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{{ChaosPortal}}'''Chaos''' is the psychic energy that composes [[Warp|warp]] space. More generally , "Chaos" refers to anything related to Chaos, including its influence, the [[Gods of Chaos]] and , their followers, and the warpWarp. Chaos is almost synonymous with the warp Warp - the two concepts are inseparable: Chaos is the limitless ocean of spiritual and emotional energy that defines the warpWarp. It is a great and raw force of change and power, and is both physically and spiritually corrupting. The most gifted mortals, [[psyker]]s, can utilize this energy, thus making them capable of abilities which transcend the laws of the material universe. However, the malevolent power of Chaos can gradually corrupt a psyker, tainting his mind and body.

[[Image:Chaos Star.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The '''Chaos Star'''.]]

'''Daemons''' are entities of the warpWarp, horrific creatures brought to the battlefield by the whims of sorcerers. They are often armed simply with claws that rip and tear the enemy to shreds; some use psychic based powers. The lesser daemons tend to be very poorly armored and fall in great numbers to rapid fire weaponry.

*[[Tzeentch]] is born of ambition, hope , and the desire for change.

 [[Image:daemons strongholds.jpg|none|thumb|Daemon Strongholdsstrongholds]]

At the dawn of time, the [[Old Ones]] took some of the primitive races, guiding their development to suit a specific purpose. The warp Warp at this time was not the hostile place it was in later ages. Once the [[Necron]]s arose, the Old Ones created races to battle the threat they posed, creating races with stronger ties to the warpWarp, giving them psychic power to turn the tide against the Necrons. One of these races was the [[Eldar]].

Just before the birth of the Emperor, three of the Chaos godsGods, Khorne, Tzeentch , and Nurgle, had already begun to take form in the warpWarp, although it would take until the end of earthEarth's Middle Ages for them to fully awaken. Slaanesh had not awoken until around [[M29]], marking the end of the Eldar empire Empire and the end of the [[Age of Strife]], as well as the beginning of the Great Crusade and the rise of the Imperium.

The rise of Chaos and the first three Chaos Gods, as described, seems to correspond to the development to humanity, implying that Mankind, of all the sentient species, were primarily responsible for the disharmonising disharmonizing of the warp Warp and the birth of the first three Chaos Gods. Although, without question, all sentient species played a role in the birth of the Chaos Gods, it seems that Mankind mankind has an especially close relationship with Chaos, or that Mankindmankind's nature is particularly aggressive and unstable.²

[[Quotes Chaos|Chaos-related quotesQuotes]] - Quotes by followers of Chaos, and quotes otherwise regarding Chaos.

*¹:[[Realm of Chaos|''Realm of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness'']] (1988), p. 213*²:[[Realm of Chaos|''Realm of Chaos: The Lost and the Damned'']] (1990), p. 176