Egil Styrbjorn, wielding the twin axes Garmr and Gormr.
Garmr and Gormr are the heirloom Daemon Weapons of the Skaeling clan of Strovengaard. The twin double-headed axes are holy artifacts of the Skaelings, having been forged by the daemon-smiths of Khorne in the Realm of Chaos.
Overview[]
The daemon-axes have been wielded by the High Jarls of Strovengaard since times immemorial, passed on through the ages from father to son. The axe-blades themselves are forged in the likeliness of howling wolves, reflecting the daemonic creatures in whose glory they are forged: Garmr and Gormr, the twin wolves who accompany the god Khorne on his bloody hunts throughout the heavens. Twin stones the colour of blood are inlaid into the hafts of the axes, flaring to life with crimson fire upon bathing in the blood of the slaughtered. Heavy with infernal magicks, these twin blades are weapons of truly fearsome power.
Currently, the mighty weapons are in the keeping of High Jarl Egil Styrbjorn; one of the most favoured champions of the Blood God Khorne. Styrbjorn attained the weapons after he defeated his father for leadership of the clan, hacking his head from his shoulders in order to speed his spirit's flight to the Halls of Khorne.
Trivia[]
- Khorne's daemonic wolves, Garmr and Gormr, are likely a reference to the wolves Freki and Geri; twin wolves that are companions of the god Odin.
- The names of the axes and the wolves themselves are also directly lifted from Norse mythology and the history of the Viking Age; being references to Garmr, the great blood-drenched hound who guards Helheim, and the legendary Danish king Gormr gamli, the first historically recognized king of Denmark.
Source[]
- 1: Knight of the Realm (Novel) by Anthony Reynolds