Warhammer Meta-Setting
 This article is a stub. You can help 1d4chan by expanding it |
Hinted towards in the original fluff, revealed during the End Times and expanded upon in the Age of Sigmar, the Warhammer Fantasy universe isn't, as previously thought, a single universe ever assailed by Chaos, but rather one universe out of many. The Warhammer Fantasy universe (and maybe the 40k universe as well, as some things hint towards), are, in fact, a perpetual cycle of birth, stagnation and destruction, with every cycle ending with Chaos consuming as much of the worlds as it can, sating themselves and giving time for the powers of Order to recollect themselves, recreate the universe and gather the souls of the last one into the new ones.
How this fits with 40k is not know, but at least it is know that the Warp has connections to both the Fantasy and 40k universe, and that the Chaos Gods from the two settings are the same.
The Cycle
When Chaos wins in a cycle and devours it, the universe is left as a half-empty void, with the surviving souls bobbing around, alongside leftovers from the old world and what not. The surviving characters are (usually) the ones who can be considered gods or half-gods (since they'll be bound up into powers about as strong as Chaos, such as the Magical Winds). From here on, it's essentially a free-for-all, with the vying Gods now having the ability to take the raw magic of the universe and form it into something, the way they like. The general world is created by a sort of godly being by the name of Dracothian, a dragon made of starlight, who's only role in life is to recreate a physical world for the beings of the new one to live in - As such, he's more of a custodian of the Warhammer worlds than anything, as he's not shown to have any other effect on the universe.
The new gods are then essentially allowed to do whatever they want with the universe - Nothing stops them from just faffin' about. Many of them will likely want to fight Chaos with as much Order as they can muster. It is normal for them to create new races or form new armies that are made to fight Chaos, but since no one has been able to stave the Chaos Gods forever, no one seeems to be able to make an army that can actually resist Chaos completely, or at least win a something against Chaos.
Just as the worlds, realms and universes are formed, Chaos gets it's shit up and running, and after having picked the last few mortal souls out of their corrupted, jagged teeth, begin taking on the physical world again and corrupts it as much as possible. Though they might lose many times before any actual damage has been done to the physical world, a little corruption at a time will let the thirsting Gods enjoy a little refreshing souls from time to time, while planning out new ways to kill the world off for good. The Chaos Gods often have mutually exclusive goals in every Cycle, as some of them enjoy wracking up shit better than others do, so they rarely have the entire force of Chaos behind them, just as the different Gods left from the last cycle might have their own agendas to pursue.
Then, when Chaos finally get tired of the current Cycle, or when a Chaos Champion goes "fuck this" and decides to take reality for a spin, Chaos goes all out and begins taking over the Material worlds, until the worlds are so strained that they can't keep themselves running and the Gods of the Cycle can't keep it together anymore, the world simply rips itself apart. All creation is engulfed in the Warp, and everything goes back to the Void it started as, while the Chaos Gods go snack on souls and the old Gods are flung into the chaos, and new Gods are created as new powers break free and take hold of new champions...
... And then the Cycle begins anew.
Known Cycles and their Gods
- * * Work in Process * * *
So who the hell is the Architect of this shit?
- * * Work in Process * * *