Chamber of the Broken World

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The Chamber of the Broken World is a vast, roofed by a dome of dark glass, wrought from the sands of the Caelum Desert. The chamber is divided into three Tiers of Trial with each on gargantuan clockwork platforms that ensure they are perpetually moving slowly around the central core.[2a]

Once a soul passes through the Tower of Apogee they enter the chamber and must pass through each tier to be reforged into a Stormcast Eternal. Every reforging is an excruciatingly painful process, and many Stormcast are traumatised by their experiences within the tiers. A soul that can not survive the rigours of reforging simply dissipates and dissolves into the firmament of the Realm of Heavens.[3a]

The Forge Eternal

Here the fires of creation are kept stoked by the celestial automata of the Six Smiths.[2a] Within this forge souls are reduced to soul-stuff, so that impurities and weakness can be sifted out of them.[1][3a]

Cairns of Tempering

The Cairns of Tempering are seven great stones plucked from the volcanic surface of Mallus by Grungni himself. [2b] As a soul passes through the Cairns, they must pass seven tests devised by the Smith-God himself.[1][3a]

Anvil of Apotheosis

An ensorcelled altar of pure sigmarite, torn from the core of Mallus by Sigmar himself. It smoulders with the heat of that world’s dying, and sits atop a dais fashioned in the shape of the High Star.[2a] The Anvil contains within it the workshops and smithies of the Six Smiths. Once a soul enters this area of the Chamber of the Broken World, they are reshaped by the artifice of the Six Smiths and fury of lightning, eventually gaining new material form as a Stormcast Eternal.[1][3a]

Many of the factories and workshops within the Anvil of Apotheosis are dedicated to the creation of the weapons and armor used by the Stormhosts. These weapons are made by drawing on the energies of the Living Tempests of Azyr during the forging processes.[4a]


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