

Chaos is almost synonymous with the Warp - the two concepts are inseparable, for Chaos is the limitless ocean of spiritual, psychic and emotional energy that defines the Immaterium and underlies the 4-dimensional material universe of space-time.Ĭhaos is a great and raw force of change and power, and is both physically and spiritually corrupting, though it is not in itself necessarily "evil." While its adherents and servants act in ways that are often malevolent, some devotees of Chaos are more dedicated to the service of freedom and change than of the pure selfishness that Humanity and most other intelligent species define as nefarious. It gives shape to the nightmare domains of the individual Chaos Gods that are collectively called the Realm of Chaos by scholars of the Inquisition. The entities who embody Chaos are mostly Daemons, but the term also encompasses those mortals who pursue the goals of Chaos, ranging from simple peasants and/or manufactorum labourers who serve as Chaos Cultists, to Traitoris Militarum, planetary militia, Imperial nobles, planetary governors, and even the mighty Chaos Space Marines and Hereteks, Traitor Titan Legions and Chaos Knights of the Dark Mechanicum.Ĭhaos is also itself the turbulent psychic energy that comprises the alternate dimension known as the Immaterium. The Star of Chaos, the most sacred symbol of those who serve Chaos.Ĭhaos, also known to its servants as the Primordial Truth or the Primordial Annihilator, and to the Imperium of Man as the " Archenemy," is a metaphysical, psychic force embodied by the malevolent entities comprised of emotional energy that exist in the Immaterium. When its legions march, they march to return upon us a ruin that is of our own making."

" Every moment of anger, hate, deceit, pain, suffering, pleasure, and desire is mirrored in the power of Chaos.
