Empire (Warhammer Fantasy)

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[[File:WarhammerArmiesTheEmpire8thEdTextless.jpg|thumb|right|260px| The Empire is a government that features in Warhammer Fantasy.

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History

The Empire was a nation of humans that was founded in the Old World by Sigmar Heldenhammer of the Unberogen tribe who was a very charismatic and powerful barbarian warlord. Sigmar was the son of the tribal leader of the Unberogen, Bjorn where at a young age he came to save the dwarfen king Kurgan from a greenskin raiding party. The king gifted the tribe with Ghal-Maraz (Translation: "skull splitter") with this mighty warhammer becoming the symbol of all Sigmar.

Around this time, the land was inhabited by many primitive tribes such as the Unberogen, Teutogens, Jeutones, Ungols and Bretoni. The tribes were often at war with one another, raiding for anything they needed or just to establish their power in the region. Sigmar's father Bjorn had already forged strong links with nearby tribes, but to unite the tribes under one banner was unprecedented and many feared it was an impossibility.

Overview

Government

The Emperor is both head-of-state of the Empire and commander-in-chief of its armies, the real power within the Empire was held by the 10 Elector Counts, of which the Emperor was one.

Culture

The Knightly Orders of the Empire are a heroic brotherhood of armoured warriors who ride into battle atop mighty barded warhorses and sometimes other, more exotic creatures into battle. Knights are magnificent figures, clad in gleaming full plate armour crafted by Dwarfen smiths, armed with weaponry of the finest quality. To become a Knight is also to become one of the most elite warriors the Empire has to offer.

Organizations within the Empire included:

  • Colleges of Magic :
  • Knights of the White Wolf :
  • Cult of Sigmar :

The Empire's military forces consisted of:

  • Empire Swordsmen :
  • Empire Halberdier :
  • Empire Spearmen :
  • Free Companys :
  • Handgunners :
  • Empire Archers :
  • Empire Crossbowmen :
  • Greatswords :
  • Flagellants :

Technology

Territory

The Empire was not a centralised nation, but rather a feudal confederacy of 11 large and semi-independent provinces, bound together by common interests, history, language, religion, and culture.

Members

  • Sigmar :
  • Magnus the Pious :
  • Emperor Karl Franz I :
  • Kurt Helborg :
  • Ludwig Schwarzhelm :
  • Volkmar the Grim :
  • Balthasar Gelt :
  • Aldebrand Ludenhof :
  • Boris Todbringer :
  • Marius Leitdorf :
  • Valmir von Raukov :
  • Markus Wulfhart :
  • Luthor Huss :
  • Valten :

Notes

  • The Empire were created by Games Workshop and featured in the setting of the Warhammer Fantasy universe.

In other media

Video games

  • In Warhammer: Mark of Chaos, the Empire were a playable faction within the real-time strategy video game. The story mode had players capable of taking the Empire's campaign mode where they played as Stefan von Kessel who was a captain in the army of Ostermark under Count Otto Gruber. Players could also choose of the three playable sub-factions in the Empire that included; Ostermark, Nuln and Talabecland armies.
  • In Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, the Empire appeared as a playable faction within the MMORPG video game. Players were part of the Order of the Griffon that consisted of highly skilled soldiers, wizards and devotees of the Cult of Sigmar that fought against the gravest threats of the Empire. It was a new force created by Emperor Karl Franz with the aid of the Grand Theogonist of the Cult of Sigmar, the Supreme Patriarch of the Colleges of Magic and the Grand Master of the Reiksguard The Order was designed to be an integral part of the Imperial army that was an elite unit that answered only to the Emperor with authority that superseded the Elector Counts and their provincial generals. This allowed them to be free from bureaucratic constraints in order to swiftly coordinate the defences of the northern provinces against the Chaos incursion. The Order of the Griffon ranged from aristocrats to common born with them consisting of loyal citizens that were willing to fight to defend the Empire. Players could choose to become one of the four playable classes that included Knight of the Blazing Sun, Witch Hunter, Warrior Priest and Bright Wizard.
  • In Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide, the Empire was the playable faction consisting of a warband of four players in the action based cooperative video game. Players were a band of characters consisting of the Witch Hunter Victor Saltzpyre, Waywatcher Kerillian, Empire Soldier Markus Kruber, Dwarf Ranger Bardin Goreksson and the Bright Wizard Sienna Fuegonasus who were fighting Skaven during the Endtimes in the city of Ubersreik.
  • In Total War: Warhammer, the Empire was a playable faction in the turn-based strategy video game.
  • In Mordheim: City of the Damned, the Empire was playable as two factions in the turn based tactical video game. Players could either play as Human Mercenaries from the Empire's province of Reikland or as the Sisters of Sigmar based at the Rock fortress lying at the River Stir in the southern part of Mordheim with both groups being warbands representing the Order faction. Set in the Imperial Year 1999, they were factions at the city of Mordheim that were battling over a crashed comet that had landed in the settlement.

Appearances

  • Warhammer Armies: Empire:

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