The Institutions
Organizations
The orders, institutions, and brotherhoods that shape The Old World — the hidden powers, the priesthoods, and the vast machineries of state that hold the setting together.
Wizarding orderThe Amethyst Order
The sombre wizards of the Amethyst College, masters of the death-wind Shyish who commune with the grave and unmake the necromancer's works.
Wizardly OrderThe Colleges of Magic
The eight arcane colleges of Altdorf, where Empire wizards are bound to a single wind of magic and taught to wield it without courting damnation.
PriesthoodThe Cult of Morr
The sombre priesthood of the god of death and dreams, keepers of the gardens of the dead who stand vigil against the horror of undeath.
PriesthoodThe Cult of Shallya
The gentle faith of the goddess of mercy and healing, whose white-clad priestesses tend the sick and wounded in a world with little pity to spare.
State ChurchThe Cult of Sigmar
The state church of the Empire, whose Grand Theogonist and warrior priests bind the realm in faith and march to war with hammer and prayer.
PriesthoodThe Cult of Ulric
The ancient warrior-faith of the wolf-god Ulric, whose fur-clad priests preach strength, war, and winter from the sacred flame of Middenheim.
GuildThe Imperial Gunnery School
The great artillery academy of Nuln, forge and schoolhouse of the Empire's cannon, where masters teach the deadly science of black powder war.
Knightly OrderThe Knights Panther
A flamboyant and ancient order of imperial knights born of the crusades, famed for the panther pelts and exotic finery they wear to war.
Knightly OrderThe Knights of the Blazing Sun
A templar order devoted to Myrmidia, goddess of war, whose knights blend disciplined tactics with the martial faith of the southern realms.
Knightly OrderThe Knights of the Grail
The blessed paragons of Bretonnian chivalry, questing knights who drank from the Grail of the Lady and returned as living saints of war.
Knightly OrderThe Knights of the White Wolf
The templar knights of Ulric, storm-hearted horsemen of Middenheim who scorn the shield and break their foes with the great cavalry hammer.
Knightly OrderThe Reiksguard
The Emperor's household knights, an elite order sworn to the throne of Altdorf whose lances and blades form the last line of imperial defence.
Warrior cultThe Slayer Cult
The doomed brotherhood of dwarfs who, shamed beyond redemption, seek an honourable death against the mightiest monsters they can find.
Templar OrderThe Witch Hunters
The zealous templars of the Empire's temples, licensed to hunt mutants, heretics, and daemon-worshippers wherever their corruption festers.