The language of Age of Sigmar
Glossary
Plain-English definitions of the terms, weapons, places, and powers of Age of Sigmar — every one cross-linked into the archive.
18 terms
Concepts
Aether-goldAether-gold is a buoyant, gaseous mineral found drifting in seams high in the skies of the Mortal Realms, and it is the lifeblood of the Kharadron Ove…
Endless SpellsEndless spells are autonomous, predatory enchantments that roam the battlefields of the Mortal Realms with a will of their own, unleashed in vast numb…
RealmstoneRealmstone is the crystallised, solidified essence of a realm's ruling magic, the single most precious and sought-after substance in the Mortal Realms…
SigmariteSigmarite is the blessed metal from which the arms and armour of the Stormcast Eternals are forged. Its source is Mallus, the broken metallic core of …
SoulblightSoulblight is the ancient vampiric curse of the Mortal Realms, a dark affliction that grants near-immortality and terrible power at the price of an un…
The Age of ChaosThe Age of Chaos is the long era of catastrophe that preceded the current epoch of the Mortal Realms. It began when the Dark Gods, having long coveted…
The Bad MoonThe Bad Moon is the vast, leering celestial body worshipped as a god by the Gloomspite Gitz, the moon-crazed grots and their fungal kin. Part deity, p…
The Chaos Grand AllianceThe Chaos Grand Alliance is the vast, corrupting banner that gathers every mortal and daemonic servant of the Dark Gods bent on drowning the Mortal Re…
The Dawnbringer CrusadesThe Dawnbringer Crusades are the perilous expeditions launched from the free cities to reclaim the wilds of the Mortal Realms and plant new settlement…
The Death Grand AllianceThe Death Grand Alliance encompasses the undead legions and underworld dominions that answer, willingly or otherwise, to Nagash, the God of Death. Its…
The Destruction Grand AllianceThe Destruction Grand Alliance sweeps together the rampaging peoples of the Mortal Realms who live for the raw, joyous momentum of the fight, greenski…
The Great Cycle of MagicThe Great Cycle of Magic describes the endless flow and transformation of sorcery through the Mortal Realms, the cosmic process by which the eight win…
The NecroquakeThe Necroquake was a cataclysmic shockwave of death magic that tore through every one of the Mortal Realms, reshaping the setting's recent history. It…
The Order Grand AllianceThe Order Grand Alliance is the broad banner uniting the peoples who seek to rebuild, defend, and civilise the Mortal Realms in the wake of the Age of…
The Realmgate WarsThe Realmgate Wars were the opening campaigns of the Age of Sigmar, the great offensive in which Sigmar's newly forged armies burst out of Azyr to rec…
The ReforgingThe Reforging is the process by which the Stormcast Eternals return from death. When one of Sigmar's storm-forged warriors is slain, their soul does n…
The Soul WarsThe Soul Wars are the vast, realm-spanning conflicts ignited by the Necroquake, fought over the ultimate prize of an age of Death: the souls of the li…
Ur-goldUr-gold is the scattered essence of a dead god, and the most sacred substance known to the Fyreslayers. When Grimnir, the duardin god of battle, destr…
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Magic
AetherquartzAetherquartz is the crystallised essence of Hysh, the Realm of Light, a glittering mineral prized above all else by the aelves who mine and refine it.…
The Amber Wind of GhurThe Amber Wind is the wind of magic bound to Ghur, the Realm of Beasts, the raw and predatory current of sorcery that embodies savagery, survival and …
The Anvil of ApotheosisThe Anvil of Apotheosis is the sacred forge-rite by which Sigmar transforms worthy mortal souls into the immortal warriors of the stormcast-eternals. …
The Krondspine IncarnateThe Krondspine Incarnate is a living embodiment of elemental fury, a towering incarnate of the Realm of Fire summoned from the raw, untamed magic of A…
The Realmshaper EngineThe Realmshaper Engine is a colossal artefact of the seraphon, a monolithic construct of cold stone and celestial geometry that channels the will of t…
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Places
Aqshy, the Realm of FireAqshy, the Realm of Fire, is the searing plane whose ruling wind is the red magic of passion, heat, and courage. It is a land of ash deserts, boiling …
