Worlds of Warhammer: Fundamental Truths

THE SHORT VERSION

Colin explains how recurring “anchoring points” make a vast fictional setting coherent. Colours, psychology, military doctrine and reasons for fighting establish recognisable factions, from Codex-minded Ultramarines and the sacrifice of the Sisters of Battle to Ork superstition and T’au coordination. Exceptions gain their force from that shared baseline: Cawl, the Lamenters and the Farsight Enclaves work because the audience understands what they diverge from.

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Find this article in White Dwarf 509, pp. 8–11.

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