The Nature of the Warp

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**Nicholas**

zilegil wrote:The only reason they have not taken the imaterium already is because of the emperor. Makes you realise how strong he actually is. Even on his big old throne, in his weakened state, he can keep them at bay. The best description I have found of the insanity of the warp is from the Tzeench article on Lexicanum. Paragraph four the maze of Tzeench. I think that is the closest to the truth we can get while being still comprehensible.

Pretty sure he's just keeping them from entering the material world as much.

**SnaleKing**

Melissia wrote:
SnaleKing wrote:The warp is made of six areas- most of it is the formless wastes, which noone owns. Vast swarms of souls of dead humans roam the formless wastes, which daemons munch on at their leisure. There's also the forge, where soul grinders and all manner of daemonic weapons are made. Then there's the realms of Tzeentch, Nurgle, Khorne, and Slaanesh, which grow larger and smaller as their master's power waxes and wanes (side note- Tzeentch has secret passages to the other god's domains) This really can't be represented by a map, as the warp is a constant flux of energy. Also, the warp is chaos, the two are inseparable.
It's a nice interpretation of the warp, but not the only one. The Warp is incredibly subjective.

Tell that to the daemon codex. The existing areas may grow or shrink, depending on the power levels of the gods, that's the nature of chaos. While people see the warp differently, those are the six areas, and that probably won't change to 5 or 7 for a while.

**4M2A**

The emperor isn't doing much to weaken the chaos gods power within the warp, he is just making it very hard for them to break into reality.