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On the topic of Ghal Maraz, there is a story in 6th edition armybook that feature Karl Franz using a shield alongside it, so unless there is later canon on the subject, the hammer can be used one handed by a regular human.
The story itself can be also found in empire armybook for warhammer armies project pages 81-83 but it definitely came first in 6th ed.armybook
 
If it becomes important to the story I'll start searching for copies of a magazine article from sixteen years ago to find the canonical details of Byrrnoth's life and family.
I have it, if you need it.

For what it's worth, it says he was born "three centuries ago".

EDIT: The description says "King Grunkadrakk" so I assume it's Byrrnoth, since Grunkadrakk is a title and I don't think any other king killed a sea dragon/merwyrm.
At least according to the WD article, if I'm reading it right, it's actually his clan name that Byrrnoth fulfilled with his own deeds.

but there's next to no canonical information about the King of Zhufbar so it's hard to say for sure.
There's the Grudge Bearer novel- Barundin is the protagonist.
 
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You know, one of the things I am most curious about in this social vote is how Thorek is going to take the situation with the Eonir, he is a pretty political sort of person so I think he would want to know how his collaborators hold up in that regard. Maybe something like this:

Forestborn would looks like rangers, like poor watcher clans driven out of the 'hold' and commanded to hold the line in spite of the fact that they have little political power. The cityborn would be the 'hold clans' proper, though he probably would not get into how the various houses act and why. Finally the Grey lords in their isolation would perhaps remind him of runelords... and not the ones he likes. I wonder if he will try to learn elvish as part of the colaboration, after all he is otherwise limited to trying to explain magic in Reikshpiel and that is not a language meant for it.
 
Ok, so this is very interesting:

"The white, limestone caves of Zamak Spayenya hide many primitive paintings from a forgotten era. Most depict hunting scenes that feature stylised animals, including bear, elk, deer, and horses; but these animals are not hunted by men: they are hunted by great, winged centaurs.

Some Kislevite scholars believe these to be the Scythian people that once inhabited the oblast, but others bitterly argue against this. Instead, they claim the Scythians were Humans who used centaurs as a metaphor to show man and horse were inseparable, and wings to signify galloping at great speed."

The Scythians are one of the two tribes that created the "Ogham Stones" (the supporting henge networks made by humans in the Waystone network) alognside the Belthani. In DL, the Kurgan say they are the inheritors of the Scythians and we don't know if it's because of conquest or something else. The Roppsmen and Gospodar also say they're descended from them but we don't know much about that, and the Roppsmen are mostly absorbed by the Ungol at this point.

They also apparently have depictions of winged centaurs, and they're depicted in a manner that seems to be positive, so I doubt they were representing Centigors.
if it was this world, I would fall under the proto-depiction of horseriders theory of though, especially as Kislav has the traditions of 'Winged Lancers.

but this is Warhammer, and if I remember right there is a 'centaur-like' people that are 'friendly'... what was the name again?

green, good at life magic and connected to the wood elves( the crazy ones)....
 
if it was this world, I would fall under the proto-depiction of horseriders theory of though, especially as Kislav has the traditions of 'Winged Lancers.

but this is Warhammer, and if I remember right there is a 'centaur-like' people that are 'friendly'... what was the name again?

green, good at life magic and connected to the wood elves( the crazy ones)....
There's the Zoats. Kinda built like Dragon-Ogres shape-wise.

I don't know if I'd describe them as friendly per-se, though I suppose compared to Centigors.
 
You know, one of the things I am most curious about in this social vote is how Thorek is going to take the situation with the Eonir, he is a pretty political sort of person so I think he would want to know how his collaborators hold up in that regard. Maybe something like this:

Forestborn would looks like rangers, like poor watcher clans driven out of the 'hold' and commanded to hold the line in spite of the fact that they have little political power. The cityborn would be the 'hold clans' proper, though he probably would not get into how the various houses act and why. Finally the Grey lords in their isolation would perhaps remind him of runelords... and not the ones he likes. I wonder if he will try to learn elvish as part of the colaboration, after all he is otherwise limited to trying to explain magic in Reikshpiel and that is not a language meant for it.
He is pretty political for a dwarf runesmith, both of those things aren't exactly known for their high DIP skill outside of other dwarfs and runesmiths. so I'm not sure exactly how that would be compared to other races.

don't get me wrong, he was the best dip runesmith we were going to get, but I'm not sure yet how good he really is outside of the KA, just that anyone else was most likely going to be worse.
 
I've actually come across mentions of that novel in the past, but judged the book by its cover and didn't dig any deeper. If I had to guess which Dwarven King that title referred to, let's just say that the King of Zhufbar would not have been high on my list.
It's incredibly funny that the book with the title "Grudgebearer" doesn't have Thorgrim as the protagonist. Barundin literally stole Thorgrim's schtick.
 
