Section III

Warhammer40,000

Forty years of background, untangled. Start with the Emperor and the Heresy, and the rest of the galaxy falls into place.

Start here

The setting, the game and the books, for complete beginners.

Who's fighting whom, sorted into the four big camps.

Birth, the Great Crusade, the Heresy and the Golden Throne.

Why the Emperor's favourite son turned on him, and how it ended.

The Warmaster's rise, his fall to Chaos and his last duel.

Each Primarch, his Legion, and which side he took.

The Ultramarines' Primarch, back from the dead and running the Imperium.

Khorne, Nurgle, Tzeentch and Slaanesh, and what each one wants.

How they're made, how Chapters work and why they matter.

Who actually runs a million worlds, and how badly.