Warhammer: History and Geography of Cult of Excess Faction

Not to be confused with Cult of Pleasure.

Cult of Excess is a Dark Elves faction introduced in Total War: Warhammer II. They provide an early challenge for Lothern in the campaign.

Starting provinces, Eye of the Vortex:

The rest of Eataine and the rest of Straits of Lothern, aside from Lothern settlement itself.

Mortal Empires:

The rest of Eataine aside from the Lothern settlement.

Type: Minor faction

Category: Dark Elves

Campaigns: Eye of the Vortex, Mortal Empires

History

The Cults of Excess, as the many deviant groups associated with the worship of forbidden Elven deities are collectively known, have remained a constant thorn in the side of the High Elves, even after the Sundering. Most commonly known of these proscribed sects are the Cult of Luxury and the Cult of Pleasure. The Cult of Pleasure in particular is renowned for its wanton violence and cruelty, something that has earned it the enmity of all right-minded High Elves.

Unlike their cousins on Ulthuan, the Dark Elves now openly pay homage to these forbidding powers, the worship of whom rose through the Cults of Excess that preceded the civil war.

Trivia

Due to conflicts with canon, it is inconclusive whether or not the Cult of Luxury represents those elves who worship Atharti, while the Cult of Pleasure represent those who worship Slaanesh, vice-versa, or whether they're one and the same.