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==Overview==
Warpspace is a mirror dimension of random energy known as [[Chaos]]. It Existing as a mirror in parallel to our own reality, the [[Materium]], it is the domain of the [[Gods of Chaos]].{{cite thisFn|5}} The Warp Warps existence is fueled by the emotions and souls of all sentient beings in the Materium.{{Fn|5}} Warpspace is without form and with its own fluid the laws of time and spacedo not apply there, for both size and time are simultaneously infinite and irrelevant within The Warp. {{Fn|3}} Its energies are in constant turmoil, subject to endless disturbances.{{Fn|3}}
The common analogy used to describe Warpspace compares the Warp to a vast sea of energy, which is subject to constant movement, currents, undertows, etc. Although with its own reality, Warp and real space do bear a relationship as dimensions parallel to each other. The fact they share this relationship allows a Warp-capable craft to enter the Warp, carried for a time along the Warp flows, until reemerging into real space a distance away from its starting point. The common metaphor used for Warp-jumping compares the Warp to a fast flowing stream. Its motionless banks represent real space. A leaf dropped into the water upstream will be carried along by the currents. This is a useful metaphor in understanding Warpspace, although the Warp is far more complex in its movements than a linear stream. The Warp moves in endlessly unpredictable and convoluted patterns.{{Fn|3}}
Long-distance journeys take months or even years, and the timing itself is unpredictable due to the very nature of the Warp.{{Fn|3}}
==Warp Storms=Disturbances=*{{Main|Warp Storm}}*{{Main|Warp Rift}}
[[Image:Notable warpstorms.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Notable warp-storms [[M35]]-[[M41]]{{fn|2d}}]]
The Warp is an extremely volatile medium. At times, disturbances can turn areas of the Warp into [[Warp Storm|raging storms ]] of incomprehensibly destructive fury. These storms can last for days, months, or even centuries. Ships caught in these storms, at best, might be blown off-course, to emerge thousands of light-years off course into uncharted areas of the galaxy, or can find themselves trapped inside the {{Fn|2c}} Even more devastating are [[WarpRift]]s, a terrible fate for its passengers as they become playthings for the dark creatures that inhabit the malign realm. Sometimes, a ship, after traveling through the Warp for only a short time, will emerge from the Warp and find which are tears in reality that centuries have passed in real space. link The storms also cut off Warp travel through certain regions, isolating systems from to the [[ImperiumMaterium]] for months, years, or even centuries. Some systems have always been isolated and show no hint of becoming otherwise.{{Fn|3}} ==Warp Rifts==A Warp rift is a weakening of the barrier between real space and the Warp, allowing its creatures to enter the material universe. Sometimes, Warp These rifts occur randomly, while other times, the Chaos Gods or mortals manufacture them. Some last mere moments, others for days, years, or even centuries. They can take many forms, often a seething whirlpool of raw magic, other times they may show a glimpse into the realm of Chaos, they have also appeared as gates of green fire, clouds of impenetrable shadow, boiling lakes of pus, are highly dangerous and other terrifying visions driving mortals mad. Examples that can induce a Warp rift include unpredictable movements of allow the Warp causing a break into real space, daemon possession Realm of a mortal, deliberate rituals of daemon summoning, a focus of suffering and death from a great war, chance circumstances such as a Warp drive implosion, or most insidiously through the mind of an unprotected [[psyker|psychic creatureChaos]]to spill into our own.{{Fn|2c3}} Notable Warp Rifts include the [[Eye of Terror]], [[Maelstrom]], and [[Great Rift]].
==Warp entities==
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader]] (1987), pgs. 130-132
*{{Endn|4}}: [[White Dwarf 72 (2015)]], ''This Week in White Dwarf'' - ''Perils of the Warp''
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Codex: Chaos Daemons (6th Edition)]] pg.6-7
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