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| c. M18[1]
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Commoragh establishes itself as the primary node of the Webway. As it is entirely within the Webway, Commoragh is outside the Eldar councils' jurisdictions, making it a haven for those who want to avoid their attention.[1]
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| c. M18
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Ancient xenos pictograms on Shinno may suggest the first recorded instance of the space hulk now known as Mortis Thule appearing in Jericho Reach.[3]
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| c. M18[2]
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Warp Storm Asmodeor devastates many Tomb Worlds of the Szarekhan Dynasty[2]
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| c. M18
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Humanity has discovered how to enter the Warp and can now use it for faster-than-light interstellar travel, although imperfectly and without the aid of Navigators. Thus limiting distance and safety of this means of travel. Humanity's Age of Exploration during the Age of Technology has begun, and interstellar colonisation is beginning to grow exponentially.[4]
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| c. M18
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A new paradigm of complacency and self-indulgence begins to rise in the society of the Eldar Empire. Many become addicted to capricious acts and the finest sensations their empire can offer.[7]
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| c. M18 - M19[4]
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Navigator gene is cultivated sometime after Mankind began using the warp travel.[4][5]
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| c. M18-M20
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The self-indulgent come to power in Eldar society, relocating their domains to the Webway. They steal stars to power their growing holdings, careless of the dead systems they leave in their wake. [Help]
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| The Hidden Kin: Architects and masters of the Cults of Pleasure who worship the Dark Muses claim vast swathes of the Webway. Commorragh was the largest and most lawless of these port-cities and was a den of decadence and vice. The forefathers of the Dark Eldar are born.[6]
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| c. M18-M30
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A Sickness of the Spirit: The paradise of Eldar civilisation lead to a combination of curiosity and complacency. Throughout the Eldar Empire, ennui lead to the gradual slide into sensual excess. Darkness began to arise in the empire as it began its gradual descent. Cults of pleasure are on the rise, worship of the Eldar gods declines sharply, and pursuits of excess slowly pervert into outright evil. The yet-to-be born Slaanesh stirs in the Warp.[6]
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