Sigmar
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Sigmar Unberogen, known aso as Sigmar Heldenhammer, the Hammer of Orcs, The Chosen of Ulric, Sigmar Bjornsson, is the founder of the Empire and its current patron deity. In life, Sigmar was a chieftain of the Unberogen tribe and the son of the legendary hero Bjorn Unberogen. As a god, he is the patron of the Empire, battle, good governance, strength, shouting and warhammers. His symbols are the Warhammer, twin-tailed comet and griffon.
It has never been satisfactorily explained why the Church of Sigmar insists that its brethren go bald when all depictions of Sigmar have long, flowing, unkempt hair.
In Warhammer 40,000
In the current official publications of GW, there is no link between Warhammer Fantasy Battle and Warhammer 40,000, but that's never gotten in the way of the fandom, especially considering that at one point, WFB was explicitly part of the 40k universe. A recurring hypothesis is that Sigmar is one of the Unknown Primarchs. One could posit that the twin-tailed comet which heralded his birth was actually the genetor-pod falling to the Warhammer World, that his mysterious departure was him leaving to take command of his Space Marine Legion (tentatively called the Emperor's Hammers), and that the miracles credited to him are in fact the result of the God-Emperor of Mankind. Recent pieces of background, detailing Sigmar's birth and characteristics, tend to invalidate this theory, however.
Sigmar's too manly for the Emperor's pussy ass to handle anyway. Not to mention the recent Horus Heresy Series shed some light on the other two Primarchs who apparently were found and killed for rampant mutation or refusal to join the Imperium. Also it is mentioned that apparently the legions that should have been lead by them were transferred to the Ultramarines, another reason to hate those guys.