Astral Templars

A Liberator of the Astral Templars.

The Astral Templars also known as The Beast-Slayers, Heaven's Claw, the Bane of Tyrants are a Stormhost of the Stormcast Eternals, wearing dark purple armor. The Astral Templars not only dared to enter the Gnarlwood, but returned out of the dark victorious. They suffer no monster or beastly abomination to live and their feral upbringing makes them very skillfull at hunting these beasts.^[1][4][6b]

Each of them is a warrior born and their commanders are amongst the most ferocious of those. They are never more at home that when surrounded by enemies in battle, a trait their commanders take great delight in hurling themselves into the most desperate of combats.^[4]

Recruitment

The Astral Templars are recruited from the most barbaric and warlike of the mortal tribes, skillful hunters with feral upbringings.^[4]

Culture

The Astral Templars wear thick pelts and feral tattoos. Heads of monsters slain by them are preserved and displayed on the walls of their Stormkeeps.^[6b]

Religion

The Astral Templars continue to honour the same totemic godbeasts they did as mortals carrying our rites around firepits. However among them the most prominent is Ursricht, the White Bear who they believe walks among them as a huge bearded man. ^[6b]

History

Realmgate Wars

They Fought in the Stovinyan Shadowforest against the Skullfiend Tribe and their allies with the help of a great host of Seraphon for the Seven Stones of Rhael.^[3]

Chambers

Vanguard Chambers

• Farstrike Hunters: The Vanguard Auxillary Chamber led by Vagria Farstrike.^[7a]

Warrior Chambers

• Beast-Bane: Fought to reach the ancient duardin roads that passed through the Raxulian Lava-tubes.^[2]
• Heavens Forged: The chamber led by Lord-Celestant Frankos Heavens Forged. It was formed from what remained of the Bear-Eaters, a brotherhood once led by Hamilcar Bear-Eater. ^[5]

Chambers of Unspecified Type

• Shrieking Gryphons: A chamber of the Astral Templars who operate out of the Templia Beasthall.^[6a]

Sources

• 1: Warhammer: Age of Sigmar Primer, the Pageantry of War
• 2: Assault on the Mandrake Bastion by Josh Reynolds, extract
• 3: Battletome: Khorne Bloodbound (2015), pg. 23-24
• 4: Battletome: Stormcast Eternals (2017), Stormhosts, pg. 142
• 5: Hamilcar: Champion of the Gods
• 6: Battletome: Stormcast Eternals (2021)
  • 6a: Ages of the Storm, Pg. 20-25
  • 6b: Astral Templars, pg.45
• 7: Kragnos: Avatar of Destruction
  • 7a: Chapter Two