Gloryhammer

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==Summary==
Gloryhammer is an Anglo-Swiss Symphonic Power Metal band founded by musician Christopher Bowes, lead vocalist and keyboardist of the Scottish pirate-themed Heavy Metal band Alestorm. The band is a pastiche and a homage to all things Power Metal, deliberately taking up tropes and cliches associated with the genre and exaggerating them to the point of absurdity. Gloryhammer tells the story of the mighty and magical Kingdom of Fife, a fantasy-version of Scotland that is the seat to the greatest empire on Earth and eventually the whole Galaxy, and the eternal battle between Prince Angus McFife and his lineage, and the dark sorcerer Zargothrax (played by Bowes himself). As of 2023, the band has released four albums: 
Tales from the Kingdom of Fife (2013), which details Zargothrax's rise to power and conquest of Dundee with an army of undead unicorns, and Prince Angus's quest to gather mighty allies and obtain the legendary Hammer of Glory in order to defeat the sinister wizard and release the kingdom from his tyrannical grasp.
Space 1992: Rise of the Chaos Wizards (2015), which is set a thousand years after Zargothrax's defeat and subsequent imprisonment in ice at the hand of Prince Angus and his allies. In the distant future of 1992, chaos and war returns to the Intergalactic Empire of Fife as Chaos Wizards manage to free Zargothrax from his imprisonment, and it's up to Angus McFife XIII to wield the Hammer of Glory in order to stop him once more.
Legends from Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex (2019), which directly follows in the wake of the previous albums conclusion, where Zargothrax escaped through a wormhole to another reality following the destruction of Earth. Chasing after him, Angus McFife XIII finds himself in the dark Terrorvortex dimension, where Zargothrax has become the almighty Dark Lord of Dundee and all hope seems lost, and so he must join a resistance in order to destroy the dark sorcerer once and for all.
Return to the Kingdom of Fife (2023), which follows from the cliffhanger at the end of Galactic Terrorvortex, where after his final defeat and death at the hands of Angus McFife XIII and The Hootsman, Zargothrax sent an interdimensional transmission back to his original reality, activating Zargothrax Clone Alpha-1 in the year 1022, three decades after his initial defeat and imprisonment at the hands of Prince Angus McFife. The awakening of Zargothrax's Clone dramatically alters the course of history, with King Angus the 1st dying and the Kingdom of Fife becoming an irradiated wasteland following a nuclear explosion, and so Prince Angus McFife II must lead a mighty resistance in order to stop the sinister cloned sorcerer in his diabolocal quest to revive his frozen progenitor and bring about ultimate chaos as the Double Wizard.
The band's members play the central characters of these stories in albums and in live performances, wearing costumes and presenting themselves in-character. Gloryhammer's lineup is as follows:
*Christopher Bowes (Dark Sorcerer Zargothrax), Keyboards
*Michael Barber (Zargothrax on Live Shows since 2016), Keyboards
*Sozos Michael (Angus McFife and all his descendants), Vocals
*Paul Templing (Ser Proletius), Guitar
*James Cartwright (The Hootsman), Bass
*Ben Turk (Ralathor The Hermit), Drums
===Angus McSix===
Since Gloryhammer's inception in 2010, the role of Angus McFife and all descendants used to be played by Thomas Winkler, who lent his vocal performance to the band. However, on August 2021, Thomas was suddenly removed from the band following some unspecified behind-the-scenes drama. He was replaced by Sozos Michael shortly after, who continues to play Angus McFife to this day.
Though initially silent about the circumstances surrounding his firing, Thomas Winkler eventually returned the following year by announcing his own Symphonic Power Metal band, Angus McSix. Though now separate from Christopher Bowes' Gloryhammer proper, Thomas would continue to portray the character he brought to life, following his storyline in his own split continuity.
Angus McSix sees Prince Angus' resurrection in a another world after his fiery death in the ultimate battle in the history of the Galaxy and Scotland, as he abandons his old name and old hammer upon drawing the Almighty Sword Sixcalibur and adorning himself in gold. The band's first album, Angus McSix and the Sword of Power, was released on April 21 2023.
Angus McSix's lineup is as follows:
* Thomas Winkler (Angus McSix), Vocals
* Seeb Levermann (Archdemon Seebulon), Guitar & Bass
* Thalìa Bellazecca (Queen Talestris), Guitar
* Manu Lotter (Berserker Skaw!), Drums
==Power of the Verse==
Gloryhammer is a very powerful science-fantasy setting. Its characters are mighty heroes capable of surviving the detonation of a 50-Megaton Nuclear Bomb and endure the ensuing radioactive fallout. Characters frequently battle with mighty artifacts forged in the hearts of stars, and surviving in the vacuum of space and across the surface of suns while flying on the back of winged unicorns, dragons and giant eagles.
Its main antagonist, the Dark Sorcerer Zargothrax, is capable of performing a wide range of magical feats, from Soul Manipulation, Weather Manipulation, Dimensional Travel, Summoning & Necromancy, Mind Manipulation, and even Matter Manipulation to the point of forcing nuclear fusion to unleash Magic Nuclear Missiles on his foes. Moreover, with the detonation of the contained Neutron Star that serves as his robotic heart, The Hootsman is able to release Neutronic Trasnova explosion that completely vaporizes Planet Earth and tears a Wormhole in the fabric of space-time. And yet Zargothrax still survives standing in the epicenter of this explosion, with only the astral power of the Hammer of Glory being able to put the evil wizard down for good.
The setting's most powerful characters, divine beings such as the Starlords of Eternity, the Elder God Kor-Virliath and the ascended form of The Hootsman are all capable of destroying and creating entire universes.
==Supporters==
*Matthew Schroeder
*Scouterversal
*MrKerf
==Characters==
===Gloryhammer===
File:Angus1.jpg|Angus McFife|link=Angus McFife
File:Angus2.jpg|Angus McFife II|link=Angus McFife II
File:Angus13.jpg|Angus McFife XIII|link=Angus McFife XIII
File:Hootsman.jpg|The Hootsman|link=The Hootsman
File:OldProletius.jpg|Ser Proletius|link=Ser Proletius
File:Ralathor.jpg|Ralathor|link=Ralathor
File:DarkLordZargothrax.jpg|Zargothrax|link=Zargothrax
File:ZargothraxClone.jpg|Zargothrax CloneAlpha-01|link=Zargothrax (Clone Alpha-01)
File:DarkProletius.jpg|Dreadlord Proletius|link=Dreadlord Proletius
====Minor Characters & Weapons & Others====
* The Hammer of Glory
* The Knife of Evil
* The Vorpal Laserblaster of Pittenweem
* Ancestral Laserdragon
* Robot Prince of Auchterthool
* Kor-Virliath
* Starlords of Eternity
* The Kingdom of Fife
===Angus McSix===
File:McSix.jpg|Angus McSix|link=Angus McSix
File:Thalestris.jpg|Queen Thalestris|link=Thalestris
File:Skaw.jpg|Skaw!|link=Skaw!
File:ArchdemonSeeb.jpg|Archdemon Seebulon|link=Seebulon
====Minor Characters & Weapons & Others====
* Sixcalibur
* Laser-Shooting Dinosaur
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