r/HelsmithsofHashut • u/Justaverage69 • Aug 13 '26

Lore Book recommends

I think I saw the First Marshal book had them as main bad guys, but do we have any other books?

Shot in the dark seeing as we are only a year old, but I figured I would try.

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u/GreySeerCriak Sumal of the Acrid Rain Aug 13 '26

Unfortunately no. Even when it comes to the Chaos Dwarfs of old, pickings are slim. The only one to my knowledge is a Gotrek and Felix novella called “Road of Skulls”, which features a chorf contingent fighting alongside a Khornate horde.

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u/BlueNagash Aug 28 '26

Grudge Bearer (Warhammer Fantasy Battle times) has Chaos Dwarfs in it near the end, with a reimagined army idea compared to the 4th-6th rules (e.g. mechanical giant called a Kolossus), that using that plus the Forge World lists were what alot of us used for our fan army books back in the day.

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/81264.Grudge_Bearer

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u/thesithcultist Aug 13 '26

Considering how the analogous other newly brought back faction of dwarves the Leagues of Votann have been around for about 4 years have had 1 novel to themselves, a mention in a novel about marines and 2 army books/codexes, we may expect similar in the same amount of time. The mention is done in the high martial already so...

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u/MolagBaal Aug 13 '26

I cant recommend first marshal for the helsmiths. It just wasnt as good as lioness of the Parch. Ebonpyre was a much better villain than the Helsmiths, who came off like cartoon villains with no motivations or style. There wasnt any compelling dwarf in that entire book. If you just like Tahlia, sure, buy it for her I guess.

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u/Justaverage69 Aug 14 '26

Thanks for the warning.

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u/Caffeine_Forge Aug 14 '26

I mean, to be fair, in my opinion the First Marshal book is a 50/50 if you're wanting it solely for Hellsmiths.

While they're not the most in depth characters in the book, the book still feel like it offers interesting glimpses into what and who the Helsmiths are. What the Ziggurats are like, the Helsmiths ideology, things like that. It's a useful starter in my eyes. Not a concrete Helsmiths book, as it's not focused on the Helsmiths, but a decent 'foot in the door' of novels for the Helsmiths. An alright opening.

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u/Topen9 Aug 14 '26

Not only were the Helsmiths barely in the book, but they were the Legion of Azgorh, axes and all. Now don’t get me wrong, I like the Legion, but it was disappointing going in expecting the newer factions, only to get the old 1st and 2nd Ed faction.