History Awesome / WarhammerAgeOfSigmar

* Broken Realms: Kragnos contained large victories for the [[BadassNormal relative mundanes]] of the Cities of Sigmar, who had spent most of the lore playing second-banana to the [[SpotlightStealingSquad Stormcast]]. Excelsis not only beats back a large Destruction invasion in the tens of thousands, they do so while also being attacked from within by the Skaven and having Chaos cults trying to destroy the city in the meantime. Caught between three attacks each of whom could have felled most other states, the Excelsians come out ahead in a big way, shattering Kragnos's army and killing the aforementioned Synessa and Dexcessa before they could manage to do anything.

* The events of Broken Realms; across the three books available as of April 2021, Morathi has risen to godhood by deliberately using the situation with Slaanesh to her advantage, managing to secure the city of Anvilgard as her own in the face of Stormcast retaliation. Slaanesh itself has managed to slip a piece of itself known as the Newborn back into the Mortal Realms (which soon became the twin greater daemons Synessa and Dexcessa), to the delight of its followers. Teclis has struck down Nagash and seemingly killed the God of Death, while the Light of Eltharion has similarly dispatched Arkhan, ending the Soul Wars and putting a stop to the disruption of magic caused by the Shyish Nadir.... ''but not before Nagash severely wounded Teclis''. Elsewhere Be'lakor has carried out a plot that has darkened the skies of the Mortal Realms, stopping the Stormcast Eternals' souls from being reforged and actively torturing them, before the First Daemon Prince is barely driven off in confrontation with the forces of Order. And elsewhere, Destruction stirs as the monstrous god Kragnos is about to be freed...

* Khorne absolutely steamrolling everything in the setting's ancient history. Gork and Mork? Couldn't touch him. The Aelves? Bulldozed aside. Sigmar's alliance? Crushed. The best part? During the later Age of Chaos, when all the other gods tried to gang up on him, they STILL couldn't hope to challenge the Blood God, united as they were! This finally offers definitive proof of what has been stated in the background fluff for both Fantasy as well as 40K - Khorne truly is the mightiest of all the gods. BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!

* The fact the Aelfs somehow managed to capture and neutralise [[EldritchAbomination Slaa]][[TheHedonist nesh]] given how utterly unstoppable and omnipotent he/she has been portrayed as in both 40k and Fantasy thus far. Though this may be related to the fact that the four Chaos Gods each send a super champion to fight. Slaanesh, the Deity of Excess and Pleasure, sent the weakest one in a temporary fit of ''moderation''. This apparently bit Slaanesh square back in the ass.

* The events of Broken Realms; across the three books available as of April 2021, Morathi has risen to godhood by deliberately using the situation with Slaanesh to her advantage, managing to secure the city of Anvilgard as her own in the face of Stormcast retaliation. Slaanesh itself has managed to slip something known as the Newborn back into the Mortal Realms, to the delight of its followers. Teclis has struck down Nagash and seemingly killed the God of Death, while the Light of Eltharion has similarly dispatched Arkhan, ending the Soul Wars and putting a stop to the disruption of magic caused by the Shyish Nadir.... ''but not before Nagash severely wounded Teclis''. Elsewhere Be'lakor has carried out a plot that has darkened the skies of the Mortal Realms, stopping the Stormcast Eternals' souls from being reforged and actively torturing them, before the First Daemon Prince is barely driven off in confrontation with the forces of Order. And elsewhere, Destruction stirs as the monstrous god Kragnos is about to be freed...

* The events of Broken Realms; across the three books available as of April 2021, Morathi has risen to godhood by deliberately using the situation with Slaanesh to her advantage, managing to secure the city of Anvilgard as her own in the face of Stormcast retaliation. Slaanesh itself has managed to slip something known as the Newborn back into the Mortal Realms, to the delight of its followers. Teclis has struck down Nagash and seemingly killed the God of Death, while the Light of Eltharion has similarly dispatched Arkhan, ending the Soul Wars and putting a stop to the disruption of magic caused by the Shyish Nadir.... ''but not before Nagash severely wounded Teclis''. Elsewhere Be'lakor has carried out a plot that has darkened the skies of the Mortal Realms, stopping the Stormcast Eternals' souls from being reforged and actively torturing them, before the First Daemon Prince is barely driven off in confrontation with the forces of Order. And elsewhere, Destruction stirs as the monstrous god Kragnos is about to be freed...

* As of the 2019 ''Chaos Battletome: Hedonaties of Slaanesh'', the Dark Prince has managed to use the imperfections in his prison, caused by Morathi's duplicity, to gather enough information to shatter a number of the chains keeping him confined, and kept this fact hidden from the Aelven gods with his illusions.

* At the start of 2021 the Hedonites of Slaanesh get their own Battletome, and lore reveals that Slaanesh is starting to break free of his bounds. His Godseekers have even managed to bring back [[AgentPeacock Sigvald the Magnificent]].

