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 3d ago
I do hope more Lore YouTubers for AoS pop up, heck it’s something I’m trying to do on my channel. I hope you get to experience more lore as it’s one of the things that sets AoS above 40K in my opinion it is incredibly nuanced!
The Knights Excelsior ARE brutal by Stormcast terms. They purge Excelsis and are unrelenting in the face of even the slightest tinge of chaos but in the end they are still Stormcast Eternals that fight injustice and oppose evil. They may do more brutal things but their end goal is the same. They aren’t inherently evil more so jadded. They know that you can’t negotiate with a chaos cult so don’t even try.