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It's sometimes a pain to /yourdudes/ Sigmarines, but there's some cool ideas out there for stormhosts regarding patron deities outside of Sigmar (along with their upbringing.)

>Why wouldn't it be a supreme honor to comply and accept the forging process

It is an exceptionally venerated part of a Stormcast to be selected.

>Why wouldn't we keep a journal of their past lives?

Funnily, 4th edition addresses this with a new companion models that essentially tard-wrangle those almost too far gone to be reforged anew. They have writs of their past deeds and their lineage on hand and try to make sure these unstable freaks don't turn into lightning gheists.

Some cool hosts to check out are the Astral Templars, who're Ghur-based tribesmen that still venerate some primordial god that's supposedly Ulric/Ursun, Tenpest Lords, who worship Myrmidia in tandem with Sigmar (and are selected from the noble lineages of the Mortal Realms) and the Anvils of the Heldenhammer-- Who are cool in that they're so old you can't speak to them normally due to their ancient tongues. (It's also where 99% of Old World Heroes are gonna be, besides Gelt and Franz.) They also fucking HATE Nagash and claim Morr's the true god of death.

Stormcasts are neat in that they do worship shit you wouldn't normally expect (Ghyran Guard actually hold equal respect to Alarielle, since she was the one holding Ghyran together back in 1e-- Along with a ton of Stormcasts paying tribute to Morrda/Morr and Myrmidia) and I think it's a great way to express their individuality.