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The '''Age of Dark Genesis''' is one of the four periods of [[Dark Eldar]] history. It saw the founding of [[Commorragh]] and the rise of [[Asdrubael Vect]] to supreme power. It was followed by the [[Age of Pain]].{{Fn|1}}

==Important Events==
*'''[[M18]]''': [[Commorragh]] is established by the [[Eldar Empire]] as a nodal port of the [[Webway]].{{Fn|1}}
*'''[[M18]]-[[M20]]''': The twisted pleasure cults take up permanent residence in the Webway{{Fn|1}}
*'''[[M25]]-[[M30]]''': The depravity of the Eldar race plumbs to terrible new depths. Pleasure and pain cults flourish and Eldar society becomes obsessed with acts of excess. A new evil force stirs in the [[Warp]].{{Fn|1}}
*'''[[M30]]-[[M31]]''': Sensing the end, portions of Eldar create [[Craftworld]]s and escape the corruption that plagues their empire.{{Fn|1}}
*'''[[M31]]''': [[The Fall|Fall of the Eldar]]. The denizens of Commorragh are unaffected and stay true to their twisted ways. To prevent themselves from dying and ending up in [[Slaanesh]]'s clutches, they extend their lives by absorbing suffering.{{Fn|1}}
*'''[[M32]]''': A half-born slave known only as [[Vect]] vows he shall rule the Dark City, eventually founding the [[Kabal of the Black Heart|Cult of the Black Heart]]. It is the first organisation to refer to themselves as the '''Eladrith Ynneas''' or ''Dark Eldar''.{{Fn|1}}
*'''[[M33]]''': The '''War of the Sun and the Moon'''. The solar cults that control the Dark City's stolen suns rise in power and influence, ultimately declaring war upon the noble houses that would see Commorragh plunged into permanent night. An aerial war rages for centuries, but is ultimately the noble houses that emerge victorious. Vect's Cult of the Black Heart becomes the first true [[Kabal]] during this period, and is instrumental in the defeat of the Cults during the '''Battle of Seven Shrouds'''{{Fn|1}}
*'''[[M35]]''': Vect engineers the [[Commorragh Raid|Imperial attack on Commorragh]], which devastates the Noble Houses of Commorragh and allows the Black Heart to assert control over the Dark City.{{Fn|1}}
*'''[[M37]]''': Vect causes the hidden portals that link each satellite realm of the Webway to be revealed, forcing them to open and building the Great Gates which are permanently guarded by Vect's elite forces. Over several millennia of civil war and strife, Commorragh expands into these once-autonomous regions until they become integral to the Dark City. Only the realm of [[Shaa-Dom]] remains independent.{{Fn|1}}

==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Dark Eldar (7th Edition)]] - ''Three Ages of the Dark City''

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