Sigmarite Saint
Sigmarite Saints, also known as Celestial Saints, are figures of the Sigmarite faith who have been recognized for their deeds after their deaths. Most were faithful servants of the God-King themselves, many of them warriors or martyrs. Saints are often venerated by the Devoted of Sigmar in their own right, some even having dedicated cults.[1a][2a][3a][3b]
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Religious Practices
Relics of Saints are often kept in ornate mausolea and reliquaries. The power of these relics can hold back evil creatures.[3a]
Types of Relics
The bones of deceased saints are one of the more commonly recognized type of relics.[4a]
Canonization
Sigmar himself remembers the names and deeds of those august individuals who are granted sainthood and those who have been granted this high honor are not all humans. Indeed many entities and creatures whose faith in Sigmar was steadfast have been elevated to sainthood. Templesen the Gargant is one of the most famous non-human Celestial Sainta.[3a][5a]
Reforged
For some Celestial Saints, death does not bring an end to their service to Sigmar, merely a new beginning. The Hallowed Knights Stormhost boasts many members whose mortal identities are revered as saints.[8a]
Known Saints
- Elezar Tesh: A martyr who died bringing down the pillars of the Red House.[3b]
- Artimyr: An ancient paladin whose remains were entombed in interred in the Allpoints.[6a]
- Garradan: A chirurgeon of Demesnus who died as a martyr defending his patients. In addition to being recognized as a Saint, he was also uplifted by Sigmar and Reforged into Gardus Steel Soul.[3b]
- Rubeus: A legendary Warrior Priest who led the first consecration of the Free City of Hammerhal.[1a]
- Tolliver: A saint of the Sigmarite religion.[7a]
- Twelves Saints of Glymmsforge: The twelve most famous saints interred in the mausoleums in the Free City of Glymmsforge. The presence of their remains helps ward of evil spirts.[3a][4a][5a]
Known Sects
- Faithful of Saint Garradan: A small sect venerating Saint Garradan have established themselves in Demesnus, within the ruins of the holy figure's famed hospice. Many of them suffer from moss-leprosy. The sect preaches peace in honor of Garradan and venerate him as a great healer.[3b]
Sources
- 1 Shadows over Hammerhal, Adventure Book
- 1a: pg.22
- 2: Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Malign Portents
- 2a: The Time of Tribulations, pg. 33
- 3: Myths & Revenants
- 4: Soul Wars (Novel)
- 4a: Chapter Fourteen: Inviolate
- 5: White Dwarf October 2019
- 5a: Forty Strange Things, Pg. 8-11
- 6: Warcry: Tome of Champions 2019
- 6a: The Tomb of Saint Artimyr, Pg. 70
- 7: Anathemas (Anthology)
- 7a: Voices in the Glass
- 8: Battletome: Stormcast Eternals (2018)
- 8a: Marks of the Righteous, Pg. 84-87
- 9: Soulbound: Steam and Steel
- 9a: Cogs of Industry, pg.16-32
