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[Teneb]

A right up about Luthor Harkon has been posted on the Creative Assembly website.

Spoiler: Key Details (click to show/hide)

For centuries, Arch Grand Commodore Luthor Harkon has ruled a stretch of Lustrian shore known as the Vampire Coast. He raided the temples of Lustria until the Old Ones could tolerate it no more and placed a powerful hex upon him, shattering his mind into many warring personalities and severing him from the Winds of Magic. Harkon’s multiple identities now battle for dominance but they have one common goal, to plunder the sacred places of the Lizardmen and use the power of their Slann artefacts to break the curse and heal his damaged mind.

 
FACTION EFFECTS

Luthor Harkon’s fierce hatred of Lizardmen significantly hampers diplomatic relations but gives him a notable edge when leading his armies against them.
LORD EFFECTS

Luthor Harkon’s mind is fractured, meaning any one of his myriad different personalities can seize control – with unpredictable consequences.
MOUNT: DEATH SHRIEK TERRORGHEIST

Luthor Harkon can take to the skies astride a fearsome Death Shriek Terrorgheist.
UNIQUE ITEM: SLANN GOLD

This filthy lucre reduces the cost of raising the dead, increases magic resistance, and reduces the Winds of Magic starting amount for enemy armies.

 
UNIQUE SKILLS

MAN-O-WAR
Luthor Harkon is no stranger to battle, his thousands of years of experience bolstering the leadership of his Depth Guard and Zombie Deckhands as well as increasing hero capacity for Vampire Fleet Captains.

SEVERED FROM THE WINDS
Luthor Harkon’s connection to the Winds of Magic was violently severed, increasing his magic resistance and reducing the Winds of Magic starting amount for enemy armies.

HAND CANNON
Luthor Harkon’s bullets pack an explosive punch, increasing missile damage for both himself and his Zombie Gunnery.

MOMENT OF LUCIDITY
Flashes of clarity through the madness serve to increase Luthor Harkon’s armour and melee defence.

PIRATE KING
Luthor Harkon’s reign as Pirate King of the Vampire Coast is absolute, reducing unit upkeep for Harkon’s army and increases global recruitment capacity.

Some other interesting details is the addition of "The Galleon Graveyard" in the middle of the Great Ocean (visible on the map in the above blog). The blog also gives silhouettes of the other three lords coming.

From them it can be pretty strongly be guessed that two of them are Noctilus and Aranessa Saltspite. I do not know who the third person is, the sihouette looks kind of like a banshee with no legs and wavy hair. I don't really know that much about the Vampire Coast or Dreadfleet so someone more knowledgable will have to take a guess.

Aranessa is a really odd pick because she's alive, and a Chaos mutant to boot. Making her into a vampire is kind of forced, but whatever. The Banshee is probably a lord made-up for the dlc. Though I was wishing for Vangheist, a character from Dreadfleet who was a ghost pirate (and had his own ship model, which is kind of a big deal considering one of the main features of the DLC). Noctilus might as well be guaranteed, really.

EDIT: folks on the internet might've pinned down the fourth LL as Comtesse Charlotta Jacoba, in the right of the picture.

[LordPorkins]

Depth Guard

GODDAMMIT CA

YOU HAD TO DO IT

[Digital Hellhound]

I never knew I had such a big place in my heart for vampirates. I'm loving this faction so far. It's a pity they're not working in naval battles with this, but I get it - a whole lot of work and most people don't really enjoy them all that much. Shogun 2's naval battles - both in vanilla and Fall of the Samurai - are really the only TWs where I've actually liked playing them, but if they could manage something like that  again I'd be all over it.

[Teneb]

From the post Mech#4 linked we can see that they added Noctilus' Ship Graveyard in the middle of the map. That's pretty interesting.

[Hanslanda]

I never knew I had such a big place in my heart for vampirates. I'm loving this faction so far. It's a pity they're not working in naval battles with this, but I get it - a whole lot of work and most people don't really enjoy them all that much. Shogun 2's naval battles - both in vanilla and Fall of the Samurai - are really the only TWs where I've actually liked playing them, but if they could manage something like that  again I'd be all over it.

The ship battles in Rome 2 are bullshit.

