Editing The Vortex (section)

==In other Warhammer-related Media==
It is the central MacGuffin of [[Total War: Warhammer|Total War: Warhammer II]] with all four of [[Druchii|the]] [[Asur|base]] [[Lizardmen|game's]] [[Skaven|factions]] vying for control of it in the aptly-named Vortex campaign. The campaign begins when another twin-tailed comet is spotted shooting across the sky. With everyone on the planet taking it as an ill omen (especially considering [[Sigmar|what happened the last time]] such a comet was spotted), magic starts being cast out the wazoo, destabilizing The Vortex even further. From there most of the game's factions, and a couple of [[Tomb Kings|DLC-added]] [[Luthor_Harkon#Total_War:_WARHAMMER|ones]], have arranged their plans to utilize The Vortex to their own ends;
* After some scrying, the High Elves are searching for their own MacGuffin, The Star Crown of Lileath, to help stabilize The Vortex, and possibly avert [[The End Times|the doom]] that threatens both Ulthuan and the world;
* The Dark Elves, on [[Malekith]]'s orders, besiege Ulthuan to take control of The Vortex in the Witch King's latest bid for the island, if not total godhood.
* Not ones to let a crisis go to waste, [[Just As Planned|especially when it's revealed they built the "comet" that kickstarted the plot]], the Skaven seek control of The Vortex and its out of control magic to summon the [[Horned Rat]] into the world to bring the surface races to heel once and for all.
*A Skink priest watches the twin-tailed comet through his telescope while his own directing Slann mage-priest still sleeps, thus the priest opts to warn [[Lord Mazdamundi]] instead, who in turn rallies the Lizardmen into action to enforce the Old Ones' will via The Vortex's power.
* Rather than using The Vortex directly, the [[Tomb Kings]] decide to use the unstable maelstrom to locate The Nine Books of [[Nagash]] (or rather, five of them thanks to the comet's wake) in the hopes of uncovering secrets within the Great Necromancer's Black Pyramid.
* As the Vortex howls, [[Amanar]] is whipped into a frenzy and the Vampire Coast, a pirate-themed offshoot of the [[Vampire Counts]] led by Luthor Harkon, is united in search of the Star-Metal Harpoon (another MacGuffin created for the game) in order to bring the merwyrm under their control and become the unparalleled masters of the world's oceans.

That said, not every faction's goals are directed towards Vortex shenanigans; [[Nakai the Wanderer]] stays behind to keep Lustria safe when Mazdamundi and company have to travel to Ulthuan, and among the threats the old croc has to deal with is an [[The Empire (Warhammer Fantasy)|Imperial]] expedition led by [[Markus Wulfhart]]. Meanwhile [[Deathmaster Snikch]]'s latest assignment has him investigating Tz'arkan, effectively putting [[Malus Darkblade]], who's thrown in his lot with Malekith, in the rat's proverbial crosshairs. Similarly, [[Grom the Paunch]] couldn't give a squig's ass about the Vortex and is more interested in a rematch with [[Eltharion]], who's anticipating the warlord's return on top of defending Ulthuan. Lastly, [[Drycha]] has secretly tricked [[Throt the Unclean]] into believing that devouring Ariel will finally sate his ravenous hunger.

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