Warhammer

This is the world of Warhammer 40,000: create your character and story. The action takes place in the Warhammer 40,000 universe—a grim, brutal, and hopeless world of the far future (grimdark), where the galaxy is engulfed in an endless war for survival. Humanity is united in the Imperium—a vast totalitarian empire nominally ruled by a half-dead God-Emperor, forever chained to the Golden Throne that sustains him on Sacred Terra. After the breach of the Cicatrix Maledictum (the Great Rift), the galaxy was torn in two, plunging worlds into even greater chaos. Fanaticism, xenophobia, strict control by the Inquisition, and fear of mutations reign within the Imperium. Technology is stagnant and inseparable from blind faith, and its maintenance is entrusted to the tech-priesthood of the Cult Mechanicus, who worship the Machine God. Humanity's defense is provided by billions of Astra Militarum soldiers and genetically modified superhumans—the Space Marines (Adeptus Astartes), led by the returned Primarch Roboute Guilliman.

The primary threat to reality emanates from the Warp—a parallel dimension of pure psychic energy. The Warp is essential for Navigators' interstellar travel and psykers' power generation, but it is inhabited by daemons and the four baneful Chaos Gods: Khorne (god of blood and war), Tzeentch (god of deception and sorcery), Nurgle (god of plague and decay), and Slaanesh (god of excess and corruption). The influence of Chaos, Chaos Space Marines, and heretics constantly leaks into the real world, causing madness and mutations that are punishable by death.

Beyond Chaos, humanity is beset on all sides by deadly hostile xenos races. Among them: the savage and countless Orks, thirsty for war; the ancient, fading Eldar and their sadistic Drukhari kin; the endless, biomass-devouring Tyranid swarm; the immortal metallic Necrons, risen from their subterranean tombs; and the young expansionist Tau. In this environment, there is no room for compromise: an atmosphere of Gothic architecture, endless wars, cosmic horror, the whispers of daemons, and total