World of Battle having anything to do with the fluff?

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**Lou_Cypher**

Most notably, this:

"The Emperor has had many visions when he walked among men, many of those were vague and clouded. One hundred and sixty years ago the Emperor woke up from his coma like condition for a brief second and gave a very specific message in one word..."Blood" and then fell back into his eternal slumber. This has been a fiercely guarded secret, but behind the scenes the Imperium is preparing for the worst, but expecting much worse. The question asked in hushed whispers is , "What has the power to wake up the Emperor of mankind?"

The end time is nigh! The Dark Gods have issued a challenge to all of their champions looking for the one that will bring ruin to the Emperor of mankind. The grow weary of Dark Crusades and look for someone that can deliver a decisive final blow! From the carnage a new champion of Khorne; known only as the Dark General has defeated everything that has opposed him and with the blessing of Khorne and the other Gods is now blazing bloody path to Terra. Is this the Emperor's dark vision coming true? Or a new nightmare?"

Found from here, actually.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?catId=&categoryId=§ion=&pIndex=1&aId=18500019a&start=2&multiPageMode=true&utm_term=other&utm_medium=email&utm_content=text-link-body&utm_source=e2400025-en_US&utm_campaign=BirthdaysGrandOpeningsEventsNewStores-en_US&_requestid=280726

**2x210**

If the new ultimate chaos baddie is named "Dark General" than I quit....

But no it just sounds generic campaign stuff to get people to play, I don't think it will be official fluff at all

**Lynata**

Yet another siege of the Imperial Palace?

Seems like they're aiming to retroactively add in yet another historic event into the timeline, and a fairly major thing too. An invasion of Terra that was only stopped at the footsteps of the palace? Could be interesting.

**SGrimhart**

A very interesting twist in the annals of 40K time. If this does cast a glimpse into the next expansions set for GW, it could very well could rewrite some of the age old theories about the emperor and the involvement of chaos in the happenings of Terra. I kind of like it

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**Harriticus**

This is just a tourney set up by some gamers who work for GW. It won't effect fluff and is more or less fanfic (which the 40k setting heavily encourages)

**Lynata**

Hmmh, it seems so. Upon closer investigation, World of Battle is just a store in the US. Weird to see their event hosted on the GW website with such big words, but I suppose we shouldn't be too surprised.

Not sure whether I should be disappointed or relieved, but I guess I'm leaning towards the latter. Whilst I really like the prospect of the millennia prior to M41 being filled with more events, I'd say yet another siege might've been a bit too big for my taste (given that this is supposed to be Abbadon's job).

**Psienesis**

From the link:

Games Workshop's World of Battle is the free visitor center and gaming facility located at the North America HQ in Memphis Tennessee. This is the the center of excellence for hobbyists across North America and beyond, here you'll discover a unique hobby venue located in a fantasy gaming hall guarded by two of the Emperors finest Space Marines! This is the place where you can always find something to do, something to see and something to take home with you.

The World of Battle gaming area known as the "Hall of Legends" hosts 17 unique gaming tables that will enhance the quality of your gaming for all three of our game systems.This is also the place where hobby legends will be made and their achievements remembered for all time on our "Wall of Honor".There's also the area known as the "The Archive" where you can behold the early days the Games Workshop hobby, and look at products that were collected when the Games Workshop hobby was young. There hasn't been a veteran hobbyist back there yet that has not come out with a smile, as they remember the old days of the hobby. We also have unique gaming merchandise that you will only be able to get at our store, so you can wear and drink your hobby with pride! If you are looking for the ultimate hobby experience here in North America then make your way down to Games Workshop's World of Battle!