*** And their meeting? It was engineered by Arkhan, so they can let off some steam and come to their senses, while it didn't work it was still quite a feat to manipulate both gods into such a situation, also bonus points to Arkhan for pointing out that the only way for the Mortal Realms to win against Chaos would be a new alliance between Order and Death. Further bonus points to Arkhan pulling this while making Nagash think Arkhan is fanatically dedicated to him while actually being fully aware since his resurrection in the Mortal Realms and keeping this illusion.

*** And their meeting? It was engineered by Arkhan, so they can let off some steam and come to their senses, while it didn't work it was still quite a feat to manipulate both gods into such a situation, also bonus points to Arkhan for pointing out that the only way for the Mortal Realms to win against Chaos would be a new alliance between Order and Death.

* The creation myth. Cast adrift through the nothingness, Sigmar clinged to the remains of the World-That-Was. He was discovered by [[DraconicAbomination Dracothion]], the Great Drake, who revived him ''with his breath!''. Sigmar is so badass he can not only survive dragon's breath, but it makes him stronger. Aided by Dracothion, Sigmar proceeded to build a new pantheon entirely from scratch. The experience from building the empire really came in handy, didn't it?

* The Kharadron Overlords have an special one from an ideological and social point of view, during the Age of Chaos they faced two choices, either fight to the bitter end in their mountains strongholds after the Gates of Azyr closed or submit to the forces of Chaos like their distant ancestors from the World-that-was. They chose another path, they took to the skies foregoing their underground existence, where in the past ancestry and grudges were all that mattered now only merit and profit will decide who was in charge, where gods and magic had failed miserably science and logic would lead the way to a new tomorrow, the Kharadron Overlords not only survived but thrived while most of the Realm of Chamon was falling apart under the assault of the Dark Gods. Upon the return of Sigmar they were ready to ally themselves with the forces of Order, giving the Alliance important technological firepower and mobility, at a reasonable cost of course.

* At one point during the Realmgate Wars book series, a Lord-Celestant named Gardus draws a Great Unclean One into ''the Realm of Chaos itself''. No Eternal has ever been there, and Sigmar has no presence there. Even more awesome? ''He lives. And comes back.''
* The Hunt for Nagash audio-drama series sees the Hallowed Knights Warrior-Chamber, "The Bullhearts", dispatched to Shyish to attempt to recruit Nagash to Sigmar's side for the ongoing Realmgate Wars. Needless to say, it goes badly. Nagash refuses any kind of deal with Sigmar and kills all of the Stormcast remaining aside from Lord-Celestant Tarsus Bullheart, but also prevents their souls from returning to Azyr. Knowing what he has to do, Tarsus launches the Azyrite hammers from his cloak and catches Nagash off-guard, actually knocking the God of the Dead on his ass, allowing his brothers to escape while he remains trapped. And how does he go out? Charging head first into an extremely pissed-off Nagash with no fear. Sigmar would be proud.

* And a nice slice of Awesome for you, the players, to experience, is the Battleplan ''Clash of Titans'' in the Battletome: Everchosen. You take two of the big God models (in-story, this is done with Nagash and Archaon) and they duke it out, complete with armies fighting all around them and them using a very cinematic system to plan their moves. The focus is entirely on them, and it is infinitely awesome to have these two duke it out.
* The novel '''Plague Garden''' has one for Gardus and the Hallowed Knights, after being forced to make a rescue mission on Nurgle's Realm of Chaos they end in the Manse of Grandfather himself, while he is about to snatch and consume Gardus' band once and for all, they finally discorporate into lightning which races back to Azyr, effectively hurting Nurgle's essence, sure they die and have to go through the reforging and is but a scratch for Nurgle, but to manage to directly hurt one of the Chaos Gods is a feat few entities in Warhammer meta-setting can make a claim for, let alone tell the tale.

* The Soul Wars trailer. A lone Stormcast faces down a horde of Nighthaunts, seemingly overwhelming odds. In the background, a storm is brewing. Lightning strikes, and you know what that means...

* The novel '''Plague Garden''' has one for Gardus and the Hallowed Knights, [[spoiler: after being forced to make a rescue mission on Nurgle's Realm of Chaos they end in the Manse of Grandfather himself, while he is about to snatch and consume Gardus' band once and for all, they finally discorporate into lightning which races back to Azyr, effectively hurting Nurgle's essence, sure they die and have to go through the reforging and is but a scratch for Nurgle, but to manage to directly hurt one of the Chaos Gods is a feat few entities in Warhammer meta-setting can make a claim for, let alone tell the tale.]]

*** And their meeting? [[spoiler: It was engineered by Arkhan, so they can let off some steam and come to their senses, while it didn't work it was still quite a feat to manipulate both gods into such a situation, also bonus points to Arkhan for pointing out that the only way for the Mortal Realms to win against Chaos would be a new alliance between Order and Death.]]

