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It is virtually impossible to make a map of the Eye of Terror. Objects, planets and stars change their positions, disappear or transform into something else. Very few locations in the Eye of Terror have a fixed position, and out of those most belong to the most powerful [[Daemon]]s and [[Daemon Prince]]s. The few others are hotly contested for their strategic value.{{Fn|22b}}
Inside the Eye of Terror, space is filled with all sorts disturbing phenomena, such as transparent curtains being suspended in mid-space, or faces and shapes appearing out of nowhere and disappearing again.{{Fn|19c}} Hailstorms of bloody skulls, fang-toothed tornadoes, crashign crashing tsunamis of eneryenergy, "hungry" ghost suns,{{Fn|38}} and other suns which move and arrange into ever-new constellations, sometimes a giant face,{{Fn|22c}} sometimes elongated across impossible distances.{{Fn|22a}}
The Eye of Terror also contains destroyed planets, the remnants of the ancient [[Eldar Empire]].{{Fn|22d}} Also spaceship-wrecks are adrift here, sometimes still inhabited by its crew.{{Fn|22c}}
There are several large-scale trading-hubs, e.g. on the Daemon-world Sublime, which are generally respected as neutral territory where violence is frowned upon.{{Fn|26a}}{{Fn|22c}})
There are not only the domains of Chaos Space Marines and Dark Mechanicum in the Eye of Terror.{Fn|20c}} There are billions upon billions of mutants living in the Eye of Terror, though they are relegated to the lowest rungs of power. These vast hordes make up the back-bones of most Chaos-armies and even go to war against each other for the opportunity to join a war or raid for murder and plunder.{{Fn|29}} They own their own spaceships and a sufficiently powerful Lord of Chaos will have no problem attracting their services.{{Fn|23a}} [[Beastmen ]] can also be found on many worlds. There are several worlds inhabited by Beastmen worshipping Khorne.{{Fn|30}}
Assembling an army is not difficult in the Eye of Terror. Many servants of Chaos do not really care much for whom they fight or why. All they care for is to gain more power for themselves, by taking opportunities for murder, plunder and glory.{{Fn|19e}}
