Mournfang Cavalry

are an melee cavalry unit introduced in Total War: Warhammer II with Ogre Mercenaries, before being added in Total War: Warhammer III with Ogre Kingdoms (DLC).
== Recruitment ==
* Unlocked with: Mournfang Cage
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*Moving any army to an Ogre Mercenaries camp and select Hire Horned Guts Tribe in the Talking With Tyrants dilemma.
==Description==
Powered by thick haunches of purest muscle, a Mournfang surges towards the foe at a speed faster than their muscle­-bulked frames would suggest, not slowed in the least by the large Ogre or saddle atop its hairy back. Protected by thick skin and coarse shaggy hair, enemy arrows bounce off the oncoming beast or ping off the Ogre's armour, as harmless as hailstones. When they do smash into an enemy, the powerful Mournfangs chomp, slash and stamp the foe whilst the Ogres lay about them, swinging ponderous clubs to bludgeon them.
==Lore==
The Mournfang Cavalry are arguably the heaviest of their kind, with the Ogre Kingdoms utilising them to brutal effect as a powerful shock force that can literally mow down entire enemy formations in a great, thunderous charge. It is this bold resilience that attracts Ogres to Mournfangs—for it is hard not to respect an animal that will continue to bite and slash even when its brain has ceased to function. Ogres have tried to capture and break the beasts for mounts since they first encountered the Mournfangs—although for centuries every attempt ended in death or crippling injuries for the Ogres.
Over the years it has become a sort of rite of Ogrehood, as young aspirants head up the mountains in their attempts to capture one of the savage beasts. Few survive the brutal encounter, for the Mournfangs are strong enough to take down any Ogre Bull, but such are the rewards for claiming these mighty beasts that many still continue this fatal tradition, even at the cost of many lives.
There is a fortune to be made as a mercenary for a young Ogre with his own Mournfang, and every spring a few stout lads from the upper slopes will join together and sell their services as the heaviest shock cavalry in the known world. Powered by thick haunches of purest muscle, Mournfangs surge towards the foe at a speed faster than their muscle-bulked frames would suggest, not slowed in the least by the large Ogre or saddle atop its hairy back. Protected by thick skin and coarse shaggy hair, enemy arrows bounce off the oncoming beast or ping off the Ogre's armour as harmless as hailstones.
When they do smash into an enemy, the powerful Mournfangs chomp, slash and stamp the foe whilst the Ogres lay about them, swinging ponderous clubs to bludgeon the foe. The results are devastating, with the fallen not just slain, but utterly pulverized, pounded into the bloody ground by a profusion of heavy blows. Although whole units of Mournfang Cavalry can usually secure the victory of any battle they are engaged in, these brutes and their gigantic steeds do not come cheap, and the Tyrants or paymasters of the victorious side often note a profound feeling of loss when the spoils of war are shared out.
==Attributes==
* Monstrous Cavalry
==Strategy==
With good stats but low model count, these play somewhat like low-quality Demigryph knights. Avoid spearmen and halberds, but otherwise these cavalry can be high impact charging into the backs of armored infantry, hunting down archers and artillery in the backfield, or even attacking lords and heroes since their mass helps them to block and trap individual characters. They will not perform efficiently in sustained combat, especially if it gives your opponent time to move some spears into them. Keep them moving and terrorize the battlefield.
* Notably, this unit does not have the Ogre charge ability that other Ogre units do.
==Gallery==
Mournfang-ca.jpg|Mournfang concept art
Category:Ogre Mercenaries
Category:Monstrous cavalry units