Ensure Vlad and Isabella fight in the same army to give them improved prowess in battle.
  • Icon hero Construct the Mausoleum of the Mad Count at Castle Drakenhof for early recruitment of higher-ranked Vampire Heroes.
  • Icon blood kiss Assassinate enemy Lords and faction leaders or fell them in battle to collect Blood Kisses for the awakening of powerful Bloodline Lords.
  • Icon raise dead Raise the dead from your Lords' localities to instantly recruit units without training time and quickly muster large armies.
  • Icon corruption vmp Spread Vampiric corruption across the land to disable attrition for Undead armies and blight the living as you increase the chances of Undead uprisings.

Campaign[ | ]

The world will drown in blood!”

From the icy Sea of Claws in the north to the soaring Black Mountains in the south, the individuality of the Empire's provinces is much defined by its landscape. Its vast forest provide food and materials of production, while wide rivers and traversable valleys facilitate trade and transport. Yet at times, the land itself seems to strive against progress, concealing monsters and enemies of all sorts amongst its craggy passes and dark groves. Peril awaits within and without, but the nations of men have thus far proved equal to the challenge...

Vlad has returned home to his rightful seat at Castle Drakenhof to rule over Sylvania with his wife Isabella at his side.

Event Province Region Neutral Start Position[ | ]

Campaign Territory Map
Immortal empires

Immortal Empires

Southern Sylvania
  • Icon Marker SettlementCastle Drakenhof
    • Schwartzhafen
Sylvania Start Position IE

Event Commander Activity Neutral Legendary Lords[ | ]

Name Faction Effects Lord Effects Starting Army
Vampire vlad

Vlad von Carstein

Faction leaderThe Dark Kiss

Vlad von Carstein is the first and greatest of the Vampire Counts of Sylvania. A master swordsman and skilled general with no small aptitude in the magical arts.

  • Blood kiss Start with 1 Blood Kiss
  • Construction Access to unique building in Castle Drakenhof
  • Campaign movement Campaign movement range: +10% (all armies)
  • Faction leader Starts with Isabella von Carstein as a Legendary Hero
Trait vampire countsConsuming Thirst

Surrender and serve me in life, or die and slave for me in death.

  • Icon stat health Battle healing cap: +50% when in an army with Isabella von Carstein
  • Attribute guerrilla deploy All units in Vlad von Carstein's army receive Vanguard Deployment

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Vampire isabella

Isabella von Carstein

Faction leaderBeloved in Death

Daughter of the mad Count Otto von Drak, Isabella is much like many of her noble counterparts: she is vain, immoral and selfish, and cares little for anything that does not affect her personal comfort or standing.

  • Blood kiss Start with 1 Blood Kiss
  • Construction Access to unique building in Castle Drakenhof
  • Vampire Hero capacity: +3 for Vampires
  • General ability Starts with Vlad von Carstein as a Legendary Hero
  • Weapon damage Weapon Strength: +25% for embedded Vampire Icon heroHeroes
Trait vampire countsDark Retinue

The Undead whole is always stronger than the sum of its parts.

  • Icon stat health Battle healing cap: +50% when in an army with Vlad von Carstein
  • Melee Melee attack: +10 for embedded Vampire Icon heroHeroes (own army)
  • Defence Melee defence: +10 for embedded Vampire Icon heroHeroes (own army)

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Mausoleum of the mad count Mausoleum of the Mad Count[ | ]

Sylvania has access to a unique building in Castle Drakenhof:

Tier Building Type Cost Effects
Tier 1 Vampire mausoleum of the mad count

Mausoleum of the Mad Count

Landmark Icon treasury dark magic 3000

Icon hourglass 2 Turns

The Blood Kiss

Honour mine father in death as in life...

  • Vampire Unlocks Icon heroHero recruitment: Vampire
  • Vampire Hero capacity: +1 for Vampires
  • Vampire Hero recruit rank: +3 for Vampires
  • Treasury VC Hero recruitment cost: -70% for Vampires

Event General News Neutral Diplomacy[ | ]

Diplomatic Traits[ | ]

When controlled by the AI, Sylvania will have the following diplomatic traits:

  • Corruptor - Shapes the realm by spreading corruption with their Heroes and armies, creating a world more suitable for their kind and much less so for others.
  • Subjugator - Aims to dominate and vassalise the enemy rather than eliminating them.
  • Protective - In war, prefers to expand slowly, consolidates before moving forward. Fiercely protects own lands, and wipes out harmful corruption.

