Take up the Coin Malleus, and join the quest to reclaim the Mortal Realms in the name of Sigmar. The soldiers who defend the Free Cities have sharpened their blades, fastened their armour, and gathered an entire feretory* of sacred relics – and they’ll soon be sallying forth with a huge new army set.
This box features the robust core of a Castelite formation, ready to unleash Sigmar’s wrath on any who would stand in the way of the Dawnbringer Crusades.
An experienced Freeguild Marshal leads the force, commanding troops with years of hard-earned tactical nous, while their Relic Envoy delivers important messages to the front lines. At the same time, their sacred – and frankly, quite spooky – artefact offers eerie advice and spectral scolding.
They are joined by an Alchemite Warforger, powerful wizard-smiths from the Gold College of Chamon. These metallurgical mages can reinforce the armour of allies and infuse weapons with searing power, aided by the smouldering runic crucibles they carry into battle.
The Freeguild Steelhelms are the rank and file of the Cities of Sigmar armies – doughty, disciplined, and numerous. Though they’re often outmatched in size and strength by the ferocious horrors they face in battle, they have faith and gutsy determination on their side. That, and a whole armoury of sharp swords and blunt implements.
Freeguild Cavaliers are the swift lance to the Steelhelms’ sturdy shield – heavy cavalry covered in tough barding who unleash devastating linebreaker charges. Once their thunderous charge has smashed apart an enemy formation, they will wheel around, weapons raised, to support their footslogging comrades in a long and grinding battle of attrition.
The army set is the first place you can get any of these miniatures, and it includes four transfer sheets with iconography covering a wide variety of Free Cities heraldry.
There’s also a special edition of the Battletome: Cities of Sigmar with cover art unique to this army set, and a deck of warscroll cards for all 54 units they can field. What makes up the rest of the roster? You’ll have to wait and see…
You may have noticed just a little sting in the tail of the preview video – the awe-inspiring presence of Tahlia Vedra, Lioness of the Parch, who rides out as the scorching heart of Aqshy’s military.
Part of what makes the Cities of Sigmar so formidable, even in the face of gods and monsters, is the conviction of their beliefs. Few embody this strength as well as Tahlia Vedra. The former mercenary is Dawner propaganda made manifest, depicted across the realms as the righteous fury of the Dawnbringer Crusades – soaring into battle to smite the enemies of Sigmar from atop Infernadine, her savage manticore steed.
As pragmatic as she is passionate, Tahlia understands that – more than oaths and parades – her troops need food in their bellies and boots on their feet.** It’s an attitude that’s inspired fierce loyalty in the rank-and-file, and forced her Stormcast allies to tacitly overlook the First Marshal’s thinly-veiled disdain for Azyrite busybodies.
Hammerhal’s Lioness wields enchanted weapons taken from high-ranking traitors she and her allies exposed and slew in her own rise to power.*** The fiery sword Parchtongue, taken from the Archmage Zanta Faloria. The greataxe Justice, wrested from the so-called Bloody Duke. The heavy mace Warmaker, claimed from the corrupt treasurer Venalius. The Hammer of Zeal, a trophy of the ex-Pontifex of the Cults Unberogen.
And if all else fails, Infernadine’s leonine jaws and scorpion stinger can get the work done.
We’ll have more information on the Dawnbringer Crusades and the Cities of Sigmar on Warhammer Community in the coming months. Check out the reveal hub for the rest of today’s news.
* That’s a mobile shrine to you and me…
** Some hold Tahlia personally responsible for the extra rations, decks of cards, and cigars found in supply caches.
*** In full Aqshian tradition, their mummified heads also adorn her riding seat. Delightful.