Nurgle (Lord of Plague), Khorne (Blood God), and Tzeentch (Changer of Ways) were born just after Earth's Neolithic period, with Slaanesh (Dark Prince of Pleasure, she who thirsts) only manifesting when the Eldar empire fell, circa M29. Ruinous Powers/ChaosД«orn from the physic imprint of all intelligent life in the galaxy, whereas the Immaterium had once been fairly tranquil and rarely travelled by the minds of the living, the collective impression made by the Eldar and humanity allowed them to manifest inside the Wrap. Where they capture their victims by venturing out of the web-way into real space in raiding parties. But by consuming the souls of other beings through torture and pain. The twisted and malign kindred of the ancient Eldar race, who protect their souls from Slaanesh not by using soul stones as the Eldar. The Eldar are a cunning and highly technological people, though they are few in number due to a mass hysteria that befell their people in M29, resulting in the awaking of the Chaos God Slaanesh. They continued the work their creators had made on Warpspace travel, and refined the Webway system, eventually allowing them access to instantaneous travel across the galaxy without using the Warp at all. Eldar / AeldariДЄdvanced humanoid race created by the Old Ones, in order to battle against the C'tan. The Necrontyr were transformed into Necrons, losing their flesh and souls and made into mechanical undead warriors, as they're seen in current Warhammer 40,000. They went into hibernation on various different 'tomb worlds' after the Old Ones left the galaxy. The first humanoid race existent in the Milky Way, they were tricked by the C'tan into becoming their slaves, the Necrons, whom they serve to this day. They had been fighting the C'tan and their Necron pawns for millions of years, before fleeing the galaxy entirely. Old OnesДЄn advanced cold-blooded reptilian race, they created the Eldar and Slann races, discovered the Immaterium, and forged the first interstellar empire in known space. They make use of advanced non-psychic technologies, and despise all use of the Immaterium and the Warp. The first intelligent beings present in the Milky Way galaxy, they have been fighting a near-eternal war with the Old Ones for control over the entire galaxy, and the delicious life force it contains. In the Warhammer 40K universe, the Imperial dating system is rather complex due to the vast quantity of history that has been recorded over such a stretch of time, as this date format will be used in this wiki, a brief explanation will be offered.Д®xamples of the Imperial dating system (the following standard Earth dates are in AD):

So far the only race that is known to have originated from outside of our own galaxy are the ravenous Tyranid aliens. The events that take place in this harsh setting mainly concern the people and planets of the Milky Way galaxy. Trillions of individuals, dozens of races, untold millions of planets inhabited by those vying for power, wealth, immortality and sometimes just their own base survival. The universe of 40K is based on a grimly dark vision of the far-flung future (about 38,000 years from the present day), where death, war, pain, betrayal, tyranny, genocide and destruction are widespread, and more often than not the de facto way of life. Warhammer 40K was created by Rick Priestley in 1987 as a futuristic continuation to his 1983 Warhammer Fantasy Battle tabletop game.

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