AzyrAzyr is the Realm of Heavens, the plane of celestial magic and the seat of Sigmar, the God-King. Its skies churn with starlight and eternal storms, an…
Chamon, the Realm of MetalChamon, the Realm of Metal, is the dense, heavy plane governed by the golden wind of alchemy, transmutation, and change. It is the most physically sub…
Ghur, the Realm of BeastsGhur, the Realm of Beasts, is the most savage of the Mortal Realms, a boundless wilderness where the very land hungers. Its amber magic is the wind of…
Ghyran, the Realm of LifeGhyran, the Realm of Life, is the verdant plane governed by the jade wind of growth, renewal, and the turning seasons. Its landscapes teem with abunda…
GnawholesGnawholes are the ragged, reality-chewing tunnels through which the Skaven travel between and within the Mortal Realms, the signature sorcery of the r…
Hysh, the Realm of LightHysh, the Realm of Light, is the luminous plane ruled by the white wind of illumination, reason, and enlightenment. It is a realm of perfect clarity a…
Mallus, the World-PitMallus, often called the World-Pit or the Crucible, is the shattered metallic core of the world destroyed in the old legends, now lodged at the very h…
RealmgatesRealmgates are the ancient magical portals that connect the Mortal Realms to one another, making travel between the planes possible without crossing t…
Shyish, the Realm of DeathShyish, the Realm of Death, is the sombre plane ruled by the amethyst wind of endings, memory, and mortality. It is a land of boundless deserts of bla…
Sylvaneth WyldwoodsSylvaneth Wyldwoods are the living groves of the tree-kin, enchanted forests that serve as both sanctuary and weapon for the sylvaneth. Grown from the…
The EightpointsThe Eightpoints, also called the Allpoints, is a realm apart from the eight Mortal Realms: a nexus of solidified Chaos energy suspended at the meeting…
The Mortal RealmsThe Mortal Realms are the eight immense planes of existence where Age of Sigmar takes place. When the world of the old legends was destroyed, its magi…
The Realm's EdgeThe Realm's Edge is the term for the distant frontiers of each of the Mortal Realms, where solid geography gives way to raw, untamed magic. Because a …
The Shyish NadirThe Shyish Nadir is the vast whirlpool of raw death magic that now marks the centre of Shyish, the Realm of Death, created in the same instant as the …
The StormvaultsThe Stormvaults are the hidden treasure-vaults of Sigmar, secret repositories scattered across the Mortal Realms in which the God-King has concealed a…
The VaranspireThe Varanspire is the mountainous black citadel of Archaon the Everchosen, the beating heart of the Eightpoints and the greatest fortress of the Chaos…
Ulfenkarn, the Cursed CityOnce known as the golden port of Mournhold, Ulfenkarn is a rotting metropolis in the Realm of Death, choked in perpetual gloom and ruled by the vampir…
Ulgu, the Realm of ShadowUlgu, the Realm of Shadow, is the twilit plane governed by the grey wind of illusion, deception, and mystery. It is a realm where nothing is as it see…
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military-unit
Hearthguard BerzerkersThe Hearthguard Berzerkers are the elite bodyguards and most honoured warriors of the fyreslayers, duardin who bear more ur-gold runes than any save t…
Khainite ShadowstalkersThe Khainite Shadowstalkers are a secretive cabal of assassins and shadow-walkers who serve the daughters-of-khaine, the murderous aelven cult devoted…
Vulkite BerzerkersThe Vulkite Berzerkers are the rank-and-file warriors of the fyreslayers, duardin mercenaries who march to war clad in little more than golden ur-gold…
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Xenos & Species
Kragnos, the End of EmpiresKragnos, the End of Empires, is an ancient god of Destruction, a titanic beast-deity whose fury can topple entire civilisations. Part drake, part beas…
The GodbeastsGodbeasts are the colossal, near-divine monsters of the Mortal Realms, creatures so vast and so saturated with primordial magic that they shape the wo…
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creature
Mangler SquigsThe Mangler Squigs are enormous, ball-shaped monsters of gnashing teeth and manic energy, among the most chaotic and destructive creatures fielded by …
MournfangThe Mournfang is a savage, predatory beast used as a cavalry mount by the ogor-mawtribes, particularly the ravenous packs of the Gutbuster and Beastcl…
