![]() After the CDU lost the 1998 federal election, Merkel was elected CDU General Secretary, before becoming the party's first female leader and the first female Leader of the Opposition two years later, in the aftermath of a donations scandal that toppled Wolfgang Schäuble.įollowing the 2005 federal election, Merkel was appointed to succeed Gerhard Schröder as Chancellor of Germany, leading a grand coalition consisting of the CDU, its Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). As the protégée of Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Merkel was appointed as Minister for Women and Youth in 1991, later becoming Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in 1994. Following German reunification in 1990, Merkel was elected to the Bundestag for the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Merkel entered politics in the wake of the Revolutions of 1989, briefly serving as deputy spokeswoman for the first democratically elected Government of East Germany led by Lothar de Maizière. She obtained a doctorate in quantum chemistry in 1986 and worked as a research scientist until 1989. ![]() Merkel was born in Hamburg in then- West Germany, moving to East Germany as an infant when her father, a Lutheran clergyman, received a pastorate in Perleberg. During her tenure as Chancellor, Merkel was frequently referred to as the de facto leader of the European Union (EU), the most powerful woman in the world and since 2016 as the leader of the free world. Merkel was the first female chancellor of Germany. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), she previously served as Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2005 and as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union from 2000 to 2018. His tales of the Warhammer old world include The Return of Nagash and The Lord of the End Times, and two Gotrek & Felix novels.Angela Dorothea Merkel ( German: ( listen) née Kasner born 17 July 1954) is a German former politician and scientist who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. He has written many stories set in the Age of Sigmar, including the novels Eight Lamentations: Spear of Shadows, Hallowed Knights: Plague Garden and Nagash: The Undying King. His Warhammer 40,000 work includes Lukas the Trickster, Fabius Bile: Primogenitor, Fabius Bile: Clonelord and Deathstorm, and the novellas Hunter’s Snare and Dante’s Canyon, along with the audio drama Master of the Hunt. Josh Reynolds is the author of the Horus Heresy Primarchs novel Fulgrim: The Palatine Phoenix, and the audio dramas Blackshields: The False War and Blackshields: The Red Fief. This is a hell of madmen and monsters, and for those who dare enter, there is no turning back. But whether compelled by duty or the lure of ancient treasure, the same fate is promised to all. Whilst Sigmar’s heroes seek to unsnarl this labyrinthine nightmare, hordes of Chaos revel in its madness. Ex-Freeguild soldier, Seguin Reynar, ventures forth in search of his fortune and he is not alone. In streets swathed in fog lurk every horror of death’s creation, and a darkness has settled within every heart.īut there are still those who will brave its ruins. Such was the severity of their offence that Nagash’s curse was one of cruel and twisted artistry and all that was once glorified about the city has become a perverse reflection of itself. ![]() For it is a place of damnation a shadow in the desert that echoes with the howl of wretched souls.ĭoomed to wander this endless purgatory are the citizens of Shadespire, a punishment for their crime against the God of Death himself. Now all that remains of the city is its withered husk, and those who speak of it do so at their peril. Once a glittering metropolis, its soaring towers and palaces of glass pierced the funereal skies of the underworld, a bold testament to mortal enterprise. Throughout the Realm of Death, the name is but a tremble upon the lips of fools who utter it. It's a whole novel exploring the treacherous streets and mysterious curse of the City of Mirrors – and it's by Josh Reynolds, so you know it's going to be packed with fascinating characters and awesome battles. Amidst the ruins of the once-great Mirrored City, cursed by Nagash himself, ex-freeguild soldier Seguin Rayner and his allies seek secrets – but even if they retrieve them, can they ever escape Shadespire?
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