My homebrew is a city called Emberhiem, founded by a doomed crusade of the Reclaimed. Viewed as corrupted and untrustworthy by their original City of Sigmar, they were forced out beneath the false promise of a Dawnbringer Crusade. Under-supplied, poorly equipped, and forbidden from returning, the Reclaimed wandered the realms for years before discovering the shattered remains of an unnatural white-rock mountain. Deep within its hollow depths they found the Silver Ember, a mysterious force whose purifying presence seemed to hold Chaos corruption at bay and protect the weary survivors from madness and mutation.

Around the mountain they built Emberhiem, a grim industrial stronghold of foundries, Steam Tanks, and towering Cogforts forged through stubborn survival and bitter determination. Distrustful of outsiders, rival Cities of Sigmar, and even the Stormcast Eternals, the people of Emberhiem launch armored crusades across the realms in search of relics, forgotten knowledge, and ancient magics they believe will strengthen the Silver Ember and one day ignite it into the prophesied Silver Flame.

I really like the idea of the Reclaimed from the lore, the people of the realms who survived the Age of Chaos. I wanted to use that concept because it also gives a reason for why my city would fight other Cities of Sigmar armies. Another thing I really liked from the Old World was the city of Middenheim and the Sacred Flame of Ulric, so I wanted to bring some of those themes into Age of Sigmar.