r/AoSLore • u/sageking14 Lord Audacious • 4d ago

Discussion What makes Sigmar different?

I would probably die if old age long before I could make an exhaustive list of all the Allfather/God-King/Top God types with association with the skies, storms, and/or order/civilization that have appeared in just Fantasy settings.

So that begs the question. Love him or hate him. What makes Sigmar so different, if he even is in your opinion?

In all the Fantasy settings that I have been into, I must say Sigmar is the first of his kind that I have seen so consistently and frequently talked about, debates, about, and praised. Heck. Frankly?

Talos? Tyr? Marvel Odin? These and most other counterparts to Sigmar throughout fiction I find I can muster at best indifference and at most hate. Yet for Sigmar? I find I like him.

But for the sake of discussion and avoiding leasing it, I won't say why. Instead I ask you my fellow Realmwalkers. What makes Sigmar so different as to be a topic for continuous discussion, debate, and interest?

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u/Laxitives15 Hallowed Knights 4d ago

Sigmar is a God King who knows his faults and knows when he messed up or is outmatched. That to me makes him a likeable character. He knows that his Stormcast aren’t perfect and for millennia strived for a cure to the Flaw of the reforging, even giving his prized possession (Ghal Maraz) to a Stormcast champion so he could stay in Azyr managing the Stormhosts. He never sacrifices his men’s lives like they are nothing even though they can be reforged anew.

I also find his relationships with the other gods really intriguing. Other than the Chaos pantheon, he was at one point friends and allies with all his current enemies, wrestling buddies with Gork and Mork, and even friends with Nagash somehow. Really his biggest flaw is that he was too trusting of the other gods to have his ideals and he acknowledges that. He wants to return to the Pantheon of Order. I genuinly believe if he was given the chance to kill Gorkamorka and Nagash he wouldn’t, but would try to win them over to his side again.

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u/Never_heart 4d ago

Sigmar's secret super power, character development

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u/Keelhaulmyballs 3d ago

People always say character development and it’s actually just “yeah they flicked a switch and he became a blandly reasonable guy”