warhammer 40k

It is the dawn of the 42nd Millennium. And it is a grim dawn indeed. The Forces of Chaos have torn the galaxy in half with the Great Rift, and continue their endless rampage. The Necrons continue to slowly but surely arise from their slumber, and Tyranid Hivefleets seem never-ending. And the...

Chapter 1: Fading Away from the Light Arrakis, 10191 AD The sun above was a hot, oppressive thing, reflecting off the vast sands of the world below it and amplifying the heat of the dry air. Here on the curtain wall of utterly solid stone, it was only a little cooler comparatively. For Daniel...

The Grim Darkness of the Milky Way on the eve of the 31st millennium has been bred in the chaos of thousands of struggling empires, shattered remnants of the far greater states that once dominated the galaxy. From the massive tear in the very flesh of the galaxy, warp storms have killed any...

The Year is 455 M41. You have been informed by the Adeptus Terra that you have been awarded the Governorship over the Moran system. You are told that the previous Governor was purged for Heresy. The tithe is due and you have minimal information on your new realm. Lying in a underdeveloped...

[] As I finally regained my sight and the violent turbulence of dimensional travel subsided along with the pain of having my entire form broken down and reform, the swirl of lights and dark shapes began to correct themselves as the reality of common sense asserted itself over me once again, my...

This is not a versus. This is not a 'who would win'. This is intended to be as true and honest to both source materials, taking characters and exploring them as best as possible, enriching both worlds for the interplay of the two, and is expressly character and narrative driven. If you expect a...

Prologue – Awakening At first, there was nothing. Neither light nor dark, only nonexistence, a deep sleep. A mote of biological matter, a chitinous cluster of cells, floats aimlessly in the artificial wind of a turbine, unnoticed, indistinguishable from the dust created by the dead skin of...

Jalente System, Aetelian Sector, Ultima Segmentum. 728 M41. Arriving ships are common sights in the Jalente System. Mostly in the form of cargo ships, arriving in the system´s sole inhabited planet in order to pick the agriworld´s bounty to feed the neighboring Systems. The rest of them are...

Note on story structure - This is written in the format of the Ciaphas Cain WH40K novel series. In short: - Any white text in the body of non-"Editorial" threadmarks is written by Taylor and taken from her unpublished memoirs. - Any green text in regular threadmarks, including inline spoilers...

Character Creation, Part 1 Origins: There will be a follow-up vote to drill down further for details of the character's origins before they became a Corsair captain and figure out a few details of their background. Breaking it into a two or three-part vote should avoid too much option paralysis...

What is this? Advanced Dark Heresy is a fan-made "enhanced" ruleset and collection of items/armory/psychic powers/sheets etc to make a sort of a complete overhaul in how the game works and is played. This system is based on the DH 1st edition and if wanting some similarities, the system has...

Disclaimer: WH40K and Mass Effect belong to their respective copyright owners. This story is not for sale or rent. Chapter 1: By heresies distressed =ID= Part 1 =ID= 11.05.2183 CIC FWS Normandy Utopia system Exodus Cluster The stealth frigate slid through space like a blade in the dark...

“A human, when deprived of their social environments, will invariably begin to exhibit similar deteriorations that one might expect from one of us. The fact so many do exist in an atomized, individualized state without going completely mad is a testament to the overall mental fortitude of the...

The Apostle of the Gods wandered down the halls of a church of flesh and blood. It was made from the sacrifice of 47 thousand slaves and was composed of their flesh and bones, the 47 corresponded to the sacred number of all the Gods as established by the Council of Dark Apostles. He was massive...

#1 - The Maintenance Decks [Level 8 - Deck 895] Nine secured the jaws of his pipe wrench before pushing down to secure the nuts. His chest ached from the pressure of heaving with his entire bodyweight, but such was the life of a pipeworker. The hissing he'd been hearing several meters back...

I blinked, staring out of the cockpit of my ACU. I was, on Earth, wasn't I? No. The Quantum Arch, I had destroyed it- I'd won. I shook my head, the wires and tubes connecting my suit to the ACU tugging oddly. And now? I glanced to the readouts, most of which were flashing some form of...

The Commissar smiled at the waves of dead Heretics sitting at the walls. The Screens show the piles of heretics killed in 8k. Sipping on his drink as he glanced at the Commander, who ate a Lobster meal, "Hmm, Jolly good work, I do say so." "God Emperor bless the Imperium and its superior...

The Flak armour binds tightly against your torso, green fatigues covering everything with the rough fabric and supposedly protective. You’ve changed since the last time you looked at yourself, uniform tighter over muscles that grew with your conscription into the Astra Militarum. The tight bun...

Holy Terra, M43 The Imperium has fallen. For the last one thousand years, the dying of the light had been slowly but inexorably approaching. Hive Fleet Leviathan, greatly empowered after it had gorged on trillions of orks in the cataclysmic Octarius War, swept through the galaxy, annihilating...

For over twelve millennia, the hive world of Mevania has been one of the brightest jewels of the Ultima Segmentum. While smaller than many of its contemporaries, housing a mere two hundred billion souls within its spires, the world has long been renowned as a place of prosperity, security, and...

Oooh baby, there you had it. The shit of legends. The divine apparatus that could cleanse all ailments of body and soul. The Dee-Shawasha. With this score, you'll be wiping your ass with Thrones; even the Emperor himself might give you a high-five. Oooh yeah baby. Big money. You slinked your...

WAAAGH! That is the first thing that comes to your mind when you awake. It is the only thing in your mind, nothing other matters than WAAAGH! You fight against the mud keeping you from jumping to your feet. The annoying dirt is trying to strangle you, getting in your mouth when you scream at...

It awoke, nestled within dark stone. Its systems were functioning on the lowest amount of power they could. It sent out a request for reconnection with the rest of the network, but nothing answered it. Thinking that its request hadn't reached the main node, it started to spin up its energy...

Disclaimer. You are a resident of feudal theocratic authoritarian confederated oligarchy. Your position is directly tied to the status you occupy in the state machine, and the character is interested in maintaining his position. You grew up in the Imperium, in a society that is very different...

Out of Character: This is not meant to be a definitive "fixing" of Warhammer 40,000, it's more of a reworking of it to suit my tastes. People should be allowed to enjoy whatever version of the setting they like, including the canon one. This work also covers themes of violence and sexuality and...