Freeguild Marshal
Freeguild Marshals, some have also been referred to as Freeguild Generals, are officers that lead the Freeguilds into battle, especially among the Dawnbringer Crusades. Each is a veteran of countless battles and a master of strategy and tactics that have studied in one of the Free Cities' famous martial colleges. In addition, they are also master duellists who can cross blades with the enemy as easily as they can issue orders.[1a][2a][3]
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Mounts
Some are granted the honour of riding griffons from Azyrite plains into battle. Armed with claws like scimitars and a beak that can peel iron, Griffons are loyal and deadly companions. Upon his mount, a Freeguild Marshal can analyse the battlefield while soaring in the sky and when a flank wavers the Griffon dives like a comet slashing dozens of foes in a blur while the General drives his troops forward with war cries while the Griffon's piercing bloodroar shatters the enemy's resolve.[1a][2b]
Freeguild Generals can also ride to battle on the back of barded Warhorses.[3c]
Companions
They are often accompanied by Relic Envoys.[3]
Equipment
Marshals on foot usually wield Zweihanders that can cleanly decapitate an enemy with a single swing, while others like those riding on Griffons or Warhorses can wield a magical Sigmarite Runesword or Sigmarite Greathammer or a Freeguild Lance. They may also wield a Freeguild Shield to deflect blows from the enemy but some prefer to forgo the shield to either keep one hand free to steer their mount better or choose to wield a pistol to shoot enemies from afar. Occasionally some Marshals will carry a Stately War Banner into battle.[2a][2b][2c][2d]
Variations
| City of Sigmar | Title Variant |
| Glymmsforge Nordrath |
Captain-General[4a][5a] |
| Edassa | Ezomo[6a] |
| Hammerhal Aqsha | Dragoon-General*[7a] |
- Granted only to those Marshals of the city who have graduated the Acadamae Martial.[7a]
Cavalier-Marshals
Cavalier-Marshals are cavalry commanders within the Cities of Sigmar who are trusted with an assortment of magical trinkets and weaponry imported from across the Mortal Realms.[8a]
Notable
Miniatures
A Freeguild Marshal riding on a Griffon.
Three Freeguild Marshals, the middle one on foot and the other two riding a Warhorse.
Two Freeguild Marshals, the left one riding a Warhorse and the right on foot.
Two Freeguild Marshals riding on Warhorses
A Freeguild Marshal riding on a Warhorse.
A Freeguild Marshal with a Stately War Banner riding on a Warhorse.
Two Freeguild Marshals on foot.
A Freeguild Marshal on foot.
A Freeguild Marshal riding on a Warhorse from Forgeworld.
Three Freeguild Marshals from Forgeworld.
A miniature of a Freeguild Marshal riding on a Griffon.
Notes
- The Freeguild General unit was renamed to Freeguild Marshal after the release of Battletome: Cities of Sigmar (2023). Despite this change, the term is often used interchangeably in the lore.
Sources
- 1: Battletome: Cities of Sigmar (2019)
- 1a: The Freeguilds, pg.34-35
- 2: Warscrolls
- 3: Warhammer Community
- 4: Hallowed Knights: Black Pyramid
- 4a: Chapter Two: Nordrath
- 5: Soul Wars (Novel)
- 5a: Chapter Seventeen: Deathstorm
- 6: Realmslayer: Legend of the Doomseeker
- 6a: Chapter Seven
- 7: Battletome: Cities of Sigmar (2019)
- 7a: Hammerhal, the Twin-Tailed City, Pg. 12-13
- 8: Battletome: Cities of Sigmar (2023)
- 8a: Commanders of the Freeguilds, Pg. 52-53
