Editing Sons of Behemat (section)

==History==
===Age of Myth===
[[File:Behemat teaser.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Note that the [[Stormcast Eternals|Stormcast]] are literally immortal, yet they're still scared shitless by this absolute unit. Then again, Warham’s giants tend to stuff smaller foes in their trousers, so it's understandable]]

In the beginning, there was a titanic [[godbeast]] known as Ymnog, Grandfather of Gargants. According to the Gargant Matriarchs (no model exists cause not many want to see what saggy Gargant tits look like in plastic), Ymnog created the Mortal Realms when he threw a punch so hard that he shattered reality into earth, sea, and sky. After drinking and eating entire sections of the cosmos, Ymnog laid down to take a nap, where his drool would flow down into the Realms and become the first rivers. Inside his stomach was born Behemat, along with his two idiot brothers, named Gorg and Ama-Gorag. They brewed a lake of moonshine in their father's guts, causing him to retch them into his mouth, where Behemat then broke his father’s teeth to escape, the shards of his teeth supposedly becoming the first mountains. Behemat's brothers were stupid enough to fight over the moonshine they brought with them, and as such Ymnog gulped them back down again. Behemat landed in the Mortal Realms and became the progenitor of the Gargant race and personal right hand to the god of destruction [[Gorkamorka (Deity)|Gorkamorka]] (mostly because the Greenskin god was the only thing bigger than him), while Ymnog would end up being killed by [[Sigmar]] cuz he was a titanic monster and the Hammer god wasn’t gonna let him roam around his new home. It's unknown if Behemat's brothers are still alive in Ymnog's gut, but seeing as to how Ymnog is dead now, and the two of them haven't reappeared, they probably were digested.

Trying to find a way into the Mortal Realms, [[Tzeentch]] whispered lies to Gorkamorka, making him envious of his champion, as Behemat enjoyed so much freedom under the green god’s rule, while Gorkamorka himself was stuck under Sigmar’s thumb. So Big G ordered Behemat to recreate some of the god of destruction’s greatest feats...and he did, though some were by accident. Then came the big one; Behemat had to recreate the duel between Sigmar and Gorkamorka. So after armoring himself with an entire mountain, Behemat bellowed a challenge to the Hammer God...and nothing happened. So he started stomping on the local sigmarites which caused the Lord of [[Azyr]] to come rocketing down from the heavens and knocked Behemat out cold, putting him in a millenia-long coma in the region known as the Harmonis Veldt in [[Ghyran]]. Alarielle, Goddess of Life, opted to forgive the Godbeast’s rampages and wove life magic around his sleeping form so that his body would become covered by the earth; his skull becoming the mountain of Tor Crania, his mouth becoming the Titansmawr (from which more gargants would occasionally crawl out), the Sweatswamp forming around the location of his left armpit, and so on. This pretty much makes him the [[Mythology#Norse_Mythology|Ymir]] of the Mortal Realms. For this act of clemency, many of the “traditional” Gargants revere [[Alarielle]] as the “Woman of the Woods” and make an attempt to avoid trampling through areas of her influence.

It is said the gargants were created from Behemat's vomit after he went on a binge-eating spree that caused the extinction of several species of cattle, just before his centuries long nap. Among the early Gargants were the Sky Titans, intelligent craftsman and masters of black powder weaponry. They settled on Tor Crania, constructing many elaborate edifices and floating fortresses, which were promptly knocked down by a rampaging Gorkamorka and their brutish kin. Despite this, the Sky Titans would continue to thrive throughout the Age of Myth.

Countless deeds are attributed to Behemat by his Sons, most of which double as their explanation for the different races (known collectively as “pipsqueaks”, “little men”, or any other short demeaning term), like the [[Idoneth Deepkin]] being an Aelven civilization that Behemat drowned after causing a massive flood, the [[Fyreslayers]] being born when the World Titan stomped out some volcanos and saw these angry short guys come out to yell at him, and the denizens of [[Shyish]] being mostly [[skeleton]]s because Behemat ate all the meat in the Realm of Death. Naturally this is all just mythical nonsense passed down by the Gargants, but they serve as a good example of how they view the world around them, a product of Behemat’s achievements. It wouldn't be implausible if the matriarchs know better, but no granny wouldn't tell some happy stories to grandson and granddaughter as they cheerfully play a game of kick the swordsman battalion.

===Age of Chaos===
Despite their forefather taking a big snooze, the Gargants were mostly unfazed, continuing their own isolationist lives or rampaging in the hordes of Gorkamorka. This would not last, as the Age of Chaos happens and everything gets ruined. The Ruinous Powers and their servants were quick to fall upon the Gargants, seeing them both as prestigious monsters to slay for glory and destructive weapons of mass mayhem. The Sky Titans of Tor Crania were quick to fall to the predations of the [[Beasts Of Chaos|Beastmen]], being forced out of their homeland and slowly devolving into the same belligerent bruisers as the other Gargants. The ones that weren’t slain in droves or hid themselves away become Chaos Gargants (willingly or otherwise) who tromped alongside the [[Slaves to Darkness]] in agony. This conflict is known to the Gargants as the ''Sole'' Wars, as many a giant foot was cut up badly by the spiky pipsqueaks, until the “invention” of Gargant sized sandals and shoes made of monster hide.

King Brodd was first recorded appearing during the Age of Chaos, where he was no bigger than a regular Gargant. Devoted completely to his forefather, he led a daring raid on the now defiled Tor Crania and grappled with the [[Cygor]]s that infested its ruins. He barely survived and as proof of his victory, he took home a shattered obelisk from its shattered temple and much later fashioned it into a mighty hammer which he now uses in the modern day.

