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	In short? A baby boy with a birthmark like a two-tailed comet on his chest gets born to a blacksmith and his wife in a Reikland village called Lachenbad. Superstitious peasants mutter about omens, but his daddy - who's also the biggest and strongest person in Lachenbad - declares he'll thump anyone who tries to lay a hand on his son. So he grows up - bigger and stronger than any of his fellows, but a likeable enough lad. Then, when he's eighteen, [[Beastmen]] attack his village, but he grabs two hammers from his dad's forge and leads the counterattack, killing the beastlord singlehandedly despite what should have been a fatal wound.		In short? A baby boy with a birthmark like a two-tailed comet on his chest gets born to a blacksmith and his wife in a Reikland village called Lachenbad. Superstitious peasants mutter about omens, but his daddy - who's also the biggest and strongest person in Lachenbad - declares he'll thump anyone who tries to lay a hand on his son. So he grows up - bigger and stronger than any of his fellows, but a likeable enough lad. Then, when he's eighteen, [[Beastmen]] attack his village, but he grabs two hammers from his dad's forge and leads the counterattack, killing the beastlord singlehandedly despite what should have been a fatal wound.

	People start telling stories about him, [[Luthor Huss]] shows up, and proclaims he's the heir of [[Sigmar]], rallying faithful Sigmarites across the Empire culminating in a showdown with [[Karl Franz]] where Huss demands Karl Franz step down and make Valten Emperor. Caught between his own faith in Sigmar and Elector Counts willing to make trouble no matter what he decides, the Emperor cleverly sidesteps the issue by decreeing Valten is Sigmar's heir, giving him [[Ghal-Maraz]], and making him leader of the Sigmarite church, but retaining his own secular power, the wisest possible choice.		People start telling stories about him, [[Luthor Huss]] shows up, and proclaims he's the heir of [[Sigmar]], rallying faithful Sigmarites across the Empire culminating in a showdown with [[Karl Franz]] where Huss demands Karl Franz step down and make Valten Emperor. Caught between his own faith in Sigmar, his knowledge of politics and Elector Counts willing to make trouble no matter what he decides, the Emperor cleverly sidesteps the issue by decreeing Valten is Sigmar's heir, giving him [[Ghal-Maraz]], and making him leader of the Sigmarite church, but retaining his own secular power, the wisest possible choice.

	In the now-aborted outcome, he gets critically wounded facing off against [[Archaon]], and is then murdered in his sickbed by [[Deathmaster Snikch]] at the behest of the [[Skaven]].		In the now-aborted outcome, he gets critically wounded facing off against [[Archaon]], and is then murdered in his sickbed by [[Deathmaster Snikch]] at the behest of the [[Skaven]].

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	==The Legend==		==The Legend==
	In short? A baby boy with a birthmark like a two-tailed comet on his chest gets born to a blacksmith and his wife in a Reikland village called Lachenbad. Superstitious peasants mutter about omens, but his daddy declares he'll thump anyone who tries to lay a hand on ~~him, so~~ he grows up - bigger and stronger than any of his fellows, but a likeable enough lad. Then, when he's eighteen, [[Beastmen]] attack his village, but he grabs two hammers from his dad's forge and leads the counterattack, killing the beastlord singlehandedly despite what should have been a fatal wound.		In short? A baby boy with a birthmark like a two-tailed comet on his chest gets born to a blacksmith and his wife in a Reikland village called Lachenbad. Superstitious peasants mutter about omens, but his daddy - who's also the biggest and strongest person in Lachenbad - declares he'll thump anyone who tries to lay a hand on his son. So he grows up - bigger and stronger than any of his fellows, but a likeable enough lad. Then, when he's eighteen, [[Beastmen]] attack his village, but he grabs two hammers from his dad's forge and leads the counterattack, killing the beastlord singlehandedly despite what should have been a fatal wound.