Starting Treaties[ | ]

Sylvania will start with the following treaties already in effect:

Icon objectives Victory Conditions[ | ]

Vampire Counts Victory

Vampire Counts Victory

Short Victory Short Campaign Victory[ | ]

  • Maintain control of the following 2 province(s), either by direct ownership or through Treaty vassalvassals and Treaty Military Alliancemilitary allies:
Northern Sylvania Southern Sylvania
  • Control the following 1 settlement(s) either by direct ownership or through Treaty vassalvassals and Treaty Military Alliancemilitary allies:
Altdorf
  • Occupy, loot, raze or sack 30 different settlement(s).
Reward Effect
Replenishment Short Victory Achieved! The major victories of tomorrow begin with the smaller victories of today.
  • Replenishment Casualty replenishment rate: +15% (all armies)

Long Victory Long Campaign Victory[ | ]

  • Achieve the Short Victory conditions.
  • Occupy, loot, raze or sack 75 different settlement(s).
  • Control all provinces of the Empire either by direct ownership or through Treaty vassalvassals and Treaty Military Alliancemilitary allies:
Nordland Osltand Hochland Middenland Talabecland Ostermark Reikland
Stirland Averland Wissenland The Wasteland Northern Sylvania Southern Sylvania
  • Destroy the following faction(s):
Reikland Reikland
Reward Effect
Magic campaign Long Victory Achieved! The path to domination is revealed via the subjugation and desolation of those whose existence is incompatible with yours.
  • Magic campaign Winds of Magic power reserve capacity: +35 (all armies)

Domination Victory Domination Campaign Victory[ | ]

  • Occupy, loot, raze or sack 272 different settlement(s).

Ultimate Victory Ultimate Campaign Victory[ | ]

Older Campaigns[ | ]

Vlad Von Carstein[ | ]

WH2[ | ]

  • Blood kiss Start with 1 Blood Kiss
  • Construction Access to unique building in Castle Drakenhof
  • Campaign movement Campaign movement range: +10% (all characters)

WH1[ | ]

  • Campaign movement Campaign movement range: +5% (all characters)
  • Attribute guerrilla deploy All units in Vlad von Carstein's army receive Vanguard Deployment

Isabella von Carstein[ | ]

WH1 - WH2[ | ]

  • Blood kiss Start with 1 Blood Kiss
  • Construction Access to unique building in Castle Drakenhof
  • Vampire Hero capacity: +3 for Vampires
  • Weapon damage Weapon strength: +25% for embedded Vampire Icon heroHeroes

Legendary Lord choices[ | ]

Mausoleum of the Mad Count[ | ]

The Mausoleum of the Mad Count is a special landmark building available to the Sylvania faction, which can be built in Castle Drakenhof. It allows recruitment of Vampire heroes much earlier than would otherwise be possible.

Start Position[ | ]

The Old World & Mortal Empires:

Victory Conditions[ | ]

These are actually quite different from the Vampire Counts main faction. The player no longer needs to defeat the forces of Chaos, nor defeat the Dwarfs for the long campaign objective. Instead the aim is to unite with the main Vampire Counts faction, and in the long campaign to unite with Mousillon and defeat the Bretonnia sub-factions Bordeleaux and Carcassonne. (As of 2022 defeating the Bretonnia factions is no longer required.)

Short Campaign
Long Campaign
  • Maintain control of 20 provinces, either by direct ownership or through vassals and military allies.
  • Control the following 2 settlements, either by direct ownership or through vassals and military allies:
  • (as of 2022 the long campaign requires) Control at least 17 of the following, either by direct ownership or through vassals and military allies:
    • Courconne, Castle Drakenhof, Altdorf, Oak of Ages, Miragliano, Skavenblight, Kislev, Hell Pit, Karaz-A-Karak, Karak Eight Peaks, Black Crag, Lahmia , Khemri, Itza, Hexoatl, Naggarond, Lothern, Gaean Vale, The Awakening, The Galleon's Graveyard, Sartosa

Known Issues[ | ]

  • Isabella von Carstein has a bug in multiplayer where she receives Throgg's Wintertooth Crown payload mission rather than the Blood Chalice of Bathori payload mission. This is due to a developer error where Isabella's Blood Chalice of Bathori questline is mistakenly scripted to proceed with Throgg's Wintertooth Crown quest instead of her own. As this mission can only be completed by Throgg, Isabella is unable to complete the mission to obtain the Blood Chalice and receives no rewards.
    • A mod that fixes this error can be found here.

Trivia[ | ]


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