* The Soul Wars trailer. A lone Stormcast faces down a horde of Nighthaunts, seemingly overwhelming odds. In the background, a storm is brewing. Lightning strikes, and you know what that means...

* Nagash is making a comeback after over two years of Chaos being the most prominent threat of the game; Kicked off with a bunch of well-written and acted mini-videos and a brand new website, ''Malign Portents'' is story-based event with the Lord of Undeath seemingly finalising the construction of a new Black Pyramid, and the other alliances racing to stop his machinations. That GW have already stated 2018 is going to be a good year for Death players suggests they're already too late.

** It's also worth noting that Slaanesh's minions are still around and causing trouble in their search to find where the Aelves have imprisoned Slaanesh. This could make Slaanesh a particularly nasty kind of [[SealedEvilInACan Sealed Evil in a Can]]. If Games Workshop do push forward with an evolving narrative I bet this will be a major story point. Basically confirmed with some of the material from Malign Portents, suggesting the taking of Aelf souls from Slaanesh is inherently risky.. And that Slaanesh itself is aware of the goings-on around it, no longer glutted on souls.
* The Celestant-Prime, the first of the Stormcast Eternals and the most powerful champion of Order apart from Sigmar himself and possibly the spirit of Karl Franz reincarnated, can do something even Sigmar cannot do. He can purify Daemons, he can convert the very essence of Rage, Plague, Lust and Change into energies of the light, and Sigmar can turn that energy into Stormcast Eternals. The Prime can redeem Chaos.

** However he gets overshadowed by Tzeentch who ends up being the true mastermind behind much of the events of above, in order to keep Chaos chaotic and further his own plans. JUST AS PLANNED!

* Khorne absolutely steamrolling everything in the setting's ancient history. Gork and Mork? Couldn't touch him. The Aelves? Bulldozed aside. Sigmar's alliance? Crushed. The best part? During the later Age of Daemons when all the other gods tried to gang up on him, they STILL couldn't hope to challenge the Blood God, united as they were! This finally offers definitive proof of what has been stated in the background fluff for both Fantasy as well as 40K - Khorne truly is the mightiest of all the gods. BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE! However he gets overshadowed by Tzeentch who ends up being the true mastermind behind much of the events of above, in order to keep Chaos chaotic and further his own plans. JUST AS PLANNED!

* Khorne absolutely steamrolling everything in the setting's ancient history. Gork and Mork? Couldn't touch him. The Aelves? Bulldozed aside. Sigmar's alliance? Crushed. The best part? During the later Age of Daemons when all the other gods tried to gang up on him, they STILL couldn't hope to challenge the Blood God, united as they were! This finally offers definitive proof of what has been stated in the background fluff for both Fantasy as well as 40K - Khorne truly is the mightiest of all the gods. BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!
** [[spoiler:However he gets overshadowed by Tzeentch who ends up being the true mastermind behind much of the events of above, in order to keep Chaos chaotic and further his own plans. JUST AS PLANNED!]]

** It's also worth noting that Slaanesh's minions are still around and causing trouble in their search to find where the Aelves have imprisoned Slaanesh. This could make Slaanesh a particularly nasty kind of [[SealedEvilInACan Sealed Evil in a Can]]. If Games Workshop do push forward with an evolving narrative I bet this will be a major story point.
*** Basically confirmed with some of the material from Malign Portents, suggesting the taking of Aelf souls from Slaanesh is inherently risky.. And that Slaanesh itself is aware of the goings-on around it, no longer glutted on souls.
* The Celestant-Prime, the first of the Stormcast Eternals and the most powerful champion of Order apart from Sigmar himself [[spoiler: and possibly the spirit of Karl Franz reincarnated]], can do something even Sigmar cannot do. He can purify Daemons, he can convert the very essence of Rage, Plague, Lust and Change into energies of the light, and Sigmar can turn that energy into Stormcast Eternals. The Prime can redeem Chaos.
** It has been confirmed! The Celestant-Prime can redeem souls from the corruption of Chaos with Ghal-Maraz, [[spoiler: the Nurglite Chaos Lord Torglug the Despised being the first Champion of Chaos to be redeemed and added to the ranks of the Stormcast Eternals, as Tornus the Redeemed of the Hallowed Knights.]]

** During one battle against Chaos "a mummified Slann with a golden mask that wielded the powers of a god and whose soul is more ancient than the first Daemons rained down meteors from the sky using his mind." And as that happened "the stars re-arranged themselves into the grinning face of a frog with red eyes.". In other words: [[spoiler: Lord Kroak is back, baby.]]

