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Revealed – The Massive Project to Put "Mortals" Back Into "Mortal Realms"

The Mortal Realms encompass worlds of high magic and impossible vistas of epic adventure. So far the Age of Sigmar has seen mighty storm-forged warriors stand against monstrous hordes, aelves on flying sea beasts clash with legions of skeletal constructs, gargants the size of castles wrestle with living gods, and plenty more besides. 

But there’s one thing that’s been kind of missing – the ordinary folks who populate the Cities of Sigmar.

Normal humans offer a vital window into the worlds of Warhammer. When demigods clash with daemon princes, it’s the perspective of these mere mortals that gives us a frame of reference, and helps us to imagine the scale. In Warhammer 40,000, we can compare the galaxy’s myriad horrors to a humble guardsman – which helps us realise how lucky we are not to have to go anywhere near an Avatar of Khaine or a Hive Tyrant!

The same is true of the Mortal Realms, and while miniatures like the ven Densts and Elemda Braskov from Warhammer Quest: Cursed City have shown us how cool humans can be, they’ve always been a rarity among our releases. It’s time for that to change, as we reimagine the forces of common humanity and the Cities of Sigmar.

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Organising the fractious Free Cities is no easy task, so the full release is still quite a way off – but we don’t intend to sit around and wait. Over the coming months, you can follow those who take up the Coin Malleus – a sacred, symbolic payment given to members of a Dawnbringer Crusade – and join us on Warhammer Community as we journey through the Warhammer Studio’s development of this jaw-dropping project.

We’ve even managed to procure a sneaky peek at some of the early miniature renders that the studio is working on right now.* These are some of the insignia, emblems, and symbols that will come with your models to demonstrate their rather macabre dedication to the God-King.

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This is one of the biggest undertakings to hit the Mortal Realms since the launch of Warhammer Age of Sigmar – expect to see new concepts and miniatures grounded in the lore… but also quite unlike anything you’ve seen before.

Check out the rest of today’s big reveals from the Warhammer Fest Online Preview.

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It’s still early days in the Cities of Sigmar project, but we’ll have loads to show you as we build up towards release. Sign up for our newsletter to have all the updates sent straight to your inbox – and subscribe before 11:59pm (BST) on the 8th of May for your chance to win one of every new book, miniature, and boxed set revealed at Warhammer Fest 2022!**


* Don’t ask how many Coins Malleus it cost us to get these pictures!

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