Lore of Heavens
The Lore of Heavens, also known as Celestial Magic, refers to a class of magic and spells that show the dominant colour and hold the elemental characteristics of the Realm of Azyr, the realm of heavens. The magic of Azyr rises like a storm, then slips away like a gentle rain. It is the crash of thunder and the shimmer of the stars. The magic of the heavens allows one to read the future, for it holds the power of foresight, fate, and the wrath of the cosmos.[1a]
Amongst the battlemages of the Collegiate Arcane, those wizards that specialize in the Lore of Heavens are known as Celestial Battlemages. These battlemages may be called forth in the most dire moments when a Celestial Hurricanum is needed. The Celestial Battlmages or Acolytes that operate these arcane war machines can channel great celestial energies drawn in by the machine's orreries.[3a] Besides the mortal Celestial Wizards who practice the Lore of Heavens, the Wizardry of the Stormcast Eternals are also known to utilize celestial magic.[2c][2i] Foremost amongst them are the Lord-Arcanums, masters of aetheric lightning who can manipulate the cerulean energy of Azyr. With the potency of Azyr coursing through them, a Lord-Arcanum can summon lightning as easily as another man draws breath.[4a] The Lord-Exorcists, once holy men in life, can likewise channel celestial energies for the purposes of banishing daemons and gheists.[4b] Amongst the knighthood of the Stormcasts are the Knights-Incantor who are gifted stormcallers, able to summon hurricane winds and gales of mystical energy,[4c] a talent which the Evocators likewise utilize.[4d]
List of Spells
Name | Casters | Description | Sources |
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Chain Lightning | Wizards that know the Lore of Heavens | A bolt of lightning arcs from the caster's hand and strikes an enemy before striking others nearby. | Soulbound Core Rulebook - Celestial Spells, pg. 273-274 |
Comet of Casandora | The caster pulls a comet from the very heavens and smite it down atop their enemies. | Soulbound Core Rulebook - Celestial Spells, pg. 273-274 | |
Favourable Winds | The caster summons the heavenly winds of Azyr to bolster themselves and their allies. | Soulbound Core Rulebook - Celestial Spells, pg. 273-274 | |
Foretell Doom | The caster utters a divine prophecy, speaking the doom of their enemies. | Soulbound Core Rulebook - Celestial Spells, pg. 273-274 | |
Hallowed Ground | The caster summons the magic of Azyr, filling an area with celestial energy that is anathema to Daemons and Undead. | Soulbound Core Rulebook - Celestial Spells, pg. 273-274 | |
Healing Light | The caster gathers aetheric energy, using it to revitalise nearby allies. | Soulbound Core Rulebook - Celestial Spells, pg. 273-274 | |
Orrery | The caster consults the heavens, orienting yourself so you can never become lost. | Soulbound Core Rulebook - Celestial Spells, pg. 273-274 | |
Prophecy | The caster performs a ritual, such as drawing cards or rolling dice carved from celestium, to seek insight into the future. | Soulbound Core Rulebook - Celestial Spells, pg. 273-274 | |
Purifying Blast | The caster unleashes a wave of celestial energy that blasts the spirits of the unworthy from their bodies. | Soulbound Core Rulebook - Celestial Spells, pg. 273-274 | |
Sigmar's Storm | The caster is struck by a bolt of lightning from the heavens, only to reappear moments later as a second bolt strikes the earth. | Soulbound Core Rulebook - Celestial Spells, pg. 273-274 | |
Celestial Winds | Studying the skies for at least a minute, the wizard combines the prophetic aspect of Azyr with its dominion over the heavens, observing and altering weather patterns before they form. | Soulbound: Champions of Order - Celestial Spells, pg. 97-98 | |
Glimpse | The wizard manipulates the power of Azyr to study the twisted skeins of fate, glimpsing moments from their near future. | Soulbound: Champions of Order - Celestial Spells, pg. 97-98 | |
Stormcaller | The wizard conducts an intricate ritual to tap into the power of the celestial storm to summon a gentle rain or violent storm of scouring lightning, gale-force winds, and pounding hail. | Soulbound: Champions of Order - Celestial Spells, pg. 97-98 | |
Spirit Storm | The wizard conjures a raging storm, filling an area with gusting winds and azure lightning. | Soulbound: Champions of Order - Celestial Spells, pg. 97-98 | |
Thunderstrike | Reaching skyward, the wizard snatches a bolt of lightning from the heavens and pulls it screaming toward the ground where it explodes with blinding, disorienting light and sound. | Soulbound: Champions of Order - Celestial Spells, pg. 97-98 | |
Blazing Starlight | Seraphon wizards that know the Lore of Heavens | The wizard summons the blazing light of the distant stars to blind their enemies. | Soulbound: Stars and Scales - Spells, pg. 29 |
Celestial Harmony | The wizard raises their arms and call forth the calming light of Azyr, uniting their allies in a single purpose. | Soulbound: Stars and Scales - Spells, pg. 29 | |
Control Fate | The power of the heavens gives the wizard a moment to influence the destiny of others, be they friend or foe. | Soulbound: Stars and Scales - Spells, pg. 29 | |
Tide of Serpents | The wizard calls forth a carpet of writhing serpents, bringing down their enemies through hundreds of poisonous bites. | Soulbound: Stars and Scales - Spells, pg. 29 |
Wizards
The Wizards able to cast these spells are:
Sources
- 1: Soulbound Core Rulebook
- 2: Warscrolls
- 2a: Warscroll: Collegiate Arcane Battle Wizards
- 2b: Warscroll: Celestial Hurricanum
- 2c: Warscroll: Lord-Arcanum
- 2d: Wasrscroll: Lord-Arcanum on Gryph-Charger
- 2e: Wasrscroll: Lord-Arcanum on Tauralon
- 2f: Warscroll: Lord-Arcanum on Celestial Dracoline
- 2g: Warscroll: Aventis Firestrike: Magister of Hammerhal
- 2h: Warscroll: Astreia Solbright
- 2i: Warscroll: Lord-Excorcist
- 2j: Warscroll: Knight-Incantor
- 2k: Warscroll: Evocators
- 2l: Warscroll: Skink Starseer
- 2m: Warscroll: Skink Starpriest
- 2n: Warscroll: Skink Oracle on Troglodon
- 2o: Warscroll: Slann Starmaster
- 2p: Warscroll: Lord Kroak
- 3: Battletome: Cities of Sigmar (2019)
- 3a: The Collegiate Arcane, pg. 32-33
- 4: Battletome: Stormcast Eternals (2018)
- 5: Soulbound: Champions of Order
- 5a: Celestial Spells, pg. 97-98
- 6: Soulbound: Stars & Scales
- 6a: Spells, pg. 29