	People start telling stories about him, [[Luthor Huss]] shows up, and proclaims he's the heir of [[Sigmar]], rallying faithful Sigmarites across the Empire culminating in a showdown with [[Karl Franz]] where Huss demands Karl Franz step down and make Valten Emperor. Caught between his own faith in Sigmar and Elector Counts willing to make trouble no matter what he decides, the Emperor cleverly sidesteps the issue by decreeing Valten is Sigmar's heir, giving him [[Ghal-Maraz]], and making him leader of the Sigmarite church, but retaining his own secular power, the wisest possible choice.		People start telling stories about him, [[Luthor Huss]] shows up, and proclaims he's the heir of [[Sigmar]], rallying faithful Sigmarites across the Empire culminating in a showdown with [[Karl Franz]] where Huss demands Karl Franz step down and make Valten Emperor. Caught between his own faith in Sigmar and Elector Counts willing to make trouble no matter what he decides, the Emperor cleverly sidesteps the issue by decreeing Valten is Sigmar's heir, giving him [[Ghal-Maraz]], and making him leader of the Sigmarite church, but retaining his own secular power, the wisest possible choice.

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	==The Legend==		==The Legend==
	In short? A baby boy with a birthmark like a two-tailed comet on his chest gets born to a blacksmith and his wife in a Reikland village called Lachenbad. Superstitious peasants mutter about omens ~~(implying they were heretics, since they were upset about someone being born with their holiest symbol on his body)~~, but his daddy declares he'll thump anyone who tries to lay a hand on him, so he grows up - bigger and stronger than any of his fellows, but a likeable enough lad. Then, when he's eighteen, [[Beastmen]] attack his village, but he grabs two hammers from his dad's forge and leads the counterattack, killing the beastlord singlehandedly despite what should have been a fatal wound.		In short? A baby boy with a birthmark like a two-tailed comet on his chest gets born to a blacksmith and his wife in a Reikland village called Lachenbad. Superstitious peasants mutter about omens, but his daddy declares he'll thump anyone who tries to lay a hand on him, so he grows up - bigger and stronger than any of his fellows, but a likeable enough lad. Then, when he's eighteen, [[Beastmen]] attack his village, but he grabs two hammers from his dad's forge and leads the counterattack, killing the beastlord singlehandedly despite what should have been a fatal wound.

	People start telling stories about him, [[Luthor Huss]] shows up, and proclaims he's the heir of [[Sigmar]], rallying faithful Sigmarites across the Empire culminating in a showdown with [[Karl Franz]] where Huss demands Karl Franz step down and make Valten Emperor. Caught between his own faith in Sigmar and Elector Counts willing to make trouble no matter what he decides, the Emperor cleverly sidesteps the issue by decreeing Valten is Sigmar's heir, giving him [[Ghal-Maraz]], and making him leader of the Sigmarite church, but retaining his own secular power, the wisest possible choice.		People start telling stories about him, [[Luthor Huss]] shows up, and proclaims he's the heir of [[Sigmar]], rallying faithful Sigmarites across the Empire culminating in a showdown with [[Karl Franz]] where Huss demands Karl Franz step down and make Valten Emperor. Caught between his own faith in Sigmar and Elector Counts willing to make trouble no matter what he decides, the Emperor cleverly sidesteps the issue by decreeing Valten is Sigmar's heir, giving him [[Ghal-Maraz]], and making him leader of the Sigmarite church, but retaining his own secular power, the wisest possible choice.

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	==The Legend==		==The Legend==
	In short? A baby boy with a birthmark like a two-tailed comet on his chest gets born to a blacksmith and his wife in a Reikland village called Lachenbad. Superstitious peasants mutter about omens, but his daddy declares he'll thump anyone who tries to lay a hand on him, so he grows up - bigger and stronger than any of his fellows, but a likeable enough lad. Then, when he's eighteen, [[Beastmen]] attack his village, but he grabs two hammers from his dad's forge and leads the counterattack, killing the beastlord singlehandedly despite what should have been a fatal wound.		In short? A baby boy with a birthmark like a two-tailed comet on his chest gets born to a blacksmith and his wife in a Reikland village called Lachenbad. Superstitious peasants mutter about omens (implying they were heretics, since they were upset about someone being born with their holiest symbol on his body), but his daddy declares he'll thump anyone who tries to lay a hand on him, so he grows up - bigger and stronger than any of his fellows, but a likeable enough lad. Then, when he's eighteen, [[Beastmen]] attack his village, but he grabs two hammers from his dad's forge and leads the counterattack, killing the beastlord singlehandedly despite what should have been a fatal wound.

