Total War: Warhammer 3 is giving away a big dog that summons little dogs for free

Total War: Warhammer 3 seems to have clawed its way back into players' good graces, turning things around with the superb Thrones of Decay DLC, which gave us flying ships, boozed-up dwarfs and one world-conquering maggot. Creative Assembly is still working on its follow-up, focused on the Khorne, Greenskins and Ogre Kingdoms factions—but in the meantime, we're all getting a freebie. His name is Karanak, he is a good boy, and you can add him to your armies now. 

Karanak, the Hound of Vengeance, is a daemonic pooch who guards the throne of Khorne, the Blood God. When he's not getting his belly rubbed, he hunts for anyone stupid enough to enter Khorne's domain, gleefully murdering them with his very large teeth. With three heads, he expects to get triple the number of pats. I'm rather partial to this new addition to the game, since he reminds me of my own hell hound, Cosmo, a nearly 3-year-old cockapoo and accomplished killer of socks. Just look at this ferocious beastie. Terrifying!

To add Karanak to your army, you'll just need to have a CA account. Once you've registered or connected it to your Steam account, you'll just have to wait until you've reached rank 16 as one of the following Chaos lords: Skarbrand, Archaon, Kholek, Belakor, Daemon Prince or Valkia. You'll then receive a mission to unlock your faithful pooch.

Karanak is a legendary hero who moves swiftly and hits hard. Creative Assembly recommends using him to pick off unguarded soft targets like artillery, missile units and spellcasters. He also comes with four unique abilities and one new item.

Karanak joins Total War: Warhammer 3 as part of a meaty patch that also introduces a new multiplayer mode: Conquest mode. Creative Assembly says that it's «essentially a Land Battle but with one key twist! Players are still primarily encouraged to annihilate the opponent's army, but there is also a capture point in the centre of the map which unlocks 1 minute after the game starts». It launches with 42 repurposed