Empire is dead every playthrough

YESSSSSS!!!!

Sigmar packed his bags and left it seems. Karl collapses to his knees driving around Altdorf begging for Ulrics number lmao hes legit dead every campaign I play. Omg I have not seen this since Vampire Coast released. It's been a giant United Empire for years since, Vlad used to be a footnote especially done and dusted since Elspeth took a post in Nuln. Good luck getting Regen on Archaon, Isabella barely had any field time before Von Carstein was destroyed.

Now? Empire is undead. Kemmler has Marienburg in 5 turns, Vlad bulldozes his way through Nuln and I havent seen Boris Todbringer once. The minor empire factions get swallowed up by any and everything. Festus, Drycha, Thanquol, Changeling, Vlad, Golgfag, Kemmler, Grom whatever they are gone!!! Unbelievable.

This has cascading effects. Bretonnia? Looks like they owed allegiance to the Empire, not the Lady, because Karl was keeping all sorts of horrors in check. Louen already struggled and now feels like a minor faction. He can't make a dent in Kemmler, and Belakor has free reign. Finally, Grom can flex his wings. He always had a crazy good start as AI before getting sandwiched between Louen and the Fay/Orion, now the Fay is squashed between him and Ikit.

Kislev is also doomed. Vlad comes from behind while Katarin is trying to pin down Arbaal and Throt. Kostaltyn is also a blip on the radar. She just can't withstand the threats anymore, now that the bastion of the Empire is no longer there.

All in all this is really fun. Play Order now like HE or Cathay and there will be a gigantic enemy in the Old World 9 times out of 10. I'm playing Aislinn again and have taken Bordeleaux, just for 10 stacks of Greenskins to come out of fog. Kemmler and Vlad split the Empire in half, Neferata has the northern Darklands, and even fucking Ghorst has the southern Darklands.