	People start telling stories about him, [[Luthor Huss]] shows up, and proclaims he's the heir of [[Sigmar]], rallying faithful Sigmarites across the Empire culminating in a showdown with [[Karl Franz]] where Huss demands Karl Franz step down and make Valten Emperor. Caught between his own faith in Sigmar and Elector Counts willing to make trouble no matter what he decides, the Emperor cleverly sidesteps the issue by decreeing Valten is Sigmar's heir, giving him [[Ghal-Maraz]], and making him leader of the Sigmarite church, but retaining his own secular power, the wisest possible choice.		People start telling stories about him, [[Luthor Huss]] shows up, and proclaims he's the heir of [[Sigmar]], rallying faithful Sigmarites across the Empire culminating in a showdown with [[Karl Franz]] where Huss demands Karl Franz step down and make Valten Emperor. Caught between his own faith in Sigmar and Elector Counts willing to make trouble no matter what he decides, the Emperor cleverly sidesteps the issue by decreeing Valten is Sigmar's heir, giving him [[Ghal-Maraz]], and making him leader of the Sigmarite church, but retaining his own secular power, the wisest possible choice.

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	In short? A baby boy with a birthmark like a two-tailed comet on his chest gets born to a blacksmith and his wife in a Reikland village called Lachenbad. Superstitious peasants mutter about omens, but his daddy declares he'll thump anyone who tries to lay a hand on him, so he grows up - bigger and stronger than any of his fellows, but a likeable enough lad. Then, when he's eighteen, [[Beastmen]] attack his village, but he grabs two hammers from his dad's forge and leads the counterattack, killing the beastlord singlehandedly despite what should have been a fatal wound.		In short? A baby boy with a birthmark like a two-tailed comet on his chest gets born to a blacksmith and his wife in a Reikland village called Lachenbad. Superstitious peasants mutter about omens, but his daddy declares he'll thump anyone who tries to lay a hand on him, so he grows up - bigger and stronger than any of his fellows, but a likeable enough lad. Then, when he's eighteen, [[Beastmen]] attack his village, but he grabs two hammers from his dad's forge and leads the counterattack, killing the beastlord singlehandedly despite what should have been a fatal wound.

	People start telling stories about him, [[Luthor Huss]] shows up, and proclaims he's the heir of [[Sigmar]], ~~and there's~~ a ~~big~~ showdown with [[Karl Franz]]. ~~The~~ Emperor cleverly sidesteps the issue by decreeing Valten is Sigmar's heir, giving him [[Ghal-Maraz]], and making him leader of the Sigmarite church, but retaining his own secular power, the wisest possible choice.		People start telling stories about him, [[Luthor Huss]] shows up, and proclaims he's the heir of [[Sigmar]], rallying faithful Sigmarites across the Empire culminating in a showdown with [[Karl Franz]] where Huss demands Karl Franz step down and make Valten Emperor. Caught between his own faith in Sigmar and Elector Counts willing to make trouble no matter what he decides, the Emperor cleverly sidesteps the issue by decreeing Valten is Sigmar's heir, giving him [[Ghal-Maraz]], and making him leader of the Sigmarite church, but retaining his own secular power, the wisest possible choice.

	In the now-aborted outcome, he gets critically wounded facing off against [[Archaon]], and is then murdered in his sickbed by [[Deathmaster Snikch]] at the behest of the [[Skaven]].		In the now-aborted outcome, he gets critically wounded facing off against [[Archaon]], and is then murdered in his sickbed by [[Deathmaster Snikch]] at the behest of the [[Skaven]].

	In [[The End Times]], naturally, Valten is all gearing up to be the potential savior of the Empire once again, making his first appearance defending the town of Alderfen from a rip in [[Balthazar Gelt]]'s Auric Bastion. He achieves much in the few years he is alive, including wracking up the most impressive kill count of other champions, most notably being Wulfrik the Wanderer and [[Vardek Crom]]. He ends up getting murdered by a [[Verminlord]] Deceiver as he duels [[Archaon]] in [[The End Times]]: [[Thanquol]], making the Skaven into a team of killstealing pricks.		In [[The End Times]], naturally, Valten is all gearing up to be the potential savior of the Empire once again, making his first appearance defending the town of Alderfen from a rip in [[Balthazar Gelt]]'s Auric Bastion. He achieves much in the few years he is alive, including wracking up the most impressive kill count of other champions, most notably being Wulfrik the Wanderer and [[Vardek Crom]]. He ends up getting murdered by a [[Verminlord]] Deceiver as he duels [[Archaon]] in [[The End Times]]: [[Thanquol]], making the Skaven into a team of killstealing pricks.