I've actually come across mentions of that novel in the past, but judged the book by its cover and didn't dig any deeper. If I had to guess which Dwarven King that title referred to, let's just say that the King of Zhufbar would not have been high on my list.
they are quite good, (some of the better Warhammer novels without being 'stand up on their own good' like G&F books)

but a little warning, they definitely treat dwarfs and their grudges a lot more pathologically bloodthirsty and singleminded than what you seem to prefer. (the 6th grudge has Barundin going after the woman and children as well as the fighting men.)
 
they are quite good, (some of the better Warhammer novels without being 'stand up on their own good' like G&F books)

but a little warning, they definitely treat dwarfs and their grudges a lot more pathologically bloodthirsty and singleminded than what you seem to prefer. (the 6th grudge has Barundin going after the woman and children as well as the fighting men.)
Not just the men, but the women, and the children too?
 
they are quite good, (some of the better Warhammer novels without being 'stand up on their own good' like G&F books)

but a little warning, they definitely treat dwarfs and their grudges a lot more pathologically bloodthirsty and singleminded than what you seem to prefer. (the 6th grudge has Barundin going after the woman and children as well as the fighting men.)
Canon has pretty much always treated grudges as lot easier to invoke and a lot less discriminating than Boney does though.
 
@Boney, given Belegar's contributions to the retaking of Eight Peaks, does Kragg have a decent opinion of him like he does with Mathilde?
 
@Boney, given Belegar's contributions to the retaking of Eight Peaks, does Kragg have a decent opinion of him like he does with Mathilde?

Kragg isn't all that expressive, but there's one thing that can be read into: the Gyrocarriage that has been so useful for getting people around? That was originally to get Kragg's Anvil of Doom back to Karaz-a-Karak should the whole expedition end in failure. That it's no longer permanently on standby to do that expresses a lot of trust in Belegar's leadership.
 
Btw this might be fanon but doesn't elves spend close to a human lifetime to master 1 wind. How did Teclis master all 8 and high magic by the age of 143?
I think human magister wizards are comparable to base loremaster capabilities in 1 wind and we cheat massively by aligning our souls with 1 wind to have a easier time to learn. Is there a real reason that he is so young and so talented at magic outside of being from the line of Aenarion. Otherwise from the wiki it seems like he is once in multiple millenia genius. His contemporaries seems Nagash and Malekith.
Also how long can be expected of an average loremaster to master 8 winds and high magic? Or is this too subjective and everyone learns on their own time to put a specific year.
 
With Realm of the Ice Queen done, I've reached my 30th WHF book milestone.

The only setting book I have yet to read from 2e WFRP is Renegade Crowns. After that all that's left would be Adventure Books.

Well, discounting the fact that I haven't read any Army Book supplements yet. Tamurkhan alone is like 200 pages...
 
Btw this might be fanon but doesn't elves spend close to a human lifetime to master 1 wind. How did Teclis master all 8 and high magic by the age of 143?
I think human magister wizards are comparable to base loremaster capabilities in 1 wind and we cheat massively by aligning our souls with 1 wind to have a easier time to learn. Is there a real reason that he is so young and so talented at magic outside of being from the line of Aenarion. Otherwise from the wiki it seems like he is once in multiple millenia genius. His contemporaries seems Nagash and Malekith.

The bloodline of Aenarion is blessed and cursed in equal measure, and almost all of the male descendants have been touched by some form of mental or physical malady. Tyrion and Teclis, being twins, got a double dose of both blessing and curse, but it was split unevenly - Tyrion is a martial and strategic genius, but prone to impatience and tempers and constantly feels the temptation to seek and wield the cursed sword Widowmaker. Teclis is incredibly gifted at scholarly pursuits, but was born so weak and sickly that he required constant magical care just to live to adulthood and it took him a great deal of potions and training just to get strong enough to lift a staff. So basically yes, Teclis really is that ridiculously OP.

Also how long can be expected of an average loremaster to master 8 winds and high magic? Or is this too subjective and everyone learns on their own time to put a specific year.

A century would seem to be the absolute bare minimum.
 
The majority of the info I know about Sigmar was from non-novel stuff, so the stuff about him not having any heirs gave me the headcanon that he was aromantic asexual. A bit of a bummer that it turns out the novels pop that headcanon bubble, but oh well.

I suppose that "heir of Sigmar" thing is how Valten came about? Seems like the kind of thing they'd do. The secret heir of Sigmar becoming his Avatar in the Empire's time of need.
 
The majority of the info I know about Sigmar was from non-novel stuff, so the stuff about him not having any heirs gave me the headcanon that he was aromantic asexual. A bit of a bummer that it turns out the novels pop that headcanon bubble, but oh well.

IIRC he spent a night with Queen Freya because it secured an alliance with the Asoborns, not out of personal desire.
 
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