or long centuries, the Nemesis Crown has lain hidden deep beneath the Howling Hills. Few know of its origins, of its mad creator, or of the terrible curse that would echo down the ages were it ever to be disturbed...

A BYGONE AGE

Two and a half millennia ago, the Old World was a wild and benighted land. Savage beasts and fell beings haunted the forests and plains, and survival for the warring tribes of Men who dwelt there hung ever in the balance. It was into this savage world that Sigmar was born, and his first great deed was the rescue of the Dwarf King Kurgan Ironbeard from a greenskin raiding party. Ironbeard gifted Sigmar with a great runic warhammer — Ghal Maraz — with which Sigmar fought against the greenskins when he ultimately united the scattered tribes of Man.

Years later, Sigmar and Kurgan stood together at the Battle of Black Fire Pass, and in recognition of their great victory, Kurgan ordered his Master Runesmith to forge the Runefangs.

Background: Mad Alaric

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