	This version of Valten is clearly superhuman, who even as a young lad beats chaos warriors and plaguebearers to death ''with his bare fists'' after a Great Unclean One breaks his blacksmith hammers. Huss was watching this and then declared Valten Sigmar's Herald. This leads to a big ceremony in Heffengen where Franz declared the man the Herald of Sigmar and gifts him Ghal-Maraz (though the whole Exalted crap doesn't happen this time around). In the Lord of the End Times novel, it is revealed that Valten held a portion of Sigmar's power in him, which transferred into Ghal-Maraz after his death (The other portion was transferred into resurrecting Karl Franz into the Incarnate of Heavens/The Emperor Ascendant). Once Sigmar reunited his power of the heavens with the power he had in Valten, he was complete once again, which in summary means that Valten was the reincarnation of Sigmar all along but was never fully able to regain his full potential due to bad shits happening in the End Times. (I mean for fucksake he even has the same Twin-Tail scar a Bloodthirster gave Sigmar back during the Time of Legends series during the battle for that same goddamn '''CITY''' slapped across his chest.)		This version of Valten is clearly superhuman, who even as a young lad beats chaos warriors and plaguebearers to death ''with his bare fists'' after a Great Unclean One breaks his blacksmith hammers. Huss was watching this and then declared Valten Sigmar's Herald. This leads to a big ceremony in Heffengen where Franz declared the man the Herald of Sigmar and gifts him Ghal-Maraz (though the whole Exalted crap doesn't happen this time around). In the Lord of the End Times novel, it is revealed that Valten held a portion of Sigmar's power in him, which transferred into Ghal-Maraz after his death (The other portion was transferred into resurrecting Karl Franz into the Incarnate of Heavens/The Emperor Ascendant). Once Sigmar reunited his power of the heavens with the power he had in Valten, he was complete once again, which in summary means that Valten was the reincarnation of Sigmar all along but was never fully able to regain his full potential due to bad shits happening in the End Times. (I mean for fucksake he even has the same Twin-Tail scar a Bloodthirster gave Sigmar back during the Time of Legends series during the battle for that same goddamn '''CITY''' slapped across his chest.)

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	In [[The End Times]], naturally, Valten is all gearing up to be the potential savior of the Empire once again, making his first appearance defending the town of Alderfen from a rip in [[Balthazar Gelt]]'s Auric Bastion. He achieves much in the few years he is alive, including wracking up the most impressive kill count of other champions, most notably being Wulfrik the Wanderer and [[Vardek Crom]]. He ends up getting murdered by a [[Verminlord]] Deceiver as he duels [[Archaon]] in [[The End Times]]: [[Thanquol]], making the Skaven into a team of killstealing pricks.		In [[The End Times]], naturally, Valten is all gearing up to be the potential savior of the Empire once again, making his first appearance defending the town of Alderfen from a rip in [[Balthazar Gelt]]'s Auric Bastion. He achieves much in the few years he is alive, including wracking up the most impressive kill count of other champions, most notably being Wulfrik the Wanderer and [[Vardek Crom]]. He ends up getting murdered by a [[Verminlord]] Deceiver as he duels [[Archaon]] in [[The End Times]]: [[Thanquol]], making the Skaven into a team of killstealing pricks.
	This version of Valten is clearly superhuman, who even as a young lad beats chaos warriors and plaguebearers to death ''with his bare fists'' after a Great Unclean One breaks his blacksmith hammers. Huss was watching this and then declared Valten Sigmar's Herald. This leads to a big ceremony in Heffengen where Franz declared the man the Herald of Sigmar and gifts him Ghal-Maraz (~~Thought~~ the whole Exalted crap doesn't happen this time around). In the Lord of the End Times novel, it is revealed that Valten held a portion of Sigmar's power in him, which transferred into Ghal-Maraz after his death (The other portion was transferred into resurrecting Karl Franz into the Incarnate of Heavens/The Emperor Ascendant). Once Sigmar reunited his power of the heavens with the power he had in Valten, he was complete once again, which in summary means that Valten was the reincarnation of Sigmar all along but was never fully able to regain his full potential due to bad shits happening in the End Times. (I mean for fucksake he even has the same Twin-Tail scar a Bloodthirster gave Sigmar back during the Time of Legends series during the battle for that same goddamn '''CITY''' slapped across his chest.)		This version of Valten is clearly superhuman, who even as a young lad beats chaos warriors and plaguebearers to death ''with his bare fists'' after a Great Unclean One breaks his blacksmith hammers. Huss was watching this and then declared Valten Sigmar's Herald. This leads to a big ceremony in Heffengen where Franz declared the man the Herald of Sigmar and gifts him Ghal-Maraz (though the whole Exalted crap doesn't happen this time around). In the Lord of the End Times novel, it is revealed that Valten held a portion of Sigmar's power in him, which transferred into Ghal-Maraz after his death (The other portion was transferred into resurrecting Karl Franz into the Incarnate of Heavens/The Emperor Ascendant). Once Sigmar reunited his power of the heavens with the power he had in Valten, he was complete once again, which in summary means that Valten was the reincarnation of Sigmar all along but was never fully able to regain his full potential due to bad shits happening in the End Times. (I mean for fucksake he even has the same Twin-Tail scar a Bloodthirster gave Sigmar back during the Time of Legends series during the battle for that same goddamn '''CITY''' slapped across his chest.)

