Chaos Wastes
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Chaos Wastes is a fictional place in Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy world setting. The Chaos Wastes are a vast warped, cold and barren wasteland to the north (and probably also the south) of the habitable areas of the world. It is refered by the Norse Shadowlands and also sometimes it is refered as Umbra. Wastes are mentioned in many of the Warhammer sourcebooks. It borders Cathay, Naggaroth, Ogre Kingdoms and Norsca. Part (southern) of the Wastes are also Eastern Steppes.
The Chaos Wastes are inhabited by various mutated Flora and Fauna, Daemons, Chaos Monsters (inlcuding Beastmen) and barbaric human tribes of Kurgan and Hung who worship Chaos gods whose influence is strong here. A great Chaos Portal between the material world and the Realm of Chaos spews raw magical energy, the stuff of Chaos, into the world. Several other, lesser rifts also exist in the wastes. Unstable energies change the climate also radically causing mutations to anybody moving there.
Champions of Chaos travel to the wastes to gain respect and rewards from their masters. Mighties of these Champion may even become Daemon Prince. Followers of different Chaos gods battle in these wastes all the time, until powerful enough warlord units different tribes and start Chaos Incursion to some location of the Warhammer World.
Huge Chaos Monoliths are common site in the wastes.
[edit] References
- Williams, Richard (2005), Liber Chaotica (complete edition), Black Library, ISBN 1844163946, <http://www.amazon.com/Liber-Chaotica-Complete-mysteries-Warhammer/dp/1844163946/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211263585&sr=1-1>
- Williams, Richard (2003), Liber Chaotica Volume I: Khorne, Black Library, ISBN 1841542725, <http://www.amazon.com/Liber-Chaotica-Vol-1-Khorne/dp/1841542725/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211263649&sr=1-1>
- Von Staufer, Marijan (2003), Liber Chaotica Volume II: Slaanesh, Black Library, ISBN 1844160432, <http://www.amazon.com/Liber-Chaotica-Vol-2-Slaanesh/dp/1844160432/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211263697&sr=1-1>
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- Thorpe, Gavin; Priestley, Rick; Reynolds, Anthony and Cavatore, Alessio (2002). Warhammer Armies: Hordes of Chaos. Nottingham: Games Workshop. ISBN 1-84154-222-9.
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