All ‘Warhammer Age of Sigmar’ factions, explained
Warhammer ranks as one of the greatest fantasy miniature games ever spawned. Age of Sigmar allows players to do battle with a host of different factions, each with unique characters and abilities.
Each faction belongs to one of four grand alliances – Order, Destruction, Chaos, and Death. Order seeks stability, the rule of law, and the annihilation of anyone who doesn’t agree with those things. Chaos is all about making everything corrupt. Destruction seeks total anarchy and unrestrained freedom, while Death simply wants to kill everything in sight.
With each faction vying for control of the land, the game has enough blood and guts to satisfy even the most violent-minded of players. Here are the current factions explained.
Giant rats who launch hordes of unwashed, plague-carrying underlings at their enemies, the Skaven are easily one of the most fun factions to take control of. Being a horde army, they have generally weak units but make up for this shortcoming with overwhelming numbers.
They are ruthless backstabbers with a megalomaniac collective will to enforce the supremacy of their God – the Great Horned Rat. Woe betide anyone who doesn’t share their deranged vision.
A crazy mixture of violent behemoths, hooved nightmares, and horribly mutated humans with savage, barbarian strength, the Beasts of Chaos exist on the fringes of ordered society, and are willing to fight anyone, anytime, anywhere. They are the archetypal Chaos faction, often given to infighting in their relentless pursuit of anarchy.
With some great models, these guys are a heap of fun and look superb on any tabletop.
Khorne is the Chaos Blood God who demands human sacrifice on the battlefield.
The Blades of Khorne are only too happy to oblige, sporting melee
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