* The Hunt for Nagash audio-drama series sees the Hallowed Knights Warrior-Chamber, "The Bullhearts", dispatched to Shyish to attempt to recruit Nagash to Sigmar's side for the ongoing Realmgate Wars. Needless to say, it goes badly. [[spoiler: Nagash refuses any kind of deal with Sigmar and kills all of the Stormcast remaining aside from Lord-Celestant Tarsus Bullheart, but also prevents their souls from returning to Azyr. Knowing what he has to do, Tarsus launches the Azyrite hammers from his cloak and catches Nagash off-guard, actually knocking the God of the Dead on his ass, allowing his brothers to escape while he remains trapped. And how does he go out? Charging head first into an extremely pissed-off Nagash with no fear.]] Sigmar would be proud.
** Another rather awesome moment is that [[spoiler: despite being sold out by Mannfred von Carstein in those final moments, Tarsus still gives Mannfred a chance to escape Nagash's wrath as repayment for the genuine help the Vampire actually did give them in their journey across Shyish.]] [[spoiler: This event actually made [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Mannfred]]]] [[spoiler: feel [[OutOfCharacter guilty after countless aeons.]]]]

* Nagash is making a comeback after over two years of Chaos being the most prominent threat of the game; Kicked off with a bunch of well-written and acted mini-videos and a brand new website, ''Malign Portents'' is story-based event with the Lord of Undeath [[spoiler: seemingly finalising the construction of a new Black Pyramid, and the other alliances racing to stop his machinations. That GW have already stated 2018 is going to be a good year for Death players suggests they're already too late]].

** Another rather awesome moment is that [[spoiler: despite being sold out by Mannfred von Carstein in those final moments, Tarsus still gives Mannfred a chance to escape Nagash's wrath as repayment for the genuine help the Vampire actually did give them in their journey across Shyish.]] [[spoiler: This event actually made [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Mannfred]]]] feel [[OutOfCharacter guilty after countless aeons.]]]]

** Another rather awesome moment is that [[spoiler: despite being sold out by Mannfred von Carstein in those final moments, Tarsus still gives Mannfred a chance to escape Nagash's wrath as repayment for the genuine help the Vampire actually did give them in their journey across Shyish.]] [[spoiler: This event actually made [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder '''Mannfred''']]]] feel [[OutOfCharacter '''guilty''' after countless aeons.]]]]

** Another rather awesome moment is that [[spoiler: despite being sold out by Mannfred von Carstein in those final moments, Tarsus still gives Mannfred a chance to escape Nagash's wrath as repayment for the genuine help the Vampire actually did give them in their journey across Shyish.]] [[spoiler: This event actually made [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder'''Mannfred''']]] feel [[OutOfCharacter'''guilty''' after countless aeons.]]]

** Another rather awesome moment is that [[spoiler: despite being sold out by Mannfred von Carstein in those final moments, Tarsus still gives Mannfred a chance to escape Nagash's wrath as repayment for the genuine help the Vampire actually did give them in their journey across Shyish.]] [[spoiler: This event actually made '''Mannfred''' feel '''guilty''' after countless aeons.]]

** [[spoiler:However he gets overshadowed by Tzeentch who ends up being the true mastermind behind much of the events of above, in order to keep Chaos chaotic and further his own plans. JUST AS PLANNED!]]]

** However he gets overshadowed by Tzeentch who ends up being the true mastermind behind much of the events of above, in order to keep Chaos chaotic and further his own plans. JUST AS PLANNED!

** Another rather awesome moment is that [[spoiler: despite being sold out by Mannfred von Carstein in those final moments, Tarsus still gives Mannfred a chance to escape Nagash's wrath as repayment for the genuine help the Vampire actually did give them in their journey across Shyish.]] [[spoiler: This event actually makes '''Mannfred''' feel '''guilty''' after countless aeons.]]

* The Celestant-Prime, the first of the Stormcast Eternals and the most powerful champion of Order apart from Sigmar himself [[spoiler: and possibly the spirit of Karl Franz reincarnated]], can do something even Sigmar cannot do. He can purify Daemons, he can convert the very essence of Blood, Plague, Lust and Change into energies of the light, and Sigmar can turn that energy into Stormcast Eternals. The Prime can redeem Chaos.

** Another rather awesome moment is that [[spoiler: despite being sold out by Mannfred von Carstein in those final moments, Tarsus still gives Mannfred a chance to escape Nagash's wrath as repayment for the genuine help the Vampire actually did give them in their journey across Shyish.]] [[spoiler: This event actually makes Mannfred feel '''guilty''' after countless aeons.]]

** Another rather awesome moment is that [[spoiler: despite being sold out by Mannfred von Carstein in those final moments, Tarsus still gives Mannfred a chance to escape Nagash's wrath as repayment for the genuine help the Vampire actually did give them in their journey across Shyish.]] [[spoiler: This event actually makes Mannfred feel guilty after countless aeons.]]