Editing The Empire (Warhammer Fantasy) (section)

==The Cult of Sigmar==
[[File:Warrior Priests of Sigmar.jpeg|thumb|left|300px|Warrior Priests, the clergy of the Faith of Hammers-To-Faces.]]
Sigmar soon became Jesus following his disappearance from the world. Sigmar's people began to believe [[Ecclesiarchy|he achieved Apotheosis and created a cult worshiping him]](which by the powers of War Priests, is pretty much true), with Johann Helstrumm as his first worshipper/the first Pope of the Church-of-Bash-your-Evil-Face in with a Hammer. Ghal-Maraz, and soon all hammers became the central religious symbol of the cult, along with the twin-tailed comet which was said to have appeared at the sky on the night of Sigmar's birth. In [[The End Times]], it was revealed that Sigmar did in fact ascend; but only because [[Tzeench]] in its eternal wisdom saw Sigmar as a threat to their grasp on the world, and bound him to the magical Wind of Heavens in ethereal form. This made him godlike, but also bound him up due to the Vortex in the middle of [[Ulthuan]], leaving him with only the ability to bestow miracles and assorted boons to his flock. Of course no one but Tzeench knew this, so the Cult just went on believing their boy was away and had been elevated by his own hand.

While primarily a religion for warriors and soldiers, the Cult of Sigmar has been succesful partly because of the many facets of its worship. The state trooper prays to Sigmar for victory, strength of arms and courage, the scholar prays for insight into the dark corners of the world to ensure to safety of the nation and its people and the farmer prays to avoid being [[Beastmen|skull-fucked by perverse, shitcovered goatmen]]. Sigmar is quite a cosmopolitan god in that way, and the Cult of Sigmar knows this and plays to this strength; allowing the older gods to be worshipped for their specific boons and domains, while Sigmar remains the everyman's faith; the Man-Become-God that once walked the Empire. Only the [[Witch Hunters]] may disagree with this; to the more zealous members, Taal worshippers may as well be closet Nurglites.

Unsurprisingly, the cults of Ulric and Sigmar come into various religious disagreements. With the former seeing the latter as prissy little cunts who would rather spend their time meditating instead of charging into battle (tell that to the Sigmarite warrior priests) and growing their beards like real men. And the Sigmarites think they're bellicose and uneducated simpletons, which is ironic considering Sigmar himself was a devout Ulrican. <s>Obviously, the Ulricans are the correct ones here.</s>{{FWIP}} {{BLAM|HERESY!}} But neither side lets this get in the way in defending the people of the Empire, and the only asses in the whole cult are Witch Hunters, and even that isn’t saying much.