	==The Tabletop==		==The Tabletop==

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	[[File:Valten.png\|thumb\|400px\|Technoviking reborn.]]		[[File:Valten.png\|thumb\|400px\|Technoviking reborn.]]
	Valten was a special character released for [[The Empire]] as part of the [[Storm of Chaos]] narrative campaign (as much of a disaster as that eventually turned out to be), built up as the Empire's counter to [[Archaon]]. He first appeared in [[White Dwarf]] #281, got updated for the Storm of Chaos Army Book, and then vanished from continuity. With [[The End Times]] being released for 8th edition, he has returned to canon, gaining updated fluff & crunch in ''Nagash: Book 2''.		'''Valten''' was a special character released for [[The Empire]] as part of the [[Storm of Chaos]] narrative campaign (as much of a disaster as that eventually turned out to be), built up as the Empire's counter to [[Archaon]]. He first appeared in [[White Dwarf]] #281, got updated for the Storm of Chaos Army Book, and then vanished from continuity. With [[The End Times]] being released for 8th edition, he has returned to canon, gaining updated fluff & crunch in ''Nagash: Book 2''.

	==The Legend==		==The Legend==
	In short? A baby boy with a birthmark like a two-tailed comet on his chest gets born to a blacksmith and his wife in a Reikland village called Lachenbad. Superstitious peasants mutter about omens, but his daddy declares he'll thump anyone who tries to lay a hand on him, so he grows up - bigger and stronger than any of his fellows, but a likeable enough lad. Then, when he's eighteen, [[Beastmen]] attack his village, but he grabs two hammers from his dad's forge and leads the counterattack, killing the beastlord singlehandedly despite what should have been a fatal wound.		In short? A baby boy with a birthmark like a two-tailed comet on his chest gets born to a blacksmith and his wife in a Reikland village called Lachenbad. Superstitious peasants mutter about omens, but his daddy declares he'll thump anyone who tries to lay a hand on him, so he grows up - bigger and stronger than any of his fellows, but a likeable enough lad. Then, when he's eighteen, [[Beastmen]] attack his village, but he grabs two hammers from his dad's forge and leads the counterattack, killing the beastlord singlehandedly despite what should have been a fatal wound.

	People start telling stories about him, [[Luthor Huss]] shows up, and proclaims he's the heir of [[Sigmar]], and there's a big showdown with [[Karl Franz]]. The Emperor cleverly sidesteps the issue by decreeing Valten is Sigmar's heir, giving him Ghal Maraz, and making him leader of the Sigmarite church, but retaining his own secular power, the wisest possible choice.		People start telling stories about him, [[Luthor Huss]] shows up, and proclaims he's the heir of [[Sigmar]], and there's a big showdown with [[Karl Franz]]. The Emperor cleverly sidesteps the issue by decreeing Valten is Sigmar's heir, giving him [[Ghal-Maraz]], and making him leader of the Sigmarite church, but retaining his own secular power, the wisest possible choice.

