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Annals of the Eternal

September 2025·pp. 50–56

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Ionus Cryptborn looks back on the Stormcast Eternals’ changing wars and weapons, from their thunderous first deployment to the Hour of Ruin. Early tactical limitations gave way to Vanguard reconnaissance, Sacrosanct magic, Draconith alliances and Thunderstrike armour, but repeated Reforging gradually exposed a deeper crisis of identity.

The fate of Thostos Bladestorm and Ionus’s memories of Vandus illustrate the cost of that erosion. His account reaches the Ruination chambers, where damaged souls can resist corruption but must face the prospect of eventual oblivion; the Memorans’ compassion offers a fragile response to a solution that might otherwise become merely clinical.

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Editorial: Ten years in the Mortal Realms

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The Story So Far

Jordan condenses ten years of Mortal Realms history into a connected narrative, beginning with the formation of the realms, Sigmar’s discovery by Dracothion and the flawed alliance of the Age of Myth. The collapse into the Age of Chaos leads to Azyr’s isolation and the creation of the Stormcast Eternals, whose return begins the Realmgate Wars and the founding of new cities.

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