Malifaux Lore guide
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About the Project
Im doing a video series on the lore of Malifaux and the related universe! Its a really underrated fiction with a lot of cool characters. Each video will highlight a specific master, and go through their backstory and summarize each story they are featured in. This is meant as a jump off point for people to get into the lore, a summary for people who don't have access to all of the books or don't want to read all of the stories, or just a refresher for people who are familiar with the story but haven't read it in a while.
Related Game: Malifaux
Related Company: Wyrd Miniatures
Related Genre: Fantasy
This Project is Active
Ep. 10 Ironsides
This episode gets into one of my Favorite masters, and some of the most interesting moral questions in the lore. If you watch the video, let me know what you thought about Ironsides decision, and if you would have done the same yourself.
Ep. 9 Kaeris
Arcanists are one of my favorite factions, and this episode contains an epic showdown between the two leading ladies. I think these stories really highlight how Wyrd has done a great job with diversity in their stories without making it feel forced or fake. Just well written characters from different backgrounds.
Ep. 8 Lady Justice pt 2
Man this was a big undertaking. I didn’t expect the videos to end up being this long, but her last few stories were dense. She’s a really cool character. It’s nice to see that Wyrd is willing to make such big changes in the lore and shake things up a bit. Some people hate it, but I think it makes the story better.
Expect a short episode next week, I need a break.
Ep. 8 Lady Justice pt 1
Lady J is one of the most requested masters for this series. I knew it was gonna be a big undertaking, so Last week I did a short episode to get a headstart. Turns out, I underestimated how busy I would be cuz of the holidays. So I decided last minute to break it into two videos.
I would estimate that with Lucius and Zoraida, Lady J is one of the most featured masters in the lore.
So after part 2 goes up, I think ill be doing a short one to take a break, but Id love to know what my OTT peeps would like to see from the series.
Ep. 7 Tara
For some reason, Tara is really underrepresented in the Lore for Malifaux. In fact, none of the stories she appears in are primarily about her. She always just makes appearances in other arcs. Would love to see her more in upcoming stuff.
This weeks episode was short, because I wanted to get a head start on next weeks, its gonna be a long one 🙂 Any guesses who it’ll be about?
Ep. 6 McCabe
Mr. McCabe, the man of many factions. I liked doing this video, because I got to see his whole transformation, that occurred across 6 or 7 years of the game, in a few hours.
I wanted to do videos on the new Explorers Society masters, but none of them have enough lore to make the video longer than 60 seconds. So just McCabe for now.
This it for my backlog of videos, going forward im trying to hit one video a week, released on Saturdays.
Ep. 5 Brewmaster
The holy man of the Bayou. He has an interesting story, as he started as dual faction, but then betrayed the ten thunders. I wish they would develop that part of his story more.
Im glad I recently finished making a lot of plant scatter terrain that I could use to represent the bayou.
Ep. 4 Kirai
Another of my favorite Masters from the game. Her backstory is pretty cool, a poor prostitute who experiences tragedy. Then acquires great power. Will she use it for good, or evil?
Ep. 3 Marcus
Marcus is another favorite of mine. They put a science-y twist on the classic beastman. Hes basically a nerd who likes animals more than people. I feel lik emany of us can relate 🙂
Experimented with some effects in this video. The feedback was positive and I was pretty happy with it.
Ep. 2 Von Schill
I haven’t played Von Schill much, but I play against him often, and he’s a popular master. I think his relationship with the guild is interesting, since he’s got beef with the Governor General, but there’s sort of an uneasy truce where they tolerate each other. He didn’t have much lore, until recently when he got involved with some of the bigger world events and united the outcasts to some extent.
Ep. 1 Misaki Katanaka
Misaki was my first master and the reason I was attracted to the game. One of the coolest things about Malifaux is the diversity of the types of people you will see. Her backstory is pretty cool, as she is effectively a crime boss, but there is more to her than that.
This is one of the first videos I ever edited, so it’s a bit rough in places. The process of learning is fun, but can be tedious. I have to admit that I enjoy putting together the little scenes with my minis for the pictures.