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From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
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==Origin==
The Eye of Terror is not a natural phenomenon, as it was created by the [[Old Ones]] during the [[War in Heaven (Necron)|War in Heaven]], as they fought the [[Necrons]]. The Necrons would then later seal the Eye of Terror close, closed but it was later reopened by the [[psychic]] shock wave that accompanied the birth of the fourth [[Chaos God]], [[Slaanesh]], during the [[Fall of the Eldar]].{{Fn|13}}
The shock of the birth was so great it could not wholly be contained within the Warp, but spilled out into reality through the minds of the Eldar. Consequently, the Eye covers most of the region of the former Eldar Empire. Other zones of overlap were created, but the Eye is the most significant.{{Fn|1}}
Sometime at the dawn of the Imperium but before the [[Horus Heresy]], the Eye of Terror was discovered by Imperial explorers in what was presumably a fairly remote region of the galaxyGalaxy, and Imperial scholars named is ''Cygnus X-1''. The Eye didn't come into prominence until it was later discovered by the [[Word Bearers]], who had arrived officially for conquest, but actually on a personal mission for renewed faith, and it was here that they discovered the [[Chaos|"Primordial Truth"]]. It would later be visited by the [[Emperor's Children]] and the [[Iron Warriors]], intent on an expedition within the eye for the Eye, in search of the Angel Exterminatus. Before embarking upon this journey, [[Perturabo]] had formally named it the Eye of Terror.{{Fn|7}}{{Fn|8}}
Old star charts all came to map the Eye of Terror with the legend "Abandon hope all ye who enter here".{{Fn|14a}}