title: Ancient Blood (Warhammer)
author:  Robert Earl  
description: Robert Earl graduated from Keele University in 1994, after which he started a career in sales. Having worked and travelled in the Balkans and the Middle East, he now lives in England.
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  **A WARHAMMER NOVEL**
  
  
  **Broken Honour**
  
  
  
  
  
  **Robert Earl**
  
  
  **(An Undead Scan v1.0)**
  
  
  
  
  
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  _**This is a dark age, a bloody age, an age of daemons and of sorcery. It is
  an age of**_
  
  
  _**battle and death, and of the world’s ending. Amidst all of the fire, flame
  and fury it**_
  
  
  _**is a time, too, of mighty heroes, of bold deeds and great courage.**_
  
  
  
  
  
  _**At the heart of the Old World sprawls the Empire, the largest and most
  powerful of**_
  
  
  _**the human realms. Known for its engineers, sorcerers, traders and soldiers,
  it is a**_
  
  
  _**land of great mountains, mighty rivers, dark forests and vast cities. And
  from his**_
  
  
  _**throne in Altdorf reigns the Emperor Karl Franz, sacred descendant of the
  founder**_
  
  
  _**of these lands, Sigmar, and wielder of his magical warhammer.**_
  
  
  
  
  
  _**But these are far from civilised times. Across the length and breadth of
  the Old**_
  
  
  _**World, from