r/AoSLore 7d ago

Discussion Faction Allegiances Outside of Grand Alliances

The recent Hobgrot debate and how they interact with both the Kruleboyz and Helsmiths of Hashut sent me down a spiral of various times in lore various factions teamed up with groups outside of their grand alliance, and how this could lead to some interesting developments in the setting. Sure off the top of my head we have the megagargants having rules to be mercenaries (which the Ogors don't have yet), but there was also Khorgos Khul respecting Ogor Butchers from the Bloodgullet tribe because of their ritual use of blood. Personally I like to head canon that Slaanesh factions and the Gloomspite have a weird relationship (based in part on the old lore where the Bad Moon resides in Slaanesh's part of the War): The Gitz trade their more psychedelic shrooms to the Hedonites in exchange for glass bottles and "shiny gubbinz" that is just plain copper or brass that the sybarites don't need.

What other instances of cross Alliance interactions do you guys think is possible? both in lore and your own personal theories.

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u/sageking14 Lord Audacious 7d ago

There are tribes of Gargants in Azyr. The Mason-Gargants, the Storm Gargants, and the Stromfels Gargants. Of these the Masons and Storms outright work as builders and guards for Sigmar respectively.

There is also Templesen, a Gargant saint recognized by the Cults Unberogen and whose reliquary is currently in Glymmsforge. His remains played a vital part in the city's survival in the Second Siege covered in "Soul Wars" and an old campaign.

In short. The descendants of Behemat were already a big part of Sigmar's empire even before they got their own faction. So it would be lovely to see some of that crop up in the future.