===Age of Sigmar===
The Age of Sigmar proved to be one of the most important parts of the race’s history. During the Realmgate Wars, as part of [[Archaon]]'s plan to corrupt the godbeasts to Chaos, he sent the [[Maggotkin of Nurgle]] and the [[Skaven]] to corrupt Behemat, whose sleeping place was already corrupted by [[Nurgle]] into what is now known as the Scabrous Sprawl. The plan was for the Skaven to drill into his bones to awaken him, the Maggotkin to corrupt him with Nurgle's taint, and for him to be persuaded to join Archaon's side by being told half-truths about Sigmar killing his father Ymnog (which he technically did). Although the Stormcast Eternals attempted to stop this, they were too late and were forced to invoke the power of the Great Bolts (the same weapon Sigmar used to kill Ymnog) to put down Behemat before he could be fully corrupted. Many of the gargants native to the Sprawl felt lost after witnessing the death of their god-progenitor, and were taken in by the Oakenbrow Sylvaneth and became eventual allies of them. Meanwhile countless more became solitary drunkards called Aleguzzlers, and found “employment” with the [[Gloomspite Gitz]], on account of the Grots’ copious amounts of fungus booze and cold dank caves to sleep off their roaring hangovers. [[King Brodd|And one particular gargant became very, ''very'', angry.]]

Since the death of Behemat, his Sons have been noted to have been getting bigger, more violent and more intelligent, leading to the evolution of so-called "Mega-Gargants", colossal both in size and aggression. Just the thunderous sound of a Mega-Gargant’s footfalls will draw even the most reclusive of Gargants from miles around to join together. Tribes will form around these massive warriors who then proceed to mold the Gargants under his command into terrifying natural disasters.

And with the Mega-Gargants seemingly becoming bigger and bigger with each day, it seems likely that there will come a time when a new World-Titan will emerge...

====Soul Wars====
The Sons of Behemat didn't pay much attention to the signs that preceeded the Necroquake, but they did notice them. The real effect of the Necroquake to reach them were the [[Nighthaunt]]. During their first battle, the Mortarch of Grief herself, [[Lady Olynder]], effortlessly slew a Mega-Gargant and his Stomp, allowing the survivors to tromp away to spread fear of her legions. Sure enough, rumors spread across the Gargant tribes of ghostly beings that stomping couldn't hurt or kill. Confusion led to terror, and terror became a reality when similar battles occurred where the Sons of Behemat, now dreading the Nighthaunt, found that their foot falls and club swings held little purchase against the ghosts. Things got better though as new tales spread amongst the tribes of how the Bjarl Stomp worked with the ghost-hunting [[Bonesplitterz|Drakkfoot Warclan]] to put down an army of Nighthaunt at the Asp River.

====Broken Realms====
When the God of Earthquakes [[Kragnos]] broke free from his mountain prison and started to sprint towards Excelsis, several territorial Mega-Gargants noticed the colossal centaur creature and instantly challenged him for daring to enter their turf. All but one, a Kraken-eater called Derko Walrusbiter, were slain, and Kragnos kept marching on with his new follower in tow. They picked up more Gargants along the way before colliding with [[Waaagh|Waaagh!]] [[Gordrakk]] and the two parties merged together under Kragnos’ command to tear down Excelsis. The Mega-Gargants were instrumental in tearing down the great walls that defended the city, however it was just as likely that their fallen corpses become brand new walls. Derko Walrusbiter gathered a Stomp of other Kraken-eaters and appeared out of the water and marched on the Excelsis harbor, but they were soon surrounded by the surprise arrival of a Black Ark carrying [[Morathi]]-Khaine and her [[Daughters of Khaine|wych aelf worshippers]], the goddess herself putting down Derko. Kragnos was lured through a portal to the other side of Ghur and the destruction horde was scattered.

====Era of the Beast====
Kragnos’ revival has caused a surge of feral energy from Ghur to waft out into the realms and drives all the races of destruction into a frenzy. The Sons of Behemat, though incapable of understanding what actually happened, refer to this event as the Great Stomp and roam far and wide to exercise their newfound energy. Some Gargants were driven mad by Great Stomp and became frenzied Beast-Smashers. More than a few Stomps have taken to following the lead of Kragnos, though others are still content to follow their own blunt ideas. Chief among them - literally - is King Brodd, who sees Kragnos as a false idol undeserving of Gargant worship. The Dawnbringer Crusades of the [[Cities of Sigmar|Free Peoples]] have proven to be a particular irritant for the Sons. No sooner have they finished flattening a nearby frontier town, another pops up some distance away. Ever more angering are the charismatic pipsqueaks who manage swindle the Gargants into working for them or cheating them out of their ancestral stomping grounds. The more wily gargants soon realized that there is value to these Crusades, seeing them as a steady stream of food and fighting.

King Brodd and a stomp of over a hundred gargants met with Gordrakk when the latter was able to secure the Mawgate to the Eighpoints and demanded to be allowed passage so he may batter his way to the Azyrite gate and flatten Sigmar. Gordrakk, displaying a bit of Morkish kunnin’, proposed an alternate strategy to the King; the Great Waaagh! will smash their way into the Eightpoints and the Sons of Behemat will head to Ghyran to stamp out the resurgent settlers who seek to colonize the realms. This would split Sigmar’s forces between trying to stop Gordrakk’s horde and defending the Everspring Swathe from King Brodd and his stomp. King Brodd agrees to this arrangement and makes way to his homeland.