Volkmar the Grim
Volkmar von Hindenstern (better known as Volkmar the Grim) is the Grand Theogonist for the Empire during the present (and end) of Warhammer Fantasy Battles. He's best known for being a very incendiary personality on par with the Ecclesiarchy and leading around his own massive band of Flagellants. Karl Franz has used these insane penitents as a scare tactic. Wears an effigy made of Warpstone (ya know, literaly crystallized Chaos that mutates everything it touches) on his chest with no issue. During the End Times Volkmar lead a force to Sylvania in response to its declaration of independence and it didn't end well. Captured for months, along with several of the people who accompanied him to Sylvania, Volkmar resolves to break free or die trying. It doesn't work though. As for why they didn’t just kill him right away it turns out he was being kept prisoner because he is a direct descendant of Sigmar and he is needed in the ritual that brings Nagash back. After having one of his hands cut off and replaced with Nagash’s sole surviving one in the ritual Volkmar dies in terrible agony as his body is transformed to serve as a new vessel for Nagash’s soul. Yes that awesome new Nagash model that showed up in End Times is actually Volkmar’s corrupted form…yikes
