Editing Setting:Brighthammer 40,000/Warp Horrors (section)

=== The Dread Moon ===
''Alias: The Watcher in Darkness''

The Dread Moon may appear in the Materium when an entire planet is engulfed in war, should that planet have at least one moon. Its manifestation superimposes the moon with the image of an unblinking reptilian eye.
Its influence (aside from the visual manifestation) is subtle: peace negotiations fail, comrades are more likely to start infighting, equipment fails with the most dangerous effects possible. As soon as the war ceases, the manifestation disappears.
At least two hundred and twenty-four wars since the rise of the Empire of Man have been stopped dead as soon as the Watcher in Darkness appeared in the system - both sides realizing that the only way to survive this encounter was peaceful negotiation.
The Adeptus Telepathica fears that it may be allied to the dread [[../Tau|Tau]], as it has been seen during their last three attempted invasions of imperial planets.