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The idea has been mooted somewhere-or-other in the past the the Warhammer world is some kind of microcosm created by Old Ones/Slann (who may or may not, depending upon edition be the same thing) in which to hide from the C'tan. In that light, the two Chaos gates could be looked upon as gateways from the 'real' macrocosm of Warhammer 40,000 's universe.

I was always told, the WHFB planet was a planet in the year 40k, but had a unique energy signature, such that most technology beyond steam did not work. Originally it was inhabited by old one creations (lizardmen), and exodite eldar (high elves/dark elves), humans landed during the dark age of technology, losing it all and regressing to the empire/bretonnia. The orks even crashed there but lost all tech as well and regressed to feral orks. The rest as they say is history, until the webway gates at the poles broke letting loose loads of chaos from the immaterium.

As an interesting twist, it was also the case that the entire 40k universe was contained in a magic bottle in the wizards guild in the empire, and the tyranid menace is prank of one of his apprentices.

Inquisitor Bond wrote:I was always told, the WHFB planet was a planet in the year 40k, but had a unique energy signature, such that most technology beyond steam did not work. Originally it was inhabited by old one creations (lizardmen), and exodite eldar (high elves/dark elves), humans landed during the dark age of technology, losing it all and regressing to the empire/bretonnia. The orks even crashed there but lost all tech as well and regressed to feral orks. The rest as they say is history, until the webway gates at the poles broke letting loose loads of chaos from the immaterium.

As an interesting twist, it was also the case that the entire 40k universe was contained in a magic bottle in the wizards guild in the empire, and the tyranid menace is prank of one of his apprentices.

I'm sure I've read that last bit somewhere, but for the life of me can't remember where or when - was it from one of the Warhammer stories in Inferno?

Current or not I like the idea that WHFB is just a world in the Eye of Terror.