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Total War: Warhammer 3's Grand Cathay fights off a daemon horde in a new trailer

Over the course of September, we learned quite a bit about one of Total War: Warhammer III's new factions, Grand Cathay. We've gotten a hint at the strategy game's unit roster and met Cathay's two legendary lords, the celestial dragons Miao Ying and her brother Zhao Ming. A new trailer that debuted today provides a look at how they'll all work together in a massive siege.

In the new trailer, the forces of Chaos march against a fortified city built into the base of Cathay's Great Bastion, a mighty wall hundreds of miles long that protects the nation's northern border from nomadic tribes and, more importantly, the daemons who live in the Chaos Wastes. Cathay's forces take to the field to meet them, and the new clip shows off some of the faction's coolest new hardware and magic.

One of the cool things we noticed was a magic user casting a spell that appears to have deflected an incoming volley of missile attacks on a nearby formation of infantry. Another spell summons a whirlwind that lifts up a large Chaos unit, spinning it around before slamming it into the ground.

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Enter the World of Grand Cathay

[h3]Dive into the world of Grand Cathay!

An ancient empire in harmony with the world around it and where every soldier knows their place in the grand designs of the Celestial Dragon Emperor.

Yet Chaos armies are gathering beyond the Great Bastion...[/h3]

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Total Warhammer 3 reveals Cathay's launch lords: a pair of dragon demi-gods

When Total War: Warhammer III launches early next year, it'll introduce the faction of Grand Cathay along with the daemons of Chaos. Team Big and Red has gotten a lot of screen time in the trailers and teasers we've seen for the strategy game to date, but lately Creative Assembly has been providing more details on Cathay. Now, the studio has introduced the nation's launch-day legendary lords, a pair of celestial demi-gods named Miao Ying and Zhao Ming.

Miao Ying and Zhao Ming are sister and brother, the children of the Celestial Dragon Emperor. As such, they're both literal dragons themselves, capable of switching between dragon and human forms as the situation requires. Miao Ying, the Storm Dragon, is the Emperor's eldest child, and she rules Nan-Gau at the western edge of the Great Bastion in northern Cathay. Known as the City of Smoke, Nan-Gau is an industrial center where Cathay's great weapons of war are forged and smithed.

Her brother Zhao Ming is known as the Iron Dragon, and from his powerful city of Shang-Yang, he rules Cathay's western reaches. As Total War: Warhammer III's campaign begins, Zhao Ming is a bit surrounded. Unlike his sister, whose primary concern is the daemons threatening her from the northern wastes, Zhao Ying's borders are threatened by unruly mobs of Skaven, Greenskins, Ogres, and others - but his status as a dragon may afford him the opportunity to use these factions to his advantage.

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Who is Zhao Ming?

[h3]A hardened warrior, the Iron Dragon rules over Western Cathay and keeps the desert clans in order.

Yet, his interest in alchemy and arcane metallurgy led to some bold accusations by his siblings...

Learn more about Zhao Ming: https://www.totalwar.com/blog/who-is-zhao-ming-cathay-warhammer-3/[/h3]

Who is Miao Ying?

[h3]The mighty dragons of Grand Cathay are coming to WARHAMMER III 🐉

We've had a chat with our Lead Writer Andy Hall to learn more about the eldest daughter of the Celestial Dragon Emperor, Miao Ying.

Read the interview: https://www.totalwar.com/blog/who-is-miao-ying-cathay-warhammer-3/[/h3]