	In the now-aborted outcome, he gets critically wounded facing off against [[Archaon]], and is then murdered in his sickbed by Deathmaster Snikch at the behest of the [[Skaven]].		In the now-aborted outcome, he gets critically wounded facing off against [[Archaon]], and is then murdered in his sickbed by [[Deathmaster Snikch]] at the behest of the [[Skaven]].

	In [[The End Times]], naturally, Valten is all gearing up to be the potential savior of the Empire once again, making his first appearance defending the town of Alderfen from a rip in [[Balthazar Gelt]]'s Auric Bastion. He achieves much in the few years he is alive, including wracking up the most impressive kill count of other champions, most notably being Wulfrik the Wanderer and [[Vardek Crom]]. He ends up getting murdered by a [[Verminlord]] Deceiver as he duels [[Archaon]] in [[The End Times]]: [[Thanquol]], making the Skaven into a team of killstealing pricks.		In [[The End Times]], naturally, Valten is all gearing up to be the potential savior of the Empire once again, making his first appearance defending the town of Alderfen from a rip in [[Balthazar Gelt]]'s Auric Bastion. He achieves much in the few years he is alive, including wracking up the most impressive kill count of other champions, most notably being Wulfrik the Wanderer and [[Vardek Crom]]. He ends up getting murdered by a [[Verminlord]] Deceiver as he duels [[Archaon]] in [[The End Times]]: [[Thanquol]], making the Skaven into a team of killstealing pricks.

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	==The Legend==		==The Legend==
	In short? A baby boy with a birthmark like a two-tailed comet on his chest gets born to a blacksmith and his wife in a Reikland village called Lachenbad. Superstitious peasants mutter about omens, but his daddy - who's also the biggest and strongest person in Lachenbad - declares he'll thump anyone who tries to lay a hand on his son. So he grows up - bigger and stronger than any of his fellows, but a likeable enough lad. Then, when he's eighteen, [[Beastmen]] attack his village, but he grabs two hammers from his dad's forge and leads the counterattack, killing the beastlord singlehandedly despite what should have been a fatal wound.		In short? A baby boy with a birthmark like a two-tailed comet on his chest gets born to a blacksmith and his wife in a Reikland village called Lachenbad. Superstitious peasants mutter about omens, but his daddy - who's also the biggest and strongest person in Lachenbad - declares he'll thump anyone who tries to lay a hand on his son. So he grows up - bigger and stronger than any of his fellows, but a likeable enough lad. Then, when he's eighteen, [[Beastmen]] attack his village, but he grabs two hammers from his dad's forge and leads the counterattack, killing the beastlord singlehandedly despite what should have been a fatal wound.

	People start telling stories about him, [[Luthor Huss]] shows up, and proclaims he's the heir of [[Sigmar]], rallying faithful Sigmarites across the Empire culminating in a showdown with [[Karl Franz]] where Huss demands Karl Franz step down and make Valten Emperor. Caught between his own faith in Sigmar, his knowledge of politics and Elector Counts willing to make trouble no matter what he decides, the Emperor cleverly sidesteps the issue by decreeing Valten is Sigmar's heir, giving him [[Ghal-Maraz]], and making him leader of the Sigmarite church, but retaining his own secular power, the wisest possible choice.		People start telling stories about him, [[Luthor Huss]] shows up, and proclaims he's the heir of [[Sigmar]], rallying faithful Sigmarites across the Empire culminating in a showdown with [[Karl Franz]] where Huss demands Karl Franz step down and make Valten Emperor. Caught between his own faith in Sigmar, his knowledge of politics and Elector Counts willing to make trouble no matter what he decides, the Emperor cleverly sidesteps the issue by decreeing Valten is Sigmar's heir, giving him [[Ghal-Maraz]], and making him leader of the Sigmarite church, but retaining his own secular power, the wisest possible choice.

