The Madministratum

The concept of an ancient progenitor race who seeded the galaxy/universe hundreds of thousand or millions of years ago is hardly unique to Warhammer. The general idea was evident in Scifi and Fantasy before the Slann were incorporated into Warhammer in such a role (because, of course, Warhammer lore was shaped by nabbing ideas from various sources of inspiration, sometimes quite wholesale, and mixing them together), and we have seen it become an ever more prominent trope, especially in computer games, what with the Precursors of Halo, the Xel'Naga in Starcraft, and many more besides. The Slann in Warhammer, who were the ancient precursors on both the Warhammer World of Fantasy and in the 40k galaxy (with the former being stated to be situated within the latter in the early lore, just isolated by Warp storms) were quite distinctive, though, in part due to their relationship to the Warp (and various hints their empire may have spanned different realities and across time). But also be...

I feel like is worthwhile to post a reminder (or perhaps an explainer, for those who are unaware of the relevant lore) about the nature of the Warp (also called the Realm of Chaos, the Immaterium, the Sea of Souls etc), with some supporting quotes. It is very common to see people online claiming that certain things related to the Warp aren't true or cannot be true because they are illogical and/or don't seem coherent and consistent. But this misunderstands the whole point of how the Warp is conceptualised and goes against what the lore actually says and has said. Many times. Over decades. And some of the things people claim aren't or cannot be true are in fact very much a part of the lore. The Warp has consistently and explicitly been stated to defy our expectations of notions of cause and effect, of temporality, to be formless and infinitely malleable, and to be ultimately incomprehensible - even if it sometimes has some relation the laws of reality, at least when the dime...

Previously,  I made a couple of posts surveying the history of the concept of the Warp as being a multiversal presence which connects to myriad realities, including each of the main Warhammer settings. They surveyed lots and lots of different sources, and can be found here: https://madministratum.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-deep-deep-dive-into-what-lore-says.html And here: https://madministratum.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-deep-deep-dive-into-what-lore-says_10.html In this post, I am going to focus on one specific article from the July 2025 issue of White Dwarf , for a few reasons: First, because it is one of the most in-depth discussions of the metaphysics of the Warp and Chaos to have been published in recent times. Second, because although others have made posts about it before, the article is very extensive and dense, and is worthy – I think – of a more in-depth overview rather than just a few snippets. Third, because most fans and users of this sub won’t have read, nor are likely to – a...

 In a prior post (available here: https://madministratum.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-deep-deep-dive-into-what-lore-says.html ) I surveyed the way in which a multiverse connected by the Warp has featured in recent lore in what could be called the ‘current era’ (post-End Times and start of AoS, and post-Fall of Cadia and Great Rift), including both in the individual lores of 40k and AoS as well as mentions of a connection between the 40k galaxy and the Mortal Realms of Age of Sigmar via the Warp. Now I will chart some older sources (from 40k and the Horus Heresy books, and WHFB, as well as other GW games too) which also present a multiversal view, with the same Warp and Chaos touching different realities. This is not to claim that all of the old lore is still relevant (or completely relevant), though some bits may be. It is rather to help trace how enduring the concept in question has been, and to help track how it has evolved in implementation over the decades. Indeed, as will be seen, t...

TLDR: This is a long one (because there is so much source material to survey), covering tonnes of quotes from the lore which showcase that the notion of a multiverse is present in each of the 40k and Age of Sigmar lores, but that both settings are stated to be part of the same multiverse connected to the same Warp, and with some of the same Chaos gods and daemons appearing in and/or affecting each setting. I have in recent months been charting the links in the lore between the Warhammer settings, and how they have evolved over time. These posts have been mostly (though not wholly) focused on the period before Age of Sigmar was launched, and have looked at various topics such as the legacy of the Old Ones/Slann, specific crossovers related to Chaos, and back when the Warhammer World was a planet within the 40k galaxy. This is the first of three posts focusing specifically on the notion of a Warhammer multiverse with the Warp as the central connecting element, and it will start by lookin...