Editing Be'lakor (section)

==Total War Warhammer 3==
It WAS implied that Be'lakor was going 9th legendary lord of Game 3 representing the Daemons of Chaos Undivided, however that role has gone to a completely new (and customisable) original Daemon Prince. Be'lakor has been reduced to this new Daemon Prince's cackling [[BBEG]], who kidnapped [[Ursun]] 7 years prior and then tricked the Kislevite noble who became the new Daemon prince into shooting the god (see the prince had been sent on a suicide mission by his former lover the Tzarina to rescue the missing Ursun, but Be'lakor impersonated Ursun, and corrupted him to the point he strayed to close to Chaos, forsook his faith in Ursun and shot him) the god’s blood freed Be'lakor from being an incorporeal shadow. The noble learnt that Be'lakor had tricked him, and after begging for help from the Chaos Gods became a daemon after nearly dying. Ursun’s death-cry caused the barrier between the Realm of Chaos and the Warhammer world to be weakened, and this combined with Be'lakor taking the dying Ursun to the forge of souls gives [[Kislev]] a reason to [[Wat|counter invade the Realm of Chaos]] as Be'lakor tried to use Ursun's power to become a Chaos God of Shadows and challenge the big four, as well as using the Forge of Souls to build an army of Soul Grinders to defend himself.

Thanks to Tzeentch, Be'lakor can be unlocked for recruitment by any faction in the game after they complete the main quest in the Ursun campaign (that's right, even the anti-chaos Cathay and the people whose god he'd been trying to kill Kislev will [[What|get him as a general]]. At least the first patch added the option to tell him to fuck-off forever for some permanent global bonuses). He is a Unique (not Legendary) Lord who has no army- and faction-wide skills in his skill tree. That red line that lets any generic lord improve units? Be'lakor doesn't get that. He has a generic Lore of Shadows skill tree instead, but without any of the magic-casting bonuses you usually get with caster lords. Instead, Be'lakor excels as a one-man army, with his few unique skills buffing him in combat, and his starting 70/60 melee attack/defense base stats putting most other lords to shame. Fortunately for the players, he spawns at rank 20 and doesn't need to grind levels to be useful.

In Immortal Empires however he is one of the playable characters for the Warriors of Chaos with his own subfaction. Of the WoC characters he has the easiest access to Daemon units to the point of being able to make a full army of them if he wants, because unlike his "colleagues", his daemonic units are not capped. He can also transform generic lords of human factions (Empire, Kislev, Cathay and Bretonnia) into Daemon Princes by defeating them in battle or performing hero actions. His skill line has also been revamped with his own red tree and better casting abilities while still being one of the best one man armies in the entire game. Notably, his faction has the ability to open a warp rift and teleport armies from his fortress in Albion to any location where he has visibility. Very handy if you're going for the long campaign victory and need to go all the way to Cathay to kick Miao Ying's ass.

Aforementioned warp rift mechanic as well as his starting position itself arguably make a Be'lakor campaign the most diversified of the Warriors of Chaos faction. Want to go for an early Sword of Khaine campaign? Ulthuan is just a literal stone toss away. Keen on taking out Karl Franz and buddies before they start their usual confederation snowballing? Take a short trip to Reikland via the already existing Warp Rift in the Empire, and burn it to the ground while they can only field early game fodder. Planning on creating a large empire that makes you filthy rich, and provides you with lots of vassals? Norsca with its numerous Dark Fortresses is just on the other side of the road, and if that does not suffice, there is also a Warp Rift by default in the Southern Wastes. And if one of your adventures should ever turn sour, just pop another Chaos Rift and retreat to Albion, because only you can use them.

He is voiced by Richard Armitage of The Hobbit and Castlevania fame.