Im curious about their armor/weapon/gear, actually. If I understand correctly, they get pulled away when they die. Do they leave their armor and such behind? What if they dropped a sword, or was beheaded? Etc..
Im sure ive read of old wounds healed etc. but can certainly imagine the soul/character of a Stormcast being carried through re-forgings, so maybe not a physical injury but an emotional one, or an echo of an injury. The key thing to remember is the story isnt fixed yet, so it is still open to change where a particular plot line requires (also makes creating your own character back stories fun if you are so inclined).
No, no such thing as law bending believes. It's simply the rule of cool born from design choices. Same reason why there are SE weapons coming as scenery pieces, demon skulls exist and so on. When it looks cool, it will be done, no matter if there are in-world laws or not.
See, that's an interesting question there...I'd imagine that it would have to do with the trauma associated with the wound. If it was just one wound among many, it might well be healed up. But if that missing eye was a part of their identity - a badge of honour, a mark of courage, the mark of a traumatic injury, or what have you, it might well remain.
Imagine that...having that scar be a sort of touchstone for the Stormcast's personality, fading (healing) a bit each time they're reforged, symbolising the erasure of their personality, until finally, it fades entirely. All distinctiveness is gone, leaving a perfect automaton of war, rather than an honourable warrior.
I mean, you're not wrong. But technically, that's what rule of cool is, as far as AOS goes. The realms are basically big bags of untamed magic, and someone with a strong enough will or belief can sort of...nudge the bag a bit. Make things happen. Gordrakk wants the helmet because it's a cool trophy, so he keeps it, whatever the enchantment on it says, because he's Gordrakk and he's possibly a shard of Gork. By the same token, a Blood Warrior trying to claim a Stormcast's skull might be eternally frustrated, because he's just not focused enough - or strong enough - to circumvent the Azyrite enchantments.
I meant physical healing, but that's actually an interesting question. I've never thought about it that way, but in some cases, the Reforging might simply reinforce the strongest elements of a Stormcast's personality, if they were particularly strong-willed. Making them more themselves, so to speak.
In the case of Orcs, traditionally in both Fantasy and 40k they've had the unique power of being able to bend reality with their beliefs. That seems to still be canon - for example, take this passage from the Faction Focus on the Bonesplitterz:
In that case I'll probably go forward with my idea for an eyepatch wearing lord ordinator (thinking ulrik the slayers head), just a case of polishing up his backstory to explain why the missing eye remains.
Also to what extent do the conditions during the first forging of a stormhost effect it's overall characteristics and appearance, since the sons of mallus are described as having darker more morbid personalities due to being forged during the ascendance of the dark moon.
What is a male stormcast make a children to a female human ? or a female stormcast to a male human ? What does it do ? A normal human ? A stormcast ? Half-human, Half-Stormcast ? And if two stormcast love each other ?
Interesting tidbit from the new battletome - it specifically mentions that, if a Stormcast is killed in such a way that their soul can't return to Azyr (i.e. it's destroyed, or stolen by the Nighthaunt, or something like that) then their armour is left behind and may be stolen by scavengers. I wonder if they slipped that in as a response to questions like this!
It's also worth noting that the SC battletome mentions a number of warrior-cults that seem to be springing up amongst the stormhosts, a bit like medieval saints' cults or the cult of Mithras in the Roman legions. Maybe even like the lodges in the 30k space marine legions if you are inclined that way... Regardless, it suggests some sort of life outside of battle, with the accompanying rites and rituals (not outright worship), fitting for a warrior caste. I thought it was pretty interesting background.
The Astral Templars venerate a figure that sounds a little like old Ulric or maybe Ursun: "In their tribal rituals, the Stormhost honours Ursricht, the White Bear. Though commonly depicted as a white-haired man, it is said he is a godbeast that can take the form of a gigantic ursine monster when the season of war is at hand."
And since the OP asked about food and we're on the subject, there's a Lord-Castellant in Soul Wars that habitually eats apples as a treat. He seems to consider it an indulgence, which suggests that either A) stormcasts normally eat very bland food, or B) they don't have to eat to survive, but they can if they choose to. Actually, there's another stormcast in the book who it's implied sits studying in a library for several days without food or rest.
I was wondering if I could use a stormcast eternals body but use a space wolves head and run him as a terminator? I got some stormcasts from a small local tournament and I run space wolf army so I was wondering if I could use the stromcasts body in place of a terminators?
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