![]() ![]() In truth, the warhammer originally in the possession of Karl Franz and all of his predecessors upon the Imperial throne after Sigmar was a duplicate magical weapon. For this reason, rowan is seen as particularly sacred by the Cult of Sigmar. The haft of Ghal Maraz is said to have been made of rowan (also known as witchwood). The discrepancy between the powers that that warhammer exhibited, which included strengthening its wielder, bypassing non-magical armour and renewing the vitality of anyone who held it, compared to the legendary powers of Sigmar, was explained away as a case of historical exaggeration. Stories claim that the warhammer was originally able to detect the servants of Chaos hidden among Mankind, slay an Orc with a single blow, abjure Daemons and other entities of the Realm of Chaos, shield Sigmar from harmful magic and even that it could fly and once destroyed a Daemon Prince with a single strike.ĭespite the historical controversy, the Cult of Sigmar and the Imperial government both insisted early in his reign that the mighty warhammer in the possession of the incumbent emperor Karl Franz was the original. ![]() In the legends, Ghal Maraz is depicted as vastly more powerful than the weapon currently wielded by the emperor. ![]() The exact powers of the warhammer are a state secret of the Empire and not shared with outsiders. Historical texts differ on this point: some say that the first emperor left Ghal Maraz on the throne, others that he took it with him, and still others that the Dwarfs returned it to a future emperor some years later, saying that Sigmar had left it with them on his journey to the east. When Sigmar vacated the Imperial throne in 50 IC, it is unknown whether he left his warhammer upon the throne along with his crown, or whether he took it with him. ![]() Indeed, few are the creatures of evil who can bear to look upon its radiant nimbus and survive the experience. With the blessings of Smednir and Ulric combined, Ghal Maraz is the bane of all that is unholy - for in the hands of Sigmar it defeated Daemon Princes of Khorne, the dreadful Everchosen of Chaos, and has even destroyed the Lord of the Undead, the Great Necromancer Nagash himself. Miraculously, Sigmar emerged from the fire unharmed, his weapon ablaze with the Wolf God's cold fury, and defeated Artur, thereby bringing the Teutogens into the Empire and establishing himself as Ulric's Champion. In addition to the blessings of the Dwarf Ancestor Gods, the Skull-Splitter was also anointed by the mighty war god Ulric, Sigmar's own patron deity, ever since the day when Artur the Teutogen threw the future emperor into the god's sacred, menhir-ringed flame. This displays the incredible power of Ghal Maraz, as no Runelord thinks it is even possible to make a runic weapon with more than 3 runes. The weapon is stated to have either four or five extremely powerful Dwarfen runes carved into it. What is known is that the weapon has never failed its wielder in battle. Such was its power and the secrets of its making that not even Alaric the Mad, the legendary Dwarf Runesmith, could create a weapon rivalling its power. Such are the mysteries of the warhammer that it has even been suggested that it possesses some form of sentience, favouring some users over others. In addition to its practical use, the warhammer was also a symbol of the treaty of friendship between the Dwarfs and the Unberogen tribe of Men that led to the spread of sophisticated iron-smithing, literacy, and engineering among the tribes of Mankind that inhabited the lands of the Old World that would later become the Empire.Ĭreated by the Ancestor God Smednir, Ghal Maraz is one of the greatest weapons ever made, rivalling even the great Ancestor Weapons of old. This mighty magical weapon was gifted to the young Unberogen prince Sigmar in -15 IC, when a young Sigmar and his warband of Unberogen warriors rescued the Dwarf High King Kurgan Ironbeard from his captivity by the Orc Warlord Vagraz Headstomper and his small army of Greenskin warriors. ![]()
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