Witch Hunter

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Witch Hunters are the Templars of Sigmar.

The Temple

The headquarters of the Witch Hunters Order is located in Altdorf, in the Temple of Sigmar (not to be confused with the Cathedral of Sigmar).

Notable People

Witch Hunter General Johann Van Hal is a dark and grim man, whose only enthusiasm in life is for burning those who practice magic. He is possibly the most famous of the Witch Hunters of the current age, and slew the vampire lord Gunther von Bloodfel and purged the haunted castle of the Reikwald. He shares the name of the ancient Necromancer Vanhal and his family seek to atone for there ancestors misdeeds in service to the Order of Sigmar as Witch Hunters. He wields the Stake of Sigmar and is accompannied by the Sigmarite Priest Wilhelm Hasburg who carries the ancient tome 'The Hammer of Witches' and a staff topped with the jawbone of an ox which Sigmar used to slay an army of Skaven.[1]

Gunther Van Hel, a possible forebear to Johann, Gunther led an army of the empire against Walach Harkon and the vampiric Blood Dragon keep. [2]

Magnus Gault

Matthias Thulmann

Zacharia Schmundt

Witch Hunter General Jan Van Damm cleansed Fortress Rothermayer in Sylvania. [3]

Hoschenfels was said to have burned a thousand proven witches and banished a hundred daemons. He wrote a book which can be a boost to a Witch Hunters faith. [4]

Gustav Heidelmann is the name of the classic Warhammer Quest Witch Hunter. [5]


  1. White Dwarf 258
  2. Warhammer Armies Vampire Counts, 7th edition, p. 46
  3. Warhammer Quest
  4. Warhammer Quest
  5. Warhammer Quest