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Archaon approaches, bringing with him the Storm of Chaos to lash the homeland that he now loathes. When such a threat faced the Empire before, Magnus the Pious united the realm to fight and win the Great War. Now, as an even more dire threat looms, a new savior has appeared. However, this savior threatens to shatter the Empire's unity. This savior emerged in the year following the advance of Surtha Lenk on the Empire and the sacking of Wolfenburg, when terror and confusion gripped the realm. A twin-tailed comet had been seen in the skies the year before an omen of good or ill determined by the whim of the gods. Chaos cults plied their wicked ways in the heart of society while Beastmen roamed the woods unhindered. The Empire was all but crippled with fear, starved by a poor harvest and a savage winter, and many villages and farms had ceased to exist through death or desertion. In this time of great turmoil, the people flocked to the temples and shrines to ask the gods for guidance and strength. Yet, there was one man who refused to set foot in a church. He was Luthor Huss, the Prophet of Sigmar. It was his belief that Sigmar would not be found in a shrine or chapel, but on the battlefield in war against the dark forces that threatened his legacy. Thus, Luthor Huss traveled the length and breadth of the Empire, searching for a sign that Sigmar had returned. It was while traveling from Nuln, after making a protest at the great Sigmarite cathedral against the appointment of the new Grand Theogonist, that Huss first heard whispers of a remarkable feat in the south Reikland. He heard tales of a boy, no more than eighteen summers old, who had single-handedly bested a Beastmen warband attacking his village of Lachenbad. He had wielded two hammers in his fists and struck down the raiders with superhuman blows. With all haste, Luthor Huss rode to Lachenbad, where he found the
villagers rebuilding their homes. Among the ruins, he quickly found
the blacksmith's son, Valten. Tall and broad, with golden hair and blue
eyes, Valten was the very image of Sigmar. Huss saw the aura of power
that surrounded the boy and, falling to his knees in supplication, declared
to the world that Sigmar had returned.
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