Editing Old Ones (section)

== Warhammer ==
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Both [[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]] and [[Warhammer 40,000]] feature major background events caused by Old Ones. There is some debate about whether they are both the same or different. In 40k: they were reptilian; [[War in Heaven|battled against]] the [[Necrons|Necrontyr]] and [[C'tan]]; used genetic engineering to create the [[Eldar]], [[Human|Humanity's ancestors]] (kinda, but not really since human ancestors didn’t exist back then...), and the [[Orks]]; and created the [[Webway]]. We also have them to thank for the existence of the Chaos Gods since before the War in Heaven, the Warp was known to have been a far more placid realm. Boy did that change. In short, for all intents and purposes, this effectively means that the Old Ones, Necrons, and C'tan are the progenitors of the Chaos Gods. At best, the Old Ones are equally responsible for this outcome as the other two. Though, given their penchant for warp dabbling in contrast to the absolute non-existence of the same from the Necrons and C'tan, it's perhaps more likely that the Old Ones hold a higher percentage of the blame. If nothing else, this all probably puts the Old Ones at the top of the list of architects of the greatest ever instances of [[Not As Planned]]. That's something. 

In Warhammer Fantasy, they arrived to Warhammer World from space, seeing (probably) its potential in colonisation or maybe they wanted to use it as a part of their plan to stop [[Chaos]]. They, however, were pissed off by planet's climate and used their and [[Slann]] magic to literally pull the world out of Ice Age and reshape the continents when they needed it. After that they started creation (or genetical modification, it's not exactly known) of different races to battle Chaos, although they failed every time. Every major race (with exception of [[Orcs & Goblins]] and Chaos-related species like [[Skaven]]) were created by them, and even more were genocided by Old Ones' loyal servants, [[Lizardmen]]. And then, when Old Ones desperately tried to fix [[Ogre Kingdoms|their latest failure]], Chaos Gates collapsed, [[Daemon|Daemons]] were released and they mysteriously disappeared, leaving only plaques with some of their instructions.