[umiman]

The only fun ship battles are the ones with cannons honestly. Also maybe the combined arms ones where you had land and sea battles happening at the same time. But Those were really only fun in Attila for me. In Rome 2 they were kinda trash.

I think the fundamental problem with ship battles in the games is the engine limitations. The ships are too small. The battles have no maneuverability whatsoever. There's way way way too few units. Etc. etc.

[Tack]

I didn’t mind sea invasions in Rome 2 but ship-on-ship battles yeah were very flawed.
Especially as transports started off being very OP

[Digital Hellhound]

I never knew I had such a big place in my heart for vampirates. I'm loving this faction so far. It's a pity they're not working in naval battles with this, but I get it - a whole lot of work and most people don't really enjoy them all that much. Shogun 2's naval battles - both in vanilla and Fall of the Samurai - are really the only TWs where I've actually liked playing them, but if they could manage something like that  again I'd be all over it.

The ship battles in Rome 2 are bullshit.

Indeed they are! That’s why I didn’t mention them at all. I don’t know how they went so wrong there.

In TW you’d get to have a nifty mix of cannons, magic, flying units, fantastical ship types and sea monsters and all. It could be great if they figured out how to make it all work.

[Hanslanda]

I didn’t mind sea invasions in Rome 2 but ship-on-ship battles yeah were very flawed.
Especially as transports started off being very OP

Yeah even after they fixed em I still just autoresolve.

[Mech#4]

A right up about Luthor Harkon has been posted on the Creative Assembly website.

Spoiler: Key Details (click to show/hide)

For centuries, Arch Grand Commodore Luthor Harkon has ruled a stretch of Lustrian shore known as the Vampire Coast. He raided the temples of Lustria until the Old Ones could tolerate it no more and placed a powerful hex upon him, shattering his mind into many warring personalities and severing him from the Winds of Magic. Harkon’s multiple identities now battle for dominance but they have one common goal, to plunder the sacred places of the Lizardmen and use the power of their Slann artefacts to break the curse and heal his damaged mind.

FACTION EFFECTS

Luthor Harkon’s fierce hatred of Lizardmen significantly hampers diplomatic relations but gives him a notable edge when leading his armies against them.
LORD EFFECTS

Luthor Harkon’s mind is fractured, meaning any one of his myriad different personalities can seize control – with unpredictable consequences.
MOUNT: DEATH SHRIEK TERRORGHEIST

Luthor Harkon can take to the skies astride a fearsome Death Shriek Terrorgheist.
UNIQUE ITEM: SLANN GOLD

This filthy lucre reduces the cost of raising the dead, increases magic resistance, and reduces the Winds of Magic starting amount for enemy armies.

 
UNIQUE SKILLS

MAN-O-WAR
Luthor Harkon is no stranger to battle, his thousands of years of experience bolstering the leadership of his Depth Guard and Zombie Deckhands as well as increasing hero capacity for Vampire Fleet Captains.

SEVERED FROM THE WINDS
Luthor Harkon’s connection to the Winds of Magic was violently severed, increasing his magic resistance and reducing the Winds of Magic starting amount for enemy armies.

HAND CANNON
Luthor Harkon’s bullets pack an explosive punch, increasing missile damage for both himself and his Zombie Gunnery.

MOMENT OF LUCIDITY
Flashes of clarity through the madness serve to increase Luthor Harkon’s armour and melee defence.

PIRATE KING
Luthor Harkon’s reign as Pirate King of the Vampire Coast is absolute, reducing unit upkeep for Harkon’s army and increases global recruitment capacity.

Some other interesting details is the addition of "The Galleon Graveyard" in the middle of the Great Ocean (visible on the map in the above blog). The blog also gives silhouettes of the other three lords coming.

From them it can be pretty strongly be guessed that two of them are Noctilus and Aranessa Saltspite. I do not know who the third person is, the sihouette looks kind of like a banshee with no legs and wavy hair. I don't really know that much about the Vampire Coast or Dreadfleet so someone more knowledgable will have to take a guess.

Aranessa is a really odd pick because she's alive, and a Chaos mutant to boot. Making her into a vampire is kind of forced, but whatever.