	In the now-aborted outcome, he gets critically wounded facing off against [[Archaon]], and is then murdered in his sickbed by [[Deathmaster Snikch]] at the behest of the [[Skaven]].		In the now-aborted outcome, he gets critically wounded facing off against [[Archaon]], and is then murdered in his sickbed by [[Deathmaster Snikch]] at the behest of the [[Skaven]].
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	In [[The End Times]], naturally, Valten is all gearing up to be the potential savior of the Empire once again, making his first appearance defending the town of Alderfen from a rip in [[Balthazar Gelt]]'s Auric Bastion. He achieves much in the few years he is alive, including wracking up the most impressive kill count of other champions, most notably being Wulfrik the Wanderer and [[Vardek Crom]]. He ends up getting murdered by a [[Verminlord]] Deceiver as he duels [[Archaon]] in [[The End Times]]: [[Thanquol]], making the Skaven into a team of killstealing pricks.		In [[The End Times]], naturally, Valten is all gearing up to be the potential savior of the Empire once again, making his first appearance defending the town of Alderfen from a rip in [[Balthazar Gelt]]'s Auric Bastion. He achieves much in the few years he is alive, including wracking up the most impressive kill count of other champions, most notably being Wulfrik the Wanderer and [[Vardek Crom]]. He ends up getting murdered by a [[Verminlord]] Deceiver as he duels [[Archaon]] in [[The End Times]]: [[Thanquol]], making the Skaven into a team of killstealing pricks.

	This version of Valten is clearly superhuman, who even as a young lad beats chaos warriors and plaguebearers to death ''with his bare fists'' after a Great Unclean One breaks his blacksmith hammers. Huss was watching this and then declared Valten Sigmar's Herald. This leads to a big ceremony in Heffengen where Franz declared the man the Herald of Sigmar and gifts him Ghal-Maraz (though the whole Exalted crap doesn't happen this time around). In the Lord of the End Times novel, it is revealed that Valten held a portion of Sigmar's power in him, which transferred into Ghal-Maraz after his death (The other portion was transferred into resurrecting Karl Franz into the Incarnate of Heavens/The Emperor Ascendant). Once Sigmar reunited his power of the heavens with the power he had in Valten, he was complete once again, which in summary means that Valten was the reincarnation of Sigmar all along but was never fully able to regain his full potential due to bad shits happening in the End Times. (I mean for fucksake he even has the same Twin-Tail scar a Bloodthirster gave Sigmar back during the Time of Legends series during the battle for that same goddamn '''CITY''' slapped across his chest.)		This version of Valten is clearly superhuman, who even as a young lad beats chaos warriors and plaguebearers to death ''with his bare fists'' after a Great Unclean One breaks his blacksmith hammers. Huss was watching this and then declared Valten Sigmar's Herald. This leads to a big ceremony in Heffengen where Franz declared the man the Herald of Sigmar and gifts him Ghal-Maraz (though the whole Exalted crap doesn't happen this time around). In the Lord of the End Times novel, it is revealed that Valten held a portion of Sigmar's power in him, which transferred into Ghal-Maraz after his death (The other portion was transferred into resurrecting Karl Franz into the Incarnate of Heavens/The Emperor Ascendant). Once Sigmar reunited his power of the heavens with the power he had in Valten, he was complete once again, which in summary means that Valten was the reincarnation of Sigmar all along but was never fully able to regain his full potential due to bad shits happening in the End Times. (I mean for fucksake he even has the same Twin-Tail scar a Bloodthirster gave Sigmar back during the Time of Legends series during the battle for that same goddamn '''CITY''' slapped across his chest.)

	==The Tabletop==		==The Tabletop==
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	* Iron Resolve: 5+ Ward Save, and if killed, take a Leadership test - passing means he is restored back to 1 Wound and his death is ignored for anything like combat resolution, panic, victory points, it. This ability can't save Valten if he's run down by pursuers (somehow: it's hard to make him Flee since he's, y'know, Stubborn AND Immune to Psychology AND Leadership 9) or taken down by a Killing Blow.		* Iron Resolve: 5+ Ward Save, and if killed, take a Leadership test - passing means he is restored back to 1 Wound and his death is ignored for anything like combat resolution, panic, victory points, it. This ability can't save Valten if he's run down by pursuers (somehow: it's hard to make him Flee since he's, y'know, Stubborn AND Immune to Psychology AND Leadership 9) or taken down by a Killing Blow.

