The Realmgate Wars Books in Order

The Realmgate Wars is one of the first large Age of Sigmar story arcs. It begins after Sigmar's forces launch their counterattack against Chaos, using realmgates to carry war across the Mortal Realms. The setting is still raw from the Age of Chaos, and every reclaimed territory has a history of loss behind it.

The series is not built around one single cast. It follows many armies and factions as they fight through different realms, which makes it feel like a campaign told from several fronts. Stormcast Eternals are important, but they are not the only people trying to take back ground, settle old scores, or survive the attention of Chaos.

Victory is only the start of the work.

Gav Thorpe's Warbeast is part of this broader era. Set in Ghur, the Realm of Beasts, it follows people whose lives have been shaped by a land where predators, monsters, and warbands are all part of the weather. The story keeps the huge divine war at a human scale, showing what grand campaigns mean for communities that cannot simply leave when armies arrive.

The Realmgate Wars matter because they establish the basic tension of Age of Sigmar. The forces of Order are no longer merely enduring Chaos. They are trying to reclaim the Mortal Realms, one hard-won battle at a time. But the realms are vast, local cultures have their own needs, and Chaos has had centuries to dig in.

That gives the series a hopeful but hard-edged mood. Sigmar's return creates the possibility of resistance, not an automatic rescue. The Stormcast can win a battle, but people still need food, homes, allies, and reasons to trust the strangers arriving with thunder and lightning.

Thorpe's contribution is a good choice for readers who want a contained novel rather than every stage of the campaign. Warbeast provides the atmosphere of the era without demanding a full reading of the wider sequence. It shows a realm where larger powers are moving pieces across the map, while ordinary people face the immediate consequences.

Start with Warbeast for Gav Thorpe's part of the Realmgate Wars. From there, readers can move outward into other books from the era depending on which realm, faction, or campaign interests them most.