Rockgut TroggothsThe Rockgut Troggoths are hulking, stone-skinned monsters that lumber to war alongside the gloomspite-gitz, the sprawling grot horde that worships the…
StonehornThe Stonehorn is a colossal, mountain-dwelling beast native to the frozen peaks of the Mortal Realms, and one of the most fearsome monsters ridden to …
The MagmadrothThe Magmadroth is a colossal fire-lizard revered and ridden into battle by the fyreslayers. These volcanic behemoths dwell in the molten depths of the…
The Mega-GargantsThe Mega-Gargants are the titanic god-giants of the sons-of-behemat, the largest and most destructive of all gargantkind. Towering over even the Godbe…
The TerrorgheistThe Terrorgheist is a monstrous undead bat-beast raised by the flesh-eater-courts and the soulblight-gravelords to serve as a living engine of terror.…
ThundertuskThe Thundertusk is a monstrous beast of the frozen wastes, a shaggy, tusked leviathan wreathed in an aura of supernatural cold, and a prized war-mount…
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Factions & Culture
ProsecutorsProsecutors are the winged heralds of the stormcast-eternals, warriors granted celestial pinions that let them soar above the battlefield as living li…
The Anvils of the HeldenhammerThe Anvils of the Heldenhammer are among the most solemn and grim of all the Stormhosts, a brotherhood of stormcast-eternals who have been reforged so…
The Celestial VindicatorsThe Celestial Vindicators are one of the founding Stormhosts of the stormcast-eternals, renowned above all others for their burning thirst for vengean…
The Flesh-eater DelusionThe Flesh-eater Delusion is the shared madness that binds the cannibal courts of the ghouls, a waking dream in which degenerate corpse-eaters believe …
The Idoneth EnclavesThe Idoneth Enclaves are the hidden undersea kingdoms of the idoneth-deepkin, secretive aelven civilisations dwelling in the deep places of the Mortal…
The Kharadron CodeThe Kharadron Code is the sacred body of law that governs every aspect of life among the sky-faring duardin of the kharadron-overlords. Compiled over …
The Ossiarch LegionsThe Ossiarch Legions are the bone-constructed armies of Nagash, forged not from the crude reanimation of corpses but from the harvested bones of the f…
The Scourge PrivateersThe Scourge Privateers are corsair fleets of aelves who ply the seas and skies of the Mortal Realms as slavers, raiders, and monster-tamers. Descended…
The Six SmithsThe Six Smiths are the master runesmiters of the fyreslayers, the six greatest artisans of a magmahold whose skill in forging ur-gold runes is unrival…
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Institutions
StormhostsStormhosts are the great armies into which the Stormcast Eternals are organised, each an enduring brotherhood with its own heraldry, traditions, and t…
The Grand AlliancesThe Grand Alliances are the four sweeping banners under which the peoples and powers of the Mortal Realms are grouped: Order, Chaos, Death, and Destru…
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History
The Age of BeastsThe Age of Beasts, also called the Era of the Beast, is the age heralded by the return of Kragnos, the Destroyer of Prophecy. His breaking free from a…
The Age of MythThe Age of Myth was the golden dawn of the Mortal Realms, the era that followed the death of the World-That-Was and the settling of the eight realms i…
The Katophrane CurseThe Katophrane Curse is the terrible doom laid upon the mirrored city of Shadespire, a metropolis of the Realm of Death whose masters grew rich tradin…
The Twin-tailed CometThe Twin-tailed Comet is the sacred sigil of Sigmar and the most revered omen in all the Mortal Realms, a blazing star trailing two burning tails acro…
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military
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Military Formations
The AlarithThe Alarith are the mountain temples of the Lumineth, aelves who pursue enlightenment through stillness, patience and the enduring strength of stone. …
The ScinariThe Scinari are the loremasters and magisters of the Lumineth Nations, scholar-aelves who study the deepest mysteries of light, thought and the soul. …
The VanariThe Vanari form the standing armies of the Lumineth Nations, the disciplined line-warriors and cavalry who bear the brunt of Hysh's wars. Drawn from a…
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Factions & Peoples
