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In the closing years of the [[41st Millennium]], the birth of [[Yvraine]] within Commorragh created a catastrophic [[Dysjunction]]. The event destabilized much of the Dark City and opened [[Khaine's Gate]], forcing Vect to retreat to his outposts while the city falls into anarchy. As [[Daemon]]ic incursions become commonplace, [[Kheradruakh]] managed to open a portal to the realm of the [[Mandrake]]s, transforming a large part of the city into his lair. [[Wych Cult]]s, [[Kabals]], and [[Haemonculus Coven]]s battle for supremacy amid the chaos.{{Fn|5}}
As Commorragh faced being overrun by Daemons, Vect organized a massive army led by the [[Incubi]] and [[Battle for Khaine's Gate|counterattacked at Khaine's Gate]]. With his new army, Vect's attack was able to corral the Daemons into the sub-realm containing the gaping hole that was Khaine's Gate before being severed from the rest of Commorragh, becoming known as the [[Chasm of Woe]]. However the Daemons kept coming, rising from the massive abscesses created within the city. This forces Vect to plunge more districts of the city into sub-dimensions, taking entire armies and masses of slaves with them.{{Fn|66a}} Since then, Commorragh has been sundered into [[Dark Eldar Civil War|Civil War]] as Vect's forces seek to quell [[Ynnari]] influence within the Dark City.{{Fn|8}}
[[Image:Commorragh Runner.jpg|right|thumb|Commorragh]]
==Background==
Within the Webway, Commoragh appears as a composite entity of impossible scale as it acts more like a vast collection of satellite realms and cities that are all linked to one another by either an number of portals or other hidden pathways. As such, the Dark City can be seen as a loose collection of far-flung nodes spread across the passageways of the Webway. The most clustered concentrations reside in a reality that are scattered across the galaxy that are thousands of light years apart in some places. However, shortcuts are present that link these points together in the form of dimensional gateways that allow the immense distances of the sub-realms to be crossed with a single step. Runic wards are present that protect Commoragh from being breached by outsiders.{{Fn|1a}}
