Sigismund the Conqueror, who reigned as Sigismund II, was the Emperor of Man from 479 to 505 IC.[1a][5a]
History[]
Originally the Elector Count of Averland, when Sigismund II was elected emperor, he renamed the city of Reikdorf to "Altdorf" and returned the Imperial capital to that city in Reikland. He embarked on a grand building program within the confines of his new capital, but his real achievement during this age of conquest and prosperity was his participation in what Imperial historians call the "Drive to the Frontiers".[1a][2a][3a]
Sigismund II's most notable campaigns include the conquest and subjugation of the lands of the Jutonsryk, the kingdom of the Jutones. Sigismund integrated their tribal territory into the Empire and renamed it the Barony of Westerland. He appointed the subjugated Jutone king as the new Elector Count of Westerland.[1a]
Sigismund II's exploits also included his campaign to cross the Grey Mountains and create the West Mark on the Bretonnian side of that range, and his invasion of the southern lands of the Border Princes (then a wild, tribal region) to found the province of Lichtenberg, building a series of castles to protect the Empire's southeastern flank.[1a]
Sigismund also defended the Empire against inhuman threats. He defeated a Greenskin incursion known as the Red Waaagh! in part by using falcon messengers to coordinate the movements of all eighteen armies at his command.[5a]
Such were Sigismund II's achievements that many within the Empire knew him as "The Conqueror".[1a][2a]
After Sigismund II's death, his son Siegfried the Lawgiver took the Imperial throne.[6a]
Sigismund was supported by Ottokar, the grand theogonist of the Cult of Sigmar in his time.[4a]
Sources[]
- 1: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 2nd Edition: Sigmar's Heirs (RPG)
- 1a: pg. 14
- 2: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 2nd Edition: Tome of Salvation (RPG)
- 2a: pg. 17
- 3: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 2nd Edition: Spires of Altdorf (RPG)
- 3a: pg. 5
- 4: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 1st Edition: Marienburg - Sold Down the River (RPG)
- 4a: pg. 18
- 5: Warhammer: Rulebook (8th Edition)
- 5a: pg. 172
- 6: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4th Edition: Altdorf - Crown of the Empire (RPG)
- 6a: pg. 10