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[[Image:Volkmar.jpg|thumb|300px|'''Volkmar''', Grand Theogonist of the cult of [[Sigmar]].]] | [[Image:Volkmar.jpg|thumb|300px|'''Volkmar''', Grand Theogonist of the cult of [[Sigmar]].]] | ||
| − | '''Volkmar the Grim''' has been [[Grand Theogonist]] of the [[Cult of Sigmar]] for more than an average man's lifetime. During which time The Empire has been constantly under siege from chaotic forces of the Norsemen as well as suffering from the constant meddling of [[Vampire Counts]] of [[Slyvania]]. But sadly, the old man also has to deal with internal affairs from his own clergy. | + | '''Volkmar the Grim''' has been [[Grand Theogonist]] of the [[Cult of Sigmar]] for more than an average man's lifetime. During which time [[The Empire]] has been constantly under siege from chaotic forces of the Norsemen as well as suffering from the constant meddling of [[Vampire Counts]] of [[Slyvania]]. But sadly, the old man also has to deal with internal affairs from his own clergy. |
Volkmar rides to battle on a grand chariot bearing the sacred icon of the Empire, the Griffon. As well as being a powerful spellcaster, Volkmar knows the ways of the sword just as well as any other Empire knight, but he employs his spells foremost. | Volkmar rides to battle on a grand chariot bearing the sacred icon of the Empire, the Griffon. As well as being a powerful spellcaster, Volkmar knows the ways of the sword just as well as any other Empire knight, but he employs his spells foremost. | ||
Revision as of 19:02, 18 May 2009
Volkmar the Grim has been Grand Theogonist of the Cult of Sigmar for more than an average man's lifetime. During which time The Empire has been constantly under siege from chaotic forces of the Norsemen as well as suffering from the constant meddling of Vampire Counts of Slyvania. But sadly, the old man also has to deal with internal affairs from his own clergy.
Volkmar rides to battle on a grand chariot bearing the sacred icon of the Empire, the Griffon. As well as being a powerful spellcaster, Volkmar knows the ways of the sword just as well as any other Empire knight, but he employs his spells foremost.
During the Storm of Chaos, Volkmar was considered to be doomed from the start by many. His clergy was in constant conflict over an enigmatic young battle priest named Luthor Huss. From the start of the campaign, Luthor claimed to have found the reincarnation of the exalted Sigmar, a young blacksmith's boy named Valten. Most of the clergy wanted Luthor excommunicated and even declared a heretic. Volkmar refused to listen to the internal squabbles because he was weathering a much larger problem, the coronation of the Everchosen, Archaon, Lord of the End Times.
Storm of Chaos
Volkmar decided the time was right to move against the oncoming army of Archaon. The Empire's army met the forces of Chaos on the barren tundra of the Troll Country. The fighting ebbed back and forth but Volkmar soon realized that the unending stream of Chaos reinforcements would prove fatal to his army. In a rash move Volkmar charged, shouting a challenge to Archaon. Volkmar knew the Chaos Warlord could not refuse for fear of showing weakness before his warband. The fates were against Volkmar: Archaon slayed the head of the Sigmarite Church with one stroke.
Following the great battle, the daemon Be'lakor used his most powerful magics, reached into the Aethyr and pulled the dead man's soul back into his body. The process is thought to have regenerated Volkmar to his prime: Be'lakor needed him not only alive but healthy so as to prolong his torture. Be'lakor ordered Volkmar raised and chained firmly to his daemonic battle standard, the spectacle of his suffering intended to crush the resolve of the Empire's defenders, and torture Volkmar in an undying torment. By so doing, the daemon would also upstage his rival, Archaon: while he had merely slain Volkmar, Be'lakor meant to subject him to a lifetime of physical and mental torture.
Directly before the Siege of Middenheim, Volkmar broke free of his enchanted bonds and smote the daemonic guards with the very chains that had once held him. On the final battle of the campaign, Volkmar was avenged: Be'lakor and his entire army of daemons were banished by Teclis. After the siege clamouring voices cried for his reinstatement as Grand Theogonist but many clergymen - particularly the new Grand Theogonist; Johann Esmer - expressed concern over the return of Volkar, fearing he had been tainted by Chaos. Fearing a schism of the cult the Arch Lectors despatched armed men to 'persuade' Esmer that it would be better for all involved if he were to step aside for Volkmar. Fearing for his life, Johann Esmer fled to the city of Marienburg and Volkmar was swiftly ordained as Grand Theogonist once more.
