warhammer 40k

"Remember this story is over." he said to his partner as they stood in the crater where the city once stood. The platet was dead and the only reason that they could breathe was because the spell was pulling air from the past into the present. "So what's our mission?" his partner asked him...

So there's a statement that's been made in a few different parts of the Internet I frequent about Warhanmer 40,000. Specifically, it's about the Imperium. It is typically a complaint about the Imperium and how its existence gets in the way of the setting's themes about how it is a terrible...

The Galaxy Burns.... Across uncounted worlds men and women die in their countless billions. Across a thousand planets the fires of industry are fed with blood, bone and gristle. Across the vastness of space the Xenos turn their hungering gaze upon the decaying edifice that is the Imperium of...

Most vs debates ask who would win. I pose a slightly different scenario. In one corner is the God Emperor of All Mankind, in the other, a standard Space Marine per the 41st millenium- we'll just say an Ultramarine in specific in case that affects anyone's assessments, standard Tactical Marine...

You are - 1: Genetor Jarpun Dark!/2:Exalted Sorcerer of the Thousand Sons Contract Forger!/3: High Priest of the Bonecarver Cults!/4: Warpsmith Ogaran of the Undivided/5: Sessenan Pleasurebringer of the Sessetium Species/6: Blightstomach the Pestigor Lord. [ERROR] ... You are 6-1. A massive...

Prologue; The Blood Star The tides of the Immaterium roiled in the wake of the Cicatrix Maledictum. Powers beyond the reckoning of men and even the Demigods who commanded them. The 27th Grand Host of the Word Bearers, en-route to join the Warmasters efforts found itself first becalmed and then...

It is the tail end of the fortieth millennium, and the imperium of man is at war. The forces of chaos set out on yet another crusade, heretics grow in the dark and xenos beset the great empire on all sides. Brave men, women and children die by the billions to stave off mankind’s demise. To the...

Welcome everybody to my quest, we will be creating a chapter of space marines in the 26th Founding and going from there, you will play as a Chapter Master and manage your chapter in the 41st Milenium. Hope you are ready for the ride, and as always, Emperor protects! Chapter Creation 1 "It is...

So, when I write fanfic, I've notied that it tends to come in one of two modes. The first mode is "intensely psychosexual character drama". This is the mode I took for my first 40k fic, and my first SV thread in general, Ecstacies of Saint Chrisenya the Mad. But there's another mode, more rarely...

You wake up. Alone. Unsure who you are. Your memory banks are damaged. The blessed steel that comprises your body is compromised. Around you is wreckage as far as you can see. You don’t immediately recall how you got here or where here is. First, you need to take stock of the situation, figure...

The information the abominable machine man provided you is still overwhelming, in the meantime memories of your past life start to get to you. You were a -[X] select your gender From -[X] select your country of origin and you were -[X] select age [18+, but less than 80], for age I will choose a...

Empire Engine Short Story Ideas and Setting Exposition [Short stories to introduce the setting and factions: - the Timeline and Idea Index are still very dry and don't really provide any tone or true flavor for the setting. These short story ideas are intended to be expanded into a longer...

Just a thing that's been rattling in my head since a certain scene in Owlcat's Rogue Trader. Spoiler alerts for the game, up to early chapter 4. The Trial Of Yrliet Bifrost von Valancius, Rogue Trader of the Koronus Expanse, was extremely happy to be back on her ship. It still was weird...

Welcome to Solar Auxilia Quest. You are no Legionnes Astartes, No Primarch, no great leader, you are an officer of a Cohort of elite human footsoldiers that is nevertheless destined to play a secondary role to the Space Marine Legions. You will command no great battlefronts, and you are...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g3_CFmnU7k Emperor above, your dreams are getting weird. Another droplet of an indiscernible liquid falls from the pitiful, damp excuse for a ceiling and onto the bedsheet in which you lay. The floor remains as cold and metallic as ever, a constant reminder of...

Of Graves, of Worms, and Epitaphs No matter where; of comfort no man speak: Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs; Make dust our paper and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth, Let's choose executors and talk of wills: On This Date, the 35th Day of the Seventh...

Idea Index Standards: Standard Light Year Standard Second Standard Metrics Standard DNA Standard Biota/Enviomes Standard Humaniform Standard Parish/Polity/Peerage Standard Planet/Populations Standard Empire (A common scifi trope is to say standard days or years - this is a parallel concept...

The Empire Engine Local Group Timeline: Big Bang: Singularity Inversion - Universal Initiation *Standard Theology* [Appearance of the Empire Engine Boltzmann during Universal Materialization. Empire Engine Passage through Darkness after Singularity Inversion at the beginning of Universal...

What if in the near future an unimaginably powerful AI agent escaped from the solar system? Where would it go? If it was pre-programmed to create and maintain a perpetual empire and control the entire galaxy there is only one place to go - the Galactic Core - where the Vast majority of the...

It is 032.M116, less than a century after the Horus Heresy was brought to an end and the Second Founding declared. Just after the bare minimum needed to reign in the chaos of the Horus Heresy was done. The hunt for the traitors goes on. But the Imperium's expansion continues regardless, for...

“I wait for you, and I forgive you,” the voice said. It was filled with dread and sadness. The moment you hear it, you realize it is your father's voice. These were the last words he spoke to you before he ended your life with a dagger straight to the heart. You remembered the pain, the feeling...

It is the 41st Millenium. For more than a hundred centuries you have sat immobile on the Golden Throne of Terra. You are the master of mankind, in defiance of the cruel desires of twisted gods, and millions of worlds are under the protection of your inexhaustible armies. Through the greatest...

The galaxy is dying, the Orks have changed, and they have become something darker, smarter, and deadlier. Their presence alone was enough to break the minds of lesser beings, who would either kneel to them and swear loyalty to their new masters or would be driven mad by whatever new powers...

First of all: Disclaimer: I do not own any of the properties mentioned in this fic, nor do I claim to. All rights remain with their respective owners. None of this is canon or should be seen as such. I am not profiting from this fic in any way; this is entirely for fun. Okay, so this is a...

"The Earth is littered with the ruins of empires that believed they were eternal." - Attributed to Ancient Terran Scholar and Remembrancer 000. M31; Civilized System, 23-56, 'Heruvian System' The planet of 23-56 was a testament to the perseverance and ingenuity of humanity. The world had...