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[[Image:WebwayPortal.jpg|thumb|right|[[Eldar]] Webway Nexus{{Fn|2}}]]
The '''Webway Gates''', also known as the '''Webway Nexus''', are a series of technological artefacts composed of [[Wraithbone]] that are incorporated into the hull of [[Craftworld]]s and provide a link into the [[Webway]]. Webway Nexuses are also found scattered on worlds throughout the [[Galaxy]], allowing the Eldar to travel to many planets.{{Fn|2}} Webway Gates large enough for Voidfaring ships to traverse are known as '''Waygates'''.{{Fn|3}}

==Overview==
[[Image:Phoenix Lord Shrine.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Craftworld]] Webway Gate amongst statues of the [[Phoenix Lord]]s.]]
Webway Gates are found on both Eldar Craftworlds and throughout worlds of the galaxy. When not in use, the Gates are dormant and are hidden to the lesser races.{{Fn|2}} These portals are near unbreakable and virtually indestructible.{{Fn|6a}}{{Fn|8}} Wrought in psychoplastic pseudo-bone by long dead artisans, they are sealed from within becoming little more than obstacles to be navigated around rather than travelled through to the lesser-races.{{Fn|6a}}

Copper is, in some way, nescessary for the stabilisation of [[Webway Gate]]s; the [[Asuryani|Eldar]] of [[Craftworld]] [[Lugganath]] were unable to restabilise their primary Webway Gate after a [[Daemon]]ic incursion without securing a large supply of the metal.{{Fn|9}}

===Webway Nexus===
[[Webway Gate]]s are often built in close proximity in groupings known as '''Webway Nexuses''' which allow for easy movement across disparate parts of the [[Galaxy]]. Every [[Craftworld]] which contains multiple [[Webway Gate]]s can be considered to serve as a Webway Nexus.{{Fn|1a}}

The [[Webway Nexus]] of the now-destroyed [[Craftworld]] [[Alurmen]] was famed throughout [[Eldar]] society for its unequaled connections in the [[Webway]] allowing its citizens to move as easily throughout the [[Galaxy]] as the ancient [[Old Ones]].{{Fn|1a}}

==Notable Webway Gates==
*[[Forbidden Portal]] - Located in The [[Screaming Vortex]]{{Fn|6b}}
*[[Pontus Avernes]] - Location of a [[Dark Age of Technology]] webway nexus.{{Fn|7}}

==Images==
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Image:WebwayGateMini.jpg|Webway Gate miniature
File:Webway Gate.jpg|Webway Gate in the Void
Webway-Gate Drukhari-Fleet.jpg|[[Drukhari fleet]] using a Webway Gate{{Fn|5}}
Webway Gate (Battlefleet Gothic).jpg|Webway Gate observed by [[Yvraine]] and [[The Visarch]].{{Fn|4}}
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Warp Gate]]
*[[Webway Portal]]
*[[Dolmen Gate]]

==Sources==
{{Fanatic}}
*1: [[Battlefleet Gothic Magazine Issue 13]] — ''The Cerberus War: Endgame'' {{FE}}
**{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 22
**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 23
**{{Endn|1c}}: pg. 25
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Eldar (3rd Edition)]], pg. 3
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Voidscarred (Novel)]], Chapters 2-4
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Battlefleet Gothic: Armada II]]
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader (Video Game)]], Book event 4 artwork
*6: [[Black Crusade Core Rulebook]]:
**{{Endn|6a}}: pg. 338
**{{Endn|6b}}: pg. 345
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Genefather (Novel)]], pg. Chapter 20
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Voidscarred (Novel)]], Chapter 2
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Codex Titanicus (1st Edition)]], pg. 51

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