The Beastclaw RaidersThe Beastclaw Raiders are nomadic ogor marauders who ride the eternal winter known as the Everwinter, a rolling storm of ice and hunger that follows t…
The Deepkin EnclavesThe Deepkin Enclaves are the hidden underwater civilisations of the aelves who dwell in the ocean depths of the Mortal Realms, secretive societies bor…
The GutbustersThe Gutbusters are the archetypal ogor tribes of the Mortal Realms, brutish gluttons who worship their own colossal appetites in the form of the great…
The Lumineth NationsThe Lumineth Nations are the great aelven realms of Hysh, the Realm of Light, reborn from the aelven souls that Teclis distilled and refined after the…
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Faction
The BlightkingsThe Blightkings are the favoured champions of Nurgle, mortal warriors so blessed with the Grandfather's gifts that their bloated, pestilent bodies hav…
The BonesplitterzThe Bonesplitterz are frenzied, half-naked orruks who hunt the greatest monsters of the Mortal Realms in the belief that by devouring and wearing thei…
The IronjawzThe Ironjawz are the largest and most warlike of the orruk clans, greenskins so saturated with the raw energy of Waaagh! magic that their very bodies …
The KruleboyzThe Kruleboyz are a cunning breed of swamp-dwelling orruks who reject the brute-force approach of their larger kin in favour of ambush, poison and low…
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Organization
The Collegiate ArcaneThe Collegiate Arcane is the great institution of wizardry within the Free Cities, an order of battle-mages and scholars who study and wield the eight…
The Ironweld ArsenalThe Ironweld Arsenal is a guild of master engineers, gunsmiths and artillerists that unites the industrial genius of duardin and human alike in the se…
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Cosmology
The EverduskThe Everdusk is the perpetual twilight that cloaks the deep glades of the sylvaneth, a liminal gloom where the boundary between the physical world and…
The Great GreenThe Great Green is the primal, all-encompassing force of Destruction worshipped in myriad forms across the wilds of the Mortal Realms, most fervently …
The Ur-PhoenixThe Ur-Phoenix is a legendary godbeast of the Mortal Realms, a colossal firebird of the Realm of Fire whose life, death and endless rebirth embody the…
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Realms & Geography
The Flamescar PlateauThe Flamescar Plateau is a sprawling highland region of the Great Parch in Aqshy, a windswept expanse of scrub, ash-plains and smouldering ridgelines …
The GhyrwoodThe Ghyrwood is a vast and ancient forest realm within Ghyran, the Realm of Life, a living expanse of colossal trees, tangled thickets and primal wild…
The Great ParchThe Great Parch is a vast, war-torn continent of Aqshy, the Realm of Fire, and one of the most fiercely contested landmasses in all the Mortal Realms.…
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Ranks & Institutions
The Free CitiesThe Free Cities are the great fortified settlements from which the Order Grand Alliance holds and rebuilds the Mortal Realms, beacons of civilisation …
The MortarchsThe Mortarchs are the supreme lieutenants of Nagash, the God of Death, the chosen deathless generals who command his armies and enforce his dominion a…
The Sacrosanct ChambersThe Sacrosanct Chambers are the arcane orders of the Stormcast Eternals, the storm-forged battle-mages who wage war against the magical and spectral t…
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society
The Fyreslayer LodgesThe Fyreslayer Lodges are the fractious mountain-holds of the fyreslayers, duardin warriors who mine and consume ur-gold in a fanatical quest to recla…
The NamartiThe Namarti are the soulless underclass of the idoneth-deepkin, aelves born incomplete when their people reap too few souls to nourish their young. La…
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artifact
The LoonshrineThe Loonshrine is a sacred shrine-idol of the gloomspite-gitz, a great fanged monument raised in worship of the malevolent Bad Moon. Carved to resembl…
The Mortis EngineThe Mortis Engine is a floating reliquary of death magic borne into battle by the soulblight-gravelords. At its heart hovers a shrivelled Corpsemaster…
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Concept
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