	Valten the Champion of Sigmar, is the middle of the road choice, at 415 points he comes in costly, but only uses up one Lord slot (unlike his later version). For this, you get a character with a M 4, WS 6, BS 5, S 4, T 4, W 3, I 5, A 4, LD 9 statblock, riding a barded warhorse (Cavalry, M 8, WS 3, BS 0, S 3, T 3, W 1, I 3, A 1, LD 5), sporting Ghal Maraz and wearing Full Plate Armour. He has all the same rules as his previous form (except, thankfully, wound bonus from Awesome Presence is calculated ''before'' Ghal Maraz multiplies the wounds he inflicts). Naturally, if you have Valten the Champion of Sigmar in your army ''and'' Karl Franz, the Emperor can only wield his Runefang.		Valten the Champion of Sigmar, is the middle of the road choice, at 415 points he comes in costly, but only uses up one Lord slot (unlike his later version). For this, you get a character with a M 4, WS 6, BS 5, S 4, T 4, W 3, I 5, A 4, LD 9 statblock, riding a barded warhorse (Cavalry, M 8, WS 3, BS 0, S 3, T 3, W 1, I 3, A 1, LD 5), sporting Ghal Maraz and wearing Full Plate Armour. He has all the same rules as his previous form (except, thankfully, wound bonus from Awesome Presence is calculated ''before'' Ghal Maraz multiplies the wounds he inflicts). Naturally, if you have Valten the Champion of Sigmar in your army ''and'' Karl Franz, the Emperor can only wield his Runefang.

	Valten the Exalted of Sigmar, on the other hand, is insane. He uses ''two Lord slots'' and costs 560 points. For this, you get a character with a M 4, WS 7, BS 5, S 4, T 4, W 3, I 5, A 4, LD 9 statblock, riding Althandin the Elven Steed (monster, M 9, WS 4, BS 0, S 4, T 3, W 3, I 5, A 2, LD 7, 5+ save), he's also sporting Ghal Maraz and wearing the Armor of the Heldenhammer. He has all the same rules as his previous form (except, thankfully, wound bonus from Awesome Presence is calculated ''before'' Ghal Maraz multiplies the wounds he inflicts), and his new armor gives him a 2+ Armor Save and Magic Resistance 2, as well as preventing any model in base contact (including friendlies, so keep your own spellcasters away!) from casting spells or using Bound Items. Naturally, if you have Valten the Exalted of Sigmar in your army ''and'' Karl Franz, the Emperor can only wield his Runefang.		Valten the Exalted of Sigmar, on the other hand, is insane. He uses ''two Lord slots'' and costs 560 points. For this, you get a character with a M 4, WS 7, BS 5, S 4, T 4, W 3, I 5, A 4, LD 9 statblock, riding Althandin the Elven Steed (monster, M 9, WS 4, BS 0, S 4, T 3, W 3, I 5, A 2, LD 7, 5+ save), he's also sporting Ghal Maraz and wearing the Armor of the Heldenhammer. He has all the same rules as his previous form (except, thankfully, wound bonus from Awesome Presence is calculated ''before'' Ghal Maraz multiplies the wounds he inflicts), and his new armor gives him a 2+ Armor Save and Magic Resistance 2, as well as preventing any model in base contact (including friendlies, so keep your own spellcasters away!) from casting spells or using Bound Items. Naturally, if you have Valten the Exalted of Sigmar in your army ''and'' Karl Franz, the Emperor can only wield his Runefang.
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	Image:Valten Models.jpg\|The three models which have represented Valten over the years.		Image:Valten Models.jpg\|The three models which have represented Valten over the years.
	Image:Valten Shady.png\|The young Valten.		Image:Valten Shady.png\|The young Valten.
	Image:Valten Adrian Smith.jpg\|Valten after taking a few levels.		Image:Valten Adrian Smith.jpg\|Valten after taking a few levels.
	Image:Valten Adult.jpg\|Valten as an adult.		Image:Valten Adult.jpg\|Valten as an adult.
	Image:Valten Plague.png\|Valten as a MAN you wish you could be.		Image:Valten Plague.png\|Valten as a MAN you wish you could be.
	</gallery>		</gallery>
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