Custom Battles Updated with Mercenaries, heroes and new units! image - Warcraft: Total War mod for Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms
Warcraft Total War is a total conversion mod for Medieval II Total War. Our goal is to bring the Warcraft universe into a Total War game. This mod will feature epic battles with units from the Warcraft universe and a new campaign that will cover the events of the Third War and beyond.
The Dark Horde, or the "Old Horde" from Warcraft 1 and Warcraft 2, they have their three custom heroes back - Orgrim Doomhammer, their leader during the Warcraft 2 game, and Blackhand from the first Warcraft game, killed by Orgrim Doomhammer at the end of the game. They do also have the warlock Zul'Dan if you use "All".
They also have mercs available in custom battle, but they do have many more mercs available in the campaign.
The Orc Skeletons & the Human Skeletons are mercenaries for all the "Shamanitic" factions, but they're also regular troops of the Dark Horde, the Dark Horde being the only faction in the mod to use Orc Necrolytes and Orc skeletons as regular troops.
The Scourge kind of is, but they need to be in Orc Territory to recruit them as regular troops - whilst the Dark Horde can recruit them anywhere.
The Horde has outlawed necromancy, so unlike the Dark Horde the Orc Necrolytes are outlawed there.
One main difference between the old version and the new, is that you can now recruit Ogres and Smolderthorne Trolls from every region.
The Dark Horde also has access to the Black Dragonflights as mercenaries and regular troops from their three starting regions and settlements, and the other Shaman-religion factions - the Trade Coalition and the ordinary Horde - they can also get Black Dragonflights as mercenaries from these areas.
The Red Dragonflights are not available as mercs, but are enslaved by Nekrosh Skullcrusher at Grim Batol- the Dark Horde has their leader Alexstrasza as a new general in the campaign, and they're the only faction who can recruit the Red Dragonflights.