Karl Franz

Karl Franz, also sometimes styled Karl-Franz or Karl-Franz I, is the current Emperor of the Empire of Man, the Prince of Reikland and Altdorf and the greatest statesman and general the Empire or perhaps the entire Old World has seen in many centuries. Karl-Franz, who was elected to the Imperial title in 2502 IC, is acclaimed as a patron of the arts and science, as a military innovator and as a valiant general. Thanks to his tireless efforts on the behalf of its people, the Empire has flourished during his reign as never before: the Imperial Engineers School has grown, the Colleges of Magic have thrived and his armies have marched from victory to victory, most recently during the terrible events of the Storm of Chaos. The Emperor frequently takes personal command his troops, wielding Ghal Maraz, the fabled magical warhammer given to Sigmar himself by the Dwarf king Kurgan Ironbeard over two thousand years ago.