Commorragh

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In the science fiction miniature game Warhammer 40,000, Commorragh is the city-state belonging to the Dark Eldar race. It is said to be impossible for outsiders to find, and anarchy and terrorism are a well-established way of life for its debased inhabitants. It is widely believed to be hidden deep within an inter-dimensional labyrinth known as the Webway, described by the Eldar as a "dark stain" growing within their holy pathways. It is a city known to have "wandering shadows that tear apart the unwary" and is bathed in a crimson half-light.

During the final weeks of the recent Eye of Terror campaign, which followed the 13th Black Crusade of Warmaster Abaddon the Despoiler, the Eldar collapsed several Webway portals leading to Commorragh, isolating it from much of the Webway. Given the mutable nature of the Webway however, the Dark Eldar can still use artificial Webway portals to create temporary tunnels, and thus are largely unaffected.

In the short story by Gav Thorpe, The Torturer's Tale, Asdrubael Vect, Lord of the Kabal of the Black Heart, relates to the torture slave, Gideon, how the Dark Eldar arose and how Commorragh came to exist. In this story, Vect makes it clear that Commorragh exists within the Webway:

"It seemed there was but one way of escaping Her and that was to flee their homes and leave the physical world behind forever. We came here, into the realm between worlds that we created to traverse the galaxy safe from harm. Here, the Great Enemy's grip is weakened, yet to our Lord's horror it was not wholly broken. He had bought his people time, a little instant of time but nothing more. Others followed him, each choosing a place for themselves, building new shrines and around them great palaces. Here, where you sit now, is one of the chambers of the original Temple of the Black Heart. You are very privileged, you know. Not many survive to get this far. Most of them break before they even reach the second level."

[edit] References

• Thorpe, Gav. The Torturer's Tale. Games Workshop. Retrieved on January 6, 2006.