Sons of Behemat

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"Be good, Little One. Or the Gargants will come to get you. Little girls who steal get chomped by the Kraken-eater. Little boys who shout and cry get stomped on by the Warstomper. And those who try to hide from the Gargants get smashed by the Gatebreaker. Be good, Little One. Not that it would help."

– Sons of Behemat teaser

The Sons of Behemat are an upcoming army for Age of Sigmar themed around the concept of giants (or gargants in copyright-speak).

History

Note that the Stormcast are literally immortal, yet they're still scared shitless by this absolute unit. Then again, Warhams giants tend to stuff smaller foes in their trousers, so it's understandable

While the full story of the Sons of Behemat will presumably be revealed in their battletome, one can gather a crude understanding of their history from their minor appearances in previous books.

Behemat was a godbeast (read; continent sized monster) that lived in Ghyran and became the progenitor of the gargant race. It is said the gargants were created from his vomit after he went on a binge-eating spree that caused the extinction of several species of cattle.

For a time the gargants lived in the region of Ghyran called the Harmonis Veldt. Although primitive, they were ultimately a race of noble savages who were allied to the cause of Order, even helping Sigmar himself build massive defenses and bastions. This would not last, as with every single Age of Sigmar backstory you eventually reach the point where the Age of Chaos happens and everything gets ruined. The Harmonis Veldt was invaded by the forces of Nurgle, who corrupted it into what is now known as the Scabrous Sprawl. Unable to defend their homeland, the gargants were forced into hiding, where they quickly evolved to become violent, territorial creatures to protect their lands from invaders. These new degenerated gargants eventually found they had much in common with the followers of Gorkamorka, resulting in them often forming alliances, especially with the Gloomspite Gitz who can offer them barrels of fungus beer and nice dark and damp places to recover from their hangovers.

As an aside, in the Ogor Mawtribes battletome mention is made of the Sky Titans, a race of intelligent giants whose flying castles were destroyed by Gorkamorka for the crime of using their cannons to shoot down a school of megalofin (giant sky-sharks) he wanted to hunt. The ruins of these sky-castles were said to have landed in the Scabrous Sprawl. The implication is that just like in Warhammer Fantasy, the gargants are nothing but the descendants of the Sky Titans who have devolved into a primitive state. Which is pretty fucked up if true, because that means these guys pretty much had their civillization destroyed and degenerated into savages twice over.

During the Realmgate Wars, as part of Archaon's plan to corrupt the godbeasts to Chaos, he sent the forces of Nurgle and the Skaven to corrupt Behemat. 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 the Grandfather of Gargants. 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 slay Behemat. According to the Sylvaneth battletome, many of the gargants, feeling lost after witnessing the death of their god-progenitor, were taken in as allies by the Oakenbrow Sylvaneth.

Types of Gargants

Each “species” of Gargant has a very fairy tale like name, likely given to them by the terrified victims of their rampages.

• Aleguzzler: The OG Giant is now the most commonly seen of the Gargant tribes, as well as the shortest (keep in mind that a ‘short’ Gargant can still punt a Steam Tank like a football). Named so due to their particular love for alcoholic beverages, which often puts them in the employment of the Gloomspite Gitz, as the grots brew a specially stout flavor of fungal ale. Also, their dark dank caves make the perfect hidey holes for the Aleguzzler Gargants to sleep off a hangover or any grievous injuries. Being as massive as they are, as well as the result of generations of inbreeding, they are very likely in constant pain and suffering from a number of other defects, physical and mental. So it makes sense for them to seek out a substance to dampen/drown out the pain.

• Kraken-eater: A sea faring variety who usually drags around colossal fishing nets stuffed full of hapless victims and fish. Lots of fish. They also like lugging around ship cannons as blunt instruments.

• Warstomper: More like a bigger Aleguzzler, but with greater emphasis on fighting and causing mass destruction.

• Gatebreaker: These big boys have an obsession with tearing down strongholds, and then using the wreckage as armor and weapons.

• Bonegrinder: Forge World model not outright confirmed to be part of the allegiance, but likely going to be. The biggest kind, easily twice the height of an Aleguzzler.

Named Gargants

• King Brodd: Introduced in the Godbeasts book as the “Last True Son of Behemat”, he is the absurdly strong and decently intelligent master of the Gargant tribes native to the Scabrous Sprawl. He claims to have crawled out of a colossal chasm called the Titansmawr and declared himself leader. After pulverizing all belligerent challengers, he has cemented his rule and stated his ambition to reclaim his father’s ancestral mountain home of Tor Crania from the vile Cygors and other Beasts of Chaos that toppled it. Brodd never goes anywhere without two things; a crown made from the skull of a mouldragon he killed bare-handed, and a massive granite pillar that serves as his personal weapon and symbol of his right to lead the Sons of Behemat.