While I have no problem with such a change, does she necessarily have to be a vampire now? She could be a necromancer, or infused with enough of the energy from the Galleon Graveyard (a place that, from my understanding, collects all of the oceans dead) that she now has the power to command undead troops while still being living, or maybe empowered enough by necromatic magic she counts as undead (such as Ghouls, Necromancers, Dire Wolves and Fell Bats).

Edit:
On Rome 2's naval battles, I never really had a problem with them. Though they were difficult to control what with all the remembering which way the winds blowing, planning ship movements in advance, where your other ships are and are going to be and so on. It became a mess but I felt that was more through my own actions.
It's like a whole new set of tactics and maneuvers to understand.

[Persus13]

A writeup about Luthor Harkon has been posted on the Creative Assembly website.

This link now includes a write up on Noctilis. His starting location is in the new Galleon's Graveyard at the center of the map. It also looks like each Vampirate gets a different cool-looking flagship model.

Spoiler: Details (click to show/hide)

FACTION EFFECTS
Count Noctilus’s appetite for conquest allows him to gain war-declaration missions with unique rewards and rapidly swell his ranks for the task with increased recruitment capacity for his pirate crew and reduced recruitment duration for Necrofex Colossi.

LORD EFFECTS
As a consummate Lord of Dread, Count Noctilus benefits from reduced upkeep for Necrofex Colossi in addition to increased weapon strength for any monstrous units under his command.

MOUNT: NECROFEX COLOSSUS
Count Noctilus is often seen riding into battle atop the grotesque, rotting bulk of a Necrofex Colossus.

UNIQUE ENCHANTED ITEM: CAPTAIN ROTH’S MOONDIAL
This strange trinket grants Count Noctilus increased movement and line of sight in the campaign map as well as the ability to summon Zombie Deckhands across the battlefield.

UNIQUE SKILLS

MASTER OF THE DREADFLEET
Count Noctilus is the undisputed leader of the Dreadfleet, increasing lord recruitment rank faction-wide.

REGENERATIVE HULL
Count Noctilus’s preternatural powers of regeneration extend beyond merely himself, increasing the replenishment rate and recruitment capacity of his army.

VANDAL
Plundering is in Count Noctilus’s blood, increasing horde growth for his ship as well as income gained from raiding and sacking settlements.

OF THE VON CARSTEIN LINE
Count Noctilus’s former life as Nyklaus von Carstein means he is well versed in striking terror into the hearts of his foes as well as regenerating in the face of seemingly insurmountable injuries.

SEA CURSE
The curse of the Galleon’s Graveyard is known and feared throughout the coast but Count Noctilus has found a way to harness its power for his own gain, increasing the leadership and melee defence of his Depth Guard, Deck Droppers, and Terrorgheists.

INVINCIBLE FLEET
Count Noctilus and his fleet are infamous for their terrible tenacity, resulting in the leadership of his army being increased and making Noctilus himself unbreakable.

I'm going to hazard a guess that the other two LL will get revealed in the next two days.

[Teneb]

Surprising. I was expecting info on him only next week.

[Majestic7]

If you want Warhammer sea battles, there is Man'oWar: https://www.gog.com/game/man_o_war_corsair

It is basically a pirate sailing simulator in the Warhammer world. You get to play Chaos too, if you like. The game is quite ugly but very fun.

You are playing either a human freelance captain or a Khorne/Nurgle champion. Allies and enemies include various human factions, high elves, dark elves, dwarves (!), orks, skaven, four Chaos factions, sea monsters, undead and pirates.

[umiman]

MOUNT: NECROFEX COLOSSUS

Count Noctilus is often seen riding into battle atop the grotesque, rotting bulk of a Necrofex Colossus.

[Mech#4]

Yah, with all the bonuses he gets for them along with being unbreakable (which is odd for a vampire but I assume it means he won't crumble) he'll be a right pain on top of one. Though, if you take lots of cannons and ranged...


It also seems like the Vampire Coast will have Terrorgeists in their army list, aside from the Death Skriek one Luthor Harkon gets as a mount.


Also, I'm going to have terrible trouble trying to resist hiring a lord and renaming them LeChuck.