Despite its arid environment, Aqshy is among the most populous of the Mortal Realms and the first partially reclaimed for Order by the Stormcast Eternals during the Realmgate Wars.
The Realm of Aqshy, often referred to simply as Aqshy and also known as the Realm of Fire, is one of the eight Mortal Realms of the Cosmos Arcane which coalesced from the aetheric energy of the ancient Wind of Magic of the same name and the scattered remains of Mallus, the World-That-Was. It is a passionate and aggressive realm like its defining magical energy and is marked by volatile, arid landscapes and hot, gusting winds.
The realmsphere of Aqshy, displaying the location of the Great Parch, the region of the realm where Sigmar concentrated his Stormcast Eternal forces during the Realmgate Wars to win back the realm from Chaos. It is in the Great Parch that the Cities of Sigmar can now be found.
A realm of blazing heat and sulphurous fumes, Aqshy has been under the rule of Chaos for a long time, especially that of the servants of the Blood God Khorne known as the Khorne Bloodbound.
Notable Locations[]
- Brimstone Peninsula - The region of Aqshy where the Stormcast Eternal Stormhost called the Hammers of Sigmar carried out the first strike against Chaos at the start of the Realmgate Wars to retake the Mortal Realms for the Forces of Order at the dawn of the Age of Sigmar. The peninsula is hemmed in by the Igneous Delta and the Smoulder Track. The Brimstone Peninsula was chosen by the Stormcast for their initial strike because it was home to a Gate of Azyr that could be reopened to serve as a beachhead for the start of the Stormcast Eternals' full-scale invasion of the Realm of Fire.
- Klaxus - Klaxus is a kingdom of Aqshy under the baleful influence of the Chaos God Khorne. Notable places in this kingdom are the Mandrake Bastion, Black Rift of Klaxus and Tephra Crater.
- Igneous Delta
- Felstone Plains
- Bale-Furnace
- Furnace Lands
- Hissing Gates
- Rim-Citadel of Ytalan
- Raxulian Lava-Tubes
- Edessa
- Twinfire Keep
Sources[]
- White Dwarf Weekly 75
- White Dwarf Weekly 76
- Assault on the Mandrake Bastion (Short Story) by Josh Reynolds
- War Storm (Anthology) by Nick Kyme
- Battletome: Fyreslayers
- Realmslayer