Learn2Eel
11-03-2014, 03:43 AM
This is obviously a SPOILER thread.
At the very end of End Times: Glottkin, we see Karl Franz reborn by the power of the twin-tailed comet, a shining beacon of light wielding a glowing incarnation of Ghal Maraz. This leads me to believe that he is no longer really Karl Franz but is basically Sigmar Reborn. However, that isn't what I am interested in - though it leads on to my next point.
After the bit with Karl Franz and Nurgle trapping the Glottkin brothers in three jars, we read a conversation between Archaeon and Fateweaver just after Franz learns that Archaeon is finally making his move. The conversation is basically just an affirmation of all the death we know is to come, but Fateweaver makes a curious comment in the last sentence.
After Archaeon states that he does not fear Karl Franz, Fateweaver pointedly says "It is no mortal man that you should fear...."
Is this referring to Karl Franz seeing as he is in all likelihood Sigmar Reborn, or is it in reference to another character? We know Nagash is now effectively the God of Death after he consumed Usirian, but with the heavily rumoured title of the Elf End Times book being End Times: Khaine, could this be a hint at Khaine physically walking the earth? The titular character of each End Times book has been the most powerful character in each (at least for most of the book) and received a huge new model to compensate. I don't think Karl Franz - as powerful as he seemingly is - could stop Archaeon, especially with the Empire and Brettonia being all but destroyed by the Glottkin invasion alone. Could this indeed be Khaine that Fateweaver is referring to? Everyone agrees that what Teclis did to Tyrion seems to indicate that Tyrion will draw the Widowmaker, but does this mean Tyrion will become the living avatar of Khaine or - with the aetherworld combining with the physical world - Khaine himself possessing the body of Tyrion and physically walking the earth? While Nagash and Karl Franz seem more alike to demigods and thus are unlikely to stand against Archaeon if he is indeed the Lord of the End Times and the locus of all Chaos' power, Khaine himself would definitely be a competitor - who better to best the most powerful Champion of Chaos than the God of War and Murder?
Thoughts? Another possibility is that Tyrion is remade in the image of Aenarion or imbued with his power (seeing as Morathi believes Tyrion to be Aenarion Reborn and performed a ritual to try and fully make it so) and then transformed into an Avatar of Khaine - remember, there is no known Avatar of Khaine in Warhammer Fantasy.
At the very end of End Times: Glottkin, we see Karl Franz reborn by the power of the twin-tailed comet, a shining beacon of light wielding a glowing incarnation of Ghal Maraz. This leads me to believe that he is no longer really Karl Franz but is basically Sigmar Reborn. However, that isn't what I am interested in - though it leads on to my next point.
After the bit with Karl Franz and Nurgle trapping the Glottkin brothers in three jars, we read a conversation between Archaeon and Fateweaver just after Franz learns that Archaeon is finally making his move. The conversation is basically just an affirmation of all the death we know is to come, but Fateweaver makes a curious comment in the last sentence.
After Archaeon states that he does not fear Karl Franz, Fateweaver pointedly says "It is no mortal man that you should fear...."
Is this referring to Karl Franz seeing as he is in all likelihood Sigmar Reborn, or is it in reference to another character? We know Nagash is now effectively the God of Death after he consumed Usirian, but with the heavily rumoured title of the Elf End Times book being End Times: Khaine, could this be a hint at Khaine physically walking the earth? The titular character of each End Times book has been the most powerful character in each (at least for most of the book) and received a huge new model to compensate. I don't think Karl Franz - as powerful as he seemingly is - could stop Archaeon, especially with the Empire and Brettonia being all but destroyed by the Glottkin invasion alone. Could this indeed be Khaine that Fateweaver is referring to? Everyone agrees that what Teclis did to Tyrion seems to indicate that Tyrion will draw the Widowmaker, but does this mean Tyrion will become the living avatar of Khaine or - with the aetherworld combining with the physical world - Khaine himself possessing the body of Tyrion and physically walking the earth? While Nagash and Karl Franz seem more alike to demigods and thus are unlikely to stand against Archaeon if he is indeed the Lord of the End Times and the locus of all Chaos' power, Khaine himself would definitely be a competitor - who better to best the most powerful Champion of Chaos than the God of War and Murder?
Thoughts? Another possibility is that Tyrion is remade in the image of Aenarion or imbued with his power (seeing as Morathi believes Tyrion to be Aenarion Reborn and performed a ritual to try and fully make it so) and then transformed into an Avatar of Khaine - remember, there is no known Avatar of Khaine in Warhammer Fantasy.