Editing Mannfred von Carstein (section)

==Age of Sigmar==
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Despite the above, Mannfred has been chosen by the  plot armor gods as the winner of the Von Carsteins because GW loves rewarding their [[Big Bad Evil Guy| evil douchebag]] characters, he made it to Age of Sigmar but Vlad and most (if not all) of the other Von Carsteins did not (yet?).

He did not learn from nor mourn the world he helped destroy matter of fact like the other Mortarchs, Mannfred founded his own nation, Carstinia, in the Realm of Death, which is essentially a sad recreation of Sylvania. He filled it with undead simulacra of the other Von Carsteins, but as his slavering lapdogs instead of their original personalities. Although he created it to stroke his ego, he quickly grew to despise his realm due to it reminding him of his failures in the Old World, and thus he spends as little time as possible there.

Nagash, rightfully pissed over Mannfred backstabbing him (figuratively, by literally backstabbing Balthazar) and enabling the Chaos Gods to destroy the Warhammer world (revealed to have been called Mallus), exiled him to a land where everything decays including himself. Note: while Nagash may have gained godhood and a planet/realm of his own after the loss of Mallus, there are seven other realms. This means at least seven other Incarnates are there who can challenge him; with at least two, Tyrion and Alarielle, wanting to kick his skeletal ass. From there Mannfred engaged in a cycle of finding himself in and out of Nagash's good graces. Nagash is fully aware that Mannfred is treacherous but keeps him around partly because a treacherous minion helps keep him stay sharp and alert, acts as a motivator for loyal Arkhan, a stumbling block for conceited Neferata and partly because he takes pleasure in finding new ways to torture him whenever he fails him. So Mannfred pulls double-duty as lieutenant and whipping boy for Nagash. (Basically the Starscream to Nagash's Megatron)

So Mannfred languished in this magical version of super-Detroit until Chaos invaded. He led his forces of undead and some allied living against an army of Khornates. However they proved too much and at the battle for Helstone Mannfred fled with his tail between his legs, abandoning his allies to die. While searching for a gateway to Stygxx, he was captured and tortured by Taka Woebringer and his army of Bloodbound. He was found by the Bull-Hearts Warrior Chamber of Hallowed Knights under Tarsus Bull-Heart who rescued him and defeated Taka and his Bloodbound. In return Mannfred promised to guide them to the underworld of Stygxx to bring their message to Nagash. During this time it's revealed that their leader Tarsus was one of Mannfred's living allies, a man called Tarsem, and he eventually remembered who Mannfred was but made no moves against him.

The meeting with Nagash goes as well as one would expect. Mannfred fled a second time after some final words from Tarsus (who surprisingly didn't hold Mannfred's treachery against him), but after feeling guilty for the first time in his wretched life later appealed to Nagash to free Tarsus' soul, which he did since Nagash claimed to be done with him.

He currently serves as one of Nagash's Mortarchs again. In the leadup to the Necroquake, Nagash charged Mannfred with leading armies in campaigns of terror across the realms to keep them distracted from his plans. After the Necroquake and the emergence of the Nighthaunt, Mannfred's Legion became outdated at terror missions, so Mannfred repurposed them as [[Creed|strategic undead forces]] - especially since tactical undead armies fell under the purview of the [[Ossiarch Bonereapers]]. Mannfred took advantage of Arkhan culling the ranks of the Black Disciples to create Bonereaper Mortisans by taking the survivors into his own Legion of Night, both for their necromantic skills and dirt on Arkhan.

With Arkhan's and Nagash's defeats in Hysh, Mannfred was jubilant, having planned around his own mission to Ghyran failing. He currently believes Nagash to be blind and broken and - despite being certain Arkhan will return - looks forward to trolling Arkhan about his defeat. Mannfred took the time from his early defeat to annex some of Neferata's territory, a move that provoked countermoves from her and will set them at war with each other.