Editing Setting:Brighthammer 40,000/2nd edition (section)

== Races ==

'''[[C'tan (Brighthammer 40,000)|C'tan]]''' can occasionally be found feasting on stars. Maybe two dozen still travel through known space in the artificial bodies they were gifted by the ancient Necrontyr, but most of them just want to be left alone.

“[[Diasporex]]” not a single species, but a loose pirate alliance of humans and xenos.  Mercilessly pillage settled worlds, enslaving any species they can add to their number and exterminating all others.  Often force enslaved planetary populations to build “hydro leecher” rig that quickly drains their own home star to supply their Diasporex masters with more power.

'''[[Eldar (Brighthammer 40,000)|Bright Eldar]]''' roam the galaxy in the hopes that they might prove themselves worthy of ascension. Their actions and motives are incomprehensible to outside observers.

'''[[Eldar (Brighthammer 40,000)|Exodite Eldar]]''' seek to dominate. To this end, they are searching for artifacts of the Great Old Ones and control of their remaining Warp Horrors.

'''Humans''' are the most widespread race in the galaxy. Most of them live in - or are associated with - the Imperium of Man.

'''Imperial Subject Races''' are Xeno subject races within the Imperium of Man. While they have freedom of travel and settlement, most of them never leave their homeworld. 

'''Kroot''' hire themselves out as mercenaries. 

'''[[Orks (Brighthammer 40,000)|Orks]]''' are less savage than their [[Warhammer 40,000|mirrorverse]] counterparts; they are just as likely to spend their time playing [[Bloodbowl]] as caving your head in. Most of them roam the galaxy in search of conflict or fun.  Even in Brighthammer, Orks are basically Orks.  Wow.

'''[[Slaan (Brighthammer 40,000)|Slaan]]''' were designed by the Great Old Ones as their lieutenants and governors. For untold millennia, their only goal has been to return their masters to life.

'''[[Squats]]'''! They live!

'''[[Tau (Brighthammer 40,000)|Tau]]''' are a relatively new species, which has already made a name across its quadrant as ruthless oppressors (the joke is that we just took regular grimdark Tau and ported them into Brighthammer unmodified; just as they look "good-ish" in Warhammer in comparison to everyone else, they look particularly "bad" in Brighthammer).

'''[[Tyranid|Tyranids]]''' want to mindlessly eat the galaxy, just as they have eaten two other galaxies before (it's "bright" because warhammer Tyranids in canon have "consumed a thousand galaxies and at least a million civilizations" whereas these 'nids only ate two galaxies.  See? Noblebright).

'''[[Zoanthropes (Brighthammer 40,000)|Zoanthropes]]''' are the original creators of the Tyranids. In their desperate flight from their mad creations, they have traveled between galaxies numerous times, disaster always in their wake.

'''Golden Men''' The undying robotic remnants of humanity's failed attempt at achieving a technologically based godhood, now driven into hiding and planning their revenge against the "fleshlings".