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] In the Free City of Glymmsforge the bones of common saints are interred in every market square and byway to ward off invasion from evil.[4a]
Types of Relics
- Bones: The bones of deceased saints are one of the more commonly recognized type of relics.[4a]
- Saint's Blade: There are many famous blades found throughout the Cities of Sigmar, some of these are collectively known as Saint's Blades which were wielded by forgotten heroes of the Age of Myth.[9a]
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]
After Death
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
- Anselore: Chose to starve rather than partake of the debauched feasts of her captors.[13a]
- Bertralm: Sacrificed himself to slay the heretics of Iselfyrd.[13a]
- Elezar Tesh: A martyr who died bringing down the pillars of the Red House.[3b]
- Essevel: A saint venerated since the ancient times of Old Azyr.[13b]
- Artimyr: An ancient paladin whose remains were interred in a tomb 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]
- Seven Saints: A group of saints associated with Hammerhal.[12]
- Solicus: A saint for whom a cemetary in Excelsis is named after.[17b]
- Thelemar: A saint for whom a cemetary in Excelsis is named after.[17a]
- 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]
- Tisarel: A saint honored by Saint Tisarel's Day.[13c]
Saints of the Stormhosts
Among the saints venerated by the worshipers of Sigmar are Stormcast Eternals, referred to in this capacity as the Saints of the Stormhosts.[14a] The Hammers of Sigmar are revered as warrior-saints.[16a] Saints of note include:
- Saint Steel Soul: The Stormcast Eternal Gardus Steel Soul venerated as a saint.[15]
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]
Trivia
The title of Saint is used widely throughout the Mortal Realms even outside the Sigmarite sects. Examples of non-Sigmarite Saints include:
- Sigvald who is considered a saint of Slaanesh by many with the Sybarite carnivals.[10a]
- Vhordrai, who is widely known as the Saint of Slaughter.[11a]
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
- 10: Battletome: Hedonites of Slaanesh (2021)
- 10a: Sigvald, Prince of Slaanesh, Pg. 44-45
- 11: Battletome: Soulblight Gravelords (2021)
- 11a: Kastelai Dynasty, Pg. 26
- 12: The Crimson Connoisseur story on the Malign Portents website
- 13: Blacktalon (2023)
- 14: White Dwarf September 2023
- 14a: Bastions of Foulness, Pg. 96-103
- 15: Dawnbringers Chronicles Part VII: Behemat's Avenger
- 16: White Dwarf February 2022
- 16a: Realmscapes: The Bright City, Pg. 12-17
- 17: Hallowed Ground (novel)